Chapter 151 Autumn Wind Arrives

Style: Historical Author: Chu Qin YiheWords: 2892Update Time: 24/01/11 15:47:32
When the King of Chu heard this, he counted on his fingers: "Zhao lost 400,000 people, 200,000 Han people, 200,000 Zhao people. Zhao people 200,000, Taiyuan 100,000, Handan 100,000. Handan lost almost 100,000... "

Huang Xie didn't wait for the king of Chu to finish counting, but interrupted: "Zhao is a country of thousands of chariots. One hundred thousand troops were lost, and a thousand chariots are even one of them. Shangdang is the land of Han. Therefore, although the loss is huge, it is not fundamental. It has not been lost, but its strength has not yielded. Ying is the foundation of Chu. If Chu loses Ying, it will lose its foundation. It is not like Shangdang."

The king of Chu said: "Zhao, a country of ten thousand chariots, originally had no supreme party. If it is lost now, there will be no loss. The descendants will continue, and it will still be a country of ten thousand chariots. Chu, a country of ten thousand chariots, will lose a thousand chariots, and it will be a country of nine thousand chariots." also."

Seeing that King Chu was so concerned with numbers, Huang Xie and Jingyang both looked helpless.

The king of Chu then asked: "What plan will be used to restore the thousand chariots?"

Jingyang said: "Qin got to Shangdang and arrived at Handan in ten days. Handan heard the police every night and was uneasy day and night, and the people would be tired. In order to protect Handan, Zhao must consort with Qin. When Shangdang arrived at Handan, the mountain road was narrow and rugged. It is difficult to move, there are passes everywhere, it is easy to defend but difficult to attack. It is not easy for Qin to attack Handan of Zhao, and for Zhao to attack Shangdang of Qin. For the current plan, we should not use concubines, but drive the battle."

Huang Xie said: "What Sima said is very good. Qin whipped the world, and all the princes suffered, but Zhao was spared. Han Han used the party as a bait to make Qin and Zhao fight. The loss was small but the gain was big. The princes all benefited from his virtue and hoped that Both sides will be hurt by defeat. If this is all, Qin will benefit from it and will not see any harm. Qin will become stronger by winning, which is not what the princes want. The current plan is to drive Qin away and attack Handan!"

The King of Chu asked: "How about the plan?"

Huang Xie said: "Qin's law is strict, and no title can be awarded without merit. Victory and attack are merits, and all the soldiers will benefit from it; losing troops and losing ground is a mistake, and all officers and soldiers will be blamed for it. Therefore, Qin must take more Zhao cities as merit. . If we take more of Zhao's city, Zhao will not give it to us, and the marriage will definitely fail."

Jingyang said: "The lobbyists of the world will spread the word widely when lobbying the princes: Zhao's land is limited, but Qin's desires are endless. It is dangerous to use limited land to fill endless desires!"

Huang Xie said: "Zhao's concubine is because it is outnumbered. The king of Zhao is young and strong-blooded, so he will be aggressive. Chu should secretly meet with the princes and secretly help Zhao to make it unyielding in strength and will, so it will not conjure with Qin."

The king of Chu said: "If Zhao does not marry Qin, Qin will attack Zhao. If Qin has more than the strength of the party, if he attacks Handan, how can Zhao be able to defeat him?"

Jingyang said: "But when Qin leaves Wuguan and enters Handan, the princes will come to rescue him, but Qin will be defeated. At that time, Ying can recover. Take advantage of its disadvantages and attack the princes, and the princes will surely surrender! In three years, when Return to the old Ying!"

When the King of Chu saw that Jingyang was so sure, he said: "Qin is not stupid. How can it be that it is small and loses its greatness, abandoning Ying and chasing Handan?"

Huang Xie said: "If Zhao does not enter the city, Qin will definitely attack Zhao, and the situation is strong. Even if a few wise men climb high and cry out urgently, they fail to fight Zhao, so what's the point of everyone's quarrel?"

The king of Chu said: "The king of Zhao Pingyuan went to Xianyang as a siege, and the Qin master came to Handan as a siege. He must also have sex. How can he be defeated?"

Huang Xie said: "You must come out of Pingyuan Jun, and then you can break up the relationship."

