"Newspaper-" Xianyang, in the Chongzheng Palace. Qingji was discussing with the ministers and doctors of Wu State, and a guard hurriedly walked into the main hall and handed Qingji a battle report.

"King, Wu Yang good news!" Good news? Qingji took the chapter and looked at it, couldn't help but squint his eyes, looked around for a week, looked at the ministers under His Majesty's platform, and said slowly: "Second and third sons, Wu Zhang led the army to annihilate more than 500 cavalry in Yiqu in the border area of Wuyang. ”

"The reason is that the Yiqu people chased and killed the Wushi refugees to the territory of my Wu country." Hearing this, the ministers couldn't help but look at each other.

"King!" At this time, the great Sima Wu Zixu came out of the line with a tooth wat in his hand and said: "The minister thinks that this time the Yiqu people did not enter the territory of my Wu country by mistake, but they did it deliberately!" ”

"In the past six months, the Yiqu people have successively swept away the four Rong countries of Quyan, Kunyi, Mianzhu and Wushi, and their national strength has increased greatly."

"All the countries of Xirong have asked for help from my Great Wu."

"If you don't defeat the spirit of the righteous people, extinguish their prestige. The minister is afraid that the Yiqu people will gain an inch, and then they will take advantage of the momentum of a great victory and invade the borders of our Wu country! ”

"King, strike first! The minister asked for orders and led the army to conquer the country of Yiqu! Before Qingji could speak, Dazai Jiran, who was sitting on the side, got up and said, "King, the minister seconded the proposal!" ”

"The wolf ambition of the Yiqu people has been revealed."

"Since the fall of the Wu Clan, the Yiqu people have repeatedly plundered the merchants, killed people and sold goods. They also went on a killing spree in the border markets, and there were not a few merchants from the Wu Kingdom and the Chinese countries who died. ”

"If this goes on for a long time, the border market will no longer exist, and the trade routes from my Wu country to Western countries, even the main roads, will be firmly contained by the Yiqu people!"

"King, please send troops to recruit Yiqu!"

"The minister seconded the proposal!" All the ministers and doctors expressed no objection and agreed with Wu Zixu and Ji Ran's proposals.

This is exactly what Qingji wants to see. Wu is united and united, how can it not achieve great things?

What the monarchs and ministers of Wu were most worried about was not that the Yiqu people had unified the Xirong kingdoms and achieved their rise. Instead, the Yiqu people controlled the Silk Road and cut off the transportation hub between the East and the West.

Because, to this day, the Silk Road is like a cornucopia, and the energy source continues to bring great wealth to the Wu State.

In addition, the Silk Road connected the state of Wu and the capital of the Western Regions. Once this Silk Road is lost, Wu's Western Regions Protectorate will become an enclave.

Qingji's son, Gongzi Fan, may not be able to defend the enclave of the Western Regions.

"Zengdian, Wuyang, Yongyang, Yunyang, Didao and other places, how much grain and grass are hoarded now?" Hearing this, Zhisu Neishi Zeng immediately got up and said: "Back to the king, in the past three months, the grain and grass from all over my Wu country have been continuously sent to the cities in the northwest border. ”

"So far, there are 560,000 stone of corn and rice, and horse feed such as hay, rice straw, beans, wheat and wheat bran, which is about 600,000 stone!"

"Good." Why did Qingji spend several months hoarding so much grain and grass in several cities on the northwestern border of Wu Kingdom?

In order to destroy the Yiqu Kingdom, or even sweep away the eight kingdoms of Xirong in one go! As the so-called soldiers and horses have not moved, grain and grass go first.

Forage is as important as grain. Especially when the state of Wu wants tens of thousands of cavalry to go out at every turn.

In ancient times, in addition to eating roughage such as grass, hay, and wheat straw, horses had to feed them concentrated feed, that is, beans, wheat, wheat bran, and salt, so that they could have the strength to do heavy work.

The horses at the horse farm are fed soybeans or peas every day, and sometimes corn. It doesn't matter if people eat almost anything, military horses must be fed and eaten well.

Generally speaking, in the spring and autumn harvest seasons, large animals such as horses and mules should be fed more grain, so that they can have the strength to work.

Sometimes some vegetable oil is mixed in the wheat bran, probably to add some nutrients to the horse or to prevent constipation.

Sometimes the horse will be constipated if it eats too much hay, so feed it some low-quality honey to moisten the intestines...... Raising horses is a science.

Qingji doesn't know too much yet. However, as a high-ranking person, Qingji can think that in autumn and winter, cattle, sheep, horses and other livestock on the grassland will be hungry and even frozen to death in the ice and snow because of the sharp decline of wild grass.

It's something obvious. The Rongdi nation throughout the ages, the most vulnerable time is winter.

Therefore, Qingji chose to start a war when winter was approaching, and he was very thoughtful. First, Wu needs a certain amount of time to make the army cavalry and shoot and improve the combat effectiveness of the cavalry.

Second, Wu Guo should first hoard a large amount of grain and grass at the border and make adequate preparations. Third, Qingji wanted to use the policy of Huairou to make the Yiqu people make a wrong judgment and think that Wu would not send troops easily.

Fourth, Qingji's forbearance and forgiveness form a sharp contrast with the aggressiveness of the Yiqu people.

In this way, the people of Wushi, Quyan, Kunyi and other Xirong countries will definitely be jealous and reject the brutal Yiqu people.

Moreover, Wu Guo has been holding his breath in his heart for the actions of the Yiqu people for a long time.

Now Qingji needs them to burst out in silence. Hold one's head high!

"Bo Ng, the winter clothes of the soldiers have been prepared?" Qingji set his sights on the body of Cheng Bo in the imperial history.

Bo Yu hurriedly replied: "Back to the king, so far, the minister has been ordered to make 210,000 winter clothes and more than 180,000 sets of quilts that are enough to keep out the cold!" ”

"Good." Qingji nodded.

"Deliver the widow's order!" Qingji stood up slowly, with a resolute look on his face, and waved his big hand: "Raise 30,000 cavalry, 150,000 foot soldiers, divide into three armies, and conquer Yiqu!" ”

"In this battle, the widow wants to drive the expedition in person, not to destroy the righteous canal, and to swear not to turn back!"

"No!" In this battle, if they can't destroy the Yiqu people, Qingji will really have no shame to face the father of Wu Guo.

The army of 180,000, coupled with the efforts to disperse the forces of the Yiqu people for most of the year, made the Yiqu people spurned by the rest of the Xirong countries...... If you have to destroy the Yiqu Kingdom, at least you don't need so many troops.

It's just that Qingji's appetite is big enough. He wants to wipe out the eight kingdoms of Xijon in one go! Don't give them any respite.

Immediately, Qingji ordered Kong Qiu and Yanghu to send envoys to the rest of the Xirong countries, and found the kings or princes and nobles of the four Rong countries of Quyan, Kunyi, Mianzhu, and Wushi, and asked them to cooperate with the army to conquer the Yiqu country.

Because although the Yiqu people are called

"200,000 people who control the strings", but it is impossible to occupy such a huge Longgan grassland, so even those destroyed Xirong countries and their tribes still have a certain ability to resist and will not submit to the Yiqu people.

In such a popular situation, if Qingji can still defeat the battle, he should find a piece of tofu brain and kill him.