The Moon in the Qin Dynasty

Chapter 523 What should I do?
Look at South Korea. After it surrendered, it lost everything except its fiefdom, but the nobles are still nobles, their property is still theirs, and they are treated the same as the nobles of Qin. How could they fight to the death under such circumstances?

As for the great nobles, they don't want to fight to the death. They can argue and fight to demonstrate their value of united front work, but they cannot fight to the death, absolutely not. They fight fiercely now in order to get a good price, not to really work for the State of Zhao.

How can I risk my life? Wouldn't it be better to change the monarch and continue to be the master?
Look at Han, the former civil and military officials are still important civil and military officials. Look at Zhang Kaidi, the prime minister of Han is now the Minister of Music of Qin. Counting it, this is considered a promotion. After all, can you compare Han with Qin?

The role models set by people from top to bottom in South Korea have now become the most conspicuous weapon to attack people's hearts.

If you fight hard, you will die.

If you surrender after being defeated, you will lose everything.

If they surrender voluntarily, the masters will still be the masters, and the civilians can live a better life.

For multiple-choice questions like this, there is no need to think about how to choose.

Of course, there were people who were determined to defend their country, and there were people who were loyal to the State of Zhao, but they were too few.

This once again shows the importance of reputation.

It is really important for the monarch of a great country to have a good reputation, and a great good reputation.

Those who originally did not want to fight now naturally surrendered. Those who were originally hesitant were also more inclined to surrender and would follow suit as long as someone took the lead.

Even if someone originally had some resistance, after seeing the difference between the two extreme outcomes, they often no longer have any resistance.

Even those who swear to fight to the death will have hesitations in their hearts. And those who swear to fight to the death are very few.

After all, this era doesn’t talk much about country and nation, but mainly about family. Everyone lives in a family, and surrender is a normal thing as long as it can make the family better.

Originally in history, the means were too rough and brutal, so those who wanted to surrender did not dare to do so and could only resist desperately.

Ultimately, all conquests can only be achieved through force and killing. Even if all people in the world surrender temporarily, hatred is deeply buried in their hearts, the cost of ruling is extremely high, and hidden dangers are buried deep underwater. If you are not careful, it will cause huge waves and completely overturn the ship.

But now we have to use both benevolence and the butcher's knife, and benevolence is the main approach. It can greatly offset the resistance, eliminate hatred, consolidate the rule, reduce the cost of rule, and absorb and assimilate everything faster and better.

If one thing in the world increases while the other decreases, it will be a huge difference. The difference between negative one and one is two, and the difference between this positive and negative is even greater.

Ruling is a subtle art, and violence is the underlying color of this art. However, if there is only violence, this art cannot be mastered.

Just like building a house, violence is the foundation, and without violence there is no follow-up.

But if there is only violence, all you can get is a foundation, and you will never be able to build a house.

As for how much of this house can be built and how big it can be, it depends more on the ruling art of the ruling group, among which the ability of the supreme ruler is crucial.

As for the State of Zhao, it was about to fight the Battle of Handan again, and the emperor and his ministers were as anxious as headless flies.

After Zhao Daochang, all the civil and military officials of Zhao State gathered together to discuss the matter. In fact, only the civil officials were left, as the generals had already been sent out to resist. No matter what, they could only hold on first.

Facing Wang Jian's desperate support, Le Cheng continued to retreat, and Zhao Cong was even more powerless to resist Meng Wu.

Only Li Mu, who went south to provide assistance, led his trusted soldiers, who were the Northern Frontier Iron Cavalry he had brought up during his 20 years of garrisoning in the Northern Frontier. There were more than 80,000 of them, and they were very powerful and had a strong fighting spirit.

The current living habits in the Yan and Dai areas in the northern border are still mainly nomadic. Everyone is proficient in riding and shooting. In addition, since they are close to the Hu people, they can often take some livestock, which is why they can provide so many cavalry.

But even so, he still couldn't gain any advantage against Yang Duan and Zhang Tang, two veteran generals who had fought many battles.

Although Li Mu had the advantage of geographical location and people, and his number of people was similar to that of Yang Duan and Zhang Tang, the gap between them in logistics, armaments, and weapons was too huge.

The two sides were in a stalemate. Even though Li Mu was extremely anxious and launched several powerful attacks, he still could not make any progress.

Yang Duan and Zhang Tang were not in a hurry. Their main task was to delay Li Mu. As long as they could do that, Li Mu would not live long.

It was not difficult for the two of them to just hold Li Mu back.

Li Mu had been working in the northern border for more than 20 years and had always held great power. During this period, he maintained clean administration, guarded the northern border, and cracked down on the Hu people. It is no exaggeration to say that his prestige in the northern border was definitely greater than that of King Zhao.

How powerful was his power in the northern border? He could adjust and set up officials in Daidi and Yanmen at will, and he could set up military markets. All the income from the military markets was transferred to the shogunate (the leadership organization of Li Mu's army) as military expenses.

