I am a nobleman in Spring and Autumn

Chapter 122 Taking Over Handan ([-]rd update)

"Why do I remember that there was a saying that the main clan of the Zhao clan divided Jin into the state of Zhao, and later Handan Zhao won the throne?" Zhiyao didn't quite remember where she read the relevant statement, and she didn't know whether the statement was true or not. .

However, once "Handan" falls into the hands of the Zhi family, even if Zhiyao fails to monopolize the state of Jin later, and the Zhao family has a share in Jin, "Handan" has already belonged to the Zhi family. Disgust will no longer be absorbed into the Zhao family.

This will be proved later.

Zhiyao was given the task of taking over "Handan", thinking that just training is just training, thinking that there should be a long-distance training, and decided to bring the trainees who have not been eliminated.

As usual, even if the soldiers were concentrated in one place, all the supplies could be deployed from the warehouse on the spot, and the troops would still need at least a few days of preparation time if they wanted to move out.

If it is a temporary recruitment of the army, the recruitment process alone will take at least a month or more. The reason is that it takes time to convey the call-up order, and it also takes time for soldiers to gather from all directions.

Zhiyao was instructed to take over "Handan", and the time spent from the order issued the night before to the departure of the army at noon the next day was far less than the normal consumption.

"Every soldier in the army is different!" Zilu stood on the chariot blowing in the wind, Jiujiu was still a bit unacceptable.

Zilu once spent eight days gathering an army capable of going out and leading them to counter the rebellion.

Don't think that eight days is a long time. With the efficiency of the late Spring and Autumn Period, it only took eight days, which can be said to be extremely fast.

Therefore, that was also the most proud deed of Zilu, and the most important thing was that they won that expedition.

It is normal to take less time to get troops from training bases.

After all, soldiers are in an organized state, and there are enough military supplies in the base, right?
However, the order to send out troops overnight, the speed and efficiency are quite amazing.

After thinking about it, Zilu found the key. It must be because of the role of those low-level military officers, and the role was surprisingly great. Otherwise, it would be a problem whether he could command the entire army in just one night.

"The Jin army has always been famous for its orders and prohibitions. It has known the power of the Jin army before. The Zhi family has obviously used this advantage to take advantage of excellent officers to reach a new height." Zilu is already one of the nobles of the Jin country. , I still regard myself as a Lu person in my mind.

In fact, there are not many people like Zilu. Many people have defected to new countries, and the speed of ideological change is simply not too fast.

The root cause of Zilu's behavior is that he is a very respected teacher, that is, Confucius is still a native of Lu.

It may take a long time for Zilu to regard himself as a Jin person, or he may have considered himself a Lu person all his life.

No matter if he was from Jin or Lu, Zilu's master-slave relationship with Zhishi was not severed in one day, and he could only serve Zhishi all the way, and this was a difficult thing to break.

"Spears and axes are mainly used to break armor. At present, only Chu State has heavy infantry among the countries. Among the other countries, Qi State has not tried to form heavy infantry. However, the Wei family of Jin State has a large-scale heavy infantry..." Because of all kinds of exhaustion, Zilu didn't realize that his thoughts were a little wandering.

Zilu was right!

At present, only the Chu State and the Wei family have heavy infantry in the true sense. The soldiers of other countries or families wear more layers of armor and are not serious heavy infantry. The difference lies in the length of time they can fight for a long time.

The most obvious difference is that Chu's heavy infantry called "Zuoguang" and Wei's heavy infantry can go into battle after a long march, while soldiers from other countries and families wearing several layers of armor cannot do so. !
Zhiyao also needs to train the heavy infantry belonging to the Zhi clan. The basic requirement is to be able to march for at least [-] miles with a full load before going into battle.

It is a very helpless thing that the Zhi family has lower requirements for heavy infantry than the Wei family. How many generations have the Wei family explored, and how many secrets of training and food matching have they mastered?It is considered very high for Zhishi to set such a standard only in Zhiyao's generation.

The base for military training is in Taihang Mountain, and Taihang Mountain is not far from "Handan".

Taihang Mountain is very vast. The area Zhiyao chose to train troops is in a low mountain and hilly area in technical terms. After leaving the military training base, there is a basin to the east, and "Handan" is located in that basin.

"Handan" in the current era is not a beautiful place. There are continuous mountainous areas in the west and north, a basin in the middle, and a plain in the east.

The capital Zhiyao identified was not the city built by Handan Zhao. Handan Zhao chose to build the city in the basin near the hilly area. In fact, their family is not considered large. It is very likely that they have not thought about expanding the city. The terrain is not. Then I care.

If the Zhi family can establish a country in the future, Zhi Yao's ideal capital is not the current city, and it must be moved to the southeast.

reason?The "Handan" established by Handan Zhao is too small, how can it be so small as a capital.

