The 453rd man died

The other Wu Guo Chamber of Commerce will not be able to speak so well.

In 1612, the trade conflict between the Wu domain and the Luyu Republic intensified, and soon they officially declared war on each other, vying for sea supremacy.

To the surprise of the world, the navy of the Wu Domain, which was rampant in the world, did not easily defeat the navy of the Republic of Luyu.

The Wu Domain's navy was superior in its single-ship combat capability and had a large number of excellent sailors, while the advantage of the Luyu Republic was that it had a terrible war potential. Shandong Province and Henan Province are both provinces with large populations, coupled with an industrial base that is not weaker than that of Wu, the Republic of Shandong and Henan has always been able to quickly replenish its combat strength at the first time, and then obtain some weak strategic advantages. After three years of frequent naval battles, the human resources and industrial advantages of the Luyu Republic gradually came into play, and the Wu domain was getting farther and farther away from victory.

In 1614, Wu was forced to sign a peace agreement with the Republic of Luyu, allowing the Republic of Lu and Yu to freely formulate trade protection policies, and recognizing that the Republic of Lu and Yu enjoyed the same trade rights as Wu Fan in the world.

As a result, Wu Fan clearly lost the game.

Mao Jiuzhong or the Jinan Covenant did not change the status quo of the Zhuxia melee.

As soon as the Jinan Treaty forcibly ended the decades-long Vietnam-Wu War, the Republic of Luyu took the place of the Yue State and began to be hostile to the Wu State. After the Luyu Republic and the Wu Empire signed a peace treaty, the Wei Domain suddenly began to provoke a new war, and the people of the Wei Xia Empire could not even hope for a moment of peace.

In 1613, a rebellion broke out in the Jizhou capital of the Wei Domain, and when the officers and soldiers captured the thieves, some of the high-ranking officials of the Wenxiang Sect fled to the territory of the Zhao Domain. Mao Shanghe, the third son of Mao Jiuzhong and the Duke of the Wei Domain, accused the Wenxiang Sect of instigating the rebellion of the Zhao Clan, and ordered the King of the Zhao Domain to hand over the Wenxiang Sect's top officials within three months. Zhao Fan denied any connection with the Wenxiang Sect, let alone handed over the so-called high-level Wenxiang Sect.

The 1608 Treaty of Jinan stipulated that since the previous king of the Zhao domain, Wei Shunzong, had died in 1604, Wei Shunzong's son Wei Shenglie would succeed him as king of the Zhao domain. Wei Shenglie is a puppet supported by Mao Jiuzhong, but as a monarch, who is willing to be a puppet? When Mao Jiuzhong went away to win the Mongolian domain, Wei Shenglie immediately sought friendship from the royal family, the Jin state, the Luyu Republic and other close neighbors, and gradually moved away from the Wei domain. The reason why Mao Shanghe, the Duke of Wei Domain, blamed Zhao Fan was to force Zhao Fan to re-side with Wei Domain.

In 1614, Wei Shenglie died, and his son-in-law Wei Junxi succeeded him as king of the Zhao domain. Looking back at the previous kings of the Zhao Domain, Wei Shunzong was driven out of the country by the nobles, and Wei Shenglie dared to return to the Zhao Domain under the protection of Mao Jiuzhong's army, and the influence of the royal family in the territory of the Zhao Domain can be imagined. Even if there were no foreign forces eyeing him, Wei Junxi would have to spend countless energy to maintain the stability of the government.

Mao Shang did not give Wei Junxi time to rectify, and quickly declared war on Zhao under the pretext of smelling incense.

It is said that in order to prevent the revival of Zhao and curb the southern invasion of Wei, Mao Jiuzhong's tough attitude supported the three major counts of Hejian, Baoding, and Zhending in the territory of Zhao, resulting in the actual control of the Zhao royal family only Shunde Mansion, Guangping Mansion, Daimyofu and other three prefectures. Moreover, the area of Shunde Mansion, Guangping Mansion, and Daimyo Mansion is relatively small, and the sum of them is barely slightly stronger than one of the three major earls. There is the memorial arch of Mao Jiuzhong, who dares to underestimate Mao Shanghe, the Duke of Wei Domain? The three major counts, including the Earl of Hejian, the Earl of Baoding, and the Earl of Zhending, all regarded Mao Shanghe's declaration of war as Mao Jiuzhong's will to mix with Kyushu, and they all surrendered to the wind.

