In 216 B.C., the Shaanxi region was not a loess plateau, but the scene seen by Gongwei and others who went north from the Han Kingdom was not a beautiful environment.

Qindi built fortifications on a large scale, and the amount of wood needed for Xianyang's defense was a huge amount, so that the forests on the outskirts of Xianyang were basically flat.

Leaving Xianyang and heading north, Gongwei and the others saw that the situation was a little desolate, large areas of land had become wasteland overgrown with weeds uncultivated, and even if there were people in the places where they were maintaining production, most of them were gray-haired old people or children whose bodies had not grown.

"Has it come to this point?" The lieutenant has become familiar with Zhang Han recently, and he can't help asking.

Zhang Han had been transferred to the Central Plains Army since two years ago, and he didn't know much about some of the situation in Qindi. He also felt melancholy when he saw it along the way: "A large number of young people were recruited as soldiers, and there was an extreme shortage of labor among the people......"

The Central Plains Army has received several reinforcements before and after, and at the beginning, the soldiers who came to reinforce were mainly young and strong, and the more they went to the back, the worse the soldiers became, which is also the reason why the combat effectiveness of the Central Plains Army was reduced.

"I heard that the total strength of the Han army is maintained at around three million, civilian labor?" Zhang Han asked without any psychological pressure, and the signs of an alliance between Qin and Han have become more and more obvious recently, and some topics do not need to be avoided.

"Misinformation, not always maintaining so many troops." The lieutenant spread out and said: "China has a compulsory military system, and in summer and winter, the leaders need to report to the local area for training, and they do not belong to the staff, and it is an obligation to replace conscription. ”

Zhang Han exclaimed: "Then the words of the source of three million soldiers are not misinformation, if the King of Han needs it, I am afraid that more than three million people are willing to fight for the King of Han, it should be more!" When he spoke, he was envious.

There is no exaggeration, and this is related to the compulsory military system of the Han State. It's more that the treatment of the army is really good, and then there is a series of things that are fermenting.

The administrative system of the Han State followed the people-oriented system, but it was not a "dish cooking", but a war to the outside world and the welfare of the people. At the same time, Lu Zhe really greatly boosted the morale of the people because some small people started wars against certain countries, and the country fulfilled its responsibilities, so why didn't the head of Qiantou enthusiastically want to fulfill his obligations?

However, it is an exaggeration to say that all the people of the Han Kingdom were willing to go to the battlefield to fight, after all, a person has a mind, there are brave and belligerents, and there will inevitably be cowards and lovers of peace.

"My king thinks it's not advisable to mobilize too many people to go to war." Gongwei shook his head as he spoke: "But it seems that this can only be carried out in the Han Kingdom." ”

Isn't it? The Han State was completely sitting and talking without backache, Qin had been fighting with other countries for nearly four years, but the Han State had maintained a relatively peaceful period during this time to deal with internal affairs, and had enough time to improve its wartime system.

By the way, the word wartime system was only heard by Zhang Han when he was talking to the lieutenant, and he inquired about what the wartime system was from the lieutenant, and he may have only learned a small part of it, but he was already surprised by the concept proposed by Lu Zhe and the system he implemented.

The so-called wartime system is not a complicated thing to be seriously speaking, it is nothing more than a set of rational division of labor. On the premise of recognizing the national strength, the material and manpower should be allocated according to the intensity of the war.

It is impossible to hide the eyes of other countries from the wartime regulation of the national nature, and it is impossible for the countries outside the Han State to understand the whole operation, but it is not difficult to imitate it in some places, and what did the lieutenant say when asked. It is precisely because the nations have lost the capital to imitate.

Except for the Han Kingdom, which country has not exhausted its full strength now? Asking them to engage in some kind of cooperation and division of labor is a joke at all, and it will be a big joke.

The lieutenant raised his hand to the crowd of people cutting down trees in the distance, and asked with some uncertainty, "Is the Shangjun front very dangerous?" How did I walk all the way to the point where I saw building a line of defense? ”

The Qin State is doing a layer of protective lines. The area covered was too wide, almost extending to one or two hundred miles away from Xianyang, so they would inevitably see the destroyed woods.

What makes the Han people wonder the most? The working Qin people are almost invisible. Of course, the young and strong women here are young and vigorous, all of whom are old and weak in cutting down trees and transporting them.

The resilience of the Qin people is a fact recognized by the whole world, otherwise it would not have developed from a small country in the west to an empire that dominates the world. These people from the Han Kingdom will inevitably compare Han Min with Qin Min in their hearts, and come to the conclusion that if Han Min comes to this juncture, it is really not easy to compare with Qin Min if he can do it.

Since the founding of Lu Zhe, the national welfare enjoyed by the Han people should be better than that of any country, which is to produce a kind of hedonism, although it is not so obvious at present, but the signs have appeared, so Fang Cai Zhang Han said that the whole country of the Han State is willing to fight for the king of Han (country), and the Gongwei will briefly show a strange expression and express his disapproval.

Large-scale defense lines use a lot of manpower, and the damage to the environment can almost be used with the word "destruction".

