Chapter 37: The Dead Thousands of Miles (5)
It was the Qin army under the leadership of Wang Jian who came.
Under the leadership of Wang Qian, the Qin army penetrated deep into the state of Chu, first destroying the city of Chen, and then the land of Shouchun and Huaishui.
After this destruction, Qin Yiren's goal of punishing the Chu State has been achieved, and the Huaishui where the Chu State is located has been destroyed, which is an extremely heavy blow to the Chu State and will greatly hurt the vitality of the Chu State. Even if the state of Chu were to rebuild the land of Huaishui, it would be a heavy burden and would take a long time.
After leaving the state of Chu, Wang Jian led his army straight to the state of Qi to deal a heavy blow to the state of Qi.
Qi and Qin are very far apart, Qi is in the easternmost part and Qin is in the westernmost part, and the two countries have maintained good diplomatic relations because there is no conflict of interest. And Qin State has always been very tolerant of Qi State, as long as it is not too big, Qin State can endure it. Especially after Fan Sui proposed the strategy of "distant friendship and close attack", the Qin State was more tolerant of the Qi State.
However, this time, the Qi State touched the scales of Qin Yiren's rebellion, and it must be punished, and it became necessary to go deep into the Qi State to destroy it.
Soon after King Qin Zhao and Yingzhu died, the bones were not cold, and before they were buried, the alliance of the Five Nations came to attack Qin, which was not something that Qin Yiren could bear, and the Five Kingdoms must be severely punished. What made Qin Yiren even more angry was that this joint force was promoted behind the scenes by the Empress Dowager of Qi State, and if she hadn't funded Lu Zhonglian, Lu Zhonglian would not have succeeded.
It can be said that the culprit of the Five Nations Alliance this time is the Qi State, that is, the queen, with Qin Yiren's unwillingness to suffer, it would be wrong not to find trouble with the Qi State.
How can we make Qi feel pain?
There is no need to think about it, just destroying the salt field of Qi State is enough to make Qi Country hurt to the bone marrow.
The country of Qi has the benefit of fishing salt. Although fishing and salt were both the "pillar industries" of the Qin State. The two are relative. Or salt is more important. Because no matter how important the fishery is, at most it is for the Qi people to eat it themselves, and it is difficult to sell it for money. You know, the traffic conditions at that time were not suitable for selling fresh fish. If you want to sell fresh fish, you can die on the way.
Salt, on the other hand, is the main commodity traded between Qi and other countries. At that time, seven or eight out of ten of the salt in the world came from Qi State, which shows the importance of salt to Qi State.
If the salt works of Qi are destroyed. This is too heavy a blow to Qi State, which will make it difficult to collect Qi State's taxes, and the financial emergency, Qi State not only feels pain, but also hurts to the bones.
Of course, if they wanted to destroy the salt farms of the Qi State, the Qin army had to take a great risk, because the salt farms of the Qi State were all by the sea, that is, the easternmost place. If the Qin army wanted to penetrate deep into the easternmost part of the Qi Kingdom, this road would be even more far. The difficulty is even greater, and it is likely to be surrounded by the Qi State. If one is not good, the whole army will be destroyed.
If this matter is for others, they may not dare to go deep into the hinterland of Qi to destroy the salt works of Qi State, at most it will be a nuisance on the border. For Wang Qian, this is not a problem.
After careful consideration, Wang Jian believed that the possibility of success of this trip was extremely high: first, because of the surprise attack of the Qin army, which was unexpected by anyone, even if the Qi State got the news and wanted to mobilize heavy troops to surround the Qin army, it would be too late.
The second is that as long as the law is dealt with, Qi will not even have a chance to encircle, this method is actually not difficult, it is very simple, that is, do not stay in one place for more, and leave immediately as soon as the destruction is completed, so that the Qin army is in a high-speed maneuver, here today, Ming'er is there, and the day after tomorrow is in one place, or even several places in a day. In such a situation, even if the Qi State had a million troops, it would be difficult to deal with the Qin army.
