Chapter 180: Before the War
The new king of Wuwei State, Xu Fan, ordered the whole country to swear to defend the country and resist the invasion of Qin, this matter does not need too much incitement, everyone understands the truth that the country is ruined, especially in this era, most people in the country will become the private property of the victors, become slaves, young and strong to be military slaves, become cannon fodder in the war, the old, weak, sick and disabled can not escape a death, women and children become trophies and rewards to meritorious soldiers, no matter what kind of fate will be very miserable. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
Unwilling to be a slave, they had to rise up and resist, and after the new king took several new measures, the war spirit was unprecedentedly high.
When the new king ascended the throne, the first thing was to confiscate the homes of dozens of royal relatives and nobles who were extremely angry with the people.
The sum of the property coveted by these dozens of families is several times more than that of the state treasury, and if nothing else, the weapons and equipment allocated to the military every year are intercepted and accumulated by them, and those that are resold are enough to equip 500,000 horses, and the property is even piled up.
Gao Jiu and Ma Shu suggested that the king should keep enough for the army and horses, and give all the remaining money, cloth, and food to the officers and soldiers who were called to join the army.
Xu Fan also sent envoys to neighboring countries, stating the implication of the death of his lips and teeth, hoping to receive assistance.
The so-called envoy of this other world is a messenger, because this is not a place for literati to play tricks, as long as you send someone to bring the consciousness you want to express, as for how people respond, then it depends on whether what you propose is valuable, valuable, and respond positively, and if you feel that it doesn't make much sense, send your envoy back, and the reply will be very direct, and there will be no euphemisms.
Under the leadership of Gao Jiu and Ma Shu, who held military and political powers, the preparations for war were quickly completed, and at this moment, two people came to meet the new king.
"Who are you?"
These two people, one seems to be middle-aged, but exudes a stunning momentum, and the other is extremely ugly and dumbfounded, but the revealed aura makes people dare not underestimate it.
"My name is Xu Chang, maybe you are not familiar with this name, your father should know. ”
It turned out that these two turned out to be Xu Chang and Zhu Wei's master and apprentice.
"My father died not long ago. ”
"Oh, it's really unfortunate, you should be called Xu Fan, the eldest son. ”
"Oh. ”
Xu Fan was a little blind, he had a bad feeling.
"I don't care how your father died, speaking of which I am your ancestor, now someone dares to bully the descendants of the deity, and if you can't say that the deity has to take care of it, rush all the way over, see that you are doing a good job, then continue, the deity will give you a pressure array. ”
Only then did Xu Fan understand that this Venerable turned out to be his ancestor, so he hurriedly stepped down from the chair and knelt down to make a big gift to his juniors, Xu Chang also accepted it, and after helping him up, he stepped aside so as not to interfere with their deliberations.
With Xu Chang's master and apprentice in charge, Gao Jiu's momentum skyrocketed, and he organized a large army to kill the border river of Tongshangcheng and Chen Jiang.
Wuwei was able to organize an army of 500,000 so quickly, as mentioned above, it was due to a variety of factors, and a weak country suddenly became strong and prosperous, and the reason for this was the problem of people and the ability of leaders.
The people of this world are already belligerent, and after a period of calm, they become inert, but once the disaster comes, some people raise their arms and shout, and have a certain ability to organize and command, these people will burst out with murderous anger and are not afraid of life and death.
Compared with the state of Wuwei and the state of Chu, the country of Wuwei is not comparable to the state of Chu, regardless of the wealth of the territory and the manpower and material resources, there is no comparison, but when the disaster came, the country of Wuwei was called by the two ministers and actually stood up, whether it can defeat the state of Qin or not, it doesn't matter, what matters is the backbone of the people.
And the state of Chu, with a lot of land and resources, is full of talents, but it is rotten, and it was messed up by Zhang Xian's some schemes, and it is about to be destroyed.
If there is no high-level spy Yao Linci, if King Chu Wei dies and is replaced by the eldest prince, if you make good use of famous generals such as Wuhou Miao Baichuan, if you 、、、、、
But if none of these were used, King Chu Wei would face the danger of destroying the country without knowing it.
The Chen River is not very wide, the widest place is about two or three miles, the narrowest place has to be one and a half miles, the depth is more than three people deep, the water potential is relatively gentle, but there is a little headache for the generals of the Qin State, there are no tall trees on both sides of the Chen River for dozens of miles, only low willow trees, it is very difficult to build a bridge, and the residents on the north bank of the Chen River do not know why, they actually burned down their houses and fled to the south bank by boat.
On the north bank of the river for more than 100 miles, except for the soldiers and horses of the Qin State, there was no one to be seen, and the ripe crops in the fields were robbed and harvested, and they left in a hurry, but the rest were released by the Qin people.
This phenomenon is actually a natural phenomenon, although the two sides of the Chen River belong to the two vassal states, but the people are not separated from each other, some even live on both sides of the strait, and most of the rest are relatives and friends, and they are all familiar with each other at the bottom, the Qin State came to invade, and the people in the villages and towns of nearly 100 miles on the north bank almost ran to the south bank for refuge, why did they burn the house?
