In the palace, Ying Zheng looked at Zhao Kuo, and the two sat facing each other.
"To destroy Chu State this time, you still have to go out in person. The generals all want to get the position of general. I really can't choose. Besides, I don't want to cause greater conflicts. To destroy Chu State this time, it is probably Qin State.
This is the last major war, Qi has nothing to fear, Hou Sheng has completely controlled the government, and we have completely controlled him." King Qin looked very confident.
"Therefore, this war should be regarded as an opportunity for the generals..." Ying Zheng lowered his voice and said: "After this war, there will probably be no such opportunity..." Zhao Kuo understood
Ying Zheng's thoughts: In every war, Qin's generals are always so enthusiastic and impatient, because this is their opportunity, but nowadays, such opportunities are becoming less and less.
The key is that Zhao Kuo fought too fast and too hard, taking away all the opportunities for others. Of course, no general had just said Zhao Kuo was wrong. They could only wait for the war, hoping to find opportunities to make meritorious deeds. Now
The destruction of the Chu State was a huge opportunity. Facing many generals chasing him, Ying Zheng couldn't choose one of them. Therefore, he could only choose a person who no one dared to object to, that is, Zhao Kuolai.
Served.
Zhao Kuo knew Ying Zheng quite well. As soon as he opened his mouth, Zhao Kuo could guess what he was thinking. This guy wanted to be a referee. Zhao Kuo asked: "Is this necessary? To attack Chu State,
You only need to choose one of Wang Jian and Li Mu to achieve your goal." Ying Zheng shook his head and said: "It is necessary. After this time, I don't know when we can start such a war. Father
, you don’t want Qin to always go to war with other countries, right?”
"It's true that after unification, you must cultivate yourself and recuperate. You must not start a war rashly. You must find a way to transition the system and let the people all over the world know the benefits of unification. I don't want you to rush to build water conservancy projects or build the Great Wall.
, Chidao, let the people rest for a while." Zhao Kuo said seriously, and then he also understood Ying Zheng's idea, which was to take the opportunity to reward the generals.
Zhao Kuo had no choice but to agree. He said: "Then let me do it. This can be regarded as attaching great importance to the Chu State. The Chu State has a vast territory and many soldiers. If we destroy it as soon as possible, the unification will be realized." Ying Zheng
He and Zhao Kuo chatted about some details. Zhao Kuo had long thought about destroying the Chu State, especially after fighting Xiang Yan, and he knew more about the Chu State.
The Chu State is different from other countries in the Central Plains. The first difficulty the Qin State's army encountered in the Chu State was the terrain and climate, and then their army. The Chu State's internal army was chaotic, but the soldiers were very brave. This was the Chu State's
One of the shortcomings of the army is also one of its characteristics... If you want to destroy the Chu State, you only need to defeat its main army in the front. The Chu State does not have any terrain that can be defended. It is endless and the city is not very tall, so it is not suitable.
Refusal to defend.
Zhao Kuo and Ying Zheng reached an agreement on the expedition, and Ying Zheng said cryptically: "Mother can come to the palace to see Ming."
Like Qi, he was another one who suffered from the loss of his country. Zhao Kuo shook his head helplessly. The Chu country has very strong local feelings. Over the years, they are the only country clamoring to take back their homeland, and they are almost unwilling to cede it.
Unless the land is defeated, especially these nobles, they have an inexplicable obsession with the Chu land. Zhao Kuo returned home and told Yi about Ming.
Yi looked a little worried, and she asked angrily: "Why didn't you tell me earlier?"
Yi hurriedly came to the palace and saw his haggard daughter-in-law. Looking at Ming's red and swollen eyes and pale face, Yi was very worried, but Ming also temporarily put away the grief in her heart and forced a smile.
He took her hand, sat down, and said, "I don't know too many truths, but in these years, I have been by Zai Kuo's side, and I know that Da Yi must be right."
"You are still young. You don't know that there were many people starving to death and freezing to death in various places. Kuo often helped them, but he could not save them all. Every year, many people died in wars. War
It breaks out every year, and we mourn those dead comrades all day long. Think about it, if the war continues, how many people like you will lose their husbands and children..."
Yi's persuasion seemed to be of some use. She couldn't make any real sense, but Ming could still understand her sincere persuasion.
However, the relationship between her and Ying Zheng seemed to have some breakdown. Ming always reminded himself that he could not let Ying Zheng get entangled because of himself, and the same was true for Ying Zheng. He did not dare to see Ming because he was afraid that Ming would ask something that he could not agree to.