During the discussion, Mang Shen, whose pseudonym was Mr. Shen, asked for an audience outside the palace. Huang Xie was ordered to enter. Mang Shen said: "I heard from the market that Zhao sent the head of the late Wei Prime Minister Wei Qi to Xianyang to have sex with Qin! So I came to repay him."

Huang Xie was shocked when he heard this and said: "Is Wei Qi living in Handan? Why did the Zhao people kill him?"

Mang Shen said: "The rumors in the market have not been confirmed, and the details are unknown."

Huang Xie said: "We must also find out the truth: where did Wei Qi meet, why was he beheaded, and what did he have to do with Qin to send him to Xianyang? Will Zhao have sex with Qin under the leadership of Wei Qi?"

Mang Shen agreed and stepped back.

Huang Xie said: "Zhang Lu is also a good strategist: if the king of Qin makes Wei Qi the leader, he will lose nothing to Zhao and make great achievements to Qin. How wonderful, how wonderful!"

The King of Chu was still puzzled and asked, "What's so wonderful about it?"

Huang Xie said: "The princes all planned that Qin would seize the city of Zhao, so they had a courtship with it, but Zhao would not be with Qin, and the courtship would not succeed. Now Qin takes Wei Qi as the leader, and has nothing to lose from Zhao, and shows its strength to Qin, and has nothing to lose. , and the marriage is completed!"

The king of Chu asked: "So Qin and Zhao must have a couple?"

Huang Xie pondered for a moment and sneered: "How can you treat the world so easily that everyone in the world is unwise?" Then he saluted King Chu and Jingyang and said: "The art of war is to attack with troops first, to plan, second to attack friends, second to attack troops, and then to attack. City. Qin Mou and Zhao He, I ask you to destroy it for the king!"

King Chu said: "It all depends on Ling Yin!"

Jingyang said: "If I can find good wine and beautiful women, I will be happy to serve them!"

Huang Xie said: "The King of Qin is a man who nourishes Qi, how can he be drunk and lustful?"

Jingyang said: "What's the point of this life if I don't have the company of fine wine and beautiful women? I really don't know the heart of a person who nourishes Qi." He turned to the King of Chu and said: "If the king wants a beautiful woman, I am willing to offer it to you. But if you get the king's favor, And the prince, that’s not the case!”

Huang Xie said: "If there is anyone who catches the king's eye, I am willing to offer it immediately!"

When the King of Chu saw the two people chatting lively, he said: "Bu Gu came back from Qin and regarded beauty as dust, which is not enough. If you think about life passing by for hundreds of years, being led by desire, you will have no confusion!"

Huang Xie said seriously: "Husband and wife are the first in human relations. After husband and wife, there are fathers and sons, monarchs and ministers. They are not just for sexual desire. Children and grandchildren rest together, which is filial piety. It is the luck of the country. How can it be like sex? I hope that the king will have more children. May the country live forever."

The King of Chu said: "It is a blessing that the two ministers presented it to me, and I ordered you to raise it!"

Jingyang and Huang Xie each shook their heads, but they were helpless.

A few days later, news about Wei Qi came to Huang Xie: the order to hunt down Wei Qi was personally issued by the King of Qin. When the King of Qin learned that Wei Qi lived in the fiefdom of Pingyuan Lord of Zhao State, he brazenly detained Pingyuan Lord, and openly sent envoys to Handan to directly demand Wei Qi from the King of Zhao, publicly announcing that Wei Qi's head would be exchanged for Pingyuan Lord. Although King Zhao hesitated several times, he still sent troops to arrest Wei Qi. Although Wei Qi escaped from Handan, he committed suicide on the road due to desperation. His head has now been handed over to the Qin envoy and sent to Xianyang. The Qin envoy actually put Wei Qi's head in a wooden box and set off on the road after repeatedly verifying that the situation was correct.

Chu spies also found out that King Zhao had renovated Prince Yiren's residence in Handan City according to Shangqing's specifications. The foreigner's mansion currently standing in the northeast corner of Handan City has become a landmark in Handan City. Lu Buwei, a merchant who came with the Qin envoy, brought a large number of rewards from the King of Qin. Through Lu Buwei's clever management, the value of these rewards has doubled several times. What is most talked about by the people of Handan is that Lu Buwei dedicated his newly married concubine to the young master Yiren, and this concubine seemed to be pregnant with Liujia when she passed the house! The latter news shocked Jingyang. He wondered in disbelief: "Is she a Jurchen beauty? A young master?" He also specifically asked the spy, apart from the Zhao Ji presented by Lu Buwei, the foreigners in Handan, Is there another woman? The answer was negative. Jingyang muttered to himself: "Young Master, a stranger, can you also become a Qi warrior?"

