Chapter 44 Zheng and Chu rise to power
When Long Hui had been staying out of Longcheng, Dai Shuqing of Dai Guo, who was far away in Daicheng, made a remark, saying that Long Hui was using various countries and selling weapons to those invading powers, and suggested that all countries should jointly crusade against Longcheng. This angered Long Hui, and he originally wanted to wait and see what happened, but it seemed that some people were really indebted. Long Hui sent 10,000 men equipped with 1,000 Kortic chariots, bearskin helmets, Fijian throwing sticks, and Shang bronze axes, and set out to conquer Dai. Uncle Dai united Xu Zhuang Gong of Xu State to lead 20,000 troops, because Long Hui sent this army to be equipped with long weapons, after throwing sticks, he used bronze axes to deal with the bronze Ge and bronze spears and other long weapons of the two coalition armies, 7,000 people were killed, 3,000 surrendered, and the two coalition forces lost 5,000 people. When the news reached Longcheng, Long Hui shook his head, so that it was interesting, leaving 20,000 soldiers to defend the city, leading the remaining 30,000 soldiers to take revenge, and when he arrived in Daicheng, Long Hui did not say a word and directly attacked the city, and after a day of fighting, Dai Guo ceased to exist.
Then the army invaded Xu Du, Xu Zhuang Gong fled to defend the country, under the auspices of Zheng Zhuang Gong, set up Xu Shu as the monarch of Xu State, and gave the eastern part of Xu Guo to Xu Shu, and the western part of Xu Guo was taken care of by Long Hui, Long Hui ordered Qin Qi to lead his 5,000 soldiers to garrison. Long Hui led 20,000 troops back to Dragon City. Long Hui recruited another 20,000 troops, equipped with 10,000 bronze beast-faced shields, 10,000 nose twists, 10,000 ball-headed sticks, 10,000 ten-handed, and 10,000 nail-headed sticks.
In 712 BCE, there was a conflict of speech between Zheng and Xi, and Xihou went north to attack Zheng. Zheng Zhuang Gong and Xi Hou fought in the territory of the country, and the army of Xi returned defeated. Long Hui believed that this was a sign that the Xi Kingdom was about to perish, and believed that the Xi Kingdom had made five mistakes: not measuring virtue, not considering strength, not being close to relatives and neighbors, not distinguishing between right and wrong, not checking for guilt, and crusading against others, and the loss of the army was inevitable.
In 710 BC, in July, the monarch of Qi State, Qi Wu Gong, went to Lu to meet him, his attitude was not respectful enough, Qi Wu Gong returned to China, and Lu Huan Gong planned to crusade against him. In September, the state of Lu invaded the state of Qi, in order to crusade against the disrespect of the marquis of Qi.
In 710 BC, the Marquis of Jin Ai sent an army to invade the fields of Xiaoyi Tingting, south of Yicheng. In the following year, Shen Ting and Qu Wo Wugong joined forces to attack Yicheng, with their uncle Han Wan driving a chariot and Liang Hong as the right car, chasing Aihou to the Fen River, and defeated the Jin army. It was night that captured the Marquis of Jin Ai [.] The Jin people set up the son of the Marquis of Mourning as the king, and it was for the Marquis of the Jin Dynasty. In the first year of the boy, Qu Wowu Gong sent Han Wan to kill the Marquis of Jin Ai. Since then, Quwo has become powerful, and Yicheng can no longer compete with it.
Although Zhou Tianzi, who moved east to Luoyi, still nominally retained the status of the Son of Heaven, in fact his control was weakening day by day, and he could no longer control the princes to compete for hegemony.
Located in the heart of the Central Plains, the state of Zheng began to rise at this time, and its founding monarch, Zheng Huangong, was the concubine of King Zhou Li and the prince closest to the royal family. Zheng Huangong moved the domestic people from the Guanzhong region to the area around Xinzheng City, Zhengzhou City, Henan Province, which greatly strengthened the country's strength. After succeeding to the throne, Duke Zheng Zhuang tried his best to expand his territory and further enhance the strength of Zheng Guo. He co-opted Qi and Lu militarily and diplomatically, attacked and weakened the four kingdoms of Wei, Song, Chen, and Cai, and destroyed the state of Xu.
With the expansion of Zheng Guo, the contradiction between Zheng and Zhou Tianzi also deepened. During the reign of King Zhou Ping, there was a confrontation between Zhou and Zheng, and Wang Zihu, the son of King Zhou Ping, and Gongzi Hu, the son of Zheng Zhuanggong, took each other hostage, which in a sense represented the beginning of a lack of mutual trust between the two countries. After King Huan of Zhou ascended the throne, he was disgusted by the behavior of Duke Zheng Zhuang and deprived Duke Zheng Zhuang of his status as a secretary, so Duke Zheng Zhuang did not go on a pilgrimage to King Huan of Zhou.
In the autumn of 707 BC, King Huan of Zhou commanded his army and the armies of Chen, Cai, Wei and other princes to conquer Zheng in the autumn of 707 BC. Zheng Guo's army and the coalition army met in Ge.
