This is a chapter that was missed on September 22, and it will be filled in now, and the next two chapters will be postponed

In September, the weather gradually cools down, and it is almost time for the autumn harvest, at this time of year, the fields on the outskirts of Xianyang will be full of low-hanging ears of grass, and full of hard-working farmers, even the army will take turns to take holidays, so that the soldiers have time to go home to help their families participate in the autumn harvest.

But at this time of the year, although there are still many farmers busy in the fields, if you see it, you will find that most of the people working in the fields are women, old people in their fifties and sixties, and children in their teens. Because in the war in the past two or three years, the Qin State has lost more than 350,000 soldiers, most of whom are young and middle-aged men.

Moreover, in this attack on the battle of Daiyan, the Qin army was defeated, losing nearly 200,000 men and horses, and the Qin State also had to garrison a large number of troops on the border and Zhao Weihan and other places, in case Daiqi Chu and other countries took advantage of the situation to attack the Qin State, or the clans of Zhao Weihan and other countries launched a rebellion, so this year the Qin State not only did not let the soldiers go home to participate in the autumn harvest, but also recruited a large number of new soldiers to garrison the border and various places. Almost all the young and middle-aged men around Xianyang were recruited.

However, although the men were all drafted into the army or died on the battlefield, the fields still had to be cultivated, so most of the people who worked hard in the fields were women, children, the elderly, and children. This situation only occurred after the Battle of Changping more than 20 years ago. However, at that time, the Qin State won the victory of the Battle of Changping, although the people of the Qin State worked hard, but the spirit was still very high, but this time the Qin State was defeated, and there was a sense of loss in the Qin State, and even the people were panicked for a time, I was afraid that the army of Qi Chu and other countries would enter Xianyang.

After the defeat of the Qin army, Qin Wangzheng issued several orders in a row, first pardoned the Qin army generals for the crime of defeat, and gave generous mercy to the soldiers who died, and at the same time greatly reduced the taxes of the families of the recruited soldiers, and the soldiers who were pardoned for their crimes were also grateful to Qin Wangzheng, and guarded the border very carefully, not daring to be a little lazy. In addition, Dai Qi Chu and other countries had no intention of attacking Qin, so these measures made Qin quickly stabilize without any turmoil, and also made the government and the opposition of Qin State breathe a sigh of relief.

However, although Qin Wangzheng pardoned the defeat and death of the generals of the Qin army, but the necessary punishment was inevitable that year, so almost all the generals were demoted, originally before this battle, Qin had a general Wang Jian, three generals Meng Wu, Yang Duanhe, Han Teng, and Wang Jian died, among the three generals, in addition to Meng Wu was exempted from demotion, Yang Duanhe and Han Teng were cut off from the position of general.

This is because Han Teng is the main general of the Qin army who attacked Hongshangsai, Yang Duanhe is the deputy general of Wang Jian who attacked Jijing, both roads have been defeated, and the two are naturally responsible, and Meng Wu is stationed in Handan, and he is responsible for the two ways, and he is only indirectly responsible for the defeat at most. There are few Qin generals who have not been demoted.

In addition to demotion, Qin Wangzheng also decided that all generals with titles above the rank of Zuo Shu will be fined one year, generals from the official doctor to the five doctors will be fined for half a year, and all soldiers with titles below the official doctor will be fined for one month.

Although the scope of punishment this time was very large, the Qin army was defeated after all, and Qin Wangzheng did show mercy to his subordinates and did not pursue the death penalty of defeat, so the vast majority of soldiers had no objection to the punishment and willingly accepted the punishment.

At this time, in the palace of Qin, Meng Wuzheng, the only remaining general of Qin, met with Qin Wangzheng alone for a grand discussion.

Because it is a secret conversation between the monarch and the minister, it is also more casual and not so formal, Qin Wangzheng knelt on the low couch, his body reclined, half leaning and half lying, holding the low table next to him with one hand, his eyes slightly closed, and Meng Wu knelt on the bamboo mat on the left side of Qin Wangzheng, sitting upright, not squinting.

After a long while, King Qin Zhengcai said: "What Qing Fangcai said, Han Teng did not really surrender to Qin, but still had other plans, can Qing have definite evidence?" ”

Meng Wu shook his head and said, "The minister doesn't have definite evidence, but he just thinks that with the strength that Han Teng has in his hands, it is not weak, and it is a Korean clan, so he can completely abolish the monarch in Korea and stand on his own, and there is no reason to surrender to my Qin State." ”

Qin Wangzheng said with a smile: "Since Han Teng returned to Qin, he has made many military exploits, and he has really made great contributions to Qin, and Qing said this, just because Han Teng's strength is too strong, he could have been king to Han, and there is no reason to surrender to my Qin State, so he concluded that Han Teng did not really surrender to Qin, and attacked the meritorious ministers with such false words, so how could the widow believe Qing's words?" Han Teng may have other difficulties, I don't know? ”

Meng Wu smiled bitterly and said: "Returning to the king, the minister has no selfish grudges against Han Teng, and he is by no means jealous and jealous, it is really because he intuitively feels that Han Teng is a person with extraordinary strength, and he has the city in his heart, he is deeply hidden, and his joy and anger are invisible, but he is not really willing to surrender to Qin, in fact, he is not only a micro minister, but even the minister Meng Tian also has such a feeling, the minister is still thinking about my Daqin, I am afraid that his people will be the disaster of my Daqin, so I sued the king, please the king must not be observed." ”

