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Chapter 33 Return to Camp

Xiong Jing talked about the reason why Qin State would perish. This is not the submissive Queen Qin, and the various countries have a national mobilization system. In his opinion, the people are not martial enough, but compared with the Qin State, the people are already very martial.

Qin, Chu, Qi, Zhao... Any country that eliminates six countries and unifies the world will face the problem of legal system. If a feudal pattern is maintained like the Zhou and Han people, Guandong will still be a feudal state. It doesn't matter who will be the monarch of the feudal state. What is important is that it cannot touch the original vested interests, cannot change the original structure of society, and rule can gradually be consolidated.

If so, is it still unification?

In the Three Principals of Zhou people, one of the three Principals was Guan Shuxian, the younger brother of King Wu, who did not stop the rebellion of King Zhou, Wu Geng, and he also participated in the Wu Geng rebellion with another Principal Cai Shu. In the Seven Kingdoms of Han people, King Wu Liu Bi, King Chu Liu Wu, King Zhao Liu Sui, King Jinan Liu Piguang, King Zichuan Liu Xian, King Jiaoxi Liu Ang, King Jiaodong Liu Xiongqu, and the Seven Kings are all surnamed Liu. The blood-related surname is not important in politics, but the important one is the position where the butt is sitting. It is not determined by family affection and preference, but by political interests.

The Zhou people fabricated the destiny of heaven (destroying Shang tombs), the Qin people accepted the five virtues (burning books and burying scholars), and the Han people made up the response of heaven and man (forging Shangshu), all of which were to build a legal system, namely: Why am I the emperor and others not the emperor? Why should the world accept my rule but not the rule of others?

There is no rule of law to rely on force. If there is really force, it can still carry out a second suppression like the Zhou and Han people. The Qin people's force is nothing more than the power of the system, not individuals. The army is more brave than the six countries. In this way, why should Wang Jian survive a year when he destroyed the 600,000 troops in Chu? It would be great if there were 400,000 soldiers in the east of Chu, and it would be impossible to exceed 500,000. Once the system decays, the war machines cannot operate normally, and a large number of soldiers and food cannot be guaranteed, and the military value will fall in an instant.

The whole nation was a soldier in the Warring States Period, and the common people were equal to the people of the past. With their understanding of the Qin people, the Qin people could not establish a legal system, and defeat was destined. If the Chu State really perished, with the seeds sown now, dozens and hundreds of Xiang Yus will be produced. What they lacked was a legitimate King of Chu.

Xiong Jing was not afraid of the country's destruction, but Mi Xuan in his arms burst into tears when he heard this. He pulled her body and said with a heartache: "Why are you crying? I'm just talking about the worst case!"

"Woo woo..." Mi Xuan threw herself into the man's arms, hugging him tightly and said, "You can't die."

"I..." Xiong Jing was thinking about military and national affairs, but women were thinking about family matters. "I am the king of Chu. How can I survive if the country is destroyed? Do you want a slave who lives in vain and despises thousands of people as your husband?"

Xiong Jingyi said that Mi Xuan cried even more miserably. She was a female princess, not a commoner. How could she not understand this truth? Even if a man did not want to die, it was a custom for the Chu State to overthrow the army and kill the generals. How could a man who really defeated him die? But the more he understood, the more she cried. Crying the cruelty of reality, crying with her helplessness...

"You should feel ashamed of marrying a timid husband who lives a silence; you should be proud of marrying a husband who dies in battle for his country." Xiong Jing no longer comforts him, but educates him. His wife must be a strong man, and she should send him to the war with a smile, and she cannot cry like this.

Feeling the man's seriousness, Mi Xuan wiped her tears and whispered: "Wei."

"This is just a temple calculation, why do you take it seriously?" Xiong Jing tried to make himself smile. "The Chu State had artillery, warships, and huge iron. The Qin people destroyed Chu. The war would last for a long time, and there were probably more than one million casualties. The time was on the Chu State. If sulfur could be transported back overseas, the situation would be different."

"Sulphur?" Mi Xuan knew about this thing, and Xiong Jing explained it in detail when he shot it. "A thing in gunpowder?"

"Yes, but Chu State has not." Xiong Jing frowned. He seemed to be in another world, a world without sulfur.

"What should I do?" Mi Xuan leaned against him and gently rubbed the man's brows with his jade hand. The bruise that he had not seen before was seen because of the dim light, and she said, "This is..."

"It's okay." The gentle, fragrant jade hands rubbed their eyebrows very comfortably, and Xiong Jing thought she would keep rubbing like this.

"It's all me." The man didn't say that, Mi Xuan also guessed how the injury came about, so he helped him rub his eyes.

"Report to the King..." It was Chang Jiang's voice, and he was outside the tent.

"What's the matter?" Xiong Jing asked, grabbing Mi Xuan's hand.

"General Zhuang dares to ask the king what is going to go?" Chang Jiang asked. "It's going to be dusk, and the army is already eighty miles away."

According to the marching plan formulated by the shogunate counselors, the coalition forces marched for six hours today, and each hour was 13:30, Chuli (determined by the Chu army with the shortest pace), and marched for eighty miles a day. Starting from tomorrow, the formal pursuit will begin, and march for ten hours, and advance 133 miles a day (53.865 kilometers) until the food is exhausted.

"Prepare the car right away, I and Xuan..." Xiong Jing was about to say Xuan'er, but Mi Xuan whispered in his ear: "It's Mr. Mi."

"I and Mi Nu are dressed immediately." Xiong Jing deliberately added the word "dressing", which caused Mi Xuan to beat him. Originally, Mi Xuan was forced to fight in. When he was having fun just now, he couldn't help screaming. Now he emphasized dressing again. Mi Xuan wished that there was a crack on the ground to crawl in. When she got on the carriage, she didn't dare to look at it, and her face was still red after getting on the carriage.

