It has been almost four hundred years since King Su.
The IQ of the barbarians is no worse than that of Zhuxia, but their culture is backward. After so many years, it is completely different when it was first established.
Their civilization has improved a lot compared to before, and they have even begun to build cities.
Especially the barbarians who lived together with the princes of the Central Plains gradually turned into a farming nation.
But this is not good news for Luo Shi. Barbarians are easy to conquer, but it is not easy to conquer another civilization.
The civilization of Zhuxia has been clearly distinguished from that of the barbarians since King Su. A large number of classics have distanced Zhuxia's heritage from these barbarians.
Especially the Luo family, who have first-hand information about King Su, they know how great King Su is and how far-reaching his wisdom is.
Zhu Xia, the carrier of his wisdom, must always remain prosperous.
Therefore, these Yi Di, who represent another civilization, must perish!
Ji Zhao cared very much about the development of Zhuxia.
Putting aside his own simple feelings, the tangible benefits alone prevented him from giving up. Zhu Xia's crusade against the barbarians could give him luck.
The more prosperous Zhu Xia is, the faster his luck points will increase.
If Luo Shi plays a major role in this, then the increase in luck points will be very considerable.
Lu Xiaobai and Guan Zhong were deeply influenced by the Luo family.
Therefore, this major historical event of them respecting the king and repelling the barbarians can allow Ji Zhao to gain a lot of luck points.
Qi State and Laiyi State have been entangled for three hundred years. In the early stage, Laiyi State suppressed Qi State and fought, but later the two sides won each other.
However, because the Qi State occupied a favorable terrain, the victory gradually fell to the Qi State. Even if the Lai Yi State had some victories during Lu Wujiu's period, it would not affect the overall situation.
Now under Guan Zhong's rule, Qi has become stronger than ever before, and Laiyi still doesn't know that they are in danger of destruction.
Facing Qi's menacing attack, they were all old rivals. Laiyi's reaction was also very fast, and they quickly assembled a large army to fight as usual.
Then in the cool autumn weather of October, Lai Yi faced a huge defeat!
Zhang Qi led the Qi army and defeated the Laiyi army who underestimated the enemy in the field. Due to the special terrain, the Laiyi people had no way to escape, and the number of casualties reached nearly 30,000.
This was a great victory that had not happened in many years. When the news spread back to the Qi State, it was natural that there was an uproar.
Guan Zhong followed Zhang Qi to witness the whole victory, and said with a smile: "Zhang Qing, this defeat of the Laiyi Kingdom must have underestimated our army. Next, we should continue to attack, complete the victory in one battle, and not give the Laiyi Kingdom anything." Opportunities to adjust.”
Guan Zhong was a versatile man in both civil and military affairs, and his military strategy was actually quite good, but it was just incomparable with political strategy.
At least Zhang Qi and Guan Zhong, as professional generals, completely agreed on the situation in Laiyi.
Before the first battle was over, Zhang Qi discovered that the Laiyi Kingdom did not know the changes in Qi State at all, and was still looking at the Qi army from the past, so he underestimated the enemy.
Hearing Guan Zhong's words, Zhang Qi immediately smiled and said: "What the Prime Minister said is absolutely true, and he also thinks so.
This time a hundred thousand troops are sent out for an expedition. If the battle cannot be won quickly, farming may be delayed.
Now we need to choose a suitable place, drive the soldiers of the Lai Yi Kingdom there, and let them fight a tough battle with our army.
Our country's military strength is not comparable to that of these Lai Yi people.
As long as there is another annihilation war, the available troops in the Laiyi Kingdom will definitely be severely damaged.
At that time, we can directly attack their capital, and we will not be afraid of siege warfare. "
After Guan Zhong and Zhang Qi decided on their strategy, they attacked decisively and began to gather the Lai Yi army for small-scale battles.
Another half month of trekking, constantly pushing eastwards, this is another weakness of the Laiyi Kingdom.
They have actually been blocked on the peninsula by the Xia countries such as Qi and Ju, and there is no way to escape. Only by defeating Qi can they escape from this prison.
