Chapter 16: The Battle Boat

In the last sentence, Xiong Jing's wish for peace is fully revealed. This is no different from the strategic goal of Chu at the beginning, and in his judgment, the alliance and the Qin State will never give up in the future. The Qin State had just annexed the land of Zhao Qi, and it needed time to digest, at least to rectify the local agricultural production, so as not to make ends meet. When the new land is cleaned up and the interior is breathing, the war will start again.

This beginning was not because of the beginning of hope like now, but because of the beginning of despair. Taking advantage of the period when the Qin State straightened out its interior, the Chu State could popularize new firearms, and the weapon generation gap between the two sides would be further widened. Such desperation would definitely make the Qin State take risks and provoke war again.

This is probably the common people's thinking. When he still has a way to live, no matter how you insult him and torture him, he can endure it with a smile, and he will be very cooperative, calling you uncle, and when you want him to live, or he feels that he must not live, he will fight before he dies, and he will pull a cushion back when he dies.

This is the opposite of the aristocracy. Nobles must not be humiliated, humiliation is life, otherwise what face will the nobles who have lost their honor survive in the world? However, if the nobles are defeated openly and dignifiedly, they will be convinced to bow their knees and become vassals. This has nothing to do with honor, this is to face reality and revere the strong.

The reason why the Qin countries were not satisfied was that the Qin State was not defeated openly and justly. It is very difficult to argue with the common Qin people about what is an upright and dignified defeat, and there are not many examples that can be illustrated. What Xiong Jing knows is probably the legendary Zhuge Liang's seven captures and seven longitudinal Meng Shu.

Meng Shu constantly resisted, but each time he was defeated and captured by Zhuge Liang; Every time Zhuge Liang responds to a war, it seems that there are endless war materials, and he is not afraid that the war will last forever. This is not the most important thing, the most important thing is that every time Meng Shu fails, Zhuge Liang unconditionally releases him, and this alone shows that compared to Meng Huo, Zhuge Liang is a real strongman.

The strong never shy away from the enemy's constant rebellion and tricks, and the strong do not regard war as hard attrition. Fishing with all their might, exhausting the last grain of corn in the country, and recruiting all the men of the country regardless of whether they are high or low, this is never a war of the strong, this is a war of the common people who drown the elite with numbers. The cost of the war was so great that there was no way to compensate for the losses of the war by selling the entire Meng Shu clan into slavery, and it was impossible to free Meng Huo in such a war.

Xiong Jing thought about this in his heart, knowing that this was not a real alliance, just a truce.

It is indeed difficult for the alliance of all countries to switch between war and peace, and it is not as sharp as Zhao Zheng, who made a decision in a word, but what cannot be forgotten is that whether it is war or peace, the combat effectiveness of all countries can always be maintained, and it will not fall due to war and peace. The Qin army is different, the Qin army has passed the peak of the strongest wave and is falling to the bottom of weakness. To be more realistic, when those gray-haired veterans of the Qin army who followed Bai Qi back then are dead, the Qin army will not be able to fight.

Xiong Jing was the king of the Chu State, and asked the ministers of the Zheng Dynasty to express peace and discord with the king's order, which was equivalent to a court decision. The outcome of the court decision was not unexpected, and one-third of the ministers agreed to negotiate peace; Nearly half of the ministers agreed to negotiate a conditional peace, which means that the alliance should take into account the interests of the allies; Only about one-sixth of the ministers resolutely opposed the peace talks, insisting that Chu and Qin were incompatible and that all evil should be eliminated.

"The king, most of the people who don't want to make peace are Dr. Ludi." Zhuang Wudi was holding a large stack of flying news, and he had already counted them.

"Yes." Xiong Jing nodded silently, not surprised by this result. Ludi is the fortress of Confucianism, and Legalism is the great enemy of Confucianism. At the same time, he became more and more determined to drive the Lu people out of the Chu State.

The Chu people do not share the same country with the Lu people, and the Chu people do not have to pay for the ideal of the Lu people to restore the Zhou world. No matter what the Lu people want to do in the future, the Chu people will never interfere. In the name of righteousness, the Lu people want the Chu people to be, don't take some big words to deceive people, please talk about the benefits first? Why did the Chu people shed blood and sacrifice to fight for the ideals of the Lu people?

"If the two sides cease fighting on the spot, what will happen to the court?" Xiong Jing thought in his heart that he wanted to get rid of the Lu people, and his cheeks tightened and tightened.

There are too many fierce words on the "......" message, and Xiong Jing doesn't want to be spicy. Zhuang Wudi read through all the texts and saw that Xiong Jing's request was only a 'local' truce and soldiers, and he didn't know how to agree for a while, which was tantamount to saying that Qin could get peace without paying any price.

"The minister thinks the Qiang people are ......" After a while, Zhuang Wudi mentioned the Qiang people.

"The Qiang people can give some Shu land." Xiong Jing spoke his mind. The Longyou County of the Qin people did not move, and the Chu State compensated the Qiang people for some Shu counties. They just died a big man, and they did not engage the Qin army in a full-scale battle.

"What about Zhao Ren?" Zhuang Wudi asked about Zhao Ren again.

"The Zhao people are spoken by the widows." Xiong Jing Road. He remembered the gown, this woman was not very demanding.

"That Qi people......" Zhuang Wudi then asked Qi people again.

"Qi people are to blame!" It's okay not to mention Qi people, but when you mention Qi people, Xiong Jing will be on fire.

