Chapter 96: The War of Xu Guorenyang

When facing Jin State, Sun Lin's father was humble, but people who were usually over-human were bound to vent their damaged self-esteem elsewhere.

Once upon a time, when Sun Lin's father faced the king of Lu, he naturally crossed the body of the king of Lu and walked in front of the king of a country. As a country ruled, he could not have known the right etiquette, so afterwards, the people of Lu, who were unhappy, recorded this matter in the "Spring and Autumn Annals". In the book, they also sympathized with Duke Xian of Wei, believing that Sun Lin's father's contempt for the king was purely from the heart. It would be difficult for Duke Xian of Wei to work on such a subject.

Zhao Wu vaguely heard about Sun Lin's father's domineering in the Wei Kingdom, but on the other hand, Zhao Wu can also understand Sun Lin's father's domineeringness may be a bluff. He used this arrogant behavior to scare the king of Wei Kingdom, making this childish monarch who always wants to have a quarrel and obedient...

In short, the bullshit between the rule of the State of Defense and the monarch is a matter of slap. From the perspective of Jin State, Zhao Wu's tendency can be imagined. He thought for a while and suggested: "Then, you and I should work together to train a group of sailors... I heard that the Yellow River leads to the sea, and big fish like mountains are often seen at the mouth of the sea. Therefore, it is said that the fish is transformed by a big bird called "Peng". When it becomes a fish, it is called "Kun". It is said that "Kun" can grow wings and soar to the nine heavens after practicing for several years.

I am very interested in this big fish. I heard that it is as big as a size of hundreds of cows. I guess the meat on the body can be as much as a meat on the body of hundreds of cows. Think about it, if hundreds of cows are as big as a size, how big is it to grow? If crops are planted in these grasslands, how much grain can be produced? Now we don’t have to raise cattle anymore, nor do we need to wrap such a large grassland. As long as we learn the skills of boat handling and catch a fish in the sea, it will be the meat of hundreds of cows, which is enough for tens of thousands of soldiers to eat for a day. Isn’t that a good thing?"

Sun Lin's father stared at Zhao Wu for a long time, and Zhao Wu felt a little embarrassed when he saw it. He said, "You are so brave, so big that it is beyond my highest imagination. It is said that you are a top diner, and you never tire of eating fine food and fine meat... I have heard of Kunpeng's sayings, but I didn't expect that you also want to taste the meat on the divine fish. Tell me, what else do you dare not eat?"

Zhao Wu did not feel embarrassed, and his face was not blushing and his heart was not beating: "In addition to the inexhaustible food, there is also inexhaustible salt - the benefits of salt and iron, which are so rich that it is hard to abandon. This was how Qi State dominated the world at the beginning. If I built a city at the mouth of the river (referring to the Yellow River), I could drink the river water along the way. There was no need to worry about food at the beach, and I also had the method of building stone houses, and I was not afraid of hurricanes by the sea. In this way..."

Sun Lin's father nodded: "All right, you need to say nothing. When you first started, you and I became business partners. In the future, you will go to the beach, so how can you lose me as your first partner? I will go with you, and I will share half of my salt profit. How about it?"

These two officials who appeared to be "simple, honest, benevolent and righteous" discussed the proportion of the spoils... After they reached the plan to divide the spoils, Sun Lin's father became Zhao Wu's most staunch supporter. He shuttled through the military camps of various countries and lobbled various countries to hand over their auxiliary soldiers to be unified in command by Zhao Wu...

Later, Zhao Wuxin Army's troops led the camp forward, arrived at the edge of Yingshui, and stopped at the selected position.

At this time, the new army deputy general Wei Jiang followed Xun Ying, and the Wei family soldiers were led by Wei Shu. Wei Shu looked at the location chosen by Zhao Wu and shook his head: "This place is not selected well... I just heard the local fisherman say that there is a simple dock with gentle water ten miles away from here, and the local residents usually cross the river there. The last time the troops from Dun Kingdom crossed the river from these two places. Why don't we choose one of the ferries to build cities there, so as to guard against the people of Dun Kingdom nearby."

