King Qin confidently said: "Now there are 22 million people in Great Qin, and 2 Ding can get 4 million Ding Zhuang by drawing one." Excluding the military population in various places, at least 2.5 million people are available. Besides, how can we slow down the development of water conservancy and the construction of roads for the benefit of the country and the people? What is the opinion of the Lieutenant? ”

Wei Yi said: "Although the Qin army now has 1.1 million people, it has a vast land and many counties, and there are 200,000 garrisons in Xianyang and the surrounding four passes. Wei, Zhao, and Yan were pacified, and 100,000 garrisons were needed to guard each to prevent the people from revolting. Another 100,000 elites are needed to defend against the Qi State. The rest of the counties and counties garrisoned hundreds to one or two thousand, and together they went to another 200,000. The northern border needs to be defended by 100,000 cavalry, and only 200,000 can be used to destroy Chu. If so many projects are started at the same time, the attack will be affected! ”

King Qin pondered for a moment and then asked Meng Zhao, who was sitting on the left, "Master Meng, what do you mean?" ”

Meng Zhao stood up, saluted everyone, and said, "This road and water conservancy repair is a major event for the benefit of the country and the people!" Although sooner or later it must be done. But don't rush it. The minister thought that the route could be planned in the counties along the road and along the river first, and the counties would repair it nearby while the farming was slack. In this way, it not only saves people's and material resources, but also does not miss the agricultural time and does not affect production. Five years and ten years later, everything is falling into place! ”

"The words of Master Meng are very good! The ministers agreed. The crowd agreed.

"Five years, ten years is too long, and the widow only gives you three years! The galloping road from Hangu Pass to Taocheng is limited to half a year to repair! The widow will tour the east in the fall. Zheng Guo was given the title of Daliang, and the general department of water conservancy and road planning officially started construction after the spring rush. King Qin said.

Later generations evaluated Qin Shi Huang as an infrastructure maniac, and built more water conservancy and roads in the more than 30 years of his reign than in the 800 years of the Zhou Dynasty. It seriously overdrew the people's power and was also one of the reasons for the fall of the Qin Dynasty.

The meeting lasted for five days before it ended. The king of Qin also summoned the prime minister, the state captain, the court commander and the generals to discuss the plan to destroy Chu.

King Qin first asked Wang Qian: "Old general, how many soldiers will be needed to destroy Chu in the coming year?" ”

Wang Qian's hair and beard were half white, but his face was still red. He had been thinking about it for many days, and replied confidently: "If it is not 600,000 elites, it cannot be destroyed!" ”

King Qin was embarrassed and said: "I just agreed with everyone to build roads and water conservancy, and everyone shouted that the people are nervous, and there is still a gap of 400,000 in this extermination!" Where do I get it from? ”

Li Xin was anxious, the generals present, Wang Jian destroyed Zhao and Yan, Wang Ben destroyed Wei, Meng Tian destroyed the Xiongnu Dadanyu, and even the veteran Teng Yue also had the great merit of destroying Han, only he had not yet destroyed the country, and hurriedly said: "Li Xin can destroy Chu with 200,000 elites." ”

As soon as Li Xin's words came out, everyone except Montenegro was surprised. All looked at the young and brave general.

King Qin's eyes lit up and he asked, "General Li Xin, can 200,000 destroy Chu?" What's the solution? ”

"I personally led the main force from Nanyang to attack Yingchen first, and then attacked Shouchun, and then ordered a partial division to attack Hengshan from Nanjun to meet in Shouchun. Shouchun can fight a battle, capture the king of Chu, and destroy the state of Chu. In the coming year, we will attack the southern part of Chu again, first in the north and then in the south, and 200,000 elite soldiers will be enough. Li Xin said.

"There are still nearly 10 million people in the state of Chu, 3,000 li of land, and 160 cities. Moreover, there is abundant grain and grass, and there are 600,000 soldiers among the feudal lords and nobles in various places, and 200,000 Qin troops have destroyed Chu, which is child's play. Wang Jian said.

"General Meng Tian, what do you think?" King Qin asked again.

"The Chu army's combat strength, fighting spirit, and equipment are not as good as ours! If you only capture Yingchen, Hengshan Shouchun, and Pengcheng in the north, 200,000 is enough. The minister thought that he could fight. Meng Tian said.

