Chapter 430: Preparations to Make (I)
In fact, if you don't look at the equipment and don't calculate the pressure that logistics can withstand, in addition to Wei and Han, Qi and Zhao can gather the number of millions of troops, and if Chu really comes to the point of life and death, it will definitely not be difficult to raise five or six hundred thousand young people.
Even in the case of Wei and Korea, after the territories of the two countries were increased by seven and four counties respectively, it was not impossible for Wei to organize 100,000 people, although it was difficult, and it would not be a problem for South Korea to organize 60,000 people. Because of the material support of Lu Zhe, the number of troops in Wei is now 60,000, and that in South Korea is 30,000.
There is such an accurate number of the armies of Wei and Han because the officers who helped the two countries train their armies were basically generals sent by Lu Zhe, including Li Liang.
War potential or something is usually a number on paper, and many times it is just looking at Le Yile by yourself, and the real war potential on paper is not something that can be completed with a single mouth, but also depends on how much ability the administrative team has, and whether the pre-stockpiled ordnance and grain are sufficient.
Zhao had good war potential, and after the turtle retreated back to Handan and Julu (most of them), the Zhao court vigorously recruited troops and expanded the size of the army to 400,000.
It is not the credit of Zhao State's administrative team to expand to 400,000 in a short period of time, mainly because the number of people who have withdrawn to Handan in each county is too large, even if the officials are not capable enough to catch a strong man on the street, it will not cost anything, but the personnel have expanded, how to make these people have combat effectiveness and other things, then whether Zhao Guo has capable people or not.
According to Lu Zhe's prediction, Wang Ben's division did not have the strength to fight again in a short period of time, and because the news of his marriage with Zhao was exposed, Xu Yan would never launch an offensive against Zhao again in a short period of time.
The Central Plains Army is going to launch an attack against Zhao again, when will Wang Ben's partial division be able to regain its ability to fight again, whether Lu Zhe will send troops to the north, and whether there will be any orders on the Xianyang side, there are too many factors that will affect Xu Yan's choice.
Still. It can be confirmed that Xu Yan will not attack the counties defended by Zhao Guo's troops, which does not mean that he will not try to take over the territory that Zhao Guo ceded.
The Central Plains Army lacks supplies, if Xu Yan is sober-headed, he will definitely send troops to those counties that were ceded by Zhao State, whether it is promised to win over, coercion or temptation, as long as he can get supplies, Xu Yan will do it, after all, what the Central Plains Army lacks now is logistics supplies, not soldiers.
Under the premise of giving up the territory that was destined to be unkept, Zhao Guo got a chance to breathe, and Lu Zhe's goal of protecting Zhao was completed.
Lü Zhe's idea was only to keep the Zhao State from its destruction. There was no idea of helping Zhao Guo become strong at all, and at the same time, Jian yì Zhao Guo also wanted to pull Yan Guo and Qi Guo who stayed by the side to watch the play.
In the future general trend of the world, the threat of Yan to either side is not too big, after all, Yan is located in a remote area, Daizhou, Liaodong is vast and sparsely populated, and a large area of Yan is a legendary bitter cold land, even if you want to develop rapidly, you can't grow anywhere, but Qi is not.
The State of Qi regained its old land and snatched part of the giant deer from the State of Zhao. It also bit off most of the territory of Guangyang County on the edge of the Yishui of Yan Kingdom.
In Qin's battle to unify the world, Qi was the only Warring States that surrendered without a fight, and the territory of this country was not eroded by the war. The state of Qi restored its territory and increased its territory, and the territory that was not destroyed by the war was fully productive. In addition, the head of Qianqian did not completely lose support for the royal family, and all kinds of reasons added up to the fastest development after the restoration of the Qi State, and there was no one.
To put it simply, Lu Zhe thinks that the Qin State is no more. Zhao State, Chu State, and Yan State are all good, if the development momentum of Qi State is really allowed to develop steadily, no matter who wants to dominate the world again in the future, it will be inseparable from a dragon and tiger fight with Qi State. And if it is not good, if the Qi State really has the ambition to replace the Qin State and dominate the world, it will develop steadily, maybe the world will fall into the hands of the Qi State in the future.
If the Qi King Tian Dan showed a big belly to help the countries, he would definitely be able to become the leading brother of the countries, and finally counterattack the Qin State with the Qi State as the leader of the alliance, restore the world situation of the Warring States, or attack the Qin State.
If it is really the Qi State that knows how to win over the countries to destroy the Qin State, and the Qin State will soon have a strong country to compete with the Qi State as soon as the world is destroyed, in the face of the countries that have been greatly injured in the war, does the Qi State really have no chance to dominate the world?
What made Lu Zhe feel a little comforted was that the Qi State was not so smart after all, and he showed the greed that the countries should have, and immediately stretched out his claws after seeing that the Chu State was weak, and finally the Qi State took the wrong path and buried a cracked crack among the nations.
The country of Qi is strong and greedy, and the nations will inevitably avoid it, so Lu Zhe's opportunity will come, and he can show his friendship with the nations, so that the countries will recognize that he is alive, and at the same time, it can be regarded as laying the wedge that the nations can no longer break away from him.
