Chapter 427: Or will decide whether to become the first emperor
To put the facts into perspective, there are really too many things that Zhiyao needs to pay attention to.
In addition, Zhiyao needs to be even more careful if she doesn't want her head to be made into a wine glass again.
In the final analysis, the main problem is that the timing is wrong!
All in all, the Zhi family's conquest of Qi State lasted nearly ten years, but the actual annexation took no more than three years.
Qi is a country with a long history, and they have had their own glory. It is inevitable that some people will miss Jiang and Lu.
Now, as long as the nobles are dealt with, the other classes don't actually have to worry too much.
To put it harshly, other classes except the nobility do not have their own ideas. They need a "mentor" to tell them how much rights they have and how to fight for them.
Zhiyao borrowed the help of the Tian family...the Gui family and the Chen family to eliminate most of the nobles of the Qi State, and the Zhi family eliminated a lot more. There is really no guarantee that there will be no nobles of the Qi State who will not be reconciled.
So, leaving the necessary troops to control and maintain the stable Qi territory is not a question of whether it is necessary, but a necessary precaution, both for the nobles of Qi State and the Gui surnamed Chen of Donglai.
Originally, Zhiyao's intention to conquer Lu was to attract the coalition forces to fight in Lu. However, as the leader of the alliance, Chu was different from other countries!
Once upon a time, the State of Chu used the conquest of the State of Chen to force the State of Jin to go south to fight in Chen.
At that time, the Jin State, as the leader of the alliance, knew that going to Chen to fight would be very detrimental to itself, so the Jin army still chose to go south to Chen to fight the Chu army. Although the Jin State was confident that it was not afraid of trouble, why was it not forced by the Chu State to succeed?
Zhiyao's plot failed, and the battlefield became the territory of Song State, which was close to Zheng State.
In this place, anything that happens can be spread everywhere faster, which is both an advantage and a disadvantage for the newly born country.
Now, Zhiyao cannot fully deal with the coalition of princes led by the Chu State. She still needs to take care of the Wei family and the nobles of the Qi State who may revolt, including the Chen family, and even the Qin State and the grassland direction must be prepared for contingency.
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Under that kind of situation, it is difficult to prevent Zhiyao from being helpless!
Fortunately, Zhiyao's nearly thirty years were not in vain, at least he made the Zhi family strong enough.
"Just adjust the second 'teacher'." Zhiyao said.
Sun Wu responded immediately and said: "Our army is fully equipped with armor, weapons and weapons, and a variety of weapons. It has its own food supply that needs to be guaranteed, and there is nothing else to worry about!"
You must know one thing!
The original country had two types of troops, the standing army was one type, and the troops recruited through traditional methods were the other type.
Unless there are special circumstances, the original country only needs to be responsible for the weapons and equipment of the standing army and the supply of food and fodder.
The remaining nobles or soldiers who paid the tribute were armed themselves, and they also needed to carry and supply their own food.
Under normal tax conditions, combatants paid taxes by participating in the battle, which is called "blood tax" in Western parlance.
On the Zhuxia side, there is a time limit for paying taxes, usually once a year, and no more than four months at a time. If it exceeds four months, under special circumstances of overdue payment, they can use the weapons and equipment belonging to the country for free and eat from the national treasury.
Food extracted from it.
So how should the consumption within the normal scope of tax payment be maintained? People who pay tax may bring one or more retinues. To replenish the food, these retinues are arranged to return home together and collect the supplies.
Go to a certain place to gather and come back to the owner who made the payment. If the armor or weapon is damaged? Spend money and find a craftsman in the military camp to repair it at other costs.
It's not that the original country is special, it's just the same thing in the Spring and Autumn Period.
Until the late Warring States Period, when the Qin State had the strongest coordination ability, soldiers still had to arm themselves, and the army provided basic security based on their title. If your title was not enough and you wanted better equipment or better food, spending money to buy it was the way to go.
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Some archaeological documents can prove the above point of view. For example, during his military service, Heifu repeatedly wrote home asking for clothes and money, crying that if his family did not send him any more, he would starve to death if he did not freeze to death.
Compared with other countries..., or in other words, before turning a family into a country, the Zhi family can be said to be much better to all walks of life than any other family or country!
Zhiyao provides low-interest loans to all walks of life. At first, it mainly targets the relatively poor income-generating groups, hoping that these people can maintain the same standard of equipment.
Later, the number of groups of Zhi people who owned their own land increased again and again, and loans appeared for purchasing livestock, seeds, agricultural tools, etc.
The truth is, all parties involved in lending are of course the most beneficial to the Chi family. Why not reach out to the groups that are really in need? As long as the interest rate is not too high or there are too many bad debts, it can be said to be a healthy complement, right?
If finances permit, Zhiyao will continue to borrow money. It is not to make much money from it, but simply to quickly enhance the overall national strength.
The operation of relying on borrowing to become a powerful country was once done by France. Later, because of the disappearance of Tsarist Russia, France was also miserable. The United States is actually a country that relies on credit to maintain its economy. Once there is a problem with credit, an economic crisis will come; I think other countries
Isn’t there a similar situation? How is it possible? Countries buy each other’s treasury bonds, allow the issuance of credit cards, indiscriminately issue loans, and even the proliferation of online loans. There are so many problems!
Li Yao and Li Yao all know what they need to know. After the Warring States Period comes, we must cut off families or countries that have the strength to engage in loan business. They only engage in high-interest loans.
Now, in addition to the cavalry, the original army's infantry wear armor rate has reached 100%, so that there is still some armor left for them personally or for the country.
Do you know how terrifying an army with all its members in armor is in the era of cold weapons?
