Meng Xia in the ninth year of the Qin Dynasty
After Qin State rested for more than half a year, this giant war machine born for war began to quietly speed up its rotation, revealing a brand new Qin State.
In the eighth year of the Qin Dynasty, Meng Xia and Zheng Guo Canal were opened, which not only facilitated Jingyang.
The Zhengguo Canal connects rivers such as Yeshui, Qingshui, Zhuoshui, and Shichuanshui, so that the disconnected rivers form a huge water network made up of a main canal and more than 3,000 branch canals. The water that filled the silt was injected into more than 40,000 hectares of irrigated and brine land, turning the uncultivable saline-alkali land into a fertile and fertile land. But in fact, it was not just the county seat of Jingyang County that benefited?
Almost all the land in Guanzhong has benefited. In the irrigation system formed by this huge water network, Jingyang County is only the place with the biggest difference. In fact, almost all parts of Guanzhong have increased production.
Moreover, the power of the water network lies in connecting and communicating most of the ponds and rivers in Pingchuan in Guanzhong. In dry days, the water source is abundant and the canals are constantly flowing. In flood days, drainage is smooth and there is no water retention. This is the so-called canal network of dry irrigation and flood drainage.
Coupled with the regulations on water management and water use formulated by Li Si and Han Fei and revised by Lu Buwei, Wei Zhuang, Wang Wan and other senior officials of the Qin State, the title of the Kingdom of Abundance can be regarded as truly deserved.
In the past year, the grain income from Guanzhong alone was enough to support the Qin State in fighting a war of Changping. Coupled with Bashu, the second kingdom of abundance, the Qin State no longer had to worry about food and grass.
In a country that cultivates and fights, there is no need to worry about farming. If you don’t have any worries, you can naturally devote yourself to training and fighting. Therefore, the people’s voice for conquering Zhao is getting louder and louder. Even in the Qin court, more and more people are writing letters. Defeat Zhao.
After all, if Wei Zhuang and Zhang Liang hadn't suddenly usurped the throne in South Korea last year, the series of arrangements that cut off reinforcements from other countries should have been used on Zhao.
Ying Zheng also convened a small court meeting in Qin's core power circle to attack Zhao.
Although the topic of this small court meeting was whether to attack Zhao, anyone with a discerning eye could see that the young King of Qin had already made up his mind to attack Zhao.
The enmity between Ying Zheng and Zhao is well known to everyone in the Qin State, but the Qin State will not object to this kind of personal revenge.
The old Qin people were fond of grudges. Before Shang Jun's reform, there were countless examples of the old Qin people being aggressive and aggressive because of personal grudges. Therefore, if the foreign Qin prime ministers starting from King Huiwen had any enmity with any country, the Qin kings and soldiers Everyone will support Qin Xiang’s revenge.
For example, Qin once bullied Chu for Zhang Yi, attacked Wei for Fan Ju, and attacked Chu for Du Cang. A series of wars caused by revenge, etc., all received strong support from the old Qin people, and this time there are many old Qin people shouting The call to "avenge the king's shame" has also been supported by many people in the court, such as the general Wang Yan who has been at odds with Zhao for many years, and the young and strong faction leaders such as Li Xin, Qiang Yu, Tu Sui and Ren. Xiao Xiao, and the newly-emerged main war faction led by Huan Jue and others.
There were no people in the Qin government and the public who supported the attack on Zhao. It was not because they really did not support the attack on Zhao, but because they believed that the order and timing of the attack on Zhao could be changed.
It is true that after destroying Zhao, you will have the advantage of forming a three-sided attack on Wei. Destroying Wei will be like searching for something, but defeating Zhao will be more difficult. If it doesn't go well, it will be as protracted as the Battle of Changping. war.
During the reign of King Zhaoxiang, Qin already had the power to attack and destroy the Three Jins. Chu and Qi were also crippled and were unable to rescue the Three Jins.
