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Waiting for an opportunity? Lu Zhe really has such a meaning.

The turmoil in Nanjun is destined to spread to the rest of the counties, Ba, Shu, and Hanzhong, the three counties occupied by the Qin State for a long time, may be milder, but the counties that have been newly occupied by the Qin State for a short time, such as Hengshan County, Changsha County, Jiujiang County, Lujiang County, and Huiji County, will definitely be in chaos.

If the above five counties are all in chaos, then almost the entire territory of Old Chu will fall into chaos, and as long as Old Chu raises troops everywhere, Qin will have to mobilize more troops to quell the rebellion.

The old Chu is in chaos, so will the turmoil in other places such as Qidi, Yandi, Zhaodi, Weidi, and Han Di be far away? As long as the Qin State failed to quickly extinguish the old Chu nobles who had raised their troops, the gains of the unification war would be destroyed, and the countries of the Central Plains would likely be restored one after another.

How many troops does Qin currently have? There were about 300,000 troops in the northern frontier, and this northern army was originally to be deployed as a northern attack on the Xiongnu. The troops of the rest of the counties are some county soldiers, except for the relatively large number of county soldiers in Zhaodi, Wei and Qi, the number of county soldiers in Han and Yan is very small. Chu Di should have had 50,000, Tu Sui and Ren Huan brought 10,000 in advance, and 40,000 were still being drawn.

Now the Qin army in Chu is divided into many pieces, and there are only about 2,000 Qin troops left on the Nanjun side, and the chief and deputy commanders of the Southern Expeditionary Army are dead and missing, and the highest person in charge is Lu Zhe. Of the 40,000 Southern Expeditionary Army, 20,000 have not yet been formed, that is to say, they are "Cun Zài troops", and there are still 20,000 of 5,000 in Jiujiang County, 5,000 in Hengshan County, and 10,000 in Lujiang County and Huiji County.

With the addition of the original garrison, the number of Qin troops in the entire Chu region should be about 50,000, but it is relatively scattered, and no one can mobilize the army once Tu Sui dies.

The first emperor Yingzheng exercised the national policy of "tightening on the outside and loosening on the inside". The troops deployed on the frontier are very large, but the internal garrison is slightly smaller. In the past ten years, the garrison of the newly occupied land, take Zhao Di as an example, although it is said that there are county soldiers, but the garrison of the entire Zhao land does not exceed 30,000 at all, and these 30,000 troops are still the kind of soldiers whose combat effectiveness is inferior to that of the border army.

The soldiers of the Qin State were roughly divided into three classes, the first class was the Lantian army, the second class was the border army, and the third class was the county soldiers.

The troops of the Lantian battalion have basically been transferred to the Northern Xinjiang Army, and only 50,000 garrison troops remain in Xianyang. They are mainly defending Xianyang, and it is difficult to say how effective they are.

In the vast territory, except for the sparse troops in the old territory of the old Qin people, the garrisons in various places ranged from 30,000 to 50,000. At the same time, it is possible that 30,000 garrisons will be distributed over a very wide area, 2,000 in this county and 3,000 in that county, which will be very scattered.

In the last year, the First Emperor ordered the demolition of the city's walls, and the first to start demolishing were Chu and Qi, and then it was the turn of Zhao and Wei. Meanwhile. The passes in the territory were also destroyed by the order of the First Emperor, even if even the Hangu Pass was not spared, the difference is that the magistrates who received the orders were not the same, and the destruction process of each pass was different.

It is estimated that no one knows how many troops there are in the entire Great Qin at present, except for the First Emperor. However, it is conservatively estimated that there should be a standing army of about 800,000.

The 800,000 standing army is a rotation system, and most of the 300,000 Northern Xinjiang troops among them were born in the old Qin region, and most of the garrisons in various counties and counties were served by Qin people, but the soldiers were from the Six Kingdoms, and only in a few sensitive places. For example, the source of soldiers from Sanchuan County, the throat of Guanzhong, came from Lao Qin.

What is the current total population of Lao Qindi? It will definitely not exceed five million, so according to the ratio of twenty to one, that is, there are 250,000 soldiers. And the Northern Xinjiang Army, including auxiliary soldiers, is more than 300,000 young and strong, which shows that it is not as simple as one out of twenty, and it can be said that the main labor force in the entire society has basically been transferred, in fact, it has been strictly loaded. And this is not counting the rest of the army, it is conceivable that every household in the old Qin land has men serving.

