Back to the Warring States Period as Zhao Kuo

This journey along the Tibetan line also witnessed the development of the Korean peninsula last year. Some people may have said that there is something good about the development of the Korean peninsula. Those who said this actually do not understand the Korean peninsula.

It is no exaggeration to say that if the Korean Peninsula fell into the hands of other countries and ethnic groups, there would indeed not be much development. However, when it fell into the hands of the Han Dynasty, a country dominated by the Chinese nation, That would make all the difference.

You must know that a large amount of ginseng is actually produced in the mountains of the Korean peninsula. Therefore, when the number of ginseng in Liaodong has become scarce due to continuous mining over the years, the Korean peninsula has not been mined. The place has become the most popular new place for all the guys who hope to get rich overnight through life.

Of course, in theory, if you go all the way north along Changbai Mountain to the Great Northern Wilderness opened up by Zhao Kuoqing, that is, the Northeast Great Plains, the quality of ginseng there will be better.

But, the problem is that the Northeast Plain in the north of Changbai Mountain is really too cold. On the contrary, the northernmost place on the Korean peninsula, Jiangjiang, is the same as the later Jilin Province, and the southernmost latitude is the same as the later Jiangsu Province. , so the climate here is more suitable.

The good one is warmer, but it also has enough places for life to appear. It will undoubtedly become the first choice of many individual ginseng collectors.

Not only that, in the Korean peninsula, a gold mine has just been discovered recently.

The discovery of this gold mine immediately caused the government of the Han Dynasty to send 3000 garrisons, followed by the emergence of a small city around this situation, and this small city soon became There are several small towns around it.

That's it, with the help of resources, a large area was developed at once.

Of course, this kind of development does have some disadvantages, that is, if one day these resources are mined, this place may be abandoned from then on, but anyway, when Zhao Qian passed by here, he saw It is a kind of thriving prosperity.

Similar prosperity is not only in this one place, but can be seen in many places in the Korean peninsula, which also made Zhao Qian couldn't help expressing emotion. Compared with the barren land of North Korea before, the current North Korea The peninsula is so much better.

Jizi North Korea has always only occupied the northern part of North Korea, and because they have lost the conditions to operate business after withdrawing to the Korean peninsula, this country is very poor, and there is no way to unify it for so many years The Korean peninsula is a proof of that.

Then South Korea can't be as weak as the orange dress. With the support of the powerful country Han, the development of the entire Korean peninsula is already on the right track. Even when Zhao Qian passed the Yalu River, he saw a lot of craftsmen Slaves are being commanded to lay a railway bridge.

After the ultra-light question, it was discovered that the railways of the Han Dynasty had been built to the west of the Yalu River. As long as the railway bridge was completed, the railways could be extended directly into the Korean Peninsula.

Zhao Qian also couldn't help raising his own doubts: "It's only been more than a year, and the railway construction in the Central Plains has advanced by such a leap?"

Facing Zhao Qian's question, the chief engineer in charge of the railway construction this time had a proud expression on his face: "His Royal Highness does not know, now our Central Plains has basically been connected, and the railways built today are all It is going to the border area of ​​the Great Han Kingdom."

The so-called border areas are actually easy to understand, like the south of the Yangtze River and Bashu, the Western Regions, Central Asia, West Asia, the South and the North, the Northeast Plain, the Korean Peninsula, and so on.

If you do this calculation, you will find that although a lot of railways in Korea have been built, to some extent, it is far from enough.

The expansion of the territory of this country is really too fast. It is so fast that the railway is already taking off like wings, but it still can't keep up with the footsteps of the Han Dynasty.

As soon as he thought of this, Zhao Qian felt an inexplicable sense of urgency in his heart. It was the first time he felt that the development of our Great Han Kingdom had reached this point, and it was really shocking. .

"Maybe I really shouldn't stay in Fusang for more time, because that may cause me to fall behind directly."

Zhao Kuo crossed the Yalu River, and then really entered Liaodong.

Liaozhong is also completely different from looking for relatives. In Zhao Qian's previous thinking, there is almost nothing worthy of praise in this Liaodong except for Xiangping City.

But now, this Liaodong is full of people, all kinds of cities and villages are all over the peninsula, making people almost suspect that this is not Liaodong, but the Central Plains.

Regarding Zhao Qian's doubts, the local officials who came to greet him were very confident, and said in a tone of expressing their merits to Zhao Qian: "Your Highness, I don't know. Ever since His Majesty began to issue orders, there have been many people Came here voluntarily, after all, the 3000-mu grain field is very attractive to anyone."

