Luo Xi's eyes narrowed slightly, and when he heard the news that the Chu State was heading north, he understood that the time had come to close the net.

He revealed the plan prepared by Luo Guo to Chu State to Guan Zhong and Lu Xiaobai, "Luo Guo has always paid attention to Chu State, and as early as many years ago, Luo Guo has begun to contact Ying Guo, Wu Guo, Zheng Guo, and Chen Guo.

It's just that I didn't expect that the strength of Chu State was a little stronger than expected, and Chen State didn't even hold out to the allies.

However, among these four countries, the most critical is the State of Wu, just like the State of Xu back then, the people of Chu would never have thought that the State of Wu would appear behind them and stab a fatal blow. ”

Guan Zhong and Lu Xiaobai glanced at each other, not to mention the Chu State, even they couldn't think of it, after all, the Wu State was too unexistent, and it had been nesting in the southeast to compete with Xu Huai and Yue Guo, which was too remote from the Central Plains.

Especially the Wu State broke off the tattoo, the Chu State at least looks like the country of Zhuxia, the Wu State and the barbarians are too much integrated, if it is not the country surnamed Ji, no one pays attention to it at all.

"If the State of Wu can fall to our side, then according to the current position of the State of Chu, it will be like sending it to death.

When they occupied the state of Chen, they must have wanted to attack the state of Zheng, so the one who could garrison the army was Yanling.

The fastest way to transport grain is to take Yingshui, and Yingguo is now powerless, but if Wu goes up the river, it can directly cut off their grain route, and then our army carries a large amount of grain and grass, so that Yingguo can send troops with it, and the three sides will surround the Chu army, will the Chu army not fail?

Even if it was a demon king of the mixed world such as Chu Wugong, he was afraid that he could only drink hatred in the face of such a situation. ”

Lu Xiaobai already felt that he was sure of victory, and said in a deep voice: "I will use General Chu's head to pay tribute to my uncle." ”

This time the Marquis of Qi summoned the princes, probably the most complete of all the previous alliances.

If Xiong Xi knew that Luo Xiu had just died, he would definitely not choose to attack Chen Guo and Zheng Guo at this time.

Luo Xiu's reputation is indeed high, and even the Jin Kingdom, whose internal affairs are still in a chaotic stage, also sent a partial division.

The first to respond was Song Guo, who was originally close to Chen Guo.

The current Duke of Song was sent back to China by Lu Xiaobai to inherit the throne, and the Song State assigned two hundred miles of land to the State of Qi, which made the State of Qi condescending and occupied the initiative in the strategy of the two countries.

So the current Song State is half a vassal of the Qi State, and everything is in front, Lu Xiaobai is a monarch who likes to show off and listen to flattery, so he likes Song Gong very much.

Guan Zhong has always turned a blind eye to these things, anyway, in Lu Xiaobai's heart, other people's thousands of flattering words are not as good as his words, and nothing will happen.

However, although the Duke of Song is flattering, the Song State cannot be underestimated, his territory is indeed large, even if he cuts off these two hundred miles, it is still a big country second only to the Qi State.

Even if the Song State still closely guarded Zhou Li's set and did not make changes in the country, it was still a small overlord in the surrounding circle of small countries.

The Song State is a big country with three armies, and this Chen soldier border suddenly made the situation tense, and Zheng Guojun's original high heart gradually let go.

Qi Hou's clear support gave Zheng Hou the confidence to lose his previous timidity, and sneered in Xinzheng City: "Sure enough, it is right to participate in the alliance, Qi Hou is a person of faith who abides by the oath of the alliance, and the three armies of the Song State come to help, and the alliance army will come soon, and the arrogant and domineering Chu army will be wiped out." ”

The second response was Wei Guo, which was adjacent to the Song State and the Chen State, and the Wei State was basically adjacent to the Zheng State, with only a small Nanyan State separated by it during the period.

The recovery of the number of children of the princes in the country of Luo requires a lot of resources, and gradually after no longer supporting the country, plus the state of Qi to restore the country to the marquis, the country of Wei completely fell to the state of Qi.

Now the Marquis of Wei decisively sent an army to the north of Zheng State, which is only a day's journey away from Xinzheng City, as long as an order is given, Wei Guo's army will attack the Chu army.

