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

Chapter 84: Disputes among nations and the demise of Wei
Three hundred and ninety years of the Bai Kingdom

The five kingdoms of Wei, Zhao, Han, Bai, and Qi fought in a war, and Zhao, Wei, and Han were defeated.

Zhao lost all the land east of the Taihang Mountains, and South Korea lost the land east of Daliang. Bai and Qi each expanded their territory by one county, and Qi's population increased to four million.

Three hundred and ninety-one years of the Bai Kingdom

When Bai Gong and Bai Zheng died, Bai Wei succeeded Bai Gong, Gongsun Bai Rong succeeded as young master, and Bai Ping became Gongsun.

Bai Zheng was eighty-nine, and Bai Wei was already sixty-two. The War of the Five Kingdoms had consumed a lot of Bai Wei's energy, so Bai Wei handed over the affairs of the country to Bai Rong, who was only thirty-eight years old, and Bai Ping He was only nine years old at this time.

Three hundred and ninety-two years of the Bai Kingdom (378 BC)
The three families of Wei, Han, and Zhao divided up the last land of the Jin State, and the Jin State perished.

The state of Wei also received some blood from the state of Jin.

In the same year, with the support of Bai and Qi, Zhongshan declared its independence from Zhao's control, and subsequently signed an offensive and defensive alliance treaty with Bai and Qi.

The Marquis of Zhao was furious and launched an army to attack the Zhongshan Kingdom.

Zhao's army numbered 300,000, and Zhongshan only had 50,000. However, Bai sent 100,000 in Ye County and Qi sent 200,000.

Zhao's 300,000 troops and the 350,000 troops of Zhongshan, Bai, and Qi fought in Shangquyang.

This battle was led by Bai Rong.

Zhao Jun and the Allied Forces of the Three Kingdoms fought for many rounds, but failed to gain any advantage. In addition, Lou Fan and Lin Hu were heard from behind, and they had no choice but to withdraw.

At this point, Zhongshan State was completely separated from Zhao State. Bai and Qi each stationed 50,000 troops in Zhongshan State to help Zhongshan State defend Zhao State.

Three hundred and ninety-two years of the Bai Kingdom
South Korea attacked Zheng Guo, and Zheng Guo asked Bai Guo for help, but Bai Guo was in the process of digestion and ignored Zheng Guo. Two months later, Zheng fell.

South Korea moved its capital to Xinzheng.

In the same year, the Marquis of Wei appointed Wu Qi as the governor of Xihe County and asked him to train an elite force, called "Martial Soldiers".

Three hundred and ninety-six years of the Bai Kingdom
Duke Xiang of Qin established a county in Yueyang.

In the same year, Qi Hou Tianhe passed away, and Tian Hezi Tian Yan succeeded to the throne. Not long after, Qi State Tian Wu killed Tian Yan and established himself as Duke Huan of Qi.

Qi State was in chaos, and Zhao State took advantage of this to attack Zhongshan State. Bai State and Zhongshan State were unable to resist. With the full resistance of the Bai Army and Zhongshan State, and the instability of Zhao's rear, Zhongshan State lost half of its territory.

Three hundred and ninety-eight years of the Bai Kingdom
Wei State captured Beilin of Zhao State.

Four Hundred Years of the White Kingdom

A few years before this, the Qin army defeated the state of Wei, and the state of Wei was slightly defeated. This year, Qin and Wei attacked South Korea together. South Korea asked for help from Zhao and Yan, as well as Qi and Bai.

The State of Yan said, "If the State of Qi goes, I will go."

Because Zhao Guo was beaten by Beirong in Caogu, his strength was damaged and he refused to go.

The Bai Kingdom sent Sun Bin to lead his 100,000 Bai troops to rescue because of his death and cold teeth.

Qi State is discussing here.

Duke Huan of Qi summoned his ministers to discuss: "Which is better, to rescue earlier or to rescue later?"

Zuo Ji said: "It's better not to save him."

Duan Qianpeng objected: "If we don't save it, South Korea will turn to Wei. I think it should be rescued."

Tian Chensi said at this time: "Your Majesty, your plan is wrong! Qin and Wei are attacking South Korea. Chu and Bai will definitely go to rescue South Korea, but Zhao is unable to send troops because of its damaged strength. This is the general of heaven. The State of Yan gave it to the State of Qi."

Duke Huan of Qi agreed with Tian Chensi's strategy.

