Chapter 568: Would You Rat?
If Lu Zhe was worried about the rapid collapse of the Qin Empire under the siege of many parties, after taking a closer look at the current situation of the Qin State, especially knowing that the northern frontier had been run by General Meng Tian, he was really sure that the Qin State was worry-free for the time being, but what he should be worried about was that the three kingdoms of Qi, Yan, and Zhao were served by the Qin army in Chen County.
Whether the Qin army heading south was an elite or an elite army that had recovered its belligerent nature, Lu Zhe had observed this closely. What about the Qi, Yan, and Zhao coalition forces he saw? With the exception of some of the troops, a considerable part can only be called "armed" at all.
In many cases, quantity is indeed able to rival quality, but if the quantity is too much to a certain constant, if the combined forces of Qi, Yan, and Zhao are not five times more than the Qin army, Lu Zhe does not see that the combined forces of Qi, Yan, and Zhao have any shadow of victory against the Shang Qin army.
More often than not, the army does not need to be completely elite, but at least it should be a bit of what an army should be, not to put on a battle uniform and pick up weapons to be called a soldier, but also to go through a correct set of training.
For a country, having a military training general is far more precious than having a hundred warriors, Liu Bang has been defeated repeatedly in the original history, but he can't bear to have a training master Han Xin constantly training the army, and the elite and invincible Xiang Yu army is in the continuous war of attrition, Liu Bang exchanged several lives for the lives of Xiang Yu's soldiers, and he was heaped to death.
Thinking of Han Xin, Lu Zhe couldn't help but look at Xiang Yu, who was staring at him not far away. He didn't know if Xiang Yu had learned Xiang's training knowledge, and it seemed that in the original history, after Xiang Liang died in battle, there was no new strong army under Xiang Yu's command, and in the end, the elite soldiers in his hands became fewer and fewer, and he hated Wujiang.
Of course, Xiang Yu saw that Lu Zhe had come over, and the move he made was to stare back with his eyes wide. This young man has always been unconvinced by the results of the last battle of Lu Chu, thinking that Lu Zhe was evading the heavy and lightly attacking Huizhang County, which made the Chu army exhausted, and in the end, the main force of the two armies did not do a decisive battle Xiang Liang led the troops to retreat, in his opinion, if the two armies won the decisive victory, it is especially unknown.
"What for!" Xiang Liang is a character who sees and listens to six directions, how can he not notice Xiang Yu's actions: "Forbearance." How many times have you said that you have to forbear, are you what you should look like when you are lying on your salary? β
"People are swordsmen, I am fish and meat...... Xiang Bo also whispered: "Yu'er, you are forcing Lu Hou to kill us now." β
Xiang Yu's face froze, and he squeezed out a smile that was more ugly than crying, and he hadn't expressed his indignation, but he saw Lu Zhe over there waving to him.
Lu Zhe's actions were naturally made in front of everyone's eyes, and in an instant, I don't know how many pairs of eyes looked at the Xiang family wearing Chu style armor.
Not far from the Xiang family, Wei Wangjiao and Han Wangcheng had been talking in a low voice for a long time across the chariot, discussing what Lu Zhe and Fusu had said when they met, and now they saw Lu Zhe's actions. Both of them were very emotional about some of Xiang's secrets.
The Xiang clan controls the state of Chu, and although Xiong Xin is the king of Chu, he is actually a puppet, these are not secrets. It is precisely because it is not a secret that the kings of the countries actually have an exclusive attitude towards the Xiang family, after all, they are kings, and the king should have the dignity of a king.
"King Han is very concerned about the Xiang family?" King Wei squinted.
Han Wangcheng had a good relationship with the Xiang family before, and he also received the favor of the Xiang family when he fled. But that was before he became the king of Han, and now the change of identity makes him not only no longer grateful to Xiang, but also more hostile to Xiang. This is the so-called ass decides the head, and he is a king. Do you want to give Xiang a good face, and then encourage your courtiers to follow Xiang's example to set up themselves?
"That's Xiang's Qianli Ju and Qilin'er," Han Wangcheng didn't show a gloating expression like King Wei, and his face was cold: "I heard that King Han proposed to take this young man as a hostage." Since the Xiang clan succumbed to the will of the Han King and left the army to follow, it was time to agree. β
"The king of Han is now under his jurisdiction to annihilate 100,000 people and 500,000 people, and the army will invade Lingnan and expand its territory. It will hunt for the power of the Qi and Yan coalition forces, which is the stage of the sky," Wei Wang was a little envious and full of joy: "How dare the Xiang family refuse?" β
"As strong as the Qin State, and as mighty as Qi Yanzhao who gathered millions of people, who would be stupid enough to anger the King of Han now." Han Wangcheng suddenly changed his words: "What does Wei have to say about the joint attack on Lingnan proposed by King Han?" β
LΓΌ Zhe has officially informed Wei and Han that they are ready to send troops to attack Lingnan with them, and the number of troops in the two countries is not large, so it is natural to send troops, and LΓΌ Zhe values the nearly one million Qiantou under the rule of the two countries.
