Chapter Twenty-Seven: The Destruction of Qi Xianggong
Since the death of Wang Ji, Qi Xianggong has been even more unscrupulous.
Qi Xianggong was thinking about Wen Jiang, and in the name of hunting, he came and went to the cake field more and more frequently. Because he killed a few dowry girls with his own hands, he shocked the harem, and no one in the harem dared to talk about it. After a long time, the court was worried that Lu Zhuanggong would be angry and would send troops to attack Qi. And therefore, Qilu's declaration of war is not a glorious thing after all. Therefore, the ministers of the DPRK and China also persuaded Qi Xianggong to do something to get closer to Lu Guo.
Qi Xianggong thought about it and discussed with Wen Jiang that he wanted to marry the daughter of Qi Xianggong to Lu Zhuang Gong as his wife, so that Qi and Lu would be close to each other. lest the Duke of Lu Zhuang hate the Qi State. This is the daughter that Concubine Lian gave birth to for him, and she is already in her teens.
The two had already discussed, and Wen Jiang pretended to be sick, and in the name of Si'er's heart, he asked his subordinates to pass it on to Lu Zhuanggong, and wanted to recruit Lu Zhuanggong to wish Qiu.
When Lu Zhuanggong learned that his mother was sick and missed his son, he went back to visit his mother with his younger brother Ji Jiyou. I don't want to bump into Qi Xianggong in Zhuqiu.
Wen Jiang saw that Lu Zhuang Gong came to see him, and caught up with Qi Xianggong present, so he made a plan, regardless of the embarrassment.
Wen Jiang ordered Zhuang Gong and Ji You to visit his uncle as a mother, and Lu Zhuang Gong had no choice but to obey, Qi Xianggong was overjoyed and hurriedly stepped forward to support the two nephews. He also invited the two nephews to his own palace in the cake field to set up a banquet and entertain them. During the banquet, Wen Jiang told Lu Zhuang Gong his thoughts.
When Lu Zhuang saw that his mother wanted to marry the daughter of Qi Xianggong to him, he shuddered when he thought of his father's fate and immediately refused. said: "The State of Qi and the State of Lu have a mother, and they are already related by kinship, so wouldn't it be better to let my cousin marry other princes to expand the power of Qilu." ”
Wen Jiang immediately turned cold when he heard this. said: "Your uncle's daughter marries you, it is a kiss and a kiss, what's wrong, as the saying goes, fat water does not flow into other people's fields, and a good girl is best married to a good nephew." How can you marry someone else! ”
Wen Jiang insisted, and Lu Zhuang Gong generally refused to say anything when he saw his mother's order.
Qi Xianggong also said on the side: "That's that." As long as my nephew doesn't dislike it, my daughter will marry my nephew. ”
Wen Jiang hurriedly said, "Since your uncle agrees, I will call the shots." Choose a good day to get married. ”
Where is there a place for Lu Zhuanggong to speak, Lu Zhuanggong and his younger brother are unhappy, their parents are free to marry, and now that their father is gone, this mother wants to be the master, and the two brothers are very depressed.
Before parting, Qi Xianggong called the two nephews. said: "Qi and Ji have nine generations of enmity, I and Ji Hou are incompatible, there is a relationship between Qi and Ji, you don't interfere." ”
There is a threat in the words. Lu Zhuang Gong knew that Ji Wuhou was his uncle, and his father would desperately report to Ji Guo when he was born. Before he could open his mouth to speak, Qi Xianggong had already waved goodbye and no longer listened to his nephew.
"Let's go, let's go, take care on the road!"
Lu Zhuanggong thought to himself that he came to see his mother this time and said that he was sick, but he was actually in good health. Where is this disease, it is clear that he forced his son to marry Qi Guo.
Seeing off Duke Lu Zhuang here, Duke Qi Xianggong and Wen Jiang got close, and when they returned to Linzi, they began to dispatch troops to kill Ben Jiguo.
