Chu and Han contend for the throne

Chapter 332 Revenge of the Han Army

Ziling, the study room of the Prince of Chu.

Xiang Zhuang is summoning five civil and military ministers, including Yin Xiangta, General Xiang Tuo, Bi Shu, General Wei, Bai Lixian, a military adviser, and Wu She, a senior doctor, to hold an imperial meeting.

Xiang Zhuang first asked Xiang Ta: "Zi Yi, have all the rewards for the meritorious officers and soldiers been paid out?"

This time the Chu State went to war, mobilizing 20 government troops and 5 forbidden troops to fight against the Han and Qi armies. Not to mention occupying the big granary of Bashu, they even annexed Linjiang Kingdom in one fell swoop on the way back to Jiangdong!
Now, the land area of ​​Chu State has more than quadrupled, the population has surged from more than 500 million to nearly 700 million, and the number of strong men has also exceeded 150 million. On the other hand, due to the loss of the two counties of Ba and Shu, the land area of ​​Han State has not only shrunk. The population also dropped sharply from 700 million to more than 500 million.

Even in the Huainan battlefield, the Chu army was not without gains.

Facing the 40 army of the "Fairy of the Military Academy" Han Xin, if the Chu army can be undefeated, it is already a victory!
It can be said that in this battle, the Chu State basically realized the strategic intention formulated before the war, so Xiang Zhuang was also extraordinarily generous when rewarding meritorious deeds and distributing rewards, and asked him to distribute rewards according to the highest standards!As for the title rewards for meritorious soldiers and the pensions for fallen soldiers, they have to be handled strictly according to the regulations.

Xiang He cupped his hands, and said with a bit of heartache: "Report to the King, all of them have been paid."

Xiang He can not heartache?According to Xiang Zhuang's edict, the 16 troops who went on an expedition to Bashu, the [-] troops who went north to Huainan, and the [-] troops who stayed behind in Meishan and Huaishui were all credited with first-class merit. Soldiers with a record of killing enemies will be judged separately for their combat achievements, and their rewards will be added!

Calculated, the 26 troops who participated in the war actually distributed more than 560 million gold coins!
There are also pensions for the fallen soldiers, more than 2 people, one hundred gold each, and more than 200 million gold!

Good guy, Xiang has accumulated ten years, and the entire treasury has only accumulated more than 2000 million gold, and now nearly half of it is gone by one guy, can Xiang not be heartbroken?Your Majesty is not in charge of the family, but he doesn't know how expensive firewood and rice are. Is it easy for him to save this little property?But the king is fine, as soon as the golden mouth was opened, the gold coins flowed out like running water.

Of course Xiang Zhuang knew what Xiang Ta was thinking, so he patted Xiang Ta on the shoulder and said, "Ziyi, you can't just see that 1000 million gold coins are missing from the treasury. After the soldiers, they will not disappear out of thin air, and in the end, they will still flow into the national treasury."

As an ancient man, Xiang He was not familiar with commercial circulation.

Xiang Zhuang also doesn't understand economics and finance, but he read a classic debate before time travel.

Before Xiangzhuang crossed, Huaxia had just held an Olympic Games, and the investment was as high as 4000 billion yuan. There were a lot of criticisms from the public about the government spending so much money on such a luxurious sports event. Among these critics, a small Some people are people with ulterior motives who are afraid that China will not be chaotic, while others are just copying what others say. It seems that they are not Chinese people if they don't scold them.

In fact, the government has invested 4000 billion yuan to host the Olympic Games, and the direct output value generated by industries such as infrastructure, building materials, and services has exceeded at least 4000 trillion yuan, and at least [-] jobs have been created. In the end, the [-] billion Most of it will turn into profits, wages or flow into the pockets of Chinese people through service exchanges.

In other words, the 4000 billion invested by the government will flow into the pockets of ordinary people through profits, wages, and exchange of services. A beautiful city with plenty of sports venues, this one is definitely not a waste.

To use a term at the time, this was called the Olympic Economic Stimulus Plan.

The reason why other countries don’t spend a lot of money to host the Olympics is not that they don’t want to follow Beijing’s example, but that they simply don’t have the strength to follow suit. Even the United States, which has the world’s largest GDP, can’t do it either. This is a difference in the system, or Speaking of the gap in the system, Huaxia's system is able to concentrate financial resources and manpower to accomplish major tasks.

Therefore, Xiang Zhuang is not worried at all when the treasury distributes tens of millions of gold at once. What is there to worry about?After the 1000 million gold coins are distributed to the meritorious soldiers or the families of the fallen soldiers, it will greatly promote the industrial and commercial development of Jiangdong, especially the brewing, textile and construction industries of Jiangdong, which will usher in an unprecedented golden age!
You think, after the meritorious soldiers receive the bounty, they must have fun and celebrate. It is necessary to invite friends and find a few old friends to go to a restaurant to drink and revel!Then, the soldiers will definitely build a big house for themselves, and buy some decent outfits for their wives and children. Nobles should look like nobles, right?

The prosperity of the brewing, textile, and construction industries will in turn lead to the prosperity of cotton planting and the civil engineering industry. Most importantly, the development of all these industries will drive the development of the transportation industry. It will rise, and these car dealers and boat dealers alone will provide considerable lijin to the treasury every year!

