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Chapter 678 Mitsukoshi
When Wei Qing returned to the Marquis of Pingyang, Princess Pingyang led everyone in the mansion to welcome him.

He has his own Changping Hou Mansion, but Princess Pingyang mainly takes care of Cao Xiang, and their Wei family was born as slaves of Pingyang Hou Mansion, so they all live here.

The members of the Wei family will not leave here until Wei Qing dies.

And Princess Pingyang, even if Wei Qing dies, she will always stay here.

"Welcome the general back home~~~"

The complacent Princess Pingyang embraced Mrs. Wei who was still in her infancy with one hand, and took Cao Xiang with the other to welcome her.

Wei Qing stepped forward full of joy, first glanced at Mrs. Wei in the arms of the princess, but did not reach out to pick it up, but patted Cao Xiang on the shoulder first, and asked a few questions about martial arts, studies, and physical matters After reassuring his stepson, he took over Mrs. Wei.

His mind has gradually become more delicate, at least he knows how to appease his stepson first.

Holding Wei Husband in her infancy, Wei Qing really felt that this life was worthwhile.

Let the princess who used to be high above bear a son for him, and become a marquis at the pinnacle of life, and won the Huns to make his name in history, and now he has a son, this life has no regrets!
Princess Pingyang is also full of ambition.

After her mother and younger brother engaged in such a big rebellion, it is already a blessing to be able to escape unscathed.

What's even more exaggerated is that the ex-husband sacrificed his life for a chance to get rid of the crime, and the current husband has won the prestige and power of Nuoda. Being a woman is really lucky.

What's more, she is worthy of her ex-husband and raised her son Cao Xiang.

Now that she has Wei Kang again, she is worthy of Wei Qing.

Wei Qing, who hugged Mrs. Wei and made out for a while, reluctantly handed it to Princess Pingyang after Mrs. Wei cried dissatisfiedly.

At this time, he went to look at the surrounding Wei family members.

mother, brother, sister eh?
"Younger." Wei Qing looked at the child in the arms of his younger sister Wei Shaoer suspiciously, "This is."

Wei Shao'er's face was not very good-looking, and he didn't respond when he heard the words.

It was Wei Wei who came forward and explained, "This is your sister's son."

Wei Qing was surprised by these words, he has been away for less than a year, not even ten months, how come he has a girl and even a son when he comes back.

"It's that Huo Zhongru." Aunt Wei also said with some dissatisfaction, "Didn't you tell the children to get closer to that Huo Zhongru? There are already children who are so close."

Wei Qing was a little embarrassed when he said this.

Let Wei Shaoer get closer to Huo Zhongru, this is what the emperor asked him to do.

It's just that Wei Shao'er's status at this time is no longer that of Pingyang Hou's Acclaimer before, but she is Chang Pinghou's younger sister, and her status is very high.

You must know that her younger sister, Wei Zifu, entered Weiyang Palace and became Mrs. Wei.

With Wei Shao'er's current status, he can either marry the Marquis, or enter the palace to be with his sister.

But Huo Zhongru is just a small official in Pingyang County, so it's no wonder that Wei Shao'er has a bad face.

Wei Qing, who had heard the details, touched his nose in embarrassment, "What does Your Majesty mean?"

"What's the point?"

Wei Shaoer, whose eyes were red, responded, "Your Majesty has given you a marriage, so what else can I do?"

The status of women in Han Dynasty was very high, so things like Heli were naturally no big deal.

But the emperor personally bestowed the marriage, and if he still wants to reconcile, it would be slapping the face of the emperor.

Of course, Wei Shaoer felt that he was extremely wronged.

Wei Qing sighed, looked around but did not see Huo Zhongru, knowing that it was because his family disliked him and did not let him come out to greet him.

"I'll let Zhong Ru come and find me later."

When stepping into the mansion, Wei Qing stopped again, looked at the child in Wei Shaoer's arms and asked, "Did my nephew have a name?"

"His Majesty personally bestowed the name on Huo Qubing."

Here, Li Yunze left behind Gongsun Ao after the banquet.

After entering the side hall, Li Yunze bluntly said, "Wei Qing recommended you to me as the chief general of Ping Sanyue, are you willing?"

Gongsun Ao was overjoyed and hurriedly saluted, "I am willing to die for Your Majesty!"

Although Shi Weiqing and Gongsun Ao had no life-saving grace this time, during the time they spent together in Yan Country this time, they had a good impression of Gongsun Ao and felt that he was more stable.

With the increase of experience, Wei Qing's vision is getting better and better.

He could see that the Han army was so powerful that it could win even when facing the Huns.

In this case, the main general should not make rash advances, and prudently holding troops is the best choice. With strong strength, he can just continue to crush directly, and rash advances may lead to failure.

Because of this, Wei Qing recommended Gongsun Ao to Li Yunze.

After taking their seats, Li Yunze asked, "What are your thoughts on the pacification of Mitsukoshi?"

"His Majesty."

Of course, Gongsun Ao didn't do his homework in advance, but as a member of the army, he naturally had an understanding of the countries around the big man. After all, he couldn't tell when he would fight there.

After pondering for a while, Gongsun Ao said, "Suppress Mitsuyue, be a swordsman and go with recruiting."

"En." Li Yunze said noncommittally, "Tell me in detail."

"Here."

"Your Majesty, we must fight to put down Mitsukoshi. But at the same time, we must persuade them to surrender voluntarily."

"The land of Sanyue is densely covered with mountains and forests, criss-crossed by rivers, and lakes and swamps are everywhere. Although our Han army is powerful, the terrain is too difficult. First show the army's coercion and courage, and then recruit them into it. Under the rule of the big man."

The so-called Sanyue refers to the Eastern Ou Kingdom, the Minyue Kingdom and the Nanyue Kingdom.

