Rebirth of Wu Ba Spring and Autumn

Chapter 417 The Fading Spring and Autumn Xiaoba

Qingji did not expect Bai Gongsheng to act so boldly, daring to send someone to assassinate Shen Zhuliang.

Fortunately, although the assassins sent by Bai Gongsheng did not kill Shen Zhuliang, they also seriously injured the latter, making it difficult for him to lead the army to fight again.

Bai Gongsheng also achieved his goal, without the need for Wu Guo to interfere, so that Bai Gongsheng got the command of the front-line Chu army.

The next thing Qingji has to do is to wait and see what happens. According to the scheduled plan, he will officially send troops to attack Chu in the spring of next year.

"My lord, with the intervention of the Jin army, the war in Xinzheng has reached a stalemate. I am afraid that the Chu army will retreat and turn from offense to defense, dealing with the Zheng-Jin coalition forces."

Wu Zixu frowned.

"There is nothing wrong with Chu people doing this. What I care most about now is whether Mi Sheng can return to the court before the spring of next year, and then launch a mutiny in Yingdu."

Qingji said meaningfully.

After all, if civil strife can break out in Chu State, the Wu army's attack on Chu State will be smoother and avoid paying a higher price to attack the city.

"This……"

Wu Zixu pondered for a moment, and then said: "Your Majesty, it is actually not difficult to get Zheng Di's Chu army to return to Yingdu. Once the battle on the front line is over, the Chu people will have to withdraw their army to avoid greater consumption. Leave some soldiers and horses to garrison."

"Right now, the Li people in all parts of the Chu state are busy forging copper and iron weapons, or go hunting in the mountains to make profits, but neglect to take care of the weeds in the fields, neglect to cultivate, and even waste the land."

"Your Majesty's previous policy of weakening the people of Chu State has achieved remarkable results."

"It is conceivable that this year's Chu State is bound to suffer a poor harvest, and even has to ask Wu State for food."

"This is a god-sent opportunity! No, it is the king's wise decision!"

Wu Zixu couldn't help complimenting, and said: "It is said that the food and grass go first before the soldiers and horses are moved. If there is not enough food and fodder, the Chu army far away in Zhengdi will not be able to continue."

"Therefore, no matter what the result is, the Chu army will definitely end the war with Zheng State as soon as possible, and even cede land for peace, and return part of the city land that originally belonged to Zheng State."

Hearing this, Qing Ji nodded slightly to express his agreement.

Zheng Guo is not a small country.

Like Lu, Wei, and Song, Zheng was a medium-sized country, neither strong nor weak.

This time, the Chu army was able to capture more than a dozen cities and attack the capital of Xinzheng, because the state of Zheng was completely unprepared before, which allowed the Chu army to succeed.

In other words, it's blitzkrieg.

However, as the war fell into a tug-of-war, the armed Zheng people could also pull up an army of no less than [-] people.

At that time, the Zheng army will counterattack, and the Chu army, who has worked hard on the expedition, will definitely not be able to eat and walk around.

Therefore, due to emotion and reason, Chu State did not dare to fight a protracted war with Zheng State.

Not to mention whether the people of Chu can destroy the state of Zheng, even if they succeed in destroying Zheng, the state of Chu will pay a very heavy price.

Qingji was silent for a long time, lost in thought.

After a while, Qingji said slowly, "Zixu, according to your opinion, if I secretly inform Uncle Zheng and make him agree to negotiate peace with the people of Chu, and then let Mi Sheng go back to the court, I don't know if it will be possible. ?”

"Your Majesty, is Mr. Zheng Bo believable?"

Wu Zixu asked suspiciously.

After all, it is absolutely impossible for a person like Wu Zixu to pin all his hopes on one person.

In Wu Zixu's view, Bai Gongsheng is unreliable, and Zheng Hou may not be reliable either.

At this time, the reigning monarch of Zheng State was Zheng Xiangong (chài).

The most prosperous period of Zheng State was when Zheng Zhuanggong was in power.

When the Zhou family moved east that year, both Zheng and Jin fulfilled their duty of defense.

As the state of Jin soon split into two parts, Yi (Jin) and Quwo, and civil wars continued frequently, the royal family had to rely on Guo and Zheng, both of whom were princes and officials of the royal family.