King Huan of Zhou divided the coalition army into three armies, of which the right army was commanded by the father of the Qing Shi Yu Gonglin, and the armies of Cai and Wei joined it; The left army was commanded by the secretary Zhou Gong Heishou, and Chen Guo's army joined it; The Chinese army was personally commanded by King Huan. The Zheng army was also divided into three parts: Zheng Zhuang Gong and Yuan Fan, Gao Qumi and others led the central army, Sai Zhong commanded the left phalanx, and Gongzi Manbo commanded the right phalanx. Before the battle, Zheng Guo's master Ziyuan analyzed that there was civil strife in Chen State, and Chen's army had no intention of fighting, and if it attacked Chen's army first at this time, it would definitely collapse quickly; The strength of the Cai and Wei armies was not strong, and it was easy to break through. Therefore, the two flanks should be attacked first, and then the central army of the Zhou Dynasty. This suggestion was adopted by Zheng Zhuanggong. Zheng Guo's doctor, Gao Qumi, proposed the use of the "Yuli Array", in which the chariots were arranged in front of the array, and the infantry was scattered on both sides and behind the chariots, so that the two could coordinate and cooperate. This formation was also agreed. The battle was really like Ziyuan's analysis, the two wings were broken first, the Zhou army was defeated, and Zhu Dan shot King Zhou Huan in the shoulder.
Zhu Dan asked to chase after him, but Zheng Zhuanggong thought that the gentleman could not deceive people too much, not to mention that the other party was still Zhou Tianzi, so he stopped pursuing. That night, he sent the sacrificial foot to the Zhou camp to comfort the injured King Zhou Huan.
In the summer of 706 BC, Beirong, who lived in the northern part of present-day Hebei, sent troops to invade the northwestern region of the Qi Kingdom. Qi asked Zheng Guo for help, and Zheng Zhuang sent the prince to lead troops to rescue Qi. In June, Zheng's army defeated the Beirong army. More than 1,000 Beirong generals Daliang, Shaoliang and Jiashi were captured. Duke Qi wanted to marry his daughter to the crown prince, but the prince politely refused with "Qi Dafei is not a coincidence".
Xiong Tong, the monarch of Chu State, was warlike and had long had the ambition of claiming the title of king. Ling Yin Bobi said that the Chu State had removed the title of king for a long time, and now if it wants to restore the title of king, it must first subdue the princes by force. Xiong Tong asked Humbles for a plan. Roberbi believed that Suiguo was the most powerful of the eastern Han states, and if Xiongtong attacked Suiguo with troops, he sent envoys to demand an alliance with Suiguo. If the Sui State submits to the Chu State, then all the local states of Han and Huai will submit to it. In 706 B.C., Xiong Tong obeyed the plan of Bobby, so he personally led a large army and stationed troops in flaws. Dispatch the Doctor to ask for the Legion. Suiguo temporarily agreed to form an alliance, but because the young master of the minister fell into the strategy of Bobi arrogant soldiers, Suihou despised the state of Chu.
In the summer of 704 BC, the state of Chu invited the princes of various countries to Shenlu to meet the alliance, and among the eastern states of Han, only Huang did not come to the alliance with the kings of the two countries. Therefore, Xiong Tong sent the doctor Xue Zhang to rebuke Huang Guo, and personally led the army to crusade against Suiguo, marching between Hanshui and Huaishui. Although the doctor Ji Liang opposed a quick battle with the Chu army before the war, he also suggested avoiding its edge. However, Sui Hou and the young division despised the Chu army, and the two armies fought in Suqi, and the Sui army was defeated, and the Hou fled, and the right young division of Rong was captured by Fang Dan. Xiong Tong asked Suihou to ask for a knight for the state of Chu, but King Huan of Zhou refused Xiong Tong, so Xiong Tong established himself as the "king of martial arts" and left in alliance with Suiguo. The countries of the eastern Han Dynasty sent envoys to congratulate them. Since then, the Chu monarchs have been called "kings", creating a precedent for princes to claim the title of king, and the Zhou dynasty was in decline at that time, so it could not be stopped.
At that time, Qu Wo was becoming stronger and stronger, and Qu Wo Wugong booby-trapped Jin Xiaozihou. In the spring of 704 BC, Quwo's army invaded Yicheng [6]. In the winter of that year, King Huan of Zhou sent Yu Zhong to lead his troops to attack Duke Wu of Quwo, Duke Wu had to retreat to Quwo, and King Huan of Zhou established the younger brother of the Marquis of Jin as the monarch of Jin, and Quwo failed to annex the Jin State.
In the summer of 703 B.C., Chu and Ba jointly sent troops to attack the state of Lu, Deng sent a nephew and nephew to lead the army to aid Lu, the two armies were in a stalemate at the beginning of the war, so the Chu general was defeated and led the Chu army to retreat, and the Deng army took the opportunity to pursue the Chu army, but ignored the Pakistani army left behind, the Deng army was attacked from behind, and the Chu army saw that the Deng army was attacked by the Ba army, and also attacked the Deng army.
The Deng army was defeated by the Chu and Ba armies, and the regime of the state of Lu also collapsed one night after the collapse and was annexed by the state of Chu.