MTL - Daily Life In Qin Dynasty-Chapter 147 heavy snow disaster

  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 State has turned into a piece of snow-white, and as far as the eye can see, it is covered with silver everywhere.

  Place 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.

  Mr. Mo rushed from Qinling Mountains to Xianyang. Looking around along the way, 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 Gongs'.

  Because of various reasons, the position of "Three Lords" in the court of Qin State is now vacant, so Jiuqing is now the nine highest-ranking people in Qin State except King 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 almost uncontrollable.

   "No courtesy."

  Ying Zheng opened his mouth, and then said: "Mo Qing came just in time, let's take a look at this battle report first!"

   "Battle report?"

  Ying Zheng's words made Mo Jun startled for a moment, but then he still took the bamboo slips from 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 100,000 troops in the "Wu Sui Battle", Zhao Guo Wu'an Jun-Li Mu personally led 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 100,000. Under the circumstances that the troops were completely at a disadvantage, Meng Ao and Li Mu fought for several rounds, and they were completely tied.

  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 strength of one person, one hundred thousand wolves dare not step through the Yanmen. He is known as the "Wolf Hunter" and 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 200,000 troops with an army of 100,000, without losing the wind in the slightest.

   As long as the 'Zhenyue' comes out of the body.

  Da Qin'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 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 inside the city, so that no one could survive.

  Although this is a bit of a disadvantage to Meng Ao.

   After all, he was fighting away, but his strength was twice as large as the opponent's.

  Under such circumstances, the daily food and grass consumption of Meng Ao's army is almost twice that of Li Mu.

   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 the most common thing in Qin now?

   is food.

   is a gold coin.

   is salt.

   You have Lord Wuan in Zhao State, but I still have Lord Shengping in Qin State!

   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's Mansion had collected more than ten million shi of grain. Even if he let his 200,000 army eat it, he would not be able to eat it for ten years. over.

   Qin, which was always poor and poor in the past, 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?

  My Daqin doesn’t have many other things now, but money and food.

  So the army led by Meng Ao was at a loss with Li Mu on the frontline battlefield.

Then······

   Zhao Jun gradually began to lose his hold.

   This point has nothing to do with Li Mu, 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, Mr. Mo 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. Therefore, the interior of the Qin State can now be regarded as "the sky is clear and the sky is clear".

   But even so, when the Qin State paid grain taxes during the autumn harvest, there were still a large number of local nobles evading taxes in various counties and counties.

   One can imagine.

  In the current state of Zhao, which has not even been purged internally, if they want to collect grain taxes, what will happen?

  Although Li Mu is strong, with such a group of pig teammates behind him, it is difficult for him to use his 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 that of his own, but he not only eats more than himself every day, but also eats better than himself.

  In this case, the morale of Zhao Jun will inevitably be affected.

   This situation lasted for three months.

  If energy consumption survives this winter, by the beginning of next spring, the food and grass logistics of Li Mu's army will basically be exhausted.

  Even if Zhao Guo will support food and grass later, they will definitely not be able to support the autumn harvest next year.

   That is to say.

  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.

   However, 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.

  Overnight, 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 went to war against such a snowstorm, even if he could finally capture the city that Li Mu was defending, Qin would inevitably suffer heavy losses.

   A victory that was already within easy reach, 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.

  Ying Zheng didn't believe in the so-called fate in the past, but this snow disaster was so coincidental that Ying Zheng couldn't help but start talking.

  This year's "new grain" is ripe for the first time, which is a year of great harvest in Qin State's century.

   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.

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 the last barrier of Zhao State.

   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 Ying Zheng 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 conquer the sky, what a saying is that man can conquer the sky. Mo Qing's words won the hearts of all! 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 disasters, 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 has suffered material damage, but 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 a 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. .”

   "The roads are now blocked by heavy snow, and people from all over the country are no longer able to enter the mountains to cut firewood. Some firewood merchants are also sitting on the ground and raising prices, and I am now worried about this."

  In this era, most ordinary people spend the winter at home, mainly relying on firewood and charcoal.

  Although winter was cold in previous years, the weather is not as bad as this year. Even if the winter weather cools down, you can go out to collect firewood, so you don’t 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. In this case, the firewood and charcoal prepared by many ordinary people's homes are not enough to survive the whole winter.

  Mr. Mo 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)