In fact, a war broke out between the State of Qi and the State of Wu. Each side gathered about 100,000 troops to fight around "Ai Ling". In fact, the Zhi family wanted to seize half of the Qi State and waited for the opportunity.
The Zhi family did not take action immediately because they were afraid that the Qi army would forcefully withdraw despite the Wu army's threat, and that Qi would immediately surrender to the Wu state after the Zhi family's private army took action.
After all, what Wu wanted was to conquer Qi and turn the two sides from a hostile relationship into a suzerain and vassal state. It was not that Wu wanted to destroy Qi.
The current era is generally still a thinking mode of hegemony. There are not many monarchs who want to destroy the country of Ren, especially Qi State is a vast economic power.
Even if Fu Chai leads 100,000 Wu troops and annihilates 100,000 Qi troops, it will actually be difficult for Wu to occupy Qi's land. The reason is that Wu has no actual border with Qi for the time being, and Wu's national power has been extremely consumed recently.
Big, it is not a good thing to obtain an enclave here in Qi State.
After the Wu army and Qi army officially started fighting, Zhiyao immediately issued an order to Sima Ranju to capture Qi's "Tan" area.
Qi State's "Tan" area is vast and sparsely populated. Although there are very few cities, the terrain is still plain. Furthermore, Qi State has mobilized most of its troops to the front line to fight the Wu army. As a result, "Tan" area is easily defeated by Sima.
The private army of the Zhi family led by Rang Ju was captured.
If it were a normal military operation, the next thing Zhishi should do is to approach Qi's "Linzi" city, or simply sweep up to the upper reaches of Jishui River.
Zhiyao believes that the Qi State cannot be destroyed now, but it may be possible to destroy the Qi State later. The various unconventional counterattacks that will follow will be very serious.
The Jiang surnamed Lu family had been holding the country for a very long time. In fact, they had not done anything that made people angry, and even made outstanding contributions to the Xia during the reign of Duke Huan of Qi.
In this state, the people of Qi may have some objections to the Lu family with the surname Jiang, and they must serve in the critical moment of destroying the country.
The Zhi family may be able to take advantage of the war between Qi and Wu to quickly defeat Guozuo, whose surname is Jiang. However, how much Qi's land they can get depends on their speed with Wu, Lu, Ju and other forces.
And the challenges that the Zhi family will face in the future will be even greater. They may face the allied forces of Wu, Lu, and Zhu. Maybe Wei, Song, and Qin will also join the crusade against the Zhi family, and even the Wei family,
The Han family, the Hu family, and the Zhong family will also attack the Zhi family.
All the hatred of the Qi people will be concentrated on the Zhi family. Externally, the Zhi family will face attacks from various countries, and internally, various ministerial families will take action. With the current strength of the Zhi family, they simply cannot withstand it.
Therefore, Zhiyao has no intention of destroying Qi now, but can only take it step by step in a systematic way.
Seeing that one hundred thousand Qi troops might be completely annihilated by Wu, Zhiyao, after sending troops to capture Qi's "Tan" area, changed her strategic plan of going south and sweeping up the upper reaches of Jishui River, and changed her strategy to bring her troops to "Ailing".
"Join the war.
"Sir, do you have any concerns?" Zhiyao asked Zhishen who had just finished the meeting.
And Zhishen just arrived today, accompanied by two "brigades" of the Zhi family temporarily transferred from the country and a "division" of the Wei family.
It has been a month and a half since Zhiyao left "Ai Ling", and the Wu army and the Qi army are still fighting with "Ai Ling" as the center. The Qi army's retreat has been cut off, and it is divided into several parts and is surrounded by the Wu army.
The Qi army, which originally numbered about 60,000, was estimated to be less than 30,000 after a month and a half. Guo Shu took about 10,000 Qi troops to be trapped in the "Ai Ling" city and struggled to support them. The remaining 20,000 were trapped in the "Ai Ling" city.
The wilderness was surrounded by Wu troops.
The losses of the Wu army in the early stage were not much, but later the Qi army's camps and the city of "Ailing", which were encircled and defended, suffered relatively heavy casualties.
Behind Tian Ni, he led 20,000 Qi troops gathered from all over the place to rush to the aid of "Ai Ling". But what was fatal was that they were blocked at "Laizha" by Ru Cao and Zhan Ru's troops.
Looking at the overall situation, Qi's defeat has become an established fact. It depends on whether Tian Ni can defeat Ru Cao and Zhan Ru's Wu army and open an escape channel for Guo Shu and other Qi troops.
Zhiyao sent out a lot of scouts, and various reports were received that the Wu army had also mobilized troops from other places to arrive at the main battlefield. Fu Chai had about 70,000 troops including 10,000 Lu troops.
Zhishen said: "As Yao expected, Ru Cao and Zhan Ru pretended to be defeated and retreated. Tian Ni's troops were eager to rescue 'Ai Ling' and ambush midway through the march. Only 8,000 remaining soldiers were able to enter the city of 'Ai Ling'."
What can Zhiyao say?
The Wu army used the same routine, but the Qi army led by anyone could be fooled. Should we say that the Wu people were cunning, or that the Qi people were too stupid?
Zhishen continued: "Do you think the Qi army will be destroyed in an instant? At this time, we are going to fight the Wu army. The morale of the Wu army is high, and it may be disadvantageous for me."
Zhiyao couldn't help but sneered.
Zhishen said "cough" twice, feeling that Zhiyao was a bit rude.