Although it is said that Zhao Kuo's dividend immigrants actually hope to encourage these ordinary people from the Central Plains to immigrate more to the Northeast and the northern plains, but when those fishermen came to Liaodong, they found that just in Liaodong alone When they can get enough black land, they will naturally lack the motivation to continue north.

But Zhao Kuo actually didn't care about this after he knew about it, because Zhao Kuo knew very well that there would be more and more immigrants, but it is impossible for the land to become more and more, it will only become less and less.

So when all the black land in Liaodong has been divided up, people will naturally continue to follow them northward, reaching the southern end of the Greater Khingan Mountains and the Lesser Khingan Mountains, and then they will take down all the black land in the Northeast Plain.

This is what people often say is a gradual process. In this process, the government does not need to do too much. It only needs to introduce a good enough policy to ensure the safety of these ordinary people on the road.

After listening to the report of the local magistrate, Zhao Qian was thoughtful. At this moment, he had a new understanding of the ability to exercise governance. Sometimes the government does not actually have to take care of everything. He is also very smart, he has his own way of thinking in it.

Although it is said that in many cases, the way of thinking of ordinary people may be relatively limited and narrow, but this does not mean that what ordinary people do must be stupid.

The people will instinctively think about the pros and cons, and act in the way that is most beneficial to them, and sometimes the most beneficial way for the common people is actually the most beneficial way for the entire country.

Zhao Qian had a feeling that although his father Zhao Kuo was not here, he still taught Zhao Qian a good lesson by relying on these political policies left in Liaodong.

It turns out that governing the country can still be governed in this way.

Once again, Zhao Qian deeply felt that there were really too many things he needed to learn.

Then Zhao Qian headed towards the Central Plains along the coastline.

Soon after recruiting relatives, I discovered that what I had seen in Liaodong was actually just the tip of the iceberg. The prosperity inside the Central Plains of the real Han Dynasty can be said to be changing with each passing day, which can be described as dizzying.

This is mainly because during these times, South Korea has begun to completely roll out steam engines from this place on a large scale.

No matter in any corner of the Han Kingdom, you can see the figure of the steam engine. As a mechanical steam engine at the beginning of the industrial age, although it has many shortcomings, these shortcomings are very important for the handicrafts and various livestock in the agricultural era. That's perfectly acceptable.

Conversely, the productivity represented by the steam engine has completely crushed the previous manual and livestock methods.

This made Zhao Qian even feel a sense of anticipation in his heart. After returning to the Imperial Capital City, will there be anything more novel waiting for him?

Chapter 1272 Simple decisive battle

At the same time that Zhao Qian returned, Zhao Kuo had already started a big battle with King Ashoka of the Maurya Dynasty at the Khyber Pass.

Both sides of this war have made a lot of preparations in advance.

For Zhao Kuo, as long as the Maurya Dynasty can be eliminated, then the Great Khanate will be able to march all the way to Western Europe and Africa with great confidence in the future. Basically, there is no need to worry about any decent opposition forces in Asia.

Not only that, the South Asian subcontinent is a very fertile continent, where they will obtain a large area of ​​new cultivated land, and the Han Kingdom will be able to continuously move immigrants to this cultivated land in the future, so that this country that can produce a lot of food The place became the new granary of the Han Dynasty.

As the saying goes, food is the most important thing for the people. If a country wants to develop, it must obtain enough food. This is the most basic material basis.

Therefore, Zhao Kuo's goal is also very simple. Where there is good arable land, then our army of the Great Han Kingdom will go there. So what about excellent scientists to develop hybrid rice, a food variety that defies the sky?

On the other side of the Peacock Dynasty Ashoka, his thoughts are actually much simpler. For Ashoka, he has no so-called family and country feelings. The territory of the dynasty, if feasible, it would be better to continue to expand this territory towards the north or west.

But in any case, under the combination of various factors, the two sides finally reached the stage of a decisive battle, and His Majesty the emperors on both sides are very confident in winning this decisive battle.

Since there are more than 20 troops on both sides, it is a troublesome thing to simply assemble and find a suitable battlefield.

At this point, the Maurya Dynasty feels that it has taken advantage of it.

Due to the outstanding performance of the third prince before, it is said that this time he also became the person who could announce the war strategy to the generals of the Maurya Dynasty.

