This great sacrifice on the banks of the Han River, apart from conveying an attitude and a message to the outside world, the rest is not for outsiders to see.
Instead, it makes the already loyal Crocodile Man become more loyal; the already resolute "White Sand Warrior" becomes even more resolute.
Li Jie didn't think too much about it. He was just doing it for convenience. If there really was a decisive battle, he wouldn't be afraid at all now.
However, he didn't look like too many people like Crocodile Man, Yongfu and other people from poor and humble backgrounds who had followed Li Jie until now, but they had greater hope.
As they receive more and more education content, their thoughts naturally change. Although they are no longer simple, they are still straightforward when considering the logic of things.
For the crocodile people and brave men, only when their boss climbs to a higher position can they follow suit. This is obvious and unquestionable.
"Do men really respond?"
Old Master Zeng, who was still a little worried, asked Li Jie with a guilty conscience. Although he knew Li Jie's answer, he must have an indifferent attitude.
But I don't know why, as long as Li explains it, he can feel at ease a lot.
"Master Anxin is just that, the Central Plains princes, I am afraid they are not as strong as I am! Wei, Zheng, Song, Lu, Chen and Cai, the Song Dynasty is still a little bit impressive. The rest are just local chickens and dogs."
Waving his hands, his arrogant and domineering look really made Old Master Zeng feel at ease, feeling that this great event was indeed expected.
However, Li Jie changed the subject and looked at Zeng Shan with squinted eyes: "Master, I heard that the Emperor of Zhou is going to marry his sister to the prince of Qin, Zhu Jian?"
"Last year there were rumors that Duke Qin wanted to marry into the Zhou family."
"This old guy wants to eat shit."
The post-Autumn period is about settling accounts, not to mention that this isn’t even the post-Autumn period, it’s the post-winter period.
At the beginning, Qin and Huai made a secret agreement to attack Chu after the fall, and everything was agreed upon, but in the end there was no movement at all from Qin.
Fortunately, Mr. Li always considered the worst for the nobles and had already made plans to guard against Qin's failure to let him go.
As expected, Qin Guo did not waste his expression and let him go without any hesitation.
If the Qin State's containment was really taken into account, Shang Wuji's northern army might not be so large if it were spread out.
At first, my uncle Shang Wuji was wondering why his brother-in-law made such arrangements. It was not until he found that there was no movement at all from the Qin State that he was filled with admiration.
The army on the northern front was well-organized and mighty. Just looking at the head count put Dou Zun under great pressure.
What's more, the combat effectiveness of the Chu army in Sanguan can be compared with that of Bai Ju and Doushi?
In this case, it is impossible for Dou Zun to be honest in his heart.
When the battle on the southern front was successful and the surprise attack was effective, it was considered that the bottom line in Douzun's heart was completely penetrated. One of the threads in his heart was completely broken when the news of the fall of Zhu Palace reached the third level.
Nowadays, although the land of Eastern Han Dynasty is full of smoke and dust from beacon fires, and there are many rebels, all of whom want to fight against the Han Dynasty and restore the Chu state, but this kind of security war has poor weapons and equipment, low personnel morale, and no strong support from the outside and unscrupulous generals at home. The Han Dynasty did not panic at all.
To Li Jie, the Yihu people were barbaric, but in his eyes, how good were the Chu people?
The weapons generation difference between the two sides is almost the same.
The Handong clan could only be passively beaten in the winter. If they dared to go out to fight, the mere loss of numbers in the battle would be enough to collapse them.
As for the support from the core areas of Chu State, it is not impossible to have it, but all the ships of Chu State are now controlled by Li Jie, and the one currently swimming on the Han River is "Canglang Lord" E Cang.
How could Ecang give face to the former Chu State Township Party? He had seen the mighty momentum of Li Jie's fleet when he unexpectedly attacked Zhu Palace.
That kind of shock and intimidation made Ecang unable to imagine how he had accumulated such a strong family fortune.
Therefore, even if the native Chu State intends to secretly aid the Handong region, regardless of whether there is food or not, they will pretend that the ancestors possessed by the elite ancestral spirits of the Chu State have appeared and transformed a large amount of food, but they have no transportation to transport this food to Handong.
into the hands of rebel forces in the region who need food.
Throughout the winter to the beginning of spring, the anti-Han forces in the eastern Han region could only stare blankly, wait for death, and watch the Han army advance, and then be given a choice between the two.
Military victory is an important guarantee for President Li to divide the population.
Only with military victory can we cut off the flesh of the old people of Chu in a big way.
