Chapter 60: The Controversy
The Yue people were barbaric and simple, and the Great Elder Song's words Xiong Jing did not sneer at all, but had a good impression, which was of course the reason why he tried his best to ally with the Yue people. He only said with a straight face: "The power of heaven and earth can also be borrowed and used to punish the tyrannical Qin." ”
"It's ominous." Song did not agree with Xiong Jing's words, "If you use the power of heaven and earth to kill people, God will be angry." ”
"If you don't punish Qin, it's even more ominous." Chengsuke came over and interjected, "The world is in turmoil, and if you don't stop the war with war, the world will be angry." ”
Cheng Jie has already seen the power of artillery, and now that the sulfur has found a source again, Cheng Jie is thinking not only about recovering the old Ying, but about rebuilding the hegemony of the Chu State.
As he spoke, the commander of the gun, who had corrected the temporary firing table through the landing point of the first shot, continued to fire under the command of Wukong, this time not firing one shot, but several shots in a row. Because the muzzle of the cannon was facing the north, the smoke of gunpowder after firing was blown to the onlookers. In the smoke of gunpowder, Chu Chen was excited, and Yue Chen was uneasy.
And when the sheep were driven up, the shrapnel was blasted out and the sheep were instantly broken and covered with blood. At this time, even the excited Chu Chen was stunned, at first they were only excited by the power of the artillery, and now they discovered the horror of the artillery.
Taking advantage of this rare moment, Cheng Jie rushed to the front and shouted to the courtiers: "The power of this heaven and earth, with this artifact, why should I be afraid of the Qin people?" ”
"The Qin people will attack Zhao next year, I thought it would be better to save Zhao than to cut down Qin. Cutting down Qin, you can restore the old Ying's land; Restore the old Ying, you can break the martial arts, fight Lantian, and conquer Xianyang. After shouting the first sentence, Seisuke paused, leaving a short time for everyone to think. In the past, I helped Zhao people, but Zhao people didn't save me; Now to help the Zhao people, the Zhao people are making profits with the relief of the millet.
The nations are afflicted with Qin today, and they will be troubled in the future. Today, he is allied with my Chu State, and he will be connected with the Qin people one day. The one he fears is my Chu State on behalf of Qin and one day down. Therefore, it is said: The countries are not credible, and the only credible ones are the Chu people and the Yue people.
God bless Chu Yue and give birth to the king. Now I have the weapon of the god of thunder, and I can accumulate corn and cut down Qin, so why do I need to have another branch? There will be three years of accumulation of millet in the next year, when I restore the old Ying, after the resumption of Ying, and then accumulate millet, when the martial arts pass is broken and Xianyang is pulled, why do you need to go out of the Saiwanli?
In the spring of the past year, Shenjun used things, and the five countries joined forces to attack Qin, and the Zhao people secretly communicated with Wen Xinhou, which caused failure. If I go out to attack Qin, the Zhao people once again secretly communicate with the Qin people, and set up an ambush in Qin to wait for me, what if?
Qin and Zhao Gongzu, after all Feilian. Those who fly cheaply, and those who are cheap. Today's evil Qin is because Qin wants to swallow the world, but if the Zhao people defeat the Qin people in the Battle of Changping, today it will be the Zhao State to destroy Qin, and the countries will save Qin.
I heard it, 'The Son of Heaven lost his official position, and he learned in Siyi', I still believe it. When the first king and king Wu, Chu Yue was a barbarian land, and China was a country of etiquette and music. Now China is a land of killing, and Chu Yue is a country of etiquette and music, so why should I sacrifice myself to save China's barbarians? If they come, I will turn away from them.
Attacking the Qin people, recovering my hometown, and doing the things of my Chu Yue family, why do you need to join Zhao, Wei, and Qi? Therefore, I ask you to wait for the day after tomorrow to decide, not to go north out of the fortress and attack Qin, but to go west to attack Qin. ”
seized the most favorable opportunity to say something that everyone remembered, and Naisuke was silent. His remark of 'Chinese barbarians, Chu Yue Lile' made the courtiers nod their heads again and again. Of course, this is an exaggeration, but in reality, it is indicated that the adult Yue people did not kill underage men and women, and the Chu army did not kill as many women and children, unlike the Qin army, which beheaded the whole city, and it was impossible to compete for the head for merit, and the comrades also killed each other [Note 10].
