Do you want to take action against Yan State? You will definitely take action, but you need to send someone to understand the geography of the mountains and rivers first.
There is a map where you can find that the original country is surrounded. To say that there is leakage in all directions is not such an exaggeration.
Facing the Qin State, the Yuan State built a line of defense on the Jing River. The local "Hou Li", "Jing Yang", and "Ma Tunnel" can form a cornering force. The Qin State did not send out a hundred and eighty thousand soldiers.
With a large number of troops, it is difficult to pose a threat to this line of defense.
Does Qin have an army of 100,000? With the current population, it can recruit 100,000 people to fight, but the quality of the army, weapons and equipment, etc. will be very poor. Although the Qin people are barbaric, they are not a tiger and wolf army that can conquer well.
In other words, there were originally 20,000 to 30,000 troops stationed in several cities in Jingshui. It would be difficult for the Qin State to recapture the front line of Jingshui. Moreover, the Yuan Kingdom could add more troops at any time.
In fact, the defense line in the western part of the original country is best located in Hexi, a densely forested area, but it has already expanded to the Jingshui River and can threaten the hinterland of the Qin State. How can there be any reason to take the initiative to retreat?
To the south of the Yuan Kingdom, the most powerful enemy that needs to be faced is the Chu State, and the Zheng State cannot be ignored.
Now that Bai Gongsheng is dead, Chu State's order Yin is replaced by Gongsun Ning.
This Gongsun Ning has always been friendly to Zheng Guo. This does not mean that he will be unconditionally inclined to Zheng Guo. It should be said that he is very clear about the role Zheng Guo can play in the confrontation with the Central Plains and will be more willing to spend the price to win over Zheng Guo.
"Considering that I won the victory this time, even if it makes the princes more fearful, it can at least scare Zheng Guo from turning to Chu immediately within three to five years?" Zhiyao hoped that Chu State could use force to force Zheng Guo, but Chu State
The monarch and his ministers should not be so stupid?
In Zhiyao's estimation, Yue also needs time to digest the fruits of its victory over Wu. It is conservatively estimated that it will take at least two years.
The southeast side was very evil during the Spring and Autumn Period. For example, the Kingdom of Wu expanded rapidly and was able to quickly take advantage of the local population and resources. What is puzzling is that in order to utilize about 40% of the manpower and resources, the other 60% was given up.
To put it simply, it is a bit miraculous that Wu State still managed to dominate the country despite very low efficiency in utilizing the manpower and resources under its rule.
However, both Jin and Chu were in decline at that time, which seems to explain how Wu was qualified to compete for hegemony.
Zhiyao found Fan Li and asked, "As you see, what policy should the Yue Kingdom take in the future?"
Fan Li was a guest of the original country.
Guest guest? To put it bluntly, you are a guest who has a certain right to make suggestions. It is not a serious official position.
With the current noble moral integrity, Fan Li would not divulge the secrets of the Yue Kingdom at will. For some speculative topics, he would list some feasible plans based on his own knowledge.
To a certain extent, giving advice as a guest is actually revealing the truth, using words and disguised attitudes, which is actually an attempt to cover up the situation.
Fan Li said: "We will make an alliance with Chu and fight against China together."
This is because Fan Li has understood the power of the original country and has a strong sense of autonomy.
The Yuan Kingdom is so powerful, so forget it if the princes haven't come to their senses. Knowing that the Yuan Kingdom is powerful, if you don't unite and weaken each other, will you wait until the Yuan Kingdom sends troops to destroy the country?
Of course, do you think this is the era when future generations can find detailed country distribution maps by searching in bookstores or on the Internet? Nowadays, many countries may not have maps, and even the maps may not be accurate. They want to know how big the original country is, basically all of them.
Rely on guesswork.
The map is now a strategic item, and those who are not core high-level officials should not want to see the national territory map.
In this way, let alone foreigners, it is normal that most people in the country do not know how vast the country's territory is.
"Chu and Yue may not know the vastness of the ruler's rule. It is obvious that they have been defeated in repeated battles." Fan Li said.
Yes, Zhiyao has been taking a closer look at Chu State, but she still doesn’t know how big Chu State’s territory is. If you want to have an impression of Mimou Lake, someone needs to visit it on the spot for many years.
The Yuan Kingdom was established less than a year ago, and the Zhi clan's expansion was so rapid that the country's territorial distribution map was not even drawn. It would be strange for other countries to know how big the Yuan Kingdom is.
Then, there are only two ways for the princes to know the original country. The first is to count with their fingers how many countries Zhishi has annexed, and estimate the size of the original country based on past knowledge; the second is to
The most direct method is to use the original country's record to estimate. It should be said that this method of identification is more useful and far more reasonable than guessing the strength based on the size of the territory.
After all, some countries may look big but are weak, and some countries may be small but strong.
The older the era, the wider the territory, the stronger it is. It is naturally a truth. It involves living space and resource occupancy. A small country does not even have much place to grow food and cannot support too many people. How can it be powerful?
Get up? (Except for being blessed by nature)
When Zhiyao began to unite his troops in battles, he suffered minor defeats or partial defeats, but he won many battles.
Fan Li added: "In the Battle of the Founding of the Republic, all the original soldiers wore armor."
Zhiyao felt that he was blinded by a leaf. There was speculation that the princes would unite. He just knew that the Yuan country was too strong, but he couldn't tell which aspect it was mainly reflected in.
Just because of the exaggerated armor-wearing rate of the original army, the princes should be on tenterhooks. Do they need to look at other aspects?
