Chapter Twenty-Three: The Virtuous General
This is an unsolvable problem. In Xiongjing's well-known history, Schlieffen's revolving door plan in World War I had a similar dilemma. The revolving door plan was for the left flank to shrink and suck the main French forces into German territory, while the right flank quickly passed through Belgium and quickly detoured to the French left flank. However, as a result, the left flank did not retreat and shrink to suck the enemy in, but instead kept the enemy out of the country, causing the French army to retreat earlier, increasing the possibility of dodging a deadly hook from the left flank.
What is an institutional problem? That's the institutional problem. No one can solve the problems of the system, just as no one can lift their hair and let themselves hang in the air.
Xiong Jing sighed that the sky wanted to die, but Nao did not refute it. It's not that he doesn't dare to refute because Xiong Jing is Da Ao, but it's true, and there is no way to solve it. Once it is resolved, either the current Chu State will be completely plunged into chaos, or the current Chu State will never exist.
The state of Chu was not only worried about the survival of the society, but also about the internal changes; Qin, on the other hand, had long been prepared to rule an empire that would encompass the whole world. As long as she destroys the Chu State now, the nations will fall like dominoes, and they will no longer have to work hard. And to destroy the state of Chu, only the fourteen divisions of the Chu army stood in front of her.
These 14 divisions were close to 90,000 according to their establishment, but if you count the soldiers, there are only about 62,000. If the division and brigade are full. If the dissatisfaction with the staff, which is very common, the cold weapon era is always more than the battle loss, even if the Chu army establishes the perfect guard system that can be established in this era, the number of soldiers who are reduced every year in wartime is still as high as thousands—that may not exceed 60,000 at most.
With such a thin force, the Qin army was ten times larger than the Chu army, but Wang Jian still rushed to Huaixian with an axe after arranging military affairs, this time, Wei Yi did not wait for him outside Huaixian County, it was Zhao Gao who was waiting for him.
"Minister, I've seen the king." The county guard mansion Mingtang is no longer Wang Jian and Zhao Zhengdu, Wang Juan, Kui Xiang, Feng Quji, Li Si, Han Fei, Mao Jiao, Yan Wuyi, Ye Tunnel, Lang Sheng, ......, the important ministers of Daqin are all above Mingtang.
"The widow urgently summoned the general to the court, but it was for the sake of the death of Jing." Worshipping Wang Jian as a general is in full view of everyone, and now changing the previous order must also be seen by everyone. Zhao Zheng went straight to the point and said the reason for urgently summoning Wang Jian into the court, and then said: "Yue Jun is a thief, Yin killed Zhao Ying, Marquis of Wudu, Jingren Wuzhou attacked Zhifu Port, the war boat was destroyed, and then attacked, sinking more than 100 boats and burning the rest.
Jing people know that their country will die and take refuge in the sea, and the people of Miliang have gone to Penglai this month. As early as the next month, or as late as April, the Jing people will move the whole country. The boat division was no longer available for several months, and the Qin army could not lock its sea, and it was absolutely unstoppable. Therefore, the widow thought that the next month should be fought by the Jing people to destroy the Jing country. What does the general think? ”
Zhao Zheng doesn't talk about these backgrounds, and Wang Jian is already very clear about the current situation. The boat division was defeated at Zhifu, and although most of the men were retained, it was impossible for the war boat to recover in a short time. Moreover, even if there are a thousand warships, they may not be able to blockade the coast of Chu Yue for five or six thousand miles. It is impossible to prevent the Jing people from evading Penglai, and the decisive battle will be fought next month......
"Tell the king, next month, with the battle, the old minister is invincible." Wang Jian said this sentence hard, and Zhao Zheng wrinkled his brows at this sentence, which also made the ministers in the Ming Hall smack.
"The Qin army is six times larger than the enemy, why can't the general win?" Zhao Zheng's tone was calm, no longer with a hint of expectation as he had just now.
"The Qin army withdrew to Shahai, and most of the soldiers thought that the old ministers were old and decaying, and they were afraid of the Jing people." Wang Jian coughed twice and said. "Next month, the generals will see the old ministers and fight with the Jing people, and the generals will be suspicious, so they will naturally not win. Please take back the king's destiny and choose another virtuous general. ”
"Another meritorious?" Zhao Zheng's gaze was eager to turn into a giant blade, cutting Wang Qian's heart open to know his true thoughts in his heart. Wang Jian felt his gaze and didn't dare to look up, his eyes lowered to look down at his calloused feet. When you go to the church, you must not only take off your shoes, but also take off your socks, especially when you meet the king and the elderly.
I couldn't see Wang Qian's face, I could only see Wang Qian's white-haired head, and then I heard his somewhat irrepressible cough, and after a long time, Zhao Zheng sighed lightly and said, "The general is old." ”
At this time, Wang Jian raised his head, his eyes were cloudy, his eyes were dull, and he begged again: "The old ......minister is sixty years old, and he is indeed old, so the old minister asks the king to choose a better general." ”
"Ugh." Zhao Zheng still sighed. Some words are not easy to say clearly, and if you want to fight a decisive battle, Wang Jian will inevitably resign. But he resigned, who can he take as his general? Meng Tian? Meng Tian is young, and his eldest father is recommended by the Chu family, which is very difficult to use. Zhao Yong, Zhao Yong was a city commander before, he had been on the battlefield, but he had never commanded tens of thousands of troops, and there was no one in the shogunate. Bai Lin, Bai Lin led the army in Longxi at this time, and he did not command hundreds of thousands of troops, and he had no useful heart and strategists......
