Rebirth of the Four Seas Emperor

Zhu Liangao defected?

When he first heard the news, Hou Yao thought it was the funniest joke.

If there is anyone in the army whose character can be trusted the most, it is undoubtedly Zhu Liang'ao who is the most trustworthy. Whoever defectes cannot be him.

However, Liu Chengfu looked serious and did not look like he was joking, so Hou Yao could only ask doubtfully:

"Tell me carefully, what's going on?"

Only then did Liu Chengfu tell what happened.

A few days ago, Zhu Liang'ao held a meeting of generals and agreed on a new round of military exercises.

Liu Chengfu and Lei Xingguang naturally had no objections. This is the tradition of the Baoan Army and there is a military exercise in March.

The rules of each military exercise are different. This time the rules are: Multiple strongholds have been set up near Shekou. Three brigade commanders will each lead a brigade of soldiers to capture and hold these strongholds within five days. At the end of the performance time, the team that captures the most points will be the winner.

According to the rules of the Baoan Army, the legion that wins the military exercise can have half of the training in the next stage and an additional three days of vacation.

Therefore, military exercises have always been a top priority for the three armed forces, requiring the deployment of troops and generals to prepare food and grass.

The so-called preparation of grain is to move the grain out of the warehouse and find a safe place to store it.

Hou Yao set the rules. During the military exercise, once the enemy attacks the food and grass, the military exercise will end immediately, and the training amount will be doubled in the next quarter.

The military exercise officially began. Usually, Zhu Liang'ao's vanguard brigade suppressed the second and third brigades and fought violently.

This time, uncharacteristically, the Pioneer Brigade pressed forward with heavy troops from the beginning, occupied the northernmost stronghold, and then became silent again.

Liu Chengfu and Lei Xingguang thought that this guy wanted to conserve his strength and prepare to use his strength later.

Unexpectedly, there was no movement in the vanguard camp until the end of the exercise.

After the exercise, the Pioneer Brigade did not return to the base.Liu Chengfu and Lei Xingguang went to the northern stronghold to find Zhu Liang'ao.

Only when we arrived at the base did we find out that Zhu Liang'ao and two regiments were missing as early as the beginning of the military exercise. One of the two regiments was Chen Kun's regiment.

When Liu Chengfu told what happened, Hou Yao felt confused.

What can Zhu Liangao do?

What happened to Chen Kun?

After thinking about it for a long time, I still couldn't figure it out. What kind of combination are these two people?Where can they go with their army?I didn't hear anyone report that the army was crossing the border.

"If you think about it carefully, has anything strange happened to them before?"

Liu Chengfu thought for a long time but couldn't figure it out, and then said awkwardly:

"Let's talk about strange things. I don't know if they have encountered them. Anyway, I encountered one. Before the military exercise, the princess went to the military camp and then said some strange things to me. I didn't really listen. I understand, and then the princess left unhappy."

Hou Yao was suddenly startled, and suddenly remembered that he had not seen Ji Wenjun for a long time. Remembering the scene when he had a big argument with her before, he suddenly screamed:

"Damn it, it couldn't be that stupid bitch... Oh my god..."

After saying that, he ran to the hotel without looking back.

Liu Chengfu stood blankly with a confused face on the spot, and his mind was full of questions: Could the young master call you "princess" just now, right?

……

At the entrance of the hotel, Xiaoyu and Xiaoxia stopped Hou Yao with smiles on their faces.

"Sir, His Highness has specially told you that anyone can see you, except Master Hou. I beg you, please don't embarrass me. Please come back."

If he hadn't heard the news about Liu Chengfu, Hou Yao would have been frightened by the two of them.But now, it is impossible for him to give in even half a step:

"You two are so brave. The princess has already left Bao'an County. You still dare to deceive me here. Aren't you afraid of losing your head?"

Xiaoyu and Xiaoxia hurriedly knelt down:

"Please forgive me, sir. It was... Your Highness the Princess who asked us to lie."

Hou Yao didn't bother to talk nonsense to them, so he pushed the two of them away and entered the hotel, and the two of them followed in hastily.

Walking into the princess's bedroom, it looked like it had been uninhabited for a long time.

Hou Yao immediately sat down on the stool: It's over, this stinky bitch really led her own troops to rescue King Xi. Oh my god, what can I do?

Looking at the two maids with dull eyes, Hou Yao's mind was in a mess.

"How many days has the princess been gone?"

The two women were too scared to speak. Finally, Xiaoyu became a little bolder and then she mustered up the courage to say:

"Back... back to your lord, Your Highness... Your Highness has been gone for eight days."

Hou Yao laughed at himself bitterly. It turned out that the princess had left on the third day of the quarrel. Since she did not leave with Zhu Liang'ao, she must have gone ahead to collect food and grass.

If he chases after him now, he will definitely not be able to catch up, and Yu Xiuer and Chen Junnan are not here. Wei Daxing is building a treasure ship again, and there is no master around him. He does not dare to go so far, and can only pray that they can return safely. .

"Did she ask you to catch up?"

The two women shook their heads at the same time, but they also plucked up the courage to say:

"The princess said that since the two of us have no fighting ability, we should stay in Bao'an County. There will be no danger if adults take care of us."

Hou Yao shook his head helplessly:

"Oh, forget it, just stay here. If you're afraid, go live in the Yamen."

