The system forced me to be emperor

The people of the Xia Kingdom live and work in peace and contentment, with light taxes and a happy life.

What about Zhao Guo?Taxes and corvees are heavy, and a large number of conscriptions make the people miserable and full of complaints.

If it was really occupied, it would not be considered a bad thing if it completely surrendered to the Xia Kingdom.

After all, as long as Xiao Rui, the crown prince of the Xia Kingdom, becomes the emperor, he has the blood of the Zhao Kingdom's royal family, and the people of the Zhao Kingdom are no longer considered outsiders, and they can be treated equally.

When Xiao Rui led people into Eastern Tibet County, he finally caught up with Marquis Chang Sheng's soldiers.After hearing the news, Marquis Chang Sheng went out of the camp to greet him in person.It was the first time for Tian Boyuan to see the iron dragonrider after changing his costume, and he was immediately taken by the majesty of the iron dragonrider, especially the forest of spears, which can directly tear through the enemy's phalanx, which is much more ferocious than Mo Dao.

"The last general, Tian Boyuan, pays homage to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!" Tian Boyuan got off his horse and bowed his hands, and the other commanders, deputy commanders, generals, etc. all bowed.

Xiao Rui smiled and said: "Your Majesty, you are exempt from the courtesy, and the generals are exempt from the courtesy. I am here to supervise the army under the order of His Majesty. It is the first time to go out with the army. If you behave improperly, I hope you will forgive me."

Tian Boyuan said with a smile: "Your Highness, you are being polite. Who knows that His Highness is so courageous that he led the Iron Dragon Rider directly into the Qi State, turning the world upside down. Looking at the Seven Kingdoms, which country's prince can have the courage of His Highness?"

Xiao Rui said humbly: "It's all the credit of the iron dragon knights, I dare not take the credit and be proud."

Tian Boyuan nodded, and then stretched out his hand to ask, "Please enter the camp, Your Highness!"

Xiao Rui didn't refuse, and went straight into the camp, passing by the phalanx of soldiers stationed in the camp, Tian Boyuan explained to Xiao Rui one by one, so that he had a clear understanding of the army.

When he came to the big tent of the Chinese army to sit down, Tian Boyuan told the other generals to go down first. He wanted to tell Xiao Rui about the current situation, and there were some important confidential matters.

Just listen to Tian Boyuan's way: "Your Highness, the entire Zhao army is divided into three groups. I will lead 30 troops for the main attack, the heroic Hou Wang Feng will lead 20 troops to support the northern flank, and another general soldier Yao Jun will lead [-] troops to support the south." , and the other soldiers stayed in the rear to eradicate the restless enemy. The three-way army moved westward one after another, and now it has entered the border of Zangdong County in Zhao State. More than a hundred miles ahead is the county town of Zangdong County. There are also two prefectures, each with [-] soldiers stationed. If we want to go west, we must attack these three cities. Now that the Zhao army in these three cities cannot retreat, the general is considering whether to attack by force or use tricks..."

Tian Boyuan narrated the current situation, listening to him face to face, combined with the topographic map on the table, it was much clearer than reading military newspapers.

After listening, Xiao Rui had no objection to Tian Boyuan's strategy, but asked, "Master Hou, how is the situation of the Qin army?"

Tian Boyuan laughed immediately, and said: "Your Highness doesn't know something. Now [-]% of the Zhao army is fighting against the Qin army, and the remaining [-]% are coming to stop our Daxia Erlang. If we Daxia want to attack Zhao Huanghuang's capital, we need to go through The six major counties are Lan County, East Tibet County, West Tibet County, Lingshan County, Qishui County, and Qiao County. Among them, Qishui County has a big river from north to south, originating from the northern iceberg, and crossing the entire State of Zhao, named Qijiang, this big river is very dangerous, similar to the Yangtze River and Yellow River in our Great Xia, and a large number of boats are needed to cross it. Therefore, State of Zhao regards this Qijiang River as a natural danger, and they embrace the worst It is planned that even if Lan County, Zangdong County, Zangxi County, and Lingshan County all fall, as long as we cannot cross the Qijiang River, we will never be able to attack the imperial capital of the State of Zhao. However, Qin State in the west is different. The Qin Army only needs to break through the three passes of the Qinling Mountains , then Yima Pingchuan, only four counties away from Zhao Guohuang, without natural barriers, Zhao Jun can only pile most of his troops to the west to resist Qin Jun with all his strength!"

