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Chapter 507 Han Fei's Rebellion
There were 30,000 when we set out, and there were still 30,000 when we came back!
However, the 30,000 soldiers who returned now are different from the 30,000 who went out to the expedition. In addition to 10,000 veteran Tang soldiers, the remaining 20,000 are newly recruited former Chu army prisoners.

In fact, in most battles during the Warring States Period, the prisoners were directly used to supplement the army's own forces. After all, the world's population was only over 30 million, and it was easy to send out tens or hundreds of thousands of troops. If the soldiers could not be used multiple times, hundreds of years of war would have wiped out the population long ago!

The reason why Bai Qi was criticized was because he killed too many people. When others captured prisoners, they would either convert them into auxiliary soldiers on the spot or keep them and wait for the other side to pay for their redemption, but he was the only one who would kill people at will.

In response to this, Bai Qi said that he also had his own difficulties. At that time, the Qin State was seriously short of logistics due to years of war, especially the Battle of Changping, which was a battle for the destiny of the two countries. Everyone knew that Zhao Kuo was good at talking about military affairs on paper, but in fact, the Zhao State no longer had food and grass to supply the 400,000-strong army, so it could only use Zhao Kuo in exchange for Lian Po to fight for a chance of survival.

In fact, the Qin State was unable to hold on at the beginning, and the two sides were competing to see who could last longer. It was obvious that the Zhao State could not outlast the Qin State!
Bai Qi also had a headache facing the 400,000 surrendered soldiers, because the Qin State at that time did not even have enough food to supply itself, so how could there be any extra food to distribute to these prisoners?
So he had no choice but to go all out and kill the captives.

To be honest, although Bai Qi's action made him bear the infamy of being a butcher, it did break the backbone of the State of Zhao. The State of Zhao went from being a powerful country that was originally qualified to compete for the world's number one power to a defensive country that could only retreat to the second line, just like the State of Qi that was crippled a few years ago. It no longer had the spirit and resources to fight for the world.

Although many people in later generations admired Bai Qi, Li Qingyuan said that if they were to go and slaughter foreign races, it would be natural to let Bai Qi be the general, Jia Xu be the military advisor, Cheng Yu be the logistics, and then let Chang Yuchun and Huang Chao be the left and right vanguards. It would be just for fun!
But now that it is a civil war, it would be better to kill as few people as possible.

Moreover!
Compared with the Tang troops under his command, these Chu soldiers are much stronger in terms of discipline and combat effectiveness. If the original Tang army could only fight favorable battles, then after the addition of these Chu troops, they can barely fight a few offensive battles!
As for their loyalty?
loyalty!

Still loyal!

Did these Chu soldiers only know that they were paid as soldiers after they were captured? Did they even get three meals a day and clothing and fabrics in the barracks?

My goodness, these days even small nobles don’t dare to have three meals a day, and even some monarchs can only eat two meals a day to show their frugality.

Eating three meals a day and being full every time, this is simply the life of a king!
What's more, Li Qingyuan also promised that he would give them land as long as they served in the army for a certain number of years. Immediately, these soldiers said that they were Tang people and had no idea what the Chu State was!
Lamenting the passing of time and the mountains and rivers of one's homeland are the privileges of rulers and nobles. For ordinary people, as long as they can have enough food to eat and their own interests are not harmed, they don't care whether they are managed by the Zentraeds or Megatron.

"How is your family now?"

After returning to the palace, Li Qingyuan directly summoned Jingwei and asked.

"Some rebels took the opportunity to rebel, but I killed them all! However, there was a white-haired guy who was quite strong, so I let him run away!"

Li Qingyuan personally led his troops out to snipe the Chu army. Han Fei and Zhang Liang, who were hiding in the city, immediately contacted their former students and officials to prepare for an armed seizure of power.

Unless one kills all the people in Chang'an like Huang Chao did, trying to exterminate the nobles is like trying to exterminate all the cockroaches in your home, which is almost impossible.

Judging from the strength on paper, it is a sure win. It has been less than three months since Tang replaced Han, and Bai Yifei's search of the entire city of Xinzheng made all the nobles waile. Even the vast majority of the soldiers are still from Han. Even inside the palace, it is said that King Han's favorite concubine, Concubine Hu, is in power. It can be said that this so-called Tang Kingdom has not changed at all except for Li Qingyuan who suppressed it with his powerful military force.

Moreover, the five countries were now attacking the Tang Dynasty, and it could be said that all the internal and external troubles were concentrated together. Han Fei felt that as long as he raised his hand, he could immediately make Xinzheng switch sides.

Well! Han Fei's calculations were not just empty talk. After all, his calculations seemed to make sense.

But!
Reality and ideals need to be discussed separately.

The remaining nobles are indeed willing to provide help to this Korean prince, but if you want them to stand up and resist openly, they say that you should take the lead and set an example first!

However, those original Korean soldiers simply ignored this young master Han Fei. When the King of Han was still alive, they could only eat half full every day at most. Now, not only can they eat their fill, but their whole family can also have enough food. Just based on this favor, even if the King of Han was resurrected, he would be stabbed to death by them, let alone Han Fei, a young master who had no sense of existence to begin with?

As for the people of Xinzheng?

Although people have not yet developed to the point where they spontaneously support the King of Tang, they will not miss the King of Han who levied heavy taxes a hundred years later!

So!

The strategy of just raising a flag to gather people's response and make the whole Xinzheng riotous turned into a small-scale rebellion of hundreds of people. Upon hearing the news, the Jinyiwei immediately rushed to suppress it.

These Jinyiwei were all knights recruited by Jingwei from various countries. In fact, to put it bluntly, they were members of the ancient underworld. They had no sense of patriotism. The original Korean soldiers were somewhat restrained when facing Han Fei, the Korean prince, but the Jinyiwei had no such concerns.

Although Wei Zhuang was known as Guiguzi's disciple, he was not even twenty years old now and his strength was far from what he would be fifteen years later. Although he had an overwhelming advantage against the Jinyiwei who swarmed over, he was immediately at a disadvantage when Jingwei made his move.

Jingwei is ranked first in the Luotian class, and his strength is almost at the weak sect leader level. Especially during this period of time, he has been training every day with Li Qingyuan, and his strength has not only not declined but has increased a little bit.

It is obviously wrong to use grandmaster and master to grade the strength in the Qin world. The masters here should be divided into legend, top, leader, and then first, second, third rate and so on.

The legends are naturally about a few background bosses who have never taken any action, such as Bei Mingzi, Donghuang Taiyi and the like.

The top ones are Wei Zhuang and Gai Nie fifteen years later, who are above the legendary leader.

The leaders are various masters who appeared in the later period, such as Xiao Meng, Funian, Yan Fei, Yue Shen, Hei Bai Xuan Jian, etc. Jing Wei is about this level.

Wei Zhuang will definitely be stronger than Jing Wei in fifteen years, but the current Wei Zhuang is really no match for Jing Wei.

(End of this chapter)