Destiny Only Han

Chapter 130 Berkshire Dading
Berkshire, Jiangzhou.

Outside the north gate, the flags covered the sky, and the drums and horns continued. The rainy weather for many days seemed to be dispelled by the murderous aura at this moment.

Below the fluttering banners of the Han army, Li Shang, wearing a golden bronze helmet on his head, stood by his sword. Beside him, the army was so vast that it couldn't be seen at a glance.

After the division of troops in Langzhong, he followed Lin Zhi's advice and while recruiting Ba warriors who were oppressed by the Qin State, he appeases the captured counties and villages, mobilizes the county soldiers, and distributes the weapons and armor in the arsenal to arm them.

At this moment, the army he led has expanded from the initial number of more than 3000 people to as many as 1!
Although soldiers are expensive and elite are not expensive, but with his ability, it is more than enough to command tens of thousands of people.

The most important thing is that Berkshire has a lot of water, and the Ba people are also water-savvy. He can easily feed more than 1 people by transporting food and grass by water!
Well, the reason why he was able to recruit so many soldiers in a short period of time was to take care of the food, and to keep them full...

After all, the official storehouses in the county seat are piled up like a mountain of food, but what does it have to do with the hungry and full Ba people and the ordinary Qianshou?

Eat people soft mouthed.

So the main force attacking the city at this moment is naturally the Ba people warriors wearing Qin-style leather armor, bronze willow-leaf swords hanging from their waists, and holding rattan cards.

Just before they went to battle, their companions lit a fire by the river, played drums and flutes, sang and danced rap...

The veins on Li Shang's forehead twitched, expressing his understanding.

According to the Ba warriors in the army who are proficient in Yayan, when Zhou Wuwang crusade against Yin and Shang in the past, he recruited a Ba warriors from Badi to form a division (army). The Yin and Shang armies fought in the Battle of Muye were retreating steadily. This is the king of Wu's defeat of Zhou, singing and dancing.

Li Shang didn't bother to tell him a lot, so he just moved the siege that was supposed to start three days ago to today.

Without him, re-drill Baren!
After all, this set of tactics of the Ba people has been passed down for nearly a thousand years, and it has not changed at all!
And after the baptism of the world of great struggle, the tactics and tactics of the Central Plains have been updated for many generations!
Therefore, Qin State only needs one or two hundred county soldiers in many counties in Ba County to deter a Ba tribe with a population of nearly [-].

For this reason, Li Shang took out what he had learned in Yangzhai in the past, and dispersed the three thousand Gaoyang disciples as temporary generals, and broke up and reorganized the Ba people he had recruited.

Although the three days are short, there is actually no need to teach them too much, just a little.

All actions follow orders.

Those who disobey the order will be punished immediately!

Therefore, today's siege battle has become a little more organized.

Under the city wall several feet high, the Ba people warriors threw hooks and ladders onto the city wall and climbed up bravely. Behind them, soldiers with strong crossbows shot upwards to cover their attack on the city.

Arrows rained like rain, and there were shouts of killing everywhere. The defenders ran back and forth on the city wall, constantly breaking the hooks thrown under the city with halberds, and fighting back against the city with bows and crossbows.

At this time, winches slowly appeared on the city wall, tied with thick hemp ropes. In the middle was a log with a diameter of one foot and a length of about one foot. On the log were densely packed iron nails about five inches long, which looked a bit like A giant mace.

The four defenders hid under the battlements, raised their wooden sticks and pushed them down the top of the city. After a scream of misery, they began to turn the winch, and twisted the 'mace' back.

Li Shang, who was under the banner of Yuan Zhan, was a little surprised. The fighting will of the Qin army in Jiangzhou was a little too tenacious.

All the way down the river, he hardly encountered any decent resistance.

"The state of Qin is already destroyed, what is he planning?" Li Shang murmured while supporting the flagpole.

In his view, although the Jiangzhou defenders rose up to resist, after all, the strength of the two sides is very different. He has only recruited nearly [-] people at the moment. people at the same time.

And most importantly, the most elite three thousand Gaoyang disciples have not yet been dispatched.

The reason why the Ba people were driven to take the lead in the battle was to consume the strength of the defenders and the defense equipment.

When Li Shang became suspicious, a Ba man with bright bird feathers on his head and the appearance of a leader beside him said:
"General, the leader of the Ba family is also in the city to assist the Qin people in defense."

Li Shang turned his head: "The Ba clan?"

The leader of the Ba people said: "It is the son of the widow Qing."

Li Shang suddenly realized that he had heard the name of the widow Qing. It is said that this woman made her fortune from the cinnabar hole passed down from generation to generation by her husband's family. In addition, she also picked gold, silver, copper and iron from Bashu.

He immediately frowned and asked: "Their family is a merchant, why would they fight against our army?"

The leader of the Ba people explained: "The widow Qing's husband's family is the ancestor of the Ba people in the past, Jun Jun. After the death of Jun Jun, his descendants were divided into five tribes, namely Ba, Fan, Xi, Xiang, and Zheng. The clan is the most powerful."

