Chapter 3 Zhuge Lianbi

One day in the early winter of 208 BC, in the southern study of the Qin Empire.

Han Xin, Meng Tian, ​​and important officials in the court, such as Xiao He, Fan Tianshi, Zhang Liang, Li Xin, etc., were all present. Everyone had bad expressions, and Fusu, who was sitting on the imperial throne, looked even more serious!

Suddenly, Fusu patted the handle of the imperial throne and said with a sigh: "Now that the Donghu has been destroyed, and after the Huns annexed some of the Donghu tribes, they are even stronger. The strategic advantage of the three-country union that I have worked hard to overcoming the Huns has been half broken, especially in terms of cavalry strength, it has changed from advantage to disadvantage. The situation is serious! My dear friends, what do you think?"

"Your Majesty!" Meng Tian stood up and said, "Due to the lack of strategic mobility in our country, I estimate that the target of the Huns' attack in the next step will be the Great Yuezhi. Because with the current cavalry strength of our country, it is impossible to pose much actual threat to the Huns, so the Huns only need to use a small amount of troops to restrain our army like this time, and their main force can boldly advance westward to fight the Great Yuezhi. Once the Great Yuezhi is defeated, the strength of the Huns will inevitably further expand, and it will form a pincer attack on our country from the north and the west, and its strategic advantage is very obvious. Therefore, I believe that if our Great Qin should expand the cavalry power as soon as possible, otherwise when the Great Yuezhi is defeated by the Huns again, the price we pay for will be injuring the Huns completely! Please ask Your Majesty for the Holy Tribunal!"

Li Xin also raised up and said, "Yes, Your Majesty! With Maodun's shrewdness and the Qin traitor's guidance, the Huns will definitely see the benefits of taking the Great Yuezhi first and then doing their best to me. Therefore, if you cannot build a considerable cavalry force before the Huns attacked the Great Yuezhi, the consequences will be unimaginable!"

Fusu frowned and said, "It's not that I don't understand this, but it's hard for a good cook to cook without rice! Our country's horse farm is not long after it is established, and it will achieve results at least two or three years later. But I see that the Huns have digested the strength of the Donghu for only two years, and then they will attack the Dayuezhi. Therefore, our country's horse farm is no longer worthy of it. Where do you want me to do horses?" Fusu was so worried that he couldn't sleep well these days!

Han Xin suddenly said, "Father, my son has two suggestions to solve the urgent problem!" Fusu was excited when he heard this and said anxiously: "Oh, what good advice does Xiner have?"

Han Xin smiled and said, "Has my father forgotten that I had received more than 100,000 Donghu tribes from Erchen who were in Yan? I carefully checked that the total number of these Donghu people was about 150,000, with about 160,000 horses and 600,000 cattle and sheep. In other words, as long as the court officially accepted them as the people of our Qin State, treated them well, and gave them a piece of land to survive, then they would definitely help us Qin State attack the Huns because of their deep hatred with the Huns! In this way, from them, Qin State can obtain 30,000 elite cavalry and 100,000 excellent war horses, and can build 100,000 new elite cavalry within two years! I believe that it can solve the urgent need for my father!

In addition, we can quickly raise some funds and goods to introduce tens of thousands of war horses from the Yuezhi people, and then another cavalry of about 50,000 people can be formed within two years. In addition, the existing more than 100,000 people in our country, our Daqin will have a cavalry force of 250,000 people in two years. Although it is not enough to surpass the Huns in all respects, the 200,000 cavalry of the Dayuezhi can also have the power to fight against the Huns! Once we survive this difficulty, after our seven major horse farms start to produce large quantities of war horses, we don’t have to worry anymore!”

Fusu was overjoyed when he heard this, "Xin'er is really my blessing. I almost forgot those Donghu people! Very good, Xin'er, you are proficient in horses, steps and water battles, so I will let you sit in Yan land and build a Biaorui strong team with 30,000 Donghu soldiers and 100,000 good horses!"

"Yes, Father!" Han Xin bowed and took the order and said, "But, how can the father completely settle those Donghu people?"

