The continuous mountains, the turbulent river, the pass connecting the sky and the mountains, this is the Xiongguan of the east and west capitals of Hengduan State.

Under the Hangu Pass, countless Qin people gathered here.

Although Hangu Pass is no longer as dangerous as it was in the past few hundred years, and can now accommodate several cars at the same time, it is still not so easy to break.

This is still a heroic level that needs to be broken through with blood and life.

The difference is only that the previous Hangu Pass had ten lives for one life, and the current Hangu Pass had five lives for one life.

With the sound of war drums, the Qin people charged like a tide.

The corpse fell from the city wall like a dumpling, and countless meat mud was piled up under the city wall, very bright, a mixture of blood and brains, red and white, some like the dress of a shrine maiden.

Among the corpses, only the flesh and blood on the face are blurred, which is already good, and the heads of most of the corpses are directly sunken in, and those who don't know think that it is the ancient god of war Xingtian.

There were only a few scattered catapults, and because the terrain was too dangerous to operate, they had to slowly reassemble them on the hill level with Hangu Pass.

Mainly relying on the new invention of the strong crossbow in recent years, this kind of crossbow is far more powerful and distant than the bow and arrow, not only can cause great damage to people, but also can cause some damage to the city wall.

In the face of the high casualties, Qin Bo's face did not change in the slightest, since he had decided to attack Hangu Pass, this was the inevitable end.

"What about Wei's casualties?" That's what he cares about most.

The general of the Qin State, who was in charge of organizing the attack, finally looked a little better, and said: "The casualties of the Wei clan are far lower than those of our army, but they have been attacking continuously these days, and their losses are about one-third of our army. ”

In the defense of the city, this casualty ratio is already very impressive!

Qin Bo was very happy when he heard this, and paced: "Fight like this, the main purpose is to kill and injure the soldiers of the Wei family, Wei Qing will definitely not be able to hold on, and now let the people arranged before persuade Wei Qing." ”

Above the Hangu Pass, there are also traces of war, powerful crossbow arrows nailed to the city walls, and the occasional falling trebuchet smashed into deep pits.

The defenders of the city occupy an absolute advantage, according to the current situation, as long as there are no problems with logistics, they can hold out for at least three or five years, but Wei Qing's face of the Jin State is difficult to see to the extreme.

"Are these Qin people crazy? They attacked Hangu Pass like this, even if they took Hangu Pass, would they still have the troops to go to the Central Plains to fight? ”

From the moment they came to Hangu Pass, the Qin people looked like they were going to die, even at night, they didn't stop for a moment, and they paid countless casualties, but they still didn't stop for a moment.

The retainers of the Wei clan hurriedly said: "Family master, we can't go on like this anymore, the Qin State is a large country with a population of millions, with 300,000 armor."

Even if all the Qin people were annihilated under Hangu Pass, would the Wei clan be able to stand alone?

The head of the family, Gongzi Gao is right, for us, this is really an unnecessary war. ”

Of course, we are not the Jin State in the mouth of the Wei family, if it is the Jin State, even if the Qin people die, it will be impossible to break through the Hangu Pass.

We here are the Wei clan who came to guard the Hangu Pass.

One of the great Qing clans in the Jin Kingdom!

The retainer's words made Wei Qing fall into deep thought, and when he saw Wei Qing's expression, thinking of the beauties and the endless treasures at home, he was secretly happy in his heart.

The Wei clan's fiefdom was close to Qin and Chu, and it was the most penetrated Jin secretary in the two countries, not only befriending the Qing family, but also buying countless Wei retainers.

These people would not sell the Wei clan directly, but it was still possible to let the Wei clan get close to Qin Chu.

Back in the mansion, Wei Qing's concubine, who was born in the Qin State, also persuaded him, "Your Lord, the strength of the Qin State is what the concubine has seen with her own eyes, if this stalemate continues, the Wei family's losses will definitely be greater, it is better to directly let the Qin army over, this will not hurt the Wei family." ”

For several days in a row, the increasing casualties of Wei's private soldiers and the persuasion of everyone, whether overt or covert, made Wei Qing can't help but recall what Gongzi Gao said a few months ago.

A few months ago, the Qin people had just come to Hangu Pass.

Gongzi ordered the people to carry boxes of treasures into the main hall, and Wei Qing looked at these treasures with some greed.

Gongzi Gao very respectfully saluted Wei Qing, which was the courtesy that courtiers would only do to foreign monarchs, and Wei Qing was shocked at that time.

He hurriedly said, "Childe, what do you mean by this?"

