I am a nobleman in Spring and Autumn

Chapter 152 Consequences of Credit Bankruptcy

No matter what, things have happened anyway, what should be done is to save the predicament.

Then, after this big defeat, Zhao Yang will definitely be hit in all directions, and the blow will definitely be more serious than that of Xun Linfu who lost the "Battle of Bi".

We must know that in the "Battle of Bi", the state of Jin did not actually lose too badly. It was purely because the ancestors of the Xian family did not obey orders to cross the river on their own, and the whole army fell into a dilemma before finally losing.

After the defeat in the "Battle of Bi", the Xun family suffered a great blow, and the Xian family suffered even more. It can be said that the "Battle of Bi" planted the root of the Xian family's withdrawal from the historical stage.

This time it seemed that all the nobles did not trust Zhao Yang, which led to Zhongfu's disastrous defeat. However, on the one hand, almost all the nobles, on the other hand, Zhao Yang alone, who is wrong?

Even if Zhao Yang is right, as the commander-in-chief of the whole army, it is wrong not to control the overall situation, and it is a bit boring to mention other things.

What's more, Zhao Yang stood on the opposite side of almost everyone?
"This wave of family blood loss with serious military losses is even worse for the Zhao family!" Zhiyao knew that she shouldn't be happy, but she still couldn't control the bursts of joy in her heart.

Didn't make trouble, but the family's rival made a mess?It's not too bad to be happy that Zhishi can take over, right?
The Zhi family used almost three "divisions" of troops on Fan's body.

The Wei family used more troops on the Fan family than the Zhi family, reaching the strength of an "army".

When the two sides join forces, the force is one "army" and three "divisions".

Logically speaking, the Wei family has more troops, and Wei Ju should be in charge of the army's command, but the person in charge of the whole army is Zhiyao, who has fewer troops.

This is because Wei Ju is very self-aware, he knows that he is not capable of commanding such a huge force, and Zhiyao's record is a bit tough, and this time, the Zhi family helped the Wei family a lot in dealing with the Fan family's city , became such a distribution of authority.

"'Yuan Rong' ordered the two of us to lead the army to attack 'Wen', so as to break the return of the coalition forces." Zhiyao pointed to the location of 'Wen' marked on the mountain and river map.

The map of mountains and rivers that Wei Judi Zhiyao took out was very interesting.

In fact, the Zhi family's previous landscape map was similar to that of other families. After Zhiyao began to play various roles, the old Zhi family's landscape map changed drastically.

Zhiyao is very aware of how important it is to explore the geography of mountains and rivers. The map of mountains and rivers shown to Wei Ju is still a deleted version, which only marks large rivers and various cities and towns. The real uncut version will mark every The detailed terrain of a place, including where water can be obtained, which areas cannot be marched, where there may be how many garrisons, and so on.

"Taking 'Wen' can indeed cut off the coalition army's retreat, but..." Wei Ju was very awkward in his heart, and decided to speak out after a pause, and said, "In this way, isn't it for the Zhao family?"

so?Before, almost all the nobles suspected that Zhao Yang led the army to the south because he wanted to use public weapons for private use, so it is not far-fetched to mention it, and everyone would think so.

What is the reason that makes people think in the direction of Zhao Yang wanting to use public equipment for private use?It's not that the Zhao family has shown that there is no way to take the Fan family, and the "Qing" of the Jin State has several examples of private use of public weapons.

As long as the Zhao family can win the battle against the Fan family, even if they have that kind of thinking, they will be more or less willing to help.

Faced with Wei Ju's frankness, Zhiyao seemed a little embarrassed to say anything that was inappropriate.

In other words, Zhao Yang is Zhiyao's future father-in-law, and if he scolds, he is right or wrong; Zhiyao explains Zhao Yang, and he can say something, but it will become an endorsement of Zhao Yang's behavior, the situation is unknown Under the current situation, everyone has that kind of suspicion, and only fools do this.

Zhiyao said: "The land of 'Wen' is a land with a big river in the south, Shaoshui in the east, and Hanshui in the west. It is a narrow-angled land..."

A series of words about geographical location came out of Zhiyao's mouth, and he also briefly talked about the nearby mountains and forests.

Wei Ju was taken aback for a while, and asked, "Yao actually..."

"I've been back and forth many times, why don't I know?" Zhiyao fooled without sincerity.

Wei Ju showed a shamed expression, and said, "I've never memorized it so well before."

Uh?
If a person spends his spare time thinking about how to sweep away other families, and often plays war games by himself, it is really difficult to forget the terrain of certain places after many times.

All in all, Zhao Yang's instructions to Zhiyao and Wei Ju were correct. Even if "Wen" could not be conquered, the army would still be able to block the retreat of the coalition forces going north if they reached that position.

They have led their troops to a place called "Huai", which is less than a hundred miles away from "Wen".

Some time ago, the coalition forces fought against the Jin army that had experienced a disastrous defeat in the lower reaches of Shaoshui River. Later, Zhao Yang led his army to retreat to "Yuan", and the coalition forces stopped chasing after they reached the upper reaches of Hanshui River.

It must be mentioned that there are many river systems called Hanshui, and the one to the west of "Wen" is just one of them.

