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Zheng Wugong destroyed the Dongyu Kingdom in the same way. Because Zheng Wugong was diligent in government and shuttled between the two places, the soldiers passed by the Dongyu Kingdom in a mighty way, and no one would guard against it, and when the soldiers came to the city, the monarch of the Dongyu Kingdom woke up to the critical situation of being surrounded by heavy troops and facing the sword and halberd, Zheng Wugong did not have to make up lies for this, and everything he wanted to destroy was destroyed. This is Zheng Wugong's philosophy of life. Of course, behind him is King Zhou Ping's trust in him. This diligent ruler of Zhou Wu was so domineering and cruel in front of his opponents that he had to make up some slanderous rumors in front of King Zhou Ping to ruin the reputation of the kings of the two countries, intending to expand his territory and paralyze King Zhou Ping. In this way, from bribing the kings of the two kingdoms to gain a foothold, to the annexation of the two kingdoms by the dove, it only took about six years for Zheng Wugong to take place.

However, when Zheng Wugong destroyed Hu Guo, he used his brains.

Zheng Guo destroyed the Dongyu State and the Yi State, not only incorporated the territory of the two countries into the Zheng family, but also owned all the manpower and material resources of the two countries. Zheng Wugong had greatly increased his sphere of influence. But Zheng Wugong was not satisfied, he was optimistic that the next target would be Hu Guo, but Hu Guo and Zheng Guo did not border, and there was a powerful Xu State in the middle. Zheng Wugong of Xu Guo could neither pass by because of diligence nor absolute superiority, so he still had lingering palpitations. He was optimistic about Hu Guo, and Zheng Wugong, who was strategic, remained quiet, but insisted on marrying his daughter to the monarch of Hu Guoguo. Of course, Hu Guo attaches great importance to this marriage, knowing that Zheng Wugong is diligent in governing King Zhou Ping, and Zheng Guo has destroyed the Dongyu State and the Yi State, and the country is powerful, so it is naturally a good thing to take such a strong country. However, Hu Guojun was skeptical, after all, Zheng Wugong was peeking at the surrounding countries. Although there is a Xu State between Hu and Zheng Guo, they will naturally go to Hu Guo by bypassing Xu Guo, so although Hu Guo has formed this marriage, he is also worried about Zheng Wugong's encroachment on Hu Guo every day. Therefore, he was doubly attentive to the Zheng woman, and he did not dare to slack off, and the beauties in the six palaces rarely took care of it, but he was afraid that the Zheng woman would have a slander that would be passed on to Zheng Wugong. Privately, he is also sending spies to stay in Zheng Guo to find out Zheng Guo's premeditation.

One day, Zheng Wugong gathered his ministers to discuss the matter and asked a question: "If I send troops, which country should I fight next?" ”

A minister who speculated about Zheng Wugong's psychology was called Guan Qisi, and he immediately replied: "It's Hu Guo." Hasn't the lord been plotting to fight Hu Guo in his heart? Now that the power of Hu is not as strong as that of Zheng Guo, and now that the marriage between the two countries has relaxed my guard against me, now is the best time to attack Hu State. This Guan Qisi thought that his cleverness would at least be appreciated by Zheng Wugong, but what he never dreamed of was that this sentence was the last sentence he left in this world.

It seemed that Zheng Wugong, who was in peace, suddenly became furious, got up and drew a knife and slashed at Guan Qisi, this Guan Qisi was not the slightest bit vigilant, and he didn't even say a word to beg for mercy, his head had already landed. Zheng Wugong beheaded Minister Guan Qisi, and then

said loudly: "My daughter is married to the king of Hu Guoguo, and Hu State is my friendly neighbor, how can I invade Hu State at will." He also ordered his subordinates to inform Hu Guo that they would give the head of the traitor Guan Qisi to Hu Guo.

This news spread far and wide and reached the ears of Hu Guojun. Hu Guojun finally put his heart down. Just waiting for Zheng Guo to send someone to send the head of Guan Qisi. Hu Guojun was laughing at himself in his heart, thinking that Duke Wu treated me like this, how could I be suspicious of guarding against others? So he stopped thinking about Zheng Guo's threat. The envoys sent to Zheng Guo were not like in the past to strengthen the city defense and deploy ambushes to prevent accidents, and the monarch of Hu Guo at this moment no longer took precautions.

