It's better to be an empress than a county magistrate

Lu Xingchen's lips curled up into a sneer, "Besides, you don't have any morals."

"You were a great general of Da Qi, but you betrayed Da Qi."

"Since you've already betrayed me once, there's nothing to be afraid of. Just betray me a second time."

"Besides, the emperor may not completely trust you."

Lu Xingchen's words pierced Zhao Yu's heart.

What he could not tolerate the most was that his brother, who had been through thick and thin with him, no longer trusted him after becoming emperor, but instead controlled him in every way.

Of course, this is easy to understand. Since Zhao Yu was able to betray Da Qi together with the emperor, the emperor would naturally suspect that he would declare himself emperor.

Originally, the East and West camps were commanded by Zhao Yu alone, but after the emperor favored Concubine Shu, he immediately promoted Shen Kuo to be the general of the South Camp and assigned half of the troops to him.

They said that dividing the army into two camps, east and west, would better protect the imperial city, but to put it bluntly, they were just worried that he would become too powerful. Dividing the army by half would weaken his strength and also prevent him.

"First, take General Zhao back to Yongzhou City and let him rest..."

Lu Xingchen said to his followers.

The follower agreed and took Zhao Yu away from the battlefield and returned to Yongzhou City.

"What is the King of Qin going to do?" On the way back to Yongzhou City, Zhao Yu felt something was wrong, so he asked his entourage.

The attendant smiled faintly and did not hide it from him, "Our Highness has led the troops directly to the South Camp."

Zhao Yu showed a shocked expression.

"Doesn't Yongzhou City only have 20,000 soldiers? We fought all night yesterday, how can we still..."

"Only 10,000 people killed you yesterday."

After hearing these words, Zhao Yu wanted to die.

He had 30,000 troops, and they were still in the camp, but they were wiped out by Lu Xingchen's 10,000 troops, and not a single soldier was left.

A defeat is like a mountain collapsing. It is not the quantity of soldiers that matters, but their quality. Lu Xingchen fully proved this to him.

Moreover, he knew very well that since he had led his troops to station outside the city of Yongzhou, there had never been enough food and fodder, the military pay had always been in arrears, and the soldiers had long lost the will to fight.

In fact, Lu Xingchen had been observing the situation since Wei Hu started attacking Zhao Yu's tent.

Seeing that Wei Hu's 10,000 men were enough to deal with Zhao Yu's 30,000 troops, she sent Lu Feng with 15,000 soldiers from Yongzhou City to the South Camp in the capital.

The Nandaying was stationed in Shaoyang County.

Since she has already devoured Zhao Yu's troops from the North Camp, what's the point of keeping the South Camp?

Moreover, the commander of the Southern Camp was Shen Kuo, the younger brother of Concubine Su, and an unlearned man.

The soldiers under his command had already been tortured by him, all the military pay was swallowed up by him, and even the food and fodder were taken out and sold by him.

The soldiers could barely make ends meet.

Moreover, all those old soldiers were cleared out from the army by Shen Kuo, but the number of soldiers was claimed to be 40,000, with the purpose of extracting empty salaries from the emperor.

In addition, under the command of Shen Kuo, the Southern Camp was divided into many factions, with constant internal strife.

In this case, we might as well take over the South Camp in one fell swoop.

What's more, the timing was also very good. How could a man like Shen Kuo stay in the military camp and live a hard life during the New Year?

At this moment, he must be living a happy life in Chang'an City.

Lu Xingchen's guess was correct, Shen Kuo was in Chang'an City at that time.

He had just entered the palace two days ago to meet his elder sister, Concubine Shu.

In the past two days, he has been visiting brothels, riding on flower boats, and going to gambling houses in Chang'an City, having a great time.

There is no one in the capital who doesn't know General Shen.

He is generous and spends money like water, but he is not easy to mess with. Anyone who messes with him will be either killed or disabled.

Lu Feng led his troops on a quick march, and after a few days they arrived ten miles outside Shaoyang City and set up camp.

A fast horse would take less than half an hour to travel ten miles, and even a soldier could easily reach the destination within an hour.

His troops were stationed ten miles away, so they were not easily discovered by scouts from the Shangnan Camp.

While Lu Feng had his soldiers set up camp, he continuously sent out scouts to check on the situation in the South Camp.

Two days later, Lu Feng had already mastered the specific arrangements and patrol situations of the South Camp.

Lu Xingchen also rushed to the military camp with Ling Xiao and others.

Lu Xingchen handed the battlefield outside Yongzhou City over to Wei Hu to handle.

Based on the information obtained by the scouts, Lu Feng drew a city defense map of the South Camp.

"Shaoyang County is just a small county town. It can't accommodate so many soldiers, so a small number of troops are stationed in the city."

"All other troops are stationed outside the city."

"It's so cold, and we've been living in a tent." Lu Xingchen raised his eyebrows and looked at Lu Feng.

Lu Feng nodded, "They have been stationed in the tents all the time. Moreover, some of our people checked the condition of the tents, and they are very shabby."

"Originally there were beds in the tents, but they were all chopped up by the soldiers and used as firewood."

"Also, most of the surrounding trees have been cut down."

"After all, the soldiers have been stationed here for quite some time..."

"Of course, the people of Shaoyang County suffered terribly, and the surrounding villages were looted many times by these soldiers."

Lu Xingchen frowned slightly, "It's right under our noses, and it's a barracks guarding the capital, and it's in such chaos."

Pei Jun laughed, "If it wasn't so chaotic, how would we have a chance?"

Lu Xingchen nodded, Pei Jun was telling the truth.

"There are often deserters in the South Camp, but the number of soldiers is constantly increasing."

"So, the Nan Daying, which claims to have 30,000 troops, actually has only 15,000 troops at most." Lu Feng said in a firm tone.

"The number of people can be falsified, but we can also estimate the number of soldiers and horses based on their eating, drinking, defecating and urinating throughout the day."

"How do you want to fight this battle?" Lu Xingchen looked at Lu Feng.

Lu Feng had already conducted a detailed investigation and had drawn the enemy's defense map so clearly. He must have thought about how to attack the South Camp in his mind.

"Burn their only food supplies..." Lu Feng said.

Although there are only two days, our scouts can easily sneak into the South Camp and investigate the situation inside.

"Their defenses are very lax, but their food supplies are being closely watched."

"Our people captured two soldiers from inside and asked them about the situation."

"The management of food and fodder was extremely strict. They only had two meals a day. Of these two meals, only the one in the afternoon was thick. The other was thin porridge, which was not enough to fill them up."

"The food and fodder were stored in Shaoyang County."

"However, the location where the food is stored is very secret."

"It should be guarded by Shen Kuo's personal guards."

"And these guards can be identified at a glance. They will definitely be well fed and warmly clothed."

"In that case, I think it will be easy to find."

Lu Xingchen nodded slightly, thinking that this method was feasible.

The soldiers in the South Camp had always been short of food and fodder. If their only remaining lifeline was burned down, the camp would be in chaos without even a single attack.

There must be many oppressed soldiers who rose up in resistance and tried to find a way to survive.

This is a good way to defeat the enemy without fighting.