After Zhiyao became the king of a country, he would not normally lead troops on expeditions in person. Only under special circumstances would he be able to go out in person again.
Winter is coming soon, and the war in the east has come to an end. As expected, the Vietnamese army will be wiped out. Whether it is just the capture of the Yue King Gou Jian alive, or whether the Yue King Gou Jian commits suicide, no one can make a definite judgment until it happens.
"I thought Gou Jian might surrender." Zhiyao was preparing for a personal expedition.
After winter, the Yuan Kingdom will mobilize again, and Zhiyao will personally lead an army of 150,000 including the Huben Army to go south.
The 150,000-strong army is the strength of four fully-equipped legions. In addition to the troops that have been deployed on the Donglai battlefield and the Song Dynasty battlefield, as well as the garrison forces in other areas, the number of troops mobilized by the original country has exceeded 450,000.
The sources of these troops need to be broken down. Among them, 120,000 are from Qi, 60,000 are from Wei, 40,000 are from Zheng, 20,000 are from Yan, 10,000 are from Qin, and the remaining troops are from Jin
land.
The reason why it needs to be subdivided is mainly because it has a lot of connotations. For example, the military resources in the Jin region have not been exhausted, and Zhiyao can at least recruit about 300,000 more troops to fight in the Jin region.
Zhiyao has always been very clear that the basic market must be stable. As long as there are no fatal problems in the basic market, no matter how chaotic other areas are, the country will not be destroyed all at once, and it can rely on the power of the basic market to sweep the world again.
I would like to thank Hu Hai and Yang Guang for providing relevant lessons. They are both kings who messed up their own fundamentals.
I won’t say much about Hu Hai. In fact, he doesn’t have much to say, and his role was almost stolen by Zhao Gao and Li Si.
Yang Guang's base was in Yangzhou. When he established the Guanxi Clan Group, his allies were the aristocratic families in the Yangtze River Basin. It must be said that he chose the wrong allies, so that after retreating to Yangzhou, his force was controlled by the Yuwen family.
He caused trouble and ended up being killed by his subordinates.
Of course, Zhiyao also has its own basic base, which is divided into a core part and a peripheral part. The core is of course the Zhi family, and the periphery is the Han family, the Hu family, the Zhong family and other families.
There is a hidden worry in this fundamental market, that is, when the Han family, the Zhong family, and the Hu family see that the Zhi family is about to collapse, they will definitely have two minds.
Zhiyao could not use force to deal with the Han, Hu or Zhong families. He could only rely on time to slowly grind away. It was not surprising that some of his strength was restrained.
At the same time, the Hu family, the Han family, the Zhong family and other families will be Zhiyao's help. It seems complicated, but it is actually quite simple. As long as there is no civil strife in the Zhi family itself, there won't be any big problems.
After entering winter, the intensity of the war in Song Dynasty will decrease, and the decisive battle will begin in the east.
Zhiyao decided to lead 50,000 troops, including the Huben Army, to the east first, and the remaining 100,000 troops would be recruited after the next spring sowing.
"The affairs of the country will be left to the ministers." Zhiyao said with a cautious face.
After receiving the call, Han Geng, Sun Wu, Zhiying, Fu Liao and others also responded cautiously: "Promise!"
Zhiyao left Han Geng in "Zhongjing" and took away Hu You and Zhong Wu. This was an insurance measure. The Han family could not cause any trouble by themselves, and the Hu family and the Zhong family might cause big troubles.
Already.
Before the first snow started to fall, the troops led by Zhiyao set out. Instead of choosing the land route of "Puyang" where the battle was still ongoing, they directly took a large ship and used the river channel to enter Qidi, and the army took the land route at the end.
The battle in "Puyang" has come to an end. The 30,000 Song army was wiped out and more than 6,000 were wiped out. The Song army leader withdrew the remaining troops to the mountainous area south of "Puyang". He wanted to continue retreating and was trapped by the surrounding original army.
live.
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This Song army was very courageous and had a good starting point. However, they misestimated the mobilization capabilities of the Yuan Kingdom and never expected that 50,000 Yuan troops would arrive for support in just over two months.
Looking at the retreat direction of the Song army, they obviously wanted to retreat to the Song Kingdom nearby, and the route they chose was still mountainous. It would be strange if they were not blocked.
In fact, the Song army cannot be blamed. If they did not go through the mountainous area, they would have to take a detour of seven to eight hundred miles to return to the Song Dynasty. After passing through the mountainous area, they could reach the Song Dynasty in less than two hundred miles.
The Song army ignored a very important point. They were at war with the original country, and there were always organized original troops stationed in the direction of "Taoqiu".
