Chapter 9 Attracting the wolf into the room, Chen Xiang lost his best friend
After the annexation of Zheng State, Chen Xiang immediately waved his division to attack the defense of the country, along the way the momentum was like a bamboo, the defenders of the country either fled or surrendered, the army of the country of the country soon arrived at the city of Puyang, the capital of the country, Puyang City was thick and thick, it was difficult to take it for a while, in order to minimize the loss, Chen Xiang ordered the army to be stationed outside the city, besiege but not attack, only to wait for the city to run out of ammunition and food and then attack in one fell swoop.
However, this time Chen Xiang miscalculated. Such a big move by the slippery country this time has long attracted the attention of the western power Qin, which has coveted the Central Plains countries for a long time, and just took advantage of the time to defend the country for help, and justifiably sent troops to the Central Plains, with Meng Mingshi, Xi Qishu and Bai Yibing as generals, leading 30,000 troops to Puyang. Chen Xiang was shocked when he heard the news, he knew that the current strength of the Yihua Kingdom was definitely not the opponent of the Qin army, so he organized the withdrawal of the army back to the Huacheng City, and on the other hand, he quickly sent people to the Jin State for help.
There was also an eighth prince who defended the country in the team that accompanied the Qin army this time, Meng Mingshi and others led the army into Puyang City to abolish the new monarch of the country, and supported the eighth prince as the new monarch of the country, and the ministers of the country had no choice but to obey. After completely controlling the situation of the country, Meng Mingshi led the Qin Wei coalition army through the border of the slippery guard, the slippery army was defeated, and several cities on the border fell into the hands of the Qin army, the Qin army tore through the defense line of the slippery army like a devastating devastation, Chen Xiang had to withdraw all the troops and grain and grass into the slippery city, ready to desperately resist the Qin army, waiting for the Jin reinforcements to come to the rescue.
Meng Mingshi and the others saw that the slippery country was so vulnerable, so they began to get a little carried away, and in order to quickly expand the results of the war, they actually divided their troops to attack the land of Zheng State. In fact, the Qin army's abnormal actions this time had another purpose, the Qin army on the march route to attack Zheng would inevitably pass through Luoyang, the seat of the Cheng Zhou royal family, in order to show their ambition and strength to dominate the world, they wanted to show off their might under the city of Luoyang, in order to hit the prestige of the Zhou royal family and want to deter the princes of the world.
Since King Ping of Zhou moved eastward, the Zhou royal family has gradually declined, and the power of the princes has continued to grow, and they have long since stopped listening to the dispatch of the king of Zhou, but everyone will still respect the Zhou royal family on the surface and maintain the dignity of the Zhou royal family. The princes agreed that if there was an army of the princes passing under the city of Luoyang, they must disarm and collect the troops to pass quietly, so as not to disturb the Zhou royal family. However, this time the Qin army did the opposite, not only did not disarm and collect the troops, but instead made a big fanfare, the war drums sounded in unison, and the shouts shook the sky, which only frightened the king of Zhou and the people in Luoyang City into panic.
The arrogance and rudeness of the Qin army aroused the anger of the Central Plains countries, so under the leadership of the Jin state, they united Song, Cai, Chen and other countries to jointly raise troops to attack the Qin army. In order to stabilize the morale of the army, Chen Xiang took the queen green bead to patrol the city every day, and the soldiers saw the monarch coming to the battlefield in person, and their morale was high. Therefore, although the Qin army under the city has the potential of tigers and wolves, it is impossible to slip the city, and the siege of the city is hard for half a month, and the soldiers are lost, and they still stop under the gate of the city. At the same time, the coalition forces of the princes have been assembled, and they are violently killing the Qin army, and the Qin army attacking Zheng troops was attacked by the coalition forces, losing more than half of them, and hurriedly fled back to the city of Huacheng to make peace with Meng Ming.
Huacheng could not be attacked for a long time, the army suffered heavy losses, and the attack on Zheng State was self-defeating and angered the Central Plains countries, Meng Mingshi and others regretted it, so they had to withdraw their troops bitterly, but the Qin army never expected that this trip to the Central Plains would be easy, and it would not be so easy to go out.
If the Qin army wants to withdraw from the slippery country to the Qin country, the road must pass through the Kunshan Mountain, the terrain of the Kunshan Mountain is strange, there are cliffs on both sides, only a winding path in the middle, muddy, it is really a desperate situation of 'all the birds are gone, and the beasts are desperate'. In such a dangerous place, the Jin State naturally had already thought that the Jin State monarch personally led the army to lie in ambush on both sides of the road, just waiting for the arrival of the Qin army to deliver a fatal blow.
After half a day, not far away, I saw a team of Qin troops staggering, the military flags were sparsely scattered, the formation was crooked, it seemed that the Qin army was extremely tired, the king of the Jin State gave an order, the Jin soldiers went down to the mountain tigers, viciously pounced on the Qin army, at this time the Qin army had already been frightened, how could there be any heart to resist, the Jin soldiers raised their knives and fell, harvesting the heads of the Qin soldiers like chopping melons and vegetables, this battle, the Qin army was annihilated, Meng Mingshi, Xi Qishu and Bai Yibing were all captured alive, and the Jin army escorted them all to Chen Xiang, Chen Xiang was overjoyed when he heard the news, and hurriedly led a light cavalry to join the Jin army, and more importantly, he wanted to thank his heavy-eared brother in person. The last time they said goodbye to the country, the two of them haven't seen each other for several years, this time due to the attack of the Qin army, the two have the opportunity to fight side by side, how can Chen Xiang not be excited, along the way, Chen Xiang's mind has been showing the days when he and Chong'er were with him when he sang about wine and talked about it, everything seems to be close to yesterday, but Brother Chong'er is now more than seventy years old, I don't know how he has been doing these years? Is the body still as good as ever? Thinking of this, Chen Xiang couldn't help but keep spurring his horse.
Coming to the Jin army camp, Chen Xiang did not see the imaginary grand battle, but the entire camp was as silent as death, and all military tents were hung with black cloth strips. Chen Xiang suddenly felt that the world was spinning, his eyes were closed, and he almost fainted, so he hurriedly held the war horse and shouted: "Brother Chong'er, how can you bear to leave your little brother to travel alone, and the little brother will find you to get drunk for three days and talk about the general trend of the world together." After shouting, Chen Xiang knelt down in the direction of the main tent and slammed his head on the ground, until the guards came to help, Chen Xiang was already bleeding and passed out. In the dream, Chen Xiang seemed to vaguely hear Chong'er whispering to him in the sky: "Brother Ji Kang, foolish brother Chong'er can only help you get here, and the next road will depend on the elder brother to walk alone. Chen Xiang woke up and cried bitterly.
After the Battle of Kunshan, the monarch of the Jin State Chong'er died, and he was nicknamed Duke Wen of Jin.