Chapter 43: Determination
Obeying the law and being loyal to the country and the monarch is the basic requirement for the head of Qiantou in Zhao Zheng's heart. Specifically, even if the Qin army only conquered the city yesterday, once the Great Qin established counties, set up official offices, and dispatched officials here, the Qiantou in the city would become the subjects of the Qin State, and they must be loyal to themselves and the Great Qin, otherwise they will be national thieves who can be punished.
It is a pity that there are countless such national thieves. Nanjun, as the old Chu land, has not been completely assimilated in the past fifty years because of the love of the mother country of the Empress Dowager Mi and the Empress Dowager Huayang, and there are the most thieves in the country; In the Spring and Autumn Period of Nanyang County, there were many states, and during the Warring States Period, the countries contended with each other, and geographically connected Chu, Wei and Han, the local people were not obedient, and there were many thieves. On the contrary, it was the analysis of the military order of the Chu army that violated the yin and yang, but unfortunately the analysis was in the west of Nanyang, not in the northeast of Nanyang.
The Qin army had limited grain and straw, and the 600,000 army could only rely on Sanchuan County and Yingchuan County to supply corn. Sanchuan County is okay, Yingchuan County is a Korean land that was annexed last year, and seeing that the Chu army has invaded Nanyang, the head of Xinqian must have a heart of rebellion. It was still early to harvest millet in June, and if their rebellion affected the collection and transportation of grain, the army would withdraw or be defeated due to lack of food, and the consequences would destroy Daqin.
Thinking of this terrible consequence, Zhao Zheng raised his pen and waved his pen on the slip of the Yingchuan County Shou Shangshu, and then placed it on his right side, at this time the barefoot Wei Yi had just entered the hall.
"What's the matter with Wei Qing?" It was a matter of the battle situation, Wei Yi could enter the Ming Hall of Qutai Palace without notification, and Zhao Zheng was not very surprised by his arrival.
Wei Yi panicked, and Zhao Zheng calmed down. Seeing such a calm king, Wei Yi had a wry smile on his face, and he said with a straight face: "Tell the king, Shangyi is urgent: Jing people have pulled out the mountain and the mountain!" ”
"What do you mean?!" Zhao Zheng didn't know where the mountains were, but he knew where Shangyi was.
"Tell the king:" Wei Yu said again: "Shangyi is coming: Jing people have pulled out the mountain ten miles east of the city. ”
It took about a second for Zhao Zheng to react, he slapped his palm on the case, and shouted angrily: "Where is Zhao Hai!" Where is Wuguan!! ”
"Tell the king, the Jing people should go up the Danshui and attack from the bamboo forest pass to Shangyi." The information transmitted by Qin Guofeixun is very limited, but all the important places on Wuguan Road are numbered, and Suhe Mountain is naturally among them. Shangyi came to the news, and Wuguan also came later, which showed that Wuguan was not lost, so Wei Yi deduced that the Chu army was going up the river from Danshui to Shangyi. From this, it can also be inferred that Danyang and Jingziguan were captured by the Chu army long ago.
"Danshui?" Zhao Zheng obviously knew where the Danshui was and where it was going, but he still found the map and looked at the Danshui on the map. "When can the Chu army arrive in Lantian?" His voice was a little chilly.
"Your Majesty, Shangyi is only four hundred miles away from Xianyang," if Zhao Zheng's voice was a little cold, then Wei Yi's voice was a little trembling, and he tried his best to control himself, trying not to show fear. "Although there is a pass, but the pass..., the pass is ......"
Wuguan Road to the north of the Qinling Mountains, this is not one road, but several roads. Now I am taking the road of Lantian - Blue Bridge, Blue Bridge - Yaoguan, Yaoguan - Shangluo. But to the north of this road, there is also a valley, which can also lead to Shangluo through the later Puhua Town-Laojun Gorge-Heilongkou Town.