There was one incident. Because the original army installed cloth armor in large quantities, the coalition forces initially thought that the original army's armor wearing rate was not high. Only after the battle did they find out that there were armor patches in the fabric.
Zhiyao said: "If only a few people exercise diplomatic relations, will it be effective?"
Fan Li thought for a while and replied: "You may be able to confuse the princes by withdrawing your troops from Lu and returning them to Lu."
Judging from the time point, many people's minds have not yet turned around, and they are still acting in the same way as the Spring and Autumn period.
In other words, taking over the world is not the mainstream. The elites of some eras still pursue the ideal of conquering the princes and becoming the boss of them.
To put it bluntly, what they are playing is a struggle for hegemony, not unification.
Regarding the theory of "great unification", the first person to put forward this point of view was Guan Yiwu. Later, Zengzi also emphasized it, and later Lu Buwei also mentioned it. The Qin court agreed and practiced it.
Therefore, if the Yuan State gave up on annexing the Lu State, it might confuse the princes and improve the world's impression of the Yuan State.
Zhiyao said: "The State of Lu... is really difficult to make friends with."
Until now, Zhiyao has not understood the brain circuits of the monarchs and ministers of the Lu State. They clearly needed protection from the Jin State in the past, but they just loved to have trouble with the Jin State for several generations of the monarchs and ministers of the Lu State.
Recently, it has become clear that the Yuan Kingdom is the dominant family, and the monarchs and ministers of the Lu Kingdom should be afraid of being annexed. They have unabashedly approached Wu, Chu, and Yue, and shouted "Yuan, come and beat me!"
What's the difference?
In contrast to Lu State is Zheng State.
Didn’t the rulers and ministers of the Zheng Kingdom know how big the threat from the Yuan Kingdom was to them? They knew the principle of talking less and doing more. On the one hand, they were silently preparing for war, but on the other hand, they did not make a clear statement, and even tried their best to eliminate the hostility from the Yuan Kingdom.
Fan Li said with a strange expression: "Destroying Lu Yi will make it difficult to cure Lu."
It’s really like that!
The people of Lu have their own pride, and they can hear much more things than the common people of other countries. Their thoughts have never been so "pure".
Up to now, the Yuan Kingdom has not fully occupied the Lu Kingdom.
Zhiyao learned from some information feedback that in some areas of the Lu State that were occupied, the Lu people did not carry out fierce armed resistance, but they were just too eloquent!
To put it crudely, the Lu people did not use force to resist the rule of the original army, they just kept "beep beeping" endlessly.
Because of public opinion, the tactics used by the Yuan Dynasty on the Qi people were less effective on the Lu people. The reason was that the Lu people felt that if they accepted official positions and land, they would be scolded by others, which would hinder their face or relatives and friends.
relationship, few people choose to cooperate.
This time, the Lu people felt that they had once again defeated the Qi people. The previous belief that the Qi people were only interested in profit could be regarded as evidence.
"Under the rule of a few people, many Lu people fled." Zhiyao was talking about the group of people headed by Zigong. After the original army launched a military operation against the Lu State, some of them resigned and even more left with their seals.
If there are more, there will be fewer people left.
When this situation occurs, Zhiyao's heart actually doesn't fluctuate much.
Loving one's mother country is never a fault, and showing it with practical actions is a kind of righteous act. No matter how stupid the monarch is, he will not criticize it personally, or even praise it hypocritically.
Later, Zhiyao summoned the ministers and mentioned the solution to the Lu State.
Sun Wu was the first to speak and said: "There are advantages and disadvantages, and the disadvantages outweigh the advantages."
No matter how weak the Lu State is, their geographical location is too critical for the Yuan State. Once they give up on annexing the Lu State, don't expect the Lu State to become a loyal younger brother of the Yuan State.
Zhi Xuwu said: "Since ancient times, Lu people have been in trouble!"
Who agrees to be someone's younger brother, but only seeks out the boss's displeasure? This is the country of Lu!
Sima Ranju directly mocked him and said: "No one can cure the people of Lu."
If you want to say who was the most embarrassed at the scene, it must be Fan Li.
Fortunately, Zhiyao did not sell Fan Li, otherwise Fan Li would be even more embarrassed.
No one mentioned the topic of many Lu people fleeing from the original country. Firstly, it was hard to blame, and secondly, they were somewhat used to it.
Of course, the escape of the Lu people had little impact on the original country.
Didn't I mention it before? It is normal for Lu people to leave the Zhi family. How could the Zhi family not be on guard? When someone leaves, someone will take over seamlessly. This can be regarded as their contribution to the Zhi family... or to the original country.
One.
The opinions gradually became unified, and they believed that as long as the Lu people did not fight with force, they could slowly cure the disease by opening their mouths.
"Want to influence the will of the cultural people in Lu? After Confucius, no one seems to have done it." Zhiyao shook his head secretly.
Finally, Sima Ranju said: "We can make the kings and ministers of the Lu State return home and use 'Zou Yi' as their food town. In this way, the people of Lu will gather in 'Zou Yi' and prevent other countries from getting it. I can also short-circuit
At this time, if we confuse the princes and ease the diplomatic relations, maybe we can get a chance to breathe for two or three years?"
Zhiyao agreed, but felt that the avoidance of war should not be too obvious, lest it be self-defeating and attract the princes to immediately join forces and fight again.
"Perhaps, I should imitate the Lu people now and act more aggressive?" Zhiyao thought in her mind, but her eyes looked at Fan Li, a little unsure of what Fan Li was.