Guan Qisi is a doctor of Zheng Guo, a strategist under Zheng Wugong, and has always given many ideas for the development of Zheng Guo. But this time, he was cut off by Zheng Wugong because of his admonition to attack Hu, and he was full of grievances but could not tell it. He didn't know that it wasn't that Wugong was angry and killed him, but that Zheng Wugong needed his head to speak, and the price and significance of his death lay in Zheng Wugong's actions later. Because no matter what kind of person Guan Qisi is, the fact that he was beheaded for attacking Hu will be enough to paralyze the will of the monarch of Hu to guard against Zheng Guo.

As a minister of the imperial court, I am afraid that he knows the real plan in the heart of Zheng Wugong, who is eager to expand. So this Guan Qisi is confused and killed? Or is it a real invitation? Whatever the reason, Guan Qisi, an overly clever strategist, became a victim of Zheng Wugong's expansion strategy.

Zheng Wugong sent a large group of men to show Hu Guo's head to show the friendship between the two countries. Zheng Wugong secretly dispatched masters in this team, and made secret arrangements, and the purpose of entering Hu was very clear. In today's parlance, it's called a decapitation operation. At this time, in order to show his trust and appreciation to Zheng Wugong, Hu Guojun rewarded the team sent by Zheng Wugong with a feast and entertained them as guests. Hu Guojun didn't have any intention of taking precautions, and let himself get drunk in the cup. After the banquet, the guards staggered into the dormitory, went to bed, and fell asleep. How did he know that his fate had come to an end. At night, the masters of Zheng Guo's army flew off the wall, quickly solved the guards guarding the palace of Hu Guojun, and infiltrated Hu Guojun's deep house. Hu Guojun was drunk and did not wake up, snoring like thunder, and was still asleep. Master Zheng Guo tiptoed into Hu Guojun's side, and his sword fell on Hu Guojun's head, which became the bag of several masters. The daughter of Zheng Wugong, who was sleeping on the side, screamed in fright, and became a crazy person from then on, but these are no longer important. Zheng Wugong had already succeeded in gaining control of the state of Hu. The master set fire to the palace, and the army of Zheng Guo, who was lurking in the suburbs, took advantage of its panic to cover up and enter the city.

Zheng Wu's public trial is the most important thing to pay attention to talents. Guan Qisi was fortunate to participate in the high-level meeting, so he was certainly not an idle person. Although Zheng Wugong begged Hu Xinqing, he did not want to sacrifice a large number of men and horses in exchange for the territory of Hu State, but to easily take Hu State, he had to have a clever plan. Therefore, Zheng Wugong borrowed Guan Qisi's head, paralyzed the monarch of Hu State, adopted the strategy of small troops as internal and large troops to fight on the periphery, and quickly annexed Hu State. This ploy can be regarded as a no-brainer to seize the territory of a large country. It can be seen from this that Zheng Wugong's civil and military strategy.

Due to Zheng Wugong's great ability to expand, Zheng Wugong annexed the Yi State in the south, the Yu State in the north, and the small states such as Yan, Sha, Bu, Dan, Yi, Li, and Hua, and became a relatively strong vassal state in the Central Plains. The rapid expansion of Zheng's land finally made the Zhou royal family feel a threat. As King Zhou Ping grew up, he began to think about Zheng Wugong's behavior in his heart, but it was too late by this time. King Zhou Ping believed that the land of Zheng State in the east of the Tiger Prison Pass was the result of the plundering of Zheng Wugong, and the Zhou Ping Dynasty wanted to take it back. Where was Zheng Wugong willing to spit out the fat that he had already eaten in his mouth, so he asked the mercenaries of the prince Ji Liaosheng to stay in the hometown of the capital of the state of Yi, so as to prevent the Zhou Dynasty from crossing the tiger prison and recovering the land occupied by Zheng Guo. King Zhou Ping's army in the Tiger Prison was difficult to advance eastward. In this way, in just a few years, the seven surrounding vassal states and small states were incorporated into the territory of Zheng State, and Zheng State also changed from the princes of Wangji in the Western Zhou Dynasty to independent princes outside Wangji.