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Qi Xianggong completed the revenge of the resentment of the ninth generation, held a feast in Jidu, rewarded the three armies, and celebrated grandly.

During the banquet, a person came to the banquet of Qi Xiang, held the wine bottle high, and knelt on the ground to toast. Qi Xiangcheng saw that it was Ji Shuo, who had lived in Qi for many years.

Qi Xianggong sent troops to attack Ji, Ji Shuo and his men have been with him, and Ji Shuo, who has been unable to return to his home for many years, has experienced two dynasties of Qi Jiaogong and Qi Xianggong. has been waiting for Qi State to help him restore the government and regain the throne of the country, but Qi State is an eventful time, and it is rare to take care of his Ji Shuo's affairs. Although Qi Xianggong has repeatedly said that he wants to regain the throne for this nephew, Qi Xianggong is always a little taboo when Wang Ji is there, after all, he is a brother-in-law with the new monarch of Wei Guo, and they are both the son-in-law of King Zhou Zhouhuan and the brother-in-law of King Zhou Zhuang, so it is not easy to start.

Over the years, Ji Shuo has also behaved tepidly, in fact, he himself knows that it is difficult for Qi Xianggong to return to defend the country and restore the throne with his own strength if he does not send troops. Rather than die in the Qi country, the soldiers and soldiers with the chariots need supplies to eat and feed the horses, it is better to join the Qi country, so he has always accompanied the battle of Qi Xianggong to destroy the Ji country. made a good impression on Qi Xianggong and deepened the feelings of his uncle and nephew.

On the day of the celebration of the destruction of Ji, Ji Shuo toasted to Qi Xianggong. He brought up the matter of returning to the guard in the cup of questioning.

Qi Xianggong said: "Now that Wang Ji is dead, it is no big deal to help my nephew restore the throne." However, Weiguo is also a powerful country, and it is difficult to win without uniting several princes. The nephew will wait a little longer, and after the widow unites the princes, he will send you back to the throne. ”

Ji Shuo thanked him again and again. Raise the bottle and drink it down.

Qi Xianggong said that he would do two factions of several envoys and get a few national letters, and he wanted to show off the market and find an excuse to crusade against the country.

A few days later, the envoys sent by the Duke of Qi Xiang reported that the kings of the four kingdoms, including the Song State, the Lu State, the Chen State, and the Cai State, were willing to join the defense and jointly recognize the monarchy of Wei Huigong.

Qi Xianggong felt that the time was ripe, so he told Ji Shuo to prepare to defend the country.

When Ji Shuo heard that Qi and the army of the four countries had sent troops to defend the country, and his ten-year exile was coming to an end, he couldn't stop crying.

Ji Shuo has been in the Qi State Committee for ten years, and in this year, he is looking forward to it day and night, he is also disheartened, and sometimes even despairing. Fortunately, Qi Guo from Qi Gong to Qi Xianggong was not thin on him. Build a mansion for him, find beautiful women for him, and have a personal sergeant brought with him. However, in the past ten years, those personal sergeants have walked smoothly, and there are only more than 1,000 people left of the thousands of people that year. In the past ten years, a ruthless but simple-minded teenager has been polished into a guest from another country who is sophisticated and dedicated to waiting to repay his wishes. Hearing this news made him excited like a bolt from the blue, and of course he had to be grateful to Qi Xianggong, an uncle, for his thoughtfulness. He understood that with his Ji Shuo's influence, how could there be the help of the kings of the four countries.

Ji Shuo immediately asked to see Qi Xianggong and gave Qi Xianggong three bows and nine bows. And promised on the spot that if he could restore the position of the monarch of the country, he was willing to give the valuable instrument of the defense of the country to the Duke of Qi Xianggong to thank his uncle for his great kindness.

In 686 B.C., that is, in the winter of the ninth year of King Zhouzhuang, Qi Xianggong set out 500 cars and more than 10,000 soldiers. Qi Xianggong and Ji Shuo entered the border of the country first. The rest of the kings of the four kingdoms, including Song, Lu, Chen, and Cai, each led their own armies and brought troops to meet Qi Xianggong at the time agreed in advance. Song Gong Ji Jie, Lu Zhuang Gong Ji Tong, Chen Xuan Gong Pestle Mortar, and Cai Aihou danced together, and unanimously sent a document together to attack the defense of the country in accordance with the tone of Qi Xianggong.

