The Jagged Empire of Daqin

The Korean Dynasty, the capital of Yangzhai, and the imperial palace!

When the sun rises, everything wakes up, and the warm sunshine covers the sky and the earth!

When the golden sunlight shines on the golden tiles of the palace, the palace emits a shining golden light, which sets off the nobility and luxury of the palace, making countless ordinary people daunting.

In the Xuantian Palace located in the center of the Hanhuang Palace, all the civil and military officials of the Han Dynasty are dressed in light blue court clothes and live on both sides. Wen is on the left and Wu is on the right. There are about a hundred civil and military ministers in total; A middle-aged man was sitting there.

This middle-aged man was dressed in a light blue Nine-Dragon Mianfu, a nine-pronged flat-topped dragon crown on his head, and a sword across his waist. The clothes on his body set off his dignity, but his thin body and ugly face made him He's out of character.

He is Han Shen, the emperor of Korea!

Since the failure of the alliance of various countries, he took the Han army back to the Korean Dynasty, and shared the [-] million taels of silver and [-] million shi grains with Chu, Lu, Shen, and Qing. Five shares, any dynasty gets one.

Chapter 978 The people of Qin have done a good deed!

The Korean Dynasty received 2000 million taels of silver and [-] million shi of grain.

The money and food had entered the national treasury of Daehan yesterday. In order to celebrate this windfall, Han Shen hosted a banquet last night and invited all the officials to the banquet. Last night, every minister and even him were excited and excited. Almost everyone was drunk.

But this morning, when he was still drunk, he suddenly received the news that Qin Cong was going to attack Han from the ghost gate, and the news that the front line was completely defeated and many places fell. woke up.

Afterwards, Han Shen hurriedly called a group of ministers to discuss the matter and discuss the results, which led to the present scene. Han Shen's ugly face was also due to these news.

Standing at the head of the civil servants, the prime minister took a small step forward, bowed to Han Shenzuoji who was sitting on the dragon chair on the high platform with a solemn expression, and said: "Your Majesty, the reason for the collapse of Guimenguan has been found out. The commander of Guimenguan, Luo He, and the deputy commanders, Huang Gui and Putian, surrendered without a fight!"

"I also learned from the spies that Luo He, Huang Gui, and Pu Jiang took advantage of their positions to embezzle all the ordnance allocated by the court to Guimenguan and the maintenance fees of the institutions. , as high as nearly 5000 million taels of silver!"

"Because of the three people's corruption, the organs inside the Guimenguan wall fell into disrepair for a long time and were all scrapped. Now, whether it is Guimenguan or the money obtained by the three people's corruption, it has fallen into the hands of the Qin army!"

After Mengshe's words fell, many ministers in the court showed anger, and some ministers showed panic. Han Shen gritted his teeth, his eyes were wide open, the veins on his forehead were exposed, and his fisted hands were trembling slightly.

"Ghost Gate! The world's most famous gate, Guimen Gate, has such a shameful thing happen. All the countries in the world, the people of the world, how do you think of me, Dahan!" Han Shen paused every word, and his voice was squeezed out through his teeth. , making the voice extremely low, coupled with Han Shen's murderous eyes, it made all the officials feel uneasy!

The military officer was the first to walk out of an old man in sixties, and he saw his sonorous and forceful composition: "Your Majesty, I believe that the change of Guimenguan was due to Luo He's corruption and fear of death, which caused Guimenguan to fall into the hands of the Qin army. If it weren't for him, The Qin army can't enter the pass at all, and they can't take several of my Hancheng!"

This [-]-year-old man is named Han Ping, and he is a first-rank general Longxiang, and also Han Shen's uncle!

Hearing Han Ping's words, Han Shen couldn't help but swear viciously: "Luo He, I will remember him in my life. If I don't kill him in this life, I won't enter the ancestral temple after death, and I will become a ghost. If you kill him, if you don't kill him, I will have no face to face the ancestors of Korea!"

Prime Minister Meng She immediately wrote back: "Your Majesty, according to reports from the spies, after Luo He led his troops to surrender, Qin First Prince Ying Jiang beheaded Luo He in front of the army. More than three hundred people!"

