Zhiyao only pays attention to Zhao Daiguo, but it is not possible to say how much he cares.
As long as the Zhi family does not seek death, no matter how powerful Zhao Muji is, she will only be plagued by scabies in northern Xinjiang and will hardly pose a threat to the country's demise.
Every era has its own emphasis. In the current era, the threat from the Chu State is indeed greater, but in the future, it will become a threat from within. After the Five Husties disrupted China, foreign forces became the biggest threat.
Which country was the former Jin State most wary of? It was not Chu State, its biggest rival, but Qi State.
All because the State of Qi was really strong and its achievements were extremely brilliant.
Later, Chu State showed its strength, and the country that Jin was most afraid of became Chu State.
The Chu people proved that they could not be underestimated with their bloodshed and sacrifice, so that when a new era came, people began to think that no matter before or now, the only country that could pose a threat to the Central Plains countries was Chu.
The Chu State was in such chaos, but the original monarchs and ministers were still so wary? This must be said to be caused by the vigilance formed over a long period of time, and it has nothing to do with strength.
For example, after the huge Soviet Union disintegrated, and a country claimed to restore the greatness of the Soviet Union, neighboring countries and current hegemons would not look at whether the heir was strong or not, but would only maintain the highest vigilance against them.
If the hegemonic country diverts its attention, it will only mean that the new challenger has proven itself in all aspects. Otherwise, at most it will pay a certain degree of attention. It is not necessarily possible to say how much attention it attaches to it.
It is possible for the Zhao family to re-enter the Central Plains, which is far more likely than foreign forces. However, the original country is not a big one. The population difference between the two sides is more than thirty-three times. Even if the original country is at war with the Yue, Song and Chu states,
, with the national conditions and people's sentiments different from those of Dameng, how could it be possible for the Zhao family to replace the country.
Zhikai, who entered the territory of the Song Dynasty, received a newspaper from the central government, which contained news of the alliance between the Zhao family and Yiqu and Bai Zhai. After reading it, he shook his head with regret.
Once again, every era has its own characteristics.
It is precisely in the current era that all the Xia countries look down on foreign forces. If the Zhao Dynasty forms an alliance with Chu, Song, Yue or other princes, it will make the people of the original country feel more threatened, and they will go to Yi.
The alliance between Qu and Bai Zhai almost ended the possibility of the Zhao family establishing a foothold in the Central Plains.
To put it bluntly, the people of Zhuxia just looked down on the foreign tribes and would fight harder when encountering foreign invasions. Even if the Zhao family and their foreign allies really invaded the Central Plains, they would definitely be driven away sooner or later.
Zhikai looked at the wilderness full of farmland and asked, "What is the name of this place?"
At present, many places do not have official names.
The so-called "no official name" mainly means that it is not marked on the map, not that the locals did not give it a name.
They captured a city called "Heng" a few days ago and captured it very easily.
The captured nobles of the Song State said that except for the Song army that had already set out to conquer the country, almost all the soldiers of the Song State who could fight had been mobilized to "Shangqiu".
This is why the original army led by Zhikai encountered almost no decent resistance along the way. The next battle in "Shangqiu" will be the highlight.
Regardless of other territories, all the combatable soldiers in the country were gathered near the capital? Do you know how shocked Zhiyao was after hearing the news?
If it wasn't completely confirmed, Zhiyao almost thought that she had traveled through time again and came to the era of Zhao Song.
The Zhao family, who bullied orphans and widowed mothers, were afraid that they would be overthrown by the same behavior, so they simply stationed more than 70% of the country's troops around the capital. Even the generals who went into battle had to arrange their formations according to the formation maps left by their ancestors.
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The Song Dynasty during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period was much more capable of fighting than the Zhao and Song Dynasties, and there were not so many ridiculous things after that.
There was only one reason for the Song State to shrink all its troops to the vicinity of "Shangqiu". Their original military strength was far less than that of the original army, and they also lost to the original army in terms of equipment and combat effectiveness, so they could only do that.
"Shangqiu" is an ancient city in the country. It was constantly threatened by the Chu army in the past, and it was raised and thickened more than once.
Perhaps "Shangqiu" does not have nine city walls like "Xinzheng", but in terms of pure city defense facilities, it is not inferior to "Xinzheng" at all, and the terrain outside the city of "Shangqiu" is much more complicated than that of "Xinzheng"
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Zhi Xuwu reminded Zhi Kai more than once not to be careless and to maintain the utmost vigilance.
"Report! Our vanguard has started a fierce battle with the Song army."
