Chapter 460: Helplessness (I)
Surrender, why not?
If the Huang family and the Ning family had not taken refuge in Lu Zhe, the Lian family would have thought about resisting, but the Huang family and the Ning family had already sided with Lu Zhe, and the Lian family's resistance would have no effect.
It's not that it's useless to say that Lian has nearly 100,000 defenders to resist, but the idea of this era is that if the city is broken, you can still escape, and if you flee to the wilderness, you can use the familiar terrain to resist and have a chance to turn the tables.
Lü Zhe's army has strong siege equipment and fierce soldiers, and Lü Zhe has more soldiers who have not come, and the resistance may be able to last for a while, but it is destined to break the city. In addition, Lu Zhe has the Huang clan and the Yong clan who are also familiar with the terrain as accomplices, and there is no chance to resist after resisting the city break, so if he deepens his hatred after desperately, and if he escapes from the city, he will be chased by the Huang clan and the Yong clan who are also familiar with the terrain and lead the Lu Zhe army to run for his life, so it is better to surrender before the battle.
Is it weak? No, no, no, according to the thinking of this era, there is nothing to be ashamed of surrendering to a hegemon when there is no hope at all, and there are still nearly 100,000 armed men in the Lian clan, and it is not good for the other party to surrender without resistance. In order to appease the local area and set a good example, Lu Zhe had no reason to kill the Lian clan who had the ability to resist but simply surrendered, and he also needed to take proper care of it.
Every era has the idea of belonging to an era, just like Lu Zhe has obviously rebelled against the Qin State in terms of behavior, but he has not raised the anti-flag, not only the Qin State, but no one from other countries can call Lu Zhe a thief. The states of Lü Zhe, who existed in the form of rebels, were willing to make good contacts, and the Qin state could only endure it to the maximum. To tell the truth, if Lu Zhe became a traitor, even if the countries were at war with Qin, they could only sever relations and condemn them.
Why? In the era of the supremacy of monarchy, kings would be stupid to appreciate the rebellion of the courtiers of a certain country, and don't they encourage their own courtiers to rebel too? Therefore, it seems strange to have a modern person, but it is definitely in line with the situation at that time, Lu Zhe is powerful as a rebel. Before raising the anti-flag, he tried his best to endure Lu Zhe and Qin, and the countries also made good friends, but except for a few courtiers of the countries who were not right-minded, no matter who they were, they would never encourage Lu Zhe to establish himself as the king.
The reason why the Xiang family has been planning to make Lu Zhe the king is to break the rule of the supremacy of the monarchy of the Warring States from Xia to Spring and Autumn. The first person to break the rules must become the enemy of the world, which is why Chen Sheng did not claim the title of king in history, and he was able to win all the time under the pretext of Fuchu, and the reason for the final demise of internal fear and division after being called king.
Lu Zhe, who has the idea of later generations, may not have insight into the rules of this era, and he probably did not expect the reaction of the royal family, but he knew the fate of Chen Sheng as the queen.
Equally. If Lu Zhe personally led the army to attack Lingling, he might not abide by the rules of this era in the face of the Lian clan surrendering without a fight, and go to appease the Lian clan who had the ability to resist but surrendered, but as a Luo Shao in this era, he did not treat the Lian clan too harshly, and after disarming the Lian clan, he just asked them to quickly elect a new patriarch, and then quickly went to confess to Lu Zhe.
Many of the rules of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period disappeared after Liu Bang established the Han Dynasty, in fact, there are not many reasons, but Liu Bang, who became the lord of the world as a clay leg, did not undergo systematic education, and the rules were completely overthrown under the creation of a qiē grass. From the establishment of the Han Dynasty to the end of the Qin Dynasty, the universal laws were no longer recognized. This includes the fact that no matter what the background is, as long as you have the ability to overthrow the ruler, you can be the master of the world, and the rotation of dynasties has become commonplace.
This is a good era and a bad era, and the era that Lu Zhe came to was in the midst of the greatest changes in China.
A lot of people are thinking. If Qin did not die, or if it was not Liu Bang or a non-royal "minister" who finally became the lord of the world, then would the era of "princes and princes have a kind" continue, if the "king" is still the rule of "having a kind". Will the rotation of dynasties be commonplace?
That is a question that belongs to thinkers, philosophers, and people who eat idle meals need to think about it, leaving most of the army to clean up the mess, and only Lu Zhe, who was formed by the 30,000 Praetorian Guards, left Nanling for a month and a half and returned to this place.
Before Lu Zhe returned to the school, Feng Zheng and Dong Fei. Chen Yu and Li Zuoche, Zhang Liang and Wei Bao, Tian Guang and Tian Rong, Song Yi and Xiang Bo, these two people and a team of important people from various countries have been waiting in Nanling City for a long time.
During the Battle of Changsha, Lu Zhe was basically in a wandering posture, Feng Zheng and Dong Fei were notified of their arrival, but the rest of the people only learned the news on the way back to Lu Zhe.
What did those people other than Feng Zai and Dong Fei do when they came? This qiē also starts with the matter of Lu Zhe's oath to march south.
Lu Zhe did something similar to the transfer of the world before the swearing-in southern expedition, to the effect that he announced the world, Baiyue raged in Changsha County, Lao Tzu couldn't stand it, the goal of my mobilization army was the Baiyue people, don't panic and don't make trouble for Lao Tzu, otherwise I will beat you immediately when I have a free hand.
