I am a nobleman in Spring and Autumn

Chapter 142
For Zhiyao, the conquest of Dongshan Heidi was just a training session.

What he didn't know was that the scale of the use of troops this time alone had reached the limit of a second-rate vassal state.

Many vassal states may not have more than [-] combat troops, and the second-rate vassal states can be considered awesome if they can produce two Zhouli "armies".

How many soldiers are there in the two Zhouli "armies"?Including chariot soldiers, there are a total of [-] soldiers.

Zhiyao used four "divisions" organized by the Jin State. The strength of a "division" in the Jin State is [-] soldiers, and four "divisions" are [-] soldiers!
And the troops Zhishi used in Dongshan Heidi this time were even approaching the combined strength of the Han and Hu clans going south.

In other words, the Han family and the Fox family, plus some small and medium-sized nobles, they gathered together an "army" and went south.

The Zhi family mobilized four "divisions" and took nearly four months to conquer "Gaiyu" and captured Dongshan Heidi's big leader and a bunch of small and medium leaders alive. The time when the battle ended was just before winter came.

"Turning Hu into Xia?" Zhiyao didn't really understand what Lao Tzu's Hu Hua was all about.

No one can tell what happened a long time ago. After Ji Zhou's turn became the co-lord of the world, is it true that a member of Zhuxia doesn't look at blood on the surface, but looks at culture, especially the degree of recognition in etiquette.

In fact, if you are willing to implement Zhu Xia's etiquette, you will definitely have cultural identity. If everyone implements the same etiquette norms, first of all, there will be a basis for communication.

As for saying that he is a member of Zhuxia who agrees with the etiquette of Zhuxia on the surface, the reason is that the princes with the surname of Ji still despise those countries with the surname of Ji in their hearts.

It is precisely because of this that when Qi State annexed Lai State, many countries at that time, including Jin State, were not so easy to manage, and they even applauded it.

The root cause is very straightforward. Qi State is the descendant of Jiang Taigong. It is not a prince with the surname of Ji, but it can be regarded as one of the princes of Ji Zhou's direct line. Lai State is a country of the Dongyi system.

At that time, it was also the Qi State that annexed the Lai State with a rapid speed to make it an established fact, making it hard for the Lu State, which was going to live and die with Qi State, to say anything.

It took five or 60 years for the State of Lu, which had always wanted to annex the State of Feng, to take advantage of the inability of the States of Jin and Qi to interfere, and to complete the annexation of the State of Feng two years ago (493 BC).

This time Zhishi attacked Dongshan Heidi?Not to mention that the families in the Jin State can’t say anything, such as why don’t you go to wipe out the Fan family when you have that spare time, or go south to compete with the Chu army, or beat the Zheng State or something like that; They may also send envoys to congratulate Zhishi.

There is no way, no matter what the reason is for a war between princes, it is not a just war. Fighting against a foreign race naturally stands at the commanding heights of morality.

"Follow it, let's feudalize here." Zhiyao was talking about the group of people who originally belonged to the Zhongxing clan who came to join them on the way.

As for who to seal the land to, Zhiyao can't do it for her, she needs Zhishen to do this kind of thing.

According to Zhiyao's arrangement, the elders of the Zhi family will definitely account for [-]% or more of them, leaving [-]% to appease the newcomers.

The territory belonging to Dongshan Heidi actually has agricultural value in the northwest. Even if there are minerals in the mountainous area, in the current situation of Zhishi, it is only developed when there is something wrong.

Without the premise of building roads, resources cannot be transferred, and any development is actually playing hooligans!
Therefore, the minerals that Zhiyao wants to develop can be located in mountainous areas, but they must not be too deep. The prerequisite is whether the products can be transported out.

road?Of course Zhiyao has a plan for this point, but it does not plan it as a major project that must be completed in a short period of time. Some repairs in various places a year will add up to connect the roads. It will not take too long to spend 20 years.

In fact, during the Spring and Autumn Period, there was really no clear concept of road construction. The emphasis was on the fact that people walked a lot and naturally found roads. When it was their turn to build roads, it became a common practice to use hundreds of thousands of large corps. Guarantee, there is a record of deliberate road construction.

It is impossible for Zhiyao to spend a whole winter in "Gaiyu" and bring the captured leaders of Dongshan Heidi, and at the same time take away the new army and the rest of the troops.

They left, what if Dongshan Heidi came to counterattack?The word "feudalism" has already been mentioned just now.

The so-called "feudalism" is a kind of gift from the top to the bottom. Those who get the fief have the mission of guarding the land and building in the sky, and they can ask for help, but they rely more on themselves.

Even if Dongshan Heidi counterattacked, all the nobles who stayed in the area could do was to resist by themselves, and if they couldn't hold on, they would report. Later, the main family would send troops, which also meant that the nobles lost their fiefs and would pack up and leave.

This was the case with the "feudalism" of the Zhou royal family at the beginning. More than 3000 princes were enfeoffed. Generally, they were given a name. Whether the princes could occupy a certain piece of land depended on their own abilities. More than half of them were wiped out by foreign races. Only when they survived Eligibility to continue as a vassal.

It is only with that kind of "feudalism" that the current territory of the Zhuxia series of kingdoms can be found. Although many princes died, the living space of the Zhuxia series has also been greatly expanded.

