Chapter Fifty-Three
The characters in various countries are actually a kind of characters, but the writing order and the stroke structure are different, similar to the differences between regular script, cursive script, running script and official script. The characters in the Chu State are called bird script, which are decorated with phoenixes and birds, and the fonts are decorated with bird shapes. The style is treacherous and treacherous, and the fog flows through waves. It is more like paintings than words.
Zhuang Wudi saw Xiong Jing looking down at the food desk, then wiped the four words away and wrote: "Please kill Zhao Qian." This time, Xiong Jing could no longer be indifferent, but looked at him tightly, with shock and questioning eyes.
Instinctively, Xiong Jing opposed this so-called strategy. Zhao Yan deposed Zhao Jia for several years and could not have been wary of Zhao Jia and had no support for Zhao Qian. Zhao Qian was indeed a decoration, but not entirely a decoration. If Zhao Qian was a decoration, why didn’t Zhao Liang proclaim himself king after Zhao Yan’s death, or supported Zhao Jia as king?
After Zhuang Wudi offered his advice, Xiong Jing frowned until the banquet dispersed. He restored Zhao and moved south to Zhao, of course, it was beneficial to Chu State to restore Zhao State, but the problem was that it was really possible to restore Zhao State? When Li Mu was there, Chu State had fully helped Zhao State, but it still collapsed due to internal strife...
"I think Zhao State was destroyed by internal struggle." When I returned to the Chu Camp and there was no Zhao person around me, Zhuang Wudi could finally express his feelings without any scruples. "The people and soldiers all regard Zhao Jia as a wise man. If Zhao Qian can be killed and Zhao Jia as king, Zhao Jia will be no internal struggle, and Zhao State may be restored to Zhao State."
Only Xiong Jing saw the words written by Zhuang Wudi on the food table. Now he told the matter, Nao Xin, Yang Wei, Xiang Chao, and E Zhuo were shocked. They could not have thought that Zhuang Wudi would kill Zhao Qian.
"What is the saying of the Sima of the Army?" Xiang Chao said angrily: "Zhao Qian is King Zhao. Our army came here to save Zhao, so we must not come here to kill King Zhao."
"The military Sima's plan is wrong." Yang Wei was not angry with Zhuang Wudi's strange plan. "Now everyone in the world knows the king's words and believes it. If the king kills King Zhao, who in the world believes in the king?"
"The king must not do this plan." Right Shi Yixian advised. "Zhao Qian must have a close confidant. If Zhao Qian is killed today, Zhao Chu and Zhao will become evil tomorrow. Empress Dowager Zhao, Guo Kai and others will inevitably surrender to Qin, which is a great disadvantage to our Chu State."
"Today, the next generation will be invincible, and it is impossible to do anything strange to do. If the king sticks to the old methods..." Zhuang Wudi, as Sima of Ying, knew no less than Xiong Jing, and because of the meticulousness, he also knew some details that Xiong Jing did not know.
Although the Chu army won every battle, the Chu State was still in danger of destruction and the situation did not improve fundamentally. There were more than 5 million Dingkou in Yan and Zhao, and at least half of Dingkou was left after the famine. If these Dingkou were thrown to Qin and take Hanzhong, Bashu could not make up for the losses caused by the loss of Zhao.
"So what if you do the old method?" Xiong Jing looked at him and breathed a sigh of relief.
"The State of Chu will definitely be unexpected." Zhuang Wudi faced Xiong Jing's gaze and replied in this way. "The king must do a strange plan to save the current situation in the world."
Seeing Xiong Jing withdraw his gaze and began to think, he said again: "Zhao State loses its country, and once it is fought inside, if it weren't for Zhao Qian and the dispute between Zhao Jia, how could Li Mu die? If Li Mu does not die, if we transport corn from the Three Kingdoms, Zhao State can still support it. Now killing Zhao Qian, Guo Kai, supporting Zhao Jia as the king, using Pingyuan Jun as the prime minister, and Sima Shang as the prime minister, may not be able to restore the country.
The country of Zhao lost its country, and the second was that it was short of food. The three countries could only transport more than ten million stones of millet to Zhao, which was insufficient. However, after the disaster year, the people of Zhao could also cultivate, so I could transport military rations to Zhao. Li Mu's army was only 300,000, and 300,000 plus the force of horses was only a million. A million people needed 18 million stones of millet a year, and it was not necessarily impossible to transport them.
Zhao State lost its country, and three were in Jingxing. Although Li Mu defeated the Qin people several times, Jingxing was all in the hands of the Qin people. If I could use artillery and gunpowder to seize Jingxing and Guankou Xing, and then build it with concrete and set up artillery to guard it, the two passes would be worry-free.
Zhao lost its country, and four soldiers were few. However, the soldiers were short of grain. If they could transport 18 million stones of rice to Zhao every year, there would be no shortage of soldiers and horses in Zhao. If there were any shortcomings, they could also be used as Hu people and Rong people to make up for it and enter their brigade."
Zhuang Wudi said four reasons in one breath, but the more he said, the more Xiong Jing gradually changed from hesitation to firmness. Just taking Jingxing and the Fukouxing line made him lose his mind to restoring Zhao. Jingxing and Fukouxing were one of the eight passes. Before Handan besieged, Fukouxing was still in the hands of the Zhao army. Yan Ju defeated Handan and was besieged, and after he was attacked from the east and west, Fukouxing also fell into the hands of the Qin army.
The use of artillery on the plains can indeed defeat the Qin army in one battle, but in the mountains, especially in Jingxing (Nantius Pass) and Fukouxing, the Chu army was extremely difficult to advance. If you want to win it in a short time, in addition to paying enough lives, you also have to consume enough gunpowder. The latter, the Chu army has not yet.
