I am a nobleman in Spring and Autumn

Chapter 163 Full of evil fire
In the past, Zhiyao hoped that Fan's family could hold Zhao's back and make Zhao's development stagnate, and it still does now.

just right?The current situation is not static. It should be said that it is changing all the time. After Zhiyao discovered the general trend, what she did was to obtain more benefits in time, including material and prestige.

Shi Xie once raised a concept, saying that if there is no external country that can threaten Jin, Jin will inevitably fall into internal strife.

The background at that time was that the Jin State had just won the crucial battle of the "Battle of Yanling". It was rumored that Shi Xie was anxious all day long when he returned home, and passed away soon after.

Subsequent events in the state of Jin confirmed Shi Xie's worries. Luan Shu set up a bureau to eliminate the three kings.

From a national point of view, the successive demise of the Que family and the Luan family is undoubtedly weakening the national strength of the Jin state. Later, the Jin state resumed the tug-of-war with the Chu state, and was forced to give up its allies one after another. weakened result.

This time, the royal family of Jin showed unity, but will they really be united?

The troops of the Zhao family went south first, and a month later the troops of the Zhi family, the Wei family, the Han family, the Hu family and other small and medium-sized nobles also went south one after another.

The troops dispatched by each family were not consistent. The Zhi family and the Han family only dispatched two "brigades" symbolically, while the Wei family and the Hu family dispatched a "division".

Don't think that the small number of troops of the Qing family participating in the war is not of much use. Several Qing families are willing to stand by the Zhao family to attack the Fan family, which is actually the greatest help to the Zhao family.

"Everyone sent people to sue one after another, and would like to return to my family." Wei Ju would not look down on those who wanted to leave the Fan family.

And those who want to leave the Fan family may be members of the Fan family, or they may be vassals with different surnames who attached to the Fan family earlier, and their lair is now controlled by the Wei family.

The Qing family stood on Zhao's side, not only representing the absolute power of the Jin State in supporting the Zhao family, but also declaring in disguise that the Fan family should disappear.

The effect is that Zhao's morale will be boosted, but Fan's will be in fear all day long. The direct result has already appeared, isn't it?
Zhiyao looked back from a distance, and said: "Shi Jishe, should he stick to 'Wen', or retreat to Zheng and Chu?"

The news from the front has not yet come back.

The current situation is completely unfavorable to the Fan family. They will fall apart internally. The Zheng State outside has not made a statement. The Chu State, which has come and gone, has already expressed its attitude very clearly.

Wei Ju thought for a while and said, "Maybe the trapped beast will still fight?"

Zhiyao shook her head secretly, thinking: "If Zhong Xingyin didn't give up, Shi Jishe would choose to resist to the end. With the example of Zhong Xingyin going to Qi to develop, and my family guaranteeing that the Zhongxing clan will be restored, and Zhao Yang Having acquiesced in the existence of Fan Gaoyi, Shi Jishe will choose to live, waiting for the day when the Fan family will be restored."

In fact, it would be a good thing for the Fan family if Shiji shot to death. If he is alive, Zhao Yang will continue to be afraid of Fan Gaoyi, making it more difficult for the Fan family to re-establish in Jin.

However, not everyone can accept death calmly, especially with Shi Jishe's past performance, it is almost certain that he will choose to endure humiliation and survive.

Wei Ju didn't know what he thought of, so he overturned his previous remarks, and said instead: "Shi Jishe may flee, Zheng Guo dare not take him in, but Chu is willing to accept it?"

Historically, Shi Jishe fled to Qi State with Zhong Xingyin, and soon disappeared.

The current version of history has changed a lot under Zhiyao's intervention. For example, Zhong Xingyin parted ways with Shi Jishe early.

In this way, even if Shi Jishe is desperate, he will want to retain his last dignity, and will not go to Qi State where there is Zhong Xingyin again.

As Wei Ju said, the state of Zheng was not capable of supporting the strength of the state of Jin alone, and they did not dare to take in the desperate Shi Jishe, but the state of Chu might be a little hopeless.

No matter how embarrassing he was, Shi Jishe was still the lord of the Fan family after all, and he was once the top political figure of Jin.If some scholars go to Chu State, they will not only bring political prestige to Chu State, but also bring a lot of knowledge that Chu State does not have. In addition, Chu State can understand Jin State better.

When they arrived at "Yuan", news came back from the front that Zhao Yang personally led the army to conquer "Wen" city.

Maybe it can't be called conquering?Anyway, "Wen"'s resistance was very weak, more like being taken over by the Zhao family.

At the same time, it was reported that Shi Ji shot himself on fire.

Because of the charred body, no one could confirm whether Shi Jishe was really dead.

Anyway, Zhiyao firmly believed that he would get news about Shi Jishe from Chu State soon.

In this wave, the Zhao family can be regarded as winning "Wen".But they are not happy at all, and even feel a little empty, lonely, and cold.

It wasn't that the Zhao family won the "Wen" place by relying on their own strength, it was considered to have disintegrated Fan's determination to resist from a political level.Just because of this, Mrs. Zhao couldn't be looked down upon.

Sure enough, in the follow-up public opinion, everyone thought that the fall of "Wen" was only a matter of time, and no one thought that Zhao had saved his reputation.

Many people who are looking forward to the recovery of the Jin state, their view is that the Zhi family took the initiative to bridge the internal differences, and finally put down the rebellion.