Xiao Rui naturally understands this truth, the current state of Zhao is stretched to the point where he can only resist the most dangerous enemy, and it is impossible for him to blossom across the board.

This is a good thing for Great Xia. Now only a small number of Zhao troops are blocking the way, such as the county town and two prefectural cities of Zangdong County. As long as they are taken down, the entire Zangdong County will basically be in their pockets.

Can 60 people not take down a city of 10,000+ people?

Xiao Rui felt a little regretful, and said: "According to Zhao Guo's strategy, it is going to rely entirely on defense and give up attacking. I still want to fight head-on. Let Zhao Jun see how powerful the Iron Dragon Rider is. It seems that there is no chance. "

Tian Boyuan laughed and said: "The defense is also delaying time now. As for the frontal battle, it is asking for death. But rest assured, Your Highness, the Iron Dragon Knight will have a chance to kill the Quartet. In the future, our enemy will be the Qin army! The last general has never Put Zhao Guo in your eyes, it's just a mob."

Xia Guo's generals are so arrogant and never put Zhao Guo in their eyes. This is not arrogance, but self-confidence.

"Where is Zhenyuanhou?" Xiao Rui asked.

Tian Boyuan smiled and said: "In order to fight against the Qin army, the Zhao army has completely withdrawn its troops from the south. Han Ming led Chen Qingzhi and Han Xin to take down two big counties, and they have already reached Qijiang. Now they are starting to move from south to north. Continue to occupy Zhao's territory and join our army."

"From this point of view, it only takes two or three months to take down all the counties and cities east of Qijiang! This is half the territory of Zhao State!" Xiao Rui said with emotion.

After speaking, Xiao Rui looked at Zhang Liang.

When he went to invite Zhang Liang at that time, he analyzed the situation in the world and realized that the fall of Zhao State was not that Xia State destroyed it, but was destroyed by Qin State’s iron cavalry, and then Zhao State’s territory would be divided and eroded by Xia and Qin. Now it seems , this Qi Jiang is probably the natural dividing line.

Seeing Xiao Rui's gaze, Zhang Liang nodded in response.

Xiao Rui looked at the map on the table.

Qi Jiang divided Zhao State into east and west areas. After the east area was occupied by Xia State, the north was bordered by Qi State. The territory of Qi State was a rectangle with a large length from east to west. It bordered Zhao State and Xia State, and the distance between north and south was very short.

After the western region of Zhao State was acquired by the Qin army, the north of them was a plain, and they continued to go north to enter the southwest corner of Yuan State.Why did the Yuan army plunder the Qi State instead of the Zhao State? Because most of the tribes of the Yuan State are in the east, why bother to go to the southwest corner to invade the Zhao State.

However, distance is not a problem. When the benefits are abundant, the Yuan army will still attack.This also gave Xiao Rui an opportunity to take advantage of in the future, and we will mention this matter later.

In this way, it is a good thing to rule by Qijiang River!

Chapter 480: Prince Xia Let us pass on a message

In the spacious and bright Chinese army tent, Xiao Rui was listening to Changsheng Hou Tian Boyuan's introduction of the latest situation.

Zhao Guo put most of his forces against the Qin army in the west, and he could only delay one step at a time in the face of the Great Xia army.

