Chapter 601: Lü Buwei's Victory (Third Update)
A horse-drawn carriage drove slowly through the streets of Xianyang.
Although half a year has passed, when Lü Buwei who was sitting in the carriage looked around, he could still see the trauma brought to the city by the great battle half a year ago.
Even on the street in front of Lü Buwei, which was once the most prosperous street in Xianyang City, there were still many mansions in ruins in front of Lü Buwei.
Through the ruined walls, Lü Buwei could even see the houses in this mansion that were originally extremely regular and atmospheric.
They were now completely deserted, and a few foraging wild dogs ran past the mansion, as if they were biting at each other because of a few bones they had picked up from nowhere, and the barking of the dogs startled a few birds perched on the trees and flew into the sky with their chirps.
Lu Buwei retracted his gaze and shook his head gently.
After this catastrophe, it will take at least ten years for Xianyang City to be able to recover to its former state.
According to the investigation afterwards, this Qin Weiwei was very dissatisfied because he was replaced by Lü Buwei, so he secretly colluded with Zhao Guoren and gave Zhao Guoren a token, which eventually led to the fall of Xianyang City under the cooperation of Zhao Guoren.
What made all the high-level Qin State officials even more angry was that this former guard captain disappeared without a trace with his family after the destruction of Xianyang City, and apparently had evacuated with the Zhao army incognito.
In order to vent his anger, Zhao Zichu, the crown prince of Qin who had returned from Anyi, issued an order to drag all the three clans of this guard to the vegetable market and abandon the city.
In addition, Zi Chu also strictly ordered the old Qin intelligence leader "Hou" to mobilize all the secret forces in the Zhao State, and be sure to find out this damn traitor.
"It's all useless...... the corners of Lu Buwei's mouth showed a sneer.
Only Lü Buwei knew where the former guard who had become a substitute for the dead ghost had died.
The poor guard captain and his whole family were killed by Zhao Jun after the city was broken, and buried in the back garden.
If I'm not mistaken, what these damn wild dogs just fought over is actually a human arm bone, right? It's been so long, and there's no bone marrow in it for these wild dogs to suck on.
Couldn't these soldiers of Zhao State dig a little deeper and clean up the end and end a little cleaner?
The carriage drove away from the abandoned mansion and continued towards the Xianyang Palace in front of it.
If the previous Xianyang Palace was as beautiful, atmospheric and dignified as Mrs. Huayang, the queen of the Qin State, then the current Xianyang Palace is like the current Mrs. Huayang, her face is swollen and her eyes are blank, and even her sideburns have begun to appear gray hair, and deep wrinkles have appeared in the corners of her eyes, like an out-and-out old woman.
Zhao Guoren moved almost everything that could be moved, even the two heavy copper push rings on the gate of the palace were removed from the door by Zhao Guoren and transported away, and the two bare and cracked marks on the main gate of Xianyang Palace City now seem to still tell everyone who passes by about the shame of the time.
Fortunately, Zichu is still a well-informed monarch, and he is not in a hurry to rebuild this majestic palace, but uses all the funds that can be raised to restore people's livelihood.
But money doesn't buy everything, at least in this day and age.
Even if Qin had more money, it was impossible to buy even a stone of grain from Zhao or Korea.
Under such circumstances, the past winter was a very cruel ordeal for Guanzhong.
Even with the food aid of the land of Bashu, the output of the land of Bashu at the moment is not enough to supply the consumption of millions of soldiers and civilians in the entire Guanzhong, at least 50,000 people of the Qin State died of cold and hunger in the past winter, and countless people were injured.
According to Li Bing's note, the project called Dujiangyan will be completed in two years at most, and the grain output of the land of Bashu will increase by leaps and bounds, and at most ten years will be enough to supply the entire Qin State with the two counties of Bashu.
Lü Buwei was somewhat skeptical about this matter.
However, Lü Buwei did not echo the opinions of those who hoped to transfer Dujiangyan people to Guanzhong to resume construction during the court discussion, but resolutely supported Li Bing's request to continue the construction of Dujiangyan.
Let the people of the Qin State invest more manpower and material resources in this stupid Li Bing, who can only brag with his mouth, and consume more national strength.
Lu Buwei thought very optimistically.
Handan has also sent feedback, and in another three years, when Zhao Heng, the crown prince of Zhao State, ascends the throne, a woman named Li will become the crown prince and wife of Zhao State.
In addition, there will be a young man named Li Ling who will become the right-hand man of the prince of Zhao.
Lee, Lü; Li Ling, Lu Ling, it sounds very similar, so similar that Lu Buwei feels very happy.
The spring sun sprinkled from the sky, gently shining on Lu Buwei's body, the palace gate was in front, and Lu Buwei subconsciously straightened his body.
We need to keep working hard.
Half an hour later, Lü Buwei and the other Qin ministers gathered in the main hall of Xianyang Palace and engaged in a heated debate over a letter for help carried by an envoy from Yan.
"We must immediately send troops to Hedong to contain Zhao from the rear!" No matter when and where, Yangquan Jun Mi Chen's voice is always the loudest, this Qin State Prime Minister waved his hands, looking very imposing:
"In today's world, Han Weiqi has been willing to be a lackey of Zhao State, and only Chu State and Zhao State have a bad relationship. If he refuses to rescue the Yan State now, then wouldn't Great Qin have one less ally on the road to confront the Zhao State? ”
Mi Chen's words echoed in the hall, and the words were full of the indomitable momentum of the old Qin people, which was recognized by many Qin ministers.
Lü Buwei knew it was time for him to step in.
