Three days later, Xianyang granaries.

Xiang Zhuang was inspecting the almost empty granary accompanied by Wei Liao and Wu She.

After inspecting the granary on the ground, Xiangzhuang asked Jin Xiang to open the top cover of the cellar one by one. Most of the cellars were also emptied by the Chu army. The Chu army searched 60,000 stones of grain from the Xianyang granaries. It has to be said that Xiao He is really good at doing internal affairs. The corn alone is enough for 20,000 yuan for the Chu army to eat for half a year!

When Jin Xiang opened the last row of hidden cellars, Wu She unexpectedly found that the cellar was full, filled with wheat, millet, beans and other grains. The dry air was filled with the fragrance of grain. Wu She said in surprise: "General, why don't the corn in this row of cellars be moved away?"

Xiang Zhuang smiled and didn't answer, but a hint of coldness flashed through Wei Liao's eyes.

The corn in this row of cellars was a gift from Xiang Zhuang and Wei Liao to Liu Bang!

After the Xianyang granaries were emptied by the Chu army and the summer grains in dozens of surrounding counties were also robbed by the Chu army, what would be the most scarce in Guanzhong? What is the life-saving food to save the lives of the people in Guanzhong and stabilize the morale of the Han army, but the grain to replant autumn grain!

So, when Xiao He saw that the corn from this cellar was preserved intact, what was his first reaction? At that time, Xiao He's first reaction was not to use the corn from the cellar to help the Han army or the people of Guanzhong, but to use the corn as grain to distribute it to the military and civilians of Guanzhong to replant autumn grain!

Thinking of this, Wei Liao's eyes suddenly became colder.

Only Wei Liao and Xiang Zhuang knew that after these grains were sown into the fields, crops would never grow!

This is because these grains have long been taken out of the cellar and put into an iron cauldron until they are half cooked!

Once Xiao He was trapped, the autumn grains in Guanzhong this year will not be collected... By then, the entire Guanzhong land will fall into an unprecedented famine! Unless Xiao He can urgently transfer enough food from Bashu, the people of Guanzhong will be displaced and starved to death...

And this is the big gift from Xiang Zhuang to Liu Bang!

In this catastrophe, Guanzhong has no three to five years of rest and recuperation, so he can't recover his vitality. Before he recovers his vitality, Liu Bang's old man won't be able to compete for the Central Plains. As for three to five years later, Liu Bang's old man is already 60 years old, and he still has some ambitions to compete for the world? Hehe.

Just as they were proud, another personal soldier came to report, and the army had already gathered.

At that moment, Xiangzhuang, Wei Liao and Wu She, who were confused, left Xianyang Grill.

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When they arrived outside the northern gate of Xianyang, 20,000 Chu troops had already stood in line on the wilderness on the north bank of the Jingshui River.

At this time, the composition of the Chu army was extremely complicated. There were Chu people like Huan Chu and Ji Bu, Wei people like Pang Yu, Jin Xiang, Qi people like Tian Heng, Zidu, old Qin people like Xiqilie and Zicheshi, especially the old Qin clan who had just joined the Chu army, the atmosphere between them was still a bit stiff.

Xiang Zhuang saw all this but had no choice but to do anything about it.

The opposition between the Chu people and the Qin people will not ease so quickly, especially the Chu army veterans like Huan Chu and Ji Bu, who are afraid that they will not have any favors to Bailixian, Ziche Shi and other old Qin clans for a long time, but that doesn't matter. As time goes by, let everyone fight more battles together and gradually get through.

Xiang Zhuang had no doubt about this, because the 20,000 troops were still under his strong control.

Even though Huan Chu, Ji Bu, Wushe and others were unable to stand the old Qin clan, they had no soldiers in their hands, so it was impossible for a large-scale melee to break out between them. As long as there was no big melee, the situation would not get out of control. As long as the situation did not get out of control, the matter would be relatively simple to deal with, and at most a few heads were killed.

In addition to more than 20,000 troops, more than 5,000 large cars were also heading north!

More than 4,000 large trucks were filled with food, all of which were as much as 100,000 stones, including 60,000 stones of grain captured from Xianyang granaries, and more than 50,000 stones of grain captured from surrounding counties. With more than 100,000 stones of military ration, the Chu army's military ration was also settled this year.

In addition, there were more than a thousand trucks of ironware, cloth, silk, gold and silver jewelry and other materials that the Hu people were urgently needed.

These supplies were intended to be used by Xiangzhuang to exchange horses with the Hu people. If we want to turn all 20,000 Chu troops into cavalry, the horses needed are not a small number.

However, the Chu army did not conquer enough cattle or mules and horses.

Fortunately, there are more than 4,000 Han army prisoners of war to drive, and putting ropes on them can also be used as cows and horses. After all, the road from Xianyang to Jiuyuan is still quite good. The Qin Empire spent a lot of manpower and material resources to build a straight road from Xianyang to Jiuyuan County, with a total length of nearly 1,400 miles!

Xiangzhuang rode a black horse and walked slowly past the Chu army.

It was not until the last team of Chu troops that Xiang Zhuang turned his horse's head, raised his right hand and gently pressed towards the north, shouting loudly: "The army sets off!"

In an instant, the sound of horns surged into the sky in the Chu army formation.