It’s not that people in the Spring and Autumn Period are not that they are not smart, but they are used to single-line thinking and form fixed ideas.

Zhao Wu smiled and induced: "You are thinking about it, why did I choose this place to build a city?"

Wei Shu's first consideration was full of justice: "We built a city alone, because we did not intend to trouble the people of Chen too much. If you don't choose two ready-made ferries to build a city, you can continue to use the ferry of Chen State to achieve the goal of not trouble the people of Chen State. Is that true?"

Zhao Wu smiled: "Your statement should come from the mouth of Shiyi. Only that kid can say such a high-sounding despicable... You try to consider from our perspective, what are the benefits of choosing this place to build a city?"

"Don't alarm the people of Dun!" Wei Shu immediately replied: "We have the intention to attack the Dun Kingdom. When building a city at one of the ferries, the Dun Kingdom will inevitably be vigilant and strengthen its defense. Then the suddenness of our attack will be gone. And like now, choosing to build a city between the two ferries can not only prevent the attacks of the Dun Kingdom and cut off the route of the Dun Kingdom's march, but also act like a sticky look to confuse the Dun Kingdom with an unimprovemental attitude."

It turns out that I am so smart - Zhao Wu tried his best to show off his confident look, and he was surprised and could not hide his smug smile on his face.

He originally chose to build a city between two ferries, first of all, thinking about expanding the city scale in the future and just accommodated the two wharfs, so that the city's pattern would be bigger. Secondly, the current choice was based on the domineering aura of the overlord country, which made him not worried about being attacked by the people of the Dun Kingdom; on the other hand, it was purely the subconscious of the turtle flow: it was far enough from the upper and lower wharfs, and when the enemy came, there was enough warning time.

Finally, the distance between the two piers is still in a tolerable range, which makes it easier to use the two piers to transport materials when building a city...

Wei Shu received Zhao Wu's praise and relaxed his power slightly - five days later, Xun Ying returned from Chen Guoguo Capital, and the new army had begun to lead the auxiliary troops of the coalition forces to dig trenches by the river to obtain soil, cut down trees to make brick kilns, burn bricks and build walls, including the soldiers of the Wei family.

"The State of Chen supported 30,000 people," Xun Ying introduced to Zhao Wu on the river bank: "There are men, women, women, young and old. There is no way. Chen is a small country. He has been attacked by Chu for a year and was attacked by Dun again. Now, the king of Chen means: to retaliate against Dun! It is about winter after the harvest of summer grain, and it is about winter. Now it is late summer. I ask you to build this small city with all your strength before winter comes. At the same time, you must cross the river to the other side to detect the situation of Dun."

Zhao Wu replied casually: "The situation in Dun Kingdom does not need to be investigated - I need to burn bricks to build a city here, which requires a lot of firewood and relevant manpower and material resources. Now, the fishermen from the Dun Kingdom on the other side come to me to trade every day, and the situation in Dun Kingdom... If you want to ask whether the king of Dun Kingdom is wearing underwear, the fishermen may not know, but I know the dynamics of the Dun Kingdom army here."

Xun Ying was surprised: "You trade with the fisherman in Dunguo - what are you using to trade with them?"

"Iron tools, or a small amount of deep-processed agricultural materials," Zhao Wu replied.

During the Spring and Autumn Period, private transactions were all bartered. Only bulk transactions between countries could use copper coins. At that time, copper coins were bulky and of high value.

"The farmer of Dunguo sent me live fish, live ducks, and excellent wood, copper and iron ore. I followed the army's craftsmen to process it, turned the live fish into dried fish and dried fish, and made various wooden tools in the city, such as wooden bowls, wooden spoons, wooden benches, and wooden beds. Then I exchanged these things with people, and I could always get several times the supplies.

At present, I have drawn 10% of the profits of the transaction, and the remaining ones are divided into half with the relevant personnel, part of which is used as construction materials, and part of which belongs to the craftsman himself. Everyone is very satisfied with this share allocation."

