"A division of soldiers, this..." Ji Sunfei didn't know what to say.
The Zhi family of the dignified Jin family decided to intervene in the civil strife of Qi. The result was that they only dispatched one "division" of troops. Even though the strength of one "division" of Jin was comparable to the three "divisions" of other princes, right?
Seems a bit shabby?
Zhiyao said with a smile: "My 'teacher' is not the 'teacher' you know."
Ji Sunfei was speechless and thought: "Of course I know how many troops a 'division' of the Jin army has. Why do you need to emphasize it?"
The "division" that Zhishi is going to dispatch contains 3,000 new troops. In terms of quality, it is probably more than the two old "divisions" of Jin. Compared with other vassal states, it may be 7,500.
One hundred troops can be used as an army of fifty thousand.
Could it be that the reputation of Zhi's new army has not spread to the Lu State? Why didn't Ji Sunfei have the slightest understanding?
In fact, many people are like that. They don't understand that armies are divided into strengths and weaknesses, and they only judge based on numbers.
Many people think that the reason why the Jin State is able to dominate is that the country has more foundation than other countries and the military establishment is larger than other countries. There is certainly nothing wrong with this understanding, but they paranoidly ignore the fact that the Jin people are indeed very good at fighting.
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The strength of the Jin State was not only reflected in materials and numbers, but more importantly, in its spirit.
This is the case for any country. With a corresponding basic base and a spiritual level that can crush other countries, it will definitely be more powerful.
Seeing that Ji Sunfei was completely stupid, Zhiyao added, in order to prevent the Lu State from completely losing confidence: "There are three more 'divisions' stationed in 'Jipu'."
In fact, it is more appropriate to choose a place called "Pinghu" by the river. The key point is that "Pinghu" is the territory of the Zhao family, and it is not a premise for fighting a national war. The Zhi family has no reason to station troops in "Pinghu".
Now, the structure of the Jin Kingdom has basically been settled. There are still small and medium-sized nobles, but they have basically become vassals of the Qingwei family, and a certain area has become the sphere of influence of the Qingwei family.
The Zhi family's fiefdom is roughly divided into three parts. The largest one is in the central and eastern part of the Jin Kingdom, the westernmost part is directly bordering the Qin Kingdom, and then there is a small piece of "Zhi" land in the central and western part as the home base.
The Zhao family's fiefdom is divided into five parts. Most of the fiefdoms are in the north of Jin State, followed by the southeastern part of Jin State, one is next to the "private land" of the Jin Dynasty, and the last one is bordering Zheng State.
The fiefdoms of the Wei family and the Han family are the most fragmented. This is because they always focus on quality and do not care whether the fiefdoms can be connected into one piece.
Because of the lack of trust between them, they had to be notified in advance when large armies were crossing the border. Certain places of certain families would not allow armed forces from other families to pass through at all.
Is the Zhao family going to take action against the Zhongshan Kingdom? The Zhi family has a fiefdom near the Zhongshan Kingdom, so it is inevitable to arrange troops to defend it. One of the three "divisions" mentioned by Zhiyao will be stationed on the edge of the Zhongshan Kingdom.
Then, the Han family wanted to take action against Bai Zhai, and the Zhi family also needed to gather troops in the westernmost fiefdom bordering Qin.
When Ji Sunfei heard that Zhishi would recruit three more "divisions", he felt a little calmer, and he was extremely envious of Zhishi's ability to mobilize four "divisions" at once.
The Three Huans of the State of Lu can do just fine if they dispatch about 10,000 troops. No matter how much they try to sell iron, it will be useless. The reason is that the basic base is small and the number of troops is really limited.
Winter has passed and the new spring has arrived.
After the ice and snow melted, the Zhi family sent envoys to the Qi State to inform the Qi State that the Zhi family was about to send troops to the Qi State.
For a moment, Qi was completely shocked, and then a little confused.
Some time ago, there was a lively discussion about Tian Qi's character, which forced Tian Qi to return to his fiefdom and live at home.
What is the situation now? The Tian family has sealed off the family, and then the Zhi family thinks that Qi is still the younger brother of Jin, and can send troops to Qi every minute to bring order to the cause of chaos?
The most important thing is that the changes in the Lu State have attracted great attention from the whole Qi State. The Lu State is taking advantage of the crisis, and with Zhi's career as the "world police", the Qi State is in danger!
Several princes of Qi State who were fighting fiercely had to take it easy. After repeated communication with others, they unanimously agreed to send Zhong Xingyin to Zhishi to mediate.
On the other hand, some people in Qi State suggested that Tian's family should be used as the top of the vat, while others suggested that Tian's family must be protected by death. In short, Tian Qi became a man of the hour again.
Everyone focused on Tian Qi again, and some matters that had not been unearthed before came to light again.
At the same time, the matter of Tian Qi repeatedly instigating the young master to fight for the throne was once again put under the sun.
Therefore, no matter whether the Zhi family will eventually send troops to intervene in Qi's civil strife this time, the Tian family...at least Tian Qi's reputation is really bad.
In other countries, especially the Jin State, Zhi's interference in Qi's civil strife is generally regarded as a change of fortune.
Although Qi had previously interfered in the internal affairs of Jin at the invitation of Fan and Zhongxing, interference was a fact.
Now it is Zhi's turn to interfere in Qi's internal affairs. What if it's not that the situation has changed? And this time Zhao still owes Zhi a favor. The reason is of course that it is Zhao who is interfering in Qi. Zhi's interference this time
Qi's domestic affairs are just tit-for-tat, and they are also helping the Zhao family to vent their anger.
