This year's Guanzhong is destined to usher in a bloody winter. [Literature]

Following Bai Mo's thunderous dismissal of Lu Tai's military power, and Zhou Guanfu's beheading of Lu Juan, as soon as he returned to Xianyang, he joined forces with Chen Ping to launch a large-scale power reshuffle, and the old ministers who were loyal to Liu Bang but relied on their qualifications were purged, and at the same time, young Junyan led by Zhou Guanfu's brothers and uncle's grandson brothers ascended to the center of power.

Through a large-scale power shuffle, Bai Mo's power has been unprecedentedly consolidated.

With winter and spring coming and things recovering, it's time to set the tone for the year's plans.

At this heavenly court meeting, Bai Mo came out of the class and said: "King, last year's war, although the Chu State was hit hard, but did not move the country, but my Han State has already hurt the country, once the Chu State launched a large army to attack again, it is really difficult to resist, and the minister thinks that the top priority should be to connect Henghan, Zhao, Qi and other countries to resist the strong Chu. ”

In the first battle of Shuishui last year, although the Chu army suffered heavy casualties, the Han army was almost wiped out!

Except for Lu Tai and Zhou Guanfu who returned to Guanzhong with 50,000 cavalry, the remaining 500,000 troops only fled back to less than 50,000 people, and the rest were either killed in battle, captured, or escaped into the mountains and disappeared.

Before the war, Guanzhong plus Sanchuan County had about more than 4 million people, more than 100,000 strong men, and now they have lost 500,000 troops, and more than half of the strong men in the country have lost more than half, and the source of troops is almost exhausted.

The so-called Lianheng against Chu is to unite the four kingdoms of Han, Han, Zhao, and Qi from west to east horizontally to fight against the powerful Chu State in the south, just like when the pre-Qin Warring States period, Yan, Zhao, Wei, Han, Qi, and Chu joined forces vertically to fight against the powerful Qin State in the west.

Bai Mo's voice fell, and Lu Tai retorted: "Han King Han Xin is capricious, and Zhao King Zhang Ao is cowardly and incompetent. Expecting them to fight Qiang Chu together is nothing more than a pipe dream. After saying this, Lu Tai said to Liu Heng again, "The minister thought that he should abandon the Jiuyuan and shrink his forces to guard the Great Wall." Otherwise, it is not enough to protect oneself. ”

Although Lu Tai has now been hollowed out, many people agree with his views.

Rather than stationing 100,000 troops in Jiuyuan to resist the threat of the Xiongnu, it is better to shrink the force to the inner Great Wall, so that only a small number of troops can resist the attack of the Xiongnu, and the extra troops can be used to strengthen the defense of Hanzhong, Sanchuan and Tongguan. [Literature]

Bai Mo no longer paid attention to Lu Tai. turned to ask Liu Heng directly: "Please judge the king." ”

Liu Heng said without hesitation: "The widow believes in the father, and the father will do whatever the widow says." ”

Bai Mo shook his head with a wry smile, and then said earnestly: "King, Jiuyuan cannot afford to lose, once Jiuyuan is lost, our army will lose the largest source of military horses, and more seriously, the Xiongnu cross the river from the west of the Hetao." can directly threaten Hexi, at that time, Hutu, Hun Evil, and Yue's tribes may turn to the Xiongnu one after another, and our Han Kingdom will be attacked on all sides! ”

Lu Tai changed color in horror when he heard this, he really didn't think about the chain reaction that would be triggered by abandoning Jiuyuan.

However, Lu Tai knew better that Bai Mo was not alarmist, the loss of Hetao, the Han army lost the largest source of military horses, and the Han cavalry would become weaker and weaker in the future, while the Xiongnu could unscrupulously oppress the Xiu Tu, Hun evil and Yueshi tribes in Hexi. Under the constant oppression of the Xiongnu, the Hexi tribes would one day defect to the Xiongnu.

When that day really comes, Guanzhong will be attacked on all sides, and the situation will be tricky.

Liu Heng hurriedly said: "What Father Xiang said is extremely true, but I don't know who to send to envoy Han, Zhao, and Qi? ”

Bai Mo bowed his head lightly, and said: "King, this time Lian Heng is very important, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is only allowed to succeed and not to fail, so the minister decided to go in person." ”…,##########

Half a month later. Anyi Han Palace.

Han Xin, the king of Han, looked uncertain, and asked Zhao Jidao: "Military advisor, what do you think?" ”

Just half an hour ago, Han Xin, the king of Han, had just met with Bai Mo, the prime minister of the Han State, and Han Xin, the king of Han, did not immediately agree to Bai Mo's proposal to fight against Chu.

Because according to Bai Mo's proposal, countries are not just about forming alliances.

Once it joins the alliance, South Korea has to accept the leadership of the alliance host Han State, and when the Chu State launches an attack on a country in the alliance, the entire Korean army has to accept the dispatch of the Han State, and this is not as simple as talking or drawing a bet on paper, Han King Han Xin has to hand over half of the military talismans, which is not a joke.

Zhao Ji said: "King, now that the matter is over, do we have any other choice?" ”

Han Wang Han Xin was silent when he heard this, last year Chu fought on two fronts, the eastern front against Qi State, and the Western Front against Han State, but in the end he won both battles, although in the end the Chu army suffered heavy casualties because of the plague, but it did not hurt the country, it is no exaggeration to say that the national strength of Chu has been far superior to the rest of the countries, if you fight alone, no country is the opponent of Chu.

