The surrounding officials were silent and looked at each other. They didn't expect that their majesty would have such courage to completely let go of the thousands of miles of land and millions of people that they might obtain.
"But, Your Majesty, your doing this will certainly make these princes happy, but it will also make them feel defensive. How can anyone want nothing and work for nothing?" After hearing his emperor's decision, Cao Cao felt that it was right. But he still brought up the loopholes he discovered.
Yes, being courteous for no reason is either adultery or theft!
He sent troops to help the Six Kingdoms defeat Qin in vain, but he didn't take any of the land he grabbed and gave it to the Six Kingdoms. Like a saint who has no desires and desires, how can he make the six countries feel relieved
I am afraid that after happily accepting the land, the six countries are secretly guarding Yuguo. They may stab Yuguo at any time for some reasons, causing this alliance united by life and death to fall apart.
Human hearts are always fickle and evil. Never think of people too noblely. They are willing to kill brothers and fathers for profit, not to mention politicians who play with people's hearts.
"That's it, Cao Aiqing, what you said is not bad. Then I will change it and change it to no land, as long as the population, money and food are enough. In this way, the six countries will not doubt me as the ruler of the country!" After hearing Cao Cao's advice, Zhong Yu was also enlightened for a while. He didn't expect that people's hearts are unpredictable, so he changed his strategy.
"This is not enough. We also need a reason. Why don't we want land? After all, for the princes, land is often more important than population!" Cao Cao said the current situation of the world.
Nowadays, among the seven countries in the world, each country’s importance to land should not be mentioned. Let’s take the current overlord of the world, Qin, as an example.
The Qin State started from a land of a hundred miles, and after hundreds of years of hard work, it gradually seized large areas of land from the barbarians in the west, and finally emerged as a vassal state with a land area of thousands of miles.
How many people died among them, how many kings died on the battlefield in the open territory, and how many hardships they experienced? Put up a high platform and talk for three days and three nights and it will be difficult to finish.
The only thing that can be used to summarize is that in the war to expand the territory and defend the country, the bodies of the Qin people who died could cover every inch of Qin's land.
This is true for the Qin State, which is located on the western border and surrounded by a large number of barbarians that can be conquered. What about the Six Kingdoms, which are located in the hinterland of the Central Plains and surrounded by powerful countries? I am afraid that the obsession with land is even more persistent than that of Qin.
"What's the reason? This is easy to handle! Our country is now tens of thousands of miles away, but its population is less than 6 million. It's so vast and sparsely populated that it's hard to describe. This reason should be enough." Cao Cao had just finished speaking. , Zhong Yu immediately responded.
"One more thing is that the land of Qin is far away from the Yu Kingdom. There are several countries such as Han, Zhao, Wei and Yan in between. Even if it is taken over, it will not be easy to manage. It is better to use these lands to exchange for more people and enrich the current land of the Yu Kingdom." Listen. When it came to Zhong Yu, Cao Cao added another reason, making Yu Guo's reason even more impeccable.
"Haha, okay, as expected of Cao Aiqing, you are very pleased with me! I will do as you say!" After laughing a few times, Zhong Yu felt very happy. What he was worried about was soon solved after discussion with several advisers. Solved, how can we not make him happy
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The goal has been set, and a series of plans and various means have been launched around this goal.
The 100,000-strong army in Yuguo's homeland was quickly assembled, and the 100,000-strong armies of the Xiongnu and Ding Ling and Sushen from the north were also assembled a month later, and went south to join the army of Yuguo.
The 100,000-strong coalition force of Ding Ling and Su Shen was not the main force, but a partial army, allowing them to harass Qin in the north and draw down Qin's energy.
Therefore, with their 100,000 troops, the Yu Kingdom did not send any of their own troops from other Yu Kingdoms to accompany them to supervise and supervise them.
He only sent a few staff officers with the army to monitor and provide some useful strategies to the coalition forces of the two tribes, hoping that they would cause greater damage to Qin.
The 100,000 Xiongnu troops are different. They will follow the Yuguo's 100,000 troops south to the land of Han and Zhao, and be divided into two parts. The imperial kingdom, which was also divided into two parts, each sent 50,000 people to form an army of 100,000 people, distributed in the two countries.
At that time, on the battlefield, these Huns' troops will be the best cannon fodder for the imperial country. They will undertake the most dangerous missions, the most deadly head-on confrontations and sieges.
In short, the role of the Yuguo's 100,000 troops is to serve as a supervising force to drive these 100,000 Xiongnu soldiers firmly to the front line of the battlefield and consume them all, thereby weakening the Xiongnu's already greatly reduced strength.
From now on, the Xiongnu could only become a dog under the imperial command, beating wherever he pointed without daring to have the slightest dissent.
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The gathering speed of the coalition forces this time was extremely rapid, which perfectly reflected the reason why they were called the Seven Heroes of the Warring States Period.
It is worthy of being a country built from war. Hundreds of years of war have allowed various countries to establish a perfect mobilization system.
In just three months, the six countries that joined the alliance had already sent their fully recruited troops to their respective borders with Qin.
This kind of efficiency can completely make those dynasties in later generations, who spent several months or even a year recruiting tens of thousands of troops, want to commit suicide in shame.
Yan State, Zhao State, South Korea, Wei State, Chu State, each of these countries, as the orders of their kings were passed down, one after another men took up the weapons passed down from generation to generation and prepared themselves. The prepared food and fodder responded to the king's call and gathered in each city. After gathering to a certain number, they embarked on a new journey.
However, this time, the war will not end in just one or two years or even a few months as these people think.
And they will end the war and return to their hometown after losing 20 to 30%, or even more than half.
Because this time the war, under the bait that Yuguo is about to release, will last for an unimaginable and unprecedented time.
The armies of those five countries will do their best to encroach on the land that Qin will spit out due to the greed of their kings.
Those soldiers will also fight unremittingly against the Qin army for these lands.
Until one party is exhausted or too full to swallow any more. The war will end.
However, nothing has been implemented yet, and those soldiers naturally do not know the fate they are about to face.
(End of chapter)