In the new round of civil war in the Jin Kingdom, if we want to say where the Zhi family's annexation was most successful, there is no doubt that it was the southern border.
Most of the southern border of Jin has long belonged to the Fan family, and their rule there is deeply rooted.
The last time the Wei family accepted the Zhi family's reconciliation so easily, it was mainly because the Wei family wanted to quickly annex the Fan family's fiefdom and population in the south, and chose to accept the Gaoyi branch of the Shigai family who changed their name to the Fan family. For the Wei family at that time
is obviously the most advantageous.
Later, it was not that the Wei family did not try their best to eliminate the influence of the Fan family, but the previous generation had not yet died. How could the influence of the Fan family for more than a hundred years be completely wiped out so easily?
This time, what should we say about Shigaoyi's role in Zhishi? It's not a help in times of need, in fact, it's probably the icing on the cake.
Of course, Shigaoyi's help must be useful. He must clearly understand the extent of his contribution and mistakenly believe that he has played an irreplaceable role. If he shows greed again, he will not end well.
After all, Wei's lesson is there, why should Zhi turn a blind eye?
In modern terms, once Shi Gaoyi is unable to satisfy himself, Zhiyao will not allow such a bomb to explode at any time.
"The annexation of the Wei family is not going so smoothly. Will Wei Si's death improve the situation?" Zhiyao has returned to the city of 'Xintian' and is checking the new battle report.
At present, the Wei family's fiefdom in the south has been fully controlled by the Zhi family. When it will be stabilized depends on whether the series of measures ordered by Zhi Yao will be effective for the Wei people.
The Wei family's fiefdoms in other areas? The Fox family invaded an area in the middle and lower reaches of the river. The Zhong family stayed where they were. On the contrary, the Zhi family achieved relatively sufficient results.
Speaking of which, I don’t blame the non-public clans of the Jin State for grabbing power. Simply put, the public clans of the Jin State are really useless.
For example, this time, Zhishi gave Zhongshi the opportunity to expand, but they couldn't even seize the opportunity.
It's not that the Zhong family doesn't want to, it can only be said that their fighting power is just like that. It's no problem to bully the weak countries abroad. It's not bad to deal with the other high-ranking families in the country without being beaten violently.
"It was expected that the three Zhong's 'divisions' could not defeat the four Wei's 'brigades' stationed in the city." Zhiyao put down the information.
If the battle had taken place in the wild, perhaps three of Zhong's "divisions" could have fought back and forth with Wei's four "brigades".
In a city offensive and defensive battle, the defenders have a greater advantage, not to mention that the upper limit of Zhong's combat power is right there.
Besides, the Wei family is facing life and death. Either they have no will to fight, or they are stubbornly resisting with a will to die.
The Zhong family faced the Wei family defenders who were determined to die, and it was much more difficult to fight than usual. The strength ratio was almost three to one. If the city should not be captured, it could not be captured. Isn't it normal?
Generally speaking, the Zhong clan is not strong enough, which can be seen from the fact that the Fox clan can capture some of the Wei clan's cities.
The Hu family took advantage of this wave. They were facing some Wei family fiefdoms with fewer defenders. Although they took advantage, the facts spoke louder than words, and people only cared about the results that had already happened.
Zhiyao was curious about where the Wei family's heavy infantry went. They only saw about a thousand in "Wei" city, but the rest seemed to be missing.
Logically speaking, the Wei family should station its heavy infantry in the "Wei" city. Even if it would eventually be wasted on the battlefield, it would be able to hold back the Zhi family's main force for a longer period of time.
However, Weis left some heavy infantry to garrison in the "Wei" city. More heavy infantry were not in the "Han" area and did not appear on the battlefield in the northwest. They disappeared inexplicably.
There is another point that puzzles Zhiyao: "Since the Wei family can migrate in an organized way, why don't they coordinate with all parties to deploy resistance..."
Something seemed to be wrong. It was not that the Wei family had no resistance and even armed a large number of young men. It was just that they acted in a hurry, which caused some trouble to the Zhi family and other families, but failed to change the outcome in the end.
As for the Wei family starting to migrate? That was after it was confirmed that the southern border must be lost. It was clear that the resources and population of the western border alone could not withstand the combination of the Zhi family, the Han family, the Hu family, and the Zhong family.
The once very powerful Xian family, Zhao family and Qie family, especially the Qie family, fell under siege one after another. The Wei family really does not feel that they are stronger than the Xian family, Zhao family or Qie family.
The Zhao family in those families gave the Wei family a very good final effect. Even though they knew they couldn't bear it anymore, they still made a break in time. At least after the Jin Dynasty was eliminated, there might be a possibility of making a comeback.
In short, most of the Wei family's heavy infantry have disappeared, and even some core members of the Wei family have not been able to confirm their whereabouts.
It was not until Zhiyao was about to leave for the Song Dynasty that the exact news came. The missing heavy infantry of the Wei family appeared in the Qin Kingdom, and at the same time, Wei Huo became a doctor in the Qin Kingdom.
So that means that in addition to moving their population to the mountainous areas in the northwest, the Wei family also moved some of them to the Qin State, and the most elite group of them became part of the Qin State?