"What! And this matter, hmph, this Qin man has done a good deed!" Han Shen was both joyful and angry. The reason for his joy was that the eldest prince of Qin killed Luo He, which was regarded as revenge for him. Angry The most amazing thing is that Luo He once pretended to be a bandit and plundered and killed more than 300 civilian women!

It is a shameful shame that my own army pretends to be a bandit and kills my own woman. When this incident spreads throughout the whole of Korea, what kind of face will the imperial court look at the Korean people in the world!

"Your Majesty, Luo He has been stationed at the Ghost Gate for 23 years. During these 23 years, he has committed many crimes, but the court knows nothing about it. As the saying goes, fire cannot be covered with paper, and it is impossible for a mere fifth-rank General of the Ghost Gate to cover up these crimes. I ask Your Majesty to thoroughly investigate this case and find out all the ghosts behind Luo He!" Meng She said indignantly.

Han Shen's heart sank, and he shot all the civil and military officials with angry eyes, wanting to see that the minister was guilty. At this moment, the Minister of the Ministry of War drove in and out of the civilian queue, and reported to Han Shen with a solemn expression:

"Reporting to Your Majesty, Luo He has already been executed, and the Qin army has already invaded our country. Therefore, I believe that the top priority of our country is not to thoroughly investigate Luo He's corruption case, but to quickly deploy troops to fight against the Qin army!"

"Qin invaded my country, and my country was not prepared. In terms of time, my country is already far behind. If the court responds one day later, the Qin army will seize more land in our Korean territory. If the court is in Luohe Waste time on corruption cases, the situation will be more difficult to reverse!"

"Hmph!" Meng She snorted coldly, looked at Wang Kaijin coldly and said, "Don't let His Majesty thoroughly investigate this matter, Wang Shangshu is guilty, right?"

Wang Kaijin's face turned green and pale, "Prime Minister, please don't spitting blood. I'm making this proposal based on the current situation of the dynasty. Does the Prime Minister think that the matter of Luo He's corruption is more important than the demise of Korea?"

"you"

Mengshe was about to argue, but was interrupted by Han Shen abruptly: "What Wang Aiqing said is unreasonable, and now my top priority in Dahan is to come up with countermeasures against Qin as soon as possible, and put aside the matter of Luo He's corruption for the time being, anyway. The corrupt person is in the court, he can't escape!"

"Your Majesty, the imperial court can investigate Luo He's corruption and at the same time send troops to fight against Qin. The two matters are not in conflict. Also, I ask Ying to take charge of Luo He's corruption. Your Majesty should agree!" Meng She said unwillingly. Bend down to write a salute and report.

Han Shen took a deep breath and said helplessly: "Before the dynasty was alive and dead, why did the Prime Minister always hold on to Luo He? In the eyes of the Prime Minister, is it more important to thoroughly investigate Luo He's corruption case than to send troops to fight against Qin? "

"Prime Minister, let me find a way to resist Qin, don't waste time on such trivial matters!"

Hearing this, Meng She sighed inwardly, bent down helplessly and replied, "I obey!"

Wang Kaijin, Shangshu of the Ministry of War, saw this, and a gleam of joy flashed in his eyes.

Han Shen looked around the officials expressionlessly, then looked at the officials and asked, "Tell me, how to resist Qin!"

After the words fell, Mengshe immediately made a compilation report: "Your Majesty, the Qin army came from afar, with a huge force, and the logistical pressure will be great. I believe that the strategy of strengthening the walls and clearing the wilderness in the three west counties can be implemented, and the people of the three counties and all the people in the three counties and all the people in the three counties will be killed. All these resources are concentrated in Yuzhou County!"

"Not only that, but also to mobilize reinforcements from all over the country to build the entire Yuzhou County into an iron wall, so as to slow down the speed of the Qin army's attack. As long as the Qin army's progress is slow and the logistics cannot keep up, the army will definitely withdraw!"

