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When Zheng Zhuang learned that Wei, Song, Qi and other three countries were in an alliance, he had doubts, and he was worried that Qi, as a great power in the Central Plains, would join the Song and Wei alliances and make him uncertain about the Song Dynasty, so he hesitated again and again. Zheng Zhuanggong expressed his concerns in the court and wanted to listen to the opinions of the audience.

The sacrificial foot stepped forward and said, "The lord doesn't have to filter. Qi and Song were originally not close friends. If nothing is expected, the alliance of the tile house is entangled by Song Yangong, although the alliance is not the original intention of Qi Yangong. The lord is now under the king's order to distribute it to Qi and Lu, and through the Lu State to contain the Qi State to join, and cooperate to fight the Song. In this way, the border between the Lu State and the Qi State is the border, and the world is married, and the Lu State should undertake the matter, and the Qi State will not disagree. Cai, Wei, Yu, and Xu Zhuguo could also send a letter to convene the Song State. If there is a person who disobeys the order and does not go, after the crusade against the Song State, he can move to defeat him. ”

According to the plan, the Duke of Zheng Zhuang sent an envoy to the Lu State first, met with the Duke of Lu Yin, took out the inscription of the Duke of Zheng Zhuang pretending to be the King of Zhou Huan, and promised to return the results of the crusade against the Song State, that is, the land that was invaded by the Song State, to the Lu State. According to the arrangement of the sacrifice, the envoy to Lu sent a heavy bribe to Ji Hui, the son of the military power of the Lu State, because the sacrifice knew that Ji Hui was both a good martial artist and a greedy person. Lu Yin Gong was still hesitating, but his son Ji Hui generously promised. Sure enough, Lu Yingong succumbed to the pressure of his son Ji Hui and agreed to send troops. The envoy left the state of Lu, continued to go north to the state of Qi, and made an appointment with the Duke of Qi, saying that the Zhengzhuang Convention and the monarch of the state of Qi would meet in Zhongqiu. When the Duke of Qi saw the appointment of the Duke of Zheng Zhuang, he sent his younger brother Yi Zhongnian as a general and sent 300 military vehicles. Ji Hui of the State of Lu was the commander-in-chief, and led 200 military vehicles to help Zheng.

Zheng Zhuang Gong's son Lu, Gao Qumi, Ying Kao Shu, Gongsun Yan and other soldiers, the class division went out, and Zheng Zhuang Gong established himself in the Chinese army.

In order to revitalize the army, the crusading army set up a big banner, on which were written: "Fengtian to punish the guilt", which was inserted on the front chariot. The "Tong bow and arc arrow" symbolizing the king's order was hung on the car, known as the secretary to plead guilty. Yi Zhongnian was the left army, and Ji Hui was the right general, and the united army showed off their might and killed the Song Kingdom.

Ji Hui, the prince of Lu State, led his army to a place called Lao Pick, which was a border city of the Song State. The Song State guard will lead the troops out to meet him. Ji Hui took the lead bravely, the two generals were relatively close to each other, and killed more than a dozen rounds, the defenders of the Song Kingdom could not hold themselves, but Ji Hui became more and more courageous, and killed the old peach guards of the Song Kingdom to lose their armor. So the soldiers of the two armies marched towards each other, swords and swords, flesh and blood flying, the Song soldiers were in chaos, they could not form an army, and they fled for their lives. The Lu army captured more than 200 Song troops. Occupy the old Taoseong-eup in a grand manner. Ji Hui won the first battle, sent someone to report to Zheng Zhuanggong, and welcomed Zheng Zhuanggong to the old pick. On the occasion of the meeting, Ji Hui honorably ordered the Song army prisoners of war to be taken in front of Zheng Zhuang Gong to show their military exploits. Zheng Zhuang Gong saw the victory and praised General Ji Hui. ordered his subordinates to kill pigs and cattle to reward the soldiers, and praised General Ji Hui's bravery during the banquet. Ji Hui has always been a good soldier and self-assured, and this kind of celebration shows and fuels his aggressive temperament. So they geared up and prepared to fight a bigger city.

Zheng Zhuang Gong ordered the soldiers of the three armies to rest for three days, and squandered the fat and ointment of the local people of Lao Tao several times.

Three days later, Zheng Zhuang ordered his troops to divide into two routes, one was that Zheng Guo's war general Ying Kao Shu and Ji Hui led the troops to attack the city, and Gongzi Lu responded; One route was that Gongsun Kuo, the general of Zheng State, and Yi Zhongnian, the general of Qi State, led troops to attack the defense city, and Gao Qumi responded. He set up the old camp in Lao Pick, and sat in the town and waited for the victory.

When the news reached the Song capital, Song Yangong learned that Zheng Zhuang Gong and the army of the Three Kingdoms had broken through the old peach and entered the Song realm, and his face was as pale as earth, and he urgently summoned the great Sima Kong Fujia to discuss the strategy of retreating from the enemy.

