"Your Majesty, our army has lost all food and grass in this battle, why don't you ask Marquis Ju and Marquis Tan to send a large army to help cooperate with the evacuation of our army?" Wang Cheng next to him said.

"I'm afraid not!" Guan Zhong shook his head and said, "This time, the Ju State and the Tan State have already sent a large army to come, and there are not many remaining armies in the country.

"How's that good?" Qi Hou's face was also not good.

"The king led the army back to China, and the subordinates stayed behind to break the queen!" Wang Chengfu stepped forward and said.

After the break!

At present, there is no food and grass inside, there are no reinforcements outside, and the morale of the soldiers is low.

Wang Cheng's father's tone was sonorous and powerful, his eyes were firm, and he completely put life and death out of the way, Qi Hou's eyes when he looked at him changed, he didn't expect that in such a predicament, he was actually willing to stand up.

Qi Hou sighed and said: "Wang Qing, you are the general of my Qi country, but the pillar of the Qi country, these years of breaking the discipline country, leveling the country, defeating the Lu country, driving the Chu country, invincible, if the Qi country does not have you, what should I do in the future?"

"Leave the severed ones to others!"

Wang Cheng's father shook his head and said, "Your Majesty, it has been a hundred years since he and his ancestors entered Qi from Wang Ji, and the Wang family has been courteous by the Qi State for a hundred years. Besides, the people of the army are panicking, if there is no old minister to defend it, and the Huai State will attack, I am afraid that it will be defeated immediately!"

"Your Majesty, the Qi Kingdom can do without ministers, but it can't do without you and Prime Minister Zhong! Please leave with Zhong Xiang immediately."

Qi Hou walked over directly, pulled Wang Cheng's father up and said: "When the country is in danger, the national soldier stepped forward, this battle is Lone's sin, Lone swears that he will let the heir of the Wang family succeed to the throne, and add 1,000 households. As long as the Wang family does not live up to the Qi country, and the Qi country does not live up to the Wang family, please take care of the general!"

Wang Chengfu took a step back, knelt on the ground and saluted: "The old minister becomes a father, thank you!"

In the tent, the other princes and ministers were silent, and only Wang Cheng's father thanked him loudly!

In front of more than a dozen princes and dozens of ministers, Wang Cheng's father said that he was willing to die, stay behind the broken queen, and exchange life for everyone, which made all the princes and ministers have to accept his love.

Immediately, all the princes and ministers bowed solemnly to Wang Cheng's father. Wang Cheng's father's resolute expression was deeply engraved in everyone's minds.

Wang Cheng's father's execution ability was very fast, the army was short of food and grass, and he was also worried that the withdrawal of more troops would attract the attention of Huaiguo, so when the army withdrew, there were not many troops taken away. Minzhuang even stayed.

The princes only transferred elite soldiers to protect them from leaving, and Wang Chengfu used the mobilization army to cover those princes and soldiers. At the same time, it is also a dispatch of troops, familiar with cooperation.

He knew very well that he was not the opponent of the Huai army, and even if there was enough food and grass, he was not sure of winning. In the previous battle against Xu Mao, although there were reasons why the army did not obey orders and did not command properly, he understood that even if he was replaced by the elite of Qi State, he would lose.

What's more, the Huai Gong of Huai is also a figure with great achievements, and Huai Guo at this time can be said to be full of talents. But Wang Chengfu was not afraid.

This time, he has already fought against Huai Guo with the determination of death, in addition to repaying the kindness of Qi Hou, the other side is for the prosperity of the Wang family.

Wang Sheng didn't know that the Marquis of Qi and the other princes had fled in advance, and he was thinking about how to swallow the more than 200,000 troops in front of him. The grain and grass have been burned out, and the army is short of food, and if he does not annex the 200,000 army, he will be sorry for himself.

Wang Cheng's father made all the preparations and did everything he could, but the development of things did not change much.

Although Wang Cheng's father is a veteran general on the battlefield, he commanded the army to fight in the south and the north, and his achievements were impressive, but it was difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice, not to mention that Wang Sheng, Xu Mao, Wei Jun, and Ram Shuo dealt with him together, and the coalition army lost its strength advantage, and after several major battles in the front, Huai Guo had firmly gained the upper hand.

In the face of Huaiguo's all-round crushing, even Wang Cheng's father worked hard to no avail. In the end, more than 200,000 troops and elites were defeated in successive battles and completely surrounded.

The army was short of food and demoralized, and finally Wang Cheng's father killed himself, and the army surrendered.

After collecting more than 200,000 allied soldiers, Wang Sheng also knew that the princes had fled.

