I am a nobleman in Spring and Autumn

Chapter 79 It's not lucky to take risks with villains! (4300)

Has anyone ever done such a thing as sending someone to pretend to enter the city and then cooperating with the outside army to seize the city?
Yes, but no one has tried to take a capital city in such a way.

Now is the late Spring and Autumn period, in a stage of alternation between the old and the new. Although the war has begun to talk about tactics, the application of means is generally considered to be in the preliminary stage.

Are there many cities beside Linzi, the capital of Qi?There are also many cities around the capitals of other countries, which are a bit insignificant compared with "Linzi".

The first country on Zhuxia’s side to dominate was Qi State, and then Guan Yiwu even developed the economy of Qi State, and then until the unification of the world, "Linzi" was the economic center of Zhuxia, even after the old Liu family used it repeatedly Guanzhong was managed by unconventional means. In the Han Dynasty, "Linzi" was still one of the economic centers. Even in the Yang and Sui Dynasties, it was still economically strong. Later, the chaos at the end of the Sui Dynasty was wiped out.

At this stage, although Qi State has been repeatedly blackmailed by Jin State, and even Song State relies on its geographical advantages to challenge economically, Qi State is still the leader of the "Eastern World" purely in terms of economic strength.

Song Guo was able to challenge Qi Guo in the economic field, mainly because he took advantage of the geographical advantages. To put it bluntly, the north-south trade basically passed through Song Guo, and Song people could start the business of buying low and selling high. Engage in "futures" and other operations.

This time, Zhiyao asked the troops to disguise themselves as caravans. Most of them chose to pretend to be Song State caravans, and then they pretended to be Zheng State or Chu State caravans.

Qi is in the stage of launching a national war, can the caravan enter the city smoothly?Not to mention the Qi State, even if various countries enter a state of war, they will not actually stop their trade exchanges, and it even means that the business is getting bigger and bigger.

The situation is that the state of Jin is at war with the states of Qi, Song, Zheng, and Wei, and the trade between the two sides has not stopped. Generally, the nobles of the Jin state pay for them, and the anti-Jin alliance has nothing to ask The goods purchased in large quantities by the state of Jin.

There is no contraband in this kind of wartime trade, at most it is to raise prices.Of course, the nobles of the Anti-Jin Alliance knew that the supplies bought by the Jin nobles would be used to attack themselves, but they thought it was appropriate to earn back the money that the Jin extorted from them. I feel relieved.

"The State of Qi is really empty. We are less than twenty miles away from 'Linzi', and the people of Qi have not noticed it at all." Wei Ju knew that it was normal not to be discovered, but there was always something wrong with Zhiyao's eyes.

The current natural environment is too good, too good to be true!

There are forests everywhere in the wilderness, and the weeds grow beyond the height of normal people. If you deliberately avoid cities and "states", as long as the number of people is not too large, it is really not that easy for four to five thousand people to travel day and night. be found.

In fact, this is also the case. Deliberately walking in remote places is still an effective means of marching secretly even in the long run.The difference is that after the population has multiplied, it is necessary to slaughter a village as soon as it is found to avoid leaking news.

Their current location is in the southwest of "Linzi", in a mountainous area on the east bank of the Zishui River.

"How do the spies repay?" Han Geng looked nervous.

From the bottom of his heart, he hoped that Zhiyao would give up such a risky action, and happily harass the cities or villages of Qi State, and it would be possible to attract the Qi army back who went out to fight.

Zhao Bolu pursed his lips, resisting the urge to speak since many times his words were considered childish.

"The defense in Linzi City is lax, and the nations are eager to fight, so the people of Qi are even more happy." Zhiyao said that it is a fact that the people of Qi are very happy.

The more the feudal lords of the world fought, the more caravans came to "Linzi" to purchase supplies. It was all because Qi's production capacity was sufficient, and there were two commodities, cloth and salt, which other countries could not compete on price.

People need cloth and salt from birth to old age. Usually, most nobles are self-sufficient in cloth, but when they want to use troops, they will recruit a large number of strong men, and women will inevitably have to bear heavier labor. Weaving.

As for the salt?Not every vassal state can produce salt, and not everyone can eat serious salt, but relatively speaking, many agricultural products use a lot of salt, such as various sauces that have been popular since the Shang Dynasty .

Wei Ju asked, "How many troops are stationed in the city?"

The spies figured out this matter very carefully, and Zhiyao said: "Qi always has a 'division' stationed. Now Qi has a lot of troops, and the king is not here, and all the ministers will go out accordingly. Yao thinks that there are about four soldiers who can fight. Thousands."

A "division" of Qi State is 500 people including chariot soldiers and infantry.

