Chapter 56: Ten Years
Wang Jian was not too worried that Zhao Zheng would be angry, Zhao Zheng, who was born in Handan, and his mother Zhao Ji suffered a lot in the palace. In the country of Zhao, the door is often just overnight. Entrusting Zhao Guo is to bow down to Zhao Guo, and protons are often abandoned in this era. Zhao Zheng's destruction of Zhao, in addition to strategic considerations, does have the meaning of revenge.
The Zhao people broke through and the Chu army responded, and the combined forces of Chu and Zhao joined forces to repel the Qin army, which was twice as numerous as themselves. In Qutai Palace, before Zhao Zheng saw Wang Qian's petition for guilt, people were already furious.
"How can this Wang Jian behave as a general? How can this Wang Jian behave as a general?! Zhao Zheng completely forgot the joy of victory in the Battle of Anyang, although that victory did not behead much, it can only be said to be repulsed, but still let him talk about it for a long time.
"King, our army is in a hurry, so it is not an enemy." Wei Yu explained. Wang Ao reported the entire battle in a faster way. "King Jing led the iron cavalry to seriously injure Wang Jian and take away my banner, so he was defeated and retreated. It was a dead end, but fortunately, the cavalry sacrificed their lives to protect each other, and the army slowly retreated to the north of Fushui. If our army also had a ...... during the Weinan War"
Most of the Qin army in the Weinan War was exhausted, with more than 300,000 prisoners, which was the battle with the greatest losses after the Battle of Changping of the Qin State. When it came to this battle, Zhao Zheng's forehead jumped straight. "Zhao Zheng, King of Qin, have you forgotten the humiliation of the Jing people, ......", the question that he heard at least four times a day sounded in his ears again. Trying his best to hold back the grief and indignation in his heart, Zhao Zheng asked, "What does the national lieutenant think?" ”
"Wang Jian broke the Zhao people and killed Yan Ju; defeated the Chu Qi army again and killed Xiang Yan, this good general is also a good general. Wei Yi recalled Wang Qian's achievements and reminded Zhao Zheng. Since his injuries could be healed, he should not change the general, and still ordered him to fight in Zhao Di. Jing people march according to the water, the next month the river is frozen, Jing people can only retreat to Henan, I should do my best Zhao Diye. ”
"However, Wang Jian is the person recommended by Xiong Qi," Zhao Zheng's face was still gloomy. He did not take back Wang Qian's military power, not because there was no evidence of Wang Jian and Xiong Qi's friendship in the Tingwei Mansion and Guowei's Mansion, but because Wang Jian had just defeated the Chu army and shot Xiang Yan. Suddenly won it, which is inconsistent with domestic propaganda - in order to stimulate the morale of the people, the Qin State specially made a big effort for the battle of Anyang.
"Wang Jian is a Qin person." The more dangerous the situation of the Qin State, the more justified Wei Yu, the lieutenant, spoke. "Before Xiong Qi recommended Wang Qian, there were countless such generals in the Great Qin army. The prime minister recommended him, Wang Jian must regard him as his parents, what is wrong with this? The king should treat them as his own use, rather than treating all useful talents as Jing Ren Hou Spy. ”
"No one knows." Zhao Zheng was silent for a moment, and looked at Wei Yi deeply. "What does Wei Qing think Zhao Di's army should do?"
Wei Yu knew that Zhao Zheng would accept the advice, he was unwilling to be the king of Chu in the past and wanted to compete with the king of Chu, but now he hates everything in the Chu country, even if it is a little bit of friction with the Chu state, he will destroy it. This is obviously not a matter of IQ, it is a matter of character.
Only people who are born with low self-esteem and are often bullied will have this situation: they want to show themselves everywhere, even if it costs them, just because they are afraid of being looked down upon; Once hurt, it can become angry, and if it can't (or won't) be vented on the bully, it will be vented on someone else who has something to do with it, or something that has nothing to do with it.
Wei Yi is a student from Guigu, and he inadvertently completely grasped Zhao Zheng's character. Seeing that Zhao Zheng asked him for advice, he was not modest, and said directly: "Zhao Di's army still has Wang Jian as the general, and he led the cavalry to protect the retreat of the army, and he should be rewarded for his merits." After King Jing retreated, the king should also summon him to Xianyang and drink with the king. ”
"Drink with the widow?!" Zhao Zheng was stunned. There are ten days in the sky, and there are ten classes of people, and the people are both outsiders.
"Yu Fen abandoned the Jing Kingdom and entered my Qin State, and he was good at riding and fighting. If it weren't for the cavalry desperately protecting each other, this battle would be like the Battle of Weinan. Wei Wei explained. The minister thought that the Qin horse was indeed inferior to the dragon horse of the Jing Kingdom, but the Qin cavalry had been able to repel the Jing people's iron horse. He will fight Qin Jing in the future, and the cavalry will definitely make me invincible. ”
Wei Yi thought of something far, far away. Under his arrangement, the Qin State was methodically conducting a large-scale strangulation battle. The whole process is like catching fish in a pond, the fish is very slippery and can't catch it at all, but if all the water in the pond is drained and only a small puddle remains, the fish will not be able to escape. Destroying Zhao and Qi, and attacking Chu on all fronts are all part of this strategy.
It doesn't matter if the Zhao people in Handan move south, as long as the head of the county of Zhao doesn't move away. As for Hanzhong and Bashu, how the state of Chu promised, the state of Qin doubled its promise. In the future, the ...... of Ba, Shu, and Tho, since the country can be restored, then the country can be destroyed, whether it is restored or destroyed, it all depends on the situation. Once the state of Chu is defeated, it will be easy to clean up these small countries.
