The journey of Zhiyao and the others cannot be described simply as smooth. They repeatedly wiped out the savages or the people left behind by Zheng Guo in the local area, and then moved to the vicinity of Sishui.
During the first half of the battle, Zheng Guo adopted an attitude of turning a blind eye and hearing nothing. Zhiyao and others did not attack Dayi, but specifically captured villages without city walls and swept them down again and again to make Zheng Guo's kings and ministers confirm one thing.
Thing: These are just a group of bandits dressed in Jin army uniforms!
The kings and ministers of the State of Zheng were right in their understanding, but they had no one to blame.
If we say which country among the Xia princes likes to engage in undeclared war the most, it is undoubtedly Qin.
However, Zheng Guo was the first country to send out a large army to a foreign country to harvest other countries' wheat fields. The one who suffered was Chen Guo. Zheng Guo was a little addicted the last time he did it, and he did it again and again.
So, if you do what you do, others can be unreasonable. Zheng Guo was plundered by Zhiyao's army. Anyone who knows about it will gloat at the misfortune and say: It's deserved.
Of course, Zheng Guo has suffered retribution, and the reputation of Zhiyao and others will definitely be damaged. This is inevitable, and it is appropriate to be scolded for getting benefits.
Sishui is to the east of "Xinzheng", which is equivalent to saying that Zhiyao led his army from the north to the east of the Zheng Kingdom. One of them did not pay attention..., or it was said that he went crazy and plunged into the Song Dynasty. It would be a lot of fun.
"I heard that the main force of Zheng's army is in 'Yan'." Zhiyao learned this news from merchants in the Song Dynasty.
That "Yan" is "Yan Ling", which is the place where the "Battle of Yan Ling" broke out between the Jin Army and the Chu Army.
The local terrain was favorable to the army stationed in the north, and Zheng Jun made it clear that he wanted to resist the Chu army led by Bai Gong Sheng there.
Now you understand why the Jin army led by Zhiyao was able to enter an uninhabited territory? It was precisely because the main force of the Zheng army resisted the Chu army at "Yanling" that the Jin army was able to sweep through everything with great ease.
Why didn't Zhiyao focus on Dayi? This is a bit complicated to say.
The Zheng State, which was once an old surrendering country, had no choice but to play with Jin and Chu again and again. After losing credibility, it became the Jin State or the Chu State and beat Zheng State from time to time.
At that time, the state of Zheng would surrender to the state of Jin today, and might surrender to the state of Chu tomorrow. It was swinging back and forth. What was it if it was not the state of Jin and the state of Chu?
As for "Chao Qin and Mu Chu"? Let's wait until Qin becomes stronger. There are so many countries that have swayed repeatedly, so this idiom was left to future generations.
Two powerful countries in the world like to beat themselves up so much? Wouldn't they force Zheng Guo to play turtle?
Therefore, not only the defense of Zheng's capital city "Xinzheng" is extremely exaggerated, but all the cities are also desperately building city defenses. The average city has at least two layers of outer walls and complex terrain. The exaggeration is that "Xinzheng" was built
A nine-layer defense chain.
There is only one outer city wall, and even if there are enough defenders, it will be difficult to conquer it. An extra layer of insurance will give the defenders more psychological benefits, and the psychological pressure on the attacking party can be imagined.
After learning that the Jin army was marching south and doing plunder, the first thing the Zheng lord did was to summon people into the city.
Why did Zhiyao and others still have such a thing? Not all the Zheng people in the village could enter the city in time. The dignitaries must have escaped first.
Therefore, the Jin army would not gnaw at the city. Without the leadership of the nobles outside the city, it would be easier to plunder.
The fact is that no one took the lead in resisting, and the Zheng people who encountered the Jin army could not resist if they wanted to, and either ended up dying or becoming prisoners.
When they moved to "Sacrifice ②", envoys from Zheng Guoyou came over.
At that time, Zhiyao was arranging who would send the prisoners and captured people back to the country first. When they learned that Zigong was coming with Zheng's envoys, he received them as soon as possible.
The envoy coming on behalf of Zheng Jun was Xiang Rong, an old acquaintance of Zhiyao.
"Marquis Zheng is willing to cut off three cities, but the prince will withdraw his troops." Zigong said first.
Zhiyao's eyes turned to Xiang Rong and said, "We are not Di Rong."
Do you think they are just here to plunder? What a joke!
Whether the Zheng people believe it or not, their robbery is just incidental, revenge is real!!!
Xiang Rong looked very unhappy and said, "Jin Naibo, when did you end up like this?"
Zhiyao acted very angry, snorted coldly, and replied: "See you off!"
"This..." Xiang Rong had countless curse words in his heart.
He had just arrived, especially when he allowed the Jin army to plunder the state of Zheng, didn't he allow a member of the Zheng people to make a sarcastic statement?
"I wonder if the entire Zheng Kingdom is unaware of this? There is no need for negotiation." Zhiyao said, rudely waving her hand, signaling Xiang Rong not to say anything more and to get out.
Xiang Rong glanced at the Jin people on the left and right sides of the military tent, and his eyes stayed on Wei Ju, Zhao Bolu, Han Geng, Hu You, Zhong Wu and others for more or less time.
During this period, Wei Ju and Hu You had smiling expressions; Zhao Bolu lowered his head as if ashamed; Han Geng and Zhong Wu looked embarrassed.
Is there anyone acting? I guess so.
However, more people expressed their true attitude.
Xiang Rong took a deep breath, looked at Zhi Yao and asked, "How can we retreat?"