I'm just a secretary of the Jin State, not a monarch, and it's not appropriate for you to have such courtesy. ”

Unexpectedly, Gongzi Gao actually smiled and said: "Wei Qing, this is my country's monarch congratulating you, because you are about to become the lord of the princes." ”

Without waiting for Wei Qing to react, Gongzi Gao continued: "Wei Qing, you are the secretary of the Jin Kingdom, and you take turns with the other Qing clans to take charge of the state affairs of the Jin Kingdom.

Wei's fiefdom and population accounted for 30% of the Jin Kingdom, and you far surpassed most monarchs in terms of status and strength, but you were only a prince, is this appropriate?

These territories were all laid down by your ancestors, and the Jin State Office did not pay a single soldier, but collected taxes from these territories, which is not the reason for the king.

Look at these treasures, the Qin State has always been poor, but it can easily take out so many treasures and dedicate them to you.

And you?

How rich is your fiefdom, but you dedicate most of your wealth to the office, are you really willing? ”

The bright and flickering conspiracy does not need to be decorated with sophistry at all.

Wei Qing was furious when he heard this: "It turns out that the monarch of the Qin State sent you with such a mind?

Do you want to drive a wedge between the Wei clan and the office, and then let me let the Qin army pass through Hangu Pass?

Then Qin Boke thought wrongly, I and the monarch are not only monarchs and ministers, but also close friends, relatives and friends, once in Yicheng, blood alliance, never betrayed. ”

Gongzi Gao didn't care about Wei Qing's angry attitude now, and after only a few short conversations, Wei Qing was so angry, which just showed that the words just now pierced the weak point in his heart.

"Wei Qing, the monarch of the Qin State is a well-known gentleman in the west, and the benevolent name of the monarch is being praised throughout the land of Guanzhong, how can it be possible to provoke the relationship between you and the Duke of Jin?

Qin Guo, this is for you and Wei's sake.

At the time of Duke Wen of Jin, the Daqing family, to this day, is there still half of the surviving family?

How brilliant was the Zhi family in the past?

In the Jin Kingdom, under one person and above ten thousand, where is it now?

Fifty years ago, the Zhao clan was almost wiped out, have you forgotten?

Now that you have become the largest Qing clan, can the Jin State Office tolerate your existence?

The Duke of Jin knew that the Qin State was knocking on the pass, but he still sent your clan to Hangu Pass, is this out of trust?

Even if there is a great danger, who doesn't know the reputation of the Qin people's bravery?

Wei's soldiers will definitely be consumed.

The monarch asked me to tell you that even if there are more casualties of the Qin people here, the Qin state must pass through the Hangu Pass.

After the defeat of the Qin State and the Wei Clan, the Qin State retreated to Guanzhong, and the west of Cuihan was in the hands of the Qin State.

Although it is not as dangerous as the Hanya Pass, the Kwantung countries will also have to pay the price of blood if they want to enter.

But what about Weis? I'm afraid the only thing that awaits you is destruction.

It's a pity, the state of Qin has been five hundred years old, and there will be five hundred years in the future, and the Wei family may not exist in thirty years.

Wei Qing, if you want to be a loyal minister of the Jin Kingdom, you have to ask the rest of the family if they agree.

That's all I have to say, and I hope you'll think about it.

The Qin army will start knocking on the siege tomorrow, and you will see the determination of the Qin state! ”

After speaking, Gongzi Gao still used the etiquette of a monarch to pay homage to Wei Qing and left directly.

Only one sentence was left, "How can the Qing clan always be undefeated, and only by turning the family into a country is the supreme glory and power." ”

After a few months, Gongzi Gao returned to Hangu Pass again.

This majestic city was shrouded in war, full of the aura of slaughter, countless wounded soldiers were transported to the city for medical treatment, and everywhere there were painful groans, not the slightest difference from the Qin army's camp.

Gongzi Gao still saluted Wei Qing respectfully, without the slightest arrogance, and brought more goods than last time.

This made Wei Qing's somewhat aggrieved heart feel a little more comfortable, and he felt the sincerity of Qin State.

"Wei Qing, the monarch asked me to bring you greetings, and I hope that between Qin and Wei, there will be a century-old alliance."

Wei Qing sighed: "Childe, what you said last time is indeed true.

However, although the Wei clan's fiefdom is large, it is all scattered, and the Wei clan's power is large, but it is not recognized by Zhou Tianzi.

How can you become a vassal lord? ”

Gongzi laughed loudly: "Wei Qing, the Duke of Jin has often been disrespectful to the Son of Heaven over the years, and the Qin State has also heard of it in the west.

