Then Ji Fa invited Yun Zhongzi to come to the camp, gathered the troops, gathered all the soldiers, and he stood on the military chariot and shouted: "The enemy commander Wen Zhong is dead, the time has come for the Shang army to perish, all charge and kill!" ”

"Kill, kill, kill!" The army shouted in unison.

"Woohoo."

At this moment, the Zhou camp beat drums and shouted, and the troops all marched, at this time they saw Ji Fa's foresight, he asked several Taoist chiefs, as messengers to contact along the way, with their help, these things were quickly passed to the Zhou army's troops, and then the troops of the vassal states also received these news, and for a time the Armageddon officially began, and the coalition forces of these vassal states gathered their troops and all rushed to the defense line of the merchant army.

"Go to Chaoge, capture the king of Zhou alive, and burn the king of Zhou to death."

Soon, under Ji Fa's arrangement, with the help of many immortal Taoist priests, the Zhou State and the vassal states broke through the Wen Zhong army on the front line, wiped out all these merchant troops, and captured many people, so that the Shang State's defense line was defeated.

The coalition army of the Zhou State and the vassal states, joined forces to attack the territory of the Shang State, Ji Fa held high the banner of Wang Shiyi, along the way to the people in the autumn did not commit any crimes, and helped the people to repair houses, irrigate farmland, and be diligent in farming, and won the support of the people, many people have joined the Zhou soldiers, or lead the way for the Zhou army, all the way to the Zhou army and the coalition army unimpeded, such as into the land of no one, after hearing Ji Fa's good name, many Shang army defending the city, switch the city to surrender, have been treated well by Ji Fa.

For a time, many cities of the Shang army were taken by the Zhou army, and Ji Fa fought all the way from Xiqi to the hinterland of the Shang kingdom and marched to Chaoge City.

After receiving the news, the king was shocked, at this moment the people began to flee in various towns and cities of the Shang country, even Chaogecheng was no exception, many people knew that King Wu of Zhou had called, they were very happy, and they were all happy to move their families away, and all of them went to Xiqi, basically they were dragged with their families, and they soon broke away from the jurisdiction of the Shang State.

Even some of the soldiers defending the city, knowing that the king of Zhou was calling, all abandoned the city and fled, and directly joined the Zhou soldiers, or lost their uniforms and took their families to take refuge everywhere, and some went directly to Xiqi.

"There are still many people, although under the high-pressure policy of the Shang State, they dare not express their hearts, but look forward to the arrival of King Zhou day and night at home, so that they can get out of the sea of suffering."

"Humph! A group of waste, how did the front line fight, it was defeated for so long, it must be these soldiers, taking advantage of the Taishi to send troops, lazily leaking that was only seized by Zhou Bing to break through, all of them were caught and branded! "The king was furious in the court.

Many ministers knelt down and did not dare to say a word, because they were afraid of the punishment of the king of Zhou, including Shen Gongbao, since the king of Zhou's lecture, he hurriedly flashed to the side, lest he provoke the king of Xu, who was angry, then it would be more than worth the loss.

Shen Gongbao thought to himself: "I'd better hurry up and flash people, I know the temper of the king too well, nothing is the best, once there is something, I will find the mistakes of other ministers, what a faint king, what a mediocre king." ”

Just when Shen Gong Leopard was about to slip away, the King of Xuan saw him and shouted: "Shen Gong Leopard! What kind of crime should you be guilty of as a national teacher? ”

Shen Gongbao knelt down directly, was frightened into a cold sweat, and said, "The king, I am guilty, what you said. ”

"Don't talk nonsense, I'll ask you what to do now, you quickly go down to recruit soldiers, supplement the soldiers who don't have soldiers, recruit strong men if you don't have them, and after training these soldiers, send them all to the front line to consolidate the city." The King said.

"It's the king." Shen Gongbao cursed in his heart, he still didn't hide from it, he fell into such a drudgery.

Shen Gongbao carefully thought about whether there was any room for maneuver, or to hand over this matter to other people, or find a loyal minister to do things with him, and when the time came, he would not be able to throw the blame to him, but he looked back and found that above the court, there was no one else to do except himself, and at this point, he had no choice, who let the ministers of the Shang State be almost dead?

Otherwise, it would not be Shen Gongbao's turn, so the king sent Shen Gongbao to find a way to solve the problem of the army, and his original words were like this.

"Shen Gongbao, as a national teacher, you should find a way if you don't have soldiers." The King said weakly at the moment.

"King Nuo, I'll do it." Shen Gongbao directly withdrew from the main hall.

As soon as he came out of the hall, he cursed in his heart: "Look at your face, it looks like you are overly drunk, there is no blood, and you won't live long, so I won't care about you, why be angry with a dying person." ”

Don't look at Shen Gongbao on the top of the main hall, he agreed so simply, in fact, he disobeyed the yang and the yin, and he already had a countermeasure in his heart, he had expected that the king would have such a hand, and he had already made preparations to prevent the shameless king from stumbling in secret, and others might laugh at it, Shen Gongbao was thinking about various things every day.

