Be an emperor from drawing cards

Chapter 148: Arson plan, building Jingguan, Xinglin Courtyard!
Looking at the young emperor who stopped the giant beast in the center of the two formations with one strike, countless soldiers of the Chu army boiled with blood and shouted in unison:
"Your Majesty is mighty!"

For a time, the sound of the mountain shouting was so powerful that it spread throughout the countryside.

"what happened?"

In the middle of the Burmese Army, Wu Jianning was filled with doubts as he listened to the sound of mountain calls coming from afar.

But soon, his doubts were cleared.

The little emperor of Chu State was not only a ninth-grade master, but he also personally led the army into battle and killed a giant elephant with a single blow!
Upon hearing the news, Wu Jianning felt his eyes darken and almost couldn't catch his breath.

How can this be?

Wu Jianning thought through gritted teeth.

"Commander, General Lang would like to ask you, are you going according to the original plan?"

The detective looking downstairs asked loudly.

"Of course it goes as planned!"

Wu Jianning's eyes flashed with cruelty.

Open the bow without turning back the arrow.

When the little emperor of Chu appeared on the battlefield and killed a giant elephant with one sword, the shocking scene was enough to severely damage his own morale.

If he shows any signs of weakness, the morale of his soldiers will drop again and again, eventually leading to a defeat.

But now he still has a chance to save!
"Let the entire army be dispatched to target the Emperor of Chu. Everyone tells the soldiers under their command that I promise that if anyone can behead the Emperor of Chu, I will personally ask for the title of king for him!"

Wu Jianning said loudly to the generals.

For now, the only solution is a heavy reward!
Under the reward, there must be a brave man!
Upon hearing the promise from their commander, countless people's eyes suddenly turned red.

"Kill the Emperor of Chu and reward him with a prince!"

"Kill the Emperor of Chu and reward him with a prince!"

"Kill the Emperor of Chu and reward him with a prince!"

Amidst bursts of shouting, the Burmese soldiers' faces were red, waving their weapons, and roaring towards the Chu army.

After receiving the order, Lang Wei also forced the elephant slave to drive the giant elephant and rush towards Zhao Yu.

Looking at the Burmese army launching a full-scale offensive, Zhao Yu laughed loudly, pointed his red dragon sword at the Burmese army, and laughed wildly:

"My head is right here. If you barbarians have the ability, just come and get it! Soldiers, follow me and kill the enemy!"

After that, he led the flying bear army behind him and launched another charge towards the elephant herd.

Not far away, more than [-] Chu troops followed Zhao Yu like a wave and launched an offensive against the Burmese army.

The time for the decisive battle has arrived!

Zhao Yu swung his sword repeatedly. Wherever the sword energy passed, whether it was a man, a horse, or a giant elephant, they were all dead or alive.

The Flying Bear Army followed closely behind Zhao Yu. At the moment when they met the giant elephant, the Flying Bear Army headed by Zhang Xiu showed extremely high horse control skills. At the critical moment, they controlled the horse under their crotch to avoid it. He pulled out the iron throwing spear from behind with his backhand, leaned up, and used the inertia of the horse's sprint to throw the spear at the elephant slave on the elephant's back.

Compared with the rough-skinned and tough giant elephants, the elephant slaves who control them are obviously the weakest link.

Although the Burmese country arranged two shield-bearing soldiers beside the elephant slave to cover it, at close range, the armor-breaking ability of the spear was far greater than that of ordinary arrows.

When the two parties passed by on the wrong horse, more than a dozen elephant slaves made no sound anymore, leaving only giant elephants standing motionless.

"Damn!"

Among the elephants, Lang Wei, who was in charge of the elephants, could not help but bleed in his heart when he saw more than a dozen giant elephants standing there dumbly without control.

In this battle alone, nearly half of Myanmar's proud giant elephants were killed or injured. Such a huge loss was difficult for him to accept for a while.

There are only about two hundred giant elephants, and every one of them is a treasure.

