Chapter 268: Cornered
The 50,000 cavalry led by Gongzi did not enter Quyang, but the Tang Dynasty behind the garrison Quyang. He took advantage of this winter to let Quyang's soldiers block Zhao Xing's army for him, and then he trained the soldiers he had pieced together in his hands. He hoped that the soldiers in front of him could win him a whole winter, not only could his brother turn the situation around, but he could also train a group of strong soldiers.
Zhao Xing is actually not idle this winter, this winter is not too cold, coupled with the dense and warm wool that Zhao Xing equipped the soldiers, so that the soldiers can also roar around in winter without being frostbitten.
Zhao Xing's troops mainly occupied the countryside of Zhongshan and isolated the cities of Zhongshan, at least, in the north, all the small towns became Zhao Xing's occupation areas.
Surround the city with the countryside, this is definitely the most novel method, without the countryside, the city will have no roots, it will become a dead city, in this regard, Zhao Xing has done a full job. So in principle, Zhao Xing has already occupied Zhongshan.
Le Yi went back and forth between Zhao Yong and Zhao Xing to coordinate. What does he coordinate? That was the last mobile force to annihilate Zhongshan-Gongzi Kuan.
Spring flowers are blooming, everything is recovering, and of course, the mood of war is like spring grass in people's hearts.
So, Zhao Xing and Le Yi made a bold decision, leaving one to continue to besiege Quyang, and the other, light cavalry raid Lingshou, King Zhongshan, we are eating and drinking snow outside, you can't hide in Lingshou with peace of mind and enjoy it.
And there is another reason, that is, Zhao Xing and Le Yi are ready to see if he can move at every turn for Zhao Jun's raid on Lingshou and Gongzi Kuan.
"As long as I raid his lair, there are only two choices left for Gongzi Kuan, the first is that he must save Lingshou, who is already empty. The second option, that is, he took advantage of the weakness of my troops besieging Quyang, and made a desperate attempt to solve the siege of Quyang. He doesn't have a third option. Zhao Xing pinched his chin and proudly embarrassed his opponent.
Le Yi said with a smile: "But no matter how he chooses, through this winter, in the name of invading and harassing their countryside, the 50,000 cavalry that I have quietly turned around can dig out his back road, this time, Gongzi Kuan can't run away." ”
"This is the sorrow of the soldiers, such a big country is attacked on both sides, and after the weakening plan of the Lord three years ago, so that the son who has money and no food, and the soldiers are widowed, even if Sun Wu is alive, he will not escape the end of being destroyed. What he is doing now is nothing more than his final dying throes. ”
Taking off the bloated fur of winter and putting on the majestic armor, Zhao Xing walked out and said to the two people: "I don't care if he is dying or not, I only see that he is not dead yet." Since he is not dead, I must kill him. Then he flew up and jumped on his war horse, and shouted to the soldiers who were already high morale outside: "Follow me, raid Lingshou." Then he took the lead and walked away.
All the way down, the towns passed along the way, it is difficult to protect themselves, who dares to come out to compete with him, can only watch Zhao Xing, with his ironclad legion, roaring all the way, those defenders, can only hide in the city and tremble, dare not peep.
The King of Zhongshan in Lingshou City, who completed the reform of the Analects, used the second half of the sage to rejuvenate the bloody nature of the Zhongshan people, and after a whole winter of hard work, finally ended in failure. Because he ignores people's subconscious acceptance, because he ignores Confucianism's ability to debate even more.
These Confucian scholars, who usually meditate hard, found an opportunity to give full play to their strengths this time. Every day, countless officials in the court enjoyed the hospitality of the little food squeezed out by the king, and then they heartily expressed their understanding of the entire Analects.
Unfortunately, as a masterpiece of profound thought, it has unfathomable thoughts. And this unfathomable thought needs to be experienced by the recipient. And because there were only bamboo slips at the time of writing the book, in order to save as much as possible, he gave full play to the most quintessential saving ideas of that era, and wrote every sentence only Confucius himself understood, and one word had multiple meanings, which made everyone inexplicable.
Or the shortcomings that Zhao Xing criticized at the beginning, one word with multiple meanings, in this language environment, you can understand it this way, and in that language environment, you can think that there is no unified perspective at all. Therefore, let these officials from Confucianism work hard to expound and explain according to their own views. And the half sentence that Zhao Xing painstakingly came up with, that is, the half-book Analects, has already made people have a deep-rooted subconscious understanding in the three years of vigorous implementation.
If you want to change a person's mind, you can achieve it in a month or two months. But where is it so easy to change the minds of millions of people?
When Zhao Xing's horse's hooves sounded outside Lingshou City, King Zhongshan threw the complete Analects in his hand to the ground in frustration and waved his hand decadently.
Those Confucian scholars who were debating were inexplicable, this is not right, it is already time for dinner, according to the custom, this is already the beginning of the meal, how can this let us disperse? You must know that since the country has long run out of grain stocks, the 200,000 soldiers in the north and south of the front have already eaten almost all of the country's treasury.
And the Zhao army, which has not stopped all winter, has occupied almost all the countryside in Zhongshan, and there is not a grain of grain, a handful of grass can be sent into the cities that are still under Zhongshan's control, and famine has already broken out in various cities.
Everyone was waiting for the king's daily meals, so why did they suddenly drive everyone away?
The concubine of the king of Zhongshan saw that everyone did not move, and sighed: "A group of rotten Confucians, it has no effect on the whole country, why should the widow waste food for you?" I will prepare to bring these meals to the head of the city to those who are dedicated to the country. Then he laughed angrily: "Even if I don't give it to those soldiers, the widow will feed it to the dogs." Then he suddenly jumped up and yelled violently: "Lux, beat this group of useless waste and sticks." ”
The concubine was benevolent, and he did not kill all these Confucian scholars who made him destroy the country in a hurry, but only beat them out with sticks.
So, a group of wrestlers rushed out with sticks in their hands, and under the sticks, there was a burst of chickens and dogs, and finally it was the king of Zhongshan who sat alone on his throne, looking at the high crowns and shoes all over the ground, and suddenly he sneered: "Zhao Xing, you used the half-step Analects to harm Zhongshan and make Zhongshan die, but I will also leave these Confucian scholars who have been poisoned by you to you, let them continue to spread their claims that have been distorted by you, and let them spread out in the land of your Zhao Kingdom, hahahaha, I want you to deeply understand, What does it mean to harm others and yourself? ”