Chapter 566: Destroying the Nation of Qi
In the Battle of Lishui, the Wu army beheaded more than 5,000 people and defeated the Luo Yue people.
Many Luo Yue people who fled in a hurry were forced into the Li River, and even if they were lucky enough to escape, there were very few.
The male king of Wenlang Kingdom was directly cut off and died in the chaos.
Even if he can really escape, he can't go back to Wenlang Country.
At Jiming Pass, Sun Li had already captured the city pass and cut off the back road of Luo Yueren.
The strange army led by Xiong Zidan had already driven straight into the capital of Wenlang Kingdom.
The Wenlang Kingdom, which has enjoyed the country for more than 2,000 years, has been destroyed by the Wu State.
After annexing the Wenlang Kingdom, Qingji led the Wu army all the way south, pursued the victory, expanded the results of the war, occupied many territories of the Luo Yue people, and captured many prisoners.
Qingji estimated that at this time, the Wu army had already occupied most of the places in Yuenan, Miandian, and Laos in the later generations, which was about the size of half of the Indochina Peninsula......
This vast territory is full of poisonous insects and beasts, and the miasma is abundant, and the degree of utilization is not high.
This made Qingji very hesitant whether to rule this place and include it in the territory of Wu.
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The time entered the thirteenth year of King Qingji of Wu, that is, in 501 BC, at the beginning of the eighth month of the lunar calendar.
The Wu army, which was divided into three routes, frequently won victories, except for Qingji who opened up territory in Nanxian and defeated the main force of the Luo Yue people.
Sun Wu had also led his army to wipe out the recalcitrant Minyue Seven Tribes, annihilating the country and razing the tribe, completely establishing the absolute control of the Wu State in the local area.
Wu Zixu also led the troops to destroy the Cangwu Kingdom, wiped out the South Vietnamese one by one, and eliminated all the rebel forces in the territory.
At this time, the three-way Wu army joined forces in Cangwu County, with a total of 60,000 people, and attacked the land of Baipu with great momentum.
In order to resist the powerful offensive of the Wu army, the tribes of Yunnan, Pu, Jumachi, Yelang, Yeyu, Tongshi, Wangtang and other Baipu lands have united, day and night, and stubbornly resisted.
However, under the devastating offensive of the Wu army, these small countries or tribes could only be turned into powder one by one and wiped out in ashes.
"Kill!"
On the bank of the Qike River (Wujiang), the soldiers of the Wu army are fighting a tragic battle with the barbarian coalition army in the southwest.
The soldiers of the Wu army, who were already good at mountain warfare, were even more experienced after fighting with the Baiyue people.
Under Qingji's order, the Wu army took five or ten people as a unit, bullied the more and the less, and brutally slaughtered the fleeing southwestern barbarians.
After a hard battle, the water of the Ke River has been dyed red like blood.
On the side of the mountain road, on the branches, in the river water, on the riverbank...... Lifeless corpses were everywhere.
In the face of the brutal offensive of the Wu army soldiers and the merciless killing methods, the southwestern barbarians could only kneel and beg for mercy and became prisoners of war of the Wu army.
Qingji stood on a mountain peak, looking at the scattered battlefields, his eyes full of gratification.
These southwestern barbarians, of course, are also good in combat, but after all, they are not as difficult as Luo Yue people!
The battle loss ratio between the Wu army and the southwestern barbarians is basically one to five.
And when the battle damage exceeds a certain percentage, waiting for the southwestern barbarians, there is basically only a head to go.
"My lord, there are five miles ahead, and it is the capital of the Ke people. It is said that Ke Jun has already opened the city and surrendered. ”
Sun Wu, who was following along, said with a smile.
"Good."
The war went so smoothly that it was a bit unexpected for Qingji.
The country of Qike, in the land of Baipu, can be described as a regional power.
This was established by the Pu tribe during the Spring and Autumn period.