From the comparison of the casualties caused by Zhishi's battles with the enemy in the past, we can see the advantages of having more soldiers wearing armor.
This time, in what seemed like a fierce battle, the number of casualties among the original infantrymen was actually less than 500 after two days.
So, after understanding some of Zhiyao's concerns, Sun Wu came to the conclusion that it would be enough to transfer two more "divisions" to the battlefield. He believed that the existing cavalry of about 14,000, plus nearly 40,000 infantry, two more "divisions" would be sufficient.
It is enough for "divisions" to carry out reinforcements.
So, the original country wants to use 14,000 cavalry and about 55,000 chariots and infantry to fight against the coalition army, which may number more than 150,000?
"The Kingdom of Chu is also in trouble. However, in order to save the monarch, there must be one hundred thousand troops, maybe 120,000 or 30,000. The remaining princes are not willing to fight with me, but are under coercion. The other countries must have many excuses to come to help me.
Yes." Sun Wu said.
In fact, the problems that Yuan State is facing now are also things that Chu State also needs to solve.
The internal rebellion of Chu State has not been completely put down, and the rebellious nobles will counterattack because Chu State is at war with the original state.
At the same time, the Wu Kingdom has lost its leadership, but they are still alive at the middle and upper levels in various places. There may not be anyone who can convince the crowd to fully utilize the remaining strength. Local coordinated counterattacks or self-protection can always be achieved.
In this way, the only thing that can threaten the Chu State is the remnants of the Wu State that have regained hope. They will definitely contain some of the Chu State's troops and energy.
There are also various problems or problems that need to be faced or solved. The Yuan State and the Chu State can be regarded as the same.
"I have an extra Han family here... maybe including the Hu family and the Zhong family. The instability is more serious than that of the Chu State." Zhiyao subconsciously glanced at Han Hu, Zhong Wu and Hu You.
Don't blame Zhiyao for being suspicious, be careful and you won't make a big mistake!
After the siege of the coalition forces was completed, the original army only shot arrows and threw rocks every day. Occasionally, a melee force would force forward, forcing the coalition forces to gather their forces and be shot or smashed.
This style of fighting was so new that the princes, kings and ministers of all countries did not know how to resist.
Are the coalition forces fighting out? If they can successfully break through, they won't stay in place and be shot or smashed.
The princes were very afraid of another camp roar, thinking that if it happened again, everything would be explained here. The king asked the nobles to disperse and restrain their subordinates, while the vassals of the nobles went down to the grassroots to maintain stability, which actually showed results.
From "scholars" to "disciples", or the retinues, auxiliaries, etc. they are brought to, the objects of their allegiance are different. As long as the objects of loyalty do not collapse, they will be under stronger control, even if there are a few
If a person breaks down, he will be suppressed quickly.
In this era where "princes, generals and prime ministers have their own kind", most groups seem to be very ignorant. Because they lack the channels to obtain knowledge and have been indoctrinated with certain ideas, they are indeed very ignorant.
"Maybe the Song Dynasty will participate in the war?" This question was raised by the princes or subjects of both sides.
So far, although the war broke out in the Song Dynasty, the Song Dynasty was still a neutral party.
While the Song State expressed neutrality, they were recovering the cities that had been invaded by the Wu State.
Who knows if the Song State will occupy more cities that originally belonged to the Wu State after taking back the cities, or simply do something else.
"Send envoys. If the Song Dynasty doesn't help me, you can't make them attack me." The same words came out of Yuan Junyao and Chu Junzhang one after another.
"Send people to Chu (Yuan), lure them to rebel, and fight, but you will not stabilize them!" The two kings of Yuan and Chu said the same thing again.
When two countries compete, especially when major powers confront each other, they face similar situations, and there are some routines that don’t need to be taught.
What makes Chu Junzhang more difficult than Zhiyao now is that he is the one under siege.
In addition, the kings and ministers of the Chu State discovered that the superior Yuan army did not attack the camp and let go of several groups of their own troops that did not have the strength to break through. How could they not guess that the Yuan State wanted them to mobilize troops from home?
Fortunately, Chu Junzhang is not the king of the Communist Party of Chu, and times have really changed.
Otherwise, if Chu Junzhang used a bicycle to go out of the camp to block the original army, and then let the Chu army return to the country, maybe he would be successful like the king of the Communist Party of Chu?
At the beginning, the original army also fired arrows and threw stones at the camp where the Vietnamese army was located, and they stopped after seven days.
All the crossbowmen and reinforcements operating equipment turned against the Chu army. As a result, the Chu king and his ministers knew clearly that the original king and ministers were using their strategies, but they still deepened the opinions of the Chu king and ministers against Yue.
"I know that Chu and Yue are competitors next, and they know it well. Doing this will most likely make Chu win over Yue more, but don't forget that Gou Jian is by no means a person who is willing to take advantage of others." Zhiyao will be similar.
I told several confidants about my idea.
The Chu reinforcements they were waiting for had already set off, numbering about 120,000.
At the same time, Zhiyao received a report that the Zhao cavalry who disappeared on the battlefield first went to the Zheng Kingdom, and then took a detour to the Man clan. It was very likely that they would join the Qin army that was about to leave east, and then participate in the attack on the western part of the Yuan Kingdom.
It has been two months since Zhiyao besieged the coalition forces in the Song Kingdom.
The season has arrived in late autumn. No matter how fast the reinforcements from all sides are, will this year be another season where soldiers from both sides suffer in winter?
When things have come to this point, the Yuan Kingdom faces the real challenge after its founding, which will actually determine whether Zhiyao can sweep Yu Nei before his death!
