Chapter 711: Who will be buried
The State of Song did not want to continue to get into evil with Chu at all, and even wanted to repair the relationship. It was not enough to be able to be completely unfair to Chu, but it was just that it was just that it was not necessary to start a war again.
This is where the State of Song understands its position very well. All the vassal states regard Song as a remnant of the Shang Dynasty. They will catch public opinion if they have anything to do. Once the State of Chu completely declines, it will be the State of Song that is targeted.
However, Song State was a bit strong, but not strong enough to say no to the overlord of Jin State.
It is actually the most embarrassing to face a country that is strong but cannot protect itself.
Weak countries know that they are very weak. In the face of the forced and forced by the hegemony, who can speak out? They should think it is reasonable.
It's really hard to be a little strong but not that strong. It's too weak to be laughed at. It's really hard to be tough and be taught a lesson by the overlord country.
The envoys of the Song State did not leave "Xintian" and return to China.
Yu Xian’s business has been completed, isn’t there any private matters? He was different when he talked about private matters with Lu Wu. The two of them were not at all nervous and looked extremely harmonious.
And that kind of harmony is actually because of an unequal identity, and one side is a person who is a low-key person.
The reality is that, one side will definitely be strong and the other side will be weak. Even if the strength of both parties is similar, cooperation always requires confirmation of who is the leader to ensure the only right to speak. Even the dominance cannot be confirmed. Cooperation is difficult to continue, and even if it is forced to cooperate, there is a possibility of failure at any time.
The gains in private matters made Yu Xian's heart hurt by official affairs. He had to admit that Yin was very fair and would not do anything to bully others with power.
Since the Yu family benefited a lot from their cooperation with the Yin family, Yu Xian suddenly felt that even if he was criticized after returning to China, he was not a big deal.
Furthermore, as long as the cooperation between the Yu family and the Yin family has not stopped, will the monarchs and ministers of the Song Dynasty really dare to deal with the Yu family?
Yu Xian set out on the way back to China, and halfway through, he heard that the Xun family and the Xingzhong family joined the ranks to attack the Wei family.
"Han family, Zhi family attacked the Wei family in Hexi, Xun family, Zhongxing family attacked the Wei family in Shandong." Yang Liang believed that Jin State was really going to be in chaos, so he thought about it and said, "Will I be exempt from civil strife in Jin?"
The "Shandong" they mentioned is the dividing line of Taihang Mountain. It is called Shanxi to the west of Taihang Mountain and Shandong to the east of Taihang Mountain.
Yu Xian said rationally: "Let's see how Yin and Fan are."
As long as the Yin family did not participate in the civil strife and the Fan family did not really attack the Zhao family, the rest of the Jin family would be like that even if they were fierce.
Another point is that the Yin family and the Fan family are the greatest deterrent to all the families in Jin State. No family dares to show their entire family background to fight against each other. What they are afraid of is that even if they win in the competition with the opponent in front of them, they will inevitably be harvested by the Yin family or the Fan family.
They once again approached the "Wen" land, and at a certain distance, they heard the travelers who passed by mentioned that Fan and Zhao had started fighting, and the one who started the battle first was Zhao.
This news is really exciting!
The Zhao family used to be very glorious, but that was before.
Now the Fan family is the most powerful family recognized by the Jin State.
What is the Zhao family? Where did you get the courage to use force against Fan family first? Regarding this question, nine out of ten people would answer the courage given by the Zhao family by Yin family.
The fact is that the pressure on the Zhao family was too great, which not only made Zhao Wu think of the past of the destruction of the Zhao family, but also the retainers of the Zhao family were overreacting. They were no longer willing to repeat a tragedy of destruction day and night, do you understand?
The war broke out in "Wen" land, and it would be fine if ordinary business travelers didn't know it, but they would definitely not dare to break in at will if they knew it. Although the battle between the nobles will not affect others now, the problem is that there is a possibility?
Yu Xian's team was an envoy from the Song State. They also had flags authorized by the Yin family to use, which was not necessary to be afraid at all.
"Let's take a detour." During the period when Yu Xian was the priest of the Yin family, it happened that Zhao Wu had a fiefdom and stayed in the Yin family forever.
Because of some understanding, and the fact that Lu Wu is Zhao Wu's brother-in-law, Yin's first successor to inherit his biological mother is Zhao's daughter, Yu Xian believes that Yin will enter the market on the side of Zhao.
Yang Liang could not hide his joy and said, "If the Yin family and Fan family attacked each other, the position of Jin Bo State would be difficult to maintain. Chu and Jin declined one after another, and the people of the world could enjoy peace."
This is from the perspective of the princes. If you want to say something wrong, there is really nothing wrong.
The war that has broken out in the past few decades is either related to Jin State or provoked by Chu State, but the unlucky ones are the various vassal states.
No matter which prince was beaten by Jin, or the Chu bullied his neighbors, or the two hegemonic countries made a fight, the countries paid more than rewards, and the national strength was too disadvantageous.
What Yu Xian thought of was other things.
Because the hegemony of Jin was revealed, Song had to compromise with Jin, otherwise the economic center of the "Oriental World" was actually a tendency to settle in "Shangqiu".
Now that civil strife broke out in Jin State, can caravans from various countries continue to follow the "Hulao" channel? It seems that Song State is going to benefit from it again.
