Chapter 81: Jiujiu Wufu, Gonghou Qiancheng! (Thanks NemoFoxx Wan
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Even if Zhao Yang knew that the person responsible for plundering Qi's ritual utensils was Zhao Bolu, there was a high probability that he would be appreciative, not angry or complaining.
Even if Zhao Yang would blame him, he would do so in public, and privately he would definitely be more optimistic about Zhao Bolu succeeding as the head of the family.
If the Qi army is white, will the Jin army stop the attack? A few decades ago, the Jin army would have followed etiquette and stopped all offensives, and then sent a sufficient number of people to express their condolences.
Now? Without any hesitation, Zhizong issued the order to strengthen the offensive from all sides.
Of course, after knowing the news of Qi Jun Chujiu's death, everyone should continue to fight, and the etiquette of sending people to express condolences should not be neglected.
"Now that things have come to this, why not start an all-out war?" What Zhao Yang said was a bit incomprehensible.
They have already entered a state of war between countries, so why do they want to start an all-out war?
However, the people of Jin, including Zhisong, could understand what Zhao Yang wanted to express. The juniors plundered Qi's ritual vessels. Chujiu, the king of Qi on the main battlefield, died unexpectedly.
Before coming to power, the Qi State Congress was leaderless, which was a good opportunity for the Jin State to fully liquidate the Qi State.
Zhishuo is silent.
According to the previous plan, the Jin State defeated the coalition of princes and taught the Wei State a lesson, and then turned around and dealt with the Zheng State.
The above plan is more beneficial to the Zhi family, and the strategy formulated by Zhi Shuang for the head of the Zhi family is to catch Zheng Guo, beat him up and extract his wool.
The families holding the title of minister in Jin all have their own interests. Not counting the Fan family and the Zhongxing family who have lost their positions, the Zhi family wants to conquer Zheng, the Zhao family wants to conquer Qi, the Wei family wants to conquer Qin, and the Han family wants to conquer Qin.
He also wanted to attack Zheng Guo.
The Zhi family and the Han family also had thoughts about Zheng Guo, but the two families did not get closer because of this. Although the Han family and the Zhao family were traditional allies, more importantly, the pie was only so big, and whoever took more bites would get it.
It means someone will take one less bite.
"That's it." Zhisong compromised.
The situation is like that, Zhizhuo has to compromise, and attacking Qi can also benefit the Zhi family. Taking more means that the Zhao family will get less. It is not a loss, but it is very depressing to have the strategy disrupted.
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Next, the Jin army located in "Puyang" launched a continuous fierce attack on the alliance of princes, especially the Qi army who was biting hard and beating them hard, making it impossible for the Qi army to escape from the battlefield.
On the side of the anti-Jin alliance, the Wei monarchs and ministers were originally worried about the withdrawal of the Qi army, but found that the Jin army had been chasing the Qi army and beating them up. They were not sad because of the Qi army's heavy losses. On the contrary, they were extremely happy.
Another country that felt happy would be the State of Lu. They were very afraid of the revenge of the State of Qi. Originally, the State of Qi also wanted to retaliate against the State of Lu. If the "Iron War" had not broken out, the Qi army would have marched into the State of Lu.
When the news that the Jin army once conquered "Linzi" and stole Qi's ritual utensils reached the State of Lu, everyone in the State of Lu talked about the Jin people's trampling on the Zhou rites, but felt waves of relaxation in their hearts.
Subsequently, the news of the death of Chujiu, the king of Qi, spread to the state of Lu. At the same time, the news came that the Jin army was biting the Qi army. The kings and ministers of the state of Lu had no choice but to sing and dance to express their joy.
The more chaotic Qi is, the less dangerous Lu is.
The more Jin captures Qi and fights, the more secure Lu will be.
Of course, the State of Lu is a country of etiquette, and it is enough to secretly enjoy it, and it is necessary to speak out to condemn various behaviors of the Jin people.
The State of Lu has always been like this, and it has always disgusted the people of Jin.
Almost two months later, Zhiyao led his team to the vicinity of "Puyang". Behind them were a large number of Qi people. Since the Qi people were everywhere in the mountains and plains, it was impossible to get a reliable number by visual inspection.
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I don't know how many Qi people are following Zhiyao.
The Qi people didn't know how many of their own people came.
One side relied on plundering ritual utensils and hijacking prominent figures in Qi State, and was able to retreat in a swaggering manner; the other side was too aggressive, with at least ten times the number of Zhiyao's team, and could only follow but did not dare to initiate.
He didn't dare to attack or even do anything excessive that might provoke the Jin people to take action.
"So, most of the coalition forces have been defeated, and the rest of the guards are trapped animals?" Zhiyao had sent people to leave the team before, but those who left did not go back.
After all, they were closely followed by the Qi people. The Qi people did not dare to attack their brigade. If they found any Jin people leaving the brigade, they would definitely be punished to death.
Therefore, Zhiyao became very devoid of information. Not only did she not know the situation on the "Puyang" battlefield, she didn't even know the news of Qi Jun Chujiu's death. She was planning to use Qi's ritual weapons to threaten Qi Jun Chujiu to agree to some demands.
It was said to be a request, but in fact it was blackmail. Zhiyao was not afraid that Qi Junchujiu would refuse.
As for whether Qi will be resented by Qi after extortion? Of course, the two sides sometimes form alliances, but the problem is that Qi has always challenged Jin's dominance, and the small moves have never been cut off. No matter how bad the relationship is, it will always be like that.
Zhao Bolu was in a daze. He would be in a lot of trouble this time, first of all, his reputation in other countries would not be positive, and secondly, he didn't know what the attitude of Zhao Yang and other elders of the family would be.
