Chu and Han contend for the throne

Chapter 146 Daqin Zhidao
Three days later, Xianyang warehouse.

Xiang Zhuang, accompanied by Wei Liao and Wu She, was inspecting the almost emptied granary.

After inspecting the granaries on the ground, Xiang Zhuang asked Jin Xiang to open the roof of the cellars one by one. Most of the cellars were also emptied by the Chu army. The Chu army collected [-] shi of grain from the Xianyang warehouse. , I have to say, Xiao He, this old guy is really good at domestic affairs, and these corns alone are enough to feed [-] Chu troops for half a year!
When Jin Xiang opened the last row of well-hidden cellars, Wu She unexpectedly discovered that the cellars were full, filled with grains such as wheat, millet, and bean, and the dry air was filled with the fragrance of grains. Wu She was stunned and said, "General, why don't you move the corn in this row of cellars?"

Xiang Zhuang smiled and didn't answer, but a trace of coldness flashed across Wei Liao's eyes.

The corn in this row of cellars is a big gift from Xiang Zhuang and Wei Liao to old Liu Bang!
After the warehouses in Xianyang were emptied by the Chu army, and the summer grains in dozens of surrounding counties were also frantically looted by the Chu army, what will be the most lacking in Guanzhong?What is most lacking at that time is not the life-saving food to save the lives of the people in Guanzhong and stabilize the morale of the Han army, but the grain to replant autumn grain!
So, when Xiao He saw that the corn in the cellar had been preserved intact, what was his first reaction?At that time, Xiao He's first reaction was not to use the corn in the cellar to help the Han army or the people in Guanzhong, but to use the corn as grain seeds and distribute it to the soldiers and people in Guanzhong to replant autumn grain!

Thinking of this, Wei Liao's eyes suddenly became colder and colder.

Only Wei Liao and Xiang Zhuang knew that after these grain seeds were sown in the ground, no crops would ever grow!

This is because these grains have already been taken out of the cellar, put into an iron kettle and fried until half-cooked!

Once Xiao He falls into the trap, then the autumn grain in Guanzhong Land will not be harvested this year... At that time, the entire Guanzhong Land will fall into famine on an unprecedented scale!Unless Xiao He can urgently transfer enough food from Bashu, the people in Guanzhong may be displaced and starve to death countless times...

And this is Xiang Zhuang's great gift to Liu Bang!
After suffering such a catastrophe, if Guanzhong does not have three to five years of recuperation, it is impossible to recover its vitality. Before recovering its vitality, old Liu Bang will not be able to compete in the Central Plains. As for three to five years later, old Liu Bang will have lived for sixty years Now, how much ambition is left to strive for the top of the world?hey-hey.

Just as he was proud, another soldier came to report that the army had been assembled.

Xiang Zhuang, Wei Liao and the confused Wu She then left the Xianyang warehouse.

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When they arrived outside the north gate of Xianyang, [-] Chu troops had already lined up in the wilderness on the north bank of Jingshui.

At this time, the composition of the Chu army was extremely complicated. There were Chu people like Huan Chu and Ji Bu, there were Wei people like Pang Yu and Jin Xiang, there were Qi people like Tian Heng and Zidu, and there were Xi Qilie, Jin Xiang, etc. Old Qin people like Zi Cheshi, especially the old Qin family who had just joined the Chu army, had a tense relationship with the Chu people.

For all this, Xiang Zhuang saw that there was nothing he could do.

The antagonism between the Chu people and the Qin people will not be eased so quickly, especially the veterans of the Chu army like Huan Chu and Ji Bu, I am afraid that they will not treat Bailixian, Zi Cheshi and other stories for a long time. It doesn't matter how much the old Qin family likes, as time goes by, let the big guys fight a few more battles together, and they will gradually get used to it.

Xiang Zhuang had no doubts about this, because the [-] troops were still under his strong control.

Even though Huan Chu, Ji Bu, and Wu She couldn't get used to the old Qin family, they had no soldiers, so it was impossible for them to have a large-scale melee with the old Qin family. As long as there was no big melee, the situation would be fine. It won't get out of control, as long as the situation doesn't get out of control, things will be much easier to deal with, and at most a few heads will be killed.

In addition to more than 2 troops, there are more than 5000 large vehicles accompanying the north!
Among them, more than 4000 carts were filled with grain, which together amounted to more than [-] shi, including [-] shi of grain plundered from Xianyang warehouses, and more than [-] shi of grain plundered from surrounding counties. , With this more than one hundred thousand shi of military rations, the Chu army's military rations for this year will also be settled.

In addition, there are more than 1000 carts of iron, cloth, silk, gold and silver jewelry and other materials urgently needed by the Hu people.

These supplies were intended to be used by Xiang Zhuang to exchange horses with the Hu people. If he wanted to turn all the [-] Chu troops into cavalry, the number of horses needed was not a small number.

However, the Chu army did not recruit enough cattle or mules.

Fortunately, there are still more than 4000 Han prisoners of war available to drive, and they can also be used as cattle and horses if they are put on a rope. After all, the road from Xianyang to Jiuyuan is still quite good. The Great Qin Empire spent a lot of manpower and material resources to build it. The straight road, from Xianyang Beixiao to Jiuyuan County, has a total length of nearly [-] miles!

Xiang Zhuang rode a black-tailed horse and walked slowly past the front of the Chu army.

