Qin Official

Thousands of people sang the song of Bayu, and ten thousand people harmonized with it. The mountains and hills were shaken by it, and the rivers and valleys were rippled by it. It was not until the war songs shouted by the people on the mountain subsided that Ye Zijin came to Lu Jia.

"I heard that Ba Zhong personally took three thousand warriors and servants to capture Jiangzhou County?"

Ye Zijin motioned for Lu Jia to sit down. Ever since Bazhong killed magistrate Zhi and the lieutenant a few days ago, he seemed to have become a different person. He took off his disguise as a merchant and spoke and acted more and more like a Ba native chieftain. No, today I personally killed people to worship my ancestors, put on a suit of Ba armor, and together with the warrior Dan Hu, took two to three thousand people and took a boat upstream to Jiangzhou County...

"But as a merchant, does he know how to use troops?" Ye Zijin showed a sarcastic smile. In her opinion, the Bazhong battle was quite a big deal, but it was just a civet cat wearing tiger skin, showing off its power.

Lu Jia explained: "The Ba people admire warriors, and unlike the Central Plains, even the noble chiefs of the chiefs have to charge into battle and risk their own lives. Bazhong wants to re-establish the banner of the Ba people and order the five and eight clans of Badi to obey. , he must go to this battle in person."

"He is quite smart. Although he doesn't know much about marching and fighting, he wants to learn from the king's strategy of crossing the river in white. He pretends to be a merchant who purchases goods and enters Jiangzhou County. The boatmen and merchants are familiar with this waterway, but if Ba County Guards is not on guard, , I’m afraid it’s almost certain to go here…”

"It's really a trick!" Ye Zijin sneered:

"Marquis Wu Zhong once mentioned to me how many Ba family's ships were, including all kinds of ships except tower ships. The Bashu boat masters could not compare with his family. Since they could carry two to three thousand people upstream, then according to Lu What’s the difficulty in Sir’s plan, to go down the river and go straight to Jiangguan? But the excuse is that Jiangguan is hundreds of miles away from Zhi County and should not be taken first. I’m afraid it’s an excuse because he doesn’t want the Northern Expedition to enter Pakistan too quickly.”

Ye Zijin looked at Lu Jia: "Mr. Lu, in your opinion, what is Ba's plan for doing this? Do you want to take Ba County for yourself and establish your own company?"

Lu Jia thought: "Although Bazhong hesitated for a long time before, he relied on his wife's clever trick to deliberately let the government know that Bazhong wanted to surrender to Wuzhonghou. Now that the matter has been resolved, Bazhong also killed two Zhixian County officials. , it’s impossible to look back.”

"But he is not wholeheartedly devoted to Marquis Wu Zhong. He still wants to occupy the upper reaches and take the initiative in this transaction!"

Lu Jia said: "I heard that the best merchants will invest in skins in summer, money in winter, boats in drought, and carts in water, just in case they are exhausted. Those who are second best will save double the interest. , The young ones sit in rows and sell, taking advantage of their miraculous winnings, traveling around the city every day, taking advantage of the emergency, the price they sell will be doubled."

"But in the final analysis, no matter what kind of merchant you are, they all want to accumulate goods to respect themselves and raise their selling prices in order to earn the maximum profit."

"I understand what Mr. Lu means."

Ye Zijin said: "This is the so-called 'unusual thing to live in'."

She looked at her second son, who was playing with a boy from Ba in the yard, accompanied by her niece, and her cold and sharp eyes couldn't help but soften a lot: "Earlier, my mother and son were rare treasures in Ba Zhong's hands."

"But now, this goods has become a hot potato, so he decided to change the goods to Jiangzhou County, or even the entire Ba County! He thought that as long as the Northern Expeditionary Army obtained these first, the good man would pay a greater price The price is to exchange for his surrender!"

"What Mrs. Jun said is absolutely true. This strategy has risks, but the rewards are huge, so Ba Zhong took the risk himself."

Before coming, Lu Jia had done enough research on the mountainous situation in Bashu. He knew very well the strategic significance of Jiangzhou.

Jiangzhou was originally the capital of Ba Kingdom, called Dianjiang, but it had no city walls. More than a hundred years ago, Ba Kingdom and Shu Kingdom were at odds with each other. King Ba asked Qin for help. King Qin Hui then sent Zhang Yi and Sima to attack Shu and destroy it.

However, Qin's strategy was to take Bashu first, and then attack Chu eastward. Shu had just perished, so Zhang Yi coveted Ba's wealth and ordered the Qin army to continue to advance, destroy Ba, set up Ba County, seize Badian River land, and build a city. Jiangzhou.