Zhiyao will continue to pay attention to the kind of battles that are difficult to repeat, but it is difficult for him to devote too much attention.
After Zhiyao and others disembark from the ferry, the fleet will take advantage of the river to go out to sea before it freezes. Their final destination is the "Langya" coast.
As for why Zhiyao didn't go to sea by boat and then take the coastal route to "Langya", we can only say that the current sea voyage is extremely dangerous. Even if Zhiyao has no opinion, how can others agree.
When Zhiyao led his army across Qidi, the first snow fell.
God was very generous. It was snowing lightly and there was no sleet. Although it would still affect the speed of the march, it would not stop the march of the army.
More than a month later, Zhiyao led his army to the "Langya" battlefield.
"Your Majesty, Gou Jian has asked to surrender many times, but I only said that only your Majesty can make the decision." Sima Ranju was not surprised that Zhiyao came in person.
To be honest, even though we have entered the Warring States Period, some of the merits cannot be attributed to the ministers, including the elimination of another king and the destruction of the country.
The Vietnamese army must also know that new reinforcements have arrived from the original army. If they have the ability to identify them, they can also find that the "King's Flag" has been erected in the original army camp.
Zhiyao asked: "How many troops does the Vietnamese army have?"
Sima Ranju replied: "There should be more than 40,000 people?"
The Vietnamese army's counterattack has been fierce in recent times. If you know the inside story, you will understand why Gou Jian is called a hero.
To put it bluntly, the Vietnamese army had less and less food. When food was scarce, too many soldiers would be more harmful. Gou Jian simply launched wars again and again to consume soldiers, and at the same time, he also tried to eliminate more original troops.
Zhiyao asked: "What are the losses of our army?"
Sima Ranju knew that this question would be asked and answered truthfully: "The existing combat strength of the water-containing army is more than one hundred thousand."
They originally had three fully-equipped legions with a strength of 112,500. With the addition of two "divisions" transported by the Navy, the total strength was 127,500.
So after more than a year of fighting, the loss of combat power will be more than 10,000.
What to say?
The Vietnamese army plus the navy brought a total of about 150,000 troops, but now only about 40,000 remain.
The original army lost more than 10,000 combat troops.
The battle loss ratio between the two sides was about one to ten, which was the result that the original king and ministers had expected in advance.
If the fighting between the two sides broke out in mountains and forests, or where various water systems intersect, the situation would be different, and the losses of the original army would definitely be more serious than that of the Vietnamese army.
To put it bluntly, the Vietnamese army is not suitable for fighting hard battles. Faced with this kind of environment where there is not much room for movement, there are no mountains and forests to drill into, and all kinds of weapons and equipment are still inferior to the original army, it is strange not to be beaten to a head.
The most important point is that King Gou Jian of Yue cleaned up the temple after destroying the Wu Kingdom, and many generals who led the troops were also killed. Otherwise, the battle loss ratio of the Yue army against the original army might be better?
The Yue Kingdom is not Sulian (intentional typo). They do not have that much depth and population. If Gou Jian had not gone crazy, he must have known that the Yue Kingdom had no future.
However, Gou Jian once faced the powerful Wu State. After being defeated and captured, he was dormant for several years and was able to make a comeback. This experience made Gou Jian's thinking different from that of other losers. He must still be thinking about replicating his previous success, right?
Zhiyao thought for a while and said, "I don't see the King of Yue."
When a king meets a king, he must show some manners, such as sitting face to face and chatting for a while.
Now the original country is the dominant side, and it has a huge advantage.
Based on the three views and consistent practices of the Yue people, it is very likely that the Yue King Gou Jian will play dirty tricks, or that he will definitely assassinate him when they meet.
Anyway, the Yue army will definitely lose. If they successfully assassinate Zhiyao, they might be able to make a comeback. Even if they can't make a comeback, the Yuan country will be in turmoil. The worst case scenario is that the Yue country will drag the Yuan country to death together.
Success will definitely result in blood, but failure will still mean death. Others may not be able to do such a thing, but with Gou Jian's personality, even if there is only a 1% success rate, he will definitely do it!
Sima Ranju could only agree with Zhiyao's caution.
On the contrary, if Zhiyao agreed to Gou Jian's request to meet, Sima Rangju would definitely stop her.
Winning is something that is absolutely certain. You feel that you are already winning, and then you do something risky to make your mood more pleasurable. How many people fall at the last moment before victory because of this?
Do you know why the protagonist always wins? In addition to the plot requirements, it is basically because the villain is too good at it and gets the sad end of dying from talking too much.
Zhiyao said: "The battle is still under your command."