"After the kingdom of Ba was destroyed, the Ba family turned to the Qin people, and the Qin people relied on them to enslave the Ba people. The widow Qing's husband's family also accumulated countless wealth. They only raised thousands of servants. There are countless slaves mining for their family..."

Li Shang smiled and said, "You mean, they are worried that our army will attack Bajun and rob them of their wealth, so they will fight against our army?"

He frowned and continued, "But our army has come all the way, and we haven't done anything like burning, killing, and looting. Their family has such a big influence, shouldn't they be ignorant of the style of the Han army?"

The leader of the Ba people shook his head and said: "The Ba family is not worried about their own wealth, but wants to rebuild the country of Ba, a country where Ba is king!"

Li Shang let out a smirk: "How did you know Bashi's ambition?"

The leader of the Ba people sighed deeply: "A certain surname is Ji, and she is the descendant of the former king of Ba."

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Hanzhong County, Nanzheng County, Chengbei Military Camp.

At this moment, in Liu Bang's large tent, which is as wide as a palace, there are mingled cups of wine, and his distinctive Peisi accent can be heard from time to time persuading him to drink.

Because the county government office was too small to accommodate many people, the drunkards moved the place of the banquet back to the army.

Xiao He is sitting in a corner where the sun shines in, holding a writing brush, and is processing today's official documents.

He had to come to Hanwang's banquet, but he had to deal with the work in hand.

After all, the first half of his life was greatly influenced by Qin.

And Shang Yang said back then that those who rule by the sun are kings, those who rule by night are strong, and those who rule by night are destroyed.

In other words, a country that can handle all government affairs on the same day can be king in the world; if it is delayed until the night, the country can also be strong; but if it is delayed until the night, and it is done tomorrow, such a country will be weakened!

Although Qin is gone, people's habits can't be said to change.

However, after he was formally visited by Liu Bang, there was an advantage, that is, no one dared to put his arms around his neck, open his mouth and pour wine into it!
At this moment, even Xia Houying and Zhou Bo, who were drunk, shirtless, drinking and wrestling together, did not dare to approach three feet in front of him!

This is power!

This is the majesty of the prime minister!
Xiao He drew his sword and looked around in a daze, then opened a document marked as urgent, his eyes gradually widened.

Berkshire Dad!

Li Shang said in the document that after he found the former royal family of the Ba people, he now used his name and nearly 3 newly recruited horses to recruit the land of Berkshire. More than 40 Ba people!
As an experienced Qin official who has thoroughly read the laws and regulations of the Qin State, Xiao He understands that the "Tao" established by the Qin State in the border counties in the past does not refer to roads, but administrative units at the same level as counties.

Well, he heard the word administrative unit from Liu Ying.

The characteristic of the Dao is that it does not register the households of the barbarian tribes. Compared with the registered households of the Qin State, the Qimin have to pay nearly half of their income as taxes.

Especially when serving in the army, barbarians can pay a certain amount of money to avoid becoming soldiers.

However, under Qin Law, this may not be a good thing...

But this is not important, the important thing is that Berkshire has surrendered, and the wealth and food in the treasury are being transported to Hanzhong one after another!

With these things, it will be more sure to conquer the pass.

After all, the prerequisite for soldiers to use their lives is to clearly distinguish rewards and punishments.

And rewarding the army requires a lot of money.

Military strategists say that every method of employing troops involves driving thousands of chariots, a thousand leather chariots, carrying hundreds of thousands of armors, and feeding food for thousands of miles. Then the teacher of [-] will be raised!

So at this moment Xiao He looked at the last few lines of the document and smiled knowingly.

Li Shang led his army to conquer Jiangzhou, beheaded the stubborn resisters, and then sent his army eastward to conquer Fuling County, taking all of Bashi's luxury manor, cinnabar cave, salt factory, and tens of thousands of miners.

According to him, the living environment of the miners was worrisome, which can almost be described as horrible, so the Ba people in the army were furious and killed a lot, so they pleaded guilty to Liu Bang.

Xiao He tapped his fingers on the table lightly, thinking about how to convict Li Shang.

In the big tent, Liu Ying dodged the big hands of several Jiumengzi, and slowly walked to Xiao He with a pot of tea: "Teacher, drink tea!"

Xiao He glanced sideways, looked at Liu Ying who was selling the so-called tea when he met everyone, couldn't help smiling, and handed over the document in his hand: "Look at it, how to convict him."

Liu Ying held it up in front of her face, and read it through without even guessing. After all, he is still semi-literate now...

Then he read it again, and said seriously:

"Let's not cover up past mistakes. If you are guilty, you should be punished, and if you have meritorious service, you should be rewarded. I think that killing and looting the head of Guizhou should be punished according to military law. Ba people who violated military discipline should be beheaded to show the public."

"It's just that the Ba people are barbarians after all, and it's normal for them not to understand military discipline. In order to avoid being punished for not teaching, this time the death penalty can be changed to corporal punishment, and the staff will be punished with sticks."

"As for whether Li Shang is guilty or not, if he is not in his position, he will not seek his own government, I dare not comment..."

(End of this chapter)