After Spring and Autumn

Chapter 127
Meng Di knew very well in his heart that according to the current situation, although these people were respectful to him, he was an outsider after all, and it would take time to completely win over these people in this place.

So he didn't continue to attack other tribes. After the tiger leader agreed to surrender, he released the tiger and let him continue to lead his tribe. As for the final result, they had to negotiate and resolve it themselves.

The final result is Meng promised to give up the resources he plundered, thereby expanding his territory, while Tiger promised not to attack Meng's tribe from now on, and at the same time drew a large piece of land between the two tribes.

This piece of land is a good plain land dedicated to Mengdi. It was originally the land of Xiangguo, a very small local country. After it was destroyed by Juguo, it ceased to exist. This area is close to the sea. It is about thirty miles away from Yushan.

Not far away, there is another small country, Tan Kingdom. Although it is called a country, it is scattered in the form of tribes. There are also Zou Kingdom, Pi Kingdom, Zhu Qi Kingdom, etc. scattered on this piece of land. Command constraints.

Meng Di was very satisfied with this place. He needed to use this place as a base to spread his influence around. The first thing he did was recruit young and strong men from the tribes of Meng and Hu, and got [-] people, two Tribes are divided equally.

Although there were not many people, Meng Di was not too small. The first thing they did was to build a wall nearby, and then he sent people back to Zhongqiu to mobilize [-] households to move here. Ordered to come in batches.

Along with them, there is also a large amount of supplies, which will become Mengdi's weapon to recover these tribes. There are always a few wise men like Bo, and most people like a better life.

The young men of these tribes were set up by Meng Di as a special army, called the Huaiyi Army, and nearly 40 people who were more clever were selected from them, and one hundred veterans and four hundred recruits were sent to form a caravan to trade with Ju.

This is also to confuse Ju State, at least in a short period of time, to prevent Qi State from discovering this secret. The main purpose is to buy some supplies, and then use some animal skins and minerals obtained locally to trade with the other party.

This place not only has iron mines, but also coal mines, and there are also a lot of copper mines, which makes Meng Di feel that he has made a fortune this time, but it will take a lot of time to operate it. If Yi Dun can successfully brew wine in the future.

He planned to let Yidun run this place. What is most lacking now is people. In fact, Mengdi set his target on Confucius, but the problem is what Confucius himself advocated, which is a bit unacceptable.

Today is a world of great controversy. To some extent, self-denial and restoration of the rites are just a wish of one's own imagination. Only after the unification of the country is completed can this wish be realized.

Otherwise, if any vassal state adopts this method, although it is said to be stable at home, it will be powerless to expand externally, so there is a reason why Confucianism has not been advocated in various countries.

Even Mencius said that there is no righteous war in the Spring and Autumn Period. Under such circumstances, emphasizing etiquette is just asking for fish.

The whole era has fallen into chaos, and the only way to restore order is to restore order. However, what Confucius considered most was the interests of Lu itself, so Mengdi did not let Confucius enter Mengyi.

One month later, a simple city had already taken shape. Mengdi paid the Huaiyi army a monthly salary according to their needs. This made the young and strong in the tribe envious. Mengdi did not force too much and chose to maintain the status quo.

Then he named the city Huai City, and transferred Liu Xiatuo to train the people. At this time, three thousand households were moved from Zhongqiu City, and all of them were in place. Meng Di assured them in public.

"If you can farm here with peace of mind, then rewards will be given according to your performance. If you cultivate more than [-] acres within five years, you can become a citizen under my leadership and enjoy certain treatment. Members of your family can join the army .”

People these days don't really have a sense of belonging to the country, and they have already seen and heard about the people in Mengyi in Mid-Autumn City.

They can also allow their children to read and write for free, and they may become officials in a certain place in the future. This is something they didn't even dare to think about before. Now Mengdi promised in person, making these people's eyes full of hope.

But here, Meng Di did not intend to train cavalry again, firstly because of the region, and secondly because fighting in the south in the future would greatly limit chariots, and at this time infantry would be the main force.

So he wants to train infantry to fight in Huai City. In the future, if he wants to fight for world supremacy, three types of arms are indispensable, that is, crossbowmen, infantry and cavalry. Make adjustments.

In this way, the rhythm of the war will be accelerated, and the original war etiquette derived from the chariot culture will be completely abandoned. He will train a strong army like Wei Wuzu.

It's just that he couldn't do this at the beginning. He had to explore for a period of time, and at the same time bring out a group of veterans first, at least to completely control the surroundings of Huaicheng.

After Liu Xiatuo arrived, Meng Di thought for a while and asked.

"You come from a noble family, so you must know something about the Wei Shu phalanx in Wei State. If I ask you to train pure infantry now, what do you think should be done?"

After Liu Xiatuo heard this, he frowned and thought about it for a long time. He had also trained cavalry for a while, and his vision and insight were gradually opened up, so he had to think more deeply about the issues, and he replied after a long time.

"If an infantry comes out of training, it needs to meet three points. The first point is that the army must be determined to die. The second point is that these soldiers must have strong personal force. The third point is that these soldiers must be kind shoot."

"In this way, once you are in battle with the enemy, you will go forward without hesitation. When you are about to fight, you can use the strong to defeat the weak. The whole army can be divided into two steps. miraculous."

Although these three points made some sense, Meng Di shook his head. When Li Ling led them to fight on the battlefield, he had no fear in facing the cavalry, and he was able to win consecutive battles.

It is not only relying on these, but also requires soldiers to have sufficient physical strength. The so-called soldiers are expensive and fast, that's what they said.

(End of this chapter)