When Weihou Qianmu heard about the crusade of the Five Nations Alliance, he learned that the big thing was not good, and discussed with the left son Ji Ji and the right son Ji Zhi on the strategy of retreating from the enemy. The only card that the second prince could play was to ask for help from the Zhou royal family, so he sent the doctor Ning to kneel on the starry night and gallop to the Zhou royal family to report to the king of Zhou Zhuang.

Since his sister Wang Ji died in the Qi State, King Zhou Zhuang has been very dissatisfied with Qi Xianggong, and now he sees that Qi Xianggong has united the four countries to defend the country, and the monarch of the country, Qianmu, is also his brother-in-law, and the heart of rescue is spontaneous. It's just that I can't think of a way to rescue it.

King Zhuang of Zhou hurriedly convened his ministers to discuss countermeasures.

"Who can save the country for the widowed?"

The court was silent for a while, and it seemed that no one could save the country.

After a moment of silence, the important minister Yu Gong said: "Since the Zhou royal family crusaded against Zheng Guo and lost its might, it was no longer possible to order the princes to go to the rescue, on the contrary, the princes of all walks of life obeyed the Qi State because they were afraid of the Qi State. Jiang Zhu'er of Qi State did not miss the relatives of Wang Ji, united with the princes of the other four countries, and defended in the name of Najun. Mingshun is strong, and we can't resist such a coalition force. ”

The last person in the left class stepped forward and said, "Gong Yu's words are wrong! Although the country of Qi is strong and has the help of four countries, it is not necessarily justified! ”

The ministers looked over and saw that it was the scholar and the master. A courtier who belonged to the lowest rank of the court.

Gong Yu asked rhetorically: "Wei Guo Ji Shuo was originally the king of Wei Guo, because he lost his status as a king, Jiang Zhu'er of Qi State will join all the princes to correct Ji Shuo's throne, isn't it justified?"

"Qianmu has been established as the monarch of the country and has officially elevated the royal family of Zhou. Since the Zhou royal family allowed the establishment of Qianmu, it was the Zhou royal family who agreed to abolish Ji Shuo. If you don't follow the king's destiny, and use the princes from all walks of life to restore Ji Shuo to the throne, then is there still my Zhou royal family? Zi Tu's words were chiseled, leaving Duke Yu speechless. However, Gong Yu still blames the forces.

Gong Yu said disapprehantly: "That being said. In reality, when soldiers meet, they still have to rely on their strength to speak. Now the strength of the Zhou royal family is insufficient, such as the first king of Zheng, at that time, it was still possible to unite with the four countries and have the first prince in the army. But what is the result? How could Zheng Jun be strong, and the king returned with an arrow. Until now, the royal family can't ask Zheng Guo about the crime, what is the reason? It's not that the royal family is not strong enough to summon the power of the vassal states. What's more, at that time, the power of the princes of the four countries was gathered, which was several times that of Zheng Guo back then. At that time, it was not yet possible to defeat Zheng Guo. Now that we are alone in supporting the defense of the country, how can we have a certain chance of winning, if we are not hitting a stone with an egg?"

"In the affairs of the world, the power that conforms to the principles of heaven is the power of justice, and the power that violates the principles of heaven is mutiny. The strength of the moment is in the force, but the victory and defeat of the ages are in accordance with the principles of heaven. If you can attain your will by contempt for the principles of heaven, and you don't care about the rights and wrongs of the ages, won't you turn it upside down from now on? There is no longer fairness and justice in the world, what face do you have to work for the Zhou Dynasty?"

Yu Gong couldn't answer Zitu.

King Zhou Zhuang said: "If you send troops to save the country now, can you lead the army to rescue you?"