How many people are there on the entire map of China? It is conservatively estimated that there will be no more than 30 million people, so how many men are among them, how many are young and middle-aged, and how many are suitable for being warriors?

It's shuddered to think about it, after a ten-year war of unification, it is impossible for the Qin people to be invincible without losing their youth, and they have to rely on the old foundation of five million people to rule over a population five times larger than themselves, and those people still hate the Qin people to the core. It's okay if you don't mess around...... In fact, it is not a big deal if there is chaos, as long as the myth of the undefeated Great Qin army is not shattered, any rebellion will be extinguished. But...... But what about the myth of Great Qin's undefeated being broken?

Lu Zhe didn't know if Xianyang knew the news that Nanjun had been in chaos, he only dared to be sure of one thing, that is, not only Nanjun was in chaos, but also the southern counties were in chaos, but he didn't know what kind of chaos it would be.

"The First Emperor will definitely be furious, and it is certain that he will move his army south to quell the rebellion. It's just that...... Is the northern attack on the Huns going to be gone or delayed? ”

The northern attack on the Xiongnu can be said to be the most critical point in Chinese history, if there is no Qin army to stop the Xiongnu's attempt to invade the south, Heshuo, a good horse-producing land with fertile water and grass, was occupied by the Huns, then the strength of the Xiongnu will be infinitely magnified.

It was the Qin army that defeated the Xiongnu, and that battle annihilated about 150,000 troops of the Xiongnu, so that the Xiongnu who defeated the Yueshi people suffered heavy losses, and it was not until ten years later that the Xiongnu lost 150,000 young men and women made up for it. At that time, it seemed that he also launched a southern invasion again, and Liu Bang seemed to know the importance of Heshuo, so he waved an army of 500,000 to the north, and was finally besieged in Baideng, known as the "Siege of Baideng".

If Qin's attention was drawn to the south, wouldn't the Xiongnu be even more unscrupulous in their expansion? Once the Xiongnu occupy Heshuo, as long as they continue to invade south, they will fight to Xianyang in a peaceful way......

"If the Qin State is destroyed in the hands of the Xiongnu, instead of the people who raise troops in the Six Kingdoms, then ...... That's the end of it! ”

It's not impossible! The First Emperor was a monarch who was prone to anger, how could he tolerate the restoration of the territory he had worked so hard to build, and then it would definitely be a more fierce "counterinsurgency war" than the battle of unification, and it was not difficult to imagine that the Central Plains would definitely be killed under the wrath of the First Emperor.

The destructive power of the war is far greater than imagined, and it is a matter of course that the south is destroyed, and the population will also be drastically reduced because of the war.

After the counterinsurgency war, how much population of China will remain? How big is the impact on the economy and people's livelihood? Most of the young men went to war, and the war made it impossible for farmers to work in a peaceful environment. At that time, it is expected that there will be a long period of food shortage. Because there will definitely be a famine with little food, so how many people will have to die?

Trembling for a moment, Lu Zhe was a little frightened. He seems to have seen the smoke everywhere, one county after another has become a desolate ruin, the roadside is full of lying bones, and the extremely weak Chinese regime has fallen into weakness towards the Hu people in the north, and then struggled to support, either sending women or treasures, bearing humiliation and wealth to survive. It depends on whether the Hu people in the north are happy to coexist. If you don't want to, the time for the Hu people to herd horses in the Central Plains is estimated to be advanced.

"It shouldn't be so bad, after all, the first emperor is not dead now, and Yingzheng is not the mediocre second Hu Hai."

Lu Zhe put down the pen in his hand to clean up his mood, and his desk was full of bamboo slips waiting to be reviewed, most of them were population registration, and some were people's livelihood.

The reorganization of the army did not go so smoothly, not because of the lack of weapons, but because after half a month of turmoil, the people's hearts were still unstable, and the vast majority of people were too tired.

Half a month of continuous movement and combat has devastated people not only physically, to be honest, Lu Zhe himself also feels a sense of mental fatigue that is difficult to maintain. Not to mention those who have been scared for a long time, or who have loved ones dying.