Because they are all war-hardened people, and they are all too familiar with war, how can they leave what finances the enemy behind.
Wu Yang Hou looked at the south bank of the river coldly, and he secretly decided that when he killed the south bank of the river, he would definitely turn it into a scorched earth.
"Have you found a place to cross the river?"
Wuyang waited to see Xu Feng coming over and asked coldly.
"One hundred and twenty miles to the north, there is one of the narrowest places, about four hundred paces wide, but the water is fast, but the river bank is very high, and as long as you find trees, you can quickly build several wooden bridges. ”
"Did you find any trees?"
"No suitable trees have been found for the time being. ”
"Send someone to Liulin City in the back, and dismantle the house wood in the city for me and transport it over. ”
"This 、、、"
"Hmmm??!"
Wu Yanghou turned his head and stared at Xu Feng, his eyes showed murderous intent, and Xu Feng shivered.
"Yes. ”
Because there were no suitable trees to build the bridge, Wuyanghou was blocked on the north bank of the Chen River, which bought time for the high doves on the south bank to set up.
The rivers on the south bank of the Chen River are vertical and horizontal, and swamps and lakes can be seen everywhere, which is the geographical advantage of Wuwei Kingdom.
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Su Kan also received information about Qin's large-scale invasion of the south, and when he was discussing the military situation with Su Jie, the envoy of Wuwei State arrived.
"Go back, tell Brother Wang, I understand the truth of cold lips and teeth, and we will send troops to fight against Qin. ”
After sending the envoy of Wuwei State, Su Kan looked at his cousin Su Jie, who was released by Su Wei.
"Brother Wang, what do you think?"
"The Qin State has long had the intention of stepping on the world, and there may be many scruples that have not been moved, but it has been fully prepared, and it is just a short time to have an opportunity, this southern invasion has mobilized a million troops, although there is no sign of attacking us, but his purpose is definitely not just to seize the Wuwei State, you think, they have captured the Shangcheng State and the Wuwei State, and they will be connected with the territory of the Qin State, and then 、、、、"
Su Jie is indeed talented, he has been suppressed over the years, becoming Su Wei's shadow, in order to survive, he had to perform against his will, but when he returned to Su Kan's side, and this eldest brother was very good to him, and he often consulted with him in state and family affairs.
"Yesterday, Wang Zheng, the lord of Sushan State, sent a letter asking for help, I don't think I can stand by and watch this matter, but I can't go to the Qin State either. The military horses collided hard, and my opinion is that they should unite with the Sushan State and the Cangyue State to attack their rear army and cut off their grain routes, you see how it is. ”
"That's a good idea. ”
"Well, I'll leave this matter to you, I can trust you, give you 300,000 horses, and I'll wait for your good news. ”
"We will live up to our mission. ”
After Su Jie left, the elder of the Song family walked out from behind the screen.
"I'm glad that you can trust Jie'er so much, but the masters of the Qin State are like clouds, although Jie'er's cultivation is not low, but he was also stopped by the masters of the Qin State, I am afraid that it will be difficult for him to survive. ”
"I've taken this into account, and I'm going to send two court servants to protect him secretly, but I don't want to tell him. ”
Su Kan said to the Great Elder.
"Why is that?"
"Don't let him be dependent, it can be regarded as a training for him. ”
"Alas, Yu'er doesn't have such a measure as you, you see what he has made Jiangnan look like. ”
As soon as he thought of Su Yu, the Great Elder was angry.
"Speaking of Jiangnan, what I'm worried about is not here, but there, Qin Guowu Yanghou seems to be the main purpose of facing that Zhang Xian this time, so it will be difficult for Jiangnan to keep. ”
Su Kan has a very discerning eye and a keen sense of smell, and he guessed the thoughts of Wu Yanghou.
"But you can't be careless, Jiangnan can give up part of it, but here is the root of our Su family, it can't be shaken, you don't have to worry about Jiangnan's affairs, just let him toss, when I break through the shackles, the Wang family of Jianye City will definitely fund us, and everything we have lost will be taken back." ”
The Great Elder said confidently.
The Great Elder has already touched that layer during this time, as long as he becomes a great master of the half-step legendary realm, his father-in-law's family will look down on him, and there is no need for him to beg, and the Wang family will also take the initiative to recruit him, and then the strength of their Su family will be much higher.
Although he can't jump to the big family, the seat of the big family has his Su family.
"Okay, what do you need, Ancestor, go directly to the treasury to get it, if the treasury doesn't have it, I will try my best to get it for you. ”
Su Kan was overjoyed, the Su family has been low-key because there is no big master, and the Wang family has not been associated with them for a long time because of this.
The world is the most practical.
The strong are respected.
"That's not necessary, I expected you to send Jie'er back to lead the troops, but I was worried that no one would escort him, so I came over to take a look, since you have arranged it, then I will rest assured. ”
The Great Elder left, and Su Kan looked at the back of the Great Elder and was silent for a long time.
Old Ancestor was so attentive to Su Jie that some things couldn't be done as originally planned.
"Su Jie, I hope you can 、、、、、、、、、、、、 in peace" (To be continued.) )