At the time of spring sowing, Zhiyao officially set out with a "division".
Before leaving, Gubu Ziqing paid a visit on behalf of Zhao Yang, specifically to express his gratitude to Zhiyao for his expedition to Qi, and also asked Zhiyao if he needed any assistance from Zhao.
Although Zhiyao felt that Mrs. Zhao was a bit sentimental, she couldn't tell Gubu Ziqing what was on her mind. She was simply polite and didn't ask for anything from Mrs. Zhao.
Because Zhao Yang did what he did, Zhiyao even had to remind Zhishen to explain to the Wei family to avoid any misunderstandings on the Wei family's side.
If the Wei family misunderstood, they would not believe it just because Zhishen sent someone to explain it, and the misunderstanding would have occurred. If the Wei family thought that Zhao Yang was sowing discord, Zhishen did not need to send someone to explain it, and everything would remain the same.
No.
"This is not Zhao Meng's action, there must be Yang Hu's plan." Sima Rangju said.
That really doesn't look like Zhao Yang's style of doing things.
Zhao Yang always gives people the impression that he is domineering when he is justified, but he will still be very domineering when he is not justified.
Zhishi clearly did not notify Zhaoshi specifically, but Zhaoshi came to express her gratitude. It was clear that Zhishi could not say anything, and her behavior was a bit underhanded.
No one of Zhao Yang's previous retainers was so sinister. The Zhao family who suddenly changed his style must have the shadow of others. It just so happened that Yang Hu arrived at "Xintian" in winter. No wonder Sima Ranju would make such a guess.
Zhiyao led his troops out of "Handan" and took the northeast route, passing "Quliang②", "Xing②" and "Lin" along the way before arriving at "Jipu".
There will be the symbol "②" simply because there are too many places with the same name nowadays.
That large area has a collective name called "Dongyang", but there is no administrative unit of "county" yet, so the collective name is just a collective name.
"Rangju heard that Uncle Zhi occasionally caught wind and cold?" Sima Rangju was looking for something to say.
Zhiyao looked away from the distance and said with worry: "My lord has been caught in the cold recently, and Yao is really worried."
Sima Ranju would ask a special question because several generations of family heads in the Zhi family had been short-lived.
In fact, it is the same. Starting from Zhishuo, Zhiying can be considered short-lived, and Zhishuo can be considered long-lived if he can live to the age of fifty-eight.
Zhishen is thirty-seven years old this year. According to the average life span of a nobleman, he is not yet old enough to be buried. What’s terrible is that he caught a cold recently and will catch it soon, which makes people have to think about it.
"The spring and summer are warm, so everything should be fine?" Zhiyao was guessing and praying.
Through Zhiyao's efforts, Zhizong lived two years longer than the original life.
How old did Zhishen live in the original history? The birth and death of Zhishen are unknown, but some documents mention that Zhishen did not live long and died of illness in his prime.
Although Zhishen died of illness and it was Zhiyao's turn to take charge of the family, Zhiyao did not mention any hope that Zhishen would live a long life, and sincerely prayed that Zhishen would have at least sixty or seventy years of life.
[To be honest, I’ve been reading books recently to catch up on updates, switch sources, read aloud with many sounds, and it’s available on both Android and Apple.]
To put it bluntly, without mentioning family ties, it is true that the current head of the Zhi family is Zhishen, but it is almost the same as Zhi Yao being the head of the family. Why did Zhi Yao curse Zhishen to die early?
Several years have passed, and Zhiyao still thinks of Zhisong many times, and her heart gets choked up every time.
Many times Zhiyao would think that it would be better if Zhijuan and Zhishen were not so kind to her. She would not have to worry too much when doing certain things, and her style of doing things could be more ruthless.
Because of the emotional bond between Zhijuan and Zhishen, and because no one in the Zhishen family is doing anything, Zhiyao really needs to restrain a lot of her style of work.
"The crown prince sent Fu Guo to Zhao Meng, which was really a stroke of genius." Sima Ranju is now a bit like Zhi Yao's counselor, and some things cannot be avoided.
Zhiyao was feeling sad about the Spring and Autumn Period. Hearing this, he just smiled reluctantly.
They were crossing the river, which was still very clear.
During his brief stay in "Ji Pu", Zhiyao specially sent people to take a look around the Zhongshan Kingdom. The result of his careful investigation was that Zhongshan Kingdom was not making relevant war preparations at all.
Because it was the spring sowing stage, the Zhao family must not have assembled yet, so naturally no trace of the Zhao family's private army was found.
After crossing the river, Zhiyao and others made a detour. Since the river now has two tributaries, they came to the northern part of Qi State and crossed the river again without any interference during the process.
At present, the river has two mouths. The southern one was originally the natural boundary line between Jin and Wei. Later, Wei ceded some cities to Jin. At that time, the Zhi family did not claim it and used it to replace Jin.
of other cities.
After they crossed the river for the second time, they were visited in a place called Cui. The visitor was Tian Shu, Tian Qi's younger brother.
"What does Mr. Zhi want?" Tian Shu said tough words, but his demeanor was extremely humble.
Zhiyao looked at the burly and resolute-faced Tian Shu's demeanor and knew that this was the grievance he deserved when he was stronger than others.
"What do I want to do with you?"
Just because you are weak, I want to destroy you, what does it have to do with you, right?
