When I was in Qin Dynasty, I lost contact with the wave

Chapter 661: The Hu tribe invades the south, and the Qin army marches north!
Although it is a very crude and superficial method, it is enough for ordinary people.

This method was taken by the newly appointed Dang County Magistrate Xiao He.

Perhaps because he has been with Zhang Ji for a long time, the present Xiao He is slightly different from the serious Xiao He in history. He has become somewhat closer to the Chen Ping in history and has become more flexible in his dealings with people and things, as well as his political methods.

Xiao He also borrowed from Zhang Ji many spies from various places in Dang County who had been exposed during the attack on Daliang to act as agents, so that the people of Wei could better understand Qin's corvée system and stimulate their enthusiasm for active cooperation.

Moreover, at Xiao He's suggestion, Zhang Ji withdrew the imperial edict that he had requested from Ying Zheng before taking office, which promised to exempt the people of Wei from taxes for two years.

"Why don't you change the subsidy for families who send males to perform corvée to a half-year tax exemption for each male sent to perform corvée?"

"In order to be exempted from taxes, the people of Wei will certainly cooperate more actively with corvée labor, and at the same time they can save a lot of money and grain."

"It not only improves the efficiency of the Honggou reconstruction project, but also reduces expenses and makes the people of Wei more grateful."

People's hearts are very difficult to grasp. For the same gift, if your debts are forgiven and you are given a sum of money, you may not be as grateful as if all your debts were forgiven after you had to work hard for a period of time. That hard work may make people cherish the favor of debt forgiveness more.

Of course, although Xiao He became more flexible in controlling people's hearts and minds, his progress was not so rapid.

The consideration of human hearts came from Chen Ping, who was also a Wei person.

At the beginning of his tenure as the pretending King of Wei, Zhang Ji sent people to continue searching for the core figures of Liu Bang's historical team.

It was natural that Chen Ping, a native of Huoyu County, could not escape Zhang Ji's clutches. Guan Ying, Kong Ju, Zhou Ke and others were also captured. Almost all of Liu Bang's first three batches of founding heroes who had outstanding military achievements or contributions were caught in one fell swoop.

If many of these talented people had not come from poor backgrounds and were not too immature in commanding the army or governing the people, even though they were Zhang Ji's retainers, they would still have to start from the bottom.

Chen Ping was noticed by Xiao He when he was working as a minor official. He became his county chief clerk and handled many affairs for Xiao He.

With the assistance of a group of founding heroes who would rank among the top five in history, let alone Zhang Ji, the Lord of Luonan who was both civil and military, even if a dog was tied to serve as the fake King of Wei, he could quickly restore the vitality of Wei.

Other places in Qin State were also continuously developing while recuperating. It can be said that a state of vigorous vitality and flourishing of all things was right before our eyes.

More and more people believe that this chess game that has lasted for seven hundred years has no suspense anymore. Yan and Chu can never be the opponents of Qin. The last time these two countries, together with Wei, went to war against Qin at the same time, what was the final result?

Prince Dan of Yan also secretly colluded with Qin general Fan Yuqi. What was the result?
Despite the internal and external cooperation, the Yan army still suffered a crushing defeat and heavy losses. But what about the Chu army?

Although they had an absolute advantage in military strength, Zhang Ji turned defense into offense and counterattacked to seize Chen County, the old capital of Chu. He then led his army to defeat the main force of the Chu army and killed Xiang Qu, the eldest son of the main general Xiang Yan, in battle. The Chu army was forced to cede land and seek peace.

Therefore, most people believed that as long as Ying Zheng did not die suddenly, the Qin State would be able to eliminate all the heroes and unify the world.

Even if Ying Zheng died suddenly, Lu Buwei was still alive and Zhang Ji was still young. The old and the young were enough to suppress all internal turmoil in Qin. Coupled with loyal generals such as Wang Jian, Qin would not be in chaos at all. The day of unification would only be postponed for ten years.

