A Millennium Aristocratic Family Starting from the Shang Dynasty

Chapter 210 Chu Kingdom Destroyed, West Chu Established

Yingdu was captured by Wu Qi's army, but the royal family members in the city had already left.Even the sacrificial ritual vessels in the city were taken away by the state of Chu.It can be said that most of the entire Ying capital has been hollowed out.

Seeing this situation, Wu Qi's face was also a little ugly. Originally, he wanted to destroy the capital of Ying, capture the king of Chu, and build up the great achievements of Sun Wuzi back then, but found that the king of Chu actually ran away ahead of time.

At that time, more than a dozen generals under Wu Qi called for the battle one after another. One said that if he raised [-] troops, he would capture the king of Chu, another said he would raise [-] troops, and another said that he would raise [-] troops.

Wu Qi directly ordered them to return to the barracks to restrain the soldiers, not to harass the people, not to rape and plunder.Send people to maintain law and order in the city, kill all the bullies and scoundrels who burned, killed and looted in the city, and at the same time send troops to fight the fire.

When the king of Chu withdrew his troops, he emptied all the treasuries in the city, and the hundreds of thousands of people in the city still needed the country of Huai to provide food and grass.Coupled with the prisoners of war, the logistical pressure on the Huai country skyrocketed.

From among the captives, select those who behave well, who are willing to cooperate, and who are smart.Let these people come forward and tell the people that the Huai Army will not kill people indiscriminately, and at the same time let all the people go home, and tell them that the Huai Congress will distribute food to them.

After arranging these tasks, Yingdu quickly settled down.

After occupying Yingdu, the king of Chu fled westward, and there were no large-scale Chu troops around.But there are still a large number of defeated troops running around.

After Wu Qi appeased the people in Yingdu, he immediately ordered the army to be divided into thousands of troops to wipe out and surrender the defeated army in Chu State.

Those who are willing to surrender will be appeased and temporarily become auxiliary troops.Those who are unwilling to surrender can be caught and thrown back to mine directly, or undergo other labor reforms.

For the defeated army who had been reduced to robbers by burning, killing and looting, directly strangle them to restore order in Chu State as soon as possible.

At the same time, he ordered more food and supplies to be delivered from the rear. After the capture of Yingdu, the consumption of food and grass in Huai country increased several times.

Fortunately, this time the Chu State was conquered, a large number of nobles and officials were crowned kings or were captured or killed, and their property was directly expropriated by the Huai State.Then let the Huai State Navy transport food through the river.

Wu Qi originally wanted to lead his troops to pursue the King of Chu directly, but after reading the news sent by the hidden guards, he decided to postpone it.

The news came from the hidden guards that the king of Chu fled westward and entered Badi. If he wanted to attack Badi, the first difficulty would be Kuimen.The dark guards have already investigated, Kuimen is steep and the world is a grand pass.

The river here is narrow, the water is full of reefs, and the torrent washes away, making boating extremely dangerous.If there is any carelessness, the hull will be torn into pieces by the torrent, and it will only take a moment for the ship to be destroyed.

The Huai state water army couldn't get through at all, and the king of Chu used iron chains to cross the river. There were Chu army on both sides of the cliff. As soon as the Huai army water army approached, all arrows were fired, and the water army had to retreat.

There is no need for a large army to defend this place, only a few thousand soldiers are needed to hold on, even if there is an army of one hundred thousand, it is impossible to capture it.

As for the land route, although it is not as dangerous as the water route, it is also rugged and difficult. After leaving Pangdu, you need to go south to Jiangling, then go northwest through Yidu, and pass through the Yiling Mountain Road.

After passing through here, you still need to walk through the plank road. The road is steep, and the soldiers of the Huai State are not good at climbing mountains. Everywhere they pass, they are all rugged and dangerous mountain roads. As long as a hundred people are deployed on these mountain roads to defend, even thousands of troops will not be able to move. .

After learning about Badi's situation, both Wang Pu and Wu Qi decided to suspend their attack.In this battle, the Hanjiang Plain and the Nanyang Plain of Chu State have been captured, and the King of Chu led his people into Pakistan, which can be described as a great victory.

All the elite lands of Chu State were occupied by Huai State, and only Badi and Shangyong were left as kings of Chu.These two areas are located in the mountains, easy to defend and difficult to attack.It is impossible to break through in a short time.

In addition, after annexing a large area of ​​Chu State, the territory of Huai State extends to the sea in the east, Yidu in the west, Baiyue in the south, and Nanyang in the north, with a place of two thousand miles.

Having seized so many territories at once, Huai country needs to take control as soon as possible.Wang Pu ordered Wu Qi to build a city in Yidu to block the way out of Badi to the east.He also sent a large number of legalist disciples to take over the system of Chu State and at the same time change it to that of Huai State.

Most of the nobles and lords of Chu State were captured because of their conversion to a regular position. These people were directly deprived of their fiefdoms by Wang Pu, and then moved their families to Chaodi, Zhoulai, Huaibei, and Wudi.

Among the remaining nobles, they surrendered completely, and most of them were minor nobles.Familiar with the local conditions and help stabilize the Huai country, Wang Pu rewarded these nobles and allowed their heirs to move to the Huai country Academy to study.And these nobles were appointed to some official positions.

After clearing out most of the aristocratic forces, the state of Chu restored calm and order in an extremely fast manner.

Badi, Jiangzhou.

The King of Chu was also relieved when he heard that the Huai army had not moved westward.

This time the Chu State was defeated, and more than half of its territory was directly lost. Now only Badi and Shangyong are left, with a population of more than 100 million. This is still forcing a large number of Chu people to move in. The population of the land is not even a million.

After the king of Chu entered Jiangzhou, he immediately ordered Jing Ming and Qu Chang, Jing Mu's younger brothers, to continue the reform.And this time the king of Chu learned from the pain and took Jing Mu's reform a step further.

The nobles are not allowed to be hereditary without meritorious service, and the Shiqing Shilu is completely abolished, the well field system is abolished, the land is distributed to the common people, and land trading is allowed at the same time.

Reward military merit, prohibit private fighting, promulgate the military merit reward system, and stipulate that knighthood can only rely on military merit.Emphasize agriculture and suppress business, reward farming and weaving, nationalize salt mines and salt wells, abolish the enfeoffment system, and revoke all feudal monarchs.

All the content of the reform is written into the "Chu Law", rectify the administration of officials, eliminate incompetence, abolish uselessness, and build water conservancy.All households are organized into one household, and all the population is divided into five households and ten households. Taxes are collected on a per-person basis.

The reform of Chu State this time is stronger than that of Wei State, and it has improved Wei State's reform.

Without the interference of nobles and officials, Chu's reforms were carried out very quickly, a large number of people obtained land, and the originally restless mood instantly settled down.

Chu State's reforms of such intensity allowed Chu State to settle down quickly.

The king of Chu even ordered to recruit talented people to reform the law and strengthen the country.Many legal disciples who were dismissed because Jing Mu was killed and the reform failed, were reused again.

Although most of Chu's land was lost, after all this, all the forces obstructing the reform in Chu were almost wiped out.

The king of Chu promoted the domineering technique, which quickly stabilized the crumbling state of Chu, and the implementation of the plowing and warfare system continuously improved the strength of the state of Chu.

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Duke Huai ordered Wu Qi to attack Chu, smashing the capital of Ying, and the state of Chu was destroyed. ——"Warring States Policy Chu Policy"

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