After hearing the best policy, King Zhao was a little puzzled. In his opinion, the best policy was not as good as the middle policy.
Why would Master Duyan regard this as the best strategy?!
However, the two had a close relationship, which was not limited to mere cooperation, so King Zhao did not test it, but asked directly.
"Master, why can't I see why this best strategy is better than the middle strategy?!"
"Because the prince is impatient. After waiting for twenty years, the prince is about to lose his patience." Du Yan's rosary seemed to be spinning in King Zhao's heart.
"Because Zhongce is very likely to allow the prince to legally ascend the throne as soon as possible. As long as Yu Yanyi fails and the court flees south, the prince can justifiably hold high the flag of justice and regain the lost territory. When the prince sees the benefits, he wants to
Let’s take a chance, and I have chosen the safest way. It can ensure that the prince will make the most profit.”
"If you use the right strategy, the prince can go straight to the royal court of Houjin, plunder the wealth and population of Houjin, and conquer the Mohe tribes. Mohe is a fishing and hunting tribe with strong folk customs. With a little training, they can become an elite cavalry, coupled with a large number of troops.
Zhou's military equipment is enough for the prince to compete with the elite cavalry of Tiance who are sweeping the world."
King Zhao: "...You are right, but I have been waiting for twenty years and I am not willing to wait any longer! This is an opportunity. If I can seize it well, I can save at least ten years of work!"
Du Yan knew that King Zhao still had a decision in his heart.
He is not a person who changes his mind easily, at least now Du Yan is not sure about persuading King Zhao to change his mind.
"Come here, pass the order, monitor the Jinyang battlefield at all times, and be sure to report every day!"
"yes!"
The eyes of King Zhao were undisguised and burning with the fire of ambition.
When Taizu passed the throne to Jinshang, he was unwilling to accept it!
Just because he is the eldest son, he can have everything as a matter of course. In the eyes of this empire and his father, only the eldest son is the only one.
No matter how hard King Zhao worked on guarding the border, he did not receive much praise.
Why?!
This has been King Zhao's obsession all along.
Since he didn't take it from Taizu, it was up to him to grab it himself.
He wants to build an unprecedented empire, far beyond the Tang and Han Dynasties, to prove that he is the most qualified successor to the empire!
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Over the past three days, the atmosphere in Jinyang City has become increasingly solemn.
According to the scouts' investigation, in the past three days, the Houjin troops who were originally scattered in Youzhou, Jizhou, and Bingzhou were slowly gathering.
According to the scout's report, Hou Jin soldiers and horses have been stationed fifteen miles east of Jinyang. The military camp stretches for dozens of miles to the east. I am afraid that 300,000 of them have been gathered. Follow-up soldiers and horses are still rushing in.
Come.
Hou Jin meant that a battle would determine the outcome!
The current Jinyang City is a banner for the resistance of the Northern Zhou Dynasty. Once Hou Jin can capture Jinyang City, it will greatly damage the morale of the Zhou army and weaken the Zhou people's will to resist.
Both parties know one thing.
The battle of Jinyang City was not a battle of gains and losses for one city and one pool, but a battle that determined the outcome of Hou Jin and the Great Zhou Dynasty.
Although there are no elite soldiers in the Northern Territory of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the Shence Army guarding the Western Region and the Shenwu Army guarding the Southern Territory are both world-famous strong soldiers.
Needless to say, the Shence Army in the Western Regions, although the cavalry army was slightly inferior to the Tiance Army, it was enough to defeat the elite cavalry of the thirty-six countries in the Western Regions, which was enough to deal with the cavalry of Hou Jin.
The powerful bows and crossbows of the Shenwu Army can also shoot the Mohe cavalry wearing leather armor into hedgehogs.
The reason why these two elite troops are unable to support is because it is not an easy task to draw manpower from the originally not wealthy troops to support Jinyang in a short period of time.
But it couldn't be delayed for long. Although under Gong Ziyu's arrangement, there was turmoil in the Southern Wilderness and the Western Region, but as time went by, the Shence Army and the Shenwu Army were finally able to shrink their defense lines, change their defenses, and deploy troops to support the northern border.
of.
So now the money is in a hurry!
Da Zhou is now a sick tiger, and Tumubao is the sudden serious illness that has made Da Zhou extremely weak now.
Then Hou Jin wanted to take advantage of Da Zhou's current weakness to attack Da Zhou completely and severely.
Once the sick tiger of Dazhou is allowed to recover, no matter how violent and ferocious the wild wolf is, it will never be a match for the King of Beasts.
"Your Highness, King of Chu, how many arrows are there in Jinyang City now?! How much food and grass are there!?"
Upon hearing this, Zhu Zhangui came out of the queue, dressed in military uniform and looking very heroic!
"Back to Yu Shuai! The craftsmen who have been working on the crafts have been working day and night these days, and with the continuous flow of arrows from the capital, there are now 4 million and 800 thousand feather arrows in Jinyang City! Enough for our army to last more than a month!
