readx;? Shang Tang first adopted a policy of winning over the people and the country politically, and launched a political offensive to expose Xia Wei's crimes of tyranny, laying a political foundation for the victory of the war. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Yi Yin said to Tang Xianji: "Xia has gone through more than 400 years since the founding of Yu, and King Xia is the respected co-lord of the world - the Son of Heaven. Although he was tyrannical and unreasonable, and the people were resentful, he still had prestige among the princes, so he could not be cut down quickly, and he could only wait for the opportunity to act again. So after Yi Yin and Zhong Yu discussed, they offered a strategy to Tang, that is, they should not rush to send troops to attack the Xia, but also accumulate greater strength, continue to weaken the forces supporting the Xia Dynasty, and wait for the opportunity. Tang accepted Yi Yin's proposal, and in terms of military strategy, with the strong assistance of the virtuous ministers Yi Yin and Zhong Yu, he skillfully planned, "the first is invincible", and adopted the strategic policy of cutting off Xia Wei's wings one by one, isolating Xia Hou's clan, and finally conquering Xia Yi.

Originally, Shang had been granted the power of "special expedition" by the Xia Dynasty, and he wanted to conquer who could send troops without the approval of the Xia king. But what Tang was preparing to conquer was not an ordinary Hou, but the Xia Dynasty, which ruled the whole country. In order to weaken the power of the Xia Dynasty, remove the obstacles to the destruction of Xia, and win more princes to oppose Xia, he first started with Ge, a neighbor of Shang.

Ge Guo (now Ningling, Henan) is a Fang country in the west of Bo, which is not large in the Fang State to which the Xia Dynasty belongs, and is the territory of the son of Boyi, which is enshrined in the incense of Ge Tian, one of the ruling tribes of the Fuxi clan in ancient times. Ge Bo was loyal to Xia Wei and was one of Xia Wei's eyes and ears in the vassal states of the Eastern Region. Tang was afraid that Ge Bo would hinder him from destroying Xia, and reported his activities to Xia Wei, so he wanted to win for Ge Bo to stop working for Xia Wei and help Shang destroy Xia. Ge Bo is a lazy person, and he is unwilling to carry out even the sacrifices to the gods and ghosts of heaven and earth, which are regarded as major national events. When Tang learned that Gerber had not held a sacrifice for a long time, he sent messengers to inquire why. Ge Bo was very cunning, and knew that Shang's animal husbandry was well developed, and there were a large number of cattle and sheep, so he said: "It's not that we don't understand the importance of sacrifice, but we have to use many cattle and sheep for each sacrifice.

When Tang heard the messenger report that the reason why Ge Bo did not hold the sacrifice was that there were no livestock, he sent a group of fat cattle and sheep to send to Ge Bo. When Ge Bo saw that Shang Tang believed his lies, he actually got a lot of cattle and sheep, so he killed all the cattle and sheep and ate them, but still did not sacrifice. When Tang learned that Ge Bo had no sacrifice, he sent a messenger to Ge again to ask why he didn't make a sacrifice? Ge Bo said: "We can't grow grain in our fields, and we don't have wine and rice to pay tribute, so of course we can't hold a sacrifice." When Tang learned that Ge Bo was a man who did not care about the people's production and only knew pleasure, he sent people from Bo Di to Gedi to help grow crops.

Under the rule of Ge Bo, the faint king, the people of Ge were living in great misery, and they could not be self-sufficient in food and clothing, and of course they could not provide food for the people. The people from the border of the Tang Pai Shang sent wine and rice to Gedi to eat to the people who helped with farming, and the people who delivered wine and rice were the old and weak and children. Every time Ge Bo sent people to wait for the people who brought the wine board to come to Gedi, he snatched the wine and food, and threatened to kill him if he didn't give it. Once, when a child went to deliver wine and meat, he was killed by Gerber's men for resisting a robbery. Tang saw that Ge Bo was desperate and an enemy of Shang, and he could no longer use the method of help to fight for it. So he led his troops to Ge and killed Ge Bo. Because Ge Bo was unkind, the people of Ge had long been resentful, and when they saw that Tang had killed Ge Bo, they expressed their willingness to return to Shang. Tang took possession of all the land, people, and materials of Gedi, and organized the people of Gedi to engage in agriculture and develop production.

Tang exterminated Ge's action, not only did no one oppose it among the princes, but also accused Ge Bo of being unkind, and he was killed at his own expense. Some princes and the people of Fang State resented Xia Wei's tyranny, and also hoped that Shang Tang would go to conquer, and were willing to free themselves from the rule of the Xia Dynasty and return to Shang Tang. There were also some princes and Fang Guo who voluntarily submitted to Tang, and Tang gave the princes and Fang Guo jade strings and jade gui with jade beads as crowns respectively. Apparently in the position of a vassal alliance and exercising the power of the king. In this way, Shang Tang started from the country of Ge and gradually removed Xia's wings and weakened Xia's power, so there is a saying that "nine expeditions and the world is invincible".

In 1752, Yi Yin made a plan to Tang, and he personally went to the Xia royal capital to live for a period of time to observe the situation of the Xia Dynasty. Tang prepared Fangwu (local products) and tribute, and sent Yi Yin as an envoy to pay tribute to the Xia king's capital. Yi Yin came to the Xia royal capital with his entourage, driving a carriage, carrying things, and tribute.

Meixi's has always been resentful of being snubbed, and Yiyin took the opportunity to associate with him and gain Meixi's trust. Yi Yin joins the side of the Meixi clan and guides the Meixi clan to adopt the method of seducing the king and doing what he likes, so that the Meixi clan regains the trust of Ji. Since then, in order to gain favor, the three princesses have competed with each other to offer the methods of poverty and luxury.

As a result, the rule of the Jie is even more precarious.

One day in 1749 BC, the Meixi clan told Yi Yin that he had a dream in which he saw two days in the sky rising together, fighting each other, winning one day and not winning the other. Yi Yin thought that the time had come to destroy Xia, so he quickly returned to Shangdu and told Shang Tang. SenseTime stepped up its expansion.

In 1748, Shang Shi conquered Luo's and then conquered Jingguo. Jing surrendered to Shang.

In 1747, among the princes and Fang States of the Xia Dynasty, although there were many defectors, there were still many who supported the Xia Dynasty, and it was not without those who were loyal to Xia Wei. In the eastern region, there were three vassal states loyal to Xia Wei: one was Feng Wei (now east of Huaxian County, Henan), one was Gu (northeast of present-day Juancheng, Shandong), and one was Kunwu (in present-day Henan). The power of these three Xia vassal states was not small, and the area where they were located was close to Shang. After Tang destroyed Ge, he conquered some princes and Fang countries who did not return to Shang, the so-called "nine conquests and the world is invincible". However, the three Fang countries insisted on making Shang their enemies, and they monitored Shang Tang's activities and often reported to Xia Wei.

Tang and Yi Yin and Zhong Yu are determined to get rid of the three Xia Ji's wings. Just when he was preparing to march into Fengwei, Xia Wei learned that Tang was still continuing to conquer the princes and expand the power of Shang, so he sent envoys to Shang to summon Tang into the court, Tang knew that the strength was not as strong as Xia, so he did not refuse and led his entourage to the capital of Xia Wang. When Xia Wei learned that Tang had arrived, he ordered Tang to be imprisoned in Xiatai.