Zhou Tianzi Ji Ding lay on the arched bridge of the palace with his hands, and without tiptoeing, he could see the dense Five Nations Alliance Army outside Cheng Zhou, which was a great scene at that time, and it had not appeared for many years.

The construction of Luoyi in Chengzhou can be traced back to the beginning of the founding of the Great Zhou Dynasty. Two years after the establishment of the Great Zhou, King Wu fell ill and died, and the Duke of Zhou became regent. After the three eunuchs rebelled, Zhou Ping rebelled, and deeply felt that the Zhou royal family was located in the northwest and lacked effective control over the east and the Central Plains, so he began to prepare for the construction of another capital, which was Chengzhou Luoyi.

Chengzhou Luoyi is located between Luoshui and Qianshui, and is divided into two cities: Wangcheng and Chengzhou. Wangcheng is the place where the Zhou royal family lived, Taimiao, Zongmiao (Wenwang Temple), Kao Palace (Wuwang Temple), Lu Bed, Mingtang five palaces are complete, it is an important capital of the Zhou Dynasty. During the reign of King Zhou You, due to his love for beautiful women, the princes of the Beacon Opera abolished the prince Yijiu and changed Bofu to the prince. After the crown prince Yijiu's mother, Empress Shen, was deposed, and Bao Xi was renamed queen. Out of anger, Shenhou's father colluded with Dog Rong to break through Hojing, and re-embraced the crown prince Yijiu as the new Zhou Tianzi.

King Zhou Jing died, Gongzi Meng and the prince fought for the throne, Gongzi Meng is the eldest son, but he is cowardly by nature, and the prince is a concubine, with the image of a king. The ministers of the court insisted on establishing a long and not a virtuous, and let Ji Meng inherit the throne, but before King Jing died, he set up a prince dynasty to inherit the throne. Mourning Wang Li, the prince was dissatisfied, launched a rebellion, kidnapped Ji Meng, and sent troops to take him back and escorted him to the royal city. However, after this incident, King Zhou Mourning was terrified and died of illness after only one year of reign.

After the death of King Zhou Mourning, King Zhou Jing's younger brother Zhou Jing Wang Li, the prince dynasty made a comeback, drove King Jing out of the royal city, King Jing had to borrow troops from the Jin State again, and the prince dynasty fought against it for several years, and finally the prince dynasty could not reach the powerful Jin State, and the classics of the Zhou royal family fled to the Chu State, and King Jing of Zhou was able to return to the royal city. Later, the remnants of the prince's dynasty rebelled again, King Jing had to flee again, and realized that the power of the prince's dynasty in the royal city was strong, so he moved to Chengzhou, and the Jin people led the princes to repair for King Jing, and since then the son of Zhou Tianzi has lived in Chengzhou.

Three months after King Zhou Ai succeeded to the throne, his younger brother Uncle Ji attacked and killed King Ai to succeed to the throne, which was for King Si. Five months after King Si succeeded to the throne, he was attacked and killed by his younger brother Wei for the king of Zhoukao. This period of fratricidal tragedy made King Zhou Kao frightened, so the land around Wangji was divided into his younger brother Ji Jie, in the name of enshrined Zhou Gong, called the Western Zhou Kingdom, Ji Jie's is the Western Zhou Huan Gong, and his residence is in the royal city of Luoyi in Chengzhou. Since then, within the Wangji of Zhou Tianzi, there has been another vassal state of the Western Zhou Principality.

In the second year of King Xian of Zhou, the Duke of Wei of the Western Zhou Dynasty, the public of the Western Zhou Dynasty, because of the discord with his younger brother Ji Gen, and was persecuted by Han and Zhao, he divided his younger brother Ji Gen to the old land of Gong State, called the Eastern Zhou Kingdom, and Ji Gen was the Huigong of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty. Since then, Zhou Tianzi's already not wealthy Wangji has added two more vassal states of the Western Zhou State and the Eastern Zhou Kingdom, and he has only one palace, a few families and a few soldiers left. And the city of Chengzhou, where Zhou Tianzi lived, belonged to the Eastern Zhou Kingdom. It is precisely because of this that the reputation of the Zhou royal family, which has plummeted since King Ping moved eastward, has fallen again.

However, for Ji Ding, there is always an indescribable sadness. Because these troops should be respectful to themselves, even if they pass by Chengzhou now, they can't even think of coming to see themselves. Of course, even if they came, I am afraid that he would be terrified, and he was worried that the Jiuding in the Ming Hall would be captured and plundered by these tiger and wolf masters.