But time waits for no one now, and the war destroyed the livelihood of Yiling and Gangneung in Namgun, and the casualties caused cannot be counted. And because of the existence of Lu Zhe and this army. Yiling and Gangneung are quite good, at least the situation has been brought under control, the rest of the counties are not suppressed by the garrison, and the turmoil of all sizes continues.

Ouyue, Guiyue, and Minyue organized a large army and were defeated. And what about the small Baiyue tribes who did not join the coalition? They are attacking other counties, some of which have already been breached because of their small population, and many more are resisting under the organization of the prefectural commander (chief) and the prefectural lieutenant.

"Three days. It will take three days to get back on the move! Lu Zhe picked up the bamboo slip that recorded the youth, "There are still about 70,000 young and strong, excluding those who are really not suitable to be warriors, and they should be able to organize an army of about 50,000 people." ”

The number of old and weak people was drastically reduced during the war, and the original 350,000 remnants of the Six Kingdoms were sharply reduced to 220,000. Among these 220,000 people, the elderly have basically been "eliminated," and the number is less than 30,000, of which about 100,000 are women and 20,000 are children under the age of 10.

"Every family is fragmented, as long as they participate in the battle, they are ......all injured," Lu Zhe closed the bamboo slip and took the bamboo slip with the recorded weapon again, "How should the reorganized 50,000 troops be distributed?" ”

Don't think about cavalry, heavy infantry can't be built without armor, so there are only spearmen and spearmen plus crossbowmen and archers.

The establishment of the Qin army is very distinctive, basically based on spearmen, followed by long-range troops, such as spearmen and swordsmen, who only exist as special troops.

Lu Zhe originally thought that spearmen were easy to train, but in fact, it was not that simple.

The spearmen's tactics may seem crude, nothing more than a six-meter weapon on the run, but is it really as simple as it seems?

How much does a six-meter spear weigh? How much power does it take to stab most of it when you hold one head?

Lu Zhe himself tried it, the weight of a six-meter spear was about thirty-five catties, but the weight of only holding one end would be more than twice as much. This involves the principle of mechanics, so I won't explain it so much.

It takes seventy or eighty pounds of strength to support the spear, and it has to continue to run a long distance, which requires strong arm strength and enough endurance. So how physical is the physical requirement for a spearman?

Compared to the spear, the length of the spear is about three meters two. The physical requirements of the spearmen are not so high, but they need to know how to use the combat skills of the spear, the combat skills can be taught and learned, and the physical fitness needs a lot of food to supplement nutrition, so it is not difficult to guess why the spearmen will account for the majority of the army, rather than the fierce spearmen who charge fiercely.

"About 500 heavy infantry can still be put together, and they and about 500 cavalry are used as special troops. The selection of spearmen should also be able to gather 5,000 people......" Lu Zhe said: "Let the women and children work overtime to compile Teng Dun, and there is no problem in raising 10,000 Teng Dun short spearmen." ”

In this way, 16,000 people will be arranged, Lu Zhe thought about it and wrote the words "at least 20,000 spearmen" on the bamboo slips. Some of the young men had experience of military service, and almost basically knew the tactics of the spear. As for the remaining fourteen thousand men, he intended to form four thousand crossbowmen. The rest were all arranged as archers.

"Arrows ......" Lu Zhe opened the bamboo slip that recorded the weapon, "10,000 people can shoot 10,000 arrows once, and 800,000 arrows can only be fired 80 times?" He touched his chin, "You can recover it after the war, then according to fifty bases, a battle also needs at least one base number of arrows...... That means that about fifty battles will be depleted of arrows? ”

The so-called base number is actually not fixed, for example, a base of modern artillery is usually 20 shells, if the scale of the war is huge, the number of a base number will exceed 20 shells to reach 35 rounds. Lu Zhe envisioned a small scale of warfare, and one base was twenty arrows. The limit of the bow and arrow arm has been reached.

