Chapter 596: Ancient Version of Blitzkrieg
The six secretaries of the Jin State are: Fan, Zhongxing, Zhi, Han, Zhao, and Wei.
None of them are easy to provoke.
The current civil war situation in the Jin Kingdom can be imagined as follows:
The Fan family, the Bank of China family, and the Handan family joined forces to deal with the Zhao family.
However, the rest of the Zhi family, the Han family, the Zhao family, the Wei family. The four families fought against them again.
The Handan clan has been the Handan doctor of the Jin State for generations, and it is another powerful political force in addition to the six secretaries of the Jin State.
The civil war of the Jin State was originally a family infighting between the Zhao family and the Handan clan, between the large and small clans, but it was used as a fuse to trigger a nationwide civil war between the six Qings for power and profit.
As far as Qingji knew, during this period, Qi Guo, Zheng Guo, and even Zhou Tianzi also took advantage of the civil war of the Six Secretaries of the Jin State to participate in it, assisting the Fan family and the Zhongxing clan in an attempt to plot the Jin State.
Historically, it took eight years of fighting for Zhao Ying to quell the civil strife.
Isn't this a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for Wu Guo?
For three years, since Wu withdrew from the land of Zhou Zheng, Wu has been developing peacefully and restoring people's livelihood.
What is Qingji's ambition?
Extinguish Chu!
Yes!
Qingji wants to take advantage of the Jin civil war and the Central Plains to fall into a scuffle, trying to plot the Chu State and complete the unification of the south!
"The widow wants to wield the master to destroy Chu, I don't know what the second and third sons want?"
Hearing this, Sun Wu, Fan Li, Wu Zixu and others present had no objections.
After all, at this time, Wu is strong and Chu is weak, and the huge gap in national strength makes Wu enough to completely crush Chu and decide the battle in one battle!
Without the help of the Jin State, it was basically impossible for the Chu State to resist a large-scale attack from the Wu State.
After Fan Li pondered for a moment, he bowed to Qingji and said, "The king wants to destroy Chu, but."
"However, I thought that the tiger and the rabbit still needed all our strength. Wu destroyed Chu, I am afraid that the Qin people in the northwest will not sit idly by......
The truth of cold lips and teeth, doesn't Qin Guo understand?
However, at this time, the situation in the Qin State was still somewhat special.
Meng Huan's father, the maternal grandfather of Chu Gong Xiong Zhen, was deceased, and he was nicknamed "Qin Aigong".
Qin Aigong's son is Qin Yigong, but Qin Yigong did not have the blessing of being a monarch and died before he could ascend the throne.
Therefore, Qin Aigong let his grandson Zhao Ning directly succeed to the throne for Qin Huigong.
This was the fifteenth monarch of the Qin state.
After Qin Aigong, Qin's national strength deteriorated, not to mention going east to compete with the Jin people, or westward to attack Wushi, Yiqu and other Rongdi, it is already extremely good to be able to hold on to one-third of an acre of land.
Moreover, since Wu replaced Chu and became the hegemon of the south, Wu and Qin had already made an alliance and would not fight easily......
"Great King, do you want to inform the Qin people so that they don't dare to act rashly?"
Fan Li squinted his eyes and asked.
Hearing this, Qingji just waved his hand and said, "No need. Now, if you tell the Qin people, it will inevitably startle the snake......
"The Qin people don't dare to fight with our Wu army, even if they dare, what's the matter?"
The state of Wu, which poured the power of the country and launched a fatal blow against the state of Chu, even if the two countries of Qin and Chu were tied together, was not the opponent of the "chariot of the state of Wu"!
Now, if you follow Fan Li's idea and tell the Qin people, Qingji is afraid that the Qin people will report the news, so that the Chu State can prepare and take precautions.
"What the widow wants to fight is a blitzkrieg."
"Blitzkrieg?"
Everyone in the art of war, including Sun Wu and Wu Zixu, expressed their puzzlement.
"King, what is a blitzkrieg?"
"Blitzkrieg, like lightning, quickly crush the enemy! That is, a thunderous blow!"
Hearing Qingji's explanation, Sun Wu, Wu Zixu and others couldn't help but bow their heads slightly and agreed.
Surprise and attack unprepared.
That's the essence of Blitzkrieg!
"Blitzkrieg" refers to the concentration of surprise attacks and quick attacks, hitting the enemy like lightning, so that the enemy will lose their fighting spirit and break down under the sudden huge blow, so as to easily win the war.
When it comes to blitzkrieg, most people will surely first think of a powerful tactic used by the Germans in World War II, and think of its inventor, the famous Germanic general Heinz Wilhelm Guderian.
In fact, the first time blitzkrieg was really invented and used was in China, and the person who invented it was a well-known generation of famous generals-
The Han God of War Huo Quai!
And Huo Qubing was also the first to use this tactic in the war against the Xiongnu by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.
As the youngest and best general of the Han Dynasty, he abandoned traditional tactics and switched to new tactics.
In ancient times, there were no modern aircraft tanks, and if you want to achieve super-maneuverable blitzkrieg, you can only rely on war horses.
Huo Qubing used the original blitzkrieg tactics to achieve brilliant results in the Han-Hun War.
Prior to this, almost all generals adopted the traditional tactics of advancing slowly and encountering troops, and Huo Qubing can be said to have created a precedent for new tactics.
However, in ancient times, the tactics of blitzkrieg warfare relied too much on war horses, and the requirements for war horses in long-distance attacks were extremely harsh, so that many war horses died and died of exhaustion.
For example, of the 140,000 war horses fought by the Han in the Battle of Mobei, only more than 40,000 returned safely, which shows the great loss of war horses.
If it weren't for the huge family foundation left by the rule of Wenjing in the early stage, the Han might not be able to bear this kind of consumption.
It can be seen that the use of blitzkrieg in ancient times was not easy, so it was not widely used.
However, Qingji is confident that he can use a blitzkrieg to wipe out the Chu State!
Why?
Behind Wu Jun is a powerful state apparatus!
With strong national strength as support, it is the key to the invincibility and invincibility of the Wu army!
"Sun Wu!"
"The minister is here!"
"You are responsible for concentrating the soldiers of various departments, the vanguard army of 30,000 people, pretending to be a merchant traveler, porter, soldier, etc., and blending into it...... Half a year, the widow will give you half a year, and you can secretly send all 30,000 elite soldiers to the place to wait for the times to change!"
"No!"
Sun Wu immediately agreed.
Let 30,000 elite soldiers pretend to be *** people in half a year, and enter the border area of Wu and Chu, which is as easy as a finger.
Qingji's move is similar to Lu Meng's "crossing the river in white".
Its purpose is to kill the Chu people by surprise!
"Ji Ran, Fan Li!"
"The minister is here!"
"The two of you are responsible for dispatching grain, baggage, horses, military vehicles, and all kinds of weapons and armor, all of which are sent to civilian ships, and you must remember to keep them secret."
"No!"
Half a year is enough for Wu Guo to be fully prepared.
Even if the Chu people noticed something unusual, the military plan of blitzkrieg against Yingdu would not be easily changed.
After making some arrangements, Qingji looked around again and said solemnly, "Second and third sons, this battle is a battle to destroy Chu. Victory, not defeat!"
"The widow should be scheduled to wipe out 100,000 troops in March next year! Make sure you succeed!"
"No!"
Everyone sang loudly at this moment.