Crowned the New Han Dynasty

Chapter 960: Terrifying thoughts are contained in the ordinary
Whoosh whoosh!
Figures shuttled through the forest, and sometimes there was the crisp sound of swords clashing.

Accompanied by these sounds, one after another flexible and vigorous figures approached the camp in the forest. After being discovered by the patrolling soldiers, several of them immediately revealed their identities, answered the code, and after explaining clearly their superiors' affiliations, , was let in, and then went to a camp to tell the news of the investigation——

These people were the scouts in Chen Zhijun's army. While the temporary barracks were being built, these scouts were also released at the same time, constantly searching for news.

After paying the price of several people, they roughly explored the surrounding situation. After the dictation of many scouts and comprehensive investigation, they assembled a relatively rough set of situation intelligence and sent it to Chen Zhi.

"It seems that Murong Shanyu has decided to launch troops after all." Chen Zhi handed the information to Ran Zhan in front of him, "Take a look and see if you can see any details. Please add them to me."

Ran Zhan took it, looked at it for a few times, scratched his head, and said, "Master, I can't tell anything. I just see that there are more and more Murong scouts around, and there are many infantry and cavalry gathering from all directions." Come here, it’s obvious that they want to surround us here, so it’s definitely going to be a war, what else is there to say?”

Ran Zhan was born in a military family and was not very literate. However, even ordinary soldiers in the county army of that generation had certain requirements for literacy. Chen Zhi even specially summoned a group of scholars from poor families and asked them to join the army to teach literacy. It is not required that the soldiers can read and pronounce words, but some key words must be recognized.

In fact, if it weren't for the current social prejudice, Chen Zhi would prefer those scholars from poor families to join the army. However, these people would rather be the masterminds of the rebels and the dog-headed strategists of the horse bandits than take up swords and guns. , who went into battle to fight, in order to avoid causing conflict among poor people, Chen Zhi had to give up.

However, Ran Zhan is now acting as the acting captain and will definitely become a full-time official in the future. Whether it is public or private, there are indispensable things to learn. Under Chen Zhi's coercion and inducement, he now knows a lot of words. In exchange for After all, this piece of information alone was enough for him to mutter for a long time.

"Since you see it this way, then lead the army and prepare to fight." Seeing that Ran Zhan was ready, Chen Zhi didn't say much. This time he went north to pursue Murong Ren. He didn't bring many people with him, but just took them with him. Most of his subordinates are young people, like Ran Zhan, whose military achievements are far inferior to those of Yang Song and Yang Yuan, but they need to be trained intensively, while people like Chen Luo can be said to be laymen, so Chen Zhi met However, they will still be asked to come forward and give it a try.

But when such a thing happens in the eyes of others, it is inevitable that they will be worried. Although in the hearts of everyone in Youzhou, Murong's tribe cannot compare with Wang Jun's power, but Chen Zhi was prepared to deal with Wang Jun at the beginning. After a long time, they used strategies, intertwined the false and the true, and the right and wrong were combined to achieve the final victory. However, in the face of Murong's tribe, both the response and the dispatch of troops seemed a bit hasty.

However, the following series of victories were constantly reported back, which really caught everyone's attention. There were also many speculations and different opinions on the reasons for Chen Zhi's victory.

But now that I heard that Chen Zhi led his troops directly outside Murong Jicheng, all kinds of worries in Youzhou arose again. For example, at this time, Chen Zhi had just made a decision, and a messenger came over there and handed it to Chen Zhi. Apart from a few letters, they all come from Youzhou.

Chen Zhi didn't need to open it to know the contents. They were all trying to dissuade him. They either suggested that he return to the army as soon as possible, or suggested that he lead troops to support the battle. There were also those who wanted to come over to negotiate with Murong's tribe, hoping that both sides would stop. At the very least, he has to make a strong complaint. I hope he will put the overall situation first and not take the initiative to provoke. "There are quite a few scholars from aristocratic families in Youzhou who are quite interesting." Chen Zhi handed a few letters in his hand to Bao Jingyan. "It was clearly the Murong tribe who came to invade on their own initiative, but they thought it was me who was provoking them. What's even more interesting is that the original When I sent troops, they saw that they had no chance of winning, so they repeatedly complained about the high stakes and said that it was inappropriate to send troops. Now that I have won all the way, they still complained about the stakes, saying that they would give up when they saw fit, otherwise they would anger Murong. There will be endless troubles, I am very curious, if Murong bows his head this time, will they still think that there will be troubles as usual?"

"These people are also worried that there will be hidden dangers later." Bao Jingyan glanced at the few letters in his hand and saw that they were the same as before. He understood what Chen Zhi was thinking, but he still couldn't help but ask, "But does Mr. Fu want to However, even if Murong really bows his head this time, because the barbarian is ambitious, ungrateful, and instead holds a grudge, there may be backlash in the future?"

"Yes, the tribes outside the Great Wall do have a lot of grudges, but even if this matter hadn't happened, wouldn't they have joined the invaders?" Chen Zhi shook his head gently, "I have no grudges with the Murong tribe. It can even be called friendship. Not only It's the Murong tribe, and the Tuoba tribe has a closer relationship with me. The two sides can even be called allies, but what is the result? If they occupied the territory at the beginning, they could still be said to have rifts and hostility with Wang Jun, but after I captured Wang Jun Jun, I wrote a letter and sent it, but the two sides have no intention of retreating. Not only that, they even want me to bow my head. It can be seen that negotiating with these tribes cannot rely on friendship between people, nor should they value anything. Gratitude and friendship, in the final analysis, are still interests."

After hearing this, Bao Jingyan thought about it and felt that it made sense, but in the end he advised: "Even so, we in the Han family value etiquette the most. We advocate using the right to defeat the unjust, suppressing the evil with the right, and helping the world. , Fujun is punishing the Murong clan now. If he wins, he will recuperate in the future and stop using weapons rashly to prevent others from saying that Fujun is being aggressive. However, the Murong clan may be really restless and eat their gall. In this way, the cycle of hatred will last endlessly. Besides, the land outside the Great Wall is so barren, why bother with it?"

In his opinion, Chen Zhi's current behavior was a bit too bellicose, so when he found an opportunity, he wanted to give him some advice.

Unexpectedly, Chen Zhi laughed. There was no ridicule or derogation in the laughter. Bao Jingyan couldn't help but wonder and asked why.

Chen Zhize said: "It is wrong to say that our country in China is not warlike. Could it be that you, sir, have not noticed that our Han family, from the princes of the aristocratic families to the common people of Li, whenever we go to a place, the first thing we do is First of all, we have to judge, what is the land like there? Is it fertile or barren? Why, it depends on whether the land can be cultivated. But if you think about it carefully, the deep meaning behind it is enough to make the surrounding tribes tremble. It is really terrible. What a terrible thing! What's more, whether it's sir or these letters of advice, all mentioned are that after this battle, Murong may hold a grudge, which will lead to disaster, but it is not beautiful, so he is unwilling to fight. , these words are actually equally terrifying, sir, maybe you understand?"

"Why is it so scary?"

As Bao Jingyan was asking, a sound of "squeak" and "squeak" suddenly came from the side. Looking for the sound, he could see several objects like carriages, being pushed forward by several people, covered with a layer of cloth.

Seeing this thing, Bao Jingyan shuddered subconsciously.

(End of this chapter)