Sima Ranju breathed a sigh of relief.
It's not that Sima Ranju is worried about being robbed of his credit, it's simply that he has already taken ninety-nine steps, and he will be successful if he takes the last step. If someone changes the command at the last moment, many things will go wrong.
"I predict that the enemy's food reserves will be difficult to sustain for another two months at most. Your Majesty thinks that the siege will continue, or..." Sima Ranju's original intention was to continue to maintain the siege posture.
Zhiyao waved his hand and said: "How to fight, you decide on your own, there is no need to ask me for instructions."
However, Zhiyao still needs to give a deadline, adding: "It will be two months."
The Yuan Kingdom is not only engaged in the War from the East, but wars are also breaking out in other places.
If the War to the East can be ended as soon as possible, the Yuan Kingdom will have more than five legions of troops that can be deployed on the battlefield in Song Dynasty.
Currently, the Yuan Kingdom has only three armies deployed in the Song Dynasty, while the total number of Chu and Song coalition forces exceeds 200,000.
Among the two hundred thousand, the Chu army accounted for about 80,000, and the rest was the Song army.
With a total population of less than one million, the Song Dynasty recruited more than 120,000 troops. Perhaps not only men were recruited, but women were also recruited?
Don’t be surprised, during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, women were indeed recruited to fight on the battlefield, and women were not asked to do logistical work, but to rush forward with weapons and fight.
It took Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty to make women go away during war, otherwise there would actually have been female soldiers in the early Han Dynasty.
On the foreign side, the whole family has always gone to the battlefield together, including women.
As for why there are no female soldiers in various "serious" TV series or movies? The people filming them are modern people, so they will definitely bring their own subjective consciousness.
No joke, there were also female soldiers serving in the former army. These are some families that need to pay taxes. The father has died in the war, and the men are not yet able to shoulder the responsibility of paying taxes. The older sisters can only shoulder the important responsibility.
Don't underestimate women from noble backgrounds in the classical era. Their feet were not tied and they had the opportunity to study and practice their killing skills. Moreover, the army did not refuse women to serve, so why couldn't they join the army and fight?
In ancient times, there was a special word used to describe women who wielded weapons like men and went into battle, calling them "strong women".
Zhiyao knew those situations and had no idea of stopping them.
If you want to change it, you have to completely transform the social rules that have been in operation for hundreds of years, and then change the way the army is recruited.
If there is no man in the family who can contribute, and then preventing women from going to the battlefield, it is actually tantamount to trying to deprive the family of its privileges and property.
In addition, men can go to the battlefield, why can’t women? Preventing them from going to the battlefield is certainly a kind of protection, but isn’t it a deprivation of power?
A few days after arriving at "Langya", Zhiyao patrolled around under heavy protection, and also went to the coast to watch the Yue navy trapped on the beach.
On a certain day, that is, at noon the next day after Zhixiao returned to the camp after completing his inspection, he received a report that Gou Jian was leaving the camp on a bicycle and shouted loudly for Zhiyao to meet him.
Gou Jian shouted some things, such as whether the original Wang Yao was as timid as a mouse and why he didn't dare to stand in front of the two armies for a while, etc.
"Are you sure it's Gou Jian?" Zhiyao asked.
Sima Ranju hesitated a little and said: "The distance is too far and the King of Yue is wearing armor, so it is difficult to identify him."
Zhiyao sneered a few times.
This was Gou Jian's deliberate attempt to create an opportunity to assassinate Zhiyao, and the person who came out might not be Gou Jian himself.
No wonder Zhiyao had such doubts, it was all just because others might not be able to do it, and it was extremely possible for Gou Jian to do it.
Zhiyao summoned Zhilin and said, "Put on your armor, wear a few more layers of armor, and appear in front of the two armies in a chariot."
Zhilin was stunned for a moment when he heard it. When he realized it, he felt honored and responded loudly: "No!"
When there was no one else waiting, Zhiyao said to Sima Ranju: "Gou Jian will definitely make someone harm me."
How are things going?
Zhilin, who was pretending to be Zhiyao, rode out of the battle in a chariot. When he got within thirty meters of the chariot suspected to be Goujian, the chariot suspected of carrying Goujian launched a charge and fired arrows at Zhilin.
Zhiyao, who was watching the whole process, did not feel proud of having guessed in advance, and instead had a gloomy expression on his face.
Zhilin did not retreat, and went up to engage in a car battle with someone suspected of being Gou Jian. The two sides fought for less than a few moments before their respective reinforcements arrived, and a conspiracy turned into another big battle.
"This person Gou Jian... will cause trouble for thousands of years!"