Qin Official

On the third day when the Qin people occupied Chenliu, Li Shang was sitting on a straw mat at his home in Gaoyangli, wiping the only valuable thing in the house: a bronze sword. While wiping, he gritted his teeth.

The shame of being ruled by a foreign country, the guilt for the death of his companions, and all kinds of emotions made him feel indignant.

As a knight-errant, Li Shang had no good impression of Qin at all. Today, the newly appointed Qin officials read out the legal documents at the city gate and asked Chen Liuren to abide by them. For example, "If three or more people drink in a group without any reason, a fine of three taels will be imposed. A strong person who does not engage in production and wanders around all day is a crime of general Yang" etc...

This means that the husband-to-husband games, the generous lamentations, and the drinking and partying that the young knights of Wei once loved will be banned. If there is no inspection and transmission, they can't even get out of the city gate, wouldn't this cost their lives!

Freedom, the thing that the rangers valued most, was suddenly restrained by the strict Qin laws. Under the rule of the Qin State, they could only farm and serve as soldiers.

While indignant, a bold idea suddenly came to Li Shang's mind. He didn't care about being angry with his elder brother, and immediately said to Li Shiqi, who was holding a torn bamboo slips and flipping through them:

"Brother, since the Qin State prohibits rangers and strategists and does not value Confucian scholars, we might as well leave Chenliu and go to Suiyang!"

"The three thousand Wei soldiers retreated there before. It is said that the younger brother of King Wei, Prince Jiu of Ningling Lord, is in Suiyang and is recruiting people from the three Jin Dynasties to support Qi and Chu to fight against Qin together. With the talent of my brother, it is not impossible. If he uses it, he might be able to persuade Qi and Chu to unite, counterattack, and drive away the Qin people!"

His original intention of doing this was not to "restore Wei", but to regain his "free" life.

However, Li Shiqi looked at his innocent brother as if he were a fool.

"Go to Suiyang? Convince Qi and Qin to join forces to attack Qin? My brother, you have listened too much to those young knights who claim to have been disciples of Lord Xinling. It is something that neither Lord Xinling nor Duke Tang can do. , I am a pariah from Gaoyang, how can I do that?"

Ten years ago, why didn't Li Shiqi have similar ideals?

His family was in poverty, and he didn't even have enough food and clothing when he was young. In order to raise his younger brother, he could only work as a wine vendor. Later, he pretended to be a Confucian scholar and wrote letters for others to make a living. The unknown Wei strategist served as his teacher and learned some skills.

Those of them who learn the art of vertical, horizontal, short, and long all have their own idols they worship. As far away as Zhang Yi and Su Qin, as close as they are to Tang Ju in Daliang City. Li Shiqi originally wanted to imitate Su Qin, read the tactics of strategists and learn from Confucian scholars, and then travel around the world to do great things with his impeccable tongue.

But in the past ten years, what he had been waiting for was the news that the six countries had fallen one after another.

So he was smart and understood that the good times of political strategists were over forever.

If the art of vertical and horizontal tactics is to be effective, the princes of the world must maintain a balance of power. In this kind of war where Qin is dominant and one-sided, lobbying and strategists become useless.

It seemed a little late to go to Qin at this time. The King of Qin was already surrounded by talented people from all walks of life. Do you want to have a meeting between kings and ministers like the predecessors Zhang Yi and Fan Ju of Wei State?

Forty-year-old Li Shiqi touched his beard and felt that it was not realistic.

He knows his own weight very well, and there is no shortage of people like him in the center of Qin who can make suggestions.

Don't think about sudden wealth, just survive first.

But first, Li Shiqi had to scold his younger brother who couldn't let go of his life as a ranger.

"My brother." Li Shiqi was not polite. He took his brother's sword and said, "You don't have to go to Suiyang. I can't guess that in two months, Da Song County will definitely not defend it!"

"Brother, why are you so sure!" Li Shang was unconvinced.

Li Shiqi said complacently: "I don't need to go out to know the general trend of the world."

Li Shang was stunned by what he said next.

"Chenliu is the strategic point of the Wei State. It has a suburb extending in all directions and a meeting place for soldiers. It has tens of thousands of stones of millet and the city is very strong. However, the Wei generals did not defend it and abandoned it. All the grain is left to Qin, which shows that it is hopelessly ignorant!"

"But the Qin people saw clearly that they came to attack Chenliu first just to control the main roads here and seize Chenliu's accumulated millet. The king regards the people as his heaven, and the people regard food as their heaven. The Qin army According to Chen Liuzhisu, the army marched eastward and soon swept through the counties in eastern Wei and gathered at Suiyang. Lord Ningling has always been cowardly and unable to shoulder heavy responsibilities. He will never be able to turn the tide and become the second largest army. Lord Xinling!"

Li Shiqi said firmly: "This Wei State is doomed! Anyway, no matter where you flee, it will be the prefectures and counties of Qin. You should give up this idea early, curb your wandering behavior, and be an obedient citizen under the rule of Qin." "

Li Shang was very discouraged and sat down on the straw mat, holding the scabbard and saying nothing.

