Chapter 454: This weapon cannot be held by princes
From the bottom of her heart, Zhiyao did not think that the Yue Kingdom would end up now, so the reason why she sent the envoy was nothing more than a gesture.
Otherwise, if the Yuan State does not fight for it and the Chu State tries its best to fight for it, what if Gou Jian chooses to side with the Chu State?
At the same time, Zhiyao also sent envoys to many parties, including the original enemies of Chu and Qin.
The Chu State has gathered so many princes to attack the Yuan State, and the Yuan State can also unite all the forces that can be united, right?
The problem Zhiyao faced before was that she was not familiar with it, or she had only heard of one name. It would definitely take time to get familiar with it again.
In fact, Zhiyao should have done it very early on. However, a person's energy is limited. If he knows what he should do and wants to do it, an idea may be distracted by the next thing and forgotten.
Zhiyao sent people to contact the enemies of Chu and Yuan three years ago. Due to transportation problems, not only did the envoys they sent need to spend a lot of time traveling or finding routes, but the delay in sending back the news was also too long.
Many envoy teams simply disappeared.
Don't feel weird.
Because they are located in the birthplace of civilization, the Central Plains countries have been developed much earlier and longer than other places. At least the roads to communicate with each other have been paved, which is not the case in other regions.
Take Chu State as an example. Even though Chu State has the qualifications to compete for hegemony, the basic transportation system in the country is in a mess.
The Chu State is like that, how can we expect forces like Yang Yue, Bai Pu, and Ba State to be as good as the country's transportation construction?
Take Pakistan, which already has a border with the original country, as an example. Zhiyao knew that Pakistan had been at war with Chu in recent years, which meant that Pakistan was an enemy of Chu. The envoy sent to Pakistan five years ago directly
He disappeared, and two envoys sent later also ended up with neither alive nor dead bodies.
How did he disappear? It may not be that he was intercepted, but he may have been lost in the vast forest.
"If there was no self, would Yiqu be the main enemy of Qin?" Zhiyao asked Zhongxing Qi.
One of the reasons why Zhongxing Qi appeared here is that the Qin army and the Dai army withdrew from the Jingshui line.
"The enemy's withdrawal this time was due to Yiqu's invasion of Qin." Zhongxing Qi said.
Of course Zhiyao knew about Yiqu's power.
It's not that Zhiyao had come into contact with Yiqu during the Jin Dynasty. Most of it came from impressions from "the previous life", and part of it came from the envoys sent after the founding of the country.
Yiqu's invasion of Qin is not something that only happened in recent years. It should be said that they have been enemies of each other since more than a hundred years ago, and it seems that no one can do anything to the other.
"Your Majesty, Yiqu and I have formed an alliance?" Zhongxing Qi shouldn't have asked, but asked anyway.
Generally speaking, except for the Qin State, most of the princes would not choose to form alliances with foreign forces even if necessary.
Being unethical is only one aspect, it is more about mutual disapproval, and the Central Plains people feel that it is very shameful to form an alliance with a foreign race.
In the past, the Qin State formed an alliance with Bai Zhai and Chi Di to invade the Jin State. Even if they succeeded, they would be ridiculed. What's more, that alliance's invasion was thwarted by the Jin Army, so that they were repeatedly ridiculed and humiliated until the Qin Army swept across Yunei.
, many remnants of the Six Kingdoms also used it to continue to ridicule Qin.
Zhiyao glanced sideways at Zhongxing Qi, and still had to give a positive response, saying: "This has never happened."
Forming an alliance with a foreign race? To be honest, the original country still needs it at the moment.
Looking at Zhongxing Qi's attitude, it was obviously Yiqu's invasion of Qin that saved Jingshui, but Zhongxing Qi not only did not appreciate it, but also had a strong sense of rejection towards forming an alliance with Yiqu.
Not only does Zhong Xingqi have that kind of mentality, there are countless people with similar thinking in the original country. It's not that they don't know that the enemies of their enemies can be friends. What's a bit terrible is that they don't regard foreigners as human beings at all in their three views. Forming an alliance with alien races is no different than joining forces with beasts.
Zhiyao said: "There is nothing wrong with making it available to me."
BOC Qi responded without any moral impropriety: "It should be so."
Having said that, people in the Central Plains really don’t regard foreigners as human beings now. Even those small countries that cannot defeat foreign forces still have a full sense of superiority when facing foreigners.
Take the once tyrannical Zhongshan State as an example. In fact, Zhongshan State is stronger than most of the Xia kingdoms, but the princes still have a psychological advantage over Zhongshan State.
By the way, why do the weak countries look down on the Zhongshan Kingdom? Just because they are a member of the Zhuxias, and among the Zhuxias at that time there was such a overlord-level existence as the Jin State, they could pin down the Zhongshan Army to the ground at any time if they dared to come out of the mountains. hammer.
