My brother Ying Zheng, who dares to kill me?

Chapter 254 Close the door and release it into a dragon!The covenant is nothing but shit
Wei Liao and Wei Zhuang presented Ying Zheng with two different options.

War and Peace!
However, before Ying Zheng could think about it, Han Cang spoke loudly: "Your Majesty, there is no food!"

While shouting, Han Cang came out of the queue and held up his hands: "Your Majesty, Da Qin's grain and grass can't be carried anymore!"

"If Chang'an Lord's troops reach Yangjin, the food and grass currently stored in our Qin Dynasty can only be used by the army for two and a half months at most."

"How difficult it is to conquer the State of Zhao within two and a half months!"

Wei Zhuang frowned slightly: "Where is the food stored in Wei State?"

Han Cang asked excitedly: "Where does Prime Minister Wei think the food our army is chewing comes from?"

"It's all food stored by Wei State!"

"All the granaries in Daqin have been exhausted. Even the food for General Jian's command is transported by water from Daliang City."

"There is no more grain available in Wei State!"

During the Warring States Period, there were no tricycles and other means of transportation. Except for trucks pulled by animal power, most transportation work was completed by civilians carrying poles.

Along the way, people must eat.

Where does the common man's food come from?It comes from the grain they transport.

One stone of grain left Daliang City, and when it was transported to Wang Jian's army, there were still three measures left, which could be used to burn incense.

The heavy baggage pressure brought by the long and distant front line of this battle has almost overwhelmed Hancang!

Still fighting?

Fuck it!

Wei Zhuang said in a wide voice: "We can order the armies to go out hunting to obtain meat, and at the same time purchase grain from large households with money or even titles."

"As long as we persist until two months later, it will be the time of autumn harvest!"

"As soon as the autumn harvest comes..."

Before Wei Zhuang could finish his words, he was interrupted mercilessly by Han Cang: "You will find that our Daqin grain production will be reduced this year!"

"Ji Chen has already ordered his subordinates to visit all the big households in Da Qin and purchase as much grain as possible."

"Otherwise our army would have been short of food!"

Suppressing his excitement, Han Cang bowed his hand and said: "This battle started at the beginning of this year, and 40 young people missed the opportunity to cultivate."

"This has resulted in a large number of fields in our Daqin being left uncultivated."

"At the end of March this year, your Majesty sent all the young men and women of the Qin Dynasty to join the army. As a result, the newly planted grains were left unattended, making it difficult to cultivate them intensively, and the grain production plummeted."

"Even if the weather is good for our country in the next period of time, the grain production this year will only be half of last year's."

Han Cang sincerely persuaded: "If our army continues to fight, then all the young people will not be able to catch up with the autumn harvest in mid-to-late September!"

"How many acres of land can they harvest just from the women, children, and old men who stay in the territory?"

"Autumn harvest waits for no one!"

"It may be just one or two days late, and a large amount of food will be inedible due to rain and frost."

"If your colleagues place their hopes on relying on this year's autumn harvest to alleviate the food shortage in the army, I think it is better not to have such delusions."

"If we don't withdraw our troops, where will the food come from?"

Han Cang's words were very straightforward.

But the courtiers have become accustomed to Han Cang's way of speaking, and they also know that Han Cang is a technical official who cannot speak and can only do practical things.

The questions Han Cang raised were also direct and sharp.

If we don’t withdraw our troops, where will the food come from?
How can we fight without food?

Therefore, there is only one way for Da Qin to withdraw his troops!
Wei Zhuang sighed helplessly: "Why is our Great Qin so short of food?"

Han Cang knew exactly what the problem was.

In the original strategy, Da Qin only needed to complete a small victory over Zhao before withdrawing its troops.

Ying Chengyu's and Wang Jian's troops can withdraw their troops before the beginning of February at the latest, then disband the army and let the soldiers go home to farm, without delaying this year's farming at all.

But Ying Chengyu reversed his strategy again and again, causing the development of this war to run like a wild horse in a direction that the monarchs and ministers of Great Qin did not expect.

This resulted in the war that was originally scheduled to end within four months but has lasted for nine months and has not yet ended.

This also caused the baggage line that originally only required two hundred miles to leave the country to soar to more than a thousand miles!

It can be said that the main culprit of the grain shortage in the Qin Dynasty is Ying Chengyu!

But Han Cang is just straight, not stupid. He will not cause trouble for Ying Chengyu.

Han Cang directly ignored Wei Zheng's question and bowed his hand to Ying Zheng again: "Your Majesty, I also hope that Great Qin can take this opportunity to destroy Zhao."

"Of course, there is really nothing I can do."

"I have used all the methods that I can think of and use."

"It is my incompetence that caused our Great Qin to miss the opportunity to fight."

