Chapter 520: The Importance of Langya in Yue Kingdom
In this matter, Zhiyao seems stingy.
For a country, getting off to a good start is more important than anything else.
Rewarding a title and a city in exchange for making certain countries unable to survive, or encountering other threats, choosing to come and join them is much better than using weapons to destroy the country.
The country of Yuan can treat its attached kings well, and its generosity can actually make other countries feel at ease, making them more willing to surrender when things become impossible.
The truth is that, but the complexity of things is much more than imagined.
For example, if the original country accepts a king who no longer has any subjects, and rewards him with titles and cities, the people who rise up in the mountains of corpses and seas of blood will not be satisfied, and it may even make future kings easily deceived.
In the history of Zhu Xia, there are many examples of people from all over the world coming to pay tribute, but the facts prove that many of the teams that came to pay tribute were not representatives of a certain country at all, but were simply some businessmen who defrauded people of food, drink, and rewards.
After cheating something, those people will not only laugh at a certain dynasty, but also publicize that the people in this dynasty are stupid, have a lot of money, and are easy to cheat, and invite their companions to come back next time.
During the deception of these people, even if anyone in the dynasty senses something is wrong, they generally will not point it out.
After all, it is such a honorable thing for all the nations to come to court. If you expose a lot of people, they will be in trouble. Maybe the emperor will get angry and chop off the head of the wise man. Why don't we just pretend to be stupid and have fun together?
Got through it.
There are only two things Zhiyao is most concerned about right now, one is the war over there in Donglai, and the other is when the Crown Princess will be pregnant.
On the Donglai side, Sima Ranju has led his army to fight with the Vietnamese army at "Mu Ling".
This was not the Vietnamese army led by Gou Jian himself. They were headed by Wen Zhong as the general to invade Qi State.
Wen Zhong didn't know the fact that Yuan's army had sent troops until the scouts reported the traces of Yuan's army. On one side, he sent people to report to King Gou Jian of Yue. On the other side, he didn't even bother to continue the invasion of Qi State and chose to stop at "Muleng".
This is the only way for the original army to pass.
Because of Wen Zhong's prompt decision, he arrived at "Muleng" one day ahead of schedule, and the original army led by Sima Ranju arrived the next day.
The war that broke out in "Muleng" was hasty.
It was just that the Vietnamese army, which had arrived for a day, did not have enough time to understand the local terrain, and there was no way to set up an ambush. They could only set up their formations to fight the original army.
Sima Ranju had thought that he would be intercepted by the Vietnamese army. His main goal was to go straight east to find the Yue King Gou Jian and fight a decisive battle. He really didn't expect that not only would the Vietnamese army be stationed in "Muling", but also Wen Zhong would be in charge.
The commander-in-chief of the Vietnamese army.
Among the Vietnamese troops heading north this time, Wen Zhong had the largest number of troops, reaching 60,000.
Wen Zhong originally led his army to invade Qi State. Because Qi State was too weak, the Vietnamese army did not suffer much losses in attacking the city. In fact, because of the successive victories of Qi Army, their morale became extremely high.
The Vietnamese army, which had high morale and had strong self-confidence, was not frightened at all when facing the former army of the most powerful country in the Central Plains. The battle on the first day was uneventful.
Because Sima Ranju was worried that King Gou Jian of Yue would choose to return to the country after learning that the original army had sent troops, he discussed with the generals and the 70,000 original army was split into two parts, leaving 40,000 in "Mu Ling" and the remaining 30,000.
Got a mission to attack "Langya" directly.
Before Sima Ranju led his army to the expedition, the information he received was that King Gou Jian of Yue was coming from the east with overwhelming force, and his offensive went extremely smoothly, even reaching the seaside of "Chengshan".
The Yuan Kingdom will not forget the fact that the Wu Kingdom's navy was able to fight naval battles. The Yue Kingdom, which annexed the Wu Kingdom, gained a large number of ships and sailors.
This time the Yue State sent troops to the east and used its navy. If the Yue King Gou Jian chose to retreat from the sea on the safe side, it would not be so easy for the Yuan State to quickly destroy the Yue State.
Sima Ranju's goal of dividing his troops to go to "Langya" was very clear. The State of Yue had a fleet stationed there, and capturing "Langya" might be able to seize some ships.
Even if the original army cannot seize the ship, at least it can save the Yuan navy from the sea an attack process. After quickly obtaining supplies, it can try to catch up with the Yue navy, or save its strength for the subsequent landing operation.
In fact, both the ships of Wu and Yue can only take a short sea route. Once King Gou Jian of Yue retreats from the sea, the fleet will definitely pass by the coast of "Langya". An early capture will at least know whether King Gou Jian of Yue escaped by sea.
