Chapter 194: The Road to Hegemony
The army of the State of Chu was already ready to go outside the walls of the State of Chu.
Standing on the top of the city on the weekend, overlooking his carefully cultivated army, a great pride rose in his heart. Are there a few more such teams afraid that they will not be able to dominate the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States?
After a year of tempering, the Chu army stood neatly under the city wall at this time, waving the flag, at a glance, the soldiers were heroic, standing proudly, and the killing spirit was coming, just like the army that had been trained on the battlefield for a long time, if anyone underestimated, they would have to pay the price of blood.
"This is the army of my Chu State?" Except for Cheng Jia, the rest of the ministers of the Chu State almost dropped their jaws in shock. Some were even so surprised that their lips trembled.
"So why should we be afraid of him and enter the kingdom." Some ministers sighed.
The ministers who opposed the weekend troops just now immediately changed their attitudes, and no one objected to the weekend troops to save Cai, but some people wished that the troops would be sent out on the weekend sooner to teach the Jin Kingdom a lesson, and they had this evil breath in their hearts.
"These ministers are just grass on the wall." Weekend shook his head and thought to himself.
Cai Guo needs a day's journey from the capital of Chu State, and without further ado, he ordered his troops and horses to set off immediately on the weekend.
The army of the state of Chu marched mightily towards the state of Cai, and as usual, sat in a wide carriage on the weekend. His carriage is more than ten square meters in size, the large carriage can accommodate more than 20 people at the same time, and the whole carriage is divided into two areas, the front can be used to meet with the generals in the army, and the back can be used for a rest. The carriage floor was covered with thick soft mattresses, which slowed some of the tremors. The carriage drawn by four horses is stable and stable, stable and comfortable.
After walking a distance, I heard some voices on the weekend. He estimated that it should be in the main city of Yingdu now. If the people are strong, the country will be strong, and whether the country is rich or not depends on how the people live. For this, he did not put the soldiers under martial law.
He lifted the corner of the carriage curtain and looked out. The first thing that catches your eye is the shops facing the street, but there are not many customers coming in and out. Some people were curious to watch along the way.
"Who is this?"
"Don't be rude, this is our king."
"Ahh King? ”
"Where are we going in this battle?" The curious people asked some well-informed people around them.
"Didn't you say that Cai Guo sent an envoy to Chu State to ask for help? King Zhuang is going to send troops to save Cai Guo. ”
"No, Cai Guo has been beaten by Jin Guo for several days, why is it only now that he has sent troops?"
"I heard that Cai Guo sent Cai Yunxi, the daughter of King Cai, to come this time, you know!" The speaker poked his companion.
I can't cry or laugh on the weekend, the people are like this, and everyone is the same. Although he has done many things, most of the people still think that he is a dumb prince with a lustful voice.
The carriage continued to travel a distance of more than ten meters. He saw some children kneeling on the side of the road, dressed in tatters, with hair like a chicken's nest and straw stuck in their bodies. He had only seen the scene of selling children and girls in TV dramas, but now this real scene happened in front of him.
"The people of Chu are not having a good time." Weekend sighed. The capital is still like this, not to mention some remote places in the Chu State.
"Only when the people are rich can the country be rich, and only then can there be military spending. When the war is over, I must find a way to make the people of Chu rich. "If he wants to achieve his goal of dominating the Central Plains, the people of Chu are living too hard.
On the weekend, I lifted the curtain from time to time on the road to see, and the scene on the road was even worse than in the capital, and many people on the road were wearing old clothes, but most of them were wearing sewn and mended clothes, and some of the poorer clothes were worn with several large holes. Most of the people, young and old, were skinny and yellow, and they had obviously not had enough to eat for a long time.
On the weekend, I didn't expect that most of the people of Chu were living without food and clothing. They looked dazed, not the slightest bit angry or the slightest bit of energy.
Even in some poor villages, entire villages depend on begging for a living. Weekend life in modern times has never seen such a bleak scene.
As his car passed, the people avoided it.
There was a scrawny little boy who couldn't help but shout, "Dad, mother, I'm so hungry." ”
The man took the bark out of his bosom and gave it to the boy.
The boy took the bark and devoured it.
"Big Tiger, save some food." The man licked his lips and said very reluctantly.
He didn't put up with it on the weekend, but he didn't send food to the people or anything. There are so many hungry people that if everyone gets a little, the army will not have enough to eat. And he was afraid that the people would rush up and loot.
He knows what matters. He pondered for a moment and called the system out.
"You have to find a way to help these people." If left unchecked, these people are likely to starve to death.
"No way. I can't help. If you want to wait for the war to be over and help them be more productive. ”
There are many people in the Chu State who live like these people. I can't help for a while, and I can't help for a while, so I have no choice but to put down the carriage curtain and not look at them on the weekend. But the sight of the little boy gobbling up the bark kept echoing in his mind, and it made him feel uncomfortable.
When I arrived at the Chucai border, my heart was still very heavy on the weekend. Along the way, many people from Cai ran to Chu State.
Over the weekend, I buckled the board wall.
The carriage stopped, and Cheng Jia walked up to the carriage. "King Zhuang, what do you command?"
"Find a person from Cai Guo and ask Cai Guo about his situation."
"Yes."
After a while.
Cheng Jia came back to talk back. "King Zhuang, the Jin Kingdom has already hit the main city of the Cai State, and it seems that it will not be able to hold on." Cheng Jia said steadily, not in a hurry at all.
"Command the army to move quickly!" On the weekend, I got out of the carriage and changed horses, and although the carriage was comfortable, the speed of the carriage was too slow, and it would slow down the march of the army. He reined in his horse and ordered.
promised Cai Yunxi to save her father. If you can't be a beauty, it's strange if you don't turn your face. King Cai, you have to hold on. He meditated in his heart.
"Yes." Cheng Jia hurriedly said.
Someone among the refugees in Cai Guo shouted: "The king of Chu is here!" The State of Chu has sent troops to save our State of Cai. ”
"Really." There are refugees in Cai who weep with joy. Who would want to leave their homeland if they could. When the Chu soldiers came, the Jin soldiers would be driven away immediately, and they would be able to go back to live in Cai.
"The King of Chu is mighty!" I don't know who shouted among the refugees.
Immediately, the refugees shouted in unison. "The King of Chu is mighty!"
The pace of the army's advance was much quicker, and after about half an hour, the army finally reached the territory of Cai.
On weekends, sit on horseback and gallop with the army. The main city of Cai is finally in sight. Looking at the past from a distance, the front smoke was filled, and the Jin army was constantly attacking the city. He frowned, very confident that the road to hegemony of the Chu State would begin from here. ()