Chapter 75: Intense gongs and drums (4200, Xie cabbage Guan Wan
After accepting Zhiyao's proposal, Zhizong began to make various preparations, including sending recruitment orders to various fiefdoms, and also needed to arrange defense deployments in several places for next year.
Because of the Zheng State's invasion of the Jin State, every family in the Jin State that borders the Zheng State needs to deploy troops to resist the possible invasion of the Zheng Army.
Currently, it is not the Zhi family that has the most borders with the Zheng State. This is because the fiefdoms in the south that originally belonged to the Fan family were under the armed control of various families. Among them, the Wei family controlled the largest number of cities.
In line with the relationship that whoever controls which area has the responsibility to defend the territory, the Wei family needs to arrange garrison troops on the long border with Zheng State, and the Wei family's troops that can be singled out to participate in the invasion of Wei State appear to be fewer.
Fortunately, the area bordering Zhishi and Zheng Guo is mostly mountainous. Several important roads are blocked, and some mobile combat troops are arranged to use the terrain to effectively resist the invasion. If it were a plain terrain, Zhishi and Zheng Guo would have been torn back and forth.
I don't know how many troops will be invested.
Last year Zhiyao led his army to invade Zheng State and cleaned up the northwest area of Zheng State. After doing so, what Zheng State needed in that direction was to restore people's livelihood, so Zhishi's troops went to raid from time to time; currently Zhishi
The frequent battles with Zheng Jun were near "Sliding ②". The two sides repeatedly staged a back-and-forth chasing game. The intensity of the war could only be described as average.
So, the Zheng State is currently the Wei family's trouble. Perhaps this is why the Wei family chose to move closer to the Zhi family, which has the most strength, and no longer continue to ride on the Zhao family's warship, which has some holes and leaks?
"I will also go on an expedition next year. Then I can appreciate Yao's majestic strategy!" Wei Jugang learned from his elders that he was qualified to go on an expedition. He first sent someone to inform Zhiyao and then came to visit him the next day.
This time, the Lao Zhi family will send out a legion to invade the Wei Kingdom. The head of the family, Zhishuo, and the eldest son, Zhishen, will both go on an expedition, and the third generation, Zhi Yao, will also go.
In order to prevent other families from having an opportunity to engage in mischief, Zhizong proposed to the monarch that the younger generations of other families should also see the world, and the monarch strongly agreed.
By the way, how many years ago did the older and younger generations of the Qing family go to war? It’s hard to say exactly when, but it was quite a long time ago anyway.
"This time all the younger generations are coming out. We should not be looked down upon by our parents. We should strive to be the first." Zhiyao encouraged.
Whether it’s a mule or a horse, it needs to be taken out for a walk, right?
It is estimated that many parents are also tired of a group of children messing around in "Xintian" every day. When they hear that the Zhi family will send an "army" southward, they feel that this wave must be stable, and they are very willing to let their juniors go.
Go to the battlefield and see the world.
"Yao has already gone on a campaign, and none of us have anything, so we will have nothing more than this time." Zhao Bolu came to Lao Zhi's house later.
I don’t know if it was by coincidence or what, but several second-generation people sent people to visit one after another and agreed on a time to meet, which happened to be on the same day.
As the host, Zhiyao must inform visitors, for example, who will be there that day. If anyone does not want to meet so-and-so, they can make an appointment with Zhiyao in advance.
Therefore, Wei Ju arrived first, then Zhao Bolu came, and then Han Geng, Qi Wu, and other second generations who were qualified to follow the army south came.
Originally Han Geng was arranged to go to the west. When he learned that Zhiyao, Zhao Bolu and Wei Ju would go to the southeast, he strongly requested to go to the southeast as well.
The Han family probably didn't want Han Geng to be absent from the gathering of the second generation of the Zhi family, Zhao family, and Wei family. Some unknown operations enabled Han Geng to go to the southeast together.
Zhizong was on guard against the other families with high positions, but felt that there was no strong threat to the public family, so the monarch expressed his intention to personally conquer the family and dissuaded him.
The king's personal conquest? This has not happened in the Jin Kingdom for a long time. Zhisong would have been scolded by the nobles for agreeing to the king's personal conquest.
Why were they scolded? It wasn't that the nobles were worried about the monarch's safety, it was simply that they couldn't let the monarch get involved in the power to distribute the spoils of war.
As for military power? The army comes from various families, that is, the private army belonging to the family temporarily becomes the "National Defense Force." After the war, the army is disbanded and it is the private armed force of each family. It is not an army affiliated with the country. How can the monarch go?
What about taking control beyond the nobility?
Next year, the Jin State will dispatch a large number of troops to invade the Wei State. Qi and Zheng will definitely increase their troops after finding out about Jin's actions. It is impossible for the Song Congress to rejoin the anti-Jin alliance. The scale of the war by then should be huge.
