Chapter 47: Actively Prepare for War
After a while, the crowd in front of the palace gate left reluctantly. Many of them couldn't help but turn around and look at the smaller figure standing in front of the palace gate after walking a while.
Liang Ji also watched these young Liang people leave.
It was not until the last person walked away that she turned around and said with an insatiable mood: "Li He, I did it..."
Looking at the expectant look on her face, Li He nodded and praised with a smile: "Yes, Shaojun, you have done a great job."
Looking at the smile on Li He's face, Liang Ji's face turned red slightly, and she whispered in a bit of shyness: "It's not very good... I just said what you taught me..."
Li He smiled and said, "But he was devoted to his feelings, right? If you just copy my words, you will not be able to impress these people. In short, you did a great job."
Hearing Li He's praise, Liang Ji's slightly red face filled with a smile.
From the side, Dong Liangjun's eyes twitched slightly, and he saw him standing in front of Li He quietly, bowing to Liang Ji and saying, "As General Li Wubai said, Shaojun's performance today is very outstanding..." As he said, he changed his tone: "Youngjun will still meet the clans in Shaoliang City later, so why not go back to the palace to rest for a while."
"But……"
Liang Ji tilted her body and tried to look at Li He who was blocked by Dong Liangjun, but Dong Liangjun was dragged back to the palace with a stern face. She was pitiful and helpless and could only look back at Li He frequently.
『This old man…』
Li He was speechless.
At this time, Wang Yi led Wang Zheng to Li He, and bowed to Li He with a wry smile and apologized: "Li Wubai Generals forgives his crime. In fact, my father also admires Li Wubai Generals' talents very much, but when it comes to Shaojun, my father will inevitably be a little... vigilant."
"alert?"
Li He raised his eyebrows and showed a strange look on his face.
Does Dong Liangjun think he has any thoughts about Liang Ji?
It's ridiculous! How old is Liang Ji? He is just a teenager. He, Li He, would treat a little girl in her teenage years old...
Suddenly, a sweet and sly smile flashed through Li He's mind.
Um...
After coughing, Li He nodded in understanding and said, "If it were me, I would have taken some precautions."
"It's good that General Li Wubai can understand." Wang Yi smiled, and then said to Li He seriously about Liang Ji's performance just now: "Looking at the performance of the young master today, it should be able to encourage the Chinese people to fight against the Qin army together, but most of the Chinese people have not received any training..."
"So you have to hurry up and train." Li He turned his head and looked at Wang Zheng, suggesting: "When Shaoliang's people were aroused by Shaojun's fighting spirit, Wang Sikou might as well recruit soldiers immediately and speed up training..."
"I'm afraid it's too late?" Wang Zheng frowned and said, "The Qin army attacked me, Shaoliang, only one month long, and only half a month short. What can I practice at this time?"
"Just teach them how to defend the city." Li He reminded.
Wang Zheng woke up from his dream and suddenly realized, "Do you only teach me how to defend the city? This is... no, I'm afraid it's still hastily."
Li He was not worried, and shook his head and said, "Wang Siko just cared about training troops, and the rest was handed over to the front line... At that time, we will try our best to buy time for the rear."
Wang Yi and Wang Zheng knew that the front line Li He mentioned refers to Zhiyang and Dongliang, and also refers to the 20,000 soldiers currently in Shaoliang.
However, it is difficult for these 20,000 soldiers to resist at least ten times their enemy.
Wang Jie made a solemn promise: "I promise that the rear side will do everything possible to ensure the supply and demand of the front-line army."
Li He felt a little moved in his heart, and turned to Wang Yi and said, "When it comes to supply and demand... Can the eldest son find a way to contact Wei and ask Wei to support Shaoliang a batch of food, grass and military supplies?... They asked me Shaoliang to weaken the Qin army as much as possible. Couldn't we pay some?"
Weakening the Qin army as much as possible is a task assigned by Wei to Shaoliang, or a condition proposed by secretly dealing with the Zhai clan. In fact, the same is true for the Wang clan. If the Wang clan wants to temporarily send Liang Ji to Wei to avoid disaster, he must agree to this condition of Wei.
Therefore, when Li He mentioned this, Wang Yi was a little embarrassed, even though his father and son made this deal with Wei State for their own clan.
He thought for a while and said, "It should be no problem to ask Wei to transport some food over, but for the military... I am afraid that Wei may not agree. You also know that they are fighting with Zhao now."
Li He snorted lightly and said, "Then tell the King of Wei that my Shaoliang will use the whole country to fight against the Qin army. If he could transport some arms, maybe my Shaoliang could severely damage the Qin army..."
Wang Yi looked at Li He with a wry smile and said, "I'm afraid the King of Wei will not believe it."
"Anyway, I don't have any money, so why not trust me a little? What if I, Shaoliang, get the protection of God, really repel the Qin army?"
"this……"
Seeing that Li He was talking interesting, Wang Yi chuckled and nodded, "In this way, I will go to Anyi in person, invite the King of Wei to present this matter, and try my best to persuade the King of Wei to help me with a batch of arms..."
"It's not aid." Li He corrected: "Wei State only provided a batch of arms for me, Shaoliang, to fight against his old enemy, Qin. Wei State paid food and arms for the casualties of the Qin army, while Shaoliang, I, the sacrifice of the people, exchanged the military for Wei State's arms. This is just a transaction, and we don't owe each other!... The eldest prince should not provide any assistance to anyone in Anyi, so as not to leave any evidence in the future."