General Han Ping of Longxiang also stood up and said at this time: "Your Majesty, I have no objection to the Prime Minister's policy of strengthening the walls and clearing the wilderness, but I do not agree with the policy of building Yuzhou County into an iron wall. First of all, Qin Jun has A weapon of thunder, no city with strong walls can resist it!"

ps: "Please order in full, order in full, order in full, say important things three times!"

Chapter 979

"Thus, if we want to repel the Qin army, copper walls and iron walls are useless. We need to take advantage of the terrain of mountains and rivers, break up the army into pieces, and carry out ambushes in the mountains, fields, villages, and official roads to hinder the marching speed of the Qin army. We don't need to defeat Qin. Army, as long as you successfully hold off the Qin army, you will be victorious!"

After hearing this, Meng She nodded again and again, agreeing: "The general's words are reasonable, I am ashamed!"

"Prime Minister, you are welcome!" Han Ping offered to Mengshe.

Han Shen was silent for a while, and then asked the ministers, "What do you think?"

Wang Kaijin, Shangshu of the Ministry of War, hurriedly stood up and wrote a report: "Your Majesty, the words of the prime minister and the general are reasonable, but I dare not agree with them!"

Meng She, Han Ping and many ministers all looked at Wang Kaijin, Han Shen also frowned, and asked quite puzzled, "Why does Wang Aiqing disagree?"

"Oh~" Wang Kaijin lamented.

The sudden lament made Han Shen and Minister Mengshe Han Ping have a bad feeling in their hearts, only to hear Wang Kaijin say with a sad face: "Your Majesty, I have some news. I originally wanted to report to Your Majesty in secret, but now I have to say Already!"

"What are you doing so mysteriously!" Han Shen was a little impatient.

The rest of the ministers also became curious about what needs to be played in secret.

"The three dynasties of Xia, Zhao, and Qi have surrendered!" Wang Kaijin said loudly with a solemn expression.

boom!

These words were undoubtedly a cannonball thrown in the palace, which shocked everyone!

The ministers of the Manchu Dynasty finally understood what was the matter that required a secret report. This matter did need a secret report. Otherwise, if it spread, the heart of Han against Qin would be shaken. After all, the three dynasties of Xia, Qi, and Zhao were all surrendered by the Qin army. , How could the Korean Dynasty withstand the attack of the Qin army.

But this matter cannot be hidden, it is not a trivial matter, how can it be hidden from Tian Tian You You's ears.

"How is this possible? How long has it been since the Qin Dynasty launched an all-out war!" Han Shen said with a face full of disbelief.

Everyone knows that the Qin Dynasty launched an all-out war on May [-]st, but now it is only the middle of September, only four months. In four months, you tell me that the Xia, Zhao, and Qi dynasties have perished?

They are not vassal states, but real dynasties. Even if the borders of these three dynasties are completely defeated, the three dynasties have vast fertile soil. Even if it is delayed, it can be delayed for a year or two, but now only four Within a month, all three dynasties surrendered!

How the battle was fought!

"What's going on!" Meng She frowned and asked Wang Kaijin!

Wang Kaijin replied blankly: "The Xia Dynasty was defeated by Manshan Mountain and moved its capital to Huangjiang Haicheng. Logically speaking, Huangjiang Haicheng has the danger of the East China Sea to the east, the Yellow River Basin to the north, and is in the middle east of the dynasty. It is impossible to get involved in Huangjiang Haicheng in a short time!"

"Coincidentally, here, the navy of the Qin Dynasty who was about to pass through the mouth of the Huangjiang River happened to pass by the sea city of the Yellow River. The navy of the Qin Dynasty learned that the sea city of the Huangjiang River was the capital of the Xia Dynasty, so they bombed the sea city of the Huangjiang River with the thunder weapon on the warship without saying a word! "

"At this time, the officials of the Xia court and the people of the Shangqiu imperial capital had just arrived in Huangjiang Haicheng for a few days. The uneasy hearts of the courtiers had not yet settled down, and the hearts of the people had not yet stabilized. At this time, they were bombed by the sky thunder weapon of the Qin Dynasty navy. You can imagine how much pressure they are under."