According to the information revealed by Zhang Han, there are nearly 700,000 people involved in the construction of the defense line, which is a relatively terrifying mobilization ability, and it can also be guessed why Xianyang has become "empty", and some villages have become deserted villages.

Shaanxi has a long history of turning into a loess plateau, and you can guess the reason by looking at how many dynasties in history set the capital in Guanzhong. That's right, because a lot of wood is needed to build buildings, and the consumption of wood for the royal family to build palaces is even more terrifying.

In addition to the construction of buildings and the cutting of timber, the constant war on this land is also one of the "murderers" who change the face of the terroir.

It is not too strange to talk about the above topics, Gongwei heard a kind of argument within the Qin State from some few words, it seems that many people have built the country and temporarily moved to Longxi, which is both a realistic and strange phenomenon.

The more you go north, the more you can understand the decline of the Qin State from what you see with your eyes, the large areas of barren fields, and the abandoned villages one after another, doesn't this show a kind of depletion of manpower?

People-oriented is not simply a concept of what to do, but also to explain the fact that only people can develop, Qin has excavated manpower to the extreme, and people have to wonder what will Qin do in the future even if it survives the current hurdle?

Zhang Han's level was not yet the core of the ruling power, and he was stunned for a quarter of an hour when he heard Gongwei ask such a question, and asked rhetorically: "Han Wangzhe is afraid that he has already thought about what to do in his heart?" ”

Gongwei was dumbfounded, of course he knew about Lu Zhe's series of arrangements, but this time the war against Qi Yan was part of the entire grand strategy.

For the Qi State and the Yan State, the Han State adopted a posture of military conquest, and the fact that the wind swept the remnants of the building and approached Linzi, the capital of the Qi State, is enough to illustrate this. It seems that the plan has gone quite smoothly so far, but it is not clear whether the head man will send cavalry to support according to the request of the king of Qi, and it is not known whether Donghu will participate in the war in the Central Plains.

The strategy of the Han State towards the Qin State has always been relatively vague, and for a long time, the support was more than targeted, which is why after the Han State Observation Group entered the Qin land, the Qin people sometimes cheered when they found a team holding the Han flag on the road.

"General Zhang and my king are old acquaintances, right?" The lieutenant did not wait for Zhang Han's answer, and said: "My king often talks about General Zhang to our courtiers. ”

Zhang Han didn't talk to him, he didn't talk to him, he could only smile.

The lieutenant didn't go into the topic, but that sentence was enough for Zhang Han to reminisce for a long time.

They set out from Xianyang in mid-May, and arrived at the garrison area of the Great Wall Army in late May, because the steppe Hu led by the Xiongnu also began to divide and blockade the battlefield, so they naturally stopped in the outer area.

The lieutenant was a little surprised that Meng Tian came in person, and he was even more shocked by Meng Tian's first words.

Meng Tian didn't have any politeness when he saw Han Guo and his party, and he tensed his face and asked, "When will the Han army enter Qindi?" ”

At that moment, not only the people on the Han side were stunned, but even the people on the Qin side were extremely embarrassed because of Meng Tian's question.

"I have met the King of Han, the first time was in the main hall of Xianyang Palace, at that time Han Wang Zhe was a new military marquis, he knelt on the palace for nearly two hours," Meng Tian did not seem to be reminiscing or insulting, he was expounding a past: "I only remember that even if he was covered in sweat, he didn't move." After His Majesty and I left, he went out of the main hall, which happened to be the period when the civil and military officials went down to court, and he stood outside the palace gate and looked at it for a long time. ”

The lieutenant looked coldly at Meng Tian, who was telling the story: "Is the general provoking?" ”

"No!" Meng Tian went straight down and said: "Once I personally asked His Majesty Xià to ask His Majesty Xià to let Han Wang Zhe go north to enter the Great Wall Army, but unfortunately, the national lieutenant (Tu Sui) and the government order (Zhao Gao) thought that it was more appropriate for Han Wang Zhe to go south, and His Majesty Xià also agreed with this. ”

Or say it's not a provocation? Meng Tian only understood that if Lu Zhe had gone north instead of south at that time, he would have been a promising general in Meng Tian's hands, but it would have been impossible to become a founding king.

“…… If it is not Han Wangzhe, there will be other people, according to Han Wangzhe's original words, "the right time to meet" and "the situation creates heroes" can be explained, and the current situation in Qin is not simply because of the emergence of Han Wangzhe. Meng Tian's words became more and more strange, which made the Han Kingdom and his party who wanted to have a seizure hold back their breath again. His face was gloomy: "The Xiongnu prince Mao Dun led the army to break through the first line of defense, and suddenly our army's second line of defense was not well prepared, and with the current strength of the Great Wall Corps, it may be a limit to gradually retreat and support for half a year." ”

Gongwei understood Meng Tian's state a little, and the unexpected accident greatly hit the general's confidence, what Meng Tian said about the Han army's entry into Qin did not mean an invasion, but a coordinated operation of the Qin and Han coalition forces? (To be continued......)