Of course, the most important thing is the army of Qi and Luo, which is the main force of every major war, and the army of Qi that has implemented reform will be assembled soon.

Under the leadership of Zhang Qi, the great Sima of the State of Qi, he came to Qidi, where Lü Xiaobai wanted to hold another alliance to discuss the war with the State of Chu.

The appearance of the Song army and the patriotic army made Xiong Xihe finally know the plans of Zheng Guojun and his ministers.

He said angrily: "Zhenghou is a small country, and he dares to lie and deceive, thinking that Song Guo and Wei Guo can protect him?

I really don't know how thick the sky is. ”

Xiong Xi resolutely attacked the Song army stationed in the northern part of the Chen State, and the Song army met it under the command of the Song Duke, and then ushered in a crisp defeat!

Xiong Xi smiled happily and said loudly: "Is this the prince of the Central Plains?" So vulnerable! ”

The Zheng army and the patriotic army came from three sides, and Xiong Xi won three small victories again, which was unstoppable, and the monarchs of the three kingdoms hung up their exemption cards and were unwilling to fight.

"This Chu general is unstoppable, let's wait for Qi Hou to come." The monarchs of the three kingdoms were all surprised.

In the midst of thousands of calls, the Marquis of Qi led the army to finally come to this battlefield, and Xiong Xi really led the army of Chu to Yanling and confronted the Qi army.

"Previously, Zheng Wei and the Song Three Kingdoms fought against the Chu army, and several defeats affected morale, which affected morale somewhat, it seems that we have to fight with Chu first to boost morale."

So the next day, Zhang Qi led the Qi army to battle, Xiong Xi was naturally not afraid, and said to Xiang Ge: "Xiang Qing, what Zheng Guoren rely on is the Qi army.

As long as the Qi army is defeated, Zheng will fall into our hands. ”

Zhang Qi has been leading the coalition forces of various countries to fight against Yidi all these years, so he is still relatively clear about the combat effectiveness of the armies of various vassal states.

The combat effectiveness of the patriotic army is indeed not strong, but although the Song soldiers are not fine, there are many soldiers, and the Zheng soldiers are few but fine, and the Chu army can be easily defeated, which proves that the combat power of the Chu army is indeed extraordinary, and his array belongs to a more cautious one.

As the soldiers of the two sides began to fight, the expressions of the two froze, and Xiong Xi squinted slightly: "The Qi army has some strength. ”

It was a tentative battle, and when it came to the middle of the day, both sides stopped and Mingjin withdrew his troops.

The next day, Xiong Xi fought normally, wanting to try the commander of Qi State, the so-called incompetent, tired of the three armies, I didn't see it yesterday, today he wants to try it.

As a result, I didn't expect that the army of Qi didn't go to war at all, but all countries sent some charioteers and left after three rounds of arrow rain.

Xiong Xi, who was a little aggrieved, returned to the camp and asked puzzledly: "Xiang Qing, what do you mean by what you say is the commander of the Qi State?" ”

The next day was like this again, this time Xiong Xi was really confused, "What does the confrontation between the Qi army mean here?"

Is this to wait until our army runs out of food and grass and force us to retreat?

However, our army's grain and grass are transported from the waterway, and the loss is very low, although the Qi country has a geographical advantage, but from the land, the loss of grain and grass is large, and it may not be able to fight our army.

Could it be that he is waiting for news from Yingguo, but Yingguo is not able to send troops now. ”

Xiong Xi felt very strange, behind Yan Ling was Yingguo, and of course Xiong Xi would not ignore this country surnamed Ji.

The reason why he dared to go to Yanling at this time was mainly because Yingguo was located on both sides of Yingshui, and now that it had been flooded, the country was too busy to take care of itself, and it was impossible to send troops at all.

Moreover, he had asked Xiang Ge to collect news about Ying Guo before, as long as there was a slight change, he would immediately give up Zheng Guo and defeat Ying Guo first.

"It can't be waiting for Yingguo, Yingguo's army has no signs of mobilization." Xiang Ge had been paying attention to Ying Guo and said immediately.

Xiong Xi naturally didn't think that the princes of Wu State, who had no sense of existence, would not compete with Huaiyi and Yue in the southeast, but would actually cooperate with the Central Plains coalition army and go up the river to sneak attack their own back road.

This kind of divine soldier descending from heaven is the most unguardable.

