I am a nobleman in Spring and Autumn

Chapter 464

They think it's right that there are not enough troops.

The war of destroying the country is no different than others. While destroying the enemy's strength, it is also necessary to maintain the stability of the place.

If the dispatched troops are not enough, after the enemy's troops are wiped out, how to maintain stability will become a difficult problem to solve.

Zhiyao saw the doubts of the ministers, and said: "In this battle, conquering 'Xinzheng' will destroy the country."

The main battlefield will be in "Xinzheng" and its surrounding areas. Zheng Guo will definitely have to mobilize troops to participate in the war again and again, which means that local troops will be exhausted.

In this way, the original army will wipe out the Zheng army who participated in the battle, even if it is impossible to send messages to all parts of Zheng, a small number of original troops can sweep the entire territory of Zheng State.

The first batch of troops going south from the Yuan Kingdom were the four legions. As field troops, they would also be responsible for confronting the enemy's main force.

With the first batch, how could the second batch be missing?

Zhiyao has arranged 20 troops as a garrison. If the war goes well, the original garrison troops located around Zhengdi can be used first, and they will be transferred to various locations in Zhengdi. effective occupation of the place.

After the end of the spring broadcast, the two legions that had been assembled in "Puyang" in Yuanguo took the lead in taking the lead to set off.

The person who commanded these two legions was General Yuan Hu Jie, with Situ Han Geng serving as his deputy.

They took the route through the old land of Cao State. On the way, they cleaned up all the villages that already belonged to Song State, and occupied the cities that could be easily captured one by one.

Last year, troops from Yuan State also passed through Cao State's old territory. The reason why no military action was carried out was that Song State did not participate in the war.

Now that Song State has joined the war, he still chooses to stand on the opposite side of Yuan State. Being beaten by the Yuan army is what he deserves.

"Seizing Cao's land, will your lord restore the country for Cao Jun's family?" Han Geng asked.

How long has Cao Guo been destroyed?Probably more than 30 years.

After Song State annexed Cao State, it did not leave Cao Jun's direct bloodline, and at the same time did not arrange for Cao Jun's line of sacrifices, which means that Cao State was extinct.

If Yuanguo wanted to restore Caoguo, there was no way to do it, such as finding a person of Caojun's bloodline and supporting him to become Caoguo's monarch.

Hu Jie said speechlessly: "Dayuan seeks to wipe out the princes, how can Cao Fuguo be made?"

Zhiyao's ambition was a secret in the past, and she didn't make a big fuss about it at the moment, but as an important minister of the original country, she didn't realize it, either she was stupid or she was pretending.

Han Geng laughed a few times.

Their military operations in the old territory of Cao State were also clearing the threat of the supply line. The reason, of course, was that they could also get supplies from the defending territory when fighting in "Xinzheng".

However, the best supply line for the original army located in the "Xinzheng" battlefield is through the "Hulao" side.

The distance between "Xinzheng" and Weidi is much farther than that of "Hulao", and behind "Hulao" there are two old grain-producing areas, "Wen" and "Yuan". Most of the fiefdoms of the Zhong family and other families are in the west of Yuanguo.

Of course, at present, the largest grain production area in the original country is in the central and eastern regions, but that area belongs to the Zhi family. The mind of the public to support materially.

The two legions led by Hu Jie spent nearly two months in the old land of Cao State, and even reached the Nanshan area at one point, which really shocked the State of Song.

When the old land of Cao State was attacked by the original army, the Song army originally stationed in "Changge" withdrew to the east, and then moved to "Chuqiu" to station.

The frightened State of Song mobilized again on the one hand, and on the other hand frequently asked the allies for help.They thought that Yuan State would attack Song State first, but they were not afraid of losing Guozuo. They believed that Yuan State wanted to force Song State to seek peace.

It's not that the monarchs and ministers of the Yuan Kingdom thought about winning the Song Kingdom to seek peace first. After repeated discussions, they believed that they would be able to win the new "Xinzheng" battle. This battle plan of using force to urge Song to seek peace.

Because of the delay of two months, when Hu Jie led the army to arrive around "Xinzheng", Zhiyao, who led the army behind, arrived first.

Before Hu Jie and Han Geng arrived, the Yuan army had already fought against the Chu army or the Zheng army, and the fighting mainly took place around "Xinzheng".

It was the original army that repeatedly attacked the enemy army that came to support "Xinzheng". The scale of each battle was not large, but the number of times was really too many, and the accumulated casualties on both sides were not small.

Of course, the loss of the coalition forces was relatively large, and because the troops supporting "Xinzheng" were repeatedly attacked, several support troops were wiped out without even seeing the shadow of the city wall of "Xinzheng", which seriously frustrated the morale of the coalition forces.

