My uncles are all big guys

"Your Majesty, Zhang Guifang's entire army has been wiped out. Zhang Guifang has also been captured. The young master has led his troops into the city."

At Ji Fa's mansion, Jiang Ziya walked in and reported to Ji Fa, who was sitting quietly with the princess, clasping his fists.

"Xiangfu, I am no longer the king, just call me Zhongfa."

Ji Fa first corrected Jiang Ziya's title, and then showed a relaxed smile on his face, "It's good that the siege is relieved. The people can finally breathe a sigh of relief."

Jiang Ziya nodded, sat down at the princess's invitation, and said quietly: "Gongzi Xiao did not go directly to the main hall, but ordered all the ministers and the children of the Ji family to go to the tomb of the late king to worship."

Ji Fa's face showed a hint of relief when he heard this.

If Wang Xiao couldn't wait to ascend the throne as soon as he came to Xiqi City, then he really looked down on his nephew.

"This child still has a filial piety. Then go ahead, Xiangfu. Xiao'er will need help after all."

Jiang Ziya looked up at Ji Fa and said again.

"All the children of the Ji family are required to go, including you, the king."

The smile on Ji Fa's face froze and he looked at Jiang Ziya questioningly.

Jiang Ziya nodded.

"Haha, this kid has surpassed me and his father."

He stood up and said to Shang Qingjun next to him: "Since this kid wants to establish his authority in front of everyone, then naturally I, as an uncle, must cooperate."

"Your Majesty."

Shang Qingjun shouted worriedly.

She has lived with her father in Chaoge for so many years and has seen countless intrigues, especially in this royal family. The dangers of the battles are no less dangerous than those on the battlefield. One wrong step can lead to death without a burial place.

"Don't worry!" Ji Fa patted his wife's hand comfortingly, and said confidently: "That child knows how to measure and won't do anything to me."

Following the notice from the messenger, officials and generals of all sizes in the city, as well as all the children of the Ji family, went to the tomb of Jichang, King Wen of Zhou Dynasty.

By the time they arrived, the place was almost fully decorated.

A large table was placed on the incense table for tributes. Wang Xiao, Zhou Gongdan and others were holding linen cloths and dipping them in water to scrub the tombstones.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty!"

There was a shout, and Wang Xiao paused in wiping the tombstone.

Zhou Gongdan, who was holding a basin next to him, felt angry.

These guys are really looking for death. Do you really think that the new king dare not kill them?

"Your Majesty, they just..."

Zhou Gongdan wanted to explain to these people, but Wang Xiao waved his hand, pretending not to care and said: "It doesn't matter!"

After saying that, he calmly continued to lower his head and wipe the tombstone.

Zhou Gongdan sighed in his heart, he knew that those people who just shouted, even if they did not die, would never get ahead in this life.

"give it to me!"

Ji Fa's voice sounded around him. Zhou Gongdan handed over the basin, winked at Ji Fa, and stepped aside when Ji Fa nodded in response.

"I feel relieved now that you are back. Xiqi will be left to you from now on."

Seeing that the linen on Wang Xiao's hand was dirty again, Ji Fa took it and put it in the basin, washing it while talking to Wang Xiao.

"You are wrong." Wang Xiao took the sackcloth and did not respond to Ji Fa's words, saying bluntly that they had done something wrong.

"Alas, the news leaked too early, and we are not fully prepared yet."

Wang Xiao looked up at Ji Fa: "I'm talking about the way of war. Your command went wrong from the beginning."

Ji Fa was stunned for a moment, and then he realized what Wang Xiao's mistake was.

"My father-in-law commanded well and successfully resisted the merchant army. If it weren't for the shortage of food, we wouldn't have fought so hard."

Wang Xiao shook his head, handed the linen cloth to the other party, and corrected himself: "As a power with a fiefdom, in order to ensure the smoothness of future wars and when the troops can be mobilized, the first step is to prevent the war from taking place within the territory. In addition, it ensures that the territory can develop normally and ensures adequate logistics.”

"You left the war in your own territory from the beginning. There are raging wars everywhere. How should the people produce and how should the goods be transported?"

"With sufficient food and logistical support, even if there are millions of troops, they will eventually be defeated."

"After all, you can persist for 10 days, 20 days, 100 days, or a year."

"So as a person in power, a person in power with a territory, the first step we have to do is not how to manage the fiefdom and govern the people well, but to ensure that war never ignites in our territory."

The action of washing linen stopped, Ji Fa looked at Wang Xiao blankly, and after a long time he smiled bitterly.

"We really haven't thought about that."

"But the enemy army is pressing down on the border. It's difficult for us to stop them even if we want to."

Seeing that Ji Fa was speechless, Jiang Ziya stood up and refuted Wang Xiao's statement.

Wang Xiao glanced at Jiang Ziya indifferently: "Because Mr. Jiang only knows how to respond and does not have a long-term war plan."

Jiang Ziya frowned.

These words may not sound like much, but in essence they are scolding him for being short-sighted.

Wang Xiao took the linen cloth from Ji Fa's hand, wiped the last area, and said: "The promotion of Zhou and the defeat of Zhou were decided a long time ago. I don't understand what you are doing, and you are not prepared at all."

"Since you have decided to rebel, you can huddle at home every day, pretending that nothing is wrong, and don't even know when the enemy is coming. This is nothing but a rebellion."

"If we weren't lucky, thousands of members of our Ji family would have been taken to Chaoge and beheaded in public."

"Then based on your Majesty's advice, what should we do?"

Jiang Ziya felt a little unhappy. He wanted to see what this young man was capable of. I dare say he was short-sighted.

Wang Xiao glanced at him and said coldly: "As a powerful force of the dynasty, you don't know about such a big thing as Huang Feihu betraying Chao Ge and coming to Xiqi. I'm very curious about what you are doing every day, or what are you doing?" What is this prime minister who governs the whole country doing?"

"When I first heard the news that Huang Feihu was going to betray Chaoge, my first idea was to use his internal strength to jointly attack Bishui Pass from the outside and remove this important pass first."

"As long as we control this level, we will have an advantage in the future battle with Di Xin."

"Even if it is not used as a place of advance, it can be used as a defensive checkpoint to gain enough production and planting space for the rear."

After wiping the tombstone in front of him, Wang Xiao folded the linen in his hand and handed it to the guard behind him.

Looking at the tombstone in front of him, Wang Xiao sighed softly and said: "Grandpa, your divination method is unparalleled in the world, how could you make a mistake?"

"One of your mistakes back then caused nearly 100,000 casualties in Xiqi. That was all the root of my Xiqi, and it was all wasted in vain."

Ji Fa and Jiang Ziya next to them turned red upon hearing this.

Although what Wang Xiao said was suspected of being an afterthought, it has to be said that they really had not thought about it at the beginning.

As Wang Xiao said, the loss caused by Zhang Guifang's siege was due to the command errors of the two of them, and they should bear the main responsibility. (End of chapter)