"With my ability, I can only squeeze out so much food. I hope your Majesty will punish you!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Han Cang fell to his knees.

Ying Zheng stood up immediately: "Why do you, my dear, kneel down and apologize?"

Ying Zheng knew very well that what Han Cang said was not a lie.

Since Mrs. Han married to Great Qin, Han Cang has firmly supported Ying Chengyu.

After experiencing many storms such as the death of the Queen Mother Xia, Lu Buwei's targeting, and Ying Chengyu's destruction of Han, Han Cang is one of the very few old direct relatives who still stands firmly behind Ying Chengyu.

As long as there is some way, Han Cang will support Ying Chengxuan to continue the war even if he pays for it himself or even violates the laws of Qin.

Today, Han Cang admitted that there was nothing he could do. It must be that both legal and illegal methods have been exhausted.

He really has no choice!

Lifting up his lower clothes, Ying Zheng quickly walked down the stairs, supported Han Cang with both hands, and said warmly: "My beloved, you have worked so hard to raise food and grass for our great Qin, what crime can you commit!"

"I know what I'm saying is difficult."

"Of course, I still have to love you harder."

"Enough food for our army to eat for two and a half months. Please be sure to supply it on time, dear sir!"

Han Cang agreed without hesitation: "My lord, take the order!"

Immediately, Han Cang asked in confusion: "Your Majesty, do we, the Qin Dynasty, continue to fight?"

No matter how slow Ying Chengyu walks, one month is enough for Ying Chengyu's troops to return to Xinzheng.

Now that Ying Zheng asked Han Cang to guarantee food transportation for two and a half months, it was obvious that he did not want to withdraw his troops immediately.

Ying Zheng nodded slightly and looked at the ministers: "As you all know, our Great Qin is not good at launching border provocations in this war. It is Chu and Yan who are unkind and invade our Great Qin territory!" "Whether it is peaceful or not is not our Great Qin's. Can be determined."

"Therefore, on my own initiative, Lord Chang'an sent [-] soldiers and horses back to Xinzheng City to aid Xinzheng City, in order to warn Chu State of breaking the treaty, and ordered Lord Chang'an to lead the remaining soldiers and horses north to Yangjin."

Just as Han Cang wanted to emphasize the plight of Da Qin's grain and grass again, he heard Ying Zheng continue: "Chang'an Jun's troops are stationed in Yangjin but will not advance, thinking it is a threat!"

"Send lobbyists to Yan and Zhao to lobby Yan and Zhao to withdraw their troops!"

Wei Liao was stunned: "Is your Majesty intending to use the power of Lord Chang'an to intimidate Yan and Zhao into accepting a truce?"

To Wei Liao's ears, Ying Zheng's strategy was like shutting the door and letting the dogs out.

First, Ying Cheng was taken to Yangjin where the Qin, Zhao and Yan armies met, in order to threaten Zhao and Yan into accepting a truce.

What?Don't you accept it?
Then I, Da Qin, will let the dogs out... Well, no, let Ying Cheng be bitten by you!
This was a general who had destroyed two countries and had just conquered the capital of Chu State. He was fierce and ruthless, with threads of flesh between his teeth.

Ying Chengyu: (／‵Д′)／

Just ask if you are afraid!
Ying Zheng frowned slightly and explained: "It is not a threat, nor is it an attempt to borrow the power of Lord Chang'an."

"It's just to increase the troops of Yang Jin, so that the King of Yan will know that our great Qin has ended the war with the Chu State, so he can send more troops to start a war with Yan."

"If Yan does not retreat, after our great Qin has recovered and recuperated, I will send heavy troops to attack Yan!"

"With King Yan's character, I think he would be willing to retreat."

"Chu and Yan retreated one after another. King Zhao was alone and unable to support himself. He would not continue to fight fiercely even if he thought about it."

How could Ying Zheng treat Ying Chenglong as a vicious dog?

Ying Zheng just wanted to send more troops to Yang Jin to threaten King Yan.

Wei Liao didn't know whether he understood it or not.

After thinking about it for a while, Wei Liao cupped his hands and said, "I think we can send another lobbyist to Qi."

"Qin and Qi have an alliance, and Qi's policy of serving Qin has not changed."

"The enemy army was so powerful in the previous period that Qi did not dare to act rashly."

"Now that the Chu State has withdrawn its troops, we, the Great Qin State, have shown an advantage. We should strongly tell Qi to remember the alliance between Qin and Qi, and order the Qi State to harass the Yan State's rear and force the Yan State to withdraw its troops!"

Ying Zheng nodded happily: "Very good!"

……

Five days later.

It is seventy miles north of Shouchun City.

"quick!"

"Accelerate the whole army!"

