In the Spring and Autumn and Warring States without women

Not long after the [-] troops of the Qi State marched north, they camped in Guangyang County, the former capital of the former Yan State, and now the northern part of the Qi State. His father instructed Yan Geng, a doctor accompanying him, to patrol the border together.

This Tianzizhuang was rather courageous. He rode lightly up to the top of Yanshan Mountain with several thousand guards. Looking at the city of Yan Kingdom to the north of Yanshan Mountain, the Yan army on the opposite side seemed to be strengthening the city. Tianzizhuang observed After a while, he asked Zhao Chi, who was beside him, "Is the general looking at these Yan people really strengthening the city?"

Zhao Chi is different from Zhao Yi who was cut off by Xia Yu back then. Although Zhao Yi is not a person who knows how to fight, he is just young and energetic. Zhao Chi was already thirty when he joined Tian Zhao. It's been a while, and now he is also a person in his fifties. He can call himself an old man in this average. He is very calm, frowning, observing the distant city of Yan State in the distance, and said: "It doesn't seem like a fake."

Hearing Zhao Chi's words of affirmation in disguise, Tian Zizhuang laughed loudly and said: "The people of Yan were scared by us, but at such a good time, they were afraid of the state of Jin. They didn't dare to go south. The city, what else is there to be afraid of."

Yan Geng, who was not in charge of the army, frowned slightly when he heard Tianzizhuang's childish but forcedly heroic laughter. Looking at the city of Yan State in the distance, he recalled the old man who retired from Jin Dynasty in the ruling government. Yan Geng felt a slight strangeness in the heart of the vigorous young general after breaking through.

"Soldiers are deceitful. Therefore, if you can, you can show that you can't; if you use it, you can't use it; if you are close, you can show it is far; if you are far, you can show it is close; Avoid them, scratch them when you are angry, be humble and arrogant, work hard when you are lost, and leave them when you are close to them. Attack those who are unprepared and surprise them. The victory of this military strategist should not be passed on first."

Yan Geng still remembers Xia Yu's expression when he recited this passage when he was in power at the ruling government meeting. Would such a person really give up this opportunity to go south?Yan Geng was puzzled in his heart.

When Yan Geng was so suspicious, Tian Zizhuang, who thought he had seen through that the Yan people had no intention of going south, waved his whip and wanted to order back to the camp, but was stopped by the local Qi military officer who was leading the way, and said: "Shaoqing, or Wait, there were scouts reporting just now, and Chidi stragglers were harassing nearby."

Zhao Chi, who heard this, was a little surprised, and said: "The government often receives reports from the North, saying that Chidi harassed the border. How rampant are these Di people? Are they harassing the border so frequently?"

The local garrison officer smiled wryly and said: "Chidi's horses are fast and come and go like the wind. We often chase them and they will run away, and if we don't fight, they will come again, and they will run away again after looting. It's very annoying, Shaoqing is here at this time, and we don't have too many guards, so it's better not to provoke Chi Di at this time."

Tian Zizhuang is the son of Tian Zhao and Tian Xiang. He went out to investigate the military situation. Of course he was very nervous inside and out, and he would only bring a lot of followers, so even if he met some small groups of Chi Di In fact, he was not afraid, but the defending officer would rather be on the safe side than take the slightest risk.

Tian Zizhuang, who was fourteen or fifteen years old, did not know these secrets. Hearing what the guarding officer said, Tian Zizhuang frowned hungry, and said: "If that's the case, we should teach these Chidi a lesson, otherwise always a disaster."

The garrison officer said: "That's true, but these Di people are really hard to deal with."

Tian Zizhuang raised his head and said: "We have [-] troops from the Qi State stationed here, are we still afraid of those thieves like Chidi?"

Zhao Chi was taken aback when he heard this, and said, "Shaoqing, do you mean to send troops to destroy Chidi?"

Tian Zizhuang said proudly, "Why not?"

When the doctor Yan Geng heard this, he was shocked and said: "You mustn't do it, you mustn't do it, the general has repeatedly asked the government to move the army to the north, in order to prevent the Yan State from going south. This is absolutely impossible!"

Tian Zizhuang laughed loudly, pointed at the city of Yan State in the distance, and said: "Doctor, look, do the Yan State army who only know how to strengthen their own city defense day and night have the courage to go south? Don't worry, doctor, we are not sending All the people went out to wipe out Chidi, and only a part of the troops were sent, and the rest were still stationed here to guard against the Yan people."

Yan Geng's intuition was wrong, and he wanted to persuade him again, but Tian Zizhuang was at the age of a young man, how could he listen to him?

In the western part of Qi State, Tian Shu led the army of Qi State to a stalemate with the Jin army. Tian Shu built a defense line to defend closely, intending to consume the food and grass of the Jin army with a protracted war. It turned into a war of attrition, and the temples of the Jin Kingdom finally couldn't hold back, and sent envoys to rush into Yan in the starry night to contact the Yan Kingdom to attack Qi.