"I'm not afraid, thank you, sir."

"Well, okay, you guys are busy, I'll leave first."

……

When Hou Yao returned to the Yamen, Liu Chengfu was still waiting in the public room:

"Sir, what are you doing? What are you going to do with the remaining people in the Pioneer Battalion?"

Hou Yao shook his head and smiled bitterly:

"You can take charge for the time being. We will wait until we get the people back."

Liu Chengfu nodded and took the order.

Hou Yao thought for a while, and now all the nine borders of Daxia use the policy of restraining the barbarians to control the barbarians.

Ji refers to a horse's head; 縻 refers to an ox's head.The so-called restraint policy is to use the method of winning over local leaders to control the stability of the regional situation.

This kind of ruling method can only stabilize the peace of the borderland for one or two generations. As time goes by, big problems will inevitably arise.

However, the court had no choice. Myanmar has a tropical monsoon forest climate, with high mountains and dense forests everywhere, which is not suitable for large army operations. Most of the troops of the Central Plains court are not adapted to the climate and environment there.During each expedition to the southwest, less than one-tenth of the soldiers died in battle, but most of them died of illness.This is the consensus of almost everyone in the court.

Miasma is a gas that is rumored to be unique to Lingnan. It often causes malaria, dysentery, hemorrhagic fever, sore throat and inflammation, etc. It is said in "Lingwai Daida" that "all diseases in the south are called malaria".

The rumors of miasma aggravated the Central Plains Dynasty's fear of the southern territory. For the Central Plains Dynasty, it was a useless place with not much profit. They had to fill it with human lives and conquer the southwestern barbarians. It was a thankless task.If it weren't for the barbarians who often sent troops to harass the Yunnan border, the imperial court would not even be willing to spend energy on controlling them.

Therefore, Lingnan has always been the same as Yazhou. It has been a place of exile since ancient times. But the more people were exiled, the more Han people there were. Once there were more Han people, the court could not ignore it. The territory of Lingnan was just like this. The spot was occupied by the imperial court.

But modern people know that most diseases are caused by bacterial or viral infections, not poisoning by a certain kind of gas. Therefore, blaming these diseases on miasma is actually a cognitive limitation of people in this era.

The biggest causes of death of sergeants in the Central Plains were poisoning by snake and insect bites and drinking unclean water. In addition, bacterial infection of wounds was also a major factor. Of course, these are also important causes of death from diseases in human history. reason.

In addition, Myanmar's complex terrain creates a changeable microclimate. In addition, the altitude difference in the virgin forest is large, and the temperature difference between day and night is large. It is easy to die from hypothermia due to cold.

What’s more, if you can’t find a safe place to take shelter when it rains, you can easily be struck by lightning and die.People at this time are most afraid of thunder and lightning. Once they encounter one or two lightning strikes during the march, it will definitely cause moral turmoil in the army.The so-called thunder and lightning strikes from the sky are still terrifying in their shock to people's hearts.

Hou Yaofu wrote quickly in front of the public case, recording the matters that needed to be paid attention to when dispatching troops, and wrote three full pages of rice paper.

After I finished writing, I read it again carefully and felt that there were no omissions, so I started writing another letter.

This letter was so long that it took me from sunset to five o'clock to finish it.

He checked the two letters carefully, then wrapped them in waterproof oil paper, put them into a leather bag, and then called in a servant.

"General Zhu Liang'ao escorted Her Royal Highness the Princess westward to the Yunnan border. She has been walking for about eight days. There are two letters in this cowhide bag. You can deliver them to Her Royal Highness Princess at an expedited speed of [-] miles or ask Zhu Liang'ao to General Liang'ao conveyed that if you find no trace of Her Royal Highness the Princess on the road and arrive at the border of Yunnan, you can go find Her Royal Highness King Xi and give him both letters."

"If it's an adult, the villain will definitely deliver it."

The officer took the order and left.

Hou Yao shook his dizzy head, sighed deeply, and turned back to the public room.

I sat on the koan and thought about it, but still felt uneasy, and then continued to look up information about Myanmar.

After checking the war situation between Daxia and Myanmar in the past 50 years, although it basically ended in Daxia's victory, Daxia was basically on the defensive.There was never any fatal threat to the Taungoo dynasty.

The main reason for this situation was the chieftains who repeatedly jumped between Taungoo and Daxia under Ji Sui's rule.

There were too many such chieftain forces between Toungu and Daxia. When Toungu sent troops to Daxia, these chieftains raised troops to respond. When Toungu failed, they surrendered.

These chieftains relied on the natural dangers of the terrain and were stationed in various dangerous places. They could not be easily eliminated.

After sending a large army to encircle and suppress them, they hid in the deep mountains and old forests, but the small army could not find them at all. Unless the court was willing to send an army of 20 people, it would be impossible to completely eradicate them.

However, based on the current financial situation of the Daxia court, let alone 20 troops, even 2 people are enough.

Daxia couldn't believe these people, but they couldn't eliminate them. With all these people around, Daxia couldn't safely send troops to attack Taungu, so he could only appease them with a gentle policy.

But the hatred has been forged, can it really be reconciled?

In fact, in the past ten years, Myanmar has become a Shura battlefield that continues to bleed Daxia.