"
At this moment, the King of Chu was more energetic than when he was in the capital to seize the throne.
This battlefield is where he should be!
"Originally, there were 200,000 shi of grain stored in the granary of Jinyang Prefecture. When the Beiman Army and Bei Cao Army passed through the capital, they also transported countless grains to Jinyang City."
"At this moment, all the warehouses in Jinyang City are full, with a total of 1.2 million shi of grain and grass, which is enough for the entire army for more than half a year!"
When Yu Yanyi heard this, he shook his head, "Not enough! The people eating are not only the soldiers in the army, but also the people in the city! Where is Jinyang Prefecture Yin!?"
A civil servant came out of the queue and said, "I'm here!"
Jinyang Prefecture is the administrative seat of Bingzhou, and Jinyang Prefecture Yin was originally quite an official. His rank was lower than the fifth rank and he could be regarded as a middle-level official in the dynasty, but now he can only stand in the back row.
There are really too many high-ranking officials in Jinyang City. Didn’t you see that His Highness King Chu can only be ranked second?!
"The governor asked you to evacuate the people and relocate the old and the weak. How did you do it?!"
Although his rank is not high, Jinyang Prefecture Yin is the parent official here after all, so it is most appropriate for him to do this kind of thing!
Once the war started, the strong people could still provide some fighting power, but the old, weak, women and children would consume the food in the city, so Yu Yanyi ordered that the old, weak, women and children in the city be moved to the capital for temporary resettlement.
"Returning to your words, there are originally 390,000 households and 1.7 million people in Jinyang City! According to your government decree, the officials used the money from the Jinyang treasury to purchase grain from the people at a high price to feed the army! The people know that
Because of the war, they all moved to the pass. At this moment, there are still 120,000 households in Jinyang City, but they are unwilling to move because it is difficult to leave their homeland."
This chapter is not finished yet. Please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Hearing this, Yu Yanyi nodded. Being able to relocate 270,000 households in a short period of time was already within his acceptable range.
, this Jinyang governor is very capable in government affairs.
"What happened to the people I ordered you to summon?"
"Back to your lord, after knowing that serving the army can avoid corvee, the people in Jinyang City are extremely enthusiastic. Thirty thousand militiamen have been assembled in the city to carry supplies and transport the wounded for the army! If after the war begins, there is insufficient manpower, the next
The official can summon people at any time, and there are as many as 100,000 people available!"
Following Yu Yanyi's inquiries one by one, the officials and generals responsible for different affairs reported one by one on the affairs under their supervision.
"General Tao Jin of the Longwu Army, how are you preparing for the rolling logs and stones ordered by the governor?!"
"Sir, everything is ready!"
"General Zhao An of the Royal Forest Army was ordered by my governor to strengthen the city gate and widen the moat. How did you do it?!"
"Back to my lord, everything is done!"
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Jinyang, the original seat of Bingzhou, has been transformed into an impregnable fortress under Yu Yanyi's decree!
Nurha Chi, if you want to fight, then fight and bleed under Jinyang City!
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In the capital, under the auspices of the Crown Prince, military supplies are being continuously transported from Gyeonggi to the Jinyang front line!
"The seventeenth batch of food is ready!"
"Go back...go back to Your Highness, the Ministry of Revenue is almost out of money to raise food!"
"The money first came out of my private treasury. Now Jinyang is the foundation of the Great Zhou Dynasty. As long as Jinyang does not lose! There is hope for the Great Zhou Dynasty to counterattack!"
The prince did not hesitate at all, "How many horses are there at Jingzhou Racecourse?!"
"Twenty-five thousand horses, enough to send to the front line!"
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The prince rubbed his slightly red eyes and continued to ask, "Also, have the three thousand pairs of iron armor and ten thousand pairs of iron shields newly cast in the prison been shipped out?!"
"Your Highness, you have forgotten that the last batch of ordnance was shipped out two days ago, and it is estimated that it has left Tongguan by now!"
The prince thought carefully and then calmed down.
Yu Yanyi defended the enemy in Jinyang, and the number of bachelors in the court was reduced by one. Coupled with the original government affairs, a large amount of work in the divine capital fell on the prince who was supervising the country.
The prince lives up to the reputation of virtue he has always cultivated and handles government affairs in an orderly manner!
The prince's closest aides waited until officials at all levels had left before coming out from behind the screen.
"Your Highness, I have something unclear!"
"speak!"
The prince rubbed his eyebrows and said.
"The King of Chu is in Jinyang City at the moment, and Yu Yanyi, who is in charge of Jinyang's armaments, does not support His Highness. Even because of Zhou Mingsheng's murder of Dali Temple Minister Yang Qingyuan that day, Yu Yanyi is extremely dissatisfied with Your Highness. Why?
Why not take this opportunity to eliminate them all?!"