"Explore again."
The number of forwards of the original army was about 7,500, which was the size of a "division".
Since the word "fierce battle" is used, it means that the number of Song troops encountered is at least the same, and may even be larger.
Zhikai did not look down upon the Song State at all, on the contrary, he was far more vigilant than the Yue State.
The reason? The Yue army and the Wu army are on the same route. They have no advantage in all aspects in a grand battle. The Song army is different. They can fight with the army of the Chu State in its power at a 50-50 ratio, but they can't fight with the Zheng army.
The number of victories and fewer defeats is enough to show that the Song army's combat effectiveness is really not weak.
There is no doubt that the motherland of the Yuan Kingdom is powerful, but that does not mean that carelessness will not lead to losses.
Zhikai must understand one thing. If the biggest defeat occurs under his command, no matter how much Zhiyao dotes on him, the position of the prince will definitely be shaken.
Therefore, one of the reasons why the princes in the past dynasties have not allowed the prince to lead the troops in battle is that winning has little benefit, and losing may mean losing the whole game.
Having already sat on the throne of the prince, it is most stable to first prove that one's IQ is correct, and then do nothing. The behavior of repeatedly trying to show off one's own behavior is actually the most stupid.
Why do you say stupid? Do you need to have a team during the performance? Will it make the emperor's father jealous? If things go wrong, not only the ministers will criticize, but the emperor's father himself will also be disappointed.
Because they understand what failure means, they may be unrestrained in their strategy in the early stage of Zhikai. They have not forgotten that they should send out a large number of scouts to keep an eye on the Song army. As they get closer to "Shangqiu", they become more and more cautious.
This is the truth. The possibility of a sneak attack has completely disappeared. Being steady and steady has become the only option. Why should we be impatient?
"About 40,000 Song troops are located outside the city, most of them based on hills. There are about 30,000 Song troops inside the city. I heard that there is a lot of food available, enough to last three years."
"Prince, there are Song troops in 'Yiqiu' and 'Quinqiu' each. Please report carefully and the two places are also mobilizing supplies."
"If the Song Dynasty mobilizes again, there will be more than 50,000 troops?"
Needless to say, the 30,000 Song troops originally heading to Yue must be on their way back to support.
Moreover, Song State will definitely ask Chu State for help.
If the Chu State was not stupid? They would understand the truth of the situation. Even if the 100,000 Chu troops who invaded the Yue State were not transferred to the Song State to support the Song State, the Chu State would send new troops to support the Song State.
Maybe, just maybe, the Chu State would learn from the lessons of the Yue State and not only send troops to support the Song State, but also send troops to invade the original country to open up a new battlefield?
Therefore, the Yuan Kingdom prepared two "divisions" of troops for the Man clan who were most likely to invade the Chu Kingdom, and two "divisions" of garrison troops were stationed in "Xinzheng" in Zhengdi.
It would be best if the Chu army did not open a new battlefield. The two "divisions" of the Man clan were also reserves for possible war in Qin, and the two "divisions" of "Xinzheng" became troops that threatened the Chu state.
In the current era, only the original country has such sufficient military strength. However, mobilizing such a large number of troops is actually quite harmful to the consumption of national power.
A month later, Zhikai's troops pulled out the strongholds in the west and north of "Shangqiu" before leading the main force to the outskirts of "Shangqiu".
"What's on top of the city wall?" Zhikai was talking about something that looked like a propeller, but it only had two sharp blades.
Those gadgets were placed on the city wall, one every fifty meters or so.
Although Zhikai couldn't pronounce the name of the thing, he could feel the threat just by looking at its appearance.
The technological level of the original country far exceeds that of the current vassal states. Don't forget that waterwheels and water-powered forging hammers have been put into use long ago.
Two leaves made of sharp blades, coupled with a rotating device, once stirred, how could a flesh and blood body withstand it!?
There are not only two-leaf city defense equipment, but also some things that look like shooting poles, and a bed crossbow that is familiar to everyone.
Those are the only defensive equipment that are exposed, but I don’t know how many more are hidden.
Zhikai remembered something and said to his left and right: "Kai vaguely remembers that my father sent people to the Song Dynasty to find the Mo family. I heard that it was because the Mo family was good at making city defense equipment."
The Mo family? It is the family of Mo Zi, but currently Mo Zhai is not qualified to be called "Zi".
At present, there are not many people who are qualified to be called "Zi". Guanzi (Guan Zhong), Zhao Zi (Zhao Wu), and Zheng Zi (Zi Chan) are recognized as the three immortals. The historical status of the other schools of thought in the future will not be that great.
