The Moon in the Qin Dynasty

Chapter 483 'Beauty, Beauty'

And for some reason, the Yan army's defense was extremely complete during this period, and it was difficult to advance despite their strict defense.

The situation is pretty good now. After taking Wusui, Yan State has no defenses against Zhao State. Zhao State can attack Yan State's hinterland at any time in the future.

During this period, the Yan army was on high alert, and with the kind help of a certain Mr. Tian, ​​whose name shall not be disclosed, the Yan defense was impeccable.

In addition, after the great achievement of capturing Wu Sui, Le Cheng and Li Mu began to have grievances with each other and were already holding each other back.

Due to various reasons, the Zhao army's subsequent attack was not very smooth, and no major achievements were made.

Although King Zhao Daoxiang did not know the underlying cause, since it was now difficult to move forward, it would be better to stop while he was ahead and wait for an opportunity to act later.

Looking back, King Zhao Daoxiang cursed in his heart, "Damn Qi State, eating Zhao State's food for free and not contributing anything at all, just wait and see!"

King Zhao Daoxiang ordered Le Cheng to return for assistance, while ordering Li Mu to consolidate the captured cities and strongholds. He also sent envoys to force King Xi of Yan to negotiate and cease fire.

The two sides agreed to use Yishui as the boundary and the battle would end.

Although King Xi of Yan was unwilling, he received urgent letters from Yan Dan and Yan Chunjun every day, and the tense situation on the front line left him at a loss. There was nothing he could do. When he lost the barrier to stop the cavalry, the Yan army was really passive facing Li Mu.

It is already the best outcome for Qin to send troops now. As long as Wuyang is not lost, the bridgehead for attacking Zhao is there. They can only find a chance to take it back.

King Xi of Yan reluctantly agreed to the ceasefire.

King Zhao Daoxiang was generally satisfied with this battle, mainly because it opened up the strategic situation for Yan, gave Zhao a strategic location, and put the initiative in Zhao's hands.

After Le Cheng returned to support, Wang Jian stopped his troops and waited for Ying Zheng's order.

When King Zhao Daoxiang ordered Le Cheng to return for assistance, he had also sent envoys to Qin to clarify the misunderstanding.

Although the four countries formed an alliance, it was to deal with the chaos where no one knew what might happen, and it was definitely not to target Qin.

As for what specific chaos it is designed to deal with, it is only possible chaos that may happen. As for possible chaos, we will only know after it happens.

But it was definitely not aimed at the Qin State.

Looking at the current behavior of the two allies, Chu and Wei, it doesn't seem like they will be able to support him. He should just take what he gets. He can't really fight with Qin again, right?
King Zhao Daoxiang's statement almost made Ying Zheng laugh, but Ying Zheng did not care about it and directly let the envoy go back, as if he agreed with this statement.

At the same time, all troops were withdrawn, as if nothing had happened.

Both the Chu and Wei countries breathed a sigh of relief. The pressure of confronting the Qin army was really too great. Although they had the advantage in military strength, looking at the dark and silent Qin army on the opposite side, the inexplicable pressure was really frightening.

The fact that Qin withdrew its troops so easily also made the three kingdoms feel uneasy. It was unusual that Qin reacted so calmly.

Could it be that the King of Qin really agreed with this reason?
Or does Qin not want to go to war?
Or is it that the Qin army is outside and it is not appropriate to start a war at the moment?
Or was Qin really afraid of the four countries and did not dare to go to war?
Judging from the Qin army's posture this time, it seems that they are indeed somewhat afraid.

That's right. The Qin army of more than 100,000 has not returned from attacking the Western Regions, so it must be short of manpower. How dare it fight against three countries at the same time? No, four countries!
But no matter what, it's always better not to go to war.

Now it seems that the alliance is useful. At least it has strengthened the momentum and the Qin State does not dare to act recklessly.

After King Zhao Daoxiang decided that Qin should withdraw its troops, he immediately sent envoys to Chu and Wei to denounce the two countries for breaking their promise. When the Qin army attacked, the two countries stopped and did not fulfill their agreement at all.

Naturally, the two countries are dissatisfied. We have sent troops to deter them. What else do they want?
Besides, it was wrong for you to steal from the State of Yan. Why should we all bear the consequences for the trouble you caused?

After a few rounds of verbal attacks, the matter was over. After all, everyone knew what kind of person the other person was.

Zhao's successful experience of stealing food also greatly encouraged Chu and Wei.

Now it seems that the alliance is indeed useful. Even the Qin State has to treat the four countries with caution.

To be precise, it was still the Three Kingdoms period, and Qi was really just muddling through.

King Jingmin of Wei really started to think actively. If he could annex Qi and supplement the west with the east, and Qi was rich, then the Wei might be able to repeat its past glory!
As for the previous plan to attack Chu together with Qi, well, hasn't that been decided yet?

In times of great contention, be flexible!

Coincidentally, the State of Chu thought the same way.

After some communication, Chu and Wei decided to attack Qi. The two countries sent envoys to Zhao at the same time, asking Zhao to fulfill its promise and attack Qi together, and all the gains would belong to the two countries.

Of course King Zhao Daoxiang would not do that. Only a fool would run along with you.

The agreement you fulfilled previously was not fully accomplished!
You didn't help me stop the Qin army.

The three countries began negotiations again.

King Jian of Qi was unaware of the three kingdoms' conspiracy to attack Qi.

In his opinion, the war could finally stop.