The third is that Wang Jian is confident that even if the Qin army has a crisis, he can successfully resolve it with his cleverness.
It was with such thoughts that Wang Jian decisively led his army deep into the hinterland of Qi to destroy the salt pans of Qi.
There weren't many Qi troops stationed here in Langxie, and they were caught off guard by the Qin army, and the Qi army was quickly killed by the Qin army. Then it was the turn of these salt farms to be unlucky, and the Qin army was finished with only one charge, and the next thing was destruction.
"General, a lot of salt, a lot of salt." A Qin general rushed to Ma Xing, and shouted at Wang Jian from afar.
Wang Jian took a look, and saw that this Qin general's eyes were glowing red, and he was excited Mo Ming, who was even happier than seeing Jinshan Yinshan.
"There is not much else in Qi country, but there is a lot of salt, what is so strange." Wang Jian was unmoved.
"But I've never seen so much salt in my life, it's piled up like a mountain." Although this Qin general was hit by Wang Qian, his excitement did not weaken.
For modern people, salt is nothing. It's so ordinary, so ordinary that no one pays attention to it, and only when the salt is not enough when eating will it scream. During the Warring States period, salt was expensive, and its price was much higher than in modern times.
Seeing the mountains of salt, this was extremely exciting for Qin Jun, and the Qin Jun Rui soldiers stretched their necks one by one, stared at the round eyes, looked at the piles of salt, and directly petrified.
They've never seen so much salt, or they're shocked.
"What are you doing? Don't hurry up and destroy it! Wang Jian rode his horse, saw Qin Jun's daze in his eyes, and roared like thunder.
"General, can you not destroy it?" Some soldiers are really reluctant.
"Can you still carry it without destroying it? Or do you want to eat a belly of salt before leaving? Wang Jian rolled his eyes, and the essence burst out.
Although salt is a good thing, gold is expensive, but it is too heavy, and it is obviously not suitable to be taken away. As for eating a belly? Then don't you want to die?
"It's a pity, it's a pity!" Qin Jun Ruishi shook his head and sighed, but he had to carry out the military order and began to destroy the salt works, destroying everything used to cook salt, and throwing the salt into the sea.
After completion, Wang Jian gave an order, and the Qin army set off again.
There were a lot of salt farms in Langxie, and it took half a day for the Qin army to complete the destruction. The next target is the famous Jimo.
The reason why Jimo is famous is because Tian Dan has persevered for several years, and based on this, he miraculously recovered the Qi State. Jimo was strong with Le Yi, but he couldn't capture it, but the Qin army fought it down without much effort.
Jimo is extremely important to the Qi country, if there is no Jimo, there will be no Tiandan to restore Qi. Just lay the ink. Burned Jimo. This is an extremely heavy blow to the Qi country.
That's it. The Qin army, under the leadership of Wang Qian, marched along the seashore and specialized in destroying the salt works, and for a time, the salt works of Qi were destroyed by an unknown number of people.
The Qin army swept through the territory of Qi like a hurricane, and the stay in one place would not exceed half a day, not giving Qi any chance to attack. Soon, the Qin army almost destroyed the salt works of the Qi State. Leave the Qi country and go straight to the Yan country.
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The capital of Qi State, Linzi, the palace of the king of Qi.
The queen was dozing off, but she was woken up by Qi Wang Jian and Hou Sheng, who rushed in with a roar.
"Mother, mother, it's a big deal, it's a big deal." Qi Wang Jianfei also rushed in, and shouted from afar.
"What's the matter?" The queen opened her eyes and glared at Qi Wangjian dissatisfied.