"Everyone should have noticed that we now occupy the mountain pass, so the situation is quite favorable for us, because we are in a situation where we can advance and retreat.

This time, we will attack the invaders in front of us in three ways. If we fail in any way, we will immediately retreat to the Khyber Pass, and we can continue to stick here.

But I believe that with our warriors, we should not fail, so if we win, then you don't need to stop your footsteps, you just need to continue to lead your troops to the north After the enemies in front of you have driven out of this mountain range, and come back victoriously, there will be countless fine wines and beauties waiting for you. "

The third prince's pre-war mobilization was quite tempting. At least many people's eyes lit up after listening to the third prince's words.

King Ashoka was sitting on the throne not far behind him, listening to the words of the third prince quietly, and nodded unconsciously.

For Ashoka, the growth of the third prince is actually very good. Now Ashoka already has the idea of ​​starting to retire, because he feels that he has been fighting everywhere for so many years, but rarely Have time to serve the Buddha.

"Perhaps after this war is over, I should serve the Buddha and leave these mundane affairs to the children."

Ashoka thought silently in his heart.

But in any case, the first thing to do is to end this war.

So when the third prince arranged everyone properly, Ashoka calmly issued an order.

"Warriors of the Mauryan Dynasty, today is the time for you to defeat the enemy under the glorious gaze of the Buddha. Go forward and defeat all our enemies and send them to hell. You will become the warriors of the Buddha. After death, he will be taken to the Paradise of Paradise, where he will enjoy eternal glory."

After Ashoka's words, everyone became excited. You must know that fighting for the faith is definitely an extremely fanatical situation.

Many religions in history have been able to cultivate this kind of madness, that is, they are not afraid of death at all, and the fighting power that erupts in battle is extremely amazing.

In the sound of the horns, the 20 troops of the Maurya Dynasty launched an overwhelming attack.

On the other side, Zhao Kuo also smiled after watching the troops of the Maurya Dynasty attack.

As far as the account is concerned, he felt that there was no need for any pre-war mobilization. He just waved his hand calmly and said: "The Musketeers are lined up at the front. This time we will give priority to defeating their main force in the center." Troops, and then other troops surrounded them directly from behind.

Remember, these guys must be intercepted, otherwise it will be quite troublesome if they escape. "

Ashoka wanted to win this battle, but what Zhao Kuo envisioned was to annihilate as many main forces of the Maurya Dynasty as possible while winning, so that the entire Maurya Dynasty could be conquered faster and easier.

So under Zhao Kuo's order, 3 Musketeers began to march forward slowly.

As the general of the new generation of the Maurya Dynasty, this time the third prince was entrusted with the important task of leading the Central Route Army of the Maurya Dynasty to launch an attack.

Out of some uneasiness in his heart, this time the third prince is also closer to the front line, because he wants to make sure that in the town of Nanguan, he has brought him the kind of experience that he has experienced in the dream-chasing performing arts class. Weapons, will this time appear in the army of the Han Kingdom?

The third prince's eyes fell on the Han army on the opposite side, and then his whole body seemed to be frozen instantly.

He saw very clearly that thousands of Han soldiers with muskets were advancing slowly on the opposite side. The feeling was like the feeling of fighting in Zhennan Pass.

"Could it be that..." A very bad feeling entered the third prince's mind immediately, and he began to hesitate, should he issue an order to retreat immediately?

But the third prince's rationality immediately rejected it. The reason for this decision is actually very simple. On the one hand, elephants may cause great losses to these spearmen who do not seem to have sufficient armor protection.

On the other hand, everyone has just charged now, and then the third prince will immediately retreat. This is absolutely unreasonable within the Maurya Dynasty, and it will definitely arouse King Ashoka's anger.

So the third prince had no choice, he gave the order very decisively.

"In order for the elephant to attack at a faster speed, we must look forward to the true meaning of those enemies, and fight them in close quarters."

After so many days of fighting in Zhennanguan, the third prince has actually discovered that these Musketeers have an obvious shortcoming, that is, they can easily fail to perform in close combat, because muskets are so powerful. This kind of thing itself is a long-range weapon, and long-range weapons are not good at close combat, this is a rule.

But the third prince didn't know that his understanding of rockets was actually too little.

It was none other than the 3 musketeers of Feilin who attacked. It was Li Mu, the most senior general of the Han Dynasty who followed Zhao Kuo this time.

After seeing hundreds of elephants rushing towards his musketeers, Li Mu didn't show any anxious expression on his face, instead he also raised his musketeer.

