Chapter 1295: Carrying on the Past and Forging Ahead (185) Where Faith Is
Xu Yahua is also a decisive person, all these years under Lu Chao's command, he didn't say a word, just obeyed the order, not only because Meng Tian was dead and had no backers, as Meng Tian's henchman, he could only walk on thin ice, and secondly, he also saw Lu Chao's innermost thoughts, originally he was not optimistic about Lu Chao at all, although the Qin State is very chaotic now and the situation is very bad, but the people's hearts have not been lost. But he never thought that the King of Qin wanted to use Fan Sui's reform to revive Qin's internal affairs, and was used so thoroughly by Lu Chao, who should have been the most resolute against Fan Sui, took a warm and even retreating step, let Fan Sui take the position, and began a strong reform, Lu Chao's move alleviated the Qin people's doubts about him, and when it came to Lu Chao, the Qin people would only praise it, General Lu knew the general situation, and for the sake of Daqin, he gave up so much.
But behind the decency, there is a hidden evil intention. The leaders of the Li school in the center of the imperial court were uprooted, and Lu Chao didn't care, because the foundation of the Li school was not all in the court, but those who had been influenced by the Li family for decades throughout the territory of the Qin State, and most of these people were grassroots officials of the Qin court.
In the center, in the court, as long as there is Lu Chao alone, it is enough.
He allowed Fan Sui to reform because he knew that with a small hint from himself, these reforms would inevitably end in failure.
Facts have also proved that his confidence is justified, Fan Sui has been reforming for more than a year, the treasury has not been full, the people's lives have not improved, but the entire Great Qin State has become more and more erosive, with smoke everywhere, riots are frequent, and the central court is staggered left and right, almost to the point of taking care of his head and feet.
And behind this dangerous general trend, the thin-faced young man in front of him stretched out his white hands and gently played with it.
When Fan Sui was so defeated that he couldn't be defeated again, it was time for him to make a move.
"There are many variables." Xu Yahua listened to Lu Chao's analysis and said, "Bai Qi aside, this will definitely be our enemy in the future." Yingchuan Tanfeng, over the years in Yingchuan has done a good job, this person has a big enmity with the Han, but he can put down the frame, pull the lower son to do business with the Han people, and make Yingchuan a distribution center for Han and Qin merchants, he has also obtained huge benefits, and Fan Sui's reform in Yingchuan was also successful, which has added a huge weight to him. I heard that Yingchuan's 50,000 Qin troops are now the only ones who obey his orders. ”
"Tan Feng, the wolf is ambitious, but as far as we are concerned, he doesn't have to be ranked in the sequence of the first enemy for the time being, although you are right, he used huge economic benefits to tie those generals to him tightly, but if we do it. I guess he's going to be on the sidelines. Lu Chao shook his head.
"Sitting on the mountain and watching the tiger fight? Reap the benefits of the fisherman? Xu Yahua said.
It can also be said that he has not yet had the capital to be a fisherman, he is waiting for the price to sell, who has a big chance of winning. Whoever he will take refuge into, this person will not be a charcoal in the snow, he will only be icing on the cake. ”
"It's disgusting!" Xu Yahua said in a muffled voice.
"It's very hateful, but he still has this kind of capital. At that time, neither we nor the imperial court. will desperately win him over, he doesn't help each other, for us, it's already very good, and what I'm more worried about is Zhou Yu. This person has outstanding military talents, and he does not know how to be flexible, and when the time comes, he will become an obstacle to us. ”
"I heard that Tan Feng and Zhou Yu have a good relationship, and when the time comes, these two people will join forces, and the power will be enough to influence the pattern of Great Qin." Xu Yahua said worriedly.
"You are wrong, Tan Feng killed Ji Ling, and Zhou Yu has already parted ways. Back then, he killed Ji Ling and forced Lao Wang to hold it, but this touched Zhou Yu's bottom line, so it was impossible for the two to converge. Lu Chao shook his head.
"When the time comes, the only thing we need to deal with is Bai Qi and Zhou Yu."
"Han Army!" Xu Yahua reminded. "If that day really comes, how will the Han army sit back and watch this great opportunity slip away? They are attacking Hangu Pass in a big way, how many men can we pull out? ”
Lu Chao laughed, "Han Army, Han Army, when the time comes, I will find something for them to do, so that they have no time to take care of us, as long as we move fast enough and progress more smoothly, when they come to their senses, everything will be over." ”
Xu Yahua looked at Lu Chao with some dumbfounded, how could he not think that at that time, Lu Chao would find something to do for the Han people? The current Han army in Jinyang has more than 100,000 troops, in order to wait for the moment when the civil strife in Daqin breaks out, the army will say that it will pick up the cheap, how can it watch the great opportunity slip away because of something. But looking at Lu Chao's confident look, he felt as if he had already prepared everything.