There is a reason for all the countries to look down on the alien forces. Who allowed the alien tribes to completely decline from Duke Huan of Qi? Since Zhu Xia is strong and has destroyed the alien forces time and time again, why should they look down on the alien tribes?
If the Zhuxia dynasty had been pinned to the ground and beaten violently by foreigners for a long time, they would definitely be afraid of barbarians.
Things like this are simply too normal.
There is a fact that before the occurrence of the "Five Random Hua", Zhu Xia maintained a psychological advantage when facing foreign races. It was only after the "Five Hua Hua" that the situation changed.
There is another factor in the emergence of Bank of China Qi.
The Qin army and the Dai army withdrew their troops to deal with Yiqu's invasion, which meant that the Yuan Kingdom's troops in the western battlefield were liberated.
Under Zhiyao's arrangement, 20,000 troops were left on the western battlefield to be stationed at Jingshui to guard against the Qin and Dai armies' comeback, while the remaining troops rushed to the southern battlefield.
Therefore, not only BOC Qi came to Zhiyao's side, but Han Geng was also there.
On the premise that there is a distinction between closeness and distance, there will be nothing wrong with Zhongxing Qi meeting Zhiyao first.
In addition to reporting on the situation in the western battlefield, BOC Qi also inevitably elaborated on Han's performance in the western battlefield.
"So, did the Han family handle it appropriately?" Zhiyao raised her eyebrows upon hearing this.
Did the Han family find a way to deal with the Qin army? This was due to the increasing proportion of cavalry in the Qin army. The Han family made full use of their special skills, relied on the defense line organized by the Zhi family, and then took advantage of their own good shooting to defend. During the counterattack, it was impossible for the Qin or Dai cavalry to successfully break through the defenses, and large numbers of cavalry were shot to death outside the defense line.
Zhongxing Qi said: "My family also has many cavalry. Will this increase Han's confidence?"
Zhiyao admires Zhongxing Qi’s thinking.
The Zhi family, the Zhongxing family, and the Cheng family still have a "family world" mentality. They believe that whether they are the Zhi family or the original country, everything is their family property, and they remain quite vigilant in the face of possible internal and external threats.
Of course, as the king of a country, Zhiyao had to pretend to treat everyone equally, even if he was pretending, and pretended to reprimand BOC Qi.
Later, Zhiyao said lightly: "We have added 30,000 reinforcements, and we are planning to divide our troops to attack Chu territory directly."
Zhongxing Qi understood almost instantly and said: "So, can the Han family go?"
For more than two months, although the fighting situation in the main battlefield around "Xinzheng" has been a bit tepid, there is no shortage of fighting when it is time to fight. It is just that there has not been a large number of troops of a certain party being annihilated in a single battle.
After repeated battles, Zhiyao still had an effective combat strength of just over 60,000, and the statistical result was that he had wiped out about 70,000 Chu troops.
Destroying does not mean killing. Capturing them or causing the enemy to lose their combat effectiveness also counts. The loss of nearly 10,000 combat effectiveness of the original army does not mean that all of them were killed. They could be injured and temporarily lose their combat effectiveness, or they could be sick.
In fact, what worries the commander most when he is on an expedition is the non-combat attrition aspect, such as too many sick soldiers, which may even turn into contagious diseases.
Yuan Guo's medical skills have made great progress in treating trauma, but there are still no good methods for treating fevers and colds.
After an autumn rain, hundreds of thousands of soldiers infected with the cold appeared in the original army. It is hard to say what the situation was like in the coalition army.
The original army was already spying on the true situation of the coalition forces and planned to take the opportunity to make a big move. At the same time, it was one of the established plans to divide the troops to invade the Chu mainland.
The Chu State in the south has much more rain every year than the Yuan State in the Central Plains. For the Chu people who have lived in that kind of climate for a long time, it is normal for the Chu people to suddenly get caught in the rain sometimes. This is a habit. It's less likely to get sick.
At present, the Central Plains has a lot of rain in spring, a sultry climate in summer, not much rain in autumn, and sleet and snow from time to time in winter.
"Split the troops and go south?" Han Geng was a little stunned when he heard this plan.
They had just arrived, so they wouldn't have been ordered to go south immediately, right?
Even if Zhiyao wanted to weaken the Han family, he would not handle things so roughly.
"The army going south is still being selected," Zhiyao said.
Han Geng felt a little more relaxed. He knew that what he had just done was inappropriate, so he quickly made up for it and said, "The troops transferred to the south may be tired. It is our duty to serve the Lord."
