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The Zheng coalition army fought very well in the Song State. After a few days of fierce battles, Uncle Ying Kao and others have broken through the provinces, and Gongsun Yan and other generals have also broken through the defenses very bravely. On the one hand, the generals of the two teams sent people to the old camp of Zhengzhuang Gong to report the victory, and on the other hand, they continued to advance to the Song capital.

The battle situation of the two armies was in the midst of Zheng Zhuang's fair strategy. The two armies came to report that Zheng Zhuang Gong was excited. He calculated on his fingers when the Three Kingdoms Alliance army led by him would be able to attack the Song capital according to such a combat progress. Just when Zheng Zhuang Gong was making wishful thinking, Ji Hu, the prince who was guarding Zhengcheng, sent someone to report: that the capital of Zheng Guo was in an emergency. Zheng Zhuanggong was surprised. It seems that there are really masters in the Song Kingdom, who attacked my lair without fighting me head-on. Zheng Zhuanggong felt that something was wrong, and he hurriedly ordered the troops to be withdrawn.

At this point, Zheng Zhuang Gong achieved his goal by falsely preaching the holy decree under the careful planning of the sacrificial foot, uniting the Song Dynasty, and expanding his sphere of influence through the Song Dynasty. Not only did he recapture the Changge City that was conquered by the Song State, but he also captured three cities in the Song State in a row, which can be regarded as a brilliant result.

When General Qi Guoyi Zhongnian and General Lu Guoji Hui were killing the Song soldiers, they received Zheng Zhuanggong's order to collect their troops, and they came to the old camp to meet Zheng Zhuanggong in person.

Gongzi Hui worshiped Zheng Zhuang Gong, and said with honor: "The Lu army led by this general has won a great victory, and is about to take advantage of the victory to pursue, and suddenly got the order of the king to collect the troops, I don't know what the reason is?"

Zheng Zhuanggong looked calm and shook his head unhurriedly. It should be said that Zheng Zhuang Gong was cunning and resourceful, he kept his mouth shut and didn't talk about Zheng Du's tightness, and the combined army of Song and Wei attacked Zheng Du, but with a calm face, he smiled faintly, and said, "The widow was ordered to fight the Song Dynasty, and now relying on the military might of the two countries, he successfully cut off the two cities of the Song State, which is already a punishment for the Song State." The Song State is also a country that has won the highest title of the Zhou royal family, and the Zhou royal family has respect for the Song Dynasty, and the widow is ordered to crusade, how dare he ask for more? The two cities and towns taken and defended, Qi and Lu each got one, and the widows did not dare to stay privately. ”

Yi Zhongnian, the general of Qi State, has always been cautious, and when he saw that Zheng Zhuang Gong wanted to give a city to Qi State, he shirked it and said: "Zheng Guo crusaded against the Song State with the king's order, and I would have come here on the order of my Qi monarch to come here to help Zheng only to help Zheng on the king's order, and some credit is not enough to worry about, how dare I not steal Zheng Guo's spoils." ”

Zheng Zhuang Gong saw that Yi Zhongnian was serious and inconvenient to be reluctant, so he said: "Since the general is unwilling to accept the land, the two cities he has obtained will be handed over to the Lu State, in order to reward General Ji Hui, and the old man will take the lead." ”

Ji Huizi, the son of Lu Guo, is a person who is greedy for merit and arrogant, and when he saw that Zheng Zhuanggong said this, he did not shirk it, and hurriedly stepped forward to thank him. was ecstatic in his heart, thinking that after returning to Lu State, he naturally called himself a merit that he could show off wantonly, which was exactly what his son-in-law Ji Hui could not ask for. After returning to the camp, he immediately divided the generals and led the troops to defend Gao and defend the two cities.

Zheng Zhuang Gong sacrificed the three armies, and parted with the general of Qi Yi Zhongnian and the general of Lu Ji Hui slaughtered cattle and swore an alliance. The oath says:

"The three countries are sympathetic to each other, and then there is a military, and each sends troops and vehicles to help. If you recite this, the gods don't have it!"

Yi Zhongnian returned to China, met with Qi Jiaogong, and reported in detail about the battle to conquer the city. and recounted that he had surrendered the town to the Duke of Zheng Zhuang.

Qi Gong praised and said: "My Qi State and Zheng State have an alliance with Shimen, and I once swore that 'there is something to do with each other', although the siege of the city is meritorious, but my Qi State will not lose the righteousness for small profits, and the city should be returned to Zheng." ”

Yi Zhongnian continued: "It's just that Zheng Zhuang Gong didn't accept it, but he gave it to Lu Guo together. ”

Qi Gong was amazed by Zheng Zhuanggong's character.