There must be many dignitaries in the capital of a country. They usually have the power to protect themselves, and there will be a large number of people who can fight in their families. In case of emergency, they can form an organization and go into battle.

So, if it is not the end of the dynasty, even if the country's army goes out to fight, it is still difficult to threaten the capital of a country with the enemy's army approaching the city. The reason is that the population of the capital itself is large, and there are so many dignitaries who can dispatch armed personnel to participate defend the city.

Fortunately, it is Spring and Autumn, and while the scale of the city is limited, the resident population in the city cannot be increased.

Jin State, which has dominated for nearly a hundred years, has a resident population of just over 2 in the capital "Xintian".

"Linzi", the capital city of Qi State that was the first to dominate, successively added "Guo" and "Ding", but "Guo" and "Ding" are not counted as inside the city.

The so-called "Guo" can be understood as an expanded settlement in the outer city; "Ming" is a kind of commercial street.

Zhiyao and others stayed in the mountains for a full sixteen days, and the people who had previously pretended to enter "Linzi" came to report and said that they had made preparations.

"Everyone!" Zhiyao took a deep breath, glanced at the people who were watching, and said, "It's not time to start tomorrow."

Not yet?That is from 13:15 noon to [-]:[-] pm.

They are about 16 miles away from "Linzi", plus there is a long section of mountain road, they should arrive outside the city of "Linzi" around [-]:[-].

The group of friends first looked at each other in blank dismay, then stood up and saluted in response: "No!"

The order was already in place, so they naturally couldn't stay idle any longer, they needed to go to various places to arrange their own affairs.

After Cheng Shuo and the others left, they said, "You can go there tomorrow, Gongsun and all the princes..."

That's going to attack the capital of a country!
Whether it can be occupied is temporarily unclear, even if it is occupied, how to get out will be a problem.

Zhiyao smiled without saying a word.

He did this this time with a strong purpose, in order to achieve a blockbuster goal, how can he do it if he doesn't?
Why not launch a raid at night?Among many film and television dramas, the stealing of the city must be carried out at night.It is estimated that this is an artistic rendering that emphasizes "the night is dark and the wind is high."

Zhiyao's reason for not engaging in sneak attacks at night is too realistic. Nowadays, people generally have night blindness, and can't see anything clearly in the dark. Let alone entering a state of war, marching will be a big trouble.

They are in the mountains, and it is not easy to think of the mountains in the dark night. If you light up the torches, you will lose the effect of sneak attack. If you are more than ten miles away, it is equivalent to notifying the enemy that there is an army coming!
"I remember the first recorded night raid in Greece. The two thousand soldiers who launched the night raid lost four or five hundred soldiers before engaging the enemy. After the attack, the night raid army couldn't find their own officers and quickly collapsed. .In addition, more than half of the people who died in that night raid were killed by the fratricide in Paoze?" Zhiyao forgot who fought which battle, and only remembered that it happened in two city-states on the edge of the Mediterranean Sea. fight.

Many wars broke out in Zhuxia, and the famous night raids did not exist until the late Spring and Autumn Period. In the subsequent historical stages, Tian Dan used the Fire Bull Array to attack at night in the Warring States period.

Therefore, the first night attack in Zhuxia recorded in the history books was animals attacking people, not a confrontation between two armies between people, at most Tian Dan led the army out to clean up the mess.

Another point is that Zhu Xia's stories are always confused with the official history. It depends on which level of communication is wider. There are too many people who know about a certain thing, and it often happens that the romance replaces the official history and becomes "history".

After a while of busy preparations, Zhiyao received feedback from various ministries that they were ready, and ordered the whole army to move out.

What kind of environment is a mountainous area that has not been artificially trimmed?Don't even think about a serious road, all kinds of plants grow wildly, thorny thorns are everywhere, all kinds of spiders make webs everywhere, and then there are all kinds of insects, and there must be no shortage of mosquitoes.

This mountainous area is not too far away from the densely populated areas of cities and villages, and there are not many ferocious beasts in it. In fact, there are not so many herbivores.

The army led by Zhiyao did not camouflage, they ran into some Qi people when they went out of the mountain.

When these Qi people were too far away, they saw a large army in the distance and wondered why it looked red.

The uniforms of the Qi army are khaki, while those of the Jin army are crimson. The difference in color is quite obvious.

When they found that the Jin army's Qi people didn't turn their heads and ran away immediately, they would come forward curiously, or wait for the Jin army to approach.

The Jin army chased them as soon as they could and caught them. If they couldn't catch up, they wouldn't spend too much effort.

Their whereabouts have been exposed, and they need to arrive at "Linzi" as soon as possible and go into battle. The extra delay is self-defeating.

"This is the Jin army?"

"Of course!"

"Why are you here?"

"I don't know."

