There had been an eerie silence in the mansion since Lu Zhe left, and no one knew what to say.

Lu Zhe has already spoken very thoroughly, the rumor is that the spies of Chu and Zhao are released, but they are indeed the objects that the Lu Zhe group will need to solve one day, after all, according to this trend, the Lu Zhe group and the Qin State will definitely be at war in the future, and their Qin army, which was abandoned by the Qin State in the south, is indeed a hidden danger.

The attitude of how to deal with it was also made very clear by Lu Zhe, their group does not matter which country they are, as long as they are willing to create a great cause together, there is a place for them, and those who obey him are not stingy with their official status, and those who disobey him will be eliminated.

"The red-robed armor soldiers outside the mansion have been withdrawn, and they have been replaced by two thousand fierce soldiers. Every exit and every road out of the house was blocked. So said the man who had gone out to explore the wind.

No one responded, and everyone had a grim expression. Obviously, they are already under house arrest, and no one wants to leave the mansion until they have given an answer.

"It shouldn't have come." Shao Ai sighed and was the first to break the silence.

Shima shook his head: "It's the same whether you come or not." ”

Indeed, it is the same whether they come or not, as long as they are still in the south, unless they want to die and break the net, they will always face a dilemma.

Lu Zhe didn't say how long it would take for them to express their position, but it certainly wouldn't be too long for them.

"People are swordsmen, I am fish and meat, and if you come, you have to choose, and if you don't come, you should have been separated." Sima Xin also sighed, and then whispered.

Shima looked at Sima Xin who bowed his head with a little disgust, the main general of the Qin army had never had such a weak character as Sima Xin.

"Don't look at me, the person who caused the current situation is not me, it's an edict." Sima Xin seemed to have a sixth sense, and when Shima looked over, he immediately looked back at Shima.

Yes, not following the edict is disobedience, and it is an edict that makes them stay in the south without any choice.

"What does the center think!" There was anger in this question. It's more of a helplessness that can't control your own destiny.

An edict allowed more than 100,000 Qin troops to stay in the south and face an unknown fate, will the Qin generals really have no complaints in their hearts?

Yes, but no one had the guts to ask questions when things didn't get as bad as they are now, and now that the situation has become so bad, someone must have been tempted to bring it up.

If in the past, if someone dared to question the edict, they would definitely be torn up immediately as soon as the words fell, but now only people are angry and relatively unmoved.

"Let's sort it out one by one first." Sima Xin didn't want to die, and he couldn't show that he wanted to submit: "After we went south, we were dragged down by the fortress system. Can't sweep the South like a bamboo, right? ”

No one refuted it, they did not take advantage of Lu Zhe's failure to react to attack the hinterland of Nanjun, and the fortress system that was blocked on the border of Nanjun could not go south.

"Then there was an outbreak of epidemic in the army, not only could we not sweep through Nanjun, but Lu Hou also reacted at that time, and sent at least 250,000 troops to fight. The frontal battlefield was the 170,000 army led by Lu Houqin, and our back road in Nanyang County was also cut off by the 80,000 troops led by the Gongwei. Sima Xin's tone was very slow: "Gentlemen, under the epidemic, we have lost five or six out of ten of our combat strength. With the 170,000 troops led by Lu Hou in front and the 80,000 troops led by Gongwei in the rear, are we in a dilemma? ”

"Unable to go south, there was an outbreak of epidemic in the army. Being flanked in front and back, how long can we hold on to the camp? Sima Xin's heart is not gloomy, it is impossible, the momentum has not yet been exerted, but when he comes back to his senses, he has a situation of holding on for two months at most and then disappearing.

Shao Ai and Lu Zhejun fought the most. He was also the first batch of vanguard officers to go south to the Qin army, although he felt very embarrassed in his heart, but he still said: "According to Ai and ...... of the fighting. With so many sharp instruments, we can hold on for half a month at most and then be broken. ”

Ballistas, bed crossbows, and car crossbows, these instruments that Lu Zhe has only used once have made a deep impression on them, and if they stick to the camp and have no advantage of long-range attacks, they can only be beaten, how can a general who is a commander open his eyes and talk nonsense.

"There are Xiongnu in the north who are ready to move, Shu County is in the midst of war, and the whole country has opened the Central Plains, and the center has been unable to reinforce the south in half a month. Does anyone disagree with me saying this? Sima Xin said a fact in a low tone.

Shiruma wanted to say something, but he also knew in his heart that in the absence of reinforcements, what they would get would only be an outcome of the annihilation of the entire army, and when he opened his mouth, he could only clench and loosen his fists in the end, and he did not open his mouth after many times.