This time, under the threat of Zhao State, they made a trip to Yan State. Anyway, it was just to enhance their prestige and there was no loss. A little bit of food and grass was not worth mentioning, and Da Qi did not lack this.

What's more, Zhao has contributed half of it. Life is not easy for Zhao now. If one catty of enemy food is equivalent to twenty catties of ours, it's not a loss.

Moreover, Tian Dan had been deliberately dragging his feet in Yan State, secretly providing intelligence to the Yan army, disrupting and slowing down the offensive pace of the Zhao army, and had achieved good results, preventing Zhao State from gaining greater advantage over Yan State.

It’s nice to be my companion on this trip.

As for Ying Zheng, he was indeed quite busy. Meng Wu had returned triumphantly and won a great victory in Hexi. There were innumerable follow-up matters, which kept him very busy.

Now is not the time to destroy the country. Zhengguo Canal was just completed last year, and the accumulation is not enough now. Moreover, the countries still have this war to fight, so they can wait a little longer.

As for the construction of the Western Region, it will take some time to get on the right track. The support for Feng Chenghui and Lu Li cannot be interrupted, otherwise it will be very difficult for them.

However, as long as this Silk Road is built, the endless supply of resources from the Western Regions can quickly replenish the Qin Dynasty.

A trade route that monopolizes both the East and the West and the market for all commodities can bring immeasurable wealth.

Moreover, it can be a business with no capital investment. The Western Region is vast in area, with a large population, but it is weak and vulnerable. The construction of the Qin Dynasty finally has no shortage of consumables.

Always using people from your own country as consumables will affect your rule, and there are foreign enemies too.

The stage of primitive accumulation and primitive construction is often full of blood and violence and is extremely cruel.

There are two choices for this cruelty. The first is to be cruel to yourself, and the second is to be cruel to others.

This account is so easy to settle, it’s not like we can’t win!
You have to bear with the four barbarians for now. When I have civilized the entire Chinese world, I will bring the glory of the Great Qin to you.

As for how to build a Chinese circle to educate the Nine Provinces, we must first make the barbarians in all directions suffer.

As for the infamy, don't worry, it will not be recorded in history books, there is no infamy.

The Qin Empire only has a good reputation.

All win.

Clearing wasteland and paving roads, breaking mountains and building bridges, building water conservancy canals and dams, digging rivers and repairing cities, whether it is the empire's infrastructure or my future palace wonders and mausoleums, they all require a large amount of consumables.

No amount of slaves is too many.

Fortunately, there are plenty of consumables in the Western Regions, Southeast Asia, and the Northern Desert.

Congratulations, congratulations.

The breeding of high-yield crops has been ongoing and can be promoted vigorously after unification. We cannot let people starve to death. Being alive is the greatest wealth.

We can’t let him starve to death because of the consumables, that would be such a waste.

After Ying Zheng finished dealing with today's government affairs, he looked out the window. Unknowingly, the moon had already risen high in the sky and it was almost midnight.

Ying Zheng stood up, stretched his muscles, walked slowly out of the palace, stood in the square in front of the palace, overlooking the entire Xianyang Palace and even the Xianyang city outside the palace.

The moonlight gently spreads to the earth, as if covering the stunning beauty of Kyushu with a layer of veil.

It seems that there is only this layer of gauze.

Ying Zheng stretched out his hand to touch this stunning beauty who would always be with only one man, and wanted to tear off the veil.

But he grabbed nothing.

The beauty just gave Ying Zheng an infinitely charming and seductive smile before disappearing without a trace.

Ying Zheng took a deep breath, raised the corners of his mouth, and looked towards the boundless sky.

No hurry, no hurry.

Despite the hard work, the mad sand is blown out and the gold is reached.

Such a beauty is worth pursuing carefully and worth dressing up carefully by yourself.

In my hands, this beauty must be extremely beautiful.

I must make her a beauty unprecedented and unseen in history.

Even if another thousand or two thousand years pass, there will never be another beauty as beautiful as her.

Before we knew it, half of the ninth year of King Zheng of Qin's reign had passed, and the Qin Dynasty was still moving forward steadily and prospering.

Everyone in the entire Qin Dynasty is busy preparing everything and making all the savings in order to swallow everything with lightning speed.

Li Bing in Yunnan worked even harder to hire barbarians to build roads, causing the prices of Yunnan slaves and children to go up.

As for the more than 200,000 slaves captured in the Hexi Corridor, they were of great use and made great contributions to the road, water conservancy and infrastructure construction of the Qin Dynasty.

Women and children naturally have other more cost-effective uses and are more suitable for rewards, while young and strong people are used for heavy physical labor.

Ying Zheng was a kind person. Even slaves had to be well fed. Only when they were well fed could they work well. He never pushed people to death, as it would be a waste if they worked themselves to death.

As for the deaths caused by the development of some more difficult areas, there is nothing we can do about it, but the old or sick slaves will be prioritized.

Slaves are precious wealth and should not be wasted!
As for the testing of elixirs, experiments on martial arts, and other tests, they also greatly reduced the psychological burden of the people who actually did the work. Even if they were all slaves, there was still a difference in the feeling of using people from the Central Plains and barbarians.

Win mah, win mah.

As for the development of the Western Region, it is now thriving. It has a framework and is very safe, without the dangers that one might imagine.

The Qin Dynasty's intensive cultivation to exterminate the Yuezhi really scared the Qiang people in the west. They had been relatively honest to begin with, and now they became even more obedient.

(End of this chapter)