"The Wei family in the state of escape cannot afford to support heavy infantry, and they will end up useless if they force themselves to do so. They switch to the Qin State and gain a large area of land. It seems that they can sustain it? But where do they have the confidence to think that what will happen next?
I can't deal with Qin?" Zhiyao felt that she was getting more and more confused.
How could Zhiyao, who knew the "historical truth", let Qin go? Even if he didn't concentrate his forces to attack and destroy it in one wave, there was no way he could give Qin time to develop peacefully.
One fact is that the current Qin State is difficult to eliminate. They have too many nomadic tribes. Once the Zhi clan's soldiers press in, they can completely abandon their cities and land, change the country's nomadic habits, or move further west.
migration.
If Qin moved to the far west, the Zhi family would not be able to pursue them very far.
After all, the Zhi family has more than one Qin country to deal with, and there is a great possibility that it will be contained by the southern countries.
"As long as the land of Hexi is not lost, the Qin State that does not gain Hexi will not be a complete Qin State. I will definitely be able to replace the Jin State and get the complete Qi State. The next step is to destroy the Lu State and the Yan State, which is equivalent to controlling most of the Central Plains.
I have it in my hand. One day I accidentally lost the land of Hexi, and the Qin State was still trapped. How could it have the strength to go east?" Zhiyao was looking at the map of mountains and rivers.
One thing that needs to be understood is that a map is a map, and a mountain and river map is a mountain and river map. Both are maps. One is a simple label of cities and towns, and the other in addition to cities and towns also has villages, mountains, forests, water sources, and enemies.
Marks such as where the party's troops may be.
After taking over the Wei family, the Zhi family's sphere of influence increased by about one-third. How could the population increase by about half a million?
Now, Zhiyao has regarded the Hu family and the Zhong family as part of the founding of the country. On this point, she had talked with the current heads and princes of the two families in "Xintian" last time.
Although they were frightened after understanding the hint, they could see that Mr. Hu was more excited, and Mr. Zhong said that he would follow Mr. Zhi even though he was confused.
The reason why Zhiyao decided to turn his family into a country now was, of course, that the Emperor of Zhou had already settled it and would formally enshrine it during the "Shangqiu" alliance.
In order to obtain the title of Marquis, the Zhi family not only invested a large amount of money, but also sent 800 sets of armored stomachs and 30,000 various weapons as requested by Emperor Zhou.
Of course, political commitments are indispensable, such as promising that Emperor Zhou will continue to carry the flag and maintain the transcendent status of the Zhou royal family. The rest is agreeing not to completely annex the Jin Kingdom, and cooperating with the Zhou royal family's army to capture the Man clan.
Originally, the Zhou royal family wanted to agree on how much tribute the Zhi family would pay each year after turning the family into a country, or to restore the tribute paid by the princes to the Zhou royal family, but Zhi Xuwu refused.
In fact, Zhi Xuwu can agree on behalf of the Zhi family. After the founding of the country, whether the Zhi family will do so depends on his mood, maybe?
However, political promises are no joke. The day the Zhi family does not destroy the Zhou royal family, it means that the promises made will be completed, all because it is related to the credibility of a country.
Due to the special circumstances, Zhiyao also brought along the special envoy of Emperor Zhou, Shan Gongyuan from Shan Kingdom.
Shan Guo? A small country with a big nose. During the period of Jin Daogong and Zhao Wu, Shan Guo's life was relatively prosperous. Once Zhao Wu died, it immediately returned to its original shape.
Since she needed to take Shan Gongyuan with her, Zhiyao could only choose to take the "Mengjin" route.
In fact, if there is no such thing as canonization, Zhiyao should not leave the country under the current situation.
And being canonized in front of the princes is just for the sake of being justified.
Really, compared with the Emperor Zhou’s special envoy going to Zhi’s territory for canonization, with the princes as witnesses, there is no doubt that the canonization would be more justified.
Why was the issue of canonizing Zhi Yao as Marquis? The reason given by the Zhou royal family was that the Zhi family had high merit, and they specifically pointed out that they were obedient to the Zhou royal family.
It doesn't matter whether you have high merit or not. Ji Zhou is not a dynasty that determines rewards based on merit. What they value is inheritance.
The Zhou royal family used the reason of their obedience to canonize them, which is actually far more reasonable than other reasons. The reason is that there have been many similar situations in history, and if it is not regarded as an isolated case, it is not unexpected if it happens again.
In fact, it's not that important whether you obey or not. The most important thing is that once the Zhi family gets rough, the Zhou royal family won't be able to withstand it for even a month!
"If we capture the Man clan, how many troops will we need?" Shan Gongyuan looks very young, and his personality seems to be relatively innocent.
The Zhi family has not yet completely eliminated the Wei family. They will most likely have to deal with the Hou Hou coalition forces next. Even if there is no other reason, the Zhi family still needs to complete the second five-year plan. How can they immediately send troops to help the Zhou royal family seize the barbarians from Chu?
Family?
Let's put it this way? Not only will Zhiyao not send troops to the Man clan in the short term, it is very likely that he will spend money to buy the control of "Mengjin" from Dan Guo.
If a single country is not willing, it will disappear from the map in five or six years.
The reason is not complicated. One is "Baimajin" and the other is "Mengjin".
Just out of strategic necessity, Zhiyao should have everything in hand to prevent the enemy from directly penetrating into the Zhi family's hinterland!