"This is absolutely impossible." The general of Han Zhiguo hurriedly stopped him and said: "If the Zhao army's cavalry comes out in large numbers and the Qin army directly attacks our camp, how can our army stop it?" Hearing this, Lian Po was speechless. After all, you still have an army of 40,000 to 50,000 people?
Why would Zhao Jun not be able to fight after he left? And with the speed of the Zhao army's cavalry, they could get back in this plain area in less than two or three hours.
Is it possible that hundreds of thousands of troops in the camp cannot hold out for even a few hours? Obviously, Lian Po didn't know how to deal with such friendly troops.
I also plan to use this method to induce the Qin army to fight. Now that you have said this, how can you do this?
Although Lian Po knew that this did not constitute a reason, at best it was just Han Jun's timidity and cowardice.
But even with such unreasonable words, neither Lian Po nor Lord Xinling could refute them. After all, although it is a bit embarrassing to be afraid of death, as long as you dare to speak out, others really can't criticize you.
But just when Lian Po was at his wits' end, Lord Xinling unexpectedly thought of a way.
"Since our army is destined to not get it, let's set it on fire." The calm words came out of Lord Xinling's mouth lightly, but they were like a sledgehammer, hitting Lian Po's heart hard.
"Burned?" Lian Po looked at Lord Xinling in disbelief. Burning is naturally easy to do, especially in this dry season. A small spark can set a large area on fire, let alone premeditated arson.
It can be said that as long as the fire is connected in series, even if the coalition forces and the Qin army cooperate, they may not be able to extinguish it.
This is indeed a good way to solve the problem of the Qin army harvesting grain. If you are not careful, you may even eliminate a group of Qin troops harvesting grain.
But the problem is, this is the hinterland of the Central Plains! Producing more than tens of thousands of grains? Just set it on fire?
It’s not such a wasteful way to lose one’s family! Isn't this a waste of natural resources? What's more, this burning destroyed more than just the Qin army's rations!
What will you do to the hundreds of thousands of people in Zhou Wangji who are waiting for food? ! Even though the area of Zhou Wangji can be said to be rich, the rich are businessmen and officials, but not the common people in Guizhou.
Being able to have two meals to eat is already considered a well-off family. Being able to survive the transition from lean to lean is already considered lucky among the lucky. It is almost rare for a family to be able to store food for more than a year.
The fields that were supposed to have a good harvest were burned down by you. How do you want the people in dozens of cities to spend this autumn and winter?
Thinking of this, Lian Po seemed to suddenly understand Lord Xinling's intention, and a chill gradually grew in Lian Po's heart.
Yes, Lord Xinling didn't know what kind of disaster such behavior would bring to these hundreds of thousands of people, but he knew it too well.
But he wouldn't care at all. The reason why he doesn't care is not because he comes from the royal family. On the contrary, just as his broad-mindedness is very different from other members of the royal family, Lord Xinling is probably a rare person in the royal family who understands the sufferings of the people.
But the more this happened, the more terrifying this strategy became to Lian Po. Because almost all of the dozen or so cities in Zhou Wangji have been occupied by the Qin army.
In other words, if the coalition forces burn the food that is about to mature, then the city captured by the Qin army will not only not be able to provide the Qin army with the convenience of getting food on the spot, but will become a burden to the Qin army.
Yes, there are hundreds of thousands of people. If the Qin army does not want to starve to death in its city, it can only mobilize more food from Guanzhong, Shu and even Hexi to tide over the difficulties for the people.
In this way, the purpose of consuming the Qin army was not only achieved, but also had the effect of getting twice the result with half the effort. Not only that, in order to recover losses in the coming year, or at least not have to suffer such heavy losses, the Qin army must launch an attack on the coalition forces as soon as possible.
Then, the coalition's goal of forcing the Qin army to attack will be achieved. Such a simple strategy kills two birds with one stone, so it can't be a bad idea.
Of course, everything has a price, and the price of Lord Xinling's plan was the livelihood of hundreds of thousands of people in the Zhou Dynasty's homeland.
Sure enough, even a so-called Lord Xinling
"Enlightened" people still maintain the habitual indifference of those in power towards the people at the bottom. In the eyes of all the superiors, the hundreds of thousands of people in Guizhou are actually no different from a nest of ants. If they die, they will die, and they can even fertilize the soil.
If all countries were like this, maybe it wouldn't matter. After all, between countries, the comparison is never about who is better, because everyone has a better side. Even Africa, the most backward country, at least far surpasses the superpower the United States in terms of discrimination.
Between countries, the only thing that compares is who is worse. There was no way to survive in the Six Kingdoms, so I went to Qin. Although Qin was very involution, at least Qin could still survive.
If all countries were like this, it wouldn't matter. What's scary is that some countries still seem to be implementing the system of slavery, but in fact they have already transitioned to the system of feudalism.
We are not afraid that the monarchs of various countries will regard the people as garbage, but we are afraid that a country will suddenly pay attention to the people. Obviously, Zhao Guo is such an alternative.
