Spring and Autumn I Am King

"Clear and turbid, it's really like this!"

In late May, the weather was extremely hot. At the junction of the Jing and Wei waters, a group of Zhao soldiers were drinking horses and staring at the intersection of yellow and green, as if there was a line separating them.

"Wei cement sand is more, Jing cement sand is less, so it is clear and muddy, and Jing Wei is clear." One of the Zhao officials who commanded their horse saddles, and I don't think it is strange.

The soldiers flattered one after another: "What Zhao Xiaowei said makes sense, as expected from the Linzhang Academy..."

"It's the deputy captain." Zhao Jia was stern.

The cavalry were very respectful to this noble young man with red lips and white teeth, Zhao Jia, not only because he was born in the Zhao family, but also because he first studied at the Linzhang Academy and joined the Zhao army after the war started. Although he came late, he was quite courageous. , in the previous battles, he was indispensable to the charge.

This time, the Zhao army entered Qin in large numbers, and all Shangjun cavalrymen participated in the battle. Their task is to clear the way forward as a forward and prepare for the follow-up troops to come and attack the city.

The more than 100 horsemen commanded by Zhao Jia belonged to the Shangjun cavalry. He was the first to arrive at the junction of Jing and Wei. If he crossed south here, he would have truly entered the hinterland of Qin. Although the southern bank of the Wei River is still a country with fields and dense forests , but after more than two thousand years, a huge city will stand there: Xi'an!

However, Zhao Wuxi's goal was not Weinan. After checking that there were no enemies nearby, Zhao Jia moved northward along Jingshui with more than a hundred cavalry. , is a place called "Masui"...

...

Masui had just fought a small battle. A group of Qin soldiers tried to resist the advance of Zhao's army, but they were annihilated by two cavalry troops of Youcheng and Xinzhigou. They were cleaning up the battlefield. When they were stripping the weapons of the Qin soldiers, the Zhao cavalry would make surprise noises from time to time. They kept picking up broken weapons on the ground with mottled patina on them. When burying the corpses, they would also dig out a large number of corpses that were buried collectively.

"Whoever dug it up, bury it in me! And you have to kowtow a few times to make amends." Shangjun cavalry Sima Youcheng was very unhappy, and Tu Heren Xinzhigou, who didn't know much about Jin and Qin's past, was a little puzzled. When he arrived, Youcheng was explaining the reason to him.

"In the time of Duke Li of Jin, he had Zhu Qing lead the upper, middle, lower and new armies to crusade the Qin state, and also participated in the division of the eight states of Qi, Song, Wei, Lu, Zheng, Cao, Zhu, and Teng, and King Jian of Zhou. They also sent doctors Liu Kanggong and Cheng Su to lead the army to assist in the battle. The coalition army totaled more than 100,000. The Qin army numbered 50,000 to 60,000 people, and it was in Masui that the Qin army was defeated. Many doctors Cao Xuangong also died in the army when he was captured and the feudal lords allied forces. Many Jin soldiers were killed or injured in this battle, so they were buried on the spot. Judging from the inscriptions on Ge Mao, these should be their tombs.”

When Youcheng said this, Xinzhigou was also in awe.

"In this way, it is indeed necessary to respect those who died in battle. By the way, where did the Jin army finally hit?"

Youcheng thought for a while and said, "After the remnants of the Qin army were defeated and retreated, the combined army of Jin and the princes crossed the Jing River to pursue Hou Li, and then returned to the division. Hou Li was probably about thirty miles west of the Jing River."

Xinzhigou said, "I thought we were the ones who had penetrated the Qin state the most, but I didn't expect our ancestors to be even more powerful."

Talking about the past, Youcheng was also a little fascinated: "Yes, the battle of Ma Tun made the Qin country sluggish for several generations, and it no longer poses a threat to Jin. After another three years, Jin defeated Chu in the Battle of Yanling and rebuilt its hegemony..."

Hearing this, Zhao Jia couldn't hold back, and loudly reported the entrance, and after reporting the investigation situation, he bowed down again and said, "You brat, the two Sima, don't blame the two Sima, although the battle of Ma Tun was the most powerful of Jin's army, it was not as good as it was. In today's Fenglingdu battle, Duke Li of Jin defeated Di, Qin, and Qi, but he could not change the situation that Jin was surrounded by groups, far less than today's Shangqing conquered the lords and attacked Qin."

He straightened his chest and said: "Just like what Shang Qing encouraged us to say before the war, 'Heroes, look at the present', Jin's era has passed, and now it's Zhao's era!"