"I think about the mediocre royal decrees of various kings every day, what to do if these mediocre royal decrees fall on my head, and imagine a lot of possibilities in advance, sort out the most likely things, and then think of solutions to them, and finally put these solutions in my heart, and then wait for the king to make trouble at any time, so I live every day, and finally wait until today."

"Hmph, isn't it just recruiting soldiers, what's so difficult about this, I'm an upright Shang State Taishi, isn't it just some big-headed soldiers, what's so difficult to recruit here." Shen Gongbao walked disapprerovingly.

Then he came to the military department of the Shang State, as soon as he walked in, he found that something was wrong, this is because it was busy and impetuous, and people were running back and forth, were there some merchants holding books, walking back and forth, Shen Gongbao saw that he stood for a long time, no one greeted him, he hurriedly coughed, but he didn't expect that the others had nothing to do, he quickly coughed a few times.

There is still no one from the military department to take care of him, Shen Gongbao is a little angry, what kind of minister is this, no one pays attention to him when he sees Shangguan, and now that his national teacher has come in person, no one has come to receive him, and he can't help but be a little angry.

"Is there anyone alive who didn't see me coming, you... What are you guys doing? ”

Shen Gongbao was furious, and pointed to a few Wenchen who were running back and forth in front of him.

A few Wenchen who were running back and forth, after looking at Shen Gong Leopard, hurriedly stopped, and as soon as they saw the identity of Shen Gong Leopard's national teacher, they all quickly knelt down and saluted.

"Hmph, what did you do just now, you ministers are really getting more and more lively, what are you busy with? They all got up and talked back. ”

"Oh, Master, there is no one, all the strong men everywhere have run away, some have fled to the mountains, and some strong laborers are willing to break their own arms, or deliberately fall and become disabled, so it will be sad to serve in the military."

"This group of post-descendants is really... Hey, forget it, it's useless for a disabled soldier to ask for it, but what about the other soldiers? How many are there now. ”

The ministers said hesitantly: "Taishi... There are no more, all the soldiers before have been taken away by the Taishi, and now Chaoge has no soldiers except for the soldiers who defend the city. ”

"Huh? What are you doing, how can you not even have a soldier, how do you do the officials of the military department. "Shen Gongbao is about to die of anger.

Just why do you want him to recruit soldiers for the Gongbao Leopard, how can he recruit them? At present, there is no soldier in the military department, not even strong labor, how can we do it?

This really stumped him Shen Gongbao, the death order given to him by the king of Xu, the words are already very clear, if he can't recruit soldiers, he knows the consequences, he will not be able to eat and walk around, but what about this?

He paced back and forth, and the surrounding civil officials didn't dare to talk much, so they went back and forth in circles, and suddenly he had a crooked idea.

"How many prisoners are there in prison? How many slaves are there left everywhere? ”

"If you add it all up, it should be more than 100,000." Wen Chen reported.

Shen Gongbao smiled: "That's good, put these slaves and prisoners into the barracks, and then train more, and after the training, all of them will be sent to the front line." ”

"Huh? Taishi, those are all slaves, they are not loyal to the Shang country, if they go to the front, what will happen after that? Wen Chen said hurriedly.

"Hmph, I don't care, what should I do if I don't recruit soldiers when I expire, and the king of Xuan lets me die?" Shen Gongbao was firm in his thoughts.

"I don't care if that's the case, if that's the case, the king has an order, if you can't recruit soldiers when it's due, you will be killed together."

As soon as Shen Gongbao's words came out, all the civil officials were about to be scared to death, and they hurriedly knelt down and begged Shen Gongbao to say good things.

"Okay, all get up, I'm not a person who can't be saved when I see death, you all stand up quickly, since you are all so sincere, then I will show you a clear way, now do what I say, all those slaves will be in the army, so that you can complete the king's order, isn't there still training, the big head soldiers, you can use it in the laughter field practice, besides, you have turned things over before, as long as you can win, the king is happy, you are not promoted to become rich? Don't worry, I'm talking to the king. ”

The ministers of the military department looked at each other, nodded, and then did as Shen Gongbao wanted, they had no other way, and this was a helpless move at the moment, maybe the national teacher said the best way, it was best to listen to him, otherwise he wouldn't even be able to pass this level.

"Besides, if we can't recruit soldiers when it expires, the king will definitely cut us down, but he himself has nothing to do, then wouldn't we die unjustly, and besides, if it is true as the national teacher said, a few of us will be able to be promoted and make a fortune, and we don't have to take responsibility, and if we speak in the prestige of the national teacher, then we will have hope for a few promotions."

At this moment, several civil officials thought of this, but they were even more happy, and later generations commented on this matter, saying that the ministers of the Shang State were all for themselves, and the ministers who did not seek benefits for the country were only for their own interests, so how could they not perish?

Then Shen Gongbao left satisfied, and in this way, the slaves and prisoners in the Shang Kingdom were soon sent to the barracks, and there were about 100,000 soldiers, who hurriedly began to train, and then began to send them to the front line.

"Report to King Zhou, according to the informant, slaves and prisoners have been sent into the barracks in the Shang Kingdom." A soldier reported.

"Hahaha, even the slave army has been taken out, it seems that the merchant army is really gone, and the time has come to perish." Ji Fa and the soldiers laughed.