Amid the endless sound of trumpets, teams of Chu soldiers turned around and then walked along the flat and wide straight road in a messy manner toward the north. Two hours later, the last Chu army finally left the northern suburbs of Xianyang. On the distant northern horizon, rolling dust gradually rose, almost covering half of the sky.

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Of course, the Chu army's movements cannot be concealed by the Han army's detailed works.

That night, Zhang Liang received the news that the Chu army had withdrawn from Xianyang. Zhang Liang did not dare to neglect him and quickly summoned Zhou Bo, Li Shang, Xiahou Ying and other generals and Chen Ping to the headquarters to discuss countermeasures. Liu Bang was still borrowing grain from Han Wangxin in Hedong. The news just passed back said that 50,000 shi of military grain had been borrowed and could be transported to Hangu Pass within a few days.

"What? The remnants of the Chu army have withdrawn?" Xiahou Ying said in disbelief, "Can't you?"

"This is also expected." Li Shang said lightly, "I didn't expect that Xiangzhuang's son did not take the risk of taking the Ziwu Valley Road to Hanzhong, but went north. Could it be that Xiangzhuang's son really planned to go north to Jiuyuan to join the Hu people?" Li Shang and others were very unfamiliar with the current situation in Jiuyuan County.

In fact, under Liu Bang, Xiao He had some understanding of Jiuyuan County.

However, Xiao He didn't know much, because the old Qin people who controlled Jiuyuan County did not return to the Han Dynasty. Although Xiao He sent envoys to Jiuyuan to surrender several times, he was rejected by Meng Tian's fake son Meng Shuo.

"This may be just the way to show off your eyes." Zhou Bo said, "Maybe the Chu army went north to Jiuyuan just to act, but when we walked halfway, we suddenly turned east, and then forced the river to cross the river from a certain ferry to enter the Han area?" After that, Zhou Bo strode to the screen and took a hanging map, and said, "After entering the Han area, the Chu army has more room for repurchase."

"The Chu army could not cross the river at all!" Li Shang said coldly, "Guan Ying's cavalry is guarding the east coast."

"But the little boy from Xiangzhuang didn't know." Zhou Bo said calmly, "The Chu army didn't know that Guan Ying's cavalry was guarding the east bank of the river and was always paying attention to their itinerary. Therefore, the Chu army turned east and turned the road and forced to cross the river. We have to make arrangements early."

"How to arrange it?" Xiahou Ying said in a depressed manner, "The military rations have not been released yet, who dares to move lightly?"

An inexplicable fierce light flashed in Zhou Bo's eyes, and he turned around and said to Zhang Liang: "Sir, why not send another elite soldier, Qiao Zhuang Chu army to raise food on the road, right?"

Zhang Liang's face changed slightly when he heard this. He knew what Zhou Bo meant by raising grain on the spot. The so-called raising grain on the spot means to let Han soldiers rob the people of Guanzhong along the way like thieves. This can certainly solve the dilemma of military rations not being sustained, but it will also greatly destroy the foundation of the Han King's Guanzhong, which is not conducive to the future struggle for the great cause!

After all, this is Guanzhong, not Chu. Even if Qiao Zhuang became the Chu army, it would not destroy the reputation of the Han army, but what it destroyed was the foundation of the Han king. Guanzhong suffered from the Chu army in succession and the Han army robbed twice, how many people could it be left? After two catastrophes, how long would it take to recuperate the land of Guanzhong to recover its vitality?

But if the troops were not sent to pursue him, would he just watch the Chu army move forward calmly?

At this moment, Zhang Liang was as wise as hesitant as he was. This decision was really hard to make!

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When Zhang Liang was hesitating, the Chu army had already walked north along the straight road for hundreds of miles!

In the chaotic marching formation, Xiang Zhuang looked at the wide and straight road under his feet and couldn't help but think a lot.

Xiang Zhuang saw a documentary about the straight road of the Qin Dynasty in his previous life, which quoted a sentence describing the straight road of the Qin Dynasty in "Records of the Grand Historian" written by Sima Qian. Xiang Zhuang had a deep impression of this sentence and still remembered it in full. This sentence is as follows: From Jiuyuan to Ganquan, the mountains and valleys are 1,800 miles away!

Sima Qian's literary talent is really not a big deal. So many scholars in later generations highly praised him and all believed that he was no match for his own history. This is not unreasonable. The words "Shad a mountain and a valley" are 1,800 miles apart, and the words "Absolutely" describe this huge and extraordinary project to the fullest!

The straight road of the Great Qin Dynasty is another huge legacy left by Qin Shihuang, the emperor of the ages!

After that, the two most powerful Han dynasties, the powerful Han dynasties, almost all launched along this straight road. Without the straight road built by Qin Shihuang, whether it was the Great Han Empire or the Great Tang Empire, the counterattack against the Huns and Turks would be much more difficult! The price would be much higher!

Moreover, the scale of the Daqin straight road project and the difficult construction conditions exceeded the limits of later generations' imagination, especially the level of productivity at that time was extremely low, which was particularly rare.

If we have to make a comparison, I am afraid that only the Grand Canal built by Emperor Yang of Sui could be comparable to it. However, during the reign of Emperor Yang of Sui, both population level and productivity level were far superior to that of the First Emperor. This shows that the Qin Empire's farming and warfare system had reached its ultimate in the coordinated use of the state machinery!

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ps: Today is the guaranteed two updates. The swordsman is working hard to accumulate the manuscript, and there will be a big explosion at the end of the month!
Chapter completed!