King Wu of Zhou was cut down by heaven
"Wuwang Fencing" is one of the ten famous battles in ancient China, which took place 3,000 years ago. The two sides of the war were the famous tyrant Shang Yi Wang in history and the Founding Monarch of Western Zhou Wu, who was the founding monarch of western Zhou. Around the major historical event of the Wu King's cutting, many myths and legends have been produced in history, all of which are concentrated in the book of mythological masterpieces (Fengshen Yanyi).
◆ Sake pond meat forest
The last monarch of the Shang Dynasty, named Xin, was called Di Xin (帝辛), the King of Sui, and like Xia Jie, he was one of the most tyrants in history. Legend has it that his favorite concubine, Su Ruji (also known as Su Daji), was a fox demon born to her mother after she was hit in the stomach by a white fox. Under her charm, the king of Lu became even more desolate and did what many gods were indignant about.
King Huan enslaved thousands of slaves and spent 7 years building a "Lutai" in the capital. This deer platform is three miles long and thousands of feet high, and the clouds and rain are all below it. There are 5 large pools in the middle of Lutai, the pool is filled with a variety of mellow wine, the wine pool is hung around the fragrant meat, handsome men and beautiful women take off their clothes and play in the wine pond meat forest, while the king of Lu and Su Daji watch from the side, which is the infamous "wine pond meat forest" in history.
Dai Ji invented the famous cannon burning punishment in Chinese history: filling the bottom and surroundings of a large copper cylinder with charcoal, and burning the copper pillar red after the charcoal burned. The executioner took off the prisoner's coat and shoes and tied him to a copper pillar, and soon the man would be buried in the fire. At the time of the execution, the screams resounded throughout the palace, and he was already giggling at the side.
King Huan's uncle Bigan repeatedly advised King Huan to put state affairs first, but he was hated by Dai Himself and tickled his teeth.
It is said that Bigan has a "seven-trick exquisite heart", that is, a heart born with seven holes. Dai Ji was ill in plain clothes and said that only by eating Bigan's heart could he be cured, and the king of Lu ordered someone to cut off Bigan's heart. Fortunately, Bi Gan took the rune sent by Jiang Ziya and still did not die after cutting out the heart. When Dai Ji found out, she sent someone to pretend to be a woman who sold heartless vegetables, and Bigan met her and asked her, "What if a person has no heart?" The woman replied, "Man dies without a heart." Biganden was bleeding profusely and screaming for his life. Bikan's death made the already turbulent government and opposition even more panicked, and everyone was in danger. Later, King Wu of Zhou succeeded in his efforts, and Jiang Ziya posthumously named him "Wenqu Xing"
◆ King Wu cut the silk
King Huan's atrocities aroused the displeasure of the princes, and soon after King Wu of Zhou ascended the throne, he succeeded his father, King Wen of Zhou, and united eight hundred princes to meet at Mengjin (present-day Mengxian County, Henan) to go on a crusade against King Huan.
When the crusading army marched all the way, when it reached the Yellow River ferry in the south of Mengjin one night, it was as bright as day, and a group of large birds with bright red feathers flew towards the ferry of King Wu of Zhou. The eight hundred princes danced with excitement, and all thought that this was an auspicious omen, and this battle would be won. After crossing the river, Jiang Taigong ordered all the ferries to be destroyed and sunk into the river, and he said to his subordinates: "We are cutting down the sins of the people. Only forward, rather dead than back.
But soon the sky suddenly struck a storm, and the wind broke the flagpole into three, and the heavy rain did not stop for three days. King Wu was very worried, worried that this was a deliberate attempt by heaven to stop him. After that, the weather changed suddenly, and the snow fell for more than ten consecutive days, and the army was inconvenient to walk, so it had to be temporarily stationed in the Luoyi area.
One morning, out of nowhere, 5 large carriages suddenly appeared, each of which sat a man dressed as a doctor, followed by two warriors on high-headed horses, who stopped outside the camp gate and asked to see the King of Wu. King Wu was discussing the battle plan with the minister, waving his hand and saying that he was not seeing it. Jiang Taigong opened the curtain and looked at it, and said busily: "Wait a minute! The snow outside is very thick, but there is no trace on the road, I am afraid that the people who ask to see it are extraordinary. However, Jiang Taigong couldn't see where they were sacred, so he came up with a brilliant plan.
He sent someone to carry a pot of hot porridge to the door and said to the guests: "The king is dealing with the important affairs of the military aircraft, let me first send a pot of hot porridge to you to drive away the cold." The style of conquest and commerce, unearthed in the west, 28 centimeters high, I don't know according to the etiquette of honor and inferiority, which one to start from?" At this time, the two knights walked the rice, and the inner bottom was engraved with Zhou Wu's occupation of the Shang Sect and said: "First to this Nanhai Jun, and then to the East Sea Jun, the West Sea Asking God's reminiscences, a total of 32 characters." Jun, Beihai Jun, Hebo, and finally gave us the Wind Uncle and the Rain Master. "The messenger finished distributing the porridge and returned to report to the prince. Taigong then said to King Wu, "The Great King can receive them." The people who came were Zhu Rong, the sea god of the South China Sea, Jurman, the god of the sea of the North Sea, Xuan Mu, the god of the Sea of the West Sea, Feng Yi of Hebo, The Rain Master PingFeng, and Feng Boyi, please meet them in order. King Wu asked the doorman to summon him.
Several immortals were amazed to hear the summons of the King of Wu, and thought how wise the king was, and he knew our name before they met, so they hurried down to see us. The gods said to King Wu, "The will of heaven is to prosper and destroy the stocks, so I will obey the mandate of heaven and come to accept the mission and do a little service on the battlefield." The King of Wu was so pleased that he ordered the gods to settle in the camp and obey the orders at any time
Because the Shang Dynasty's armies had all gone to the east to fight, the King of Sui had to temporarily release 700,000 slaves to resist. However, these slaves had long hated the King of Sui and his minions, so as soon as they came into contact with the Zhou army, they immediately turned the spearhead and aimed it at the officers of the Shang Dynasty.
Therefore, in the midst of all the gods and immortals, under the direction of the people's hearts, the Zhou Army broke through all the way and soon hit the gate of the Palace of the King of Qi. King Huan took Dai Ji to the deer platform. Maintaining the last dignity of the emperor, he sat down and then set himself on fire.
When the Zhou army attacked Lutai, the body of king Huan was surrounded by treasures and had not yet turned into ashes. King Wu of Zhou rushed to Lutai and shot three arrows at the corpse of King Huan; He jumped out of the car again and pierced the body of the king with his sword; Then he cut off the king's head with a brass axe and hung it high above a large white flag for public display
After the victory of King Wu, Jiang Ziya built a shrine in Qishan, and according to the will of the Jade Emperor, he enshrined the gods for the two generals who died in battle, and three hundred and sixty-five gods of the eight departments in total, took charge of each division, picketed the good and evil in the world, and reported the deeds of the Three Realms, and since then the Divine Realm has been formally established.