This is the route taken by the Xijing Highway in modern times. The reason why we want to avoid the Lantian - Lanqiao - Yaoguan section is because the Lantian - Lanqiao section is really difficult to travel, and there is a lot of waterlogging, and the road is easy to break. Now this section is still a wooden plank road, chiseled the mountain wall, inserted chapter beams, and laid wooden planks, so that it can be passed. The age of the carriage was tolerable, but the age of the car could not be endured.
In addition to the above two roads, there is also a valley road to the south. During the reign of Emperor Jinglong of the Tang Dynasty, Cui Xiang, the assassin of Xiangzhou, saw that Chang'an City was heavily populated, and it was extremely difficult to transport grain from Sanmenxia of the Yellow River (of course, it was more likely to fool the imperial court to set up a project, and the project could only make money).
Sure enough, 'Zhongzong (Emperor) used the Emperor to open the Dachang Pass, with tens of thousands of servants and fifteen dead', and Cui Xiang was fully responsible for this project. After the opening of the road, in order to show his political achievements, Cui Xiang actually 'forbade the old road and could not pass', and the new road 'every time Xia Yan, the crushing and falling, the journey was hard, and the stiff servants were one after another', and finally the whole project was completely failed.
Cui Xiang can open a new road, naturally this road does have the conditions to open. Civilian use may not be possible, but military use for a short time is not impossible. In this way, there are at least three passages from Shangluo to Lantian, and even if the Qin army guards the pass, the Chu army can bypass it from the north and south valley roads.
The reason why Wei Yi, who knew the stakes, stammered was precisely because once Shangyi passed, there was no danger to defend within 400 miles. Only the mouth of the Lantian Valley, where Lantian is located, can block the Chu army, but this valley mouth is too big, and the Qin army has no danger at all.
"Wei Qing!" Zhao Zheng was stunned when he saw Wei Yi, and he was also a little flustered in his heart. A quarter of an hour ago, he was still thinking about recovering Nanyang and Nanjun, and the clan punished those national thieves, and now the situation has changed immediately, as long as the Chu army breaks through Lantian, it will come to Xianyang City.
"Minister, minister......" Wei Yi came to his senses, "The minister asks the king to go to Yongcheng for a while." Wei Yu persuaded. He saw Zhao Zheng's color change, and said: "Shangyi is only 400 miles away from Xianyang, and now the Danshui is rising sharply, and the Jing people can go to Shangluo City by boat in one day." Shangluo is only 300 miles away from Xianyang, and the Jing pawn is light and profitable, and the pawn is like a fluttering wind, and it can be reached in two days for 300 miles. ”
Wei Yu said as Zhao Zheng sat down. When he finished speaking, he was speechless in horror. According to Wei Yu's calculations, the time for the Chu army to rush from Shangyi to Xianyang was only three days. For a premeditated surprise attack, three days is not too long, it is too short.
"Widows, widows......" Zhao Zheng thought of something after a while, and after thinking about it, he hurriedly said: "Sergeant Guan has recruited 300,000 soldiers, and our army can still fight!" The widow wants to come to the battle in person to stop the people in Lantian! ”
Zhao Zheng said categorically, and Wei Yi was even more anxious: "The king can't do it!" Guanzhong is all old and weak, if our army is defeated in this battle......"
"That widow also has to defend Xianyang!" Zhao Zheng retreated to the next best. "Xianyang City is seven feet high and two feet high, this is a majestic city in the world, and King Jing guarded Chen City back then, but it was only four feet and eight feet."
"King!" Wei Yi looked at Zhao Zheng, who didn't want to admit defeat, and wanted to cry, "Xianyang is a Xiongcheng in the world, but all the warehouses are outside the city." There are 120,000 households in the city, more than 600,000 soldiers and civilians, and if the city is besieged, it will only take one month, and the city will be eaten by changing children. And the Jing people have the power of witchcraft, and the gourd plug can be broken, why can't Xianyang break it? The minister asked the king to take the name of Xia Miao to temporarily avoid Yongcheng, and then ordered Li Xin's army to rush to the aid of Guanzhong. ”
"The widow will never order Li Xinchi to help Guanzhong!" Zhao Zheng flicked his sleeves, he had lost the last restraint. "This Jing people's plan is also! This Jing King's plan is also!! Xiong Jing is about to gallop to the aid of Guanzhong with a large army, so that he can recover his hometown, how can the widow let him succeed?! How could it! ”
It was obviously a must-win game, but due to the loss of Jingzi Pass and Zhulin Pass, it faced the result of losing all the games. If the Qin State loses this battle, how can it destroy the Four Kingdoms and the whole day?