Qi Xianggong sent someone to inform Ji Guo: "Write a quick book, so as not to overwhelm the territory of the army, wash the capital of Ji Guo in blood, and even exterminate Ji people!" At the same time, he informed the surrounding countries: "Whoever comes to save Ji Guo is the enemy of my Qi country, Qi country must send troops to fight first, and destroy him before destroying Ji!"
Qi Xianggong spoke ruthlessly to the surrounding countries this time, and the soldiers went out to fight, and sure enough, no prince dared to get close to Ji Guo. Even Lu Zhuanggong, after thinking about it left and right, still did not dare to send troops to help.
Ji Wuhou, the monarch of Ji Guoguo, learned that Qi Xianggong was coming to crusade, and this time, he Ji Wuhou really had nothing to do. After losing Lu Huangong, Lu Guo is no longer what it used to be. At that time, Zheng Ligong lived alone in Oak Yi, and did not have any strength to support Ji Guo. The surrounding small countries, such as Ju, have long been bolded by the Qi State, and there is a strong ultimatum from the Qi State, where do they dare to intervene.
Where did Ji Wuhou sigh:
"The grievances between Qi and Ji are endless. As the king of a country, I can't surrender to the country of Qi, bend my knees in front of the court of enemies, destroy my ancestral hall and live in the world! What can be done? ”
However, after all, the Ji State is not defeated by the Qi State, and the current Qi State has a certain influence and can even call on neighboring countries to participate in the war together. And the only lifeline for Ji Guo is Lu Guo. The reason why Lu was able to rescue Ji Guo was mainly due to marriage. Regardless of whether it becomes a Ji State or not, Ji Wuhou, the monarch of the country, still asked his wife Lu Zhuanggong's aunt to write a book, and sent people to Lu Guo to ask for help from Lu Zhuanggong.
Seeing this, Lu Zhuang Gong was difficult to make a decision. One is that Qi Xianggong has ruthless words first, and the other is that it is only Lu Guo who comes to the rescue I am afraid that it is difficult to win, looking at my aunt's letter, I feel that I must not save it, and after thinking about it, it is better to send troops to save Ji, after all, Ji Guo and Lu Guo are dependent on each other, and joining forces is also the only way to resist the strength of Qi State. Therefore, he sent an envoy to Zheng Guo, hoping to join forces with Zheng Guo to send troops to rescue Ji Zheng. As everyone knows, Zheng Guo at this time is no longer Zheng Guo at that time. Since Qi Xianggong killed Ji Yan and Ji Ying succeeded to the throne, Zheng Guo's situation is also lingering and not optimistic. First, Qi Xianggong said that he killed Ji Yan first and wanted to reconcile with the new monarch who succeeded to the throne later, and second, Ji Tu was eyeing Zheng Guo's government in Liyi, and had been plotting to attack Zheng Guo, where did he dare to send troops.
Of course, Ji Ying didn't dare to offend the Lu State, so she had to repair the book and send envoys to the Lu State. Explain the reason why he is in a difficult situation and does not dare to send troops.
Lu Zhuanggong knew that he was lonely and difficult to save Ji Guo, but when he thought of his aunt's pitiful account of the relationship with his father Qi Huan Gong in the letter, as well as the expectation of asking for help, he cried and complained in the catastrophe, and he couldn't refuse. So he hesitated to send rescue soldiers. The attitude of the monarch directly affected morale, and the departure of the army became unmotivated to fight, let alone the spirit of war.
The Lu army went north to save Ji Guo, and the army marched to the slippery ground to catch up with the torrential rain for several days. The boss ordered a three-day stay on the slippery ground. During the slippery period, the soldiers discussed a lot, and they all felt that the chances of winning the battle with the Qi army were insufficient, and there was a providence to block, and there was no will to fight. So several managers discussed whether it was better to keep their team. The Luzhuang Gongfu sent reinforcements to stay on the slippery ground for three days and then returned without a fight.