Cheng Jie's meaning: The Qin people were barbaric, and the Three Jin and Qi States were not much better. The state of Chu was unable to save these people, and pinned its hopes of defeating the state of Qin on them. The only one who can really defeat the Qin people and stop the war and killing in the whole world is Chu Yue.
Cheng Jie's words were so deep that the Chu people felt that the more they thought about it, the more they felt that it was correct, Xiang Yan also stepped forward and said: "What Cheng Ao said, I don't think so."
In today's world, Qin occupies half of it, with more than 5 million households in Dingkou, 1.5 million men in armor, and 30,000 horses. If I do not ally with the Three Kingdoms and allow the Three Kingdoms to be destroyed by Qin, the Qin people will attack me with the armor of the whole world. The Qin people attacked Zhao, and more than 200,000 people died in the battle, and the number of Yu dead was doubled. Zhibisi once said that the selected people of the Qin army may be exhausted. It is very unwise not to help the Zhao people and make the Zhao people kill the Qin people, but to make the Zhao people use the Qin people and cut down Chu.
China is a land of barbarians, and the Qin people are the disciples of tigers and wolves.
In the past, the king once said that the world is a chessboard, and Guanzhong, Bashu, Hebei, and Jiangdong are the four corners. If the Qin people are allowed to destroy Zhao, there will be three of the four corners, and I will only be one of them. Attack me with the world's armored people, and attack a corner according to the world's triangle, and the Qin people will win.
Artillery is the weapon of the god of thunder, with the power of heaven and earth, but what good is it in battle? The artillery soldiers seen by the monarchs today are three years old, and if the whole army has artillery soldiers, it will take three years before they can be used. There are 20 cannons in a division, more than 1,000 horses need to be pulled, and the cost is huge.
In addition to the siege, the benefits of artillery are not as good as those of war boats and armor. With 200,000 soldiers of the Chu army and 1.5 million soldiers of Qin, how could it win without the alliance of the four countries? Now the Qin State wants to attack the Zhao State again, if I don't save Zhao and attack Qin without going out of the fortress, the Zhao State will die.
The government of the Qi country is uneven, so the nobles and the common people are centrifuged, and the Qi army cannot fight. Zhao Zhi and Li Mu defeated the Qin people, if they can stop the Qin people for ten years, ten years later, my Chu State has the world, why worry about the Qin State not being destroyed......"
"Uncle Xiang made a big mistake!" Xiang Yan had not yet asked the courtiers to support him to go north to save Zhao, and Cheng Jie interrupted him with a speech. "What good is artillery in war? The two armies faced each other, and the sharp soldiers strengthened their armor, and they all broke the formation. Since it is a breakthrough, why do you need to prepare every division, now 20 artillery pieces are enough. The shells fired by the artillery were three miles away, and today's demonstration was enough to break through the Qin army's formation. Once the formation has been broken, our army has been victorious.
Qin has two corners of the world, more than 5 million households in Dingkou, 1.5 million people in armor, but the Qin people are tyrannical, every battle Ding man is armored, Ding woman is lost, bitter life, self-passage in the Taoist tree, the dead look at each other. As soon as the Chu army entered the Qin land, the Qin people would definitely eat pot pulp to welcome me. ”
"The Chu people hate Qin to the bone, and the Qin people may welcome me, but will my Chu pawn be eaten by the Qin people?" Xiang Yan couldn't help but refute when she heard this. He was a general, and he knew a lot about non-commissioned soldiers. "How did the Qin people kill my Chu people and behead them back then? How did the Qin people irrigate my Yancheng and burn me Ji Ying? How did the Qin people deceive the ancestors and make them die in a foreign land?
