Replacing the Zhou royal family? This gave Han Geng a lot to think about.
Since Zhiyao has such great ambitions, regardless of whether he is treasonous or not, the Han family always seems safer?
Of course, it could also be a family that must be eliminated if the Han family becomes Zhi Yao. It depends on Han Geng’s next statement and how well the Han family will follow orders in the future.
"After five or six hundred years of rule, the Zhou royal family no longer has the power to command the world. With the collapse of rituals and music, even the last fig leaf has been lifted. No princely state is willing to follow the orders of the Emperor Zhou anymore. The time has indeed come
It's time to change." Han Geng knew this very well.
Once upon a time, Ji Zhou replaced the Yin Shang Dynasty and became the new co-owner of the world. The situation was actually quite difficult at the beginning, but later he gradually took control of the overall situation by relying on his reputation.
There is one thing that Han Geng can be sure of, that is, one person can make a chicken or a dog ascend to heaven!
This is the direction of thinking determined by Han Geng's inherent thinking. He believes that once Zhi replaces Ji Zhou and becomes the new co-owner of the world, he will also wantonly divide the heroes and have no idea of Zhi Yao's true inner thoughts.
"If the Yuan Kingdom becomes the new co-owner of the world, wouldn't it be too much for me to contribute to it and gain a feudal kingdom?" This is what Han Geng was thinking at this moment.
That is also the experience brought by existing examples.
After all, the heroes who helped Ji Zhou rule the world all obtained their own large or small feudal states.
"Your Majesty, if we are to attack the Chu Kingdom from afar, I think the five thousand cavalry and three 'divisions' are slightly less powerful." Han Geng changed his mentality. With more hope, he must have become more active.
Zhiyao said "Oh" first, and then asked: "How many troops does Situ think is appropriate?"
However, Han Geng did not answer immediately. After thinking for a while, he said: "The country should mobilize troops again. It is difficult to determine the number of cavalry. Only when no less than one 'army' goes south will it be safe."
So, how do you get the two missing "teachers"? This is what Han Geng will say next.
According to Han Geng's opinion, the Han family can recruit again, and the recruited troops can replace the remaining friendly forces encircling and suppressing the Wei family, or they can simply let the newly recruited Han family troops go south.
At the same time, Han Geng believed that the Hu family and the Zhong family still had enough energy to waste this year's quota, so it was better for the Hu family and the Zhong family to issue a recruitment order again and come to the main battlefield of "Xinzheng".
Facing Han Geng who suddenly became very positive, Zhi Yao thought to herself: "People still have to have hope, otherwise they won't be able to do anything well. Just deal with it if you can."
It is not that the Yuan Kingdom has no troops to mobilize. It is purely because Zhiyao was considerate of the people's strength, and after detailed calculation and planning, he dispatched the troops he thought were appropriate.
To put it simply, for a war that can be fought with 100,000 troops, there is no need to assemble a million troops. The correct way to avoid waste is to use the most appropriate number to win.
That is to say, Zhiyao relied on the soldiers of the Zhi family to be good at fighting, and the military equipment was excellent. She had to be confident in a series of plans, so she had the confidence to act like this.
The perfect management system can dispatch new troop reinforcements at any time according to the battlefield situation. This is also Zhiyao's biggest reliance!
Zhiyao smiled and said: "It is natural to prepare early, but it is not necessary to recruit a new army."
More than 300,000 Chu troops competed with about 70,000 Yuan troops. The Chu army, which was outnumbered, could not gain any advantage. Once the Yuan army sent a large number of reinforcements southward, it would most likely frighten the Chu army into withdrawing its troops and returning home.
If the kings and ministers of the Chu State recognized the fact of the great disparity in strength and discovered that the Yuan State had mobilized more reinforcements to go south, and chose to see the facts clearly and withdraw their troops, wouldn't it be self-defeating?
Only then did Han Geng realize that Zhiyao was secretly preparing a big move. He thought for a while and said, "In this case, I would like to serve as the 'general' of the army going south, and your Majesty will appoint a national captain to be my 'assistant'."
The Yuan Kingdom inherited the military system of the Jin Kingdom, and some of its ideas must have also been inherited.
It has always been the standard system of the Jin army to have a general who leads the army and an assistant.
At this stage of the original kingdom, military assistants no longer simply assist the general, but may also have another responsibility of supervising the general.
Han Geng knew that Sun Wu was very powerful, especially that Sun Wu was no stranger to the mountains and terrain of Chu State, and Sun Wu also knew where the weak points of Chu State were. From a military perspective or the way monarchs and ministers get along, he decided that Sun Wu, who was trusted by Zhiyao, was the most powerful.
A suitable candidate for military assistant.
"The troops are slightly smaller, and the trip south this time is extremely dangerous." Zhiyao said.
In a way, Zhiyao did not trust Han Geng's military talent, and she really had no idea of appointing Han Geng as the general to go south.