"Your Majesty, have you taken a bath?" The eunuch behind him looked at Ji Ding's lonely eyes, and couldn't help but ask, in his opinion, these kings and generals are stationed here, and they will definitely come to visit.

"Don't worry, they won't come to see the widow." Ji Ding shook his head and said, "Even if you come to meet them, the widow will not see them." Suddenly, he said fiercely, "The Qin State is not a good thing, and the Six Eastern Kingdoms are not good people, so let them eat the dog." Immediately afterwards, he said lonely: "It's a pity that the widow has neither a usable general, nor a usable soldier, so what can I do?" As he spoke, he stopped looking at the dense army outside the city, and turned around and entered the main hall.

At the camp of the Five-Nation Alliance, there were also people looking at Chengzhou City.

"Lord Rhinoceros, are you really not going to meet the Son of Heaven?"

Before the camp, Le Yi and Gongsun Yan stood side by side, looking at Cheng Zhoucheng not far away, and couldn't help but say. This is the first time that Le Yi has been so close to Gongsun Yan since he left Daliang. Even if Gongsun Yan came to Zhao State in person last time, Le Yi never met him alone, and he did have the consideration of avoiding suspicion. However, this time Le Yi and Pang Cong were ordered to come to participate in the Five-Nation Alliance, which itself also shows that Zhao Yong is at ease with Le Yi, so he is not worried about being seen by Pang Cong, and he stands with Gongsun Yan. What's more, Pang Cong and Gongsun Yan also knew each other.

"If you go, you may not be summoned, and if you don't go, you will end up quiet." Gongsun Yan said, "What's more, our appearance here is just what the Son of Heaven is looking forward to." ”

Le Yi nodded, indeed, for the melee of the Seven Kingdoms, the Son of Heaven was happy to see it, but he was quite helpless. It's just that the strength is limited, and I can't manage so much. So it doesn't matter if you go or not.

"The appointed time is running out, but the state of Chu, as the chief of the longitudinal covenant, seems to have not sent troops yet." Le Yi decided to end the topic and talked about the five-nation alliance.

After Zhao Guo received the news, Le Yi and Pang Cong immediately asked Zhao Yong of the Northern Expedition, and after receiving a positive answer, Le Yi and Pang Cong led 5,000 cavalry and 3,000 foot soldiers to Chengzhou Luoyi, the assembly place of the coalition army. After the arrival of the two, the 60,000 soldiers of South Korea were already in battle, the 30,000 soldiers of the Wei State had already been well barracked, and the 10,000 soldiers of the Yan State had also gathered here, but the soldiers of the Chu State had not yet arrived. With three days left on the agreed date, the possibility of the arrival of the state of Chu is becoming more and more slim.

For this, Gongsun Yan was indeed a little caught off guard. Among the six eastern states, Korea and Wei sent the most troops because they were the most threatened; The 10,000 soldiers of Yan State have a perfunctory meaning, and the generals who came have never even heard of it; There are 8,000 people in Zhao State, although the number is limited, whether it is Le Yi or Pang Cong, they can be regarded as having a friendship with Gongsun Yan, and it must be more convenient to command, and it can also be seen that Zhao Yong is very confident about Gongsun Yan; But only the state of Chu, he thought that this time not only would send troops, but also must be the largest number of people, but it has not appeared until now, which undoubtedly casts a shadow on the union of the six countries.

"Lezi, do you think this time to attack Qin, what is the success or failure?"

Le Yi looked at Gongsun Yan and knew that at this moment, since Gongsun Yan had asked this question, it meant that he also felt that his chances of winning were slim.

"It makes no sense to think about this matter at this moment, the key is the morale of the coalition forces, and it must not be vented because of this, otherwise before the war starts, our army has already lost most of it, and it will make people laugh."

Gongsun Yan nodded, "I know this matter well, and I will send a letter of resignation to Daliang later, hoping that the king can send a capable person to persuade the king of Chu to send troops." ”

"In addition, the rhino head should be cautious in this command."

"I know."

The reason why Zhao Yong believed that the matter of the alliance was unpredictable was probably because the issue of unified command was debatable. Although the vassal states trust Gongsun Yan, it is the generals of various countries who lead the troops to the expedition this time, and if they want to convince them, even if Gongsun Yan is concerned, it will definitely take some time. What's more, in such a thing as a war, it is not easy to say who suffers and who takes advantage. For example, in the case of a siege, it is necessary that the strong and strong will attack the city, and the rest of the men will raid the battle or besiege the city to distract the enemy. And a pass like Hangu Pass can only be attacked hard, there is no tactical tactic to use, relying on hard encounters, so the loss is really unpredictable.

