Chapter 397: The Battle of Urgency (I)
"The two countries mentioned yì at the same time, is it an appointment?"
"Hehe, competing to send the royal daughter, I didn't expect us to have today."
Surprise, plus surprise, such a mood spread to the hearts of everyone under Lu Zhe's command, Zhao Guo and Chu Guo proposed marriage one after another, and they came back to their senses a little, it turned out that they had grown to the point that other people needed to send women to seek alliance, and they had become so powerful unconsciously?
It is not surprising to have such a mentality, after all, the time for their rise is too short, although they have the land of five counties, if they can gather at least 500,000 troops regardless of the cost, they really don't realize what these mean for a while.
Marriage with Zhao State? This news is really an unexpected surprise, in the eyes of many people, Lu Zhe is worried about how to plant seeds in the Central Plains, but as a result, Zhao Guo himself proposed a marriage in order to become an alliance of in-laws, isn't it excellent news?
As for what kind of woman Zhao Wangxie wants to choose, how old is that woman, whether she is a concubine or a granddaughter, whether the married woman looks like a heavenly fragrance and a national color, etc., these don't seem to be problems!
The most ecstatic thing was not Lu Zhe, it was Yan Bi who wanted his master to turn his attention to the Central Plains, and Kuaitong who thought that he should be laid out in the Central Plains one step earlier.
The two finally stopped arguing this time, and their opinions were unprecedentedly unanimous, and they tried their best to tell the benefits of marrying with Zhao State, and they were worried that the marriage might sabotage the Southern Expedition, or that they might be involved in the war in the Central Plains too early, and wait for a qiē opponent to conduct a debate.
It can't be said that he is against marriage, but hesitant to fall into a two-line or even three-line battle, after all, Lu Zhe is about to hold a ceremony to worship the general, worship Sima Xin as the southern Zhonglang general to conquer Changsha County, and if he marries Zhao State, the Qin State will inevitably have action, and it is impossible for the north to be as stable as it is now.
At the same time, Luo Shaozheng is leading an army in Ba County, which seems to be in a situation where the Qin army is in a staggered situation. Lu Zhe also asked Xianyang to say that he would send Luo Shao's troops into Shu County to fight against the Qiang people and Guiyue. If you agree to marry Zhao Guo now, what will happen is really hard to say.
Zheng Jun and Xiao He were among the people who slowed down, and even the lieutenant felt that there was no shadow of the Northern Legion now, and the Northern Territory was fundamentally empty, so he felt that it should be delayed first, and it should be dragged until the Northern Legion was formed, and after the Northern Legion was established, there was no need to worry about what happened to the Northern Legion and it could not be suppressed.
There was a slight dispute over the marriage alliance proposed by Zhao State, but there was nothing to dispute about the marriage proposed by Chu State, and it was agreed that it should be agreed immediately.
Is it that Lu Zhe's subordinates have a good impression of Chu than Zhao? Apparently not.
The state of Chu is a country that must be conquered, and the south cannot exist at the same time. Lu and Chu can only survive one country and be the so-called southern hegemon, this is the consensus of everyone.
Since the country of destroying people has agreed to marry, there are too many sayings in this, and the main reason is that marrying the daughter of the bear heart can attract a considerable number of Chu people even if the Chu country is destroyed.
Marrying a woman and destroying a human country has been practiced since ancient times. There is no sense of disobedience at all. What they don't quite understand is that the state of Chu is naïve or naïve, thinking that after the marriage, the two countries will be able to make an alliance and there will be no more wars?
The south can only save zài side. After all, the land occupied by Lu Zhe is really Chu land, and I believe that this can be understood from top to bottom in the Chu country, so why the marriage is really proposed needs to be considered. However, considering it is not hesitation, Lu Zhe, the daughter of Xiongxin, will marry. This is already the consensus within the consensus, and what we need to think about is what kind of purpose the Chu State has in proposing the marriage, and how to guard against it.
"Let's talk about it, it's slow or urgent for Zhao. How should the state of Chu come up with an alliance agreement? "Lu Zhe knows what it means to be involuntarily, and now he needs to discuss what woman to marry.
There was silence......
The lieutenants on the warrior side were still frowning, including the generals who were about to be selected into the Northern Legion, all of them looked like they wanted to speak and stopped.
Although the Qin State now has no spare strength to march again. But there are no absolutes in everything, what they are thinking about is whether the marriage with Zhao will stimulate the Qin State and provoke the Qin State to march recklessly to vent their anger. And the first batch of soldiers divided by the whole army have been drawn into the southern legion, and now the northern legion is almost an empty shelf, what should Qin State do to stop it?
Zheng Jun and Xiao He had concerns about literary affairs. One of them is a county guard, what Zheng Jun thinks about is local stability, once he marries Zhao, there is a high probability that there will be a war in the north, no matter the scale of the war, it will always disrupt the development of the people; One is the chief civil affairs manager of the five counties, Xiao He has too many things to worry about, first of all, almost all the current livestock are imported from Qin, and if the Qin State is angered if the border is a card, not to mention the horses, just the cattle and sheep will be greatly affected, and then the march into Ba County is already a bit excessive, and the marriage with Zhao must add to the fire, the Qin army is stuck in the road, and the people's livelihood development of the five counties will definitely be greatly hit.