Therefore, all countries must unite, and it cannot be the unrestrained alliance of the past, all countries must really form an alliance, just like Bai Mo proposed, once a certain country is in danger, each ** team must be placed under a unified command, only in this way can it be possible to block the advance of Chu State.

Zhao Ji sighed and said: "If we don't unite, sooner or later, all countries will be wiped out by the Chu State one by one. ”

"That's fine." Han Xin, the king of Han, finally made up his mind and said, "Then participate in the Lianheng Alliance." ”

Zhao thought about it, and suddenly said: "King, the minister has another proposal, why not appoint Bai Mo as the prime minister of Han?" ”

"What do you say, appointing Bai Mo as the prime minister of Korea?" Han Xin, the king of Han, was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then fell into deep thought, thinking about it carefully, it is not unacceptable to appoint Bai Mo as prime minister, first, he can express his determination to join the alliance, and second, he can also use Bai Mo's talents to implement law changes in South Korea and make South Korea strong.

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As a traverser, Xiang Zhuang has never been a diligent person, political affairs are mostly handed over to Ling Yin Xiang him, and the military is mostly entrusted to the general Bi Shu, he can hide and hide, not to mention compared with workaholics like Ming Taizu and Emperor Yang of Sui in history, even compared with the perfect old man of the pseudo-Qing Dynasty, I am afraid that it is also quite inferior to the diligent government.

However, in the past few months, Xiang Zhuang has been getting up early every day and being greedy for darkness, and he has been reviewing the chapters until he is soft.

What is the farming matter of Dang County, what is the dispute between the national examiners of Surabaya County and Donghai County, what is the migration of population in Nanyang County, what is the purchase of grain in Bashu, etc., etc., there is no trivial matter, which makes Xiang Zhuang dizzy, but he has to cheer up his spirit to deal with it carefully, there is no way, at present, Chu State is in a critical period, and he can't be careless.

On this night, Xiang Zhuang once again convened Ling Yin Xianghe and General Bi Shu to discuss military and political affairs.

Xiang He held the population yellow book and said to Xiang Zhuang: "King, the latest population figures have been counted, the seventeen counties under the rule of Dachu have more than 3.6 million households and more than 9.7 million mouths, but there are less than two million adult males, especially in Chen, Dang and other counties that were included in Dachu last year, many of them have only orphans and widows, and their lives are very embarrassing. ”

Xiang Zhuang was silent when he heard this, the original population of Chu was about eight million, and the extra population of nearly two million was naturally the population that originally belonged to Liang and Huainan, but the counties of Liang had been war-torn for a long time, and the counties of Huainan were almost harmed by Yingbu, so although the population of Chu had increased a lot, Zhuangding had hardly increased.

Xiang Zhuang asked, "How long will it take for this situation to improve?" ”

The population structure of the counties of Liangdi and Huainan is seriously unbalanced, which means that for a long time, these counties will become a burden to the Chu State, and the Chu State not only cannot levy a grain from these counties and get a soldier, but also has to transport grain to the past to receive help, and has to send government soldiers from Jiangdong, Jingxiang, and Bashu counties to garrison. ..., Xiang said: "I am afraid that it will be difficult to improve in three or five years, and it may change in ten years." ”

"Ten years?!" Xiang Zhuang frowned, and said in a deep voice, "Ten years is too long, too long!" ”

Xiang He smiled bitterly and said: "Great King, if Liangdi and Huainan can improve within ten years, it will already be good." ”

In Xiang's view, ten years is really a very optimistic estimate, when the rich Bashu and Jingxiang were annexed before, it took three years to successfully make the six counties of Bashu and Jingxiang really come under the rule of Chu, while the counties of Liangdi and Huainan are much more dilapidated than the six counties of Bashu and Jingxiang.

Xiang Zhuang waved his hand and said, "At most three years, Liangdi and Huainan must be on the right track." ”

Xiang Zhuang is just in his early forties this year, and he will only be fifty years old in another ten years, which can be described as the peak of the Spring and Autumn Period, the reason why he is not willing to wait another ten years is because the Huns have taken away a large number of craftsmen from Yan, Zhao and Handi, especially the tens of thousands of blacksmiths, which makes Xiang Zhuang's heart full of vigilance.

Therefore, Xiang Zhuang must let Liangdi and Huainan get on the right track within three years, and then wave the Northern Expedition within two years, destroy Qi, Zhao, and Yan, and then concentrate all their efforts to deal with the Xiongnu in the north, although the Xiongnu took away a large number of craftsmen from the Central Plains, but within five years, the situation should still be controllable, and the Xiongnu are strong and not strong.

Therefore, Xiang Zhuang can only give three years at most to digest and absorb Liangdi and Huainan.

"What, three years?!" Xiang He lost his voice and said, "How is this possible? It's completely impossible! ”

"If it is according to conventional means, if you want to put Liangdi and Huainan on the right track within three years, of course it is impossible, but what if you use extraordinary means?" Xiang Zhuang subconsciously tapped his fingers on the table, and said thoughtfully, "For example, ......"

Before the words fell, Qu Bucai suddenly hurried in, bowed down and said: "King, there is a flying pigeon in Anyi!" ”

After that, Qu Bucai handed a volume of secret letters to Xiang Zhuang, Xiang Zhuang unfolded the small paper scroll and hurriedly read it, and suddenly his face sank, and the hearts of Xiang He and Bi Shu next to him also sank, and something happened again! (Your support is my biggest motivation.) )