"boom!"

After his life was over, the musket in Li Mu's hand vibrated visibly, and a bullet was shot out, accurately hitting a soldier of the Maurya Dynasty who was rushing to the front of the elephant.

The video of the Maurya Dynasty was originally responsible for guiding the elephant. After he fell down, the elephant hesitated for a while, but after a few seconds, the elephant became firm again and continued to want to Launch a charge.

But at this time, the bullets fired by the dense muskets have arrived.

Countless bullets covered these elephants in an instant. If it is just a musket, the damage it can cause to elephants is actually very limited. At best, it is equivalent to the feeling of a normal human being bitten by a mosquito. .

But the problem is that this time 3 musketeers fired together, which is equivalent to 3 mosquitoes rushing towards these elephants at the same time. Just imagine, and you will know that the damage that can be caused is absolutely terrifying.

Just after the first round of salvo, the few elephants at the front couldn't stand it any longer and fell to the ground one after another, billowing up the sky-shattering smoke and dust.

Looking at this scene, the third prince felt as if he had fallen into an ice cave.

You must know that if even elephants can't resist, then the armor on other soldiers can't resist these muskets.

The third prince once again thought of retreating, because it seemed to him that only retreating could maintain his strength to the greatest extent, and he thought of some new methods.

But the third prince's words had already reached his lips, and he suddenly began to hesitate again, because he knew very well that if he really retreated this time, then the next generation of emperors of the Peacock Dynasty would really have nothing to do with him.

On the other hand, if the third prince can reverse the situation and win the victory, then the throne is definitely a certainty for the third prince.

In just a few seconds, the third prince was still hesitating, but the musket kept firing.

Elephants fell down one after another, and the third prince finally realized that he really couldn't hesitate any longer.

So he gritted his teeth and made his final decision.

"Let everyone rush forward and speed up their pace. As long as we can fight these musketeers close to hand, we will be able to win the final victory."

For the third prince, he finally decided to take a gamble, because if he didn't take a gamble, he would definitely fail. Although the hope of winning a gamble is not high, there is still hope after all.

The third prince at this time is actually the same as those gamblers. When placing bets, they also know that the hope of winning is actually very small, but they just want to fight, because as long as they win, they can even take their money. Bring back all the profits.

Under the order of the third prince, many soldiers of the Maurya Dynasty did not stop any steps, but charged more swiftly and resolutely.

Zhao Kuo stood on his chariot, staring at the scene, then shook his head slightly.

"This kind of bragging is really the most stupid way."

For Zhao Kuo, he believes that every war is a process that must be carefully prepared. It is a machine composed of interlocking parts. Winning, especially when facing an enemy stronger than oneself.

So when the third prince chose him not to retreat but to lead the army forward, the outcome of this war was basically doomed.

Under Zhao Kuo's watchful eyes, the Musketeers were still firing non-stop. The densely packed bullets formed a covering network of firepower, covering all the charging routes of the entire Central Route Army.

This design and coverage without dead ends led to a situation that none of the soldiers from the Maurya Dynasty could break through this line of defense composed of firepower.

All the elephants fell down, this is something that can happen to everyone.

The other soldiers of the Maurya Dynasty rushed up screaming, and as soon as they entered the firepower net, they fell down in pieces like mature rice that had been harvested.

This king of firepower has been going on and on, no matter how many soldiers of the Maurya Dynasty rushed in, no one could leave at all, and they all fell there.

This place is like a silent meat grinder, strangling all the soldiers of the Mauryan Dynasty at a fast speed.

Seeing this scene, the third prince's face inevitably turned pale. It was only at this moment that he realized that he had really made a very, very big mistake.

The third prince thought that he could rely on the soldiers who were not afraid of death, and continue to pay a certain price, and then rushed to the gunmen of the Han Dynasty for a close combat, so that he could rely on the advantage of close combat Make up for the damage of these deaths due to musket shooting.

But the facts proved that the third prince was completely wrong, because his soldiers of the Maurya Dynasty had no way to rush to the front of the Musketeers. They fell down and died just after entering the firepower network of the Musketeers up.

And judging from the current situation, even if all the soldiers of the Maurya Dynasty are pulled up, it is also impossible to break through the firepower net of the 3 Musketeers.

Thinking that the third prince's psychological defense had finally collapsed here, he gritted his teeth and wished that the Buddha could appear, and immediately killed these heretics in front of him.