Daily Life In Qin Dynasty

The heavy snow came too suddenly.

Overnight.

From the north of the Qinling Mountains, half of the Qin Kingdom turned into white. As far as the eye could see, the land was covered in silver.

Put it in the hereafter.

Such a scene may make people sigh that it is particularly enchanting.

However, at the moment, the snow-white scene in front of me is the most cold-blooded scythe of the God of Death.

Mo Jun rushed from Qinling Mountains to Xianyang. As he looked along the way, he saw at least thirty or forty houses that had collapsed in the heavy snowfall last night.

Seeing such a scene, Mo Jun frowned and said, "Heiyu, speed up."

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In Xianyang Palace, the number of ‘Nine Ministers’ has reached eight.

As for the ‘Three Dukes’.

Due to various reasons, the positions of the 'Three Dukes' in the Qin Dynasty's court are now vacant, so Jiu Qing is now the nine highest-status people in the Qin Kingdom besides the King of Qin.

When Lord Mo 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 'Jiu Qing' all bowed their heads and remained silent.

"My lord, please pay homage to your Majesty."

Seeing Lord Mo's arrival, Ying Zheng's expression finally softened a bit, but he was still majestic and cold, with a hint of violence deep in his eyes, as if he could no longer suppress it.

"No gift."

Ying Zheng spoke, 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 couldn't help but be startled for a moment, but then he took the bamboo slip handed by the chamberlain. After just one glance, Mo Jun understood why Ying Zheng looked so ugly.

This is a battle report written by Meng Ao from the front line.

After Meng Ao destroyed the entire 100,000-strong army of Zhao State in the Battle of Wu Sui, Li Mu, Lord Wu'an of Zhao State, personally led the army to the front line and faced off against Meng Ao again after many years.

It can only be said that the "Four Famous Generals of the Warring States Period" lived up to their reputation. They only commanded an army of 100,000 people. With the military strength completely at a disadvantage, Meng Ao and Li Mu fought for several rounds, and the outcome was completely indifferent.

Because Li Mu is not only proficient in the art of war, but also proficient in the art of Qimen Dunjia and military formations.

With the power of one person, he prevented a hundred thousand wolves from taking a step through Yanmen. He was known as the "Wolf Hunter" and also known as the "God of Military Formations".

This is Lord Wu An—Li Mu.

Relying on the Qimen military formation that was as stable as Mount Tai but still flexible and flexible, Li Mu used an army of 100,000 to fight against Meng Ao's 200,000 troops without losing the slightest advantage.

As long as that one 'Zhenyue' is out of the body.

Da Qin's army would never be able to cross the border of Zhao State.

But similarly, although Meng Ao can't help Li Mu, Li Mu can't help Meng Ao either.

Meng Ao had suffered a big loss at the hands of Li Mu before, so this time he faced Li Mu again, and Meng Ao became more cautious.

Since Li Mu and the Zhao army could not retreat, he simply set up camp outside the city and did not rush to attack. Instead, he confronted Li Mu inside the city. No one could live in peace.

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

After all, he was fighting away from home, and his troops were twice as strong as his opponent's.

Under this situation, the daily food and grass consumption of Meng Ao's army was almost twice that of Li Mu.

But...so what?

Your State of Zhao is still the State of Zhao a year ago.

But our Qin country is no longer the Qin country it was a year ago.

What is the most popular thing about Qin now?

It's food.

It's a gold coin.

It's salt.

You, the State of Zhao, have Lord Wu'an, but our State of Qin still has Lord Shengping!

Meng Ao didn't bring much of anything during this expedition, but he brought a lot of food and grass. The first batch of rations alone lasted almost a year.

Moreover, after the autumn harvest in September, Meng Ao heard that the treasury in Zhisu Neishi Mansion had received more than 10 million shi of grain. With so much grain, even if his 200,000 troops were allowed to eat it, they would not be able to eat it for ten years. over.

The Qin State, which had always been barren and poor in the past, suddenly became so wealthy that even Meng Ao was not used to it.

So now Meng Ao can build boldly and vigorously.

Isn't it just a waste of money?

Isn’t it just consumption?

I, Da Qin, don't have much else now, except that I have a lot of money and food.

So the army led by Meng Ao started fighting with Li Mu on the frontline battlefield.

Then······

Zhao Jun gradually began to be unable to hold on.

This has nothing to do with Li Mu, the main reason is that Zhao Guo behind him is not doing enough.

Nowadays, the internal situation of Qin is considered the cleanest among the seven countries.

