A Millennium Aristocratic Family Starting from the Shang Dynasty

Chapter 88
"Your Majesty, our army has lost all its food and grass in this battle. Why don't you ask Juhou Tanhou to send another army to help our army evacuate?" said Wang Chengfu who was next to him.

"I'm afraid it won't work!" Guan Zhong shook his head and said, "Ju and Tan have dispatched large armies to come here, and there are not many remaining armies in the country. Once they are dispatched, there will be almost no one to defend them. The Huai army can drive straight in."

"Then what should I do?" Qi Hou's face was also grim.

"Your Majesty led the army back to the country, and the ministers stayed behind to cut off the heir!" Wang Chengfu stepped forward and said.

After the break!

At present, there is no food and grass inside, no reinforcements outside, and the morale of the soldiers is low. If they stay behind, they are just dying.

Father Wang Cheng's tone was forceful, his eyes were firm, and he completely disregarded life and death. The way Qihou looked at him changed. Unexpectedly, he was willing to stand up in such a predicament.

Qi Hou sighed: "Wang Qing, you are the general of our Qi State, and you are the pillar of the Qi State. Over the years, you have broken the Ji State, defeated the Lai Yi, defeated the Lu State, and drove the Chu State. If Qi State does not have you, What should I do next?"

"Leave the heir to someone else!"

Wang Chengfu shook his head and said: "Your Majesty, it has been a hundred years since Wang Ji entered Qi with our ancestors, and the Wang family has been treated with courtesy by the Qi State for a hundred years. Now that the Marquis of Qi is in trouble, how can the ministers not do their best? What's more, the army People are in a state of panic, if there are no veterans guarding them, if the Huai Kingdom comes to attack, I'm afraid they will be defeated immediately!"

"Your Majesty, the Qi Kingdom can live without ministers, but it cannot live without you and Prime Minister Zhong! Please leave immediately with Prime Minister Zhong."

Qihou walked over directly, pulled Wang Chengfu up and said: "When the country is in danger, the soldiers of the country stepped forward. This battle is the crime of Gu. Gu swears that Wang's heirs will succeed Shangqing and add Shiyi. One thousand households. As long as the Wang family does not fail the Qi State, and the Qi State does not fail the Wang family, please take care, General!"

Wang Chengfu took a step back, knelt on the ground and paid respects: "Old minister Chengfu, thank you sir!"

In the camp, other princes and nobles were silent, only Wang Chengfu thanked him loudly!
In front of more than a dozen princes and dozens of high officials, Wang Chengfu said that he was willing to die and leave the heir in exchange for a way of life for everyone. This made all the princes and officials accept his affection.

Immediately, all the princes and nobles saluted Wang Chengfu solemnly.Wang Chengfu's resolute expression was deeply engraved in everyone's minds.

Wang Chengfu's execution ability is very fast, the army is short of food and grass, and at the same time, he is also worried that withdrawing too many troops will attract the attention of the Huai country, so when the army withdraws, not many troops are taken away.Min Zhuang even stayed behind.

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

He knew very well that he was no match for the Huai country's army, and even if there was enough food and grass, he was not sure of winning.In the previous battle with Xu Mao, although there were reasons why the army did not obey orders and the command was improper, he understood that even if it was replaced by the elite of Qi, he would still lose.

What's more, the Duke Huai of the Huai country was also a figure with great military exploits, and the Huai country at this time can be said to be full of talents.But Wang Chengfu was not afraid.

This time, he has already faced Huai with the determination to die. In addition to repaying Qi Hou for his kindness, the other side is to promote the prosperity of the Wang family.

Wang Sheng didn't know that Marquis Qi and other princes had already fled ahead of time, and he was thinking about how to swallow the army of more than 20 in front of him.All the food and grass have been burned, and the army is short of food. If he does not annex the [-] army, he will be sorry for himself.

Wang Chengfu made all the preparations and did everything he could to the best, but the development of the matter would not change much because of this.

Although Wang Chengfu is a veteran general in the battlefield, he commanded the army to conquer the north and the south, and made great achievements in battle, but a clever woman can't cook without rice, not to mention Wang Sheng, Xu Mao, Wei Jun, Gong Yangshuo and others fought against him together, and the coalition army lost its strength. advantage, and after several previous battles, the Huai country has firmly gained the upper hand.

Facing Huai country's all-round crushing, even Wang Chengfu's desperate efforts were of no avail.In the end, more than [-] troops and elites were defeated in a row and were completely surrounded.