Zhang Qi began to let the core soldiers eat meat, and all the horses were fed with good fodder, and he was about to fight the second battle with the regrouped Laiyi defeated army.
On the bank of glue, Zhang Qi finally met the regrouped Lai Yi people and the supporting troops from the Lai Yi country.
Most of the cities in this era were built beside water streams.
Therefore, all previous battles were fought not far from the water source. After Zhang Qi defeated the Lai Yi army, he defeated five cities in a row and came here.
The season has gradually entered late autumn, and the strong winds are picking up the fallen grass blades on the ground, and there is a chilling atmosphere in the air.
Zhang Qi led the most elite 50,000 troops in the center, and the two deputy commanders each guarded the left and right wings with 20,000 troops.
Guan Zhong looked at his neat troops and asked calmly: "Zhang Qing, are you sure of this battle?"
Zhang Qi cupped his hands and said: "Prime Minister, you are a scholar of heaven and man, and you have trained such a strong army for Qi.
If such a military appearance still fails, I will directly commit suicide here and have no face to see the king and you. "
This was Zhang Qi's innermost thoughts. During his thirty years in Yan State, when had he ever thought that he could command such a powerful army?
If Yan had such an army, what would Shanrong and Donghu have to fear?
Zhang Qi expressed his determination to win.
Guan Zhong patted Zhang Qi on the arm and said: "Zhang Qing, as long as you win, the king, my wife also hopes that you can go back with news of victory."
The armor-wearing rate of Qi's army is much higher than five years ago.
Not only did the Qi State cast it themselves, but they also bought a lot of armor from the Luo State.
On the other hand, the Laiyi people's technical level is completely incomparable with Qi's.
Bloody and barbaric, full of primitive flavor. If these Yi people were not brave and numerous, they would have been eradicated by the Qi State long ago.
Zhang Qi stood on the chariot and began to mobilize the soldiers to fight against the Yi people. This was completely different from the previous fight against Qu Guo.
These Yi people will not abide by Zhou etiquette and will not pursue them if they escape more than fifty or a hundred steps away. This is a real life-and-death fight.
"The sons of Qi State are facing the Lai Yi people.
The lost dogs who were just defeated by you a few days ago, now they want to continue fighting against our Qi country.
I will ask you, are you afraid? "
"Qi will be victorious!"
All the soldiers of Qi State shouted, victory is the most morale-boosting thing.
"Bang the drum! March!"
Following Zhang Qi's order, the drummers began to beat the drums, and all the Qi soldiers began to move forward according to the sound of the drums.
Especially the shield soldiers in the front row, who are responsible for blocking bows and arrows for the soldiers behind.
The clear blue sky, the gurgling stream, the rapid beating of drums, the rumbling sound of chariots, and the crisp moment of metal clashing.
There were fallen corpses one after another, with bright red blood flowing on the ground, forming a cruel scene.
Zhang Qi led the most elite soldiers of Qi State and rushed forward.
The combat effectiveness of these soldiers was not at the same level as that of peasant soldiers, and they directly drove away the Laiyi formation.
Such an army clashed from left to right, and the entire Laiyi army was divided into several groups to fight. Soon, it was impossible to get accurate military orders, and it fell into a situation where the enemy was concerned about one thing and the other.
When this fierce battle lasted for an hour, the Laiyi people had been retreating steadily, and Qi's offensive became stronger and stronger.
Fortunately, the Laiyi people did not use slave soldiers this time, but used their own troops to fight. Otherwise, under this situation, the camp would have been blown up long ago.
But now it is just a matter of time. Zhang Qi has been keenly aware that the Huaiyi people are about to be unable to hold on. Now as long as any gap can be opened, the entire Laiyi army will shatter.
He climbed up to take a look, swept the battlefield, and locked the east direction of the right wing.
The Laiyi people in that place had their own protection by the river, so their numbers were small and they could attack fiercely.
Not to be missed.