If you are willing to let the Qin army enter the pass, the Qin army is willing to join forces with you to attack the Jin army in the Han fiefdom.

The Chu army is in Nanyang, and when the time comes, will the Jin army not fail?

At that time, he annexed the fiefdom of the Han family, and then presented the slanderous Zheng Hou to the Son of Heaven to Dongping, and finally went to Luoyi to ask Zhou Tianzi to be canonized.

You have made great contributions, will Zhou Tianzi not reward you? ”

Wei Qing was a little shocked, is this to use a knife to force Zhou Tianzi to be canonized?

It's really a barbarian from the west, and I really don't know what etiquette is.

Wei Qing sighed and said, "Qin Guoyuan is far away in the west and still knows how to advise the Son of Heaven, which is really loyal.

The Duke of Jin repeatedly proposed to the Son of Heaven that he wanted to be buried with a royal ceremony, how disrespectful was this?

As a courtier, I should have advised the Duke of Jin, but I had not been able to do so before, and now it is time to propose it to the king. ”

The two sides hit it off, and the Qin army knocked on the pass for several months without shaking the slightest Xiongguan, and opened the door to the Qin people in this way!

It is difficult to break the male barrier and break the hearts of the people!

……

In the Song Kingdom.

The Qi people were driven down from the city wall again, and the generals of the Wu army looked at the Qi people with some strange eyes, and there was an obvious sneer in their eyes.

The nobles of the Wu army were basically holding back their laughter, but the soldiers of the Wu State did not have so many worries, and they all laughed: "Qi people, you have been beaten again, and you are defeated and retreated." ”

The soldiers of the Qi army blushed with shame, waved their hands and said, "Don't talk nonsense, the failure of the siege is not a failure, this is a normal thing." ”

Wu Guoshi pointed to Wu Guoshi, who had already rushed up to the city wall on the other side to fight with the Song people, and said: "You were also defeated last time, and this time it is the same. ”

So the Qi soldiers slipped back into the camp with something like "Qi is the overlord of the princes".

The army of Qi is obviously not as strong as their mouths, and these Qi people, who are bent on restoring the hegemony of Duke Huan, were beaten and bloodied in the face of the Song people.

In this attack on the Song Dynasty, the army of Qi can be regarded as losing the face of the former overlord.

After Duke Huan of Qi, the State of Qi gradually declined for hundreds of years, but because it has always been with the Kingdom of Luo and the Kingdom of Jin, it has never failed too much, and even in the Yingshui Peace Conference more than a hundred years ago, it has also made a big splash.

But this time when attacking the Song Dynasty, when the Qi State and the Wu State attacked the city together, because the Wu people were brave, they were quite presentable, but once the Qi people attacked the city by themselves, the results were simply miserable.

The quality of Qi people's individual soldiers is not too bad, but it may be from different Yuanshi's commands, and once the number of people increases, the combat effectiveness will be very strange.

This situation even caught the attention of Luo Guo.

Because the follow-up wars were all the main forces of the large corps, even if the logistics troops were not included, the number of soldiers alone was tens of thousands.

If the Qi State is still in the current state, then it can only become a breakthrough on the subsequent battlefield, which is not allowed by the Luo State.

For this matter, Luo Zhi also wrote a letter to Linzi, hoping that they could select a general who could command the army to carry out unified planning for the army.

After several months of adjustment, it was gradually effective, and in the process, tens of thousands of people in Qi had died on the land of Song.

Of course, there are many people in the Song Kingdom, not only soldiers, but also countless ordinary people, in the troubled times, it is too difficult to live.

In Zheng Guo, Luo Zhi led the army of 100,000 in Luo State, plus the royal army that had been collected before, as well as those Zheng Guo's army, the entire army of more than 200,000 troops in Zheng State, the pressure on logistics was extremely great.

In just a few months, Zheng Guo's grain was eaten by two or three percent, and with Zheng Guo's reserves, he could support such a big war for a year or two at most.

The 200,000 troops of the Luozhou coalition army pursued and killed all the way behind the Song army, and the Song State left countless corpses.

After Luo Zhi saw that his aunt's grandmother's judgment of the situation in various countries was basically not wrong, he had already thoroughly understood that this battlefield must not be defeated.

Previously, Ji Lingjun analyzed the situation of the countries in Luo Zhi, and even predicted the possibility of a big war, "If this war is won, the situation in Bangzhou will not get better, because both the Jin and Qi kingdoms have deteriorated."