When the Central Plains coalition army and the Chu army confronted each other, the army of Wu was riding a large ship against the current, and the prince of Wu was standing with a spear.

His name is Qingli, born with divine power, he has practiced martial arts since he was a child, he is brave and fearless, he can capture tigers and leopards, and has always been known as the first warrior of Wu State.

King Wu sent his favorite son out, and it was precisely because of this matter that he attached great importance to it.

Qingli's left and right guards looked at the turbulent river and asked, "Prince, the minister doesn't understand, why would the king agree to Luohou's alliance?"

also jointly encircled and suppressed the powerful Chu State, wouldn't this set up an enemy for the Wu State? ”

Qingli said with a smile: "You only know that you practice martial arts and kill people, and you don't want to study more, so naturally you can't figure it out, Fan Qing, please solve their doubts." ”

"Because the alliance is not only the need of the Luo country, but also the need of the Wu country.

During the reign of King Yi of Zhou, King Wu went to Luoyi to participate in the alliance, and finally participated in the defeat of Xu, annexing a large part of the territory of Xu and Huaiyi.

The king wanted to open up to the west, and the state of Chu wanted to open up to the east, and he had already taken the lead and controlled the Jianghuai Plain.

What's even more terrifying is that the state of Chu is still in the upper reaches of the state of Wu, which is our Achilles' heel, once the state of Chu goes downstream, it can attack the newly established city at will.

Therefore, it is necessary to seize control of the Jianghuai Plain from the Chu State, which is the territory of the Hanyang Zhuji in the past years, and can block the Chu State in the basin. ”

The path that Wu wants to take now is the same as that of Chu, hoping to use a strong force to force the princes of the Central Plains to bow to him, and even learn from Xiong Dun to win the title to Zhou Tianzi.

But he knew the strength of the Central Plains better than the Chu State, and it was not enough to rely on his current strength.

The princes of the Central Plains, whether it were population, land, or the number of troops, were not comparable to the state of Wu, so they set their sights on the land of the state of Chu.

The land to the west of the Han River is the foundation of the Chu State, and it is impossible to get it now, but the land of the Hanyang Zhuji to the east of the Han River, the rule of the Chu State is not solid.

If you can get these lands, and then go northwest to get all the lands of the old Xu Kingdom, then the Wu State will be able to dominate Zhuxia.

At that time, he ordered the restoration of the old customs of Zhuxia, and as a vassal state surnamed Ji, it had more advantages than the Chu state.

Such a perfect plan was not thought up by Wu Guoren, but by Luo Xiu before his death.

This very implementable plan made Wu Guojun and his ministers excited, and they enshrined this plan as the truth, and Luo Xiu used a future pie to tie Wu Guo for more than ten years.

This is the genius of Luo's vertical and horizontal technique, looking for you to join in, not to take advantage of you, fool you to help me, but you can get benefits yourself.

So the next time I come to you again, will you disagree?

The confrontation between Qi and Chu is half a month, the grain and grass on both sides are constantly consumed, of course, the Qi State has not been moving, and the two sides have also continued to send soldiers to fight large and small, but there is no victory enough to move the war.

It's like the previous war in which Chu defeated the combined forces of Zheng, Wei, and Song, but it just sounded good, and when the Three Kingdoms gathered the rout, the losses were not big.

In the half month of the confrontation between the Chu army and the Qi army, the Wu army had already circled to the area of Fudi, and such a fully armored army should appear on the frontal battlefield, instead of coming to the rear to crush the grain transportation team.

The news of Wu Guo's cutting off of Chu's grain route was quickly spread to the coalition camp by a special person, and Lu Xiaobai, Guan Zhong and Luo Xi laughed loudly.

This is the victory!

"Brother, you can inform Yingguo to sort out the army, the Chu army is short of food and then divides the troops, and it will definitely be vulnerable."

"Zhang Qing, Uncle Wu has blocked the grain route of the Chu army, and our army can now storm and exhaust the remaining military rations of the Chu army!"

The fierce battle and the current swaying operation are completely different from the consumption of military rations.

