Shi Le's expression changed dramatically. This was indeed a problem that could not be ignored. For a moment, he felt quite helpless. The key was that Zhao was in a passive situation. The Qin army could come and go freely, but he could not, so he had to guard and defend.

Shi Le didn't know how long it had been since he felt so sad, but at this time, he had to come up with an idea. No matter it was right or wrong, it was better than doing nothing and waiting to die. Every time that passed, Zhao Guo's

The situation becomes increasingly dangerous.

Shi Le started out as a slave, and the reason why he rose to power was not only his ability to take advantage of the situation and his amazing luck, but also his character's courage to fight and venture into the world.

He was not willing to be in a passive position of being beaten.

'Damn, if we can't get rid of the moth problem in the Tuoba tribe within two months, how can we, Zhao, compete with Qin?' Shi Le gritted his teeth fiercely and shouted: "Send the order, order Pu Ban and Shangdang

Each of the three passes has 50,000 elite cavalry. We must conquer Yanmen before December and drive out Bingzhou Tuoba!"

"Your Majesty! You must not do it!" As soon as Shi Le finished speaking, Zhang Bin shouted: "The Qin State has only been established for a short period of time and has insufficient foundation. This attack will definitely exhaust the treasury savings and it has no ability at all.

The King of Qin was not a reckless man and could not turn a blind eye to the large-scale troop movement and operations. Moreover, the King of Qin loved

Cherishing his reputation, he would never dare to rely on excessive levies to raise insufficient food and grass. Therefore, the ministers expected that he would not have any spare power to support the Linjin army to reinforce Heluo. He would only follow the advance battle plan step by step, attacking Heluo on the east road and attack Heluo on the north road.

Shangdang has three passes. For this reason, it is only safe for us, Zhao, to temporarily give up the annexation of the state!"

It has to be said that Zhang Bin has very poisonous eyes. The key point is revealed in one sentence. The key to Yunfeng's suffering is that he does not have much savings. Whenever the treasury collects food, he spends all the money spent on the expedition. This time he prepared

Grain and grass are still short of supporting the wheat harvest until next May.

At one point, it is about 1,200 miles from Linjin to Hulao. Unless it is absolutely necessary, Yunfeng cannot rashly reinforce Hulao with a large force. In other words, if Xiangguo cannot be conquered before the wheat harvest in May next year,

He will fall into another food shortage dilemma.

There is nothing that can be done about it. Although the Qin State has two major granaries, Yizhou and Hanzhong, if the grain from these two places is transported to Qinlong and the Hanzhong river has not yet been dredged, the losses on the way will be great if it is transported only by manpower.

It was an astronomical figure, almost half of which had to be eaten. Yunfeng had already suffered in this regard when he attacked Li Xiong.

Therefore, the food he used to conquer Zhao only came from Qinlong. The rice in Yizhou and Hanzhong could only be produced and sold locally, or it could be collected and stored as a backing for his third capital move.

If it is sold to Jiangdong, it will be impossible to transport it all the way to Qinlong.

Yunfeng recruited people from all over to dig Hanzhong river channels. In addition to promoting the development of commerce, transporting grain from Yizhou and Hanzhong to the north was also an extremely important reason.

Since the Qin and Han Dynasties, the overall trend of grain production in the north has been a spiral decline. For example, in Linjin at the foot of Yunfeng, in modern society, the yield per mu in a normal year is about 250 to 300 kilograms. Before liberation,

In the 1930s, the average yield per mu was less than 100 kilograms, and the most extreme was in 1939, when it was only 34.7 kilograms!

After a year of busy work, only a small amount of wheat was harvested. The farmers at that time could not survive by farming. Water shortage, desertification, and frequent wars were all factors that cannot be ignored. But the most fundamental reason lies in the repeated practice of more than two thousand years.

Farming has drained the land under our feet. The Yellow River has nourished the Chinese nation, but on the other hand, the Chinese nation's excessive demands have made it suffer from the Yellow River's revenge!

This is a fateful retribution. Yunfeng hopes that in the future Qin State, most of the food will be provided by the south with abundant water and heat, while the north will focus on restoring the ecology and planting high value-added cash crops, rather than destroying the land.

Destructive development.

Of course, this was just a dream before the canal network running through the north and south was spread, and Zhang Bin's proposal really hit Yunfeng's weakness.

"Hmph!" Xu Guang continued Zhang Binguan's words and said with a strange tone: "The war situation is ever-changing, how can we treat it uniformly? You said that a rotten old man is not enough to participate in the military. Then, how can you not know that the King of Qin is good at sending surprise troops?

How can you grasp Qin?

The army will not reinforce Heluo? Could it be that the great law enforcement is a roundworm in the stomach of King Qin? In my opinion, you first colluded with Murong Xin, and now you are giving bad ideas to the king. You are simply a person with ulterior motives! Please ask the king to take this opportunity again

Take it and hand it over to the Secretary for strict interrogation!"

"You..." Zhang Bin's face flushed with anger for a moment, but he was speechless. Murong Xin's betrayal of Zhao made him extremely passive for a while. Although Shi Le did not pursue it too much, Zhang Bin could vaguely feel that

It seems that he has fallen out of favor. On the contrary, Xu Guang's status in Shi Le's mind has greatly increased!

"Enough!" Shi Le waved his hand fiercely: "The great law enforcement officer has been around since childhood. He is loyal and has always had clever schemes. How could he have ulterior motives? Murong Xi is treacherous and hypocritical. It must be an unintentional mistake for the great law enforcement officer to be used by him. Ji

There is no need to slander Wu (named by Xu Guang), the court discussion ends here today, Tuoba must be expelled before twelve months!"

