A Millennium Aristocratic Family Starting from the Shang Dynasty

Chapter 151
Under Wang Qi's order, Huai State began to mobilize a lot of manpower, material and financial resources to improve the ironmaking process.At the same time, Huai country did not start to change clothes, and was still equipped with a bronze sword.

At the same time, under the auspices of Fan Li, Huai State also began to carry out the reform of young crop loans, and the same reform as Huai State was also carried out by Qi State, but compared with Huai State, Qi State's reform was very turbulent.

The Marquis of Qi took action suddenly and suppressed the Tian family. The Tian family united with other noble families to fight against the Marquis Qi.

South, Chu State.

Since the king of Chu killed his nephew to stand on his own, the king of Chu began to weaken the power of the clan.Several successive generations of Chu kings in the Chu State did not ascend the throne normally, which caused the Chu State to be in turmoil almost every ten or twenty years.

This made the king of Chu very worried. He didn't know that one day he or his son would be defeated by other princes, so the king of Chu began to attack the power of the clan and weaken the power of vassals everywhere.

The systems used by Chu State and other countries in Bangzhou are different.The state of Chu is like a smaller Bang Zhou, and there are a large number of small princes in the state of Chu.

It is also because of a large number of monarchs that Chu can expand rapidly and eventually occupy two thousand miles of land.But success is also crowned king, and defeat is also crowned king.Due to the problem of entrusting the king, the national power of Chu State has been scattered.

Although the place is two thousand miles away and the population is four million, it is still like a giant with mud legs.Therefore, the king of Chu wanted to weaken the power of the prince and concentrate more power in his hands.

Chu State and Qin State had a good relationship. After Chu State was defeated by Huai State and had to withdraw from the Central Plains, Qin State was also unable to support itself. It was defeated by Jin State again and retreated to the west of Hangu Pass.

In order to strengthen the national strength, Chu State and Qin State began to prepare to attack Bashu together.

The fertile fields of the two countries are thousands of miles away, and they are important grain producing areas.At the same time, it is surrounded by mountains and rivers, so it can be regarded as the logistics base of the two countries.

Chu State and Qin State hit it off immediately, and they were ready to join forces to attack Bashu and carve it up.One of the two countries attacked from the north and the other from the east.

Although Ba and Shu are separated by natural dangers, the kings of Ba and Shu of this generation are all greedy people.

Qin Bo asked someone to carve a stone ox, and then put some gold under the stone ox's buttocks, claiming that it was a golden bull that could pull gold out. As a result, the king of Shu believed it and asked Qin Bo for it. I readily agreed.

It's just that the golden bull is huge, and it is difficult to carry it back, so the Kingdom of Shu and the Kingdom of Qin joined forces to dig a road from Qin to Shu.The Qin State successfully deceived the State of Shu by using this trick, which is obvious at a glance, and asked the State of Shu to bring its own dry food to help the State of Qin open up roads.

After the road was opened, the king of Shu was happily preparing to welcome the Taurus, but before the Taurus came, it was the Qin army who was like a wolf and a tiger.Qin's army took advantage of this to attack Shu, and Shu was defeated by Qin.

And the neighboring country of Ba is also not much better. It can be said that Ba and Chu often attack.Pakistan has always lost more and won less, so it can only gradually retreat westward.Later, he could only rely on geographical advantages to compete with Chu.

After Chu State was defeated by Huai State, Chu State lost a lot of power, so Bahou began to move around, wanting to attack Chu State and gain some benefits.

Later, there was a coup in Chu State, and the king of Chu killed his nephew and became king himself. Ba State thought that this was an opportunity, and there would be chaos within Chu State, so he mobilized a large army to launch an attack.

It's just that the Ba Kingdom didn't notice at all this time that there was no turmoil in the Chu Kingdom, and the power transition was completed within a long time.As for the fact that although it was defeated by the Huai State, its location is thousands of miles away and its population is large, so soldiers can continue to be deployed to fight against it.

The king of Chu killed the king and ascended the throne. In order to increase his prestige, he personally led an army to resist Ba.

The army of Ba State marched out to the east, and the army besieged Xiangyang. Xiangyang was a city built by Chu State to attack Ba State.

Seeing this situation, the King of Chu did not directly attack, but let the Ba army continue to besiege Xiangyang, let the defenders of Xiangyang continue to defend by relying on the city, and the King of Chu led the army to hide on one side and wait for the opportunity.

Ba State besieged the city for two months, but still failed to capture Xiangyang. At this time, Ba State sent troops for more than three months. The soldiers were exhausted, and many soldiers missed their hometown. Seeing the opportunity, the king of Chu took the opportunity to attack, and Ba State was defeated.

Immediately after Chu State took advantage of the victory to pursue, Ba State was defeated again and had to retreat in embarrassment.This time, not only did Ba's army suffer heavy losses, but the Han River Plain was completely occupied by Chu.

After obtaining the Hanshui Plain, Ba State was completely blocked by Chu State.At the same time, Ba also lost its strategy of suppressing Chu with the help of the Yangtze River.

There are many high mountains and steep mountains in the upper reaches of the river, the roads are difficult to walk, and there are many hidden reefs.Every boat trip is a narrow escape.Therefore, although Ba still occupies the upper reaches of the Dajiang River, it is basically impossible to use the Dajiang River to go south to attack Chu.

But the Ba Kingdom, which has lost its middle and upper reaches, can only retreat steadily, and finally can only guard against the dangers of nature.But after the demise of the Shu Kingdom, the Ba Kingdom suddenly became enemies.

Chu State immediately joined forces with Qin State to attack from east and west.The national strength of Ba State is not as good as that of Chu State, and now adding Qin State can be said to be a disaster.

Under the attack of Chu State and Qin State, Ba State could not resist, and finally had to surrender to Qin and Chu.

After Qin and Chu defeated Ba, Qin wanted more land.After all, the Qin State also made great efforts in this war, and it is not too much to ask for some land.But it was rejected by Chu State, and the period of intimacy between Qin and Chu came to an abrupt end.

Qin and Chu turned against each other, which made Chu country more and more isolated, and there were almost no allies in Bangzhou.

After the King of Chu annexed the Ba Kingdom, he gained great prestige. With the power of the great victory, the King of Chu forcibly reduced the rights of the local monarchs and strengthened the power of the King of Chu.

This made the princes everywhere very dissatisfied, but because of the prestige of Chuhou, they dared not object.After mastering the overall situation, King Chu defeated his old enemy Ba, and his prestige reached its peak.

After taking full control of the government, the King of Chu became more assertive and domineering.Because his favorite minister failed to compete with Shen Qing for the field and water source, he held a grudge in his heart, so he made a small report to the King of Chu, accusing Shen Qing of missing Duke Zhuang and being Wu Sheyu's party.

The king of Chu was furious, and arrested him without saying anything, and then killed him, and took back his fief and property.This move instantly terrified the other lords.According to Chu's system, how could the feudal monarch take back the fief in this way, and then kill him so easily?

The king of the country dared not speak, which made the king of Chu very satisfied, and became more arrogant.It's just that Chu's arrogance also made the vassal states that had good relations with it gradually drift away.

Seeing Chu's actions, Wang Qi was very happy. This Chu country is really desperate.

(End of this chapter)