At the end of Qin, I became a son of the plane

Chapter 154, Zhou Zhang’s nightmare and the opportunity for change

After hearing Zhang Liang's analysis, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

Yes, in a barbaric land like Baiyue, there is not enough food and grass, so it will be useless no matter how many troops you have.

With a small army of 50, the Qin army does not look so invincible.

Zhang Liang continued his analysis: "The State of Qi is the country of Taigong. It has been one of the powerful countries for 800 years. The population of Qi is large and there are many heroes. It is impossible for them to recognize the rule of the Qin people. After the First Emperor encircled the land in Qi, Qi The heroes of Qi have been resisting Qin's brutal rule, and it is impossible for Feng Jie's 15 troops to leave Qi, so we don't have to worry about them."

"The only enemy of my Han Dynasty is Meng Tian's 15 Northern Xinjiang Army and the army that is about to be dispatched from Guanzhong. The two armies combined should not exceed 30, so even if the Qin people destroy the Zhao State, we have to face the Qin State's The elites will not exceed 30, and if Meng Tian wants to arrange a large army to suppress Zhao, the Qin army we really have to fight is only more than 20."

After Zhang Liang made such a reasonable analysis, the number of the Qin army quickly reduced to a reasonable range. Everyone breathed a sigh of relief. The army of one million was like a heavy mountain, and everyone was breathless. More than 20 Most of the generals of the Qin army and the Han army were confident that they could defeat it.

"Only more than 20, Ying Zheng looks down on us so much." Yingbu laughed loudly, as if he wanted to get rid of his embarrassing performance just now.

An army of one million is like a towering mountain, while an army of 20 is like a small mountain that can be crossed at will. After all, they annihilated more than 20 Qin troops in two years since the uprising, and now the Han army has increased by 30 An army of ten thousand actually fought against Qin's army of 20. The Han generals felt that they had a greater chance of winning.

Ji Xin calculated: "Meng Tian's army has been fighting in the Yan region for more than three months. Now it is winter again. His army will set off again. It must be after the beginning of spring that they attack Handan of Zhao. If it is delayed for three months, Meng Tian will A large army will attack our Han country, which will happen in the summer and autumn of the coming year, and our army still has more than half a year to prepare."

Chen Xiaodao: "If this is the case, it will be too late to assemble the army after spring plowing."

But Zhou Zhang doubted: "The Qin army can attack Nanyang County, Yingchuan County, and even Chen County through Sanchuan County. How can we make Meng Tian march according to our wishes?"

"Can the Qin army be sent into Han to fight? This will reduce the number of civilians maintaining logistics and reduce food consumption." Xu Fan said.

A soldier's ration for one month is two dan, which is 1440 dan for two years. The two-year ration for an army of 2400 is 3400 million dan. As long as the battlefield does not leave the chasm, logistics personnel such as grain, grass, equipment, etc. need to be transported for the 1000 army. Control it within one million. The food and grass consumed by these logistics personnel will prepare 4400 million shi of food. Our Han army needs to prepare million shi of food and grass for the entire war. We also need to leave million shi of food to deal with emergencies. We need to prepare million shi. of food. "

When he was in Xiang Yan's army, the less food arrived at the military camp, the less food arrived at the military camp. There should be 1 shi of food in the granary, but when he went to recruit it, it turned out to be an empty warehouse. Even though Xiang Yan killed all the little people who were guarding the food. Officials cannot fill this gap.

The current territory of the Han Dynasty is very vast. There are two roads connecting the Qinzhi Road within the territory. They can go to Nanyang County and Sanchuan County respectively. The Honggou River can directly enter Chen County. If you want to direct the Qin army's attack direction to the Wei State, you can also It's really not that difficult.

Everyone thought of the waterwheels and blast furnaces outside Chen County. If the Qin army attacked Chenjun, they would definitely not be able to save them. There were tens of thousands of waterwheels and hundreds of thousands of blast furnaces. These were the wealth accumulated by the Han Dynasty through hard work. The top brass of the army cherish them very much. If the battlefield is placed in Chen County, these assets will definitely not be saved.

Chen Xiao hesitated and said: "Then our Han country will suffer great losses."

Xu Fan understood what Zhou Zhang meant. He had seen the scene of the fire dragon burning the warehouse too many times. Before Xu Fan traveled through time, some history buffs had discovered that the reason why Mi Fang betrayed Guan Yu was not because she was at odds with Guan Yu, but because she was at odds with Guan Yu. It was Mi Fang who was likely to resell food, grass and equipment, but it happened that Guan Yu led the Northern Expedition at this time, and the fighting time was far beyond Mi Fang's expectation. At the beginning, Mi Fang was able to raise enough food and grass, but later he sold out all his property and could not get any food. So he simply sold Guan Yu, and also cheated the Mi family to death. You must know that Mi Fang is Adou's uncle, and the last thing he should do is betray Liu Bei.

