The Moon in the Qin Dynasty

Chapter 537: Hetao must be completely conquered
No, how can such a big country like Zhao be destroyed just like that?!

Can’t survive a winter?

You voted so quickly? Do you have any backbone?

Not many people died in your Zhao State!

Have you forgotten how many of your people were killed by the Qin State?
Didn't they just besiege Handan? Winter had already arrived, so what was there to be afraid of? If they could hold out for a month or two, how could the Qin army not retreat?

But now it's no use saying anything.

They had no room to intervene in the entire war.

too fast.

From the chaos in the northern border to the Qin State taking advantage of the situation to attack Zhao, until Zhao State surrendered, it took only two months.

The nations didn't even have time to react.

Of course, even if they could react, it would be useless as they simply had no spare energy to provide support.

There was a war in the first half of the year, which caused heavy casualties in all the countries. It was followed by a disaster. Now there is no strength to mobilize a large army. In addition, it is winter, and it is much more difficult to mobilize an army in winter than in the Spring and Autumn Period.

Only the Qin State had enough foundation to launch such large-scale wars continuously. Although the annexation of Zhao State this time was a bit tricky, it was indeed backed by absolute hard power.

Now the three kingdoms of Yan, Wei and Chu are all horrified. The original Qin was already terrible enough, but the current Qin is unstoppable.

Although the world is vast, the Qin State has already occupied six or seven tenths of it, and all of it is fertile and rich.

The remaining territory of Wei State was no more than three counties, and it was already just a piece of fish on the chopping board.

As for the State of Yan, well, it’s not worth mentioning. It looks big, but in fact it’s a dead place where even ghosts can’t see it.

Qi State, hi, there is no need to talk.

The State of Chu looked big, but it was just bloated. Most of its area in the south was undeveloped and was just a wild land. What's more, it was now at loggerheads with the Baiyue.

Although it was impossible for the Baiyue to overthrow the State of Chu, it greatly increased the cost of Chu's rule, stability maintenance, and development.

It would be fine if it was under normal circumstances, but now that the Qin State is so powerful and is about to unify the world, and the Baiyue still come to make trouble, that would be really not optimistic.

King You of Chu is now really considering moving the capital. No matter how hard he thinks, he can't figure out how to defeat the current Qin State, or even how to resist Qin State.

Shouchun is now very far away from the Qin State, but not so far that it can no longer give him a sense of security.

Moreover, his throne is now shaky, and he wants to adjust the political ecology of the court by moving the capital to stabilize himself.

As for King Jingmin of Wei, he started cursing the moment he heard the news, but he was not cursing the orphan and widow of Zhao.

He was cursing King Xiaocheng of Zhao and King Daoxiang of Zhao who had already died.

Why didn't King Zhao Xiaocheng kill Zichu after the Battle of Changping? He should have killed his whole family!
If they had been killed at that time, and Qin had not had such a king, would the country have been in such a mess now? Would your State of Zhao have been destroyed?
And King Zhao Daoxiang was extremely stupid!
Why did they depose the eldest son and let the orphan and widow govern? The situation in the country was so critical, and a child of eleven or twelve years old, a woman who was born a prostitute, was asked to face the powerful Qin. Isn't this asking for the destruction of the country?
Our three families have been destroyed by your Zhao State! Are we worthy of our ancestors?

The fear and sadness in King Jingmin of Wei's heart had reached its peak. From the current perspective, he would soon be unable to live up to his ancestors.

Of course, the State of Yan, which originally wanted to watch the show and wait and see, is now completely numb.

Every time Yan tried to take advantage of Zhao, it basically ended in failure. Previously, with Zhao as a buffer, the relationship between Qin and Yan had always been very good, and Yan was not afraid of an attack from Qin.

At that time, the biggest threats to Yan State were Zhao State and Qi State, but not the strongest Qin State.

It is obvious that the threat posed by a powerful future enemy thousands of miles away is not as great as the powerful enemy we are facing now, which is right in front of us.

But now it’s completely different.

The powerful future enemy that was once thousands of miles away is now at his doorstep, and it is obvious that the future has already arrived.

King Yan knew with his heels that Yan was a cold country with a small population. It was weak and it was difficult to defeat Zhao. It had always been on good terms with Qin so that it could not be destroyed by Zhao.

Is it possible to defeat the Qin State now?
That's definitely impossible!
Now the wolf beside the bed has turned into a ferocious tiger, so the ending of the fox Yan State is probably not going to be a good one.

King Xi of Yan was completely numb, he never expected that the State of Zhao would be destroyed so suddenly. Every family has suffered from danger, but in the end they all persevered.

But what happened this time? Your State of Zhao still has thousands of miles of rivers and mountains, and you can still raise an army of 200,000 or 300,000 with a little effort. And your people of Zhao are brave and valiant. How come they suddenly disappeared?

King Xi of Yan is now regretting his decision. If he had known earlier, he would not have taken advantage of the situation to attack Zhao this year. Now it seems that he has made things difficult for Qin.

Although Yan State gained a strategic location, Qin State gained the entire Zhao State!
How to deal with this former ally, now a powerful enemy, has become King Xi of Yan's biggest headache.

