I am a nobleman in Spring and Autumn

Chapter 468 Reaching a Crucial Moment

Yuejun Goujian is mobilizing the "Zhongcheng" troops to the direction of "Langye", and it seems that he intends to launch a new round of invasion of Ju.

Ju State has a very long history, as long as it can be traced back to 1046 BC, far longer than all current countries... including the Eastern Zhou regime re-established by the surname Ji.

For a long time, Ju State was regarded as a lineage of Dongyi, and it was only during the hegemony period between Jin State and Chu State that it actively integrated into the Zhuxia system.

"The Vietnamese army may invade the country of Ju, and the country of Ju is difficult to resist. I need to deploy all the defenses to prevent accidents." Zhiyao said.

Originally, Zhikai did not want to leave "Xinzheng". The problem is that going to Qidi is regarded as being in charge of one's own side, and there are very few opportunities to be in charge of one's own side, especially for the prince.

Zhiyao ordered Sima Rangju to open a small stove before Zhikai left, lest Zhikai make mistakes due to lack of experience.

Speaking of which, Sima Rangju has always been in charge of Qidi. There are about [-] Vietnamese troops who attack Ju and may invade Qidi of the original country. It should be safer for Sima Rangju to go to Qidi.

The problem now is that Sun Wu is too old and in poor health, and Zhiyao needs a reliable staff around him, and Sima Rangju has been in control for too long, even if it is for the good of Sima Rangju, it is really time to change up.

Sima Rangju explained to Zhikai the things that need to be paid attention to when going to Qidi, and when he found Zhiyao and returned to his life, he reminded: "Donglai is still a land without an owner."

After the Chen family surnamed Gui moved to the Korean Peninsula, the original country did not occupy Donglai.

Over the past few years, some families in Donglai that have not moved have waited and waited for someone to occupy Donglai.There is no one to build a country there, but there have been examples of mutual mergers. Given more time, there should be families that expand to build a country, right?

Zhiyao said indifferently: "If the Yue Kingdom occupies it, it will happen to be developed for me first."

The most essential part of the Qi State has been occupied and ruled by the Yuan State. Most of the Donglai area is in a semi-wild state. One of the basis for the Yuan country to declare war on the Yue country in the future.

Sima Rangju was just giving a necessary reminder.

The surname Chen moved too thoroughly, leaving only a hundred thousand people in the huge Donglai. The Yue Kingdom could get limited nutrition from eating it, and it also increased the cost of ruling.This is also the reason why Yuanguo is not in a hurry to rule Donglai.

What if the Vietnamese army went straight to the ground?Now there are [-] garrison troops in Qi, which can last for more than a month. Yuan Guo can still mobilize about [-] troops in Qi, so he can persist until the main force returns to help.

The season is entering the middle of summer.

It has been one year and three months since the original army besieged "Xinzheng".

As the original army's siege of "Xinzheng" prolongs, the frequency of battles between the two sides has shown a downward trend.

There are many reasons for the decline in the frequency of battles. The morale of the coalition forces is low and it is not suitable to go to war. The bigger reason is that the original army dug ditches around "Xinzheng".

The existence of the ditches made it more difficult for the coalition forces to go out. In fact, it also made it difficult for the original army as the offensive side to form a formation.

When this happened, the original army's intention of not wanting to attack by force was too obvious, which really made Zheng Guojun and his ministers who wanted to rely on the fortified city to consume the original army very frustrated.

"Your Majesty, the Chu State has come to envoy again and has been persuaded to leave."

Since last month, Chu Junzhong has repeatedly sent envoys. They went from being willing to stop the war to asking for a truce, to accepting surrender and losing half, and even to being willing to become the internal support of the original army, until Zhiyao stopped receiving Chu envoys.

Zheng Guo also sent envoys repeatedly, and was received by Zhiyao a few times before, but he also stopped receiving them later.

Zhiyao's attitude towards the state of Chu remains unchanged, everyone has been so exhausted, anyway, Yuanguo will not be exhausted, and there is no chance to show their tricks at all.

If this consumption continues, the state of Chu will not perish immediately because of this, but it is hard to say whether there will be chaos within the state of Chu.

As for Zheng Guo?Unless Zheng Guo took the initiative to accept Yuan Guo's annexation, the meat would be almost cooked, so why would Zhiyao not eat it.

Han Geng, who happened to be present, really wanted to ask "Will this force the enemy to die?", but he was restrained and did not ask.

If you really ask like that, it will appear that Han Geng is very unqualified.