At the border of Zhongshan State, I received the latest memorial about the envoys of the State of Jin from the State of Yan. Years ago, the overlord who dominated the world? His national strength was gone, but he still thought he could still command the princes."

The voice was very soft, but everyone in the tent could hear it clearly. Qin Kai hesitated when he heard this, but he still asked: "Your Majesty, why did the envoy of the Jin Kingdom come?"

The report in Fu Renjiang's hand was still on the case table casually, and said: "The state of Jin wants us to go south to attack Qi."

Qin Kai frowned slightly when he heard the news, and said, "Is the state of Jin fooling around? They said that we should go west to attack Zhongshan, and in the blink of an eye, let us go south to attack Qi state? Is this really accurate?"

Furen could see it clearly, and said very peacefully: "If the battle of Jin State goes well, they will not let us go south. Qi State is rich and prosperous, and Jin State is eager to live alone, and they wantonly searched. Now they want us to go south. Apparently the battle went well."

Qin Kai nodded, and said: "Fortunately, the king and the country have made careful plans, and have already sent troops to go south secretly."

Looking at Qin Kai's boring gourd, it's a pity to be convincing. Although Qin Kai was gentle in the past, he was not like this now. Ever since Sun You went to "watch the funeral", Qin Kai has become taciturn. Occasionally, I will never say anything bad about someone, to persuade people to know this central knot, but they can't solve it.

At this moment, a military officer from outside rushed in and said, "Your Majesty, go and have a look quickly, the Zhongshan Kingdom has undergone a coup."

Convincing people were taken aback, after the death of Gongsun Qi, the chief assistant of Zhongshan Kingdom, the domestic court situation in Zhongshan Kingdom has not been peaceful all the time, but what happened to this blatant coup?

The servant picked up his helmet, got up and went out of the tent, and walked out towards the frontline camp in the direction of Zhongshan Country. While walking, he heard the military guard officer in charge of the front camp's scouting report: "What's going on?"

The very young military guard officer said: "In the past few days, there have been news that the internal government of Zhongshan is unstable. I just saw that there seemed to be riots in the city on the border between Zhongshan and Yan. People and horses were clamoring. There was a sound of fighting, but I felt something was wrong, and I didn't dare to make a decision myself, so I came to inform the king."

Convinced: "Where are the scouts and spies we sent, is there any news?"

Walking quickly all the way to the front camp, not long after arriving at the front camp, the military guard officer in charge of scouting and scouting for information rushed out holding the military newspaper and said, "Your Majesty, I am going to report back to your army account, that... ...There was a coup d'état among the aristocrats in Zhongshan, some people fled, and some aristocrats wanted to ask my country of Yan to enter Zhongshan and help Zhongshan's state affairs."

When the convincing people heard the sentence "A nobleman intends to ask my country of Yan to enter Zhongshan to help the government of Zhongshan country", his expression was full of surprise, he snatched the military newspaper from the officer of the military guard, and said in disbelief: "These people from Zhongshan country The nobles are crazy, they are going to let Zhongshan die."

Qin Kai, who had been silent all this time, finally spoke at this time, saying: "Your Majesty, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, shall we send troops?"

Furen pondered for a while before answering, but the military guard scout officer on the side was very excited, saying: "Your Majesty, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!"

The military guard officer in charge of the military affairs of the front battalion also said excitedly: "Yes, Your Majesty, since my country of Yan implemented the lease system, trained the standing new army, and the reserve civilian army, and removed the system of service based on the head, In the past ten years or so, the population of our country of Yan has increased dramatically, and the surrounding countries, including Zhongshan, have a large number of fugitives fleeing into the country of Yan.

Our country of Yan implements benevolent government, the king directly belongs to the territory, and the decree that slaves are deprived of slavery and become citizens every five years. Therefore, many ordinary people in other countries cannot survive, so they flee to my country of Yan to sell themselves as slaves, and then With this decree, I became a Yan people, and then I became a tenant. Later, the state government issued a decree to encourage farming, because there are a lot of uncultivated wasteland in the northeast of my Yan country, so as long as I am a person of Yan country, I am willing to go to the northeast. Those who reclaimed farmland in the old land of the Hu people were exempted from taxation for ten years, and the government also provided cattle, steel farm tools, and various grain seeds.

In recent years, especially in Zhongshan Kingdom, the number of fugitives who have fled into Yan Kingdom has been increasing day by day. Seeing this situation, the chief assistant of Zhongshan Kingdom, Gongsun Qi, went to the king of Zhongshan Kingdom, intending to follow the example of Yan Kingdom in Zhongshan Kingdom to implement the lease system. However, the group of nobles in the Zhongshan Kingdom were blown up, and the noise was fierce. When Gongsun Qi was there, he barely suppressed it. When Gongsun Qi was no longer, it erupted all of a sudden. With the coup in front of us.