Gao, including Laozi and Confucius.
Of course, when the original army arrived at the "Shangqiu" city, they would not immediately launch an siege. At least they would need to collect materials from the surrounding areas to build more siege equipment.
What is very fatal is that during the Song Dynasty and the Zheng Dynasty, all the surrounding woods were cut down to only wooden piles, and all the larger rocks were removed.
Zhikai was shocked when he heard what Song had done for the first time. He couldn't imagine how much manpower would have been used and what it would be like to have all the trees cut down.
Waiting for Zhikai to see the scene around "Shangqiu" in person, he felt that the Song Dynasty was really brave and dared to send troops to cross the country even though it knew that the original parliament was invading.
At present, one can imagine how much wood is piled up in the city of "Shangqiu". They can be burned even if they are not good enough, and they are absolutely useful for making tools.
In advance, Zhikai already knew that the Song people had cut down all the trees they could, and sent auxiliary troops to cut down the trees along the way, but they would not build siege equipment too far away from "Shangqiu".
After all, siege equipment will be very large and not easy to transport. It must be built near the city to be attacked.
Zhikai took a tour and found that the four walls of "Shangqiu" were all of the same facilities, and he had a very ominous premonition in his heart.
"When I was a child, I heard a story from my father. It was about Lu Ban and Mozi using war as a tool to prove who was more powerful. Both sides showed off their abilities in a siege battle..." Zhikai's memory is pretty good, but
But when I was young, I thought stories were just stories.
As a father, he always tells some odd stories to his young children. After telling them, he will forget what he has told.
Some children are able to retain memories from their childhood and never forget them no matter what.
After growing up, Zhikai already knew who "Lu Ban" was based on his own knowledge. Isn't he Gongshu Ban who was born in Lu State?
Gongshuban is the viscount of the original country and the most valued "great craftsman" in the original country. He has a very lofty status, but his status in the profession of craftsman is second only to Zhiyao.
There is nothing we can do about it, but Zhiyao "invented" many tools, and Zhiyao also "invented" waterwheels and other civilian or military equipment.
Now, Zhikai suddenly thought of who the "Mozi" in the story could be. While feeling slightly confused, the first thing that came to his mind was to ask the central government to send Gongshu Ban over.
"Gongshuzi?" Zhixuwu is not stupid. Seeing Shangqiu's posture, he knew that he should ask for the transfer of the Gongshu team.
Zhikai nodded fiercely and said, "If my father had known what Mo Zhai was capable of, he would not have objected."
It is true that the Gongshu Ban was supervising the construction of "Zhongjing" at the moment. Out of the need to destroy the Song Dynasty, I think Zhiyao would agree to the Gongshu Ban coming to "Shangqiu" in person.
Zhi Xuwu frowned slightly and said, "What the prince means is that our army will not attack the capital of Song Dynasty before Gongshuzi arrives?"
Zhikai did not answer directly, but said euphemistically: "The Song army outside the city controls the important area, how can we attack the city unless we attack it?"
If it is not a performance work, in a city attack and defense battle, you really need to do your best to eliminate the enemy forces outside the city. Otherwise, the constant harassment of the enemy forces outside the city will make it difficult for the siege troops to withstand, let alone internal and external attacks.
and threats on food routes.
Zhi Xuwu had a different opinion and said: "Gongshuzi needs to come, but the attack on the city also needs to be carried out."
After all, the main goal of the army is to capture the city. If we don't do the necessary tests and completely target the enemy, wouldn't it slow down the progress?
Besides, the 30,000 Song troops from Yue and the Chu troops supporting Song will arrive at any time. Even if the original army does not attack the city, they can definitely learn from the tactics used to attack "Xinzheng".
"Dig a trench?" Zhikai's eyes lit up.
When the Yuan Kingdom destroyed the Zheng Kingdom, they adopted a siege model to treat "Xin Zheng".
At that time, the original army dug trenches one after another outside "Xinzheng", making it impossible for the defenders of "Xinzheng" to get out, and the coalition forces outside were unable to link up with the defenders of "Xinzheng".
Zhikai has only seen the relevant records of the "Battle of Xinzheng", not as a personal participant.
Zhi Xuwu was one of the commanders of the "Battle of Xinzheng", and he was relatively experienced in what tactics should be adopted in the face of such a fortified city.
In this way, the original army began to attack the Song Army's stronghold outside "Shangqiu" on one side, and on the other side began to dig trenches outside "Shangqiu" from far to near...