Take a look at what the surroundings of "Xinzheng" look like. There are ditches and ditches, and seemingly small fortresses stand up. It is not an exaggeration to say that they are surrounded like iron barrels!
It is clear that "Xinzheng" has become a turtle in an urn, and it is Chu Jun and Zheng Jun who watched Tietong form day after day. Apart from surrendering unconditionally, the remaining option for them is really to choose to die.

It wasn't that the Chu army or the Zheng army sat back and watched the original army come up with tricks to besiege "Xinzheng". They also fought and even fought back regardless of casualties.

"If it's the first ten days of summer, I really should think about it."

In other words, the high-level leaders of Chu and Zheng had fought against each other, and at the same time understood the seriousness of the situation, but their hard power was not as strong as Yuan Guo.

There is a saying: Even though a wise man has all kinds of strategies, most of the time, strength is the root that really determines everything.Throughout the ages, it is better to be.

To put it simply, it is to use strength to defeat cleverness!
Take a look at the combat methods Zhiyao adopted later. If you know how to do it, you can see who he used for reference this time against "Xinzheng".

After the siege was formed, the original army didn't have too many tricks, it was purely forging a stronghold and fighting dumbly.This tactic comes from Zeng Shaved.

Even though it's just a two-handed move, it's definitely suitable for targeting "Xinzheng"!
Han Geng couldn't bear it any longer, and said, "There is already chaos in Chu State. If Chu State changes its monarch, can I make peace with him?"

This is what you should ask as a courtier.

As soon as Han Geng thought about it, he asked, obviously he still hasn't fully adapted to the role change with Zhiyao?

The so-called chaos is not that the prince of Chu State started to jump up and down again, but a sign that the princes of Chu State are planning to replace the new monarch.

However, Chu State has a relatively long and frequent history in Xiake. More than once, their uncles seized the throne of their nephews, or brothers fought against each other to win the new king.

Zhaogu was given a victory by the Yuan State, especially after Zhi Xuwu was defeated, the Yuan army no longer crossed the border to invade the mainland of Chu State, which really boosted Zhaogu's reputation.

In the past, everyone lost, and when no one had hope, there was one person who suddenly won.Seeing the light in despair, how could it not be regarded as a hero?
When Chu Junzhong and Ling Yin Ziguo were besieged in the "Xinzheng" and it was difficult to return to the country, Zhao Gu, as the third in command, became the actual orderer of Chu State.

Originally, Zhaogu was very dissatisfied with Ziguo's compromise with the nobles from all over the country, and he forbears it because he didn't want to add chaos to the newly succeeded King Chu.

Now, Zhaogu, whose reputation has soared, is dissatisfied with Ziguo, and at the same time, he believes that Chu Junzhong cannot lead Chu to rise again, and even sees that Chu has fallen into the abyss under the fatuous rule of Chu Junzhong and Ling Yin. The trend, no matter how people continue to tout and persuade, gradually there is a mentality of giving up.

Those who tout and persuade, they sincerely hope that Zhaogu can replace Chu Junzhong, and lead Chu out of the predicament.

It's just that there is a shadow of Yuan Guo in how the wind of flattery and first persuasion appeared.

Zhiyao avoided the topic of the possibility of a new monarch in Chu, and said: "Song State mobilized again, and moved 12 troops to the old land; Zhaogu assembled an army of [-] to move to 'Wanqiu'."

It's really a strange thing, Zhaogu should have the idea of ​​replacing him, but he still assembled a large army to rescue Chu Junzhong.

This time, the high-ranking officials of the Chu State and the Song State's monarchs and ministers who can be the masters can be regarded as aware of the fact that they marched to "Xinzheng" alone. make rescue operations effective.

But after a few months, Gou Jian only invaded Ju State once, captured four cities and stopped doing anything.

That is to say, Goujian did not take the opportunity to completely destroy Ju, let alone march into Donglai, or invade Qi and Lu.

"Xinzheng" is too far away from "Langxie", and it takes more than half a month to deliver the news quickly. A lot of news is almost equivalent to losing timeliness when it is sent to Zhiyao.

Zhiyao firmly believed that Goujian would not foolishly sit back and watch the original country win the war, guessing that Goujian would either force the original army to withdraw from "Xinzheng" by invading Qi, or send troops to join the rescue of "Xinzheng".

Of course, Goujian had another choice, which was to directly rebel against Chu, Song, Zheng, and Lu, and invade Chu and Song, taking advantage of the fact that the main forces of Chu and Song were outside to attack the two countries. Land grabbing.

The envoy sent by the Yuan State to meet Goujian mentioned that they would cooperate with the State of Yue to carve up the State of Chu and the State of Song, but there was no clear answer from the State of Yue for the time being.