This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. By mobilizing troops at this time, we can destroy Zhongshan in one battle, and more than double the territory of our country of Yan. "

Over the past ten years, Furen has brought out military officers slowly. Many of them are in their prime of life, high-spirited, and aggressive. In addition, the Yan State’s military merit system means that if there is a battle, there will be a title. Fighting is the best way to get promoted. Now seeing the opportunity to fight, how can we not be excited!

But Qin Kai, who has been silent for a long time, looked at the frowning and convincing people tightly, and lowered his head slightly: "If we really fight with the Zhongshan Kingdom here, we will be deeply involved, and the war between the Guozhu and Qi Kingdom will not be as good as it is." Shun, we won’t be able to allocate manpower to support.”

The young military guard scout officer over there couldn't help but said: "But such an opportunity may only come across once in decades, should we just sit back and watch the opportunity slip away?"

Qin Kai looked at the convincing man who had been silent all this time, bowed his head in silence, and didn't reply to the military guard officer's words at all.

The [-] most well-equipped Yan State's new army went south secretly by boat, crossed the Bohai Sea, and secretly assembled in the northern part of the current Qi State, which was the former hometown of Yan State, and the north bank of Yishui River Estuary.

After only three days of rest, [-] troops galloped through the starry night to attack Fangcheng. The defender of Fangcheng was an unknown small officer of the Qi army. After the massacre, Chi Di stayed in the old land of the former Yan State and now the northern land of the Qi State as the people in charge of local affairs. Because he repeatedly bribed the officials of the Qi State, he was transferred to Fangcheng, which is relatively rich, as an official. Where have these two met before? Such battles.

You must know that this time Xia Yu led the army to the south from the sea, but transported the large siege equipment directly from the sea. He saw the giant trebuchets, the city-breaking cones, and the giant crossbow that could only be kicked by legs.

The trebuchet threw a bunch of pottery pots that burst when they hit the top of the city, and the city wall was gradually collapsed by the city-breaking cone. Jun hid in the room under the wall, not daring to show his head at all.

Is this battle still to be fought?There is no need to fight at all!

So it was Fangcheng's defenders and magistrates who directly made a very wise decision - Kaesong surrendered.

Sitting on the general's platform in the middle of the camp, with eyes closed, he listened to the loud shouts of killing a few miles away, and next to his ears were the military messages from the orderlies running down from the viewing platform.

The battle was brutal, the wind was rustling on the battlefield, this familiar long-lost atmosphere made Xia Yu a little bit intoxicated.

After a while, Wu Bao, who was the vanguard, sent someone to report back to Xia Yu, saying, "Fangcheng prefect Kaesong surrendered."

Xia Yu got up, straightened her sleeves, and said: "Order the whole army. After entering the city, Qiu will not commit any crimes. All prisoners of the Qi army will be treated kindly. Anyone who violates the order will be killed without mercy."

The orderly said: "No."

Then he sent an order.

The news of the fall of Fangcheng reached Tianzizhuang, who was still stationed in the north. Tianzizhuang was shocked, and hurriedly sent people to observe the defenders of the Yan Kingdom to the north of Yanshan Mountain. Tian Zizhuang was very puzzled, where did the tens of thousands of Yan troops who captured Fangcheng come from?

At this time, several cities west of Fangcheng urgently asked for help from the Qi army in Jidi, which is also known as Guangyang County, but Tianzizhuang had just sent more than 3 Qi troops to wipe out Chidi, and there were not enough defenders in Jidi at this moment. [-], it will take time to take back the army and regroup, and it will take nearly half a month to come and go.

In the past half a month, Xia Yu prepared the army in Fangcheng, and at the same time opened the treasury of Fangcheng. Except for the military rations, all the gold and silver treasures in the treasury were distributed to the people. According to the system, slaves have to change their nationality, and ordinary people can be awarded nobles if they make meritorious deeds.

Fangcheng was originally the fief when he served as the prince. When Xia Yu appointed Qi Xun as the governor of Fangcheng, Fangcheng was very rich. The prosperous Fangcheng became impoverished day by day, and the people were miserable and missed the old master. At this time, Xia Yu ordered Qi Xun to promulgate the decree in person. The city has fallen, and there is no chaos in the city.

The author has something to say:

By the way, I’m re-reading Zuo Zhuan recently. Hey, the version is really important. Compared with the full-annotated and fully-translated version of Zhonghua Book Company, I feel like I haven’t read it. If I read it earlier, it’s now In this version, many bottlenecks or many omissions in the front of this article can actually be solved very well, and it is not difficult.

The version of the book is really important. If the content in the notes is well done, sometimes it is equivalent to reading dozens of books while reading one book.

Recently, I studied the "Book of Changes" very stupidly. Hey, I looked at the sky without words. I lost my mind without even gnawing a hexagram. If you want to gnaw through the book of changes, you must be good at mathematics. No wonder what happened in ancient times Qimen formations all come from gossip, really..., several hexagrams match each other, and a little change, it is definitely difficult to calculate several element equations.