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Prime Minister Shangguan finally changed his sleek style of the past and mud, and mercilessly denounced the princes and nobles as the parasites of the Qi State and the root of the country's demise. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info unexpectedly asked the emperor to strengthen imperial power, alienate the scholars, and draw a line with it, obviously being completely forced to be in a hurry.

This overly radical movement played a very good role at this time - the fall of the Tiger Prison Pass obviously touched the bottom line of Emperor Xinghua, the monk emperor who ate fasting and recited Buddha, put on a dragon robe for the first time, held a golden mace to the palace, and roared at the ministers of the group of flies and dogs: "The land of the ancestors can not be given an inch, who dares to say that the land is ceded and the compensation is paid, and the old man beat his brains all over the place...... which completely quelled the capitulationist trend of the Qi State.

Under the hysteria of the emperor, the huge machine of Qi State, which was corroded and rusted by the smell of copper, finally staggered to start. Emperor Xinghua issued a national mobilization order, conscripting men over the age of 14 and under the age of 60 to enlist in the army, and strictly ordered that in addition to the defenders of Huguan and Gyeonggi, the 600,000 standing troops of the whole country, including the troops of Northern Xinjiang, should immediately march to Guandu after receiving the order.

It also ordered that a special wage be levied on the whole country, requiring every household to pay the tax for the next five years in advance. This order is interesting because it strictly commands that only food and supplies will be collected, and no gold, silver, and copper coins will be collected. This is because at the beginning of the war, the Qin State cut off the grain exports of the Qi State, which was tantamount to a catastrophe for the Qi State, which was full of tea trees and mulberry trees, and the grain planting area had shrunk by eighty or three, and the food supply was heavily dependent on imports.

Although there is surplus grain in the treasury and a pot of rice in the house, it will not be exhausted in a month, but there is really no way to produce grain and grass to cope with a large-scale war. Although the military tried its best to blockade it, the news still spread at the fastest speed, and immediately caused panic hoarding, and the price of one stone of rice jumped from 1,500 yuan to 7,800 yuan, and it increased sharply every day, and it was impossible to know when it would reach its peak.

Correspondingly, the money of Qi has depreciated sharply, and people have a lot of wealth in their hands, but they can't buy things at all...... What's more, the hard-earned gold and silver are not willing to be wasted like that. This led to a strange situation in the country of Qi - on the one hand, prices were soaring and seemed to be in high demand, but on the other hand, there was no market for prices, and there was almost no buying and selling.

This is also what makes Zhao Wuji angry, he has repeatedly ordered each military warehouse to reserve a year's stock, thinking that he can sit back and relax. However, those profit-hungry quartermasters diverted the money from the purchase of grain to musk deer breeding, earning high profits, so as to enrich their own pockets. Less than 30 percent of the rations were purchased to cover people's eyes, and the rest were fooled with bags of sand and sawdust. actually fooled the peak inspection again and again, if there is no greasy inside, I really don't believe it.

When the war began, and it was necessary to mobilize military rations on a large scale, these dirty tricks suddenly took shape. Now I can't buy it with money, you say...... How can this battle be fought?!

Zhao Wuyi deeply hated that he was old and frail, and he had been sick in bed for many years, and he couldn't personally inspect like he did in the past, otherwise how could he let those shameless villains deceive and deceive their superiors and subordinates, and do nonsense? In addition to killing countless people in a fit of rage, he couldn't understand why his subordinates, who were so loyal and honest, could become so greedy and bold?

It's not that he doesn't understand, it's that the world is changing too fast. When the whole society is caught in a crazy money worship craze, and the myths of getting rich appear around one by one, it will make everyone hot and eager to try, and they can't wait to become one of them. In such an impetuous background, it is not surprising that people do such absurd things.

As a result, the army's armament is lax and its training is lax; Officers and soldiers are greedy for money and forget their righteousness, greedy for life and afraid of death, the country has no available generals, the army has no soldiers to fight, and its strength is far inferior to that of eight years ago and after the war.

Qin Lei used 200 million taels of silver to turn Qi and Chu into patients with false fire and insanity, although the cost was too expensive, but the effect was really good.

The days passed, and in the blink of an eye, it was June. There was still no movement on the Tiger Prison Pass, and the Qin army did not even send a single soldier out of the Pass, as if it was really satisfied.

After the initial panic, the state of Qi finally became regular, and troops from all over the country gradually rushed over from all directions and gathered at the Guandu military camp located east of the Tiger Prison and south of the Yellow River.

The reason why Zhao Wuji chose this place was not to divide his troops to guard both sides of the Yellow River. It's really a helpless move...... With the current state of the Qi army, he did not dare to divide his troops at all, nor did he dare to take the initiative to attack, lest he be broken by the Qin army. Therefore, we can only concentrate troops, hold key passes, focus on fortification, strengthen drills, and strike at the rear.

