Chapter 164: Preparation in advance and preemptive strike
Bow and thank "Siegfried" and "Dream Lovers 123" for their precious monthly passes! At the same time, thanks to the BUG provided by "OK~", it is indeed not 10,000 tons but 2400 tons.
PS: The high fever has not subsided, and the laryngitis was detected when I went to the doctor, and the time for the outbreak of the World Cup to accumulate manuscripts was postponed, which is really a tragedy.
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This is no longer the original historical Qin State, the historical Qin State in the 28th year of the first emperor was making a big patrol move, he took 100 officials and nearly 200,000 Beijing guards, miscellaneous servants from Xianyang, all the way through Sanchuan County, Yingchuan County, Dang County, Chen County, Surabaya County, Xue County, Donghai County...... and so on, and many other counties, almost all the counties east of Neishi County.
The first emperor also became the first emperor in Chinese history to Mount Tai to seal Zen in this year, and then carved stones in Mount Tai, Yishan and Langxitai successively.
It was also in this year that the First Emperor gave a bad start to the emperors of later generations, that is, to believe in the saying of overseas immortal mountains, promising Qi people Xu City...... Oh, it's Xu Fu's request to go to sea to seek immortals, in vain to obtain the elixir of immortality. And this is only the first time that many times to go to sea, and there will be a follow-up to the sea with 3,000 boys and girls.
Very contradictory, the first emperor who sent people to the sea to seek immortals, after he crossed the Huaishui in the south, he encountered a strong wind and thunder near Xiangshan and could not cross the water, and saw that the river was as high as the Xiangshan Mountain Temple, and asked the doctor what the reason was, and the doctor replied, "I heard it: Yao Nu, Shun's wife, buried here." Well, the first emperor, who was superstitious about immortals, was angry when he encountered the "gods blocking the road", so that the 3,000 prisoners cut down the trees of Xiangshan Mountain and ochre the mountain.
Isn't it a very contradictory thing to believe in the existence of immortals and not respect them? If only there really was an elixir. The attitude of the First Emperor still wants to get the elixir, isn't that a joke.
In the twenty-eighth year of the First Emperor, the First Emperor during the Great Excursion Patrol issued an order to Tu Sui and Ren Huan in Nanjun when he wanted to turn back from Nanjun, so he officially launched the invasion of southern Xinjiang. The following year, the first emperor traveled east again and was assassinated by Zhang Liang in Bolangsha......
This year is the twenty-eighth year of the First Emperor, and when the southern counties are in turmoil and there are rebellions in many places in the newly occupied areas, it is obvious that the First Emperor will not carry out a big tour, and it is estimated that the assassination of Zhang Liang will not happen.
History has quietly changed since the turmoil in South County, and the change of history is a bad thing for those who know history well. Fortunately, Lu Zhe only knew that "Chen Sheng and Wu Guang revolted", "the battle of Julu", and "200,000 Qin troops were killed by Xiang Yukeng". After that, there were some historical events of the "Chu and Han Rivalry", and whether history had changed or not was of no "significance" to Lu Zhe.
The Qin State is no longer the Qin State in history, whether it is good or bad has an impact on the rest of it, for Lu Zhe, who has made up his mind to develop and grow, and focuses on the strategy of Qianzhong, he has to live his life as he wants.
Lü Zhe may lament nonsense such as "this center is not at all like the virtuous center that unified China" and "the first emperor does not look like a wise monarch sitting back and watching the south and the Central Plains fall into military disasters", but he cannot understand what made the Qin state like this.
Without the Yiling Rebellion as the trigger for the turmoil in the south, the Qin people in the old Qin land would still have to deal with heavy taxes and forced labor, but they would not be as heavy as they are now. After all, there were new occupations that bore heavier conscription and taxes.
What about those areas that the Qin State had not long conquered? For example, the Qianshou of Zhaodi, Qidi, Wei Di, etc., they will choose to swallow their anger even in the face of the overwhelmed taxes and conscription of the Qin State. And it was the turmoil in Yiling that spread to the connected counties, and the long-accumulated resentment affected them and erupted, under the premise that the first emperor chose to withhold it. The cumulative outbreak of this resentment was even greater and more severe than when Chen Sheng and Wu Guang broke out.
In the final analysis, all the changes in the Qin State are still due to a series of events caused by the Yiling riots!