Wang Yi looked at Li He in surprise and nodded thoughtfully: "I understand."
"Also, I heard that there were 7,000 defenders of Wei in Yuanli. I hope that the eldest prince could send someone to persuade the generals of this Wei army and ask him to abandon Yuanli when necessary and go to Dongliang... If I guess correctly, once the Qin army invades me Shaoliang, the first battle will probably break out in Dongliang."
"This matter is probably not easy... Once the Herong Kingdom falls, the Qin army will take over Heyangyi of Wei. Xiayangjun, who was stationed in Yuanli, will most likely ask his soldiers to defend Heyang to death... I would like to ask Mr. Yin to talk about Xiang. My father will probably accompany the young master to lobby Zhucheng in recent days. Mr. Yin will go to Yuanli as an envoy, which is the most appropriate."
"Well, then please, the eldest son."
Li He, Wang Yi and Wang Zheng chatted while returning to the palace.
Before noon, Shaoliang Palace invited the patriarchs of various clans in Shaoliang City in the name of Liang Ji and Dongliang Jun.
Perhaps I heard some news this morning, or I had learned from other channels that the Qin army was about to invade. In short, the clan leaders of all clans were invited to come, and no one was absent.
Of course, the clans and families that were related to the Zhai family should be excluded.
"... Please help me!"
Like in front of the palace gate this morning, Liang Ji sincerely asked for help from all clans.
Maybe it was because I had experienced it once that this young girl, who was nearly teenager, performed much better than this morning, which surprised the clan leaders of the clans present.
As several clan leaders who were familiar with the Wang clan happily agreed, most of the clan leaders hesitated and accepted Liang Ji's request.
Actually, they have no choice.
Just like the Hu clan, the old fox and Hu Fei and his son were not afraid of the Qin army, but they knew that even if they took their clan members to escape the river and fled to the east of the Wei Kingdom, the Wei Kingdom would not accept them and give them precious land.
If there is no land, what can you use to support the tribe?
Therefore, they had no choice but to resist Qin with Shaoliang.
There was no way out of retreat later, and Liang Ji surrendered the emperor before, so naturally these clans had no choice but to agree to advance and retreat with Shaoliang.
The next day, Si Kou Wang Zheng seized the time and recruited soldiers in Shaoliang City.
At this time, the deeds of Liang Ji Jiangzun's request for the Chinese people had spread throughout Shaoliang City, and the bold statement she learned from Li He: If you unfortunately die, you will be buried in Shaoliang!
A teenage girl is so bloody, how could the men in Shaoliang City retreat?
If they do not stand up to defend the country at this moment, not only will they be ridiculed by other men, but even women will probably look down on them.
As a result, the conscription areas in Shaoliang City were full of people. Some were fathers, some were brothers, and some were sons. The young and strong men from Shaoliang rushed to the conscription areas with the support of their parents, wives and children at home and rushed to the conscription areas and joined the army. The scene was so hot that the recruited military officers rushed to report to Shaoliang Palace.
Liang Ji also responded to the support of the Chinese people for her. She was petite in military uniform and took Dongliang Jun and Li He to the conscription office at the intersection of the street to thank every Chinese who was present, especially those Shaoliang men who resolutely joined the army despite the danger.
Originally, at the suggestion of Li He, she had planned to shake hands with the Chinese who joined the army one by one, thanking them for their efforts for Shaoliang, but this matter was snatched away by Dongliang Jun. So the new soldiers who were originally excited to shake hands with Liang Ji only shook the rough hand of an old man...
Although Dong Liang Jun is also a big shot in his Shao Liang, if it were on weekdays, these new soldiers would probably have to brag about it, but this time, they would inevitably feel a little regretful.
Through this incident, Li He understood that this old man was not targeting him, but all men trying to get close to Liang Ji.
Now, Dongliang Jun does not restrict Liang Ji from contacting women and children in the city - well, boys are only under the age of six.
Immediately, when Liang Ji, dressed in military uniform, gently hugged an aunt in her thirties and thanked her for allowing her husband and two sons to fight for the country, the crowds of people all over the street burst into applause under the leadership of Li He.
On that day, Siko Wang Zheng recruited nearly 5,000 soldiers in Shaoliang City, almost exhausting all men aged fifteen to thirty-five in the city.
Not to mention Wang Zheng, Dongliang Jun couldn't believe this number.
Two days later, Liang Ji brought Dongliang Jun and Li He to Fanpang and Old Liang, and inspired the whole city to the people of the country.
Perhaps it was because there was no way out or choice, or perhaps it was really inspired by Liang Ji's sincere request. The people of Fanpang and Old Liang were like Shaoliang City. Not only did men join the army, but even the women encouraged their husbands and sons to fight for the country.
With just three cities, nearly 15,000 new soldiers were obtained.
Although this force is not worth mentioning compared to the Qin State, which has hundreds of thousands of troops, it fully reflects the will of Shao Liang to unite the enemy and to unite the whole country!
However, there are counterexamples.
On the same day Liang Ji lobbied Fanpang City, Zhiyang Doctor Zhai Ying, with his Zhai clan and his subordinates, took a boat at Jinkou east of Fanpang City, preparing to leave Shaoliang with his property.
Chapter completed!