Spring and Autumn I Am King

ps: There was a mistake before. The road to Mengmenguan is Baixing, and the west side of Handan is Fukouxing. I will correct it later. I am busy with the paper, and the second chapter is in the evening. Please ask for a monthly ticket and a recommendation ticket.

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"There are only more than a thousand soldiers in the entire Han County?"

At Zhao Jun's tent a few miles south of Handan City, Zhao Wuxi looked at the descending table that looked like a slip of paper in his hand, and then looked at Han Shizai, who was bowing down to the ground, and asked with a frown.

"Hey...I sire, the Han clan is just an acropolis in Handan. It was originally small, with a population of two or three thousand households, barely able to make a division. The head of the family... No, it was the rebel minister Zhao Ji who took out the cold when he went south. Sima Sima and more than a thousand soldiers accompanied him, Yu Muye was defeated by the prince, the soldiers died or surrendered, Sima also fell into the army, and now the Han clan is almost an empty city..."

Han Shizai had a hard time saying that if it weren't for this, he would not have chosen to surrender so quickly under the persuasion of Buddha.

Since the defeat of Handan in Muye in April and May, and the death of Handan Ji, the whole Handan area has been in panic. Although Zhongxingyin once sent troops to settle in to stabilize his position, but after the defeat of Chaoge, the Zhongxingshi himself could not protect himself, and those Zhongxing soldiers retreated to Handan and Bairen one after another.

The Han family was originally the gateway to the west of Handan, but under the fear, the enemy did not guard it. It can be seen that the successive mourning of the head of the family has caused a great blow to the Bank of China and Handan. Invincible reason.

Han Shizai continued: "After Zhongxing's troops were withdrawn, the Zhi clan in the west also sent a brigade of soldiers from Fukou Road, but the servant thought that he was originally a family member of Handan, and above it was Zhao's family member. A small minister, and the other one is the accomplice of the Marquis of Jin. It has nothing to do with the Zhi clan, so I closed the door and refused to accept it. I waited until the prince sent someone to accept the Han clan."

"You have done a good job. In the future, Han's County will rely on you to guard it. Those soldiers of the Han's who lost their news after going south. In fact, most of them are still alive. You have done a lot of work, so you can go back and tell the elders of the Han family about this news, so that they can feel at ease, protect the city for the Zhao family, and the children of the family will be able to return after the war."

The slaughter of the Han family showed his loyalty so much that Zhao Wuxi praised him a few words, and at the same time calmly called out the remaining soldiers of the Han family. It was replaced by the first division of the Zhao army, who stared at the Kukou Road controlled by the Zhi clan to defend the flank of the army. And those Han family members who surrendered in the army became perfect hostages.

After the Han clan leader left overjoyed, Zhao Wuxi convened a military meeting again.

"The thing I was most worried about before was that the Zhi clan and the Zhongxing clan sent people to guard the Han clan, and they would fight with Handan. It's too much thought!"

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As soon as this remark came out, the expressions of the officials in the tent loosened, and it seemed that the enemy was also very cautious, and they chose a law-abiding strategy.

The Zhao family was a guest army in the Hebei region. It crossed Qishui, Huanshui and Zhangshui to attack northwards and penetrated into the enemy territory for more than 300 li. Many places along the way were not as well developed as later generations in Hebei. Therefore, the load pressure is still relatively large. At this time, if Zhishi and Bank of China deliberately let Zhao Jun go deeper, they will finally attack the grain road. When the Zhao army is exhausted, they will fight with twice the superior force here, and there may be hope that the beasts will still fight.

But now. Zhao Wuyi discovered that he had overestimated Zhishi's courage and wisdom.

Yang Hu said: "The Zhi clan controlled Fukou Road, so that Jinyang news could not reach Shandong. As far as I know, it was a month ago that the Zhi clan united with the rest of the Bank of China and sent more than 10,000 troops to attack Dayuan, and the Jinyang doctor Dong Zi was guarded. No. Judging from the fact that the Zhi clan can only condemn one division to seek the Han clan, their army must have been held back by Jinyang and Pingyang!"