"No." This time even E Zhuo objected. "If the Qin people attacked me in large numbers, if the boats and oars and food must be insufficient, how could they fight in Zhao again? Let's restore Zhao to the country, and Zhao will become stronger, and Qi will not want it."
"Old Ying, there is no grain accumulation in Nanyang?" Logistics was the top priority of the Grand Sima Mansion. When he heard that E Zhuo also objected, Zhuang Wudi began to feel a little discouraged.
"There was indeed accumulating grain in Nanyang, but Ao Cang was captured by our army a few years ago. In the past ten years, most of the accumulated grain in Nanyang was transported north, and there was not much of the warehouse." E Zhuo said. "Compared with the accumulated grain, the boats and oars are even less. Yingdu is more than 2,300 miles from the old Ying, which is a waterway. Yingdu travels westward through the Huai River, and the water and land are added together, and there are more than 1,700 miles. The Qin people attacked us in large numbers, and the boats and oars must be insufficient. How can we transport 18 million stones of corn in Zhao?
Moreover, when corn reaches Zhao, it does not reach Handan, but to Jingxing, 400 miles north of Handan, the waterway is more than 2,000 miles, and the round trip may take two months. It can only be transported three times a year instead of five times..."
E Zhuo talked about transportation endlessly. Xiong Jing interrupted him. He looked at Zhuang Wudi again: "If you kill Zhao and move to Zhao, you will no longer have civil strife. Is this true? How to ensure it?
How long does it take to restore Zhao territory, how many Chu soldiers need to be drawn, how much gunpowder is needed to be consumed before the Qin people can be driven to the west of Taihang Mountain and seize Jingxing and the two passes of Fukouxing? What are the Qin people's additional soldiers? I also have additional soldiers?
Transportation cannot support Zhao State. Zhao land has undergone wars and famines for several years. Not only is there no war, but there are also few people who cultivate. How many years does Xiang army, Yangxia army, and Yue army need to stay in Zhao land?"
Xiong Jing asked three questions in a row. Zhuang Wudi had too many strange plans and wishful thinking. He could not guarantee that if Zhao Qian was killed, there would be no more civil strife. He could be as united as Chu State now. He could not be sure that Zhao Yan was not a guise held by others. The problem was that it was essentially factional struggles within Zhao.
In addition to Qi, Yan, Chu, Zhao, Wei, Han, and Qin, all the capitals of Qi, the five capitals of Yan, and the upper and lower capitals of Yan. The capital migration represents the expansion of the territory, and also means the power structure begins to change. Chu State from Danyang to Jiying, Zhao State from Jinyang to Handan, Wei State from Anyi to Daliang (the place where Wei was founded was Wei, now Ruicheng, Shanxi), Han State from Yangdi to Xinzheng (the place where Han Dynasty started was Hanyuan, now Hancheng, Shaanxi), and Qin State from Yongcheng to Xianyang, all moved from the margin to the central area.
The border areas are all places where the country has started, and only the rising states in the border areas have the courage to grow. However, in addition to the bravery, there are also long-standing common tribes, complex customary laws, and dense ancestral shrines. The transformation from a tribe to a state must undergo an organizational transformation and the power structure, and the old land must be eliminated. This is the original intention of the countries to move the capital.
However, after the capital was moved, the old land, the old tribes, and the old traditions may not have not existed. They still exist in the court, but were diluted by the rising new capital. The battle between the new and the old really ran through the entire national political history.
Zhao Jia fled to Daidi, and Daidi was obviously an old land like Jinyang. He must be supported by the old tribe. What about the nobles of the new capital? Pingyuan Jun and Pingyang Jun just said that they wanted to kill Zhao Qian and support Zhao Jia?
When Xiong Jing asked Zhuang Wudi, he was also thinking about the answer to the question. Whether Zhao Qian was king or Zhao Jia was king, just like the past Prince Zhang was king or Gongzi He was king, they were all confrontations between old and new forces. The Hu style of Zhao State was very strong, and he tended to deviate from China and also tended to get close to China. Zhao Jia obviously belonged to the latter and Zhao Qian belonged to the former.
Zhao Jia, as the king, would inevitably abandon the southern land and capitalize in Dai. When Xiong Jing thought of this, he suddenly realized: Zhao Jia was the king, who could guarantee that Zhao Jia would set up the capital of Handan and fight with the Qin people? With the support of the old nobles, why could he not live in Dai and appease the Qin people? If so, what is the value of restoring Zhao people?
"This plan is useless, it's not good to be honest." Xiong Jing's face returned to calm, without any fluctuations.
Zhuang Wudi was still thinking about Xiong Jing's questions, but suddenly Xiong Jing made up his mind. He was puzzled and said, "Why is the king..."
"Are you familiar with Zhao Jia?" Xiong Jing didn't say anything big, but just asked a very simple question.
"My..." This very simple question made Zhuang Wudi wave his hand to wipe his sweat. He said with a tough bullet: "My name has never met Zhao Jia."
"Oh." Xiong Jing said softly, stop talking about this matter, Zhuang Wudi lowered his head and no longer mentioned any strange plans.
"King, what should we do with our army?" Xiang Chao standing beside him was a rough man. He didn't understand the tacit understanding between Xiong Jing and the army Sima.
"Our army?" The Chu army had only had plans to cover the retreat of the Zhao people, and had no plans to fight the 300,000 Qin troops. Now that the Qin army has been repelled, some plans will certainly be changed. "What should our army do, how should we do?"
If you don’t have a strange plan, you will naturally migrate. But you have already gained the upper hand and you have to take advantage of it. Zhuang Wudi said: “I think our army should go north with the Zhao army to get more Dingkou, and then withdraw troops before the river is frozen.”
Chapter completed!