Chapter 93: The Rhythm of Tiger Falling and Pingyang?
Before the civil war in the Jin Kingdom broke out, because the Qing families fought so fiercely with each other, several Qing families actually had no time to take care of the diplomatic countries they were responsible for.
They could not continue to assume the responsibility of diplomatic relations, so Qi State had the opportunity to take the lead in forming an anti-Jin coalition.
Later, the civil war broke out in the Jin State. The Qi State used the prestige of the Fan family and the Zhongxing family to form an anti-Jin coalition, which gradually made Qi the leader of the anti-Jin alliance. However, the Fan family and the Zhongxing family, who seemed awesome at first,
was marginalized.
"Even if the civil strife is quelled, the disputes with the Zhao family will continue. How can there be any spare time to look after other countries?" Zhizong was obviously not interested in the conditions proposed by Nanzi.
Zhiyao knew that there would be fierce competition in the country in the future.
That is an obvious thing. The defeat of the Fan family and the Zhonghang family has been decided. The only four remaining families in Jin will compete for the fruits of victory, and some middle-class nobles who think they can get a piece of the pie will not let go of the opportunity.
Therefore, the demise of the Fan clan and the Zhonghang clan was most likely the beginning of a greater dispute in the Jin state, and it is not impossible that it would develop into a new alliance and continue the war.
Under that current situation, the role that external allies can play will be very limited. Once external allies are attacked, will the Jin family that is involved in internal disputes want to rescue them?
If you don't save it, the family's reputation will be damaged, and your credibility will also be damaged.
Save it, will your internal opponents seize the opportunity to give you a hard blow, or even take you away in one wave?
This time, the Fan family and the Zhonghang family attracted the princes to interfere in the civil war of Jin. To some extent, it also served as a wake-up call to the only four remaining families with ministerial positions.
Qi State, Zheng State, Song State and Lu State formed an anti-Jin coalition. Not only did they not increase in strength due to the alliance, on the contrary, they repeatedly aroused internal conflicts, and even caused the united Jin State to connect one after another.
It was so miserable to clean up.
Facts seem to prove one thing, it is not wise to invite external parties to participate in internal fighting, it will not help anything, and it will completely ruin your reputation.
"There is no delay if you don't make friends with me today, just pick it up later." Seeing that Zhiyao still didn't wake up, Zhizong reminded her.
As long as the Jin State can regain its hegemony, the princes will be nothing. When the time comes, no prince will dare to refuse whatever the Zhi family wants.
"If the hegemony is restored, I can take it or take it, but it depends on my heart?" Zhiyao knew that Zhishuo was right.
So, for the time being, there is no need to reply to Nanzi so quickly about taking over the diplomatic relations with Weiguo. We can just wait and talk slowly.
Would Nanzi have any objections..., or would the Guardian Council have any objections? They are at the weakest moment in history. It would be best if they could reach cooperation with the Jin family as soon as possible. If they do not reach an agreement for a while, they can also use it to intimidate.
The reason for the rest of the princes is that the Jin Kingdom fought very well this time, especially the power that the Zhi clan unleashed was very strong, and it was completely able to intimidate the princes of other countries.
"Zhongjun Zuo leads the army to 'Pingqiu', and you will go too." Zhizhuo will no longer run around, and will bring some troops to escort the loot back home.
Zhiyao still hadn't seen Zhishen at this time. She didn't want to disturb Zhishen before and didn't ask, but now she had to ask.
"The country cannot be without people." Zhishen gave the answer to let Zhishen return to the country as soon as possible.
In all conscience, Zhao Yang's consistent performance was so lacking in trust that Zhizong had to be on guard against the Zhao family, not to mention that Han Buxin stayed in the country.
If the Zhao family and the Han family were not careful, they would achieve brilliant results in the national war, but their hometown would be taken out by the Zhao family and the Han family. What's the use of having a brilliant external record?
Han Buxin stayed in the country to prevent Qin from taking advantage of Jin to attack other countries in the Central Plains. There were historical lessons for making such preparations.
In the past, Jin and Chu had a war almost every year in order to compete for hegemony. Twice, they were attacked from behind by Qin. Once, Qin formed an alliance with Bai Zhai and Chi Di to invade Jin, and the other time, they acted recklessly.
In the two sneak attacks by Qin State..., please note that they were sneak attacks, that is, Qin State did not declare war on Jin State at all. In these two sneak attacks by Qin State, the unlucky ones were the Wei family, and in one case, several incidents occurred
The terrible incident of Wan Lishu being massacred by the Qin army.
That was a massacre of Li Shu people! Even the most barbaric state of Wu did not commit massacres of Li Shu people. Qin State did carry out a planned massacre of Li Shu people. It was not just as simple as not following Zhou Li's fighting etiquette, it was almost
There is no difference between them and animals!
What the world doesn't know is that the Qin State's massacre of civilians against the Jin State during the Spring and Autumn Period was just the beginning. When they became stronger, they would kill all the people along the way. They didn't just attack soldiers, they just killed everyone they saw.
Men, women, old and young.
The Qin army repeatedly committed massacres. Before the military merit system, it was barbaric in a pure sense. After the military merit system was established, it was just to reward the merits with human heads.
Of course, after entering the Warring States Period, destroying the enemy's production, killing, and capturing the enemy's population were all for the purpose of further weakening the enemy, and cannot be judged purely from the level of moral standards.