With the ninth-grade grandmaster, the young emperor of Chu, here, if this continues, the entire elephant herd may be slaughtered!

Gritting his teeth, he made a difficult decision.

Let the remaining giant elephants be removed from the battlefield!
As for the rest, he can't control that much!

So, in the dull eyes of the Burmese soldiers, the remaining fourteen war elephants slowly withdrew towards the edge of the battlefield.

The morale that the Burmese army had finally raised due to the generous rewards was gone in an instant.

"Lang Wei, this bastard, does he know what he is doing? He is abandoning friendly forces for his own selfish reasons!"

Wu Jianning roared with a ferocious expression.

He had never hated himself so much. It was because he was blind that he let Lang Wei lead the elephant army!

However, there is no regret selling medicine in this world.

The generals and colonels of the Chu army at all levels obviously noticed the sharp drop in morale of the Burmese soldiers, and they shouted loudly:

"Brothers, kill all the Burmese thieves!"

"Kill the thief!"

"Kill the thief!"

Thirty thousand soldiers of the Chu army let out roars that shook the sky, and waves of soldiers were like red oceans, rushing toward the Burmese army.

As the elephant army retreated, the cavalry army that had been following them was immediately exposed.

The Burmese army's cavalry was not strong in the first place. These cavalry were first crushed by the Flying Bear Army. After losing their speed advantage, they immediately fell into the vast ocean that the Chu army arrived. After only a few struggles, the entire army was annihilated, and there was no more. sound.

Seeing the Chu army rushing over like wolves and tigers, the Burmese army, whose morale was on the verge of collapse, could no longer hold on. Amid the voices of crying fathers and mothers, they turned around and fled towards the back, pushing each other.

An extremely embarrassing collapse began.

More than [-] Burmese troops, like ants bursting from their nests at high tide, abandoned their helmets and armor and fled towards the way they came.

Seeing the overwhelming defeat, Wu Jianning froze on the spot.

He couldn't figure it out, how could the originally good situation collapse to this point in an instant?

Two lines of thick tears fell from the corners of his eyes. Wu Jianning laughed miserably. He suddenly pulled out the sword from his waist and placed it across his neck. Facing the direction of Shuntian Mansion, the capital of Burma, he knelt on the ground on one knee and cried loudly:
"I am ashamed of Your Majesty for losing a large army and suffering such a great defeat. Even the water of the river cannot wash away the guilt of this crime. The only way to atone for it is to die!"

After saying that, he wanted to kill himself with a knife and die to apologize.

When the guards around him saw this, they were so frightened that they snatched the long knife away and said loudly:
"General, you must not do this! Not to mention, we and other soldiers also need you, General, to take you back to the country. If the General dies like this, who will explain Na Lang Wei's guilt to Your Majesty! If he hadn't withdrawn the troops without permission, General Why did he return in such a disastrous defeat?"

Hearing the word "Lang Wei", Wu Jianning finally felt a little angry in his eyes.

Yes, although I am the chief culprit for this defeat, Lang Wei's responsibility is not mine.

Even if I die, I will die behind this guy!
Thinking of this, Wu Jianning finally put down his hands, nodded and said:

"That's right, even if I die, I can't make life easy for Lang Wei!"

He stood up, gritted his teeth and said:

"Send an order to all the armies to quickly retreat to the country along the road they came from. I will lead the central army to block the Chu army for them!"

"Here!"

The personal guard responded quickly.

"kill!"

The Chu army, led by Qu Zhen, Wang Xiongdan, Yin Shou, Zhang Xiu and others, chased them north and killed them until rivers of blood flowed.

Wang Xiongdan met Zhuoyi, the commander of the right wing of the Burmese army, in the formation. The two men did not fight well. Zhuoyi was scorned by Wang Xiongdan and stabbed him under the horse.

The Chu people had a deep-seated hatred for the Burmese. Wherever they went, mourning was everywhere, leaving no one alive or even a complete corpse.

