readx;? However, King Xu Yan ignored the regulations of Zong Zhou, and first "usurped" the king, turning the "feudal monarch" of the 31st century into a "king", and at the same time overstepping the system to build the capital of Xu. www.biquge.info At that time, Zhou Tianzi's royal city was "Fang Jiuli", but the scope of Xu Cheng greatly exceeded Zhou Tianzi's royal city. According to the "Han Geographical Chronicle": "Therefore, the country of Xu is also, and its city is twelve miles around. ”

Not only that, King Xu Yan still has the ambition of "wanting to dominate the country". There are such records in the old chronicles such as "Emperor Xiang Jilu" and "Si Zhou Zhi": "(King Xu Yan) King Mu of Zhou was a prince of the East, who was benevolent and righteous for a long time, and wanted to dominate the country. ”

This kind of illegal act of "usurping" the king and "overstepping the system" to build a city was only dared to be done by King Xu Yan, who commanded the 36 countries and was promoted as the leader of the alliance by many countries in the southeastern Jianghuai region, and dared to fight against Zhou Tianzi.

Not only that, King Xu Yan also built a dressing room outside the capital where he and his favorite concubine left the palace. According to the old chronicles: "The imperial city was abolished, and it was built in the north of the old city, and the palace was built when the king was king. "Xiangcheng, in the north of the ancient city, is said to be the prayer place of Mrs. Xu Yanwang. In the territory of Taiping Township, Sihong County, the will of the abolished imperial city is still there, and the name of Xiangcheng has been followed to this day.

Due to King Xu Yan's benevolence and righteousness, the country's strength was strong, and the number of returnees increased day by day, and his sphere of influence continued to expand.

This time, it was a favorable opportunity to see that King Mu of Zhou was not in the capital, and launched an attack on Cheng Zhou.

After hearing the news, King Mu of Zhou left the army and other ministers, in order to be able to return to Nanzheng in time to deal with the government, he relied on the emperor to create his father, and the father made every effort to drive the carriage drawn by eight horses, and sent King Mu of Zhou himself from Shanxi to Nanzheng in the shortest possible time, which made Zhao's father the most outstanding among the emperors. After King Mu of Zhou returned to Nanzheng, he began to make every effort to solve the problems of Xu.

Because the main force of the Zhou army was still in the west, and it was not long after defeating the dog Rong, the troops were insufficient, and there was no return to the dynasty, so they could only take a pacification approach to the Zhuyi led by the Xu State, indicating that Zhou and Xu were divided between the east and west, and Zhou ruled the west, and Zhou recognized Xu's rule over Zhuyi. Xu Guo was very satisfied, so he withdrew from the army. The state of Xu reached its highest peak and became a force that fought against the Zhou dynasty. But in fact, this was just a delaying tactic by King Mu.

In the first month of the fourteenth year of King Mu of Zhou, King Mu of Zhou was intimidated by the prestige of King Xu Yan, contacted the state of Chu, and decided to jointly cut down Xu on the grounds that King Xu Yan "arrogant" the king and "overstepped" to build a city. At this time, it should be the reign of Chu Zi (Jue) Xiong Sheng.

Xiong Sheng, the son of Xiong Huang (Dan), surnamed Xiong, the fourth king of the Chu State, ruled for years.

"The Biography of Dongyi in the Book of the Later Han Dynasty": "The Yanwang is located in the east of Huangchi, the place is 500 miles, the practice of benevolence and righteousness, and the land and the dynasty have 30 and six countries. King Mu got the ride of the horse, which was to make the father of the emperor to tell Chu, and ordered Xu to come in one day. So King Wen of Chu raised an army and destroyed it. Yan Wang Ren has no power, and he can't bear to fight his people, so he is defeated. It is to go north to Pengcheng Wuyuan County under the east mountain, the people follow in tens of thousands, because the name of the mountain is Xu Mountain. ”

In Xu Shidong's "Chronicles of King Xu Yan" in the Qing Dynasty, there is a cold dialogue about the calculation of King Xu Yan behind the scenes: Sun Li, the king of Chu, said to Chu Zi: "The princes of Eastern Han have 36 countries, and they obey Xu, and if they don't cut down, Chu will do Xu." Chu Zi said: "King Yan has a way, good at benevolence and righteousness, and cannot be cut down." Wang Sun Li said: "The ministers heard that the big ones cut down the small, the strong cut the weak, the stones cast eggs, the Judas fish swallowed small fish, and the tiger swallowed the dolphin, so why doubt! Chu Zi said: "Good." ”

After the state of Xu withdrew from Shandong and occupied the land of Jianghuai, it already posed a threat to the newly established state of Chu, so if the state of Chu wanted to be strong, it must weaken the state of Xu. This was the real reason why the State of Chu was willing to join forces with King Mu of Zhou.

