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Chapter 147 The Disaster of Heavy Snow
Chapter 147 The Disaster of Heavy Snow
The heavy snow came too suddenly.
overnight.
From the north of the Qinling Mountains, half of the Qin Kingdom turned into a piece of snow-white, and as far as the eye could see, it was covered with snow everywhere.
Put it in later generations.
Such a scene may make people sigh extraordinarily enchanting.
However, at the moment, the snow-white scene in front of him is the most cold-blooded scythe of death.
Mo Jun rushed from Qinling Mountains to Xianyang, and he looked around along the way, and he saw at least thirty or forty houses collapsed in the heavy snow last night.
Seeing such a scene, Mo Jun frowned and said, "Hei Yu, speed up."
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In Xianyang Palace, the number of "Nine Qings" has reached eight.
As for the 'three males'.
Due to various reasons, the positions of the 'Three Dukes' are all vacant in the court of the Qin State, so Jiuqing is the nine highest-ranking people in the current Qin State except for the King of Qin.
When Mo Jun arrived, the atmosphere in Xianyang Palace was solemn. On the throne, Ying Zheng's face was as gloomy as water.
Under the throne, the eight 'Nine Ministers' all bowed their heads and remained silent.
"My lord, I pay my respects to the king."
Seeing Mo Jun's arrival, Ying Zheng's face finally eased a bit, but he was still majestic and cold, and there was a bit of tyranny in the depths of his eyes, which seemed to be uncontrollable.
"Exemption."
Ying Zheng opened his mouth, and then said, "Mo Qing came just in time, let's take a look at the battle report first!"
"Battle report?"
Ying Zheng's words made Mo Jun startled for a moment, but then he still took the bamboo slips handed over by the servant, and after just one glance, Mo Jun understood why Ying Zheng's face was so ugly.
This is a battle report written by Meng Ao on the front line.
Since Meng Ao wiped out Zhao Guo's [-] troops in the "Wu Sui Battle", Zhao Guo Wu An Jun——Li Mu personally commanded the army to the front line. After many years, he confronted Meng Ao again.
It can only be said that the "Four Famous Generals of the Warring States Period" really lived up to their reputation. They only commanded an army of [-]. Under the circumstances that the troops were completely at a disadvantage, Meng Ao and Li Mu fought for several rounds, and there was no victory or defeat at all.
Because Li Mu is not only proficient in the art of war, but also proficient in Qimen Dunjia and the art of military formation.
With the power of one person, one hundred thousand wolves dare not step through Yanmen. He is known as the "Wolf Hunter", also known as the "God of the Army".
This is Lord Wu An - Li Mu.
Relying on the Qimen army formation that is as stable as Mount Tai but still flexible and changing, Li Mu insisted on confronting Meng Ao's 20 army with an army of [-], without losing the wind in the slightest.
As long as the 'Zhenyue' comes out of the body.
Daqin's army will never be able to cross the border of Zhao State.
But in the same way, although Meng Ao can do nothing to Li Mu, Li Mu can also do nothing to Meng Ao.
Meng Ao had suffered a big loss from Li Mu before, so this time he faced Li Mu again, Meng Ao became more cautious.
Since Li Mu led the Zhao army to retreat, he simply set up camp outside the city and did not rush to attack. Instead, he confronted Li Mu in the city, and no one could live in peace.
Although this is a bit of a disadvantage to Meng Ao.
After all, he was fighting away, but his strength was twice that of the opponent.
Under such circumstances, the daily food and grass consumption of Meng Ao's army was almost twice that of Li Mu's.
But... so what?
Your country of Zhao is still the country of Zhao a year ago.
But my state of Qin is no longer the state of Qin a year ago.
What is Qin most now?
It is food.
It is a gold coin.
is salt.
Your country of Zhao has Lord Wu'an, but my country of Qin still has Lord Shengping!
Meng Ao didn't bring much with him this time, except he brought a lot of food and grass.For the first batch of rations alone, they brought almost a year's supply.
Moreover, after the autumn harvest in September, Meng Ao heard that the treasury in Zhisu Neishi Mansion had newly collected more than 1000 million shi of grain, so much grain, even if his 20 army was allowed to eat it, it would not be enough for ten years.
Qin, which used to be poor and impoverished, suddenly became so rich that even Meng Ao was not used to it.
So now Meng Ao can be bold and vigorous.
Isn't it just burning money?
Isn't it consumption?
I, Daqin, don't have much else now, but have a lot of money and food.
As a result, the army led by Meng Ao was exhausted with Li Mu on the frontline battlefield.
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Gradually, Zhao Jun couldn't hold on anymore.
This has nothing to do with Li Mu, but mainly because Zhao Guo behind him is not strong enough.
The current internal situation of Qin State is considered the cleanest among the seven countries.
Since Yingzheng ascended the throne, the three major forces in Qin State, Lu Buwei, Lao Ai, and Chu foreign relatives, have been wiped out and collapsed.
Afterwards, Mo Jun set off an astonishing massacre in Nanjun and Hanzhong respectively, which greatly shocked the local forces in the counties and counties of the Qin State, so the current Qin State can be regarded as "the sky is clear, the sky is clear, and the sky is clear".
But even so, when the Qin State paid the grain tax during the autumn harvest, there were still a large number of local nobles evading taxes in various counties and counties.
