The Wei family took the initiative to march to Sui and started a battle with Fan's private army on the east bank of Fen River.
In terms of the number of armies, the Wei family only had three "divisions"; the Fan family originally only had four "divisions", but later added two "divisions" to the number of "armies" and "divisions".
The current era is in a period where the old and the new coexist. Most of the wars fought by the countries in the Central Plains are still of the "gentleman's war" type. The State of Wu has completely entered into the "soldiers, deceitful way" method of using troops.
What is that "gentleman's battle"? It means that the noble cannot be killed, and the enemy cannot be pursued after running fifty steps.
Where does the allusion of "laugh at a hundred steps at fifty steps" come from? It means two armies are fighting. One side is defeated and runs away quickly. The chasing side sees that it has run fifty steps away and stops pursuing. When the defeated soldiers run out fifty steps, they see their companions.
He actually ran a hundred steps away, making fun of his companions who ran far away as cowards.
How far has a gentleman come? When two armies are fighting, the chasing side will help repair the defeated soldier's chariot when it is broken, and then let the defeated soldier continue to flee after repairing it.
In addition, the Wu State had long ago stopped adhering to the so-called "gentlemen's war". They had sneak attacks, ambushes, fire attacks, water attacks, etc., and had already done so before Sun Wu came over.
The change that Sun Wu brought to the state of Wu was that the state of Wu went from using every possible means without a plan to using every means in a planned way.
The Wei family and the Fan family were engaged in a "gentleman's war". There were no sneak attacks or ambushes on either side, but rather the two armies were engaged in an upright battle.
Zhiyao, who heard that the battle had begun, wanted to go and see it, mainly to see how the Wei family would fight after they no longer used chariots in the battle.
"The Zhongxing family also came out of 'Hukou' and crossed Shaoshui to directly attack 'Yang'." Taihu temporarily put down what he was doing and devoted himself to helping Zhiyao organize information.
That "Yang" land is one of the Zhao family's fiefdoms.
Zhiyao felt a little confused that the Zhongxing clan did not go to support "Handan", but he could understand that Shijishe ignored the Han clan's private army and wanted to attack a place like "Yang".
It was nothing more than Shi Jishe wanting to conquer the land of "Yang" and then threaten the city of "Zhao", so he chose a strategy similar to "encircling Wei and rescuing Zhao".
Zhiyao asked: "Have you led the army in pursuit?"
Taihu was asked.
There was only so much information sent over for the time being, and there was no mention of whether Han Buxin led his army to pursue the private army of the Zhongxing clan who was going to attack "Yang".
In fact, the distance between "Huang Fu" and "Yang" is only about 150 miles, and it takes about two days to get there.
Is it just that? If Zhiyao goes, he will have to bring dozens or hundreds of guards at least. Moreover, his identity is the direct descendant of the Zhi family. The Zhongxing family and the Zhao family and the Han family are about to start a fight. The Zhongxing family and the Zhi family are the same.
Being from the Xun family, once he passes away, he will definitely arouse many associations.
"Forget it, just hold back your restless heart and don't create any complications." Zhiyao thought to herself.
Zhiyao, who was extremely quiet and restless, simply focused on the Zhi family's private army, understood the current structure of the army, and wondered whether the chariots could be improved.
Training the army? In terms of the limitations of the times, the private armies of various families in the Jin Dynasty are sufficient in training subjects. "Shi", "Disciple" and "Xian" usually train themselves, and they will be assembled to train military formations.
What is a military formation? Although it is different from standing in a military posture, the difference is really not big. The purpose is to train obedience, so that officers can become proficient in speaking, drumming, and flag instructions, and also enable soldiers to understand what instructions are given.
What commands does it represent?
What is really difficult to practice is the formation. The Jin army will always put up a "fish scale formation" in every battle. Of course, they usually train the formation of the "fish scale formation" again and again, the necessary queue movement sequence when changing formations, etc.
Zhiyao, who had the opportunity to command the army, also discovered that unless he spent a lot of energy thinking, the changes he could make to the army would be quite limited.
The reason? The Jin army itself placed great emphasis on discipline. Anyone who could serve as a soldier in the army would have been eliminated long ago if he could not follow the orders and prohibitions.
What will happen to those who are eliminated? They lose their privileges, fiefs, and servants and are taken back by the state. Just ask who dares to emphasize personal freedom.
In fact, the emphasis on personal freedom in the military is an extremely funny thing, isn't it?
During the Spring and Autumn Period, the Jin army's orders and prohibitions were stronger than those of other vassal states, and the various countries specially invented the term "good at work and leisure" to describe the strong discipline and powerful combat power of the Jin army.
Zhiyao came to a conclusion: "All I can do is give them the desire to fight, and then cultivate their militant nature."
Military soul? This thing is not something you can train at all!
Which army with a military soul doesn't have its own beliefs and experience some very special things?
In fact, Zhiyao has already mastered the essence of running an army, and it is enough to make rewards and punishments clear.
There are too many people who know how to run an army, but whether they can do it is another matter.
While Zhiyao was focusing on understanding and building the army, the excitement outside was beyond imagination.
The Zhao family and many small and medium-sized nobles who besieged the city of "Handan" would launch attacks on the city of "Handan" almost every day, but failed time and time again. The best results they obtained were just to climb the city wall, and they did not have time to occupy the wall section.
He was driven out by the defenders.
If you have not experienced cold weapon city offensive and defensive battles, it is difficult to imagine that it is just a wall and how difficult it is to attack one side and capture it.
Zhiyao had only seen the city attack and defense battle from some film and television works, and most of the film and television works were extremely unreliable.
If the city wall is really easy to capture, why build a city wall? In an offensive and defensive battle, as long as the weapons used by both sides are not too exaggerated, the defensive side will definitely have an advantage.
Zhongxing's army ambushed Han's private army in an unknown mountainous area and wiped out about one "brigade" of Han's troops. The rest of Han's private army retreated to "Gao" after being defeated.
When the news reached Zhiyao, it also brought news of the fall of the Zhao family's fief "Yang". Once Shijishe occupied "Gaoliang" and "Kundu", it would be equivalent to cutting off the Wei Dynasty who was at war with the Fan family.
The Zhongxing clan's private army could also attack Zhao's "capital".
What is "du"? In the Spring and Autumn Period, there were ancestral temples called "du", which did not simply refer to the capital of a country. A city without an ancestral temple was called "Yi", and the size of the city was generally not much larger. Villages were called "du".
"Bang", usually a settlement such as a collective farm.
"Han Shi is worthy of being a pig teammate?" Zhi Yao knew that Han Shi was not known for his combat prowess, let alone fighting tough battles.
The defeat of the Han family's private army led by Han Buxin not only put the Wei family in danger of being cut off, but also put the Zhao family's main city under attack.
Because of such a development, the war situation suddenly reached a turning point!