A thousand-year-old family that began with the Battle of Makino

Chapter 16 King Kang collapsed and Bai Wu died

King forty-four years (996 BC)
The emperor of Zhou died, and he was given the posthumous title "Kang" and was known as King Kang of Zhou in history. His son Ji Xia was born.

When the emperor died, all the princes in the world had to go to Luoyi to worship King Kang and pay homage to the new emperor. Bai Wu went to Luoyi with the new Wei Bo Wei.

In the 41st year of King Kang's reign, Wei Marquis Wei Mao passed away, and his posthumous name was "Kang". Since the first generation of Wei Hou Ji Feng also had the posthumous name "Kang", the first generation of Wei Hou Ji Feng was called Wei Kanghou, and the second generation of Wei Hou Ji Feng was also called Wei Kanghou. Marquis Weimao had no choice but to call his title Wei Kangbo. When the third generation Wei Mahou succeeded to the throne, the central government only gave him the title of Wei Kangbo, and called him Wei Kangbo.

After returning to Baiyi from Luoyi, General Bai Huan called him and said:
"Huan'er, when I went to Luoyi to pay homage to the emperor, I observed that the emperor today does not seem to be wise. A truly wise monarch must be indifferent to joy and anger, but the emperor seemed very happy when he inherited the throne. This is not the behavior of a wise king. .

Therefore, in order to ensure that the family survives the coming turmoil, the family's policy must change. Let's give up on continuing to develop the Taihang Mountains. Consolidate the current results first, expand the family's army to one thousand and five, and expand the number of white guards. to two hundred.

Let the shadow guards actively collect information about Luoyi and the surrounding barbarians, heighten the city walls of Zhengyi, and improve the defensive strength of Zhengyi to prevent the Di people from attacking. When you go to Chaoge to serve as general, you must actively sharpen your troops and horses. I think the world will be in chaos soon. "

Bai Wu is now over sixty years old, and he has a vague sense that his end is approaching.

Wang Ernian

Bai Wu died in Baiyi, and his son Bai Huan succeeded him as the head of the family.

Bai Huan looked at Yu Gui in his mind and fell into deep thought.

【Descent】

Wu Zu (aged fifty-five years): Si’s surname was Bai Shizhen [last words]: Wu’er didn’t expect that, treat your retainers well.

Xiangzu (aged sixty-three): His surname was Bai Shiwu. [Last words]: Come on, Huan'er! Pay attention to the inheritance of the school.

【Housekeeper】

Last name: Si

Family name: Bai

Name: Huan

Qualifications: Excellent (Mediocre)
Wu: Proficient in martial arts, good at military strategy, normal physique

Text: Proficient in writing and calligraphy, slightly good at governance, and mentally normal

【Historical Collection】

[Text] "Oath of Shepherd", "Li of Zhou", "Kang Gao", "Jiu Gao", "Zicai", "Feihe", "Shang Shu"...

[Martial Arts] "Gong Jue", "Sword War Jue", "Body Training", "Ge Jue", "Military Law Book", "Formation Book"...

[History] "Si Zong Ji" and "Bai Wu Ji"

Bai Huan then used the promotion in military strategy, becoming:

【Housekeeper】

Last name: Si

Family name: Bai

Name: Huan

Qualifications: Excellent (Mediocre)
Martial Arts: Proficient in martial arts, wielding weapons like a god, with normal physique

Text: Proficient in writing and calligraphy, slightly good at governance, and mentally normal

Wang Sannian

When the surrounding barbarians heard that the emperor had collapsed, war broke out across the border.

It happened that the old boss Dongyi was the first to rebel. Due to King Kang's benevolent governance, King Kang surrendered many Dongyi tribes. However, these Dongyi tribes heard about King Kang's death and decisively launched a rebellion against the princes surnamed Ji. The country continued to burn, kill and loot. The cloth asking for help from the east floated into Luoyi like snowflakes.

The emperor was furious when he saw this, but because the emperor had just ascended the throne, the government and the opposition were unstable, so the emperor followed Wei Bo's suggestion and ordered Bai Huan to lead the Eighth Yin Division to the Eastern Lands to attack Dongyi.

Bai Huan received the edict, obeyed the order decisively, and held a swearing-in ceremony on the outskirts of Chaoge Muye:

"Soldiers, how kind King Kang is. He rarely uses criminal laws. For small mistakes, he can tolerate them as long as the criminal can correct them. For big mistakes, as long as he admits his mistake and compensates the victim, he can avoid the death penalty.

King Kang gave Dongyi land, living houses, and protected them from other Dongyi tribes. This was such a great kindness. However, they did not appreciate King Kang's benevolence and died in the third year after King Kang's death. A rebellion was launched.