"In this way, the whole world ridicules me Chu Guoye." Zhuang Wudi judged. "King, now my division and brigade are ready, just wait for the baggage, and the baggage can be attacked after the baggage is transported. With the state of Qin today, I will win, why bother to make peace with Qin? ”

"Victory?!" Xiong Jing looked at Zhuang Wudi, "If the Qin State also has a war boat, what if it goes down the river?" ”

"However, the Qin craftsmen were all detained by the Xiongnu, and Zhibisi reported that the Qin State was trying to exchange Yinshan for the boat-building craftsmen, first the Xiongnu were not sealed, and then the King of Donghu strictly ordered the Xiongnu not to do it, where did the Qin people come to the war boat?"

I know that the news of the other company is also known to Zhuang Wudi. The Qin State exchanged Yinshan for those craftsmen, and the Xiongnu Xiangfeng Lan Mo noticed that something was wrong, so he personally interrogated those craftsmen. Under the language barrier, the Egyptian craftsman had to build him a Mediterranean five-oared war boat, and the first time he saw the five-oared war boat, Lan Mo almost fainted.

The war boat is good, but the Huns are everywhere in the grassland, and they don't need it. When he wanted to change it again, the king of Donghu had already sent people to tell him that he was not allowed to return any craftsman to the Qin State, and finally took all the craftsmen away. At this time, the Xiongnu were still very weak, and they sent their sons hostage to the Yueshi, so they naturally wanted to pay tribute to Donghu. King Donghu said that it can't be changed, that is, it can't be changed, not to mention Lan Mo, even if it is just Yu Touman, there is no way.

This is true of the news on the steppe, and the news of Nggo Vala is also corroborated by it. When the Egyptian envoy Palops spoke with Aristotle IV, he also lamented that because most of the craftsmen were detained by the steppe barbarians, the Qin state could not build warships.

"What if there is?" Xiong Jing had read these two reports and knew that the Qin State was only one step away from obtaining the war boat manufacturing technology, but he was still not at ease, very uneasy.

"The king is not worried that the Qin people have war boats, but that the Qin people are seeking peace in order to obtain the craftsman who makes the boat." Zhuang Wudi reminded that this sentence made Xiong Jing's heart jump suddenly. "This year's war against Qin, the Qin people have no war boats, and after a few years of alliance with the Qin people, the Qin people have war boats, what should I do? Since the land of the far west can send boat-builders into Qin, why not send them again? ”

"If the Qin people have a war boat, our army will be defeated." Xiong Jing said with certainty.

"In that case, why did the king make peace with the Qin people?" Zhuang Wudi continued to ask. "Instead of raising tigers for trouble, it is better to die in a war."

The war technology of the Chu State is improving, and it cannot be ignored that the war technology of the Qin State, which is connected to the West, is also improving. Xiong Jing would rather the Qin State get the artillery than the Qin State get the war boat.

Artillery is only a tactical weapon, and the warship is a strategic weapon, and the role of the two cannot be compared. What's more, the state of Chu lives in a water town, and if the Qin army has a war boat, it can not only attack the state of Chu along the waters, but also attack the state of Chu from the sea. In that case, there was no need to defend the key passes, and millions of Qin troops rowed war boats into Chu, and the Chu army was unstoppable.

I thought that the Qin State also had a war boat. Almost at the same time, Xiong Jing and Zhuang Wudi said in unison: "Abolished!" They are deposed......"

The pawn can't fight, but he can paddle! The Qin army recruited 300,000 wasted soldiers to train them into war boat oarsmen!

"Summon, summon cunning! Don't Beat Me! Summons! Summoning Yin Dao! Summoning the public to lose the ......" Xiong Jing broke out in a cold sweat on his back, touched his forehead with his hand, and summoned a large number of people in his mouth.

Yingdu is not far from Wancheng, on the fourth day, Li Ji, Gong Yindao, Gong Yijian and others rushed to Wancheng, Xiong Jing's first words when he saw them were: "If the Qin people also have war boats, what should I do?" ”

"The Qin people also have a war boat?!" Li He jumped up when he heard this. On the way, he ate and lived on the war boat, his face was very bad, and now his face was even worse, he looked at Xiong Jing with an incredulous look, and then looked at Bei Ji me and Nao Cunning.

"If yes! If! Xiong Jing emphasized. Although it was immoral, he was a little glad that Zhao Zheng had offended the Huns, otherwise......

"If yes?" Li and finally understood, he sat down, and then said: "If the Qin people also have war boats, my Chu country will die." ”

His judgment is not much different from Xiong Jing's judgment, but it is more absolute.

"The Tomb Master and the Boat Master are completely different." He continued. "The mausoleum master guards the land, and the passes, cities, valleys, and mountains can all be guarded. Unlike the boaters, there are no passes on the river, and I don't have a pass on the side of the river. The Qin people suddenly turned from land to water, and I didn't defend it. Beyond the river, there is the sea. The Qin army can not only go down the river, but also down the sea......"

The more Li Ji said that the more frightened he was in his heart, he didn't want to analyze it anymore, so he only said: "Judging from the news, the Qin people want to get the art of building a boat, and the minister thinks that they must not make peace with the Qin people, but should take advantage of the fact that the Qin people have not obtained the war boat, and attack it quickly." ”

"Don't talk about peace, only talk about war." Li He's suggestion Xiong Jing did not approve or oppose, he corrected the topic back, and then asked: "If the Qin people already have a war boat, what should I do?" ”

"If the Qin people already have war boats, I should set up cannons next to the waterway to guard the key passages. In order to prevent the Qin people from going to land to attack, it was necessary to build cities on the spot, and the same was true for the coastal ports. After thinking about it, he replied, he also looked at Gong Yin Dao and Gong Yijian, and wondered: "The gunboat can fight with the cannon, why can't the warboat fight with the cannon?" ”

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