As the morning light dawned, a rather large army appeared on the land near Xiangshui, trampling the peaceful breakfast.

A nearby savage tribe was preparing to herd cattle and sheep and cultivate the land. Suddenly, it was frightened by the unexpected army. It quickly closed the gate of the village made of wood and looked at the unexpected army with vigilance.

A large banner with the character Zheng written in seal script fluttered in the wind, but it was a pity that these savages did not recognize it.

But the bright spears and huge chariots in the hands of Zheng's troops were clearly visible to these savages.

Qing Lang, the leader of the army, glanced at the small village indifferently and told an officer under him in a nonchalant tone: "Let these savages surrender and pay tribute to Zheng State in the future, including slaves, cattle, sheep, furs, and money. Otherwise, they will be killed."

Just them!"

Upon hearing this, the officer quickly accepted the order and sent soldiers with loud voices to shout. Not long after, the villagers opened their doors. The tribe leader, wizard and others prostrated on the ground and presented cattle, sheep, and wine to the Zheng army.

The population of this small tribe is too small, only five to six hundred people in total. It is not as large as the army Qing Lang sent to command this time.

You know, this time Qing Lang commanded fifty chariots to sweep away the surrounding barbarian tribes.

Generally speaking, a chariot can hold thirty people.

Of course, this does not mean that there are thirty people in a chariot.

But tanks also need to coordinate with tanks!

Generally speaking, a combat vehicle is a complete combat unit.

Among them, there are ten soldiers, three on the car and seven on the car. This is the main force of the battle.

Then there were fifteen foot soldiers and five servants.

These are the unarmored auxiliary light infantry and support personnel.

So many people make a complete combat unit.

In other words, this army of fifty chariots has 1,500 people.

So after the Spring and Autumn Period, those big countries like Qi and Jin boasted of thousands of chariots and hundreds of thousands of armors!

You must know that the current Emperor of Zhou still has to recruit soldiers and horses from the princes, so it is estimated that he can assemble such a large army.

And such an army is absolutely invincible in today's Xiangshui generation.

If we add the 150 tanks from Zheng Xiaoming's side, there will be as many as 200 tanks.

This is a huge army of six thousand people!

It can be said that as long as it is not a decisive battle with the Chu people, many countries around here are no match for them!

Including Zeng Guo.

Although the state of Zeng was rich, it was rich but not strong. Needless to say, its army was stretched thin.

Of course, according to the etiquette and legal order established from the Zhou Gong era, many small countries around here belong to the Ji family and cannot attack each other.

Otherwise, King Zhou, as the head of the family, will have to take action!

Respecting relatives and formulating a system of etiquette based on blood relationships to maintain the order of the entire Zhou Dynasty is the cornerstone of the Zhou king's rule over the world.

But if we conquer these barbarians, the savages won't have any problems at all.

Even because of Zheng Xiaoming's status, it would not be a big problem to bully other small countries with other surnames under the Zhou Dynasty system. For example, the country of Deng!

But now, Zheng Xiaoming, who is not yet firmly established, will certainly not do such a thing.

He sent Qing Lang out just to conquer the surrounding savage tribes and collect more food and people to build the city.

Although the small tribes in front of us are still called savages, they have actually begun to slowly follow the Zhou people's way of life and start farming and grazing.

And this kind of small tribe is not Qing Lang's main target for using troops this time. His target for using troops is the country of Lu Rong at the junction of Han River and Zhang River.

But from the name, you can tell that Lu Rongguo did not belong to the Central Plains civilization under the leadership of Emperor Zhou, but to the barbarians.

It is said that this country was originally a tribe of Yun Rong who migrated all the way to the west. Now the Fang Kingdom was established in this Zhangshui generation. It is quite powerful and threatens some surrounding small countries belonging to the Chinese system, such as the Fang Kingdom and the Luo Kingdom.

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Zheng Xiaoming now wants to establish himself in Jianghan, so of course he must choose to kill the chicken to scare the monkeys to establish his authority.

And these Lu Rong people were chosen by Zheng Xiaoming as the chickens to be killed!

At this moment, Qing Lang was full of confidence and led fifty chariots all the way to Lu Rongguo.

As a result, a few days later, Zheng Xiaoming heard the news that the army led by Qing Lang was defeated at the hands of Lu Rongguo, and the defeated generals fled back with the remaining soldiers.

Zheng Xiaoming was furious and wanted to punish Qing Lang. However, Qing Lang was the "Qing" sent by King Zhou to control Zheng's army, so after he was defeated, this crime was not something Zheng Xiaoming could cure. Only Zhou could punish him.

The king punishes himself.

Zheng Xiaoming originally left one hundred and fifty chariots in Xiangyang to prepare for Chu's attack. Then he sent Qing Lang to lead fifty chariots. He originally thought that attacking a small barbarian country would be easy, but he never expected that he would be able to attack a small barbarian country.

Encountered such a huge defeat.

So Zheng Xiaoming was furious and personally led all the troops to attack Lu Rongguo again.

Before Lu Rongguo could wait, he encountered Lu Rongguo's chariot troops.

Only then did Zheng Xiaoming realize that Qing Lang's defeat was not unjust, and that Lu Rongguo was a tribe of Xirong who had migrated all the way from the land of Xirong.

It is said that chariots were first created from the land of Xirong, so now almost all Xirong tribes have mastered the technology of manufacturing chariots.

This is also the reason why Xirong is now the biggest threat to the Zhou Dynasty... Actually speaking, the Zhou people were also a part of Xirong in the beginning, and were related to many tribes of Xirong.

Many Xirong tribes themselves were part of the Chinese system under the leadership of the emperor of that week.

Of course, this Lu Rongguo is definitely not. Although they have mastered the manufacturing technology of chariots!

This time when Qing Lang attacked Lu Rong, he did not expect this. He did not expect that such a small country in a remote mountainous valley would actually have chariots. He was caught off guard and suffered a heavy defeat.

Now that Zheng Xiaoming was on guard, he was certainly not afraid of Lu Rongguo's chariot.

He had one or two hundred chariots, while Lu Rongguo only had sixty or seventy even including the chariots that captured Qing Lang.

Moreover, it is not easy for such a small country to pass on technology.

The chariots produced are far inferior to Zhou chariots like Zheng Xiaoming in terms of technical level and other aspects.

Not to mention, although Lu Rongguo barely retained its chariot technology, it lacked bronze wares.

It’s not that they don’t know how to smelt bronze, it’s that they don’t even have bronze ore or tin ore!

In this era, gold and tin are the most important strategic resources.

Gold is copper, and tin can be added to copper to make bronze!

The reason why the Great Zhou Dynasty was powerful and able to formulate rules was originally because of its control of these gold and tin resources.

The Great Zhou Dynasty is now beginning to decline, of course because the monopoly on gold and tin resources is beginning to be broken.
Chapter completed!