Isn't this betrayal? Do they think the Zhou people were just weak and gave rewards without punishment? What a stupid idea, soldiers, the Dongyi people are so fearful of power and unethical, then we will give them punishment and take back all the things that were rewarded to them. Not only that, but also let them know the price of betrayal. , only blood can wash away all this. "

"Power! Power! Power!"

King's third year in June

The Eastern Expedition army arrived at the State of Lu, and the army of the State of Lu and the armies of nearby princes joined the army.

July of the third year of the king's reign

The Eastern Expedition army arrived at Qi State, and the Qi State army and the armies of nearby princes joined the army.

At the end of July in the third year of Wang's reign
The army arrived at the first rebel tribe and encountered the Dongyi coalition forces.

There are more than 60,000 coalition troops and 200,000 Dongyi troops.

The two armies faced each other, but the equipment gap between them was still huge. Bai Huan easily defeated the Dongyi coalition forces according to the maps and tactics passed down by his ancestors, and the first tribe was destroyed.

However, Dongyi began to fight guerrillas and kept shooting cold arrows on the march of the Eastern Expedition army, causing the Eastern Expedition army to march very slowly. Bai Huan thinks this is not okay. So he called the generals to discuss, and finally Bai Huan came up with a way.

Since the Dongyi people are so scattered, we are like plows, plowing through and immediately giving the order:

The army is divided into two parts, one is the main team and the other is the hunting team. The main team maintained a strength of 20,000 people. They marched 20 miles every day and then set up camp, waiting for the return of the hunting team. They protected the food routes and defense lines and did not allow a single Dongyi person to cross the back of the main team.

The hunting team is divided into two teams, which alternate with each other. One team goes hunting and returns the next day, and the other team continues hunting. The hunting unit is a group of five hundred people. After going out, as long as there are Dongyi tribes in the place, no matter how big or small, those who resist will be destroyed, and those who surrender will be captured and sent back to Luoyi for processing. In this way, wherever the Eastern Expedition army passed, the Dongyi tribes with a radius of hundreds of miles were wiped out. But don't be afraid, if the Yi people leave, the Zhou people will come to fill the vacancy.

September of the third year of the king's reign

The army swept to the coast of the East China Sea. Bai Huan found the ancestral stone tablet, carved words on it, and then led the team to sweep south.

February of the fourth year of Wang Dynasty

When the army arrived at the line of the Huaihe River, Bai Huan saw that the soldiers were very tired and that the large number of prisoners was a heavy burden on the army, so he decisively ordered to retreat.

In May of the fourth year of King Wang's reign

The huge Eastern Expedition troops returned to Chaoge. Bai Huan left most of the troops behind and took a small number of troops to Luoyi with a large number of prisoners and property.

In mid-May of the fourth year of Wang Dynasty

The Emperor of Zhou rewarded the army of the Eastern Expedition. Lu and Qi were granted land, and a large number of vassal states in the east were granted. The Bai family was also granted land. The Bai family's fiefdom reached one hundred miles, but it was still within the scope of the Taihang Mountains.

June
Bai Huan returned to Chaoge and brought the emperor's reward to the soldiers. The soldiers were very excited.

Wang's fifth year

Chao Hou rebelled, and the emperor ordered Bai Huan to quell the rebellion.

In the Jianghuai generation of the Chao Kingdom, there was a division of traveling tribesmen who refused to march south. After the emperor learned of this in Luoyi, he fined the army three hundred gold. According to the law, the whole army must be informed of the matter, but Bai Huan only ordered it to be announced in the division and brigade. Finally, Bai Huan summoned everyone and stated his interests to everyone, and then said that he could pay the fine on behalf of the division and brigade, but he required that he must go to the expedition with all his heart. .

November

Bai Huan led the Yin army to Chao Kingdom, but it was difficult to march because of the dense water network of the Yangtze and Huaihe Rivers.

December

Chao's army was defeated and Chaohou wanted to surrender. Bai Huan escorted Chaohou back to Luoyi.

February of the sixth year of King Wang's reign

Chaohou arrived in Luoyi. Because Chaohou was a prince with the surname Ji, the Emperor of Zhou imprisoned him and named his son Chaobo.

King's fifteenth year (981 BC)
The Rong of Fan and Shu rebelled, and the state of Chao rebelled again. The Emperor of Zhou went on a personal expedition, and the Eighth Division of Luo and the Huben clan formed the middle division. Wu Bai was ordered to lead the Fourth West Division as the left division, and Bai Huan was ordered to lead the Fourth Yin Division as the right division. Mao Gongziban was ordered to lead his people in the expedition.