"General, we can't resist anymore. Let's retreat. If we don't leave, it will be too late!"

Seeing that there were fewer and fewer soldiers around him, Wu Jianning's personal guard said to him urgently.

"withdraw!"

Wu Jianning glanced in the direction of Zhao Yu and said this word with a look of humiliation.

"Catch up, don't let the Burmese dog escape!"

Seeing the Burmese army retreating hastily, the soldiers of the Chu army shouted loudly.

Wu Jianning led the remaining troops to fight and retreat, preparing to retreat back to the country along the original route.

However, things never go as planned.

Suddenly, one of the guards shouted with horror on his face.

"General, general, look ahead. What happened in front?"

Wu Jianning followed the guard's fingers and suddenly felt his hands and feet were cold.

They saw billowing smoke rising along with flames in the mountain forest less than three miles away from them.

"This, has our escape route been cut off?"

Wu Jianning couldn't help but lamented.

It turned out that at Li Ru's suggestion, as early as the night before yesterday, he and Jia Xu had each led [-] soldiers, quietly left the city at night, ambush in the mountains and forests where the Burmese army must pass, and put a barrel of Barrels of tung oil were poured onto the vegetation on both sides of the road, and they immediately set up an ambush.

When they learned that the Burmese army was defeated, they spared the retreating elephant army and lit the fire.

With the blessing of Li Rucheng's [Fire Burning City], the fire quickly spread in just a short time, not only completely sealing the retreat road of the Burmese army, but also igniting the surrounding mountains and forests.

Some Burmese soldiers who had no time to escape were directly ignited by the raging fire and burned into a pile of ashes.

Therefore, with fierce fire in front and pursuers behind, countless Burmese soldiers had no choice but to kneel down and ask for surrender from the Chu army.

Seeing the surrendering soldiers everywhere, the string in Wu Jianning's heart was completely broken.

"Your Majesty, I am incompetent!"

Amidst the shrill roars, Wu Jianning drew his knife and killed himself.

As blood burst out, a generation of Burmese famous generals came to an end.

…………

Before the last ray of the setting sun set, this tragic war finally ended with the Chu army's victory.

According to the standard regulations for capturing prisoners, the soldiers of the Chu army cut off the hands of all the surrendered Burmese people behind their backs, and tied their arms with thick ropes in groups of ten and strung them together.

After about two hours, all the Burmese prisoners were tied tightly, leaving no room for resistance.

Zhao Yu immediately stood on the hill, his starry eyes scanning towards the battlefield.

I saw that in the wilderness for several miles around, there were corpses left by the Burmese army everywhere. Broken Burmese army battle flags were just abandoned on the battlefield. Ownerless horses wandered back and forth on the battlefield. , looking for the master who died in battle.One general's success will cause thousands of bones to wither. The ancients will not deceive me...

Zhao Yu sighed in his heart.

Soon after, the generals came to Zhao Yu one after another to report the results of the battle to him.

After this fierce battle, more than [-] of the [-] Burmese troops who invaded Chu State were annihilated, [-] Burmese troops were captured, and more than [-] people were missing.

Needless to say, most of the more than [-] people died in the wildfires.

There were less than [-] soldiers who followed the Xiang army to withdraw from the battlefield and fled towards the territory of Myanmar before Li Ru and Jia Xu set fire to the forest.

"Your Majesty, what should be done with these surrendered soldiers?"

Yin Shou asked, cupping his fists.

Zhao Yu glanced at the surrendered soldiers of the Burmese army who were being guarded by the Chu army, and said calmly: "What do you think?"

"Your Majesty, although the Burmese are short in stature, these soldiers have received military training and are quite strong. They are all good coolies."

Regarding Wang Xiongdan's opinion, Zhao Yu was noncommittal and looked at Jia Xu aside.

"Wen He, tell me what you think."

Jia Xu bowed and said: "Your Majesty, in my opinion, these ten thousand soldiers need to consume a lot of food every day, and our army's food reserves are already tight. It is better to behead them all and build a Jingguan to deter the Burmese and barbarians." !”

