On the third day when the Qin people occupied Chenliu, Li Shang was sitting on a straw mat at his home in Gaoyangli, wiping the only valuable thing in the house: a bronze sword. While wiping, he gritted his teeth.
The shame of being ruled by a foreign country, the guilt for the death of his companions, and various emotions made him feel indignant.
As a knight-errant, Li Shang had no good impression of Qin at all. Today, the newly appointed Qin officials read out the legal documents at the city gate and asked Chen Liuren to abide by them. For example, "Three or more people drink together without any reason, and the fine will not be three taels for the strong."
"It's a crime to have a child, wander around all day long, it's a crime of Jiang Yang" etc...
This means that the husband-to-husband games, tragic songs, and drinking parties that the young knights of Wei once loved will be banned. If there is no inspection and passing, they will not even be able to get out of the city gate. This is not what they want.
Life!
Freedom and freedom, what the knights valued most, were suddenly restricted by the strict Qin laws. Under the rule of the Qin State, they could only farm and serve as soldiers.
While indignant, a bold idea suddenly came to Li Shang's mind. He didn't care about being angry with his elder brother, and immediately said to Li Shiqi, who was holding a torn bamboo slips and flipping through them:
"Brother, since the Qin State prohibits rangers and strategists and does not value Confucian scholars, we might as well leave Chenliu and go to Suiyang!"
"The three thousand Wei soldiers retreated there before. It is said that the younger brother of King Wei, Prince Jiu of Ningling, is in Suiyang and is recruiting people from the three Jin Dynasties to support Qi and Chu to fight against Qin together. With the talents of my brother, it is not impossible.
If you use it for him, maybe you can persuade Qi and Chu to unite, counterattack, and drive away the Qin people!"
His original intention of doing this was not to "restore Wei" but to regain his "free" life.
However, Li Shiqi looked at his innocent brother as if he were a fool.
"Go to Suiyang? Persuade Qi and Qin to join forces to attack Qin? My brother, you have listened too much to those young knights who claim to have been disciples of Lord Xinling. It is something that neither Lord Xinling nor Duke Tang can do.
, how can I, a pariah from Gaoyang, do this?"
Ten years ago, why didn't Li Shiqi have similar ideals?
His family was in a poor state, and he did not even have enough food and clothing when he was young. In order to raise his younger brother, he could only work as a wine seller. Later, he pretended to be a Confucian scholar and wrote letters for others to make a living.
The unknown Wei strategist served as his teacher and learned some skills.
Those who learned the art of vertical, horizontal, short, and long all had their own idols they worshiped. The distant ones were Zhang Yi and Su Qin, and the nearest ones were Tang Ju in Daliang City. Li Shiqi originally wanted to imitate Su Qin's head, hanging beams, cones, and thorns, and read all the strategists' works.
He learned skills and learned from Confucian scholars, and then traveled around the world, relying on his sharp tongue to accomplish great things.
But in the past ten years, what he has been waiting for is the news that the six countries have fallen one after another.
So he was smart enough to understand that the good times of political strategists were over forever.
If the art of vertical and horizontal tactics is to be effective, the princes of the world must maintain a balance of power. In this kind of war where the Qin State is dominant and one-sided, lobbying and strategists become useless.
It seems a little late to join the Qin State at this time. The King of Qin is already surrounded by talented people from all walks of life. Do you want to have a meeting between the king and his ministers like the predecessors Zhang Yi and Fan Ju of the Wei State?
Forty-year-old Li Shiqi touched his beard and felt that it was not realistic.
He knows his own weight very well. The center of Qin State does not lack people like him who can make suggestions.
Don't think about sudden wealth, just survive first.
But first, Li Shiqi had to scold his younger brother who couldn't let go of his life as a ranger.
"My brother." Li Shiqi was not polite and took his brother's sword and said: "You don't have to go to Suiyang. I can't guess that in two months, Da Song County will definitely not defend it!"
"Brother, why are you so sure!" Li Shang was unconvinced.
Li Shiqi said complacently: "I don't need to go out to know the general trend of the world."
Li Shang was stunned by what he said next.
"Chenliu is the strategic point of the Wei State. It has a suburb extending in all directions and is also the meeting place of the army. It has tens of thousands of stones of millet and the city is very strong. However, the generals of Wei did not defend it and abandoned it.
All the grain is left to Qin, which shows that it is hopelessly ignorant!"
"But the people of Qin saw clearly that they came to attack Chenliu first just to control the main roads here and seize Chenliu's accumulated millet. The king regards the people as his heaven, and the people regard food as their heaven. The Qin army
According to Chen Liuzhisu, the army marched eastward and soon swept through the counties in the east of Wei and gathered at Suiyang. Lord Ningling has always been weak and unable to shoulder heavy responsibilities. He will never be able to turn the tide and become the second in command.
Lord Xinling!"
Li Shiqi said firmly: "This Wei State is doomed! No matter where you flee, it will be the prefectures and counties of Qin. You should give up this idea early, curb your wandering behavior, and be an obedient citizen under the rule of Qin."