With Lu Xiaobai's order, the coalition troops stationed everywhere launched an attack on the Chu State at the same time, and Xiong Xi, who had been waiting for a long time, was not afraid, and immediately let the Chu army fight with great interest, "I thought that these Central Plains princes would always be turtles with shrunken heads, but now they have finally come out, let them see the bravery of the sons of Chu State." ”

Although this is not a battle, it is completely different from the previous war, in just a few hours, countless corpses were left on the ground, and in the two cities of Yanling and Xinzheng, there were broken arms and blood everywhere.

More than 100,000 people galloped through this plain, and the Chu army was brave, especially the people of Xiguo, and even the most elite fighters of Qi paid a lot of casualties.

When the coalition army began to attack with all its might, Xiong Xihe got the news that the Ying army was beginning to assemble, which made him think that the hole card of the Central Plains coalition army was the Ying army coming from behind.

He asked Xiang Ge to lead a part of the army to Yingguo to crusade against those troops who had just been assembled, where was the opponent of the elite Chu army, and they were defeated in successive battles, which made Xiong Xi and even more proud of the frontal battlefield.

When several waves of grain and grass were not delivered, Xiong Xihe finally felt bad.

His own grain channel was cut off silently, "It can't be Yingguo, Xiang Qing is still pressing them."

Who's that? Could it be the betrayal of the Hanyang princesses? It is even more unlikely that their families were sent to Yingdu before the war. ”

Xiong Xi was puzzled, and then came the news of Xiang Ge, when he attacked Yingguo, he met the main force of Wu State!

"General, it is Wu Guo who has cut off our army's food supply!

The princes of the Central Plains didn't know when they contacted Wu State, they came along the river, and the grain and grass of the army were swept away! ”

Hearing this news, Xiong Xi only felt that the world was spinning, and directly spurted out a mouthful of blood, and said like a madman: "Wu Guo?

How could the state of Wu gather with the princes of the Central Plains?

They didn't keep Zhuxia's hair bun, and tattooed barbarian patterns on their bodies, did they think that the princes of the Central Plains would accept them? ”

Although Wu is surnamed Ji, in order to establish a country in the southeast, it has absorbed a lot of local indigenous customs, and also absorbed some customs of Yin Shang.

Successive kings of Wu knew that it was difficult to get the princes of the Central Plains to accept it.

During the period of Luo Xuangong, the sea was inclusive, and King Yi was also a gentle and loving person, which was the only opportunity for Wu to completely return to Zhuxia.

But now that this opportunity has been lost, Wu Guo did not force it.

Now the most important thing is to use the princes of the Central Plains to obtain benefits!

Of course, Xiong Xihe didn't know what Wu Guo thought, but as a commander, he knew that the Chu army was going to suffer.

The biggest factor affecting the outcome of a war is grain and grass, and almost all battles in which less wins more are related to the burning of grain and grass.

After learning that Wu Guo went around behind him and cut off the grain route, Xiong Xihe immediately wanted to retreat and flee as much as he could.

If all these soldiers die here, the accumulation of fifty years of Chu State will be swept away, not to mention the main attack, it is good to be able to keep Yingdu.

But where is it so easy to retreat, King Xu during the reign of King Yi had full say in this regard, and it was also cut off by Wu back then.

At this moment, just like that moment, the state of Chu was also cut off by the state of Wu, and in front of it was the coalition army of the princes of the Central Plains.

Xiong Xi really couldn't find a way to survive, so he could only scold in despair: "The princes of the Central Plains are really shameless, the two countries should be upright when they fight, and they should be upright and upright, and they should bully more and less, and cut off the grain road, is this what a gentleman did?" ”

If Luo Xi and Lu Xiaobai heard this, I am afraid they would laugh out loud directly, the two armies are facing each other, and it is not a ceremonial battle, who will tell you what etiquette.

Xiong Xihe was already angry and began to talk nonsense, but he did feel aggrieved, obviously the strength of the Chu State was so strong.

From the time of the ancestor Xiong Dun, Zhou Tianzi personally led an army of 100,000, but they were all defeated and returned.

How majestic is that?

It's a pity that it was finally blocked back by the army of King Qin led by Luo Wengong, and in the past three hundred years, the strength of the Chu State has become stronger and stronger, and even the Hanyang Zhuji are not the opponents of the Chu State.

The territory of Chu is so vast that it is the best of all the Xia countries, but when it goes north, it will be defeated by the princes of the Central Plains.

"Is this destiny?

