Chapter 281: Here, the turning point of history, it is here!
There is a very true saying that it is not up to Zhiyao whether to start a civil war, it may be that some families take the initiative to start a war.
Another point is that if certain families reveal huge flaws and the opportunity is too ripe, too many people will be unable to bear it, including Zhi Yao.
There is an idea that Zhiyao has never said, not even to his father. This idea is that once the Wei family reveals a fatal flaw, Zhiyao will definitely take action immediately and try to destroy the Wei family at once.
Opportunities like that are hard to come by. Zhiyao needs to plan and guide step by step, such as letting the Wei family and Zheng Guo fight to death.
So, under the leadership of Zhi Yao, the Zhi family repeatedly expanded eastward. Firstly, the expansion route was determined by the Zhi family's fiefdom, and secondly, it forced the Wei family to also find its own direction of expansion.
In a time of great strife, fighting is the only way to achieve strength. Is it the most balanced route to strive for strength through war and not forgetting production? Production only strengthens the accumulation of materials. If the force cannot keep up, all efforts may be wasted in a war.
There is only fighting and no production. If you fight, you will be gone.
Zhiyao stayed in "Xintian" without moving.
After the spring season came, Zhishen and some other core members of the Zhi clan and their retainers went to "Handan", "Tan" and "Guan clan" respectively.
Zhishen is going to "Handan", where he will serve as the commander-in-chief and direct Zhishen's wars against Qi, Lu and Wei this year.
The first place to start fighting will be Qi State. The person commanding this area is Sima Ranju. He has two "divisions" of troops available.
Zhi Xuwu would take two "divisions" to defend the country through the road and then enter the Lu country. As an envoy, he would arrive at "Qufu" first to announce on behalf of the Zhi family that he would invade the Lu country.
That is not a declaration of war. A declaration of war is a country against a country, a private person declaring war against a country. This kind of joke cannot appear on Zhishi, especially on Lu.
In fact, the State of Lu already knew that the Zhi family would send troops to fight this year, and they responded very responsibly. They did not ask for mercy at first, and they did not ask for help from the State of Wu. They made it clear that they knew that the matter of the ritual vessels could not be avoided, and they explained clearly.
It won't be of any use.
Zhiyao had informed Zhixuwu in advance that Lu Guo knew the necessity of receiving a beating and would have a good talk after the beating.
Want to give in without being beaten? Jin people will feel that they are not sincere at all. Talking about things after being beaten will be effective. This method has become an old tradition of dealing with Jin people, and the State of Lu is very familiar with this routine.
Whether it was attacking Qi State or using force to blackmail Lu State, Zhiyao really felt that there was no need for her to go out. It was actually quite good to stay at home and spend more time with her wife and children, and then help her father handle national affairs and family affairs.
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Zhi's attack on Qi was just to further weaken the state, and it was also a factor to make Qi understand the facts.
The Qi State, which had just lost 80,000 to 90,000 troops, tried to use non-war means to redeem the "Tan" land from the Zhi family, but they were directly and clearly rejected by the Zhi family.
This year, the Zhi family took the lead in taking action, and then the Wei family also started their own actions against Zheng Guo.
By the way, the Wei family and the Zhi family exchanged the strength of two "brigades" and participated in each other's military operations.
At the same time, the Hu family, the Han family, and the Zhong family each set up a "brigade" under the command of the Zhi family for use in attacking Lu.
They were helping and did not ask for a share of the spoils.
That being said, it is impossible for the Zhi family to let the various families help in vain in the end, so it is somewhat understandable.
"The Zhao family has already made moves in Jinyang, so it is really difficult to detect whether the army has been assembled." Zigong said.
This time, Zhiyao did not send those who were from the Lu State to participate in the military operation to attack the Lu State. Her original intention was not to embarrass them, and she really did not worry about these people's betrayal.
On the contrary, Yang Hu was originally transferred back by Zhi Yao from the "Huo people" and assigned to the "Left" position under Zhi Xu Wu. He also hinted that Yang Hu had done well this time and would get the opportunity to serve as the leader of the army next time.
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Bullying the Lu State? How could it be possible that without Yang Hu, he could make it understand that Zhiyao was not cheating, and it could also put a lot of pressure on the Lu State, killing two birds with one stone.
Zhiyao was holding her baby in her arms while listening to various reports.
Zi Gong selfishly still hoped that Zhi Shi could divert his attention from Lu, but his morals did not allow him to talk nonsense when he was responsible for monitoring Zhao Shi.
"The Zhao family has three divisions in Jinyang. Can these troops attack the enemy?" Zhiyao shook the sleeping baby in her arms and spoke as softly as possible.
Zigong said: "If the Zhao family attacks Dai, my family will definitely know about it."
Now the Zhao family's "Jinyang" fiefdom was surrounded by the Zhi family from all sides. No matter where they sent troops, they would pass through the Zhi family's fiefdom.
Because Zhiyao has been paying attention to it for a long time, who can tell what is wrong with placing a sentry in his home?
Therefore, there is no situation where the Zhao family dispatched a large number of troops, but the Zhi family was unaware of it.
Of course, Zhiyao hoped that the Zhao family would cause trouble, so it was impossible for him to gather a large army and station it near "Jinyang".