"Lord, the military buys horses, Longxi and Shangjun are the main sources of horses, if there are other sources of horses that can be replaced, it is naturally fine. However, now, except for Longxi and Shangjun, horses from Hequ and Liaodong cannot be delivered...... "The man in charge of commerce first raised his concerns.
As soon as he said that, Xu Zhi, who originally thought that there was nothing to do, was immediately stunned, Lu Zhe formed a cavalry army led by Xu Zhi, if there were no horses, how to choose war horses, and what would be the cavalry without war horses.
Some of the generals who knew that the cavalry had a lot to do with the future march into the Central Plains were also stunned, and after looking at each other, they looked at Kuaitong and Yan Bi's group of people who immediately agreed to the marriage of Zhao Wangxie.
"By marrying the Zhao State, we can immediately have an ally in the Central Plains, which has immeasurable benefits for us to enter the vision of the Central Plains people. As for war horses, since Shang Jun presided over the reform of the law, the Qin State has never cut off the precedent of selling horses in Qin because of war. "Kuaitong can't go on anymore, in the past, the Qin State did not stop the Qin Land from selling horses, that is because all countries have their own horse ranches, and there is basically no difference between selling and not selling, but they don't seem to have horse ranches, if the Qin State really cuts off the trade route, then it will really delay the big thing.
Yan Bi obviously didn't think it was a big deal, he took Kuaitong's words: "The matter of horses, obviously it is not that Qin Guo will be fatally affected if he cuts off the trade route, and some of the bold businessmen who have a lot of money are smuggled over." ”
And at what cost? It depends on whether it's really worth it.
Zhao Guo...... There is a horse farm. Li Shiqi is the first time to participate in a meeting of this size, he has long wanted to find an opportunity to interject, and now everyone is silent, or speechless, it is time for him to appear: "Not only Zhao has horse farms, but Yan and Qi have horse farms. The horses of Zhao State, the Liaodong horse of Yan State, and the coastal horse of Qi State are not too bad compared to the horses of Qin. ”
He had just said that because of the distance, it would be difficult for even the nations to sell their horses, and he would like to hear any opinions.
"Marry Zhao, the horse of Zhao Guozhi can be used by me, and I may not need to withdraw money. The nations are also happy to see us at war with Qin, and even if it costs a lot to send horses, they will send war horses at any cost. Li Shiqi looked very confident: "The only thing to worry about is that the Lord is willing to fight with Qin at this time, or even start a war with Qin?" ”
What a fart to start a war, if Lu Zhe wants to start a war with the Qin State, will he wait now? The Qin State seems to be stormy now, but it has already gathered momentum, and now it has provoked the Qin State, and other countries don't know what will happen, but if the Qin State wants to target Lu Zhe, even if it is just to transfer troops south, then it should be another unplanned war.
It's not that he can't afford to fight, and when he fights, Lu Zhe is confident that he can block the Qin army north of Nanjun, but is it necessary to fight? Lu Zhe has no ability to enter the Qin land and destroy his country, and Cun Zhao is a strategy to contain the Qin state, but he disrupts the development plan by himself, which is too much to lose!
Lu Zhe told everyone to shut up, and he once again reiterated the grand strategy of first the south and then the north, and added at the end: "Qin State, if you can do it now, you won't fight." I summoned you just to let you use your brains, how not to overreact to the Qin State after marrying Zhao, and then when General Sima took back Changsha County to attack Lingnan, he planted an opportunity to enter the Central Plains in the future. ”
It means that the Lord is unwilling to fight with the Qin State. Then the subordinates have a question, is the lord afraid that the Qin State does not want to start a war with Qin, or is there no need to fight Qin now? "Li Shiqi is a madman? Or do you want to pretend to be a madman? He asked, and everyone stared at him with unkind eyes.
"The war with Qin is bound to be a great war that will affect all countries. Now everyone in the world is staring at us, and they can't wait to see us from Hanzhong County to Neishi County, or we are counterattacked by the Qin army to Nanling City, or we are attacked under Xianyang City. Everyone wants us to fight Qin, why? Lu Zhe stood up as he spoke, and he looked around at everyone: "It is not shy to say that our foundation is unstable, and if we fight with Qin, even if Qin is defeated, we will only win a miserable victory." A crushing victory is not advisable, even a possible big victory, and the peak of military power without foundation cannot last, even if we defeat the Qin army and capture Xianyang, will the nations rejoice at that time? I'm afraid it's more likely that we replaced Qin as the common enemy of the world! ”
"Not fighting with Qin, for us, is to judge the situation. If we don't fight with Qin, we will not be able to keep our borders, but it will be harmful to us, but it is also in line with reality. Great Qin is gaining momentum, and the nations and we, unless it is a last resort, can only wait for the momentum to leak. Lu Zhe finally set his eyes on Li Shiqi: "Don't shy away from saying it, if it is possible, Benhou will not only send an army to help Qin resist the southern invasion of the Qiang people and Guiyue, but even willing to send an army to help defend against the grassland Hu people who are about to go south." ”
"Ah!?h Everyone couldn't help but exclaim.
Lu Zhe was not out of any national feelings, but it was really necessary for the Qin State to exist, especially before they developed. If you want to say anything, although Lu Zhe is a rebel of the Qin State, he has nothing to say about the cold lips and teeth with the other countries, but it is really bad luck when the Qin State is gone! (To be continued......)