"Sure enough, Chu and Zheng sent reinforcements in a big way. Detailed reports were made from all over the country. In terms of scale, Zheng Guo's mobilization should be [-]; this year's northward Chu army, maybe [-]?" Sima Rangju was transferred from Qi to serve as Chief of staff of this war.

There is no official position of "chief of staff" in Yuan country, and Sima Rangju's official position is lieutenant, but he performs the duties of chief of staff.

Regarding the speculation about how many troops the Zheng State and the Chu State will participate in the war, the Yuan State's monarch and ministers had already made predictions before the war.

Sima Rangju said again: "I haven't seen any traces of the Vietnamese army yet."

The original state has secret operations in the Yue state, but Goujian has not been in the capital "Kaiji" for a long time, which makes it more difficult for the original state to know the detailed developments of the Yue state.

At present, Goujian is still leading his army in the northern part of Yue State, stationed in a place called "Zhongcheng".

At the same time, the more than 8 Vietnamese troops who have served for three years have not been disbanded. Some are stationed in "Langye" and the other are stationed in "Central City".

Sima Rangju said that no trace of the Vietnamese army was spotted, referring to the fact that no Vietnamese army was moving to "Xinzheng".

"How many enemy troops are in 'Xinzheng' city?" Hu Jie asked.

Sima Rangju replied: "There are about [-] people."

Hu Jie nodded, and said: "There are still [-] Chu troops and [-] Zheng troops outside the city?"

Last year, the Chu army had a total of nearly 40 million people going north. The number of the original army wiped out was about 13, and the number of Chu troops who fled or disappeared was about [-].

In the new round of Chu troops going north, there must be many Chu people who fled back last year?

This year, only [-] Chu troops in Chu State went north again, and the reasons behind it are worth pondering.

Han Geng seemed to have discovered something, and said with a relaxed expression: "So, the current enemy army is about 30, and most of them are soldiers who have been defeated again and again?"

Zhiyao, who was sitting in the main seat, was able to see the faces of everyone, and found that, except for Han Geng, many people seemed to have become a little drifting?

It seems that they can't be blamed either?Last year, the 40 original army fought against the nearly [-] enemy army. Judging by the results of the battle, it was undoubtedly a big victory.

40 against 15 to win?This year Yuanguo dispatched [-] troops from four full-stacked regiments at once, and many people seemed to be sure of winning.

Sima Rangju took a look at Zhiyao who didn't say a word, and felt that it was necessary to remind everyone, and said: "Now the 'Xinzheng' is a trapped beast, and so is the state of Zheng, and the state of Chu will save its monarchs and ministers; One hundred thousand people participated in the war, came to 'Xinzheng', and went to Caodi, it is still unknown."

Therefore, the size of the enemy army this year is also more than 40!
Judging from the scale of troops used, it has indeed entered the Warring States Period.

In the past, Jin and Chu were the only countries that frequently mobilized around [-]. The rest of the countries, even Wu, Zheng, and Song, did not use more than [-] troops.

now what?Zheng State, with a population of about 120 million, mobilized 10 soldiers to actually participate in the war; Song State, with a population of about 130 million, mobilized [-] soldiers when there was no danger of invasion.

Then again, it doesn’t count that Zhi’s mobilized 50 people, that is, only so many people were mobilized, but most of the mobilized people did not leave their homeland. Last year, Chu State mobilized more than 30 soldiers to go north. The country has grabbed an "achievement".

Zhiyao finally opened her mouth to speak, and invited: "Everyone, let me visit 'Xinzheng' with you."

They have been near "Xinzheng" more than once, and this time they should have a new awareness of "Xinzheng" in their eyes and thoughts, all because they are going to launch a siege operation against "Xinzheng" this time.

After repeated expansion of "Xinzheng", its area has been increasing.

In the early "Xinzheng", the city was first built and expanded outwards. At that time, a certain Zheng Jun shot an arrow at the Emperor of Zhou. Of course, Zheng Guo did not care about the restrictions of Zhou Rites.

The city was built again and again, and each time "Xinzheng" was expanding outwards, after decades of expansion, "Xinzheng" became the city with the largest area in Zhuxia.

"Chu's troops are all at the south gate, Zheng's troops are stationed at the west and north gates, and there is no garrison outside the east gate?" Han Geng felt that there must be a large number of defenders stationed in the east of Xinzheng City.

On the walls of the current "Xinzheng", banners and flags flutter in the wind, and the defenders can be seen all over the walls.

Fox Jie pointed somewhere and asked, "What is this for?"

There are a lot of auxiliary soldiers over there. They collected sand, stone and soil from other places, as if they were building a platform.

