Chapter 79: Trapped Qidu, plundered its ritual vessels (4200)
It’s perfect for Zhao to do this!
All because Zhao never takes the ordinary path. When he tramples the rules time and time again, he is actually breaking the moral bottom line.
The Zhao family has used unconventional means to obtain benefits too many times, and their family tradition has become somewhat different from other families.
"I want to stabilize Zhao Bolu's position as the heir apparent. Is there any greater contribution than asking him to bring Qi's sacrificial vessels to force Qi Jun to sign an unequal treaty?" Zhiyao sent someone to find Zhao Bolu, okay?
It's easy to find people.
Zhao Bolu was a bit dumbfounded when he heard what he was going to do. Then he heard Zhiyao explain it well and pointed out the prospects, especially since he would be highly rewarded by Zhao Yang, so he immediately decided to do it.
The retainers from the Zhao family were slightly hesitant. Thinking of the family tradition of the Zhao family and the current predicament that the Zhao family was facing, they thought it was an opportunity to regain their reputation and did not advise Zhao Bolu not to do that.
All the important monarchs and ministers of Qi State have gone out to fight, and the remaining ministers are either marginal figures or favorites with no actual power in their hands.
Zhuang Jia went back with the news to report. As a result, the ministers and nobles of the Qi Kingdom gathered together for a discussion, but it was only limited to the discussion stage and no feasible plan was proposed.
While they were quarreling over their own opinions, after the Jin army controlled the city gates and organized the "guo" and "town" outside the city, they left two "pawns" to guard the retreat, while the rest of the Jin army guarded the retreat.
Led by Zhiyao and Zhao Bolu, they entered the city.
"Gongsun, go ahead and block the way with two hundred people."
Zhiyao looked into the distance and saw buildings blocking her sight. She really couldn't see anyone who was so brave.
Although "Linzi", the capital of Qi State, is a large city, it does not lack the same shortcomings as other cities. Except for the wide road beside the city gate, there are no straight avenues running through the whole city in other locations. Various buildings are located east of each other.
The west building looks chaotic.
Zhiyao arrived at the place.
This is an alley with high walls on both sides. The road width is about four meters. There is a group of people blocking the road ahead.
Knowing in advance that there was a large-scale enemy force here, Zhiyao would definitely send soldiers to make a detour. Before the soldiers completed the detour, she didn't mind seeing who was so brave.
"Sign up as Rang Ju."
Zhiyao was slightly stunned.
Rangju? He seems to be a fierce man! His full name is Tian Rangju, and he is a descendant of Tian Wan. He is from the same family as Tian Qi, but their blood relationship is a bit different.
Who is that Tian Wan? He is the one who came to Qi State as the Duke of Chen State. He was appreciated by the Qi King at that time and became a doctor of Qi State.
Zhiyao saw that the group of people had mixed clothes and could not form a decent queue. At the same time, she found that the weapons in their hands were all kinds of strange. She thought: "Obviously they are not from the same family. They are more like various active rangers from Qi State."
ah?"
There is no "Ranger" at present, but similar people already exist. Qi State calls them "Martial Arts People".
To wait for "Yang Xia" to become popular, we need to wait for the emergence of Mohism. It is also because of Mohism's philosophy that the title "Xia" was born. It is not just that some dynamic groups in society can get the title "Xia".
"Just capture Rangju alive." Zhiyao had already seen the detoured troops arriving.
In a moment, the Zhishi soldiers who received the order launched an attack with a double-teaming force. No matter how hard Tian Juanju tried to implement tactics, due to the Jin army's absolute superiority in force, two hundred people were rushed by the chariots.
, and then being attacked by Zhishi soldiers in formation, he could not last more than sixty breaths before collapsing.
Zhiyao let the troops continue to advance towards the palace city, and did not look down on Tian Ranju because the Qi people were too overwhelmed. She stayed where she was and prepared to have a good contact with Tian Ranju.
After all, it’s hard for a clever woman to make a meal without rice. Tian Ruoju is leading some gangsters. How can they deal with the Jin army?
"Knowing that the mantis' arm is used as a chariot, why do you still..." Zhiyao asked curiously when she saw Tian Zangju being escorted over.
By the way, Tian Ranju has no prefix now. He himself has had his ups and downs in Qi State. He is currently in a state of decline, but he was still reused by Qi Junchujiu before.
Therefore, Tian Ruoju’s answer is: “You know you can’t do it but you do it anyway!”
Then, Tian Ruoju was thinking about the phrase "a mantis's arm is like a chariot" in his mind, and felt that it was really appropriate.
Zhiyao's knowledge of Tian Rangju was from the "Sima Fa", and Rangju also got the prefix "Sima" because he wrote "Sima Fa".
Tian Juanju wanted to say something more, but was escorted away before he had a chance to speak.
"I've made a lot of money. I didn't expect to catch Tian Ranju. I really made a lot of money!" Zhiyao has no intention of letting Tian Ranju go. Even if Tian Ranju is brought back to Jin and doesn't cooperate, he will still be treated well by his family.
