The Great Qin Empire---Qin Li

In early May, the news of Qin's victory over Yan had been received for several days. In Huyang Pavilion, the guards who had no urgent cases to deal with were discussing this matter while eating.

"I heard that Jicheng was taken down in late March, and it took more than a month for the news to reach Nanjun."

"I went to ask the messenger. The King of Yan and Prince Dan fled the capital. The general sent a young general Li Xin, who was about the same age as us, to chase them all the way and forced the King of Yan to kill his son and offer his head."

The guard Yuliang was not only illiterate, but he had never left the northern part of Anlu County for most of his life, so he had no geographical concept of Yan State and Jicheng. After listening to Dongmen Bao and Ji Ying chatting excitedly for a long time, he asked hesitantly.

"Tingzhang, how far is Yan State's Jicheng from Anlu?"

"It should be more than two thousand miles."

Heifu put down the bowl and thought about it. It was probably the distance from Hubei Xiaogan to the imperial capital in later generations, at least more than a thousand kilometers.

"Two thousand miles!" Yuliang was shocked. He felt that even twenty miles was far away, and two thousand miles was simply unimaginable.

Heifu told them that the world was thousands of miles long and divided into nine states. Their Nanjun was located in Jingzhou, Yan State was located in Youzhou, and Guanzhong was Yongzhou.

He also corrected the mistake of Dongmen Bao and others who had always thought that Yan State was in the north of Qin State. Who made Heifu the only one among all the people present who had seen a map of the country? His understanding of the geographical location was much better than the ambiguous "east, south, west, and north" of ordinary people in this era.

Everyone in Huyang Pavilion was amazed. Li Xian said in surprise: "The Pavilion Master is younger than me and has never left Anlu. But when it comes to mountains and rivers, he speaks like an experienced elder."

Li Xian was surprised. At this time, Ji Ying laughed without waiting for Heifu to explain: "I know, this is what Heifu's father and brother told him. Do you remember Heifu's brother Zhong? I heard that he went to the north when he served in the army. After returning, he taught Heifu a northern ballad. How to sing it? The wind is whistling..."

Heifu quickly stretched out his chopsticks and stuffed a water chestnut into Ji Ying's mouth, blocking his words with food!

The song "Yishui Song" was inspired by him in the guest house half a year ago when he heard that Jing Ke's assassination of the King of Qin failed. He made up a story at that time, but Ji Ying still remembered it.

Although few people in Nanjun knew about the Yishui Song, it was better to be careful. Heifu decided that when he found a chance, he must tell Jiying not to mention that matter again! If he was accused of "sympathizing with the assassin", Heifu would be in trouble.

At this time, the others had finished their meals. Tingfu Puzhang got up to clean up the pottery bowls and wooden daggers. Everyone sat together and continued to chat. The topic unconsciously turned to the war in recent years.

Since the 17th year of Qin Wangzheng, he ordered the then Nanyang governor Teng to attack Han, get Han Wangan, take all the land of Han, and set up Yingchuan County. For several consecutive years, Qin invested a large number of troops to fight a war to destroy the country.

In the 18th year, the king ordered General Wang Jian to attack Zhao. Wang Jian used a strategy of alienation to kill Li Mu, the last famous general of Zhao, and led his army to raid Jingxing and sweep across Zhao. In the 19th year, Handan was destroyed, the King of Zhao was captured, and only one prince was left, who fled to the marginal Dai County with hundreds of clan members and proclaimed himself the King of Dai.

Last year, Jing Ke's assassination of the King of Qin triggered Qin's revenge on Yan. After half a year of fierce fighting, the capital of Yan was finally destroyed, Prince Dan died, and only the King of Yan fled to Liaodong County to survive.

The remaining troops of Yan and Dai were only a few thousand, and they no longer posed a threat to Qin. Moreover, they were located in a remote area, so the Qin army did not pursue them to destroy them, but let Wang Jian return to the court.

In this way, there were seven countries with ten thousand chariots in the world, and Qin wiped out three of them in five years. Even a blind man could see that it was an inevitable trend for Qin to annex the world, so everyone was guessing, who would be next?

For the Qin people who had been engaged in the two professions of "farming" and "fighting" all their lives, war was not far away, but closely related to their lives.

People with courage and ability are happy to hear about war, hoping to gain merit and get a title; people who don't want to fight also have to pay attention to where the war breaks out, because it involves whether they will be conscripted into the army, so that they can be mentally prepared.

"Next, we must destroy the State of Chu! At that time, we will definitely conscript the men of Anlu!"

Dongmen Bao said confidently, and he also expected so.

It's interesting to say that although these people were originally Chu people three generations ago, they still speak Chu accents and retain many customs and gods of the Chu period. But after fifty years of Qin law control, ordinary people have long regarded themselves as Qin people and Chu as a foreign country.