It is difficult for Lu Zhe, who is fascinated by the authorities, to see clearly, whether the center is still virtuous, whether the first emperor has become stupid, these are too far away from him. I didn't realize at all that it was because of his "appearance" that history changed.
The First Emperor, who was sitting in Xianyang and waiting for the smoke to rise everywhere, the smile on his face became even more hideous every time he knew that there was a place where someone raised troops. He had already garrisoned 100,000 troops in Sanchuan County, the eastern gateway of Guanzhong, and the Northern Frontier Army had also transferred 100,000 troops to the junction of Shangjun and Taiyuan County. Just wait for those damn guys to jump out and sweep everything away with a thunderbolt.
For the military information that is still coming from Nanjun, the First Emperor actually didn't pay much attention to it, compared to the entire huge empire, the situation in Nanjun is a very small part, he just handed it over to Wang Juan and Zhao Gao to deal with.
The First Emperor has a strong confidence, if he can sweep the Central Plains once, then he can definitely sweep the second time, those damn guys in the past were so vulnerable to the country and the system, how can the current situation of separating and fighting each other resist the invincible Qin army!
Lu Zhe, who had guessed a little about what the First Emperor wanted to do, what he had to do now was to appease the elders of Nanjun, focus on the construction of internal affairs, and also ensure logistics for the army in Qianzhong County in the rear.
It is not difficult to buy people's hearts and minds for a regime with sufficient resources, and most of the grain seized in Qianzhong County has been transported back to Nanjun with enough food, and because of a new sense of urgency, Lu Zhe increased the progress of the project, and once recruited a large number of people to join the construction.
Lu Zhe's recruitment is a kind of paid recruitment, and the government's recruitment of manual workers is a very new thing in this year, and the people naturally will not resist but are very enthusiastic.
Considering that the next blow may be suffered from the Qin State, in order to guard against the occurrence of this hypothetical, I took a detailed look at the junction of Nanjun and Ba County, the junction of Nanjun and Hanzhong County, and the junction of Nanjun and Nanyang County, all of which have started new projects.
The main roads at the junction required the establishment of defensive lines, that is, forts capable of garrisoning troops, and the addition of defensive chains and beacons along several water systems.
Correspondingly, in addition to building fortifications, Lu Zhe was already thinking about countermeasures, in addition to sending spies into Ba County and Hanzhong County to draw topographic maps, he was also observing the route from Nanjun to these two counties.
To the north of Nangun, there is also a large populous county called Nanyang County, but the grain production here is not abundant, and the minerals and the like are not very clear. It's just that the number of garrisons has not been very large, although Lu Zhe has paid attention to it, but he has relatively less effort, after all, Nanyang is a part close to the Central Plains, and if he captures it, he will only join the chaotic war in the Central Plains in advance.
Ba County and Hanzhong are mountainous terrain, and the farming system within the two counties is also becoming mature, once he senses that the Qin State is going to be unfavorable to him, Lu Zhe will send troops to these two counties as soon as possible, and then march into Shu. However, he was very hopeful that such a thing would not happen.
Nanjun is located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, oh...... Now this river is not called the Yangtze River, in fact, it has not been excavated by the Qin State. It has not yet been rebuilt by Yang Guang during the Sui Dynasty, and this water system is still immature, and it is at least impossible to use safely for water transportation under the condition that it is full of reefs and different depths.
The geographical location of Nanjun is actually very good at some times, but from a military point of view, it is a "land of four wars", or should it be said that "land of seven wars" is more appropriate?
Connected to its many counties, Nanjun is not actually a good place for lurking development, but fortunately it is located in a mountainous and watery area, and the natural environment can be used to build a fort to build a tight defense system. However, there is a primary premise for any defense system. That is, there are enough troops.
At present, Lu Zhe has a total of 140,000 troops under the command of the county and county soldiers, but there is no shortage of troops in a defensive posture, but any war just defense will only perish.
Lu Zhe deduced it himself, but Hengshan County, Changsha County, and Lujiang County attacked from three sides. With the fortress system, as long as about 70,000 troops can defend on three sides, at worst it can be delayed for at least half a year. Within half a year, he can choose according to the actual situation. Defend two sides against one side, and the encirclement will soon be broken.
It is not only Changsha County, Hengshan County, and Lujiang County that are connected to Nan County, but also Qianzhong County, Ba County, Hanzhong County, and Nanyang County.
