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

Chapter 34 The Battle of Wei and Bai, the Four Kingdoms Attack Zheng

The sixteenth year of Duke Wei, the fiftieth year of Bai Kingdom

After the death of Duke Wei, his younger brother Zhouxu succeeded him to the throne. Duke Wei was given the posthumous title "Huan" and was called Duke Huan of Wei.

In the Weiguo court, all the Weiguo ministers were shocked by Zhouxu's remarks.

"I want to send troops to the Bai Kingdom! Who agrees? Who opposes?"

At this time, a minister came out and said: "Your Majesty, I object. I don't think we can attack the Bai Kingdom. It has only been fifty years since the Bai family left our country. There is still a lot of influence from the Bai family in the army of the Wei Kingdom. Not only the army, but also our country." I think all the princes of the Manchu Dynasty present had more or less connections with the Bai family!
Take Bai's evacuation as an example. If someone hadn't tipped off Bai, how could Bai have escaped unscathed? In addition, the soldiers and horses of the Bai Kingdom are good at mountain warfare. I think there is no one in the world who is better at fighting in mountains than the soldiers and horses of the Bai Kingdom.

There are also Bai Zan guards in the Bai Kingdom. I heard that each of the soldiers inside is worth one to a hundred, and they are all the balance of the Bai family's 300 years of raising soldiers. The strategy of the Bai Kingdom is also unparalleled in the world, and the Bai family was involved in all the wars of the Zhou Dynasty.

Not to mention that we have to attack the Bai Kingdom and fight on the Bai Kingdom's homeland. The Bai family has been managing the Taihang Mountains for three hundred years. He knows the terrain and climate very well, so we are not affected by the right time, location, and people! I hope you will think twice! "

All the ministers bowed to Zhou Xu and said, "I hope your Majesty will think twice!"

Zhouxu looked at the people pleading for Bai's mercy in front of him, his face was livid, and he said: "Okay, I have made up my mind, no matter what, send troops! Let's try Bai's level! If I don't attack, it will be difficult to eliminate the hatred in my heart. !”

Seeing the cruel look on Zhou Xu's face, all the officials fell silent.

The fifty-first year of the Bai Kingdom

The Wei Kingdom tore up the White Guard's alliance and marched brazenly towards the Bai Kingdom.

Because most of the troops of the Bai Kingdom were stationed at various passes in the Taihang Mountains and their forces were scattered, Bai Zhan decided to abandon Baiyi and Huaiyi, which were undefendable, and retreat to Baiguan.

For a time, the road from Baiyi to Baiguan was full of migrating Bai people.

Above Baiguan, Bai Feng said to Bai Zhan: "Father, are you giving up Baiyi, which we have been running for three hundred years?"

Bai Zhan said: "Feng'er! Remember, only by preserving yourself can you preserve your family, and by preserving your family can you preserve the people of the world. It's just two cities. As long as I, the Bai family, are still there, and one person from my Bai family exists, we can build them. Hundreds and thousands of white cities.”

After hearing this, Bai Feng saluted Bai Zhan to show that he had learned the lesson. Bai Zhan continued: "I, the Bai family, came from a young age, and I understand the thoughts of the people of the world best. At first, my ancestors just wanted to preserve themselves. Later, when they had a family, they wanted to preserve the family. After the family became prosperous, they wanted to find a way out for the people of the world. .

However, don’t be too ambitious! If you are poor, you can benefit yourself; if you are rich, you can help the world! The one who has a great clan serves the country and the people. As long as the Bai family still exists, there will be hope for the people of the world.

Fame is the root of my Bai family. As long as people in the world still have my Bai family in their hearts, even if there is only one Bai family son, the Bai family will be able to prosper again. "

Two months later, the Wei army captured Baiyi, and ten days later, they captured Huaiyi.

On the way to Baiguan, Zhouxu said to others: "Haha, I thought the Bai family was so strong? It turns out they are weak."

The energetic Zhouxu stood on the chariot and looked at the mighty marching team, as if the world was at his fingertips. So he pointed the horsewhip in the direction of Baiguan and said to others:

"You can tell the soldiers that as long as the White Army is wiped out, all the guardsmen can go home. I promise that I will keep my word and they can spend the New Year with their families."

ten days later

The guards were displayed in front of Baiguan. Looking at the pass standing in the middle of a narrow valley, they felt it was difficult to take action. The valley prevented the army from spreading out and could only huddle in a heap.

