Selinus's question made it difficult for Fusu to answer. If we count from before he was born, the war between Qin and Chu has been going on for twelve years; If the Chu army began to count from the time of recovering Nanjun, it would be the fifth year, and it would immediately enter the sixth year.

After the Battle of Daze, the Chu army fought less and less, and was defeated and retreated. Although a few months ago, he had defeated the Qin State once and killed 160,000 Qin troops, but the decline was irreversible. At this time, the two armies are facing each other in Daliang, and the decisive battle may be this year, maybe next year.

The military situation was strictly controlled in the Qin State, and even if Fusu, as the eldest son, knew most of the favorable news. He selectively revealed the news, and the number of troops alone startled the two of them.

"Six hundred thousand soldiers?!" Pomilka and Selinus couldn't believe it, except for the rumored Indian Mauryan Empire with an army of this size, no other empire had such a large number of soldiers. There may be one in the East, but Qinni is just a kingdom.

"Yes, six hundred thousand." Fusu couldn't help but feel a little proud. "There are less than 100,000 Chuni soldiers."

"Then why ......" Pomilka and Selinus had both been on the battlefield, and the question was exactly the same: since Chini had 600,000 soldiers and Chuni had only 100,000 soldiers, why not attack immediately?

"Because ......" The question was not difficult to answer, Fusu said: "The Chuni have a witch weapon, a weapon like thunder. ”

"Boom......?" Selinus learned the sound of artillery, "Is this a weapon?" ”

When the Chu army invaded Xianyang, and during the Second Battle of Daze, Fusu had heard the sound of artillery, and he was surprised to see that Selinus also knew this sound. To the west of the Mediterranean, so far away, how could such a witchcraft be known? Could it be that Carthage also has witchcraft weapons, and the state of Chu learned this weapon from the state of Carthage?

"Carthage also has witchcraft?" Fusu looked at the two of them for the third time. One of them was dressed in a Greek kitong, and the other was a linen robe with no beard, much like that of an Egyptian servant. He didn't quite understand why an envoy dressed as a servant, and this servant was the master.

"Yes." As they looked at each other, Pomilka and Selinus looked at each other and nodded slightly.

"The witchcraft of the Chuni originally came from Carthage?" Fusu said with a surprised tone. His words made Pomilka stammer, it was obvious that the Baka family united with the city-states on the island of Crete to seize the thunder weapon of the Chuni, how did it become a thunder weapon in the mouth of Prince Qinni from Carthage?

Selinus disagreed, saying, "Carthage knows the secret of the Thunder Weapon. ”

"You know the secrets of witchcraft?!" Fusu looked at the two of them incredulously.

"We are not craftsmen ...... only part of it," Pomilka said in a humble voice. The two came to the East not to offer treasures, but to find out when the Chuni would return to the Mediterranean.

Pomilka's weakness extinguished the hope in Fusu's eyes. The Egyptians also said that they knew the secret of the witchcraft, but their craftsmen were detained by the Huns, and the Egyptian envoy Palops only said the ingredients of the witchcraft, but did not know how to prepare it. The envoy said that he only knew part of it, and perhaps like Palops, he only knew the ingredients of the potion.

An empty and joyful meeting, at least Fusu thinks so. He quickly wrote today's meeting into a document and sent it to Huai County for his father's reference. The state of Chu avoided moving again, and the siege of Daliang was gradually lifted, and my father probably didn't have time to read this kind of official document. Fusu thought so.

September and October are the seasons when the East Asian monsoon turns, and the second evacuation must be completed before the wind direction turns. That is to say, if they can't wait for the millet to ripen, the Chu people will sail out to sea again. Of course, it is not known why the Chu people chose to set sail for the Qin people in September, but judging from the reports from various parties, the Chu state will make a second migration in mid-to-late September.

After receiving Wang Qian's report in June, Zhao Zheng realized that the 600,000 Qin army might not be able to destroy the Chu army. It is no longer the era of leather armor, and the Chu army in huge armor is almost invulnerable to the Qin army. In the past, it could, that was because the Qin army had captured the Zhao State Chu armor before, and the Zhao army had the captured Qi State Chu armor after the Zhao army. The Chu armor of the Zhao army was not equipped at one time, but was gradually equipped, which gave the Qin army the opportunity to use the captured Chu armor against the Chu armor of the Zhao army.

In the Battle of Weinan, the Battle of Xiangcheng, the Battle of Xiangheguan, and the Battle of Chencheng, the Qin army lost several battles in a row, and the lost soldiers were barely replenished, and the lost armor could not be replenished. Even if it can be added, in the face of the Chu army's increasingly hard armor and sharper and sharper spears, it is difficult for the original old chieftain spear to break the armor, and the original old armor will also be pierced by the razor spear.

Technological upgrading is a concept that only exists in later generations, but Zhao Zheng is deeply aware of the harm of technological upgrading. Shaofu's iron-smelting technology could not keep up with the pace of Chu's Jutiefu, and all the captured weapons were lost, and the 600,000 Qin army suddenly fell into a situation where there was no armor to fight. Fortunately, except for a few people, few people know this, but how long can this secret be kept?

Since June, Zhao Zheng has been thinking about this issue again. In the face of this problem, it is no longer important whether the Chu State avoids relocation, and it no longer matters whether the Great Liang is relieved.

"The minister has seen the king." Huaixian was sleeping, and the right prime minister Wang Juan walked up to the Ming Hall with small steps, and the servants around him carried a bunch of slips.

"How's it going?" In August, Zhao Zheng was in Guandong and Qindi was mostly in Guanzhong, so this year's plan had to be postponed to early September. Wang Juan has no smile on his face, and it can be seen from this point alone that this year's plan is not optimistic.

"Please take a look at it, the King." Wang Juan did not speak, but took out a general book and handed it to Zhao Zheng.

Neishi, Beidi County, Shangjun County, Sanchuan County, Hedong County, Hanzhong County, Shu County, Nanyang County, Shangdang County, ...... one county after another, after seeing the few harvests in Qinzhong County, Zhao Zheng couldn't help but smash the slip on the wooden case, and he asked loudly without hesitation: "You tell the widow, when can the corn be eaten?!" ”

"Edible to ......" Wang Juan is also difficult to return to this problem, this is the above number, when the corn is harvested in October, the counties below will find a lot of excuses to say what has affected the corn harvest, resulting in a poor harvest. But Zhao Zheng's eyes stared at him like a hook, he shook it, and whispered: "As far as the minister can see, it will not be May next year." ”

"May?!" Zhao Zheng stretched out five fingers.

"Or April." Wang Wan said. "Plant millet and starve to death; If you don't plant millet, you will starve to death, and the common people will not plant it. There are many fugitives in Shu County, Hanzhong, and Nanyang, and they do not want to be the people of Great Qin. At this Wang Juan sighed, he knelt down and bowed: "The minister will ask the king to fight again, and I have two out of three in the world today......"

It was not the first time that Zhao Zheng had heard the advice of a truce, and Wang Xuan's words made Zhao Zheng extremely angry. A truce is impossible, one of Qin and Chu must fall, he glared at Wang Juan fiercely, and said word by word for a long time: "The widow is not allowed!" ”