The Jin State used a large number of troops in the southeast? Although the Qin State had settled down after being severely damaged, the Jin State still had to be quite vigilant towards the Qin State.
The Qin State has waged undeclared wars against the Jin State more than once. It even massacred Li Shu when it invaded the Jin State. The Wei family suffered the most massacres at that time. Later, the Jin State taught Qin that it was the Wei family.
Maximum output.
The Wei family's current focus is in the south, and they have long forgotten their past. Moreover, the Jin family currently has the longest border with Qin, and the important task of guarding against Qin falls on the Zhi family.
Faced with this situation, Zhizong made a request to the Han family. Han Buxin could not use troops in the southeast. The condition was that the Han family would pull at least one "division" of troops westward, without entering the Zhi family's fiefdom, and stationed in the Han family's territory.
The area that Fan robbed can be used.
At the same time, either Han Buxin went to take charge personally, or the other core members of the Han family were allowed to exercise authority on their behalf. In short, the task of guarding against Qin this time was shared by the Zhi family and the Han family.
The Han family was about to improve their relationship with the Zhi family. After Han Gu, one of the core members of the Han family, asked Han Buxin for instructions, he found Zhisong and expressed his willingness to obey the order. The matter was settled, except that Han Buxin went to the west, while the Zhi family went to the west.
Zhi Xuwu is in charge of Western Xinjiang.
A group of second-generation people expressed their enthusiasm about what Nan Zheng wanted to do, and some of the loud-mouthed second-generation people even boasted with great enthusiasm.
Zhiyao listened with a smile, but complained in her heart: "It sounds like the family is willing to give military power. Elders who don't know your virtues, aren't you afraid that you will end up giving away your life?"
Currently, only Du Zhiyao, as a junior, has military power, while the other youngsters have not been given the qualifications to lead troops by their elders.
Zhiyao's military power is a mixed blessing for the old Zhi family. But if Zhishen is more ambitious, where is the use of Zhiyao?
However, the Zhi family has never publicized Zhi Yao's ability to lead troops. Either the title fell on Zhishen or Zhi Xuwu. This is also a protective measure. The problem is that people who should know still know Zhi Yao.
He led the troops in battle.
Throughout the winter, the Jin Kingdom did not stop because of the cold weather. Every family made various preparations in the winter. After the spring season came, the capital "Xintian" issued an order that each family that had received the recruitment order needed to prepare as early as possible.
The assembled troops were transferred to "Xintian". When the time comes, the king will review and set off for Cao State.
They arrived in the State of Cao and met up with Zhao Yang's troops. The next step was to launch a new round of invasion of the State of Wei!
When the Jin army marched southward, the most nervous people were Zheng Guo and Wei Guo. However, Cao Guo, who knew that the Jin army would come, was still there.
When the contemporary Cao Junyang learned that there would be more than two "armies" of Jin troops arriving, he changed his pretense of being deaf to Zhao Yang's troops and sent ministers to express condolences. At the same time, he shipped a batch of grain and grass to give as gifts.
The current Cao State is actually on the verge of subjugation. After they stopped serving the Jin State diligently, they continued to have bad relations with the Wei State and the Song State. Many of the cities were occupied by the Wei State and the Song State in a few years. The Song State invaded and occupied Cao State's cities.
The largest number.
Zhao Yang received the ministers from Cao State, but did not accept Cao State's gift of grain and grass.
When the ministers of Cao State saw that Zhao Yang did not accept the gift of grain and grass, they secretly thought about how to take it for themselves. Later, they simply did not go back to revive Cao Junyang and ran back to their own fiefdom.
After learning about such a thing, Zhao Yang said to his left and right: "The Kingdom of Cao has perished."
What he said makes sense, because the Song State once again joined the anti-Jin alliance, and at the same time civil strife broke out in the Cao State.
The civil strife in the Cao State was the work of the Song State. The main reason why the Song State turned away from the Jin State was also its desire for territorial expansion.
The main reason why Song Junluan once again stood for the anti-Jin alliance was to gain understanding from Qi, Wei and Zheng on the matter of annexing Cao.
It's not that the Jin State didn't know Song's ambitions towards Cao State, it was just that civil strife broke out all the time in the Jin State, and who had the heart to care about what was going on abroad.
Zheng Junsheng had only one request for Song Junluan to annex Cao State: Zheng State should get a share of the pie!
The Song State had the power to monopolize the Cao State, but Song Junluan still agreed to Zheng Junsheng's request.
The reason why Song Junluan agreed was too realistic. The Song Dynasty just needed someone to share the risks. At that time, some princes could intervene and work together.
Zhao Yang, who had spied everything, had no interest in intervening in what the Song Dynasty wanted to do. Once he could neutralize the armed interference of the princes in the civil strife of Jin, the next step would be to divide the Fan family and the Zhonghang family. He would have no time to care about the life and death of the Cao State.
"Where are the Chinese generals?" Zhao Yang was looking at the map.
