Chapter 53: Retreat

As the festival approached, the north wind swirled and blew harder and tighter, and the goose-feathered snow fell, and the snow on the road was knee-deep. However, this is the weather, and there is still an endless stream of vehicles and pedestrians inside and outside Xianyang City. The Qin State takes October as the first year, but the Lap Festival is the Lap Sacrifice after all, and the people work hard for a year, always hoping to buy some New Year's goods in the Lap Festival and have a good year.

Shaofu Qing Lang Sheng also braved the cold wind, and he had to visit Xianyang Market once a month to learn about the purchase and sale of thousands of goods. In the past, the inspection usually ended in the morning, but now it is past noon, and he is still sitting in the store waiting for the market order to be cleared.

"Your honor, the accounts are correct." When the inspector's city order said this, the officials of the goods store breathed a sigh of relief.

According to the Qin law, 'pass a money to a city', that is, if you embezzle a money, you will have to pay a money, so the goods store 'will receive money into its money (xiang)'. In order to achieve this purpose, all goods above one penny are clearly marked with a price, and the price is never bargained. The price is as much as it sells, and copper coins cannot be inspected for their merits, as long as it is money, whether it is worn or not, it is money.

"If so, why is the price of fish so expensive?" The road is one foot high, and the magic is one foot high. Qin's laws are strict, but there are still officials from the new Qianshou who are greedy for money. Lang Sheng has seen a case before: a certain goods store arbitrarily marked the price of the goods, and then tried to clip it out after the money was put into the money. It's a pity that this wanton official didn't learn arithmetic well, or he misremembered the number of sales, and left a dozen more dollars in the money, and the result was leaked. Today, Lang Sheng passed by the fish market and saw that the price of fish was significantly higher than that of last month, so he asked the city order to check the accounts of the goods.

"Shangqing doesn't know...... "The wanton official immediately bowed his head." The price of fish in Qi rose sharply last month, so the price is also high. ”

"There is no war in Qi country, why has the price of fish risen sharply?" The mountains, seas, and ponds are all under the jurisdiction of Shaofu, and the fish is naturally sold in the stores under Shaofu. The fish of the Qi State is marketed all over the world, and the Qin State will import a large number of them before the Lap Festival every year.

"The villain doesn't know either." The goods are sent down from above, and the price is also set from above, and the members of the supply and marketing cooperatives in later generations are the same, they sit and watch every day.

"Shangqing, this must be the heart of the Kwantung countries that will not die." The city commander sneered, and what he said was extremely politically correct.

"Tell Shangqing, the price of fish has indeed risen." A housekeeper who had just gone to ask the price of fish walked over quickly.

"Do you know why the price has risen?" Lang Sheng no longer paid attention to the wanton officials who bowed to the ground, nor did he look at the mocking city orders, he always felt that something was wrong. Could it really be that the heart of the Kwantung countries is not dead?

"This matter may cause people to ask each other and discuss with each other." Breeding goods is a science, and the people of the house do not know why the price of fish in Qi has risen sharply.

"Let's go home." It was snowing heavily again, and since the problem could not be solved, Lang Sheng could only return home.

Unlike the Qin Zheng Dynasty and the Yan Dynasty, which migrated to Weinan, Shaofu still worked in the Xianyang Wangcheng in Weibei. On the way back to the house, Lang Sheng saw the carriage of the right prime minister, Chang Pingjun, hurrying out of the city. It's already afternoon, and the pilgrimage has long since ended, is there something important about the king urgently summoning the prime minister to Qutai Palace?

Thinking of major events, Lang Sheng naturally thought of the current war. It has been three years since the war against Zhao, but in addition to the southern line of the Qin army attacking the city and pulling out the city, the Qin army in the middle route has been defeated again and again, and the general Mengwu has been killed in battle, and the Qin State has strictly ordered it to be proclaimed, but this is only for the head of Qian, and the ministers all know about it. Meng Wu is after Meng Fu, and his death in battle is different from Xin Wu's death in that year. Meng Wu died in battle, and no one dared to believe the news when it reached Xianyang.

