What is history: it is the echo of the past to the future, the reflection of the future on the past. - Hugo
King Wu of Wu refers to the historical event that in about 1046 BC, Ji Fa, the king of Zhou Wu, led a coalition of Zhou and various princes to rebel against Emperor Xin (纣), and finally built Zhou to destroy Shang. In the last year of the Shang Dynasty, after Ji Chang, the King of Zhou Wen, succeeded to the throne, the national strength was insufficient to confront Yin Shang, so he continued to submit to Yin Shang and became Yin Xibo. However, Yin Shang was not at ease with Zhou. At one point, king Shang imprisoned Ji Chang in Yuli and killed his son as broth, forcing King Wen to drink it. Zhou Ren bribed Shang Yi with a BMW and a beautiful woman to get Ji Chang's release. After Ji Chang returned to China, his desire to seek business did not slacken.
According to the Book of Shang, the State of Zhou first attacked the small states of Inu Rong and Mishu in the west to consolidate the rear, then the Eastern Kingdom of Qi (in present-day southwest of Changzhi, Shanxi), the Then The State of Qi (i.e., Meng, in present-day Qinyang, Henan), and finally the State of Chongguo and penetrated into the Shang Dynasty's sphere of influence. At this time, the State of Zhou had "divided the world into two of the three parts", but Ji Chang died on the eve of the unfinished business of Zhai Shang, and his son Ji Fa succeeded to the throne as King Wu of Zhou.
After King Ji Fa of Zhou Wu ascended the throne, he took Jiang Shang (Jiang Ziya) as his teacher, Duke Zhou as his fu, and summoned Gong Gong and Bi Gong to assist King Wu of Zhou, following the established strategic guidelines and stepping up their implementation. For Ji Fa, the king of Zhou Wu, he formally attacked the King of Shang in 1046 BC. In order to increase his chances of victory, King Wu of Zhou also united many princely states, which left the Shang Dynasty in isolation. Among them, the Eight Kingdoms of pastoral oaths required in this article followed King Wu of Zhou in the last year of the Shang Dynasty. As for the outcome of these eight princely states, it is different.
The Eight Kingdoms of pastoral oath refers to the eight great princely allies who followed King Wu of Zhou, namely the Yong Kingdom, the Shu Kingdom, the Qiang Kingdom, the Qi State, the Wei State, the Lu State, the Peng State, and the Pu State. The Shang Shu Mu Oath, which describes the Wu King's oath of participation in these eight countries, clearly describes the oath of participation of King Wu of Zhou in the war against these eight countries, hence the name Of the Eight Kingdoms of Mu, and because these eight kingdoms are located in the western part of the territory of the Shang Dynasty, they are named the Eight Kingdoms of Western Turkey.
Mediocrity
Yong, the name of the ancient country, comes from Emperor Huan, and is said to have accompanied King Wu of Zhou to destroy the shang, and was one of the "Eight Kingdoms of Pastoral Oath". During the Spring and Autumn Period, the Yong state and the princely states of Baguo, Qin, and Chu were neighbors and had a high status and strength. When the Yongguo sphere of influence was at its largest, it reached the Han River in the north, crossed the Wu river in the west, bordered the Yangtze River in the south, and crossed the Wudang in the east. In this regard, in the author's opinion, in the Spring and Autumn Period, the Yongguo was obviously a princely state of medium or even above. Even if it is not as good as the jin, qi, chu and other big countries, it should also be in the zheng state, wei state and other princely states. However, in 611 BC, the Yong kingdom was destroyed. Of course, the Yong state was jointly destroyed by the three kingdoms of Chu, Qin and Pakistan. And this, in fact, highlights the strength of the mediocre country from the side. After the Yong Kingdom, the Shangyong County, which was contested during the Three Kingdoms period, was located within the scope of the Ancient Yong State.