Qin Wangzheng was silent for a while, and then said: "Although Qing is a Qi person, but since returning to Qin, one family and five generations have all been loyal to Daqin, and the widow knows it well, and today's words are also for my Daqin to be anxious, and the widow will never suspect that Qing has selfishness, but since the Shang Jun changed the law, I Qin State has rewarded military merits, merit must be rewarded, and punishment must be punished, and the order is forbidden, the capable stay, and the mediocre go, and do not take the rank of the disciple, so the talents of all countries are gathered in Qin, and there has been a hundred years of prosperity in my Great Qin. And now that Han Teng has been in Qin for more than eight years, he has no merit or fault, how can a widow dismiss Han Teng for no reason? How can such a widow be the king of Great Qin? ”

Listening to Qin Wangzheng's words, Meng Wu was also stunned, what Qin Wangzheng said was not unreasonable, because he only had intuitive doubts about Han Teng, but there was no real evidence, and Han Teng did not act unfavorably against the Qin State, so he really couldn't kill Han Teng for no reason. Fortunately, after listening to Qin Wangzheng's words, he did not doubt his motives, and he still believed it very much, which also made Meng Wu feel a little relieved.

Meng Wu thought for a while and said: "As the king said, naturally you can't punish Han Teng for no reason, but the minister thinks that Han Teng will never be invulnerable, as long as the king pays attention to observe on weekdays, he will be able to find Han Teng's flaws." ”

Qin Wangzheng nodded and said: "As Qing said, the widow will pay attention to it, and Qing also pays attention to Han Teng's movements for the widow on weekdays, if there is anything abnormal, you can quickly report it to the widow to know, but you can't act rashly." ”

Meng Wu hurriedly said: "The minister respects the king's order. ”

In fact, Qin Wangzheng had long felt that Han Teng's situation was wrong, but once Han Teng came to Qin, he was indeed not at fault since he surrendered to Qin, and due to the legal system of Qin, Han Teng could not be moved for the time being; The second is that Han Teng has indeed made a lot of contributions to the Qin State, and he is a capable and famous general, because he is now Wang Jian died in battle, and the Qin State is the time to employ people, and Qin Wangzheng also wants to use Han Teng's ability to be used by the Qin State. Therefore, Qin Wang Zheng tolerated Han Teng.

However, this does not mean that Qin Wangzheng did not take precautions against Han Teng, this time he took the opportunity of defeat to remove Han Teng from the position of general, and at the same time let Meng Wu remain as a general, that is, Han Teng was not allowed to take the opportunity to sit in the Qin army and master the Qin army. In Qin Wangzheng's opinion, as long as Han Teng can't control the Qin army, then he won't be able to make much waves, and as long as he shows his dissent in the future, he can wipe it out very lightly, of course, although Qin Wangzheng trusts Meng Wu, he doesn't say these words to Meng Wuming.

At this time, Meng Wu said again: "King, the chariot designed by Han Teng is very useful in this battle, it is more powerful than the horse chariot we used in the past, and in addition, among the generation army, there is a kind of armored cavalry, which is full of heavy armor, rushing in formation, not afraid of arrows, and the power is amazing. If my Qin State can manufacture these chariots in large quantities and also form such an armored cavalry army, it will definitely make the combat effectiveness of our Qin army to a higher level, so the minister wants to ask the king to order the manufacture of chariot armor according to the style and train it, which will be of great use in the future. ”

Qin Wangzheng nodded and said with a smile: "I heard that these days, Meng Tian is studying the tactics of using this chariot, is there such a thing?" ”

Meng Wu also smiled and said: "King Mingjian, the defeat in this battle is due to the clever tactics of the plateau, and the internal response has been arranged in Jijing City as early as possible, which caught my Qin army off guard; Second, it is also because there is a cavalry army in the Dai army array, and it can drive beasts for battle, so two, our Qin army is indeed difficult to defeat, and although Han Teng has made some chariots, the power is not inferior to the Dai army's Jujia cavalry and beasts, but the tactics are not appropriate, so there is this defeat, and although my Qin State has no aliens who can drive beasts for war, but it is completely possible to make chariots and form a Jujia cavalry army, and such a sharp weapon, when it is state-owned, it cannot be delivered to a person, and after a few years, my Qin State will restore the country and form such two new armies, I, Great Qin, can sweep the Three Kingdoms and unify the world. ”

Qin Wangzheng smiled and said, "Okay, the matter of making chariots and armor will be handed over to Meng Qing, even if Meng Tian is studying the tactics of chariots, let him be in charge of training." ”

Meng Wu said: "King, Meng Tian is just studying the tactics of chariots, and he doesn't know much about cavalry combat, so he thinks that Meng Tian should only be responsible for chariot training, and the training of the cavalry is not handed over to Wang Ben, before this battle, he has already started to train my cavalry army of Daqin." ”

Qin Wangzheng nodded, sighed softly, and said: "General Wang was unfortunately killed, and the widow also regretted it very much, in the future, my Great Qin's army will rely on the two of them, just as Qing said, let Wang Ben be responsible for the affairs of the cavalry." ”

Meng Wu said: "Thank you, King." ”

Qin Wangzheng said again: "Meng Qing, now Fusu is about to turn twenty, and your family's Meng Ling is also over seventeen, some time ago, the widow was busy with state affairs, so he had to postpone the marriage of the two of them, and now the war is over, there is nothing to do in the short term, the widow wants to do their marriage, and it can be regarded as the end of a heart, I don't know what you think?" ”

Meng Wu hurriedly said: "One qiē should respect the king's intentions, and the minister has no objection." ”