Jing family, Qu family, no matter how glorious your ancestors are, the extra population must be vomited out.
Work goes on, work goes on, whether it is river embankments, terraced fields, wells, mines, forests, or ports, these were the core of the wartime economy of the Han Dynasty, and they all required a lot of labor.
This is not to say that the Han Dynasty does not need small farmers, small farmers are still needed, but in general, because of the model project of Huaizhong City, people's thinking changes with the changes in their interests, including their past habits.
It may take some time to digest the entire Handong region, but it won't be long. Even if Li Jie doesn't guide him, the serfs who have abandoned their slave owners and regained the means of production, even if they want to break away from their past experiences, will
Grit your teeth and break up with these old people of Chu State.
If it were another country that occupied the Handong region, the biggest trouble would be domination.
Occupying such a vast area requires a large number of grassroots bureaucrats, a large number of garrison troops, a large amount of agricultural land, and the special characteristics of the Hanzi Kingdom, which also requires a large non-agricultural population.
For traditional countries, their population self-identification is a minority and elite.
Regardless of Qin, Jin, Qi, Chu, Wu and Yue, only the nobles themselves have a very strong sense of self-identity such as "people of Qin, Chu, Wu, Yue" and so on.
Only in foreign countries and in the international community can people from nobles to slaves be collectively referred to in a general way.
Therefore, "Qin people, Chu people, Wu people, Yue people", in the international community, is the concept of its identity and its identity.
But within the Hanzi Kingdom, it is different, even weird.
After establishing a common ancestor worship, putting aside the initial self-identification of ancestral origin, and now respecting King Wu Wei Gouchen as the "Emperor of Heaven", then it is considered to have completely established an extremely intuitive and clear identity symbol.
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In other words, those who respect me as the "Emperor of Heaven" can be called "Han people".
This "Han Chinese" is not a sexual identity, but comes from self-strengthening and self-imposed honor.
For Li Jie's core ruling power, that is, the crocodiles and brave men, the predecessor of the "Han people" is first of all "the sky has Han stars and the Han people are brilliant". For this glorious identity, what is packaged in a more glorious way is "the mandate"
in heaven”.
From the beginning to the end, the Kaiyuan of Hanzi Kingdom established a closed loop of identity recognition.
In other words, from then on, the Han Dynasty was completely different from the other countries in the world.
Not only is it technologically advanced in the country, but it is also far beyond the spiritual level.
The Han Dynasty is more progressive, more enterprising, more inclusive, and equally more destructive.
Relying on the self-identity of the elites of the Chu State, any attempt to restore the country is simply to hit an egg with a stone.
This is the difference between the Hanzi State and the Wu State. The Wu State cannot digest the Chu State, but the Hanzi State can completely.
In terms of specific operations, every time the Hanzi Kingdom adds a new exam and releases a batch of crocodile men and brave men, it is equivalent to a new batch of local officials and local garrison officers.
This is something that the princes of other countries cannot understand, nor can they understand it, let alone try to understand it.
Once they regard the people at the bottom, slaves, as people like themselves, this is not only "lowering oneself", but also self-destruction.
It is easier for the nobles to accept death by a poor slave than by Li Jie, a prince.
This is what everyone in the Cai Kingdom thinks, and everyone in the Sui Kingdom thinks the same way.
So when Zeng Shan, the senior official in the country, was panicking, Li Jie was very calm and didn't mind the counter-insurgency situation in Handong at all. For him, real large-scale battles were impossible in the Handong area.
It can only appear in the north, and it can only appear in the north.
"The man wants to conquer Zhou Nan?"
After thinking about Li Jie's complaints about the Marquis of Qin, Master Zeng thought that if he wanted to attack Qin and punish Qin, he would have to occupy Hangu Pass first.
But if the Han Dynasty wanted to occupy Hangu Pass, the first thing they had to face was how to pass through Zhou Nan, and then how to negotiate with the Jin Kingdom.
After all, that territory belongs to the Jin State.
But no matter what, we need to take down Zhou Nan first, drink Malo water, and then we can continue to implement whatever ideas we have later.
"Zhou Nan? Why do I want to conquer Zhou Nan?"
Li Jie looked at Old Master Zeng with a puzzled look, "I just want to ask Emperor Zhou. If he gives me his sister, I will sell him a batch of weapons and equipment, and I can also help him bring the remaining Rong Di troops around."
Went out."
"..."
The old master's waist was almost broken, and for a while, he couldn't breathe in his chest. It took him a long time to recover.
"This...this...isn't Li Zi going to severely punish Qin for breaking his promise?"