If this war is lost, Bang Zhou's destiny will be directly implemented, and the Luo Kingdom will fall with Bang Zhou.

If this war had been basically a draw, or a small defeat, then Bangzhou would have lasted for more than a hundred years, or two hundred years.

But no matter which outcome it is, the crown of the Son of Heaven will be completely knocked to the ground, the patriarchal system founded by the ancestors has come to its end, and the existence of Zhou Li will become history completely.

These sins will be borne on you, what a poor child. ”

That's what his grandmother said to him at the beginning.

Luo Zhi didn't care about his future reputation, but he was extremely frightened of his aunt's grandmother's predictions for the future.

He knew that the survival of Bang Zhou was beneficial to King Su, and in the face of the current complicated situation, he could only pray secretly, "Old Ancestor, although he is stupid, he is willing to use this body of blood to gain for you for another two hundred years, and all the children of the Luo clan and the people of the entire Luo country are willing." ”

For those precious Heavenly Mandate artifacts, Luo Zhi adhered to the principle of not using them if he could, because his aunt and grandmother said very clearly that even if this war was won, the situation in Bangzhou would still not get better.

Grandmother's wisdom is beyond doubt, and since this is the case, then there is no need to waste the Heavenly Mandate Artifact here.

Song Gong and Chen Hou led the army to flee towards the territory of Yingguo.

Ying State is indeed a small country and weak force, plus Chu State is in the south, just a field battle, Ying State's army was directly broken, and it was not able to stop the army of Song State and Chen State at all.

The armies of Song and Chen were constantly fleeing, and by this time they had already learned the news of the all-out war between Chu and Wu, which made them ecstatic.

"If the State of Chu and the State of Wu are at war in an all-out way, then the State of Chu will definitely come out."

When they finally met the army of Chu and hurriedly made peace, they found that Chu was actually playing under the guise of military advice.

This made Song Gong and Chen Hou look at each other, what is the situation?

Shouldn't you rebel outright?

Shouldn't you shout loudly that you want to go to Luoyi to try the weight of Jiuding?

Xiang Cheng didn't expect Song Guo and Chen Guo to be beaten so badly, and when he heard that Song Gong and Chen Hou had already beaten Zhou Tianzi's army to the ground, Xiang Cheng laughed directly.

When he heard that the support of Luoguo's army was coming, the expression on Xiang Cheng's face was a little dark and difficult to understand.

"Two kings, start gathering your army, and the baggage you bring, and then it's time for the real big war."

The news of the northward march of the Chu army had arrived, and Luo Zhi led the army to stop at a hundred miles north of the Huanghuai Plain, which was once the land of the Cai State.

The general of Luo State analyzed the current situation, "The Son of Heaven, the monarch, the current strength of Chu is unknown, but Chu occupies a large area of fertile land, develops water conservancy, and with the national strength of Chu, there is no problem with 30,000 or 40,000 soldiers and a total strength of 200,000, and there should be 100,000 troops in the Song-Chen coalition army."

Now we have to wait for the army of Jin and the remaining troops of Luo to come, and the armies of Qi and Wu may not be able to wait. ”

The combat power of the Qi State has become a hidden danger in the big war, and it was originally intended to quickly break through the Song State, but I didn't expect the Qi State to be stumped by the Song State.

The states of Wu and Chu were killed east of the Dabie Mountains, and it was impossible to support, and even in the event of an emergency, they might withdraw the troops in the territory of the Song State.

Leaving the Qi State and the Song State to peck each other's rookies.

The envoy of the State of Chu came to the camp of the State of Luo, and said to Ji with a proud face: "The monarch is very worried when he hears that the Son of Heaven has attacked the Song Dynasty for no reason.

Song Guo is a descendant of Yin Shang, one of the two kings and three kings set up by King Su, and exists as a guest in Bangzhou, and it is not what the Son of Heaven should do to criticize such a guest.

Zheng Hou offered you slander, such a courtier should be killed, so that he could be treated by the Song Dynasty and appease the hearts of the Song people.

The king thinks that you should learn from the holy kings of old, explain your sins to the whole world, and express your repentance.

If you do this, the people of the world will be grateful for your kindness and will put an end to the present war. ”

As soon as the words of killing Zheng Hou came out, everyone in the tent changed their faces at the same time.

Chu State came here on purpose to disgust people, they knew that Zheng Hou had been killed, and it was the Son of Heaven who did it himself, but they still had to say this, that is, they wanted to give the Son of Heaven this hat of cutting down the Song Dynasty for no reason.