"You have underestimated the enemy! Chu general Xiang Yan is a great talent in using soldiers, don't think that Wang Ben and tens of thousands of people in Montenegro will despise them after capturing more than a dozen cities in one battle! The reason why Xiang Yan failed last time was that he didn't understand Montenegro and despised Montenegro. Now that we have raised an army of 200,000 and made it clear that we are going to destroy other countries, they are not united and fight to the death with us? Wang Jian was so anxious that his face was red and his ears were red, and he said.

"Is Xiang Yan so scary? Didn't Montenegro kill his 40,000 new troops with 20,000 men and capture his Pengcheng? Even the Xiang Rong life of his Xiang clan Sanjie was lost. King Qin questioned.

"More than 40 years ago, Xiang Yan studied in Xianyang for several years with Xiong Yuan, the then prince of Chu, and had some personal relations with his ministers. We have discussed the art of war together, and if this person meets a male lord like King Yan Zhao or Qin Xiaogong, he will definitely have the talent of Le Yi and Shang Jun. After he returned to Chu, he changed the law in his fiefdom Pengcheng, which was very popular. How can such a person be underestimated? Wang Jian said.

"Montenegro, you fought with the Xiang family, you can talk about it!" King Qin asked Montenegro.

"Xiang's is very popular in Pengcheng! Prime Minister Peng Cheng is imitating the new law of the Qin State. The new army is mainly an infantry army, and it is familiar with our army's tactics. The reason why I was able to win was indeed because they despised me, and their new army was very powerful, but fortunately, they were inexperienced on the battlefield. The minister thinks that 200,000 exterminating Chu is still too risky! If the king of Chu dares to kill his brother and seize the throne, he must be a strong king. A strong monarch and a strong general, not to be underestimated! Montenegro replied.

King Qin looked at the national lieutenant again and asked, "What does the national lieutenant mean?" ”

"There are many feudal kings in the state of Chu, and they are each in their own way. Usually it is a plate of loose sand, and we send tens of thousands to attack, and they will watch each other. If you raise an army of 200,000 against them, they will be united in one mind. 200,000 troops are invincible. Wei Yu said.

King Qin pondered for a while, pointed to the large map on the wall and said: "According to Li Xin's policy, attack Chu on two routes, and then send a partial division from Taocheng to the south to attack Surabaya and contain the Chu army." If you can capture Shouchun, you will attack, and if you can't capture it, you will retreat to Yingchen. The widow allows your whole division to return without guilt, my Great Qin soldiers are full of fine food, and the fierce generals are like clouds, and I am not afraid to spend three or five years with him. Is it feasible? ”

Everyone was silent and thought to themselves! Montenegro secretly thought that it was impossible to destroy Chu in a war, the country of Chu was too big! If you follow King Qin's tactics and slowly encroach, there doesn't seem to be any risk!

"You can attack if you advance, you can defend when you retreat, and it will take a year or two with Chu State first, and the minister thinks it is feasible!" Wei Yu made a statement at the moment.

The generals also agreed. Only the veteran Wang Jian blushed and didn't say a word! It was already winter, but he was sweating profusely. When everyone saw it, they all thought that he was in a hurry because his opinion was not adopted.

Heishan stood opposite Wang Qian, and when he saw that Wang Qian's face was different, he felt that the old general should be sick. Hurriedly took a few steps forward and asked, "The old general is not feeling well!" ”

As soon as he finished speaking, Wang Jian closed his eyes, grabbed the map on the wall with both hands, and the whole person fell to the side! Montenegro hurriedly stepped forward a few steps and held him with his hands, and everyone also found out and stepped forward to help!

"Quickly pass on Imperial Doctor Xia!" King Qin shouted urgently.

The crowd helped him to the side hall and lay on the couch. After a while, Xia Wuhe trotted over with a small medicine box on his back! After taking the pulse, he said: "The king can rest assured, the old general has no worries about life, it should be the recurrence of the old disease, and he fainted in pain!" ”

Wang Ben suddenly remembered and said: "My father has an old disease behind him, and he often has pain and can't sleep!" ”

Although Xia Wuji is old, he has great strength, he lifted Wang Jian with one hand, untied his clothes, and gently let him lie on the couch. Sure enough, there was a sore behind it, which was already swollen and black, and there was a foul smell.