So he coughed and said slowly, "Yangquan-jun, do you want to let Daqin exhaust the last drop of blood?" ”
Lü Buwei's words immediately ushered in Mi Chen's angry eyes, and this prime minister of the Qin State stared at Lü Buwei deadly: "I don't know what Wei Wei's high opinion is?" ”
If gaze could kill, then Lü Buwei should have died several times.
Regarding Qi Chen's gaze, Lu Buwei was completely unmoved, and said slowly:
"Last year, the battle of Hedong was defeated, and now Xianyang and Guanzhong are in ruins, and at this moment, they do not take advantage of the Zhao State to quickly recover their national strength when they conquer the East, but instead use swords and soldiers for the sake of the Yan State thousands of miles away, Yangquan Jun, is this the best opinion you put forward as the prime minister of Great Qin and from the position of Great Qin?"
Lu Buwei's voice was not high at all, but every word was like a knife stabbing towards Mi Chen.
Qi Chen's face was flushed with anger by Lu Buwei's words, and he said angrily: "Lu Buwei! If it is according to your wishes, will you see death and not save it, and let Zhao Guo sit down? Besides, if Great Qin doesn't rescue its allies this time, then who can rest assured that they will be able to form an alliance with Great Qin to fight against Zhao next time? ”
Lu Buwei shook his head and said, "Yangquan Jun's words are wrong, looking at the hundreds of years since King Ping moved east and the princes merged, there have been many acts of betraying alliances between countries. In the past few years alone, there have been Wei backing the alliance of Wei and Zhao, Chu backing the alliance of Chu and Zhao, and Qi backing the alliance of Qi and Zhao. Since this is the case, then for the survival and development of Great Qin, why can't Great Qin betray the Qin-Yan Alliance today? ”
When he said this, the meaning of the mockery at the corner of Lu Buwei's mouth was very clear, and every minister of the Qin State could clearly see this mocking smile.
The ministers of the Qin State suddenly felt a little embarrassed.
In fact, when it comes to betraying the alliance, not only other countries have done more, but Qin itself has done a lot of it.
Mi Chen was stunned by Lu Buwei's words, and after a long while, he said: "If Great Qin does not send troops, then wouldn't Zhao State be sure to win?" When the Zhao State destroys the Yan State, Great Qin cannot be called safe! ”
Lu Buwei said calmly: "First of all, although the Zhao State is strong, if you want to say that the Zhao State destroys Yan, I am afraid it will be difficult to succeed." Although the Yan Kingdom is weak, its people have always grown up in bitter cold lands, and their tenacious personalities are not so easy to be swallowed up. Otherwise, the overlord of the year, the Qi State, would have destroyed the Yan State a long time ago, so why should it be today? ”
"Secondly, even if Zhao Guo can destroy Yan Guo, is it a good thing for Zhao Guo? I don't think so. Back then, the State of Qi only destroyed a small Song State and attracted the Five Kingdoms to attack Qi, and now if the State of Zhao really destroys the State of Yan, the three kingdoms of Han, Wei and Qi will definitely turn their backs on the State of Zhao because of fear, and the Five Kingdoms will attack Zhao just around the corner, isn't this the luck of Great Qin? ”
After Lu Buwei's words, Mi Chen was suddenly speechless.
It was at this time that another voice suddenly sounded: "Prince, the minister thinks that Lu Qing's words are correct, and Daqin only needs to recuperate now, no matter whether Zhao annexes Yan in this war or not, it will definitely be feared by all the countries in the world, and if you can organize all the countries to fight Zhao together, then a big thing can be done!" ”
Everyone turned their eyes to the person who spoke, only to realize that it was none other than the other one among the three giants of the Qin State today, Gang Chengjun Cai Ze.
All along, Cai Ze has actually maintained a relatively detached position, somewhat sitting back and watching the two tigers Lu Buwei and Mi Chen compete.
Judging from the current situation, Mi Chen, as the power of Xiangbang, is undoubtedly the most powerful, Cai Ze, as the former Xiangbang, also has the foundation, but is not stronger than Mi Chen, and can only be regarded as in the middle, and Lü Buwei is the most trusted but the shallowest foundation due to his recent rise.
Even so, due to the removal of Zichu and the arrest and imprisonment of a large number of Qin officials on charges of dereliction of duty after the destruction of Xianyang City last year, Lü Buwei also took the opportunity to arrange a lot of his own people, which can be regarded as a great increase in strength.
Therefore, if Lu Buwei and Cai Ze join forces now, it will be enough to resist Mi Chen's strength.
Therefore, when Cai Ze also spoke, the forces opposing the war in the entire Qin court immediately gained the upper hand.
Zi Chu pondered for a moment, and finally made a final decision: "Since this is the case, then it is better to recuperate for a while and wait for the opportunity." By the way, Gang Chengjun, you and Lu Qing have recently contacted other countries to try to secretly win over the allies of Zhao State, so as to cooperate with Great Qin to give Zhao State a blow at a critical moment! ”
After all, Zichu's body also has the blood of the old Qin people flowing in his body, although temporary dormancy is allowed, but the ultimate goal of the old Qin people is never to shrink in a corner of Guanzhong.
Zi Chu believes that he will definitely break through the clamp of this damn Zhao State like those indomitable Qin State kings, and finally win the Central Plains!
Looking at Mi Chen's unhappy look, Lu Buwei showed a happy smile on his face, and when he turned his head, he met the friendly gaze cast by Cai Ze, and the two looked at each other and smiled.
"Maybe it's time to find an opportunity to visit Tsunasei-kun's mansion." Lu Buwei thought to himself in his heart.
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