"In the end, the Xia court's monarchs and ministers' psychological defenses were broken, and they had no choice but to surrender the whole country. They became prisoners of the Qin Dynasty navy. The time when the Xia Dynasty surrendered was August [-]th, the third and a half months after the outbreak of the all-out war!"

"The reason why the Zhao Dynasty surrendered to Qin was not that the monarchs and ministers could not persist in the attack of the Qin army, nor that the people of Zhao feared Qin as they feared a tiger. On the contrary, the people of Zhao fought against Qin very fiercely. They would rather have the whole city slaughtered than surrender. But this is the surrender of the Zhao Dynasty. root cause!"

"Within three months after the outbreak of the all-out war, the Qin army slaughtered more than a dozen cities in the northern border of the Zhao Dynasty, and more than 130 million Zhao people were massacred by the Qin army. Zhao Didan seems to be a decisive and ruthless monarch, but he has the people in his heart. Unable to bear the massacre of the common people, I have no choice but to send someone to submit the letter of surrender to the Qin army!"

"The reason why the Qi Dynasty surrendered to Qin is not complicated. The capital of the Qi Dynasty was besieged. The Qin army that besieged the capital was the Ningta Legion formed by the Xiongnu. The Xiongnu were cruel by nature. They said that the Qi Emperor would not surrender and slaughtered all the emperor's capital. Qi was afraid of the ancestral temple being slaughtered. Emperor, there is no choice but to surrender the whole country!"

"This is the cause and effect of the surrender and demise of the three dynasties!" Wang Kaijin said a lot, telling the reasons for the demise of the three dynasties of Zhao, Qi, and Xia, as well as the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty and Han Emperor Han Shen!

After hearing this speech, both civil and military officials in the court felt bad, and Han Shen couldn't help feeling a headache. He reached out and rubbed his temples, not knowing what to do.

"Your Majesty, my Korean strategy against Qin is to relocate the people of the three west counties to Yuzhou County, and the reason for moving to the three west counties is because the Qin army attacked from the west, but now the three dynasties have collapsed and attacked The Qin army of the three dynasties will surely go south!"

"The Qin army in the north is going south, how can we fight against Qin? Is it possible to also move the people of the three northern counties to Yuzhou? Now there is only one way to keep the Qin Dynasty from destroying our Han, and this way is to seek peace!"

"Ask for peace?" Han Shen was slightly taken aback!

"It's ridiculous, it's ridiculous, do you think you won't fight if you ask for peace with the Qin Dynasty!" Han Ping scolded angrily!

"Wang Shangshu said just now that the Qin army in the north is going south. Should we also move the people of the three northern counties to Yuzhou? In fact, I think it is possible to move the names of the three northern counties to Yuzhou. Anyway, Yuzhou has a vast territory and abundant resources. It feeds thousands of people!"

"It's not impossible to gather the people of the whole country. When the time comes, men will fight and women will reclaim wasteland. As long as Dahan persists for one day, the Qin army will be one day away from the day when it will retreat!" Mengshe still insisted on his strategy of fortifying the wall and clearing the wilderness.

Wang Kaijin ignored Han Ping and Mengshe, and continued: "Supplying for peace can save our Dahan's vitality, and it is the best strategy to preserve Korea. If we succeed in clearing the country, it will greatly consume our Dahan's money, food and a lot of vitality!"

"My big South Korea can't stand the toss. We must stop this war from happening. Please think twice, Your Majesty!"

The four words of strengthening the wall and clearing the wild are easy to say, but it is not easy to do. First of all, the migration of the population must cost money, otherwise the people will not follow the government. It is easy to win the hearts of Korean people.

With a population of more than 400 million in Korea, at least tens of millions of taels of silver will be spent, plus food from all over the country will be taken away. All of these will cost money, and it cannot be done without money. The second is to break up the army into pieces. Block and ambush in the mountains, fields, official roads, and cities, and constantly harass the Qin army in many ways.

Chapter 980 Summation is the main priority, and the resistance to Qin is the second!

If this method is very successful, it may make the Qin army unable to support the logistics and retreat helplessly, but it will also cause heavy casualties to the Han army. After all, the Qin army is well-equipped and well-trained. Rich victories.