Although Shi Le reprimanded Xu Guang openly, he called him by his first name, while he addressed Zhang Bin by his official title. Yunfeng called his subordinates by their names to show their closeness. Shi Le was similar to Yunfeng in this respect. Xu Guang and Zhang Bin

The difference between closeness and distance is already obvious.

Although Zhang Bin did not sincerely help Shi Le, Liu Kun was seizing the day when he became emperor. He also hoped that Shi Le would last for a few more years and even defeat the Qin army and achieve a three-legged alliance. However, Shi Le's decisive decision broke the

of his fantasy.

"Corrupt Confucianism is harming the country, rotten Confucianism is harming the country!" Zhang Bin's face was full of hatred for steel, and he shook his head in disappointment, waved his sleeves, and walked out of the palace!

"Look, Your Majesty, this slut has no discipline and is so arrogant that he should be punished immediately!" Xu Guang then gave Shi Le a heavy hand.

Shi Le also had a clear angry look on his face. However, over the years, Zhang Bin had indeed made numerous contributions, large and small, for him. If Zhang Bin was punished just for disrespectful words, it would inevitably give people a feeling of being a widower.

The feeling of kindness.

Shi Le took a deep breath, forced away his anger, and waved his hand: "Forget it, he is old and it's time for him to rest. Let him go."

Shi Le's statement announced the end of Zhang Bin's political life. Although Xu Guang did not get all the credit, it was still a good result. However, could defeating Zhang Bin really help Zhao State get out of the crisis?

Before the Yellow River froze, no one knew.

As Zhang Bin left, all the officials also bowed and resigned. On the same day, the edict of Puban and Shangdang's three-passenger army was delivered to Xiangguo by fast horse to Bingzhou. In Bingzhou, Tuoba's family was not surprised.

Take down the Yanmen,

After that, they went all the way south and fought as far as Jinyang. However, with the timely reinforcements of Shiwanjie Zhao elite, the Tuoba clan's forward momentum was immediately blocked, and they retreated steadily. They managed to hold on to Guangwu and temporarily achieved evenness.

potential.

There was no way around it. The huge difference in equipment and tactical prowess made the Tuoba clan no match for the Zhao army. When they arrived, there were 80,000 cavalry. After the losses in the attack on Yanmen and numerous battles with the Jie army, there were only 60,000 left.

The Tuoba family suffered heavy losses.

In Guangwu City, the north wind was blowing hard. Although no snowflakes were falling, it did not take long for the accumulated water outside to turn into solid ice. Everyone was wrapped in thick fur coats. There were various signs that...

Winter has come.

It was like two different worlds from the outside world. The main hall of the county government was as warm as spring, and the charcoal fire in the corner made a roaring sound. Wei Si sat high at the head of the hall, with a worried look on his face, and a hint of regret.

She didn't expect that the Jie army would launch a full-scale attack. Who was it that made Shi Shi dare not send troops? If she were to see Pei Kuan again now, she would cut this stinky man in two without hesitation!

In the past few days, the Zhao army has obviously strengthened its offensive. Just as the Tuoba clan attacked Yanmen and violently attacked Guangwu City day and night, both sides suffered heavy casualties. Just an hour ago, the Zhao army had just withdrawn its troops.

Today, the Wei family is also in a dilemma. She left Yanmen and returned to Donggangen City. She was unwilling to accept it. During this expedition, 20,000 people died and no benefits were obtained, so she returned in vain.

, not only will they no longer be able to occupy Bingzhou as a base, but they will also be ridiculed by other chiefs of the Tuoba tribe, their reputation will plummet, and the unification of the Tuoba clan will be far away.

However, if you stick to Guangwu and don't leave, judging from the weather, the Yellow River will be completely frozen in a few days at most, and the Qin army will march into Bingzhou at any time. If the Qin army defeats the Zhao army, will the King of Qin keep his promise and give Bingzhou to himself?

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If you don't get the fruit, what can you do? Do you want to join forces with Shi Le to fight against the Qin army? Will Shi Le believe in you? Even if you win the Qin army, will Shi Le give up Bingzhou? Twenty thousand people in the clan died, and the soldiers

Will they let go of their hatred?

Weishi is not an innocent little girl. She understands the principle of eating as much as she exerts effort. When she fails to occupy all of Bingzhou, no one can say no even if Yunfeng does not give her an inch of land.

The extreme contradiction made Weishi feel more and more irritable. The key point was that the complexity of the situation in Bingzhou was far beyond her expectation. It was by no means the delicious meal she had originally thought of, but rice mixed with sand. If she didn't pay attention,

It will knock your teeth out!

"Mom! Mom! The Zhao Kingdom has withdrawn its troops!" Suddenly, Tuobana's voice came from a distance, and Weishi couldn't help but raise her head.

Tuo Banna rushed into the palace and saluted: "Mom, it must be freezing cold. Zhao Guo has been unable to attack Guangwu for a long time. He was worried that he would be attacked from both sides, so he retreated in a hurry. In my opinion, if I retreat, I might give up."

Bingzhou and retreating to Shangdang San Pass. This is a good opportunity for our army to regain the lost ground. Please order the pursuit immediately!"

"Let's go! Let's go to the top of the city to have a look!" Weishi didn't say much, and immediately stood up and walked out.

In fact, Tuobanna's guess was basically true. As the weather became colder, Shi Le finally gave up the illusion of defending Bingzhou and ordered the entire army to return to defend Shangdang Sanguan. At this critical moment, although he deposed Zhang Bin, he could only

Can trust Zhang Bin's judgment, and at the same time strictly ordered the remaining 30,000 defenders of Puban not to evacuate within ten days, so as to buy enough time for the main force to retreat.
Chapter completed!