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Therefore, "Langya" is a target that must be captured by the Yuan Kingdom, not to mention the fact that there is a natural harbor on the surrounding coast "Langya".
Zhiyao, the former Navy of the People's Republic of China, selected "Shuzhou" as a shipbuilding base before he ascended to the throne. At the beginning, he only did research, finalized one model and produced a few ships, and then continued to improve and replace it, without pursuing the scale of the navy.
So many years have passed, and there may not be any major progress. Building a ship that can sail smoothly in offshore waters is inevitable.
Wu knew that the attack on Qi could be carried out by both land and water. How could Zhiyao ignore the role of the navy in attacking Yue?
Nowadays, the Yuan Kingdom has a navy with more than 40 large ships and nearly a hundred medium-sized ships. They have no chance to show their talents and have been training on the coastal frontline known as the Bohai Sea for a long time.
How big is the so-called big ship? It is forty-eight meters long, twelve meters wide, and has a draft of eight meters. There is only one floor of the flagship room at the stern above the deck. The cabin is divided into two floors. There is only one mast. Generally speaking, there is only one mast.
I can say that it is quite satisfactory.
The reason why it is called a naval force is not that it cannot leave the coastal waters. To put it bluntly, it is because it has not been tested by naval battles.
This time, the navy of the original country came out in full force. Depending on how well it performed, Kanyong was waiting to expand the scale before going to the Japanese Islands to catch savages for mining. Kanyong probably wanted to maintain this scale.
In what era are you going to go to the Japanese Islands for? Are you going to catch savages and mine?
If a country wants to be healthy, it must not only focus on agricultural production, but also business cannot be ignored.
Zhuxia has always been a place short of copper mines. There are not many copper mines on the Wo Islands, but there are the largest silver and gold mines in Asia.
Send an army over to explore the minerals, and then desperately capture the savages to mine. The country will enter a financial system based on gold, silver, and copper in advance.
Not to mention there is output, even if there is no output, Zhiyao will be happy without spending much manpower and material resources to go to the Huohuo Islands, especially since it can also exercise the navy.
Of course, it is impossible for Zhiyao to build a navy on a large scale.
In the current era, building a navy does not have much military use other than catching savages overseas to obtain some precious resources.
Another point, to be honest, in the era of the feudal dynasty, Zhu Xia could only focus on land power, and paying too much attention to sea power was completely self-destructive.
The reason? The enemies that can cause the crisis of annihilation to Zhuxia are all from the north. They are the Xiongnu, Turks, Khitan, Mongolian tribes, wild boar skins, and Rakshasa. Enemies coming from the sea are bullying, but they cannot let the Zhuxia dynasty.
Destroy the country.
If you want land power and sea power to walk on two legs, you think there are no smart people in history, right?
It depends on the financial income of each Xia dynasty. Most dynasties find it difficult to maintain land power alone, and how can they have the spare capacity to take care of sea power as well.
Conspiracy for sea power is extremely expensive. If you invest too little, it will be of no use. If you invest too much, you will get nothing. It is really not something you can just hold on to.
Even in modern times, there is no powerful country that can balance both land power and sea power. You can imagine the difficulty.
Ami? That’s right, the Air Force is the first priority, followed by the Navy, and the Army can only be ranked third.
Now, Zhiyao is reading the first-hand battle report sent back.
Regarding the news about the Yuan Kingdom’s naval forces, the intelligence is still limited to the fact that the fleet has just entered the Donglai coast.
Sima Ranju led his army to fight with Wenzhong's troops at "Muling", which lasted for twenty-three days and ended with the Vietnamese army retreating on their own initiative.
The defeated Vietnamese army went to a place called "Yun" to defend the city. Sima Ranju reported that King Gou Jian of Yue was leading his army to the battlefield, but suddenly turned around and headed for "Langya" in the middle of the battle.
That is to say, when King Gou Jian of Yue learned that the Yuan Kingdom was sending troops to the east, he did not immediately think of withdrawing to the mainland of Yue State, nor did he flee for his life in a hurry by taking the sea route.
"Gou Jian originally intended to move the capital to 'Langya', but when he learned that 'Langya' was being attacked, he hurried there. Is there anything that he values over there?" Zhiyao felt very confused.
The Vietnamese army going north had their material storage point in "Jiegen", where most of the military supplies and equipment were stored.
The reason why the Vietnamese army chose "Jiegen" as a stronghold to hoard supplies is related to the march route of their invasion of Donglai and Qi countries. Furthermore, the Vietnamese army has a maritime transport team that can transport supplies to the bay near "Jiegen" (
Jiaozhou Bay).
Speaking of which, the Wu State pioneered the use of landing attacks from the sea, and the Yue State now learned and used sea transportation lines, which was indeed better than many subsequent dynasties.