After that, this paragraph made the Son of Heaven admit his mistake to the world, and even made Luo Zhidu change color directly, which was really ruthless, this was to deprive the Son of Heaven of all his sacredness.

The king's edict is not a big deal in itself, but it can only be done under the control of the situation, in order to alleviate the sharp contradictions and explain to the world the correction of the policy direction.

Now that the two sides are like fire and water, Ji Fang will sin himself here, and the state of Chu will immediately say, "Sure enough, you are a faint king, and the current situation in the world is because of you, loyal ministers and righteous people have all raised troops with me, killed the only husband, and saved the world!" ”

Ji Peng was angered by the arrogant attitude of the envoy of the State of Chu, and was about to get angry, but was held down by Luo Zhi, who stared at the envoy of the State of Chu tightly and said coldly: "Marquis Zheng is indeed a traitorous minister, and the Son of Heaven has killed Marquis Zheng."

However, Song Gong and Chen Hou did not send any envoys to the king to state their grievances, so they directly betrayed, and even attacked and killed the king, is this the work of loyal ministers?

It is obvious that he is a traitor who tried to assassinate the king in vain, and he should also be killed!

He also asked the envoy to return to the state of Chu, inform the Marquis of Chu, kill the Duke of Song and the Marquis of Chen, and send their bodies to the camp, presumably this can prove the loyalty of the Marquis of Chu. ”

Luo Zhi skipped the process of entanglement with the envoy of Chu State, and pointed to the core of the monarch and ministers, since the Marquis of Chu wants to be a loyal minister, loyal ministers need to vote for a name, take it.

The envoy of the State of Chu was speechless and left angrily, "The Son of Heaven ignores the loyalty of the Chu people, which should be punished. ”

Looking at the envoy of the Chu State who walked out of the camp, Ji Peng said angrily: "The Chu people are rampant, for more than a hundred years, they are still the same wolf ambitions, what kind of thing can fill the gulf of their desires?" ”

Luo Zhi said quietly: "Of course, it is the Jiuding that symbolizes the destiny of Bang Zhou in Luoyi, prepare to meet the enemy, the army of the Chu people is not so easy to resist." ”

If the goal of the Chu State is not achieved, it will naturally not give up, and the Luo State will never retreat directly without even fighting.

Since the state of Chu wants to deprive Bang Zhou of the mandate of heaven, then use swords and guns to do it.

Only blood can bring the sacred crown to the ground!

The heroic King of Chu was not surprised, but this in itself was an excuse for war, "Uncle, let's reorganize the army, defeat the Luo coalition army, and attack the Jin State together, it's time for the world to listen to the voice of the Chu people." ”

The Chu army united with Song and Chen, and was powerful, with more than 300,000 people distributed on the battlefield of 100 miles, and the army of Luo State on the scene plus the Zhou and Zheng coalition army gathered was less than 200,000.

The elite army of Chu State, Luo Zhi could not consume the sharpest daring warriors of Luo State in a tug-of-war like this, so Luo Guo led the coalition army to constantly shrink the front.

Everyone had the same thought in their hearts, "Wait for the Jin army, this is the main battlefield, and the army sent here by the Jin State will definitely be the most elite and the most numerous."

At least 200,000 troops will come here, and when the Jin Kingdom enters, the situation will change. ”

The commander of the Luo State engaged the Chu State every day, and then slowly retreated, and whenever the war ended, the battlefield was full of smoke and fire.

Because corpses all over the ground must be burned, and this is the experience of countless years of war.

In this regard, the two sides have a tacit understanding to clean up the battlefield separately.

With the fire and the strong wind, countless dust, smoke, and powder from the burning of human corpses blew towards the soldiers on both sides.

……

At the end of the Spring and Autumn Period, the balance of power between the nations changed significantly, and the contradictions between the nations became more acute, and the Chu and Qin states had reached the peak of what they could in a short period of time, and they had to challenge the old patriarchal order once again.

According to records, the four kingdoms of Qin, Chu, Jin, and Qi had no real strategic goals, and the two sides of the war, Qin Chu only wanted to enter the Central Plains to replace the position of the Ji Jiang Alliance, and Qi Jin was to stop Qin and Chu according to the usual practice.

But the outcome of the war was beyond everyone's expectations, and perhaps only Luo Guo understood that this was a war to destroy Zhuxia. ——"The History of the Rise and Fall of the Zhou Dynasty"

Woo woo, the manuscript that has just been saved, thanks to the alliance leader, I still have to continue to save the manuscript

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