In silence, all the generals of Zhao Zheng and Qin State thought about it, including Zhang Han, who couldn't tell whether he had fulfilled the king's order or had not completed the army's life. Because it is impossible to tell whether he blocked the Jing people or not (he argued that Weinan had already collapsed when the Bashang army was defeated, and he had completed the mission of blocking the Jing people), there was no clan punishment, but the whole clan was punished as a ghost salary. If his words are correct, then he is the first general to stop the Jing people.
Zhao Zheng was silent in the Ming Hall, and Wang Qian, who had already made up his mind to escape under the pretext of old illness, coughed or coughed. As for the ministers in the court, the king had just angrily dismissed the lieutenant two days ago, and then urgently summoned the general Wang Jian to the court, obviously he had made up his mind, and they could only watch from the side.
"Who does the general think he should be the general?" Zhao Zheng was silent for a long time before asking this sentence.
"Old minister," Wang Jian held back his cough, "King, at this time, it has only been a two-month confrontation, and the Jing people are still vigorous, and if they have to fight, they are afraid of ......."
Thinking of those old Qin soldiers in the army, Wang Jian still carefully persuaded him. Before he finished speaking, Wang Jian interrupted with his sleeves, "What General Wang said is not well known. However, if he does not fight with the Jing people in the next month, the Jing people will avoid moving to Penglai, and he will attack the world again in the future to restore the Jing country. ”
"Since my Great Qin can die today, why are I afraid that he will come back one day?" Wang Jian also sighed.
He was just a martial artist, and he didn't know what Zhao Zheng was worried about. Could it be that Great Qin's army would depreciate as quickly as Great Qin's Qin Banliang? You can buy a cow this year, but you can only buy half a piece of Chu paper next year?
It seemed to him to be an incredible thing. In the battle with the Chu army, although the number of the Chu army was getting smaller and smaller, it was an unavoidable fact that the Chu army was getting stronger and stronger. The state of Chu has changed from a weak country that is sick and only wants to continue its life to a powerful country that can almost destroy Qin. What the Chu army can do, why can't the Qin army do it?
It is rare for Wang Jian not to do his duty once, thinking about issues that should not be thought about by him. It's a pity that Zhao Zheng didn't hear his advice at all, he knew very well what he was going to do.
"General Wang, step aside, tomorrow to the Taimiao to return to the axe and the talisman." Zhao Zheng didn't look at Wang Jian again, his eyes passed through the gate, and looked at the scenery outside the Ming Hall. Spring has arrived, the river is about to rise, and the Qin army's war boats will sweep the Jing people on the chasm. After this battle, there will be no Jing country in the world, and there will be no more Jing nobles.
"Summoning Mengtian." When the ministers were about to open their mouths to ask if Wang Jian was the general, who would be the general, Zhao Zheng spit out Meng Tian's name in his mouth.
Even after being a famous general, it doesn't mean that if you want to be a general, you can become a general. Meng Tian's advantage is that he inherited his father Meng Wu and the advisors and sherens under his eldest father Meng Fu. This is not comparable to Bai Lin's kind of lieutenant who got up alone without help, nor is it comparable to Zhao Yong, an old and well-guarded Xianyang Ling. Although Meng Tian was young, as long as the shogunate negotiated a specific battle formation, all he wanted was to make a decision and bear the price of that decision.
As for Zhao Zheng, he did not think about which general to choose, but which shogunate to choose. Although Meng Tian is few, Meng Tian's shogunate has been in battle for a long time.
The confessor came to the Qin army shogunate located in the sand sea to summon Meng Tian to the court, and as soon as the confessor read out the king's order, Meng Tian's ears were full of roars, and he couldn't hear a word clearly. Fortunately, he was reminded by the side that he was not rude, "Please wait a while, Tian will leave immediately." ”
The king urgently summoned Wang Qian, and Wang Jian said that there was a military need to be disposed of, and it was necessary to leave the next day. Summoning Meng Tian, Meng Tian respectfully said to leave immediately. The confessor smiled when he heard this, and when Meng Heng presented a pair of white jade bibs, the smile on his face became even brighter.
"Dare to ask the king about this summons, I don't know what's going on?" Seeing that the confessor was happy, Meng Heng hurriedly asked.
"It is a great joy." When the confessor received the jade of Mengjing, he always had to say something.
"A great joy?" Hearing that the national lieutenant who was on good terms with Wang Jian was dismissed, Meng Heng probably guessed what was going on, but he only guessed in his heart and didn't dare to say it. The confessor did not know whether he really knew or not, so he whispered two words in his ear.
"It is rumored that the general has returned the axe talisman." In the sleeping tent, Meng Tian was bathing and changing clothes under the service of the servants, and as soon as Meng Heng came in, he waved the servant women away.
Meng Tian didn't seem to hear his words, poured the hot water in the bath bucket and washed his face before saying: "The general doesn't want to fight the Jing people quickly, but the king wants to fight the Jing people quickly." This call should make me a general, and then ......"
At the age of thirty-four, he was worshiped as a general of a country, which is enough to comfort his father and father. But who is the king's fighter? He knew the difficulties and retreated, and it was certainly not a good thing for him to succeed as a general. How to take over the axe, he had to face the spear array of thousands of people running and rushing to the spear, but also facing the unstoppable witch weapon, but also facing the Jing iron cavalry one horse higher than his own horse, and facing the king of Jing who was worth 100,000 soldiers with one person......
Thinking of this, Meng Tian's excitement just now disappeared without a trace, and he felt weak for a while. Meng Heng knew what he meant, and he took a few steps closer, and then he told a secret that had been hidden in his heart for a long time: "The Jingren witch weapon is not unbreakable. ”
"Huh?!" Meng Tian stood up naked from the bathtub and stared at Meng Tian in a daze in the mist. Meng Heng smiled at him.
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