Chapter seven hundred and ninety seventh Zhuang Zhou's concerns
Seeing Zhuang Zhou say these domineering words with a calm face, Lin Ze felt an indescribable feeling of relief in his heart, probably because he was now also a disciple of the Dao Palace, and he was the same as Yourong.
Zhuang Zhou took a few steps forward, stood side by side with Lin Ze, looked into the distance, and said in a low voice: "Junior brother, I have a question, and I would like to ask you to answer it."
Lin Ze smiled and replied: "Senior brother, please ask."
Zhuang Zhou withdrew his gaze from the distance, fell on Lin Ze's face, and said seriously: "Junior brother, do you still care about Qin in your heart, and even go against Confucianism for Qin?"
Lin Ze looked surprised and asked: "Brother, why did you say this?"
Zhuang Zhou stretched out his hand and pointed forward, and said slowly: "Junior brother will not take the land of Yanzhao sooner or later. Why do we have to wait until the Confucians take over it before we send people to snatch it?"
"Confucianism is obviously stronger than Qin. Wouldn't it be easier for junior brother to directly seize the land of Yan and Zhao from Qin?"
"Besides, the land of Yanzhao has been occupied by Confucianism once, and it will be even more dilapidated than before. After junior brother gets it, he will have to spend more energy and time just to appease the people."
"No matter which angle you look at it, it seems that junior brother should occupy the land of Yanzhao before the Confucianists, instead of waiting for the Confucianists to take action."
"If Confucianism refuses to give in, and junior brother fights with Confucianism, wouldn't it mean that Qin is being advantaged in vain? If junior brother is not interested in Qin, he shouldn't be like this."
Lin Ze laughed as he listened. On the surface, Zhuang Zhou's words were because he was worried that Lin Ze would conflict with Confucianism and the gains would outweigh the losses. In fact, he was worried that Lin Ze would return his heart to Qin.
After all, the Dao Palace will gain something by supporting Lin Ze in his fight for destiny.
If Lin Ze was loyal to the Qin State and finally gave up his destiny, wouldn't the Taoist Palace be in vain?
Zhuang Zhou couldn't help but doubt it. After all, Lin Ze had learned from the past that he was murdered by Emperor Qin (Hu Hai) but still refused to rebel.
Lin Ze thought for a while, looked at Zhuang Zhou with a sincere face and replied: "The land of Guandong is too big. If Confucianism takes all of it, given time, it will be too big to lose."
"If Confucianism develops a mighty trend, even if my junior brother has great plans, there is nothing he can do about it."
"Confucianism can be strong, but it must be restrained. What do you think of this explanation, senior brother?"
Zhuang Zhou did not answer, but looked into Lin Ze's eyes with an indifferent expression.
Lin Ze looked at each other calmly.
After a while, Zhuang Zhoufang withdrew his gaze, looked into the distance again, and said meaningfully: "Junior brother, just have an idea."
Lin Ze also looked into the distance and replied with the same meaning: "Please rest assured, senior brother, junior brother will never risk his own life on the kindness of others."
The place suddenly fell into silence.
"Report~, inform the Lord of the Kingdom that General Zhang Han is approaching with a large army, less than thirty miles away from Wuwei City."
The arrival of a Jin Yiwei broke the lonely atmosphere on the city wall and brought news about Zhang Han.
Lin Ze immediately said in a deep voice: "Order Zhang Han to lead the army into the city quickly and come to see Gu."
After a while, Zhang Han led his army, circled half a circle around Wuwei City, came to Lin Ze, knelt down on one knee, and shouted loudly: "General Zhang Han, lead all the soldiers to pay homage to the king."
The army behind Zhang Han knelt down and shouted: "Greetings to the Lord."
Lin Ze noticed something was wrong at the first sight of Zhang Han's army.
Behind Zhang Han was not one large army, but two completely different armies in terms of form and spirit.
One of them was wearing black armor, holding long swords in their hands, holding their heads high and showing extraordinary momentum.
One of them was wearing tatters, with various weapons in his hands, and his eyes were timid, and occasionally there were a few with fierce looks.
There were about 50,000 soldiers in black armor. There was no doubt that they were the Qin army led by Zhang Han to conquer the North.
There were about 10,000 soldiers wearing ragged clothes. Judging by their faces, it was easy to tell that they were barbarians from the North.
Lin Ze looked down at Zhang Han who was kneeling in front of the city gate, and said calmly: "Get up, Zhang Han. The soldiers have traveled a long distance and must be exhausted. You need to settle them first, and then come to see Gu Gu.
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Zhang Han, who was kneeling on the ground, raised his head and glanced at Lin Ze secretly after hearing this. He did not stand up immediately, but said: "Master, the general has taken it upon himself to recruit an army of 10,000 from the Hu people. Look..."
Lin Ze interrupted directly and said slightly forcefully: "Gu said, you settle down the soldiers first, and we'll talk about it later if you have anything to do."
Zhang Han looked at the army kneeling behind him with a look of helplessness on his face. He sighed, stood up and said loudly: "The soldiers of the Western Qin Dynasty listened to the order. The scout camp will enter the city immediately to find a place where fifty thousand brothers can be settled."
place, and the rest are on standby, waiting for good news from the scout camp."
"The Hu soldiers obeyed the order and camped outside the city. They were not allowed to come within five miles of Wuwei City, and they were not allowed to go more than ten miles away from Wuwei City."
After saying this, Zhang Han used his hands and feet to climb up the city wall, landed in front of Lin Ze, and said with a flattering smile: "Report to the Lord, the soldiers have made arrangements."
Lin Ze looked at the large army composed of barbarians. He followed Zhang Han's order and went to camp on the hillside six miles away. He casually asked: "Why are they treated differently?"
Zhang Han followed Lin Ze's gaze and replied with a disapproving smile: "Don't the kings often say that people who are not of my race must have different hearts? Naturally, foreigners like this cannot be treated the same as our brothers from the Western Qin Dynasty.
compared to."
"What's more, the generals have shown great kindness and given them a bite of food to survive. How can they ask for more?"
Lin Ze glanced at Zhang Han and asked, "Aren't you afraid that they will be dissatisfied and bite you back?"
Zhang Han smiled mysteriously and said slightly proudly: "Please rest assured, Lord, they don't have the strength or the courage."
"Please see, my lord, these barbarians don't even have leather armor, and their weapons are crude. Even though they are strong, they are actually far inferior to the men of the Western Qin Dynasty. Of these more than 10,000 barbarian soldiers, the general will only need to send out a thousand fully equipped men."
The Qin army can kill them all."
"At the end of the day, I will say something first. We will adopt a system of continuous sitting for the Hu soldiers. If one person makes a mistake, the other group will be punished. If one group makes trouble, the entire group will be killed."
"As the lord of the country sees it, the general will let them station outside the city. No one dares to disobey the order, and no one dares to complain."
Lin Ze looked at Zhang Han, who looked confident, and said calmly: "Needless to say, the more than ten thousand people who captured Yanzhao this time will be buried in this new Western Qin territory."
Zhang Han was stunned when he heard this, and said with a puzzled face: "Why is this? Should the general treat them kindly?"
Lin Ze was too lazy to explain too much, and said impatiently: "No matter whether you treat them well or abuse them, foreigners can only be used as dead soldiers to consume the enemy's strength. They cannot be used for a long time. Do you understand?"