Chapter 420: The country name may change and the plot fails
So, the second five-year plan will be postponed again?
There is no way around this. No one knows how big the scale of the next war will be, and it is absolutely impossible for the war to only take place within the territory of Lu as Zhiyao expected.
The troops of the Tang Army, Han Clan, Hu Clan and Zhong Clan, which had changed their flags, did not even change their uniforms and directly launched an offensive against the Lu State from the defensive area.
The State of Lu really did not expect war to come to them. In just half a month, the Tang army had already captured "Ningxia".
This "Ningxia" is to the west of "Qufu" and is considered the last city in the west of "Qufu". Once "Ningxia" falls, it means that "Qufu", the capital of the Lu State, will face a direct and fatal threat.
The ministers of the Lu State who were at home thought that the border cities had fallen. In fact, the Tang army did not slowly attack the cities one after another.
The Tang Army used a "leapfrog tactic". To put it bluntly, it did not attack every target, but only selected those areas that must be attacked, and temporarily let go of the rest, waiting for subsequent troops to attack.
Such tactics can reach the city of "Qufu" faster.
As for why they didn't directly raid "Qufu" to attack "Ningxia", the simple reason is that the Tang army couldn't leave such a threat behind.
The simple reason is that once the surprise attack fails to capture "Qufu" and "Qufu" is allowed to hold on until reinforcements arrive, the Tang army will be unable to advance or retreat.
Therefore, it is absolutely necessary to capture the "negative flaw". While ensuring that there is a way out, it is also an arrangement to prevent the princes from supporting the Lu State.
Another point is that the reason why Zhiyao did not choose to raid "Qufu" was actually to force the princes to rescue "Qufu".
If the Tang State captured "Qufu" from the beginning, and even destroyed Guozuo of the Lu State, it would be unknown whether the princes would come to the rescue.
If the allied forces of the princes do not move northward, how can Zhiyao continue to perform the opera?
This battle can be regarded as the founding battle of the Tang Dynasty. The more beautifully the Tang army fought, the better!
"The princes have marched north, with a combined force of about 80,000 people." Sun Wu was appointed as a national captain.
Nowadays, almost all official positions in the Tang Dynasty have new names. Those who take office need to understand what rights they have with their titles and what responsibilities they need to bear.
Zhiyao played the three-gong-nine-qing system, but due to some reasons, he needed to avoid the official titles of the Zhou royal family.
The three princes are: the general, the governor and the Situ.
It is easy to understand that the general is the supreme commander of the army under the king; the governor is responsible for managing civil affairs; some of Situ's powers overlap with the governor, and can be regarded as the deputy of the governor, who is responsible for collecting corvee and supervising the cultivation of the fields.
The nine ministers are ranked in no particular order, they are: Shishi, Yushi, Sikou, Guowei, Neishi, Lieutenant, Tianbushi, Eunuch Ling, and Zhongsima.
The specific responsibilities and rights can be applied to the nine ministers of the Western Han Dynasty. I will not go into detail here.
Sun Wu served as a state lieutenant. To put it bluntly, he was a senior staff officer, similar to Wei Liao during the First Emperor's reign.
The title of the official position and the matters he is responsible for will definitely change in the future.
After all, it was an excess that Zhiyao made out of necessity.
Why not come up with a more advanced system? In fact, application is the key, not that the more advanced the system, the better.
For example, it is impossible for Zhiyao to implement the county system immediately. It requires a stable but relatively long process.
"We will block the attack first by Daye Lake, and we must drag it until our army attacks the border cities." Zhiyao said.
Sun Wu looked at Hu Jie.
Looking at everyone present, Han Geng was not here.
Han Geng has returned to his fiefdom. Whether he will gather new troops to prepare for the Qin State or raise troops to fight against the Tang State, we can only wait and see.
At the same time, Zhong Quan was not here either. He went to "Xintian" to be responsible for moving the Jin kings to "Quliang" to settle down, and he was also responsible for converting Jin soil into Tang soil.
Is the Han family still in charge of the Qin State? In fact, it means that many things have not changed, including which family's fiefdom still belongs to them, and some previous things remain the same.
This makes Zhiyao very dissatisfied. The key is that many things cannot be rushed now.
There was also no sign of Zhi Xuwu at the scene. He commanded more than 10,000 troops around "Qufu", looking for opportunities to see if he could capture the capital of Lu by sneak attack or surprise attack.
There are more than 40,000 Tang troops stationed outside "Ningxia" city, and nearly 18,000 Tang troops are in the Daye Lake area.
This time, Zhiyao recruited a lot of cavalry. The total number reached more than 40,000. He divided 50% to go to Daye Lake, 20% to Zhixuwu's command, and the rest to Han Geng to deal with the possible invasion of Qin.
In addition, in addition to the Zhi family, the Han family, the Hu family and the Zhong family have all carried out a new round of mobilization. The available troops of the Tang State are about 140,000, and a second wave of recruitment will be necessary.
Of the 140,000 troops, about 100,000 were used to deal with the wars between the princes and attack the Lu State, and the remaining 40,000 were annihilating the remnants of the Wei clan who were still resisting.
Looking at the total force used, it seems that it was less than before the Zhi family turned their family into a country? That was because some places had to garrison troops, so the number of troops that could carry out field operations was only 140,000.
In fact, to put it bluntly, the Zhi family not only has to deal with the princes, but also needs to be on guard against the Han family, the Hu family, the Zhong family, or any other family that originally belonged to the Jin Dynasty; the Han family, the Zhong family, and the Hu family cannot completely trust the Zhi family.
