If the Lu State realized that Zhishi would take action against them, what they were doing was an act of survival.
If the monarchs and ministers of the Lu State did not realize that the Zhi family's next step was to destroy the Lu State, then they would be committing self-destructive behavior.
Based on Zhiyao's understanding of the monarchs and ministers of the Lu State, she felt that they were only interested in the petty gains in front of them. They may have realized that getting too close to the Yue State would encounter the hostility of the Zhi family, and they were inexplicably confident that they could dance on the edge of a knife.
No matter which king or group of ministers were changed, the leadership of Lu State was like this, otherwise the country's situation would not have deteriorated from bad to worse after Zhou Gongdan.
Do you think this wave of operations is the stupidest? The Lu State has done very stupid things more than once, such as repeatedly desperately needing protection from the Jin State, but it disgusts the Jin State again and again.
In the past, the State of Jin only punished the stupid monarchs and ministers of the State of Lu with small punishments and severe punishments. The reason was that the monarchs and ministers of the State of Jin at that time did not have too much desire for territorial expansion. Furthermore, the international situation also made the monarchs and ministers of the Jin State exercise restraint.
Today is not the same as before. Many countries have disappeared in more than 20 years, and the Zhi family has successively annexed most of the territory of Qiuyou, Zhongshan, Weiguo and Qi.
What kind of mysterious self-confidence made the kings and ministers of the Lu State think that the Zhi family did not dare to destroy the Lu State until only one city was left, or even completely annex the Lu State?
Is it from the legacy of Zhou Gongdan? Let’s see if Qi State in its powerful period remembered Zhou Gongdan. It’s not like that.
Furthermore, Ji Zhou was a leader of the world who was born out of injustice. From the very beginning, he was not as highly centralized as previous dynasties. In fact, it was Ji Zhou who broke the trend of central jurisdiction over local areas and created a system of autonomy for the princes.
situation.
Before Ji Zhou replaced the Yin and Shang, many areas in the Xia were actually under the rule of the Yin and Shang. When Ji Zhou became the common master of the world, the Di, Rong, Yi, and barbarians in various places ushered in a golden age, and the land of Zhu Xia actually had
Two-thirds were under the control of Di, Rong, Yi and Man.
To tell a fact, or call it a joke, I think that Ji Zhou’s enfeoffment opened up a vast living space for future generations, which was originally conquered by the Yin and Shang Dynasties. (It’s not a private matter, you can check the out-of-control map, and the evidence is there)
The descendants of Ji Zhou are kings, marquises, generals and prime ministers. They have nothing to do with ordinary Li Shu. Maybe they have something to do with Li Shu? It’s just that Li Shu has always been the group who need to be brave enough to dedicate themselves and enjoy the fruits. Who are you?
, Do you have a good father? If you dare to think like that, don’t even dream about it.
Of course, this is not to say that the Yin and Shang Dynasties were so good, but simply that throughout the entire dynasty cycle, Ji Zhou really lost to the Yin and Shang Dynasties in their struggle against foreign tribes.
To tell another joke, the era when the Xia ethnic groups comprehensively liquidated the Di, Rong, Yi, and Barbarians was precisely after the Zhou royal family became a flagship.
In such a dynasty, don't expect Zhiyao to have the mentality of working hard and dying.
Of course, what Zhiyao wants to do has not yet reached the level of serving all sentient beings in the world. This needs a process.
At the moment, Zhiyao was standing on the city wall of the transformed "Wei" city, watching the Wei troops who wanted to retake the city wall fall one by one under the rain of arrows from their own crossbowmen.
The city walls are not designed to protect the outside but not the inside, which means it is easier to attack from the inside than from the outside. The attacking party will definitely need to make improvements after occupying the city.
For example, block some inner passages of the city wall, and use sandbags or other objects to form bunkers or arrowheads.
"The enemy may have sufficient food and supplies, but there are not enough water sources in the city for twenty thousand people to use," Ji Qin said.
Most of today's cities do not have external water sources introduced into the city. The usual wells may provide sufficient water supply for the city. Once defenders are transferred from other places, water supply problems will arise.
Of course, new wells can be drilled. The problem is that once the city wall is lost, some of the original wells will be filled up by the attacking party. Furthermore, the amount of groundwater provided by the same area within a certain period of time is fixed, which does not mean that the number of wells drilled will be higher.
If there are many, the water source will be inexhaustible.
Zhishi has been besieging the city of "Wei" for five months, and the season has arrived in late spring.
The melting of ice and snow can provide some water sources for the trapped Wei defenders. Spring is also a season of rain from time to time, but don't believe that a rain can improve the situation.
If the water source is insufficient, one or more rains will really not solve the problem. At most, it can temporarily boost the morale of the troops. The collected rainwater will be consumed again in a few days.
