Chapter 69 Wei Xiang wants to meet King Zhuang of Chu
The reason why Wei Xiang dared to talk to Zhao Shuo like this is not because Wei Xiang felt awesome because he was a time traveler, but because the monarchs and ministers in this era got along like this.
The law of Chinese history is that the closer we get to modern times, the more the ministers are, the more they are like slaves to the king.
In the Spring and Autumn Period, except for the King of Zhou, who was known as the "Son of Heaven", who was above everything else, other kings and ministers were completely equal in personality!
Therefore, Wei Xiang can express his views without any scruples without worrying about being disgusted by Zhao Shuo or others, because this is his right and obligation as a minister.
Wei Xiang said: "The lord has taken the military power from Luan Dun?"
Zhao Shuo smiled slightly: "There is no need. Luan Bo is a legitimate general of the army after all. However, once the army performs well, no one will dare to erase the merits of my Zhao family."
Wei Xiang nodded thoughtfully and did not speak again.
After all, the Zhao family ruled the Jin State for twenty years!
Liu Feng has arrived.
This place is not far from the capital of Zheng State. It is a must-pass road for the Chu army to head north. The terrain is flat and there are large areas of willow forests growing. It is the battlefield chosen by both Jin and Chu.
As soon as he set up a camp, the general of the Central Army summoned all the generals to discuss matters.
As Zhao Shuo's personal bodyguard, Wei Xiang was naturally able to be in the tent and stand in a position where he could observe Liuqing and Zheng Hou Jijian from a close distance.
Normally, Ji Jian is a prince, and Xi Que Zhao Shuo and others are ministers of the princes, so Ji Jian should sit in the upper head position.
However, the real situation was that Xun Que sat in the main seat with a swagger. Xun Lin's father sat on the right side of the lower head, and Zheng Hou Jijian only caught a third position on the left side of the lower head. This was because Wei Xiang's good father-in-law would give up the position.
Marquis Zheng was not dissatisfied with this. After all, it had been a full hundred years since Duke Zhuang of Zheng defeated King Zhou to dominate the world, while the hegemony of Jin had lasted for a full thirty-three years.
Wei Xiang's eyes slowly moved down, and he saw his own sect leader, cousin Wei Jiang in the tent. As for his father and third uncle, they were not qualified to participate in such a meeting.
Wei Jiang looked relaxed and blinked at Wei Xiang and showed a smile. Wei Xiang was stunned for a moment, and he also smiled.
Of course, there are many scenes of brothers fighting, but in ancient times or modern times, most people hope that their families are harmonious and willing to work hard for this goal. This made Wei Xiang, who had been full of online writing scenes before time traveling, both disappointed and relieved.
A cough from Huomi attracted everyone's attention.
The rank-in general of Jin State, the chief general of the coalition, slowly spoke: "The summons of Wei, Lu, Song, Chen and other countries were released as early as the time of sending troops, but now there is no reply. I believe the two and three sons know what the meaning of this is."
The faces of the doctors in Jin State became somewhat unhappy, and everyone knew it well. This was because Zhao Dun's death and Chu State took advantage of the situation and made those Central Plains countries start to become wait-and-see.
Zheng Houji Jian smiled and said gently: "Don't worry, as long as you win this battle, the princes will naturally gather in Jiangdu to congratulate you again."
Xiangu said coldly: "If this is true, then there will be more tributes to you at that time."
This cold joke successfully made the big tent more laughter.
But Que also smiled and said, "Although the Chu army is strong, my great Jin has dominated the Central Plains since Duke Wen and become the princes. Naturally, I will not retreat to the Chu people because of Xuanzi's death. Now the Chu army has set up camp twenty miles south of our army's camp. Who would have the second and third sons want to go to the Chu army camp for my great Jin envoy?"
But after a short voice fell, the tent was silent for a moment.
The wars these days are very ritualistic. Before the two countries fight, they must exchange letters of war to agree on the time of the battle. Then everyone will set up a formation to make a battle.
Although Duke Xiang of Jin took the initiative to launch the first siege and annihilation war without notice, rules and demeanor thirty years ago, and directly wiped out tens of thousands of Qin troops in Gushan to ruin the hegemony of Qin Mugong, that battle was criticized by historians for breaking the rules. Therefore, after thirty years, Jin returned to the rules of the war game and no longer did such extraordinary things.
However, submitting a war letter is a completely errand-running job, and maybe you will be a little bit troubled by the other party. If you complete it well, you should be punished if you don’t complete it well. Therefore, everyone naturally lacks interest in this job.
Wei Jiang, the leader of the Wei clan, naturally had the same mentality. He did not speak at the beginning until he found that Wei Xiang, who was standing behind Zhao Shuo, kept blinking at him and signaling.
After hesitating for a moment, Wei Jiang stood up and said, "Bo, Wei Jiang is willing to go to the Chu camp to submit a letter of war."
This action immediately attracted everyone's attention. But Que, who was about to randomly designate a bad guy, breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Very good, then there will be a laborious doctor Wei."
Later, he mentioned some precautions for war, clarified the subordinates and positions of the various ministers, officials, and Zheng army tomorrow, and announced the resignation.
From the beginning to the end, the entire pre-war meeting lasted less than half an hour!
As for the intelligence investigation and collection of Chu State? No.
The analysis and utilization of the battlefield terrain? What a joke? Everyone is a chariot these days, so they must have hedged on the wide ridges and plains. They have been fighting like this for hundreds of years. What else can they judge and use?
The military of the Spring and Autumn Period reflected the primitive and stubbornness of the nobles and officials everywhere.
Although hundreds of years of war has forced the Chinese princes to keep pace with the times, the progress has not been achieved until the late Spring and Autumn Period and the early Warring States Period, when Sun Wu, Wu Qi, Sun Bin, Bai Qi, Li Mu, and Wang Jian came out, there was a real breakthrough and leap.
After coming out of the big tent, Zhao Shuo glanced at Wei Xiang: "Why are you hinting at Wei Jiang?"
Wei Xiang bowed and said, "Please allow the minister to follow Doctor Wei to the Chu camp."
Zhao Shuo glanced at Wei Xiang with a strange look: "Why?"
Wei Xiang said seriously: "Know yourself and your enemy, and you will never be defeated in a hundred battles!"
Zhao Shuo was stunned and then laughed out loud: "What a good friend who knows himself and his enemy will never win. It's interesting, very interesting! Go and see what information you can find back."
Wei Xiang smiled and bowed, then left the Zhao camp and headed towards the Wei camp.
Chapter completed!