Judging the situation, this kind of deployment is appropriate. First of all, the Qin army was strong and the Qi army was weak, and there were many places to cross the Yellow River for thousands of miles. Not only was it difficult to stop the Qin army from moving north, but it also made his already disadvantaged forces even more dispersed.

Secondly, Guandu is located in the upper reaches of the chasm, on the verge of Bianshui. If the Qin army crosses the river, the Qi army can take advantage of the situation to advance westward, attack the Tiger Pass, cut off the grain route and back road of the Qin army in the north; If the Qin army wants to advance eastward, this is the battleground that stands in front of it. In addition, Guandu is close to Xuchang, an important minister in Henan of Qi State, and logistics supply is also more convenient.

Therefore, Baisheng Gong, who was in the tiger and the hero, chose to camp here to resist the attack of the Qin army.

But the continuous rainy weather in June was the most cruel torture for an old man who was riddled with all kinds of diseases, and coupled with all kinds of bad news, Yum Gong, who was 80 years old two months later, was in a hurry, and his sick body became more and more weak, and he even needed someone to help him stand.

At first, he could still support the inspection of the troops' drills, but in mid-June, he finally couldn't go to the ground, so he could only let the last general, Wu Zhilong, come to the Chinese military tent to make a detailed report after inspecting the camp on his behalf.

It rained from morning to night, the camp was muddy, and the training had to be interrupted. The rain did not stop until the time of the lantern, and Wu Zhilong, who had been wandering around in the barracks for a day, finally came to his teacher.

Taking off his cowhide water boots and handing the sharkskin raincoat to the chief of the guard, Wu Zhilong walked lightly into the inner tent, ready to report the situation to the marshal briefly, and then went back to sleep.

But the bedridden old man asked questions in detail, such as: 'What did the soldiers say today?' 'How high is the water in the camp?' Even questions such as 'how much grain has been flooded' have to be asked, which makes Wu Zhilong, who was already upset, even more impatient.

Seeing the old man's longing gaze, he had no choice but to press his temper and answer his teacher's questions one by one.

After listening to him describe the situation in the barracks, the old man closed his eyes tiredly, and said in a low and hoarse voice: "The recovery of combat strength is too slow. ”

"Grace teacher," Wu Zhilong said softly: "It rains constantly on a cloudy day, and the drill is intermittent, and the training progress is slower. ”

"Hey, it's not time for me." Zhao Wuyi sighed and said: "The reason why the Qin State didn't do it was because in order to ensure the suddenness of the attack on the Tiger Pass, they did not mobilize in advance, and the materials and people were all close to the transfer, so they could not support this kind of cross-border operation. ”

"Now that two months have passed, presumably the Qin State has completed its mobilization." Wu Zhilong said with some loss: "According to their pre-war level, they should have gathered at least 600,000 troops and 300,000 people by now, which is enough for half a year's worth of food and grass to fight...... Maybe King Wucheng is also waiting for the rainy season to pass. ”

"yes." Zhao Wuji nodded slowly, suddenly glanced at him and said, "When did you respect Qin Yutian so much?" ”

Wu Zhilong's face changed, his throat shook a few times, and he said with a dry smile: "I'm not afraid of the teacher's jokes, the more I fight with Qin Lei, the more I understand him, the more the students are in awe of him, so I can't help but use the honorific title." ”

"Huh...... I see. Zhao Wuyi was relieved at first, and then said lonely: "Even you, the general who protects the country, are so afraid of him, is it still possible to win this battle?" ”

Wu Zhilong's face was even more discouraged, and he wanted to comfort his teacher a few words, but he didn't know how to persuade him when he opened his mouth. As the number two in the military, he knows too well the current situation in the two countries. It is no exaggeration to say that the comparison of the military strength of the two countries is like the body of their respective commanders...... The state of Qin was in the prime of life, and it was the strongest moment in his life; And Qi Guo is like this old man, riddled with diseases and vulnerable.

Both of them knew it in their hearts, but they also knew that this battle had to be fought - nine deaths and one life, and no ten deaths and no life, although the end was not very good, but the light of the two was compared, so it was better to fight with enough strength.

"We have no choice." Zhao Wuyi's eyes never opened, and after a violent cough, his eyes were still closed, as if he didn't want to face this hopeless reality, as if he was talking to himself: "Thinking about the Jin Ge Iron Horse back then, scolding Fang Xuan, and smiling at the heroes of the world." But I don't know the dance pavilion, but I can look back, and the wind is always blown away by the rain and wind. ”