Spring and Autumn I Am King

"I used to be in the past, rain and snow fell, and now I'm here, willow Yiyi." Zhao Wuxi sighed as he looked at the poplar tree that welcomed him with its tender leaves outside the city.

In March of the ninth year of Zhaohou (480 BC), after arranging the spring ploughing matters, Zhao Wuxi led Hebei to ride 20,000 horses to the north of Dai County.

After conquering Zhongshan State last year and making it a county, a road was opened from Yecheng to Daibei. Since then, the imperial army did not need to detour Taiyuan and pass Yanmenguan when they went to Daijun, but could go directly north to Zhending. , you can cross the hill of poor fish. The time for the army to be launched has also been shortened from two months to one month. This is a commendable progress. The significance of destroying Zhongshan is highlighted, and Zhao's control over the northern frontier has been qualitatively improved.

Under such circumstances, Zhao Wuxi's "personal expedition" was only possible.

More than ten years ago, in the battle to destroy the dynasty, Zhao Wuxi's horseshoe trotted all over the northern side of the dynasty, and he revisited the old place ten years later. In addition to being surprised that he was a little tired of the immediate battle, he was also pleased to see that the Sanggan River The counties to the south, such as Dai, Banquan, Wuzhong, etc., have become more and more popular. Although the conflicts between immigrants from the inland and the local indigenous people still exist, this time the county has changed. There are no rebels in the counties south of the Sanggan River, but the tribes north of the Sanggan River that were preserved after the war of eradication are just about to move.

However, their reckless actions have been suppressed by the bullets. Although Zhao Jun was frustrated in the grassland, Xin Zhigo brought most of the Daijun cavalry back to the county and immediately started the counter-insurgency work. He also personally went to Tu He Department to persuade Your own people must not disobey the prince!

Taiyuan County Sima Xuqu also rushed to help, and cooperated with Zhao Qi and Tu Heren to stabilize the situation in Dai County. As for the larger-scale Loufan rebellion in the west, the thunder was heavy and the rain was small, and it fell to the ground in Mayi.

"In that battle, it was really thanks to the presence of the male and female. They shot and killed Loufan warriors, which deterred the opponent's morale. Only then could the guards of Mayi be able to fight back the traitors." Shangjun Sima Youcheng was ordered to command Shangjun Zhao and Zhai. Four thousand cavalrymen entered the dynasty. After the rebellion in the west subsided, he immediately came to Daicheng to report the specific situation to Zhao Wuxi.

"The enemy is like a cloud and the captive is arrogant, and the three arrows of the master are annoying..."

After reciting this song of Mayi soldiers praising Zhao Jia three times, Zhao Wuxi was silent for a long time, and then smiled: "I never thought that my Zhao family also has a woman who can fight like a good wife."

Of course, what he actually wanted to say was Princess Pingyang Zhao. Zhao Wuxi couldn't help but show his younger sister's heroic appearance in military uniform.

It turned out that after Mayi hit a hard bone, the various ministries of Loufan who had disagreed with each other suddenly fell apart, either surrendering to Zhao Jia, or fleeing in a panic with the ministries, or continuing to return to the city to fight stubbornly.

How could Zhao Jia let go of this opportunity to beat the underdogs? She suggested that Mayi and Shanxian counties should send troops to chase down the annoying Lou, and hit Tongguo on the bank of the big river, where they would respond to the postal service from the north. After successfully joining teachers, she presented a bold plan.

"There are many clans in Loufan, but there are also several powerful tribes with more prestige. According to the prisoner, this time Chengdai County has changed and rebelled. The leading tribe is called Zhenling, a hundred miles to the north, at the foot of Yuanhu Mountain. Junhou once said that it is advisable to use the remaining brave to chase the poor bandits, but now the Loufan alliance is scattered, and the general should not be as handsome and light to ride north to attack the Zhenling Department. Trouble the ministries so that they don't dare to act rashly."

Although Youcheng had long heard that Zhao Jia was arrogant and arrogant when she was in Yecheng, but since she could win the hearts of Mayi and keep the enemy out of the country, he naturally didn't dare to treat her as someone who didn't understand anything. The little girl adopted this strategy, and took advantage of the melting ice and snow to head north quickly, surrounded by the Zhenling tribes who would not be able to migrate in the future.

The total number of Zhao's army was four or five thousand people, but the Xiaoxiao Zhenling group could not even gather a thousand cavalry, and they were immediately defeated and surrendered. Youcheng had been managing Bai Zhai in Shangjun for many years, so he naturally knew how to deal with these rebellious Rong Di. He ordered that there was no need to seal the sword before the Zhenling Department completely disappeared, and created a genocide massacre at the foot of Yuanhu Mountain, and thousands of people died. After the event, they also used horses to pull down their castle and set the fire to the ground, completely erasing the Loufan tribe who led the rebellion from the map...

When the incident happened, Zhao Jia was watching, and did not stop it, but thoughtfully, and after Youcheng ordered the sword to be sealed, did he propose to still adopt a gentle attitude towards other tribes, so as to prevent all the buildings from being annoying to death. Heart is against Zhao State.

After the first evil was eliminated, Zhao Jun did not intend to expand the scope of investigation. The Loufan ministries, who had always bullied the soft and feared the hard, suddenly returned to their previous obedient attitudes, and they all went to Mayi to beg for mercy and begged their subordinates. This rebellion actually greatly damaged their own strength. In a short period of time, there should be no idea of ​​​​returning to rebellion.