If Chu wins this battle, Hanzhong, Bashu, Qianzhong, and Wujun south of Shangluo, and Nanyang and Nanjun east of Shangluo will all be owned by Chu, and Chu will become the largest country in the world.
There is also the situation in the world. Once Xianyang is lost, the three kingdoms of Qi, Wei, and Zhao will inevitably swoop in order to compete for the counties of Great Qin in the east. The Korean people who have just conquered the Korean land will also seek to restore the country......
Everything that the Qin State has conquered by war for a hundred years will be lost because of this defeat. Zhao Zheng could not accept such an outcome, and he had to defend Xianyang and keep the territory that generations of monarchs had worked so hard to develop.
Thinking of this, although Wei Zheng was still admonishing, Zhao Zheng couldn't hear what he was talking about.
"The widow has made up his mind, and he must defend Lantian!" He seemed to have regained his courage, and his words were calm and composed.
"If our army is defeated...... Wei Yikou has already said it, but he still hasn't convinced Zhao Zhengxi Miao Yongcheng.
"The Qin army will be undefeated." Zhao Zheng was proud, "Jing people attacked me, but there were only tens of thousands, what is there to fear." ”
"Although there are tens of thousands of Jing people, they are all elite soldiers, and they have witch weapons." Wei Yu said. "The method of using soldiers, if you are less, you can escape, and if you are not, you can avoid it. The strength of the small enemy, the capture of the big enemy. The old and weak pawns in Guanzhong will be defeated by the Jing people. ”
"Quickly order Li Xin to send 200,000 troops and march day and night to save Xianyang." Zhao Zheng did not lose his mind, he did not pin his hope of guarding Lantian on those old and weak soldiers in Guanzhong. "No matter how urgent Zhao Hai is, fight to the last person, and stop the Jing people."
Dispatching troops has always been a matter for the Governor's Office, but Zhao Zheng is now dispatching troops to show his determination. Wei Yi sighed in his heart, and only said: "The king's mind has been decided, and the minister knows it." The minister planned Lantian tonight to reject the Jing people. ”
"Good!" Zhao Zheng squeezed out a smile on his face, what he wanted was Wei Yi to help him with all his might.
"Maybe it can make the boatman dominate the water." Physically and mentally exhausted, Wei Yu finally came up with an idea. "The Jing people came over the mountains, and when there is no boat division, our army's boat division can intercept the Jing people above the water."
Zhao Zheng was stunned when he heard this, and laughed: "The power of Jing Renzhou Master is unstoppable." Now I reject it with the boat master, with the spear of the son, and the shield of the attacker, good. Great goodness! This great goodness! ”
Zhao Zheng's laughter was extremely abrupt, he needed the support of victory too much, and the boat master had just become this dependence. If Bashui is not wide, then Weishui at this time is wide enough. The Qin army can patrol the water and Weishui to block the Chu army from building bridges; Second, it can be defended according to Bashui and Weishui, and once the Chu army crosses the river, it will attack each other halfway.
However, what he didn't know was that once the Chu artillery was placed along the banks of Bashui and Weishui, the dense artillery fire could not only break any boat, but also clear a safe area on the other side of the river. At this time, Weishui is indeed wide, but there are always narrow places, as long as the width of the water surface is less than 800 meters, the Chu army can erect pontoon bridges under the protection of artillery.
Although Wei Yu did not know the true power of artillery, he had a vague sense that the boatman might be useless. If the Great Sima Mansion of the Chu State had not taken into account the factor of the Boat Master, how could it launch such a swift offensive?
Genius one second to remember the address of this site:. Mobile version reading URL: m.