After hearing Jia Xu's words, the eyes of the generals looking at Jia Xu changed.

No one expected that this middle-aged scribe with a somewhat chubby figure and a warm smile on his face would be so ruthless when he made a move.

It's a pity that he still used "Wenhe" as the Chinese character!
By the way, Li Ru and Li Wenyou are not good at making trouble either. They can easily describe the plan of setting fire to the forest and cutting off their escape route...

It seems that if the counselors around His Majesty are not necessary in the future, it is better not to antagonize them. Otherwise, one day, they will be tricked by the other party inexplicably!
The generals looked at each other quietly and made the same decision secretly in their hearts.

Such a ruthless man who hides his sword in his smile, these brave warriors really can't afford to offend him.

But then again, they quite agreed with Jia Xu's proposal.

Because kindness to the enemy is cruelty to oneself.

"Wen He is right, people who are not of my race must have different minds!"

Zhao Yu nodded.

"Just do what Wen He said!"

Soon, a series of miserable howls sounded in the wilderness.

The Burmese army prisoners who were kneeling on the ground were beheaded in pieces, and their blood dyed the earth red again.

Immediately, their heads were simply pickled with lime, and then built into a huge Jingguan by the Chu army, with billowing evil spirits rising straight into the sky.

This capital temple was firstly used to commemorate the soldiers who died in the previous wars, and secondly, it was used to intimidate the Burmese and barbarians.

Two days later, when the Jingguan was completed, Wu Kun and other Shanmantou people who were forced to come to watch the ceremony felt their scalps go numb looking at the sinister Jingguan.

They had no doubt that if they dared to rebel again, the Emperor of Chu would ruthlessly build a second capital with the heads of himself and his people!
This is a monarch who is extremely tough against foreign enemies!
Wu Kun and others thought this way.

However, when they were about to go to see Zhao Yu, they were told by officials of the Chu State that his Majesty had led his troops to leave Xunlin City yesterday and headed south under the starry night towards the cities of Funing and Laiqu.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see such a move. It is obvious that Zhao Yu is preparing to take back all the lost ground with the momentum of victory.

Sure enough, after learning that the main force of the Burmese army was almost wiped out in the first battle, the defenders of the two cities almost surrendered.

Zhao Yu didn't waste much effort to get the two cities back into the arms of Chu State.

…………

After the victory, half a month passed in the blink of an eye.

Documents reporting the victory have been sent to the court, and at the same time, news has reached Zhao Yu that the new governor of Jiaxing Prefecture is Bu Zhao Bu Zi Shan, whom Zhao Yu is very optimistic about.

Zhao Yu expressed great satisfaction with this appointment.

The characteristics of Bu Zhao [Looking to the Southern Border] can allow Miao, Man and other ethnic minorities to quickly integrate into the mainstream culture of Chu State, thus speeding up the restoration of stability in Jiaxing Prefecture.

He is currently the most suitable candidate in Zhao Yu's hands to govern southern Xinjiang, and there is not even one candidate.

Bu Zhao also lived up to Zhao Yu's expectations. Three days ago, he rode alone to southern Xinjiang.

Bu Zhi also brought another news, that is, the Jin State had informed the officials in the DPRK that it was preparing to send envoys to mediate the dispute between Qi and Chu. The adults in the DPRK also hoped that the emperor Zhao Yu could return to the Shenjing City as soon as possible. On the one hand, Presiding over the overall situation, on the one hand, stabilizing people's hearts.

After Zhao Yu nodded to express his understanding, he took Bu Zhi to a place.

"Your Majesty, is this the wounded soldiers camp?"

Looking at the familiar yet unfamiliar scene in front of him, Bu Zhi asked in a confused tone.

"It was the wounded barracks in the past. Of course, it may be more appropriate to call it Xinglin Court now."

Zhao Yu smiled.

