"Captain, ahead is Laoqiu, and beyond that is Jishui."
"Is this already the boundary of Zheng Kingdom?"
"should be."
"There are not even local soldiers nearby. It seems that Zheng Guo has really brought many people to the front line."
"Captain, I think this is someone from the Zheng Kingdom who wants to eliminate the officials and scholars of Zheng Dongxiang."
"The king of Zheng is not dead. Now the person in charge of Zheng is Zheng Chengzi. He has an unjust name and a bad reputation. How can he control the government unless he kills all the loyal ministers and good generals of the king?"
After opening the kettle and taking a sip of water, the officer in leather armor smiled and said, "Even if Zheng is in civil strife, we won't end up fighting like this with the Wei people. Now that Wei and Zheng are fighting, it's really going to be a fight."
How many Wei people and Zheng people are there, I don't think so."
After saying that, the officer continued: "Shou Li is right, whether it is Wei Guo or Zheng Guo, this is an opportunity to kill people."
The battle between Wei and Zheng lasted for half a year. Not to mention the losses suffered by both the Wei and Zheng countries, quite a few countries were killed by the small powers in these two regions.
The Nanyan Kingdom and the Xu Kingdom were destroyed one after another. The Xu Kingdom was quite unlucky. The Wei Kingdom used the name of the Nanyan Kingdom and wiped them out in one battle.
The Xu State was a restored state, and after being plundered, the Wei State quickly retreated, not only exposing the Xu State again, but also the Southern Yan State.
Then, in the name of "restoring the country of Xi and the state of the country," Zheng Guo pushed the country over again and snatched away the remaining population and resources again.
Is it normal? I'm helping you restore your country, so why don't you give me some favors?
The king of Xu Kingdom thought that I am also a country with a high level of "concubine". Your two families are shameless. For the sake of our ancestors, and also for the sake of our comrades-in-arms who also fought against Dongyi in the past, Xu Kingdom,
At any rate, there are still three melons and two dates left.
Now there is nothing left, only I am a bare monarch, what the hell is that? I will withdraw too!
The country doesn’t want it either.
The king of Xu State was really smart. He crossed Nanhe directly and went to Hanoi.
When they arrived in Hanoi, they approached the Jin people and said they wanted to seek refuge. Then the Jin people opened the Mengmen Gate and asked the king of Xu to stay in Jin.
The actions of the Jin State greatly frightened the two countries Wei and Zheng. They thought to themselves that the overlord brother would take in the king of the Xu State. What does this mean? Will he have to settle the general accounts in the future?
But then I thought about it, Jin is currently trying to become king. Once a quarrel breaks out, Jin's hundreds of years of signboards will be of no use. How easy is it to start a new one? Unless you are a savage, otherwise you have such a high level of "concubine"
, my former little brother really doesn’t need to be controlled by you.
The younger brothers may not necessarily oppose you, but they can clamor and send "loyal ministers" to Jiangcheng, saying that we have such high "concubine content" and should be loyal. How can we rebel against the Zhou Dynasty and establish ourselves as king?
Of course, I am a "loyal minister", Emperor Zhou also said so, but as long as the money from your old Jin family is in place, I won't make any noise.
The most annoying thing about the Jin State's internal kingship is legitimacy. It's okay if no one forces it, but if someone does, it's a troublesome thing. You should always be reminded of this, because it is politically incorrect.
If you can't kill them all, you can only spend money to buy the manuscript and let the surrounding boys publish an announcement that "the Jin Kingdom is the best".
Public opinion must be heated up. With this small amount of money, Jin will accept it just by pinching his nose.
Based on this judgment, Wei and Zheng were fighting each other while tacitly understanding how to loot the weak forces caught between them.
Not only did it swallow up the already weak Southern Yan and Xu states, but also some of the border towns in the north of Cao and Song.
The battlefield was so criss-crossed that it stretched from Pu River to Jishui. At the most disgusting moment, the Rong Kingdom once wanted to run away and seek refuge in the southeast of the Mao Kingdom.
The reason why we chose the southeastern part of Mao State is because it is adjacent to Surabaya. Once we get to Surabaya, this matter will be easy to do. Whether by boat or on foot, it is very close to the northern border of Wu State.
Of course, it is not good to say that it is the Wu Kingdom, mainly because the territory of General Li Jie is Fucheng, which is the original Biyang Kingdom.
Where is there any comfort in this world?
But compared with the chaotic land where the struggle is endless, under the rule of General Li Jie, it must be a paradise on earth.
At least there won’t be a raging war, right?!
