Chapter 1475: The Last Battle of the Han Dynasty (One Hundred and Sixty-Five) Years Ago (Part 1)

Not surprisingly, Mao Wei was sentenced to death.

Zhou Yu obtained two spectator tickets through the Zhou family's relationship, and took Wang Ming to attend the trial. The former Da Qin Mao Houye looked haggard and gray-haired. It was hard to believe that he was just a young man. A forty-year-old man in his prime. However, his ugly appearance of crying bitterly and begging for his life on the trial bench made Wang Mingda disgusted.

"Since he was destined to be killed, why bother to hold such a trial?" Wang Ming said dissatisfiedly when he returned to Zhou Yu's home in Jicheng and sat at the wine table that Zhou Yu had practiced for him.

"In Han, no matter who you are or what crime you have committed, you can defend yourself. In Jicheng, there is a profession called lawyers, which is actually what we called lawyers before. But in Han,? These people have more status. They are all people who are proficient in the laws of the Han Dynasty, and they are also a group of people who are well aware of the loopholes in the laws of the Han Dynasty." Zhou Yu smiled and said: "Everyone is accused. Criminals can hire lawyers to defend themselves. The prosecutor's office initiates public prosecutions and the Supreme Court conducts public trials. I heard that in previous trials, cases were often overturned because the law was not perfect and there were many loopholes. These loopholes were solved by lawyers. Use it to exonerate criminals.”

Wang Ming asked in surprise: "Could it be that their court allowed these litigants to do whatever they wanted and had to release this person even though he knew he had committed a crime?"

"Of course." Zhou Yu nodded and said: "This is called procedural justice. Every time a loophole is exploited, some laws will be changed and modified to plug the loopholes. In Jicheng, the most famous lawyer The appearance fee is quite astonishing, I’m afraid it’s beyond your imagination.”

"It's incomprehensible. If these people are allowed to mess around, the law will be violated." Wang Ming shook his head.

"No, I just think this is a good system, because if there are loopholes that are exploited by lawyers, it means there is a problem with this law. This kind of procedural justice. It was proposed by the King of Han himself, and with his support, The judicial officials of the Han Dynasty had no choice but to find loopholes in the law themselves to prevent criminals from going unpunished. The king of Han Gaoyuan called this the progress of civilization. "Zhou Yudao. "Actually, people like me also like this system very much. At least because this system exists, people like me with dirty foundations will not be embarrassed because of it."

"There are too many things that I don't understand, understand, or figure out." Wang Ming shook his head. "Perhaps it will take me a lifetime to understand how the King of Han established such a large and powerful country in more than ten years, and how he consolidated the foundation of the country and made the country's power flourish."

"This is exactly what I want to know. This is why I decided to settle in Jicheng, because this is the capital of the Han Dynasty. Here, I can learn and collect first-hand information." Zhou Yu laughed and said: "Wang Ming, don't think that if you stay away from the Central Plains and arrive in Xin Qin, you can avoid the strong wind of the Han Dynasty that sweeps everything away. As far as I know, Xin Qin learned many policy strategies from the Han Dynasty. After you go there , you will soon find out,

Wherever the Han people are, the influence is everywhere. The King of Han called Xin Qin a country of brothers, and I think there is a great meaning in this. "

"You mean that one day, the Han Dynasty will still use troops against Xin Qin?"

"That's not necessarily true." Zhou Yu shook his head and said, "Maybe one day, Xin Qin will return without a fight."

Wang Ming gritted his teeth. "We will work hard not to let this happen."

"Then I wish you all the best!" Zhou Yu said with a smile: "Maybe one day, I will bring my newspaper to your Xinqin."

On this day, Wang Ming was very drunk and Zhou Yu was very drunk.

On the day Wang Ming left Beijing, Mao Wei was sentenced to death. People all over the city rushed to tell each other and rushed to the execution place to see the traitor being hanged. A carriage drove in the opposite direction with the people and left Jicheng. , and ran towards the distant Mengchi.

Half a month later, in Mengchi, where the headquarters of the Third Military Region is located, Zhao Xilie led officials from the Third Military Region to see Wang Jian, Wang Ming and others off.

After cooperating with He Xingxiong to eliminate tens of thousands of Wang Changyong's elite Qin troops, Wang Jian's purpose of sending troops has been achieved. Next, the Han army will attack Qin. The Han army that has freed up its hands no longer needs Wang Jian's help. Emotionally speaking, Wang Jian is never willing to go out and trample on his homeland himself.

This line of work was very satisfying for Wang Jian. Not only did he get more weapons and ammunition from the Han Kingdom, but he also unexpectedly obtained the surrender of 40,000 southern frontier troops led by Wang Ming. With these 40,000 elite troops Joining it will greatly alleviate the dilemma of a serious shortage of Qin people in New Qin, and also alleviate the problem of insufficient familiar soldiers when fighting against the cannibals. More importantly, he has attracted investment from several arsenals and smelting plants in the Han Dynasty, including Bao Fenfengrui. These manufacturers will invest in and set up factories in Xinqin, bringing advanced ordnance technology and smelting technology to Xinqin. Go, this has always been what Wang Jian has dreamed of, although he paid the price of handing over the National Bank to Jishi City Commercial Bank to host it.

