A Millennium Aristocratic Family Starting from the Shang Dynasty

Chapter 189

The soldiers of the State of Wei surrounded Shangqiu, and then sent envoys to invite the three Jins and the Marquis of Qi to send troops to carve up the Song Kingdom.

In Linzi of the state of Qi, envoys from the state of Wei rushed to see the Marquis of Qi.The envoy of the State of Wei talked about the proposal of inviting the State of Qi to carve up the State of Song.

When Qi Hou heard about the attack on Song, he didn't want to send troops.Having dealt with Huai country so many times, they are well aware of Huai country's strength, and Qi country alone is no match for Huai country at all.

The envoy of Wei had expected this, and immediately said: "You are the leader of the Xias, Marquis Qi. Now that the survivors of the Yin and Shang Dynasties want to take control of the Central Plains again, this is not a good thing for the Xias. At that time, can our states and Zhou kingdoms still exist?"

As soon as these words came out, Qi's monarch and ministers changed their faces.Qi State and the Zhou royal family destroyed Yin Shang together. If Yin Shang rises again, how can Qi State continue to exist?

"In addition to you, Marquis of Qi, we also invited the Three Jins to send troops together. Presumably with the Three Jins and the Qi Kingdom, even the Huai Kingdom must retreat!"

Hearing that there were still three Jins coming, Qihou immediately moved his heart, but still said cautiously: "Huai is strong. It attacked Chu decades ago and obtained a large area of ​​land. Now the country is strong. It has a great enmity with Chu. Why not invite Chu?" Chu State must be very happy to send troops together."

"At that time, we will attack from the north, and Chu will attack from the west. We will definitely be able to drive Huai from the Central Plains."

"If Marquis Qi is willing to help contact Chu to attack the Huai River, we have no objection, only the Three Jins."

Qihou said with a smile: "The strength of the Huai country is known all over the world, and I will send someone to contact Sanjin. Presumably Sanjin will not miss this opportunity!"

The Marquis of Qi sent several envoys to the three Jin states and the Chu state respectively.Since Chu was defeated in successive wars in recent years, it has begun to reform and develop.Over the years, the state of Chu has continuously strengthened its armaments, reclaimed land, reduced the salaries of the nobles, and compensated the soldiers.

After the forced reform, Chu's national power grew very fast, the army's orders were consistent, and their morale was high.After the tax increase of Chu State, Chu State is also strengthening its armaments and increasing the number of armors.

In fact, all countries are now developing iron weapons, although these iron weapons are not as sophisticated as the Huai country, and they cannot forge straight knives.But it can barely be used. It is still possible to forge armor, but the defense of the armor is much lower, which is much stronger than bamboo armor, leather armor, and bronze armor.

At the invitation of Qi and Wei, the Sanjin quickly made a decision. This is a good opportunity for them to seize the Central Plains.Both Wei State and Zhao State wanted to expand to the Central Plains, this time Qi Wei came to invite, it can be said to hit it off.

The Three Jins and the Chu Kingdom just fought a battle ten years ago, and it seems difficult to get them to join forces now, but Chen Zuo said that he can persuade the King of Chu to join forces.

Chu State still welcomes the envoy of Qi State very much. After all, the two countries cooperated once a few years ago. Although they lost in the end, there is still some friendship.

"Emissary Qi, why are you here this time?"

Chen Zuo said respectfully: "The foreign ministers are here to invite Chu, Qi, Jin and Wei to attack Song together."

"Attack Song?"

The King of Chu frowned slightly and said, "Song is a vassal of Huai. You attack Song to fight Huai?"

"We have naturally considered this point, so we invited Sanjin and Chu to join us. Now that Sanjin has agreed, as long as the king of Chu is willing to send troops, how can Huai be able to stop the attack on Huai this time?"

The King of Chu said: "Ten years ago, the Three Jins captured the beams of our Chu State, and even captured twelve cities of our Chu State, and even Ling Yin Xiangmeng died in battle. I have such a great enmity with the Three Jins, how can I form an alliance with them?"

"King Chu, when I was traveling in the Wei Kingdom, I saw a family of brothers vying for family property. When the blood surged, they fought fiercely with each other. The brothers were all bruised and swollen, and they had to stay in bed for half a month.

But then another person came to see his brothers injured and wanted to take the opportunity to seize his family property. The brothers immediately stopped being hostile, let go of their previous suspicions, and beat that person away together.Do you think they are doing the right thing? "

"That's right!" King Chu said.

"This is the reason between the Three Jins, Chu, Qi, and Huai."

"The Three Jins and the Chu State and the Qi State are all feudal vassal states, while the Huai State was established by the Yin and Shang survivors. Is there any life-and-death enmity between our Qi State and the Three Jins and Chu State?"

"The competition between the Three Jins and the Chu State is just a rivalry of spirits. Can the Three Jins enter the south? Can the Chu State go north and enter the north? No! This is a possible fight between brothers at home, but every time there is foreign aggression Even if the farmer understands this truth if he can help you with all his strength, can you, King Chu, not understand this truth?"

"But what about Huai State? Huai State wants to take control of the Central Plains, seize Bang Zhou's destiny, and revitalize the Yin Shang. If Huai State obtains the Central Plains and re-establishes the Yin Shang, then we, the vassal states divided by Bang Zhou, can still exist. ?"

"Once the Huai Kingdom obtains the Mandate of Heaven and the Yin and Shang revive, how can we, the Zhou kingdoms, continue to continue the state?"

"King of Chu, Marquis Qi was worried because of this, so he specially sent people to contact the three states of Jin and Chu, in order to defeat the state of Huai."

Chen Zuo's words made the faces of the monarchs and ministers of Chu State become cloudy and uncertain.

"The Huai State moved its capital to Jinling, which shows that it will develop westward, and the west of the Huai State is the Chu State. Last time, the Huai State relied on the power of Sun Wu to defeat Ying in the first battle. The Chu State was assisted by the Qin State. Two thousand li, this is how to restore the country."

"Now that Huai State is powerful, if Huai State attacks Chu again, will Chu State be able to stop it?"

"This time is an opportunity sent down from heaven. If the state of Chu can't grasp it, then I'm afraid there will be no more opportunities in the future!"

The king of Chu thought of the increasingly powerful Huai state. Ever since the capital was moved to Jinling, the king of Chu felt a glow on his back, and immediately said: "You are right, the state of Chu should follow the will of heaven and unite with the three Jin states and the state of Qi. Get up and attack Huai together."

"I also ask Chen Qing to go back and tell the three monarchs, Marquis Qi, Han, Zhao, and Wei, that the Chu State will send a large army to the east of the Dabie Mountains to contain Huai's army."

Although the king of Chu decided to form an alliance, he did not plan to attack Song with Jin, Qi, and Wei. The land of Song State was the land of the Four Wars, and they wanted to seize the land east of Dabie Mountain in Huai State. The Dabie Mountains can be used to build a line of defense to defend against the Huai country's attack.

At that time, the state of Chu could advance, attack, retreat, or defend. In addition, in recent years, the state of Chu has reformed and strengthened, and the army has continued to strengthen, giving the king of Chu the confidence to compete with the state of Huai.

Although the state of Chu agreed to form an alliance, it did not trust the three Jins. If they were stabbed in the back during the war with the state of Wei, the state of Chu would be in danger of subjugation.He didn't want to put the safety of the country on whether San Jin would stick to the bottom line.

(End of this chapter)