The fight between two small powers in the region, with the weaklings caught in the gap, cannot even make waves, even if there are capable people with lofty ideals running for diplomatic mediation.
But for the Weiguo Zhengguo, how could there be a truce just because of diplomatic mediation?
Once the war ceases, even if the territory that has been taken is not completely vomited out, even a little bit of it will be used to cut off the flesh of the top leaders of the two countries.
And if you want to carry out large-scale operations in the future, you may have to participate in the battle between the hegemonic powers. By then, the risks will only be greater than now.
Now I can kill Nanyan and Xu by the way, and I can even attack the border towns of Cao and Song. I don't dare to offend the small regional powers of the two countries at the same time and lose one or two border towns. I can bear it.
I endured it.
In the process of diplomatic protest, it may be to get more compensation, and we will talk about it later. We all know how difficult it is to easily get the two countries to spit out the vested interests.
As for the various internal considerations between the two countries, they are extremely complicated.
Therefore, it is impossible to stop the war. We can only continue to fight a bad war. Both sides would rather continue to spend money to attract foreign aid than stop the war this year.
The closer we get to the autumn harvest, the more we need to accumulate a wave of strength. After accumulating strength, we will launch a decisive battle!
In this situation, no one can try to persuade him, and whoever stops him is his enemy.
So much so that Song and Cao were obviously disgusted, but when they saw something was wrong, they simply sold some weapons and equipment that were about to become obsolete, as well as old grain that was about to expire, to Wei and Zheng through their respective channels.
When the Wei Kingdom borrowed troops from Huaizhong City, the junction of Pu River and Jishui River was full of various large and small Central Plains-shaped boats.
The boats were full of weapons, food, and even cannon fodder purchased from the two countries, as well as a large number of captured Rongdi barbarians.
The construction of frontline fortifications relied on the exploitation of slaves.
During this period, no one kept statistics on how many "troopers of xx" died. Anyway, they were all dead, and if they were all dumped in the wilderness, it might not be possible to block the water supply. Let the Pu River be blocked, and it would not be a big problem.
After passing Huangchi, the "caravan" coming from the south went east from Jishui, and after half a day arrived at Dingju, then detoured to the south of Puyi.
As long as you get here, you can clearly see the traces of the war.
A large amount of destroyed farmland and ruins can be seen everywhere. The rural society in this area has obviously been completely collapsed. The old, weak, women and children are left here to survive, and the young and strong are expropriated without any accident. As for whether it was Zheng Guo or Wei Guo who did it, this
It's a bad debt, and no one can figure it out.
Anyway, Master Wei wants to rob it when he comes, and Master Zheng also wants to rob it when he comes. None of them are good.
When the troops of crossbowmen who were invited by the Wei State and went to the Wei State disguised as a caravan passed by, the discerning local old man obviously saw that these people were not a caravan but an army.
The trembling and frightened old man walked tremblingly to the front of the team, then knelt down by the road and said sincerely in the local dialect: "You are a strong man, but your humble place has been looted many times, and the village has run out of food.
There is no food left, so I hope..."
"I am the husband of Huaizhong. Don't be afraid! You must know that there are righteous people in the world, but my Lord is the leader of the righteous people in the world. He is the general!"
"Righteous...righteous man..."
Reciting this word, the old man understood the other party's strange accent, and then wiped his tears and said, "In the old years, there were also athletes who went to Biyang to perform righteous deeds and were called righteous men. When they returned, they were dressed in brocade clothes and leather boots, and the old man... and
So proud!"
After talking nonchalantly, someone on the side whispered: "Captain, this place must have been looted by the two countries. There are only old, weak, women and children. The cooking utensils are also broken, and there are only a few earthen pots for cooking wild vegetables."
"Leave rations for ten days."
"yes!"
He didn't talk to the old man anymore. Seeing that a once lively and prosperous village had collapsed so quickly, the three captains who were traveling with him all felt quite complicated.
They are not crocodile men, but they have been promoted to brave men because they fought in the Battle of Biyang. Their respective brigades are all crossbowmen.
Originally, after following Li Jie, they almost forgot what their hometown looked like. But after all, they were not from Wu, so they were naturally born and raised in their hometown.
In retrospect, what is the difference between the sight of people walking on the streets and the sight of chickens and dogs chatting with each other, and the local scene?
After staying under Li Jie for a long time, I am afraid that I will forget that in this era of war between countries, suffering is the norm and the mainstream in the countryside.
At this moment, as the ten-day rations were left behind, and amid the cries of gratitude, the expressions of the three captains became more and more complicated.