When Pan Geng moved to Yin, I initiated Jian Shang

The King of Shang offered sacrifices to the envoy of the Xue family, then marched his army south and attacked Xue City as soon as possible.

Xue Jun died in battle, and his second son Xue Wushang fled south.

The news of King Shang's march south was also brought to Huaishang.

Of course, because King Shang was in a hurry to go south this time, although food could be transported, in order to prevent problems in the retreat, King Shang continued to implement the old rules.

Either they would conscript local men to help, or they would massacre the cities and villages and seize large amounts of supplies and people.

Gradually, the crowds became overwhelming, which aroused the anger of the barbarians on the Huai River. So when the King of Shang and his army reached Biyang, they were harassed continuously by the barbarians on the Huai River.

This caused Zihe's speed of moving south to be slowed down a lot.

Of course, the noise of tens of thousands of people on an expedition is still terrifying.

Arriving at Biyang, we are not far from Peng's family.

Inside the Peng family.

Zigeng's sons rushed into the city and, in front of the great witches of Pengcheng, pulled out their old man Zigeng, who was eating poisonous mushrooms and then performing a shaman dance.

"Get out of here! I want to see the emperor!" Zigeng was in a daze and was going crazy.

Zigeng's second son Zihu rushed in and saw that his old man was much older than before. Although his robe was intact, there were many patches and it looked bleached from washing.

If it weren't for the title of King of Shang, I'm afraid life would be even worse.

Of course, many people were shocked when they saw Zigeng’s sons treating their father in such a rebellious manner.

However, there were still a few trembling voices saying, "Wang, quick silence!"

Zigeng heard the shouting below and looked at them again. His face was panic-stricken, and it was obvious that he was frightened by Zi and the army heading south.

If even the main force is like this, others will be even more terrified.

After all, no one wants to become cannon fodder on the battlefield for no reason.

"Get out! Get out of here, you ghosts and gods! I want to see the emperor!" Zi Geng stared at them carefully for a while. At this time, because of the influence of the poisonous mushrooms, he only felt that these people's faces were distorted, as if they were the subordinates of ghosts and gods.

Zihu looked at his father with dismay, and said, "What the hell are you talking about? You're almost an emperor!"

This critical hit left everyone stunned.

The other sons also looked at the second son, who was always gentle, in a strange way.

Unexpectedly, Zihu, who is usually the least good at fighting and has been guarding Piyi to make a living, actually has this side of him!
Zi Hu's mother's family was not a big family, but just one of the Si clans in Huaishang. Therefore, it was in an absolute disadvantage among Zi Geng's faction.

He also knew that he could not compete with his other brothers, so he simply gave up and stayed in Piyi to live and work peacefully.

However, because he had not fought for several years, he took the opportunity to gather a lot of people in the chaos, and was in a position to be among the top three.

But his lukewarm appearance would also make him angry when the northern army marched south.

Zihe was stunned by the two big blows, but the pain made him come back to his senses. He rubbed his eyes and looked at Zihu. Zihe sighed and said, "Hu, why are you here? Where are Minyu and Ao?"

Zimin and Zimao are his other two strongest sons.

"They are just standing there watching you go crazy!" Zihu let go of his hand, and when Zigeng came back to his senses, he bowed and said, "Your Majesty, please regroup as soon as possible. Zihe has already led his army to capture it, and is ready to sweep Huaishang in one fell swoop.

Now, the princes of Huaishang are all terrified, and many have chosen to accept Zihe's conditions and surrender with their tribes."

The child frowned even more.

He paused for a moment, rubbed his numb face, and then turned his gaze to another group of wizards behind him.

These wizards were all black, and some of them had a lot of crow feathers on their bodies.

The shiny, colorful black also adds a bit of mystery.

Not to mention that many of them acted as if it had nothing to do with them and were chanting poems to themselves, which added a sense of uneasiness and urgency to the already chaotic scene.

These people are all great witches of the Peng family.

The Peng clan was the most important branch among the tributary states of the Shang Dynasty.

He had helped the Shang clan quell rebellions of the Pi and Hao people many times, and had made great contributions in assisting in suppressing the Nine Yi tribes.

As a result, the two sides were constantly intermarrying most of the time, and the Peng family was the great witch who ruled the country. The leader of the Peng family was not the patriarch, but the witch group.