Imperial Physician Xia asked people to bring a wooden basin to receive blood, only to see him use an iron clip to clip a piece of cotton dipped in alcohol and wipe it on the thick sore, and then took out a delicate knife, disinfected it with alcohol, and cut the sore. A black foul-smelling thick blood immediately sprayed out, and Mrs. Xia squeezed it for a long time, only until the blood turned red, and then sprinkled the hemostatic powder and pasted a plaster. When I was done, I was already sweating profusely. He wiped his sweat and said: "Your Majesty, although the old general's back sores are fine, he needs to recuperate, and use a fire cup to set aside the poison every five days, which can be healed for half a year as fast as possible, and a year for a year as slow!" ”

King Qin listened and breathed a sigh of relief. said: "Wang Ben escorted General Wang back to the mansion to recuperate, and the imperial doctor ordered the imperial doctor to go to the general's mansion to take turns day and night. We continue to agree on the destruction of Chu! ”

Everyone returned to the study, and the chamberlain had already rehung the map. King Qin said to Wei Yu: "The battle to destroy Chu has been decided like this, how do you think the national captain should be deployed?" ”

"The king will first set the main generals, and then the national captain's mansion will transfer troops!" Wei Yu said.

King Qin pondered for a moment. said: "Li Xin is the main general, and Meng Yi is Sima, who is responsible for the heavy grain and grass. Who should the lieutenant go? ”

"The last will go!" Meng Tian and Yang Duanhe asked for orders at the same time.

King Qin secretly thought that although Yang Duanhe was qualified, he was not a commander. We must be cautious in the use of troops against Chu, Meng Tian has the experience of commanding hundreds of thousands of troops, which is the most suitable. But to let a fake general be a deputy general to a general one level lower than himself, wouldn't it be a bit unreasonable to demote two levels in a row! only asked tentatively: "Meng Tian, you are a fake general to be a deputy general for a junior level, and you have not heard of it!" ”

"Your Majesty, as long as there is a war, I am willing to let me be a thousand-commander, the last general has been idle in Jiuyuan County for a few years, building roads and building cities every day, and I can't hold it back." Meng Tian said.

"Okay, then Meng Tian will be the deputy general!" King Qin said.

"The soldiers and horses transferred 100,000 to Li Xin's department, 70,000 to Meng Tian's department, and 30,000 to Yang Duanhe's department. The Black Mountain Department of Tao County was responsible for attacking Xue Cheng and Peng Cheng. Wang Jian recuperated, and the army was taken over by Wang Ben to Julu, responsible for deterring Zhao, Wei, Yan and Qi! Wei Yu said.

Everyone agreed, and they all received their orders! The matter of attacking Chu was decided, and the people who had been meeting for five days and four nights in a row dispersed and went home.

Back in the house, the family was packing up and preparing to go to Taocheng in a few days. Montenegro hurriedly took a shower, changed into an ordinary set of cotton clothes and was about to go out to visit Teng Yue, although he and he had not seen him for many years, but there was a correspondence. At the beginning of Montenegro's career, Teng Yue's help was huge. Montenegro brought a pair of half-year-old kittens as a gift and was about to go out, but the princess followed, holding Montenegro's hand, with a posture that I will go wherever you go.

Montenegro saw that the princess was wearing a new set of Shu brocade dresses and a white fox fur collar fur cape, which was not only amazingly beautiful, but also full of luxury. Montenegro is dressed in cotton clothes and compared to her, she is simply a flower child. I had to say with a wry smile: "You are dressed at least five thousand gold." Go out with me, not afraid that others will say that I am a flower on cow dung? ”

"Whoever likes to talk about it, just say it, if you have the ability, he will also go and insert one!" The princess replied. Each of them holds a kitten. The plainclothes guards followed from afar. It really caught everyone's eyes on the street. The men were all looking at the princess's beauty, the women were envious of the princess's expensive clothes, and the children were looking at the cats in their arms with envy.

"What kind of shit luck is this black boy? I would like to be a valet for such a beautiful hostess! Montenegro came to the gate of Teng Yue's temporary residence in countless eyes of envy, jealousy and hatred, and Montenegro took a few steps forward and knocked on the door.