In other words, if the national treasury spends 1000 million gold, it will generate an output value of at least 1000 million gold, and the economic scale of the entire Jiangdong and even the entire Chu State will be greatly expanded. Far more than the field tax, this result is much better than putting [-] million gold in the treasury to rot.

Xiang He naturally didn't understand this, but just shook his head noncommittally.

Xiang Zhuang didn't explain much, and asked Xiang Tuo again: "Zi Yan, has the selection and assessment of the imperial army been completed?"

In this war, the three major battalions of the Forbidden Army played the mainstay role. It is no exaggeration to say that without the three major battalions of the Forbidden Army, the outcome of the battle of Bashu or Huainan would be completely different. The growth of the country, as well as the surge in the size of the country, the expansion of the imperial army is imminent.

The Forbidden Army will be expanded into three armies of Huben, Sirius, and Xiaoqi. Each army will govern two battalions, and the strength of each battalion will remain unchanged, still at 1 cavalry. For people to ride, it is necessary to select nearly 3 veterans from the government soldiers. Fortunately, there are enough veterans who have participated in the Bashu or Huainan battles.

In addition, the left battalion of Sirius will be stationed in Jinniuguan, and the right battalion of Huben will be stationed in Jiangling. Both of these places will be merged into the state of Chu soon. If there is no elite army capable of fighting, it will obviously not work.

Xiang Tuo said: "Report to Your Majesty, [-] veterans have been selected."

"Well, good." Xiang Zhuang nodded happily, and then turned to Bi Shu and said, "Learning swords, many soldiers died in the battle of Bashu and Huainan, and the expansion of the Imperial Army took away [-] veterans. The shortage is huge, you have to urge all the counties to make up for the shortage of government soldiers as soon as possible, and there are four counties in Linjiang and two counties in Bashu, the government soldiers must also be trained as soon as possible."

Bi Shu replied: "Your Majesty, don't worry, I have appointed two generals, Zi Che Shi and Xi Qi Lie, to Linjiang and Bashu to be responsible for the preparation and training of government soldiers. However, due to the lack of training of the temporarily supplemented government soldiers, the combat effectiveness of the entire army may decline."

Xiang Zhuang nodded silently, he couldn't help the government soldiers like this, I'm afraid the fighting power of the forbidden army will also drop, but this is not a problem, as long as there are a considerable number of veterans in an army, its fighting power will be restored quickly, and it will even be strengthened Therefore, Xiang Zhuang is not worried at all about the combat effectiveness of the imperial army and Jiangdong soldiers.

Let alone whether the soldiers of the four counties of Linjiang and the second counties of Bashu can recruit enough soldiers, even if the soldiers of these six counties can be organized quickly, it will be very difficult within three years. To form combat power, that is to say, for at least three years, Chu State must continuously transfer troops from Jiangdong to Linjiang and Bashu.

Once the Han army changes, Chu will need to mobilize a large army to Linjiang or Bashu.

After pondering for a moment, Xiang Zhuang suddenly asked Baili Xiandao: "Ziliang, do you think Liu Bang will let it go?"

"I'm afraid not." Bai Lixian shook his feather fan and replied, "If there is no accident, Liu Bang will definitely fight back."

Xiang Zhuang nodded, and walked slowly to the screen where the map was hung. Xiang Ta, Xiang Tuo, Wu She, Bi Shu, Bai Lixian and other civil and military ministers also stood behind Xiang Zhuang, looking at the map and meditating. After a while, Xiang Zhuang said in a deep voice, "If the Han army wanted revenge, where would they attack?"

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Almost at the same time, Liu Bang was also holding an imperial meeting in Weiyang Palace.

The Han army returned to Guanzhong more than half a month ago. General Gao Chu of the State of Chu forced tens of thousands of civilians in Hanzhong to build a fortress at the Jinniu Pass, known as "Jinniu Pass". Countless, but still unable to capture Jinniuguan, Liu Bang had to retreat back to Guanzhong.

The atmosphere of the meeting was somewhat dignified. Although Liu Bang had a gloomy expression, Xiao He, Chen Ping, Bai Mo, Zhou Bo and other civil and military ministers were not good-looking. However, in Jiuyuan County, the Chu army also took advantage of the false attack to take the two counties of Ba and Shu, which was a big loss no matter what.

Not long ago, I got news that the Chu army had destroyed the Linjiang Kingdom on the way back to the division!
After the Chu State annexed the two counties of Bashu and the four counties of Linjiang, the land area expanded by an integer multiple, and the total population and the number of strong men also increased a lot. Compared with the Han Kingdom, it is only a lot more!

Only Zhang Liang looked calm and said: "Your Majesty, if you lose your horse, how do you know it's not a blessing?"

Liu Bang frowned, and said displeasedly: "Zifang, if you lose Bashu, can it still be a blessing?"

"That depends on what your majesty thinks. From the point of view of the matter itself, the loss of the two counties of Ba and Shu in the Great Han Kingdom has not only shrunk the land area by more than half, but also reduced the population by nearly 200 million. This is indeed not a good thing." Said After this pause, Zhang Liang said again, "But having said that, after Chu State occupied Linjiang and Bashu, it also gave up the strategic initiative."

(End of this chapter)