Qi Wang Jian shrank his neck. Still plucking up his courage, he said, "Queen Mother." The coalition forces were defeated, and the coalition forces were completely annihilated. ”
"That's it?" The queen was as calm as usual, without the slightest hint of surprise, and said, "If the coalition wins, I will be surprised." ”
"Ugh." The defeat of the coalition is a big deal, and when it comes to the queen's mouth, it is mediocre, which makes Qi Wang Jian and Hou Shengji puzzled. The two of them were so surprised that they made a grinding sound from their mouths.
"Mother, why is that?" Qi Wangjian's face was confused.
"Yes, why is it strange to win, but not strange to lose?" The latter victory is also incomprehensible.
"Is Qin Yiren so easy to deal with? If Qin Yiren is easy to deal with, can he become Emperor Qin from a proton? You don't want to think about it, which of the things he did in Handan is not great? Although Xinlingjun, Pingyuanjun and Chunshenjun are fame-seeking, they are not incompetent people, they still have a few moments, but in front of Qin Yiren, they always suffer, what does this mean? It means that Qin Yiren is extraordinary. The queen praised Qin Yiren a lot, and said: "Not to mention, Qin Yiren raised troops to the north and handled them appropriately, even today's famous generals such as Bai Qi, Le Yi, and Tian Dan are nothing more than that." Although the Qin State mourned two monarchs in a row, and the five countries joined forces to fight against Qin, although it was a rare opportunity, it was difficult to defeat the Qin State. ”
The queen deserves to be a generation of virtuous queens, wise people, and this vision is good. Even though the Qin State is in the midst of national mourning, the blow to the morale of the Qin State is very heavy, but there is nothing to do about the Qin State, and Qin Yiren will definitely deal with it calmly.
"Queen Mother, since you know why you can't help the Qin State, why do you still want to participate? And you're pushing it single-handedly? Qi Wangjian was even more confused.
"Yes. Knowing that he is going to be defeated, but he wants to join the war together, where is the reason? Hou Sheng was even more puzzled.
"Huh!" The queen burst into laughter and said, "What's so hard about that? Only in this way can Daqi meet the source left and right, and benefit from both sides. If Qin wanted Daqi not to participate, it had to give Daqi enough benefits; If the four kingdoms of Chu, Han, Yan and Wei want Daqi to participate, they must also give Daqi benefits. When you can make a profit, it is not necessarily the time to win the battle, as long as you use it well, you can make a profit at any time. King Qi, you have to study hard. ”
The queen is really a shrewd person, from the perspective of Qi State, this kind of disposal is the best, Qi State can be left and right, both sides of the favor, and have to beg Qi State.
"The Queen Mother is wise! Wang Er is convinced! Qi Wangjian suddenly praised sincerely.
"Sister, you are becoming more and more shrewd, worthy of being a member of our family." Hou Sheng was also convinced, and he spoke very intimately.
Hearing that the two of them were sincere, the queen was very pleased, nodded slightly, and said, "Okay, let's go down if it's okay, I'm going to sleep for a while." ”
"The Empress Dowager, the king, the prime minister, the big thing is not good, the big thing is not good, the Qin army is coming!" However, in the midst of this joy, a chamberlain hurried in and shouted loudly to spoil the rare atmosphere of joy.
"Say it well, don't panic." The queen is definitely calm, not flustered at all, raised her eyebrows, and said in a deep voice.
It is also strange to say, the queen's words have a reassuring momentum, and the inner servant is no longer so flustered, and said: "After defeating the coalition army, the Qin army did not collect troops and return to Qin, but went straight to the state of Chu, destroyed Chen Cheng, and then came to Huaishui, destroying the capital of Shouchun and Huaishui. Then, then ......"
Speaking of this, he looked at the queen and did not dare to say any more.
"Say!" The queen frowned, and her majesty appeared.
"Then he rushed into the realm of Daqi, destroyed the salt works of Langxie, and then destroyed Jimo......" The waiter didn't dare not say anything, so he had to continue to report.
"What? The Qin army destroyed the salt works? The queen, who was still calm and composed, was as if she had been blown up by a chrysanthemum, and her face changed greatly. (To be continued......)