Ji Wuhou didn't see the reinforcements of the Lu State coming to Ji for a few days, and he was suspicious in his heart, so he had to report that the Lu army had returned from the slippery ground. I couldn't help but be disappointed. The court of Ji Guo was even more panicked. The army of Qi occupied the three cities with entrenchment, eyeing the capital, and Ji Wuhou's heart almost collapsed. Although Ji Wuhou was the same as the last time Qi Qigong led the coalition army to invade. The strategy of abandoning the surrounding capital was adopted. But without reinforcements, it is necessary to die if the capital is defended, and the defeat is decided.
At this time, the government of the Ji State had become a state of division, one side had to resist to the end, and the other side insisted on surrendering. And with the retreat of the Lu State, the people who insisted on confronting Qi Xianggong were silent. And the surrender faction represented by Ji Wuhou's younger brother Ying Ji is getting louder and louder.
Ji Wuhou knew that he would never be able to return to heaven again. That night, he came to visit the temple, cried a lot, and opened the door to go out of the city in the middle of the night, and took his descendants and cronies out of the city, and never knew what to do.
Ji Guo lost the monarch, and only Ying Ji presided over the government.
Ying Ji asked the ministers: "Which is more important, destroying the country or surviving?"
Dr. Zhu has always said: "Survival is more important. ”
Ying Ji said: "If I can keep the Ji Clan's temple, I will go out and kneel and kowtow to Qi Xianggong, what is Qu Jie?"
The doctors all nodded yes. Ying Ji sent someone to write a letter of surrender, saying that he was willing to lead the people of Ji to be the foreign minister of Qi, on the condition that the Qi army allowed him to keep the Ji temple.
Qi Xianggong agreed to come down when he saw that Ji Guo had already surrendered.
So Qi Xianggong led his troops to the city of Ji Guo, and Ying Ji led the minister out of the city to kneel and surrender, and Ying Ji then raised the seal of Ji Guo and the land account above his head, dedicated it to Qi Xianggong, and kowtowed to the ground, praying for forgiveness.
Qi Xianggong received his edition, and in front of the Ji family's temple, he killed thirty households of Ji in front of Ying Ji and the ministers to sacrifice the grievances of the ninth generation with blood. And the head of the face of the south is arranged, in order to send a tribute to the soul of the ancestor Qi Mourning.
Ji Wuhou's wife, Lu Zhuanggong's half-uncle and aunt Ji Ji died of palpitations on the spot.
Duke Qi Xiang ordered a thick burial of Mrs. Ji Wuhou to show respect for the Lu State.
The younger sister of Mrs. Escort is another sister of Lu Huangong, who used to be married to the monarch of Ji Guoguo. Seeing his sister's sudden death, he hugged his sister's body and cried bitterly. When Qi Xianggong learned that the woman was also the sister of Lu Huangong, he stepped forward to comfort her and promised to send her back to Lu.
After hearing this, Uncle Ji stopped crying, and was fearless in the face of Qi Xianggong's cruelty, and sternly refuted Qi Xianggong with righteous words, saying: "The righteousness of a woman is to marry her husband." Born as the wife of Ji Jun and died as the ghost of the Ji family, how can there be a way back! ”
Uncle Ji said that he drew a knife and killed himself.
It turned out that the uncle had been prepared for a long time, and when the sisters saw their husband fleeing, they knew that they had no hope of life. Each prepared a means to understand himself, but his sister died before she could commit suicide. Uncle Ji followed her sister without hesitation.
Qi Xianggong saw his uncle lying in a pool of blood, and saw that both his uncle and sister were killed, and he was deeply touched and ordered the Lu sisters to be buried.
When Lu Zhuanggong heard that Ji Guo had fallen and his two aunts had died one after another, and they had died so righteously, he couldn't help but shed tears of emotion and sadness. Poor two women, Ji Guojun couldn't protect them, and he couldn't protect them as a nephew.
In the seventh year of King Zhuang of Zhou, in 690 BC, the kingdom of Ji fell.
Duke Qi Xiang finally avenged the revenge of the ninth ancestor and returned the long-cherished wish of his ancestor Qi Zhuang Gong and his father Qi Jiaogong.