Wei Ju held back for a while, and said, "Go 'warm', it's not for siege."

It's really not that Wei Ju or Wei's are stingy, so what if they captured "Wen" in this wave, at most they will get some spoils, and the city and land will fall into Zhao's pocket later.

Since ancient times, sieges have caused the most casualties. Participating in national wars and sieges, even if you don't want to, you have to do it; this time fighting "Wen" looks like a national war, but it is actually part of a civil war.

Zhiyao wondered why Wei Ju felt that Zhishi was willing to attack "Wen"?

"Both your family and I are overpaid. The situation is like this. It's all about serving the country." Zhiyao thinks that her attitude is very obvious when she says this.

Sure enough, Wei Ju still understood, and pretended to be relieved.

The next day.

The army composed of Zhishi and Wei Ju set out again, and received a report during the march that the coalition forces had already started to move south, and they would pass through the "Wen" land in about three days.

At the same time, Zhao Yang is also going south with the remaining army, but it will take them four to five days to reach the position of "Wen".

In that case, it means that Zhiyao and Wei Ju led the troops there, did not launch an attack on "Wen", and still needed to block the enemy for a day or two, and it might even be more difficult to hold the enemy alone due to some accidents. much time.

Zhiyao felt that some ugly words should be said first, so she said to Wei Ju: "Ru Shaoshui's defeat is not an accident, you and I may have made preparations early."

Wei Ju thought so too, but he didn't say it out loud. Hearing what Zhiyao said, his sense of trust was overwhelming.

What is Zhiyao's so-called preparation?Their combined strength is about [-], and it is known that the number of allied forces going north is about [-], and then "Wen" has nearly [-] troops from the Fan family. The reinforcements went north, but Chu State had nearly [-] troops in Zheng State's territory and did not move.

That's right, although Zhiyao and Wei Ju led the army to "Wen" to cut off the retreat of the coalition forces going north, why didn't Zhiyao and Wei Ju lead the army to give the coalition a chance to encircle?
At that time, even if Zhao Yang led the army to arrive in time, in order to rescue their own army who had been cut off, Chu and Zheng couldn't just watch like that, right?They will definitely cross the river to help!

Then, the situation will be that Zhiyao and Wei Ju's road and Zhao Yang's road will encircle the [-] coalition army, and then Zhiyao and Wei Ju's road will be sandwiched between the [-] coalition army and an unknown number of South Road coalition forces.

"'Yuan Rong' has damaged the strength of each family, and we will be in great danger when we go." Wei Ju is not afraid of talking badly, but he is afraid that such a situation will really happen.

It doesn't matter whether it is a misunderstanding or not, bad things have happened, which almost ruined Zhao Yang's character, and it is difficult for others to have enough trust in Zhao Yang.

"So, your family left two 'teachers' in 'Xingqiu', and I left one 'teacher' in 'Shan'?" Zhiyao asked.

Wei Ju said that he needed to look at the map of mountains and rivers.

That "Xingqiu" is in the southeast of "Wen" land, also close to the big river.

And "Shan" is actually a Gongqing state of the Zhou royal family, located to the west of "Wen" land.

"Staying troops at the second place, even if there are changes, we still have a way out." Wei Ju said.

He is very satisfied with Zhiyao's arrangement.As for the splitting of the three 'divisions', it is also to reduce the strength of the coalition forces that are going south?What Wei Ju wants most now is to ensure that he will not be bullied by the Zhao family, even if he fails to block the retreat of the coalition forces, he doesn't care.

A mission failure is better than an "army" being ruined by a setup, right?And Wei Ju thinks that Zhao Yang needs to explain clearly the matter of being ambushed on the west bank of Shaoshui first, and don't be too lazy about the rest.

The position Zhiyao chose to store troops was based on the consideration of the retreat route. If the situation is good, it can also block the enemy troops coming from the direction of Zheng Guo. On the whole, no one can find any faults.

"Ju will follow me to fight the enemy, or stay in 'Xingqiu'?" Zhiyao asked.

This time Wei Ju didn't hesitate, and said, "How can Ju make Yao take risks alone?"

What they want to do is to stop the enemy's return to the teacher.

What kind of army should you least provoke?Anyway, the army going home is one of them.

When they arrived at the boundary of "Wen", an envoy came from Fan's side, but they left after asking for a visit.

To set up the camp, trees need to be felled. Zhiyao anticipated that the Fan family would send troops to interfere in advance, and set up a plan to eat up the Fan's troops who were leaving the city. It took an afternoon to prepare the required wood, and rushed to build a strong camp overnight.

Because Zhiyao took care of all the matters that needed to be considered, not only did Wei Ju have a strong sense of security, but also some people who knew the situation of the battle, they put back their raised hearts.

Of course, hard fortification cannot be completed in one afternoon and one night, at most it is the scale of the periphery.

"Report! The enemy's vanguard is eight thousand, less than twenty miles away from me!"

Zhiyao and Wei Ju glanced at each other, and then scanned the officers present together.

"I will lead two 'brigades' to fight, and Ju will besiege the enemy in the city." Zhiyao said.

Wei Ju was a little surprised, and asked, "The soldiers of the Second Brigade..."

Zhiyao was full of confidence and said, "Two 'trips' are enough."

(End of this chapter)