Fusu thought for a while and said, "Will you tell them with my will: Although they are already people who are destroyed, I, Daqin, will not discriminate against them. As long as they are willing to surrender to my Daqin, Daqin will give them national treatment and enjoy the same rights and obligations as all the people of Daqin. Youbeiping County and Yuyang have many pastures and fertile land. You can place them there. What is missing? The government will make up for it. The court will withdraw some money and hand it over to you to take! Also, tell them that I, Daqin, respect their religious beliefs and living habits, and will never force them to change. However, they must also abide by the laws of Daqin. If there is any violation, they will also be punished! Furthermore, Xiner, tell the officials in Yan land to respect the customs of these Hu people. Occasionally there are small precepts and there is no need to worry too much, but the great sins cannot be forgiven!" "Yes, Father!" Han Xin nodded!

Xiao He suddenly said: "Your Majesty, I believe that these Donghu people should be broken up, and that they should not be the same clan, otherwise it will be easy to cause trouble! Furthermore, the laws that these Hu tribes need to be formulated as soon as possible, otherwise sooner or later will cause friction with our Qin people. If there is a disaster in the border, I will regret it even more!"

Fusu thought about it for a while and thought, "These Donghu people are new and are still in shock. If they are broken up, they will inevitably cause unnecessary resistance. Therefore, this discussion will be put aside for the time being and will be discussed in the future. At this time, we should focus on appeasement! As for the law, Li Qing, your Dianke Office has been responsible for managing ethnic minority areas in China before. It should have certain legislative experience. You will combine Xiao Xiang and Fan Xiang to formulate a special set of laws applicable to Donghu as soon as possible. This overall framework cannot be changed too much, but you should try to make some adjustments based on the characteristics of the Hu people, and achieve the standard of "law, reason, and human feelings" as much as possible, with the main goal of respecting their current living habits. Do you understand?"

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Li Shiqi nodded.

Fusu looked at Zhang Ji again and said, "Zhang Qing, it seems that you have to send you Dayuezhi again! You can prepare quickly. After spring, the snow melts, and then go out to Longxi again. Go to the Dayuezhi to exchange for more good horses for me as much as possible!"

Zhang Ji hurriedly stood up and said, "Don't worry, your Majesty, you are here to serve the country and the people, Zhang Ji is here to stay!"

"Very good, sit down! Li Xin and Zhang Ji exchanged the good horse from Dayuezhi, and then you will be left to train a large number of cavalry in Xianyang. I don't have to worry about your abilities, but hurry up, because the Huns will not give me a lot of time!" Fusu said to Li Xin again.

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, I will train you another elite cavalry that is enough to fight for you as soon as possible!" Li Xin also looked confident.

Fusu thought about it again to see if anything was missing, and suddenly said: "Also, Zifang, you must quickly let the soldiers of the Qin Dynasty build all their efforts to increase the production of steel weapons, and use the strictest system to ensure the excellence of weapons! Also, Fan Xiang, "Qin Feng" should infiltrate more of the Xiongnu, and use a lot of money to buy greedy people in the Xiongnu tribe to obtain important information. You must also hurry up the assassination of Zhao Sheng, a traitor bastard of Qin! Do you understand?"

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Zhang Liang and Fan Tianshi received the order.

"Okay, the discussion has ended here today. You all go back and do your own thing! You must remember the words "Time is not waiting for me" and let me complete the full combat preparations as soon as possible!" "Yes, Your Majesty, I, please remember!" The civil and military officials responded and retreated one by one, with everyone's face solemnity!

In the blink of an eye, winter went and spring came, and the people's livelihood situation within the Qin Dynasty further improved. The old people of Donghu in Yan were also properly resettled. In addition, the three wise ministers of Xiao He, Fan Tianshi and Zhang Liang took care of military and political affairs on their behalf. The emperor Fusu was very relaxed. Some things every day were handled in only half a day, and the rest of the time began to think about some strategies to strengthen the army!

Suddenly one day, Fusu made a plan and ordered Zhang Liang, Mo Ban and Ying Bu to come to the palace to see him!

The three of them were summoned to enter the Nan Study Room. Lu Zhi temporarily resigned as she was about to give birth to the Nan Study Room and was replaced by Huo Feng. Huo Feng followed Fusu for a long time and knew Fusu's temper clearly. After serving tea for Zhang Liang and the other two, she obediently retreated!

Fusu said excitedly, "Young Masters, I thought of a very good tactic yesterday that can effectively deal with cavalry with infantry, and it is more flexible, lighter than the cumbersome joint army formations now, and it is easier to cooperate with our cavalry. In this way, our army can use certain infantry to relieve the pressure caused by less cavalry!"