In terms of management, Zhao Wu was humble in Jin State, and no one dared to claim to be the first.

Xun Ying was confused by what Zhao Wu said. He had no intention of learning the details, but quickly turned the topic to what he was good at: "Chen State is very grateful for our kindness. I have promised: After this new city is built, our coalition forces will not dare to trouble Chen State too much. When the situation in Chen State stabilizes, we will automatically evacuate the city and hand over the city to Chen State intact. Those farmers who are willing to stay will also pass it with the city.

The people of Chen are very grateful for the kindness we expressed. The king and minister of Chen swear to follow our Jin State to the death. Since this is the case, the people of Chen should not be overworked. We should continue to express our sincere and kindness to the people of Chen State-Do you understand?"

Zhao Wuyingnuo: "We have enough numbers! Don't worry, I have a way to let the people of Chen work for free, and they can also be grateful - what we teach them is craftsmanship. In history, it is not natural for those who learn craftsmanship to work for their masters for free? Humph, most people want to find such free labor opportunities, so why don't our masters want them?"

What Zhao Wu didn't say is: He planned to open a training school here to train tens of thousands of local people, but afterwards, these apprentices would follow their master... Let's discuss it again!

Later, the auxiliary soldiers of more than one hundred thousand people, under the command of Zhao Wu, broke their arms and worked hard. Since the city will eventually be handed over to Chen State, Zhao Wu will inevitably cut corners when he works. For example, the south is wet, and the fuel is mainly firewood, which causes the kiln temperature to never rise. Zhao Wu simply made a fool of himself and started building the wall with unburned bricks. The bricks, the hearts of the bricks are still mud, and they are not burnt into pottery at all, but he only needs quantity and does not pursue quality.

Using this kind of brick, more than 100,000 auxiliary soldiers spent three months building a brick wall about ten meters high. Due to the poor quality of this kind of brick, Zhao Wu used the quantity to spell it. Out of the turtle flowing, the brick wall he built was 1 zhang thick.

Ten zhang in the Spring and Autumn Period was about two and a half meters now, enough for a person to lie horizontally on the wall.

This brick wall was not built in the traditional "horizontal, vertical, square" method. After it was built, the city was not a square city. The built city wall was twisted and twisted. In front of each city gate, Zhao Wu left a notch - the urn city, making the city wall appear even more twisted and twisted.

After the city wall was repaired, the carpenters who had been preparing for three months immediately raised the beams and door posts of the houses that had been made, and built three-story pavilions on the city wall. This pavilion was the barracks of the coalition forces. Behind them was the city wall they wanted to defend.

The coalition barracks surrounding the city walls were too many rooms. Even if everyone in the coalition moved in, there was a lot of spare time. So, not to mention the coalition all moved in, every three two men was a room, and the officers' rooms were larger, and even the auxiliary soldiers lived in a spacious place. The coalition was satisfied with the whole family.

This building complex is crowded by the city walls. The center of the city is empty. Zhao Wu piled three layers of earthen platforms in the center of the city. The Tianshou Pavilion at the highest point is the command center of the coalition forces. The second floor of the earthen platform is exactly the same as the four city towers. Zhao Wu pulled several copper ropes and ran through the four city towers and earth towers. In this way, the command orders of the coalition forces can be tied to the copper ropes and quickly passed to the four gatehouses.

This device is similar to the "message rope" in a medieval British accounting firm, but unfortunately, it seems too transcends the times. After Xun Ying saw it, he blamed Zhao Wula for being too thin. He regarded the copper rope as a cableway for temporary increase in troops and retreat, and complained that the copper rope that was too thin could not transport much troops at once, and he did not think that this thing could be used to convey messages.

On the second floor of the earthen platform in the center of the city, Zhao Wu built a row of attics, which were decorated a little more gorgeously. He was used as the bedroom of the coalition nobles. On the edge of the lowest floor of the earthen platform, a medical center, a divination center, aristocratic canteen, etc. were built.

