Chapter 53: The Strange Scheme

The characters of various countries are actually the same script, but the writing order and stroke structure are different, similar to the differences between regular script, cursive script, line script, and official script. The Chu script is called the bird book, that is, the phoenix bird is decorated with the edge, the font is decorated with the shape of a bird, and the style is treacherous, misty and flowing, not so much a word, but a painting.

Zhuang Wudi saw Xiong Jing looking down at the food table, and then erased the four words, and wrote: "Please kill Zhao Qian." This time, Xiong Jing could no longer be indifferent, but looked at him deadly, his eyes were shocked and questioning.

Instinctively, Xiong Jing opposed this so-called strategy. Zhao Yan has abandoned Zhao Jia for several years, and it is impossible not to be wary of Zhao Jia and not support Zhao Qian. Zhao Qian is indeed an ornament, but it is not exactly an ornament. If Zhao Qian was an ornament, why didn't Zhao Liang establish himself as king after Zhao Yan's death, or support Zhao Jia as king?

After Zhuang Wudi offered his plan, until the banquet dispersed, Xiong Jing frowned. The restoration of Zhao land and the relocation of Zhao people to the south are of course beneficial to the Chu State, but the question is whether it is really possible to recover Zhao land? When Li Mu was there, the State of Chu had done its best to help Zhao, but because of the infighting, the State of Zhao still collapsed......

"The minister thought that Zhao Guo died in internal strife." When he returned to the Chuying Shogunate, when there was no more Zhao people around him, Zhuang Wudi could finally express his heart without any scruples. "The people and soldiers all regard Zhao Jia as a virtuous person, if they can kill Zhao Qian and set Zhao Jia as the king, there will be no internal strife in Zhao State, and Zhao Di may be recovered."

Zhuang Wudi's words written on the food table were only seen by Xiong Jing, and now that he said the matter, Nao Xin, Yang Yu, Xiang Chao, and E Zhuo were taken aback, and they couldn't imagine that Zhuang Wudi was going to kill Zhao Qian.

"What does the military Sima say?" Xiang Chao said angrily: "Zhao Qian is the king of Zhao, our army is here to save Zhao, not to kill the king of Zhao." ”

"The military Sima's plan is also excessive." Yang Yu is also not angry about the strange plan of Zhuang and no land, "Today, the world knows that the king has a word, if the king kills the king of Zhao, who in the world will believe in the king again?" ”

"The king must not do this." Right Shi Yixian admonished. "Zhao Qian must have cronies, if Zhao Qian is killed today, tomorrow Zhao Chu and Zhao will be evil, and Empress Dowager Zhao, Guo Kai and others will inevitably surrender to Qin, which is not good for my Chu country."

"Today's general will fall, if it is not a miracle, it is irreparable, if the king sticks to the old law......" Zhuang Wudi, as the master of Ying, knows no less things than Xiong Jing, and because of the meticulousness, he also knows some details that Xiong Jing does not know.

Although the Chu army won every battle, the Chu state was still in danger of extinction, and the situation did not fundamentally improve. There are more than 500,000 Dingkou in the land of Yan and Zhao, and at least half of them are left after the great hunger, and these Dingkou are lost to the Qin State, and taking Hanzhong and Bashu cannot make up for the losses caused by the loss of Zhao.

"What about the old law?" Xiong Jing looked at him and breathed a sigh of relief.

"The state of Chu will be unpredictable." Zhuang Wudi met Xiong Jing's gaze and replied. "The king must do a trick to save the world."

Seeing that Xiong Jing retracted his gaze and began to think, he said again: "The Zhao State lost the country, and once it was in the internal strife, if it weren't for the dispute between Zhao Qian and Prince Zhao Jia, why would Li Mu die?" Li Mu is not dead, there are three countries to transport corn, and Zhao can still support it. Today, kill Zhao Qian and Guo Kai, set up Zhao Jia as the king, take Pingyuan Jun as the prime minister, and Sima Shang as the prime minister, and may not be able to restore the country.