Shu
Like the Yong Kingdom, the Shu State was also one of the more powerful vassal states in the "Eight Kingdoms of Pastoral Oath". Shu Han was located in the Sichuan Basin, bordering the Yong State to the east and the Zhou And Qiang Kingdoms to the north, that is, most of the area of present-day Sichuan Province, which was the territory of the original Shu State. At its peak, the State of Shu expanded to the north to the Hanzhong area and south to the Yunnan area, almost comparable to the Shu Han in the Three Kingdoms period. In 316 BC, the State of Qin after the Shang Martingale Transformation law decided to take the Shu State first, so it launched the Qin War to Destroy Bashu, eliminated the State of Ba and the State of Shu, and occupied the land of Bashu.
Qiangguo
Located in the southeast of Gansu, bordered by the State of Zhou in the east and the State of Shu in the south, Qiang was the birthplace of the later Qiang people and later incorporated into the territory of the State of Qin. For the Qiang state, it was very close to the princely state of the Qin state, which also doomed the Fate of the Qiang State to be annexed by the Qin State earlier. During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the Qin State, the Jin State, the State of Qi, the State of Chu and other large countries were all encroaching on the small countries around them.
The Kingdom of Hips
It is located in the area of Ba County, Sichuan, and was later destroyed by the Shu State. For the country, because of its weak national strength, the records in the historical materials are also relatively scarce.
Micro-countries
Located on the southern bank of the Weishui River, in present-day Mei County, Shaanxi, dependent on the Western Zhou, due to pressure from the Zhou royal family, Wei guo chose to move into the area of present-day Hubei Province. In the Spring and Autumn Period, the micro-states further migrated to the southwest region far from the Central Plains. Therefore, regarding the geographical outlook of the micro-country, there is also the theory of Sichuan Ba County, and there is also the saying that it is farther away from The Meishan in Sichuan, that Meishan is also the place name left by the micro-people after living. From Zhushan in Hubei Province to the southwest to Sichuan Ba County, and then west to Sichuan Meishan County, and finally disappeared.
Lu Guo
Located in the upper reaches of the Jing River in eastern Gansu, along the present-day Rushui River, it was later enfeoffed as a viscount and sealed in Hubei. For the princely states that King Ji of Zhou Wu had been crowned, the viscount was naturally a relatively low title, and above the viscounts, they were dukes, marquises, and earls, such as the Song kingdom was a duke princely state, the Jin state was a marquis princely state, and the Zheng state was a countate princely state. For the Viscount's State of Lu, the territory of the sub-fief was undoubtedly relatively small, and it was close to the State of Chu, so it eventually became the territory of the State of Chu.
Peng Guo
After the establishment of the Western Zhou Dynasty, because the State of Peng was an ally of the Western Zhou Dynasty, that is, it contributed to the elimination of the Shang Dynasty, so its state was continued. In terms of titles, Peng Guo, like Zheng Guo, was made a count of the Zhou royal family and was valued by the Western Zhou Dynasty. After the King of Zhou Ping moved east, with the weakening of Zhou Tianzi's power and the strength of the southern Chu state, Peng was finally destroyed by Chu shortly before 710 BC, and Peng Di entered Chu and became one of the earliest Fang states destroyed by Chu. For the State of Peng, the territory was moved several times, and its territory, which was later divided by the Zhou royal family, was mainly located in the area of present-day Nanyang City, Henan Province.
Puguo
Finally, as far as the State of Pu is concerned, it is a relatively low-key princely state among the Eight Kingdoms of Pastoral Oath. The State of Pu was located at the junction of Eastern Sichuan, Western Hubei and Northern Hunan Province, and because of its geographical deviation from the Central Plains, during the Zhou Dynasty, the State of Pu had almost no contact with the Princely States of the Central Plains. At the end of the Warring States period, the Chu state moved to the region, so war broke out with the Pu state. In this battle, the State of Pu was defeated by the State of Chu and eventually retreated to southwestern Sichuan, that is, the area around qianyun in present-day Sichuan.