In the middle of the journey, Zhiyao, who was summoned, sent the new army back to "Handan", and took the rest of the troops to "Xintian".

The three recruited "divisions", the reason why they went to "Xintian" was to complete this year's task of receiving gifts, and most of them would be disbanded before they arrived at "Xintian", and returned to "Xintian" because they were not nationals Zhan does not need to go through the "thorny door" procedure, just get the order to disband and return to their respective families.

"The Chu army has not returned!" Zhishen looked as if something big was about to happen.

Before Zhiyao was doing her own thing, the representative did not pay attention to the situation in China and Manshi.

The state of Chu, which successfully wiped out the Man family, did not retreat. Some of them were stationed in the "Man family" city and its surrounding areas, and most of them went to the state of Zheng.

Related news confirmed that Zheng Guo once again formed an alliance with Chu State.

Zheng Guo's doing so is tantamount to deviating from Zichan's established strategy, but looking at the current international environment, it can be said that it is in actual need.

Zichan's policy for Zheng Guo is to stop jumping left and right, and choose one of Jin and Chu to firmly fulfill the obligations of an ally.

But the state of Jin completely ruined its advantage, and the state of Zheng intervened in the civil strife of the state of Jin. Once the Fan family was wiped out, the state of Jin could not let Zheng state go.

Of the several countries that interfered in the internal turmoil of Jin, the State of Lu withdrew first, and then took advantage of the fact that no princes would intervene and annexed the State of Fu; the State of Qi suffered a heavy blow and fell into civil strife, and now the State of Qi was invaded by the State of Wu; Wei Guo simply chose to lay flat on Jin, and put on an attitude of attacking whoever Jin asked me to fight; Song Guo turned his attention to Cao Guo, and there was a feeling that whoever supported them to annex Cao would just follow him. The meaning of who is going.

The contemporary kings and ministers of the state of Zheng knew very well that they could not withstand the revenge of the state of Jin, and it was not a good way out to return to the state of Chu. However, they knew that the state of Chu might be unreliable, and they had no better choice.

"So the current situation is that Fan's family and Zheng Guo's hug the thigh of Chu State, Fan's family wants to use the power of Chu State to turn against the wind, and Zheng State uses Chu State to frighten Jin State's revenge?" Zhiyao asked. The fastest thinking simplifies complex situations.

Shi Jishe and Bank of China collude with Qi, Zheng, Song, Wei, and Lu to intervene in the civil strife in Jin. At present, the rest of the countries except Zheng are either withdrawing or have little follow-up action.

No matter how the current situation changes, the Zhonghang clan that was annexed by the Zhi clan has come to an end, and Chu's intervention is destined to make Fan's reputation forever.

Zhiyao asked: "Does 'Yuanrong' need my family to send troops?"

Seeing Zhiyao mentioning this matter, Zhishen, who has not yet told the story, may once again have the thought "my seed is good" in his heart.

"'Yuan Rong' does have this intention. It is no longer a family matter for the Chu army to go north." Zhishen said.

From the beginning to the end, the Jin State did not regard Chu State as the princes of the Zhuxia lineage. The interference of other princes is one thing, and the intervention of Chu State will evolve into another situation.

Zhiyao said: "Although it is a state matter, it is also a family matter. If my family intervenes, will it be profitable?"

After all, it was Zhao and Wei who were incompetent and unable to solve Fan's, so Chu State could intervene.

Use the righteousness of the country to let the Zhi clan send troops?It's true that the Zhi clan has no choice but to send troops. The problem is that the Zhao and Wei clans can't take all the benefits!
Zhishen hesitated to speak.

To be honest, the Zhi clan has already gained enough profits from this wave of civil wars, and the Xing clan has no problem digesting it. Generally speaking, it is true that the internal needs to be settled, and then trying to obtain new fiefdoms may make people feel greedy.

Zhiyao knew what she was thinking when she saw Zhishen's expression, and said, "My family is in urgent need of labor."

In terms of fiefdom, the Zhi family really shouldn't make a request, and it is very appropriate to ask for the population.

The channel to obtain the population can be the capture of the cities of the Fan family, or even the distribution quota for marching into the Zheng country, or the transfer of the Zhao or Wei family from their own fiefs to the Zhi family. It depends on how Zhao Yang and Wei Hao choose. .

As the head of the family, Zhishen may not understand what Zhiyao's actions in "Handan" have brought to the Zhi family. What it means to increase the population of the family is the education that he should have received as a son in the past.

"So, I ask for it myself." Zhishen said as if promising.

Knowing that the Zhao family and the Wei family could not use their own population as a reward for the Zhi family's dispatch of troops, Zhiyao said, "Your Excellency, you can make an agreement with 'Yuan Rong' and the generals of the upper army to delineate a war zone, and each family will attack."

"The war zone?" Zhishen understood somewhat, but not so well.

Zhiyao simply ordered someone to bring a map of mountains and rivers, pointing to the map and saying that Lao Zhi's family can be responsible for where and where to attack.

"This matter is easy." Zhishen agreed first, and then asked: "Yao wants to use the new army?"

It's no secret that the Zhi family is training the new army. The rest of the families just don't know how Zhi Yao trains and how effective the Zhi family's new army is.

Therefore, Zhiyao did not propose to divide the war zone out of secrecy for the new army, it was purely a decision to "wash the ground" more thoroughly!
(End of this chapter)