Chapter 542: Attack
An invisible hand of time quietly flipped the time to the autumn of 352 BC. Three years ago, this day was the day when Zhou Tianzi announced that he would be promoted to emperor and raise his eyebrows to meet the princes of the world. As a result, the envoy of the Enlightened Dynasty sent dung as a gift, which made Ji Bian angry, but it was hindered by the bad attack of the national ceremony, but fortunately, Bai Dong turned the dung used by the king of Shu to humiliate the Son of Heaven into a land, and since then Huaxia has become famous for waving the army in Bashu, and no one can blame anything, which frightened the messenger named Du Ming on the spot.
After such a fuss in Shu, Huaxia's war against Shu was put on the agenda, and there was no need to wait for Sima Cuo and Zhang Yi to decide after a verbal battle, just how to play? Shu is separated from Qin by Qin in the north, and separated from Bashan by Chu in the east, and Qin and Chu are connected to Bashu, so all the princes of the world looked at Xiong Liangfu, the king of Chu, and Yingquliang.
Xiong Liangfu acted very quickly this time, and without waiting for Yingquliang to speak, he took the initiative to ask Ying to sweep Bashu for Huaxia, what was the result? For this reason, the Chu army repaired the warship two years in advance, trained the sailors, and raised 50,000 sailors to go out along the Wujiang River, and the Shu army fought a big battle between Pingdu Fuling, this battle was fought for five days and five nights, but the result was that the Chu army was defeated, and the river was stained red by the corpses of the Chu people, and the king of Chu cried and came to Yingquliang to settle accounts, saying that the Shu army had a mysterious weapon, and a big wooden ball-like thing was thrown into the water, and it could immediately blow up a few zhang high waves. Okay, I'm angry for the Son of Heaven and expanding the territory for China, but you come to plot against me, what is the reason? Chu State and Qin State have been friends for generations, and your Qin State is like this?
"Heian Lang, you are indeed too dark. Nothing in the world is a secret. The 'thunderbolt medicine' that killed Deng Lingzi and subdued the wolf king in Xijiang is estimated to have been leaked. But how can you secretly give it to Shu? Those savages in Sichuan have nothing to do with our old Qin, and the Chu State is also an ally of the Qin State? ”
"Second brother, you don't have to deal with Xiong Liangfu's house, Bashu sits on a fertile plain, and there are natural dangers to defend on all sides, such a blessed land can only be taken by Lao Qin! Back then, I strongly advocated that the Son of Heaven should not invite the King of Shu to participate in the alliance, precisely to provoke this enlightened king. Sure enough, he couldn't bear it, and asked the messenger to insult Huaxia with dung, and I became a teacher. This Xiong Liangfu is good. He actually rushed ahead of Lao Qin to fight Bashu? Hehe, if Bashu is taken by the Chu State, will the Qin State still have a good life? But it's good that he went, the state of Chu was defeated, and he saw my old Qin's ability to take chestnuts from the fire? ”
"It turns out that you are planning to do so, and it is really a clever plan, that Xiong Liangfu is so happy, this time it is clear that he is going to compete with my old Qin for Bashu, and he deserves to suffer a big loss! In this way, you have a way to attack Shu? The last king of the Shu Kingdom, etc., the enlightened dynasty has been passed down for 12 generations. How do you know that this life is the end of the king? ”
"Well, Your Majesty is just guessing. However, judging by his words and deeds, the king of Shu acted so lightly, I am afraid that it is not much better, not to mention that the king has already been tempted by Bashu, I am afraid that it will be difficult for him not to be the last king? ”
Now thinking of the conversation with Ying Quliang, Bai Dong still wants to laugh, the second brother asked him for the formula of gunpowder several times, but he insisted on not giving it, this time the thing was too big, I am afraid that it will be difficult to push back, today's Qin State is no longer the weak old Qin at the beginning, and he is no longer the kid who came to the Warring States for the first time, and some good things don't have to be hidden anymore.