Although this shoddy and cut corners is simple, it still reflects the leisurely attitude of the people of Jin, and also reflects the Zhao family's carefulness of everything, such as the well pool distributed along the city walls and attics at every distance. It can catch water and put out fires during the war, and it can also allow soldiers to solve drinking water problems... and the city center, four large playgrounds and baseball stadiums under the terraces.

Zhao Wu, who was addicted to the construction game, built the city well. With the joint efforts of tens of thousands of people, the small city gradually took shape. During this period, tens of thousands of coalition soldiers who participated in the construction of the city and the people of Chen State were gradually accepting the strong culture and powerful technology of Jin State...

Yang is a Xu Guoguo native, the so-called "national person" is an ordinary taxpayer who "enjoys national treatment". During this period, he has been confused and feels like a dream.

Speaking of which, Yang is also considered a Gongsun - several years ago, his ancestors were also considered the clan branch of the king of Xu. Of course, the "several years ago" mentioned here was at least a hundred years ago, and it had been more than ten generations.

Several years ago, Yang's family also enjoyed the offerings of the king. During those days, the infinite beauty is often depicted in the mouths of the elderly in the family, which makes people reluctant to leave. However, the reality is that Yang's family has become civilians for many generations, no longer has any privileges, and of course they are not supported by the king.

Yang's father died of hunger, and that memory was not clear in Yang's mind. He just remembered that it seemed like a war, and the country was besieged. In that war, many people starved to death, including Yang's father.

Yang had no brothers. After his father passed away, his mother supported Yang by washing and pounding others. When Yang grew up, he entered the career that the declined Gongsun often went to - he relied on fighting in the streets of Guodu and made a living by collecting protection fees.

Not everyone can do this kind of work. Generally, in this kind of profession, you need to have a good sword, know a few words, have a good memory, have a wink, and know who should be provoked and who cannot be provoked. Because they were Gongsun's descendants, Yang's family had a few bamboo slips - that was their heirloom, and a bronze sword left by his father. Therefore, Yang became a rogue in the market who was later called "Ranker".

For a declining Gongsun, this profession is not embarrassing - the famous assassin Jing Ke and Qin Wuyang did a job similar to blackmailing, extortion, and protection fees before assassinating the King of Qin.

In general, the income of this profession is not bad. After all, it was the end of the Spring and Autumn Period, and the destruction of countries was not as many as in the Warring States Period, and the princes and grandsons did not breed as large as in the Warring States Period, so there were few wandering warriors competing for this rogue position. Relying on the leftovers of the street boss, Yang lived a very comfortable life, at least he could make his mother full. If the seasons changed, he could extort some cloth and make his mother new clothes.

That day, Yang was patrolling his "territory" as usual - the so-called "his territory" here was just the street where he was responsible for collecting protection fees. However, Yang was still as proud as a lord. He looked at himself and happily accepted the compliments from the shop owner... Suddenly, the world changed and the world became "harmonious".

At that time, the streets were full of Chinese people running around, and the bosses were panicked and closed the shops in panic. Yang didn't know why, so he grabbed a passerby and stared at a passerby and asked fiercely: "Why don't you stand here? A plaintiff... Forget it, I won't care about you, what happened? Why are you doing so panic?"

The Chinese man said only four words, which immediately evoked Yang's childhood memories.

What he said was: "The Jin army is here."

Yang thought of the suffering of the last siege and the torment of his father's death in hunger.

The man in Yang's hand jumped straight, and waited for Yang to wake up from his memories. At this time, Yang did not notice that his face turned pale and his voice stuttered. He asked, "Where is Jin Jun?"

The man in his hand jumped and wanted to break free, and replied in a hurry: "The pioneer of the Jin army has arrived in a small country twenty miles away from the city. I heard that this time we came to the two most vicious lords of the Jin State, Zhao and Wei... Let go, the Jin army has been stationed in the nearby small country recently. I don't know when it will start to siege the city. The city gate has not been closed yet. I have to go home and clean up and escape from the city..."