The army was short of food and morale was low. In the end, Wang Chengfu committed suicide and the army surrendered.

After surrendering more than [-] coalition soldiers, Wang Sheng also knew that those princes had fled.

Xu Mao looked at the empty camp and said, "Your Majesty, you haven't captured those princes in this battle, and you haven't achieved the greatest results!"

"However, if we can defeat the Bangzhou princes alliance in one fell swoop in this battle, the Huai country will surely shake the world, and the hegemony of the Qi country will become precarious!"

"I'm afraid that the princes of the Warring States and Zhou will not be able to recover their vitality within ten years!"

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

The surrounding countries such as Qi, Lu and Ju were seriously injured in their national strength, and they could not mobilize soldiers to help Tan to resist the Huai army.Coupled with the great victory of the Huai army, the princes of the world were frightened and did not dare to be enemies with it.Tan country can only face Huai country alone.

As a result, Tan State was defeated. Xu Mao led an army of [-] troops to attack Tan State. Tan State was defeated, and the city was destroyed in January.

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 Huai to Tancheng.

The monarch of Tan State was ruined and died, some of the officials fled to Qi State, and Wei Jun ordered the rest to be killed.Those nobles and nobles were also all relocated to Wudi.

Moreover, Wang Sheng split up all these nobles and nobles. It can be said that the upper-level power of the Tan Kingdom has almost disappeared.

At the same time, Wang Sheng left [-] troops in Tancheng and Xiapi to guard against local rebellion, and also to resist the northern countries.

Although the northern countries have been beaten to a slump, who knows if they will go crazy regardless of their national strength?

After the victory of the Huai State army, they began to escort the captives back to Huai State. The number of captives this time was too many. There were more than 25 in the Qi State Alliance, and there were [-] in the Chu State on the other side. Defeated, the Huai State captured more than [-] people.

The combined population of many small vassal states is not so large.

After this battle, the Huai Kingdom became famous all over the world, and the prestige was great, and none of the princes dared to test its edge.

After this great battle, Wang Sheng's reputation can be said to be at the height of the sky. If it weren't for Huai country being a survivor of the Yin and Shang dynasties, it could completely replace Qi country as the overlord of the princes this time.

However, even though the Huai State was a descendant of the Yin and Shang dynasties, some small countries around them also took the power of the Huai State, surrendered to the Huai State and respected it as the leader.

[Spring and Autumn Hegemony Politics starts. 】

[Your ninth grandson successfully defeated the coalition forces of Bang Zhou's feudal lords. 】

[Your ninth grandson defeated Qihou, the leader of the Spring and Autumn Period, ended Qi's hegemony, and succeeded him as the new overlord, and his luck value increased. 】

[You get human-level props and amulets.Amulet: It can help the owner resist a fatal injury. Note: if the damage exceeds the upper limit, it will also be injured.Commodities have been added to the mall and can be purchased by spending luck points. 】

Seeing this amulet, Zijue was slightly taken aback. This thing should be a treasure to prevent assassination. Generally speaking, the damage caused by killing a person can be resisted, unless it is encountered by continuous natural disasters.

It can be used by the children of the official family in Huai country.Zijue opened the mall and took a look. An amulet needs [-] luck, which is not cheap.

More than 25 young adults are a huge wealth for any country, but it is not a good thing for Huai country.

The 25 middle-aged men did not identify with the Huai country, and basically all of them had received military training. Even if the Huai country demoted them into slaves, they must be guarded by soldiers to prevent them from rebelling and fleeing.

As for letting it be attached to Huaiguo, where can Huaiguo find 25 women of the right age to marry them, so the best way is to let the countries of the Central Plains redeem them.

The princes of the Central Plains are also willing to redeem these soldiers. These soldiers and young men can be said to be the backbone of their country. Without these young men, many small countries may not even be able to suppress the surrounding barbarians.

After Wang Sheng agreed to exchange the prisoners, the countries of the Central Plains finally breathed a sigh of relief.However, the conditions put forward by Huaiguo immediately made them feel a pain in the flesh.

Every young man needs two to three adult slaves for exchange, and most of these exchanged slaves are Yidi in the vassal states.In fact, it is said to be Yi Di, but it basically looks the same as the people of the country.It's just that the living habits and the degree of civilization are somewhat different.

Back then, the Huai State also continued to annex these barbarians and began to grow.

This time Wang Sheng exchanged prisoners of war for slaves, basically asking for a balanced ratio of men and women.Of course, not all the captives were exchanged back, just like many of those minzhuang were not exchanged.