Feeling extremely excited, Zhiyao caught up with Zhao Bolu's team, but what she saw was Cheng Shuo directing the soldiers to demolish the house, move the beams, and prepare to climb the city wall.
There were defenders on the city wall. Their numbers could only be described as normal, but they looked very panicked.
These palace guards should also be panicked. They had just learned that the Jin army had entered the city. They lacked the command of the guards. A group of gentlemen gathered together and made a lot of noise. No one gave the order to go up the city wall voluntarily.
"It needs to be compensated with the house." Zhiyao didn't want to cause any commotion.
They did not rob the "Guo" and "Ting" outside the city, were not resisted, and did not kill people indiscriminately, because they did not want to arouse anyone's strong will to resist.
After hearing this, Zilu nodded secretly and thought: "Gongsun Cun has ancient customs!"
Zhiyao found Cheng Shuo and said, "Shields can be stacked as ladders, and soldiers without armor can attack."
It is estimated that Qi State never thought that anyone would attack "Linzi", let alone that the palace city would be attacked? So that the outer city wall of "Linzi" was only seven or eight meters high, and the palace wall inside the city did not exceed five meters.
high.
In fact, as a "commercial capital", "Linzi" really doesn't pay much attention to the construction of city defense. The reason is not that Qi State is confident enough to defend the enemy from outside the country, and it never thought that the enemy army would come one day.
Under the city of Linzi, the better the defensive facilities of a city, the greater the hindrance to business. Why this is so, I will not mention it for now.
When Cheng Shuo heard this, he thought: "That makes sense!"
The soldiers then began to build a shield wall. The tower shield itself could be interlocked, and wooden sticks were passed through the handles below. When it was more stable, it was supported by rafters.
The archers of the Jin army provided cover, and some soldiers carried the shield wall and approached the city wall. It took about two quarters of an hour, and the cost of casualties was not high. The shield wall was successfully built on the city wall, but the highest point of the shield wall was Li Nu.
There is still a gap of about 60 centimeters in the wall.
It's not that the Qi army on the city wall didn't want to stop them, the problem was that they didn't prepare wood and stones in advance, so the effect of archery alone was too limited.
"attack!!!"
Cheng Shuo personally led the troops, and the Jin army was divided into groups of twenty-five. They stepped on the shield wall and began to attack.
There were no accidents, and the Jin army successfully scaled the city after only two charges. This was because the Qi army lacked command, and Zhiyao also asked his elite troops to advance first.
"I'm about to invade the Qi Guo Ancestral Temple and rob its ritual vessels?" When Zhao Bolu thought of this, he didn't know whether he was excited or scared, and his whole body began to shake violently.
First, part of the wall section of the palace city was captured by the Jin army. The stubborn Qi army was constantly eliminated by two sides. With heavy casualties and the fact that there was no top noble to supervise the battle, the Qi army defending the city collapsed without any accident.
During that period, small groups of Qi people continued to appear. They were the nobles of Qi State who knew that the Jin army was attacking the palace, and they did not dare or were unable to turn a blind eye and come to the rescue.
Zhiyao would not be merciful, and was even happy that the nobles of Qi State would come to reinforce the palace city.
Therefore, Zhiyao arranged countermeasures early to seek to eliminate more armed forces in "Linzi" so as to clear obstacles for the subsequent control of the city.
The gates of the palace city were opened, and the Jin army that had been waiting for a long time entered.
They had received orders in advance not to engage in any looting, and adultery was not allowed, and they would be killed without mercy if they encountered resistance.
"Should I enter the city immediately?" Zhao Bolu's voice was shaking even as he spoke.
Zhiyao had already noticed something was wrong with Zhao Bolu, and concluded that Zhao Bolu was too excited to be able to control himself, so he nodded and said, "Yes!"
It is impossible for them to be unfamiliar with the location of Qi's ancestral temple.
It's not that they have been to "Linzi" or anything like that. In fact, it is a vassal state of the Zhou royal family at the current stage. Every ancestral temple in the capital is strictly restricted by Zhou rites.
As the second generation, Zhao Bolu often went to the palace city of "Xintian". Even if they, the second generation, did not understand it, the family elders or retainers who came with him would know it.
Zhiyao climbed up the wall of the palace city. Inside, he could see the servants of the palace city running around. Outside, he could see people constantly coming to the battle area of the palace city to do moths to the flames.
Are those Qi people who keep coming to die stupid? Anyway, Zhiyao doesn't think they are stupid, and she admires them in her heart.
If a country's palace city was attacked, and the people of that country just watched helplessly, no matter from which angle they looked at it, they would actually conclude that the country was hopeless.
The really stupid thing is that the senior officials of the Qi State in "Linzi" were busy arguing, and then the Jin army found their place and took over.
No one stood up to take charge of the overall situation. This was the main reason why "Linzi" was easily invaded by the Jin army. It was also the fundamental reason why the Qi people did not form effective resistance.