Youcheng and Xinzhigou are both in their thirties. Seeing this young man in his twenties make such a declaration, he laughed again. Zhao Jia is the second son of the former Wen County doctor Zhao Luo, and the younger brother of Zhao Guangde, who was in charge of the State of Zou. When he was young, he was in the chaos of the Liu Qing war. Some memories at that time forged his tenacity and martial character, so he was arrested by Zhao Wu when he became an adult. After being sent to the school for three years, he chose to join the army and joined the Zhao army with a group of scholars from the school.

Zhao Jia did not rely on his status as a child of the Zhao family to be complacent, but rather arrogant, not at all like his exaggerated father. Zhao Wuxi also paid a lot of attention to this young junior, although Zhao Qing did not bluntly ask Youcheng to take care of him. This child, but looking at his energetic look, you can see the self at the time...

He pulled Zhao Jia up and patted him on the shoulder: "Zi Lu is right, the glory of the past has been turned into withered ashes, and at most it has set a good example for us. Now is the era when Zhao Jun swept the princes!"

"So we can go farther than the four armies of Jin in the battle of Matun." Zhao Jia bowed again, and asked the battle: "Jia invites the master to cross the Jingshui, enter the hinterland of Qin, and let Shi Yangwei !"

...

"Crossing the Jingshui?" Youcheng and Xinzhigou glanced at each other and resumed their serious expressions: "Shangqing's military order is for troops to approach the Jingshui, west of the Jingshui, and Zhao's army does not need to attack for the time being."

After ten years of rolling and crawling in the military in Taiyuan, Daijun, and Shangjun, Youcheng has witnessed too many deaths and has a heavy burden on his shoulders. He is no longer the son of meritorious deeds who made achievements with one brain, but a mature general. Now, he is very clear about the reason why Zhao Wuxi did not let the Zhao army rashly advance. From the several battles in Hedong and Hexi, it can be seen that the Qin people have a lot of tenacity. Although half of the soldiers are gone, if they are forced to the point of peril, trapped beasts will still fight. There will also be violent resistance.

For example, twenty years after the Battle of Matun, when Duke Ming of Jin was in power, in order to retaliate for the shame of his defeat in the Battle of Qu, he asked Shangqing Zhongxing Yan to lead the Jin division, and together with the princes, sent troops to attack Qin. This war, known as the Battle of Delay, was no less powerful than that of Ma Tun. However, the Qin army resisted fiercely, and the coalition suffered considerable losses. After finally reaching Jingshui, they were poisoned by the Qin people upstream. The drinkers had diarrhea and sickness. The princes refused to cross the river. After the Jin army forced them to cross the river by force, they arrived at Xilin, which is twenty miles west of Jingshui. At this time, the Jin army himself There was an embarrassment, so the army could only return without success, and were attacked by Qin people along the way, causing many casualties.

Later, the Jin people called this the battle of delaying, which means delaying and retreating. Zhao Wuxi made the decision to only take the east of the Jingshui after careful consideration, because now the Qin state has not lost the ability to resist, it can be seen from the post that the Qin people are gathering strength... Weinan There are already 10,000 or 20,000 people. If the whole people in Yongcheng are soldiers, I am afraid that there will be more. The further westward, the more frequent resistance will be.

So it seems that the Zhao family wants to destroy the Qin state in a war? At least it's not possible now. It's better to take the land that you can control and end the war in time. If you go too deep, another delayed battle will not be beautiful, not to mention that allies in the east need help, and enemies also need to be punished. , why bother to waste in the vast Qin land.

However, Zhao Jia also has his own considerations and ideas.

"The kid thinks that if ~www.readwn.com~ wants to make Qin country frightened and let me slaughter it during the peace talks, he must go to their door to demonstrate."

After thinking for a while, Youcheng felt that Zhao Jia's remarks were reasonable, but it was too risky for the cavalry to go deep alone. He was about to persuade him to give up, but Zhao Jia looked at Youcheng and Xinzhigou.

Youcheng understood and calmly invited Xinzhigou to see if all the scouts had returned. At the same time, he warned the soldiers not to drink the water from the Jinghe River to prevent the Qin people from being poisoned.

After Xinzhigou left, Zhao Jia said, "Sima, this time the Zhao army must go farther than the Jin army in the Battle of Matun and the Battle of Delaying!"

"Why is this necessary?" Youcheng frowned slightly.

Zhao Jia approached Youcheng and said frankly to him: "Because the Zhao family must prove to the people of Jin that compared with the Jin lord, the Zhao family can better expand their territory, protect the people, and expel foreign enemies. The difference is like Jing. Qing Weizhuo! You are a family member of the Zhao family for generations, and he knows the will of the head of the family. I think Sima can understand what I mean. Early this year, late next year, Shangqing may have a big event in Jin!"

"Boy, bow to the head again! Also ask Sima to give me a hundred old soldiers and three hundred horses, and I will lead a fine horse to cross the Hexi!" (To be continued.)