However, the king of Xu was even more timid than the people thought. When the man was talking about this, a shout came from the end of the street, with a voice filled with despair: "The city gate is closed, the city is closed."

Now no one can leave.

Yang's family did not save money, they lived a day to count. When Yang returned to his home in a daze, he looked at his mother's face that was more sad than death, and his heart was filled with powerlessness. A family like them would be the first to starve to death in the long-lasting siege.

During the siege, young people like Yang may survive because the army would recruit some young people to join the city guard. Although these people had no salary, they had a meal at least, so Yang might survive the long battle to defend the city, but Yang's mother would die of death. At the beginning, Yang's father saved his own food and raised his wife and children, but he was starved to death. Therefore, whether Yang's mother could survive depends entirely on the filial piety of the children.

Who doesn't want to live?

Seeing my mother's expectant gaze, I tightened my sword tightly and replied: "I'll go and sign up for Da Sikong now... After all, I'm Gongsun, and I still have a sword on my body. I'll sign up first to defend the city. Maybe I can become a small leader, so I will leave more food for my mother."

After saying that, Yang couldn't bear to look at the desperate eyes at the moment, so he hurriedly escaped from the house.

The development of things is the same as Yang Yao thought.

Xu State is a small country and cannot afford to support too many troops. When it was the turn of defending the city, he temporarily recruited a large number of people. Because Yang had a sword on his body, he knew a few words, had good physical fitness and knew some sword skills. He was actually a regular soldier and became a young squad leader.

After the army was completed, the officer came over to speak a call, but Yang's head was dizzy and his ears were buzzing. He was always unconsciously trapped in his memories of his father. He didn't hear what the officer said, but just walked around mechanically with the team... This kind of marching was noisy all night, and at dawn, Yang followed the team out of the city.

In the rain of arrows that whizzed by from time to time, Yang struggled to pass the fallen corpses and rushed out of the streets. He found that he had miraculously not hurt at all. However, they faced the Wei soldiers, who were famous for their fierceness...

In the later experience, Yang could not recall it. He just remembered that he followed the military order, waving the spear pole mechanically, moving his steps mechanically, and moving forward mechanically... The Wei soldiers who came towards him did not bear the reputation of being fierce. The chariots that Xu Guo had attacked were knocked to the ground by them; the warriors on the chariots were slaughtered like they cut melons and vegetables. They smashed all the chariots without giving in a step, and then began to slowly retreat.

That was a very rhythmic retreat.

Faced with the retreat of the Wei soldiers, there were many rash ghosts around Yang who were impulsive and aggressive, but they were immediately separated by the Wei soldiers and separated from the body. Fortunately, Yang was stiff at that time, like a mechanical puppet, and only knew how to obey military orders. The result was that Yang himself did not make a fatal mistake.

Then, somehow, Yang found himself surrendering! At that time, he was sitting on the ground, with his empty hands, all over his companions, while the officers lowered their heads and knelt in front of the soldiers, looking depressed.

After listening to the low conversations of his companions around him, Yang realized that when they were fighting with the soldiers of the Wei family, another lord of the Jin army took the opportunity to attack the city gate. At that time, the city was constantly dispatching troops outside. The Jin army's assault speed was too fast that Sima, who was commanding at the city gate, was killed before he could close the city gate. Then, the Jin army broke through two city gates in succession and surrounded the palace city where the king lived.

Once the news of the capital being breached, the general Xu, who went out of the city, immediately ordered surrender. The remaining 20,000 Xu soldiers dropped their weapons, took off their armor, and were escorted here by Jin soldiers - this was everything Yang had figured out after awakening.

In the evening, the follow-up news came: the king surrendered, and he and the ruling government were willing to go to the capital of Jin State to apologize. The new agent ruling immediately announced his participation: Xu State will participate in the peacekeeping operation chaired by the overlord Jin State. The captured 20,000 Xu soldiers were dispatched as Xu State to join the battle sequence of the new army of Jin State.

When I got the news, it was already dawn.

It's a new day and a new beginning.
Chapter completed!