Zhao lost the country, and the second was in a lack of food. The Three Kingdoms can only transport more than 10 million stone corn to Zhao, which is not enough. However, after the disaster year, the Zhao people can also farm, and I can transport military rations to Zhao. Li Muzhi's army was only 300,000, and 300,000 plus horses were only a million. A million people need 18 million stone a year, and it may not be impossible to transport.

Zhao lost the country, and the three were in Jingcheng. Although Li Mu defeated the Qin people several times, the Jingcheng were all in the hands of the Qin people. If I can use artillery and gunpowder to recapture the wells and the mouths, and then build them with concrete and set up artillery to defend them, the two will be worry-free.

Zhao lost the country, and the four were young. However, if 18 million Shishu rice can be transported to Zhao every year, there will be no shortage of soldiers and horses in Zhao. If there are deficiencies, they can also be made up for by the Hu people and the Rong people, and they will be added to their divisions and brigades. ”

Zhuang Wudi said four reasons in one breath, but the more he said, the more Xiong Jing gradually turned from hesitation to firmness. Just regaining Jing Cheng and Fu Kou Cheng made him lose his mind of recovering Zhao. Before the siege of Handan, Fukou was still in the hands of the Zhao army, after Yan Ju defeated Handan and was besieged, under the attack of the east and west, the Fukou was also in the hands of the Qin army.

The use of artillery on the plains was indeed able to defeat the Qin army in one battle, but in the mountains, especially in the mountains such as Jingcheng (Niangzi Pass) and Fukou Cheng, it was extremely difficult for the Chu army to advance. And if you want to take it in a short time, in addition to paying enough human lives, you must also consume enough gunpowder. And the latter, the Chu army did not have it for the time being.

"Never." This time, even Ezhuo objected. "If the Qin people attack me in a big way, the boats and grain will be insufficient, how can they fight in Zhao Land again? And restore Zhao Di, Zhao State will be restored, and Qi State will not want to. ”

"Jiuying, Nanyang has no corn?" Logistics is the top priority of the Great Sima Mansion, and hearing that E Zhuo also spoke out against it, Zhuang Wudi began to be a little discouraged.

"There is indeed a deposit of millet in Jiuying and Nanyang, but a few years ago Aocang was captured by our army, and most of the accumulated millet in Jiuying and Nanyang in ten years was transported north, and there was not much in the warehouse." Ezhuo Road. "Compared with the accumulation of corn, the boat is even more insufficient. More than 2,300 miles from Yingdu to the old Ying, this is the waterway; Yingdu traced the Huaishui to the west, the water and land combined, there are more than 1,700 li, the Qin people attacked us, the boat is insufficient, how can we transport 18 million stone corn to Zhaodi?

And the corn to Zhaodi, not to Handan, and when to the well of 400 miles north of Handan, the waterway is more than 2,000 miles, and the round trip may take two months. Only three times a year instead of five......"

As soon as E Zhuo talked about the transport, it was endless, Xiong Jing interrupted him, and he looked at Zhuang Wudi again: "If you kill Zhao Qian and Zhao Guo, there will be no more civil strife, is this true?" How is it guaranteed?

How long will it take to recover the land of Zhao, how many Chu soldiers and soldiers will need to be deployed, and how much gunpowder will need to be consumed before the Qin people can be driven to the west of Taihang Mountain and capture the two mountains of Jingcheng and Fukou? What about the Qin people's increase in pawns? Am I also a pawn?

The transportation could not support the Zhao State, and the Zhao land had experienced several wars and famines, not only had no soldiers to fight, but also had few people to cultivate. How many years do Xiangshi, Yangxia Shi, and Yueshi need to stay in Zhaodi? ”

Xiong Jing asked three questions in a row, Zhuang Wudi's tricks were too much wishful thinking, he couldn't guarantee that there would be no more civil strife after killing Zhao Qian and Zhao State, and the internal state could be as united as Chu State was now. He was also not sure that Zhao Yan and Zhao Qian were not a cover held by others, the problem was that the essence was a factional struggle within the Zhao State.

