Chapter 30 Waiting
Meng Tian talked about the two generals, but his eyes were only on Gui Fen. Gui Fen was born in a lowly state and was a native of Chu. The generals did not like this person. But because of the cavalry under this person, he was the object of any general who would win over him.
The strategists in Meng Tian's shogunate thought about it and found that the only one who could protect himself from being attacked by the Chu army was the cavalry under GuoFan. The cavalry could delay the attack of the Chu army and gather the formation to win time for him. However, surprisingly, until the last Qin soldiers came ashore, the Chu army did not make any noise, and the cavalry created by Hou Zheng did not find anything wrong.
The Chu army still did not disperse the cavalry and let them gallop on Chenying and Shashui. However, there was also a potential rule that they could not kill people or capture prisoners, otherwise the dragon horse knights would come from all directions. The Qin army's military could not escape the dragon horse, and the Qin army's military was still a little afraid of their kind who were taller than themselves, so Hou Zhengzao only ordered his subordinates to spy on every day.
After landing safely, 300,000 Qin troops camped in the south of Changping City according to the array. The spring rain was drizzling, and the Chu army had been waiting for a decisive battle with the Qin army, but many things were unexpected:
After the camping, the Qin army did not advance south immediately, but instead stationed in Changping for several days without moving;
Jing Fei, who had personally buried the gunpowder, was gradually worried. Although Xiong Jing emphasized that it was waterproof and waterproof countless times, the things buried underground could not be seen. If the wooden box was soaked in rain, the gunpowder would not be blown up; or the flint could not get angry because of the wet weather.
Gui Jing and Xiang Chao received a report from the knights under their command. They also went out for a few laps, and then reported to the shogunate that the rain would not stop, and the mud was not enough to kill the hoarse. Neither the heavy or light cavalry could run with all their might. They would have to be deeply trapped in the mud after running for a while;
Finally, there are the archers and artillery guards. The archers believe that if it rains during war, they will probably loosen their bowstrings if they can't shoot a few arrows; the artillery guards are worried that flints will not get angry in the rain, and believe that the backup flint should be ignited for combat.
The rain keeps happening because of the constant weather problems, but Xiong Jing’s attention is no longer on these things, but on another thing.
"The Grand Tutor said: Lantai Jixia Jia pieces, there are many bamboo slips, I want to invite five more sea boats to transport..."
In the curtain, Zhuang Wudi's concern was no longer military information, but his hand was one after another about avoiding evasion. "Doctor Sanlu said: Nine tripods are the most treasures in the world, and they must not be mixed with the treasures of Wang Ting. They should be transported by a sea boat. I also heard that the gunboat is stronger than the sea boat, so I asked a gunboat to transport it...
Gong Yin Yan: The sea boats are insufficient, and the large boat transportation is easily splashed by the waves, so I asked the sea boats again. He also said that there are many craftsmen in each palace, with only 100,000 people in the shortage of miners. Mining is necessary, and more miners should be transported to Xinying...
Empress Ao said: The Empress Dowager asked several times but did not want to avoid moving to Xinying, and all the ministers had no choice but to do anything..."
Trivial matters are mostly trivial matters for avoiding migration. Migrating 200,000 people is also a battle. Xiong Jing heard the headache but had to continue listening. Fortunately, he just listened and did not need decision-making and command. The matters for avoiding migration were fully responsible by the Lord Luyang, and the various departments of the Grand Sima Mansion provided assistance. It seemed like a bystander. Since the official avoidance of migration, he has been paying attention to these troublesome trivial matters every day.
"My mother is still blaming me." Zhuang Wudi quickly finished reading the newspapers, and Xiong Jing sighed softly.
"The Empress Dowager may be attached to the world and refuses to go to the country." Zhuang Wudi fully understood why the Empress Dowager did not want to avoid escort, but he could only persuade him in this way.
"I love the world?" Xiong Jing shook his head repeatedly. He knew what his mother thought. The mother did not want Chu to become the Chu State before the Spring and Autumn Period, but hoped that Chu State would be like the other countries and considered himself a member of the Zhou people's world.
