After Spring and Autumn

Chapter 108
There is a small country named Ju State in the south of Lu State. Originally, Ju State was not weak, and it expanded outwards for a time.

When Qi Huan Gong Xiaobai fled, he went to Ju State. After returning to Qi State to become king, Guan Zhong and others kept reminding Qi Huan Gong not to forget the love of shelter, so they left an idiom, don't forget in Ju.

With the support of Qi State, Ju State also became ambitious, constantly invading neighboring countries, and the relationship with Lu State was quite tense. Under such circumstances, the relationship with Qi State also took a sharp turn for the worse.

Yunyi was originally the territory of Ju State, a city that Lu State snatched after defeating Ju State, and then Ju State was defeated twice by Qi State, and had no choice but to become a vassal of Qi State.

Now the ruler of Ju State is Ji Kuang, he is the son of Qiu Gong Ji Qu Ji. monarch.

After only one year in power, he was expelled by his uncle Ji Zhanyu. This Ji Zhanyu was not a good thing. He was originally the prince, but was deposed because he was too cruel, and then his younger brother Ji Quji became the prince.

Ji Zhanyu likes to make swords, and every time he gets a sword, he likes to test the sword with others, which makes the whole country of Ju angry and resentful. The so-called two evils choose the lesser, and it is also a disaster for the people of Ju to meet these two monarchs .

In the end, the people of Ju State launched a riot again, expelled the abolished public servants of Ju, and welcomed back the public self-mads in the suburbs of Ju. If such a person became the king, Ju State was sentenced to death.

Ji Zhanyu defected to the state of Wu, and his henchmen saw that the situation was not good, so they turned to Qi and Lu one after another, and sent a considerable part of the land to the two countries, but Ju was unable to get it back.

However, what Mengdi considered at this time was that if he attacked Ju State at this time, the benefits he could get were limited, and the most important thing was the attitude of Qi State.

Because the current state of Ju, to some extent, has become the back garden of the state of Qi, and annexation is only a matter of time, so he frowned and said.

"Mr. Ji means to attack the State of Ju? But in this way, the State of Qi will definitely not ignore things. At that time, there will definitely be conflicts between Qi and Lu. What we lack most now is time. I am afraid that the loss outweighs the gain."

Hearing this, Ji Ran laughed, with an inscrutable expression on his face, he said softly.

"My lord, you are thinking too much. Under the current situation, if Qi State wants to attack Ju State, the first thing he has to consider is what will happen to Lu State."

"Besides, there are many internal conflicts in the state of Lu. At this time, when we go to crusade against the state of Ju, we can also avoid the internal affairs of the state of Lu, and will not put you in a dilemma, my lord."

"As for the state of Qi, it's easy to solve. As long as we don't invade the land of Ju state, but only plunder their people and people, Qi state will definitely not interfere. Of course, my lord can deal with Tian and Guo in private, so as not to worsen the conflict."

After thinking about it, Meng Di felt that this idea was feasible. Since Qi State attacked Lu State first, then he would retaliate against Ju State, and might even force Ju State to directly join Qi State.

In this way, Qi State can be regarded as gaining a large territory for nothing. As long as it is operated properly, not only will it not annoy Qi State, but it will allow everyone to form a tacit understanding in their hearts.

After making up his mind, Meng Di laughed and said to Ji Ran.

"I have Mr. Ji, which is worth [-] soldiers. If this is the case, I will go back and write to Tian Chang and Guoyuan immediately, and discuss with them how to carve up the Ju country."

After the letter was sent out, Mengdi began to personally train the troops and prepare for the war. Of course, the first thing was to attract more people to join the army. He first set up a high platform outside Feiyi City and released the news in advance.

He said that he wanted to reward the soldiers who left the station this time, and the people in the city came to watch. Meng Di stood on the high platform and said loudly.

"The last time the Qi army came to attack, the son under his command was not afraid of the strength of the Qi army, and he took the risk with Meng, so that the state of Qi could see that our fighting power in Mengyi would definitely not dare to attack easily again. End the war."

"Today Meng is here to distribute rewards to all the soldiers who fought bravely. All those who participated in the battle will get different amounts of money, cloth and food according to their performance during the battle."

No matter where these three things are placed, they are all hard currency. When the people around heard this, they became eager, their eyes lit up, and they started whispering at the same time.

"Nowadays in Mengyi, the land rent is so low, Mengzi didn't force us to join the army, but just asked us to do drills, guard against thieves and use it in daily defense. Such a benevolent government is really rare. I didn't expect that it would be issued today. award."

"That's right. I originally thought that we would be recruited to fight in the war, but I didn't expect that Mengzi would be able to win a big victory with only 3000 troops. Presumably Mengzi must be very human."

"Today, I want to see what rewards these soldiers will get. If the rewards are generous, I will consider joining the army. It will be more comfortable than facing the loess all day long and working hard till the sky."

"I also have the same idea. Looking at the fiefdoms of other doctors, we are already living a pretty good life, but we have too little money in our hands, and our life is too tight."

Then Meng Di began to give out rewards. As the leader of the cavalry, Han Zhan naturally received the highest rewards, five thousand money, ten bolts of cloth, and thirty stones of grain. This amount is not too much.

Next, they will be distributed one by one. The minimum video costs five hundred, one piece of cloth, and two grains of grain. The surrounding people are all jealous, and they don't even speak for a while, their eyes are fixed on those rewarded items. .

Seeing this, Meng Di knew that his goal had been achieved. The status of ordinary people these days is slightly higher than that of slaves. Once a war starts, they have to prepare their own weapons and food, and the compensation for death in battle is not much.

When have you seen such a reward?So their minds became active, and after Meng Di left, many of them began to talk about how to train soldiers based on their own relationships.

At this time Mengdi smiled, turned around and said to Han Zhan who was following behind.

"You will continue to recruit soldiers tomorrow, but it is best to bring more people to avoid being in a hurry, especially the civil servants, and you must prepare more bamboo slips, so you must not make mistakes in your busy schedule."

(End of this chapter)