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Historically, in the sixteenth year of the reign of Qin Shi Huang (231 B.C.), it was stipulated that all men should register their age regardless of whether they were young or not. In the 26th year of Qin Shi Huang (221 BC), the great cause of unifying the six kingdoms was finally completed, and after that, the territory continued to expand, and by the 37th year of Qin Shi Huang (210 BC), the total population of the country was about 30 million. It is estimated that the world's population this year was 200 million, and the population of China accounted for 15 percent of the world's total.

It is now the thirtieth year of the First Emperor (217 BC), and the census has naturally not been completed, but Qin has been registered since the sixteenth year of the First Emperor, with a total population of 3.26 million, and the rest such as Handi, Weidi, and Yandi have corresponding numbers because they were annexed early, which are 1.19 million, 2.23 million, and 970,000 respectively, so there is only a population of 7.6 million. Qidi, Chudi, and Zhao have not yet been counted, but the Central Plains has been a densely populated place since ancient times, and the territory of Chu is twice the size of the Central Plains, and it seems reasonable that there are fifteen million people in these places?

At present, the population of the Chinese territory is about 25 million, and the number of people under Lu Zhe is more than 2.3 million, but it accounts for less than one-tenth of the total population.

That is, in about nine months, Lu Zhe had 340,000 troops, which was the force with the largest number of troops besides the Qin State!

Yes, it is a force rather than a country, in fact, whether it is Lu Zhe or Wu Rui and Huan Chu, they are all considered forces. In some places where the dogs and teeth are intertwined, there are many similar forces, but they occupy a small territory and do not have many troops, which is not worthy of attention.

The Qin State had 200,000 Northern Frontier Legions under the command of Meng Tian. The Central Plains Army was divided into Xu Yan's 300,000 and Wang Ben's 100,000, all of which were Qin's regular army. If according to the division of the Song Dynasty, 600,000 is the so-called field army.

In addition to the sequence of these 600,000 troops, the Qin army also has zài auxiliaries, and the number should be around 500,000. According to the tradition of the Qin army, the auxiliaries would replenish the losses of the battle units when needed.

Having 340,000 troops is not much of an outsider's statement, but Lu Zhe believes that only 90,000 of his regular troops can be used as soldiers, and according to the definition of the Warring States Period, the remaining ones can only be counted as a kind of people. It's just that compared to other forces, Lu Zhe's auxiliary troops have rosters and drills, which is a measure to learn from the auxiliary troops of the Qin State.

Xinzhao, which has eight counties, has 270,000 troops in half a year; Xinqi, which has seven counties. 250,000 troops in half a year; Xinyan, which has seven counties, has 90,000 troops within half a year; Xinchu had two counties and had 200,000 troops within two months.

The so-called number of tens of thousands, depending on their calculation of the troops under Lu Zhe, should also include the auxiliaries, so there will be a term "called".

Nan County, Hengshan County, and Cangwu County are in full swing to prepare for war, and the area that has been designated as a predetermined battlefield can often be seen somewhere rebuilt full of horses and trenches.

The two walls of Nanling City have been completed, and Lu Zhe personally supervised the construction of defense facilities at the same time. More than 300,000 people are desperately expanding the moat.

The city must have a moat, which is a consensus from the Xia Dynasty to the present, and the defense power of the city wall and no moat should be reduced by one or two percent.

There is the Yangtze River next to Nanling City, and it is not difficult to divert water. As long as the moat is dug and the water is brought in from the Yangtze River, that moat will be completed.

The moat has strong requirements for width, and it is divided into three specifications: large, medium and small. The first wall of Nanling City was four zhang high, and according to the requirements, it was necessary to have a moat at least two zhang long. The depth should be three feet deep. If the height of the second wall is five feet, the moat needs to be two feet and three feet, and the depth needs to be deepened by one foot accordingly.

When digging the moat. Lu Zhe was reported, and the people dug up the spring when they were digging, which made Lu Zhe very happy.

Although it is easy to divert water from the Yangtze River, it is much easier to be cut off by the enemy, and if the enemy army besieging the city is patient enough, the water will always run out. There is a spring in the moat, and it seems that there is more than one, so it is quite beneficial to Nanling City.

The underground spring should not be underestimated, it is not as simple as a simple excavation, it is necessary to carry out another planning of the moat, on the one hand, it is a water channel, but also to use it to form a pipeline to divert water into the city, if necessary, the city wall has to be expanded outward.

Because the local area needs to be modified, Lu Zhe has calculated it for a long time with a formula, and the time will be delayed by about a month, so the completion will be in May next year.

Because Lü Zhe wanted to supervise the construction of fortifications, the original government in Jiangling was moved to the city wall of Nanling.

The transfer of the government also means the transformation of the political center, and some high-ranking mansions have followed suit, but Lu Zhe has made great progress in the immigration to the north.

Luo Shao, who disguised himself as the remnants of Baiyue, was making waves, but the effect was very laughable, and the threatened townships did not know when they had so much courage, and found that the Baiyue people were running around and gathered in the township to protect themselves, and the young and strong people of several townships united, and one or two hundred people dared to catch four or five hundred Luo Shao's subordinates and chased wildly, and Luo Shao, who was bitter and did not dare to really use knives and guns, could only really escape.