After confirming that Meng Wuzhen was killed in battle, there was an immediate debate between the DPRK and China, and the Hou Party led by Mao Jiao suggested that Han be attacked, but only the national lieutenant Wei Yi repeatedly insisted on attacking Zhao. If you lose again, I really don't know if you will have to cut Zhao next year. Lang Sheng watched Changping Jun's carriage and horses go away, and when he turned his head, he saw a government official hurrying over. His heart hung in the air, not knowing what had happened to Shaofu.

"The minister has seen the king." Changping Jun's chariot and horse hurried out of the south gate of Xianyang and crossed the Weishui to Qutai Palace. Zhao Zheng summoned the festival urgently with three festivals, and there must be a big event.

"Sit." Unlike the Zheng Dynasty, which is crowded with people all standing, the Yan Dynasty is sitting and deliberating, and sometimes it can even sing and dance feasts. However, with Zhao Zheng's face today, it is impossible to sing and dance feasts, and his face is as cold as a piece of ice.

"The new newspaper of the Governor's Mansion, Jing State, Wei State, and Qi State are attacking me," Zhao Zheng glanced around at the ministers under the throne, and then said the news he had just gotten. "What do you think?"

"The minister is willing to enter Qi to say that the king of Qi." When he heard that Hezong was going to lobby, it was the same whether Chu went or not, and the Chu people of Wei had no effect on lobbying, so he chose to go to Qi.

"The State of Qi has married the State of Chu." Zhao Zheng's face did not change, and he said the second message. "The daughter of Qi married into the state of Chu as the queen."

"If the king no longer kills Zhao, the minister is willing to enter the Qi country to lobby the Qi minister." Mao Jiao opened his mouth, he is from Qi, and it is safest to send an envoy to the Qi country. He is also a queen party, and the Queen Mother Zhao Ji is a Zhao person, and she doesn't want to destroy Zhao.

"The minister also asks the king not to cut down Zhao again." Changping Jun Xiong Qi also spoke. He kept in mind his mission: to disrupt the strategic rhythm of the Qin state. "The army has been fighting Zhao for three years, and I am tired. If Zhao is attacked again, the four countries will attack me together, and Daqin will be in danger. It is better to make friends from afar and attack Han at close range, and this inch is the king's inch, and the ruler is also the king's ruler. ”

"From the perspective of the prime minister, what is a long-distance relationship and what is a close attack?" Wei Yu asked with a chuckle. He couldn't understand it, why did Changping Jun have exactly the same meaning as the Hou Party?

"Zhao is east of Taihang, Jing Cheng has been unable to conquer for a long time, and the Qin army on the south road is on the side of Jing Wei. Xiong Qi likes to argue with Wei Yi the most, and he can gain something every time he argues.

Sure enough, as soon as he said this, Wei Yu said: "Why are the big winged warboats afraid? I'm just connecting the waterways for the time being. ”

"However, Zhao has not been defeated for three years, and now the four countries are attacking me together, dare to ask the national captain how to deal with it?" Xiong Qi was secretly happy in his heart, and immediately asked again.

But his question stopped Wei Yu. Qin attacked Zhao for three years, and the soldiers were indeed tired, and now the three kingdoms sent troops together, and they rushed over with great momentum. It's fine to repel the forces of the Three Kingdoms at once, but if the war gets protracted, things will be difficult.

When Wei Yi was speechless, Li Si spoke. "The minister thinks that the troops of the Three Kingdoms should be sent after the great river thaws, if it can make people say it......"

"Don't you know?" The courtiers are still unclear about the situation, and Zhao Zheng's voice is even louder. "The three kingdoms have joined forces to attack me. 150,000 Qi troops crossed Yangguan (now the east bank of Nanwenshui, Tai'an County, Shandong) through Lu has entered the Wei Liang, the three kingdoms envoys make people tell each other that if they do not retreat before the sacrifice, the three kingdoms will send troops to rescue Zhao. ”

Staring at the ministers in front of him, Zhao Zheng suppressed his anger. The Qin army was newly defeated, and the three kingdoms came together. The most tricky thing is that after the river froze, the 200,000 Qin troops originally stationed in Gongyi and Chaoge had already gone north to Jinyang, and the army left behind in Baicheng was only 150,000.