It turned out that after the war, Zhao Yu, who felt compassion when he saw the scenes of wounded soldiers wailing in pain, decided to test his skills in southern Xinjiang and carve some of his own marks on this land.

In the Miao border area, miasma and disease were rampant. Although during the expedition against the rebels, due to the quick end of the war, the imperial army did not contract the disease. However, as time went by, it was inevitable that some soldiers in the army would be infected with the miasma. They had to live and die, and several people even died of illness due to lack of timely treatment.

In addition, after several previous battles, many soldiers in the army had injuries of varying severity. As time went on, the injuries gradually worsened due to tetanus or bacterial infection.

This kind of non-combat attrition was simply unreasonable in Zhao Yu's eyes, but it was commonplace in a feudal country like Dachu.

Relying on his absolute authority in suppressing the rebellion, Zhao Yu renovated and expanded the wounded barracks in the army vigorously and resolutely.

Under the temptation of a reduced sentence, the mountain barbarian captives captured by the imperial court exerted great subjective initiative.

Zhao Yu turned some of the civilians who were responsible for the logistics and transportation of the army into caregivers, assigned craftsmen sent from Ningtong City, and a group of prisoners, and in less than ten days, they built a building three miles northeast of Ningtong City. A brand new camp was built.

Outside the three-foot-wide gate of the camp, there is a plaque inscribed with the name Ningtong Xinglin Courtyard.The name Xinglinyuan was given by Zhao Yu, and the inscription was handwritten by Jia Xu, the best calligrapher.

Because of this, Li Ru's eyes changed when he looked at Jia Xu.

This is a rare opportunity to leave a mark in history!

It's a pity that my handwriting was a little bad, so Jia Wen and this guy got the better of me!
The dormitories for sick patients in the military camp are basically big bunks that lead from one end to the other. Only generals have their own single rooms.

It's not that separate beds cannot be built for these sick and wounded, it's just that Zhao Yu had to do this in order to adapt to this era of distinct classes.

But even so, after building the Datongpu, Zhao Yu still asked the craftsmen to erect half-person-high wooden boards on the main bunk to separate single rooms for the patients.

There are 860 large and small barracks, excluding the nursing staff's residence, which can accommodate a total of [-] beds.

The sick and wounded in the army were placed in different barracks according to the severity and type of their injuries.Each barrack has a varying number of full-time caregivers. Among those who are seriously injured or seriously ill, there will even be one-on-one caregivers to take care of them.

Some of these caregivers were recruited from Jiaxing Prefecture, and some were selected from prisoners.

The reward for recruitment was silver, and the reward for captives was a reduced sentence.

Outside each barracks there is a laundry room.The area of ​​the laundry room is not large. Except for one side which is the wall of the barracks, the other three sides are empty. Only a roof is built on it to protect it from wind and rain.

Under the shed, there are several large pots that are constantly steaming. Boiling water is constantly boiling in them, used to steam and disinfect the sheets and clothes changed by the sick and wounded.The changed sheets and clothes are first washed with running water to remove dirt, then steamed and sterilized at high temperature, and finally dried in the sun and sent back to a patient for use.

Zhao Yu's original plan was that the people in charge of these chores in the barracks would be the relatives and friends of the sick and wounded, as well as the sick and wounded themselves who had regained their ability to move.However, most of those who need treatment now are soldiers from the Beijing camp.

These soldiers' ancestral homes and families are all near Shenjing, and they have no relatives or friends in southern Xinjiang.

So in desperation, Zhao Yu could only hire people from Ningtong City to work.

He even had the idea to wait until the response was ready, to separate a part of the barracks in Xinglin Court for the sick and wounded among the prisoners, and to allow their relatives to come to visit and accompany them, so that one could live in peace. The hearts and minds of these captives can make them feel the "warmth" from the Chu court.

After thinking about this, these prisoners will be grateful to themselves and the court, and they will never rebel again in their lives.

In the open space about three feet wide between every two barracks, Zhao Yu specially asked craftsmen to build a row of benches with backrests using non-perishable wood.