As for the State of Qi, which adhered to the principle of "serving Qin with caution and being trustworthy with the other princes", it was not regarded by the knowledgeable people in the world as a force qualified to be the enemy of Qin.

Although the State of Qi successfully restored its independence, it was still rotten to the core.

The people are tired of war and do not maintain military preparations. Although they occupy a vast land with thousands of miles of fertile fields, they are still the victims of bullying who can be bitten off by anyone who is in a bad mood.

Oh no, except the State of Yan.

The Qi army was defeated at the first blow no matter whether it encountered the Wei army, the Chu army, or the Zhao army. But when it encountered the Yan army, it fought them to the death as if it was digging up their ancestral graves.

Well... although when the Yan army marched south, many wealthy families and common people in the cities had their ancestral graves dug up, and even the bones of their ancestors were dug out and burned together with the coffins, the ancestral temples of Qi were destroyed, and the sacrificial vessels were moved back to Jicheng, this kind of hatred is really hard to erase.

So no matter who attacks Yan State, Qi State will have to lend a hand!
During the Battle of Changping and the Battle of Handan, Zhao asked Qi for food several times, but Qi refused. However, when the Yan army attacked Zhao twice, Qi immediately and unconditionally supported Zhao with 200,000 shi of food. This shows how much Qi hated Yan.

This time, Qin and Yan fought a war. When King Jian of Qi heard that the Qin army had severely damaged the Yan army, he sent 200,000 dan of grain with drums and gongs to congratulate the Qin army on its victory.

Moreover, the envoy of Qi also conveyed some friendly suggestions in private, such as the Qin army crossing the Yishui River and attacking the Yan mainland directly. Although Qi's army was not good, it was one of the only two countries in the world with an established navy. Although the 5,000-man navy and hundreds of ships could not cause any fatal damage to Yan, just harassing Liaodong and Yan's various trading ports would be enough to disgust Yan to death.

"If Qin is worried about the military expenses due to the famine, my king said before he left that considering the marriage relationship between the two countries, Qi can bear the military expenses for this war on behalf of Qin. I wonder if your country is interested?"

According to Ying Zheng's recollection later, he almost wanted to accept it.

If it weren't for the fact that Daliang City had been difficult to capture for a long time and it was not appropriate to go into a full-scale war with the State of Yan, he would have really planned to take action directly.

While the Qin State continued to recuperate, the urgent military information from Dai and Shangjun arrived in Xianyang almost at the same time! The two grassland tribes of Donghu and Xiongnu gathered their troops together, swore an oath of blood, and rode south.

Linhu, who had been forced to surrender by Li Mu, took advantage of the demise of Zhao to escape from control and also participated in this southward movement.

In addition, there are tribes of all sizes, such as Shaqiang, Wusun, Buyeo, Loufan, etc., totaling more than 600,000 people!

In the Xianyang Palace, the officials all had solemn expressions. Except for Li Mu who guarded Dai, Li Xin who guarded Zhao, Qiang Wei who guarded Longxi County, Feng Jie who guarded Shang County, and Huan Qi who guarded Beidi County, almost all the generals in the army had returned to Xianyang City.

Even Lu Buwei, who had not participated in court meetings for more than half a year, reappeared at the court meeting. He had originally planned to give up his position as right prime minister this year and retire.

But now, hearing the news that the grassland wolf tribe was moving south in large numbers, he could no longer sit still.

Not to mention Lu Buwei was feeling uneasy, even Ying Zheng was unusually nervous.

Six hundred thousand troops, this amount of force would require the whole country's strength even if Qin wanted to send it out, not to mention the food, fodder, weapons, horses and civilian labor needed for logistics, which were all astronomical figures.

"Yanri, why didn't Luowang get any news about the grassland wolf tribe's southward migration?"

On the throne, Ying Zheng first attacked Yanri, who was dressed in black iron armor.