More than 200,000 Qin troops under Li Xin's command were confronting the Zhao army, and they also had to take care of occupying the cities of Zhao. If Li Xin's troops all retreat, the Zhao army under Lian Po will chase after him.

Of course, he could also take a risk, ordering the 200,000 Qin troops in Jinyang to move south as quickly as possible, and Li Xin's troops to retreat westward quickly, and then gather 600,000 Qin troops in Gongyi to fight a decisive battle with more than 600,000 troops of the four countries. It's just that there is no chance of winning such a hasty decisive battle, and the news of the three kingdoms sending troops suddenly reached Xianyang today, and the secrecy work is so tight, the three kingdoms must have been prepared in advance.

Another very important thing is the distance: Daliang is only a short 200 li from Gongyi, while Jinyang is more than 700 li from Gongyi, Handan is 150 li from the front line to Gongyi, and Xintian is more than 600 li from Gongyi. Whether it was increasing troops or transporting grain, the Qin army was at a complete disadvantage. Finally, morale, whether it is the Zhao army or the Three Kingdoms Army, the morale is extremely high.

"Tell the king, if you don't retreat, Li Xin's army will be wiped out." The situation was so critical that the ministers were shocked. The Three Kingdoms are not sharpening their swords, but they have already raised their swords to kill.

"The king, the minister thought that he should retreat quickly." Xiong Qi wanted to suggest that Zhao Zheng stick to it, but he felt that such an attitude had changed too much.

"King, after three years of fierce battles, our army is tired, and we can't fight with it." Li Si also said urgently. He remembered Han Fei, who stayed in Xianyang and almost became a Qin minister, and said: "The prime minister's words are very true, our army should make friends from afar and attack closely, and destroy Korea first." Once Korea is destroyed, it can encroach on Wei again, and it is not too late to cut down Zhao at that time. ”

"The king, Qi people are also cowardly. This time it must be for the marriage with the State of Chu, and the State of Qi was forced to send troops. If our army retreats, the Qi army will retreat. Mao Jiao was already overjoyed in his heart, and he hoped that the Qin army would attack Wei and Han, but not Zhao and Qi.

"Everyone thinks they should retire?" All the courtiers were thinking of retreating, and Zhao Zheng was expressionless.

"Yes, yes." The ministers replied in unison.

"Stand down." After being silent for a long time, Zhao Zheng spit out these three words from his mouth with difficulty and watched the ministers retreat.

"Don't worry, the king." Wei Yu stayed and didn't leave, he comforted: "Kill Zhao, Zhao people are in the same boat, I can't be separated." Now that I have withdrawn my troops and invaded Korea, there will be civil strife in the Zhao Kingdom. ”

"If the army is withdrawn, more than 300,000 soldiers die without an inch of land, how can the widow not worry?" Zhao Zheng glared at Wei Yu angrily and waved him back.

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At dusk after the snow, the sky was clear, and a Zhao cavalry dressed in a huge armor with a command flag on his back galloped across the water and rushed to the south gate of the towering Handan City. The military situation was urgent, and the city gate Sima of the south gate jumped up when he saw this, and shouted to the soldiers on both sides of the city gate: "Emergency military situation, clear the road quickly!" Urgent military situation, clear the road quickly! ”

After three years of fierce fighting, emergency military situations have become commonplace, but the soldiers at the city gate still did not dare to slack off, and even stopped the pedestrians, carriages and horses on both sides of the main gate to prevent the common people from rushing into the main gate avenue in panic. The sacrifice was imminent, and there were many chariots and horses for the common people who entered and exited Handan, and it took a lot of effort for the soldiers to stop these people. Unexpectedly, the commander saw that there were many people on both sides of the city gate, and suddenly reined in his horse. The running and whirring war horses neighed, and people immediately stood up.

"Qin ......" made the soldiers superb in horsemanship, but his voice was seriously lost. The crowd looked at him suspiciously, wondering why he was acting the way he did.

"Qin Jun ......" Ling Bing raised his voice several times before he tried: "Qin Jun... Retreat. ”

"Qin Jun... Retreat. No one reacted, but every pair of eyes were on him.

"The Qin army retreats!" Ling Bing met these eager eyes, and shouted with all his strength: "The battle is over, the Qin army is retreating!" ”

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