"Destroying Qin is as easy as turning the palm of your hand."
Li Jie crossed his arms and looked at the sparkling Han River with a smile. On the vast water, there was no trace of Chu State at all. Even if it was just a small bamboo raft launched into the water, the fishermen on the bamboo raft were also plainclothes Han soldiers.
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The goddess of the Han River is here, and she can't even make waves.
"Easy as a piece of cake?!"
Old Master Zeng's eyes widened. He knew that Li Jie liked to talk nonsense, and he would always speak out and make shocking remarks. But now these words still made Old Master Zeng tremble, "Man, in the battle between Qin and Jin, no matter how the two powers win or lose,
, it was extremely difficult for Han to destroy Qin."
"oh?"
Li Jie smiled and said, "At that time, the assassins in the world, the assassin, were already in Xucheng. What is the difficulty for Li to be an assassin?"
"assassin?"
Can a country be destroyed with assassins? It's simply impossible.
However, Li Jie explained to Zeng Shan: "Master, with the help of Princess Yeyue, the Ziche family, and the strong bows and crossbows of our country, as well as the power of the dragon god, how difficult is it to kill a young master Zhu Jian? How can he kill an old Qin again?
Marquis, what's the problem? At that time, all the blame will be placed on the Jin State, and it's said to be Jin's fault. What's the problem?"
"..."
"The State of Qin cannot live without a king for a day. Princess Yeyue brings water from the Yangtze and Huaihe Rivers and pours it into Qinchuan. The people of Qin are too late to welcome her, so how can she refuse?"
"..."
Old Master Zeng only felt that the fierce man in front of him, King Wu, was indeed beyond his appearance. He looked rough and brutal, but in fact he was cunning and cunning. Those who were defeated by his subordinates were all defeated unjustly.
"Ying Ying is the eldest princess. She supports the young Lord Qin, cuts off the old aristocratic families of the Qin State, and protects the Lord Qin's administration. This cannot be called a noble character."
Listening to what Li Jie said, Old Master Zeng suddenly felt that this operation was indeed a trick. Following this line of thinking, Old Master also raised doubts, "As far as the Qin State is concerned, Princess Yeyue will eventually 'fall into the water and die', even if she returns
The Qin State can only act secretly, and the Qin State's elite men may not be able to obey orders."
"What are you afraid of? The one who returns to Qin is neither Princess Yeyue nor the goddess of Huai River."
Speaking of this, Li Jie's expression became more and more abnormal, "The goddess of Huaishui came to Guanzhong and brought a few saints with her. It makes sense."
"..."
Once this idea was complete, the old master was completely confused.
If this is really done, there will not be a few Saints, but hundreds or thousands of Saints, and they will definitely not be Bronze Saints. The Bronze Saint Cloths are for the people of Lao Qin.
The Saint of the Huaishui Goddess Palace must be a Stainless Steel Saint!
As a senior official of the Sui Kingdom, Zeng Shan had been to the Huaishui Goddess Palace, which left a great shock to him.
Especially the majestic and huge palace complex, it is completely impossible to tell that it was built in a short period of time. In addition, the twelve Yuanchen demon statues contributed by the weak in Huaishang. In the old master's memory, the power of the goddess of Huaishui is not strong.
I don’t know how powerful she is, but this goddess must be extremely rich.
"Then... this man wants to assassinate a dead soldier?"
"of course not."
Li Jie curled his lips and said, "I, Li, am not stupid to engage in assassination, so why should I do it?"
There is no such thing as "defeat the opponent in an honest and fair manner", but once the assassination begins, there is no way to end it.
As long as you are confident in your own side of the future development trend, you must hold "righteousness" firmly in your hands.
The disadvantages of engaging in "unjust" means such as assassination may not be visible for a while, but over time, when Mr. Li gets old and weak, it may backfire.
What a pity it would be if the beautiful girl I loved was killed by someone?
The old master, who was confused by Li Jie's sudden waist-breaking operation, looked at the rolling Han River with a blank expression. You said this reckless man said such a thing, but in the end he said not to do it. Then what did he say?
"Master is thinking, since Li is unwilling to be an assassin, how should he punish Qin for breaking his promise?"
"..."
The old master looked confused and didn't want to speak. Even if he wanted to speak, the old master felt that he could only make a sound of "Abba, Ababa".
"Li hopes that Master will go to Luojing, Wang Ji will change his equipment, and ask Emperor Zhou if he is willing to do this business. If he is willing, give him the equipment of a division and let him attack Qin!"