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Quwo Zhuang Bo kept an eye on Yicheng as always, and specially sent spies to lurk in Yicheng, supervising Yicheng's every move at all times.

During this period, because the Zhou royal family could not gather the vassal states of the Central Plains, it was once overflowing. In the past, the role played by Marquis Wen of Jin in the Central Plains was now due to the fact that Yicheng and Quwo were only busy with infighting and had no time to pay attention to Rong Di, which naturally gave these nomadic tribes a chance to flood. The Chidi tribe, which was active in the eastern mountains of the Jin Kingdom, was constantly harassed, and when it was serious, it was able to hit the root of the wall of Yicheng. At the beginning, the Marquis of Jin Zhao thought that it would be safe to rely on the mountains in the east of Yicheng, but he didn't know that the dogs lived freely, and the princes of the Central Plains were pressing, and the mountainous areas could also live and reproduce. The harassment of the dog Rong had a great impact on the production and life of the Yicheng side, causing internal and external difficulties and anxiety on the Yicheng side, and indirectly weakening the strength of the Yicheng side. However, Quwo has continued to grow and develop due to its position, and its inherent strength has been exposed in the confrontation with the dog Rong, and since Quwo Hengshu, he has not been treated by the Zhou royal family, nor has he undertaken the Zhou royal family's extermination scheduling. is not an enemy of Rong Di, and gradually few Rong Di are making trouble, so he is more dedicated to production, training and arming, and looking at the side of Yicheng with great eye. Quwo Zhuang Gong finally waited for an opportunity.

This operation was entirely due to the fact that the Yicheng side sent troops to resist Chijung.

Under the orders of King Huan of Zhou, the Yicheng side sent troops to cooperate with other princes to encircle and suppress the mountains east of Yicheng. One city had to exclude precision troops to crusade against Chijung.

When Quwo Zhuangbo learned that the Yicheng was empty, he led his troops to attack the city. Because the elite of Yicheng went out to exterminate Chidi, when Quwo Zhuangbo led a large army to attack, the Yicheng side was no longer able to defend the city. After a few days of being close to power, Yicheng was broken by the Duke of Quwo Zhuang. Quwo Zhuangbo took control of Yicheng and killed the Marquis of Jin Xiao. In this way, Qu Wo killed the second monarch of the Jin Kingdom.

When the army that had defeated Chidi retreated to the vicinity of Yicheng, they found that Yicheng had been occupied by Quwo Zhuangbo. Uncle Luan, the general of the Jin Kingdom, was a very intelligent person. Seeing that the soldiers of Quwo Zhuang Gong were waiting for the battle, he vowed to fight a decisive battle with his returning soldiers. Uncle Luan Gongshu knew that defending the city and besieging the city were completely two different concepts. As the saying goes, the city is easy to defend and difficult to attack, this Uncle Luan Gong has to use some brains to save his strength and recapture Yicheng. So this Uncle Luan Gong did not attack the city easily, but went around the city to the south and went straight to Quwo.

On the one hand, he sent people to Xun to seek reinforcements, because Xun and Yicheng were married, and they had just gone to encircle and suppress Chirong with Uncle Luan, and they had also established a relationship with each other. When the monarch of Xun learned that the Marquis of Jin Xiaohou had been killed and that Yicheng had fallen, he joined forces with this Uncle Luan to attack Quwo.

The Jin army and the Xun army killed Quwo together, preparing to take Quwo Zhuangbo's lair. Uncle Luan Gong's heart is very clear, if you take advantage of my army to go out of the city to attack my Yicheng, I will take advantage of your army to occupy Yicheng and Quwo is empty to attack you Quwo. In fact, this Uncle Luan Gong did not go out to attack Quwo, but assigned some men and horses to join forces with the Xun army to kill Quwo. He led a large army to hide near Yicheng and wait for the opportunity.