Zhang Qi immediately called people over and said, "I will give you a thousand elite chariot soldiers. From that place, charge straight forward with three chariots abreast.
There is no need to kill, don't stop, just use the power of the chariot and horses to attack him! "
This strange move was indeed effective. The Laiyi people never expected that the Qi State would abandon the combat effectiveness of the chariot soldiers and directly let the horses charge with the chariots.
This caused great casualties to the horses. In a short period of time, dozens of chariots were damaged and their wreckage fell into the water.
As for the horses, they were even more bloody. Some horses even rushed directly to the tip of the spear and died suddenly.
But the effect was astonishing. The number of people in this formation of the Laiyi people was originally relatively small. Now facing Qi's deadly charge, they could not resist it. Just one charge directly crushed these people. Turned into minced meat.
The changes in the battlefield were so fast that the commander of the Laiyi people did not even have time to react.
Zhang Qi followed closely and sent a real elite army to rush into their formation.
Like a sharp knife, without even encountering any decent obstruction, the leading general stood on the chariot and knocked down Da Bao with one blow.
The commander-in-chief of the Laiyi people was shot down by an arrow just as he was about to run away.
This arrow was powerful and heavy, and at such a close distance, even if he didn't die, it would definitely be uncomfortable.
The most important thing is that it doesn't matter whether he dies or not. On the battlefield, the banner and the flags of each battalion are far more important than the general.
As soon as Zhang Qi saw that he had succeeded, he immediately shouted loudly: "The whole army will cover up and kill!"
The impact of the banner and the commander-in-chief on the morale of the army is immeasurable.
Only a few armies with their own will, such as the Luo Guogan warriors, can continue to fight despite losing both.
Naturally, the Laiyi people, a rabble with a low level of civilization, are not included in this list.
As if the scene was reappearing, the entire Laiyi formation suddenly broke apart, and the situation that happened last month once again appeared in front of Zhang Qi.
All the armies fled, and those without armor were the fastest. So when escaping, the first thing to do was to throw away the armor, and then these people would become meals for the archers.
Waves of arrows hit them, and chariots ran over the corpses. Many people were crushed into pulp.
It is too difficult to leave a whole corpse in the battlefield. It is impossible to know whose human organs and flying limbs are scattered on the ground.
The final outcome was to burn all the corpses directly in order to prevent the plague.
"General, after this victory, Laiyi Kingdom may really have to fight hard."
Guan Zhong looked at the Qi soldiers who were chasing the Laiyi people, and couldn't help but said to Zhang Qi.
Of course Zhang Qi knew that once this battle of annihilation was over, the elite troops of the Laiyi Kingdom would be almost half empty.
This is already a precursor to the destruction of the country. Even if the Xia Kingdom is destroyed, other princes will help to restore the country. If the Lai Yi Kingdom is destroyed, other Yi tribes will laugh out loud.
Therefore, King Laiyi cannot sit still and wait for death. He will definitely recruit the population of each tribe to guard the royal capital.
But Zhang Qi was undaunted and said, "Don't worry, Prime Minister.
The order given to me by the king is to destroy the Lai Yi Kingdom, so it must perish.
Even if King Laiyi recruits all the men over fifteen in the country, they are just dead souls on the battlefield.
Be careful and act steadily, but you will win one victory after another. "
Seeing that Zhang Qi was not complacent because of two big wins, Guan Zhong felt relieved.
In this battle, Qi's army also suffered a lot of casualties. After all, this kind of annihilation war and a defeat war are completely different.
However, the battle damage was completely within Zhang Qi's acceptance range, and he should have rested in place at this time.
However, Zhang Qi believed that it was not easy to defend this place, so the Qi army took the wounded to a terrain that was easy to defend but difficult to attack. Guan Zhong was very satisfied with Zhang Qi's actions.
"The general is really cautious, and the king's entrustment is right." For a big country, playing tricks is the way to get into trouble.
Zhang Qi sighed: "The king has entrusted the elites of the country to my hands, and I cannot be too cautious.