Due to the request, the two did not dare to face each other, and the relationship became increasingly cold. The young Fusu felt something. His parents were depressed, and not long after, Ying Zheng married another concubine.
For a king, marriage is not free. A king must have enough children to inherit his position. Therefore, he also needs many women to accompany him. Ming can understand it, because Ming's father has
Four wives and concubines are like this for nobles, and of course it is even more like this for kings. Of course, there can only be one queen, and no one can change Ming's position.
When it came to Ying Zheng marrying again, Yi was a little angry and didn't want to meet her new daughter-in-law, but she didn't stop her. She was a very kind and timid girl. She was still like this even when she was older. She didn't want to.
Doing anything to hurt others, or in other words, she doesn't know how to hurt others. Yi always talked about this matter, Zhao Kuo helplessly explained to him that the rate of premature death of children today is very high, and as a king, the number of heirs cannot be too large.
Less, otherwise big problems will occur.
Yi rolled his eyes at Zhao Kuo, and then asked: "It seems that you understand him very well? Do you also have such thoughts?"
"Hahaha, how dare I? You are enough for me."
"enough."
Yi smiled and continued to cook for Zhao Kuo.
Soon, the King of Qin summoned his ministers and issued an order to attack Chu. This time, the King of Qin never looked for any excuse, nor did he mention the cruelty of the King of Chu. He clearly told his ministers,
The purpose of this expedition is to unify the world and destroy the Chu State! The ministers were all a little excited at this moment, looking at each other eager to try, hoping that they could get this position.
However, the King of Qin did not say who would be the general. It was not until Zhao Kuo slowly walked into the palace that the generals woke up. Those who clamored for an expedition did not dare to speak. If Zhao Kuo came to serve as the general, then they would
There is no room for refutation, so it is better to seize the position of deputy general. Zhao Kuo is already undefeated. As his deputy general, he can still contribute to the destruction of the country.
Sure enough, King Qin handed the tiger talisman to Zhao Kuo and hoped that he would go out to conquer Chu and destroy Chu.
Zhao Kuo held the tiger talisman and sat solemnly next to the King of Qin. He looked at the ministers. Of course, the ministers hurriedly agreed and did not dare to hesitate. It was best for Zhao Kuo to serve as the commander. But then, they all looked at Zhao Kuo enthusiastically.
Kuo Kuo hoped that Zhao Kuo could take him to conquer Chu and let him serve as his deputy general. Especially Zhao Kang, who blinked at his father crazily and almost knelt down to call his father.
The atmosphere in the Qin State was originally very serious, but since Zhao Kang came to the core of the temple, the atmosphere in the Qin State Temple began to go astray. Zhao Kang could always make all solemn occasions very relaxed. Zhao Kuo saw
Looking at Zhao Kang, who had been winking at him, he felt that he had no face to sit in this position anymore. The other generals also spoke one after another. Wang Jian said: "When Wuchenghou fights, I have always been the deputy general."
"I was there when Marquis Wu Cheng fought for the first time."
"I served as a vanguard for Marquis Wu Cheng!"
"I am Marquis Wu Cheng's best friend!"
"I'm still his son!"
The King of Qin couldn't help but laugh, and all the ministers laughed. In fact, such an unserious atmosphere is not bad. The war to destroy the country can be said so easily. This also shows the confidence of Qin's generals.
, Ying Zheng shook his head and said with a smile: "Since everyone wants to go, well, let's all go..."
The generals looked at King Qin and were dumbfounded. What did they mean by going?
"We have Wuchenghou as the general, Ma Fujun as the general, Yiyang Lord as the general, Mengwu as the general, Li Mu as the general, Sima Shang as the general as the general, Yang Duanhe as the general, Huanjie as the general, Mengtian as the general as Li Xin as Qiang Yu as the general.
..." At that moment, the generals were surprised to find that everyone was on the list. These people had to fight together. Wang Jian served as the deputy general, and the other generals commanded their own troops. Moreover, the King of Qin mobilized Guanzhong, the South, and the Central Plains.
Five hundred thousand troops from each county came to destroy the Chu State...
Of course, these are not all soldiers who can participate in the battle.
