For Zhiyao, the conquest of Dongshan Heidi was just a training exercise.
What he didn't know was that the scale of this military deployment alone reached the limit of a second-rate vassal state.
Many vassal states may not have more than 2,000 fighting troops. A second-rate vassal state can be considered very impressive if it can produce two Zhou Li "armies".
How many soldiers were there in the "army" of the two Zhou rites? Including the chariot soldiers, there were a total of 25,000 soldiers.
Zhiyao used four "divisions" organized by the Jin State. The strength of one "division" of the Jin State was 7,500 soldiers, and four "divisions" equaled 30,000 soldiers!
However, the force used by the Zhi family on Heidi in Dongshan this time was almost approaching the total force of the Han family and the Hu family who jointly marched south.
In other words, the Han family and the Hu family, plus some small and medium-sized nobles, gathered together an "army" to go south.
Zhishi used a "division" of troops and spent nearly four months to conquer "Gaiyu" and capture alive the big leader of Dongshan Heidi and a group of small and medium leaders. The war ended just before the onset of winter.
"Transform Hu into Summer?" Zhiyao actually didn't quite understand how I turned Hu into Summer.
No one can explain what happened a long time ago. After it was Ji Zhou's turn to become the co-lord of the world, he was a member of Zhu Xia. On the surface, he didn't care about blood, but about culture, especially the degree of recognition in etiquette.
In fact, if you are willing to implement the etiquette of Zhu Xia, you will definitely have cultural recognition. If everyone implements the same etiquette standards, there will first be a basis for communication.
As for the superficial recognition that practicing Zhuxia etiquette means one is a member of Zhuxia, the reason is that the princes surnamed Ji still despise those countries not named Ji in their hearts.
It is precisely because of this that when Qi State annexed Lai State, many countries at that time, including Jin State, were not so easy to manage and even applauded it.
The fundamental reason is very straightforward. Qi State is the country of the descendants of Jiang Taigong. The princes who are not surnamed Ji can also be regarded as one of the direct princes of Ji Zhou. Lai State is a country of the Dongyi system.
At that time, Qi State also used rapid speed to make the annexation of Lai State a fait accompli, which made it difficult for Lu State, who was in trouble with Qi State, to say anything.
The State of Lu, which had always wanted to annex the State of Yu, spent fifty or sixty years taking advantage of the fact that the States of Jin and Qi were unable to interfere, and it took only two years ago (493 BC) to complete the annexation of the State of Yu.
This time the Zhi family attacked Heidi in Dongshan? Not to mention that the families within the Jin State had nothing to say. For example, if you had the spare time, why not go to annihilate the Fan family, or go south to compete with the Chu army, or beat the Zheng State or something?
The rest of the countries who heard the news may even send envoys to congratulate Zhi.
There is no way. A war between princes, no matter what the reason is, is not a just war. Fighting aliens naturally stands on the moral high ground.
"Then feudalism started here." Zhiyao was talking about the group of people who came to join the Zhongxing clan on the way.
As for who to seal the land to, Zhiyao could not overstep his authority, and Zhishen was needed to do this kind of thing.
According to Zhiyao's arrangement, the elderly people of the Zhi family will definitely account for 70% or more of them, leaving 30% to appease the new defectors.
The territory belonging to Dongshan Heidi, in fact, only the northwest has agricultural value. Even if there are minerals in mountainous areas, given the current situation of Zhishi, it will only be developed if there is a problem.
Without building roads as a prerequisite, resources cannot be transferred, and any development is actually a hooliganism!
Therefore, the minerals Zhiyao wants to develop can be in mountainous areas, but they must not go too deep. The prerequisite is whether the production can be transported out.
Road construction? Of course Zhiyao has a plan for this, but it is not planned as a major project that must be completed in the short term. Some places will be built a year, and the little bit will add up to connect the road. It will take twenty years.
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In fact, the Spring and Autumn Period did not have a very clear concept of road construction. What was emphasized was that roads would naturally find their way when people walked more. When it was time to build roads, it became a routine to use hundreds of thousands of large corps for the transportation of logistics materials.
Only in this way can there be records of deliberately building roads.
It was impossible for Zhiyao to spend a winter in "Gaiyu" and take the captured leaders of Dongshan Heidi, as well as the new army and the rest of the troops.
After they leave, what if Dongshan Heidi comes to counterattack? The word "feudal" was mentioned just now.
The so-called "feudalism" is a kind of gift from the top to the bottom. Those who get the fiefdom have the mission in heaven to protect the land and build it. They can ask for help, but they mostly rely on themselves.
Even if Dongshan Heidi counterattacks, all the nobles who stay in the local area can do is resist on their own. If they can't hold on any longer, they will report back. The host family will send troops later, which also means that the nobles will pack up and leave after losing their fiefdoms.
This is how the "feudalism" of the Zhou royal family started. More than 3,000 princes were enfeoffed, usually just by giving a name. Whether the princes could occupy a certain piece of land depended on their own ability. Most of them were destroyed by foreigners, and only those who survived could
Qualified to continue as a prince.
It was only with that kind of "feudalism" that the current territory of the Zhuxia Kingdom was established. Although many princes died and their families were wiped out, the living space of the Zhuxia Kingdom was also greatly expanded.
