The banner with the word "Chu" swept into a long dragon, and the soldiers marched briskly along the road to return to the court.

The wind in early spring is still a bit bit bit bit bit bit, but the snow on the ground is already very thin, and the ground has been exposed again in many places, and there are wet water traces left after the snow melts everywhere.

Naturally, the sledge is no longer needed.

Xiong Wuliang sat on his bronze chariot, tightly wrapped in a fur cloak, tilting his head, half asleep and half awake, his head swaying along with the bumpy chariot, tilted sideways in an inconspicuous manner

Get dressed.

But the surrounding sergeants would not look at him strangely because of this - in fact, when these Chu soldiers looked at Xiong Wuliang, their eyes were full of reverence.

It was this young master who once again led the Chu army to victory on the battlefield!

The Quyang Hou Banner with one corner missing looks particularly majestic, as if it is coated with a layer of undefeated myth.

"Master, master?" Zhao Hua gently pushed Xiong Wuliang to wake him up: "Wake up."

Xiong Wuliang rubbed his eyes and sat up, looking very lazy.

Zhao Hua couldn't help but laugh - this king of his family still looked like a familiar lazy person.

The shrewdness in his calculations against the Qin people, the decisiveness in the attack on Wuguan, the ruthlessness of Xianyang City... it was as if they had never appeared before!

Zhao Hua glanced at Chuan Yong who was not far away, and lowered his voice: "My lord, if you are planning the affairs of Bashu, you should start as soon as possible."

Xiong Wuliang's sleepiness disappeared, and a smile appeared on his lazy face: "Zhao Hua, as expected of you."

This callus is like a roundworm in Xiong Wuliang's belly.

Almost all of Xiong Wuliang's calculations and methods were expected by Zhao Hua.

That's right - the reason why Xiong Wuliang forgave Chuan Yong was to manage Bashu! He extended his hand to Qin's rich granary!

Despite the lively fighting this winter - in fact, Qin's vitality has not suffered much damage.

Losing the land of Danyang is nothing to the Qin State. Anyway, they also snatched the land of Danyang from the Chu State, and they have no intention of managing it carefully... Losing the Wuguan Pass will have serious consequences, but in the final analysis, the Wuguan Pass is just

It's just a military fortress.

The loss of Wuguan really sent chills down the spines of the people of Qin... But from an economic perspective, a fortress does not bring much tax revenue, so Qin did not lose much national power for this reason.

Xianyang was burned randomly by Xiong Wuliang, and many civilians and even nobles died... Many bustling streets were burned to the ground by kerosene. Although it looked miserable, the economic losses caused were not huge.

As for the heads of Qin soldiers and civilians who were beheaded by Xiong Wuliang... this was quite a stretch, but it was not difficult to recover.

In just five or six years, today's young children will become men, and then there will be a new batch of soldiers and a new strong labor force.

All in all - Qin lost miserably this time and lost a lot of face... but its overall national strength can be restored within a few years.

If you want to fundamentally defeat Qin, the best way is to take away Qin's Bashu region!

Bashu has not been included in the territory of Qin for a long time, but it has fully demonstrated its important economic value.

With the large granary of Bashu in hand, Qin will hardly be short of food.

The purpose of Xiong Wuliang's surrender to Chuanyong was to put a hand in Bashu and see if he could use this Ba man to leverage Qin's rule in the Bashu area.

This is not a fantasy - in fact, the people of the Bashu region have been resisting Qin's predatory rule.

As long as Xiong Wuliang adds fuel to the flames on this basis...even if he can't promote Bashu's independence and restoration, he can make Qin, a large granary, unstable, and he'll still make money.

"Chuan Yong." Xiong Wuliang raised his voice: "Come here."

Chuan Yong turned around and saw that it was Xiong Wuliang who was calling. He immediately ran over and said diligently and respectfully: "The general is here! The general is here! What are your orders, my lord?"

Xiong Wuliang and Zhao Hua looked at each other, and Zhao Hua smiled and said kindly: "Just now, my lord and I were discussing the story of Bashu... Since you are from Ba, you might as well answer our questions and tell us about the current situation in the Bashu region.

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Chuan Yong nodded and bowed to Zhao Hua - he knew that the scholar-looking man in front of him was Xiong Wuliang's confidant, so of course he did not dare to offend him.

"Recalling Mr. Hua's words - Bashu has a long history, where will it begin?"

Zhao Hua smiled and said, "Let's start from before Qin attacked Bashu."

Chuan Yong: "Before the Qin State attacked the Bashu region, there were two countries - one was the Ba State and the other was the Shu State."

"The Kingdom of Ba was enfeoffed by the Zhou people, and the royal family with the surname Ji... As for the Kingdom of Shu, its history is even older. Before King Wu conquered Zhou, it was a very powerful country. At the time, King Wu of Zhou called on the princes of the world to attack the merchants. In ancient times, Shu

This country is one of the 'Eight Kingdoms'."

"More than ten years ago, the Qin State took advantage of Bashu and Bashu to attack each other, and in the name of 'persuading peace', it went down the river and destroyed Bashu and Bashu at the same time..."

Xiong Wuliang and Zhao Hua looked at each other and smiled.

The Qin State has always been so devoid of martial ethics.

Ba and Shu were located in the Sichuan Basin of later generations, surrounded by high mountains. Dense bamboo forests and poisonous insects and beasts formed a natural line of defense.

Unless the two countries of Bashu and Bashu open their doors to collect theft, it will be extremely difficult for the armies of the Central Plains countries to invade the Bashu Basin.

If the Qin State did not respect military ethics and only talked about "persuading peace", the two countries of Bashu and Bashu did not resist the Qin soldiers entering Sichuan... I am afraid that even if they spend ten times more troops, they may not be able to extend their tentacles into the Bashu area.

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Chuan Yong gave another lengthy introduction.

All in all, the Qin State has now captured the Bashu region, but the foundation of its rule is still relatively weak.

The Qin State wanted to be gentle, so it set up "Shu Hou" in the Bashu area. Ying Tong, the son of King Huiwen of Qin, was the first Shu Hou, and Chen Zhuang was the prime minister of Shu... As a result, Chen Zhuang killed Ying Tong and openly raised troops to rebel against Qin, seeking independence.

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The final result was that Chen Zhuang was killed, and after the Qin State quelled the turmoil, the second Marquis of Shu was now established.

But the resistance of the Shu people is still fierce!

After all, the ancient Shu Kingdom has a long history, and the ancestors of the Shu people can be traced back to the mythical period... Of course they do not want to be ruled by the Qin Kingdom, a foreign "Xirong barbarian".

Countless Shu people fought one after another, using their blood and lives to resist the rule of the Qin people.

At the upper level, there were ruthless people like Chen Zhuang who fought against Qin; at the lower level, there were countless Shu people who spontaneously formed guerrillas to attack Qin's rule.

In comparison, the resistance of the Ba people was much weaker.

Xiong Wuliang became very interested, stared at Chuan Yong and asked with a smile: "It sounds like the Shu people are not willing to be bound by Qin Rong."

"Didn't the Ba people resist?"

Chuan Yong said honestly: "My lord is unaware of something - compared to the tough and rough Shu people, the Ba people are much docile."

"Of course Qin's taxes are very heavy, so now there are people from Ba who want to resist...but it's a pity that there is no leader."

Xiong Wuliang and Zhao Hua looked at each other and were both happy.

OK, it does sound like there's a chance.

People’s support is available!

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Chapter completed!