This Pu tribe once sent troops to participate in the Battle of Muye in 1046 BC when King Wu of Zhou conquered the Shang Dynasty, helping King Wu of Zhou to destroy the Shang Dynasty.
After the establishment of the Western Zhou Dynasty, the Puren tribe became the feudal state of the Western Zhou Dynasty because of its meritorious service to King Wu, which was the predecessor of the Ke Kingdom.
After the Zhou royal family moved eastward, the influence and control of the Zhou royal family over the princes was gradually weakening, and the feudal states in the southwest were even more out of reach and neglected to control them.
Taking this opportunity, after one hundred and twenty years of continuous development and growth, the Ke Kingdom finally got rid of the control of the Zhou Dynasty and appeared in the territory of ancient Guizhou as a dominant state.
In 651 BC, he accepted the invitation of the first overlord of the Spring and Autumn Period, Qi Huangong, and went to the Central Plains with the surrounding Fang States to participate in the Great Alliance of China.
Historically, it is known as the "Aoi Hill Meeting".
At one time, the Ke State was a vast area of nearly 2,000 miles from the northwest to the southeast, and it was a veritable hegemonic power.
However, the good times were short-lived.
Historically, after the Spring and Autumn Period, the national strength of the Ke Ke declined, and it was slowly divided by Nanyue and the emerging Yelang, and the monarch of the Ke State who had lost his power was reduced to live in a small town next to Yelang.
Since then, the country has disappeared in the long river of history.
However, at this time, the country of Qike can still be called a big country in the land of Baipu.
After the Wu army destroyed the Ke Kingdom, it pursued the victory, and the troops were divided into three routes, sweeping away the Lan Kingdom, the Yelang Kingdom, and dozens of large and small southwestern barbarian tribes.
In this process, the strength of the Ke Kingdom and the Yelang Kingdom is not weak, and they can easily use tens of thousands of soldiers and horses.
It's a pity that in the face of the powerful Wu army, they can only hate the northwest.
Death and national destruction!
Dealing with the Fang country or tribe that took the initiative to surrender, Qingji can still open the net, spare their lives, and make them prosperous and rich for a lifetime.
It is worth mentioning that Qingji met the prince and his party who were exiled to Yelang Country in Yelang Country.
Wang Zichao is the eldest son of King Ji Gui of Zhou Jing, and the brother of King Ji Meng of Zhou and Ji Kuo (gai) of Zhou Tianzi.
After the death of King Jing of Zhou, King Mourning of Zhou succeeded to the throne.
With the support of the nobleman Yin Guo and others, the Ji Dynasty united with the hundreds of officials and workers who had lost their positions, raised troops to capture the king of Zhou Mourning, and occupied the capital Luoyi.
The Jin State attacked the prince dynasty and supported King Jing of Zhou, and the Yin family established the prince dynasty as king.
The prince was defeated in five years, and went to Chu with the classics of the Zhou Dynasty.
According to the original history, the final fate of the prince dynasty will be assassinated by Ji Kuo.
However, when the Wu army broke through the capital of Chu State, the prince dynasty had already disappeared.
Unexpectedly, Qingji was able to meet the prince in the place of Yelang Country.
At this time, in the forbidden palace of Yelang Kingdom, Qingji was receiving the prince who had gray temples and looked very haggard.
Wang Zichao is just a middle-aged man, but at this moment, he looks like an old man who has passed the age of six.
It is conceivable that so many years of fugitive life have brought great pressure to the Wang Dynasty.
"Ji Chao, I've seen Wu Hou!"
The years are unforgiving.
Years of fugitive life have already smoothed the edges and corners of the Wang Dynasty.
So at the moment when he saw Qingji, Wang Zichao was still neither humble nor arrogant towards Qingji, who was sitting on the throne, and bowed down.
There is no big salute to pay homage, and Qingji is not called "King Wu", which can be regarded as the last dignity reserved by the prince dynasty for himself and for the Zhou royal family.