If there are enemy troops attacking in seven directions at the same time. At that time, the only way to use the terrain was to choose a gradual resistance and retreat, transfer the population of Namgun to Yiling and Gangneung, which had a complete defense system and natural dangers, and concentrate the population and army to hold on. It is very difficult to break through or something, and there is no need to break through, so you can only wait for the enemy troops outside to retreat on their own due to lack of food.
In the terrain of such a war-like place, Lu Zhe knew better than anyone that he had to do a good job of diplomacy to avoid being attacked at the same time. In order to avoid the dilemma of being besieged from many sides, he already had a plan to contact the leaders with greater power in the surrounding area, Yan Bi had been to Changsha for two days, and he hoped to use Wu Rui to make an attempt to see if he could change the disadvantages brought by the terrain.
Judging from various actions, although he has not been in contact with him personally, Lu Zhe found that Wu Rui is a very special person, and Wu Rui has made an actual move to separate the territory but has not raised the anti-flag, which is very similar to Lu Zhe.
If you don't raise the anti-flag, there is still room to turn around, and Wu Rui's actions made Lu Zhe feel that they were the same kind of people, and he felt that there was a potential threat and at the same time wanted to contact him even more.
Lu Zhe also had another plan, he wanted to try to see if he could use not so drastic means to annex Wu Rui's power, and this was obviously a very possible thing. The so-called official level crushed people to death, who let Wu Rui himself be an official of the Qin State and did not raise the anti-flag.
It has been almost three months since the turmoil, and if Xianyang reacts, he will send an official letter in the near future, and at that time, he will know Xianyang's choice.
In order to cope with the harsh environment that may occur, and because the recent shortage of food has been alleviated, Lu Zhe has recently begun to recruit soldiers again, and the number of recruits recruited in various places has reached nearly 40,000 in just four days.
Lu Zhe expected that he wanted to expand the size of the army to 200,000, of which about 70,000 were selected as soldiers, and the rest were used as Tuntian soldiers. 200,000 troops is also the limit that Nanjun can bear, and any more local middle-aged men will be emptied.
According to the Qin model, the soldiers did not receive a military salary after becoming a soldier, but the middle-aged men in Nanjun basically became soldiers, and although the civilian labor force was supplemented by a large number of prisoners of war, if some subsidies were not made, the people's livelihood could be destroyed.
Lu Zhe did not dare to openly destroy the "tradition" that the Qin army did not have military salaries, so he changed the way to operate, during the grain harvesting period, he used auxiliary soldiers to help the head of Qiantou harvest, and also let the auxiliary soldiers help when sorting out the fields. In this way, it can not only make up for the shortage of civilian labor, but also achieve a strong atmosphere of "military and civilian family" in disguise.
Facts have proved that the style of work from "our party" is very effective, since Lu Zhe mobilized auxiliary troops to help the people harvest, the recognition and love of the head of Qiantou for Lu Zhe has reached a new peak, and it is precisely because of this that the conscription will be so smooth.
After the development of many minerals in South County. The metallurgists are already trying to make iron weapons, and they use coal and stone to improve the refining effect according to Lu Zhe's prompt, but they remove more impurities in the iron, but although there are some results, they can't change the problem that iron is too brittle after making weapons.
Lu Zhe really didn't understand the treatment of gold, and he had no way to solve the problem of iron weapons being too brittle, so he had to offer a reward to the people, hoping that the bronze weapons could be updated as soon as possible.
In fact, the use of iron in this era was not so unbearable, and the Chu people, Zhao people, and Qi people in the Warring States Period had already begun to manufacture iron weapons, but compared to the bronze refining techniques that had reached their peak. The cost performance of iron-making as a weapon is too high.
The so-called high cost should be explained in this way, that is, the wear and tear of iron weapons compared to bronze weapons is too serious. For example, a bronze spear may be damaged after several battles, but it is not that serious, but an iron weapon will break after only one or two battles.
For the army, the number of weapons needed is very large, if the weapons are damaged at every turn, then how to provide logistical support? Just repairing weapons became a big problem.
Bronze weapons have a great need for copper, but not all copper is fine. The so-called bronze weapon is actually a weapon made of copper and tin alloy, which is a metal that combines a variety of elements and tin bronze, and not all copper is suitable.
There are three copper mines currently being excavated in South County, in addition to the copper needed to make weapons. Leaves a lot of brass and brass.
Cupronickel had little use in this era, and was treated as a waste metal, with a slight use for objects that could be dissolved into plates and carved patterns on them. It can be used as an ornament and has a very low value.