"The epidemic cannot be controlled, the combat power is getting lower and lower, and the end of the total annihilation of the army is already doomed. The center that knows the development of the war in the south already knows the outcome of the matter, if he sits back and watches us fall, and Lu Hou forces us to surrender or destroy us, he must have waved his troops north to retaliate, right? ”

"Great Qin is the enemy of the whole world, there is the Central Plains to be conquered, there are the Xiongnu who need to deal with the south, if the Marquis of Lu invades Ba County from Nanjun, and then waves his troops to threaten Xianyang, the conquest of the Central Plains is bound to stop, and the army returns to ensure the safety of Neishi County (Xianyang). Not only that, but it is expected that the Great Wall Army, which is blocking the Hu people from the steppe south, will also be called back. Relying on the Central Plains Army and the Northern Xinjiang Army, it is naturally no problem for Daqin to eliminate the Lu Zhe army in the north, but in this way, the direction of the Central Plains and the northern Xinjiang will inevitably cause emptiness. ”

"How far is the Heshuo area from Xianyang? It's less than four hundred miles. There are many horses in the grassland, relying on horses to travel, and the troops will come to Xianyang City in five days at most. At that time, should the Qin army, which was at war with Lu Zhe's army, return to the army Qin Wang? Will the traitors in the Central Plains take advantage of the fire to rob? ”

"There is no need to speculate too much, as long as Lu Hou waives his army to the north, Daqin will definitely not be able to carry out the extermination of the thieves in the Central Plains, and he will have to face the southward movement of the Hu people in the grassland. This is a situation that the Xianyang Center does not want to see, so he will do his best to stabilize Lu Hou. ”

Sima Xin ended the long analysis with a sentence "So sacrificing us to stabilize Lu Hou is a step that the center has long considered".

In the final analysis, if they want to stabilize Lu Zhe, they have to become abandoned sons to confuse Lu Zhe and make Lu Zhe believe in the sincerity of Great Qin, otherwise they will not be able to appease Lu Zhe at all just by giving officials and knights, and only by using more than 100,000 Qin troops to stay in the south can Xianyang's many plans be realized.

Leaving more than 100,000 Qin troops is a manifestation of Xianyang's sincerity, so whether Lu Zhe is trying to collect the Qin army that was left behind, or designing to kill them, it is impossible for Lu Zhe to wave his army north in a short time. As long as Lu Zhe did not immediately wave his troops north, even if he sacrificed the 100,000 troops that could not be saved, the goal of the Xianyang Center to drag Lu Zhe's footsteps was considered a success.

"From the beginning, it was an attempt, Lu Zhe eliminated Lu Zhe if he couldn't stop it, and became an outcast if he was blocked. Is that so? ”

Far from being as exaggerated as being sad and dying, but anyone who knows that it is such a layout will feel cold in their hearts.

"My generation of martial artists, eat the king, die for the king, the fate of the warrior." Shima was actually laughing, he looked at Sima Xin after speaking, and asked, "Say so much, do you want to serve Lu Hou?" ”

Sima Xin's cheeks twitched, and he said so much that he wanted to create an atmosphere, tell a kind of fate that they couldn't escape or something, and then lay a plausible reason for their own death or choosing to work for Lu Zhe. Just now he has been observing everyone's expressions when he was talking, and he has found that many people have shown a kind of expression of resignation, and many of them are thinking, but Shima said so unceremoniously, which made him feel embarrassed and many people's expressions changed again.

Seeing that Sima Xin didn't answer, he looked around at many colleagues and asked, "Gentlemen, how many people are ......", greedy for life and afraid of death, betraying the Lord for glory, and waiting for the words not to be spoken, someone reported outside.

"Lu Hou ordered someone to send bamboo slips." The person who came came with a thick three-roll bamboo slip.

Sima Xin hated Shima who had been singing the opposite tune, and he originally wanted to stop Shima from continuing, otherwise he would be disturbed by Shima so much, and the people who were already going to soften would definitely be embarrassed, so that everyone would have to wait to be killed, but fortunately, Shima was interrupted halfway through his speech.

The content of each bamboo slip is different, Sima Xin is the first person to look at it, he found that one of the three bamboo slips is the count of acres, one is the list of official positions, and the other is the military salary of the sergeant to the general.

The count of acres of land is written more clearly, the Qin army enjoyed the same treatment as all soldiers, and the rewards on the land were given according to the merits, and the number of acres rewarded for any merits was no different from the provisions of the "Book of Shang Jun".

The reward for official positions is a bit interesting, and there are some official names that have never been seen before, but the functions are very clearly written. The generals of the Qin department also accounted for a certain proportion in the list, such as Sima Xin, who had the title of Southern Zhonglang General, and the rest of the generals, such as Shao Ai and Li Heng, were demoted to a certain rank as captains.

Military salary? Sima Xin has never heard of such a military salary, but he can probably understand it when he looks at it, it seems that in the future, it will not be a fat rice, but will be replaced in the form of wealth, and the most important thing is that Lu Zhe not only needs officers to be eligible to receive it, but ordinary soldiers will also have corresponding remuneration every month.

After reading it, Sima Xin didn't say what was written in it, and he directly circulated it to everyone gradually.

When the generals and schools were gradually circulated, their faces were more and more exciting, if Lu Zhe promised them high-ranking officials, then it didn't seem to matter much, but instead of promising high-ranking officials, Lu Zhe also lowered the positions of all the generals except Sima Xin.

"Pay the soldiers?"

Whether they were originally intended to serve or determined to resist death, they all changed their faces after they figured out what military pay was. (To be continued......)