Ji Bu asked, "How much grain is there in our granary?"

Zhou Zhang thought for a while and said: "If the battlefield is in Chen County, the number of civilians can be reduced by more than half."

Zhou Zhang thought for a while and said: "Be prepared for the worst. Bao Qin is best at fighting protracted wars. The Battle of Changping and the Battle of Chenjun were fought for several years. Bao Qin completely consumed the food and grass of Zhao and Chu. , defeated the army of Zhao Chu. We must also be prepared to fight a protracted war for two years.

Everyone was silent now. The Han State did not have a large granary like Aocang as the Qin State, with more than ten years of grain accumulation. Although the Han State had a bumper harvest this year, the Han State could mobilize far less grain than the Qin State, delaying spring plowing. , the whole Han Kingdom will be hungry in the coming year.

Then Zhou Zhang looked around at everyone and said: "The 20 million stones of grain are only on paper. Only Donghuang Taiyi knows how much it will be in real fighting."

Chen Lin felt sorry for the wealth accumulated by the Han State in the past two years and said: "It is better to block the Qin Army from the Han State. Maybe this battle can be over in a long time. Our army has never attacked the Qin Army for more than 3 months. ."

Zhou Zhang said: "This year's autumn harvest, our Han State has harvested a total of 2600 million shi of grain, of which 600 million shi are the salary of Han officials and the operation of the government offices. Only 2000 million shi can really be mobilized."

Zhang Liang thought for a while and said: "Our army can support Wei and consume the main force of the Qin army on Wei's border to accumulate for our victory. Although this consumes food and grass, it can reduce Han's losses."

Zhang Liang pointed to the map and said: "There are indeed many places where the Qin army can attack our Han country, but there are very few places that are really suitable for supplying the army. The terrain in Shu is rugged and not suitable for the march of the army."

The battle when the Chu State was destroyed was so tragic. As long as the Chu State had accumulated food and grass for one more year, it would not have been destroyed. The feeling of ruining the country and the family was heartbreaking. Zhou Zhang was once bitten by a snake and was afraid of well ropes for ten years, so Be willing to prepare for the worst.

Such a huge amount of food shocked everyone. Yingbu hesitated and said: "Do we need to prepare so much? If we can withstand it for a year, won't we still have food to harvest?"

Zhou Zhang shook his head solemnly and said: "If the Han State recruits 130 million young men, there will be no young people in the Han State, and the harvest in the second year will definitely fall sharply, or even be impossible. The Han State can only rely on grain storage to maintain the operation of the army. "

"Sanchuan County has Aocang, a large granary, and is located in the Central Plains. The Qin army must use this to launch an attack. There seem to be three directions for their attack, namely to attack Nanyang County, attack Yingchuan County, and attack Chen County. But the food and fodder for hundreds of thousands of troops is not so easy to transport. If Meng Tian wants to reduce the pressure on logistics, he must go across the chasm, and the direction of attack is Chen County."

But attacking Meng Tian in Chen County will encounter a problem, that is, 5 Wei troops flank their grain road. If Meng Tian does not destroy the 5 Wei troops in Suiyang, the safety of the Qin army's grain road will not be guaranteed.

"So Meng Tian must first destroy Wei Jiu and the others, and this gives us an opportunity. We will ally with Wei Jiu and let him use the city to drain the morale of the Qin army. Our army will wait until the morale of the Qin army is low, and then take the initiative to attack and annihilate them. Meng Tian's main force." Ji Xin thought for a while and said: "If you really want to wait for work, Daliang City is the best defense node. After all, Daliang City has been built by the Wei Kingdom for hundreds of years and is the strongest city in the entire Wei region."

Everyone looked at the map. Most of the chasm was within the borders of Wei and Han. If the Han army wanted to save food and grass, they could not leave the chasm water, so they had to use Daliang as a defense point.

Yingbu frowned and said, "That means we want to conquer Daliang."

Although Wei Jiu and Zhou Shi restored most of Wei's territory, the Qin generals did not abandon Daliang because Daliang City was close to Sanchuan County and the city was high and the pond was deep. Daliang is still in the hands of the Qin army.

Zhang Liang smiled and said: "We don't have to conquer Daliang. Stationing an army in Chen County can also have the same effect. As long as Meng Tian doesn't want his retreat to be cut off, he must destroy Wei first, which gives us a chance." Use Chen Liu to hinder the Qin army's attack, while our army will look for opportunities to launch a fatal blow to the Qin army, completely annihilating Qin's only mobile force."

Xu Fan said: "Zifang's strategy is very good. Everyone will make a plan to attack the Qin army according to this strategy."

"But before that, we have to rely on the good external conditions brought to us by Tyrant Qin to make some reforms that are beneficial to our rebels?

"Reform?" Everyone was a little surprised.

Xu Fan said: "The purpose is to find ways to increase the war potential of our Han country. In the face of the violent Qin, we must despise them strategically so as not to exaggerate their strength, but we must pay attention to them tactically so that we can better destroy the Qin army."

