Chapter 188 Prelude to War
The surrounding officials were silent and looked at each other. They didn't expect that His Majesty would have such courage to completely let go of the thousands of miles of land and millions of people that he might get.
"However, Your Majesty, what you do will certainly make these princes happy, but it will also make them feel defensive. Who would want nothing and do things for nothing?" Hearing his emperor's decision, although Cao Cao felt right, But still put forward the loopholes I found.
Yes, showing courtesy without reason is either rape or stealing!
His own imperial country sent troops for nothing to help the six countries defeat Qin, but he didn't want any of the land he grabbed, and gave it to the six countries. Like a saint who has no desires or desires, how can he reassure the Six Kingdoms?
I'm afraid that after accepting the land happily, the six countries are secretly guarding against Yuguo. They may stab Yuguo for some reason at any time, thus causing the alliance that was united because of life and death to fall apart.
People's hearts are always fickle and evil, so don't ever think of people too noblely. They don't hesitate to kill brothers and fathers for profit, let alone politicians who play with people's hearts.
"That's it, Cao Aiqing, what you said is not bad, then I will change it to not need land, as long as the population, money and food are good, so the six countries should not doubt my imperial country!" Hearing Cao Cao's advice, Zhong Yu was also stunned for a while, he didn't think that people's hearts are unpredictable, so he changed his strategy.
"This is not enough. We also need a reason. Why don't you want land? After all, for princes, land is often more important than population!" Cao Cao said the current status of the world.
Today there are seven countries in the world, let alone the importance of land in each country, just take the current overlord of the world, Qin State, as an example.
From the land of a hundred miles at the beginning, after hundreds of years of fighting, the Qin State seized a large area of land from the barbarians in the west, and finally rose into a vassal state with a radius of thousands of miles.
How many people died, how many monarchs died on the battlefield of the open territory, and how many hardships they experienced? Putting it on a high platform, it is difficult to finish the lecture for three days and three nights.
The only thing that can be used to sum up is that in the war of opening up the territory and defending the country, the dead Qin people, their bodies can cover every inch of Qin's land.
This is true for Qin, which is located in the western border and surrounded by a large number of barbarians that can be conquered. What about the six countries that are in the hinterland of the Central Plains and surrounded by powerful countries? I am afraid that the obsession with the land is even more persistent than that of Qin.
"Is there a reason? This is easy to handle! Our imperial kingdom now covers tens of thousands of miles, but the population is only less than 6 million. The vast land is sparsely populated, and it is hard to describe. This reason should be almost enough." Cao Cao's voice just fell , Zhong Yu immediately interjected.
"One more thing, the land of Qin State is far away from Yu State, with countries like Han, Zhao, Wei, and Yan in the middle. Even if it is taken down, it will not be easy to govern. It is better to use these lands to exchange some population and enrich the current land of Yu State." When it came to Zhong Yu's words, Cao Cao added another reason, making Yu Guo's reason even more impeccable.
"Haha, good, as expected of Cao Aiqing, I really like it! I will do as you say!" After laughing a few times, Zhong Yu felt very happy. What he was worried about was that after several counselors discussed it, he would soon Solved, how not to make him happy?
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The goal has been established, and around this goal, a series of plans and various means have also been carried out.
The 100,000 troops of the Yu Kingdom were quickly assembled, and the 100,000 troops of the Xiongnu and Ding Ling and Sushen in the north were also assembled a month later, and they went south to join the Yu Kingdom's army.
Ding Ling and Su Shen's 100,000 coalition army is not the main force, but just a partial army, let them harass the north of Qin State, and involve Qin State's energy.
Therefore, for their 100,000 troops, Yuguo did not send other Yuguo's own troops to accompany them to supervise and supervise them.
Just sent a few staff officers with the army as surveillance, and provided some useful strategies to the coalition forces of the two tribes, in the hope that they would cause more damage to Qin.
The 100,000 Huns are different. They will follow the 100,000 troops of Yuguo to go south to the land of Han and Zhao and divide them into two parts. With Yuguo, which was also divided into two parts, each sent 50,000 people to form an army of 100,000 people, distributed in the two countries.
At that time, on the battlefield, these Huns' troops will be the best cannon fodder for the Imperial Kingdom. They will undertake the most dangerous missions, the deadliest head-to-head confrontations and sieges.
In short, the role of the 100,000 troops of Yuguo is to act as a supervising team to drive these 100,000 Hun soldiers to the front line of the battlefield firmly, and use up all of them, so as to weaken the already greatly weakened strength of the Huns.
From now on, the Xiongnu can only become a dog under the command of Yuguo, fighting wherever they point, without daring to have the slightest dissent.
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The gathering speed of the coalition forces this time was extremely fast, which perfectly reflected the reason why they were called the Seven Heroes of the Warring States Period.
It is indeed a country established from wars. Hundreds of years of wars have allowed countries to establish a perfect mobilization system.
In just three months, the six countries that joined the alliance had sent their best-raised troops to their respective borders with Qin.
This kind of efficiency can completely make those dynasties in later generations who recruit tens of thousands of soldiers and horses for several months or even a year feel ashamed and want to commit suicide.
Yan Guo, Zhao Guo, South Korea, Wei Guo, Chu Guo, each of these countries, following the orders of their kings, one after another, took up the weapons they passed down from generation to generation, and prepared themselves The food and grass that had been prepared, responded to the call of the king, and gathered in cities one by one. After gathering a certain amount, they embarked on a new journey.
However, this time, the war will not end in just a year or two or even a few months, as these people thought.
And they will end the war and return to their hometown after losing two to three percent, or even more than half.
Because, this time, the war, under the bait that Yuguo is about to release, will last for an unimaginable and unprecedented time.
The armies of those five countries, under the greed of their monarchs, will do everything possible to eat away at the land that Qin is about to spit out.
Those soldiers will also fight unremittingly with Qin's army for these lands.
Until one party is exhausted, or is full and can't swallow any more. The war will end.
However, everything has not yet been implemented, and those soldiers naturally do not know the fate they are about to face.