Xiang Lu also said excitedly: "Yes, now the Zhi clan can't withdraw from the west, the middle line of the black arm is timid and avoiding the battle, and even the Han clan in the Weicheng between the elbows and armpits does not guard, and directly shrinks its forces to Handan. How can you, the cowardly rat, block the power of the prince's blow?"

However, Zhao Wuxi waved his hand, telling him not to be arrogant: "Even so, according to the information provided by Zhongmu and the second chief of the Han clan, there are still three thousand Handan soldiers in Handan City, three thousand soldiers from the middle school, plus Qingzhuang. Women, the defenders of the city are much more powerful than the siege troops, and it is not easy to attack."

The siege has been going on for several days, and there has not been much progress because of the focus on building siege equipment. Zhao Wuxi took Gongshu Ban and circled the city of Handan a few times. After returning, Gongshu Ban succinctly commented on the city's defense: "It's harder to fight than Chaoge!"

Zhao Wuxi agreed with his idea.

Handan envelops Zhang and Fu, and relies on Taihang. During the Warring States Period, Zhao State used it as the capital. Since then, this land has been called "Zhao". The heart is brawn, and the shoulders of Henan are!"

This sentence makes sense. The soil in Handan is quite fertile compared to the saline-alkali land that can be seen everywhere in Hebei. Moreover, the Zhang River flows through it, and the water source is sufficient, which is suitable for the development of agricultural production, so the city has a lot of savings. In addition, Fukou Xing, which is one of the eight sides of the Taihang Mountains, is connected to the junction of the North-South Meridian Road in the east, with Yan and Zhuo in the north, Zheng and Wei in the south, and Dongyang and Qi in the east. The wealth of farmers and merchants is the basis for the Handan clan to become the most powerful force under the six ministers of the Jin state.

The convenient transportation of Handan City is easy to expand to the surrounding Rongdi area, but this also provides convenience for outsiders to attack Handan. In order to protect itself, Handan established a defense system based on tall rammed earth walls.

The whole city of Handan is not as majestic and vast as the later Zhao capital. The city is bigger than Zhongmu, but smaller than Chaoge. In the three small towns, there are many from the Taida Palace, which can be used as a defense against the enemy in a critical time.

After Deng Zishan looked at the deployment in the city of Handan, even in the eyes of Gongshu Ban, who had achieved the feat of breaking the Chaoge in ten months, this was a difficult urban offensive and defensive battle.

However, Zhao Wuxi let the public transport class continue to supervise the construction of equipment, and let him figure out how to do the rest.

In the tent today, just as everyone was thinking about ways to break Handan, Zhao Wuxi said, "I just have a plan that can shake the hearts of Handan people and minimize the difficulty of breaking the city..."

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A few months ago, in the name of avenging his father's revenge, Handan Ji took 5,000 Handan soldiers to the south.

Most of these 5,000 people are simple people from Handan, Han, Ganhou and Xiyang. On weekdays, he never leaves his home even thirty miles away. Until one day, the recruitment of Handan came.

The common people's daily task is to "take the fox. Be the son of Qiu", and they have to serve in wartime. So they wore tattered shoes and tattered brown clothes, and set off under the banner of Handan's gorgeous Phnom Penh Black Bird.

When everyone left home, they were anxious. For the people in the Handan area, war was an adventure. In the past, there was not much oil and water in the expedition of Rong and Di. But if you go to loot Weiguo, you can earn wealth that cannot be obtained from crops!

Their weapons were relatively simple and messy. However, it was supplemented in the Chaoge House Treasury, and the clothes on him were also replaced.

On that day, outside Chaoge City were full of black ink banners on top of Handan soldiers and white wipes on their foreheads.

They have heard the ballad, and it is said that King Wu of Zhou also brought such an army to defeat the big merchants and won a decisive victory in Muye.

The head of the house and Sima told them that the underdog will win!

But it was not until they really met the enemy in Muye that they tasted the true taste of war.