Wei Ju came to Zhiyao's side and said: "It can be seen that it is a wise move for all the 'qing' not to let the king personally conquer."
Zhiyao, who did not turn to look at Wei Ju, rolled her eyes.
That's completely two different things!
The king of the Jin Kingdom has almost lost his power since his true colors were exposed, and was almost suppressed to death by all the "lords".
Which king with actual power today would not personally conquer the country when a war breaks out?
Wei Ju added: "Is Yao helping Bolu in danger this time?"
Zhiyao turned to look at Wei Ju and asked, "Why do you say that?"
"Bolu was too mediocre before, and many people in the clan refuted it. It is a blessing for Bolu to be friends with Yao," Wei Ju said.
I'm confused, is it so obvious?
In addition, the Wei family seems to be very concerned about the Zhao family, otherwise why would they know so well what is happening within the Zhao family.
As for Zhao Bolu being a mediocre person, you don't actually need to investigate too much to know. This is the impression given by Zhao Bolu's usual behavior.
It is also an internal consensus that mediocre people cannot be the head of the family in the Zhao family. Zhao Shuo was not mediocre in the past. He could not suppress Zhao Kuo and Zhao Tong, which caused the Zhao family to be exterminated. This was a great lesson for the Zhao family.
It shows the core principle that being the head of a family must be strong.
Of course, the "Rebellion in the Lower Palace" was not entirely the fault of Zhao Tong and Zhao Kuo, but was related to the arrogance and domineeringness of the previous heads of the Zhao family. However, the Zhao family did not think so, otherwise they would be slandering all previous family heads.
Zhiyao originally just gave Wei Ju a fake smile, but her smile became more and more real and intimate.
There are some things you should not say carelessly, as they may cause disaster.
Wei Ju directly commented on the Zhao family's crown prince to Zhiyao, expressing his attitude: Our two families are now allies, and I also intend to cooperate with you in the long term.
As for whether it was Wei Ju's own idea to do this, or whether he was taught by his elders in the family, it is actually not that important.
When others expressed their closeness, Zhiyao could not respond at all, so she said openly and sincerely: "The princes attack us (Jin State), and the hegemony will not exist. This can be seen from this. The elders may have differences, and the Fan family and the Zhongxing family will not exist.
, we and the other four families should work together to create a new hegemony."
Here Zhiyao explained why she wanted to help Zhao Bolu, and also responded enthusiastically to Wei Ju's statement.
"The city gate is guarded by Geng?" Why did Zhiyao suddenly feel uneasy?
Han Buxin, the head of the Han family of this generation, is relatively weak, and Han Geng is not an outstanding heir apparent either.
Of course, maybe it's not that Han Buxin is too poor, but that people of his generation are so outstanding that they seem so mediocre.
Is it just right? Zhiyao feels that Han Geng is really mediocre and timid. It is really insecure to leave such an important matter as guarding the retreat in Han Geng's hands.
Zhi Yao couldn't express this worry directly, but it reached Han Geng's ears. Even if the two of them would not become mortal enemies, they would never be able to get closer if they wanted to.
"There are many people from various countries outside the city, and the people from the surrounding cities will come to help if they know that Linzi is being attacked. Let Ju take care of this place. When Bolu comes out, he will come to the city gate to look for Yao." Zhiyao refused.
Wei Ju refused the opportunity and left immediately after saying that.
Wei Ju squinted his eyes and looked at the back of Zhiyao who was leaving, his expression gradually becoming complicated.
Among them, Zhiyao is the youngest, but when they play together, Zhiyao has a strong sense of presence. When it is Zhiyao's turn to lead the army, it is not purely because Zhizhi has the largest number of troops. The fundamental reason is that
Everyone was quite convinced of Zhiyao's ability to command troops.
There was nothing they could do about it. They had no experience in leading an army in combat, and the troops they brought were not as powerful as Zhi's. In addition, they could not overpower Zhi Yao in terms of personality. They were older than Zhi Yao, but they all had to obey Zhi Yao.
Yao's orders are followed.
"Just this time, no one can compete with Yao. For my family... it's a good thing." Wei Ju thought silently.
He is very clear about the core decision-making of the family and will not fight to be the boss, lean on whoever is strong, and strive to protect himself while seeking profits.
The Han family also had the same idea, so the Wei family and the Han family did not expand their fiefdoms very quickly, but they were guaranteed to obtain a fiefdom every time. The difference between the Han family and the Wei family lay in their internal management.
Zhiyao came to the city gate and saw many merchants surrounding Han Geng.
These merchants wanted to ask whether the Jin army would plunder, and they were more willing to give up their money to gain peace than to lose their lives.
"Made, luckily I'm here!" Zhiyao's heart skipped a beat when she saw that Han Geng couldn't resist.
If the response is not handled properly, a chaos among merchants will be the beginning of a great chaos. At that time, the best choice for Zhiyao and others is to run away quickly!