The decisive battle that follows will definitely be very tragic. Prime Minister, you will still be in charge of the central army when the time comes, and I will leave my soldiers to protect you.
If something happens to you, even if King Laiyi is crushed to ashes, I will be the one to blame. "
He was not lying in any way. As long as Guan Zhong is here, even if it fails this time, Qi will still be able to make a comeback in five or ten years.
But if something goes wrong with Guan Zhong, even if he wins the war against Lai Yi, it will not be worth the loss.
Although Guan Zhong believed that he was brave, he also knew that he was not a general and there was no need to go into battle to kill, so he accepted Zhang Qi's arrangement.
After the Qi army rested and reorganized, Zhang Qi led the army directly towards the capital of Laiyi Kingdom.
The Laiyi Kingdom no longer had the ability to disperse its forces to stop the Qi army. All the tribes fled back with the defeated army, and they all fled towards the royal capital with their tribes.
Finally, outside Laiyang City, the Qi army encountered the Laiyi army, which was waiting in full formation.
Zhang Qi was probably dumbfounded because he was probably prepared.
"Zhang Qing, the number of the Lai Yi army is quite large, probably more than 200,000, right?"
There were so many people that it was impossible to count them. Guan Zhong also roughly judged based on the number of Laiyi army's camps.
When Zhang Qi saw the large number of troops from the Lai Yi Kingdom, he was not afraid at all, but instead became excited.
"Xiangguo, I really didn't expect King Laiyi to be so stupid. He dared to pull out 200,000 people to confront our army.
Prime Minister, you have ruled Qi for five years. Qi is a big country with a population of one million, and it is already the limit to recruit an army of 100,000.
Let’s not talk about the consumption of various grains and grasses. This battle must be completed before spring plowing, otherwise the domestic farming season will be delayed.
Big countries like Qi have such concerns, wouldn't a backward barbarian like Laiyi not?
This is unreasonable.
After the first two battles, of the so-called more than 200,000 troops, less than 20,000 can actually compete with our army.
Twenty thousand tigers and two hundred thousand pigs mixed together, like a drop of water blending into the ocean.
Tigers can also be led astray by pigs.
As long as our army attacks fiercely and uses its unstoppable force to defeat the enemy's weak points, they will directly blow up the camp! "
After hearing what Zhang Qi said, Guan Zhong looked at the Laiyi army's camp again.
Sure enough, we found that although there were many of them, not to mention their neat military appearance, even their flags were different.
This is a group of rabble that has just been assembled and is just a large number.
Facing such an opponent, Zhang Qi couldn't wait. He ordered the Qi army to rest and let the soldiers eat all the last oily food.
This will be a very intense and hard-fought battle, and many people in the Qi army may die in an instant, but it will not be a tug-of-war, and victory will come quickly.
"Dong dong dong!"
The war drums of Qi State were beating, and the Laiyi army began to gather, but it was obviously much slower and slightly chaotic.
The losses of commanders in the previous two battles were irreparable in a short period of time.
Zhang Qi would not talk about etiquette with him in the war against the barbarians.
Just use the three-tone drum to order the soldiers to press forward, without any fancy tactics, the kind that would only be used by those in the stalemate stage.
This time, in addition to the front row of shield soldiers and archers, Zhang Qi directly placed 10,000 of Qi's most elite soldiers at the forefront, and these people were all gathered together. Zhang Qi made up his mind to Disintegrate the entire formation of the Lai Yi army.
With this arrangement, in the early stage of contact, if there are no elites in other directions, the Qi army's casualties will definitely be slightly larger, but once the main attack direction is successful, the results of the war will be unimaginable.
A war began to determine the ownership of the entire peninsula. Qi soldiers and Lai Yi people fought on this land.
After all, the Laiyi people were more numerous, so their morale was still very good. The Qi soldiers who lacked a strong army did suffer a lot of losses in the early stage.
However, Zhang Qi had already expected that the alternate use of law enforcement officers and reserve forces in the army would be able to maintain Qi's front line and prevent it from collapsing.