Zhouxu looked at Baiguan in front of him and asked the general next to him: "Is there any other way to Taihang?"

The general said carefully: "Your Majesty, there are passes built by Bai Guo on other roads, which are no different from the Bai Pass in front of you."

Zhouxu felt depressed for a while and ordered: "Attack me and take lives. I don't believe that a small Baiguan can stop me from defending the country and strengthening our troops."

Seeing this, the general had no choice but to order a strong attack.

Under the cover of the archers at the rear, the guards carefully pushed the ladders and ordinary ladders closer to the city wall, and the siege engines were also slowly approaching.

After hundreds of years of development, the means of siege and defense have become more abundant, and they are no longer the field battles and attachments of the Sizhi period.

Under the cover of their shields, the White Army also frantically rained arrows at the Guards, but this was a completely unequal exchange of fire. The arrows of the Guards were already ineffective when they reached the White Army's city wall, but the White Army's arrows were able to tower over them, doubling their damage.

Bai Feng saw that the ladders and siege vehicles were approaching the city wall, so he immediately ordered to use rockets to shoot the ladders and siege vehicles to burn them under the city wall.

Soon, all the ladders and siege engines were burned, and the Guards could not bear the heavy casualties and retreated.

Zhou Xu was very angry when he saw this and ordered another team to continue. But soon, this team retreated faster than the previous team. Because the remains of the ladders and siege engines of the previous team completely blocked the road, the ladders and siege engines of this team could not be pushed up at all. Even if ordinary ladders were pushed up, they would be quickly pushed down, or be hit by a large number of stones and rolling logs. Kill.

After continuous attacks, the guards finally stopped because Zhouxu discovered that they could not attack the city wall at all. In addition, the general said that if they attacked again, the guards would mutiny and the casualties would be too great.

Helpless, Zhouxu could only retreat angrily.

Bai Feng saw that the guards' retreat was unorganized, so he asked Bai Zhan for orders to catch up and attack the camp. Bai Zhan agreed, so Bai Feng led two hundred white guards and three thousand elite white troops to hang the guards from a distance, waiting for the right time.

At night, the guards camped. Because the soldiers were exhausted from the continuous siege during the day, the guards camp was not well defended at all.

Bai Feng seized the opportunity and led the white army to attack at night, and the guard army was defeated.

In this battle, Bai Feng captured tens of thousands of prisoners. Bai Zhan decided to let everyone go except those who wanted to stay and join the Bai Kingdom.

In the end, almost all of the tens of thousands of people who had no families stayed. The captives who returned to Weiguo spread the word about Bai Zi's benevolence and the words of Duke Huan's son in Baiguo. As a result, Zhouxu became even more unpopular in Weiguo.

Zhouxu returned to Weiguo with the remaining defeated generals. When he passed by Huaiyi and Baiyi, he was so angry that he burned them all with a fire. These two 300-year-old cities were burned to the ground.

In the twenty-fourth year of Zheng Gong, in the fifty-first year of Bai Kingdom

Duke Mu of Song Dynasty passed away, and his son Feng fled to Zheng State. Zheng Guo invaded Zhou's fields and robbed the crops in the fields.

The fifty-second year of the Bai Kingdom
When Gongshu Duan heard that Zhouxu had succeeded him as Duke Wei, he decisively sent someone to ask Zhouxu to send troops to escort him back to Zheng. Zhouxu also kept his promise and wrote:
"It's difficult for me to defeat Zheng Guo alone, not to mention that I was defeated in Bai Guo last year, so we need the help of other princes. I heard that when Song Gong ascended the throne, Prince Feng fled to Zheng Guo, and However, Zheng Guo planned to send his son Feng back to his country to become king. This would definitely embarrass Song Gong.