"Even if the Wu people use tactics, they can still win by using troops. The Qi army also has a hundred thousand people. The two armies have been fighting fiercely for four months, and each other will suffer heavy casualties. If we go now, there may be difficult times, if we can destroy them
Most of the Wu army demonstrates hegemony, Wu Zian dares to underestimate me?" Zhiyao said.
In the beginning, Wu State was a viscounty state, which had the same title level as Chu State. Later, Chu State first made its own marquis, and then became king. Wu State followed suit.
Therefore, there are currently three kings in the land of Xia, namely the Zhou royal family, the Chu state and the Wu state.
Zhiyao really doesn't know whether it should be said that the Jin Dynasty's ministerial family only wants to take advantage of the big deal at a small price, or is this generation of people sitting in the ministerial position too short-sighted? It's so obvious that they can't see it.
Is it just that? Zhiyao saw Zhishen smile bitterly, and at the same time was stunned, she knew that she had thought wrong.
It's not that Wei Ju, Hu Jie and Zhong Quan can't see the simple truth. What they want is for the Zhi family to clearly explain a series of profit distributions before the war.
Since Zhiyao needs to invite Zhishen to the battlefield, it must be a national war.
Zhishen was the "Yuanrong" of the Jin State, so he naturally had the command of the army when he was present. On the contrary, his absence would have left the command to the general Hu You.
"The State of Lu and the State of Wu are allies. If I win this battle, I need to attack Lu as punishment." Zhiyao said.
The other families didn't care at all whether the territory they occupied was an enclave, but the Zhi family did not allow cities belonging to other families to appear in the east, so it was impossible to equally share the territory they occupied from Qi with them.
To be realistic, the Zhi family did not have any help from other families in seizing the "Tan" land, and it would not be too difficult to seize the upper reaches of Jishui River in Qi State. Why should we share the benefits when we can do something by ourselves?
Those families who didn’t give anything?
However, Zhiyao understood deeply that eating alone was hated by others, so after thinking about it, she had no choice but to sacrifice the state of Lu.
At this stage, the State of Lu and the State of Jin are not bordering each other. However, in the history of the State of Jin, there were examples of the State of Jin crossing over from one prince to annex the territory of another. After defeating the Wu army, the Jin army would then go to the territory of the State of Lu to attack cities and take control.
It is not completely unworkable to turn it into an enclave belonging to a certain Jin family.
The most likely possibility is that after the Jin army went to Lu, they plundered the population and wealth and did not control the land?
Zhishen left again and came back not long after to tell Zhiyao, "The ministers have made good use of their words, and the Wu army should attack."
Look, it is really a high-ranking family in the Jin Kingdom. Everything must be profitable, even if it is a national war, it cannot be done in vain.
Faced with the manipulations of Jin Guoqing's family, Zhiyao had nothing to be angry about.
Isn't it precisely in this way that the family of Qing Dynasty developed, and it was so important to the Jin State that it became the gravedigger of the Jin State.
With the power of a family like this, if it is its turn to turn the family into a country, then it will be like this. I don't understand the principle of death and death. It is totally deserved to be destroyed, right?
In short, the Jin army set off and finally headed towards "Ai Ling".
Originally, Zhishi had 30,000 troops in the "Tan" area. There were not many casualties in the capture of "Tan" area. It was only necessary to leave troops to garrison in some places. The final force that arrived near Mount Tai was about 18,000.
Jin itself sent a legion to support Qi, plus Zhi's two "divisions" and four "brigades" and Wei's one "division", the combined total strength exceeded 65,000.
Of course, all the 65,000 Jin troops cannot go to "Ai Ling" to fight. Some troops need to be dismantled to protect the logistics line when they are far away from the mainland. Then some troops must be allocated to defend Qi or Lu before they can set off for "Ai Ling"
The Jin army will not exceed 45,000.
"I have three divisions, the Wei family, the Hu family, and the Zhong family each have one division, and the rest belong to his family." When Zhiyao was about thirty miles away from Ai, one night he took the initiative to apply for Zhi.
in your own account.
Why didn't Zhiyao go there to find Zhishen? It's just because the mountain and river maps hung on Zhiyao's side are more realistic and detailed than those on the Chinese army's main tent.
Zhu Xia's maps during the feudal era have always been without scale. They simply draw an unreliable overall figure, roughly describing where there are cities, mountains, forests, and rivers, and the distances between them. They are purely guesswork and pursuit.
It is a "consciousness" school. It must be said that at this point, Baipi's pursuit of "realism" is more realistic.
Zhishen asked directly: "How will Yao Yu arrange it?"
The situation was like this. It seemed that Zhishen was commanding the Jin army, but it was Zhiyao who actually planned and deployed it.
This is not the first time for such a "backstory" story, Jishen is very used to it.
Zhiyao pointed at the map of mountains and rivers and made some arrangements. After finishing speaking, he asked: "Do you have anything to add, sir?"
Don't ask. If you ask, you won't find it. In many places, you don't even understand why it is done that way.
Zhishen tried hard to remember every word Zhiyao said, and savored it for a long time. He somewhat understood Zhiyao's intention, and asked in surprise and uncertainty: "Yao wants to completely annihilate the Wu army, Qi army?"
They only had 45,000 soldiers. They faced the Wu army of about 50,000 and the Qi army of about 20,000 that had been exhausted again and again. They did not have an advantage in terms of strength!
Zhiyao said briefly: "I have the upper hand, and the enemy has been fighting fiercely for a long time. Yao is 70% sure."
There is no such thing as a 100% certainty in war. If you can open it in half, you can take risks. If the probability of success exceeds 60%, you should make a decisive decision!