Since Yingzheng ascended the throne, the three major forces within the Qin State, Lu Buwei, Lao Ai, and Qi outside Chu State, were completely destroyed and collapsed.

Later, Lord Mo launched 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 Qin State can now be regarded as "clear and 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 in various counties and counties evading taxes.

One can imagine.

What will happen if the Zhao State, which has not even been cleansed internally yet, wants to collect grain taxes?

Although Li Mu is strong, with such a group of pig teammates behind him, it is difficult for him to use even the six-god suit.

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, Zhao Jun's morale will inevitably be affected.

This situation lasted for three months.

If the energy consumption lasts beyond this winter, Li Mu's army's food and fodder logistics will basically be exhausted by next spring.

Even if Zhao will support grain and grass later, they will definitely not be able to support next year's autumn harvest.

That is to say.

As long as the consumption continues, even if Li Mu is the 'God of Military Formations', he will not be able to make a difference.

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 heavy snowstorm came too suddenly and too quickly.

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 faced such a snow disaster and started a war, even if he could finally capture the city that Li Mu held firm, Qin would inevitably suffer heavy losses.

A victory that was already within reach was brought to Zhao State out of thin air by this sudden snowstorm.

It was as if God was blocking Qin.

And this is what makes Ying Zheng the 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 murmur.

This year's 'new grain' ripened for the first time, and it was supposed to be a great harvest year for the Qin State in a century.

It can be said that the Qin State now has abundant troops and sufficient food and grass. It is a good time to gather momentum and display its grand ambitions.

As a result, just when the momentum was at its peak, Qin suddenly suffered a 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 rotten people in the Zhao Kingdom may not be able to see clearly, but bystanders like Ying Zheng and Meng Ao know very well that Li Mu is no longer as simple as a general in the Zhao army, but is similar to a 'military soul' The presence.

Li Mu now 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 in a matter of seconds.

Even taking a step back.

In this battle, Meng Ao was unable to directly attack the Zhao capital "HD", but as long as Li Mu was defeated, the Qin army would go straight in and occupy the entire Taiyuan.

Once Taiyuan is captured, it means that half of Zhao will be captured by Qin.

But at this time, a heavy snow fell from the sky. No matter how you look at it, it feels like God is deliberately going against Qin.

"I never believe in fate, I only believe that man can conquer nature."

Seeing that Ying Zheng was so young and already had a tendency to 'pursue gods and seek immortals', Mo Jun spoke decisively.

Hearing these words, Ying Zheng's eyes brightened slightly, and then he said: "Man can conquer heaven. It's a good saying that man can conquer heaven. Mo Qing's words have won the hearts of many people! So in Mo Qing's opinion, how can this disaster be solved?"

Mo Jun cupped his hands and saluted: "Your Majesty, the most important thing right now is not the battle situation on the front line, but the snow disaster that is spreading rapidly. This snow disaster is coming from north to south, so the top priority right now should be to take advantage of the situation of the people in Xianyang and nearby areas. , respond as early as possible before encountering a greater disaster."

"As for counties further north that are already experiencing disasters, they should dispatch personnel as soon as possible to organize disaster relief."

This snowstorm struck from north to south, so although some places in the Xianyang area close to the Qinling Mountains have suffered material damage, the casualties are not too many.

Therefore, the most critical thing at the moment is not the victory or defeat on the frontline battlefield, but that we should seize the time to reduce the upcoming losses on Qin's side first.

Ying Zheng nodded. In fact, before Mo Jun arrived, Ying Zheng had already discussed this matter with the other court officials.

But everyone is stuck on one problem.

"What Qing Mo said makes sense, it's just a matter of disaster relief... This year the Qin State has a large grain harvest. Although there is no shortage of food in various places, the heavy snowfall came suddenly, and all counties and counties were not fully prepared, and there was a shortage of firewood and charcoal. ."

"Now that the roads are blocked by heavy snow, people from all over the country are no longer able to go into the mountains to collect firewood. Some firewood merchants are also raising prices, and I am also worried about this now."

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

Although winters have been cold in previous years, the weather is not as bad as this year. Even if the weather cools down in winter, you can still go out to collect firewood, so you don't need to prepare too much firewood and charcoal at once.

Then this year's heavy snowfall directly cut off the possibility of civilians going out. In this case, the firewood and charcoal prepared in many civilian homes was not enough to survive the entire winter.

After hearing this, Mr. Mo thought for a moment and said: "Since there is no firewood and charcoal, let's use Shi Nie!"

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