"Why don't you ask me how I can drag out the rebels when the time comes?" Lu Chao asked with a smile.
"If the general wants me to know, he will tell me." Xu Yahua shook his head and said, "Since the general didn't say it, he naturally had a reason not to let me know." ”
Lu Chao was very satisfied with Xu Yahua's attitude.
"You are my deputy, and there is nothing to hide from you, do you remember Wang Xiao's father and son?" Lu Chao put some new charcoal in the charcoal basin, listening to the crackling sound of the new charcoal entering the fire, he said lightly.
"Wang Xiao father and son?" Of course, Xu Yahua knew that a few years ago, in the Great War of the Prairie, the Qin State was defeated and lost, Li Xin was killed in battle, Wang Xiao was killed in battle, and tens of thousands of troops were wiped out.
"Back then, Wang Xiao paid the price of his own life, in exchange for Wang Jian leading tens of thousands of Great Qin soldiers to escape into the desert and disappear, you should also remember it vividly, right?" Fiddling with the coals, Lu Chao asked.
"Remember, Wang Xiao is worthy of being a famous general of my Great Qin, and in such a desperate situation, he can still come up with such a strange move, which really makes the last general admire."
"It's not just that you admire, I also admire, put yourself in your shoes, if I am in that situation, the most likely thing to do is to fight for my life, ten deaths, but Wang Xiao's decision has won a glimmer of life for Wang Jian and tens of thousands of Qin troops, although it is only that line, but there is hope after all." Lu Chao sighed.
"Could it be that they are still alive?" Xu Yahua seemed to see Lu Chao's plan and was shocked.
"Back then, Wang Jian led tens of thousands of troops to flee into the desert, and the vast desert blocked the pursuit of the Han army, because they never thought that the choice of the Qin army back then was actually like this, from the time they fled into the desert, their enemy was no longer the Han army, but God." Lu Chao Road.
"Mo Cheng, General Mo Cheng, you have found their whereabouts, they are still alive? And it's still having a good time? Xu Yahua was pleasantly surprised, this is as it should be, otherwise Lu Chao would not have counted Wang Jian's force in it.
"I have never believed that Daqin's sons will be trapped in the desert to death, when Wang Jian retreated, he took away all the war horses in the army, all the grain and grass, they were prepared to retreat into the desert, so in the past few years, I have never given up the hope of finding them, every year, the Eagle Department will send a group of people to secretly sneak into the desert, trying to find Wang Jian them, half a year ago, the hard work paid off, I finally found them." Lu Chao showed a smug look on his face, and his perseverance was finally rewarded.
"How are they doing now?" Xu Yahua asked in surprise, as a Qin person, how could he not be happy to learn that the tens of thousands of Qin Jun's sons and daughters who had been thought to be dead back then were still alive?
"Back then, Wang Jian led 30,000 sons and daughters to escape into the desert, and they were well prepared, but when they walked out of the desert, there were only about 10,000 of the 30,000 people left." Lu Chao stared at the charcoal fire, "And what greeted them was not flowers and wine, but the head-on attack of the local natives." ”
"If it comes to fighting, our Great Qin Erlang is not afraid at all, this ten thousand Erlang can get out of the desert, it must have been reborn, if my guess is right, that battle, they not only won, but also gained a firm foothold in the local area." Xu Yahua said confidently.
"Of course, otherwise there would be no follow-up. The Qin people, who survived the danger of death in the great desert, have long become blood-devouring hungry wolves, they yearn for peace, longing for a piece of land for them to recuperate, and this desire is exchanged for huge combat effectiveness. It took Wang Jian two years to defeat dozens of small states in that land, leaving them to fall at his feet. ”
"Dozens of small countries?" Xu Yahua's mouth was wide enough to stuff a big duck egg.
"That place is different from ours!" Lu Chao explained with a smile, "Although some small countries claim to be countries, but in fact they are only a county of land, there are no more than a thousand soldiers, and the powerful ones are nothing more than one or two thousand horses, for Wang Jian, it is not an obstacle at all, the most rare thing is that when he just set foot on that land, for outsiders, those natives are very united, at that time gathered tens of thousands of soldiers and horses to meet Wang Jian, the first battle is the most dangerous for Wang Jian, fortunately, he won, won this battle, and the later ones are simple, pull and divide, and break them one by oneIsn't that easy for us? In two years, Wang Jian still had 5,000 Qin troops left, but he firmly controlled that land, and now, we can even call him a king, he is the king of that land. ”
Xu Yahua was a little shaken, people's encounters, it is really difficult to say, obviously he was in a desperate situation back then, but he survived this hurdle, and it turned out to be a flower-like future, for Wang Jian, this can be said to be bittersweet. (To be continued......)