It wasn't a fight, it was a massacre. When encountering an enemy temporarily, the head of the family and the military officials were very flustered, and they only knew that they should form a good formation and pick up spears and bows and arrows. Hold your ground. But he left in a hurry, and then the knights came. Those Zhao Clan's cavalry, who were all covered in leather armor and could not see their faces, stagnates in the air when they charge. The roar of iron filled the whole world...

Their fragile front collapsed in an instant, and the younger brother watched as his elder brother was trampled under the horse's hoof. The father lost his son, the Xiang Dang's belly was cut open by the ring knife, and he tried to plug his own intestines...

In the end, they saw that the head of the Handan family who led them to the battlefield was shot down by an arrow, and the allied Chaoge Fanbing fell in pieces under Zhao Bing's orderly harvest, like the corn and wheat in autumn.

For Zhao Jun, Muye was a glorious victory worthy of being written into the annals of history, but for the Handan soldiers, it was an inexplicable failure. Their backs for daring to resist Zhao were broken.

Since then, the surviving Handan soldiers have become the most honest group of Zhao Jun's new recruits. When Chaoge and Zhongmu were defeated, they rose higher than the latter, and many people regarded themselves as Zhao soldiers. .

"Anyway, Handan is the small sect of the Zhao clan, and we are actually the servants of the Zhao clan..." In fact, they didn't know this fact until they were captured. On weekdays, they only recognized their own tax collectors. How could they know about Handan? How many layers of feudalism are there on the head.

All in all, in the past few months, the Handan soldiers have been living fairly well, and they have not been treated too harshly. Although some dangerous tasks will be let them do, if they perform well, they will also have the opportunity to be promoted. Zhao's rewards and punishments are clear. , much fairer than in the Handan Army earlier.

After entering the Handan area, these surrendered soldiers were even made a promise by the son of the Zhao family.

"Anyone who served in the Zhao army from Handan, Han, Xiyang, and Marquis of Qian, if they have small merits, will be rewarded by those who have no fields and houses after the war, and those who have fields and houses will be doubled. Those who have made great merits will be rewarded as officials!"

Everyone is boiling, and the military merit award is also applicable to them! This means that they, who were originally in a low position in this area, are likely to turn over overnight!

The old aristocracy is about to perish, and a new class of small peasant landowners is about to form...

In the State of Lu, all of this was going very slowly, because the officials had not yet been overthrown, but in Handan, Zhao Wuxi was determined to uproot the Handan family!

As a result, the more than 3,000 soldiers who surrendered from Handan completely forgot what they belonged to in the past, and began to devote allegiance to the Zhao family.

Whoever gives us land, whoever gives us food, owes allegiance to whoever, for the people at the bottom, this is the most simple truth!

But all this comes at a price. First of all, the son of the Zhao family wants the Handan soldiers to do one thing.

Is it filling a gully? Or risk climbing the ladder to siege the city? Or posing as deserters and sneaking into the city? They were apprehensive. It was not that Zhao Jun had not done the last item, but the guards in the city were too timid and cautious. Since half a month ago, they have never accepted outsiders.

In the end, it wasn't even ~www.readwn.com~ The eldest son only asked them to gather together. When the night was approaching, more than 4,000 people sat outside the city, singing with the local elders who came one after another...singing?

Sing? Everyone was stunned.

"Dare to ask the superior, what do you want me to sing?"

The military officer sent by Zhao Wuxi smiled: "The prince said, as long as it is a folk song that the locals in Handan know, you can sing anything, but it needs to be loud."

After the Handan soldiers looked at each other in dismay, they nodded in unison. They began to sing a folk song that no one knows about Handan city, and no one knows about it, facing the shadowy city wall of Handan in the dark night...

"Please become a picture, the disaster of the world, the endless wars kill Gu Liang."

"Handan has no owner, it's like a star without a face..."

The pounding and percussion, the tune is pathetic, thousands of people sing together, the sound is shocking. For a time, outside the city of Handan, the song "Forming Phase" was everywhere! (To be continued.)

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