The generals kept giving orders around the army to keep the Chu army in a hurry.

In the center position, Xiang Yan sat on his horse and trotted, his eyes focused on the direction of Shouchun City.

Seeing this, Qu Huan persuaded in a low voice: "In Shangzhu Kingdom, all the soldiers are exhausted."

"Do you want the soldiers to rest for a while before continuing the march?"

Xiang Yan shook his head: "Our army has been delayed for too long."

"We must rush all the way to have a chance to return to Shouchun City before the Qin army evacuates!"

Even though Xiong Jie had brought the order for a truce between Qin and Chu, Wang Ben still blocked Xiang Yan's retreat.

Once Xiang Yan intended to make a detour, Wang Ben would send scouts to threaten Xiang Yan, saying that he would tell Ying Chengyu that Xiang Yan did not respect the king's order and insisted on going to war, and asked Ying Chengyu to continue attacking Shouchun City.

Xiang Qian still failed to rescue Xiang Yan's family.

For the safety of her family, Xiang Yan could only wait helplessly.

It was not until one day after Xiang Rong withdrew from Xinzheng City that Wang Ben finally gave way to the road, allowing the Chu army to pass.

This has been delayed for several days!
Qu Huan said warmly: "Chang'an Lord is worried about the changes, so he has been keeping troops in Shouchun City and is unwilling to leave."

"I think with the prudence of Lord Chang'an, he would have waited until Captain Xiang Rong's troops had withdrawn to Chu State before he dared to leave Shouchun."

Xiang Yan shook her head: "Mr. Chang'an is cautious, but also crazy."

"This person cannot act based on common sense."

"If we want to block the Qin Army's return route before the Qin Army withdraws, defeat the Qin Army or even kill Chang'an Lord, our army has no choice but to move forward in a hurry!"

Truce?

It's just a loud but not smelly fart!

Ying Chengyu was worried about the Chu State, so Chen Bingshou Chuncheng continued to put the knife on Chu King Han's neck to force the Chu army to withdraw from Xinzheng City.

The Chu army did not care about the truce, Xiang Yan still wanted to take this opportunity to kill Ying Chengyu, or even defeat the main force of the Qin army.

From a national perspective, if we can take Ying Chengyu's life and eliminate the huge future threat to the Chu State, even the infamy of breaking the contract is nothing.

From a clan perspective, if Xiang Yan's troops could defeat the Qin army, it would be possible to spread the word that Chu King Han had the upper hand but was too cowardly to fight and sued for peace in humiliation, thereby shaking Chu King Han's prestige.

From a personal point of view, how can I not avenge Xiang Cang's blood feud!

Xiang Yan has 1 reasons to kill Ying Chengyu.

Suddenly, a group of scouts came quickly: "Shangzhu Kingdom!"

"The Qin Army's great banner was discovered fifty miles southeast!"

Xiang Yan immediately cheered up: "Fifty miles to the southeast?"

"As expected, the Qin army withdrew before our army arrived!"

"Can the Qin army join forces? What is the strength of the troops?"

The scout said with some embarrassment: "We have never found out that our troops failed to break through the blockade of the Qin army scouts."

Xiang Yan suddenly became alert.

However, the opportunity was rare, so Xiang Yan immediately ordered: "Order! The Qu family, the Dou family, and the Zheng army will form a central army and speed up their movement to the southeast."

"The descendants of the Xiang family and the former army will follow my general to the southeast and move forward urgently!"

　Please spray lightly for patch protection!

　　Cheese knows that the autumn harvest date in many areas is in the eighth month of the lunar calendar, but the lunar calendar we use now is different from the "Zhuanxu Calendar". The autumn harvest time in each region is different, as is the harvest period of millet and the harvest period of other crops. different.

　　Cheese's "Author's Note" in Chapter 53 gives a brief introduction to the calendars and timekeeping methods used by various countries. During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the calendars of various countries were different. In the following two thousand years, the calendar has undergone many major reforms. and countless tweaks.

　　The last major reform was the "Chongzhen Almanac" at the end of the Ming Dynasty. The Qing Dynasty fine-tuned the "Chongzhen Almanac" and promulgated the "Shixian Calendar", which was later revised many times such as the "Guimao Yuanli" and the "New Astronomical Calendar" version, the lunar calendar we now use is the "Compilation and Issuance of the Lunar Calendar" (GB/T 2017-33661), which was revised again in 2017, referred to as the "Purple Gold Calendar".

　　There is a lot to say, but I just want to tell you that there are many differences between the current lunar calendar "Zijin Calendar" and "Zhuanxu Calendar". In the "Zhuanxu Calendar", the autumn harvest time of millet in the Guanzhong area is indeed mid-to-late September.

　　
　
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