This time, Qu Wo Zhuang Bo was scared. He knew that the Zhou royal family was still protecting the Marquis of Jin Xiao. Once he loses his nest, and then the Zhou royal family comes forward to fight all the princes together, he will lose his place of existence even if he escapes his life. In that way, I can't stand Quwo, which my father has been running for many years. Thinking of this, Quwo Zhuang Bo only left a small number of men and horses in Yicheng, and he personally led the army to kill a horse gun and go to surround Quwo.

As everyone knows, this general Luan Gongshu has already been optimistic about this step, and when Quwo Zhuang Bo rescued Quwo, Yicheng had been recaptured by the Jin army. Although the Yicheng side won the final victory this time, Quwo Zhuangbo's army still dealt a heavy blow to the Yicheng side. After this life-and-death decisive battle, although Yicheng drove away Quwo's army, first, it relied on Xunguo's foreign aid to win; second, the Yicheng was breached and squandered; More importantly, the monarch Jin Xiaohou is dead. This has formed a huge psychological deterrent to the people of the Jin State Yicheng. Jin Xiaohou was still very young when he was killed, and there was no suitable heir to ascend to the throne, so the Yicheng courtiers put Jin Xiaohou's younger son Ji He on the throne and barely maintained the situation. This is the Marquis of Jin and E. However, the young monarch barely survived six years of terror. A new round of calamity is coming.

Quwo Zhuangbo learned the lesson of not getting along with the surrounding vassal states for a long time, and there was no one to support him at a critical moment. Knowing that the Zhou royal family did not like him, and seeing that Zheng Guoxiong in the Central Plains was in opposition to the Zhou royal family, he sent an envoy to bribe Zheng Zhuang Gong with a national treasure, and married his daughter to Xing Guojun as a concubine to establish an alliance relationship with Xing Guo.

After several years of mediation with the vassal states, Quwo Zhuangbo thought that the time was ripe.

Quwo Zhuang Bo then fabricated some inexplicable charges against the Marquis of Jin and Hubei to be attacked. and asked Zheng Guo and Xing Guo for help. Gong Zheng Zhuang harvested the spring wheat and autumn wheat of the Zhou royal family, and completely turned his face with King Huan of Zhou, so he wanted to extensively contact the vassal states to strengthen his power. He has long had thoughts about the Great Jin Kingdom in the north of Zheng State, but the internal power competition of the Jin State has made him unable to start, and recently, this Quwo Zhuang Uncle has often come and gone, but the so-called Great Jin Marquis of Yicheng has turned a deaf ear to him Zheng Zhuang Gong. Gong Zheng Zhuang knows, didn't you, King Zhou Huan, support Zheng Guo's so-called Marquis of Jin's E? I don't support the Marquis of Jin and E, I just want to connect with Quwo Zhuangbo, once Quwo Zhuangbo captures Yicheng, then the Great Jin State will be my Zheng State's ally. At that time, the eastern part of your Zhou royal family is my Zheng State, and the northern part is my Zheng State's ally Jin State, see what ability you still have to support the Zhou family. Zheng Zhuanggong thought so, when he got Quwo Zhuangbo's request for help, he readily agreed, he sent a tiger general Zhu Dan to lead 200 chariots to help the battle, and Xing Guo also sent soldiers and horses to assist Quwo Zhuangbo.

This was 718 BC, the sixth year of the reign of the Marquis of Jin. The Yicheng side received information that Quwo Zhuangbo had united the armies of the Three Kingdoms to crusade. Frightened and overwhelmed, he hurriedly convened the ministers to discuss, and the minister proposed to go to King Zhou Huan for help. So the Marquis of Jin and E sent envoys to collect some treasures and went to the Zhou royal family.