They occupy the land of mountains and forests in the southeast, and they are the feudal state of the big man in name, but in fact they don't obey the orders of the big man.

In the past, the big man was not strong enough, with the Xiongnu staring at him outside, and the ambitious kings of various places inside, naturally he had no spare power to deal with Mitsukoshi.

But now, the Xiongnu suffered heavy injuries one after another, and they were already beaten to the point of urinating blood.

As for the King Feng who once occupied half of the Han Dynasty, after experiencing the Rebellion of the Seven Kings and Li Yunze's heavy blows, most of the feudal kingdoms have melted away and collapsed, and the rest are still in constant fear and have no ability to make trouble.

Before the cavalry of the Han army had reached a large scale, it was a good time to clean up Sanyue and even the kingdom of Dian and Yelang.

Li Yunze was still satisfied with the strategic phalanx proposed by Gongsun Ao.

He nodded and began to ask about the specific plan, "How are you going to fight?"

Gongsun Ao, with an excited expression, said immediately, "Your Majesty, I heard that the Minyue Kingdom and the Dongou Kingdom are constantly fighting, and the Dongou Kingdom has made contributions to the court, and it is at a disadvantage in the war with the Minyue Kingdom. I want to go first to support Send troops in the name of Dongou Kingdom, after pacifying Minyue Kingdom
Persuade Dongou to attach itself, and then concentrate on pacifying Nanyue. "

The war between Minyue Kingdom and Dongou Kingdom dates back to the period of the Seven Kings Rebellion.

After the Rebellion of the Seven Kings was put down, Liu Bi, the King of Wu who was defeated like a mountain, fled to Dongou Kingdom for refuge. Even though he was old, he still didn't want to die.

But the Eastern Ou Kingdom could see clearly that King Wu Liu Bi was already a bereaved dog, and taking him in would not do any good except causing disaster.

So Dongou Kingdom killed Wu Wang Liu Bi very simply, and sent his head to Chang'an City.

That should have been the end of the matter.

But Liu Ju, the son of Wu Wang Liu Bi, fled to Minyue.

He wanted to avenge his father, so he encouraged Minyue Kingdom to attack Dongou Kingdom.

In fact, the Eastern Ou Kingdom and the Minyue Kingdom were originally the Minzhong County of the Qin Kingdom. When the world was in chaos at the end of the Qin Dynasty, they took the opportunity to rise and become a powerful party.

Liu Bang named Wuzhu, a descendant of Goujian, the king of Minyue.

After Liu Bang's death, Lu Fei appointed another descendant of Goujian, Zou Yao, as the king of Dongyue in the name of the emperor, and separated from Minyue to become the Eastern Ou Kingdom.

The so-called Dongou is actually Wenzhou.

King Minyue wanted to reunify Minyue Kingdom, so he immediately accepted Liu Ju's instigation and continued to attack Dongou Kingdom.

What's more coincidental is that Dong'ou Kingdom is not strong enough here, and they have been asking Chang'an City to send reinforcements almost every year, even in the name of sending troops.

"good."

Li Yunze smiled and nodded approvingly, "Is there anything else you want to add?"

"His Majesty."

With the approval of the emperor, Gongsun Ao, who gained confidence, went on to say vigorously, "The terrain of Mitsukoshi is difficult, and it is not suitable for cavalry operations. I feel that this battle should be dominated by officials and boatmen."

In fact, most of the big Han people in this era have not yet been developed, and the terrain and features are very primitive.

Not to mention the dense forests in Mitsukoshi, there are also a large number of lakes and swamps, and the terrain is very complicated.

When the elite cavalry of the Han Dynasty arrived here, let alone fighting, it would be difficult to march.

Fighting in this kind of place can only be the material officers and the boatmen, that is, the infantry and the navy.

What's more, it doesn't work anywhere else, it has to be from Jiangnan.

Sure enough, I heard Gongsun Ao go on to say, "I invite you to send out soldiers from Jiujiang, Kuaiji, Danyang, Yuzhang, Lujiang, and Guiyang counties."

The so-called big hair refers to sweeping all men of the right age into the army, which is an extreme situation where all the people are soldiers.

As for why several counties were developed, it is because of the imbalance between the north and the south of Dahan's population.

The vast majority of the population is actually concentrated in the area north of the river.

Here in the south of the Yangtze River, although the area of ​​each county is not small, the population is very small.

It is difficult to gather a powerful army without making great efforts.

It's not that you can't transfer troops from the Northland, but that the soldiers in the Northland are not acclimatized, and non-combat attrition will be very serious.

Especially at this time, there is no large-scale development in the south of the Yangtze River. Not only is the terrain difficult, but there are also a large number of mosquitoes and bacteria, snail schistosomiasis, etc. These things will greatly affect the combat effectiveness of the northern soldiers and horses.

Li Yunze was silent for a while, and then asked, "How many soldiers and horses do you need?"

Gritting his teeth, Gongsun Ao said, "20!"

The 20 soldiers he mentioned were soldiers. In order to support these 20 soldiers in combat, especially in places with complex terrain, the number of civilians responsible for logistics work in the rear must be doubled at least.

It's no wonder that Gongsun Ao said that he would make a big fuss, and it would be difficult to support a battle of this scale unless all the men in these counties were swept away.

In history, Emperor Wu Ping Sanyue used a large number of northern soldiers.

Although Mitsukoshi was successfully pacified, the northern soldiers and civilian husbands suffered great losses.

And this time, in order to take down Mitsukoshi at once, naturally a large number of troops are needed.

Li Yunze didn't want to lose too many people. He simply said, "Up to [-] soldiers. As for logistics, I have built large ships, which can be transported along the coast."

(End of this chapter)