"I want to mobilize five thousand cavalry and three 'divisions' to go south. Since Situ said so, I can select one 'division' of soldiers for me to go south with me." Zhiyao seemed to have accepted Han Geng's proposal.
There was no more than one "division" of troops, and Han Geng picked them from within the Han family.
Han's dispatch of a "division" of troops was really not that much, but in a sense it was a great improvement for the original country.
In the past, the private army of each family was commanded by that family. If this convention was not broken, it would actually be no different from the Jin Dynasty.
This time, Zhiyao was able to transfer a "division" of troops from the Han family and put them under the command chain of others. Once the gap was opened, it would become a routine, and then gradually blur the line that private armies would not be easily handed over to the command of others. The new The rules are formed.
Han Geng was just being polite, but he didn't expect Zhi Yao to make a request as he was told, and he immediately knew that he was a bad guy.
The most important thing is that Han Geng immediately overturned and rejected the words once they were said. Isn’t he trying to trick Zhiyao? We don’t know what trouble will happen by then.
"How could the Zhi family be able to hand over the Zhi family's army to someone else to command when it was a high-ranking family in the Jin Dynasty? Sure enough, they have changed their identities and everything is different." Han Geng thought to himself.
Han Geng talked about other things with Zhiyao, and at one point he asked casually: "Your Majesty has a 'county', but I don't know what are the names of the counties west of Hexi and east of Hedong?"
Zhiyao said: "It is Hexi County and Hedong County. The governor of Hexi County is concurrently appointed by Zhongxing Yin, and Hedong County needs one person recommended by Situ."
The jurisdiction of Hexi County is calculated from the edge of the river to the line of Jingshui River, and also includes the Weishui River beach to the upper reaches of Luoshui River in the north.
The west side of Hedong County is Dahe, the east side is along Shaoshui, the north side is to "Pu" land, and the south side is a mountain.
The most important thing in Hedong County is the salt pond that Jin people have eaten for hundreds of years. It is also the only large-scale salt production area in Jin.
Previously, Yanchi was under joint management, that is, all the high-ranking families held "shares".
When Han Geng heard what Zhiyao said, it seemed that Yanchi was going to be managed by Hedong County, and he couldn't help but become excited.
Which family has its own fiefdom, right? The appointment of the governor of Hedong County to a member of the Han family does not imply that Hedong County belongs to the Han family's autonomous region, and the Yanchi is also equal to the Han family's?
Zhiyao knew what Han Geng was thinking. From a national perspective, the key was to prioritize the determination and implementation of the county system. The rest could be solved later.
The former salt ponds are very important. We need to see how big the territory of the original country is now and what areas it covers.
To put it bluntly, not only can the Yuan Kingdom obtain salt from salt ponds, but after the technology of drying salt is developed, Qi can have as much salt as they want.
The Zhi family, which gained control of Qidi early on, has never shipped a large amount of salt back to Ba. People who don't know it think that the salt-producing area in Qidi was destroyed by the war and has not been rebuilt. It seems that Zhi Yao is waiting to use the salt pond to fish for the Han family.
Take the bait?
Han Geng looked thoughtful.
Zhiyao added: "The governor of Yanmen County is elected by the Hu family, and the county governor of Shangdang County is elected by the Zhong family."
If you understand the situation of each family, you will find that most of the fiefdoms of the Hu family and the Zhong family are actually in those two counties.
If you look at the map of the administrative district, you can see that a large area assigned to Yanmen County is now the territory of Lou Annoying.
Han Geng would like to confirm one thing now. If the governors of those counties are served by people from various families for generations, it means that Zhiyao should still pay attention to his appearance.
Zhiyao said slowly: "The territory of the original country is so large that no princes can hold it."
Han Geng was stunned for a moment, then opened his eyes wide.
Isn't it? No prince has ever had such a large territory. It is more than half the size of the Western Zhou Dynasty, and most of the elite areas are already part of the original territory.
Nowadays, apart from the Yuan Kingdom, there are not many areas that can be regarded as the essence. The Zheng Kingdom is one, and the Song Kingdom is definitely one. Other places were called barbaric lands a long time ago.
"Your Majesty, this is..." Han Geng probably understood, but he was still shocked by Zhiyao's ambition.
That is to say, the Yuan Kingdom is now the enemy of the whole world. Even if the Emperor Zhou knew that Zhiyao had the intention to replace him, there are really not many countries that the Zhou royal family can call on to attack the Yuan Kingdom. Those countries with strength have long been enemies of the Yuan Kingdom.
, Zhiyao was willing to reveal her big goal to Han Geng.
Zhiyao said with earnestness: "I have great ambitions, and I am also a person who can share wealth and honor. I really hope that the Han family can help me achieve great things!"
Han Geng looked shocked, but his heart was spinning...
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