Of course, Lu Zhe is not naïve enough to win over the absurd idea of winning over the countries and eventually becoming the leading big brother of the nations, he just doesn't want to see the nations form a united camp, after all, once the nations are united and unlucky, it will not only be the Qin State, but he, the guy who suddenly appeared, will definitely be ostracized.
The State of Zhao was broken, the State of Yan was congenitally insufficient, the State of Qi took a bad move, the two countries of Wei and Han were not worried, and the object of Lu Zhe's attention was also replaced by the still strong State of Qin, as well as the half-crippled State of Chu, and of course the Baiyue in the south.
For the Qin State, Lu Zhe's strategy remains the same, it is still if he is close to the order, and he will often stumble, but he will definitely not do anything that makes the Qin State unable to resist.
The strategy of the Chu State itself is not simple, especially after agreeing to the marriage of the Chu State, things are more complicated, of course Lu Zhe will not be close to the Chu State because of the marriage, but in a short period of time, because he has to target Baiyue, he will definitely not be able to send a large army to destroy the country.
The reason why Lu Zhehui married with the Chu State is relatively simple, in addition to not letting the Chu State fight to the death, the imminent threat of Baiyue is one of the biggest reasons, and the other is that the rash destruction of the Chu State will also frighten the nations.
Before Baiyue's threat was reduced to negligible, Lu Zhe's strategy against Chu changed to boiling frogs in warm water, not only not to send an army to stimulate Chu State, but also to let Chu Guoan lick his wounds steadily.
Because marriage can't be targeted? Who prescribed this! In history, whether it is the Spring and Autumn Period or the Warring States, there are many things that marry each other and fight to the death, the marriage between monarchs one moment, and the next moment the country of marriage sends troops to destroy the country of in-laws, this kind of thing has happened more than once in history.
The reason why the marriage is in many cases is the act of the monarchs of various countries to preserve the royal incense, it is not naïve to think that the marriage can guarantee that there will be no more wars, that is, the marriage of the bear heart of the Chu State is to ensure that the incense of the Xiong family can be continued, and some people in the court of the Chu State also feel that there are in-laws who can leave a way back for themselves, that's all.
In fact, the Zhao State, which has already confirmed the marriage, and the Qin State, which has spread through the grapevine that intends to marry the princess, will have such an idea, and in some respects also recognizes Lu Zhe's existence, and may not be willing to admit it, but he thinks that Lu Zhe's rise has been unstoppable, so he will act like that.
He knew the impact of the marriage and the intentions of various countries, but Lu Zhe was in the stage of half-knowing speculation, and others might have seen it or knew nothing.
Kuaitong urged Lu Zhe to marry Zhao Wan as soon as possible, of course, Kuaitong did not urge because he heard that the Qin royal family was going to marry the princess, but out of cooperation with Lu Zhe to release goodwill to the Qin State.
Married to Zhao Gao's daughter Zhao Wan? Lu Zhe did not have any resistance to this, he also thought clearly, for the stability of the rule, and for the descendants of his subordinates to have an object that can continue their loyalty, it is time to give birth to a son-in-law.
Within three days, Lu Zhe will personally lead the troops to the south to fight, so the whole marriage will inevitably be urgent.
It was in a hurry rather than in a hurry, after all, Lu Zhe's subordinates had already urged several times earlier, so there was no reason not to prepare in advance. It's just that Lu Zhe, as a prince, should send someone to invite people to watch the ceremony according to reason or etiquette, whether it is a friendly force or a hostile force, but it is obviously too late to get married within three days, so it will be said to be in a hurry.
The marriage procedures of the princes of Zhouli are very complicated, and the first is the six rites, namely Nacai, asking for names, Naji, Nazheng, inviting and greeting. Then there is the main wedding, which includes the etiquette of personal welcome, women's ceremony, union and restlessness. There are also ceremonies such as women meeting their aunts, aunts and aunts, and women giving to their aunts.
Zhao Wan came to Nanling early with the dowry, and the six ceremonies could not be carried out at all, and unless the wedding ceremony was postponed to invite Zhao Gao's clansmen, there would be no relatives of the woman if she wanted to do it.
In view of the fact that the Zhao family does not care so much about the grandeur of the wedding, Kuai Tong and others will urge again and again, anyway, the woman does not mind, and in the future, Lu Zhe's mansion will add the royal nobles of Zhao and Chu, so that Zhao Wan's identity is not so noble. Then Zhao Wan is qualified as one of the main wives, and the boy born will also be a son-in-law, as long as Zhao Wan's child will be the main branch of the lineage, even if the wedding is hasty and not grand enough, it is definitely not contemptible.
It is precisely because of many factors that although Zhao Wan had regrets when she learned that the wedding ceremony was hasty and incomplete, she did not resent or resist it.
Lu Zhe is not lacking in thoughtfulness at some times, in order to make up for Zhao Wan's regrets, although the etiquette at the wedding is vacant, but he uses the way of the five counties to increase the liveliness of the wedding, and at the same time sends gifts to the people, he also increases the corresponding benefits for the army. (To be continued......)