"The wood of the south does not know whether it is suitable for arrowheads...... No, even if it is suitable as an arrow shaft, the triangular arrow of the arrow cannot be made. It seems that preparations for the restoration and construction of weapons must at least begin in order to restore production. Lu Zhe stood up and walked to the wooden frame with the map hung, "There is such a large plain between Yiling and Jiangling, it is a pity that it is not used here. I just don't know ...... replanting food now, oh! It takes too long to cultivate the fields, and it will be impossible to grow food this year. ”

Hand gestured on the map, and Lu Zhexu drew a few areas. "Men should be assigned to prepare for the construction of the city. Instead of building the kind of big city that is several miles long and several miles wide, you can first build some acropolis in the form of fortresses, and enclose the selected areas in a fixed point first. He touched the beard of Remarkable Growth, "...... Later walls were built to link these acropolis. A very large area can be set aside in the middle, which can be used to build residential areas or be planned as cultivated fields. But what about this water conservancy? The labor required for water conservancy projects is too large! ”

Dare to love Lu Zhe wants to build a city in the plains of Yiling and Gangneung!?

"I don't know how long it will take to ...... chaos, so let's use the natural barrier of the terrain to build a pass first. Think be prepared, right? Lu Zhe's eyes have been patrolling, "I heard that there are a lot of minerals in the southern mountains, I don't know if there are any minerals in these mountains?" ”

In these years, the exploration technology is still immature. However, since Gangneung is the capital of Nanjun, there should be relevant records, but I don't know if the bamboo slips in the government are still there?

Lu Zhe thought for a moment and summoned: "Someone!" ”

Mammozo opened the curtain and walked in.

Lu Zhe didn't look back, but said, "Take someone to the county magistrate's government to bring back the documents there." ”

Thirty points simply responded with "Hey! Then he turned and walked out.

"I hope those bamboo slips are still there, and I hope that there are indeed minerals nearby." Lu Zhe blinked, "It seems that there are still people who can mine......"

Labor is not to worry, after all, there were prisoners in several battles, after the end of the war, Ouyue and Guiyue were captured more than 21,000, and some Minyue who did not have time to escape also had more than 3,000.

"Hmmm! It's about the future plan, so I promised that those Ouyue things would be done," Lu Zhe couldn't help but laugh evilly, "Then those Ouyue people will be the overseers, and let them cooperate with the assigned soldiers to supervise the work of those Guiyue and Minyue prisoners of war." ”

Someone outside the tent asks to see him, and it sounds like Jibu?

Lu Zhe shouted for people to come in, and in addition to Ji Bu, there were also several officers.

Ji Bu saluted after coming in: "Lord General, Bu came to pay the order, and all the people in Yiling have taken it." ”

Lu Zhe nodded, "It's hard work." Looking at the rest of the officers, Su Lie, Chen Xuan, and Mei Kai actually came?

Several people saluted in unison, "See the main general!" Then Mei Kai said: "Back to the main general, the weapons in the inventory have been taken over, and most of the weapons collected and captured are also classified. What to do next, please show the Lord. ”

Lu Zhe asked directly: "What else is there besides these?" ”

Chen Xuan took a step forward: "In addition to weapons, a large number of animal skins were found when I was counting," he seemed to be very happy, "There are many cowhides and pig skins, and there are even more skins and horns of 'horned beasts', which is a good thing!" ”

Horned beasts? Well, actually, it's a rhinoceros. Don't be surprised, rhinos are now breeding in the south. Even elephants and crocodiles.

Lu Zhe instantly understood the reason why Chen Xuan was happy, and he also smiled: "Yes, organize the people to carefully classify them, and prepare to gather the women, and the people who know how to control Zuò Pikai will teach them, we should have some armor." ”

"This ......" Su Lie asked, "The horned beast can create a heavy kai, can it all be planned here?" ”

"Huh?" Lu Zhe was stunned, doesn't Chongkai need a lot of metal and a strong process to make zuò?

Su Lie explained: "The swordsman's current armor is a little damaged, and the profession has found an auxiliary soldier who can repair it. ”

Lu Zhe thought about it for a while, and the Buren armor of the Song Dynasty was a kind of heavy armor linked by metal pieces. At the same time, the Mongols seemed to have a kind of heavy armor made of leather, so what was it called?

Okay, I forgot the name of jì, but it's not a complete heavy armor, it's just a kind of armor with relatively strong protection. This armor is also not good at protecting against arrows, but it is very good against swords.