If one of the companies is the first to retreat during the siege, it will be a disaster for the coalition forces.

"I look at all countries, I'm afraid that only you can command this matter, and if you want to entrust this command to you, I wonder if you can take over this important task?" Gongsun Yan suddenly said to Le Yi.

When Le Yi heard this, he was naturally excited. This is a force of 100,000 people, and it is a five-nation alliance, and being able to command such a coalition army is both a challenge and an acknowledgment for Le Yi. At least in the eyes of Gongsun Yan, Le Yi's talent has surpassed that of the Korean Storm Kite, the Gongsun Xi of the Wei State, and the general of the Yan State, which is enough to become the commander-in-chief of this army. Of course, Le Yi wants to get this kind of honor.

"I'm afraid not." Le Yi shook his head, and a feeling of helplessness rose, "First, the state of Chu is the chief of the longitudinal covenant, and the name of the commander-in-chief must be the head of the rhino and the general of the state of Chu is in charge, no matter how you say it, it will not be the turn of the state of Zhao; Second, our Zhao army is less than 10,000 people, and it is overstretched to kill the enemy, let alone command the rest of the coalition forces, I am afraid that even Yan Guo will not be convinced. ”

Gongsun Yan nodded, what Le Yi said is indeed very reasonable, but in the matter of commanding, his talent is not as good as Le Yi, if he lets himself command, I am afraid that there is a three-tier chance of winning, and if he is Le Yi, he believes that there are at least six layers.

"It's okay, if Chu doesn't come, then ask you to take command."

Le Yi looked at Gongsun Yan, and he also felt a little bitter, but the strength was here, and he really had no choice. I was about to say something to comfort Gongsun Yan, but I heard a person chuckle and said: "From a certain point of view, this attack on the Qin State can be regarded as your Gongsun Yan's biggest failure." ”

After hearing this, Gongsun Yan didn't say anything, but Le Yi was very curious, who had such qualifications and dared to say that Gongsun Yan was not here. With Gongsun Yan's current status, I am afraid that no one in the entire coalition army would dare to speak to him like this. Le Yi turned his head, but saw a person walking not far away, this person was wearing regular clothes, and there was no armor on his body, he was not a general, but he was not a general, but he followed the troops to this place, which was indeed strange.

When the man approached, Le Yi looked carefully, but heard the man say: "You Le Yi didn't have any ambition in Wei State, but I didn't expect to go to Zhao State and get reused." Sure enough, the people of Wei, Wei can't use it, only other countries can use it, it's really a good Wei country, hehe, a good Wei country! ”

Le Yi saw that this person actually recognized him, but he had no impression, and was about to ask for advice, but he heard Gongsun Yan say: "I didn't look for you when I came here this time, but you had to come with you, but you came here to make a lot of nonsense, which is really not a son of man." If you knew this, you should have let you go in the beam and sit on the reclusive person. ”

"I'm a man of the mountains and wilderness, and I don't know how to do general affairs. It's just that I've been idle for a long time in recent years, so I went out with your grandson Yan to see if the Wei State was exhausted, even if you didn't bring so-and-so, wouldn't so-and-so come by yourself? ”

This chapter is more watery, mainly because of the matter of Chengzhou Luoyi, which cannot be bypassed, and it must be said.

The mainstream view is that the Zhou government built Luoyi as two cities, one is the royal city and the other is the city of Chengzhou, just like Fenghao, the capital of the Western Zhou Dynasty, one is Fengjing and the other is Haojing. Of course, there are also opinions that Luoyi is Chengzhou. This is one of them.

Second, this history of the Western Zhou Principality and the Eastern Zhou Principality cannot be bypassed because it is related to Luoyi in Chengzhou. The troops stationed in Luoyi have to have something to do with these two countries.

Third, about Wei Yu, it is not my personal fabrication. There are still doubts in the historiography about whether Wei Weizi and Qin Shi Huang were the same person. Because the backgrounds of the two are too similar, but there is a gap of about 100 years in age, and in that era, it is a miracle to be able to live to be 100 years old. However, the first Tianguan at the beginning of "Wei Yuzi" is: King Liang Hui asked Wei Yuzi and said...., after it has been proved that the book "Wei Yuzi" is not a forgery written by later generations, the identity of Wei Yuzi has become a mystery.

(End of chapter)