Look south to Buzhou and pour water into the city.
Zhao Gongming, who had used his hidden magical power on himself, was standing on the top of the city to observe Xia Wang Sigui returning to the court after completing a rebellion.
There is a saying that "hearing is false, seeing is believing." Although Zhao Gongming did not think that the Golden Lady had the intention to lie, and he did not detect any abnormality when he made calculations, he still walked around the city and took a look.
Necessary.
After all, this is not a simple hostage escort mission, but a preliminary investigation conducted by the Shang State to overthrow the Xia Dynasty in one fell swoop. Zhenxi may be the only city that the Shang State needs to capture.
Although the Shang State's approach of one city forming a country is a bit strange, most of the Fang tribes today don't even have a "city". Some countries that are close to mountains and rivers often only have one or two city walls. They are not so much "states" as
Say "off".
Most Fang countries and tribes only have one or two cities, which govern surrounding villages from a distance.
In addition to Zhenlu, the Xia Dynasty also had five smaller cities, Yuan, Diqiu, Laoqiu, Xihe, and Bo. However, only Zhenlu had permanent troops, and the other cities still relied on temporary recruitment if they wanted to fight.
It can be said that as long as the Shang State can defeat these troops and occupy the capital of the Xia Dynasty, other cities are likely to surrender.
But...does Shang State have such strength?
Even if Jiejiao has already placed the pieces on the chessboard beforehand and can stop the Xia Dynasty generals when they discover that they are trying to save him, can the Shang Kingdom defeat the Xia Dynasty head-on with only the strength of the Shang Kingdom itself and other human tribes that may become allies?
While he was thinking, a heavenly soldier wrapped in poor invisibility skills ran past Zhao Gongming.
Ha...can't you find yourself?
Since the investigation of Our Lady of Golden Light has been initially completed, there is no need for Zhao Gongming to continue to coddle those heavenly soldiers.
Visiting? Not here!
They didn't know where they heard it from hearsay. There are all kinds of religions in the world, and there are tens of thousands of gods in the outer sect. But if they come to protect a small king in the human world, they must not be taken seriously.
Haha... I am also stupid. This concept of insisting on classifying people into three, six or nine grades certainly comes from Chanjiao.
And when these heavenly soldiers have the "Reconstruction and Resurrection" of the Heavenly Hall of Heroes as a back-up, they don't need to fear death, and there is no sense of urgency, their cultivation speed can be said to be one mile a thousand days.
Therefore, labor is divided up and down, and the positions are basically fixed.
There may occasionally be those heavenly soldiers who repeatedly try various cultivation methods because they will not die, but they may not be able to withstand the pressure and give up on their own, such as:
——I stood alone in the rear, fighting hundreds of monsters alone and died!
——I led my brothers to clean up the devil's cave, and died in several bloody battles!
——I...uh, I got carried away while practicing and accidentally exploded.
The expressions on the faces of the surrounding people looking at this "warrior" must have been very exciting.
Not to mention those heavenly soldiers, the first thing Zhao Gongming wanted to see during this trip was the Xia Dynasty's army.
It has to be said that the current human race has been comfortable under the protection of Nuwa for too long, and has completely forgotten how to fight.
Just look at the King of Xia who was plundering everywhere with great momentum. His troops were indeed strong and invincible, but that was all.
There is no plan, no tactics, no depth, no logistics.
As soon as the Xia king heard that there was a rebellion, he would rush directly to the military camp, gather his troops and leave, leaving at most half a day for the military camp steward to raise food.
The reason is also very simple. Even if he doesn't bring food, he can still plunder any villages along the way that are not under the direct jurisdiction of the Xia Dynasty.
As for those villages clamoring about their wish to perish with the sun, he wouldn't care - just perish if you can.
As for the conquest itself, there are only a few cases where the Min sisters fought back and forth with the Xia Dynasty army. After all, we cannot expect a group of militiamen to be evenly matched with the standing army, especially if they do not have an advantage in numbers.
And then, at this moment, the distribution of the spoils after the master returned to the court.
All things that can be called "treasures" belong to the King of Xia, and they will be sent to the palace treasure house for display to increase the shock to the women who are sent there.
What can only be called "property" will be distributed as rewards to the soldiers on the expedition based on the level of combat bravery provided by Guan Longfeng, although these soldiers will sell them and spend them all in a blink of an eye.
The rest are the "goods" handed over to the "merchants" and the people plundered from other tribes to serve as basic labor.
The population composition of those slaves was completely different from Zhao Gongming's expectation of only strong laborers, women of childbearing age, and children.
After careful analysis, it was found that less than 50% of the people were actually young adults, and the rest were basically the elderly and children, and the proportion of the elderly was even higher.
After some careful observation, Zhao Gongming discovered that these plundered people often gathered in groups of three or five, apparently supporting and caring for each other.
After all, he was once the leader of the ancient human race. He was a little confused at first, but after a little thought, he understood what was going on.
To put it simply, the Xuanyuan period’s views on the value of various populations are no longer applicable today.
After losing their past life memories, human children no longer have the distinction between "big bosses" and "newbies". They all need long-term teaching to do things. The old man therefore hopes to pass on his rich experience and knowledge to more children.
, so they won’t rush to reincarnation after losing the ability to work.
Because human women need to give birth to offspring like viviparous animals, their time away from childbirth has increased a lot, which directly caused the clans and tribes that were originally dominated by women to quietly become dominated by men who were hardly affected by these adjustments. This started from the 17th generation of the Xia Dynasty
The fact that all kings are "emperors" rather than "empresses" is a clear proof.
As a result, human races that are closely related by blood tend to support each other, form groups to share their experience, labor and wealth, and then divide the concept of "family" under tribes and clans.
Therefore, the human race who were defeated and captured as slaves no longer took the situation as they were before. They often returned to their "family" at any cost. If there were no family members, they might even die with their masters out of anger. After several
The representative concluded that the final response chosen by the victor was to capture the whole family together.
In this case, the possibility of the slave being rebellious will be greatly reduced, unless he or she does not care about the life and death of the whole family, or is completely sure that they can all be rescued smoothly.
However, not being able to rebel does not mean that you do not want to rebel. Every time the Xia king plundered a village, every time he captured a group of slaves, every time a conflict occurred, he was "heating up" the "volcano".
Just as Our Lady of Golden Light said, as long as there is a chance for these slaves to escape as a family, this silent volcano will erupt in an instant, burning Xia Chao sitting in the crater until not even ashes are left.
When the Shang State began to attack Xia, it was an excellent opportunity.