Although there was a leader named Peng Zu, later the leader Peng Wu also served as the leader and called himself Peng Bo to Dayi Shang. It can be said that there is no Peng Zu in the current Peng family.

Even if Zigeng was deposed, he was still a king of Shang after all. Until now, his sons were able to firmly control the tribes in Lianghuai, which further proves that Zigeng's lost title of king had little impact on the control over Lianghuai.

In the eyes of Zi Geng's faction, the King of Shang in the north and others were all traitors.

As long as they fight back, they will be able to take everything back sooner or later.

However, due to the previous distribution of interests and Zigeng's loss of power, the various sons had been fighting for the right to fight. Until now, not only had no winner been decided, but the North had also become a laughing stock.

But now, facing their aggressive mortal enemy, even though there has been a lot of grudges between them for many years, in the face of a major crisis, these sons have spontaneously put aside their conflicts and united to face the outside world.

However, no one wants to be the first to stand out.

So they just put this old man on a pedestal.

As for who will go out to die first or test the waters first.

It depends on how each company does it.

But faced with such a situation, Zigeng did not get angry even after being beaten. Instead, he looked at his sons who had ulterior motives and began to plan his plan.

"Okay, come here." Zigeng listened to the whole story and said in a serious tone, "Since Zihe is heading south with great momentum, the Xue family has been defeated and fought all the way to Biyang. They are not only here to deal with me, but also to bring you and other Lianghuai tribes with them.

Their goal is the copper road."

Everyone looked at each other in bewilderment. Zi Geng continued, "We have no way to retreat. Once we are defeated, we can either flee across the river and become savages, or hide in the mountains and join the remnants of Youchao.

No matter what, we must fight this battle with all our might.

Since you can't trust each other, let me, your father, do it.

I won't harm you, because if I lose, I will go to see the Emperor before you."

Everyone was silent, but no one made any move to refute.

Zigeng looked at the current situation, then turned to look at Zihu who slapped him several times and said, "Take your troops to Biyang to find out what's going on. If the other side has an ambush, retreat immediately and don't be greedy.

Your task is just to test your opponent's quality."

After the voice fell, Zihu responded, "Yes! My son knows what to do."

Zihu responded and left quickly.

Afraid of being held accountable.

But Zigeng didn't care. Although his face hurt, compared to losing his head and being sacrificed, it was still more relaxing now.

As soon as Zihu left, Zigeng looked at his other two sons, Zimin and Zimao, the two strongest ones.

"You two, hand over all your troops to me!
Then one of them quickly contacted Danshan clan for help, and the other notified Youchao clan and the Shu clans in Huainan.

Tell Zhu Shu that if we are defeated in Pengcheng, then the area within a thousand miles to the south will be under the attack of the Shang army, and they will definitely not be able to defend their copper mines and will also be persecuted.

At the same time, he told Danshan and Qilong that once Pengcheng fell, the Shang clan would build a copper road.

The Huai copper can be transported to Yanshang. As long as it is processed in Yanshang, and Yanshang has enough armor and soldiers to march west, Danshan clan, Qilong clan and others will not be able to escape death.

I will defend Pengcheng for half a year!

If you can’t invite these forces over within half a year, we will most likely fail.

Therefore, the several clans must coordinate! Half a year later, when it rains continuously, that is when we will unite and kill each other!"

As Zigeng finished speaking, the expressions of Zimin and Zimao changed a little.

"What? These troops will obey you. As long as you leave your trusted ministers with them, I can only command them on the spot and cannot directly contact your troops. After the mission is accomplished, won't these people follow you?
Now, if you and I, father and son, cannot stop Zihe's attack, then you and I will have to go to the altar to see the emperor first, not to mention the throne!"

Seeing their hesitation, Zigeng sneered disdainfully: "If you keep dragging your feet like this, who in the Shang clan will respect you as king? Well, since you are unwilling, I will go south and write a letter to Zihe, entrusting the throne to him. I will just accept the fact that I am exiled."

The two men did not dare to say much and handed over the tokens and trusted ministers.

At this point, Zi Geng regained the troops he had previously deployed on the Huai River.

The total number of coalition forces alone is 30,000, and the total population is as high as 250,000 to 260,000.

However, most of them are fishing and hunting tribes, and a few are farming tribes, but they are also fierce tribes, but their weapons and equipment are relatively poor. (End of this chapter)