Great Qin Emperor

Chapter 272

"Thank you, Prime Minister." Zhang Liang pretended to be grateful, and said, "Zhang Liang took the vengeance of his family and country and could not take revenge. He originally wanted to join the Western Chu, but Xiang Yan was rampant in the Western Chu. If Zhang Liang returned to his family, he must not be reused. It’s hard to get a wish.”

This half-truth and half-false words further stabilized Li Yuan's heart. Li Yuan said happily: "So before the ovary belongs to the king, I will contribute to the king, defeat Xiang Yan, and achieve great achievements. Great, great Don't worry, Zifang, Li Yuan dare not say anything else, as long as Li Yuan is alive, Bao Zhun will fulfill Zifang's heart."

Without Zhang Liang, there would be no situation today, and Li Yuan would have died a long time ago, and it is still unknown who will fulfill whose wish.Zhang Liang thanked him, and then continued, saying: "If the Prime Minister adds another 20 troops, Zhang Liang promises that the West will be settled within three months."

Li Yuan was originally happy, but when he heard this, the excitement disappeared, and he thought about it: "I don't know about Zifang, where can I find 20 people. 20 people are not a small number. We are now over 15 years old, and all men over 60 years old have joined the army. It is a problem whether we can find young men. Young men are still in his mother’s womb!"

The two factions fought, blood flowed like rivers, and Dongchu was defeated again and again. Not only the land and cities were lost, but also the population. Li Yuan had no choice but to exhaust the water and send all the men who could be sent to the battlefield to the battlefield. up.

Knowing that he would not be able to produce 20 troops, Zhang Liang said it on purpose, Zhang Liang pretended to be sorry, and said: "This is not easy to handle. Without an army, Zhang Liang is helpless. The prime minister knows, we just recovered Some lost ground, but their strength has increased, but they are not strong enough to defeat Xiang Yan in one fell swoop, and Zhang Liang will not be able to recover without more troops."

Regarding the current situation, Li Yuan is also clear. If it hadn't recovered a large number of cities in one fell swoop and strengthened his strength, he would really be unable to withstand Xiang Yan's counterattack. Half to ninety, can Zifang come up with a clever plan to break Xiang Yan."

Zhang Liang looked anxious, kept patting his forehead, and said: "The prime minister loves you so much, Zhang Liang is very grateful, but Zhang Liang's talent is ignorant, he doesn't have the talent of Uncle Sun, so he has no skills to return to heaven."

She still has confidence in Zhang Liang and Li Yuan, and encouraged her, "Think about it again, Zifang."

Zhang Liang paced up and down for a long time, clapped his hands together, and said, "Yes." Li Yuan said impatiently, "Say it quickly!" Zhang Liang continued, "Prime Minister, take measures to stabilize the country and reward farming. War, treat the people kindly, and recuperate. Zhang Liang believes that within ten years, we will become stronger, and by then it will be no problem to defeat Lu Chu. Zhang Liang dared to guarantee this to the prime minister."

Rest and recuperation is the best way at present, and it is also a helpless way. Li Yuan nodded and said: "If we want to solve the problem fundamentally, we should rest and recuperate. There is only one thing, we are recuperating, and we are also doing it. We force Yes, he is stronger too. Taking a step back, Negative Chu is stronger than us now, if he doesn’t give us a chance, we just want to take a breath and we won’t have a chance. internal solution to the problem?"

The solution is ready-made, but I won’t tell you easily. Zhang Liang started to walk up and down again, with a look of hard thinking vividly on the paper. If Zhou Chong saw his serious look, he would definitely say that he should go to act , not as a counselor.

While Li Yuan was waiting, time slipped away, and finally Zhang Liang stopped abruptly, and Li Yuan hurriedly said, "Zifang, is there a way?"

Zhang Liang didn't answer the question, but asked rhetorically: "A person is extremely thirsty and can't stand it. Someone gives him a glass of wine and tells him that if he doesn't drink this glass of wine, he will die. If he drinks this glass of wine, he will also die. There is poison in the wine, may I ask the Prime Minister whether he should drink it or not?"

This is a difficult choice, Li Yuan thought for a while, and said: "Drinking poison to quench thirst, may I ask why Zifang made such a statement?"

Zhang Liang smiled and said: "Prime Minister, Zhang Liang has a solution, but it is the way to quench thirst by drinking poison. Zhang Liang is worried that the Prime Minister will not implement it." This is a foreshadowing.

"I would like to hear the details." Li Yuan said with a smile: "The method of the ovary must be a clever plan."

Zhang Liang shook his head and said, "The prime minister has won the award." Spreading out the map, pointing to the map, he said, "Prime Minister, Zhang Liang thinks that the only way to strengthen himself at present is to use Yue's strength. Please look, Prime Minister, this is Chu State, this is Yue The land is vast, the population is countless, the land is fertile, and the products are abundant. If we get the power of the land, then we will become stronger in a short period of time. It is so difficult to defeat the negative. There is only one thing, we are currently in the Downwind, if we divide our troops to conquer more land at this time, it will be disadvantageous to us, so this is like drinking poison to quench thirst, and the prime minister will decide how to deal with it."

The place called Baiyue in ancient China was very large, including the present Zhejiang, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi and northern Vietnam.Among the Seven Kingdoms, Chu State knows Baiyue the best, not only because Chu State and Baiyue are close, but also because Chu State owns Dongyue, which is now the eastern Zhejiang area, which is the Yue State of Yue King Goujian .After Wu Yue struggled for hegemony, Yue State eventually weakened and was annexed by Chu State.The strength of Chu State is not weak at all, and the strength of the rich Wuyue land will become stronger. After Wang Jian defeated Xiang Yan in Tianzhong Mountain, he did not dare to underestimate the power of Yuezhong when he went straight to Shouchun. He once deployed three routes The army prevented the Yuezhong Chu army from going north for reinforcements.

I still have some understanding of Li Yuan, the land of Baiyue, and praised: "Zifang's idea is very good. If we can get the power of Baiyue, we will become stronger soon. Baiyue's tortoiseshell, emerald, pearl, ivory , rhinoceros horns, and corals are all top grade, and if they are transported to the Central Plains, they can make huge profits, and the people of Baiyue are very fond of the porcelain and silk of the Central Plains, so the problem of transportation between the two places will be solved. If the land of Baiyue If we conquer, then we will get the people of Baiyue and let them join the army, which will solve our current problem of insufficient manpower and a small army. Zifang, this is a wonderful plan, how can you drink poison to quench your thirst?"

"The Prime Minister doesn't know something, Zhang Liang is worried about the traffic between the two places." Zhang Liang thought it was time to talk about the business, and said: "Please look, Prime Minister, although Chu Yue is close at hand, but far away, what is the reason? In the final analysis, it is because of the inconvenient transportation, so even though Chu State is known as a country of five thousand miles, it cannot conquer Baiyue by crossing five mountains. Zhang Liang has been thinking that if the transportation is convenient, the land of Baiyue would have belonged to Chu State long ago. It won’t be like it is now floating around.”

This is true, and Li Yuan agreed very much: "Yes, Chu State is so strong, it only focused on the north, competing with other countries for supremacy, but did not develop further south, because of the traffic problem. Ovary Is there a magic way to solve this problem?"

"There is a way, I'm afraid the prime minister won't agree." Zhang Liang decided to provoke him first.

Sure enough, Li Yuan immediately said: "Whether it is successful or not, whether it is used or not, you have to say it, Ovary."

Zhang Liang clasped his fists and saluted, and said: "Since that's the case, Zhang Liang will be blunt."
(End of this chapter)