This time to deal with the state of Xu, King Mu led by the father of the eight horses to pull the carriage from Nanzheng to the state of Chu, accompanied by only a limited army, in fact, the main army is the state of Chu, King Mu of Zhou's army is still far away in Shanxi, it is too late, maybe King Mu does not want to transfer the army back, affecting his travel plan.

In this attack, due to the sudden attack of the Chu State, the Xu State was not prepared at all, and Zhuyi did not have time to rescue at all, and Xu Cheng was captured.

After King Xu Yan was captured in Xucheng, he disappeared, and there are different opinions about where King Xu Yan fled. Historical records say that he died in Dongshan, Wuyuan County, Pengcheng (present-day Pi County, Xuzhou, Jiangsu). However, according to some local chronicles, such as "County Chronicles", "Taiping Huanyu Ji", "Ming Dynasty Unification Chronicles" and other records, King Xu Yan did not retreat to Pengcheng Dongshan, but fled south to Jiangsu.

Few people know that in the early history of China, King Xu Yan, known for his "benevolence and righteousness", would entrust the last years of his life after the fall of his kingdom to the humble Yinxue Mountain on the shores of Dongqian Lake. The villagers under the mountain are no strangers to Yinxue Mountain and Yinxue Temple, but when it comes to King Xu Yan, most of them shake their heads and say they don't know, perhaps, this is the original intention of King Xu Yan to live in seclusion here.

The poet Xu Benyuan of the Yuan Dynasty had already visited the cemetery of King Xu Yan hundreds of years ago, reminiscing about the past, relying on the life deeds of King Yan, lamenting the ruthlessness of historical fate, and composing poems: "The mountain is in the name of hidden science, and there is a real ancestral hall on it." Weng Zhong doctor Caolai, and then worship the empty shhh Liaodong cranes do not return, and the graves are tired. Children and grandchildren multiply and reproduce, and the spectrum can be mutually beneficial. After thousands of years, I am in reverie. ”

After King Xu Yan abandoned the country and fled, because he was very popular with the local people, King Mu of Zhou named his son Zong as Xu Zi (Jue) and continued to manage the Xu State.

In order to prevent the Xu State from growing again, and also to meet the intention of the Chu State to expel the forces of the Xu State from the south, King Mu of Zhou ordered the sect to move north to the foot of Wuyuan Mountain in Pengcheng, and tens of thousands of people were grateful for the benevolence of King Xu Yan and followed to move to the foot of Wuyuan Mountain in Pengcheng, Xu. As a result, Pengcheng was later renamed Xuzhou, indicating that the reputation of Xuguo had surpassed that of Da Pengguo, but in a short time, the two names appeared alternately. And Wuyuan Mountain is also known as 'Xu Mountain'. (See "Yuanhe County Chronicles").

From the beginning of Zong, the state of Xu began to decline, and it is said that from the eleventh to Zhang Yu, the eighth year of King Jing of Zhou (512 years ago), the state of Xu was destroyed by King Wu Lu.

After the Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties, the ancient Xu Kingdom lasted for more than 1,000 years, and the people of Xu created a splendid Xu culture and formed a simple Xu national style. The glorious history of the Xu Kingdom and the splendid Xu culture are like crystalline gems, forever radiating immortal light. The history of the Xu State in the Huai River Basin and the Wu State in the Yangtze River Basin together constitute the ancient history of Jiangsu, and the Wu culture, Xu culture and the culture of the Wu-Xu transition zone together constitute the ancient culture of the Jiangsu region.

After dealing with the state of Xu, King Mu of Zhou soon returned to Shanxi.