This is the behavior that Lu Zhe has done that is most in line with this era, in this era, the army of a certain country wants to go out, unless it is a military operation of the nature of a sneak attack, otherwise even in the war of unification, the Qin State will send its courtiers to announce to the countries when it sends troops.
Looks ridiculous? Isn't informing others that they are going to go on an expedition to allow the enemy to cause trouble? So every era has its own rules for "her". In fact, the powerful country is not afraid of people making trouble at all, because those who will make trouble will make trouble even if they do not declare it, and the announcement can also play a role in intimidation. Sending people to a weak country is not a declaration, but a kind of helper calling friends. The most realistic thing is that, in fact, even if it is not announced that each country will deploy troops, it is impossible to keep it secret, so it is simply generous to say who it will send troops to fight to avoid unnecessary misunderstandings.
Lu Zhe passed on the southern expedition to Baiyue to conquer foreign races, and he actually didn't have too complicated meaning, the original intention was to tell the Qin State "I didn't gather a large army to fight you, so I found that the mobilization of the army was not good and nervous", and for the other countries, it was to express "Hey, hey, I don't care if you fight or die, don't come to mess with me".
After receiving the news, the Qin State obviously made a response that had to be prevented, so it recaptured Tong County in case of accidents, and at the same time, Feng Zheng and Dong Fei came to Nanling.
The reaction of the countries was also a bit big, and they didn't have to react after receiving the news, after all, as long as Lu Zhe didn't attack the countries and conquer South Vietnam, they didn't have to do anything. But the situation is a bit special, Lu Zhe, a guy who is not a minister and a king, is too eye-catching now, and they themselves expect Lu Zhe not to stand on the common position of Qin even if he does not help in this war against Qin, and Lu Zhe's conquest of Baiyue, a foreign race, has become a major event in an instant.
Zhuyi is very special in the history of China, that is a habit left by the Jin State when he was the overlord, and there is such a convention in the history of the Spring and Autumn Period, which occurred in the period of "respecting the king of Yi" after the king of Chuzhuang "asked Zhou Dingzhong".
At that time, the state of Chu was the "Yi" in the king's rebellion, because in addition to the "king" of Zhou Tianzi, the state of Chu was also called the king, in fact, the state of Chu was not the "feudal monarch" of Zhou Tianzi, although the country of the Jin State and other feudal monarchs was also called the country, but this "country" was not a country in the literal sense, but only a feudal country. There is only one word difference between the feudal country and the country, but the difference between this word is thousands of miles!
It's not the same country, no matter how weak the Zhou family is, it's the co-owner of the world, someone actually wants to replace the useless nominal boss of his own family, so as the biggest thug under the Zhou room, that is, how can the Jin State watch it, obey the Zhou room at least There is at least one "Everyone is rich or poor, it is all sealed by the boss" is considered to be the basis of kindness, Chu Guo, a guy who doesn't know where to appear, dares to want to replace the Zhou room, I can't bear it, the big guy the guy and beats him!
When the Jin State and the Chu State fought wars, they always liked to bring a group of vassals who were also under the command of Zhou Tianzi, that is, the boss and his younger brother to besiege and beat the Chu State together, so it also had the nature of an alliance.
The so-called ministers are not ministers and ministers that are not ministers of the Zhou family, and the so-called ministers are not ministers of Zhou Tianzi, but the covenant entered the common ranks of "feudal monarchs" including the Jin State, the Qi State, the Yan State, the Lu State, the Wei State, etc., but the Chu State does not belong to the courtiers of Zhou Tianzi, which is the kind of "You don't call the king a qiē, it is enough to have a king in the world, it doesn't matter if you listen to me or not, anyway, no one really listens to me if the Zhou family is weak."
The state of Chu, which gave up being the king, was slowly accepted by the feudal lords of Zhou Tianzi, and with hundreds of years of contact between the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States period, everyone did not regard the state of Chu as a barbarian, and at this time, the grassland tribes in the north and the mountain and forest groups in the south were gradually becoming stronger, and there was no doubt that the guys on the grassland became "Hu", and the ones in the southern mountains and forests became "barbarians" or "Yi".
Lü Zhe shouted the slogan of the southern expedition to avenge the head of Changsha Qian, and the countries that were originally concerned about what Lü Zhe wanted to do also took advantage of this excuse to send people over.
The nations may have sent people for different purposes, but they basically came in the name of "Huimeng", so that after Lu Zhe returned to Nanling, he was a little confused when he heard that all countries had sent people to Huimeng.
There are two ways to say the so-called alliance, one is to form an alliance, and the other is to invite war. There are also corresponding levels of the Guild Alliance, the Guild of Kings is the highest level, and the Guild of Courtiers is another level.
After listening to the meaning of the alliance, Lu Zhe finally understood, he didn't think that the nations were here to invite war, so there was only one way left to form an alliance.
But...... Lu Zhe is not a monarch, and logically speaking, he is not qualified to form an alliance with other countries, so the so-called "alliance" has a new explanation at this moment, that is, mutual friendship, in short, it is to find a reason to explore the truth or something.
"How much do they know?"
"I just know that we will besiege Baiyue, and I don't know that the war is over."
"Oh......"
It's wrong, it's just that the Baiyue people who invaded Changsha are surrounded and annihilated, and it doesn't mean that the war between Lu Zhe's forces and Baiyue is over. The war was far from over until the territory belonging to the Baiyue people was seized. (To be continued......)