Zhang Liangqi said: "Oh, there is such a magical technique, please give me a try!"

Fusu took a scroll from his hand and smiled and said, "Come on, put a few tables and tables together, I will tell you!" Zhang Liang and the other two stood up and put several tables and tables in Nan Study together. Fusu placed the scroll on it and slowly spread it out.

When Zhang Liang and the other two saw it, they were four pictures of troops deploying their troops. They were very vivid and reflected Fusu's versatile skills.

Fusu smiled and said, "My painting is mediocre, so please don't laugh at me, but you should be able to see it clearly! My idea is this: to build a new light infantry, their main equipment is: four-edged nails, or caltrops. This little thing mentioned in "Taigong Art of War" that no matter how it is thrown, they have a spire facing upward; guns are similar to the spears used by our army now, but they are only 1 twelve feet long and very light; single crossbow, this is nothing strange, our crossbow soldiers

I won't say much about it if I have been using it all the time; the crossbow is a weapon I have recently thought about. The crossbow arms of this crossbow are very wide and can be equipped with ten steel crossbows, one crossbow and ten arrows, but the range is estimated to be not far, and it can only be between a hundred steps and one hundred and fifty steps; the Wugang car is a combat vehicle used by the Wei army in the War of Waste City. This kind of vehicle is usually used to transport food and supplies, but it can be used to form a car array during wartime, and the outermost side is covered with sharp blades facing the enemy.

After talking about the weapons, I will talk about the combat methods of this new recruit. Please look at the first picture:

When our infantry was moving, the enemy cavalry suddenly attacked, then our infantry should immediately surround the Wugang chariot into a circular formation and face the blade outside; secondly, they immediately sent light troops to spread caltrops thirty steps outside the formation, extending to about a hundred steps; then several spearmen were set up in the gaps between each two Wugang chariots to protect the gaps in the circular formation, and the crossbows stood behind the spearmen and shot the enemy cavalry with a long range. This formed a complete defensive formation, which was the schematic of the first painting!

The meaning of the second painting is as follows: When our army's formation is completed, the enemy cavalry will attack. About three hundred steps away, our crossbow soldiers will start to shoot at the enemy cavalry with precise single crossbows. In this way, when the enemy cavalry advances to the front of our chariot formation, our single crossbow soldiers can shoot about three rounds, which will effectively consume the considerable strength of the enemy cavalry.

The meaning of the third painting is as follows: When the enemy cavalry advances to the front of our chariot formation, the single crossbow soldiers can still continue to fire, but at this time the crossbow soldiers begin to show their power. Because the enemy cavalry is more dense at this time, the killing of ten arrows of the crossbow will be very impressive, and a large number of enemy cavalry and war horses will be shot down. Once they fall to the ground, they will be injured by the caltrops and they will not have the power to fight again. Even if the lucky person escapes the massacre of single crossbows and crossbows, their war horses will find it difficult to safely rush through the dense caltrops formation without any damage! In these 100 steps, my crossbow soldiers can fire about two rounds. With such dense killing, there are very few enemy cavalry generals who can rush through the caltrops formation. Although at this distance, the enemy cavalry can also shoot at our chariot formation with short bows or light crossbows, the solid Wugang chariot can block a considerable number of arrows and effectively protect our soldiers behind the chariot formation from harm!

The intention of the fourth picture is as follows: the few remaining cavalry of the enemy cavalry rushed through the caltrop formation and advanced to the edge of our chariot formation, but was blocked by the sharp blade of our Wugang car, so it was difficult to break into the chariot formation for a while. Our army alone, crossbow soldiers can take the opportunity to continue firing behind the chariot formation to kill the enemy formation, while the spearmen use a spear between the gaps of the Wugang car to kill the enemy formation that they wanted to break into here. After further depleting the enemy's last living power, our spearmen rushed out of the Wugang car formation and launched hand-to-hand combat with the enemy cavalry, and finally annihilated it!

This new formation is called "Wugang Chariot Formation". What do you think I have this idea?" After Fusu finished speaking, he looked at the three of them with a smile.

Zhang Liang suddenly slapped the table and laughed: "Wonderful, Your Majesty is such a genius! If you really train troops strictly according to this formation, I see a new infantry with a thousand people can stand invincible against at least two thousand enemy cavalry!"