If there is such a day, the city built by Handan Zhao will be used as a satellite city, and it will still be called "Handan", and the capital of the Zhi family will have other names.

They are marching in a fighting posture during the rush stage.

What's the meaning?That is, in addition to sending out scouts when there should be scouts, the soldiers are in a state of armor, and from time to time they rehearse the drills of encountering enemy troops.

Many people who have never experienced such a thing were driven crazy by Zhiyao.

If you do that, it's not only the physical load, but also the mental tension anytime, anywhere. People with low mental endurance will definitely be nervously weakened.

"Today's knockout is 320." Zhi Xuwu yawned as he spoke.

Last night, Zhi Xuwu led the team to attack the camp, and at the same time was responsible for adjudicating who was eliminated.

Zilu also looked sleep deprived, suppressing his drowsiness to report: "We have eliminated 240 people."

He was the one in charge of the defense last night.

Such things happen anytime and anywhere on the road, not only during the night, but also during the day.

Those who were eliminated had various reasons, not only soldiers, but officers would also be kicked out if they were deemed unqualified.

Because people are being eliminated every day, Zhiyao also learned the lesson from last time, and then she wanted to give the remaining people a sense of urgency, and made a set of rules for "resurrection".

The so-called "resurrection" means that those who stay temporarily do not necessarily lose the risk of being eliminated, and those who are eliminated can use their own efforts to squeeze in again.

After this set of rules came out, it once again shocked many people, especially when Zilu realized that he had guessed something wrong. For example, the Drilling Book was probably written by Zhiyao himself, not the accumulation of Zhiyao's long history.

In fact, Zilu's thinking here is a little slow.He had discussed with Zhiyao repeatedly before, but he didn't think in the direction that Zhiyao was learning from experience before writing the practice book.

After practicing while walking, it took them nearly a month to walk 120 miles, and Zhiyao had to stop tossing later, otherwise it would take longer.

Zhiyao didn't think it was enough anymore. It's because the season is in the transition stage. The melting of ice and snow makes the weather turn cold, the road condition along the way becomes worrying, and it will soon enter the rainy season.

The west and north sides of "Handan" are actually good. The mountainous area belongs to the mountainous area, and the road is not easy to walk; the south is an environment with few mountains; the northeast is an area full of swamps; The environment is the best.

As for "Handan" itself?It is located in a basin, and the normal rainy season is nothing but water accumulation everywhere; once the rainy season is long and rainy, water from the four directions of east, west, south and north will flow to the basin, and all areas will be flooded at once. All soaked in water.

Now you know why Zhiyao didn't choose the city built by Handan Zhao as the capital, right?Dislike of the city being too small is only one of the factors, and more of it is not wanting the capital to be in a place where waterlogging disasters may occur at any time!
It must be said that the Zhi family has fiefdoms in the north and northeast of "Handan", and it can be regarded as the modern "Hebei" in terms of geographical location.

In the late Spring and Autumn Period, the climate and environment of Jin was actually similar to that of Guangdong, the difference being that it would snow in winter.

And the current Hebei is really not a good place. The most intuitive thing is that most areas are covered with swamps, and the places that are not swamps are dense forests.

Do you know how difficult it is to develop a place full of swamps and forests?There are so many engineering equipment in modern times, it is very difficult to develop primeval forests, not to mention the Spring and Autumn era when everything depends on manpower.It is impossible for Zhishi to develop it without spending more than 100 years!
One day, when there was a misty drizzle in the sky, soldiers of the Zhao family standing guard on the city wall of "Handan" saw a black line appearing at the end of the land in the northwest direction.

Because it was raining, the line of sight was actually affected. By the time Zhao's soldiers noticed that a large army was approaching, the troops led by Zhiyao had already approached within five miles of "Handan".

Because the soldiers of the Zhao family who were aware of the situation did not know who the forces approaching the army belonged to, he must have urgently reported it.

The person in charge of "Handan" waiting for the handover is Gubu Ziqing. After receiving the report, he made some guesses and ordered the whole city to enter a state of alert.

In fact, there is no way to do anything, who made the war between the Zhao family and the Fan family fall into a stalemate, God knows whether the army that is approaching "Handan" will belong to the attacking Fan family.

When Zhiyao approached "Handan" about three miles away, he sent someone to contact him, and only after receiving a reply did he lead the troops to continue marching.

Gubu Ziqing personally greeted her at the gate of the city. When she saw Zhiyao, she would definitely come forward to greet her.

"This……"

Gubu Ziqing was originally looking at Zhiyao, but it was hard not to be attracted by Zhi's soldiers who put on new military uniforms, and she was a little confused for a while...

(End of this chapter)