The soldiers of Yingshi were semi-professional soldiers, and the eight guards were purely professional soldiers, and they had no effect on sleepless overnight. When they escorted Xiong Jingming to the Chu army's garrison. After a while, Dan Ming, one hour later, was about to set off again, and everyone was full of energy. However, Xiong Jing continued to proclaim lust in the carriage, and people fell asleep when they arrived at the shogunate.

"King, why..." It took two quarters of an hour to pull out the camp. All the generals in the shogunate were there, Tian He's mouth slipped and asked about the injuries on Xiong Jing's left eye frame.

"Mi's young lady was accidentally caught off guard by riding a horse, so I could only catch it." Xiong Jing replied naturally, deliberately emphasizing his intimate relationship with Mi Xuan. The name is name, the relationship between husband and wife is real, leaving the name but keeping the reality. While he was talking, he looked around the generals, and some of the generals wanted to laugh, and some of them dared not laugh. "Where are the Qin people?"

The Qi people did not hand over the military power, but all countries followed Xiong Jing and horses, so he became the leader of the He Zong. Seeing him asking, Sima Shang, who was most familiar with the Qin army, said, "The Qin army traveled 120 miles yesterday and was already in Pingling."

The coalition forces are now located on the west side of the Ling in the northeast corner of Baiyun Mountain, forty Chuli from the Qin army camped in Pingling (actually more than 80 miles yesterday). Today, the Qin army traveled three more places, and the coalition forces advanced to 133 Chuli. When camping at night, the distance between the two sides will be closer to 33 Chuli; when traveling again the next day, it will be closer to 26 Chuli; when camping on the fourth day, the distance between the two sides is within twenty Chuli.

Based on the marching rhythm of the enemy and our army, the staff calculated that the daily coalition could approach the Qin people's Qi Chuli. This was the maximum pursuit. The marching time was minus the meal time, changing clothes time, camping time, and waiting time in line, and the soldiers slept for up to four hours. The strategists who made the plan were worried that the Qi army would not be able to withstand such intensity.

"What are the soldiers?" Thinking of the strength of the march, Xiong Jing naturally asked about the soldiers.

"Today is still acceptable." Sima Shang didn't say anything, and Zhuang Wudi replied, "The Qi army was very happy to warm up the food."

The self-heating rations in winter are designed at a standard of minus fifteen degrees. In order to ensure calories, there are 167 grams of mutton in the jar and 500 grams of meat a day. Such a dietary standard is only affordable by Chu Jun.

Zhuang Wudi's answer made Tian Zonglian blink. He did not compare with the Chu army with fur, cotton jacket, Rong boots and cotton socks. Even with the relatively down-and-out Zhao army, the Qi army was also a group of beggars. Many of them did not even have cloth robes stuffed with scattered tufts and patched ones, only a large brown coat, and were wearing straw shoes. They could only eat meat in a year at the wax festival. How could they not be happy when they saw this kind of diet?

Qi State is very rich, but Qi people are very poor. Zhuang Wudi's words seemed to be slapping him in the face. Xiong Jing did not observe the Qi army carefully, and the Grand Sima Mansion had never reported it. The Qi army went abroad to fight in summer. Summer clothes are cheaper than winter clothes, and each piece is only 1,200 yuan, and even if the cloth robe is old in winter, it will cost more than 1,000 yuan.

He ignored the information contained in Zhuang Wudi's words and said, "It's so good. Are the Qin people making food?"

"The entire Qin army had never made rice," Zhuang Wudi was a little surprised that Xiong Jing ignored his meaning. "The houses along the way were destroyed, and there were no thatched trees. Even if they made rice, they were still a minority."

"Good." Xiong Jing nodded, "Look at how many days can the Qin people last!"

"From tomorrow, the Qin cavalry will disturb my baggage." Sima Shang said. Although infantry can ignore the road in winter and advance in one line, the carriages behind the army have high requirements for the road.

"The Qin army has more than 40,000 cavalrymen," said Mou Zong. "Our army is 18,000, which is not enough."

"How?" Xiong Jing asked. He believed that after a night of discussion, everyone had already thought of a solution.

"Only the soldiers are responsible for their own food and fodder." Zhuang Wu said. "The food and fodder are 72 kilograms, so my soldiers can no longer carry the Jujia."

Only some soldiers of the Zhao army and Qi army were wearing giant armor. Almost everyone in the Chu and Wei army had giant armor. The Chu army soldiers still marched with giant armor. Seventy-two Chu kilograms were 18 kilograms, which was heavier than the giant armor. In the final analysis, the self-heating rations were too heavy. In the future, it was amazing that 120 grams of quicklime powder was self-heating. Normally, a portion of rice was 300 grams, and the Chu army now was 40 times.

"But." Jujia had already ordered to be abandoned, but Xiong Jing did not expect that the Chu soldiers would still carry their backs. "How about if the Qin people did not attack my baggage and disturb my brigade?"

"I will chase him!" Gui Jing said loudly. Yesterday, the cavalry wanted to attack the Qin army, but the Qin cavalry was prepared for it and they were waiting in the north. Judging from this point of view, the Qin army suddenly set off its camp on the night before, probably because it was the cavalry that discovered the Chu army.

"Our army is good at shooting, and is not afraid of cavalry." Tian Zong finally found some face, and the Qi army's tradition of shooting was not lost. Not only were there special crossbows, but there were also many archers. However, the Zhao and Wei armies only had arm crossbows with very short range, so they were sandwiched between the horizontal formation, with Chu and Qi troops on both sides.
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