Can the Yue State's failure to give a clear answer be regarded as a kind of ambiguity?Anyway, Goujian didn't refuse immediately, and to some extent, he had the intention of betraying his allies; of course, it cannot be ruled out that he was using that behavior to confuse the original country.

In fact, the original country was at war with Chu, Zheng, and Song, but Yue, an ally of Chu, Zheng, and Song, did not show up on the battlefield. In fact, Goujian failed to fulfill his obligation as an ally. .

It’s just that the allies are fighting hard, but the Yue State is acting as a spectator. No matter what happens afterwards, if Chu, Zheng, and Song are not subjugated, the lowest level is to attack the Yue State from the public opinion. ?
"How did the State of Yue die in history?" Zhiyao knew that it was the State of Chu that destroyed the State of Yue, but she didn't know the specific process.

This historical version has been changed beyond recognition, and the original history can only be used as a reference.

Of course, Zhiyao is actually not familiar with the history of the late Spring and Autumn Period, and only knows a few historical events.

Knowing or not knowing the history is only a prophetic role for the aspiring traveler in the early stage. It is the most important thing to collect good ministers and generals, and one day they will definitely change history with their own hands.

If there are traversers who don't want to change history, apart from being really incapable, only Buddhists are left.

"How many troops does the Lieutenant think 'Xinzheng' should retain to encircle it?" Zhiyao asked at a new meeting.

Isn't this the Chu army and the Song army conducted a new round of assembly in "Wanqiu", and then went north along the Yingshui River.

At the same time, about [-] troops from the State of Yue appeared in the territory of the State of Song, marching towards Weishui, apparently wanting to join the Chu and Song armies along the banks of Weishui.

Looking forward to the stars and looking forward to the moon can be regarded as looking forward to the appearance of the Vietnamese army. Just judging from the number of the Vietnamese army, it shows Goujian's sincerity to some extent.

It hasn't been long since the country of Yue expanded rapidly. They used [-] troops in Ju country, and they were able to gather [-] from the country to join the coalition army. They are really sincere.

Yuan Guojun and ministers are very concerned about the new round of movements of the coalition forces!

The country of Chu, which has been defeated repeatedly, did not break out of the expected civil strife, and especially showed its indomitable side.

Song Guo was able to withstand the pressure of the military and internal public opinion. It can only be said that as the situation became more and more unfavorable to the coalition forces, it made Song Guojun and his ministers see the situation more clearly.

The appearance of Vietnamese troops on the Central Plains battlefield means that the Vietnamese troops stationed in "Langye" may invade Qidi?

After new changes in the situation, Zhiyao has issued a new round of mobilization orders to the country. The mobilized troops will replace the garrison troops, and some troops that were originally garrison places will go south to join the war.

Because the siege of "Xinzheng" has formed a dual system of ditches and walled cities, and this round of coalition forces has assembled a total of 23 people, the original army must be drawn from the troops besieging "Xinzheng" to fight south.

"I think..." Sima Rangju rarely hesitated.

After continuous battles and the construction of siege fortifications, the army will inevitably become fatigued.

In addition, once too many troops are dispatched to leave, the besieged kings and ministers of Chu State and Zheng State are not pig-headed, and they will definitely guess that new reinforcements will arrive.

Sima Rangju paused, thought for a while before saying, "Or is it a chance to lure the enemy out of the city for a fierce battle?"

After a long period of consumption, there should be about 15 enemy troops left under siege?They sent envoys one after another and were rejected, so they had the idea of ​​dying and breaking through. When they encountered an opportunity, they might break through immediately, especially the monarchs and ministers of the Chu Kingdom were unwilling to stay in "Xinzheng" to be exhausted to death.

Zhiyao asked the rest, "What do you think?"

Han Geng was the first to second, and then most of them agreed.

Instead, Zhi Xuwu put forward a hypothesis and said: "If the enemy breaks through, they must have the ambition of becoming benevolent if they fail. Can you annihilate the enemy army before the arrival of enemy reinforcements?"

Just now Sima Rangju used the word "fierce battle", which itself means that there is a risk, otherwise he should have used the confident word "annihilation".

When confronted with the possibility of risks, what choice Zhiyao makes becomes critical.

At this point in the war, isn't it because Zhiyao felt that there was no need to take other risks, so she didn't agree to Sima Rangju's suggestion at the first time?

Sima Rangju noticed it when Zhiyao didn't immediately agree, and thought: "Seeking stability can reduce risks. Taking risks means having the opportunity to annihilate the enemy army out of the city. Next, concentrate the superior forces to injure the enemy army hard to help the enemy army, and then return to the city." Master easily won 'Xinzheng'. The benefits of the two options are different, let's see what choice you make."

(End of this chapter)