Huang Xie had no time to care about these tidbits. He constantly sent spies, secret envoys and royal envoys to various countries to understand their attitudes, persuade, induce, and even threaten them to support Zhao Guo against Qin. Han Wei made a good statement in person, but was determined not to talk about specific measures. The state of Qi is simply unreasonable. Let the envoys talk about breaking the sky, just bite one of them, but be kind to the princes and not fight with them! As long as the princes do not enter Qi's territory, they are all allies; but if they invade Qi's territory, Qi will have no choice but to resist. The State of Yan firmly stated that unless Zhao State returns the annexed Yan land, it is impossible for Yan and Zhao to form an alliance!

The Qin envoy's itinerary was very high-profile. He put Wei Qi's head in a wooden fence-like box and carried it on the long soldiers in his car. Two auxiliary vehicles and hundreds of followers followed behind, entering the Yellow River from Fu River, passing through Puyang of Wei State, turning from Pu River to Jishui, and arriving at Xingyang. Abandoned the boat and landed, passed Luoyang, and returned to Xianyang via Hangu Pass. The road chosen by the envoy of Qin was the main transportation route between various countries. Merchants and envoys from all over the country gathered here. Soon, the princes spread the news that Zhao had presented the heads of Wei and Qi to Qin for concubine! Various forces were carefully evaluated and compared. In view of Wei Qi's status, his killing made most people believe that Zhao State was obviously unable to fight anymore, and Qin State's dominance of the world had been formed! Different people decide their next strategy based on this judgment.

Seeing that the scorching sun was receding and the golden wind was about to rise, Huang Xie was unable to do anything. He only managed to gain half-hearted support from South Korea and Wei, and secretly supported Zhao State verbally without taking any action. He watched helplessly as Lord Pingyuan formed an alliance with Qin on behalf of King Zhao, left Xianyang and returned to Handan.

The princes of various countries were nervously maneuvering around, but the Party at the center of the storm was experiencing a peaceful scene. The fifth official, Wang Ling, acted as Shangdang guard, commanded 70,000 Qin soldiers, and resumed production in Shangdang. Beidi Lieutenant Li Bing was appointed Shangdang Lieutenant. Li Bing dredged ditches and built barriers in the Shangdang area. He re-planned the acres and distributed the land according to the Qin system. The King of Qin ordered that anyone who immigrated to Shangdang would be exempted from punishment and be given a rank of nobility by the people. Almost all the people in Shangdang were prisoners. Qin's laws were strict and there were many laws and regulations. Often, if one person broke the law, the whole family would be guilty. Those prisoners moved their family members who had been sentenced to Shangdang, so that they could be exempted from crime and serve the people, and the population of Shangdang also prospered. Women and children have added vitality to this land, and the once solemn and depressed state has been replaced by vitality.

Another 10,000 prisoners, led by Pi Wan, built roads between Hedong and Shangdang. Those temporary roads built for the war were replaced by high-grade rammed earth roads. Although Pi Wan was already the fifth prince, he was not promoted and was still the captain of Hedong. After Wu'an Jun Bai Qi was appointed as a general and commanded the Changping Campaign, Wang Ji temporarily took over the post of Hedong Shou. Now, on the recommendation of Qin Prime Minister Zhang Lu, Wang Ji was officially appointed as Hedong Shou for his contribution to introducing Zhang Lu, and was given special treatment of being exempted from high commissions for three years. Anyone with a discerning eye can see that Zhang Lu, the former governor of Hedong, has regained control of Hedong. Wu'an Jun Baiqi once relied on Hedong to occupy almost the entire Nanyang in Hanoi and won the Battle of Changping. After this war, Hedong's treasury was empty and its manpower was exhausted. It could not recover without vigorous management. Transferring it from the hands of good generals to the hands of good prime ministers is the embodiment of this strategy.

When the autumn wind gradually picks up, whether it is Hedong or Shangdang, the millet is fragrant, and the farmland is full of busy working figures. Beside the farmland are hard-working peasant women and children who do not know what it is like to feel sad.

The carnage of last year seems to have been forgotten...

(End of Volume 3)