In addition to Qi and Yan, Chu, Zhao, Wei, Korea, and Qin have all experienced capital moves, but Qi has five capitals, and Yan has all been up. The relocation of the capital represents the expansion of the territory, but also the beginning of a change in the power structure. The state of Chu went from Danyang to Jiying, the state of Zhao from Jinyang to Handan, the state of Wei from Anyi to Daliang (the place where the Wei state started was Weidi, now Ruicheng, Shanxi), the state of Korea from Yangzhai to Xinzheng (the place where Korea started was Hanyuan, now Hancheng, Shaanxi), and the state of Qin from Yongcheng to Xianyang, all moved from the periphery to the center.

The frontier areas are all places of origin, and only the states that rise in the frontier areas have the courage necessary to grow. However, in addition to bravery, there are also ancient clans, complex customary laws, and dense ancestral shrines. The transformation from a tribe to a state must go through a transformation of organization and power structure, and the old land must be eliminated, which is the original intention of the countries to move their capitals.

However, after the relocation of the capital, the old land, the old clan, and the old tradition may not not exist, they still exist in the court, but they are diluted by the rise of the new capital, and the fight between the new and the old runs through the entire national political history.

Zhao Jia fled to Daidi, Daidi is obviously the same as Jinyang, he must be supported by the old princes, what about the nobles of the new capital? Why didn't Pingyuan Jun and Pingyang Jun say that they wanted to kill Zhao Qian and support Zhao Jia?

When Xiong Jingsan asked Zhuang Wudi, he was also thinking about the answer to the question. Zhao Qian is the king or Zhao Jia is the king, just like the previous Gongzi Zhang is the king or Gongzi is the king, it is the same as the battle between the old and new forces. Zhao Guo Hu was very strong, and he had a tendency to turn away from China and also have a tendency to be close to China, Zhao Jia clearly belonged to the latter and Zhao Qian belonged to the former.

Zhao Jia is the king, and he will inevitably abandon the southern land and the capital of Yudai - thinking of this, Xiong Jing suddenly woke up: Zhao Jia is the king, who can guarantee that Zhao Jia will set up the capital Handan, and then fight to the death with the Qin people? With the support of the nobles of the old land, why couldn't he live in the Dai land and appease the Qin people? If so, what's the value of recovering the land?

"It's useless, it's not good." Xiong Jing's face returned to calm, and there was no more movement.

Xiong Jing's questions were still thinking about it, and suddenly Xiong Jing made up his mind, he was very puzzled, and said, "Why is the king ......?"

"Are you familiar with Zhao Jia?" Xiong Jing didn't say anything big, but just asked a very simple question.

The very simple question of "Minister ......" made Zhuang Wudi wave his hand to wipe his sweat, and he said stubbornly: "The minister has never met with Zhao Jia. ”

"Oh." Xiong Jing sighed softly, stopped talking about it, bowed his head solemnly, and didn't mention any strange tricks.

"King, what should our army do?" Xiang Chao, who was standing on the side, was a rough man, and he didn't understand the tacit understanding between Xiong Jing and Jun Sima.

"Our army?" The Chu army only had a plan to cover the retreat of the Zhao people, and had no intention of fighting a decisive battle with the 300,000 Qin army. Now that the Qin army has been repulsed, some plans will of course have to be changed. "Jun Sima, what should our army do?"

If you don't do a miracle, it's naturally a migration. But having gained the upper hand, it is necessary to take advantage of some of the advantages that can be taken. Zhuang Wudi said: "The minister thinks that our army should go north with the Zhao army to get more Dingkou, and then withdraw the army before the big river freezes." ”

"That's fine. The Zhao people should be transported away before the ice, and after the ice, our army can travel along the Hutuo River to Zhongyi Port, and return to Chu by sea boat. This time, everyone agreed with Zhuang Wudi's suggestion. The Qin army was defeated and was already afraid of the Chu army, so they continued to chase the Qin people and fought until the Qin people retreated into Jingcheng.