Xu Mao looked at the empty camp and said, "Your Majesty, you didn't capture those princes in this battle, and you didn't get the biggest results!"

"However, if this battle can defeat the alliance of the princes of Bangzhou in one fell swoop, the Huai State will definitely be powerful in the world, and the overlord of the Qi State will also become precarious!"

"I'm afraid that the princes of this warring state will not be able to recover within ten years!"

After defeating the alliance of princes, Wang Sheng's army took the opportunity to destroy the state of Tan directly. Tan State is in the north of Huai State, and Tan State also sent troops in this battle, and this time it also suffered heavy losses.

The surrounding Qiluju and other countries were all greatly injured in national strength, and they could not send troops to help Tan resist the Huai army. Coupled with the power of the Huai army, the princes of the world were frightened and did not dare to be enemies. Tan Guo can only face Huai Guo alone.

The result was naturally the defeat of the Tan State, Xu Mao commanded an army of 50,000 to attack the Tan State, the Tan State was defeated, the city was broken in January, and since then, the Tan State has perished.

After the fall of the Tan Kingdom, Wang Sheng directly moved the population of Tancheng to Zhongli, and then moved the population from Zhongli and Huaidi to Tancheng.

The monarchs of the Tan State were killed, some of them fled to the Qi State, and the rest were beheaded by Wei Jun's order. Those nobles and nobles were also all relocated to Wu.

And Wang Sheng split all these nobles and nobles, and it can be said that the upper power of the Tan State has almost disappeared.

At the same time, Wang Sheng left 50,000 troops in Tancheng and Xiapi to guard against local rebellions, and also to defend against the northern states.

Although the northern countries are now being beaten to a devastation, who knows if they will go crazy regardless of their national strength?

After the victory of the Huai army, they began to escort the captives back to Huai, the number of prisoners this time is too much, there are more than 200,000 in the alliance of the princes of Qi State, and there are 20,000 in Chu State on the other side, this time the princes of the world were defeated in Huai, and Huai captured more than 250,000 people.

Many of the smaller vassal states did not have the combined population of this large.

After this battle, the Huai State was famous all over the world, and the princes did not dare to try its edge.

After this war, Wang Sheng's reputation can be said to be in full swing, if it weren't for the Huai State being the remnant of Yin Shang, this time he could completely replace the Qi State as the overlord of the princes.

However, even if the Huai State was a remnant of the Yin Shang Dynasty, some of the smaller countries around it were also taken by the prestige of the Huai State, surrendered to the Huai State and respected it as the leader of the alliance.

[The Spring and Autumn period hegemony politics opened. 】

[Your ninth grandson successfully defeated the coalition army of the princes of Bang Zhou, and the power of Huai State rose greatly, and Huai State was strengthened by the fate of Bang Zhou. 】

[Your ninth grandson defeated the first hegemon of the Spring and Autumn Period, the Marquis of Qi, ended the hegemony of the Qi State, and succeeded him as the new overlord, and your luck increased. 】

[You get a human-level item and amulet.] Amulet: Can help the owner resist a fatal injury, note: If the damage exceeds the upper limit, it will also be injured. The product has been added to the marketplace and can be purchased for the cost of Fortune. 】

Seeing this talisman, Zi Jue was slightly stunned, this thing should be a treasure to prevent assassination, generally speaking, the damage caused by killing a person can be resisted, unless it is a continuous natural disaster.

It can be used by the children of Huaiguo's office. Zijue opened the mall and took a look, a talisman requires 10,000 luck, which is not cheap.

More than 250,000 young people is a huge wealth for any country, but it is not a good thing for Huaiguo.

The 250,000 men in the prime of life did not identify with the Huai State, and basically they had undergone military training, and even if the Huai State reduced them to slavery, they must be guarded by soldiers to prevent them from rebelling and fleeing.

As for letting it be attached to the Huai State, where can the Huai State find 250,000 school-age women to marry them, so the best way is to let the Central Plains countries redeem it.

The princes of the Central Plains are also willing to ransom these soldiers, these soldiers and young men can be said to be the backbone of their country, without these young and strong, many small countries are estimated to be unable to suppress even the surrounding Yidi.

After Wang Sheng agreed to exchange prisoners, the Central Plains Column

The country finally breathed a sigh of relief. However, immediately after Huaiguo's conditions, they also felt a pain in their flesh.

Each young man needed two or three adult slaves to exchange, and most of these exchanged slaves were Yidi in the vassal states. In fact, it is said to be Yidi, but it is basically the same as the appearance of the Chinese people. It's just that there are some differences in living habits and civilization.

At that time, the Huai State also continued to annex these Yidi and began to grow.