Ying Bu also said happily: "Yes, Your Majesty, such a new infantry is much more flexible and faster than the joint army formation. It should be able to keep up with the cavalry and fight in general battles, which can effectively make up for the shortcomings of our cavalry! Moreover, these Wugang chariots can be dragged by some horses. When the chariots are unbuttoned, they can form an effective cavalry force. When they are used in the end, they can greatly enhance the rapid counterattack power of the chariot and help to wipe out the enemy cavalry!"

Fusu smiled and said, "Oh, that's right, I've forgotten this! In this way, this new infantry not only has the power of infantry combat, but also has a certain power to transport food, and can be self-sufficient to a certain extent, and its combat power is quite powerful!"

Zhang Liang and the other two nodded repeatedly, smiling. Fusu looked at Mo Ban again and said, "However, the caltrops, crossbows, spears, and Wugang chariots involved in this need to be developed by Momen. Without Mo Qing's help, my new infantry is just talking about war on paper!"

The Mo Ban had been pondering just now, and replied after hearing this: "Your Majesty, this iron caltrop, spear, and Wugang car is not difficult to make. I can formulate a complete production process and produce finished products within one month, but these ten consecutive crossbows are a bit difficult to deal with, because my Momen has never developed such a sharp weapon, and it may take some time!"

Fusu smiled and said, "Actually, I have drawn it clearly in this picture. It is similar to the principle of a general single crossbow, except that the crossbow arm is greatly widened, and the crossbow bow and crossbow arm must be strengthened, otherwise it will not be able to withstand the powerful counter-smashing force of the ten arrows in a row! Also, the crossbow string must also be strengthened, otherwise there will be no way to shoot these ten arrows out of a hundred steps. Of course, since this crossbow has extremely high requirements for the arm strength and reaction speed of our soldiers, it is difficult to train a qualified crossbow soldier. However, the crossbow soldier can be regarded as the essence of this new infantry, so the Momen must take out the finished product of the crossbow as soon as possible. The Taiwei Mansion must train 50,000 qualified new infantry for me in one and a half years to catch up with the use of the Huns in the Battle of the Great Yuezhi! Of course, if there is anything that needs to be improved in reality, I will do it myself, mainly to suit actual combat! How about it, can it be done?"

Zhang Liang, Ying Bu and Mo Ban looked at it and felt a lot of pressure, but it was difficult to refuse. He said in a deep voice: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, I will do my best and never slacken with it!"

"Okay!" Fusu was very happy and handed the scroll to Zhang Liang and said, "This scroll will be given to you for reference. I am waiting for your good news!" "Yes, Your Majesty! I will leave!" Zhang Liang and the other two responded and took the scroll to retreat!

Fusu secretly rejoiced in his heart: "This new formation method is derived from Zhuge Liang's military use. In the past, Zhuge Liang used this chariot formation to deal with the powerful cavalry of the Wei State, which was successful many times! Especially because of the existence of crossbowmen, the Wei army was afraid of Shu like a tiger and almost never dared to pursue the Shu army! And our Qin infantry has this new formation to help, which can effectively serve as the support and supplementary force of the cavalry, and also enable the cavalry to fight with peace of mind without worrying about the logistics of food. It can be said that it will be a hit in one fell swoop! It's wonderful!" Fusu was proud for a moment, as if he saw the wonderful prospect of Qin's new infantry defeating the Hun cavalry!

Suddenly, Huo Feng walked in quietly and said softly: "Your Majesty, aren't you going to see Sister Lu Zhi today? She is about to give birth. She has been a little scared these days, afraid of the cold and the dark! This is how poor women give birth to children for the first time. Now Your Majesty is not too busy, why not accompany her?"

Fusu smiled and said, "Yes, I have been busy with some military affairs these two days, so I have neglected her! Let Sister Feng accompany me!" As he said that, he took Huo Feng's hand and headed to the "Changmen" Palace where Lu Zhi lived, with a relaxed look on his face!

At the end of April 207 BC, Lu Zhi added another son to Fusu, and Fusu named Yinghui, which he loved very much!

At the same time, the three kingdoms of the Xiongnu, Qin and Dayuezhi were very calm on the surface and rarely attacked each other, but everyone was secretly accumulating strength and preparing to put their opponents to death!
Chapter completed!