"If King Chu dies, who else can compete with His Highness for the throne?! This is a God-given opportunity..."
The staff's plan is not without poison. If Jinyang City did not have the logistical support it has now, it would not be able to hold on for long under the army of Hou Jin.
But before he finished speaking, he stopped. Seeing the prince's slightly cold eyes, he couldn't continue.
"This world, after all, belongs to my Zhu family. I will pretend that I didn't hear what I said today. If there are such treacherous words in the future, then don't blame me for being unkind..."
The prince's tone was meaningful, and the staff who were familiar with the prince's character knew that he was really angry!
"It was a humble faux pas. Please forgive me, Your Highness!"
The prince waved his sleeves and said, "Go down!" and then returned to government affairs.
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"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"
With a desolate horn sound, Hou Jin marched on!
The mighty army was approaching the east main gate. The soldiers on the city wall could not see the end of the army at a glance.
Although he experienced a small defeat just now, Nurhaqi quickly regrouped with the main force of Mohe and marched to the gate of Jinyang City.
Following Nur Ha Te's signal, Kong Youde, who was beside him, waved his horse's rein abruptly and stepped out of the military formation. He would try to persuade them to surrender, and if that didn't work, he would also demoralize the enemy.
"General of the Zhou army in the city, please show up and answer the question!" Kong Youde shouted on horseback at the foot of Jinyang City.
The east main gate is the city gate facing the main force of Hou Jin Dynasty. The person guarding it is Yu Yanyi. He originally did not intend to pay attention to the visitor, but when he saw that it was a man dressed as a Zhou scholar, Yu Yanyi changed his mind and wanted to see this.
What can the Zhou people who collaborated with the enemy and treason tell us about east, west, north and south?
Yu Yanyi did not speak first, but gestured to a veteran standing next to him to speak.
"If you have any nonsense, just say it! Let's start the fight after that! I, General Zhou, are very greedy looking at these military achievements!" The veteran general was not very polite when he came up and directly attacked him.
"I wonder which old general is so angry?! I am Kong Youde, the special envoy entrusted by His Highness Nur Haq, Prince of Dajin. In order to reduce casualties as much as possible, the old general stopped the troops and made peace. The old general is like this
Your behavior is inappropriate!"
Kong Youde was not angry and said calmly.
"I'm Zhao Tianlin!" Although the old general's beard and hair are all white, he is still energetic and powerful. Although his energy and blood are withered, his martial arts in the Yuanhua realm are still there.
There was a burst of ridicule in the Houjin formation.
A young captain sneered: "This old man! I'm afraid he's not eighty anymore, but seventy-nine! There really is no one left in the Zhou army, so such an old man is sent into battle!" The captain's words aroused a lot of excitement.
The resonance of a lot of Mohe generals and soldiers,
But the older ones among the senior officials of Mohe and the Ten Thousand Captains of Mohe had solemn expressions, as if they were facing a formidable enemy.
An older captain said to the younger captain: "The almost eighty-year-old man in front of you followed Song Guogong Feng Sheng twenty-five years ago, with fifty thousand cavalry, and was invincible in our Jianzhou.
Wherever the cavalry went, there were the cries of women and children in the prairie. Back then, our general Mohe, Wanyan Zongqian, conquered the Liaodong County of Youzhou in the north, which was a powerful force. Zhao Tianlin, then the commander-in-chief of Yancheng, led 30,000 cavalry and made a surprise attack of two thousand miles.
After attacking the main force of General Yan Zongqian, beheading 20,000 people, we fought in battle with General Mohe."
After Captain Ten Thousands finished speaking these words, the eyes of those around him who originally looked down upon him became unbelievable.
Kong Youde didn't pay attention to what the Mohe people in the formation were chattering, and bowed to the city wall: "It turns out that it was Old General Zhao who was in front of him, and the student Kong Youde was polite!"
Then the conversation changed, "Old General Zhao, although he is famous all over the world, but in Jinyang City, it is not the old general who makes the decision!"
Zhao Tianlin still wanted to speak, but Yu Yanyi appeared, "Kong Youde?! Are you from the Kong family!?"
There may be many people from the Kong family, but there are not many people from the Kong family. Being from the Kong family, to a certain extent, represents the attitude of Duke Yan Sheng.
"Exactly!"
"You were born in the Confucius family, so you have read all the sages' books into the dog's belly?"
Yu Yanyi's tone suddenly became sharp.
The contemporary Yan Shenggong was still serving as the Grand Scholar of Dongge in the Great Zhou Cabinet in Shendu. Although this person was not favored by Taizu and Jin Shang, he was not allowed to participate in politics, and was only appointed to serve as the Imperial College to offer wine, but he never had any etiquette.
I treated him badly.
What is the Kong family trying to do?!
Surrender to the enemy and treason, and pledge allegiance to the "new king" in advance?!
"As a great scholar, please don't get angry. Please listen to your students!"
