Chapter 30: The Great War Begins

Once the power of war mobilization was issued, the state apparatus of the Jin State served the war with all its might, and the weak and small Jin State in charge of Lin Mu had nine out of ten territories, and to this day there are only a few big cities and small towns such as Puyang and Yueqiu, which are really small and pitiful compared with the big cities of the Tianxia Dynasty.

It's no wonder that Lin Mu's younger brother Lin Zijie wants to depreciate himself as the king, and such a big chassis dares to be called the emperor and the son of heaven, which is too empty.

However, what surprised him was that although the Jin Kingdom had a small territory, it also had a large population, and even such a large territory had a population of nearly 300,000, which was equivalent to nearly 15% of the population of Korea, the weakest country in the current dynasty.

The Jin State can have such a large population or the geographical location has a great reason, the Central Plains is densely populated, the Jin State is located in the hinterland of the Central Plains, living in the world, this land has a pleasant climate, rich products, is a rich land, not only agriculture is developed, industry and commerce are very developed, but also a major reason for the many merchants of the Jin Kingdom.

The economy is developed and the population is naturally dense.

The commercial center of the world in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, among which the Jin Kingdom and Tao were the most prosperous, the former was mainly in the north of the river, and the latter was in the south of the river, with convenient water and land transportation, and had unique geographical and economic advantages.

A government decree was widely distributed to the territory of the Jin State, and the army and the Liang Dynasty began immediately, and the important members of the Jin State headed by the Sanqing began to calm down and began to prepare for the war mobilization, and immediately recruited strong men to fight in the army throughout the Jin State.

This decree down the Jin country to make a fuss, war is commonplace for the common people of this era, but at present, when the spring ploughing is now, suddenly to pour the country's strength to raise troops to fight, this war will not only have to shed blood and sacrifice but also miss the agricultural time, for a time the people of the Jin country began to complain.

In the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, this is an era of cultivation and warfare in which all the people are soldiers, except for the Liang Wushu who was at the height of the time is purely a military born for war, there is no large-scale standing army in this era, and only when the war begins to gather soldiers and horses, the country and the field abandon farm work to gather into an army, and the national treasury begins to distribute weapons, and sometimes soldiers have to bring their own food, and even weapons must be prepared.

Although Liang Wushu was powerful, even in the heyday of the Liang State at that time, a pure army was only maintained at the scale of 570,000.

This is also the characteristic of farming warfare in the Warring States Period, which led to the fact that hundreds of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of soldiers could be formed in a single battle.

The Jin State mobilized for a series of wars, and the private armies of the major Qing clans headed by the Sanqing were all pulled out, and nearly 100,000 men in the Jin Kingdom, except for the old and the young, were almost all dressed in battle, and those who could not go to the battlefield joined the logistics preparations.

In short, to serve this national war, in the way of no retreat, the mobilization was completed within seven days, and the Jin ministers said that the Jin country did not bring more than 10,000 armor, in fact, there were only more than 8,000 fragments of the basic armed forces in several cities, which were divided by several major Qing clans.

But even so, after the whole country went all out to fight for this and mobilized in seven days, the Jin State was able to gather nearly 50,000 troops.

It is not an exaggeration to say that all the people are soldiers, and they can basically be pulled to the battlefield.

In this operation, it is not an exaggeration to say that Lin Mu is gambling on the fortune of the country!

More than 400,000 soldiers of the new country were killed in the battle of Changping, and then the new country collapsed, which is not unreasonable, this time the Jin country gathered 50,000 soldiers, and all the people were soldiers.

If you lose miserably, the country will be destroyed, if you don't win, your vitality will be greatly damaged, Lin Mu is also very likely to lose power, and I am afraid that the name of tyrant will not be shaken off. So many people abandon farming to prepare for war on the occasion of spring ploughing, what will they eat in the coming year? Even if it is drawn, I don't know how many people will starve to death later, how can it not be a war of gambling countries, this is the world of the great battle of the warring states in the world!

On the tenth day of the war mobilization, more than 47,000 troops had been gathered outside the southern gate of Diqiu City. Among the nearly 50,000 soldiers, there are no more than 10,000 armorers wearing armor and armor, and the rest are strong people, and tens of thousands of people are dressed differently.

Despite this, in the era of the Warring States Rebellion and the era when all the people were soldiers, all countries were fierce and fierce, and they had combat effectiveness with a stick.

"This battle: winning, the country will be strong——! If you lose, the country will be destroyed——! Why is the war burning? In the world of great controversy, our generation has something in our hearts! At this moment, the wind is howling, the battle flag is surging with the wind, nearly 50,000 soldiers are silent, before the large army array below, headed by the general Sima Ningyuan, winning the battle is also on the side, and they have ridden their horses and looked at the city tower, tens of thousands of eyes looked at the Shouyang city tower.

Lin Mu, who was dressed in military uniform on the city tower, said loudly again: "Whoever participates in the battle; One person gets 100 acres of fertile land; Whoever kills the enemy's first rank (officer) will get a hundred hectares of fertile land (ancient measurement system); Whoever dies in battle shall be exempted from household tax; After the war, those who have made meritorious contributions will not bow to the generals and listen to the seals, and reward them for their meritorious deeds——! ”

"Jin Feng ——!"

Tens of thousands of people roared, deafening. The general Ning Yuan felt that the morale of tens of thousands of soldiers had risen sharply, and he was deeply touched.

Putting it to death and then being born, the whole country knows that this battle is a fateful battle, which can be described as a rainbow, and this alone has no complaints about Lin Mu's leading army.

Ning Yuan couldn't help but sigh in his heart, the way of military strategy is indeed worthy of being a disciple of Taifu Meng!

But what followed was excitement, there was such a master who could fight and strategize, and he led the army, and his confidence in the face of a strong enemy country was also greatly increased, what he didn't know was that his heart was also affected by this morale.

On the top of the city tower, Lin Mu waved the red robe of the shawl, held the sword on his waist with his right hand, and slowly unsheathed it.

The blade of the sword pointed forward in an instant, without any words, just one movement standing on the top of the castle tower.

Ning Yuan, the general who was standing on a horse, looked at Lin Mu on the city tower, and the sword pointed at the signal, Ning Yuan immediately turned around, and the generals who won the battle also turned around, and General Sima suddenly tore his throat: "The three armies listen to the order." Let's go! ”

When the drummer saw this, he immediately beat the drum!

Knock knock knock ......!

The soldiers approached the city, and the 50,000-strong army marched mightily, stirring up dust in the sky in an instant.

Lin Mu on the top of the city tower put his sword into the sheath, turned around and went down to the city, and after a while, a team of men and horses rushed out from the gate of the south city, chasing the army, and the leader of the horse was Lin Mu.

This is a fateful war, it is the first big move since Lin Mu returned to the eyes of the nations, and this battle marks the official entry of the Jin State into the ranks of the world's great struggle for more than 500 years.

Until later generations of historians turned the page of history, they were all impressed by his strong courage, insight and decisiveness.

Lin Mu led tens of thousands of troops from Shouyang City to the southwest, and arrived at the Pushui area south of the river (Yellow River) in the early morning of the next day.

From Shouyang City to the control of Pushui, the journey in the past two days was almost 150 miles, and the army was also a little tired.

In the big tent of the military camp, Lin Mu, who personally took command of the expedition, summoned a group of Jin generals who went with the army, such as Win Zhan and Ning Yuan, to hold the first military meeting.