Qin Dynasty: Sword Asks the Bright Moon

In Daijun in the north, after an earthquake, the entire Daijun seemed to have experienced the end of the world. Countless houses collapsed. Even though everyone in Daijun had been prepared under Yang Ming's order last year, they did not know about the earthquake. At the specific time point when it will happen, what the government and the army can do is really limited. Apart from ordering people to reinforce the houses, the only other thing they can do is store supplies.

However, after all, the Qin State had just occupied Daijun. Even though it had established its own governance system in Daijun, it could only effectively control the city. As for the countryside further down, its ruling power was really limited. Therefore, even if there were officials The order was issued, but it is difficult to say how it was implemented in Dai County.

Therefore, an earthquake spread throughout the northern border and was felt to the south of Yanshan Mountain in Yan State and the northern part of Zhao State. Daijun, who was the epicenter of the earthquake, suffered heavy losses. Not a single house was left, and the walls of more than a dozen cities were destroyed. It is not an exaggeration to say that the earth collapsed, the mountains were destroyed, and the mountains and rivers were reversed.

Dai County was in a state of chaos. As the governor of Yanmen County and in charge of the government affairs of Dai County, Han Fei came to Dai County from Yanmen County overnight. After arriving at Dai County, his anxiety calmed down a little.

Because the situation in Dai County, the largest and most important county in Dai County, is better than he imagined. It is not that the disaster in Dai County is lighter, but that Dai County still maintains basic order after the earthquake. The arsenal and granary are all in good condition. Under the control of the Qin army, there was no obvious chaos on the streets. Under the leadership of the army, the people were also organized to dig out the people buried by the collapsed houses. In short, before Han Fei came, he The county's disaster relief work is already on the right track, and it actually doesn't make much difference whether he comes or not.

Arriving at a temporary official residence that had been cleared out among the ruins, Han Fei asked Dai County Magistrate Zhang Yuan, "What's the damage to Dai County?"

"Reporting to your lord, it's cold in the north and the people live there, so thick adobe bricks are piled up to keep warm. In addition, the earthquake happened at night and the people were all at home. The earthquake happened suddenly, so there were quite a lot of casualties. It was tragic. According to current statistics, as many as 800 people died, more than 3,000 were injured, and about 3,000 people were buried among the rubble. It is still unknown how many people can be rescued in the end. As for the countryside, for a while, We can't take it into account, but the number will only be greater than the number of casualties between cities." Zhang Yuan, who is the acting magistrate of the county, replied.

"Dai County was not the worst hit, so the casualties were so serious?" Han Fei muttered to himself, but couldn't help but look at Zhang Yuan with curiosity.

Regarding Zhang Yuan's details, Han Fei, who is now the only county guard in the north, naturally knows about it. He was a captain under the former Dragon and Tiger Forbidden Army, and was also one of the earliest soldiers when the Dragon and Tiger Forbidden Army was established. He was already over 30 years old. At the age of five, when the Qin army invaded the northern border last year, he was shot in the knee by a cold arrow, which made it very inconvenient to walk. Coupled with the position of captain, it was almost as far as a man of his background could achieve. His position had reached the limit, so after the war, Yang Ming let him leave the establishment of the Dragon and Tiger Forbidden Army and become the county magistrate of this generation. Compared with the previous position of school captain, which one is more important depends on personal judgment. .

It was precisely because he knew Zhang Yuan's background that Han Fei was curious. Zhang Yuan was from a lower class. Even if he was literate, he only started to contact him under the force of military orders after joining the Dragon and Tiger Forbidden Army. He was a pure martial artist in the army. He could rely on his own martial prowess and Yang Ming's invincibility to earn enough military merit to be promoted to a captain in the First Division, but things like governing the local area should not be his full-time job.

But now the situation in Dai County is no longer a matter of full-time or not, but it can be called a good, a warrior who is good at governing the place? Isn't this kind of thing a bit too mysterious? Or is it that the Dragon and Tiger Forbidden Army are all filled with weirdos like this?

Han Fei retracted his thoughts of running away and asked Zhang Yuan about other things. He had no energy to take care of other things now.

While almost every family in the northern border was mourning due to the earthquake, it was a completely different situation in Jicheng, the capital of Yan State.

In the palace of King Yan, the prince Yan Dan told King Yan about the situation from the three northern counties of Qin State. In his steady voice, there was excitement that ordinary people could not detect. Yan Dan said: "Father, Qin State. The earthquake in the three northern counties of the country spread for thousands of miles, especially Dai County, which suffered the most heavy losses. The Qin State had just captured the three northern counties and suffered such a disaster. It seems that even God can't stand the Qin State."

"That's Qin's business, what does it have to do with us, Yan?" King Yan asked happily, Qin suffered a disaster, does Yan need to celebrate? What is completely irrelevant is.

"Father, the matter is not that simple. I have sent people to Feihukou to investigate. According to the news sent back, due to the earthquake, the passage to Feihukou was blocked by collapsed rocks. In less than a year, Qin State It is almost impossible to open up the Flying Fox Trail again. In this way, our western border of Yan Kingdom will be freed from a major problem." Yan Dan said.