Gubu Ziqing went out to inquire about it, and then came back for about two hours and reported: "Sir, the army must be at the 'sacrifice' place."
This "sacrificial" place was within the sphere of influence of the State of Zheng.
I don’t know whether Zheng Guo knew that the Jin army going south was going to join forces with Zhao Yang to attack "Puyang", or whether Zheng Guo was frightened. Anyway, there was no Zheng army within fifty miles of the Jin army going south. At the same time, Zheng Guo divided the population of each "state" and
The resources were transferred to nearby cities, and a defensive posture was put into place.
"The Chinese army will send one army, which really surprises me." Zhao Yang was still looking at the map, frowning, and said to himself: "In this way, the attack and defense are three armies."
My family only has four 'divisions', and the Zhi family has one 'army' and two 'divisions'..."
Originally, right? Zhao Yang thought that the nobles in the country were not willing to increase their troops at all. He really did not expect that the Lao Zhi family would be so powerful this time, which would make other families confident in winning the war and willing to send elites to participate in the war.
It is not a problem that the three "armies" of the Jin State can sweep across the Wei State. What needs to be considered is whether they can also bring in the coalition forces of the princes to help the Wei State in the war.
Recently, Zhao Yang has been thinking hard about the strategy of annihilating the enemy army. After thinking about it, some things have failed to make sense. At the same time, he got a little angry and his temper increased and he became more irritable.
"Lord?" Gubu Ziqing didn't leave, waiting to ask if he wanted the army to prepare for departure and go to meet up with the friendly troops heading south.
Zhao Yang first glanced at Gubu Ziqing strangely, then waved his hand after realizing it.
He sent out many scouts and increased the scope of the investigation to about a hundred miles. What was very annoying was that the news reported was that no trace of the enemy was found at all.
It's so stupid!
Their Jin army, which only numbered three or four "divisions", had been stationed here for a winter. They were still the remnants of the army that had retreated from Wei State and borrowed land from Cao State to rest and recuperate. What on earth did the princes do to eat? They didn't think of coming to annihilate them!
Because of the large scale of the reinforcements brought by Zhisong, Zhao Yang, who wanted to cause trouble, held his breath in his chest.
Zhao Yang had already planned how to motivate his soldiers to fight to the death in desperate moments, which included various rewards and status improvements, and even rewards for releasing slaves to freedom.
In other words, Zhao Yang thought that the situation was so bad that even slaves were pulled out to join the war.
The bad situation dissipated with the help of the old Zhijia's "army", and even because the Jin nobles rekindled their enthusiasm for war, it became a situation of "I have the advantage".
"Uncle Zhi has such a face. If I don't win a big victory, how can I compete with him?" Of course Zhao Yang knew why the old Zhi family had such an outburst, but he still praised him so much in public. You can imagine what he felt in his heart.
How frustrating.
The current Zhao family is not without troops. In fact, their cities in the eastern part of Jin are being harassed by the Qi army, and many of their troops can only defend on the spot.
It's not that Zhao Yang has never thought about gathering an army to play with Qi in the east. What is relatively embarrassing is that he needs to resolve the civil strife first. He can also earn prestige by personally commanding an army composed of multiple families in Jin. So he has never gone to the east to fight with Qi.
Qi was playing alone.
If the princes could be completely wiped out or severely damaged in "Puyang" this time, Zhao Yang would not actually have to deal with Qi's harassment of his own fiefdom. Qi would definitely retreat by then, and the Qi Congress would seek to gain an understanding with Jin.
Then go and focus on Lu.
"Order the army to be ready to break camp." Zhao Yang still had no intention of joining the army led by Zhisong. He wanted to lead his headquarters to "Puyang" alone.
After receiving the order, Jishen instinctively felt something was wrong.
The Jin army on Cao's side still has about four "divisions", of which the Zhi family accounts for two "divisions", which can be regarded as the one with the most troops among all families.
The current situation is that the Wei State and other countries know that the Jin State is still gathering troops to surround "Puyang". After the spring flowers bloom, they also dispatch troops and generals. The Song State alone dispatched two "armies" under the Zhou Li organization.
Feeling threatened, Zheng Guo also dispatched two "armies".
So, the combined military strength of Song and Zheng is one thousand chariots and twenty-five thousand infantry.
If a war breaks out within the country, the monarchs and ministers who defend the country must fight tooth and nail, and the strength of the troops assembled will not be less than one "army".
Qi State is the small overlord of Shandong, with a very strong economy and a large population. They know that the decisive battle is coming, and any smart people in the country will choose to participate in the war with maximum strength.
"I'll lure the enemy with 30,000 to lure 100,000!" Zhao Yang looked at his elder Zhao Huo and said, "Go see the general and tell him this, this, this..."
Zhao Huo listened carefully, feeling a little strange in his heart.
What are you doing!
This is to give instructions to superiors from subordinates. Can I listen to this?