Didn't Han Geng's mentality change? He was more focused on making achievements than before, so he said: "The national captain is my 'assistant', and I will listen to my opinions on everything, okay?"
Han Geng expressed his desire to hug Sun Wu's thigh so clearly that Zhiyao was embarrassed to refuse.
Zhiyao could only say: "In this way, the troops that invaded Chu's homeland have added another 'division'."
The Yuan country is not suitable for civil strife now, and Zhiyao has no intention of taking the opportunity to bury Han Geng.
Besides, there are many ways to deal with Han Geng, so why pay for military affairs and have tens of thousands of people buried with him?
When Han Geng saw Zhi Yao agreeing, he breathed a sigh of relief. At the same time, he felt a sense of uneasiness. He thought to himself: "Before I go south, I must make some preparations!"
He believed that the chance of Zhiyao cheating him was very small under the current situation, so why not just be cautious in everything?
Later, Zhiyao invited Sun Wu to come and personally explained what had just happened, and then said: "Situ and Guowei are important officials in the country. If something can be done, just do it. If something cannot be done, just don't do it."
In fact, it is an expression of concern for the safety of the important ministers of the country, expressing full trust and giving the right to act expediently.
Sun Wu said: "I will do my best to assist Situ."
Zhiyao, who hadn't thought much about it at first, was slightly stunned when she heard the official title.
The Yuan Kingdom is not considered to be a new creation, but it also learned from the Zhou royal family's three-gong-nine-qing system. To some extent, its management team may be more complete than that of the Zhou royal family.
In terms of duties and powers, Situ is actually the deputy in power, which can be regarded as a civil service.
Now, Situ wants to become the commander-in-chief of the expeditionary force. It is clear that there is no distinction between civil and military affairs.
"Civility and military affairs are clearly a matter of the two Song Dynasties, right? Before the Northern Song Dynasty, there were no capable people who could not only be civilized and able to govern the country, but also military capable to mount a horse and determine the world." Zhiyao suppressed the other thoughts about civil and military affairs.
It is certainly necessary for a country to strictly distinguish between civil and military affairs, but the consequences will be very serious!
Just look at the Song Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty and you will know the consequences.
A country must be in a peaceful stage most of the time. How can the military generals who have lost their place of use not lose their right to speak? Once the civilian officials have the advantage for a long time, they will inevitably suppress and deprive the military generals of their rights again and again.
Competing with each other is nothing, but the terrible thing is that later the literati will despise the warriors to the point where they even think that exercising is a vulgar behavior, causing the literati's whole body to die with only one mouth left, but he still refuses to admit that he is a waste.
There is no perfect system in the world, and the pursuit of appropriateness is the most important thing.
It was far from the time when Zhiyao was worried about the lack of distinction between civil and military forces. She took back her wandering thoughts and listened quietly to Han Geng and Sun Wu discussing the march route and which places the original army of invading Chu State should target.
Listening to the discussion between the two, they clearly understood that their purpose of going south was not to capture any amount of land or plunder how many people, resources, etc., but simply to cause greater panic and destruction to the Chu State.
Zhiyao saw them stop and look at him, and responded: "Stop using troops in Lu for the time being? That's okay."
The original army has not yet fully occupied the land of Lu, which means that the state of Lu is still lingering.
In order to serve the main battlefield and other battlefields, Zhiyao certainly did not care about withdrawing troops from Lu.
"There are many kings in Lu State who are strong-mouthed. The only one who can really fight is Zilu, but Zilu has been suppressed by Sanhuan. Their existence is not a big threat. They can't be destroyed in one fell swoop this time. It's just that I don't have many troops. The timing is right.
They won't survive the next time, so I'm not anxious at all." Zhiyao has a clear understanding of this point.
One night six days later, the southward army headed by Han Geng took advantage of the darkness and left.
The Chu army scouts, who had been paying close attention to the situation of the original army, could not have overlooked such a big movement. After reporting the news back, it was unknown what kind of reaction it would cause from the top leaders of the coalition forces.
The next day, Zhiyao received a report that the Chu army had once again divided its forces and mobilized 30,000 troops to move south.
Whether these 30,000 Chu troops will be withdrawn into the country or transferred to strengthen the defense of grain roads, there will be definite news within a few days.
The reason? The scouts and reconnaissance cavalry of the original army were also closely observing every move of the Chu army.
Sima Ranju, who had just been transferred from Qi to replace Sun Wu, said: "So, the Chu army left here is only 120,000 to 30,000?"
Previously, Sima Ranju had been serving as the governor of Qi. He was originally responsible for fishing and slaughtering fish. Later, the situation changed and the fishing plan was suspended.
Zhi Xuwu said: "The Chu army in Lu is about 40,000, the Chu army in Hulao is about 50,000, and there are another 60,000 to 70,000 people guarding the grain road. The Chu army here must not be more than 120,000."