They took a detour to the "Hulao" and found that the Fan family's garrison in the "Hulao" had not only not decreased, but seemed to have doubled compared to when they came.
Regarding Fan's operations, not to mention that the Song people could not understand them, there were really few people from all over the country who could understand them.
Because Zichan, who was on an important mission to Jin State, passed through the city gate of "Hulao", he saw a team with the flag of both the Song State and the Yin Family.
Zheng State was very concerned about Jin and Chu State, and had always paid less attention to Song State than the two overlord states. How could we not know that the Yu State was qualified to use the banner of Yin State.
"The Song people carried a lot of goods? I saw that the ruts were deep, and I was afraid that there were many weapons in the car. But I didn't know that it was purchased by Yu or entrusted by Yin." Zichan didn't plan to come forward to visit, and had a big question in his heart.
With the load capacity of a car, a car can put down two hundred weapons or thirty sets of armor.
The Song Dynasty envoys team had about 500 vehicles, of which about 200 had very deep ruts, which was enough to arm three or five thousand people no matter how you look at it.
Don’t look at only three or five thousand people, but what military equipment is being used.
Zheng State continued to buy armor and equipment from the Yin family, and more than 4,000 armed people became a trump card.
Of course, the first thing we look at is the quality of the soldiers, and then the matching armor and equipment can be called aces if not well-equipped troops.
With good military equipment and extremely poor combat quality, there are so many examples of the transportation captain.
What did Zichan do when he went to Jin this time? It was related to the civil strife in Jin.
Jin State asked Zheng State to send troops to invade Chu State, but Jin State itself started to have civil unrest. What if Zheng's army could not defeat the Chu army?
No matter how much Chu State declines, it is not necessarily bullied by dogs when it falls into Pingyang. Zheng State has to have concerns that it may be defeated in the battle.
Therefore, Zichan has agreed to send troops to invade Chu, but internally hesitated because of the civil strife broke out in Jin, so he needs to go to the head of Jin to explain clearly.
If it were the past, Zheng would not communicate with Jin at all. They would directly respond with actions, that is, they would jump on the spot.
Zheng State is no longer the Zheng State in the past. They have suffered enough losses from the negative national credibility and paid such a huge price to recover a little credibility. It would be fine if the face was rubbed on the soles of the shoes. How could they have picked up their integrity and discarded them easily, right?
Therefore, Zichan went to Jin this time to overturn the promise he made.
What they wanted to do was to go with great fanfare, fight for rights and interests with the power of Jin State, and then send troops to invade Chu State without hesitation.
Otherwise, why do you say that Zichan is a smart person? People in the 21st century are not surprised by this, and people in 557 BC have never seen him.
In Zichan's expectation, Zheng Guo showed that he agreed to something, and no matter how risky he was, he would fulfill his promise. Jin Guo would definitely make some compromises.
If Jin State is still tough, Zheng State will not overturn the promise. They may suffer losses in the battle with the Chu army, and their image will be completely reversed. Who dares to say that Zheng State has no credibility and can be confident in their faces?
"What?" Zichan thought with a look of thought, and took a repeater and said, "Zhao's attack on Fan's family, but Yin's family still has no military force?"
This development is a bit wrong!
In the confrontation between the Xun family, Zhongxing family, Han family, Zhi family and Wei family, it was obvious that the Yin faction had an absolute advantage in strength. It was reasonable for the Yin family to not dispatch troops.
Since Zhao had the courage to take the initiative to launch an attack on Fan, from a normal perspective, Zhao's strength is not as strong as Fan's, and he must have received a promise from Yin. Why is Yin still not at all moving?
Zichan took more than 20 days to arrive at "Xintian", which was much shorter than normal traveling by about ten days. You can imagine how rushing on the road.
He met Lu Wu very smoothly. The first thing he said when he met was not a greeting, but asked: "Wei, is the demise of Zhao's family a foregone conclusion?"
Lu Wu showed a very obvious expression of surprise and said, "You are Zheng Zhizheng, what do you have to do with you? I dare to ask me."
"I am a friendly alliance with Bo Kingdom, and I will send troops to attack Chu next year, so I have to ask." Zichan thought it was very reasonable.
Lu Wu sat down without asking Zichan, but sat down again.
"I am abrupt, please forgive me." Zichan apologized cautiously.
"I can attack Zheng only by my words." Lu Wu was not scaring Zichan, he was telling the truth.
This made Zichan fall into self-doubt. He didn't doubt whether Jin State still has the ability to attack Zheng State, but was he doubting that Jin State really seemed so chaotic?
Some smart people can understand the overall situation by grasping a little pulse. Zichan thinks that he is such a person, his attitude is much more sincere than before, and even apologizes again humbly. Seeing Lu Wu's face relaxed, he said, "Yinzi is an immortal person in the world. Bo Kingdom is governed by Yinzi one day, and I will surrender and dare not rebel."
What did Zichan think of? He felt that he had figured it out a little. Don’t think that Jin State is really in chaos. It might be that the Yin family and Fan family were working together to clean up some open enemies and potential enemies.
There is another possibility, that is, Lu Wu can quell the civil strife at any time, and then according to the performance of the princes when civil strife broke out in Jin State, one by one, one by one, and then liquidate them later.
Chapter completed!