When I was in Qin Dynasty, I lost contact with the wave

Chapter 518 The Dai army who obeyed the orders of the Qin envoy

In the Daidi border army camp, several consecutive days of unfavorable attacks not only made this already weak army even more demoralized, but also the physical exertion caused by the siege also caused this army's food supply, which was already almost at the bottom. Reserves make matters worse.

"Generals, if we store food... we can last for a day and a half at most. If... if we can no longer obtain food supplies, we are afraid..."

The chief of the Daidi border army looked increasingly pale. He worked day and night for the army's food and salary. His condition was naturally not good. In addition, his daily diet was only some wild vegetables, a little game, and a small mouthful of corn porridge. The tough guy is about to fall.

"Oh, what can I do?"

A general named Qisheng couldn't help but roar to the sky, no longer caring whether such a roar would affect the morale of the army.

Military spirit?

How can the military morale of today's Daichi border troops still exist?
"We still need to think about how our brothers can find a way to survive." Ziqian, who was vaguely respected by everyone as the general, still looked calm and said calmly, "No matter what, at least we cannot let these more than [-] brothers starve to death here."

"Brother Ziqian, we are all born with mud-legged backgrounds. We have never read military books. We are all warriors who only know how to hack and kill. Please help the brothers think of a way." A group of generals from the border army looked at each other. In front of the child.

The surname "Zi" is not uncommon, but it is extremely noble.

The first ancestor of Shang Dynasty was a disciple of Shun. He was granted the title of Shang and was given the surname Zi.

The ancestor of the Shang royal family was named He. Because he was born in Yin River, he took "Yin" as his surname. Later, he assisted Dayu in flood control and was granted the title of "Zi" by Emperor Shun. origin.

Later, Emperor Yao of the Tang Dynasty granted Xihe's son and uncle the title of Beiyue elder, and Heshu came to live in his house. Shang Tang and Datong Beiyue elders made nobles with the same surname their surnames as their surnames, and founded the country on their behalf, which belonged to Jizhou.The last son of the Spring and Autumn Dynasty assumed the title of king, and together with the king of Chu, he proclaimed himself the king of the north and south, and jointly paid homage to the royal family of the central Zhou Dynasty.

Ziqian is a descendant of the Shang royal family and a descendant of King Dai.

In the past, Zhao Xiangzi assassinated King Dai at a banquet and sent troops to seize the land of Dai. Prince Dai's heirs were protected from killing by Dai people, and Zi Qian was the descendant of Prince Dai's heirs at that time.

Ziqian's ancestors also tried to raise troops to restore the country in Daidi, and suffered many bloody suppressions and killings. By the time of Ziqian's grandfather's generation, they had completely lost their ambition to restore the country, but the Zi family still had a lot of influence in Daidi. high prestige.

He was the one who angrily denounced the ministers in the temple of Zhao State, and he was the one who could take over the command of Li Mu and lead the border troops back to the country. He was the only one who could do it.

However, now he found that they had returned to Dai Land and could do nothing.

It’s not that no one has thought of disbanding the army directly. Do the Qin people dare to massacre and kill the people in order to hunt them down?
But Zi Qian had always opposed it, not because he was worried about the Qin army pursuing him.

At this moment, the Qin State hopes that this army will be disbanded more than they do, and that the Daidi border troops will return to their hometowns to resume production. However, Ziqian is worried about the food shortage that the Daidi people will face after returning home.

Daidi's border troops marched southward in large numbers. Those left behind in Daidi were women, children, the old, weak, sick and disabled, and could not cultivate more than a few acres of land. The people of Daidi would definitely face a year of famine, and we don't know how many generations of people would starve to death. .

And if he surrendered, he was worried that he would repeat the mistakes of the Battle of Changping and be trapped and killed by the Qin army.

Just as Ziqian was thinking hard, a messenger suddenly entered the tent, knelt down on one knee and clasped his fists, saying: "Generals, Chang Shi, the Qin Army has sent an envoy, and they have also brought..."

The messenger's voice paused, attracting the attention of all the generals.