Tian Boyuan said again: "Your Highness, you didn't stop when you passed through Lan County, so you didn't find that most of the people in Lan County are old, young, women and children, and there are very few adult men over 15 years old. All of them were taken away by forced conscription. The same is true in the county and other large counties. Although Zhao Guo only has [-]% of its troops to defend us now, they are now desperately recruiting troops, recruiting males from various households, and letting these inexperienced males go to the battlefield. This is not unreasonable. Little power."

Zhao Guo is now in a hurry, so he started to force conscription. As long as he is a male, he will go to the city to defend it.

"Now there are [-] Zhao troops in Eastern Tibet County, but there are hundreds of thousands of men who are forced to confiscate. The last general is thinking about whether to attack by force or use tricks. If it is a strong attack, our side will suffer more casualties. The common people will die even more. If you use tricks, you don’t have a clue.” Tian Boyuan explained.

Xiao Rui nodded, and asked a key question: "What is the attitude of the people of Zhao State?"

Tian Boyuan said: "The people of Zhao State are not willing to fight!"

It's not that the people of Zhao State are not patriotic, it's just that there are too many miscellaneous taxes and corvee, and now men are being expropriated. The state pushes them to cut off their children and grandchildren.

Zhao Guo is not benevolent, do you still count on the loyalty of the people?

Xiao Rui smiled, "Since we don't want to fight, we don't want to attack too many soldiers with casualties. My suggestion is to use tactics, and siege has always been the best strategy since ancient times. Zifang, Fengxiao, if you use tactics, almost Can Japan take down the eastern Tibetan county?"

"Three days." Zhang Liang smiled, and Guo Jia also nodded.

Xiao Rui looked at Changsheng Hou Tianboyuan and asked, "Master Hou, I am the supervisor of the army, so it is inconvenient to participate in the command of the battle, but this is a newcomer, why don't you let me try it? I can't win the east of Tibet in three days. , and then Master Hou will go out."

"Your Highness is serious, it's up to Your Highness to decide!" Tian Boyuan is not stupid, he really regards the prince as a supervisor?Not to mention that he holds a gold medal as if I came in person, even if he doesn't have it, he has to refer to his opinion, this is the heir apparent of Great Xia!

After the battle was over, the two chatted about gossip.

"The last time I came back from Qi State, I saw Bo Guang. He has experienced well. He already has a bit of demeanor of Lord Hou. He has someone to succeed him." Xiao Rui laughed.

Chang Shenghou laughed and said: "The final general has to thank His Royal Highness, I used to hang out with that kid from the Zhang family all day long, and every day I went, since I got closer to His Highness and learned His teachings, this is what I am now. achievement."

"It's still a tiger father without dogs!" Xiao Rui praised.

The two talked to each other and had a great time.

Seeing that it was noon, and just about to eat, the waiter delivered the military newspaper.

After Chang Shenghou looked at it, he frowned and praised: "Wang Duan has such a powerful method!"

When Xiao Rui heard about Duan Wang, he immediately became interested and asked, "Master Hou, what's going on?"

General Chang Shenghou submitted the report to Xiao Rui, and Xiao Rui understood what was going on after reading it.

Duan Wang Xiaofeng guarded Yinzhou, which is the northwest corner of Daxia, bordering Qi and Zhao. Before Chang Shenghou had broken Canglan Pass, he had already led his troops into the territory of Zhao and killed tens of thousands of people. He was praised by His Majesty for his meritorious deeds, and sent troops to him, making up 10 people.

With 10 soldiers and horses, King Duan became more ferocious. He continued to attack Zhao Guo, and now he has captured two counties and killed more than [-] enemies. The momentum is very strong.

When Xiao Rui saw the military newspaper, he also lamented Xiao Feng's foresight.

Chang Shenghou is now the main force in the conquest of Great Zhao. His main army has a clear goal, taking down Lan County, East Tibet County, West Tibet County, Lingshan County, Qishui County, Qiao County, and finally the imperial capital of Zhao.