Thousand-year-old family: its rise began with Shang Yang’s reforms

Chapter 180 "Choice" [First update, please subscribe]

Lian Po also expected this, and he was also prepared for Bai Qi's final wave of attacks.

If the defense fails, Bai Qi's reputation for being invincible will be shattered.

Unable to prevent it, Lian Po could bid farewell to this complicated court and follow his country to destruction. This may not be a bad thing.

Autumn is coming soon, and countless winds cover the world like weapons.

Bai Qi has always had no scruples or hesitations in using troops. When he is sure that he wants to launch an attack, no one can stop him.

"In the second year of King Xiaowen, at the end of August, Lord Wu An ordered the people to attack Zhao with a clever plan. Zhao General Lian Po made a mistake and was defeated." This is what is recorded in the Qin Book about this decisive battle. It is very simple, just a story. It's just a "clever trick". No one knows what the trick is.

Later, when the "New Qin Shu" and "Historical Records" were compiled, the emperor wanted to know the whole truth, so he ordered the historians at the time to investigate.

The final result of the investigation found that this matter was indeed very simple and indeed a "clever trick".

Because the name of this "strategy" is "Divorce Strategy".

A certain emperor of later generations said with emotion: "Without Guo Kai, how could the Zhao Kingdom have perished so quickly?"

He blamed all the reasons for the demise of Zhao State on Guo Kai. In fact, Guo Kai did need to be responsible for this, but it should not be the entire responsibility.

The biggest responsibility lies with King Zhao. If he hadn't trusted the treacherous minister, if he hadn't given Guo Kai the power, what could Guo Kai have done?

But the emperor never looks for responsibility on himself.

So this became a conclusion.

"In the second year of King Xiaowen, the Qin conquered Zhao. Bai Qi, the king of Wu'an, bribed Guo Kai with gold. Guo Kai blamed Jun Xin Ping with his clever words. Later, King Zhao ordered Guo Kai to go to supervise the army. Later, Jun Bai of Wu'an attacked the Zhao army's granary. The fire spread for dozens of days, and the Zhao army fought bloody battles for several days without food. The land was full of hungry prisoners, and the army ate corpses. Thousands or even tens of thousands of people were infected by the plague in the army. The war horses were slaughtered and screamed, but the king of Zhao could not listen. - "New Book of Qin" ·The Biography of Wu Anjun"

The State of Qin used a alienation tactic, or it was not a alienation tactic. He just bribed King Zhao's favorite "Guo Kai", and King Zhao's trust in Guo Kai also led to the final failure of this victory.

In the winter of the second year of King Xiaowen's reign, the Zhao army was defeated, and nearly 200,000 troops died on the battlefield.

No one stepped back.

Lian Po personally went into battle and charged at the front. However, their equipment was not as good as Qin's, their fighting power was not as strong as Qin's, and they even had insufficient food to eat.

How could such soldiers win victory?

Therefore, after every war, Zhao's soldiers would be reduced by one group. When the granary was attacked and burned, they could only pick up the corpses on the battlefield and kill their own horses to prevent themselves from starving to death. .

Some of those corpses were their compatriots, and some were even their fathers and brothers.

The soldiers of Zhao State ate "meat" food and drank water with tears in their eyes, swallowing their flesh and blood and hatred together. They raised their heads and looked at the sky, not knowing who they were fighting for or what they were going to do. do what.

In the spring of King Xiaowen's second year.

King Zhao's edict came from Handan City. He ordered Lian Po to stop resisting and ordered Lian Po to quickly return to Handan City to wait.

Late at night.

Lian Po sat in the big tent and took a sip of the wine. He knew what King Zhao was planning.

King Zhao was afraid. He was afraid that if he continued to resist, he would not only be unable to win, but would also offend King Qin, making it impossible for him to live a life like King Han.

So he was ready to surrender.

What makes people laugh the most is that King Zhao has already begun to prepare for his life as "Uncle Zhao" in advance.

Lian Po knew the meaning of the edict given to him by King Zhao, and was afraid that he would die on the border, so that he would not be able to "sell" him for a good price.

There was a self-deprecating smile on his lips: "How much money am I, Xinping-kun, worth?"

Lian Po stood up unsteadily, with a silent and mocking look in his eyes. He walked to his tent, stroked the sword in his arms, and then let out a long sigh.

"That's fine."

"I have already repaid the kindness my benefactor used towards me."

"It's time to leave today!"

He was reciting the "Yellow Bird" from the Book of Songs. This chapter did not seem to be very suitable at this time, but it seemed strangely suitable for the current time.

If King Zhao wants to sell Lian Po, why not be like the King of Qin who let the three sages be buried with him?

Everything seems to be reincarnation.

At the same time, Handan City.

Lin Xiangru knew that King Zhao's edict had arrived at Lian Po's tent, and he also knew very well what Lian Po's choices would be, so he smiled, straightened his clothes, and walked into the backyard.

Lin Li stood beside him, with a trace of sadness in his eyes.

Lin Xiangru just told Lin Li: "After I pass away, don't think about me and Zhao Guo, just do what you really want to do."