It is estimated that even the kings and ministers of Chu State did not know how many troops Chu State had transferred northward.
The scouts or scouts on the Yuan Kingdom's side made visual inspections and came to that conclusion.
In fact, the people of the Yuan Dynasty are already very experienced in this situation. The Chu army in the "Hundred Years' War" was like this. It has never been strictly organized. The number of troops it brings depends entirely on the consciousness of the Chu nobles. Sometimes they report too much.
Sometimes there is underreporting, and the number and composition of the troops is simply chaotic.
Because Han Geng led his army south, the number of original troops on the main battlefield decreased instead of increasing.
Regarding the number of original troops on the main battlefield, the Chu army can tell from the number of flags.
There are still more than 120,000 Chu troops staying on the main battlefield, and the original army is just over 50,000.
In general, the Chu army still has the numerical advantage, and if nothing can be done, it can retreat into the city of "Xinzheng" and rely on the perverted defenses of "Xinzheng" to persist.
"Your Majesty, Lord Chu and his ministers have entered the city!" Cheng Wu hurriedly came to report.
Zhiyao led a group of ministers out of the tent and went to a place where they could watch. They did see a team moving towards "Xinzheng" under the protection of layers of troops.
That team has a large banner. According to the principle of where Chu Junzhong is, the large banner is there, and the situation is clear at a glance.
Sima Ranju smiled and said, "How dare Mr. Zheng allow the Chu army to enter the city?"
There is a story here, that is, during the "Hundred Years' War", the capital of Zheng State, "Xinzheng", was threatened by the Jin army. Zheng State asked Chu State for help, and the Chu army who came to support Zheng State was admitted into the city of "Xinzheng"
, later the Chu army actually took control of "Xin Zheng" from the Zheng army.
That time, if the Chu State wanted to kill the Zheng State monarchs and ministers, the commander-in-chief could almost do it with an order. The Chu army that controlled "Xin Zheng" also showed its arrogance and domineering to the extreme, but the Zheng State monarchs and ministers escaped.
From then on, no matter how much people were offended by the kings and ministers of the Zheng State, the kings and ministers of all dynasties would no longer admit armies from other countries exceeding a certain size into the city.
Zhiyao shook his head and said: "The monarchs and ministers of Chu State know the power of our army in detail."
Everyone was stunned for a moment, then burst out laughing "haha".
It was clear that the Chu army had the upper hand, but as a result, the Chu monarchs and ministers fled into the "turtle shell". What else could they do if they were not afraid of the original army, which was capable of conquering and fighting?
The kings and ministers of Chu State should be afraid.
They had the advantage in terms of military strength, but the battle-loss ratio had been really ugly. If the Chu army wanted to kill one original soldier, it would have to pay the price of at least five people.
Now, there are only about 50,000 original troops left, but the number of Chu troops has been reduced to no more than 120,000. Can they not be afraid?
The kings and ministers of the Chu State who recognized the facts only knew one thing. No matter how much they tried to sell iron after returning to the country, a new army must be formed, armed and trained at all costs, otherwise the Chu State would inevitably become the cooked meat of the original country.
Next, the Chu army outside the city simply moved cautiously closer to "Xin Zheng", forming a dichotomy with "Xin Zheng", and never took the initiative to fight again.
Because if they wanted to attack the Chu army, they would be threatened by long-range weapons from the "Xinzheng" defenders using the height of the city wall. The original army tried several times but stopped.
After doing this, it was clear that this was the main battlefield, but the fighting stopped, and the two sides entered a moment of staring.
One day, when Zhiyao received a report that his own army was withdrawing from Lu, he also received a report of unusual movements in the Song and Yue countries.
The first is the Yue State. The Yue army is showing signs of mobilizing to the Lu region, and there is a strong intention to form an alliance with the Chu State at any time, and then besiege the Yuan State together.
"Yue Jun is not an ordinary person. I haven't shown any signs of decline. How could he join forces with Chu to attack me?" Zhiyao needed to stay vigilant, but did not believe that Gou Jian would end up at this time.
The truth is too clear. Both Yuan and Chu are now wooing Yue. Isn’t it good for Yue to stand aside and watch Yuan and Chu fight to the death? Why should they get involved?
Sima Ranju said: "The Song Dynasty mobilized an army of 70,000, but its actions and attitudes are unclear."
From a long time ago, due to the most practical factors, the Song Dynasty has been closely following the pace of the Jin Dynasty.
At this stage, although the attitude of the Song Dynasty is somewhat ambiguous, some of its behaviors are biased towards the neutrality of the original country.
Logically speaking, the Song State was very happy that the Chu State was beaten by the Yuan State. The problem was that the Yuan State was actually too strong.
Zhu Xia talks about morality and credibility, but getting along with other countries is not that simple.
Zhiyao was also unsure and asked, "Song State wants to attack me?"
The incident hasn't happened yet. Who can answer Zhiyao's question?