In later generations, Chongqing finally had its first city. Because it was built under the supervision of Zhang Yi, it was also called "Yi City". Although the area is small, only equivalent to a small area near the Liberation Monument in later generations, it has become an important town in Bashu. It connects the waters of Sichuan and Shu, controls the upper reaches of the Three Gorges, is close to the barbarians, has a dangerous terrain, and is the throat of both internal and external waters. important place.

Once Bazhong successfully seizes this place, he will not only occupy the advantageous location, but also be able to shout: "The Ba people will never be slaves." He summoned various local chiefs to respond.

Lu Jia was a little worried: "If Bazhong first captured Jiangzhou and Bajun, and also had nearly 20,000 strong soldiers from the five clans and eight clans, in the current situation where Nanyang's victory is difficult to decide, in order to contain the imperial troops, the prince also I have to rely on him.”

"The situation is like this, so Ba Zhong has a delusional mind."

Ye Zijin nodded, immediately called his maid and niece, and whispered: "Xiaoyue, Yuan, pack your things! Be ready to leave at any time!"

Lu Jia said: "Mrs. Jun is worried about recurrence of Papillomavirus?"

"That's not all I'm worried about."

Ye Zijin said: "When I was in Xianyang, I went to Tongwuhou's mansion twice in the name of visiting Mrs. Wang, and I also paid a visit to Tongwuhou himself on behalf of my beloved."

It was a lazy and peaceful time, and there was nothing in the world. The noble relatives and families in Xianyang had frequent exchanges, banquets, chatting and laughing, bells ringing and dishes eating, Ye Yejin's long sleeves and dancing skills. Although he didn't go out much, he had a good relationship with each family.

But now, the past is like smoke, the country is divided into north and south, and the rift of war has torn the Qin Dynasty into two halves!

"I realized at that time that Tongwuhou was a man of scheming, forbearance, and long-term vision. Wang was suppressed by the First Emperor, but on the surface he had no complaints and continued to talk and laugh as usual. He even brought Fusu to the throne when the world was most optimistic about him. His daughter married Hu Hai."

"Later, Fusu was defeated first and ran away in a hurry. General Wang's vision alone is extraordinary."

Wang Ben could bet on the ownership of the throne, but the only thing he missed was Hei Fu's reaction, so Ye Zijin felt that this vicious look would eventually harm the Wang family.

"In short, his behavior and military use are very similar to those of my beloved family."

"In other words, both of them are very similar to old general Wang Jian. They take one step and look at it three times."

"I don't believe that with the wisdom of Marquis Tongwu, he would ignore such an important place in Bashu!"

Ye Zijin walked into the courtyard and looked at the slowly flowing river in the distance: "So, Ba Zhong wants to take Jiangzhou to show his self-respect this time. He is too eager for quick success and quick profit. Maybe it will be a waste of money!"

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A few days later, on the tenth day of July, Lu Jia came to report that he had seen many sails and that it was Bashi's fleet that was back!

"Mrs. Jun, I have counted it from far away. It seems that the fleet is not damaged. There are even more. I am afraid that the Bajun Navy's ship has been captured."

However, Ye Zijin took a look in person and said, "Ba people are not good at hiding things. When good things happen to them, they will raise their voices and shout from a long distance away. Thousands of people sing, and thousands of people are in harmony. Why are you so quiet after returning from victory today? Mr. Lu, You go and ask more."

When Lu Jia returned to the Zhixian pier, all the ships had docked, but the Ba warriors on board were in a low mood, and most of them were injured. The Ba Zhong family members who came to greet the pier also let out bursts of pitiful lamentation. , a far cry from the thousands of people singing and tens of thousands of people singing together...

"Is it true that Madam Jun was right!"

Lu Jia was shocked, but the Ba people were also in confusion, crying and shouting. After searching for a long time, he found a kind-faced person to ask, and the person told him hesitantly:

"We had already taken Jiangzhou County lightly, but a Qin army came from the north, with ten or twenty thousand people. We were unable to defeat us, and many people died, so we had to abandon the city and leave. My lord... "

Before he could finish speaking, the crying on the bank started getting louder again. Lu Jia couldn't understand the babble in Ba language. He only knew that many Ba people were still squeezing into the river. Lu Jia looked back and saw Dan Hu waiting for him. The Ba warrior, naked to the waist, was standing in the water, pushing a canoe to the dock.

They looked solemn and pushed slowly and lightly. The canoe broke through the river and was lifted onto the shoulders of others, just like the people from the Central Plains performing a funeral after death.

Lu Jia was pushed to the edge, but fortunately the Ba people knelt down, so he was able to stand on tiptoes and see what was going on in the canoe...

The grandson of Chu Jun, the son of Widow Qing, the patriarch of the Ba clan, and one of the top merchants in the world, Bazhong looked pale and was lying quietly in the canoe with his hands clasped on his abdomen, but he could not cover the huge wound!

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ps: Chapter 2 is at night (before 0 o'clock?)

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