Oh! In the past, only the King of Qin was guilty, only Zhang Yibai was guilty, and the Qin people were not guilty? This great miu also! The revenge of the tenth generation can still be avenged, let alone the third generation. When our army enters Qin, it is necessary to slaughter the city! If Xianyang is pulled, it will be like Ji Ying! This is not the deep hatred of the surname Mi, this is the deep hatred of the Chu people and the Qin people! ”
"Twenty pieces of artillery can break through the enemy's formation, let alone Miao!" Xiang Yan said again. "When the two armies face each other, the winner can be one and the two, and the two can not be three. The time and place should be complete. If the Qin army does not fight with me and circles me and cut off my food routes, how can our army win? If the Qin army blocks the large and small waterways, and the land of Qi and Wei sends troops to attack us in several ways, why should our army refuse?
Zhibisi once said that the Qin State Governor's Mansion has a plan to block the waterway, why can't it? It's just that Chu was not attacked in a big way. If Zhao, Qi, and Wei Qin are allowed to be destroyed, and our Chu State is the enemy on three sides, how can the 200,000 army reject it? ”
"200,000 troops can attack Qin, why refuse?" Seisuke said loudly. "After recovering Ying, you can enter Qin along Wuguan, and the Qin people will be defeated."
"200,000 Chu troops invaded Qin, and the cities were all abandoned? What was Song Di in the past? Xiang Yan asked loudly, mentioning the Song Land that was ravaged by the Qin army. Today, the eastern and northern borders of our Chu State are not disturbed by Qin, and Qi Wei protects them. Qi Wei can screen the protector, and Zhao Guozhi is also the survival. Only by saving Zhao can the state of Chu be safe. Only the alliance and the three kingdoms, the king can create a new weapon of thunder god......"
On the martial arts field, in front of the courtiers, and under Xiongjing's eyelids, Cheng Jie and Xiang Yan argued against each other. If it is just to argue about the attack on Qin, then there is nothing to debate, what is being debated now is the strategic direction of the Chu State in the next few years, and after it is determined, it will be arranged in a targeted manner next month.
The battle over the strategic direction may also involve the conflict of interests between the Ruo Ao clan and the Xiang clan.
Xiang Yan has been enthroned, and after Lian Po left, the Xiang family occupied the northern city of Daliang. In the prosperous land of Daliang, there is a prosperous real estate transaction, although this is a partnership with the royal family, but the Xiang family has also made huge profits. Only with money can there be food, and only with food can we train troops, and the equipment and training of Xiang's three divisions are not inferior to those of Ying's divisions, and the war boats are all pawn wing war boats.
In addition to the foot soldiers, there were cavalry led by Xiang Chao. Now all the cavalry in the country are gathered in Yingdu, first, because it is convenient for tactical training, and second, Xiong Jing is generous, and horse materials and grooms do not charge money, so all counties and towns raise cavalry in Yingdu. If you really want to fight the whole country, the Xiang division can pull out at least three cavalry divisions (1080 cavalry per division).
Compared with the Xiang family, although the territory of the Ruo Ao family is larger, including the five regions of Tang, Sui, Xi, Chengyang, and Jiyi, and there are more people under his rule, the combined income of the remote places is less than half of the Xiang family, and they have to shoulder the responsibility of border defense alone. The armor was cheap and the blades were good, and the cavalry barely made up a division, and half of them were Dima. Almost all of the warships are new-style big wings that Yingshi eliminated and sold at half price, and there are only a dozen or so pawn wing warships.
After the contract, except for occasional rewards, the equipment of the division of the county was purchased at the expense of the county. In addition to this, there were wartime appropriations from the treasury, weapons temporarily allocated to the divisions, and finally captured booty.
Uniting the Qi and Wei armies and fighting with the Qin army and the north and south of the Great River naturally benefited Xiang Shi; If it can advance westward and restore Ying, the Ruo Ao clan, which has a favorable location, can at least obtain a certain amount of military command. Moreover, the land of Jiuying is rich, and the cities can be owned, and each clan can expand its territory and increase Dingkou, compared to the fact that it is not beneficial to go north to save Zhao.
Of course, all this is the speculation of Xiong Jing's villain's heart, maybe Xiang Yan and Cheng Jie are both for the sake of Chu Guosheji, not for their own selfishness.