The destiny of the Zhou royal family is not declining, and the state of Chu wants to win the championship, so God sent a punishment? ”

Xiong Xi shouted in a mournful voice, "Supreme Taiyi, look at your people, can't Haotian and King Su of the Zhou people be defeated?" ”

It's a pity that there is only one true god in this world, King Su, and the supreme god of Chu may not be able to answer him.

The Central Plains coalition army was dispatched in unison, taking turns to wear down the morale and combat effectiveness of the Chu army, attacking day and night, and both sides had enough manpower to replace them, but the food supply on the Chu army's side was not enough.

This kind of thing can't be hidden at all, the daily battles are becoming more and more frequent, but the food is getting less and less, and those grain trucks that used to be endless suddenly disappear, who is really stupid?

So after another big battle, those soldiers who had been recruited from Hanyang directly threw down their weapons and surrendered.

Xiong Xi also understood that the general situation was irreversible, and these days he had successively asked his subordinates to take away the strong army of Xidi and the most elite soldiers of the Chu State, and he and those soldiers recruited from the Hanyang Zhuji Kingdom stayed here for burial.

"With such a tragic defeat, I have no shame to face the king, so I can only die for the country."

In fact, this failure cannot be completely attributed to Xiong Xihe, this is the misjudgment of the situation by the monarchs and ministers of the entire Chu State, and they did not take into account the Wu State, which cannot be blamed on the head of the general of the army.

Xiong Xi just couldn't pass the level in his heart, and dying in battle was the greatest relief for him.

The surging alliance of princes flooded the Chu army's camp like a tide, and countless Chu soldiers were killed by the Yingshui, dyeing an entire stream a blood-red color.

Such a brilliant victory spread all over the Quartet, and Zhou Tianzi in Luoyi breathed a sigh of relief, Chu Guo named and asked for Jiuding, and he was the one who was most panicked.

"His father, the Marquis of Qi has made such a great contribution, how should the widow reward him?"

"Your Majesty, you can elevate the title of Marquis of Qi, and you can also give Marquis Qi the power to use the Son of Heaven's ceremonies, tripods, chariots, horses, and clothes, and give the honor of Uncle Fang of Qi, so that you must be able to commend Marquis Qi's merits a little."

His father is a wonderful person, he understands that Lu Xiaobai does not lack those gold, silver, jewelry and beauties, and what he lacks is these reputations.

Uncle Fang, this has never been given since the establishment of Bang Zhou.

Coupled with the rituals that can only be used by the Son of Heaven in the front, the only difference between Lu Xiaobai and Zhou Tianzi is the throne.

This is also the pinnacle he can achieve, no matter how high it is, it will be counterattacked, Guan Zhong knows very well that now Lu Xiaobai's huge appeal mainly comes from the king, and the princes of the world still recognize the rule of the Zhou royal family.

However, Lu Xiaobai was already very satisfied, Luo Xiu remembered his education and the instructions he gave when he was dying, but he did not covet the throne.

The princes once again held a huge alliance in Yanling, and this time the Jin state also attended, and Zhou Tianzi sent a secretary to give Lü Xiaobai the right to conquer.

Nine princes, one Kuang world!

The world can't compete with it, this is the true portrayal of Lu Xiaobai now.

People have joys and sorrows, and the moon is cloudy and sunny, and this matter is difficult to complete.

The end of glory is destruction.

Yanling dominated the industry for eighteen years, and Luo Xi passed away.

Lu Xiaobai went to mourn and help the soul.

In the nineteenth year, Mrs. Xiyi passed away.

Lu Xiaobai was so grief-stricken that he buried Xiyi in the grave and buried him together.

In the cold winter of 20 years, Guan Zhong was seriously ill.

Lu Xiaobai's heart and liver were cracked, tears rippled, and before the sickbed, he cried blood.

The two of them died together in one day!

……

One hundred years after the establishment of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, hegemonic politics appeared on Chinese soil, Guan Zhong was the creator of this system, and the first overlord, Qi Huan Gong, is his most perfect work.

This form of rule, in which Zhou Tianzi controlled the sacrifice and the great feudal lord held the actual power, profoundly influenced the history of the next two hundred years, and we can directly believe that the shogunate rule, which had great influence in countless countries, and even the formation of the constitutional monarchy, originated from the hegemonic politics more than 2,000 years ago. ——The Cambridge History of China: Eastern Zhou Vol. 2

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