Even though the Spring Festival was approaching, Zhao Kuo's machine started running quickly according to Zhao Kuo's will.
Sun Gu slowly returned to the territory of Zhao with more than half of the troops on the Hangu front line. Lejian also followed Zhao Kuo's order and stopped the armed threat to Qi.
Lu Buwei, who was still in Daliang City, Wei County, became the busiest person.
The prisoners of Qi and Chu here have not been trained yet, but hundreds of thousands of prisoners of the Qin army have been sent over.
Fortunately, Zhao Kuo's order was delivered in time, so there was no need to retrain them into combat soldiers and take them to the battlefield.
Although it was just a few words to be converted into a field soldier, for Lu Buwei, it was like being granted amnesty.
how to say? These days, the physical fitness of those who can serve as soldiers is much higher than that of ordinary people. If such a person goes to farm, even if his skills are average, he will soon become an expert in farming.
More importantly, it doesn't require too much screening work. As long as you are not a die-hard and willing to farm, just throw it over.
The work that was originally quite strenuous suddenly became easier.
In less than half a month, Lu Buwei had completed the training work that should have taken several months to complete.
More than 200,000 field soldiers also began to rush to the land that had just been captured by Zhao Jun in the last time before the Spring Festival.
Lu Buwei even organized and trained a total of 20,000 soldiers for Li Mu, and they also marched to the land of Yanying, ready to cooperate with Li Mu to launch an attack on Shuzhong.
As for Qi and Chu, under the threat of Zhao's combat power, they are now as quiet as a furry cat. Even in order to ease the relationship with Zhao State, the two countries even sent a lot of delicacies and grain to Zhao State.
On the contrary, it made Zhao Guo more confident, and it also confirmed the sentence in the Theory of Six Kingdoms: "The descendants will not cherish it, but give it to others, just like throwing away grass and mustard. Cut off five cities today, and cut off ten cities tomorrow. Then I had a good night's rest. I looked around, and the Qin troops arrived again. However, the territory of the princes was limited, and they were insatiable in their desire to violently attack Qin. The more they served, the more urgent the invasion became."
However, the State of Qin here has been replaced by the State of Zhao, and the city has also been replaced by grain.
Of course, during this period, Qin also made frequent moves.
Seeing that the pressure on Hangu Pass was reduced, King Qin also mobilized part of the military strength of Hangu Pass and continued to attack Dashan Pass after consulting Wang Lu.
It is said to be consultation, but in fact it is just information.
What else could Wang Hao say?
Could it be that forget it, don’t leave the pass, and wait for Zhao Jun to come to Guanzhong?
In fact, by this point in the battle, Wang Lu had completely lost his confidence. In other words, everyone understands that Qin has no chance.
The only suspense is how long Qin can hold on under Zhao's upcoming offensive.
How long can it last?
Wang Hao doesn't know either.
If Dashan Pass is still there, Guanzhong and Shuzhong can still be together, perhaps Wang Hao can still persist for ten or eight years by relying on the natural dangers of Shuzhong and Hangu Pass.
But now Shuzhong has most likely been lost, and the original place in Guanzhong, which was still relatively impregnable, has been shattered with the loss of Dashan Pass.
Fighting against the Zhao army on flat ground has proven in several battles that the Qin army will not be an opponent of its cavalry at all, especially when the opponent also has heavy cavalry. ..
It can be said that from any angle, Qin has completely lost the chance to resist.
As long as Zhao wanted to, he could eat the last remaining living force of Qin at any time, and the only thing Qin could do was to militarily replenish its troops, and then wait for the arrival of the Zhao army and make a final desperate attempt to lose.
However, Li Mu and Zhao Wei's troops were still stationed in Hanzhong. Apparently Li Mu was not in a hurry to attack the Qin mainland. On the contrary, just like Zhao Kuo's request, Li Mu also focused his main energy on Shuzhong in the south.
A southbound army of nearly 200,000 people has been quietly formed under the command of Li Mu.
As for Dashan Pass, with Zhao Wei and his 100,000 troops there, there was no need to fear the Qin army's counterattack.
In this series of actions, the Spring Festival has already
Come quietly.
This is destined to be a busy Spring Festival, and it is also destined to be a Spring Festival without reunion.
Not only the hundreds of thousands of Qin Army's troops could not go home, but also the hundreds of thousands of Zhao Army's troops could not return home to reunite. However, there was silence and silence in the Qin Army's camp, and the hundreds of thousands of Zhao Army soldiers They are so unrepentant about this.
Not just because Zhao Kuo personally ordered to bring them dumplings from his hometown;
It’s not just because Zhao Kuo took Lu Buwei to visit various battlefields in person;
But everyone knows what their battle means. They are writing this history, a brand new history.
Raising the wine prince in his hand, Zhao Kuo loudly announced to the troops marching south: "Destroy Shu in one year and unify it in three years."
Just eight words instantly pushed sex to a climax.
Everyone seems to have seen before their eyes how they will dominate the world in the coming year.
Of course, Zhao Kuo was not talking nonsense while drunk, nor was he talking arrogantly. In fact, this time point was a plan he formulated after discussing with the cabinet. Even in the eyes of generals such as Li Mu, this plan was still too conservative.
Whether it's in Shu or in the world, as long as Zhao Kuo is willing, it doesn't take that long at all.
However, the more important reason for proposing such a goal is to give all soldiers a clear goal. Only with a goal can the subjective initiative of all soldiers be more stimulated.