However, although the Changping Battle broke the backbone of the Zhao State, it also almost exhausted the two major granaries of Guanzhong and Bashu of the Qin Army. The Qin Army also suffered a lot of casualties. Although it won a great victory, its morale was low and its people were exhausted. In the end, it collapsed. The halberd was placed at the foot of Danhan City.
Therefore, many people who opposed the attack on Zhao were worried that Qin would once again fall into the quagmire of war with Zhao, thereby losing the opportunity to dominate the world.
But on the first day of the court meeting, Ying Zheng made his attitude clear.
"This court meeting only has one thing to discuss, which is to deal with Zhao Fang."
Ying Zheng clarified the real theme of today's court meeting in just one sentence, and then looked at everyone with Wang An's expression of only listening but not speaking.
On a hot summer day, cicadas are chirping.
Zhangtai Palace, shrouded in the mountains and forests that block the sky and the sun, is also a good place to escape the summer heat. Although it is hot, it is quite refreshing. The ministers all wore light and soft linen robes, which were comfortable and showed no traces of sweat, but their expressions were exceptionally solemn.
Ying Zheng only listened but refused to say anything, but decided to attack Zhao, and then allowed them to discuss the strategy of attacking Zhao. This was a rare situation in the Qin Dynasty meeting, and all the civil and military ministers felt a trace of invisible heavy pressure.
Different from when he first came to the throne or when he first took the crown, with the help of the young and strong faction, the power in Ying Zheng's hands has become larger and larger. Most of the power of this huge country is firmly controlled by Ying Zheng. In his hands, his words and actions are naturally not as cautious as before, but he is increasingly showing the courage and ambition of the King of Qin.
"Conquering Zhao is a matter of great importance. Sun Tzu said: Know yourself and the enemy, and you will never be in danger in a hundred battles." Lu Buwei slightly raised his hands to the ministers, then spread his fingers and pointed at Zhang Ji, "The success or failure of Zhao's strategy is the key to Qin's strategy. Only this is the case. , we must first understand the general trend of the war against Zhao. The first thing at this court meeting is to ask Lord Luonan to prepare a detailed statement on the political situation of Zhao."
As soon as he finished speaking, everyone focused their attention on Zhang Ji.
If you were a former civil and military official, you might still have some contempt for the snare.
After all, with the exception of Zhang Yi, the leaders of Luowang in the past dynasties were rarely familiar with both political affairs and military affairs. This led to unprofessionalism when collecting intelligence.
For example, to find out the number of enemy troops, the initial snare might count the number of tents in the enemy's barracks. Later, under Zhang Yi's training, this changed. Everyone learned to count independent officers based on the number of pots and cauldrons, the number of boats used to cross the river, and the amount of food and grass. Use methods such as the number of camps to determine the number of enemy troops.
Therefore, the military sometimes despises the information provided by Luo Wen, a military layman, and political affairs are more complicated. Therefore, in the eyes of the ministers, Luo Wen can be used, but the information provided by this military and political layman can only be used as a reference.
However, with the improvements over the years and Zhang Ji's intensive training after taking office, the professionalism of intelligence has become stronger, there are more and more ways to obtain intelligence, and the intelligence obtained by combining multiple methods has become more and more accurate. .
This time, Zhang Ji sent two groups of Tianzi first-class killers, including Six Sword Slaves and Black and White Xuanjian, into the Zhao Kingdom to investigate.
"Zhao Guo, there is nothing to worry about!"
Zhang Ji agrees with attacking Zhao as a means to weaken Zhao at this moment, but does not support attacking Zhao with the purpose of destroying Zhao. However, as a confidant of Ying Zheng, he still has to stand by Ying Zheng in front of everyone.
"After the Battle of Changping, the State of Zhao seemed to have come back to life, and even had the strength to organize a coalition to attack Qin. However, this was by no means a return to life, but the return of a terminally ill person!"
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