Back to the Warring States Period as Zhao Kuo

Chapter 1089

Xianyang City just fell into the hands of Zhao Kuo.

Unlike the last time Xianyang City was conquered, although Zhao Kuo occupied Xianyang City and captured King Qin Yingzhu at that time, the prince Yingzi Chu ran away with a group of people.

But now, including Qin Wang Yingzi Chu and Xiangbang Fan Sui, all the core ministers of Qin State have all fallen into the hands of Zhao Kuo. They either chose to surrender, or were ruthlessly crushed by Zhao Jun after resisting. .

In other words, the center of Qin State has been completely controlled by Zhao Kuo.

If you regard Qin as a person, then Zhao Kuo has completely controlled this person's brain now.

Therefore, although Qin State still has Bashu, Longxi and other places under the control of some Qin State officials, the country has actually perished.

Seeing all the ministers of the Qin State surrender in front of him, Zhao Kuo also felt a sense of pride in his heart.

The majestic Great Qin died at my hands!Next, Zhao Kuo immediately issued a number of orders.

First of all, everything in Xianyang City will temporarily follow the old rules, and after all the officials of Zhao State are in place, the laws, characters, and regulations of Zhao State will be replaced.

Secondly, anyone who is willing to surrender can become a member of the Zhao Kingdom, but if any person is only pretending to surrender, but is secretly planning a rebellion, then the Zhao Kingdom officials will kill the whole family of this person after they find out!If his people don't want to get such a tragic end, the only way out is to report this person, as long as the report is confirmed, they can be exonerated.

In the end, Zhao Kuo also issued a very harsh order to surrender to the remaining Qin cities that had not yet surrendered.

Qin officials and generals in any city can still obtain corresponding positions as long as they surrender.

Once resisted, Zhao Jun will not hold ordinary people accountable after breaking through the city, but all senior officials in the city will kill the entire clan!These three orders not only covered the conquered lands of Qin State, but also confirmed the rule of the unconquered.

At the same time, Zhao Kuo also sent people to go south to Hanzhong to tell Li Mu, so that Li Mu could go south with confidence!Zhao Kuo's move soon achieved remarkable results.

Five days later, the prefect of Longxi County of Qin State officially announced that he would lead all the cities of Longxi County of Qin State to surrender to Zhao State.

Seven days later, the city guard of Yongcheng, the last city in Guanzhong of Qin State and the birthplace of Qin State, was killed by the general in the city. The general then issued an announcement to surrender to Zhao State.

So far, the Guanzhong Basin, on which Daqin relied to make a fortune, has all fallen into the hands of Zhao Kuo!Perhaps it was because the many wars in the past had brought too much suffering to the old Qin people, or maybe it was the non-disturbance policy requested by Zhao Kuo that gave the old Qin people hope. In short, the resistance in the Guanzhong Basin was beyond Zhao Kuo's. Unexpectedly small, it can almost be said that it is not of any scale.

In this regard, Lu Buwei also has his own opinion: "My lord, I think this is because in the past, the rule of Yingzhu and Yingzi Chu's father and son was too lacklustre.

During the rule of these two fathers and sons, Daqin had been losing battles all the time, and many children of the old Qin people died in these defeats and parted with their families forever.

Just think about it, this time it was okay twice, now almost every household in Guanzhong has children who died because of the defeat, the number is really too many.

Under such circumstances, there was the strict Qin law before, so everyone had no choice but to fight for Daqin.

But once Daqin is gone, who will miss Daqin again? "

After hearing this, Zhao Kuo was silent for a while, and could not help but nodded slightly to express his approval.

To put it bluntly, the reason why a state regime can exist must be supported by some forces.

Taking the system of the Qin State as an example, the power to support the state power does not come from the clan, but from the local military nobles, the so-called "good family sons".

When a large number of these good families were killed, and the remaining good families had no way to gain more land, wealth, and population through victory, the foundation of Daqin's rule had already been secretly loosened.

This kind of looseness may not be visible at ordinary times, but if you encounter an outsider like Zhao Kuo and push hard, it will all fall away in a hurry.

The collapse of no country happened all at once, it was the result of years of accumulation, it just broke out at a certain point in time or induced by an opportunity.

With such emotions, Zhao Kuo also determined the policy of ruling the people of Qin.

Since Zhao Kuo had already controlled the supreme power of Zhao State in advance, he was able to mobilize Zhao State's resources as he wished. Therefore, when he defeated the main force of the Qin Army in Lantian, a team of officials who had already been prepared had already set off. On the eighth day after Zhao Kuo conquered Xianyang City, this team of officials with as many as 500 people had arrived in Xianyang City.

After the team arrived in Xianyang City, Zhao Kuo personally met them in the main hall of the Qin Palace, and told them about the next policy.

"Our policy is very simple, that is, two words soft.

Why soft?

Because everyone knows the laws of the Qin State, they are very strict.

In the past so many years, the people of Qin State have been strictly ruled. What they long for in their hearts is a kind of relaxation, so that they don't need to be so nervous, and they don't need to live in fear.

Since they want it, we give it to them.