This time, Wang Sheng exchanged prisoners of war for slaves, and what he demanded was basically a balanced ratio of men and women. Of course, not all of these captives were exchanged, just like many of those people were not exchanged.

At the same time, a large number of minor nobles were captured this time, and these minor nobles were also of high value. Overall, it took three years for the prisoners of the war to be exchanged.

In the end, the Huai Kingdom exchanged about 400,000 slaves, as well as tens of thousands of people who were abandoned by the Central Plains vassal states, as well as a large amount of bronze and other materials.

Nearly 500,000 slaves swelled the population of Huai. Since the time of the Huai Kingdom, King Wen has enacted laws that stipulate that after working for the country for five years, slaves will be pardoned for their slave status without rebellion or laziness, and will be entered into the local government registers.

At the same time, after being entered into the register, you can get a piece of wasteland, and you will pay taxes only after three years of reclamation, and you can borrow grain from the government during this time, and you only need to return it after three years.

It is also because of such a generous policy that the population of Huai has increased rapidly. As a remnant of the Yin Shang Dynasty, Huaiguo faced a huge crisis from the beginning of its founding, and its population was not abundant. Therefore, Zijue originally tried to abolish human sacrifice and martyrdom, but replaced it with pottery.

And relying on these magnanimous laws, the Huaiyi and Dongyi slaves were transformed into Huai savages or Chinese people. The population of Huai increased from less than 10,000 to 500,000, laying the foundation for the strength and prosperity of Huai State.

These nearly half a million slaves were distributed to the old land of Zhongli, Tan and Huai. As for why they didn't migrate to Wudi, it was because the environment in Wudi was humid and stuffy, and the people of the Central Plains were easy to adapt to the water and soil, and at the same time, there were many lakes and rivers in the wild, and there were many rhinoceros and crocodiles.

Successively annexed Wudi, Zhongli, and Tan, Huai directly expanded its land more than twice in just 20 years, and its national strength developed rapidly. It's just that this rapid expansion has temporarily reached the limit of Huaiguo.

The land is not over when it is down, it still needs to be managed. Although Huaiguo had a academy education, it doubled in size in a short period of time, and officials at all levels became overstretched.

If these lands cannot be digested, once there is a problem in Huai, these places are likely to rebel or be taken away by other countries.

After Wang Sheng won the victory against the alliance of the princes, he specially sent an envoy to meet Zhou Tianzi in the name of tribute, and publicized his exploits.

Even if Zhou Tianzi was very unhappy in his heart, he didn't dare to say anything in the face of a powerful power like Huai, and he had to encourage him, after all, Huaiguo paid tribute according to Zhou's rites.

As for asking Zhou Tianzi to recognize his position as the overlord and give the Son of Heaven ceremonial music, tripod instruments, chariots and horses, honor guards or something, the envoy did not mention it.

Of course, although Zhou Tianzi did not give it, Jiuding had already been used to worship Huaiguo. After all, since the weakening of the Zhou Dynasty, many vassal states have usurped the use of the Son of Heaven.

Wang Sheng held a meeting in Xiapi, and several surrounding princely states, such as Ju, Peng, Xue, Yan, Xiang, Yang, Cai, and Xu, all came to participate.

These vassal states are very close to Huai, if they really annoy Huai, if Huai comes to attack, it is estimated that they will be destroyed before other countries come to the rescue.

Huai State has become the second hegemonic prince after Qi State, but the position of the overlord of Huai State has not been recognized by Zhou Tianzi, but do you dare to say that he is not the overlord of the princes?

This time, the alliance is more to show the military might of Huai and use it to deter the world.

At the same time, Wang Sheng also began to vigorously support the development of the academy, expanding the academy into a school palace, allowing the people of Huai to enter and study. Those who are gifted, not only are all free, but there are even public offices to subsidize them, so that they can have no worries about food and clothing.

Over the next few years

After the last war, the strength of the countries of Bangzhou was greatly damaged, and even the fighting between them was gone, and they were actively recovering their strength, or crusading against Yidi.

For a while, all countries in the world were at peace with each other, and I have to say that this has become a black humor. Huaiguo: The peace of the world depends on me!

Although the Qi State suffered a lot of losses, because of the annexation of Laiyi, the population was prosperous, the territory was vast, and there were virtuous ministers to assist it, and it recovered quickly. It's just that the recovered Qi State did not dare to come to crusade against the Huai State again, but began to help other countries resist the invasion of Yidi.

Because of the defeat of the princes' alliance last time, some vassal states suffered heavy losses, and it was even difficult to resist Yidi. And in this way, the prestige of the Qi State began to gradually recover.