Wang Jian thinks it’s worth it.

But Han also felt it was worth it. Regarding the New Qin established by Wang Jian, the initial strategy of the Han Dynasty was to use soft power to slowly penetrate that area. It was really not worth spending a lot of effort to conquer that area, and in the past two years, due to the situation in the Central Plains and Wang Jian's The regime formed an alliance. Wang Jian is very well-behaved and honest. Looking at this, he will never let the Han Kingdom find any excuses. More importantly, the members of the Great Council feel that peace should be achieved after the war has started. , destroying Qin will be the last battle of the Han Dynasty at this stage, and then it will be the time to concentrate on construction. The two huge places of Chu and Qin were enough for the Han State to operate well for many years before they could reach the current level of the Han State. There are really too many business opportunities here, too many opportunities to make a fortune, and launching a foreign war is really not in the interests of the vast majority of people.

Faced with this attitude of the Great Council, the Political Affairs Hall began planning a multi-year plan very early on. After this plan was presented to Gao Yuan, he named it the Peace Peace Plan with a stroke of his pen. Start putting it into practice. The entry of Hitchhiker is just the first step, a stepping stone. Next, the entry of a large number of Han merchants and workshops will bring new ideas to Xin Qin. The Han Dynasty must thoroughly serve Xin Qin economically and ideologically. A great change is coming to man.

Gao Yuan believed that as the Han Dynasty became more and more powerful and civilization became more and more advanced, New Qin would sooner or later be in the hands of the Han Dynasty. The wheel of history is rolling forward, and it will never be diverted by human will. All things that are out of date will eventually be eliminated. Gao Yuan regarded this passage he learned in school in his previous life as a treasure and believed it deeply. The advanced will eventually eliminate the backward. Even if there are twists and turns in the process, history will never go backwards.

Just as Wang Jian bid farewell to Zhao Xilie and led his troops on their way back, He Lanxiong's army was advancing towards Shannan County. Years ago, the Han army had one last battle to fight, which was to capture Shannan County and completely open the northern part of the Qin State to attack. aisle. But this time, the more than 30,000 troops of the Third Army were not advancing lightly. A large number of horse-drawn carriages were accompanying them, dragging artillery pieces one after another. The accompanying caravans transporting logistics supplies stretched endlessly for dozens of miles. .

And He Lanjie's vanguard team has arrived outside Shannan County. The Han army once again appeared in Shannan County. Last time, they lost Shannan County, and General Feng Fayong died here. Five years later, the Han army finally sounded the clarion call for counterattack.

Fan Zhang, the garrison general of Shannan County in the Qin State, and Zhu Qiang, the deputy general, stood on the top of the gate tower. They looked at the Han army vanguard outside the city with horror as they were like ghosts, flying quickly and unscrupulously on the thick snow. Running around the county town, ten days ago, they had learned that Wang Changyong's entire army had been destroyed, and that there were few survivors in the tens of thousands of troops. In shock, Fan Zhang wrote to Xianyang, requesting the dispatch of reinforcements, and at the same time sealed the city gates and summoned Be brave and prepare for war with all your strength.

The memorial requesting for reinforcements fell into the sea, and there was no news again. However, the Han army had appeared outside Guancheng at an extremely fast speed. The original garrison of Shannan County was only more than 20,000 people, but this time Wang Changyong went out to fight. , half of the Shannan County garrison was taken away, but they were all destroyed on that prairie. Fan Zhang felt that that prairie was the curse of Dazuo, which had devoured the lives of many Da Qin men.

As Fan Zhang was on pins and needles, the Han army gathered more and more. Camps were set up, forts rose from the ground, and the black cannons exposed their barrels like a demonstration, showing off to the Qin army above the county. With their grace. The Han army was not in a hurry to attack, but this pressure made the morale in Shannan County lower and lower.

Tens of thousands of troops went out to fight and were completely destroyed. How could the small number of troops in the city withstand the Han people's tiger and wolf army? Fan Zhang understood that after the emergence of artillery, it was many times more difficult to defend the city than before.

News finally came from Xianyang. There were no reinforcements, only a cold order. They were to defend Shannan County and fight until every soldier was killed. They were not allowed to retreat even half a step.

After the desperate Fan Zhang presented the last memorial to Xianyang, he walked up to the county tower, fully clothed and holding a roll of quilt.

At the end of December, with the rumbling artillery bombardment, the last battle of the Han army years ago finally kicked off. Hundreds of artillery bombarded the city wall, and the entire city trembled amidst the roar of the artillery. This huge Guancheng, which was lying on the Huolan Pass, collapsed piece by piece, and most of the buildings on the city wall were mercilessly flattened by the artillery.

Relying on the ultra-long range of artillery, the Han army fought a completely asymmetrical war. In the early days of the war, any enemy in front of them could only shrink their necks and endure the unscrupulous bombings of the Han army, with only hope in their hearts. The moment the opponent's infantry launches an attack. (To be continued.)