"What else did you bring?" Zi Qian frowned, with a vague premonition in his heart.

"We also brought ten carts of food and tens of thousands of letters home from the soldiers."

boom!
Ziqian slapped the table and stood up. He was about to get angry, but he suppressed his anger. He glanced at the generals and colonels around him, and they all had a look of surprise on their faces.Unlike the other Qin generals in Zhuolu City, he understood better than anyone how heavy a blow these grains and family letters would bring to the already shaky Daidi border army at this moment.

This was a serious patient who was about to die, and the ten carts of food and family letters sent by Zhang Ji's envoy seemed to be treating the patient with medicine, but that powerful dose of medicine was enough to weaken the patient to the extreme. The seriously ill body is completely destroyed, just like a starving person who has been hungry for a long time and will be starved to death if he overeats immediately.

"The Qin army... is so vicious!"

I didn't dare to say these words in front of me, I could only roar in my heart.

I'm afraid no one would believe that Zi Qian, a descendant of Dai Wang, had no ambition to restore the country. In fact, several other generals of Dai Di's border army also saw some signs of it, but they did not stop him.

Why do rebellions and uprisings in the past dynasties often require the support of others in order to continue on this path?

Even at the end of the Qing Dynasty, there was a certain military government leader Li Yuan Hong who was forced to take office. After all, if you want to establish a local separatist regime, you must have a person with sufficient prestige as the leader.

As a descendant of King Dai, the Zi family has unparalleled prestige in Dai, so it naturally fits this rule.

The most important thing is that Zi Qian has repeatedly made military exploits and has a very harmonious relationship with the generals in the army. Moreover, he is literate and has read many books. means of government affairs.

This is especially rare.

After all, in the three counties of Daidi, which are impoverished and invaded by foreign tribes, the per capita education level is close to that of prenatal education. Those who are literate are either criminals who were demoted from the Zhao Kingdom's temples, or nobles and scholars who came to Daidi to take refuge to avoid the war. People, most of the real native people are mud-legged people without any culture.

Zi Qian, who had both prestige and wisdom, was naturally respected as the leader by everyone, but how much loyalty he had... it was hard to describe, so Zi Qian did not dare to reprimand him out loud.

For the hungry and homesick soldiers, food and family letters are the things they desire most right now, and they can't be exchanged for a lot of money!

If anyone stood in the way, they would be torn into pieces by the red-eyed soldiers.

Zi Qian gave up the obstruction and could only allow the ten carts of grain and grass sent by the Qin envoy to be taken away by the cooks without any military order to make a fire for cooking. He led a group of generals out of the tent and looked at the Daidi border troops. There was a rush to get family letters.

"Everyone, please line up and come forward to receive family letters according to the names called. Those who want to rob, don't blame me for not handing out family letters."

Cheng Miao watched the border troops pouring in. He was a little panicked at first, but he soon realized how terrible the effect of his general's strategy was, so he shouted on behalf of the border army generals, Orders were given.

It is ridiculous to say that as the marching director of the Qin army, the Qin envoy who came to the Daidi border army camp as an envoy could easily make the overwhelming Daidi border army line up with just one sentence. Many middle and lower-level soldiers The officers also spontaneously obeyed his orders and maintained order.

If it weren't for the sallow appearance of the soldiers in front of him, Cheng Miao would have thought he had returned to the Qin army's camp.

Cheng Miao looked at a group of subordinate officials shouting the name of a famous border army soldier. He suddenly remembered something and said loudly: "Everyone, Yanmen County and Yunzhong County have not been captured by the Qin army yet. So I’m really sorry that I don’t have any family letters from these two counties.”

Zi Qian felt a little angry after hearing this.

Co-author: Your Qin army did not capture Yunzhong County and Yanmen County, so you still want to apologize to us?
The soldiers of these generations of border troops actually accepted Cheng Miao's apology. Some soldiers from Yunzhong County and Yanmen County even asked Cheng Miao when he could send their family letters.

Isn't this hoping that the Qin army will capture Yunzhong County and Yanmen County!

Zi Qian felt that either the people in front of him were crazy, or he was crazy!

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