"Master, it's dangerous, it's dangerous."
Li Zhao was still drawing a blueprint when he suddenly heard a rushing sound outside, followed by the sound of running. A young man as thin as a bamboo pole appeared, standing outside the door, panting.
This person's name is Shou Gou. Ever since Achao took charge of the iron smelting base, the errand boy has become Shou Gou.
Although thin dog people are thin, they are very flexible and their brains are smart.
Of course, Shougou also has another task, which is to sneak into the palace and get acquainted with some of the servants and maids, so as to inquire about the news of the court.
After the ban on suppressing business, Li Zhao became a real businessman. What businessmen look at when doing business is policy. Policies can make a businessman make a fortune, or make him return to before liberation overnight.
Therefore, it is particularly important in relation to government affairs.
"What a surprise."
Li Zhaozheng was drawing brilliantly, but his thoughts were interrupted by such a voice, which made him a little unhappy.
"Master, something big happened in the palace."
Hearing this, Li Zhao was shocked. There were only a few major incidents in the palace. Qin Shihuang was seriously ill, Xianyang was besieged, and Yin Man was injured. When he heard the major incident, he wondered if Yin Man's condition had relapsed?
"But the princess."
The thin dog took a breath and said, "No, it is."
Li Zhao patted his chest and breathed a sigh of relief. It was not just something big happened to Yin Man.
"I want to secure the country." Then, Skinny Gou told the news he had found out from the palace in one breath. It turned out that Tu'an Guodong was marching eastward to launch an attack.
When the rebels were besieging the city, Tu'an State launched an attack at the same time, first conquering Langya, Donghai, Jibei and other places, and finally reaching Hanoi and approaching Xianyang.
At that time, Qin Shihuang immediately sent 100,000 city defense troops for reinforcements. Li Zhao still knew about these things, but he did not know what happened afterward.
Only then did I learn about it from Skinny Dog.
After the reinforcements of 100,000 city defense troops, Tu'an was blocked outside and outside the river, making it impossible for the 300,000 troops to advance. However, the city defense army only had 100,000 troops. Adding in the local county troops, the number was less than 200,000. They faced the enemy like tigers and wolves. The general Tuanguo army is really not enough to look at.
However, blocked by the city wall, Tu'an's army was unable to break through for a while. Later, when he heard that Xianyang's dilemma had been lifted and 130,000 bandits had been annihilated, and 20,000 bandits were missing, they slowed down the progress of the siege, but often pretended to attack. It's to build momentum.
These are not the main point. The main point is that Tuan State sent envoys to negotiate, saying that Princess Yushu was killed by the Qin Dynasty, and asked the Qin Dynasty to cede Jiaodong County as compensation. They would withdraw from Hanoi, otherwise they would increase their offensive efforts, capture Hanoi, and threaten Xianyang in one fell swoop. .
Of course Qin Shihuang, who was in charge of sweeping Liuhe, would not agree and was preparing to dispatch the only 50,000 troops in Xianyang to drive away Tu'an's army with advanced weapons.
Maybe the Tu'an Kingdom knew that Xianyang had terrifying weapons, so in the end the two parties decided to adopt a compromise and milder method. The Tu'an Kingdom presented three difficult problems. If Qin could do it, Tu'an's army would retreat. When he arrived, he ceded Jiaodong County as compensation for Princess Yushu's accident.
This matter feels reasonable and reasonable, but the courtiers all know that this is a naked invasion. Unfortunately, Xianyang is short of available troops at the moment, so even if they know it is an invasion, they can only endure it in their hearts.
Da Qin has millions of troops, but most of them are guarding the north and south. There are really not many left in Guanzhong. This is a passive situation.
I had to agree.
"Tu Anguo?" Li Zhao frowned when he heard the name.
Historically, the country Tu'an did not actually exist, but at this moment, it really appeared. He had to wonder, was this still the Great Qin in history?
To the north of Great Qin were the Xiongnu, to the south was Nanyue, to the west were the Yuezhi, Qiang and other countries, and to the east was the vast sea. No matter how you look at it, there is no country like Tu'an around Great Qin.
"Perhaps there is no record in history!" Li Zhao guessed that this idea was well founded.
Tuan's army invaded Daqin from the east, and there was the sea to the east. How did they come? They must have come by boat, and as far as the old Qin people knew, those who came from the sea were usually from Jizi Korea or Zhenfan, but Tuan had never heard of it.
In other words, the Tu'an Kingdom may have come from a more distant country. After all, the history of the Qin Dynasty rarely records events outside the distant country. This must be the reason why the Tu'an Kingdom has been missed.
This was Li Zhao's subjective conjecture, but he thought it was possible.
"Tu'an, is it from outside the East China Sea?"
In terms of knowledge reserves in previous lives, there are too many countries outside the East China Sea, including Japan, the Philippines, etc. Of course, this is a modern term. In fact, there was not much information to introduce these countries in the Qin Dynasty. After all, the navigation technology at that time was very backward. , it is difficult for people to cross the ocean and set foot in other countries.
Then he shook his head, saying that it was impossible, and the world beyond the East China Sea was really too far away.
"Have you found out what those three problems are?" Li Zhao asked Shougou, putting aside his inner thoughts.
The thin dog smiled slightly and said, "Hey! Master, you asked the right person. If it were Brother Chao, he would definitely not be able to find out, but I..."
"Stop talking nonsense, talk quickly." Li Zhao interrupted him.
The thin dog was a little embarrassed, but he cleared his throat and continued: "Tu Anguo was quite generous. He gave the first question, but hid the second and third questions, saying that he could only tell them before the court."
"Then tell me what the first question is?"
"It's very simple, it's about poetry."
"Discussing poetry? What the hell?" Li Zhao felt chilled when he heard this.
Discussing poetry, as the name suggests, means discussing poetry.
In Da Qin, the most famous poem was the Book of Songs. Could it be that the Book of Songs is what we are discussing?
(End of chapter)