We should rule them softly, and we must be gentle in everything we do.

Of course, if it comes to issues such as rebellion, it must be suppressed forcefully, but at other times, gentleness is our main theme, and you must remember it. "

When Zhao Kuo said this, he really didn't just talk about it.

In history, after Liu Bang entered Guanzhong, he made three chapters with his elders in Guanzhong. The content was just one sentence: "The murderer will die, and the wounding and theft will be punished."

With this simple three chapters of the agreement, Liu Bang won the whole-hearted support of the elders in Guanzhong. In the end, Guanzhong also became Liu Bang's base camp, helping Liu Bang defeat Xiang Yu and gain the whole world.

Liu Bang's example has vividly illustrated one point, that is, the people of Guanzhong, who have been constrained by the strict Qin law for a long time, need a breathing opportunity. Whoever can give them this breathing opportunity will be able to gain their love from the heart.

Although the Zhao Kuo officials present did not know the deep meaning behind Zhao Kuo's words, they were all Zhao Kuo's courtiers, so they naturally agreed with Zhao Kuo's words.

These officials are not only responsible for Guanzhong, they will continue to go to Hanzhong, and even to Bashu, which has not yet been occupied, where they will continue to consolidate the rule of Zhao State.

Therefore, the number of [-] officials seems to be a lot, but they are actually scattered among so many cities, and there are not many of them.

This is why Zhao Kuo needs to recruit a large number of Qin officials. There is no way, there are too few people on Zhao's side.

However, this does not mean that the officials of the Qin State are equivalent to changing their allegiance to the emperor, and then everything remains the same.

In the next few days, Zhao Guo's Lieutenant System and Nightingale System will be responsible for monitoring the behavior of these officials. Once any official is found to be disloyal to Zhao Guo, he will be eliminated immediately.

Over time, when all Qin officials became loyal to Zhao, then Zhao Kuo's goal was achieved.

Zhao Kuo was not worried that this could not be realized, because Qin State had already perished, and only Zhao State could continue to keep these officials in power.

Is it possible that officials do not want power?

Even if you think about it, you know it's impossible.

Zhao Kuo's confidence in controlling these officials does not come from the talent and character of his own time traveler, but from the power Zhao Kuo possesses!Power is what really attracts people's hearts.

After doing all this, Zhao Kuo left 20 soldiers and horses to guard Guanzhong, and then continued to lead [-] soldiers and horses south to Hanzhong.

Hanzhong has been conquered by Zhao Kuo's general Li Mu at this moment. Zhao Kuo's real goal for going south this time is actually Bashu south of Hanzhong!Regarding this, Su Li couldn't help being a little puzzled: "Bashu is a place with poor mountains and bad waters, and its geographical location is very remote, why did the lord want to conscript it himself?

My minister said, why don't you give Li Mu an extra [-] soldiers and let him make his own plans. "

This view is not limited to Su Li, many of Zhao Kuo's courtiers, and even many ministers who have just surrendered from Qin State think so.

Zhao Kuo could only laugh at this.

Is Bashu a poor country?

Frankly, it really is.

In the previous tens of thousands of years, Bashu was a place with annual floods and a closed geographical location, making it difficult to communicate with foreign commerce. This kind of place is described as poor mountains and bad waters, which is really suitable.

But why do later generations like to call this place the "Land of Abundance"?

The answer is actually very simple, because there is a water conservancy project named Dujiangyan in the 5000-year history of China.

When was Dujiangyan built and completed?

The answer is three years ago.

Yes, Dujiangyan was repaired just three years ago!After the establishment of Dujiangyan, the mountain torrents that flooded every year have become water resources that the Bashu people can use. The land that was washed away by the floods every year and cannot be cultivated has now become flat and fertile land, which completely changed the landform of Bashu. , and also the greatest project to tame nature in Chinese history.

Even until modern times more than 2000 years later, Dujiangyan is still playing a role!Zhao Kuo looked at Su Li and said with a smile: "You all don't understand, Bashu is no longer the poor land and the bad waters of the past.

Soon, this place will become one of our most fertile lands! "

Su Li: "?

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In other words, the person who said this was Zhao Kuo. If someone else said it, Su Li would definitely think that this guy was out of his mind.

But what Zhao Kuo said made Su Li a little curious.

What exactly is there in Bashu that can be praised so highly by Zhao Kuo?

With this curiosity, Su Li followed Zhao Kuo on the journey to Hanzhong and Bashu.

From Hanzhong to Bashu, the most important passage is the Jinniu Road.

The reason why it is called Jinniu Road is because of the strategy that King Hui of Qin used when attacking Bashu decades ago.

At that time, King Hui of Qin claimed that there was a stone ox in the state of Qin, which could pull out gold. The state of Qin was willing to present the stone ox to the king of Shu as a witness of the two countries.

The king of Shu was overjoyed when he heard about it, and immediately sent someone to dig a wider road, and finally succeeded in pulling Shiniu from Guanzhong back to Bashu.

But as soon as Shiniu arrived in Bashu, the Qin army followed.