What Zhiyao did was to mobilize about 30,000 people to the territory of the former Zhongshan Kingdom. He did not hide it from the outside world and announced that those troops were going to exterminate the Di people who were unwilling to naturalize.
In other words, although the Zhongshan Kingdom was destroyed, the Zhi family would not be completely in control for a while. The purge operation has been going on for nearly three years, and no one knows when it will end. This is one of the troubles of occupying a foreign country.
In the case of civil war, it depends on how high the hatred value of both sides is, and based on the administrative ability of the victorious party, it will definitely be digested much faster than occupying a foreign land.
Zigong left immediately after finishing his report.
A long time ago, Zhiyao understood the similar truth that the higher the status, the more things need to be dealt with.
People report one after another.
This kind of news, that kind of news.
It can be related to domestic affairs, or it can be diplomatic relations with other countries.
It doesn't have to be a big deal, and the decision must be made by someone who can make the final decision.
During this period, Zaizi woke up and interrupted Zhiyao's listening to the report.
The cub woke up, wandered his eyes for a while, then opened his mouth and cried.
Zhiyao quickly handed the baby to Shi Yiguang, who then sent it to Fen Ying.
It happened that we were at Expo Road and we needed to talk to Zhiyao about starting the civil war and some final matters that should be confirmed.
"If the war begins, we must be prepared to fight against the Han family; we will only know how the Wei, Hu, and Zhong families will decide." Expo Road said.
In order to cope with the high possibility of starting a civil war, Zhishi's assembled troops alone reached 75,000, four of which "divisions" have been used to deal with Qi and Lu, and one "division" is waiting for Guanshi
To deal with Weiguo; the 30,000 troops currently stationed around Xianyu are not included in the legion that has no combat mission.
In other words, the number of soldiers gathered by Zhishi this year has reached 100,000, and about 65,000 have been put into combat; the remaining 40,000 or so troops are temporarily scattered everywhere, and they are carrying out their own dry food and receiving
related training.
That is to say, Zhiyao's transformation of the Zhi family has not been in place, otherwise, men of suitable age should be recruited for military training every summer. The first to do this was the Western Han Dynasty, and it worked so well!
The national policy of farming and war was implemented right after the Qin State's reform, but there was really no regular training every year. War broke out anytime and anywhere, and the conditions did not allow the Qin State to do this.
So the Han people, if they were not disabled in the Western Han Dynasty and the Eastern Han Dynasty, would serve at least once a year from the age of thirteen to forty. Most of the service was as a "guard" in their hometown, and sometimes they had to go to the frontier to serve as a garrison.
Currently, both the Fox family and the Zhong family want to join the alliance between the Zhi family and the Wei family, and their attitudes and actions are very clear.
Of course, Zhiyao accepted the overtures from the Hu family and the Zhong family, and responded positively to the Han family's intention to get closer.
In fact, according to Zhiyao's opinion, no one from the family that really took action against the Zhao family should be the Zhi family.
He has already thought out the steps. Once the Zhao family really sends troops to replace the country, he will let the Fox family attack the Zhao family at the right time. After the fight, the Zhi family will intervene.
It would be a very reasonable thing for the Fox family to take action against the Zhao family. If they were allowed to compete naturally, there would be no need to look for other reasons.
Moreover, if the Fox family really takes action, it is tantamount to surrendering to the Zhi family. Not only does the handle fall into the hands of the Zhi family, but they are also willing to take the risk of being taken care of by the Zhi family.
Before actually taking action, Zhiyao would not reveal the idea of exterminating the Zhao family to the rest of the family anyway. Keeping secrets is one thing, only suddenness can verify the quality of the Hu family or the Zhong family.
There is a problem. If the Zhi family rises up and destroys the Zhao family, the assassination weapon will no longer be able to be used.
However, if the Zhi family actively or passively destroys one of the noble families, no matter how stupid the other families are, they will not believe the gentleness pretended by the old Zhi family.
This time, if she really takes action against the Zhao family, Zhiyao will not make the same mistakes that the Qie family made, and she will definitely not leave any of the men of the Zhao family behind!
"Kill Jue, and then give the land of 'Zhao' directly to Kai." Zhiyao thought to himself.
Zhikai has half of the blood of the Zhao family, which can give the Zhao people some comfort to a certain extent.
As for Fen Ying's feelings? Or his friendship with Zhao Bolu? To be honest, Zhiyao really doesn't care that much.
Until summer, Zhi Xuwu had finished blackmailing Lu State, and once again asked Wei State for help, and got Wei State's consent.
While waiting for Zhixuwu's army to approach "Puyang", the Zhishi group originally stationed in "Guanshi" suddenly entered the territory of Weiguo. Then the Zhishi officially launched an attack on Weiguo on the pretext of Weiguo's participation in adding sacrificial vessels.
The war of annihilation.
After the news spread, not only the Jin people were shocked, but other countries were also stunned.
It’s a fake Dao attack on Guo, right? The Jin people did the same trick twice!
And there is one person who, when he received the news, the capital of Wei State, "Puyang", had been occupied by the Zhi family. It would depend on whether the rest of Wei State was willing to continue to resist and whether there was a possibility of Wei State's comeback.
This person deeply understands what it means to not wait for me!
Is it just that? He was very hesitant and entangled, and it was difficult to make a decision on whether to take a gamble...