It wasn't until the last Chu army was inspected that Xiang Zhuang reined in his horse's head, raised his right hand and pressed lightly towards the north, and shouted sharply: "The army is moving!"

In an instant, the sound of horns soared into the sky in the Chu army formation.

Amidst the endless sound of horns, groups of Chu troops turned around in a rustle, and then marched toward the north along the flat and wide straight road with chaotic steps. After two full hours, the last Chu army Only after finally leaving the northern suburbs of Xianyang, on the northern horizon in the distance, billows of dust gradually rose, almost covering half of the sky.

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Of course, such a big movement by the Chu army cannot be concealed from the meticulous work of the Han army.

That night, Zhang Liang got the news that the Chu army had withdrawn from Xianyang. Zhang Liang didn't dare to neglect, so he quickly summoned Zhou Bo, Li Shang, Xia Houying and other generals, as well as Chen Ping, to Xingyuan to discuss countermeasures. Liu Bang will still be in Hedong I borrowed food from Han Wangxin, and the news just came back that the [-] shi army food has been borrowed, and it will be transported to Hangu Pass within a few days.

"What? The remnants of the Chu army have withdrawn?" Xia Houying said in disbelief, "Can't you?"

"This is also expected." Li Shang said lightly, "I just didn't expect that Xiang Zhuang'er didn't take the risk of taking the Ziwu Valley path to Hanzhong, but went north. Could it be that Xiang Zhuang'er really planned to go north to Jiuyuan and Hu people?" Li Shang and the others were all very unfamiliar with the current situation in Jiuyuan County.

In fact, under Liu Bang, only Xiao He knew about Jiuyuan County.

But Xiao He didn't know much, because the old Qin people who controlled Jiuyuan County did not return to Han. Although Xiao He sent envoys to Jiuyuan several times to surrender, they were all rejected by Meng Tian's fake son.

"Maybe it's just old Wei Liao's way of showing his eyes." Zhou Bo said, "Maybe the Chu army went north to Jiuyuan just for show, but suddenly turned east when they got halfway, and then forcibly crossed the river from a certain ferry into South Korea. What about the land?" After finishing speaking, Zhou Bo strode to the screen again, patted the hanging map, and said, "After entering the Han land, the Chu army has a lot of room to turn around."

"The Chu army can't cross the river at all!" Li Shang said coldly, "Guan Ying's cavalry is guarding the east bank."

"But Xiangzhuang's children don't know." Zhou Bo said indifferently, "The Chu army didn't know that Guanying's cavalry was guarding the east bank of the river, and they were always watching their itinerary. East, the possibility of forcibly crossing the river is quite high, and we have to make arrangements early."

"How to arrange it?" Xia Houying said sullenly, "The army rations have not been delivered yet, who dares to move lightly?"

An inexplicable fierce light flashed in Zhou Bo's eyes, and he turned back to Zhang Liang and said, "Sir, why don't you send another elite soldier Qiao Zhuang to raise food on the spot?"

Zhang Liang's face changed slightly when he heard the words. He knew what Zhou Bo meant by raising food on the spot. The so-called raising food on the spot meant letting the Han army officers and soldiers loot the people in Guanzhong along the way like thieves. This could certainly solve the plight of the army's food shortage , But at the same time, it will also greatly damage the foundation of the Han King in Guanzhong, which is not conducive to the future struggle for the throne!

After all, this is Guanzhong, not Chu. Even if Qiao disguised himself as a Chu army, he would not ruin the reputation of the Han army, but what he destroyed was the foundation of the Han king after all. How many people are left?After the two catastrophes, how long will it take the land of Guanzhong to recuperate to recover?

But if you don't send troops to pursue it, will you just watch the Chu army calmly turn in like this?
At this moment, as wise as Zhang Liang, he hesitated to make a decision. This decision is really really difficult!
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When Zhang Liang was hesitating, the Chu army had already walked northward for hundreds of miles along the straight road!
Among the chaotic marching troops, Xiang Zhuang looked at the wide and straight road under his feet, and couldn't help but think a lot.

In his previous life, Xiang Zhuang had seen a documentary about Da Qin Zhi Dao, which quoted a sentence from Sima Qian's "Historical Records" describing Da Qin Zhi Dao. This: from Jiuyuan to Ganquan, cutting mountains and obliterating valleys, thousands of miles!

The literary talent of Sima Qian, a rotten man, is really unreal. So many scholars in later generations admired him so much that they all thought that he was the best in history. This is not unreasonable. A single word can describe this huge and unrivaled project vividly and vividly!

Daqin Zhidao is another huge legacy left to future generations by the first emperor of the ages, Qinshihuang!

Since then, the two most powerful Han dynasties, the Strong Han and the Prosperous Tang, have almost launched their strong counterattacks against the northern nomads along this straight road. If there is no straight road built by Qin Shihuang, no matter it is the Han Empire , or the Tang Empire, it will be much more difficult to counterattack the Huns and Turks!It's also much more expensive!

Moreover, the scale of the Daqin Straight Road project and the difficult construction conditions are beyond the limit of future generations' imagination, especially the extremely low level of productivity at that time, which is especially rare.

If you have to make a comparison, I am afraid that only the Grand Canal built by Emperor Sui Yang can be compared with it, but in the period of Emperor Yang of Sui, both the population level and the level of productivity far exceeded that of the first emperor. , It also shows that the farming and warfare system of the Qin Empire has reached the extreme in coordinating and using the power of the state machine!

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