He touched his child's shoulder: "I have trapped you in Zhao Guozhong all these years."

Lin Xiangru smiled bitterly: "I know that the Kingdom of Zhao is not a good place to go, and that King Zhao is not a qualified king, but I still can't leave him because of the kindness of my late king and benefactor. I have given enough in return over the years! "

"let's go!"

"Leave this place of right and wrong, either go into seclusion, or go to Xianyang City!"

After finishing speaking, Lin Xiangru tidied his clothes and hair crown, and then drove Lin Li out of the house.

Lin Li stood under the moonlight and looked at the figure in the room. At first it was only half a body, and then it became a full body. The shadow of the moonlight gradually drifted, and slowly the shadow was only half a body again.

Lin Li couldn't care less about grieving for his father. He wiped away his tears and then ordered the boy beside him who had been prepared to pack all the luggage under the cover of night and drove all the way towards Xianyang City.

He wants to go to his senior brother.

In the third year of King Xiaowen's reign, Bai Qi led his army to Handan City.

The Qin State that destroyed Zhao State obtained the land of one of the three Jins in the past without paying any price. The King of Zhao personally stood at the foot of Handan City wearing ordinary clothes to welcome Bai Qi's arrival.

He was holding the jade seal of the State of Zhao in his hand, and behind him was a huge "Nine Cauldrons", which was filled with food, soil, grains and other items just like Han.

It symbolizes the land of Zhao and the head of Guizhou.

In the third year of King Xiaowen's reign, it was autumn.

Bai Qi took the surrendered King Zhao back to Xianyang City. King Xiaowen named King Zhao "Uncle Zhao", which was the same as the previous treatment of "Uncle Han", without any difference.

Like Uncle Han, Uncle Zhao recommended many talents to King Qin, including Zhao Sheng, Lord Pingyuan, one of the "Four Young Masters of the Warring States Period" of King Zhao's clan, and Zhao Bao, a clan member.

These two people mostly came out voluntarily because they had to support the clan.

This is their responsibility.

In the autumn of the third year of King Xiaowen's reign, the State of Zhao, which had also lasted for more than a hundred years, was also destroyed.

Compared with the fall of Han, the fall of Zhao was like a drop of water falling into the ocean, without causing any waves, as if the kings of the world were used to it.

But in fact, they just can't resist.

Is it possible to fight against Qin after reacting?

No.

The general situation of Qin has been achieved.

Now there are only five countries left in the world, Qin, Chu, Qi, Yan and the last country of the Three Jin Dynasties, Wei.

Compared with several other countries, King Wei was the most fearful and fearful in his heart.

There is only one country standing in the way of Qin: Wei. When will King Qin plan to attack Wei?

This question also lingered in the minds of the other kings.

When is Qin going to take action?

Even the King of Qin himself didn't know this.

In the spring of the fourth year of King Xiaowen's reign, it was the time for spring plowing, but the world suddenly faced a disaster.

A drought swept across, leaving almost no time for anyone to react. The drought was followed by a locust plague, and after the locust plague came famine. Even if the previous "Jing'an Gong" Chen Jing announced that locusts were edible, there was no way to solve this problem. question.

If it were just the "Qin State", then the so-called famine would not exist, because the Qin State had enough food to ensure the food of the Qin people.

However, the problem arises here.

Today's Qin State is not just Qin State, it is the Qin State after annexing Zhao State and Han.

Are the heads of Guizhou of Han and Qian of Zhao considered citizens of Qin?

Of course it counts.

Do we care about their life or death?

To manage.

But if you control their life and death, the Qin people will not have enough food.

This is the biggest problem.

Qin can no longer only "care" about itself.

These are things and tribulations that must be experienced on the road to unifying the world. If this problem cannot be solved, unification will be like a dream and a castle in the air.

Qin, Xianyang City, Zhangtai Palace.

Xiaowen Wang Yingzhu, Prince Ying Zichu, Gong Zizheng, Right Chancellor Chen Yu, Wu'an Jun Bai Qi, Shangqing Meng Yu, and Wang Jian were all sitting there, and they were all silent.

Ying Zhu was the first to speak. He looked at everyone and said, "What should we do now?"

In the silence, Chen Perk sighed and said, "Your Majesty, there are two ways to solve today's problem."

"First, ignore Han and Zhao's head of Guizhou and allow their famine to occur, while Qin's food is enough to protect the Qin people's food, so that they can continue to expand Qin's territory and capture Wei. However, if they capture Wei After the Kingdom of Wei, the heads of Guizhou in Wei will still be the same as those in Zhao and Han."

"Second."

He raised his head and looked directly into Ying Zhu's eyes: "Secondly, the Qin State stopped its conquests and made every effort to provide disaster relief and relief to the head of Guizhou."

"In the past, the son of Duke An of Jing and Xu Ming, a farmer, and others could lead the Guizhou leaders of Han and Zhao to continue farming. Together with the grain obtained from the nobles of Zhao and Han, it was enough to protect the Guizhou leaders of Qin."

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"In the third year of King Xiaowen, there was a severe drought and no rain for a year. - "The Book of Qin·The Chronicles of King Xiaowen""

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