Then, the Kingdom of Shu was destroyed by the Kingdom of Qin.

Because of this history, this channel is called the Golden Bull Road.

There are many passes at the southern end of Jinniu Road, and the most important pass is Jiameng Pass.

In history, this pass has participated in many wars. Sima wrongly attacked Shu, Liu Bei went north to attack Zhanglu, Ma Chao fought fiercely at Jiameng Pass, etc., all of which were very important battles.

Now, Li Mu has led [-] Zhao troops to the south and stationed outside Jiameng Pass.

Looking at the majestic and precipitous pass in front of him, which almost coincides with the mountains on both sides, even Li Mu, who is as confident as Li Mu, frowned involuntarily.

"My good fellow, this pass is really perfect. How did Sima Cuo overcome it back then?"

Beside Li Mu, Sima Shang replied: "He used Qin Ruishi to sneak up to the peaks on both sides in the middle of the night, and then launched a surprise attack on the pass to occupy it."

Speaking of it, Sima Shang and Sima Cuo actually had the same ancestor, and in the true sense "we were a family hundreds of years ago", so he knew the deeds of this distant relative quite well.

Li Mu was taken aback: "Could it be that this Qin Ruishi was transformed by a monkey?

Such a steep mountain can be climbed. "

Sima Shang coughed and reminded: "Actually, our Chi You army can climb this easily, General."

Li Mu looked at the mountains for a while, then shook his head and said: "The people of Qin are not fools, they must have tampered with the places they could climb, and now we want to continue to climb, it is absolutely impossible.

Alright, you don't need to bother, let the people below prepare it, and put the explosives directly. "

In case of indecision, use explosives, which has become Li Mu's standard answer now.

It's not that Li Mu wants to be lazy, but since there is a pre-existing solution to a matter, why bother to find a more complicated and less efficient solution?

While Li Mu was looking at Jiameng Pass, someone was also looking at Li Mu at Jiameng Pass.

Knowing the news of the fall of Hanzhong in advance, Li Bing and his son, governor of Shu County, urgently assembled all the troops that could be assembled in Shu County to come here, and made defense preparations two days ago.

Li Bing's son, Li Erlang, the current captain of Shu County, was full of confidence, patted his chest and said: "Father, don't worry, we have assembled 3000 elites this time, and even the group of barbarians has more than [-] people here." .

With so many troops here, don't say that Li Mu has 30 soldiers, even if Zhao Kuo's [-] troops come, they can't be our opponents! "

Chapter 1090

After hearing Li Erlang's words, Li Bing frowned, and said, "Zhao Guo's army is the most elite army in the world. Right now, this Li Mu is also the number one general under Wu Xinjun's command. We can't underestimate him."

Although Li Erlang was reprimanded by his father, he still didn't take it seriously, and said: "Father, don't worry, the reason why Zhao people can run rampant in Hanzhong is said to be because of a weapon called explosives.

But it’s fine to use that kind of weapon to hit those cities, our place is a pass built on the mountain, can they still break through our place?

Don't worry, father, we will definitely be able to hold on this time! "

After a pause, Li Erlang saw that there was no one around, and immediately said in a low voice: "Father, I don't know what's going on in Guanzhong now, maybe the king was beaten by Lord Wu Xin, and Daqin just disappeared like that! We should seize this opportunity, as long as Li Mu is defeated, it's time for us to stand on our own!"

Of course, Li Erlang has nothing to say about his ability. His ability to serve as the captain of Shu County is a manifestation of his ability, and he often assists Li Bing in water control on weekdays, and his achievements are not small.

But Li Erlang is a young man after all, and when a person is young, his ambition is easy to be lofty.

Originally, the Qin State was strong, so Li Erlang could just be an official of the Qin State and be done with it, but now that the Qin State was in dire straits, Li Erlang inevitably had other thoughts.

Li Bing frowned immediately when he heard the words, and said in a deep voice: "It's just nonsense! If it weren't for the promotion of the previous kings, how can I sit in this position, and now you want to commit such an act of infidelity, the old man will never agree !"

Seeing his father's resolute attitude, Li Erlang could only shut his mouth in embarrassment, but he still made up his mind that as long as he found a chance, he must convince his father and become the king of Shu.

Li Bing stared at Zhao Jun's barracks in the distance, but recalled many scenes in his mind.

The State of Qin respected military merit, and since Li Bing was able to serve as the governor of Shu County, of course he also had military merit and knew how to fight.

Two years before the outbreak of the Battle of Changping, Li Bing was promoted by the then king of Qin, Yingji, and came to Shu, and it took more than ten years in a flash.

In the past ten years, Li Bing sent batch after batch of Qin army soldiers away from Bashu, and went outside to fight for Daqin.

But when these soldiers left, there were a lot of them, but when they returned, they were very few.

Before the Battle of Changping, there were still some people who made military achievements and returned triumphantly, but after the Battle of Changping, not only were fewer and fewer people returned, but they often came back with various injuries and taciturn.

Although Li Bing has not been to the front line once in the past ten years, he can feel the decline of Daqin for so many years from the scenes of going out and returning.