At the same time, there were also a large number of small nobles captured this time, and the value of these small nobles was also very high.Generally speaking, it took three years for the prisoners of this war to be considered as the end of the exchange.

In the end, Huai State exchanged about 40 slaves, tens of thousands of minzhuang abandoned by the Central Plains vassal states, and a large amount of bronze and other materials.

Nearly 50 slaves caused the population of Huai State to increase dramatically.Since the founding of Huai State, King Wen has enacted a law, which stipulates that after working for the country for five years, the slaves will be pardoned as slaves without rebellion or laziness, and will be entered in the registers of local governments.

This can be regarded as the registered household Qimin in the Spring and Autumn Period. At the same time, after entering the roster, you can get a piece of wasteland, and you will pay taxes after three years of reclamation, and you can borrow food from the government during this period, and you only need to return it after three years.

It is also because of such a generous policy that the population of Huai country has increased rapidly.As a descendant of the Yin and Shang dynasties, Huai State has been facing a huge crisis since the founding of the country, and its population is not large.Therefore, Zijue tried his best to abolish human sacrifice and sacrifice, and replaced it with Tao Yong.

And relying on these lenient laws, Huaiyi and Dongyi slaves were transformed into Huai country savages or Chinese.Let the population of Huai country increase from less than 1 to 50, laying the foundation for the prosperity of Huai country.

Nearly 50 slaves were assigned to Zhongli Jiudi, Tandi and Huaidi.As for why they did not migrate to Wu, it was because the environment in Wu was humid and hot, and the people in the Central Plains were prone to acclimatization. At the same time, there were many lakes in the wild, and many rhinos and crocodiles lived there.

After successively annexing Wu, Zhongli, and Tan, Huai directly expanded its land by more than double in just 20 years, and its national power developed rapidly.It's just that such rapid expansion has temporarily reached the limit of Huai country.

The land does not end when it is landed, it still needs to be managed.Although Huai State has academy education, it has doubled in size in a short period of time, and officials at all levels have also become stretched.

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

After Wang Sheng won the victory against the allied forces of the princes, he specially sent envoys to meet the Emperor Zhou in the name of paying tribute, and publicized his achievements.

Even if Zhou Tianzi was very upset, he didn't dare to say anything to encourage him when facing a powerful country like Huaiguo. After all, Huaiguo paid tribute according to the Zhou ritual.

As for asking the emperor of Zhou to recognize his supremacy, and granting the emperor ritual music, tripod vessels, chariots and horses, and guards of honor, the envoy didn't mention anything.

Of course, although the Emperor Zhou did not grant it, the Jiuding has already been used to sacrifice to Huaiguo.After all, since the weakening of the Zhou Dynasty, many vassal states have already overstepped the use of the emperor's rites and music.

Wang Sheng held a meeting in Xiapi, and several surrounding princes and states, such as Ju, Peng, Xue, Shao, Xiang, Yang, Cai, etc., as well as Xu Guo and other princes, all came to participate.

These vassal states are very close to the Huai country. If the Huai country is really annoyed, if the Huai country comes to attack with a large army, it is estimated that it will be destroyed before other countries come to rescue.

Huai State became the second prince to dominate after Qi State, but Huai State's position as the overlord of the princes was not recognized by Zhou Tianzi, but do you dare to say that he is not the overlord of the princes?
This time, the purpose of the alliance is more to demonstrate the military power of the Huai country and to deter the world.

At the same time, Wang Sheng also began to strongly support the development of the academy, expanding the academy into a school palace, allowing people from the Huai country to study.Talented people are not only free of charge, but even subsidized by the office so that they can live comfortably.

In the next few years, the Huai country did not send troops to the outside world, and the vassal states did not send troops to crusade. Actively recovering strength, or crusade against barbarians.

For a while, all the countries in the world lived in peace. It has to be said that this turned out to be a black humor.Huaiguo: The peace of the world depends on me!

Although Qi State suffered a lot of losses, but because of the annexation of Laiyi, the population was prosperous, the territory was vast, and it was assisted by virtuous ministers, so it recovered quickly.It's just that the recovered Qi State didn't dare to attack Huai State any more, but began to help other countries resist the invasion of barbarians and Di Di.

Because the coalition forces of the vassals were defeated last time, some vassal states suffered heavy losses, and it was difficult even to resist Yidi.And through this method, Qi's reputation began to gradually recover.

(End of this chapter)