Kong Fujia said: "The minister once sent people to the royal city to investigate, and King Huan of Zhou did not order him Zheng Zhuang Gong to crusade against the Song State. The old thief pretended to be ordered by the king to crusade, but he deceived the world and stole his name, and now the Qi and Lu countries did not know the truth and fell into his trap. But now that the three kingdoms are coming together, the momentum is fierce and difficult to resist. There is only one way to make Zheng Guo retreat without a fight. ”

Song Yangong thought that it would be good if there was a way to make Zheng Guo retreat without a fight, so he wanted to directly ask Kong Fujia to say it quickly, but after thinking about it, where is there such a good thing, he said: "Zheng Guo won Lao Tao, and he is marching towards Fangcheng and Bucheng, it is only a matter of time before Zhengguo wins more territory of Song State, how can he quickly withdraw his troops?" ”

Kong Fujia said: "Zheng Zhuang pretended to be the king of Zhou Huan, and summoned all the countries, and now the only ones who follow each other are Qi and Lu. Don't forget that when the lord fought Zheng Guo last year, Song, Cai, Chen, and Lu fought together. Now Ji Hui, the son of Lu Guo, is greedy for Zheng Guo's bribes, Chen Guo and Zheng Guo are reconciled, and both Lu and Chen have become Zheng Guo's comrades. The difference is Cai Guo and Wei Guo. Zheng Zhuang Gong personally led the people to invade our Song State in the future, and the troops were gathered here, and his country must be empty. Lord Gongcheng bribed heavily, sent envoys to ask for help from Wei Guo and Cai Guo, and asked Wei Guo and Cai Guo to take advantage of Zheng Guo's emptiness to quickly send troops to attack Zheng Guo. When Zheng Zhuang saw a fire in his backyard, he would return to the army to save himself. If the Zheng army retreats, will the Qi and Lu states still be left alone in the Song state? ”

Sending the Duke felt reasonable, so he said to Kong Fujia: "Qing's strategy is good, but this matter is none other than Qing, if you send other people to defend the country and Cai Guo, you may not be able to send troops to attack Zheng." ”

Kong Fujia had no choice but to receive the order: "The minister is willing to bring a team of men and horses to be the guide of the combined army of Wei Guo and Cai Guo to attack Zhengdu." ”

Song Yangong wanted to ensure the safety of the Song capital and save the great cause of the Song Dynasty, so he had to point out 200 ordinary chariots and a number of soldiers and horses, and take the great Sima Kong Fujia as the general, carrying gold, white walls, colored satin and other things, and rushed to defend the country in the starry night. Wei Xuangong was still hesitant at first, and when he saw that Kong Fujia had sent such a heavy bribe, he still decided to send troops. Wei Xuangong sent Youzai Chou to lead his troops to take a shortcut with Confucius's father Jia, and went straight to Rongyang.

The prince Ji Hutong learned that there was a heavy attack, and hurriedly ordered to defend the city, which was looted outside the city by the Song and Wei coalition forces, and many cattle and chariots were taken captive. Right Zai Chou asked Kong Father Jia when to attack the city, Kong Father Jia shook his head, in fact, Kong Father Jia did not have the intention of attacking the city, he said to Right Zai Chou: "All the techniques of attacking people, but take advantage of their unpreparedness, and the profit will stop." If the siege is not protracted, when Zheng Zhuang Gong returns to the army to rescue, you and I will face the trouble of suffering from the enemy. It is better to take advantage of the panic in the capital of Zheng Guo and urge Zheng Zhuang Gong to return to the army to rescue us, take advantage of Dai Guo, and return the whole army. It is estimated that when we leave Zheng Guo, Zheng Zhuang Gong should also leave Song Guo. ”

The rules analyzed by Kong Father Jia are the way, so that the right Zai ugly heart is convinced. So the two armies, under the leadership of the commander Kong Fujia, began to fight and return home. Confucius sent an envoy to Dai to discuss the return of the two countries' armies to Dai and promised not to offend Dai. When Dai Guojun heard that the armies of Song and Wei were going to pass through the capital of Dai Guo, he was very frightened. At this time, Dai Guojun was Uncle Dai's father and thought: If the armies of the Song and Wei countries are not borrowed but sneak attacked, if they enter Dai City, I will be weak to return to the sky. I still don't dare to agree. After all, Dai is a small country, and over the years, he has been trembling between the two big countries. Today is the Song State to attack and disturb, and tomorrow it is Zheng Guo to invade the territory. It makes the little Dai Guo chicken dog restless and unguardable. However, the state of Dai is an ancient country, and there have been this tribe since the Shang Dynasty. When he arrived at the Zhou royal family, because Dai was good at raising horses and provided many good horses for the Zhou royal family, he was given the title of the Zhou royal family.

This Uncle Dai decided not to borrow it. He suspected that Song Jun and the guards were coming to attack Dai Guo, so he ordered the city gates to be closed, and the troops were sent to the battle to defend it strictly.

When Kong Father Jia received the messenger's report, not only was he angry, but Dai Guo really didn't take it seriously in Kong Father Jia's heart. Song Guo has always had the intention of destroying Dai, thinking that if I don't borrow the Tao, why don't I take away your Dai Guo, and count my Confucian father Jia to make a little compensation for the defeat of Song Guo by Zheng Guo's coalition army. So it was decided to attack the city, ten miles away from Daicheng, and the right Zaichou was divided into two villages before and after, and discussed the siege plan with the right Zaichou.

Uncle Dai's father saw that the Dazai of the Song Kingdom, Kong Fujia, really turned his face, and sent a letter of invitation, thinking to himself, the wolf's ambition was really exposed. Uncle Dai did not dare to slack off, and mobilized the people of the whole city to stay behind closed doors, stick to the city, fight bloodily, and surround his homeland. So Kong Fujia commanded the Song Wei coalition army to attack the city. The people of Dai have a strong belief in defending their homeland, and they are brave and tenacious in the battle of the Acropolis. After a few days, the city was still impregnable. Seeing that the siege could not be stopped, Confucius sent people to Cai to ask for help. Cai Guo had already received a letter from Song Guo asking for help against Zheng, but he didn't know where to fight. received the request of Kong Fujia, the Dazai of the Song Kingdom, and had to hurry to Dai Guo to help in the war.