Zhikai, who had recently been working hard to create humans, was sitting not far away with dark circles under his eyes. Hearing his father's murmur, he guessed: "The more you destroy Ju, the more you capture the palace, the more you invade Qi. I think the rare ones are stored in
'Langya', why didn't the King of Yue come to the rescue quickly?"
This... seems very possible!
Ju State and Qi State are both countries with a very long history. No matter how weak the two countries are, they will not become weak overnight. They have held the country for such a long time, so there must be good things in the palace collections, but now they have become Gou Jian's trophies.
It's just that Gou Jian is a hero after all. As for doing that for a group of treasures?
Zhiyao thought: "Maybe 'Langya' is more important to Yue than I thought?"
After "Langya", which originally belonged to the State of Ju, was seized by the State of Yue, the State of Yue had been vigorously carrying out construction. In order to let the ministers understand the importance of "Langya", Gou Jian even proposed to move the capital.
Zhiyao thought of something and said with a sudden look on her face: "Maybe there is a treasure hidden, but the important thing is that it is now a maritime hub!"
How should I put it? The Wu and Yue people are very adventurous. Not only did they sail under limited conditions, but they still wanted to make use of the sea even though they knew the risks were extremely high, and they really made use of it.
People who do not know the sea, or even have never seen the sea, will not understand the importance of "Langya" to the Yue Kingdom.
That "Langya" is the bridgehead for the Yue Kingdom to go north, and it is also an important town that ensures that it can retreat to the sea. This is why King Gou Jian of Yue moved his capital to "Langya"!
Now, the original army and the Yue army are fighting fiercely, but as long as the Yue country ensures that "Langya" is still in their hands, even if they end up trapped in "Langya", they can still get supplies from the sea continuously, and they can use it even if they can't do anything.
Withdrawal of troops along the maritime route.
In other words, "Langya", which was carefully managed, was captured by the original army. Even if the Vietnamese army still controlled other places, the early investment of the Vietnamese state was in vain, and the subsequent situation would definitely be passively beaten.
Zhiyao now thought of Sima Ranju's division of troops to attack "Langya", and she couldn't help but admire that Sima Ranju was worthy of being a man who could squat in a martial arts temple.
"Yes, there are still navy troops. As long as Cheng Shuo can hold Gou Jian back, Gou Jian will become the turtle in the urn when the navy arrives!" Zhiyao stood up in excitement and walked towards the place where the map of mountains and rivers was hung.
Zhikai followed him to the map of mountains and rivers. When he scanned the map of Ba, he couldn't help but frown. Once the Crown Princess became pregnant, he would go to Ba!
"This battle may be the last song of the Yue Kingdom." Zhiyao said in a low voice.
The Vietnamese State has mobilized an army of 110,000, of which about 80,000 have been put into combat, and another 30,000 are heading north by land or sea.
Even if the remaining 30,000 men did not join the battle, the Yue State did not have an 80,000-strong army, and even Gou Jian had a lucky escape, how many troops could the Yue State mobilize to resist?
Zhikai didn't want to ruin his success, so he said truthfully: "Father, Chu and Song will not sit back and watch the Yue Kingdom perish."
This is certain. Chu and Song may be willing to see Yue suffer misfortune. What they want to see even more is that Yuan and Yue will suffer a defeat. It is impossible to sit back and watch Yuan annex Yue.
The day the original army destroys the Yue army in the north, or the news that the Vietnamese army in the north suffers heavy losses reaches Chu or Song, it will be the time for the two countries to unite to exert pressure or send troops to help the Yue state.
Zhiyao narrowed his eyes and chuckled a few times before saying: "Zheng Di has stationed two armies. Within one month, he can recruit another army. In March, he can send out three armies, making it five."
The number of armies. If Chu and Song were to move lightly, I might not be able to destroy Chu, but it would be within their power to destroy Song."
Five legions, each with 37,500 soldiers, a total of 187,500 soldiers, were prepared by Zhiyao for Chu and Song. This does not include Dong.
Two legions that will advance, and one legion that will later launch an invasion of the Yue mainland.
Zhikai opened his mouth, thought for a while but said nothing.
It's not like you just married someone else's daughter and you're going to destroy that country right away.
The main reason is that the monarchs and ministers of the original country have had countless discussions about "one world". In order to make long-term plans, even if they can sweep the world at once, they should still take steps step by step in a cycle.
According to the plan, after the Yue State is destroyed, the attack will be delayed for at least three more years, and then the war to destroy the Song Dynasty will be launched. The remaining Chu State has other arrangements.
This time, the Yue State and the Song State were to be destroyed, and the Yuan State Office was able to do it. While the national power was greatly consumed, the worry was that it would be exhausted all at once.
However, the plan is just a plan, and Chu and Song have no obligation to cooperate, right?