I think it would be better for us to invite Song Gong to attack Zheng with us. This will not only help you ascend to the throne of Zheng Gong, but also help Song Gong avenge his humiliation. I think Mr. Song will definitely be willing. "

Gongshu Duan heard that it was very reasonable, so he went to Song Dynasty in person to persuade Song Gong to attack Zheng together. Gongshu Duan said to Song Gong:
"I heard that the State of Zheng wanted to use Young Master Feng to humiliate you, but now it is still providing protection for Young Master Feng. This is because it wants to interfere in the internal affairs of the Song State. Now the State of Wei is ready to help me return to the State of Zheng to inherit the throne of Duke Zheng. Isn't this a good opportunity for you to solve this problem?
If you want to attack the state of Zheng to get rid of the prince Feng who is harmful to you, then I hope that you will be the main force. The state of Wei will provide military expenditures and troops, and the two states of Chen and Cai can serve as tributary troops because they have good relations with the state of Wei. This is not only for Duke Wei My wish is also your wish! "

The Duke of Song agreed to Gongshu Duan, so the four kingdoms of Song, Wei, Chen, and Cai formed a coalition to attack Zheng.

Since the Wei army had just experienced a major defeat and Zhouxu was not popular among the people and the military, the combat effectiveness of the Wei army had plummeted. Since Chen and Cai were small countries, their military strength could not be said to be non-existent, but it could only be said to be better than nothing. Therefore, the absolute main force in this four-nation battle against Zheng was the Song army.

As for Zheng State, after the full development of Zheng Huan Gong, Zheng Wugong and now Zheng Gong, it can be said that the country is rich and the people are strong, and the army and horses are strong. Under the command of Zheng Gong, the Zheng army continued to have small contacts with the coalition forces, and continued to maintain small defeats but not collapse. It led the coalition forces to the capital of Zheng, making the coalition logistics gradually unable to keep up. At this time, Zheng Gong decided to have a decisive battle with the coalition forces.

Under the city wall of Zheng's capital, thousands of troops and horses of Zheng's army were neatly arranged under the city. Although the coalition army also had thousands of troops, they were divided into four small units. The distances between each formation were different, and the strength of the armies of each country was also different.

When Duke Zheng saw this, he said to his son Lu, "I will definitely win this battle!"

The two armies began to contact each other. Zheng Gong personally led a large force to resist the allied attack, and asked his son Lu to lead a small elite force to attack the junction of Chen and Cai's formations. The two armies were no match for Zheng's army.

Soon, Zheng's army broke through the connection between the two countries. The formations of the two countries were in chaos, and then collapsed. When Zheng Gong saw this, he ordered the troops attacking the two countries not to pursue them, but to attack from both sides of the Song and Wei armies.

Not long after, the guards collapsed first. Zheng Gong asked a small group of troops to pursue them, making sure that the retreating guards could not form a formation again. Then the entire army pressed forward and attacked the Song army fiercely.

The Song army was unable to withstand the all-out attack of the battle-hardened Zheng army, and the Song army retreated.

Zheng Gong ordered the entire army to pursue him and not allow the Song army to rest. The Song army was defeated all the way, and it was not until they were beyond the borders of Zheng that Zheng Jun stopped pursuing it.

In the final battle, the Zheng army defeated the four-nation coalition.

Fall:

The four countries once again gathered their forces to prepare for the second attack on Zheng. In order to increase their strength, Song Gong sent people to invite Lu Gong to join the coalition.

Duke Lu asked the crowd, "Will the four-nation coalition succeed?"

The Zhongzhong replied: "I have heard of using virtue to bring harmony between the ruler and the people, but I have never heard of using war to bring chaos. This state of Wei relies on force and is cruel. If you rely on force, you will lose the people, and if you are cruel, you will have no loyal followers. people.

The people have betrayed and their cronies have left, making it difficult to succeed. Using troops is like using fire. If you don't control yourself, you will burn yourself. Zhouxu killed his king and used his people cruelly. In this way, he did not devote himself to establishing good virtues, but wanted to achieve success through war. He would certainly not be immune to disaster. "

Duke Lu agreed very much with Zhong Zhong's words and finally decided not to send troops. At this time, Gongzi Hui requested to send troops to join the princes, but Lu Gong did not agree. Gongzi Hui insisted on the request. Seeing that Lu Gong was very determined, he led the troops himself. For this son, Lu Gong was also very helpless.

This time, the Five Kingdoms allied forces and Zheng was defeated, but it did not reach the point of a major defeat. In the end, the princes harvested Zheng's grain and withdrew their troops.

(End of this chapter)