Of course the people of Qi knew that Qi State and Jin State were now at war, but they wondered that there was no war zone nearby, and the number of Jin troops coming was also less.

Is there anyone from Qi who is thinking of rushing to "Linzi" to report the news?There are, but only an absolute minority.The reason is that the status is not enough, or there is no connection, even if it is to report an enemy attack, there is no way to see the nobleman to report.

If it is to report the news to the guarding soldiers, it will be a long process of reporting layer by layer. Waiting for the person who can give orders to know that there is such a thing, if it takes a short time, it will take an hour or two. If it is too long, I don’t know how long after that.

In addition, in the current era, it is almost the same for ordinary people who rule under them. Only a very small number of ordinary people have a sense of belonging to the country.

It stems from the fact that the aristocracy itself is an interest class, and they are the ones who really have a sense of belonging to the country.

Zhiyao, who was riding on the chariot, was very nervous, but she looked as stable as an old dog.

When they passed by the cities or villages of the Qi State, they did not do any unnecessary actions. Their goal was very clear to try to occupy "Linzi", the capital of the Qi State, and others were not the first choice of attack targets.

"Our army is less than ten miles away from 'Linzi'!"

"It's less than eight miles away!"

"Our army has arrived within five miles of 'Linzi'!"

"Our army is within three miles, and no enemy troops have come to fight!"

Zhiyao could see the reaction of Qi State. Qi State did not respond at all when it was ten miles away. There was a commotion in "Linzi" when it was five miles away.

About [-] Jin troops put on their shirts again before the battle, and their goal was extremely clear to seize the city gate.

"Quick, quick! Remove the corpses and clear the streets!" Zilu was the commander of the Jin army disguised as a merchant brigade.

It was the first time for Zilu to do this kind of thing. If Qi Guo didn't do it like this, he might feel conflicted in his heart, but Qi Guo would have no psychological burden to do it like this.

Because it was under the command of Zilu, the killing against Li Shu did not happen. They successfully captured the city gate in a very short time, and they lined up to face the Qi army who came to help.

Until the city gate was seized by the Jin army, many Qi people who watched the whole process were still dumbfounded.It's not that they don't know what's going on yet, it's just that they're in disbelief at what's happened.

This is also because there are too few relevant examples at present. When people see what happened, they can't find examples in their minds to confirm it.

Zhao Bolu marched with the army in a daze, and followed the army to "Guo" outside "Linzi".

Han Geng was also confused, but he rushed into a "town" area, and after not encountering resistance, he was surrounded by merchants from all over the world.

"Dare to ask, has Jin's attack on Qi achieved a great victory?" A businessman from Wu State boldly asked.

Han Geng didn't bother to answer at all.

In this age, merchants are either down-and-out aristocrats or family members who are not valued, or are retainers of a certain family. What qualifications do they have to talk to Han Geng, the eldest son of the Han family of Jin?
City gate.

Zhiyao and Wei Ju were also surrounded by spectators, and there were even enough nobles from Qi State to inquire.

The person from Qi who came was called Zhuang Jia, and he was the favorite minister of Qi Jun Chujiu.

Zhiyao was asked by Zhuang Jia just now what she was doing here.

This question was asked so that Zhiyao didn't know how to answer it.

The Jin army first had troops pretending to be merchants to enter the city, and then played a hand with the friendly army to seize the city gate and successfully controlled the city gate.

"You are from the Qing family, so it is not appropriate to do this." Zhuang Jia said sincerely.

Yes, the higher the status, the more face you have to take into account.

The family has a long history, how can we wantonly ruin the reputation that our ancestors have accumulated so hard?
Zhiyao knew who Zhuang Jia was, so she avoided answering the question, but instead said: "Our army is not here to kill, nor is it for wealth. Why don't you persuade him to let go?"

Zhuang Jia gave Zhiyao an ugly smile.

Zhiyao didn't care, and went on to say: "You are a close relative of the Marquis of Qi, so if you go and tell the Marquis of Qi about 'Linzi', it will be considered a merit."

The two of them were talking here, and the Jin army under Wei Ju's command did not delay for a moment.

The Jin army in the distance is fighting the Qi army that is counterattacking, and the Jin army nearby is asking the Qi people and people from other countries to cooperate. The main thing is not to stay on the street, go to the house and wait for the news.

Zhiyao waited for his subordinates to defeat the well-organized Qi army, and would bring elites to attack Miyagi.

"Where is Bolu? Call me and follow me into the city!"

What did you attack Miyagi for?It was not for robbery, but purely to help Qi Jun Chujiu, who was staying in "Puyang", bring the sacrificial vessels belonging to Qi State.

Zhiyao gave an order on this matter, but the person in charge will be Zhao Bolu...

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