A Millennium Aristocratic Family Starting from the Shang Dynasty

Chapter 92 Plan ahead
Qi Houzhao used the troops of Song and other countries to purge the nobles of the Qi Dynasty. Although he gained a lot of power and secured the position of Qihou, it also left hidden dangers.

Especially the coalition forces of Song, Zheng and other countries defeated the army of Qi State in a row, which immediately stripped Qi State of its halo of supremacy.You must know that the vassal states of the Central Plains were always under the shadow of Qi State. Now that Qi State has been defeated, the princes gradually don't pay much attention to Qi State.

And this is what the Huai State wants to see, but the Huai State's monarchs and officials feel that this is not enough, and Qi State needs to continue to weaken, but because of the Song State, Zheng State and other vassal states, Qi Houzhao's position is very stable.

And a more important reason is that Qi Houzhao is the prince, and his accession to the throne is justified.If the Huai Kingdom, as a descendant of the Yin and Shang dynasties, is discovered to participate in the succession of the princes' heirs, it is estimated that they will be mobilized and attacked immediately.

For the vassal states of Bang and Zhou, it is nothing to send troops to escort the son of a foreign country back to the country to ascend the throne, and it will be praised by the vassal states for benevolence and righteousness.

Just like Ju State escorted the son Xiaobai back to the country to inherit the position of Marquis of Qi, and finally achieved hegemony.Duke Huan of Qi escorted the prince of Wei to rebuild Wei, all of which were like this.

Whether it is the son Xiaobai or the son of Wei, this is a legal inheritance, and there are legitimate reasons for sending troops to escort, which is in line with Zhou etiquette.But if the other party legally inherits the position of prince, you send troops to help a prince seize the prince's position, this is no longer escorting him back to the country to ascend the throne, but helping other princes rebel.

This is interfering with the internal affairs of the vassal states, and it is a taboo thing.There is no reason to send troops to forcibly interfere with the normal succession of a vassal state. If this is done, the vassals of all countries will really never have peace.At that time, every son with the right to inherit will do this.

You must know that marriage between public offices is very common. If you have a mother clan, others don't have a mother clan?At that time, several sons will invite their mother clans to help fight the war and help them inherit the position of princes, then the whole Bangzhou will be completely messed up.

Seeing that nothing could be done, Huaiguo let Huaiguo's spies lurk temporarily.

After the Chu State was violently beaten by the Qi State Allied Forces and the Huai State respectively, its national strength was weak, and it was unable to advance either northward or eastward.But after seeing Huai country getting stronger and stronger, he was very disturbed.

Because of the position of Huai State, especially after the annexation of Zhongli State, the threat of Huai State to Chu State was too high.

The advantage of Chu State over Huai State is that Chu State occupies the upper reaches of the Yangtze River. As long as the navy is strong, it can cooperate with the army to go down the river. , can attack from Zhongli at any time and attack the Hanjiang Plain.

If Huai State occupies the Hanjiang Plain, Chu State will probably come out and fight desperately.You must know that the Han River Plain is the essence of Chu State, with a large population. If it is occupied, Chu State will probably go crazy!
If Chu State wanted to go north to the Central Plains, Huai State might cut off its back road at any time.Therefore, Huai State has become the enemy of Chu State at this time, and if they want to aspire to the Central Plains, they must first defeat Huai State.

Is it easy to just defeat the Huai country?The last time the Marquis of Qi summoned the allied forces of the princes to fight against him, they were wiped out by the entire army of the Huai State, and the Chu State even lost three times in a row. How can they win by fighting alone?
After thinking about it for a while, the monarchs and ministers of the Chu State felt that they should join forces with the princes of the Central Plains to deal with the Huai State, and they were also planning to contact another country——Yue State, to deal with the Huai State together.

The State of Yue was not a feudal state of Zhou. It was first enfeoffed by Lord Xia, and it was established by the descendants of Prince Yu.Seriously speaking, as Tang destroyed Xia, Yin Shang and Yue State still had enmity.

If Chu State wants to deal with Huai State, it is imperative to form an alliance with Yue State.So the king of Chu sent envoys to the country of Yue.

At first, the State of Yue did not want to form an alliance with the State of Chu, and then fight against the State of Huai together, but the person sent by the State of Chu was an eloquent person, and told the State of Yue that after the State of Huai annexed the State of Wu, it was very likely that it would go down. One will conquer the country of Yue.

After all, Yue State is located in the south of Huai State, and it can invade Wu State anytime and anywhere.This is a great threat to the Huai country.If you don't form an alliance with the Chu State, the Huai State will attack the Yue State, and the Yue State will not be able to resist it at all.

Just like the state of Wu at the beginning, when the army of the Huai state attacked, the state of Wu soon collapsed and was annexed by the state of Huai.Wu State and Yue State are closely connected, and the two countries have often fought for hundreds of years. The strength of Wu State and Yue State is almost the same.

Huai State can easily destroy Wu State, so it is also easy to destroy Yue State.

The monarch and ministers of the Yue Kingdom thought about it, and it was indeed the case, so in order to prevent the Yue State from becoming the next Wu State, the Yue State agreed to form an alliance with the Chu State to jointly deal with the Huai State.

At the same time, because the Yue State was not proficient in battle formations and vehicle warfare methods, the Chu State once again released manpower and material resources to teach the Yue State battle formations and vehicle warfare methods.In addition to teaching combat skills, the state of Chu also taught the agricultural technology of the state of Yue, which improved the strength of the state of Yue.

The number of people in the State of Yue is slightly larger than that in the State of Wu. After receiving the support of the State of Chu, its national strength has improved rapidly.It's just that Yue State is not enough to deal with Huai State, and its army is far behind Wu State.There are too many places to learn.

Chu State and Yue State form an alliance and agree to attack Huai State, but it is not easy to attack Huai State. It was the joint efforts of Chu State, the princes of the Central Plains, and Yue State.

In this way, the Huai country would have to face attacks from the north, south and west. Even if the Huai country was tyrannical, it would not be able to block the attacks from the three sides.

Since Chu State and Huai State fought three times, Huai State has been interested in Chu State.Especially knowing that the state of Chu has a territory of two thousand miles, which is second to none among the states of Bang and Zhou.Only the land of Jin State is similar to that of Chu State.Others are much worse even compared with Qi.

Huai State sent a large number of spies to Chu State to collect information about Chu State.The succession of the Chu State has been very chaotic over the years.

These generations of Marquises of Chu did not end well. Brothers killed brothers and robbed the position of Lord Chu repeatedly. It can be described as chaos. The current Lord Chu is the one who killed King Xiongtong of Chu.

Huai State temporarily ended its plan against Qi State, and turned its attention to Chu State.He attaches great importance to Chu State and Huai State. After all, it has two thousand miles of mountains and rivers, a large population, and great potential for war.

After Xi Zuo came to Chu State, he began to develop quietly, infiltrating Chu State.

The alliance between Chu State and Yue State was not publicized. It was obvious that Chu State wanted to confront Huai State at a critical moment, but there were still some signs of a large-scale material transfer.

(End of this chapter)