Therefore, whether it is one year, three years, or five years, it does not matter to Zhao Kuo and Zhao Guo.
Amidst full of expectations, the Spring Festival of 253 BC finally passed.
The spring of 252 BC also arrived with the eager anticipation of hundreds of thousands of Zhao troops.
The first lunar month had just come out, and the southward legion, which had already stocked up on enough food and grass, rushed towards Shuzhong under the command of Li Mu.
After leaving Yangping Pass, we followed the path taken by the old Qin people and headed towards the plains of central Sichuan.
At the same time, the Zhao army in the land of Yanying also gathered more than 60,000 people, divided into water and land routes, and moved towards Chengdu in the middle of Sichuan.
There is no suspense at all, the Qin army in Shu has been mobilized, and the people in Shu who have been sacrificed by Qin too many times have no good impression of Qin at all.
In many places, people in Sichuan even took the initiative to lead the way for Zhao Jun.
Although the Qin army took advantage of its geographical advantages to block the Zhao army at all levels, due to the shortage of troops and the rebellion of the local people, these seemingly natural passes could not stop the Zhao army at all.
Badong, Basi, Fuling and other counties fell one after another. Zhao Jun did not commit any crimes wherever he went, and even provided military rations to the local people, which further won the favor of the people in Shu.
Qin's century-old operation in Shu suddenly collapsed within ten days after Zhao Jun arrived.
There is no way, the people of Shu are the people who are oppressed the most by the aggressive Qin State.
Indeed, under the control of the Qin State, several channels were built in the land of Bashu, turning the originally wild land into a land of abundance.
However, this abundant food did not make the people of Bashu rich.
On the contrary, after the arrival of the Qin people, the people of Ba and Shu had to shoulder more farming tasks, but their lives were worse than before.
It is almost a common thing to have no food left at the end of the year.
Coupled with Qin's repeated defeats in foreign wars in recent years, even Guanzhong has experienced a food shortage, let alone Bashu.
After all, this land of Bashu is not the foundation of the Old Qin people.
In this battle of Yingchuan, most of the food and corvee supplies came from Shu, which further increased the burden on the people of Shu.
Over the years, the lives of the Shu people can only be described as dire and miserable.
But all this changed dramatically with the arrival of Zhao Jun.
There are no endless corvees, no forced expropriation of grain and wages, and even granaries are opened to release grain.
Whoever it was, he would immediately switch sides!
Immediately, with Badong and Fuling counties as the center, Zhao Jun's good deeds quickly expanded towards the Bashu land.
Needless to say, Yulinwei's contribution to the cause is indispensable here.
But it is undeniable that the effect of such publicity is almost immediate. Several cities chose to surrender without a fight within a few days of the news.
In just over a month, the Qin State had only Ba County, the last fortress left in the land of Bashu.
Immediately, the army heading south also successfully reunited in Mianzhu, and then the 250,000-strong army marched southward to Chengdu in a mighty manner under the unified command of Li Mu.
In Chengdu, there were more than 30,000 Qin troops.
It is obvious that the Qin army has shrunk all the nearby troops into Chengdu City, trying to make a last ditch effort to save the last fortress of Bashu. Even if it cannot be saved, it would be good to delay it for one more month.
It's a pity that Zhao Jun had already expected this.
Long before the legions moved south, the Yulin Guards had already infiltrated into Chengdu.
Although the strength of the Yulin Guards alone was not enough to pry the city gate, the rumors and rumors were enough to drive the Qin army to death.
You must know that among the more than 30,000 Qin troops in Chengdu, there are less than 2,000 real old Qin people. The vast majority of the Qin troops are real Ba and Shu people.
Guess what these Ba people and Shu people thought after hearing what the Zhao people did in Shu?
What if you add family members to whisper in your ears?
I'm thinking about my hometown under the rule of the Qin people, as well as the Qin State that has been in decline and the Zhao State that has risen in the past.
How to choose seems not to be a problem at all.
Unknowingly, this seemingly resolute Qin army has quietly "deteriorated".
However, the generals of the Qin army, as "human superiors", still did not know how to restrain themselves at all, did not know the importance of being gentle, and still implemented stubborn military orders with strict military laws.
Finally, the tried and tested strict military law also lost its effect in this desperate situation.
Then the sound of "squeaking" sounded, and the Qin army at the east gate of Chengdu switched sides. After besieging Chengdu for less than a month, the Zhao army took over the important town of Chengdu without any blood.
At this point, the southern expedition that lasted more than two months came to an end.
The land of Bashu, the land of abundance, was completely integrated into the territory of Zhao State.
In two months, even spring plowing was not delayed.
Immediately, Zhao Kuo also issued the king's order to leave one hundred thousand troops to garrison Bashu and assist the Bashu people in completing spring plowing. The rest of the army immediately turned back to prepare for spring plowing.
Obviously, although the Bashu War has stopped, Zhao Kuo is already planning the next war.
At this time, King Qin, who was far away in Xianyang, had just learned the news. He didn't even have time to make any reaction. The battle southward was already over.
The speed of its actions and the fruitful results made all countries tremble with fear.
You know, it is the land of Bashu with rugged mountain roads, and it is the land of Bashu with thousands of miles of fertile soil.
Even the land of Bashu was a bit bigger than the current Qi State, and the territory of Chu State was not much larger than Bashu.
It didn't take Zhao Jun three months to capture Bashu. How much time would it take to capture Qi, Chu or even Qin?
Nobody knows.
It’s just that the fear of Zhao Ruhu has completely spread throughout the countries...