But this is not the case at all on the Laiyi side. The elite among the 10,000 elites are an irresistible force in this world. The resources spent on these 10,000 people exceed the other 90,000 troops.
Now is the time to show their value.
Without encountering the elites of the Lai Yi Kingdom, there would be no enemy of Yihe.
Whether it was the chariot soldiers or other units that cooperated with the chariot, they almost didn't stop. They rushed over and left corpses on the ground.
The gap in strength was so great that one side was a samurai who made a living by killing people, while the other side was just a farmer farming.
The two actually met in a battlefield. The samurai held a sword in his hand and wore armor, while the peasant held a rusty weapon and was wrapped in linen.
Despair is a very terrible emotion. When the Laiyi people found that these people could not be beaten at all, and they even killed hundreds of their own people without any casualties, they collapsed.
The first person dropped the sword in his hand, and immediately there was a crash, and everyone ran back.
The soldiers behind had no idea what was happening, and saw soldiers on their side suddenly rushing towards them.
If you don't use it, it will become invalid after expiration!
Once they are defeated by defeated troops, what's the use of retaining elite troops? This is the current situation in Laiyi Kingdom.
Then I saw Qi's chariots running over those people, and all the Qi soldiers were like gods of war.
They tried to shoot arrows at these people, but these people even wore bronze armor on their faces.
Except for strong men with strong bows, no one else could break through the defense. How many strong bows did these barbarians have?
They finally knew why the soldiers were running.
The nobles of the Laiyi people wanted to put order in order, but they were called out one by one by the archers on the chariot. These elites were imitated Luo Guoguang warriors, and they were all capable of firing strong bows.
Zhang Qi's tactics were very successful. The collapse of the army could only be prevented at the beginning. The speed of this collapse was beyond everyone's control.
How terrifying is the collapse of the 200,000-strong army?
Zhang Qi did not even dare to let Qi's troops engage in a melee with the Laiyi people. He ordered all armies to pursue them only on the fringes and would never allow them to tangle with the Laiyi people.
Because this kind of chaos is likely to involve Qi's army, and I am afraid that I will cry without tears at that time.
The Qi army intimidated the Lai Yi people to fight against each other, and countless people were trampled to death in the process.
There were fierce Qi people in three directions, and everyone rushed towards the Chinese army.
The elite of the Chinese army wanted to stop him, but just as Chang Ge stabbed one person to death, ten people rushed over.
As Dagu fell to the ground, the casualties of the Laiyi people were already hard to estimate. The Qi soldiers no longer wanted to kill these people with their swords, because the nobles alone could not capture them.
Especially the royal city of Laiyi Kingdom is right in front of you. There are countless kings, queens, and nobles in it. Which one is not more important than these small soldiers?
"Qi will be victorious!"
The Qi army shouted loudly and rushed into Laiyang City.
[Laiyi Kingdom is destroyed, Luo Xiuxiang, the son of destiny, helps Qihou Lu Xiaobai. The power of the Xia Dynasty has made great progress, and you have gained luck points. 】
Ji Zhao felt countless luck points surge in and narrowed his eyes slightly.
…
Qin lived in the western frontier and served as dog and army; Chu lived in Hanyang and united with the Southern Barbarians; Wu and Yue lived in the Dajiang River and subjugated Shanyue; Qi lived in the East China Sea and destroyed Laiyi; Jin lived in Taihang and conquered Beidi.
The Xia Dynasties prospered from this, and the royal industry was established from this. ——"Chronicles of the Nations of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty·Preface"
The battle to destroy the country has been written in one chapter. Isn’t it a bit rushed?
You can leave a message. I am now gradually able to write some war scenes. If I want to be more detailed, I can start writing later. However, in this case, the plot will definitely advance slower. Anyway, there are pros and cons.
The reason for advancing the plot quickly is because the protagonist group in these chapters is too short, and I don’t like reading this kind of books myself.
But these are Guan Zhong and Xiao Bai. The whole book is about Zhu Xia and Barbarians. If I skip these two great characters, I will become a joke.
(End of chapter)