Of course, besides him, there was another person in Yan State who was even more anxious.

That’s right, it’s Yan Dan.

Now Yan Dan's heart was also very cold, just like the winter in Yan State. No, now Yan Dan's heart was even colder than the ice and snow in Yan State's winter.

He no longer had any idea that he could defeat Qin on a frontal battlefield.

At the same time, the idea that has been lingering in my mind for a long time is now eager to make it a reality.

Before Qin completely absorbs and digests Zhao, it is necessary to take action.

Yan Dan has made up his mind and is determined to fight to the death!
As for Qi, after learning that Qin had annexed Zhao, King Jian of Qi was silent for a long time, then laughed and ordered Hou Sheng to bring valuable gifts to Qin to congratulate him.

Then the music continued and then the dancing began.

Be happy every day. Anyway, there is a hereditary marquis waiting for you in the end. Don't panic, it's not a big problem.

As for the ancestral foundation, hey, a marquis is good enough, just like the ancestors. And if the ancestors are worshipped and the blood is not cut off, the ancestors will not blame themselves.

But they did not forget that after their ancestor seized the family property, the Lu family was extinct as soon as Duke Kang died.

The King of Qin is now a respectable man. After the world is completely unified, the royal families of various countries are no longer a threat. It is also good to be a rich man.

As long as he doesn't seek death, given the character of the King of Qin, he will definitely not die.

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King Jian of Qi had already made the same choice as King An of Han.

Oh, don’t think that I don’t know. There are countless people who want to sell Qi for a good price, even including my own uncle, Hou Sheng, the Prime Minister of Qi.

no way!

Han Wangan is a smart man and worth learning from.

I have already prepared the memorial requesting your inclusion, you probably never imagined it!
King Jian of Qi was not stupid and he knew the current situation very well.

He also has two daughters who are almost grown up and have been prepared to send them to the Qin King's harem when the time comes.

King Jian of Qi was very proud of his plan.

Then play music, then dance!
As for Ying Zheng, although he needed to recuperate and digest the State of Zhao, he was still preparing to launch the next war.

The purpose was not to attack other countries, but to bring the glory of the Qin Dynasty to the Hu people.

Now that the entire Zhao State has been swallowed up, including the Yan, Dai and Yunzhong areas, the Hu people in the Hetao area are really an eyesore.

Yunzhong County occupied the front part and the southeastern half of Yinshan Mountain.

Now it is under the rule of the Qin Dynasty, but Ying Zheng has always liked complete unification.

The vital Houtao and Xitao regions must also all be brought into the hands of Daqin.

We cannot give the Hu people a chance to develop. Now that the Hu people are doing a good job as dogs of the Qin Dynasty, they should continue to do so.

Maintaining internal stability and unification is important, but resisting foreign aggression and suppressing foreign aggression are also important.

Now the Houtuo is in the hands of the Xiongnu, and a small part of Henan belongs to the Qin, a part belongs to the Xiongnu, and a part belongs to the Linhu. The Linhu were originally dogs of the Zhao State, and now they are also dogs of the Qin. Speaking of which, since the support of some Xiongnu tribes, the Linhu in Henan have had a harder time, and now they are basically gone.

Taking over Xitao and Henan was just a piece of cake. Half of the Xiongnu tribes supported by the Qin Dynasty were in Xitao.

The slightly troublesome thing is Houtao, which is purely the sphere of influence of the Huns. But it is not a big problem. It is too easy to defeat them now. After taking them down, we should build a city in Hetao. Only by building a city can we take it down completely.

Yanmen County and Yunzhong County also need to be re-planned, with a new county added to strengthen the management of the former, and two more counties to be set up in the latter.

Although the importance of Xitao has greatly declined after the capture of the Hexi Corridor and Hetao, and its area has become smaller, its importance cannot be relaxed, and it is worth establishing another county.

This will mean four more counties, making the pie even bigger. This is cause for celebration.

However, the process of building a city from scratch is really difficult. Look at those in the Hexi Corridor. They have worked so hard for so long, but it will take at least three to five years to achieve success.

But there is definitely no shortage of people. Some of them are county magistrates or high-ranking officials of the empire, and there are many people vying for them. This kind of thing is also the best way to train people, and if the job is done well, the credit will be the greatest.

Of course, there are difficulties, and the candidates must be carefully selected.

Speaking of the division of administrative units, the current two-level administrative units of counties and prefectures are certainly sufficient, but in the future it will inevitably be necessary to implement administrative units that are nominally two-level and actually three-level. There is no other way, the unified empire is too large.

However, for security reasons, positions above the county magistrate cannot be permanent.

The specific job level will be determined later, there is no rush.

Ying Zheng is already making preparations. He will start right after the spring plowing next year and completely take over the entire Hetao area. After taking over the Hetao area, together with the Hexi Corridor and the Western Regions that have long been under his command, the Qin Dynasty will no longer have to worry about foreign invasions, and can unify the world and govern the eight wildernesses with peace of mind.

There are techniques for dividing the newly acquired land into county administrative units. According to the usual unspoken rules, the administrative regions are divided based on the "convenient shape of mountains and rivers" and the principle of "interlacing".

(End of this chapter)