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After thinking for a while, Mr. Changping shook his head and said:

"The lieutenant knows something."

"If this monarch steals a living in Qin, why bother to descend to Qin?"

What this says is.

In fact, Mr. Changping didn't need to do anything if he wanted to steal his life.

The set that Shen Bing said was troublesome: first fled to Chu and became a king, and then persuaded Xiang Yan to subdue to Qin... As a result, Lord Changping was still in the same situation as he is now, still worried all day that Ying Zheng would kill him.

Not to mention the results and there is no improvement now, instead of living like this, it is better to just die, or simply be the king of Chu and Qin.

Of course, Shen Bing's thoughts are not that simple. He only replied:

"Mr. Changping knows Mr. Anling?"

Jun Changping nodded, then looked at Shen Bing thoughtfully:

"The lieutenant meant that... I negotiated with the king to keep his fief?"

Shen Bing replied:

"Exactly."

Jun Changping replied with some worry:

"But this Jun is not Anling Jun."

"The King will only be afraid..."

Shen Bingdao:

"The reason why Anling Monarch can keep Anling City is because of his willingness to descend, secondly because of the thick walls of Anling City, and thirdly because the surrounding area of ​​Anling is not done by Qin.

"That's why the king was relieved, so An Ling was able to keep the fief."

Jun Changping nodded in agreement.

This taking or not taking is actually a very delicate balance.

If Yingzheng can take Anling City with just one thought or a word, of course Anling City cannot be saved.

The problem is that it is difficult to obtain Anling City, and Anling's willingness to surrender is destined to not make a difference. Therefore, after weighing it repeatedly, Ying Zheng will let Anling Lord retain the fief.

Shen Bing continued:

"Why is Jiangdong not another Anling?"

Mr. Changping suddenly realized that he secretly said:

Come on!

There are Xiang clan and Baiyue tribes in Jiangdong, and the mountains are densely covered with dense water networks.

If you can ask for surrender on the condition of Jiangdong fief, wouldn't it be another Anling city?

Modern Jiangdong, namely Shanghai, Jiangsu, and Zhejiang, is a land of prosperity, but in ancient times this area was called a wild land because of the backward production conditions and the forest thorns and wild animals.

Therefore, Chu is always called the country of barbarians by other countries.

It is very difficult to march in this area.

This is the reason why the Xiang family was able to survive in Jiangdong for a long time and was finally incorporated by the Chu State. It is also the main reason why Chu State still maintains a noble fief...

Since entering the Warring States Period, with the development and requirements of the military, Qixiong has more or less carried out military and political reforms... If you don't reform, you will fall behind, and if you fall behind, you will only be beaten.

However, among the seven countries, only Chu has the most shallow reform, and it can even be said that it has made no progress.

The reason is that although there are nobles who are obstructed by the damage of their interests, more importantly, the country's topography and topography are special.

Chu is the only country in the seven countries with a large area south of the Yangtze River.

The area north of the Yangtze River is relatively flat and suitable for large-scale planting and harvesting, which was very important to the ancient times when productivity was not developed and transportation was inconvenient.

South of the Yangtze River began to have many mountainous and winding roads, which are extremely detrimental to life, production and irrigation.

The reason why modern people feel this is not obvious is because highways, highways, railways, tunnels, etc. have largely eliminated this disadvantage.

If you can only walk on a mountain road, you will have to climb a mountain from one small area to another... The difficulty can be imagined.

Similarly, marching operations in this area are extremely difficult.

If Chu State implements the system of prefectures and counties like Qin State, and takes all control power into the capital, then should the capital send troops to annihilate once there are thieves and bandits?

The soldiers sent from the capital can't adapt to the terrain and don't know how to fight. How many soldiers should be sent to destroy them?

Decades ago, the Chu State had a rebellion called "Zhuang Yu violent".

Na Zhuang Yu only brought thousands of soldiers and clansmen into the attack, and shuttled between the water net and the mountains and forests, and made the entire Chu country helpless.

In the end, it took more than ten years before Xiang Yan led Jiangdong eight thousand soldiers (private soldiers) all the way to chase and kill, and then the rebellion was put down.

Xiang Yan and Jiangdong eight thousand soldiers also became famous.

In the final analysis, this is actually a problem of control...Even the hundreds of thousands of troops of the Chu Kingdom cannot effectively control the mountainous and watery area of ​​Lingnan, so they can only rely on the noble private soldiers to solve it by themselves.

Therefore, the state of Chu cannot reform the system as drastically as other countries.

As a prince of Chu, Jun Changping knew these things. He stroked his beard and nodded and said:

"The lieutenant's words are reasonable, if the monarch only asks the Jiangdong wild land to take the place of Baiyue voluntarily, the king may be able to agree."

In this way, there is not much difference from Anling.

The same willingness to fall, the same easy to defend and difficult to attack, and because there are not many development scenarios in the wild land, then why not Yingzheng?

If Ying Zheng were to forcibly conquer this area, what benefits would he gain?

But as soon as Mr. Changping spoke, he said:

"But the lieutenant thought...Chu has no hope at all?"

Mr. Changping asked this boldly.

But now that everything is up to this point, Shen Bing also knows Lord Changping's attempt, so what can't you say if it's just a cut?

Shen Bing understood this after hearing this.

In fact, Lord Changping still holds a glimmer of hope for Chu.

Just like the Lingnan area mentioned earlier, if you can't defeat it, you can retreat to Lingnan to live a hard life.

But Shen Bing shook his head and said:

"Mr Changping's words are wrong."

"The king's purpose is to unify the Central Plains."

"The reason for staying in Anling City is because it has been brought down to the Qin Dynasty, and Ruoanling has not yet descended..."

"Duke Changping thought that the king would lose his eternal reputation because of Anling City?"

Jun Changping was taken aback, then he sighed after thinking about it.

Although Shen Bing didn't say it clearly, Lord Changping understood it.

The same goes for Lingnan in Chu State.

Although it is very difficult for Lingnan to use troops and does not have much benefit, if Lingnan does not surrender...

At that time, Qin will be able to unify the Central Plains by this one, and can he stop?

At that time, the Qin State was not short of food or soldiers, and the army would continue to flock to Lingnan, even if the thousand-year-old trees would be uprooted, wouldn't it be trivial to destroy them?

Therefore, Mr. Changping's idea is dangerous and unrealistic.

At that time, I'm afraid I won't have this chance in a corner.

Lord Changping thought for a long time, and finally made up his mind and nodded his head heavily, and said to Shen Bing:

"Thanks for the lieutenant's advice."

"This monarch will never forget his life. If he can get his life by chance in the future, he will repay the lieutenant for his life-saving grace."

Shen Bing quickly answered:

"Jun Changping is serious, his subordinates are just talking, don't worry about Changping."