The result captured by the Qin army was the heads of the soldiers of the Han army, and it was too worthless for Dahan to exchange the heads of the soldiers for the Qin army to slow down the marching speed. up.

Therefore, in Wang Kaijin's eyes, seeking peace is the best way to save Korea, and the big deal is to cut land and pay compensation.

"Your Majesty, please make peace!"

"Your Majesty, I can't afford Dahan!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

As soon as Wang Kaijin's voice fell, many officials from the Ministry of War, as well as officials from the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Punishment stood up and seconded Wang Kaijin. Counting carefully, more than 30 ministers supported the peace proposal.

Needless to say, these more than 30 ministers are all Wang Kaijin's henchmen.

"Your Majesty, they are talking nonsense, you must not believe it!" Meng She said anxiously.

"Yes, Your Majesty, you must never seek peace!" Han Ping also objected to seeking peace.

"Your Majesty, wouldn't it be a joke in the eyes of the nations that I, Dahan, seek peace!"

"let's hit!"

"Don't ask for a peace, the main battle!"

"Strengthen the wall and clear the field, the strategy of ambush and blocking will surely repel the Qin army successfully!"

Meng She and Han Ping's henchmen also stood up and expressed their views one after another. The attitude is the same, the main battle!

In the court, two forces were soon separated, one was the peace-seeking faction, and the other was the main battle faction. Compared with the main battle faction, there were many ministers, and there were Prime Minister Meng She and Long Xiang General Han Ping. The peacemaking faction led by Wang Kaijin is relatively weak.

"I have already listened to Aiqing's proposal, and each has their own reasons. Now that you have finished speaking, it is my turn to speak!" Han Shen said, looking at the officials with a blank expression.

"Your Majesty, please make a decision!" The civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty shouted in unison!

Han Ping, Mengshe, and Wang Kaijin became nervous, all staring at Han Shen, hoping that Han Shen would follow his advice.

Han Shen said deeply: "I have decided that Meng Aiqing will be responsible for the strategy of fortifying the wall and clearing the country, and the strategy of ambush and blocking, and Wang Aiqing will be responsible for the peace-seeking matter!"

"what?"

Many ministers were stunned for a while, is this?

"That's right, I want to fight against Qin, but I also want peace, but peace is the main thing. The strategy of fortifying the walls and clearing the country and ambush is just in case. Well, there is no need to talk about this matter again!" Han Shenqiankun said arbitrarily , Decided a general strategy against Qin.

It is the safest way to negotiate peace with Qin while preparing to fight against Qin.

Han Ping and Mengshe looked at each other, nodded secretly to each other, and then bowed to Han Ping and saluted together: "Your Majesty is holy!"

The two of them also believed that Han Shen's strategy was also a good way to resist Qin.

As for Wang Kaijin, he didn't have anything to say, anyway, his goal had already been achieved, and the priority was to seek peace.

"Wang Aiqing, it depends on Aiqing's negotiation whether the peace can be successfully negotiated!" Han Shen looked at Wang Kaijin solemnly and said.

Wang Kaijin quickly replied: "I should try my best!"

Han Shen waved his hand, "Retire!"

All civil and military officials knelt down on the ground in unison, kowtowed and shouted: "I wait to send you off to Your Majesty, long live my emperor, long live long live!"

Han Shen got up from the dragon chair, walked down the high platform with the support of two maids, and left the main hall from the back hall. When Han Shen's figure disappeared from the main hall, all the officials got up one after another and left one after another.

When Wang Kaijin wanted to leave, Han Ping and Mengshe blocked Wang Kaijin's way together. Wang Kaijin saw the two blocking the way, and immediately smiled disdainfully: "Why, the prime minister and the general won't let me go?"

"Wang Kaijin, how are you going to negotiate?" Mengshe didn't talk nonsense to Wang Kaijin, and went straight to the point.

"Haha!" Wang Kaijin smiled lightly, "It doesn't seem to be the prime minister's business, does it? Your Majesty has entrusted this matter to your subordinates, and no one can interfere except His Majesty. Therefore, it is not necessary for the Prime Minister to know how to negotiate! "