The geographical location of Anlu County is very special. It is surrounded by Chu on three sides. It faces Chu across Tongbai Mountain in the north. In the east is the Dabie Mountain area that stretches for thousands of miles. After the Dabie Mountain, it is the hinterland of Huainan in Chu, and the south bank of the river and Yunmengze is the Jiangnan area of Chu, which is Changsha, Hunan in later generations.

In everyone's life, they are always on guard against Chu, so they usually regard Chu as the first imaginary enemy.

"I don't think Chu will be destroyed first." Hei Fu smiled and shook his head: "Wei is still blocking the Central Plains, blocking the army's way to the east. How can the king avoid the near and go far?"

Dongmen Bao was dissatisfied: "Hei Fu, you also said that Yan is two or three thousand miles away in the northeast, didn't you defeat Yan first?"

"That's because Yan sent an assassin and angered the king. For Qin, how can the humiliation of assassinating the king not be avenged?"

Hei Fu dipped his finger in water and drew a simple map on the table, explaining: "Chu is different. Although it is a strong enemy of Qin, the main direction of attacking Chu is blocked by Wei. If you want to destroy Chu, you must first defeat Wei. Whether Wei fights or surrenders, I'm afraid it won't survive next year..."

"After destroying Wei, they will attack Jingchu through Wei. At that time, the army will definitely march from Wei. Although Nanjun is adjacent to Chu, it is difficult to cross due to the mountains and rivers. The Dark Pass of Tongbai Mountain is a dangerous pass where one person can block ten thousand men. The Dabie Mountain is even more difficult to enter but not exit. Unless the tower ship departs from Bashu and attacks the southern part of Chu along the Yangtze River and Yunmengze, the army will not be dispatched from Anlu..."

At this time, Heifu felt that the atmosphere was not right. When he looked up, he saw that everyone was staring at him in amazement.

Li Xian was the most shocked. He thought to himself, "Is the headman really from a poor soldier family and has never left Anlu? At that time, I saw that he didn't even know the Ruo'ao clan, and I looked down on him. I never thought that he knew the location of Yan and Zhao thousands of miles away, and even explained the order of Qin's future military expeditions to destroy the countries! Where did he learn it from?"

The other people also looked at each other. What Hei Fu said was far beyond their cognition of those who came from poor backgrounds, so they couldn't understand whether it was right or wrong. They just felt it was impressive, and they admired Hei Fu even more.

Dongmen Bao was worried: "If it is as Hei Fu said, no matter what, Anlu County is not the main direction of the troops, then won't we miss this war?"

These days, listening to the story of General Li Xin chasing the King of Yan and obtaining the head of Prince Dan, Dongmen Bao's blood has been boiling. Unfortunately, the northern battlefield was too far away for him to catch up, but the battle against Chu State was something he could not miss. This might be his last chance to make a contribution.

Hei Fu reassured him: "Chu is not like Han, Wei, Yan, and Zhao. It has a vast territory, a large army, and has always been the biggest enemy of Qin. It is also the enemy of all the previous coalitions. If the king wants to destroy Chu, he may have to recruit soldiers from all over the country. At that time, we, the small officials, may have to put on armor and go to war with the army."

"That's good!"

Dongmen Bao clapped his hands and looked at Hei Fu and said: "When he was in service, Hei Fu was proficient in the method of training soldiers and led us to win the military exercises. Just now, Hei Fu talked about military affairs, and those military strategies seemed to be in your mind. In my opinion, with Hei Fu's ability, he can be a general. When the time comes, we will follow you and we will definitely make great contributions!"

"How can I be a general?" Hei Fu didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "I am just a small official, at most a garrison chief."

But Hei Fu was thinking about it in his heart. Although the garrison commander is small and needs to charge into battle, he has 50 people under his command, which makes him more likely to survive than ordinary soldiers.

If Wang Jian attacks Chu and recruits soldiers from all over the country, the soldiers of Anlu County will be led by the county lieutenant. Under the county lieutenant, the system is organized according to the hometown of the village. The garrison commander is a ready-made military officer. At that time, most of Heifu's subordinates were these people in front of him.

Although Dongmen Bao, Xiao Tao, Ji Ying, and Li Xian are not in high positions, they have their own strengths. They are completely qualified to be squad leaders and squad leaders.

If these people can be used as the backbone to form a squad, Heifu will be confident that he will not only survive, but also make more contributions! To plan a good future for unification!

"Should I use the excuse of preparing for the invaders as an excuse to let everyone practice martial arts with me and make preparations early?"

Just as he was thinking about it, suddenly, the pavilion father Pu Zhang ran in and said, "Pavilion Master, someone is looking for you outside!"

"Looking for me?"

Hei Fu and the others looked at each other, and then walked out of the pavilion together. When they came outside, they saw an old man with gray hair, leading a bay horse, standing outside the pavilion. It was "Ju" who went to the blind mountain with Hei Fu to save people.

Seeing Hei Fu coming out, Ju hurriedly bowed to him and said, "I meet the Pavilion Master. The Pavilion Master saved my daughter and sought justice for her. I have no words to thank you. Now I have a good horse and I would like to offer it to the Pavilion Master for transportation!"