When the sun comes out and is bright, the sick and wounded in Xinglin Hospital can sit on the benches and bask in the sun.

In addition, he also arranged flower beds in the camp and transplanted many flowers and trees that were easy to grow and grow.

Facing green eyes and full of vitality, the mood of these sick and injured patients will be much better, which will be more conducive to recovery.

In response to the rainy weather in Miao territory, Zhao Yu also paved the main roads in the camp with gravel and dug out sewers, both for drainage and sewage.

To be honest, without so many prisoners, it would have been impossible for the Xinglin Courtyard, which covers an extremely large area, to be built so quickly.

Although the completion of Xinglin Yuan is a very fulfilling thing for Zhao Yu, it does not mean that he does not have worries.

For example, a thief who steals wine!
"Takejiro, how many times has this happened to you?"

Hearing Zhao Yu's angry scolding in the barracks, Wang Xiongdan, who had just finished training with his troops, couldn't help but shake his head.

"This alcohol is given to the injured for external disinfection, not for internal use to kill alcohol bugs! I finally made so many dozens of kilograms, but without even seeing it, I lost more than half of it?! You guys? After all, he is a military general with good character and professional duties, so how can he do all these sneaky things?"

Wang Xiongdan opened the door, and a choking smell of wine hit his nostrils. Wu Song, Zhang Xiu, Yin Shou, Li Huan and other powerful generals in the army, as well as several other generals, all stood obediently. In front of Zhao Yu, he lowered his head like a quail and accepted the punishment obediently.

As the emperor, Zhao Yu led the Chu army to fight several hearty and victorious battles, and his prestige in the army was extremely high.

Although Zhao Yu usually smiled at everyone and was quite kind to the generals, once he got angry, even Wu Song, who was fearless, did not dare to say anything back.

"Your Majesty, what happened?"

Although Wang Xiongdan heard some clues, he still asked.

"What else can I do?" When Zhao Yu saw Wang Xiongdan entering the room, he was still angry. He even uttered curse words, which showed the anger in his heart. "It took a lot of effort to prepare the alcohol for the medical officers of Xinglin Hospital." I brewed it, but unexpectedly, in the blink of an eye, it was secretly drank by these thieves!"

Seeing Wang Xiongdan enter the room to ease the atmosphere, Wu Song smiled with saliva, lowered his head and said with a smile:
"Your Majesty, isn't this the end of the war? The alcohol bug in my stomach is about to make a fuss. Besides, the alcohol you made is even better than the royal wine your Majesty gave me in the past. This is different. I accidentally drank a little too much..."

"Drink a little too much?" Zhao Yu heard this and his voice rose an octave in anger, "I kept the craftsmen busy for several days, and I just brewed fifty kilograms of alcohol. My dear, you left me less than five kilograms. Then you have the nerve to tell me that you just drank a little too much?"

This is called a little bit, is it a hundred million bits?

"Your Majesty, you know that I only drank five kilograms, and the rest went into their stomachs..."

Seeing Zhao Yu looking at him with a gnawing gaze, Wu Song was startled and quickly explained.As he said that, he pointed at Yin Shou and others.

"Your Majesty, you know me. Although I am cunning in front of my elder sister, I am honest and honest in front of His Majesty. I swear, like General Wu, I only drank five kilograms."

Yin Shou also defended himself, even using Yin Hanhan as a shield.

"Your Majesty, you know how I am. After following Your Majesty these days, when have I ever lied? I only moved five kilograms of alcohol."

Realizing that Zhao Yu was looking at him, Zhang Xiu hurriedly spoke, almost swearing to the sky.

Li Yuan and other generals also said the same thing.

"Okay, excluding me and General Wang, there are a total of eight people in the room, and each of them took five kilograms of alcohol. I would like to ask, are there still five kilograms of alcohol?!"

Wu Song and others looked at Wang Xiongdan who was standing aside.

Wang Xiongdan: What does it have to do with me? ?
　Done, good night everyone!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)