"Send 5,000 troops and recruit 100,000 people," Wei Wang's face was a little complicated: "That's the King of Han promoting Wei, how dare you not admit it?" β
Han Wangcheng thought so: "That's the King of Han who sees us pitiful and relieves us of pressure!" β
In these years, the emphasis is on the parallel of obligation and responsibility, and there is a harvest only if you pay. Wei Han is the protectorate of Lu Zhe, and it is natural for them to send troops to fight with Lu Zhe's army, and what benefits the two countries can obtain in the war depends on whether Lu Zhe is generous, but it is not the obligation of the two countries to use the people, and it is necessary for Lu Zhe to pay something else. The payment here can be a treasure or something else, but it is generally offset by the "taxation" within a certain period of time, so Han Wangcheng has the ability to reduce the pressure.
"Zhang Liang revealed the news that the king of Han intends to set aside a radius of 100 miles for Wei Han after capturing Lingnan," Wei Wang blinked frequently: "Is this true?" β
Han Wangcheng nodded heavily: "There is such a thing." The king of Han thought that since the people went to Lingnan, most of them were dragging their families with them, so it was better to settle in the newly occupied areas. Since those people are from the rule of you and me, they are naturally your and my people, so they want to carve out the territory to Wei Han. β
In fact, they are not stupid, how can they not know that Lu Zhe is pulling Wei Han's mouth to fill the sparsely populated Lingnan, but they obviously don't have the courage to refuse this matter. There is a hundred miles of land planned to be owned by Wei Han, even if they themselves will not have any jurisdiction over that enclave, let alone the strength to garrison it. However, the taxes generated by that enclave were still owned by Wei Han, and Wei Han's territory could be regarded as expanding, and the loss of one or two hundred thousand people was rewarded, which was actually quite good.
At present, many countries in the land of China are in a state of food shortage, and their finances are even more depleted, and this is still the case for countries with larger territories, and countries like Wei and Han, which do not have much land, are even more miserable.
With a population of nearly one million without strong strength, Wei and Han were unable to maintain the people's livelihood after supporting tens of thousands of troops, and in the past few months, there have been frequent incidents of starvation to death, and a considerable number of Qianshou are dragging their families to run under Lu Zhe's rule, and they are powerless to stop and dare not stop it.
Even if Lu Zhe didn't ask for a population of one or two hundred thousand, and Wei Han's people's livelihood would run out sooner or later if they didn't improve, then Lu Zhe would take the initiative to comfort them with some price, and they would be grateful.
Zhang Liang told Han Wangcheng about the importance of population to the country, but now South Korea obviously does not have so many resources to support so many people, and the proper way is to clear out enough population to relieve the pressure at home. Moreover, there are hundreds of thousands of people who cannot afford to raise more troops, so they serve Lu Zhe wholeheartedly and continue the national glory of Korea in this way.
It's not that Han Wangcheng or Zhang Liang are spineless, during the Warring States Period, South Korea has been implementing the national policy of serving a certain country to ensure national glory. The current South Korea is worse than the South Korea of the Warring States period, so what can they do if they don't do this?
When one side is strong enough to a certain extent, and this force does not show strong aggression, everyone will not provoke excessively, but will only give in and endure.
The Qin State was too aggressive, and it had really done the great cause of destroying the unification of the nations, so the nations and Qin could not coexist.
Lu Zhe never showed that he had the ambition to dominate the world, and he did not do it when he had the strength and opportunity to swallow Wei Han, but his consistent behavior was to consolidate his territory, and his aggressiveness was only for Baiyue in the south. It was Lu Zhe's gesture that made Wei Han willing to serve, and the state of Chu also chose to give in and forbear, which was based on the premise that Guozuo could continue.
The Xiang clan had already decided to forbear, and when facing Lu Zhe, he would inevitably hide his hostility and show his deference, but the young Xiang Yu obviously did not have the city to forbear.
Of course, Lu Zhe couldn't see Xiang Yu's fangs and claws, but he could see Xiang Yu's unruly pupils. He looked at Xiang Yu with interest, and after a while, he turned his head and asked Xiang Liang: "This is Xiang's thousand-mile horse?" β
Xiang Liang said modestly: "It's just a rumor." β
"Ben Hou saw that the young man had a tiger in his heart," Lu Zhe said something that made Xiang Liang's heart almost stop, and after a pause, he said with a smile: "Ben Hou likes such a young man, he must be frivolous when he is young, he is not afraid of anything, and he dares to show his bravery. β
Xiang Liang was already sweating like rain, and the more Lu Zhe praised Xiang Yu, the more dangerous Xiang Yu became.
"I have a fourteen-year-old disciple named Han Xin, who seems to be the same age as Xiang's Qianliju?" LΓΌ Zhe misremembered Han Xin's age, the current year is the 29th year of the First Emperor (218 BC), Han Xin was born in the 16th year of the First Emperor (231 BC), and now Han Xin should be 13 years old.
Xiang Liang almost fell off the horse, because Lu Zhe actually knew Xiang Yu's age well, the genealogy of a family is a very mysterious thing, Lu Zhe even knows this, so what else does Lu Zhe not know?
Xiang Yu on the side had a strange look in his eyes, he very much liked Lu Zhe's statement that "you must be frivolous when you are young, and you must not be afraid of anything", and thought that this sentence was really good.
Lu Zhe looked at Xiang Liang, who was dark and uneasy, then at Xiang Yu, and finally at Xiang Liang: "I want to accept the Xiang family as an apprentice, I don't know if Xiang Liang is willing?" (To be continued......)