Since when did the head of Nanjun become fierce? Lu Zhe doesn't have much of a concept, but he can't let Luo Shao really harm the township! found that his plan failed, so he had to order someone to send a battle robe to Luo Shao's department hiding in the mountains, and let them change into a war robe and go back to Cangwu County in the name of changing defense.

There are only more than 2 million people under Lu Zhe's rule, but it will be distressing to say that the loss of one of them will be painful, so the Qianshou in the north and west need to emigrate, and if they do not emigrate, they will definitely suffer greatly if the war occurs.

Lu Zhe, who was worried, didn't think of a better way, he was about to convene his subordinates in charge of civil affairs to discuss, and the lieutenant sent an urgent military information from Hengshan County, saying that Wang Ben of Shangjun had sent troops to Taiyuan County!

Hearing this news, Lu Zhe was surprised, the information he got was that Wang Ben's grain and straw had been insufficient, and according to reason, the army was not suitable for sending troops without grain and straw, so why did he send troops to Taiyuan County? !

Wang Ben is worthy of being Wang Qian's son, and he knows what it means to be a soldier and a nobleman, and he actually ran for more than 200 miles in three days and nights, and attacked to the throat of Jinyang on the fourth day.

There are 30,000 Zhao troops in Jiaoyang, not only a county town with one or two thousand soldiers, a defender named Wuchen led his troops to take two days to repel several attacks by Wang Ben's 30,000 cavalry front army. On the third day, Wang Ben's 50,000 Chinese troops rushed to the city of Jiaoyang, but the 50,000 reinforcements led by Zhang Er also arrived that night.

30,000 cavalry attacked Jiaoyang for two days and lost more than 7,000 people, waiting for Wang Ben to lead 50,000 Chinese troops to come to the meeting, and the Qin army had more than 73,000 troops under Jiaoyang City.

As the defenders, the military ministers commanded properly, and the Zhao army still had more than 76,000 people when Zhang Er's reinforcements arrived.

The small place of Jiaoyang raised more than 140,000 troops for a time, and the Qin army joined forces and camped, and Zhang Er built a fortress outside the city and the defenders in the Wuchen city became a mutual cover.

The little-known Terrier Yang is destined to be famous all over the world because it was the first city to be temporarily held by the Qin State to quell the rebellion, at least Lu Zhe knew the name of this small county town because the Zhao army and the Qin army had been fighting in the terrier for half a month.

The Qin army's first attack was not conducive to many problems, the main reason was that Wang Ben's tactics were mainly rushing, and the siege equipment of the rear army did not keep up. Later, when the equipment carried by Wang Ben arrived, Zhang Er and Wuchen knew that they could not hold on, leaving 10,000 troops behind the palace with 40,000 people to retreat to Jinyang without hesitation.

Qin Guo didn't make the first move in the south, and chose a partial division to attack Taiyuan County first, I believe that many people will not turn the corner for a while, after all, all the previous moves indicate that the first to move will be Xu Yan's department of Sanchuan County!

Lu Zhe received the report of the lieutenant and immediately summoned the civil and military, he relayed the battle report to everyone, and finally said: "Wang Ben's 100,000 army has moved, and it is no longer possible to predict when Xu Yan's 300,000 army will move according to common sense. The newly restored Zhao State has suffered a big loss that is not tired of deceit, and I don't want us to be the next party to suffer this kind of loss! ”

Wei Han, the former herald, is now a marquis of the Scout Force. It was precisely because he was the marquis of the scout force, and he was also a member of the summons, so he quickly stood up after hearing this, "Lord! Our scouts are always staring in all directions. ”

Zheng Jun also said: "The loss of the Zhao State is because their ministers are busy with the great gift of restoring the country, and they are full of guesses about what official positions they will be given, and they do not pay close attention to Wang Ben's department. ”

Kuaitong continued: "Whether it is the lord or your colleagues, they are preparing for war from top to bottom, how can they suffer such a loss as Xin Zhao?" ”

Lu Zhe was still a little afraid, who could have expected that Wang Ben would dare to attack without food, and Xu Yan would not care at all if it was necessary in the rainy season in the south.

"Lord, do you think there's anything wrong?" Zheng Jun asked cautiously.

What's wrong? Lu Zhe closed his eyes and thought carefully, recalling in his mind the recent information about the movements of Sanchuan County, Xu Yan had been collecting grain from all over the world recently, and there was no change in the training of the army. The Qin army in Ba County and Hanzhong County has also been hoarding grain, but the frequency of army mobilization has decreased recently. Seem...... He didn't figure out what was wrong?

Expressing his thoughts one by one, Lu Zhe's face was cloudy, looking at what tips his subordinates hoped to get.

"Wang Ben attacked Taiyuan, and now he is fighting with Zhang Er and Wuchen under Jinyang City. The job is expected that Xin Zhao will not carry the Qin army alone, and will definitely ask Xin Yan and Xin Qi for help. The Six Kingdoms have been wiped out once, and they should know better what it means to be cold, and Qi Yan will definitely send troops to rescue him no matter how much he has a conflict with Xin Zhao. "Kuaitong is actually explaining the situation in the Central Plains?

"We all know that the Xiang clan is good at spreading rumors, and the whole world thinks that the Qin army of Sanchuan County will have a battle with us, even you, and all of us think so. That's the power of rumors. "There is a sound on the ground.

Rumor? Lu Zhe looked at Kuaitong, and his face changed: "Sir, you said that you want to remind Zhe to be careful of Xinchu?" (To be continued......)