"The one who should be celebrating is the State of Zhao, right? With such a violent earth dragon turning over and the Flying Fox Trail being blocked, will the road from the north to the State of Zhao also be blocked? In this way, the State of Qin wants to With the northern border as the base, it is impossible to launch Zhao's attack from the north of Zhao. They can only take the Jingxing path as usual and invade Zhao's territory as the North Route Army. This North Route Army is still We have to withstand the attacks from the north and south of Zhao State." King Yan said thoughtfully.

In the previous Qin-Zhao war, although Qin already knew that the Great Wall on the southern border of Zhao was difficult to break through, it used Taiyuan County as its rear and exited Jingxing. However, because of the central area of ​​Zhao at the exit of Jingxing, the Qin army's northern route Compared to the Qin Army attacking the Great Wall of Zhao State from the south, it was the North Army Army. However, once it entered the territory of Zhao State, Qin's North Army Army became the Middle Army Army. If it went south, its back road would be exposed in Zhongshan. If the attack from other places goes north, they will be threatened from the south of Zhao State.

After the Qin Army captured the three northern counties of the original Zhao Kingdom, this situation was completely reversed. The Qin Army could come out from the three northern counties and attack the Zhao Kingdom from the Yanzhao border, from north to south. No longer have to worry about the North Route Army being attacked from both front and rear.

As for whether the Yan State will threaten the Qin army's rear, the Qin State will probably not consider such a thing. Is the Yan State a threat? This is a very interesting question.

It is precisely because of this that King Yan said that it was Zhao Guocai who should really be celebrated.

In fact, this was indeed the case in the Zhao Palace, the capital of Zhao, nearly a thousand miles away at this time.

"Queen Mother, Zhao Dilong has turned over and the mountain road is blocked. It is already impossible for the Qin State to launch an attack on our country from the three northern counties. In this way, our country will be saved from a major problem." As a member of the Zhao State, Guo Kai of the Prime Minister also had his own intelligence system, so he naturally got the news from the three northern counties as soon as possible.

"I can feel a slight shaking in the palace. How serious is the earth dragon turning over in the north?" Empress Dowager Zhao said to herself, with a thoughtful look on her face, but what she was thinking about was the state of Qin. What kind of losses will there be during this earth dragon's revolt? As an enemy country, the enemy's losses are one's own gains. On one point, Queen Mother Zhao is very good at settling accounts.

"The Qin State paid a huge price to capture the three northern counties. It originally wanted to weaken our country's power and take the opportunity to attack our country from the northern border. However, it never expected that it would encounter this situation less than a year after occupying it. In a major disaster, not only will there be no benefit at all, but huge manpower and material resources will be invested in disaster relief. Is this true to the saying that stealing a chicken makes you lose a lot of rice?" Guo Kaidao, with a smile on his face, looking at the enemy's misfortune Isn't it the greatest happiness?

"I just hope that the disaster in the three northern counties will be more serious, which will also involve greater energy of the Qin State. Given the ebb and flow of one thing, it is also a good thing for us." Queen Mother Zhao said to herself.

Li Mu, who was summoned into the palace at the same time, looked at the scene in front of him, with an ugly look on his face. The Northern Territory suffered such a disaster, but people like the Queen Mother and the Prime Minister who stood at the top of the Zhao Kingdom were celebrating. Yes, now the Northern Territory The three counties already belong to the Qin State, but the people there were once loyal to the Zhao State. Now among the Zhao State's border cavalry, more than 70% of the soldiers are from the three northern counties.

In this catastrophic disaster, among the dead and injured victims, there will inevitably be family members and relatives of the border knights and soldiers, but now...

Li Mu endured it again and again. Although he barely suppressed the anger in his heart, there was a coolness under the anger. For a moment, doubts arose in his mind. What would he and his soldiers risk their lives to protect? What is it?

"Queen Mother, the people in the north were once the subjects of our Zhao Kingdom, and many of them are still serving in the army. Is it really appropriate for us to be so happy here?" The youngest person in the hall, the First King of Zhao Kingdom Zhao Jia, the eldest son, the former Prince of Zhao and now the brother of Zhao Wangqian, said in a daze.

"Master Jia, you can't look at this matter this way. The three counties in the north have belonged to the Qin State since last year. Isn't it a good thing for us that the Qin State is suffering from disasters? You know, once the Qin State launches an attack from the north In attacking us, the food the Qin army ate was grown in the north, and the weapons they used were forged in the north. Some of the horses they rode were raised in the north. Even among the soldiers of the Qin army, they were all raised in the north. There are people from the north, and now they are our enemies. We cannot have sympathy for our enemies." Guo Kai took the initiative to explain while the expression on Queen Mother Zhao's face changed slightly.

Some things really shouldn't be overdone, but there's no need to be too hypocritical.

"But those people were once the subjects of our Zhao country after all." Zhao Jia, who was about to be crowned at this time, seemed to still have the innocence and stubbornness of a young man.

"Mr. Jia, you cannot be kind to a woman." Guo Kai didn't seem to care about Zhao Jia's contradiction, but was very satisfied with his innocence.