The senior officials of the Wei family obviously understood this truth. Whenever the water supply was sufficient, they would immediately launch a strong attack while the morale of the army was boosted. Occasionally they could capture some sections of the city wall, but they were soon driven back by Zhi's troops.
"If everything goes well, we can capture Wei City in mid-summer," Zhiyao said.
There are still rains from time to time in the spring, but there is no such thing in the summer.
The arrival of summer will greatly increase the water shortage problem for the trapped Wei defenders. They can go out of the city to replenish water sources during non-war times, but being besieged is another matter.
More than five months have passed. Has anything happened elsewhere?
First of all, Han's "Han" city was recaptured. Cheng Shuo did not completely annihilate the Wei army in "Han" city. Firstly, the Wei commander in "Han" was smart enough, and secondly, Sun Wu suggested to follow the defeated army and find the place in the wilderness.
The Wei army outside could be attacked, annihilated, or driven away, and pursued from place to place.
At Sun Wu's suggestion, Cheng Shuo obtained two "divisions" of troops from Han Geng, and then chased Wei's defeated troops all the way.
At that moment, Cheng Shuo led his army to the west of the river, and the battle location between the two sides changed from "Han" to the mountainous area within the Wei family fiefdom.
During this period, the two sides fought another battle in "Shaoliang", fighting each other before moving to the mountainous areas. As a result, other migration teams of the Wei family were cut off, leaving them without access to the mountainous areas west of the river.
Sun Wu's intention was to eliminate part of the Wei family's main force and then block the Wei family's migration. It can be said that the strategic goal has been achieved, and he is looking for opportunities to eliminate more Wei family troops or rob more people.
The war has developed to this stage, unless the princes immediately form a coalition to intervene, otherwise the Wei family will not be able to change the outcome of defeat no matter how hard they struggle.
The reason why Zhiyao stayed in "Wei" city without moving could be regarded as attending the funeral for the Wei family.
If there is another reason? Probably the Zhi family..., or Zhi Yao, who has not experienced a siege, needs to use the "Wei" city for relevant experiments.
It is conceivable that the Zhi family will need to fight many siege battles in the future. They will not be able to capture the "Wei" city for a while, which means they are forced to have the opportunity to explore. How can they give up?
Taking five months to capture a city is actually considered routine.
Capturing a city in less than a month is an exception.
Zhiyao has created many miracles. Judging from his past achievements, some people in modern times will give him the title of "siege master". It was not until he captured the city of "Wei" within a month that the miracle was somewhat flawed.
Wei Jun's new attack was repelled again.
This time, the Wei army did not even get close to the fifty meters of the city wall. No matter from which angle it was viewed, the besieged Wei army seemed to be in a kind of death struggle.
They persisted for five months. There were 60,000 to 70,000 people at the beginning, but it has been reduced to about 20,000 people now.
Most of them died in battle or died of illness, and about ten thousand were captured or surrendered, which fully demonstrated how strong or tenacious the defenders' consciousness was as long as Weiss could hold on.
Ji Qin said: "The leader of the Wei family died together with the city, and the city will be uninhabitable after the war."
Yes, too many people died in the city, especially if the Wei family did not collect the corpses later, and the Zhi family's auxiliary soldiers would be attacked when they went to collect the remains of the war dead, so that many of the corpses of the war dead were left there.
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Under those circumstances, the city is now filled with stench, and it is a miracle that no plague has occurred.
Afterwards, Zhishi didn't take the initiative to attack. He would avoid close combat if possible. The arrows seemed to be free of charge and he had to use them to death. What he was afraid of was contracting the possible plague.
Zhiying walked over quickly, saluted and said, "Sir, Lord Chu sent his envoy 'Xintian' to invite 'Yongqiu' for an alliance."
This kind of thing happened within Zhiyao's expectation.
The princes will form a new alliance, and it does not necessarily have to be used against the Jin State. It can be a way of uniting the parties and attacking those who are different.
If nothing else goes wrong, the annexation of various countries will become more intense in the future, and an era will come when small countries have no qualifications to survive.
Should the Jin State participate in the "Yongqiu Alliance" led by the Chu State? This is completely nonsense. If you don't participate, it will definitely be destroyed!
If you completely ignore the "Yongqiu Alliance", wouldn't it mean that you have given up on the diplomatic stage and allowed Chu or Yue to dominate the order?
Just as Zhiyao was about to speak, he saw Ji Qin hesitate to speak again and again. From the corner of his eye, he also noticed a large number of people in the city approaching again.
Did the Wei army restart their offensive not long after they were defeated? No, the Wei army that reappeared did not shout a battle cry. The man in front of him exposed his upper body, with a white cloth strip wrapped around his forehead. The cross-wrapping method was also applied to the body, with white cloth strips and both hands.
