Chapter Eighty-Six: Domination of Xijon
is the so-called moral three emperors and five emperors, the fame of the Xia Hou Shang Zhou, the five tyrants and seven heroes in the Spring and Autumn Period, the rise and fall in an instant.
I think that as long as you know a little bit about history, you must have heard of the Spring and Autumn Five Hegemons and the Seven Heroes of the Warring States.
The Seven Heroes of the Warring States Period is the collective name of the seven most powerful vassal states before the Qin Dynasty unified the world, when the seven kingdoms each occupied one side, and fought against each other for many years, until the ancestral dragon Yingzheng was born to unify the world, which ended the situation of the seven kingdoms and created the first unified dynasty in China.
The so-called Spring and Autumn Five Hegemons are different from the Seven Heroes of the Warring States Period, and the Spring and Autumn Five Hegemons do not refer to a certain vassal state, but to the princes themselves.
In the Spring and Autumn Period, which was earlier than the Warring States Period, when the Son of Heaven was declining and the princes were rising, the power of the Zhou royal family was declining, and it was no longer possible to effectively control the princes of the world.
The position of the lord of the world has led some powerful vassal states to start a fierce battle for hegemony, and the countries have joined forces with each other to fight in the east and west, and a total of several princes before and after are called hegemons in turn.
These five hegemons, that is, the Duke of Qi Huan, the Duke of Song Xiang, the Duke of Wen of Jin, the Duke of Qin Mu, and the King of Chu Zhuang recorded in the historical records, these five monarchs are the historical products of a specific stage in the Spring and Autumn Period, and made advance preparations for the annexation and unification of the Warring States Period.
In other words, Qin Mugong's ranking among the five hegemons of the Spring and Autumn Period is a conclusive fact recorded in the history books.
However, it is not difficult to see from Qin Mugong's two defeats that he was stubborn and reckless, and in order to realize his desire to let Qin advance eastward, he did not care about the gap in actual combat effectiveness between the two sides, but let his troops suffer defeats again and again.
If this development continues, the Qin State will only decline more and more, and Qin Mugong, as such a monarch, cannot afford to be called the legendary Spring and Autumn Five Hegemons no matter what.
Just when I was thinking hard, Shen Lang on the side already knew that he couldn't figure out what it was on his own, and Chun Ting had always been difficult to communicate, so he simply leaned over to Ling Xuan with a hippie smile and asked.
"Master, I know that you are also a knowledgeable person, and you are not much worse than Brother Ting, so you can tell us about it, what happened behind this?"
Ling Xuan couldn't help but laugh when he looked at Shen Lang's reaction, and only then did he answer to Shen Lang after asking Chun Ting with his eyes.
"Later, Qin Mugong did not go east."
Shen Lang couldn't understand Qin Mugong's decision after hearing this, and looked at Ling Xuan's incredulous response.
"No eastward expansion? The State of Qin was defeated twice by the State of Jin, and that's it? ”
Ling Xuan shook his head and told the story of what had happened after these two defeats.
After these two defeats, Meng Mingshi, who led the troops, realized that his command skills were not enough, and the methods used to train the army and combat were also flawed, so he sold his wealth to support the families of the casualties, and then personally trained the army, and lived with the soldiers for a long time.
After a long period of training, the Qin army has become a strong, brave and tenacious army, he believes that the Qin army at this time has enough troops to attack the Jin State, after full preparation, Qin Mugong and Meng Mingshi led the army to kill the Jin State for the third time. ”
Shen Lang was like a child listening to a story, and when he heard this, he looked at Ling Xuan and urged.
"And then master, did they win or lose this time?"
Ling Xuan didn't answer, and talked about what happened next.
"This great victory of the Qin army, not only recovered their lost territory but also greatly frustrated the prestige of the Jin State, Qin Mu led the army to Kunshan, buried the bones of the previous fallen soldiers and personally paid tribute,
And just when everyone thought that Qin Mugong was ready to continue to attack the Jin State and open up a route to the east, Qin Mugong was like a different person, instead of choosing to continue to break through to the east, he turned to the west to seek development. "Three K
Shen Lang's face was full of surprise, and he couldn't understand Qin Mugong's approach at all.
"What? He managed to win a battle, but instead of continuing the attack, he went westward? ”
Ling Xuan also looked quite puzzled, but after all, this was a fact that had happened in history, and he could only continue to say it no matter how puzzled he was.
"That's right, Qin Mugong is steadily attacking the west, he used a strategy to destroy the twelve countries established by the Western Rong people, because of Qin Mugong's victory over the Rong people, the king of Zhou congratulated and gave him a golden drum, hoping that he would continue to attack the Rong people with the drum.
Qin Mugong received instructions from the king of Zhou, and he had the motivation to go west, and he attacked Shu and other countries located west of Hangu Pass to open up a total of more than 1,000 miles of territory, so King Xiang of Zhou appointed him as the uncle of the western princes, that is, the hegemony of Xirong recorded in the history books. ”
After talking about Qin Mugong's exploits, Ling Xuan looked at us and answered the doubts raised by Xue Nan just now.
"Therefore, it is not a false rumor that Qin Mugong can rank in the position of the Spring and Autumn Five Tyrants, although he has had two failures in the early stage, but the flaws are not concealed, and his later exploits are enough to be respected as one of the Five Tyrants."
After listening to Qin Mugong's legendary experience, we couldn't help each other's doubts.
Looking at what Qin Mugong did in the early and late stages, how could a person have such a big change?
What's more, as a generation of kings, Qin Mugong considered it for the purpose of maintaining his authority, even if he knew that it was his mistake, but he would not completely deny his previous actions, how could he directly make a completely opposite decision from before.
It was then that I suddenly thought of the last words I had heard when I left the dream.
"I can make the Qin State the co-lord of the world, but you have to promise me one condition......"
Since I wasn't fully awake just now, I forgot about this sentence when I told everyone about the dream, so everyone didn't know that there was such a scene.
The content of this sentence is also thought-provoking, so I quickly explained it to everyone.
"When I left the dream realm, I vaguely heard a word to Qin Mugong."
Yi He looked at my expression, knowing that this sentence must be very important, and asked seriously.
"What did you hear, my lord?"
I looked at Chunting, trying to find a clue in his face.
"The last picture I saw was that a mysterious person suddenly appeared, this person said to Qin Mugong that he could make Qin State the co-ruler of the world, but Qin Mugong wanted to promise him a condition, but before I could hear what this condition was, the picture I saw was already over."
After listening to what I said, everyone was shocked.
Could it be that the reason why Qin Mugong was able to become the Spring and Autumn Five Tyrants was because of the secret help of this mysterious person?
If Qin Mugong really dominated Xirong and ranked as one of the five hegemons of the Spring and Autumn Period because of this talent, then it invisibly proved one thing.
That is, this mysterious man has the strength to make anyone the king and dominate.