The most important precious metal now is brass, which is mainly the raw material of the current currency. The amount of brass mined from the three copper mines in South County is significant. If it is made into half taels, it will probably make about 300,000 pieces, and that is only less than a month's output.
The brass production of the three copper mines will be very large as private property, and it can be said that the development funds for a county are absolutely sufficient, and Lu Zhe does not plan to use them now, but only temporarily seals them now.
The internal affairs of Nanjun were going very smoothly under the control of Lu Zhe, and he made a preliminary calculation that the new and old projects in Ba County, Hanzhong County, and Nanyang County would probably be completed within two months. The foundations of the outer walls of the castle have been excavated, and part of the walls are under construction, which will be completed in about three months, and will be ready for use after a month of solidification.
In the construction of a large number of projects, in addition to timber, mud and other materials can be taken from nature, many things are purchased from the private sector, and the people who come to work have money to take it, and people have money to naturally produce purchasing power, so it has a great role in promoting economic development.
The direct consequence of the exuberance of purchasing power was an increase in the demand for goods, and Lü Zhe was very happy to see the development of private commerce, after all, the development of commerce would not only increase taxes but also attract merchants.
It should be noted that although the south was in turmoil, the private business was also affected, but it did not stop completely, and the strong purchasing power of Nam-gun attracted merchants from other counties, so that goods from other counties could flow into Nam-gun.
The harvest of Nanjun had already begun, and the battle in Qianzhong County did not come to a halt because of Lu Zhe's absence.
According to Lu Zhe's arrangement in advance, Ji Bu sent a large number of scouts to explore the places mentioned by Luo Shao, and the situation found was indeed as Luo Shao said, Wuliang, Qianguang, Lingshan and other places had a lot of grain in stock and basically no garrisons.
According to Lu Zhe's order, Ji Bu asked Wu Liang to carry Luo Shao to lead an army of 10,000 to attack the strategy, and with Luo Shao's cooperation, he obtained those granaries without encountering resistance, and obtained 1.3 million stone of various grains.
The newly obtained grain has been slowly concentrated in Linyuan, but there is no news about the investigation of the Qianzhong County Governor's Mansion, but judging from the situation in Wuliang, Qianguang, Lingshan and other places, Luo Shao is likely not lying, and the number of garrisons there will not exceed 7,000.
He was about seventy percent sure that Lu Zhe would dare to take risks, and he ordered Su Lie, Mei Kai, Zhao Xian, and Kunchuan who rushed to Qianzhong County from Nanjun to prepare for war, and only waited for the rest of the 30,000 soldiers in the second echelon to finish their rest, and then let Luo Shao serve as a guide to go south along Yuanshui, a large river in Qianzhong County, to capture the Qianzhong County Governor's Mansion.
If the next battle plan goes well, then Lu Zhe will be equivalent to capturing the entire Qianzhong County, and no matter what choice he makes, there will be enough room to rely on.
Even if the Qianzhong County Mansion is successfully captured, it will be half a month later, half a month is enough time to do a lot of things, and Lu Zhe is now busy arranging defense chains and training troops in Nanjun.
In the future, Lu Zhe will be put into a new battlefield, and he will not be able to defend Nanjun in person in a short time, so the defense of Nanjun must be taken seriously. He only waited to capture the Qianzhong County Governor's Mansion, and then he would lead the 30,000 troops of the third echelon into Qianzhong.
At that time, Lu Zhe will also transfer Su Lie and Ji Bu back to Nanjun as the main and deputy guards, and they will defend Nanjun with the remaining troops. Lü Zhe will also appoint a man with a certain ability to live in the people's livelihood to preside over the civil affairs of Nanjun, and he will personally lead the troops in Qianzhong County to launch new military operations.
Lü Zhe has always felt that preemptive talent is the key to winning the war, if what Luo Shao said is true, then Yihu Song will not be in the Baiyue Tun military town of Rongcheng, at that time he will lead 70,000 soldiers and 30,000 auxiliaries...... Up to 100,000 troops in total to attack the city! (To be continued......)
PS: Bow and thank the two book lovers of "Siegfried" and "Dream Lovers 123" for voting their precious monthly passes! At the same time, thanks to the BUG provided by "OK~", it is indeed not 10,000 tons but 2400 tons.
PS: The high fever has not subsided, and the laryngitis was detected when I went to the doctor, and the time for the outbreak of the World Cup to accumulate manuscripts was postponed, which is really a tragedy.