Li Shiqi patted his bun and said: "From tomorrow on, if you make friends with those light knights who are fighting with the Qin army, there is no way anyone will report you. You stay at home and don't go anywhere. I'll go make friends with the new commander." Chen Liuling of the State of Qin, let me try again and see if I can become a local official of the State of Qin."

"Brother didn't want to be a Wei official before, why do you want to be a Qin official now?" Li Shang was very puzzled.

Li Shiqi looked at his younger brother and sighed: "Didn't I say that only those who are not stagnant in things but can move with the world can survive in the world. If I didn't become a Qin official and protect you, who would I know? God, you were arrested by Qin officials for wandering as a light knight!"

…

Li Shiqi's guess was correct. The reason why the Qin army sent troops to occupy Chenliu was that the first target was indeed Chenliu's accumulated grain.

At the Chenliu Warehouse, it was Hei Fu's "thousand men" who were ordered to garrison nearby. Looking back at the mountains of granaries, Hei Fu felt a little emotional.

It's funny to say that those three thousand Wei soldiers ran too fast and didn't have time to burn down the granary. Chen Liuling of Wei State knew that Chen Liu might not be able to hold on any longer, and when he was planning to burn him with fire, Chen Liu's father stopped him.

"Spring plowing has been delayed, and the food in Chenliu's warehouse is our last hope. If it is burned down, what will Chenliu's tens of thousands of people have to eat?"

Chen Liuling was soft-hearted. Under the pleading of the local people, he gave up burning grain and finally gave the Qin army an advantage.

Food is the most important thing for the people. Whoever controls the food will strangle the lifeblood of the local people. Therefore, although the Chenliu people still hate the Qin army who conquered this place, no one has jumped out to resist.

At this moment, the Qin army was busy counting the grain in Chenliucang and pounding the millet into rice for the army.

At this time, Heifu was surprised to see several treadmills being transported from the baggage troops. After they were installed, the garrison soldiers started pounding them day and night on the stone mortars outside the granary.

It has only been a short year since his family presented this gift to the engineers of Anlu County. Unexpectedly, the Qin government was so efficient that it became popular not only in the counties of Nanjun but also in every township. In the Qin army, the treadmill named "Anlu Pei" became a must-carry weapon for the army and was widely used.

At this time, everyone in Anlu County was extremely proud, especially the talkative Ji Ying, who began to brag about his colleagues from other counties.

"This thing was made in Anlu County, so it's called Anlu Di! What, you don't even know where Anlu is? Hey, you are so ignorant and shallow!"

He pointed at Hei Fu and said, "The craftsman who made this thing is Hei Fu's sister-in-law! Hei Fu, these people don't believe it, come here and say something!"

Heifu smiled and ignored it, letting Ji Ying continue to brag.

He thought: "It seems that the Qin government is extremely efficient in spreading science and technology. In this way, Tashi will follow the pace of the Qin army's conquest and spread throughout the six countries of Shandong. Maybe it will make the people withered after the war The economy needs to recover quickly."

Thinking of this, Heifu felt that he had made a huge contribution to the advancement of productivity in this era.

Well, although this time, Heifu did good deeds without leaving his name.

The Qin army stayed in Chenliu for four days. After stabilizing the local order, Zhong Geng Qiangxu issued a new combat strategy.

The more than 10,000 garrison soldiers were divided into four parts: one thousand people stayed to guard Chenliu, a two- to five-hundred leader from Guanzhong was appointed as the temporary Chen Liuling, and the two five-hundred leaders were named Chen Liucheng and Chen Liuwei. This is what the Qin army often does after conquering a place. It puts military officials on the spot and implements military control.

In addition, a thousand people transported Chenliucang's grain back to the west, and more than 100,000 people gathered under Daliang City. Food was a big problem. One of Qiang Yu's missions was to give grain to the enemy and feed the army back.

Qiang Yu himself personally commanded the main force of 6,000 people and continued to march eastward to Da Song County of Wei State in the east: that was the center where the remaining forces of Wei State gathered. Wei Jiu, Lord of Ningling, had 5,000 troops and backed Qi Chu in Suiyang. Recruiting people from the three Jin Dynasties and trying to resist stubbornly, these die-hards must be eliminated.

As for the remaining three thousand people, they were divided into three parts and marched towards the south, north, and northeast of Chenliu County to capture the three nearby counties.

The good news is that Heifu and his group of thousands will also head north, targeting Waihuang County!

"With an army of ten thousand people, credit is hard to come by, but in a single battle with a thousand people, the chances are many times greater!"

Heifu secretly made a decision, this time, he must not miss it!

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Just as Li Shiqi put on his clothes and started trying to talk to the Qin officials who stayed behind, Hei Fu and others also left Chenliu with the army and headed towards Waihuang County.

At the same time, fifty miles away to the north, Zhang Er, the Waihuang Ling, was also pacing the mansion anxiously...