Luowang was the eyes and ears of the empire. This time, the news of the Donghu, Xiongnu and other grassland wolf tribes' massive southward migration was not reported back in advance. It was even slower than the messenger asking for help. This was definitely not the case.

Yanri couldn't help but smile bitterly under the black iron mask. Over the years, Zhang Ji had almost let Luowang go, and all the affairs of Luowang, big or small, were handled by Yanri personally.

When the State of Zhao was destroyed a few years ago, Zhang Ji also asked Yanri to plant some spies on the grassland, but Yanri did not take it too seriously.

Not only did they have a language barrier with the prairie wolf tribe, they also looked very different. In addition, their understanding of the prairie wolf tribe's cultural customs was too limited, which made it much more difficult to disguise themselves and sneak in.

The success rate of coercion and inducement was not high, or the intelligence obtained was of little value. Moreover, Qin's main focus was still on Chu, Yan and Qi, and Luowang could not spare much energy to deal with the grassland wolf tribe.

I didn’t expect that this group of wolf cubs actually dared to go south to attack Qin!

"I have failed in my duty and I deserve death."

"I have summarized the reasons for my failure to perform my duties this time and have re-arranged Luowang's spies to gather intelligence. I will definitely not disappoint His Majesty."

However, Yanri was also a shrewd man. He knew that Ying Zheng would not kill him, a master, because of this incident. He was also the second-in-command of Luowang. Compared with punishing him, Ying Zheng was more concerned about Luowang's next response plan.

Therefore, Yanri decisively admitted his mistake and presented Luowang's next-stage response measures against the grassland wolf tribe, as well as the intelligence currently obtained about the grassland Hu tribe.

"This time, the main enemy of our Great Qin is the Donghu, which is said to have 300,000 soldiers. Half of the grassland wolf tribe's troops this time are from the Donghu."

"The next is the Xiongnu. Their leader, Touman, is the most famous among the grassland wolves. The Xiongnu people call him 'Chengligutu Chanyu', which means 'the great leader under the sky'. Although the Xiongnu is not as strong as the Donghu, the cohesion of their people is far greater than that of the Donghu. Their army is brave and good at fighting, so the Xiongnu is also deeply feared by the Donghu king. This time, a total of 150,000 troops were sent."

"The remaining 150,000 tribes, including Shaqiang, Wusun, Fuyu, Loufan, etc., are not a concern."

"As for the purpose of the grassland wolf tribe's invasion of the south, it is because they do not want to sit back and watch the Qin State unify, so..."

Before Yanri could finish his words, he was interrupted by Ying Zheng.

"I don't care why the grassland wolf tribe invaded the south. I only know that their horses' hooves stepped on the territory of my Great Qin, burned, killed, looted and slaughtered my people on my Great Qin's territory!"

There was a strong murderous intent in Ying Zheng's grim eyes. The Qin State was founded by fighting against the Quanrong. For hundreds of years, the Qin State fought against the Quanrong, destroyed Yiqiu, and wiped out countless Hu people. How could it be afraid of the Donghu and the Xiongnu?

Seeing the strong murderous intent in Ying Zheng's eyes and the reel sword slowly being unsheathed, Wang Wan and others who originally wanted to persuade Ying Zheng to hold back his anger for a while also retracted their feet that had taken half a step forward.

Naturally, these small actions could not escape Ying Zheng's eyes. He understood that it was not appropriate to have a large-scale conflict with the grassland wolf tribe at this moment. The most favorable option for Qin should be to carry out strategic defense and send envoys to negotiate peace.

Perhaps it was the old Qin people's deep-seated hatred for the grassland wolves, or perhaps it was the fact that the Zhou rituals still remained in the hearts of people all over the world, which made even the Qin people, who were once regarded as barbarians by the princes of the Central Plains, aware of the importance of "expelling the barbarians".

"All generals, listen up! Lead the troops to the north!"

(End of this chapter)