The entire Zhao State's central government's management of the northern border was only limited to taxation and economic management, as well as a small number of high-level and mid-level officials, military generals, etc. However, the Zhao State court was not without precautions against Li Mu's power, and the logistics support was still very strict, in order to prevent Li Mu from having any ill intentions.

Moreover, a large number of middle-level officers in the army were descendants of distant royal families and aristocrats. They would naturally do their best to follow Li Mu in the battles, but if Li Mu had any ill intentions towards the State of Zhao, he would not be able to use them.

Moreover, Li Mu's family and relatives were all in Handan, and only one son was with him.

King Zhao Daoxiang's final move completely cut off all of Li Mu's escape routes. In this life, he had no other way to go except to work for King Zhao.

He was granted the title of a lord without any merit, and was given generous treatment and the responsibility of taking care of the young lord. If the young lord treated him like this and he did not repay him with his own death, there would be no place for him in the world.

Moreover, given Li Mu's status and position, even Ying Zheng could not give him a higher salary. Any higher salary would be not worth it.

It would be a pity for such a strong general to die, but it is better for him to die against such a powerful enemy.

And, you cannot die at the hands of the Qin Dynasty.

Li Mu governed the northern border for more than 20 years, protecting the country and the people. He was conscientious and had a very high prestige. Li Mu was completely different from those anthropomorphic nobles and was quite popular among the people.

Since he is going to die anyway, it would be best if he died at the hands of Zhao’s own people.

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Just like Chunshen Jun's death at the hands of King You of Chu, it was instantly the biggest blow to his country.

The lost people's hearts are not so easy to regain, not to mention there is the Qin Dynasty waiting to take advantage of the situation.

As long as Li Mu died, the more than 100,000 elite troops in the Northern Frontier would scatter in an instant and would no longer be a concern.

The people's support that Zhao had lost would naturally flow to Qin.

At this difficult time, when the orphans and widows of Handan needed support the most, if Li Mu could not go, no matter what the reason, he only had one way left.

Of course, it is possible to defeat Li Mu on the battlefield, but firstly, it would not be a quick victory, and secondly, the losses would be heavy, so it would be completely unnecessary.

The Qin State has its own god of war, Guo Kai. Guo Kai alone can kill Li Mu, destroy the northern border, and unsettle the people. Why would the Qin State need to send out its large army?
Sending out a large army would only result in heavy losses and attract hatred, which would be a huge loss-making business and Ying Zheng would never do it.

In the current court of Zhao State, King Qian of Zhao certainly cannot be relied upon. It is obvious that he is not another Ying Zheng.

Now he is in the court and can feel the tense and fearful atmosphere, but there is nothing he can do as he is just a child after all.

Queen Zhao Daochang looked at the ministers below who were performing all kinds of human behaviors with a sad face. Her pretty face was full of sorrow and her tightly furrowed brows could not relax at all.

As for the ministers below the stage who are now chattering and making endless noise, openly everyone is discussing only one thing: how to stop the war?
You can't fight because you can't win at all.

As for what I was thinking in my heart, it was not convenient to say what I really thought in my heart.

Seeing that they had been arguing for a long time but still had no result, Jianxin Jun looked at the increasingly anxious expression of Queen Zhao Daochang and the increasingly nervous expression of King Zhao Qian. Jianxin Jun stood up and shouted loudly: "Enough, enough, stop arguing. How can there be no result? What's this?"

The beauty, Lord Jianxin, had been a prime minister for many years, and as she had grown older, she had finally developed some authority. Under his scolding, the noise of discussion gradually died down.

Seeing that someone with a backbone was speaking, Zhao Daochang felt relieved and asked hurriedly, "Right Prime Minister, the Qin State's offensive is fierce now. What should we do? Do you have any good plan?"

Jian Xinjun let out a long breath, frowned and said slowly: "Qin State annexed Han State last year. Now, under the pretext of the so-called coalition, it has launched a large-scale attack on Zhao State in order to annex the world. It is not easy to make Qin State withdraw its troops. It is definitely useless to negotiate with Qin State directly."

"The current plan is to seek assistance from other countries and jointly resist Qin. Only by stopping Qin's progress first can we negotiate a ceasefire with Qin."

Empress Zhao Daochang frowned and said, "We have already sent envoys to ask for help from other countries, but Qi refused directly. Yan, Wei and Chu have been slow to give a specific reply. They must be afraid of Qin and dare not send troops. I am afraid we can't count on other countries anymore."

Lord Jianxin replied: "Yan, Wei and Chu did not directly refuse, which means they still want to help. They must understand the principle of "the lips and the teeth are cold". They are now afraid of Qin, and they also want Zhao to consume more of Qin's strength."

"Whether they send troops when Zhao can no longer resist, or send troops after Qin has annexed Zhao, it will be more advantageous for them. After all, even if Qin wants to annex Zhao, it will inevitably have to pay a heavy price. If they take advantage of the opportunity to attack at that time, they will be trying to profit from the chaos."

"In that case, we must force them to help!" A fierce look flashed in Jian Xinjun's eyes.

Empress Zhao Daochang asked hurriedly: "How to force them to take action?"

(End of this chapter)