Therefore, he secretly agreed to rescue the Korean envoy and sent the envoy back. South Korea thought it would be rescued by the three kingdoms of Bai, Qi and Yan, so it went to war with Qin and Wei.

After Chu and Bai heard about it, they indeed raised troops to rescue South Korea.

When Duke Huan of Qi saw that the Yan army was far away from the country, he made a decisive decision and sent troops to attack the Yan state. On the way, the Yan army heard that the Qi army had attacked the Yan state, so they quickly changed their direction and returned to the country for support.

The Yan army hurriedly drove them down, and finally after the Qi army captured Sanqiu, they returned to the country and established a defense line.

Qi State occupied all the land south of Sanqiu of Yan State.

With the support of the White Kingdom, Sun Bin's strategy and the equipment superiority of the White Army, South Korea tried its best to retain the land south of the Yellow River.

All the land north of the Yellow River was occupied by Wei, but this time, neither Bai nor Qin benefited. Wei Guo took advantage of him.

At this point, the structure of the Central Plains is that Qi and Wei are the most powerful, followed by Zhao, Bai, Han, and Yan again, and the rest are some small countries such as Zhongshan, Song, and Lu.

By the way, the Zhou royal family was divided into two, one was the Western Zhou Kingdom and the other was the Zhou royal family.

In the same year, Marquis Wu of Wei died. Prince Zhong Xu and Prince Ying competed for the throne and attacked each other.

Four Hundred and One Years of the White Kingdom

Han Yihou, Zhao Chenghou and Bai Gong joined forces to attack Wei. Wei was in great chaos and the Wei army was defeated. Wei defeated Zhao at Maling, Han at Quwo and Bai at Yewang.

Wei lost a large area of ​​land, but fortunately, the country quickly reached a consensus and raised troops to resist. The resistance was finally able, but a large area of ​​land was still lost.

Bai Guo obtained all the land east of Quyang and north of the Yellow River, established Xijun, and increased its population by 400,000, bringing Bai Guo's population to 3 million. Bai Rong appointed Sun Bin as the guard general of Xihe, responsible for managing the soldiers and horses of Xijun and Dongjun to defend South Korea and Wei in the west.

The garrison strength of Xijun is 50,000. Adding the 100,000 troops from Dongjun, Sun Bin has 150,000 men. He is the most powerful general in the White Kingdom.

The Sun family also succeeded the Hei family and became the largest clan in the Bai Kingdom. In addition to the Bai family, the Bai Kingdom had five major clans: Su, Yuan, Quan, Hei, and Sun. Among them, only the Sun family is a foreign clan.

And Sun Bin was also firmly tied to Bai Rong's chariot.

In the same year, Duke Huan of Qi passed away, and his son, Tian Yinqi, succeeded him. Zhongshan State built the Great Wall to defend Zhao State.

In the same year, Yan, Zhao and Lu took advantage of Qi's funeral and came to attack Qi.

The coalition forces fought all the way to Lingqiu in Qi State.

Soon, Qi Gong rectified the domestic political affairs and sent troops to attack the coalition forces. The coalition forces were defeated, but the Yan State took back the land of Sanqiu.

The Duke of Qi suffered from the lack of talents, so he issued an order seeking talents throughout the country. On this day, Zou Ji was able to visit Qi Gong because he was good at playing the piano. Qi Gong was very happy and let him live in the right room of the palace.

Soon, when Qi Gong was playing the piano, Zou Ji opened the door and walked in and said, "You play the piano really well!"

Qi Gong was very unhappy. He pushed the piano away and pressed the sword and said, "Sir, you only saw the superficial movements and did not taste them seriously. How do you know that you are playing well?"

Zou Ji said: "The sound produced by the big string is rich and gentle, which is like the king of the country; the sound produced by the small string is clear and crisp, like the minister of the country;

The strings are grasped deeply and released slowly, just like a government order; the sound produced by the Jun string is harmonious and clear, and the small and large strings are in perfect harmony, twisting and turning without interfering with each other, just like the four seasons: this is how I know your Majesty Play well. "

Qi Gong said: "You are very good at talking about music!"

Zou Ji said: "It's not just about talking about Qin music, it's also about governing the country and appeasing the people."