The Marquis of Jin did not wait for the information of King Huan of Zhou, but found that the army of the Three Kingdoms had already come to attack. The Marquis of Jin and E boarded the city gate to take a look, but it was terrible, this Qu Wo Zhuang Bo led the Three Kingdoms Alliance Army to be huge, where was he Yicheng Jin Army can stop it, and the Marquis of Jin and E was really frightened for a while. After screaming a few times, something bad happened, and he retreated to the palace. The Marquis of Jin and E couldn't get the information feedback from the Zhou royal family, and there was only one thought, that is, it was important to escape, so he was ready to take his family and flee from Yicheng.

King Huan of Zhou deposed Zheng Zhuang Gong from the throne, and Zheng Zhuang Gong sent troops to rob the spring wheat and autumn wheat in Wendi, and was dissatisfied with Zheng Zhuang Gong. Received a report from the Marquis of Jin and Hubei: said that Quwo Zhuangbo united with the armies of Zheng and Xing to besiege and attack the Yicheng of Jin. In fact, the fight within the Jin Kingdom did not enter the heart of King Zhou Huan, since the Yicheng side is the great sect of the Jin Kingdom, it is a reasonable and legitimate Jin Kingdom. But if you have an internal problem, of course you have to solve it yourself. However, this time, Quwo Zhuang Bo united Zheng Jun and Xing Jun to crusade against the Great Jin Kingdom, which aroused the idea of King Huan of Zhou. You Zheng Guo did not come to meet the widow, but you want to interfere in the internal affairs of the Jin Dynasty, collect the wheat of the widow, and run rampant in the Central Plains, how can this be reasonable! King Huan of Zhou decided to teach Zheng Zhuang Gong a lesson, and immediately summoned his courtiers to support the Marquis of Jin and Hubei in Yicheng. Duke Yu's father volunteered and led his troops to attack Quwo Zhuangbo.

Back then, Duke Ji Han was the father of Duke Yu's jealous father, and Duke Yu Ji Han was in Cao Ying's heart in the Han Dynasty, but he supported King Zhou in the Zhou Ping Dynasty. Duke Yu was jealous of his father and did not dare to fight an uncertain battle, so he summoned the surrounding princes to form a strong coalition to support the Yicheng of the Jin State on the order of King Huan of Zhou.

Due to the royal family's troops, the Zheng army and the Xing army retreated without a fight, and Quwo Zhuang Bo did not dare to fight alone, so he retreated to Quwo in a hurry.

Gong Yu's father led the army to chase and kill Quwo Zhuangbo, Quwo Zhuangbo was defeated, and Quwo could not hold out.

Gong Yu's father entered Yicheng and found that the Marquis of Jin had escaped from Yicheng with his family. Tracing the roots, it is known that the Marquis of Jin and E has fled to the place. Duke Yu's father was very dissatisfied with the soft bones of the Marquis of Jin and E, and discussed with the courtiers to establish Ji Guang, the younger brother of the Marquis of Jin and E, as the king. It is for the mourning of Jin. And that Marquis of Jin and Hubei also died in a foreign land. He became the third prince of the Great Sect destroyed by Quwo's side.

Zhu Dan returned to Zheng Zhuang Gong without a fight. Zheng Zhuang sneered and didn't take a look at General Zhu Dan.

Zhu Dan said: "It is about the Zhou royal family, and the ministers dare not confront the army of the king of Zhou, for fear of affecting the relationship between Zheng Guo and the Zhou royal family." ”

Zheng Zhuanggong still waved his hand without hesitation, and said casually: "Coward! ”

I wish you a sad retreat.

In the second year of Jin Aihou, Qu Wo Zhuang Bo died, this Qu Wo Zhuang Bo is different from his father, that is, he took the initiative to attack Yicheng, if Qu Wo Huan's uncle Ji Chengshi received an internal report from Pan's father at that time, and hesitated to crusade against Yicheng. When he arrived in Quwo Zhuangbo, he wanted to replace Yicheng, and the purpose was quite clear. In this year, Quwo Zhuang Bo died, and his son succeeded Zhuang Bo on the throne, which is Quwo Wugong. It was this Quwo Wugong who finally unified the Jin Kingdom.