But Xu Fan said to Ji Xin: "You give all the news about the Qin Dynasty's enclosure to the novelist Zhong Jun and ask him to adapt a play. We want the entire Han Dynasty to know the brutality of the Qin army. Only everyone can understand it." Only because of Qin’s cruelty can we unite as one to fight against Qin’s brutality.”

Ji Xin nodded and said, "No."

Others don't find it strange. After all, the war has not yet begun, and opera first has been the most commonly used method in the Han Dynasty, and the results are extremely good. The two operas "Chu Zhaonu" and "Alive" are better than the 20-strong army.

Only Zhang Liang felt nervous. He thought of what Xu Fan said in Jiangling City. The King of Han would not want to attack the powerful Han Dynasty at this time, would he?

Zhang Liang really guessed right. It is better to kill a person's wealth than to kill his parents. Almost everyone in later generations has heard this. Xu Fan can attack Korea's tycoons, but he cannot use the same method against Chu's tycoons.

Although most of the top officials in the Han Dynasty are from the lower class, the children of powerful people in the middle and lower classes are already intertwined. Not even Xu Fan can stop this, because most of the talents in this era are from noble and powerful people, and he is the training point. Talent, but because the time was too short, it was not enough to compete with the powerful nobles, so Xu Fan had to consider their feelings when formulating policies.

However, there have been some internal reform events within the powerful landlord class in history. For example, the two reforms in the Northern Song Dynasty were attacked by foreigners. The ruling class of the Song Dynasty was worried that the Song Dynasty would be destroyed by foreigners, so they carried out self-renovation.

It's a pity that the official class had innovative ideas, but like Yuan Shao, they did great things but sacrificed their lives for small gains. These reforms were eventually abolished because they violated their own interests. In the end, these privileged classes were destroyed along with their own country. Therefore, Xu Fan would not have too high illusions about this class and would just treat them as fools.

Now that the First Emperor has launched the land enclosure movement, this gives Xu Fan an opportunity. As long as he makes the atrocities of Qin more serious, let the powerful Han people understand the brutality of the Qin army. If the Han Dynasty wants to fight against the brutal Qin army, it needs more The soldiers joined and needed more food, grass, and money to prepare for the battle. If they wanted to protect their property and lives, they only had to fully support the Han Dynasty's path.

To deal with the powerful Qin Dynasty, it is not enough to rely on the current strength of Han State. The powerful men of Han State must make sacrifices if they want to ensure their lives. Xu Fan gave them two choices, one to join the army and the other to surrender. The Han State redeemed the land and gave it to the righteous people who were willing to resist the violent Qin Dynasty.

In the beginning of the 37th year of the First Emperor's reign, the First Emperor gave Xu Fan the best opportunity to carry out the land encirclement movement. The nobles and powerful people in Han had only two choices: Xu Fan and the First Emperor. Obviously, the powerful nobles could not choose the First Emperor who would kill them. .

Xu Fan understood that this opportunity must not be missed, and he might never have the chance to implement it again. If this thing is done, the trend of the entire world will be completely different.

After the discussion, Zhang Liang went to Xu Fan alone and said, "King of Han, do you still have no intention of giving up the public land?"

Xu Fan nodded and said: "I just want their fields, but the First Emperor wants the lives of these people. I believe in their rationality. It is worth paying a little bit of land to save their lives. Han will redeem their fields, and they are not counted." Suffer a loss."

Zhang Liang smiled bitterly. He had experienced the redemption of his hometown, and there was still a profit. The King of Han could have robbed it, but now he was given a blank piece of paper.

Zhang Liang whispered: "You have already spread your family into a small family, aren't you satisfied?"

Xu Fan said: "Our enemy is far more powerful than the Han State. We must squeeze out all the strength of the Han State to defeat it. The people of the Han State have already sacrificed their lives. I think it is fair for the nobles to give up some land."

Xu Fan looked at Zhang Liang and said: "Before Korea fell, the king of Han and the nobles of Korea were willing to hand over the land in their hands to the people of Korea, or Korea would not have perished."

Zhang Liang shook his head and said: "South Korea is too weak and its fate of destruction cannot be changed."

Xu Fan said: "That's just what you think is weak. South Korea can also be very powerful. If the King of Han rushed to the front line of the battlefield, the nobles of South Korea gave all their family property and food to the Korean soldiers. They led the soldiers to resist the violent Qin. Hundreds of Ten thousand Korean people are united as one, I believe that even the violent Qin, you, Korea, can defeat it."

"I have seen wars where the gap in strength is even greater than this. The gap is as big as the violent Qin attacking Shanyue. But that country as weak as Shanyue relied on the unity of the whole country and used weapons like wooden sticks to defeat the enemy. There is even a stronger enemy than the Qin Dynasty."

Zhang Liang was stunned for a moment.

(End of this chapter)