Rebirth of Wu Ba Spring and Autumn

Chapter 564 Destruction of the Tang Dynasty
In the battle of Lishui, the Wu army beheaded more than [-] ranks and defeated the Luoyue people.

Many Luoyue people who fled in a hurry were forced into the Li River, and even those who escaped by chance were very few.

The Xiongwang of Wenlang Kingdom was beheaded directly and died in the chaos.

Even if he could escape, he would not be able to return to Wenlang Country.

At Jiming Pass, Sun Li had already captured that city pass, cutting off the Luoyue people's retreat.

The surprise army led by Xiong Zidan has already driven straight in and broke through the capital of Wenlang Kingdom.

Wenlang Kingdom, which had enjoyed the country for more than two thousand years, was destroyed by Wu State so far.

After annexing the Wenlang Kingdom, Qingji led the Wu army all the way south, took advantage of the victory to pursue, expanded the results of the war, occupied many territories of the Luoyue people, and captured many prisoners.

Qingji reckoned that Wu Jun had already occupied most of Vietnam, Miandian, and Laos in later generations, which was about half the size of Indochina Peninsula...

In this vast territory, poisonous insects and beasts are everywhere, miasma is overgrown, and the utilization rate is not high.

This made Qingji very hesitant, whether to rule this place and include it in the territory of Wu Kingdom.

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The time has entered the thirteenth year of Wu Wang Qingji, that is, 501 BC, the beginning of August in the lunar calendar.

The Wu army divided into three armies won frequent victories, except that Qingji defeated the main force of the Luoyue people by opening up territory in Nanxian County.

Sun Wu has also led his army to wipe out the seven tribes of Minyue who were stubbornly resisting, destroying their country and Yiqi tribe, completely establishing the absolute control of Wu State in the local area.

Wu Zixu also led the army to destroy the Cangwu Kingdom, wiped out the Nanyue people one by one, and eliminated all rebel forces in the territory.

At this time, the Wu Army of the Three Routes joined forces in Cangwu County, with a total of [-] people, and attacked the land of Baipu with great momentum.

In order to resist the powerful offensive of the Wu army, the tribes of Dian, Pu, Juding, Yelang, Yeyu, Tongshi, Yitang and other places in Baipu united one after another, lying down day and night, and resisting stubbornly.

However, under the destructive offensive of the Wu army, these small countries or tribes could only be turned into ashes one by one and wiped out.

"kill!"

On the banks of the Zangzhang River (Wujiang River), the generals of the Wu army were fighting fiercely with the barbarian allied forces in the southwest.

The generals and soldiers of the Wu army, who were already good at fighting in the mountains, became even more experienced after fighting the Baiyue people.

Under Qingji's order, Wu's army used five or ten people as a unit, bullying the few with the more, brutally slaughtering the fleeing Southwestern Man.

After an arduous battle, the water of the Zangzang River has been dyed as bright red as blood.

By the side of the mountain road, on the branches, in the river, on the river bank... There are lifeless corpses everywhere.

Facing the brutal offensive and merciless killing methods of the generals of the Wu army, the Southwestern barbarians could only kneel down and beg for mercy, and became prisoners of the Wu army.

Qingji stood on a mountain peak, looking at the scattered battlefields, his eyes were full of relief.

These southwestern barbarians are of course good in fighting power, but after all, they are not as difficult to deal with as the Luoyue people!
The battle loss ratio between the Wu army and the Southwestern Man is basically one to five.

And when the battle damage exceeds a certain percentage, the only thing waiting for the Southwestern barbarians is to flee.

"Your Majesty, five miles ahead is the capital of the Zangcang people. It is said that the Zangcang Lord has surrendered the city."

Sun Wu who was following beside him said with a smile.

"good."

It was beyond Qingji's expectation that the battle went so smoothly.

Zangzang Kingdom, in the land of Baipu, can be described as a big regional country.

It was established by the Puren tribe in the Spring and Autumn Period.

This Pu people tribe once sent troops to participate in the battle of Muye in 1046 BC when King Wu of Zhou defeated Shang Zhou, and helped King Wu of Zhou destroy the Shang Dynasty.

After the establishment of the Western Zhou Dynasty, the Puren tribe became the feudal state of the Western Zhou regime because of their contribution to helping King Wu defeat the Zhou Dynasty. This was the predecessor of the Zang Cang State.

After the Zhou royal family moved eastward, the influence and control of the Zhou royal family over the princes gradually weakened, and the feudal states in the southwest, which were located in high mountains and far away, were even more out of reach and neglected to control them.

Taking this opportunity, after [-] years of continuous development and growth, the Zang Cang Kingdom finally got rid of the control of the Zhou Dynasty and appeared in the area of ​​​​the ancient Guizhou as a dominant country.

And in 651 BC, he accepted the invitation of Duke Huan of Qi, the number one overlord in the Spring and Autumn Period, and went to the Central Plains with the neighboring countries to participate in the Great Alliance of China.

It is known as the "Kuiqiu Meeting" in history.

The state of Zangcang once covered a vast area of ​​nearly [-] miles from northwest to southeast, and it was a veritable big country that dominated one side.

However, the good times did not last long.

Historically, after the Spring and Autumn Period, the national power of Zang Cang declined, and was gradually divided by South Vietnam and the emerging Yelang.

Since then, the Zang Cang Kingdom has disappeared in the long river of history.

But at this time, the Zangzang Kingdom can still be called a big country in the land of Baipu.

After the Wu army destroyed the Zangcang country, they took advantage of the victory to pursue and divide their troops into three groups to wipe out Qielan country, Yelang country, and dozens of Southwest barbarian tribes, large and small.

In this process, the strength of the Zangcang Kingdom and the Yelang Kingdom is not weak, and they can easily have tens of thousands of troops.

It's a pity that facing the powerful Wu army, they can only hate the northwest.

Death to the country!

For the Fang kingdom or tribe that voluntarily surrendered, Qingji was able to spare their lives and make them prosperous and wealthy for a lifetime.

It is worth mentioning that Qingji met Prince Chao and his party in exile in Yelang Kingdom.

Wang Zichao is the eldest son of the concubine Ji Gui, King Jing of Zhou, the elder brother of Ji Meng, King Mourning of Zhou, and Ji Gai (gài), the emperor of Zhou.

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, Ji Chao united all the officials and workers who had lost their positions, raised troops to attack King Zhou Mourning, and occupied the capital Luoyi.

The State of Jin attacked Prince Chao and supported King Jing of Zhou, and the Yin family established Prince Chao as king.

The prince lost his dynasty for five years and went to Chu with the classics of the Zhou family.

According to the original history, the prince's final fate would be to be assassinated by someone sent by Ji Gai.

However, when the Wu army broke through Ying, the capital of Chu, Wang Zichao had disappeared.

Unexpectedly, Qingji would meet Wang Zichao in Yelang Kingdom.

At this time, in the forbidden palace of Yelang Kingdom, Qingji was receiving the haggard looking Wang Zichao with gray temples.

Wang Zichao is only a middle-aged man, but at this moment, he looks like an old man over sixty years old.

It is conceivable that so many years of fugitive career has brought great pressure to Wang Zichao.

"Ji Chao, I've seen Marquis Wu!"

Years are not forgiving.

Years of fugitive life have already smoothed the edges and corners of the prince's dynasty.

So at the moment when he saw Qing Ji, Wang Zichao bowed to Qing Ji who was sitting on the throne without being humble or overbearing.

There is no big ceremony to pay homage, and Qingji is not called "Wu Wang". This is the last bit of dignity reserved by the prince for himself and for the Zhou royal family.

(End of this chapter)