Zheng Wugong and Zheng Zhuanggong were very arrogant and rude to the Zhou royal family. King Ping was very dissatisfied and wanted to give half of the power to Guogong.

When Duke Zhuang learned about it, he questioned King Ping, but King Ping tried his best to deny it, so that "Zhou and Zheng exchanged hostages" (that is, exchanged protons, Zheng Guo used Zheng Zhaogong as his eldest son, and Zhou royal family used Prince Wang Zihu) and started a war.

In the ensuing battle of Sui Ge, Zhou Tianzi's prestige was completely wiped out!

Zheng Bo made full use of his status as a minister of the royal family, often using the name of the royal family for his own personal gain, annexed small neighboring countries, and invaded Xu.

Intervened in Song, Wei, Lu and other countries, and also helped Qi drive away the invading Beidi.

Zheng Guo at the time of Zheng Zhuanggong seemed to be the largest country in the early Spring and Autumn Period.

Therefore, Zheng Zhuanggong is also called "Spring and Autumn Xiaoba". He was a powerful figure before Qi Huangong.

It is a pity that Zheng Guo's good times did not last long.

Duke Zhuang of Zheng had many favorite sons, and after his death, the state of Zheng fell into civil strife.

Not long after Zheng Zhaogong came to the throne, when Ji Zhong, a minister of power, entered the Song Dynasty, he was forced by his son Tu's father-in-law Yong to change his son Tu to be the king of Zheng Guo, which was Zheng Ligong.

Not long after Zheng Zhaogong fled to the state of Wei, Zheng Ligong was dissatisfied with Jizhong's monopoly and murdered him.

When the incident was released, Zhong Zhong was killed and Yong Jiao was killed, and Duke Zheng Zhaogong was welcomed back.

But Zheng Zhaogong had a personal grievance with Gao Qumi. During a hunting, Gao Qumi shot and killed Zhaogong.

However, Gao Qumi and Ji Zhong did not dare to welcome Duke Zheng Li back to the throne, so they made the young master Quan the king, in the name of Zheng Ziquan.

The princes of the Qi Xiang Guild stopped at the first, Zheng Ziqian went to participate in the alliance, and Gao Qumi saluted.

As a result, Qi Xianggong killed Zheng Ziying, and then his son Ying was established as the king of the country in Chen, and it was Zheng Ziying.

Soon, Qi State attacked Zheng, Zheng Ziying was killed, and Zheng Ligong entered Zheng from Bianyi and was restored.

After several battles for the throne, the power of Zheng State was not as good as before, and the surrounding powers rose one after another.

The Chu State in the south has long disregarded the order of the Zhou royal family. After failing to seek a title, it declared itself a king, and wantonly annexed the concubines of the Han River, directly facing the State of Zheng.

In the Jin State in the north, the Quwo clan gained an absolute advantage in the struggle against the Jin State.

The state of Qi implemented reforms, and Duke Huan of Qi began to seek hegemony.

The state of Zheng is in the place of the Four Wars, there is no danger to defend, and it is sandwiched between the great powers.

Therefore, when the great powers compete for hegemony, Zheng Guo is often used as a battlefield.

In foreign policy, Zheng was close to Chu sometimes and Jin sometimes, but most of the time he was close to Chu.

Zheng Guo started from Zheng Xianggong, and the seven mus took turns to take power and control the power of the country, while the power of Zheng Guojun declined greatly.

During Qimu's reign, only Zichan adopted a flexible diplomatic strategy when he was in power, Zheng State was able to gain a respite, and its national strength recovered slightly.

But after the childbirth, the state of Zheng was still the same, and the country was beyond power.

This is the helplessness of Zheng Guo!

The state of Zheng has no shortage of talents, but it suffers from the fact that its neighbors are all powerful and big countries, and it is located in the Central Plains, which is a place that must be contested by military strategists.

It is worth mentioning that the title of Zheng Guo is not Duke, nor Marquis, but Earl!

In this era, big countries were called dukes and lords, and small countries were called uncles, sons, and males.

However, Wu, Yue, Chu, Xu, Ba, Shu, and Yiqu are all barbarian states, so they don't use the rituals of China to call themselves kings.

(End of this chapter)