"The arrows of the Baiyue people are basically bone arrows or there are no arrows at all......," Lu Zhe glanced at Su Lie, who was full of anticipation, "You can pick out the right fur and do it according to your own wishes." After a pause, he was a little entangled: "But don't make a mess." It's better to be more formalized. ”

It's not obsessive-compulsive disorder, but Lu Zhe doesn't want to lead an army that looks messy with clothes and armor, and many times it is very important whether the army's clothing is unified, and the cohesion generated by the ununified battle uniform must be discounted. The accidental injury from the battle was even more severe.

Su Lie was overjoyed: "Hey! As if to achieve his desired goal, he saluted and turned away.

It seemed that he was reminded by Su Lieyi, and Lu Zhe called Wei Han loudly. When the herald came in, he asked, "What about Yan Bi, who is in charge of collecting supplies?" ”

Wei Han shook his head blankly.

Lu Zhe said: "Let Yan Bi pay attention to it and see if there are any craftsmen who can dye it." Collect cloth and dye them black, then set out to make Qin-style battle robes. ”

Wei Han responded very respectfully, "Hey! "The salute also went out.

Lu Zhe looked at the three people who were still left: "What else do you have to do?" ”

The three of them looked at each other.

Mei Kaixian said: "If you are good at shooting, you also need to select people to form crossbowmen. ”

Chen Xuan then spoke: "The Lord will plan some women. ”

Ji Bu also spoke: "I want to ask for an order to continue to hunt down the fleeing Baiyue people. ”

It is normal to ask for soldiers and pursuit, but what does Chen Xuan want to do when he asks for the division of women? Lu Zhe looked at Chen Xuan strangely, thinking in his heart: "Is it for soldiers to vent?" If Chen Xuan dared to do this, he would definitely cut down this bastard without saying a word.

Chen Xuan was a little uncomfortable by Lu Zhe, and Shanshan smiled: "I don't mean anything else, I just want to ...... Thinking of not wasting manpower, I wanted to organize the women to sort out the furs and select the furs with high value to be sealed. Some furs that can make armor and leather belts have also begun to be sorted out, and they will all be women's red, so it is not difficult to do these. ”

Unexpectedly, Lu Zhe felt that Chen Xuan had such an idea, which was really surprising to him, and he asked a little late: "Tell me what you think?" ”

Chen Xuan didn't hesitate for a moment: "I take the liberty of guessing, we will enter a period of rest and military training next, those women have hands and feet and can't just eat food and do nothing, so can we arrange some things for them to do to the greatest extent?" ”

Lu Zhe suspected that Chen Xuan must have been from a merchant or a landlord's family!

Ji Bu smiled and helped: "That's true, although these women from the Six Kingdoms are not as capable of doing heavy work as the women of Qindi, it is still no problem to do some handicrafts." ”

There was no intention of refusing at all, Lu Zhe just didn't say yes in a moment. He nodded heavily, "Xuan, you're very good." ”

Chen Xuan was praised and his chest straightened: "Things within the office...... The Lord will not praise him in this way. ”

As if he had been opened to the conversation, Lu Zhe said the things he had just thought about, including the construction of the city and the reorganization of the army, and slowly discussed it with the three of them.

Mei Hong's eyes lit up completely when he heard that 14,000 long-range troops would be formed, and his eyes became deep when he heard that he would build a city in the plains.

Ji Bu hesitated at first when he learned that Lu Zhe was about to build a city, and then his expression changed when he thought of something, but he quickly covered it up.

These two people have similar ideas about Lu Zhe's desire to build a city, and they both feel that the reason why Lu Zhe built a city is because he has a long-term plan, and the ideas revealed are simply for long-term development.

"The main general's plot is not small, and he doesn't know whether it is a blessing or a curse to follow such a person?" They hesitated for a moment, almost thinking again: "What seems to have been left behind?" That's right! The south is destined to be in turmoil, so the Lord will take precautions and do not harm it! It's just that...... Is it just that the city is so easy to build? ”

Lu Zhe naturally saw the confusion on their faces and explained: "It's not the big city you imagined, it's a fortress like a fort. ”

"Oh......" the three of them understood. (To be continued......)

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