Chapter 1798 The great era of outstanding people
As one of the "three major thieves", Jiang Shiwu's personal abilities, charm and contributions to the people of Zhao must surpass He Jian, the leader of the revival.
But the other two thieves, Song Xian'an and Gao Zhen, who were known as Jiang Shiwu, were far from comparable to Jiang Shiwu. Fortunately, Gao Zhen was not as good as Jiang Shiwu, but he did not invade any of the common people. Gao Zhen rose eight years ago and pulled a cruiser under the control of the gentry of Yunxia Province at that time and rose up and turned the army and became a pirate.
He never touched the common people because Gao Zhen knew that the common people had no oil and water at all. What he robbed was the merchant ships traveling to and from Zhao and Da Shang.
More than 90% of those merchant ships can only operate by gentry and wealthy merchants.
The wealth that was robbed was used to expand the army. After eight years of development, Gao Zhen relied on his outstanding military talent and naval combat talent, Gao Zhen was a big pirate with three thousand-ton battleships and more than ten cruisers.
The elite troops under his command were nearly 20,000, and the naval battle was much better than Zheng Zhilong in the late Ming Dynasty in the Wuling era.
If Gao Zhen's 20,000 elite troops are really going to fight with the 30,000 navy under King He Jian of Zhao, it is hard to say who wins and who loses.
Gao Zhen's 20,000 elite soldiers were officially called thieves, but Gao Zhen, who was born as a naval officer, has always been trained in a training posture.
Of course, no matter He Jian or Gao Zhen, they were not that stupid. There were gentry and wealthy families in many provinces outside the country staring at Zhao State. They were always very restrained and there was basically no conflict.
The biggest flaw of the Great Pirate Gao Zhen is that it does not have a reliable land territory. He only has extraordinary talent and ability in military affairs. He has risen for eight years and has almost no defeat in naval battles. But in terms of management and administration, Gao Zhen is so angry.
Gao Zhen's current state is that he has been attracted by many parties. Not only the gentry and powerful people in the northwest provinces of Da Shang, they want to make Gao Zhen Zhao'an, but He Jian has always wanted to make Zhao'an. Even Jiang Shiwu has come to talk to Gao Zhen...
Gao Zhen is currently in a state of hesitation.
The most evil among the three major thieves was Song Xian'an, a big thief who had been in the army for more than ten years, also had extraordinary military talents. He talked about military capabilities and was a hero for a while, but he was a perfect template for bandits.
In the early days of the rebellion, he not only plundered the local area, but also carried the young and strong. He almost attacked whatever he saw profits. The gentry, capital upstarts, and ordinary people were all under his attack, and all the tragedies passed by were all kinds of tragedies.
It will cause disaster to flow anywhere.
The funny thing is that this bandit had no base, and had to flee in a panic for at most a year or two after staying in one side for a year or two, but he became king!
Song Xian'an proclaimed himself King of Song three years ago and declared to the world that Zhao of the Song Dynasty was the destiny, but Ye County, where he ascended the throne, had only been half a year before he gave up. During that period, not only the gentry forces from the Great Shang provinces were gathering, but it seemed that they wanted to kill him. Even King He Jian of Zhao was also dispatching troops and horses, and there was a tendency to kill him.
Song Xian'an had outstanding military talent in land warfare, and knew that if he was surrounded by many parties, he would be dead, and he would run away with a lot of wealth and a harem regiment. Song Xian'an is currently considered a strong army, with 20,000 elite soldiers of his absolute power, and there are also 100,000 young and strong soldiers.
Over the years, millions of people in Zhao have been killed or injured, nearly one-half of which were created by Song Xian'an.
He would be targeted by various forces, and the biggest reason was that he committed too much murder. Whether it was the State of Zhao, the great Shang gentry, civil and military, capital power, or King He Jian of Zhao, they all knew that if Song Xian'an was allowed to continue to commit suicide and injuries, too many casualties would be too unfavorable to everyone.
If there are not so many civilians who rule or exploit you, where do you get so much profit?
Even the marine countries such as Wei Zhou, the gentry, civil and military personnel of Jingzhou, and the gentry of the Eastern Shang Dynasty knew to block the sea routes so that too many people would flee to Qi. The gentry here was not stupid. They continued to let Song Xian'an build it, and the deaths and injuries of one million will turn into two or three million, three or four million. Then where would anyone in Zhao State have farmed and mined for you, and they would be a sailor for you to be a strong sergeant?
Song Xian'an was very powerful, but no matter how he looked at it, even if Su Heng didn't intervene, this was the fastest thief who would die.
Without too many powerful opponents, Song Xian'an might not be able to dominate the Zhao royal family for a lifetime.
But no matter He Jian, Jiang Shiwu and Jiang family Huzi, they are all famous people in the era.
This is a great era of great people belonging to Zhao State.
At present, the overall situation in Zhao State is so confusing and complicated. If there is no external interference, it is hard to say who will win.
As long as He Jian can win the imperial throne, 30,000 naval forces will become more than 50,000. Coupled with the extraordinary naval combat ability of high throne, he can defeat Jiang Shiwu's navy as a fool. Once there is no naval guard caravan, there will be no foreign food, salt, etc. to support the 800,000 to 900,000 people. Then the Jiang family's separatist will soon decline.
If Jiang Shiwu and his family could recruit Gao Zhen, things would have changed a different way. Maybe it would be the situation of Jiang De Zhao.
Even if Jiang Shiwu and Gao Zhen were too strong, the military power could not crush He Jian. However, among the eight or nine million people in Zhao State, the people are in favor of the people, and Jiang Shiwu is the dominant.
He Jian is orthodox and has his own natural advantages, but he has never made many policies that benefit the people for more than ten years ascended the throne. His military and political revival has become stronger and stronger, but the people's opinion and hearts are not inferior to Jiang Shiwu, but several streets.
It was not that Jiang Shiwu could not walk out of the mountains and plot against the plains, but that most of the wealth had to support the people, which led to the inability to develop the military.
If he had a plain base and had Jiang Shiwu's reputation, he would definitely attract dozens or millions of people from Zhao to surrender. Even if he had his family and stayed away from his home, he would have such a grand scene.
Plain?
The lake plains in the mountains of Zhao are all in He Jian's hands. The plains next to the sea outside the mountains? You can't defend them without a powerful navy and army. This is not only the various battles between Zhao's own, but also the gentry of the Da Shang and many provinces who suffered heavy losses, and they are unwilling to accept it.
For more than ten years, the six provinces around Yunbian, west Liang, east Liangbian, north bank, above Yunbian and below Yunbian have almost all rolled in this quagmire and suffered heavy losses.
The top-level gentry and powerful people suffered heavy losses and were even destroyed by the Shang emperor? It doesn’t matter. The next-level gentry and powerful people will take advantage of the situation to receive the chassis resources of the former boss and become a new wave of powerful people again.
How many people in those families are staring at Zhao State?
Even He Jian, who had 30,000 elite navy troops, dared not develop too much in the vast plains outside the mountains and in the sea, even worse, Jiang Shiwu was even worse.
"Jiang Shiwu, Gao Zhen, Song Xian'an."
"The first two of the three thieves are worthy of recognition and even appreciation, but Song Xian'an should deal with it humanely."
Su Heng's perception enveloped Zhao State and easily found the location of Song Xian'an. What was performed there was a scene of singing and dancing, and the sound of dogs and horses. However, it was just Song Xian'an's temporary palace and the territory of 20,000 elite veterans. It could be considered as singing and dancing, and the sound of dogs and horses. In addition, it was similar to the small hell on earth.
Chapter completed!