When Mao Shang easily captured Handan, the new capital of the Zhao Domain, the situation in North China became even more treacherous and changeable.

The vassal states of the Central Plains did not dare to recklessly establish a third encirclement network to rescue the Zhao domain.

Because of Mao Jiuzhong.

Mao Jiuzhong defeated the first anti-Wei encirclement network and the second anti-Wei encirclement network, so that the Central Plains vassal states did not dare to speak lightly about the war. In case of provoking Mao Jiuzhong, no matter whether it can be tied in the end, the trouble will definitely be far greater than Zhao Fan's belonging. As a result, more than ten feudal kingdoms sat back and watched Mao Shang in embarrassment and jumped on his horse and raised his whip, and sighed in a worried voice: "Tiger father has no dog, this Mao Shang is probably also a big disaster in Kyushu!" ”

War is the most intense means of playing, and if you retreat, the enemy's fire will surely become more vigorous.

Seeing that the imperial family was inactive, the Yan, Jin, Zhou, Tang and other vassal states were forced to side with the Wei clan under the prestige of Mao Jiuzhong and the military pressure of the Wei domain, and declared war on the Zhao clan one after another, demanding that the king of the Zhao domain hand over the top officials of the Wenxiang Sect. In view of the fact that the Luyu Republic was also a protectorate of Mao Jiuzhong, all the northern vassals had submitted to the new order of the Wei domain, and there was suddenly little territory left for the loyal royal family.

Kyushu is heading, and suddenly a shadow is cast.

Unexpectedly, just when the Central Plains vassal states were preparing to tacitly sacrifice the Zhao State, and when they were discussing whether the Mao clan could usurp Xia, the variables rose sharply.

It is said that since Wei Shunzong's centralized power failed to succeed and fled alone, the Zhao clan rebelled every year, and the grass people wanted to be safe at the age of one year but could not get it. The earlier aristocratic melee was just that, it was all civil strife, and the purpose of the war was to grab territory, and rarely took the initiative to destroy the local people's livelihood. In the past few years, the soldiers of the other domain have gathered in the territory of the Zhao domain again and again, and these guest troops have not understood the thoughts of the people of the Zhao domain, and all kinds of bad things have been pushed. Thinking that the cause of the military disasters in recent years was Mao's ambition to fight for hegemony in the Wei State, the people of the Zhao clan regarded the Wei clan led by Mao Jiuzhong as a warmonger. As a result, the people of the Zhao clan became more and more hostile to the Wei domain, and they took the initiative to organize a rebel army to attack and harass the invaders of the Wei domain.

Although the Zhao Domain was repeatedly defeated in the frontal battlefield, the rebel armies in various places were able to win small victories at the right time and place, which indirectly led to the Wei State falling into the vast sea of the people of the Zhao Domain. Moreover, the imperial family, the Republic of Luyu and other countries were eager to weaken the Wei state, and generously supported the Zhao Domain's righteous army with sufficient military supplies such as guns and artillery in the hope that they could contain the invasion of the Wei Domain's soldiers, and indirectly greatly enhanced the combat effectiveness of the Zhao Domain's righteous army.

However, the rebel army is only the rebel army after all. Perhaps the rebels really have the ability to succeed, but the nobles who are high up are not necessarily willing to recognize the role of the rebels. Although the rebel army of the Zhao domain effectively stopped the Wei domain's direct advance, the ruling class of the Luyu Republic and other vassal states has always been worried, keeping a close eye on Mao Jiuzhong's movements, lest Mao Jiuzhong suddenly kill the territory of the Zhao domain.

Until......

On April 5, 1617, Mao Jiuzhong died at the age of 67.

Except for some small setbacks when he first stepped on the battlefield in the early days, Mao Jiuzhong fought the horse all his life, and Liao was undefeated, which was a well-deserved resurrection of the god of war.

It's a pity that Mao Jiuzhong failed after all.

Mao Jiuzhong lost to time.

What defeated Mao Jiuzhong was lifespan, ruthless years, and time that passed quietly.

If Mao Jiuzhong can also live forever, there is a chance that the Wei Xia Empire will be overthrown by him.

It's a pity that Mao Jiuzhong died.