Duke Qi thought that Zou Ji was talking nonsense, so he said very unhappily: "If we talk about the adjustment of the five tones, I believe there is no one who can compare with you. But if we talk about governing the country and appeasing the people, how can it be in music?" "

Zou Ji said: "As I just said, the big string is like the king, the small string is like the prime minister, the seizing string is like the government order, and the jun string is like the four seasons.

The reason why the symbols of these four strings are repeated but not chaotic lies in the prosperity of the country's politics; the rhythm is coherent and smooth, which stabilizes the situation of the dilapidated house.

Therefore, if the music of the piano is harmonious and smooth, the country will be well governed. Governing the country and appeasing the people are not unlike the music of Qin. "

After hearing this, Duke Qi was very happy and thought that Zou Ji was the great sage he wanted, so he awarded Zou Ji the seal of Qi State and asked him to assist him in governing Qi State.

Four Hundred and Three Years of the White Kingdom

After the governance of Qi Gong and Zou Ji, Qi's national strength quickly improved, so Qi Gong sent troops to regain the lost territory and regained the land of Sangqiu. For a time, Qi was in the limelight.

The power of Qi quickly aroused the vigilance of surrounding countries. Yan, Zhao, Bai, and Lu united to resist Qi.

In the same year, Korea and Wei divided the lands of Western Zhou and Eastern Zhou, leaving only one city for them to use to worship the King of Zhou.

Qi State attacked Handan of Bai State. With the support of Yan State and Zhao State, Qi State withdrew its troops.

Four hundred and eight years of the Bai Kingdom

The Qin army and the Wei army fought in Shaoliang and captured Wei's general Gongsun Cuo. Wei lost the land west of Hexi. Before that, Wei general Wu Qi fled to Chu because of the civil strife in Wei and the suspicion of Wei marquis to help Chu train its troops.

Wei's strength was greatly reduced and it became a third-rate country. If it were not for the help of Zhao and South Korea, Wei would have been destroyed by Qin.

The 409th year of the Bai Kingdom

Zhao State destroyed Zhongshan State. Bai Guo did not respond because they needed Zhao Guo to resist Qi Guo with them.

Duke Xian of Qin passed away and Duke Xiao succeeded to the throne.

At this time, there were six powerful states east of the Yellow River and Mount Wei. Qin, Qi, Chu, Bai, Yan, Han, and Zhao were collectively called the Seven. There are more than a dozen small countries between Huai River and Surabaya.

Qin State is connected with Wei, Zhao, Han, and Chu; South Korea is connected with Wei, Qin, Chu, and Bai; Chu is connected with Bai, Han, Qin, Ba, Yue, and Song.

Bai State is connected with Chu State, Song State, Qi State, Zhao State and South Korea. Yan State is connected with Donghu, Loufan, Zhao and Qi.

Zhao State is connected with Yan State, Loufan State, Linhu State, Qin State, Wei State, Bai State and Qi State. Qi State is connected with Yan State, Zhao State, Bai State, Song State, Lu State and Yue State.

This is the current general trend of the world.

After Qin Xiaogong succeeded to the throne, in order to strengthen the country, he extended favors, helped orphans and widows, recruited soldiers, and strictly rewarded them. At the same time, Duke Xue Qi issued an order to recruit talents, saying:

"Back then, my ancestor Mu Gong practiced literary virtues and established martial arts between Qishan and Yongzhou. He quelled the civil strife of Jin in the east, took the Yellow River as the national border, dominated the Rongdi region in the west, and expanded his territory for a thousand miles. The Emperor of Zhou After appointing him as Fang Bo, all the princes came to celebrate. The legacy he created for future generations is glorious and beautiful.

However, when Duke Li, Duke Cao, Duke Jian, and Chuzi were in office, the political situation was unstable. There were internal worries in the country, and there was no time to take care of external affairs. The three kingdoms of Zhao, Wei, and Han captured my ancestor's territory in Hexi, and the princes despised it. There is no greater shame for Qin than this.

After Duke Xian came to the throne, he guarded and pacified the border and moved the capital to Yueyang. He also wanted to conquer the east, regain the land of Duke Mu, and restore the political decrees of Duke Mu.

Whenever I think of my late father's last wish, I always feel heartbroken. If there is anyone among the guests and ministers who can come up with a clever idea to make Qin strong, I will promote him to an official position and entrust him with land. "

In the same year, Duke Xiao went west and killed King Xun of Xirong.

The 412th year of the Bai Kingdom

Zhao State and South Korea divided Wei State into pieces, and Wei State was destroyed.

(End of this chapter)