Sitting on the main hall of Xijun City, above his head is the 'unparalleled in the world' plaque given by the Son of Heaven himself, Bai Dong sits with a crown, but he does not hang beaded locks, and his behavior is also very casual, looking at the retainers in the hall, bursts of laughter; Nine-year-old Ying Si and fourteen-year-old Ji Ding also stood among the ministers, these two boys followed Bai Dong around the world, originally going to Liyang's Fengming Academy, but they refused to leave the teacher for anything, so they followed Bai Dong to the Western Regions Academy to practice, but three years have passed, and now they are all smart and wise young bachelors, Win Si needless to say, a nine-year-old child is more old than fourteen or fifteen-year-old boys and acts without losing the agility of the youth, although Ji Ding's qualifications are average, these three years have followed Bai Dong to study, His mental knowledge is not comparable to that of the past, and now he doesn't do limericks casually, and occasionally publishes one or two articles in the "Daqin Times", and even old editors and reporters like Zhao Jicaoer praise him for his spirituality.
"I went to Mrs. Tai last year, and it has been a year now, and the national funeral can be removed. Now that Chu has been defeated in attacking Shu, I am afraid that soon this attack on Shu will fall on Lao Qin's head, and the country will use troops, and our Western Regions Xinjiang should be an example, Meng Shuangcheng, Bai Wugeng, have our soldiers been full? "In the Warring States Period, the regulations of the Son of Heaven Sect were sixty into eight, the three divisions of Fang Bo, and the second division of the princes had long been observed; Under the impetus of Bai Dong, who wore ~ Yue, the current Qin State not only introduced Rong assimilation and increased soldiers, but also adhered to the decree proposed by Bai Dong in terms of ensuring the safety of childbirth and older marriage, and now it has begun to see results, and now the Wairong army has reached 100,000, and the total number of Qin troops has also exceeded 400,000. Xijun's number of soldiers is 50,000, this is an unprecedented thing, the white-haired old Ganlong is so anxious that he almost wants to die, and several Confucian masters of Fengming Academy also shook their heads, this regulation has caught up with the regulation of the Son of Heaven at the beginning of last week, and the Son of Heaven is only 14 divisions, at most 50,000 or 60,000 people, and now the strength of the Western Regions is no worse than that of Zhou Tianzi back then
"Your Majesty knows that the Western Monarch is loyal to the country, but he should also consider Xinjiang in the Western Regions; Old Qin has the power of Xijun, and now there are no less than 500,000 elite soldiers, if you add the Persian Gongzi Shaoguan and Pang Juan's army, then there are nearly 600,000 people, and it is enough to defend Wei and Han, so why bother with our Xijun City to send troops? According to the ministers, the Shu Road is difficult, and the rash attack may cause too many casualties, our Yongyi disciples are not used to sacrifice in vain, so even if the king comes up to transfer the army, the Xijun should also think of a way to dodge, Zhang Yu's 100,000 army is not transferred to Yongyi's hometown now? It is not far from Qinling, and it is best for him to raise troops to fight Bashu. ”
The concept of family and country in the pre-Qin era was 'first family and then country' rather than 'first country and then home', and the ancients two thousand years ago knew that national interests could not be overridden by collective and individual interests. Shi's heart, the first thing is to be loyal to the princes he serves, Bai Dong was named Xijun, Meng Shuangcheng and Bai Wugeng have been his retainers, and the retainers' loyalty to the head of the family is not an unsightly thing, so Meng Shuangcheng will not care at all when he says this, Ying Si is in the palace, and as for Wei Ying, who came to the Western Regions from Liyang, he will not put it in his eyes, what Meng Xi and Bai Sanjia hate is not Yingquliang, let alone Bai Dong, it is precisely this new Daliangzao who relied on the change of law to ascend to the throne.
"Brother Shuangcheng is right, there are many Rong people in the Western Regions, and now they may not all be sincerely attached to Lao Qin, we must maintain enough troops to succeed, and when it comes to attacking Shu, it is best for the Western Regions not to send troops and not participate in Daliangzao. This is Xijun's family matter, but it's none of your business? ”
Bai Wugeng supported Meng Shuangcheng, and when he saw Wei Ying shaking his head again and again, he was immediately a little displeased. This guy didn't stay in Liyang, but what did he do in the Western Regions? I heard that he assisted Xijun, and successively made a 'legal mutual assistance covenant' with Zhao and Qi, and since then the economy of the three countries has been integrated, and each other has benefited, which is a great contribution to the Qin State, and the credit of Xijun is too great, and the monarch has no seal, but I heard that he is going to set aside a fief for this good minister who changed the law. (To be continued......)