Can be imagined.
What will happen if Zhao Guo wants to collect grain tax, which has not even been cleaned up internally?
Although Li Mu is strong, with such a group of pig teammates behind him implicated, it is difficult for him to use the Liushen costume.
The essence of war is to burn money.
Looking at the Qin army on the opposite side, the number of troops is twice as large as his own, but he not only eats more than himself every day, but also eats better than himself.
In this case, Zhao Jun's morale will inevitably be affected.
This situation continued for three months.
If energy consumption survives this winter, by the beginning of spring next year, Li Mu's army's food and grass logistics will basically be exhausted.
Even if Zhao Guo will support food and grass in the future, they will definitely not be able to support next year's autumn harvest.
In other words.
As long as it continues to consume, even if Li Mu is the "God of the Army", he will be exhausted.
It can be said that Zhao Guo's failure in this battle is almost doomed.
But no one thought of it.
at this time.
A sudden heavy snowstorm completely disrupted Meng Ao's deployment.
This snowstorm came too suddenly and too fast.
The cold wave blows from north to south.
In one night, hundreds of soldiers in Meng Ao's army froze to death.
Faced with such a violent natural disaster, Meng Ao could only choose to be forced to withdraw his troops, otherwise, if he fought against such a snowstorm, even if he could finally capture the city that Li Mu was holding on to, Qin would inevitably suffer heavy losses.
A victory that was already at the fingertips, because of this sudden snowstorm, brought Zhao Guo a respite out of thin air.
It was as if the heavens were blocking Qin.
And this is what makes Ying Zheng most angry.
"Mo Qing, do you believe in fate?" Ying Zheng said suddenly.
Yingzheng didn't believe in the so-called fate in the past, but this snowstorm happened so coincidentally that Yingzheng couldn't help talking about it.
This year's "new grain" is ripe for the first time, which is a year of great harvest for Qin State in a hundred years.
It can be said that the current state of Qin has abundant troops and sufficient food and grass.
As a result, when the momentum was in full swing, Qin State suddenly suffered this blow.
Not only that.
The battle between Meng Ao and Li Mu was originally a battle that could determine the fate of Zhao Guo.
The group of corrupt people inside Zhao may not be able to see clearly, but Ying Zheng and Meng Ao, who are onlookers, are very clear that Li Mu is no longer a general in the Zhao army, but similar to a "soul of the army" The presence.
The current Li Mu is Zhao Guo's last barrier.
To put it bluntly, once Meng Ao can defeat Li Mu in this battle, the entire Zhao Kingdom will be destroyed overnight.
Even take a step back.
In this battle, Meng Ao couldn't directly break through Zhao's capital "HD", but as long as Li Mu was defeated, then Qin's army would go straight in and occupy the entire Taiyuan without any problem.
Once Taiyuan is occupied, it means that half of Zhao State will be included in Qin State.
But at this time, a heavy snow fell from the sky.No matter how you look at it, it feels like God is deliberately opposing Qin.
"I never believe in fate, I only believe that man can conquer nature."
Seeing that Yingzheng is so young, he already has a tendency to 'pursue gods and immortals', Mo Junguo broke his mouth.
Hearing these words, Ying Zheng's eyes brightened slightly, and then he said: "Man can overcome the sky, what a sentence, man can overcome the sky. Mo Qing's words won the hearts of the few! Then according to Mo Qing, what is the solution to this disaster?"
Mo Jun bowed his hands and said: "Your Majesty, the most important thing at the moment is not the frontline battle situation, but the snow disaster that is spreading rapidly. This snow disaster hits from north to south, so the immediate priority should be to take advantage of the people in Xianyang and the surrounding areas. , Before encountering a bigger disaster, we should respond as soon as possible."
"As for the counties and counties in the north that are already in disaster, they should dispatch personnel as soon as possible to organize disaster relief."
This snow disaster hit from north to south, so now the area around Xianyang near the Qinling Mountains, although some places have suffered material damage, the casualties are not too many.
Therefore, the most important thing right now is not the victory or defeat on the frontline battlefield, but to hurry up and reduce the upcoming losses on Qin's side.
Ying Zheng nodded. In fact, Ying Zheng had already discussed this matter with the rest of the courtiers before Mo Jun arrived.
It's just that everyone is stuck on one problem.
"Mo Qing is right, it's just a matter of disaster relief... This year, Qin has a large harvest of grain. Although there is no shortage of food in various places, but the sudden heavy snowfall, all counties and counties have not made sufficient preparations, and there is a shortage of firewood and charcoal. .”
"Now that the roads are blocked by heavy snow, people from all over the country can no longer go into the mountains to cut firewood. Some firewood merchants are also sitting on the ground and raising prices. I am also worried about this now."
In this era, most common people survived the winter at home, mainly relying on firewood and charcoal.
Although the winters in previous years were cold, the weather was not as bad as this year. Even if the weather cools down in winter, you can still go out to pick up firewood, so there is no need to prepare too much firewood and charcoal at one time.
Then this year's heavy snow directly cut off the possibility of civilians going out. Under such circumstances, the firewood and charcoal prepared by many ordinary people's homes were not enough to survive the entire winter.
Mo Jun heard the words, thought for a moment, and said: "Since there is no firewood and charcoal, then use Shi Nirvana!"
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(End of this chapter)