Zitu said: "The combat methods of the Nine Expeditions are only mastered by Sima. I'm a humble learner, and I'm really not up to the task. But if no one goes, I will be a person who is not afraid of death, and I am willing to act on behalf of Sima. ”

Although Zitu mentioned Sima, it stands to reason that he is already a general for King Zhouzhuang. It's just that Sima kept silent at the moment, lest King Zhou Zhuang send him to die.

Gong Yu said, "If I send you, are you sure of victory?"

Zitu said: "Today, the Zhou royal family sent troops, which is a just heavenly principle. If the spirits of King Wen, King Wu, King Xuan, and King Ping are in the sky, and they speak up righteously, and the four kingdoms repent of their sins, it will be a blessing for the royal family. ”

His Royal Highness's scholar Fuchen said: "What Zitu said is reasonable, if Zitu leads the troops, I am willing to help go, so that the world can know that the Zhou Dynasty is still there." ”

King Zhuang of Zhou agreed to send rescue troops, and Zitu was the main general, and Fuchen was the deputy general. and sent Ning to kneel down and return to the guard to report the news, and Wang Shi then set off.

Duke Yu was robbed by Zitu in the main hall of the court, lost face, and was very annoyed in his heart. is jealous in the bottom of his heart, lest his rescue be successful. So in the process of sending Zitu, of course, it was perfunctory, and only 200 cars were given, and most of them were old cars in disrepair. Zitu did not push the widow, and led 200 military vehicles and troops to make sacrifices in front of the temple of King Tai of Zhou, and began this trip to the northeast to aid the defense of Qianmu.

2.

At this time, the combined army of the five countries had reached the city of Defending the Country, and several rounds of siege broke through the city.

Gongzi Ji Ji and Gongzi Ji Ji patrolled day and night, only hoping that the soldiers of the dynasty would rush to defend the country and relieve the siege. Who knows that Zi Tu has a small number of soldiers, and he still wants to tell the princes of the five countries about the heavenly principles of the conforming dynasty, so how can Qi Xianggong listen to what you say about heavenly principles.

Zitu did not arrive, and first formed a book of Zhou with his own hands to explain the position of the Zhou royal family to Qi Xianggong. Zitu first explained to Qi Xianggong that Ji Shuo's right position was against the Zhou royal family and the reason that he was rebelling against the Zhou royal family, so he ordered him to retreat quickly. And then it's amazing. Otherwise, it will be a grave crime against heaven and reason, and it will definitely be punished.

Qi Xianggong received Zitu's handwritten letter, and first sent people to inquire about the reality of Zhou's soldiers, and returned that there were only 200 military vehicles and no other reinforcements. The Zhou army was divided into lieutenant commanders and deputy marshals by the scholars, the masters, and the rich and wealthy respectively. Qi Xianggong smiled reassuringly. Qi Xianggong still remembers the history of the confrontation between Zheng Zhuang Gong and the Zhou soldiers, which ended with the defeat of the Zhou soldiers and the wound of Zhou Huan. Now that he is still unwilling to go out in person, he will shoot a doctor to discuss the withdrawal of the army with the widow, isn't it a joke! So Qi Xianggong did not wait for Zitu's army to gain a foothold, and had already ordered the five-nation alliance to continue to besiege the capital of the country on the one hand, and allocate half of the men and horses to besiege Zitu on the other.

Zitu rushed all the way to defend the country, and the people were sleepy and the foothold was not stable, so he threw himself into a fight. Zitu led 200 cars in the Zhou Military Region, how could he resist the tiger and wolf division of the Five Kingdoms? Two hundred soldiers were besieged by the five-nation coalition army in a military chariot, like a lone beast facing a pack of wolves, and they were immediately torn and bruised, and their troops were quickly exhausted.

Zitu looked up to the sky and sighed: "Holding Zitu was originally fighting on the orders of the king, and he died as a loyal ghost!" He swung his sword and jumped out of the chariot to kill dozens of people, and when he saw that the general trend was gone, he killed himself.

The soldiers who defended the country and defended the city got the news that the king's division had been defeated, and knew that the acropolis was difficult to hold. They are deep

Knowing that Jiang Zhu'er was like a murderer, if he fell into his hands, he would definitely die, so he ran away first.