When the news of Mao Jiuzhong's death came, the Central Plains vassal states were jubilant, and both the royal family and the Luyu Republic breathed a sigh of relief: "This old thief is finally dead!" ”

The international situation was ensued by violent turmoil.

Mao Jiuzhong's inheritance of the Shengmeng vassal kingdom was divided into three in just three years.

The division of the Shengmeng vassal state was in the interests of the Central Plains vassal states, and in order to encourage Mao Jiuzhong's sons to fight for power and profit, the royal family even generously fulfilled all their wishes. Mao Jiuzhong's eldest son, Mao Shangwen, inherited the territory of the Russian Empire, because Russia was transliterated into Rakshasa through Mongolian, the royal family hid the word "brake", and Jin named Mao Shangwen as the Duke of Luo.

In other words, there is a set of unwritten unspoken rules for the Wei and Xia feudal empires, and the inner Kyushu feudal states are all single words, Yan, Zhao, Wei, Jin, Zhou, Tang, Han, Ming, Lu, Wu, Wei, Yue, etc.; The outer Kyushu feudal kingdom is a double character, Lelang, Cochin, Starfish, Luzon, Borneo, Shunta, Foqi, etc. In order to dismember Mao Jiuzhong's inheritance as quickly as possible, the royal family did not care about the two-character tradition of the outer Kyushu domain, and hurriedly promised Mao Shangwen to build a vassal as Luo.

Mao Jiuzhong's second son, Mao Shangwu, inherited the territory of the Persian Empire.

Mao Jiuzhong's fourth son, Mao Shangyong, inherited the territory of the Kazakh Khanate, the Khiva Khanate, and the Bukhara Khanate.

Because Mao Shangwu and Mao Jiuzhong's territory was within the scope of the strength of the Central Plains vassal states, the two had to respect the traditions of the Outer Kyushu feudal states, Mao Shangyong continued the title of Duke of Shengmeng, and Mao Shangwu was promoted to Duke of Anxi. In this way, Mao Shangwen's Luo Domain, Mao Shangwu's Anxi Domain, and Mao Shangyong's Shengmeng Domain all became part of the Wei and Xia feudal empires. The number of vassal states nominally under the Wei Xia Empire also reached an unprecedented number of 23 feudatories.

In northern China, which is close at hand, the turmoil caused by Mao Jiuzhong's death has become even more intense.

The Tang Domain, the Zhou Domain, the Jin Domain, the Yan Domain, and other countries that originally sided with the Wei Domain quickly changed their tunes to support the Zhao Domain, and declared war on the Wei Domain under various pretexts. Taking Yan Fan as an example, King Yan originally gathered 10,000 foot cavalry to support Wei Domain, but when the news of Mao Jiuzhong's death came, this 10,000 foot cavalry immediately turned into the advance army of Yan Fan to recover Western Liao.

The excellent situation in which the Wei domain dominated northern China disappeared without a trace in an instant.

Mao Shang didn't want to cry for a while.

Mao Jiuzhong has a total of four characters, the eldest son's name is Wen, the second son's name is martial, the third son's name is combined, and the four-character name is used, which together is a combination of civil and military. Mao Jiuzhong hoped that his heirs would keep in mind the combination of civil and military use and unite to complete his legacy, but his ideals and ambitions died with his death.

In all fairness, Mao Shang is not mediocre, and even he deserves the evaluation of "tiger father without dog".

Faced with the vicious situation of suddenly becoming the enemy of the whole world, Mao Shang first calmly withdrew from the quagmire of the Zhao Domain, and then defeated the backs of the Tang Domain, the Zhou Domain, the Jin Domain, the Yan Domain and other countries one by one, and even forced the weakest Zhou Domain to cede the Yulin Mansion to the Wei Domain. Although Mao Shang did not lack Mao Jiuzhong's momentum of blocking and killing gods, he was obviously also an outstanding general, and he could vaguely see a trace of Mao Jiuzhong's shadow. All in all, although he had to withdraw from the Zhao domain in the end, Mao Shanghe perfectly retained the inherent territory of the Wei domain, and the Yan domain and other neighboring countries were unable to bargain from him.

It's a pity that Mao Shanghe's achievements stop there.

Mao Shang is not Mao Jiuzhong after all, at most he can praise him for being a king.