Sima Rangju replied: "Push earth into mountains so that you can peep into the city."

In fact, there are mountains around "Xinzheng", but they are too far away. Even if the original country already has a telescope, if the distance is too far away, mountaineering still cannot clearly spy on the situation in "Xinzheng" city.

Under the premise of need, Zhiyao ordered an artificial high ground to be piled up to facilitate peeking into the city of "Xinzheng". In fact, remote equipment such as catapults and bed crossbows will also be brought up behind.

Fox You asked curiously: "The enemy army just sat and watched, and there was no interference?"

The earth mountain is already about ten meters high. It is clear that they have been doing their homework. Even if the enemy army did not understand what the original army was doing at the beginning, based on the principle that the original army should destroy them if they want to complete it, they should not do nothing. Right?

However, Huyou did not see traces of the battle from the surrounding area.

Sima Rangju laughed a few times before saying: "How could this be? It's because the enemy army suffered heavy losses and dared not come again."

At present, only the east of the "Xinzheng" city is piled up, and it is very likely that there will be one in the west, south, and north directions, or more than one?
They came down to the top of the earth mountain under the leadership of Zhiyao, and without anyone's instruction, they took out their binoculars and began to peek into the city.

"There really are nine city walls!" Hu You had only heard about it before, but today he witnessed it with his own eyes.

Speaking of "Xinzheng", who doesn't know that it is the hardest tortoise shell in the Spring and Autumn Period?

Facing such a fortified city, especially seeing the fortifications with his own eyes, except for Zhiyao's normal expression, the expressions of the rest gradually became serious.

"For such a strong city, it is a good strategy to cooperate with the inside and the outside." Sima Rangju expressed his inner opinion.

Han Geng took a sneak peek at Zhiyao, and replied, "Your Majesty must have arranged for it long ago?"

For example, send people into the city in disguise early.

Or, the aristocrats who bought Zheng or Chu should be the internal response.

Historically, Han Wenhou spent a lot of thought on dealing with Zheng Guo, including inviting Zheng Kanggong when the Sanjin Conference was held, and using the method of continuously contributing spoils to Zheng Guo in advance, and the South Korean soldiers who transported the spoils disguised themselves as civilians and hid in the city of "Xinzheng".

Later, Han Wenhou tricked Zheng Kanggong to lead the elite to leave the gap of "Xinzheng", dispatched 15 elite soldiers to attack "Xinzheng" successfully, and arrested Zheng Kanggong and imprisoned him.

Regardless of just a few short sentences, South Korea's plot to sneak attack on "Xinzheng" has gone through two generations of Han Liehou and Han Wenhou, and the methods used in the process are simply not too many.

Zhiyao knew what Han Geng was afraid of.

What Han Geng was afraid of was that Han's troops would act as the main force to attack "Xinzheng" at that time, and if he refused at that time, there would be no good end. Even if he agreed to conquer "Xinzheng", he would suffer heavy losses.

"I have already prepared for this battle. I will use 'Xinzheng' as a bait to lure the Chu army and Zheng army and wipe them out. Whether to attack 'Xinzheng' or not, I have other considerations." Zhiyao said.

It must be fought!
The ministers found that "Xinzheng" was not easy to fight, so there was no need to put too much pressure on it for the time being.

In addition, having such an obvious target as "Xinzheng" is really a good time to lure the Chu army or Zheng army to come to the rescue. It can eliminate more enemy troops in the wild, which is better than those enemy troops stationed in the city. Difficult to gnaw through one city after another.

"Your Majesty, Lord Chu, Lord Zheng and all the ministers are standing on the city wall."

Zhiyao was reminded, and soon found the figures of the monarchs and ministers of the two countries.

The mound is about 180 meters away from "Xinzheng", not on the side of a city gate.

If "Xinzheng" wants to send troops, after they come out of the city gate, they need to run about 400 meters to get close.

The monarchs and ministers of the two countries appeared on the city wall, but they were not located on the outermost city wall of "Xinzheng". They stayed at the highest point of the second city wall and looked around.

It should be that they received a report and learned that the original monarch and ministers were on the mound, so they made such a move?
The heads of the two camps looked at each other.

There are binoculars on the side of Yuan Country, which can take a closer look at the monarchs and ministers of Chu State and Zheng State.

When the monarchs and ministers of the two countries looked at the original monarch and ministers on the mound, they should only see the outline of a figure?

At this time, the east gate of "Xinzheng" opened, and a chariot galloped out quickly, followed by groups of infantry.

"Your Majesty, the enemy troops in the south and north of the city are also moving."

Therefore, the monarchs and ministers of the two countries thought it was a good opportunity to catch the former monarchs and ministers, or were they showing their determination to resist to the end?
(End of this chapter)