When Zhiyao heard that kind of speech, she was happy and worried, so she hurriedly carried out some operations. Later, the speech turned to the unity of the nobles and families, and it is hoped that Jin will regain its hegemony.

"Why is this, my son? This time it is indeed my family's mediation that made this happen." Zai Yu was the one responsible for carrying out the turn of public opinion.

How should Zhiyao answer?
There is no such thing as "a tree that is beautiful in the forest, but the wind will destroy it", it is just the need of the situation.

At present, Zhao Yang must be extremely angry, and no one will be pleasing to the eye.After all, he is still the "Yuan Rong" who is in office. Based on the political structure of Jin State, if a "Yuan Rong" overturns the table, he can still lead everyone into the pit.

In general, although it is an age where fame is more important than affordability, less attention should be paid to stealing the limelight.

Zhiyao thinks that Zhishi will at least have another ten years of wretched development, so there is no need to make too much limelight.

Of course, the Zhi family needs the actual benefits, as well as the reputation. It would be a very good choice to recruit the Wei family.

"Unfortunately!" Fox You said with 'Yu' written on his right cheek and 'Bored' on his left cheek, "I haven't had a chance to fight him."

After the Hu family returned to Jin, it seemed that they really had no chance to perform?They urgently need a big battle to show their abilities, and they must use absolute efforts to win the victory in order to truly confirm the status of the royal family.

So, although the Fox family, who has never shown its strength, is one of the noble families of Jin, it is difficult for people to take it seriously.

Zhiyao said with an evil taste: "You Wuchao, 'Yuanrong' will avenge Zheng Guolai's attack."

Zhao Yang, who took down "Wen", didn't mean to suspend his troops at all. On the contrary, the Zhao family was still preparing for the war.

The state of Jin may not do anything to the state of Zheng, but the Zhao family really wants to attack the state of Zheng. The troops of the various families stationed in "Wen" must enter the territory of the state of Zheng with the troops of the Zhao family.

Last time, Zhiyao and Wei Ju had disturbed the north, east and northeast of Zheng State. Zheng State was very afraid of being plundered by a large number of people again, and had already started to move the population in the northwest.

Judging from Zheng Guo's past experience, it is very likely that Zheng Guojun and his ministers will repeat the old tricks, gather a large army to fight with the Jin army for a while, and then admit defeat in place?
Mrs. Zhao wanted to bring out the evil fire in her heart.

Fox wants to have room to play.

It is actually inevitable for them to go south!
"Zhiyao is really scary! Can everything be predicted in advance?" Hu You later learned that the army would continue to go south, and thought of Zhiyao's teasing of him that day.

Going south, they really went south.

The marching route Zhao Yang chose was to take the territory of the Zhou royal family, first enter the single state, and then follow the "Mengjin" route.

When passing through the territory of the Zhou royal family, Zhao Yang deliberately sent people to "Luoyi" and invited Zhou Tianzi to inspect it.

Zhou Tianzi was very happy that someone could still think of him, but it was impossible to come in person, not even the Gongqing sent one.

There are background reasons here. For example, the countries that were supposed to pay tribute to the Zhou royal family turned to Jin a few years ago. Jin did not present ritual vessels when presenting gifts to the Zhou emperor.

That was tantamount to Zhou Tianzi being stood on his head by the state of Jin to defecate and piss. If there was no response, the Zhou royal family was really dying. In desperation, they could only choose to pretend to be deaf and dumb.

The state of Jin is so shameless as to invite Emperor Zhou to inspect the troops going out?I thought it was a relationship that used each other a hundred years ago!
Zhiyao was very interested in the "single-riding" troops of the Fox Clan, and she didn't hide her curiosity along the way. If she had something to do, she would go to find Hu You, and then get mixed up with the Fox Clan's troops.

Once, Huyou didn't know what he was thinking, and explained very seriously: "My family is new, and the chariot is difficult to pay. I have no choice but to ride alone."

He was completely afraid of being despised, so he had an explanation.

Zhiyao didn't feel contemptuous at all. On the contrary, she was very envious of the fact that the Fox family had so many riders. She mainly observed how the Fox family cared for the horses, and whether there were any special methods.

After looking at it for a while, Zhiyao was puzzled to find that the Fox family did not raise intensively. The best treatment for horses is to eat the hay they carry, or to eat grass on the spot.

The horses fed in this way are obviously not so suitable as war horses for riding and fighting, okay?

The war horse used for riding combat, and other things can be put aside first, let alone everything without the explosive power that can be displayed in a short time.

The Zhi family is already trying to cultivate war horses, some of which come from the good horses sent by the Zhao family and the Hu family, and the Zhi family has also carefully selected and purchased a batch.

Under Zhiyao's order, horses of any quality are divided into batches, and then they are carefully fed and cultivated in different areas. They not only eat grass, but also eat five grains, and even minced meat, especially oil. few.

The main reason is that Zhiyao didn't know how to breed and maintain war horses, so she tried every kind of operation. After putting forward ideas, it was more for professionals to do it.

What stirrups, saddles, horseshoes?Anyway, Zhiyao has no interest in showing it for the time being.

"In this battle, my family must be the first!" Hu You expressed the Hu family's attitude.

Zhiyao could only say blessings, but she was thinking in her heart: "Old Zhao's family is aggrieved, and they came to Zheng Guo to find a new stage. The Fox family stood up to compete with the Zhao family, what's the brain?"

(End of this chapter)