This is of course impossible. The State of Chu was a system that was inconsistent with the Zhou people, not relatives or vassals of the Zhou people. This is why King Wu of Zhou did not grant the title of Chu people when he was granted the title of the title. More than 20 years later, King Cheng of Zhou's feudal was a postscript. The Chu people occupied Jingshan before the Zhou people took over the Shang Dynasty, and then granted the title of viscount, rather than granting the title of viscount first and then granting the land of Jingshan to the Chu people.
This is actually the policy of restraining the sects of the Tang and Song dynasties. By the Yuan and Ming dynasties, the chieftain system was improved. The Tang people and the Song people would not regard the sects as their own people because they were natives. The Yuan and Ming people also knew that the chieftains were not their own tribes, but in order to control these foreign tribes, they were appointed as officials and recognized their occupation of the area where they were located. The Zhou people's restraint was to confer the Chu people as viscounts.
The Chu people were not relatives and vassals of the Zhou people, but they were relatives and vassals of the Shang people. Ji Lian's wife was the son (daughter) of King Pan Geng of Yin. The Book of Songs says, "Taking Yin Wu, fighting against Jing Chu...", and it is determined that King Wu Ding of Shang once attacked Chu. This is a fantasy of the Song people. "Yin Wu" is not a poem from the Shang Dynasty. The Shang Dynasty poetry does not have these many sentences. This is a poem created by the Song people after the Chu people frequently attacked the Song Kingdom in the Spring and Autumn Period. In order to achieve spiritual victory, the Song people made up their bravest ancestor Wu Ding, fighting against Jing Chu.
In any case, the ancestors could not betrayed, and the Chu people could not claim to be a member of the Zhou people or a member of the Zhou people. Even if Xiong Jing wanted to become a Zhou people, he imitated Confucius's Chu people from other Zhou civil officials and was unwilling to become Zhou people. From ancient times to the present, they only worshiped the gods of the Chu people, rather than respecting ghosts and gods and stayed away from them; from ancient times to the present, they worshiped the lewd temples that Confucian scholars kept criticizing, but did not fulfill the Zhou rituals they carefully formulated.
Xiong Jing frowned and thought about the gap between himself and his mother. The more he thought about it, the more he felt that this was an insolvency and a dead knot. Zhuang Wudi said: "If the empress do not move, the king's court will not be sent. If the king's court does not go, the king's court will not be sent, nor will the prince Ao and the eldest prince."
"What are you going to do?" Zhuang Wudi said not without reason. Without his forced order, Mi Xuan and Sheng'er would not have left Shouying.
"In the past, the Empress Dowager did not want to go to Xinying, so it may be temporarily suspended. Empress Ao and Prince Chang should go to Xinying first." Zhuang Wudi said. "Our army will win in this battle. After this battle, the Daliang encirclement will be lifted. Da Ao can order Zhao people to go to Shouying to persuade the Empress Dowager. If it still doesn't work, please ask the clan elders of the Duke of Zhao to go to Shouying to persuade them. Since the empress dowager is filial, he should listen to the words of the old elders of the Zhao clan."
"Shang Ruo..." Everyone thought that this battle would be won, unlike when he was in Zhu Fang. Xiong Jing kept reminding himself to be prepared to lose. He was facing 300,000 elite Qin troops, and 40,000 cavalry and countless warships.
"Where is Shang Ruo's defeat in the battle?" Xiong Jing hesitated for a moment, but still said this.
"I think this battle is foolproof." Zhuang Wudi refused to accept Xiong Jing's assumption. "And Meng Tian is not Wang Jian. I know that the Qin King heard that my boat was already gathering and was about to avoid evasion. He has been urging him for many days. If Meng Tian does not set off the camp at this time, there should be another reason."
"What's the reason?" Xiong Jing asked, but it doesn't matter whether Zhuang Wudi answers or not, because someone outside the shogunate shouted and shouted: "The Qin people are here! The Qin people are here..."
Chapter completed!