Chapter 1153 Promoting Kato Jiro

Two days before the emperor was about to meet with Li Shimin, another major event happened in Fuso. Suzuki Chutayoshi and Ohgamoto Saburo led tens of thousands of troops to invade Ito Taro's county.

At the same time, Kato Jiro's army began to cut off the connection between the two and pushed back Fukuda Yasukawa's army.

Now their strategy is very obvious, which is to deal with Taro Ito first, and then deal with Yasukawa Fukuda. After all, Yasukawa Fukuda is slightly stronger, so we will pick up the weak ones first.

Earlier when he was about to be divided and surrounded, Fukuda Yasukawa wrote to Ito Taro, hoping that he could bring the Ito family's century-old savings and all his people to Fukuda's side, so that the two of them could join forces. He might still be able to survive.

But it is a pity that Ito Taro does not believe this. He thinks that Fukuda Yasukawa is a conspiracy and wants to swallow up all their family's property, so he will stay in his own place until death.

Who would have thought that in less than ten days, the people under his command would start to flee one after another. You must know that all the people fighting here are Fuso troops. If it is the Tang army, it will take a while to surrender. , but if everyone is a Fuso army, there will be no such burden to surrender.

These people left their base at night and ran to the camps of the new Fuso generals. They had only one idea, and that was to have a full meal.

It turned out that since these two local daimyo were surrounded, their granaries had been closed and they would not give their men enough food, just one meal a day.

In the past, they could go to the sea to catch fish, which could make up for their hunger, but now with the retreat of the two ministers, they are already quite far away from the sea. Even if they want to replenish some fish, they probably don't have this. Opportunity.

Outside Ito County Castle.

Several generals of New Fuso were all dressed up. They were here to welcome Li Xiang today. Li Xiang didn't want to come, but he also wanted to see Fuso's last resistance, so Li Xiang came by boat.

In addition to Li Xiang, there are also Su Dingfang's three thousand people, who are guarding three thousand people. Although the number is not large, if there is a war, no matter whether it is New Fusang or Old Fusang, their troops will not be able to cause harm to Li Xiang. harm.

"See Your Highness Taisun, Your Highness Taisun is a thousand years old."

When these people saw Li Xiang, they all knelt down immediately. They had not seen His Highness Taisun for a while. It is said that after settling the matter here, His Highness Taisun would have to return to the Tang Dynasty. After all, it’s not long since he left Datang.

"You all get up. I have heard about what you have been doing on the front line these days. After we capture these two people, each of you will receive a reward."

For these Fuso generals, Li Xiang has always treated them like dogs, but even if they are a dog, you have to let them understand that if they do well, they will be rewarded. If there is no reduction, how could these people do it? Keep working hard?

Su Dingfang and Ding Jiayong looked at these people with disdain, you are really addicted to being traitors.

"Who will brief me on the current situation?"

Li Xiang came to the sand table. It should be Fuso's last stop now. After all kinds of blows, these two people didn't have much strength in their hands, but in the end they would rather die than surrender and send us here. Those who tried to persuade him to surrender were killed.

After all, these two people still have backbone. Of course, they can also see their own future. If they surrender, not only will they get a bad reputation, but they will still die in the end. It is better to resist to the end and leave a good reputation at least. , but they have forgotten one thing, that is, history is written by the victors. How can you have a good reputation?

"Your Highness..."

Several people wanted to express themselves well, so when Li Xiang said this, these people all walked out, hoping to explain to Li Xiang, because their levels were not clearly defined for these people, so there is no one now. What is the concept of superiority and inferiority?

"Kato, come here."

When Li Xiang named this name, Suzuki Chuyasu and Ohga Genzaburo instantly felt bad. Originally, they thought they were the competitors. People like Kato Jiro and Watanabe Taro could only follow them at most. They were drinking some wind behind them, but they didn't expect that this guy would actually slap his nose in the face today, and he was named by His Highness himself.

Kato Jiro also swallowed nervously. He couldn't believe that this good job had happened to him. Originally, compared with Suzuki Chutasu, he was inferior in all aspects, even compared with Ohga Genzaburo. , I don’t have as deep a foundation as him.

But after this period of time, Li Xiang discovered that this guy was working for him wholeheartedly and had no other ideas. While others were fighting for power and profit, he was training his soldiers desperately.

Now this benefit can be seen. Take Ogamoto Saburo as an example. Originally, his army was considered elite, at least on par with Fukuda Yasukawa's elite. But the true meaning is seen on the battlefield. Local Kato Jiro With his army, what three thousand men can do, Ogamoto Saburo can do at least five thousand men.

Li Xiang would not let these Fusang people purely have force, so Li Xiang also placed a lot of spies in their army. If anyone has an idea, they can crush their entire army at any time. When he has complete control over them, Li Xiang has to ask them to have fighting power. Otherwise, how will he help him expand the world in the future?

"Your Highness, both of them are currently surrounded by us on two lonely mountains. Their county has been completely burned down. These two people are really guilty of heinous crimes. They would rather burn down the entire city than give it to us."

When talking about this matter, Kato Jiro felt depressed for a while. If these two cities were taken down, there would be no idea how much wealth there would be. These two families have been passed down for hundreds of years. Their families The wealth is even more than that of the royal family. Now there is nothing in the fire. Although there are still some valuables transported up the mountain, the losses are heavy after all. Without so much money, His Highness the Crown Prince will definitely not be so happy.

"Tell me about the rest of their army."

Li Xiang didn't want to hear what had happened. (End of chapter)