"Don't worry, Bolu. We are just juniors. If we do something like this, we won't have to worry about dragging down the family. The world may not appreciate it, so just show us what we can do." Han Geng comforted him, and he thought so in his heart.
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The people who have not had any relevant concerns are Zhiyao and Wei Ju.
Zhiyao simply dares to take action.
Wei Ju figured it out. If they succeeded, everything would be fine, but if they failed, they would be criticized.
"I will also help Yu Bolu." Wei Ju said this when he found an opportunity to be alone with Zhiyao.
Zhiyao was stunned for a moment, and then said: "In order to regain our hegemony, we should unite sincerely."
At best, that's true, but to put it bluntly, Zhao Bolu is very mediocre. His becoming the head of the Zhao family will make Zhi and Wei feel safe, and it will be easier for them to do other things against Zhao.
It is impossible for Zhiyao to say that she wants to replace Jin. If she has the opportunity, she would like to say that she hopes Jin can regain its hegemony.
The various heads of the Qing family had stopped pretending some time ago, so much so that the chaos that swept across the country caused the Fan and Zhongxing families to be expelled from the Jin State.
After the great chaos, the anti-Jin alliance headed by Qi launched a force to intervene in Jin's civil strife. Jin's seemingly difficult response made many people with lofty ideals hate the domestic strife in their hearts, and the number of people who wanted to restore Jin's hegemony was slowly increasing.
, restoring Jin's hegemony will definitely win the love of that type of people.
Zhiyao keenly discovered that more and more people missed the period when the Jin Kingdom was hegemonic. There were also many people within the four existing high-ranking families who believed that they should unite and restore the hegemony first, and let's talk about what happens next.
Aware of this, Zhi Yao began to create a character, and at the same time recalled what Wang Mang had done before usurping the throne.
Overly humble behavior should not appear on the heir of the Jin Dynasty's family, as it can easily be regarded as weak and can be bullied.
Killing Mingzhi? Not to mention that Zhiyao currently has no heirs. Even if he does and is a bastard, he can't do it anyway. At most, he will be under house arrest. It is difficult to use the life of his heir to attack.
To a certain extent, if you don't have this kind of awareness, you shouldn't be called a ruthless person.
Wei Ju was hesitant at first about Zhiyao's statement, but then gradually became admirable, thinking: "If Zhiyao aims to revitalize the country and restore hegemony, I will be his loyal ally."
After they approached "Puyang", they sent people to contact their own army.
Because they were already very close to the battlefield, Qi Ren, who was following him, did not send out a team to pursue him again this time.
In the process of following, these Qi people had already competed for the representative who had the right to speak. They tried to communicate with Zhiyao more than once, and the reply they received every time was: Don't panic, we went to the capital of Qi, and there is nothing wrong.
The people carried out wanton killings and brought the ritual vessels from Qi just to give to the king of Qi.
Only one thing about that statement is true, that is, the Jin army that reached "Linzi" did not carry out any unnecessary killings, but pursued an ancient style of war.
What is very contradictory to the ancient war model is that the Jin army entered "Linzi" and then attacked the palace city and took away the ritual vessels belonging to Qi.
"Gongsun, the general of the central army, and the assistant of the central army came to meet him in person." Zilu had always been the commander of the front army. He didn't send anyone to report the news. He came in person and had other things to say: "Subsequently, another king of Qi passed away.
Dead news."
What!?
Zhiyao was stunned.
In other words, everyone who heard what Zi Lu said was stunned, a little doubting whether they had misjudged him.
There was some reason why they thought they heard it wrong. The main reason was that Zilu spoke Jin dialect with a Lu accent. Maybe it was because of the pronunciation that he said some similar pronunciations?
Seeing the expressions on everyone's faces, how could Zilu not know what was going on? He tried his best to maintain a good accent and repeated: "Qi Jun has passed away."
Before, Zhiyao was still wondering that the friendly forces in the "Puyang" battlefield were so awesome that they could surround the enemy to death.
Now it's obvious!
The death of Qi Jun Chujiu not only meant that the Qi Kingdom was leaderless, don't forget that he was also the leader of the anti-Jin alliance. His death would mean that the alliance lost the most powerful person, which would definitely cause chaos within the alliance.
To put it bluntly, the same situation happened in "Puyang" as in "Linzi". No one can make everyone obey, and you don't know how long you have to waffle if you want to do something. This completely inefficient situation is simply unprecedented in the military.
It couldn't be worse!
Standing on the chariot, Zhiyao could already see a line of red appearing on the horizon ahead. As the distance got closer, he sharply saw Zhizhuo and Zhao Yang riding together, followed by at least 15,000 Jin troops.
The army marched in formation, with layers of dust rising up. From a distance, only a vague outline could be seen. Not only were the people densely packed in darkness, but the flags were also like a forest.
Also seeing the Jin army approaching were the Qi people who had been following Zhiyao's troops. After a period of panic, some of them chose to turn around and run away, leaving behind either a bit of a lose ground or a state of confusion.
Zhizong and Zhao Yang, who led the troops, found that there were at least 60,000 to 70,000 Qi people here. To be honest, they were shocked.
"The enemy is frightened and can fight!" Zhao Yang did not intend to miss any opportunity to attack Qi.
Zhisong had been looking for Zhi Yao, but after he found where Zhi Yao was, he heard Zhao Yang's murderous words, nodded and said: "In this case, Zhongjun Zuo will lead the army to attack him."
Instead of killing the enemy, Zhizong now wants to scold Zhiyao.
But right? When Zhizhuang and Zhiyao come face to face, all that is left is the warmth of family members and the feeling of pride for what Zhiyao has done.