Xianyang, the capital of Qin, reprimanded Wang Qian's royal order was issued from Qutai Palace, and the words on it were not painful, nor did they blame or comfort too much, but the meaning was very clear, the Qin army of the entire Zhao land, including the Taiyuan County soldiers west of Taihang Mountain, was still under the command of Wang Qian;
In the city of Zhao Guochang, it began to snow before October. The Zhao people, who dragged their families and their faces full of vegetables, boarded the boat while crying, and when the boatman shouted, the men began to paddle, and these ragged people cried in unison.
Even animals have feelings for the place where they were born. The Zhao people on the boat cried, and the Zhao people on the shore also cried. The Chu army that maintained order was accustomed to this, and they were also careful to guard against someone jumping into the water to seek their death. However, this time the crying soon stopped as several royal boats docked.
On that day, the Qin army withdrew before dawn, and the two armies of Chu and Zhao pursued for two days. Originally, the Chu and Zhao armies wanted to continue the pursuit and pursue until Jingcheng, but in practice, it was found that the Chu army still advanced north along the tributaries of the Yellow River to the most trouble-free, and the Zhao people who were transported away in this way were also the most. So Xiong Jing ordered the Chu army to retreat to Handan and sail north.
The Chu army retreated when it was frozen, and only agreed to give up the northern city of Daliang, and did not agree to lead the army to recover the Zhao land next year, so Lingyuan could only order the Zhao people to move south. However, the southward migration was not a one-time southward migration, the common people near Handan first boarded the boat and transported it to Daliang, and she, Zhao Qian, and Zhao Guoqunchen still stayed in Handan, waiting for the boat to return and then to Daliang.
In addition to assembling Handan, the rest of the Zhao and Chu armies went north along the river to search for the people of Zhao on both sides of the river, and they would also be transported to Daliang after the boat returned. When did the Great River freeze? How many times can you go back and forth? No one knows, in short, now is to use all means to transport people, those who are willing to go, those who are not willing to go, as long as it is a Zhao person, must be ordered by the king to board the boat.
Lu Zuo, who has no long belongings and one person to feed the whole family and is not hungry, does not hesitate, and Lu You, who has a family and a room, land and property, is as sad as if his father has died, and some families even fled overnight. If you can't die, and you are too sad and angry when you board the boat, you will commit suicide by jumping into the water.
Wang Zhou slowly docked at Changcheng Wharf, Xiong Jing on Wang Zhou heard the cry of Zhao Ren, and he also knew why these Zhao people were crying, but he liked to listen to Zhao Ren's crying. Crying represents reluctance, and reluctance may be because of the property, but more because of feelings. Zhao people who are attached to the countryside are good Zhao people, and those servants Lu Zuo, who heard that they went to Daliang without worrying about food and clothing, enthusiastically boarded the boat, are really not suitable for moving south.
"Zhao people are homesick." Mu Ling also looked at the Zhao people who stopped crying in a daze. Because the common people were allowed to take a look, these Zhao people, who were a little numb, looked at Xiong Jing who was dressed in Wei Ben clothes on Wang Zhou, and also looked at Mu Ling and the others on Xiong Jing's side.
"I only hope that all Zhao people are homesick." Xiong Jing Road. This was the first time he had taken such a close look at the people of Zhao State. The figure of the Zhao people is generally taller than that of the Chu people, and the average height of the Yingshi soldiers is one meter six four, which is still the result of selection, and a small number of Zhao women can also reach this height, while men generally exceed this height.
But among the Zhao people who boarded the boat, there were very few Fu men, and if there were, most of them were crippled - the cities in charge of the Zhao army, these people were usually driven off the boat; And the cities in charge of the Chu army, as long as they think that this is the wound of the soldiers, they will be issued a simple policy and allowed to board the boat.
There were more children under five feet on the boats, carrying household clothes, corn and wheat, some carrying dustpans and ploughing oxen or a few black pigs. Some of the smaller unmarried boys simply sat on the backs of the oxen, their dirty faces and dark eyes, and unlike their mothers, who did not dare to look up, they looked at Wang Zhou who passed not far away.
Feeling that Wang Zhou was not good-looking, they turned their heads and fiddled with the tinplate cans in their hands again. Canned food is military rations, and it is necessary to transport household goods, livestock, and cattle, and the boats are stuffed with people, so it is impossible to cook, so all kinds of canned meat and cakes can only be distributed.
"Cans are hard to open." Following Xiong Jing's gaze, Mu Ling also saw that the boy on the back of the cow wanted to open the can in his hand. Even he couldn't break this somehow made iron without tools.
"There is no man in Zhao Di?" Xiong Jing no longer stared at the boy on the back of the ox, and his eyes swept over several boats, but he did not see a qualified man who could serve as a soldier.
"Zhao Di is indeed a young man." Mu Ling stayed in Zhao Land for several years with Que Guanzi, and the students in the school house came from all over Zhao Kingdom, so they knew more about the situation of Zhao Country than ordinary people. "The king moved the Zhao people to Daliang, and he can't return to Zhao unless he has ten years."
"Ten years?" Xiong Jing looked back at the boy on the back of the cow, his canned food had been handed over to a woman, who should be his mother. The boy is only five or six years old, and with the physique of the Zhao people, he can indeed put on armor and go into battle in ten years.
"Ten years later, will the Qin State die?" Mu Ling asked a question he had always wanted to ask. He had asked him this question, but he smiled and said nothing.
"Ten years later, if the Qin State is not dead, then the Chu State is dead." Xiong Jing said arbitrarily. As he spoke, he suddenly felt that the children in Chu State should be cultivated well, especially in terms of nutrition. Like these children of the Zhao State in front of them, they are tasked with guarding the Chu State for the next ten years, and their physique is very important. Even if you don't grow tall, you have to be strong enough.