"Cut three cities first, and we'll talk about the rest later," Zhiyao said.
If you don't retreat after giving three cities, wouldn't it be in vain? This is what the rulers and ministers of Zheng thought.
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Xiang Rong wanted to say something else, but he was invited out by the warrior.
"The Jin Kingdom is becoming more and more arrogant..., no, the older generation wants to be shameless, and the younger generation is becoming more and more shameless. Now that it is like this, it is their turn to take power, and the countries still have a way to survive?" Of course Xiang Rong felt ashamed, and more
It's about worrying about the future.
If the Jin State is like the Wu State with "hair and tattoos, rice and fish", the Jin State's heritage is not comparable to that of the Wu State. Not only will the life of the Zheng State be very difficult, but all the princes will not even think about it again.
Happy birthday.
Within the military tent.
Zhao Bolu asked in a low voice: "Is it possible to cut off three cities?"
If there's anyone who wants to get over with things right now, it's definitely Zhao Bolu.
They invaded the Zheng Kingdom without encountering any decent resistance. They captured about 60,000 Zheng people and savages, and the rest of the miscellaneous supplies were unbelievable.
In terms of harvest, each family can receive an average of 10,000 people, not to mention other types of supplies.
Do you know how many people Zhao Yang obtained after repeatedly using troops against Weiguo for more than ten years? In fact, it was only twenty to thirty thousand.
Of course, Zhao Yang tried his best to exercise restraint and fought in a war mode that was somewhere between polite and a bit barbaric.
To put it bluntly, Zhao Yang is holding back his strength and fighting. If he really wants to carry out his arrogance to the end, Weiguo will probably be gone.
This time, it was very rare for Zhiyao and others to capture the Zheng people with their families. Under the model of bringing up the family, it was difficult for a man to have the will to fight to the death when he had to take care of his parents, wife and children.
To be honest, if men are not burdened by family members, most of them have the courage to break things. If they are ruthless, they are really ruthless.
A man who has scruples, no matter how strong his individual fighting ability is, will have to give in if he doesn't give up.
Bringing them back to the Jin Kingdom for resettlement would not be easy for the family if they wanted to run away. After settling in for a while, they would be able to accept the fact that they became Jin people.
Of course, if we treat them as slaves, we are not treating them as subjects, but that's another matter.
Zhiyao looked at Zigong, as if wondering what Zigong was doing here.
Zigong, however, was a little confused as to why he went to "Xinzheng" and spent so much time talking. He finally persuaded the monarchs of Zheng to cede three cities. As a result, the monarchs of Zheng agreed and sent envoys. The envoys expressed their willingness to cede the city, but Zhiyao did not.
It's very rude in attitude.
Needless to say, Zhiyao did it on purpose.
Regardless of Xiang Rong's nonsense or not, Zheng Guo's cession of the three cities only gave them another excuse for the next invasion. No one would guarantee that there would be no next invasion.
As for ceding three cities and letting Zheng Guo interfere in Jin's civil war? Not to mention that Zhiyao is not qualified, even Jin Junwu who is qualified does not have the courage to agree. What depends on the Jin people is that one day they will express their anger.
It's over.
Where does the Jin people's mentality of retribution manifest itself? It's not simply about holding grudges, but also a mentality of "I'm only allowed to bully you, and you're not allowed to resist", let alone being bullied when you're in trouble.
Do you know what happened to the countries that interfered in Jin's civil war this time? Even after Zhao, Wei, and Han separated from Jin, their revenge on them still did not stop until the rise of Qin.
Is it just that? By that time, the State of Zheng, which was adjacent to the State of Jin, had been destroyed, and the State of Wei had become a small country. The State of Lu was repeatedly weakened until it was destroyed by the State of Chu. The State of Song survived by playing both sides and being no neighbor of the Jin State.
, Qi State had enough foundation and ability to hold on and become one of the Seven Heroes of the Warring States Period.
Zhiyao showed it with his attitude, but Zigong was still stunned and had to say: "Give it to the State of Lu."
Zigong was confused and didn't know whether he had succeeded in atonement for Zheng Guo or whether Quan Sanhuan had temporarily given up "Ai Ling" to atone for his sins.
Another point is that Zigong really didn't want to go to the Lu State to persuade Sanheng to give up "Ai Ling" again. The reason was that he doubted whether the Lu State would have the strength to regain it after giving up "Ai Ling".
Zhiyao ignored Zigong, who was hesitant to speak, and said to the others: "The Zheng army has retreated, and the Chu army has passed 'Yan' and headed north."
That happened half a month later. The Zheng army was unable to withstand the Chu army led by Bai Gong Sheng. After suffering several losses, it chose to withdraw its troops.
Bai Gongsheng did not abandon his troops just because the Zheng army retreated on its own initiative, but approached "Xin Zheng" even more aggressively.
"Yao has sent people to see Duke Bai and invites him to meet at Xinzheng City." Zhiyao said.
The others who didn't know about this incident were a little dumbfounded.
They originally thought that Zhiyao had plundered enough and wanted to take the army to "Xinzheng" to show off his power before returning home.
If you and the Chu army arrive at the city of Xinzheng together, will you have to cooperate to attack the city together?
In addition, the most important thing is, are they suitable to form an alliance with the Chu army???
Wei Ju and Zhao Bolu glanced at each other subconsciously.
"Yao, Ju and Bolu are not suitable for this occasion." Wei Ju said.
They are "Qing"!
Even if the invasion of Zheng was a private family war, some things that shouldn't happen, such as a private alliance with Chu's important ministers, still couldn't happen.