Looking at the story of Spring and Autumn, it is "reading Spring and Autumn".
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In 634 BC, the State of Chu first took care of the kingdom of Chu in its own backyard, and then set its sights on the hinterland of the Central Plains in the north again. At this time, it had been ten years since the death of qi huangong, the first overlord of the Spring and Autumn Period, and there was no overlord with absolute strength in the middle, and in terms of strength, the Chu state ranked first. However, Song Xianggong wanted to become a hegemony as a small country, and later, he was also pinched to death by the State of Chu, and finally lost a lot in the Battle of Hongshui, which made the princes of the Central Plains fall to the State of Chu, and the sphere of influence of the State of Chu basically covered most of the hinterland of the Central Plains.
We can look at the map, bounded by the red line, the princely states below the red line are basically subordinate to the Chu state, or defeated by the Chu state, and the territory of the Zhou royal family has directly bordered the sphere of influence of the Chu state.
In the north, only the four old princes of Qin, Jin, Qi, and Lu remained independent. Therefore, at that time, the sphere of influence was a large circle, four small circles, like a bear's paw.
Many people on the ancestors of chu had the word "bear" in their names, so the king of Chu felt, well, this force was divided, a bear paw, as if it had cut off my ancestor's hand, how to look at it felt awkward, so he had to try to shoot these circles into his own red line little by little.
At this time, the State of Lu gave the State of Chu an excellent opportunity.
What opportunities?
The State of Lu borrowed troops from the State of Chu.
At that time, the meaning of borrowing soldiers was to say clearly: Big guy, please protect!
Then why did the State of Lu borrow troops from the State of Chu thousands of miles away?
Because I was beaten. Who hit it?
Qi Guo.
Why did the State of Qi fight the State of Lu? Because of this year, the State of Lu formed an alliance with the State of Ju and the State of Wei. Wei Guo just destroyed the State of Xing last year, Xing Guo is the younger brother of the State of Qi, and we can look at the map, Lu, Ju, and Wei Yi allied, which is equivalent to drawing a fence on the bottom of the Foot of the State of Qi, and those three countries go north together to do things, and the State of Qi can only go to the Bohai Sea to swim.
Moreover, these three countries have formed an alliance, without the consent of the State of Qi, Qi Xiaogong is still considering himself a hegemon at this time, and when he sees the sky and catches people, he says, "My father is the Duke of Qi Huan", and now this former brother is making small moves under his eyes, so can I bear it?
Therefore, in this year, Qi Xiaogong personally led the army, and the State of Qi attacked the State of Lu twice. In the spring, from the west of the Lu kingdom to fight, the position is relatively small, frightened to go back, and then in the summer, Qi Xiaogong felt that he had to seriously do things, so he sent troops again from the north of the Lu country, this time the battle was relatively large.
Lu Guona was definitely unable to get rid of the State of Qi, he could only ask for help, Lu Gonggong looked at it, the surrounding countries, either have fallen to the State of Chu, or are too far away from themselves, or they are not familiar with their own family, do not know much, want to come and go, can only go together in two ways. On the first road, send someone to negotiate with Qi Xiaogong; on the other way, send someone to the Chu state to ask for help from the Chu state, which is equivalent to saying to the king of Chu, I have also fallen to your camp, please take it in!
The two roads set off at the same time, and the first way to find the Qi army to negotiate with Qi Xiaogong was Zhan Xi. When Zhan Xi saw Qi Xiaogong, the Qi army had not yet entered the territory of the State of Lu, and when Zhan Xi saw Qi Xiaogong, his first words were hurried: "The Great King is mighty, my monarch heard that you personally dispatched the Great Horse and will come to our country, so I sent my subordinates to bring food and wine to comfort your soldiers." ”
This is equivalent to first talking about diplomatic rhetoric, and the negotiation is said to be comforting the army, which is more acceptable to both sides. So Qi Xiaogong also happily accepted, the guests and hosts sat down, and then Qi Xiaogong asked Zhan Xi in front of a bunch of ministers of culture and military affairs: "Our Qi state army is so powerful, are you Lu people afraid?" ”
Zhan Xi replied, "The villain is afraid, the gentleman is not afraid." ”
Qi Xiaogong laughed and said, "I heard that the people of your country of Lu are so poor that they are jingling and ringing, and when you open the door of the house, there is nothing empty inside, you say that you are not afraid, what are you not afraid of?" ”
Zhan Xi replied, "Rely on the old ancestor of your Qi country, Taigong Jiang Ziya." ”
Qi Xiaogong felt that his IQ was a little insufficient, and for a moment he couldn't understand it, saying, "What are you talking about?" ”
Zhan Xixin said: Great King, surprise, right? Accident, right? Confused, right? However, he still said respectfully and unashamedly verbally: "Rely on the orders of your ancestor Jiang Taigong of the State of Qi." In the past, the Duke of Zhou and the Prince of Jiang and the Great Zhou Dynasty were assisted by the Great Zhou Dynasty, and the Son of Heaven specially gave them a covenant of Danshu iron coupons, which read: "The descendants of the world have no harm to each other", which means that the descendants of the Jiang surname and the descendants of the Ji surname cannot fight, you are the Jiang surname, we are exactly the Jiang surname, this covenant is still hidden in the alliance house, and it is controlled by Taishi.
At the beginning, your father, Duke Qi Huan, also used this as an order to unite the princes, resolve disputes, make up for mistakes, and then rescue disasters, which is to promote the duty of the ancestors, so they can succeed. ”
At this time, Qi Xiaogong's face was not very natural, and he knew that this top hat was not so easy to take off.
Zhan Xi did not wait for him to react, and then said: "When you are on the throne of the Great King, the princes of all countries are looking forward to saying: 'You will continue the work of Huan Gong!'" So this time, although you brought your troops here, our country did not gather soldiers to prepare to fight with you, because we all believed that you would not fight us, and believed that you would not have just been on the throne for nine years and then turned your back on the royal orders and duties of your father and your ancestors? Otherwise, how can you be worthy of your dad? How can you be worthy of your ancestors? You certainly won't do that. We rely on this, so we are not afraid. ”
Qi Xiaogong had already heard everything at this time. The power of these words is really too great, move his father out without saying, even his old ancestor Jiang Ziya moved out, that is the lord who has the whip in his hand, disobedience, dead can not seal the god, he can still do the whole thing?
Qi Xiaogong choked for half a day, smiled and giggled on his mouth, and said "you are powerful"; in his heart, MMP, said that I was fooled by you. Then, after eating the wine and meat sent by Zhan Xi, he collected the soldiers and returned to China. After all, he still couldn't put down his shelf and face. And the State of Lu was not so generous, the emissaries who came to the State of Chu to request troops were not vague at all, and in front of the State of Chu, they added oil and vinegar to the State of Qi, saying that it was bullshit, guiding the Chu soldiers to fight a battle with the State of Qi, capturing the grain land, and placing another son of the Duke of Qi Huan, Gongzi Yong, who had originally competed with the Duke of Qi For the throne, there, and sent troops to garrison as a backup for the State of Lu.
As for the two emissaries sent out by the State of Lu, in front of the State of Chu, they not only counted the State of Qi down, but also counted the State of Song, which was not pleasing to the eye, so after the State of Chu finished fighting the State of Qi, they immediately went to fight the State of Song, and this time, they ignited a powder keg on the land of the Central Plains, and the situation became uncontrollable, and a big war was preparing to start.
Let's talk about it in the next issue.