Under the leadership of a Chongguo guide, Ji Chang and Boyikao led two divisions of Zong Liu's division across Yishui and quickly advanced towards Huayi.
Zong's Sixth Division was the elite standing army of the Western Zhou Dynasty.
Unlike the Shang's left, middle and right divisions, this standing army was a pseudo-standing army.
Most soldiers are not out of work.
They still go home to farm when there is no war, and only return to the military camp for training during slack periods.
Only some officers, officials and servants serve as daily personnel in the military camp.
It is similar to the Shang Dynasty's Eastern Conquest Army camp.
Zong Liu's division was proficient in chariot battles and relied on chariot battles, so even its organization was centered around chariots.
Its most basic organizational unit is called a ride.
Each ride includes a chariot, a baggage truck for transporting grain, ten soldiers, three people on the car and seven people under the car.
There are fifteen disciples, and five people are responsible for the logistics management of food, feeding, and armor.
One hundred times per division.
When going on an expedition, there is no need to organize a special food transport team, just carry a cart of food with you every time.
It can be seen that the Zhou side paid more attention to chariots than the Shang side, and the three divisions of the left, middle and right sides of the Shang side only equipped one hundred chariots.
But all the money spent on cars will inevitably lead to reductions in other aspects.
The so-called armors are all leather armors, with at most a few copper bubbles embedded in them to improve their protective capabilities.
Soon they met a messenger sent by Hua, a lobbyist.
The lobbyist's two-wheeled carriage slowly walked in front of Zhou Fang's army, and then jumped out of the carriage.
The lobbyist saluted the other party and said: "The people coming are from Xiqi Zhou Fang's army."
Boyikao's driver came out of the queue without getting out of the car.
He stood in the car and said lazily to the Xia State messenger: "Exactly, who are you and why are you blocking our army?"
The messenger glanced at him and said loudly: "I am Xia Nan Bohua's messenger, and I am here to inform you that the Heluo area, from Hangu in the west to Songshan Mountain in the east, is under the management of Xia Bo.
Zhou Xiboruo If you want to pass here, you need permission from the King of Shang."
"What is it, Uncle Xia Nan?"
At this time, Ji Chang knew that something had changed.
He stood up from the car and asked the messenger loudly.
"This venerable person is Zhou Xibo Ji Changbo, right?"
"It's me, who is the Xia Nanbo you just mentioned, and who granted him the title?"
Ji Chang continued to ask.
"Haha, uncle may not know yet, but my uncle Xia Bohua was recently canonized as Nan Bo by His Majesty the King of Shang.
Just like you, he rules a country and is the head of a prince."
Zhou Xibo Jichang sat down, knowing that things had changed and the original plan would not work.
Then, he said to the messenger angrily: "I don't know about these circumstances.
I was going to lead the troops to serve the king.
In this case, I will leave."
After that, he ordered the whole army to turn around and go back.
The convoy arrived at the bank of Luoshui River, and Boyikao prepared to organize a crossing.
But Ji Chang said to him: "There is no need to cross the river.
The whole army will turn around and continue to send troops to Huayi to capture Xia Fang with one drum."
Only then did Boyikao know that Ji Chang was going to attack Xia Kingdom.
He asked with some doubts, "Father, the name of our army before was King Qin to fight against rebellion.
Now that Bo Xia has made peace with King Shang, and has been granted the title of King Qin.
Uncle Xia Nan.
What is the name of our mission this time?"
Old Jichang chuckled with a leaky mouth and said: "Of course I have a name.
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Think about what my father has been focusing on these years."
"Didn't my father accumulate fame in the past few years?
For example, he called on all parties to do their best to capture escaped slaves and then return them to their original owners.
Another example was to call on villains not to be on an equal footing with the common people and not to be officials.
There are also Women are not allowed to join politics or the military.
These ideas of my father are supported by the nobles and common people from all over the world.
We all know that this is my father's strategy.
He must rely not only on military power but also on fame."
"Yes, my father is accumulating our reputation in Zhou Fang, but not only that, my father also specializes in collecting the unkind and unjust things of the kings of various princes and kingdoms, despising father and brother, disrespecting the elders, unfairly deciding cases, and unfairly dividing wealth.
All these can be used as reasons for us to attack them."
Ji Chang continued to smile strangely.
"Then what leverage does Uncle Xia have in his father's hands?"
Boyikao asked curiously.
"My father has already found out that this Xia Bo came from the country of Yi with the same surname.
He was kicked out of the country for beating the king's son.
After that, I don't know what kind of force he got to help establish the Xia Fang country.
After that, he was of the same clan as the original country.
They conspired to depose the original king and make his brother the king.
This was not his main crime.
His major crime was that the original king drowned in Rushui inexplicably when he was taken to Huayi.
This was an attempt to murder his father. sin.”
"That's it."
Boyikao nodded.
After Master Zhou turned around, he quickly advanced towards Huayi again.
When we arrived about ten miles away from Huayi, it was already dark.
The Chongren guide hurriedly ran to Ji Chang and said, "Uncle, ten miles ahead is Huayi, the capital of Xia Kingdom."
Ji Chang immediately ordered the entire army to stop and set up camp.
Boyi asked: "Why did my father set up camp at this time?"
"Huayi is a fortified city.
We must attack it unprepared before we can defeat it at once, and we must also prepare some siege equipment."
Ji Chang glanced at Boyikao contemptuously.
This son's talent was far different from that of Ji Fa and Ji Dan.
If he was not the eldest son, he would probably be forgotten like his dozens of sons.
The Zhou army relied on vehicles when marching and fighting, and when setting up camp, they unloaded the baggage vehicles and surrounded the city in a circle, forming a camp.
Chariots, horses, and food were all placed in the camp.
The soldiers had already set up their tents in the camp and were about to bury the pots for cooking, but Lao Jichang stopped them.
"Do not light a fire.
The smoke will be easily detected by the enemy.
Eat dry food.
If there is no dry food, eat raw millet."
Several soldiers have already cut down large trees according to Ji Chang's instructions, and dozens of craftsmen accompanying the army are assembling several tools.
These are ladders that can be mounted on four-wheeled baggage vehicles.
Not a straight ladder that you climb with your hands, but a wooden staircase with four four-wheeled baggage cars as its base.
When attacking a city, they can be dragged directly to the city wall by horses, and soldiers can hold weapons and climb the ladder directly onto the wall.
Soon, a giant tree that could only be hugged by one person was cut down and was being loaded onto the chariot.
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This is for crashing into the city gate.
It is carried by two heavy-duty two-wheeled chariots at the front and rear, and is pulled by twelve strong horses.
The two charioteers drove the carriage together to attack the city gate.
When they were about to arrive, the charioteer jumped out of the carriage.
The front end of the giant log was only a few feet beyond the horse's head, and the horse would definitely be killed.
It means that the driver may be disabled and the horse may be sacrificed in exchange for the possibility of scoring a goal with one blow.
After everything was prepared, Ji Chang felt hungry.
It turned out that he had forgotten to eat and ordered the soldiers to bring dry food, dried meat and water.
After eating, he ordered that all the soldiers, except the sentry, should rest and sleep to regain their energy.
A moment before midnight, a fatal blow will be launched to Xia Fang's Huayi.
The Zhou Kingdom will gain a large area of land and slaves.
Another step forward in the great cause of Jian Shang.
Now Lao Jichang is in a very excited state, so excited that he can't sleep.
But he is an old man in his nineties after all.
In the middle of the night, after a hard day's work, he finally fell into a deep sleep and had a sweet dream of eliminating summer and annihilating business
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