Halfway through, Zhiyao, who was summoned, asked the new army to return to "Handan", while he took the rest of the troops to "Xintian".
The three recruited "divisions" went to "Xintian" because they had completed this year's tax payment task. Most of them would be disbanded before arriving at "Xintian". They returned to "Xintian" because they were not part of the country.
There is no need to go through the "thorny door" procedure to fight. After receiving the disbandment order, everyone can return to their respective families.
"The Chu army has not returned!" Zhishen looked like something big was going to happen.
Previously, Zhiyao was doing her own thing, and Representative Bi did not pay attention to the situation in the country and the Man clan.
The State of Chu, which successfully wiped out the Man clan, did not retreat. Some of them were stationed in the "Man clan" city and its surroundings, and more went to the State of Zheng.
Relevant news confirms that Zheng once again formed an alliance with Chu.
What Zheng Guo did was tantamount to deviating from Zichan's established strategy, but looking at the current international environment, it can be said that it was out of actual necessity.
Zichan's policy for Zheng was to stop jumping around and choose one of Jin and Chu to resolutely fulfill its obligations as an ally.
However, the Jin State completely destroyed its advantage, and the Zheng State intervened in the Jin State's civil strife. Once the Fan family was wiped out, the Jin State would not be able to let Zheng Guo go.
Among the countries that had previously intervened in Jin's civil strife, Lu was the first to withdraw, and then annexed the country when no princes would intervene; Qi suffered a heavy blow and fell into civil strife, and Qi was now invaded by Wu;
The Wei State simply chose to lie flat against the Jin State, and showed an attitude of attacking whoever the Jin State asked me to attack; the Song State turned its attention to the Cao State, and there was a strong tendency to follow anyone who supported them in annexing the Cao State.
Who means leaving?
The contemporary kings and ministers of Zheng State knew very well that they could not withstand Jin's revenge, and returning to Chu State was not a good way out. However, knowing that Chu State might be unreliable, they had no better choice.
"So the current situation is that the Fan family and the Zheng State have embraced the Chu State. The Fan family wants to use the Chu State's power to make a comeback, while the Zheng State is using the Chu State to frighten the Jin State's revenge?" Zhiyao asked.
The fastest thinking simplifies complex situations.
Shi Jishe and Zhong Xingyin colluded with Qi, Zheng, Song, Wei, and Lu to intervene in the civil strife of Jin. At present, other countries except Zheng have either withdrawn or have difficulty making follow-up actions.
No matter how the current situation changes, the Zhongxing family that was annexed by the Zhi family has come to an end. The intervention of the Chu State is destined to make the Fan family infamy for thousands of years.
Zhiyao asked: "Does Yuan Rong need my family to send troops?"
Zhishen, who has not yet told the story, may have once again thought in his mind that "my seed is good" when Zhiyao mentioned it.
"'Yuanrong' does have this meaning. The Chu army's march north is no longer a family matter." Zhishen said.
From the beginning to the end, the Jin State did not regard the Chu State as a prince of the Xia lineage. The interference of other princes was one thing, but the intervention of the Chu State would evolve into another situation.
Zhiyao said: "Although it is a state matter, it is also a family matter. If my family intervenes, will it make a profit?"
After all, it was the Zhao family and the Wei family who were incompetent and could not deal with the Fan family, so the possible intervention of the Chu State came about.
Do you use national justice to force the Zhi family to send troops? The Zhi family really has to send troops. The problem is that the Zhao family and the Wei family cannot take all the benefits!
Zhishen hesitated to speak.
To be honest, the Zhi family has made enough profits from this wave of civil war, and there is no problem digesting the Zhongxing family. Generally speaking, it does need to settle internally, and striving for new fiefdoms may make people feel greedy.
Zhi Yao knew what Zhishen was thinking when she saw her expression, and said, "My family is in urgent need of labor."
In the fiefdom, the Zhi family should not make demands, but it is appropriate to ask for the population.
The way to obtain the population can be to capture the cities of the Fan family, or even to march into the Zheng State's allocation quota, or it can be from the Zhao family or the Wei family to transfer their fiefdoms to the Zhi family. It depends on how Zhao Yang and Wei Chi choose.
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As the head of the family, Zhishen may not know much about what Zhiyao's actions in "Handan" will bring to the Zhi family. What increasing the number of people in the family means is the education that a former heir should receive.
"So, I ask for it." Zhishen said as if to promise.
Zhiyao knew that it was impossible for the Zhao family and the Wei family to give their own population as a reward for the Zhi family to send troops, so he said: "Your Excellency, you can make an agreement with Yuan Rong and the superior army to designate a war zone, and each family will attack."
"War zone?" Zhishen understands somewhat, but not that much.
Zhiyao simply ordered someone to bring a map of the mountains and rivers, pointed at the map and said where and where the old Zhi family could be responsible for attacking.
"This is easy." Zhishen agreed immediately, and then asked, "Yao wants to send a new army?"
It's not a secret that the Zhi family is training the new army. The other families just don't know how Zhi Yao trains and how effective the Zhi family's new army is.
Therefore, Zhiyao did not propose dividing the war zone out of confidentiality for the new army, but simply decided to do the "land cleansing" more thoroughly!