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Li Shang was very discouraged when he heard this. He sat down on the straw mat, hugging the scabbard and saying nothing.
Li Shiqi patted his bun and said: "From tomorrow on, if you make friends with those light knights who are fighting with the Qin army, there is no way anyone will report you. You stay at home and don't go anywhere. I'll go make friends with the new commander."
Chen Liuling of the State of Qin, try again and see if you can become a local official of the State of Qin."
"Brother didn't want to be a Wei official before, why do you want to be a Qin official now?" Li Shang was very puzzled.
Li Shiqi looked at his younger brother and sighed: "Didn't I say that only those who are not stagnant in things but can move with the world can survive in the world. If I didn't become a Qin official and protect you, who would I know?
God, you were arrested by the Qin officials for wandering as a light knight!"
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Li Shiqi's guess was correct. The reason why the Qin army sent troops to occupy Chenliu was that the first target was indeed Chenliu's accumulated grain.
At the Chenliu Warehouse, it was Hei Fu's "thousand men" who were ordered to station nearby. Looking back at the mountains of granaries, Hei Fu felt a little emotional.
It's funny to say that the three thousand Wei soldiers ran too fast and didn't have time to burn down the granary. Chen Liuling of the Wei State knew that Chen Liu might not be able to defend it anymore, so he was planning to use fire to burn one of them.
When he was about to throw a torch, it was Chen Liu's father who stopped him.
"Spring plowing has been delayed, and the grain in Chenliu's warehouse is our last hope. If it is burned down, what will Chenliu's tens of thousands of people have to eat?"
Chen Liuling was soft-hearted. Under the pleading of the local people, he gave up burning grain and finally gave the Qin army an advantage.
Food is the most important thing for the people. Whoever controls the food will strangle the lifeblood of the local people. Therefore, although the Chenliu people still hate the Qin army who conquered this place, no one has jumped out to resist.
At this moment, the Qin army was busy counting the grain in Chenliucang and pounding the millet into rice for the army.
At this time, Heifu was surprised to see several treadmills being transported from the baggage troops. After they were installed, the garrison soldiers started pounding them day and night on the stone mortars outside the granary.
It had only been a short year since his family presented this gift to the engineers of Anlu County. Unexpectedly, the Qin government was so efficient. It was not only popular in the counties and townships of Nanjun, but also in the Qin army.
The treadle, named "Anlu Throne", has become a must-carry instrument for the army on expeditions and is widely used.
At this time, everyone in Anlu County was extremely proud, especially the talkative Ji Ying, who began to brag about his colleagues from other counties.
"This thing was made in Anlu County, so it's called Anlu Di! What, you don't even know where Anlu is? Hey, you are so ignorant and shallow!"
He then pointed at Hei Fu and said: "The craftsman who made this thing is Hei Fu's sister-in-law! Hei Fu, these people don't believe it, come here and say something!"
Heifu smiled and ignored it, letting Ji Ying continue to brag.
He thought: "It seems that the Qin government is extremely efficient in spreading science and technology. In this way, Tashi will follow the pace of the Qin army's conquest and spread throughout the six countries of Shandong. Maybe it will make the people withered after the war
The economy should recover quickly."
Thinking about it this way, Heifu felt that he had made a huge contribution to the advancement of productivity in this era.
Well, although this time, Heifu did good deeds without leaving his name.
The Qin army stayed in Chenliu for four days, and after stabilizing the local order, Zhonggen Qiangxu issued a new combat strategy.
The more than 10,000 garrison soldiers were divided into four parts: one thousand people stayed at Chenliu, a 2500-man chief from Guanzhong was appointed as the temporary Chenliu order, and two 500-man chiefs were named Chen Liucheng and Chen Liuwei. This is the Qin Dynasty
What the army often does after conquering a place is to put military officials in place and implement military control.
In addition, a thousand people transported Chenliucang's grain back to the west, and more than 100,000 people gathered under Daliang City. Food was a big problem. One of Qiang Yu's missions was to give grain to the enemy and feed the army back.
Qiang Yu himself personally commanded the main force of 6,000 people and continued to march eastward to Da Song County of Wei State in the east. This was the center where the remaining forces of Wei State gathered. Wei Jiu, Lord of Ningling, had 5,000 troops and backed Qi Chu in Suiyang.
Recruiting people from the three Jin Dynasties and trying to resist stubbornly, these die-hards must be eliminated.
As for the remaining three thousand people, they were divided into three parts and marched towards the south, north and northeast of Chenliu County to capture the three nearby counties.
The good news is that Heifu and his group of thousands will also head north, targeting Waihuang County!
"In an army of ten thousand people, credit is hard to come by, but in a single battle of a thousand people, the chances are many times greater!"
Heifu secretly made a decision, this time, he must not miss it!
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Just as Li Shiqi put on his clothes and started trying to talk to the Qin officials who stayed behind, Heifu and others also left Chenliu with the army and headed towards Waihuang County.
At the same time, fifty miles away to the north, Zhang Er, the foreign minister, was also pacing the mansion anxiously...