The Qin State's wars of annihilation over the years were actually somewhat unsuccessful. Needless to say, when it attacked Korea, Korea was exhausted. When it attacked Wei State, it was a double-front attack. When it attacked Zhao State, it collapsed internally. When it attacked Yan State, Hu
It can be said that the attack on Chu State this time was a war of annihilation launched by Qin State with all its strength. It used five to six million troops and all the generals in the country, including those who were already old.
Called to be responsible for logistics and transportation.
King Qin looked at the excited generals and couldn't help but look into the distance. He didn't know how happy King Chu would be when he heard the news.
Soon, the Qin State began to gather troops from various places to prepare for the final battle with the Chu State. The Chu State had a large number of nobles. When fully mobilized for war, they could pull out more than 400,000 soldiers. Of course, they could directly participate in the battle.
The Qin State wanted to destroy the Chu State at once, so it needed such a scale to complete the war. However, in front of the current Qin State's lineup, even if the Chu State summoned one million troops, it would probably be of no use.
Already.
Soon, the news of the recruitment of soldiers within the Qin State spread, and all countries, no, two countries, also learned about it.
The King of Chu was frightened. He was really frightened. When he heard that Zhao Kuo, with Wang Jian, Zhao Kang, Li Mu, Sima Shang, and Meng Wu, was preparing to bring an army of 500,000 to 600,000 people to attack Chu.
At this time, his face turned pale and he almost fainted. This was really terrible. The movements of Qin State also frightened the nobles of Chu State into speechlessness. Only Xiang Yan wrote a letter requesting to resist the Qin people.
The Chu State was in complete chaos. No one had any hope for this war. With the strength of the Qin State, it was enough to destroy the four Chu States!!
Zhao Kuo originally did not want to mobilize so many soldiers. He was worried that such behavior would affect the agriculture and mulberry. But then he thought about it. This was a good opportunity to increase the cohesion of various places, train troops and generals, and also unify. As a big country, Chu State
, should be faced with caution... At the same time, this move also made Zhao Kuo think of some ways to reduce the impact of the military merit system. As long as the Qin State can generously reward junior titles, and increase the difficulty of promotion to high-level titles, it seems that this can be solved.
some problems.
During the mobilization, Zhao Kuo once again put on his battle armor.
As the commander-in-chief, he had to rush to Chen County in advance to prepare for the reorganization of the army, and at the same time, he had to give orders to the armies in various places.
Zhao Kuo reluctantly kissed his grandson goodbye, and Yi came to see Zhao Kuo off again. Looking at Yi with his hair full of silver threads, Zhao Kuo felt a little bitter in his heart. He was like this every time, and he couldn't be with her every time.
Next to her, Zhao Kuo looked at her and said seriously: "When the Chu Kingdom is destroyed and the world is ruled by one, I will take you to travel around the world. I will take you to the Western Regions. There are many fruits there that you have never seen before.
.Exceptionally delicious.”
Yi smiled, looked at the strong man in front of him, and patiently helped tidy up his clothes.
"Okay... I understand. You are not young anymore. Don't be as reckless as before. Let the young people do the charging. Take care of yourself and don't get hurt..." Yi said.
As she spoke, her eyes suddenly turned red, but she still smiled, unwilling to let tears fall. Every war was a torture for Yi. She was really afraid of hearing any bad news.
Unlike Zhao Kuo's mother, she was not that brave and could not say anything about fighting to the death with peace of mind. She only hoped that Zhao Kuo could return to her safely.
Zhao Kuo looked at Yi in front of him and kissed her forehead while no one was around.
"wait me back."
"Why don't you go?"
Yi suddenly asked in a low voice.
Zhao Kuo was stunned. He couldn't hear what Yi said. He lowered his head and asked, "What did you say?"
"Take good care of yourself."
Zhao Kuo smiled and agreed to him, then got into his chariot and drove away surrounded by his soldiers.
Only Yi was left, standing at the door, looking into the distance, with tears on his face.
Zhao Kuo set out from Xianyang towards Chenjun. He once again discovered that he was really old. At first, he could wear armor to charge into the battle, kill generals and capture the flag, but now, he could not last more than a few hours wearing armor.
He was extremely sore, especially his legs. In the cold weather, the pain was unbearable. He was really getting old. However, Zhao Kuo was very strong. He gritted his teeth and could endure such a long journey.
The State of Qin completed its mobilization at an outrageous speed. Hundreds of thousands of troops were heading towards the State of Chu from all directions, making all preparations and waiting for Zhao Kuo's order.
