After listening carefully to Gongsun Marting's explanation, the knots in his heart slowly unraveled, but after hearing the last paragraph of Gongsun Marting: "If you don't grasp the general trend, you can't take advantage of the trend, this is the defeat of King Wei", his heart was like a hammer. om He trembled, and asked himself in his heart: When did the widow start to question Zuo Shuchang? Got a knot? The widow has unconditional trust in the head of the left, could it be that the widow has changed? After the Qin State became strong, under the praise of everyone, the widow coveted the joy of victory and the tide of praise that followed the joy? Therefore, after receiving the battle reports from the generals and knowing the unwillingness of the generals, under the string of the ministers, the idea that the Battle of Shaoliang could achieve a greater victory was born, and only then did he question the chief of Zuo? Right. The knot of the widow's heart is here! The widow and the King of Wei are the same, they only see local small profits, but they can't see the general trend clearly! The general trend of the Qin state, as Zuo Shuchang judged: when Wei fell into the siege of Handan, seize the opportunity to expand the strength of the Qin army to 200,000. As long as you have the strength, you can take advantage of the fact that Wei is in Handan, no matter whether he wins or loses, his strength will be greatly damaged, and he can wave an army of 200,000 to recover Hexi.

As soon as he thought of recovering Hexi, Qin Gong figured out the time. It took two years to expand from 50,000 to 200,000 soldiers. And Wei's attack on Handan, it will take at least two years to have a result, plus the battle damage, the Wei army in the battle of Handan, no matter whether it wins or loses, will lose more than 50,000 troops. If he attacked Wei and Hexi at the end of the Battle of Handan, it would be the best time. The main force of the Wei army in Handan was already a tired army, and it was unable to run two thousand miles to Hexi to fight the Qin army; The Erxi River Army was only 100,000, and the Hedong garrison would not exceed 150,000 to fight fiercely with the Qin army in Hexi; Third, the Qin army is the attacker, can concentrate the army, one city by one to attack more and less onslaught, and the Wei army is the defender, 150,000 troops to defend the nine important towns in Hexi, each town is only 16,000 people, at that time, the Qin army is to use ten times the army to attack a city, ten days a city, that is, ninety days.

At the thought that in two years, it would only take ninety days to recover the ancestral industry of Hexi, Qin Gong became excited, his breath was short, his eyes were shining, his Adam's apple was rolling, his face was full of red light, his sword eyebrows were flying, and his lips were shaking. When Gongsun Ying saw it, he thought that after listening to his words, Gong Qin was silent for a long time, because he was very stimulated by his own words, so he gave up his hand and persuaded: "Lord! 、、、、、、”

Who knew that Qin Gong was overexcited and excited. As soon as Gong Qin was about to pour out his plans and beautiful ideas to Gongsun Marting, he heard Gongsun Martingale shout "Lord Gong". His irrepressible excitement, how to allow Zuo Shu to open his mouth, waved his hand, stopped Gongsun Ying's words, and talked endlessly about his plans and visions.

Gongsun Ying then understood that the lord thought of him again. So, I listened very carefully to what the lord said. When Gong Qin finished speaking, he looked at Gongsun Martingale with a look of hope, hoping to get Gongsun Martingale's praise and affirmation. Gongsun Ying smiled slightly: "Lord! It's a good idea. The minister only thought of the general trend, and when he was about to take advantage of the situation to plan, he knew that the lord had already planned the most critical basic framework. In order to improve the specific policy within the framework of the lord, there are a few things that are not clear, please ask the lord to teach the minister! ”

As soon as Qin Gong heard this, his plan was praised by Zuo Shuchang, which was more wonderful than hearing the sound of heaven, more satisfying than eating delicacies from the mountains and seas, and even more joyful than being with Han Nu*, so he smiled and said, "Why should Mr. be so polite!" It's been seven years since we waited for the monarch and the minister to meet each other frankly! Seven years ago, you were a widow's five-man doctor, and seven years later, until the widow closes his eyes, you are a widow's five-man doctor! So sir, just ask! The friendship between you and me is a teacher-student friendship and a gentleman's friendship. ”

As soon as Gongsun Ying heard this, Qin Gong even shouted out the title of "Sir" when he first recognized himself, and knew that Qin Gong had untied the knot in his heart, and the relationship between the two was restored as before, so he was grateful and moved in his heart, but his appearance unceremoniously began to ask: "Thank you Lord Gong for your trust!" Then the minister asked directly! First: Where will the army come from if the army will be expanded by 150,000 in two years? ”

Duke Qin replied like a stream: "The army comes from the nobles, the heads of Qian, and the immigrants from the reclamation. The nobility could expand the army by 50,000 in just three months, and it could be conscripted according to the wartime system established by the ancestors. There are one million households in Qianshou today, and one strong man from ten households is 100,000, but considering that they are all new households with separate households, only strong men between the ages of 16 and 20 are drawn, and 60,000 is enough. The remaining 40,000 were drawn from the 60,000 garrisons in the reclamation area, and after being transferred, they were replenished from the reclamation people. What does the gentleman think? ”

Gongsun Ying smiled with satisfaction: "Good." But my lord, after the 150,000 strong men between the ages of 16 and 20 are withdrawn, the farming will be lost due to the lack of manpower, how can this be solved? ”

Qin Gong was stunned. He really didn't think about this problem, so he asked frankly: "Please teach the widow!" When the widow thought of how to expand the army to 200,000, he really didn't think about the damage to farming. ”

Gongsun Ying was moved and arched his hand: "The lord is so honest, it is a great blessing for the minister!" Qin's great blessing also! The recovery of Hexi, the Son of Heaven to his uncle, is just around the corner. Lord, you are not modest! This is the minister's sincere words, and it is also the reason why the minister follows the lord. The defeat of the king of Wei to Qin was due to the dishonesty of the king of Wei and the opposition of his ministers. Wei Ang was not a minister, and he also attacked Qin Ce to the King of Wei many times, but he was abandoned by the King of Wei, so he had the move of besieging Zhao Handan and letting Qin sit on the throne against the general trend! ”

After Qin Gong heard this, his heart was shocked! Heaven is really bless the Qin State, if King Wei Wen is in Wei, will the widow have this opportunity? Taking Wei as a mirror will be the premise for the widow to realize his uncle. Thinking of this, Qin Gong said sternly: "Sir! The widow solemnly reminds Mr. today, please remind the widow anytime and anywhere, and you must learn from King Wei! If the widow wants to recover his ancestral business, the son of heaven to his uncle, and become the second Mu Gong of Qin, it must be so. Please sir, promise the widow! After speaking, he stood up very respectfully and bowed more than 90 degrees to Gongsun Martingale to meet the teacher!

Seeing that Qin Gong was so cautious and respectful, Gongsun Ying hurriedly left the table, drove to Qin Gong's seat, picked up Qin Gong, who was saluting, and returned in a choked voice: "The lord treats his ministers like a teacher!" Treat the lord as a confidant. The ministers will work hard, take care of the lord's heart and soul, and do not hesitate to smear the liver and brain for the great cause of the lord. As he spoke, he was about to pay a courtesy to the minister, but he was stopped by the Duke of Qin.

The Duke of Qin personally held the robe of Gongsun Ying and sent it to the banquet before returning to his own banquet. After the banquet, Qin Gong sincerely asked: "Sir! The ceremony is waived. Or do you ask the gentleman to teach the widow how to make up for farming? ”