The army of Qi, seeing that the guards showed weakness, attacked even more, and the Qi army first broke through the defenses of the guards to achieve the city, and the four countries followed. The soldiers who entered the city immediately opened the city gate and fought a bloody way. Ji Shuo was even more so, standing upright on the chariot, watching the battle from behind and moving forward. shouted in his mouth: Kill me, there is no one left alive, and there is no forgiveness for killing!

At this moment, Ji Shuo's shouting almost changed his tone like a wolf's howl. The hatred he had held back in his heart for ten years was like an erupting volcano in an instant, making it difficult for him to control himself. He held his sword in his hand on top of the chariot and twisted his limbs as if he were about to fly. Seeing the coalition sergeants raising and falling with their swords, and the blood and flesh of the guard soldiers flying, Ji Shuo was happy in his heart.

Gongzi Ji Ji and Gongzi Ji Zhi Tongning knelt down and saw that the city gate was broken, so they hurriedly packed up the stragglers and escorted Qianmu to flee from the west gate.

happened to meet the soldiers from Lu Guowei again, and had to kill again. Ning knelt down and saw that the Lu army was overwhelming, but he couldn't resist it, so he had to take the road and run first. Gongzi Ji Chu, Gongzi Ji Zhi and Qi Guojun Qianmu were not so lucky. The army of the Lu State is besieged, and where can the patriotic monarchs and ministers who are surrounded by layers escape. The sergeants around him were dead and wounded, and they were no longer able to resist. This patriotic monarch only hated himself for not being able to grow wings and fly out of this encirclement. After helplessness, they were captured by Lu Bing. Ning Knee, who had escaped, knew that he was weak and difficult to rescue, so he had to lead the remnants to flee to the Qin State.

Duke Lu Zhuang captured the three and escorted them to Ji Shuo. Ji Shuo's eyes were red when he saw the three of them, and his ten years of grievances and exile turned into a thousand hatreds at this time. Ji Shuo took out his waist knife and went away, swinging the knife to slash and kill, but was stopped by Qi Xianggong.

Qi Xianggong ordered the knife and axe hand to behead Ji Ji and Ji Zhi's second son. But he opened up to Qianmu, and Qi Xianggong still took into account that Qianmu was the son-in-law of King Zhou and had a brother-in-law relationship with him, so he forgave him and let him escape.

Ji Shuo ordered people to beat the bell and beat the drum to regain the throne of the monarch. Ordered his subordinates to give the treasures and other valuable artifacts hidden in the treasury of the Weiguo Mansion to Qi Xianggong in one go.

Qi Xianggong said that the king of Lu Guo had a meritorious role in capturing the second son of the thief, and gave the bribed to Lu Zhuang Gong, and asked Ji Shuo to give another treasure device, which was sent to the three kingdoms of Song, Chen, and Cai.

The acropolis was full of swords and swords, and the terrible sound filled the sky. Ji Shuo began his reckoning.

Ji Shuo looked for his mother Xuanjiang everywhere, but there was no trace of Xuanjiang. Ask carefully about Xuan Jiang's whereabouts.

It turned out that when Ji Shuo was expelled, Ji Chu wanted to kill Xuan Jiang to avenge the hatred of the anxious son. But he was dissuaded by Ji Zhi. Ji Zhi was worried that killing Xuanjiang would offend the Qi State, and when the time came, the Qi State would quickly retaliate, and at that time, the consequences would be unbearable. So the second prince discussed and expelled Xuanjiang from the palace. Xuanjiang was deprived of the position of queen mother, lost his court life, and lived a miserable life as a woodcutter in the mountains.

Xuanjiang has lived a privileged life since he was a child, where can he live such a hard life. I was depressed about my hard life all day, and finally I couldn't survive my life and died of depression.

Ji Shuo was in great pain when he learned that his mother had died, so he immediately ordered someone to dig up Xuanjiang's remains and rebury them near the Weixuan cemetery, which was regarded as filial piety to Xuanjiang.