Zheng Zhuanggong must know what to do. He received Zheng Du's urgency, and although he was worried in his heart, he was not so afraid. He believed that it would not be good if there were princes in the capital, Ji Hu and Shangqing, and at least they would not be breached in a few days, and he still knew this in his heart. Therefore, not revealing a word in front of the two generals of Qi and Lu fully shows the mind and demeanor of this monarch. After sending the Qi army and the Lu army, Zheng Zhuanggong immediately ordered to return to Zheng as soon as possible. Just when Zheng Zhuanggong led the three armies to rush back to Zhengdu non-stop, he received a report from the messenger of the prince Ji Hu on the way. Zheng Zhuanggong opened the letter and saw that the information provided by the prince Ji Hu was: "The Song and Wei coalition forces have withdrawn their troops from Zheng State and moved in the direction of Dai State. And the city of Dai is being attacked. ”

Zheng Zhuanggong looked at the letter in his hand, and a cruel smile appeared on his face: "Hmph, the widow expected that the Song and Wei coalition forces led by his Confucian father Jia would not do anything!" He Kong Father Jia does not know how to use soldiers, and since ancient times, he must not make too many enemies when he sends troops, but now this Kong Father Jia was originally a self-help target for my Zheng Guo, but he instead crusaded against Dai Guo. How can there be any reason for such a war? Wait for the widow to set up a series of schemes to achieve three birds with one stone. ”

Zheng Zhuang Gong called his four generals: Gongzi Lu, Yingkao Shu, Gao Qumi, and Gongsun Yan, and negotiated to divide the three armies into four teams.

Song and Wei joined forces to attack Dai, and invited Cai's army to help in the battle, hoping to take Dai in one fell swoop. It's just that the Dai country has been entrenched here for hundreds of generations, and the army and people in the city are united, and they are as solid as a rock. The Three Kingdoms couldn't take it down. Cai Guojun was full of suspicions, saying that he was here to help Song and Zheng, why did he open Dai Guo here. So I didn't use any force, I just socialized. Moreover, Cai Guo himself was stationed in a corner, and he was not closer to the Song Wei coalition army. And Kong Fatherjia wanted to take the city of Dai Guo, so he didn't send troops in vain. I took the opportunity to share the fruits of victory with Wei Guo. Where did you know that everyone in this little Dai country was in danger, worked together to help the war, and fought to the end with the coalition forces. This made Confucius's father Jiali even more crazy and crazy, and he vowed to take Daicheng. So he stood hysterically under Dai Cheng and commanded the siege.

At this moment, someone suddenly came to report that General Zheng Guo's son Lu led his troops to rescue Dai and went down to the village fifty miles away from the city.

Father Kong frowned, thinking that this Zheng Zhuang Gong really has rules, he will go back to Xingyang by himself, and he will shoot Zheng Jun to intervene in Dai Guo, what is the reason for coming here to stop me from attacking Dai Cheng? However, this is not a good situation if Dai Guo cannot be attacked in the front, and there are reinforcements from the Zheng army in the back. Father Kong Jiazheng muttered: "Who is this son-in-law Lu?" ”

Right Zai Chou said on the side: "I am familiar with this person, when the Five Nations Alliance Army attacked Zheng Guo, this person was a defeated general under Shi Hou, he has no ability, Da Sima doesn't have to be afraid of him!"

Not long after, another report came: saying that Dai Guojun had received the news that Zheng Bing had come to rescue him, and the city gate had been opened to welcome Zheng Guo's army into the city.

Kong Fujia said to the right Zaichou of the Wei Guo: "I think that Dai Guo is already vulnerable, this city is at your fingertips, you don't have to care about Zheng Bing's help, waste time." What do you think?"

Youzai Chou shook his head and said, "Since Dai Guo has a helper, he will definitely join forces to fight." Let's set up a lookout and observe the movement in the city so that we can prepare. ”

So the Song and Wei coalition forces built a lookout, and the two generals took the stage to watch, pointing fingers and discussing the results of the wait-and-see. Suddenly, I heard the sound of cannons, and the Zheng Guo flag was planted all over the city, and Gongzi Lu was dressed in full clothes, standing on the threshold outside the city tower, and shouted loudly: "Thanks to the help of the three generals, I, Zheng Guojun, have taken Dai Cheng lightly, thank you a lot!"

It turned out that Zheng Zhuang Gong designed, pretending that Gongzi Lu led the troops to save Dai, but in fact, Zheng Zhuang Gong himself was in the middle of the car, as soon as Dai Guo opened the gate Zheng Jun coaxed into Dai City, Dai Jun was expelled and Dai Guo's army was merged.

This ploy really worked, the city was sleepy for days of fighting, and when he learned that Zheng Jun had sent reinforcements, he thought that it was a happy event from heaven, but he knew that Zheng Jun entered the city and immediately controlled Dai Guojun, and through Dai Guojun, he ordered his soldiers to lay down their arms and surrender to Zheng Jun. It is also Dai Guo who has heard of Zheng Jun's prestige, who dares not to surrender without disarming? Just such a city that has been passed down for hundreds of generations, without a single soldier, was taken by Zheng Guolightly, and since then Dai Guo disappeared into the Central Plains, and the territory was returned to Zheng Guo.