Fall:

The Emperor of Zhou held a grand review of his troops at Gengyang Palace (west of Qishan), and then ordered the Zuo Division to march ahead of the Central Division, passing through Fangcheng, Deng, and E Division (at the junction of Hubei and Henan), to Hanzhongzhou, and crossed the Han River to the south. The emperor ordered Bojia's father to guard the ferry with troops and arrived at the palace of the Chang Wang in Kui (Zigui, Hubei).

The emperor ordered the left division to be the vanguard of the middle division, open the way forward, and go upstream along the Yangtze River into Bashu. The emperor personally commanded the middle division to conquer Fan and Shu, and the right division, led by Bai Huan, went down the Yangtze River to conquer Chao Kingdom.

Spring of the 16th year of Wang's reign

The emperor returned with a great victory, and Bai Huan also attacked Chao Kingdom again and returned with Chao Bo under his escort.

Fall:

The army returned to Luoyi, Chao was exterminated, and other princes were granted the title of Chao.

King's seventeenth year
The emperor led the southern expedition, and this time he only brought the Eighth Division of Luo. When the army reached the Han River, it encountered strong resistance from the Jingdi people who took the white pheasant (Si) as their country.

Summer:

The army was trapped in the war and could not extricate itself. The emperor ordered his people to say that they came to the south this time for hunting, so they shot two deer and the army returned to the court.

The first month of the eighteenth year of the king's reign
The emperor of Zhou was hunting in Lu (now western Shaanxi) and ordered to reward Jihou with three deer. Marquis Ji ordered the production of a 卣 (yǒu) with three deers engraved on it and presented it to the Emperor of Zhou. The Emperor was overjoyed.

King Nineteenth Year
Jingchu rebelled.

Emperor Zhou was preparing to march south again and ordered the Yin Eighth Division to accompany him.

Baiyi Baifu
"Father, the emperor ordered us to march south again, and asked my father to lead the Yin Eighth Division to accompany him." Bai Zhen said to Bai Huan.

After hearing this, Bai Huan sighed and said to Bai Zhen: "It seems that your grandfather is right. Today, if you don't look like a wise king, how can the world be stable with such frequent conquests!"

After speaking, he looked at Bai Zhen and said: "The emperor will not divide his troops in this expedition, and I will be asked to lead the troops alone. Therefore, please don't go with me this time, and don't transfer your family soldiers. Let fifty Bai Just come with me, Zanwei."

Bai Zhen still wanted to fight for it, but was interrupted by Bai Huan: "To be honest, I am not optimistic about this southern expedition. After fighting every year, the soldiers and people are very tired. Besides, we are northerners and are not good at water warfare. In the first two The Cichao Kingdom can win because of its large numbers of people. This time, the time and place are favorable and the people are on the enemy's side. It will be very difficult to win, and one of us must survive. It is impossible for both of us to fall into it."

Seeing that Bai Zhen was in a low mood, Bai Huan comforted him: "Zhen'er, don't worry. As long as the emperor doesn't give random orders this time, maybe we won't be defeated. Even if we are defeated, I can break out of the siege with fifty white guards." , it may not sink in.”

After saying that, he went to prepare his luggage and went to Chaoge to summon the Yin Eighth Division to prepare for the expedition.

Bai Zhen looked at his father's back, feeling a little palpitated for some reason, but he didn't know what to do.

Chaoge Yin Eighth Division Camp

When the soldiers heard that they were going to fight again, they all complained very much. When Bai Huan saw this, he immediately summoned the generals. Said to them:

"The Emperor ordered us to go on an expedition. Can we still disobey? Since we cannot disobey, is there any benefit in complaining now? Since there is no benefit, why not prepare well, strive to defeat the Nanman as soon as possible, and go home with the reward as soon as possible? ?
What's more, I, a high-ranking official, am not only the general of the Wei Kingdom, but also the commander-in-chief of the Yin Eighth Division. Three generations of my family have led the Yin Eighth Division. Don't you guys even give me this face? "

When the generals heard this, they knew that nothing could be done, so they had no choice but to plead guilty and go down to appease the morale of the troops.

The next day, the Yin Eighth Division set out for Luoyi to join the Luo Eighth Division.
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There is an ancient stone tablet on display in a museum, which reads:
Si Zong followed the King of Zhou to conquer the remnants of the Yin and Shang Dynasties and killed Feilian, the general of the Shang Dynasty.
The next official, Si Zong, followed Lu Gong to conquer Dongyi and arrived here.

Wei Guoqing's official Si Yi followed Wei Bo to conquer Dongyi and arrived here.

Bai Wu, the son of Wei Guoqing's official Si Zong, followed his father to conquer Dongyi and came here.

Bai Huan, the son of Bai Wu, commander of the Eighth Division of Yin, the official of Wei Guoqing, led the army to conquer Dongyi.
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(End of this chapter)