Zhizong left, leaving two "divisions" of troops for Zhiyao, and then embarked on the road back home with the rest of the troops and trophies, including the ritual vessels plundered from Qi.
Whether it was conquering "Linzi" and plundering Qi's ritual utensils, or conquering the guard capital "Puyang" and signing an alliance under the city, Zhi's appearance was stunning enough, and to some extent it also made Zhi Shuang feel very distressed.
Zhiyao, who had two "teachers" with her, kept thinking about what Zhisong said before leaving. She must admit that she was too aggressive and even rushed to the point of eager for quick success and instant gain. She should restrain herself and reflect on it in time.
In the Jin State, Wei Chi led his army to block the Song Army and Zheng Army who wanted to support the Wei State at "Pingqiu". They fought in "Pingqiu" for nearly four months. The war situation has always been a very stalemate.
Wei Chi could actually recruit troops from home to join the war again, and if the war situation improved, he might be able to defeat or annihilate the Song and Zheng armies.
The problem is that Wei Chi didn't do that. He calculated everything too carefully. Before the war, it was agreed that the Wei family should send as many troops as possible. No matter how bad the war situation was, it was impossible to reinforce a single soldier.
The consequence of calculating too shrewdly was that Wei Chi had a hard time facing the Song and Zheng armies. If he had called in reinforcements early, Wei's losses might have been mitigated and the Wei family would have won the battle of "Pingqiu".
Of course, Wei Chi has fulfilled his obligation. It is his own business whether he should do more, and outsiders cannot and cannot criticize him.
The war in the defensive capital "Puyang" ended with Jin's victory. When the news reached "Pingqiu", Wei Chi did not choose to bite the Zheng army and the Song army. His choice was to stop the loss.
The Zheng and Song dynasties learned the news about the outcome of the "Iron War" relatively late. It was almost 50 miles away from Zhao Yang's army approaching "Xingqiu". The Zheng and Song dynasties who learned the news broke away from Wei Chi's troops.
Later, because Wei Chi did not pursue, Zheng Jun and Song Jun completed their withdrawal from the battlefield without any risk.
"You..." Zhao Yang found that everything was going wrong for him recently!
Wei Chi was not too afraid when facing the angry Zhao Yang.
What's going on?
Aren't the Song Army and Zheng Army who were about to rescue "Puyang" firmly blocked in "Pingqiu"?
Whatever military order you get, complete that military order.
Whether you do other things or not is not within the scope of your responsibilities.
Just ask, how can you accuse me?
Precisely because of that, no matter how angry Zhao Yang was, to be honest, he couldn't find a "point" to attack Wei Chi.
"That's all. You are still stationed in the state of Zheng. You cannot evacuate without receiving new orders." Although Zhao Yang was not just venting his anger, he was still trying to embarrass Wei Chi.
Wei Chi asked strangely: "Is this an order from the general?"
no!
Zhao Yang's heart was filled with worry again, and he felt like he was going to burst into flames if he didn't have enough self-restraint.
"Chi has not received the order from the general, and the division he leads has gone through a long battle, so it is time to return home!" Wei Chi didn't know why, and had no intention of giving Zhao Yang any face.
In Wei Chi's opinion, the fruits of victory were about to be divided up, so it would be foolish to stay in Zheng and not go back, and he believed that Zhao Yang was setting a trap for him.
Zhao Yang was speechless, and his eyes became sharper than ever before.
"This is an outbreak of the Zhi family. The Wei family has an alliance with the Zhi family. Do you think I am easy to bully?" Zhao Yang did not find the reason himself, and even ignored the importance of sharing the fruits of victory to the Wei family.
What happened to the two big figures in the Jin Dynasty was naturally unknown to outsiders.
Zhiyao was stunned for a moment when he received the news that he was about to pack up the camp and return to China. When he met Zhao Yang a few times, he discovered something, that is, Zhao Yang's temper recently has exploded.
"Zheng Guo and Song Guo are in the most frightened period, how can they give up the perfect opportunity? Even if they don't fight to death, they can definitely take the opportunity to blackmail them!" Zhiyao thought to herself.
However, Wei Chi thought it was more important to go back and share the fruits of victory.
Zhao Yang wanted to blackmail Zheng and Song, but he did not want his troops to stay in Zheng, so he set a trap for the Wei family but failed.
This is a typical negative effect of internal fighting. Everyone is more careful to guard against their comrades, even if there is meat outside, they don't care.
It took them nearly five days to break camp.
During this period, Zhao Yang sent people to "Xinzheng". No one knew what he did. To be honest, it was an act of overstepping his authority.
The season is approaching winter again. If nothing goes wrong, Jin will be able to rest for a while until next year?
It took twenty-three days to return home. On the way back, Zhao Yang had a bad face all the time, which caused the victorious Jin army to be strangely low in morale.
Everyone could see that Zhao Yang was unhappy, and no one wanted to provoke him. The middle level affected the lower level, and the whole army was almost defeated.
"Why haven't you seen Bolu for so long?" Wei Ju felt quite puzzled anyway.
Because of the alliance between the Zhi family and the Wei family, Zhi Yao spent a lot of time with Wei Ju.
At the beginning of the withdrawal, Zhao Bolu would keep looking for Zhi Yao and Wei Ju, but later Zhao Bolu and Han Geng simply stopped showing up.
Zhiyao, who is more sensitive, noticed something was wrong early and had to wonder if she was being more deliberate in certain things...