To be precise, it was the Zhao cabinet under the rule of Zhao Kuo.
"Water can carry a boat but it can also overturn it." Zhao Kuo had stressed it many times in front of everyone. As the second minister of the cabinet, Lian Po naturally felt his ears ringing from hearing this.
Naturally, Lian Po immediately felt disgusted with Lord Xinling's strategy of harming the people to achieve his goals.
Even the little admiration I had for Lord Xinling just now dissipated. Because Lian Po knew that with the heart of Qin State, it was very likely that he would adopt another method that Lord Xinling had never thought of to deal with the possible famine.
Yes, facing the embarrassing situation of burning food and grass, the Qin army had no choice but to rescue the survivors of the Zhou Dynasty - that is, to sit back and watch the survivors of the Zhou Dynasty suffer from famine.
After all, in essence, these hundreds of thousands of people cannot be regarded as people of Qin. He rashly spent a lot of effort to bring grains from Guanzhong and Shu, thousands of miles away, without the support of the people. I am afraid that he would not get the support of these survivors of the Zhou Dynasty. It was obviously a business that outweighed the gains and losses.
Will the always shrewd monarchs and ministers of Qin do this? From Lian Po's perspective, the possibility of Qin Guo doing this is almost zero.
The obvious example is the Battle of Changping. After three years of confrontation, the entire Shangdang was almost empty. Of course, there was a reason for the war between the two countries. Zhao State was already too busy to take care of itself, but Qin State obviously still had spare power.
If the Qin State is willing to rescue, at least on the west bank of Bishui, the area within the control of the Qin Army should not be empty.
But in fact, within the control of the Qin State, except for a few large cities that still have some popularity, other small towns and countryside have long been completely barren.
For the monarchs and ministers of the Qin State, in their experience, having land means having people, so there is nothing to worry about.
This was the case in the attack on Shuzhong, the same in the occupation of Hexi, and the Yanying land of Chu State. The Qin army attacked and killed all the way, but the population of these places was like leeks, cutting and growing all the way.
As for the old places of the Zhou Dynasty, the same is naturally true. The people of Zhou Dynasty were out of food? What does it have to do with Qin?
In Qin's vision, instead of rescuing people, it would be better to take this opportunity to sort out and screen the people of the Zhou Dynasty, which can also be regarded as laying a foundation for subsequent governance.
Therefore, according to Lian Po's prediction, if Lord Xinling's plan is implemented. Although it can increase the consumption of the Qin army, it will never allow the Qin army to rescue the people.
But so what? It can increase the consumption of the Qin army, and to a certain extent, it will also force the Qin army to fight decisively as soon as possible. Hasn't it already achieved Lord Xinling's purpose?
For the Qin army, it was the coalition forces that committed the crime. It may not be such a bad thing since it has a reputation for justice and is less constrained by future governance.
It seems that neither party can accept such a thing. The only ones who suffered were the hundreds of thousands of people of the Zhou Dynasty who had lost their country.
Lian Po felt uncomfortable when he thought that the scene of layers of white bones in the Shangdang area would reappear in Zhou Wangji.
If in the Battle of Changping, he was still the passive party and could do nothing about the sufferings of the people, then this tragedy was purely his own fault.
This is absolutely unacceptable to Lian Po. Immediately, Lian Po was about to object, but he was overtaken by the generals of Han Zhiguo and Chu State.
"What a wonderful plan!" The general of Han Zhiguo, who was a little disdainful of Lord Xinling just now, immediately started to praise Lord Xinling after some thought: "This is a wonderful plan. It not only stopped the Qin army from taking advantage of The way of food put the Qin army that had already occupied the Zhou Dynasty city into an awkward situation of saving or not." The general of Chu State also immediately took over the topic, and then said: "Save, those hundreds of thousands of people , It's enough to make Qin go north with a heavy burden. I'm afraid that if it doesn't hold on until next year, it will be forced to go to war with our army; if we don't save it..." Halfway through the words, the general of Chu didn't know what to do. How to go on.
Obviously he also realized that the Qin State would most likely turn a blind eye to these people and would not rescue them at all, so there would be no losses.
Seeing that the general of Chu was blocked in his words, the general of Han quickly said: "Even if Qin does not rescue those Guizhou leaders, at least it is enough to cut off the Qin army and get food on the spot."
"It's very, very good!" The general of Chu State also said quickly: "It's so wonderful to destroy a road of the Qin army so effortlessly." As the two sang and harmonized, Lord Xinling's appalling words The plan actually turned into a clever plan.
Although Lian Po knew they were wrong, he found that he could not find the words to refute them. Could it be said that water can carry a boat but also capsize it?
Or should we say: the people are the most important, the country is the second most important, and the king is the most important? I'm afraid that what I said when I spoke was not a feeling of shame, but ruthless ridicule.
Just like you can never describe the colorful world of heaven and earth with a person who was born blind, you can never force your point of view into the mind of a clan that already has deep-rooted ideas.
However, those are hundreds of thousands of people!