In this way, it is inevitable that some troops will be wasted.
When the situation in the Tang Kingdom stabilizes, or when Zhiyao uses some means to quickly gain the trust of the Han family, the Hu family, and the Zhong family, the situation will change.
It took the Tang army two days to capture the city of "Ningxia". After leaving a few troops to maintain stability, Zhiyao led his army towards "Qufu".
It only took two days to capture "Ningxia"? This is because the Lu people's combat effectiveness is quite poor, and furthermore, they did not expect that someone would come to attack the city.
When Zhiyao arrived in "Qufu", the coalition forces headed by the Chu State had just entered the territory of the Lu State.
Beforehand, Lu Junning sent envoys to Zhiyao to ask why Zhiyao wanted to attack Lu.
Everything needs to follow a sequence, that is, cause and effect, right?
The State of Lu formed an alliance with various princes at the "Yongqiu Alliance", and their alliance was against the State of Tang.
The Tang army only launched the invasion after Lu joined the alliance. From every point of view, it was a self-defense counterattack.
As a result, the Lu State once again ignored the fact that it wanted to be an enemy of the Tang State first, and still had the nerve to ask the Tang State why it wanted to invade the Lu State. Are the monarchs and ministers of the Lu State too naive, or do they regard the monarchs and ministers of the Tang Kingdom as fools?
This time, the monarchs and ministers of the Lu State performed their traditional performances again, which were probably "It's not me, it's the world that's wrong", "It's my business, how can you hit me", and then "Dad, save me!"
"And so on.
The reason why we say those are the traditional programs of the Lu State is actually because the Jin State encountered the same thing too many times in the Lu State, and this time it became the Chu State to have a headache.
According to the original plan of the kings and ministers of Chu State, they had no intention of going north immediately. What they wanted to do was to snatch meat from Wu State's corpse and quickly quell the rebellion in the country. It would be at least three years before they really wanted to attack Tang State.
The problem was that the kings and ministers of Lu State took turns praying, and ended up crying loudly in front of the princes, which made Chu Junzhang, who had just become the leader of the alliance, embarrassed and angry. No matter how unwilling he was, he had no choice but to lead his army north.
Speaking of which, Chu State once again served as the leader of an alliance with the Central Plains countries after more than 130 years.
In 597 BC, the Chu army won the battle with the Jin army in the "Battle of Bi" and once overwhelmed all the countries in the Central Plains. It seemed that it was only one step away from the success of "aiming for the top spot". This was the highlight moment of the Chu state in the Spring and Autumn Period.
, but the Jin State soon recovered, and the two sides broke out in successive wars in the Zheng State until they lost their hegemony in the "Battle of Yanling".
At present, there are about 18,000 Tang cavalry scattered all the way to harass the coalition forces. On the one hand, they have repeatedly slowed down the march speed of the coalition forces. On the one hand, more and more people are realizing that even if they reach "Qufu", their logistics line seems to have to be stretched.
to guarantee.
Of course, it seems impossible not to rescue the Lu State? If they really turn a blind eye to the crisis of the Lu State, wouldn’t their alliance become a joke?
The monarchs and ministers of the State of Lu had to perform dramas of crying and making trouble every day, which made the monarchs and ministers of other countries extremely irritable.
Finally, Chu Junzhang thought of a way and sent an envoy to Zhiyao to invite the Tang army to "Mao" for hunting.
Of course, the monarchs and ministers of the State of Lu were eager to break the siege of "Qufu", but the terrible thing was that the State of Chu was different from other countries.
The Chu State can disregard their face when necessary. Rather than marching to "Qufu" and being cut off, they would rather the monarchs and ministers of the Lu State cry and make trouble every day.
So, Zhiyao’s attempt seems to have failed? To some extent, it didn’t completely fail. At least it made the princes understand that the Chu country was still the Chu country they knew. They could yell “I am a barbarian” anytime and anywhere and refuse to admit some things.
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"When the coalition forces return to the Song Dynasty, what should we do?" Zhiyao was asking Fan Li.
Speaking of which, Fan Li had been going north for a long time, but he only surrendered to the Tang Dynasty when the Tang army besieged "Qufu".
As soon as Fan Li saw Zhi Yao, he made a preemptive warning, saying that Chu would not easily go north once it realized the danger.
It seemed that Fan Li had indeed taken the bait.
Zhiyao was happy but hesitant about Fan Li's surrender.
Are you happy? Of course Zhiyao has the collecting habit that all time travelers have.
As for hesitation, don't forget that Zhiyao once suspected that Fan Li was a spy sent by the Chu State to the Yue State.
Fan Li's second topic was to advise Zhiyao to be cautious in choosing a country name. He made it very clear, that is, Zhiyao could have used the impeccable country name "Yuan" to recognize his ancestors and reestablish his mother country.
They are all blameless, how can they leave something to the world to say about this kind of thing?
To be honest, Fan Li was not the first person to advise Zhiyao so much, which made Zhiyao extremely depressed.
To be honest, it would be fine if one or two people said that. Many people...especially wise and insightful people repeatedly advised her. Zhiyao felt that she should consider it carefully.
In particular, Zhiyao has not yet sent the title of his country to the Zhou royal family. Changing it is a bit embarrassing and seems to be a kind of nonsense, but it is better than continuing to make mistakes?