Holding a sword.
This is a standard surrender outfit. Does it look like Weiss himself?
Wei Si was not a prince, and he certainly did not have jade in his mouth, but he dressed up as if he was sincerely surrendering.
Now there is no such thing as raising a white flag and surrendering. If you really want to surrender, you have to bare your upper body and wear only a pair of white knee-length shorts, then wrap a white cloth strip around your forehead and torso, and keep the hands holding the sword at eyebrow level.
For the rest, not holding weapons is just an attitude. Others with higher status also have to wear white cloth strips on their foreheads.
It looks very much like mourning or mourning, but it is indeed mourning the demise of one's own power.
When did raising the white flag to surrender occur? It’s hard to say clearly. What can be confirmed is that it still didn’t exist until the Song Dynasty. At that time, raising the apricot-yellow flag was the only way to express the willingness to surrender.
Therefore, Song Jiang in the Northern Song Dynasty erected an apricot-yellow flag with the words "Xingdao for Heaven", which actually expressed: I am willing to accept the recruitment, please send someone over quickly!
Weiss staged a surrender and showed up in person.
The place was quiet.
On the Zhi family's side, the higher the status, the more contemptuous the look on Weiss's face, and most of them had a "it's over" expression.
A long siege battle, the larger the attacking party, the more boring it becomes, and the besieged party will definitely feel more uncomfortable.
A cruel siege should not have ended in this way. While it seemed anticlimactic, it only proved that the Wei family was shameless enough and that as the leader of the Wei family, Weiss was really capable of stretching and bending.
Why do you say that? According to the old rules, the surrender of a noble was equivalent to a crime that would not lead to death. The victorious party could not kill anyone but the head of the family, and even needed good hospitality.
"Qin came to accept the surrender. In addition, the soldiers were not allowed to come into contact with the surrender. They were driven to collect their remains and then detained in isolation." Zhiyao ordered.
Ji Qin was surprised, but also felt it was normal.
Originally they thought they would fight to the end, but Wei chose to surrender after paying such a heavy price of casualties. He should really be despised.
Thirty to forty thousand people died in one city. The war dead in the back could not be resettled, and many of them were turned into skeletons. Not only did the city stink, but it also caused flies to fly all over the sky.
Zhiyao also ordered a lot of anti-epidemic measures, including people from the Zhi family not to enter the city. After accepting the surrender, the "Wei" city was completely sealed. The descendants must be quarantined for more than half a month, and they were provided with new clothes.
Burn the person's personal belongings including his clothes.
In order to let everyone understand the seriousness of the matter, Zhiyao described the horror of the plague and sent people to announce to the entire army that they should not take their own lives and those of others lightly just to take advantage.
Relying on self-awareness is relatively unreliable and requires strict supervision by military officers.
The next day, Zhiyao left "Wei" city with a group of people.
This is because Weiss is no longer qualified to see Zhi Yao in person. It is not because Weiss is disqualified as a loser. It is entirely because Weiss's choice is shameless.
That's not to say that Weiss's choice to resist was a mistake.
The main thing is, if you choose to resist, stick to it!
Otherwise, committing suicide after surrender is also an option.
Weiss surrendered and showed a cooperative attitude after the surrender.
This is not an era when the Wei family will stop offering sacrifices as soon as Wei Si dies. The Zhi family will definitely leave a city for someone from the Wei family to use as a place of food, so as to continue the sacrifices to the ancestors of the Wei family.
Before leaving, Zhiyao gave Ji Qin an instruction. Since Wei Si didn't want dignity, Ji Qin must give him dignity.
So, Weiss became a corpse after all, and the external publicity was that he died of illness.
Zhiyao, who left "Wei" city, did not immediately go to "Xintian" or "Handan" or "Puyang". He walked around the various fiefdoms of the Wei family and went to the west of the river for inspection. He did not return to "Xintian" until autumn.
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During the inspection, Zhiyao had sent people back to "Xintian" and invited the princes to "Shangqiu" for an alliance in the name of Jin Junzhe.
Having said that, "Yongqiu" or "Shangqiu" are both within the territory of the Song Dynasty, and the alliance was chosen within the territory of the Song Dynasty without exception.
It was clear that Chu State had invited the princes to have an alliance in "Yongqiu", so why did Zhiyao invite the princes to "Shangqiu" to have an alliance?
There is no complicated reason, just forcing the princes to choose sides.
Not surprisingly, what will follow is another confrontation between the two powers?
What Zhiyao hopes very much is to turn into a confrontation between the north and the south.
Before that, Zhiyao still had a lot to do. He had to ensure that the business of turning his family into a country was done before a confrontation situation formed.
Otherwise, God knows if there will be any force-control situation, right?