"It's a good job." Zhao Wuxi admired Youcheng and Zhao Jia's response very much, but when Youcheng said that Zhao Jia asked to come to Daicheng to see Junhou, Zhao Wuxi flatly refused.

"It's a long way, and she has prestige in Lou Renren, so she can continue to stay in Mayi."

It's been almost five years, and since that incident, Zhao Wuxi has been deliberately avoiding things related to Zhao Jia.

Although Youcheng wondered why Zhao Hou suddenly ignored this younger sister who had been extremely fond of before, and left her to fend for herself in the frontier, but the affairs in the office were not something he dared to ask, even if he was the two majors of You and Dong. One of the feats is no exception.

There will be rewards for meritorious deeds. Although Zhao Jia is a daughter, Zhao Wuxi still defies public opinion and calls her "the school captain who protects the building"!

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Considering that the control of the tribes around Dai County needs to be strengthened, Zhao Wuxi added several captains in one go. "Huloufan Colonel" is a new official position. It has a strong rank and a rank higher than a thousand stones. It protects the internal annexes to the various ministries, so that they cannot communicate with Donghu, and organizes the Loufan to follow the cavalry to serve the Zhao army. The station of Huloufan's Colonel is Mayi, and the county governor and Sima are his superiors.

That's right, although the situation in Dai County stabilized after the beginning of the spring, the Donghu people returned to the Yanshan East section, but the war that officially started last year is far from over!

At the end of March, more than 30,000 troops of Zhao State had gathered in Dai County, which was not much compared to the battles of Wu, Qi, and Zhongshan. But almost the entire Zhao State's mobile troops are concentrated here, and the test and difficulty of this war for Zhao State are far greater than before.

Because what they want to do is to go deep into the unknown prairie and exotic land, to find cunning enemies like jackals, and destroy them!

After convening Youcheng, Xinzhigou, Xuqu and other generals for a meeting, Zhao Wuxi believed that Yu Xi's general idea was correct, but he underestimated Donghu's cunning and strength. life.

How to deal with the nomadic country that comes and goes like the wind? The people of this era did not have much experience. The Quan Rong that the Western Zhou Dynasty had dealt with, and the Shan Rong that Duke Huan of Qi had dealt with had a certain level of farming and settlement. The East Hu is on a par.

In the face of such an enemy, if we just take passive defense of the enemy coming and we retreat, the enemy will attack and we will defend, the war will become an endless tug-of-war, which consumes not only patience and time, but also a steady stream of food. wealth.

Zhao Wuxi didn't want to wait. The strength of the Donghu people was far inferior to that of the Xiongnu and other regimes that ruled the grasslands in later generations.

"The east route is composed of two thousand Yan army chariots and rides. It leaves Yanshan and goes north along the west foot of the Crushed Stone Mountain (Qi Laotu Mountain)." This road is the first line of the emperor's capital to Chengde and the paddock.

"The middle route is composed of 3,000 chariots and cavalry (Hebei, Hedong, and Hanoi) of the three rivers of Zhao State, 4,000 cavalrymen of Daijun, and 3,000 soldiers of Taiyuan. Xuqu and Xinzhigou are in command, leaving Zhangyuan Fortress and heading northeast." This road is the old road that Yu Xi has already discovered when he sent troops last time.

"The west route consists of 4,000 cavalrymen from Shangjun, 1,000 Yecheng Liangjiazi, and 1,000 Loufan cavalry. Youcheng takes command, goes out of Mayi, crosses the southern foot of Yinshan Mountain, clears the tribes that colluded with Donghu, and then goes northeast."

The east road and the middle road join forces on the Rao Le River, and they are expected to travel 700 to 800 miles, while the west road travels more than 1,000 miles. They want to find the "Daze" (Dalai Nuoer Lake) where the Donghu people live in the spring. , As a result, the three-way army has outflanked the core area of ​​the Donghu people, the upper reaches of the Liaohe River, so that they have no escape and can only fight against the Zhao army!

This is based on the idea of ​​the Han army going out of the fortress on five routes in the later Han-Hungarian War. Donghu did not have the powerful national strength of the later Xiongnu, and the Zhao army had the opportunity to solve the problem once and for all. But the plan was good~www.wuxiaspot.com~ Zhao Wuxi didn't know what would happen on the way.

In mid-April, it was called "Zhenzheng", but in fact it was just Zhao Wuxi, who was sitting in Longcheng, Dai County, and sent the army out of the middle road, with "Hehe Nanzhong, Jiu Yuxiang." A poem to encourage the soldiers and hope that they can establish the next King Xuan of Zhou. Shi Nanzhong defeated Ji Yun's achievements.

Watching the army of more than 10,000 chariots, troopers, and cavalry marching north, he should have full confidence in them, but Zhao Wuxi couldn't shake the uneasiness in his heart.

20,000 people went out of the fortress, but the labor for them to bear the supply and transport of food was as high as 200,000 people! It's a huge overhead, but I don't know how it will turn out. Going deep into the vast grasslands to find enemies is like gambling. The Han Dynasty attacked the Xiongnu. Wei and Huo, who had good luck and strength, won the bet, but the unlucky Li Guang often lost the bet. Therefore, it is not only logistical supplies that are tested, but also the choice of strategic route...

This time, Zhao Wuxi had no way of knowing, who would be Huo and Wei and who would be Li Guang in the army that went on the expedition?

At the same time, Zhao Jia was also in the expedition sequence of the West Route Army. He led his troops to leave Daijun with Youcheng, entered the grasslands at the southern foot of Yinshan Mountain, marched out of Hansai, and returned to Hutian...

PS: There is another chapter in the evening