【Eastern Zhou Kingdoms】Zheng Zhuanggong falsely ordered the Song Dynasty

The combined forces of Wei, Song, Lu, Chen, and Cai scattered as Zhou Wu retreated, and Feng, the son of the Song state who was sent to Changge, suddenly fled back to Zhengguo to request a meeting with Zheng Zhuanggong. In front of Zheng Zhuanggong, Feng Sheng burst into tears, bitterly complaining that Song Yugong wanted to kill them all, and had already broken through Changge Chengchi, and fled to Zhengguo to seek refuge in nine deaths. Zheng Zhuanggong comforted him with kind words and left him in China.

A few days later, the news of Wei Guozhou's killing reached Zhengguo. Zheng Zhuanggong believed that the attack of the Five Kingdoms had nothing to do with the new monarch of the country, and the Song State, as the head of the coalition army, was menacing, and now that the dilemma had been solved, when he sent troops to destroy the Song and avenge the trapped enemy, he gathered hundreds of officials to discuss the plan of sending troops. "If Zheng Guo rashly sends troops to attack the Song Kingdom, the other four countries will know our revenge intentions and will definitely send troops to support, and it will be very difficult to defeat the Song Kingdom." It is better to make good friends with Chen Guo first, and at the same time send someone to bribe Lu Guo's powerful ministers to stabilize these two countries before sending troops to attack the Song, and then the Song State will be alone. "Duke Zheng Zhuang listened to the suggestion of the sacrifice foot and sent someone to send an envoy to Chen Guo. Chen Hou did not want to accept Zheng Guo's invitation to form an alliance, and Gongzi Tuo said, "Zheng Lai is good, and it must not be violated." Chen Hou thought that Zheng Bo was cunning and not good at coming, and that Chen Guo had joined forces with Song Guo and others to attack Zheng Guo, and forming an alliance with Zheng Guo would cause Song Guo to be dissatisfied, and the gains would outweigh the losses, so he did not summon Zheng Guo's envoys.

When Zheng Zhuanggong heard this, he was furious, saying, "Chen Guo is nothing more than fighting Song Guo and Wei Guo as foreign aid, and he is so arrogant. Now the situation in the patriotic country is unstable, and the new monarch has just been established, and he still has no time to take care of himself. After I won over the State of Lu, the two countries sent troops together, first attacking the State of Song and then the State of Chen. "Zheng Guo is strong, Chen Guo is weak." The reason why Chen was reluctant to form an alliance was because he was worried that Zheng Guo would drive a wedge between Chen and Song. The lord can send the soldiers and civilians to pretend to hunt and invade the state of Chen, and this battle will be won, and then send someone who can speak well and send the prisoners of Chen Guo back to China, so as to eliminate Chen Hou's concerns about Zheng Guo's reliance on the strong and the weak, then it will be possible to make good friends with Chen. The attack on the Song State was won over after Chen Guo and then slowly plotted. Zheng Zhuanggong acted according to the plan, and Chen Hou really accepted Zheng Guo's intention to make friends.

Seeing that Chen Guo no longer posed a threat, Zheng Zhuanggong asked Zheng Zu about the strategy of destroying Song, and said that "the Marquis of Song is honorable, and even the King of Zhou needs to treat him with courtesy, and must not send troops at will." The lord's plan to go to Luoyi has been delayed by the appointment of Qi Hou and the war with the prefecture, so it is better to go to see the king of Zhou first, and then pretend to be the king's order, and call on Qi and Lu to join forces and join forces with Song. Zheng Zhuanggong agreed very much, and accompanied him to Luoyi by the sacrificial foot, leaving his son to oversee the kingdom.

It was the beginning of the 11th month of the lunar calendar, and the princes came to visit Zhou Tianzi as usual. The Duke of Zhou's black shoulder said that King Huan of Zhou set up a big gift to receive Zheng Bo to show the princely states that the king of Zhou was close and considerate. King Huan of Zhou had always been dissatisfied with Zheng Bo, and after Zheng Guo cut wheat and stole grain, he was even more resentful of Zheng Zhuanggong, and when Zheng Zhuanggong visited him, he said, "How is the harvest of Qingguo this year?" Zheng Zhuanggong replied: "King Torai is like a blessing from heaven, and water and drought will not invade." King Huan also said, "Fortunately, there are years, and the wheat of Wen and the harvest of Chengzhou can be left to feed themselves." Seeing that King Zhou's words were ridiculing, Zheng Zhuanggong showed ridicule, so he resigned and returned to China. When King Huan of Zhou saw this, he neither set up a banquet nor said anything to keep him, but only gave him ten buckets of rice to 'keep for food for famine'.

Zheng Zhuanggong was humiliated by this trip and regretted entering the pilgrimage, so he complained about the sacrifice: "You suggested that I enter the pilgrimage to see the Son of Heaven, but he repeatedly made sarcastic remarks, did not receive the gift, and even humiliated him with a gift of grain, now what method should I use to refuse the grain he sent?" "Sacrifice Foot Says"

During the conversation, Duke Zhou came to see Zheng Zhuanggong with his black shoulders, praised and flattered him with words, and gave Zheng Bo generously. After Duke Zhou left, Zheng Zhuanggong asked the sacrifice foot, "Why did you come?" "King Zhou had two sons, and he favored the second son and gave him the counseling of the Duke of Zhou. These two will have the idea of seizing the throne in the future. This time Zhou Gong came to visit, it was nothing more than to win over the mainland as foreign aid. He sent us exactly what we could use. Duke Zheng Zhuang was puzzled, and said again: "This time Zheng Guo entered the dynasty, all the princely states are known. Why don't we load the Zhou Gongsho into several carts, and cover it with fine silk. On the way back to China, he sent people to release words, and these cars were loaded with treasures rewarded by the King of Zhou. Then he ordered the sergeant to be fully armed, and on the grounds that 'the Duke of Song did not see him for a long time, and Zheng Bo was ordered by the king to fight', he called on the countries to send troops. If there is a delay in sending troops, they will be punished as disobedience. If you want to come to the princely states, you must be convinced that there is no one who dares not to send troops. No matter how strong his Song Kingdom was, it could not resist the coalition of princes. After hearing this, Zheng Zhuanggong couldn't help but sigh for the resourcefulness of the sacrifice foot, and immediately decided to act according to the plan.

On the way back to China, Duke Zheng Zhuang continued to preach Wang Enhaodang and the words of Song Dynasty, and the Duke of Song was terrified and sent a secret envoy to inform Wei Xuangong of the matter. Wei Xuangong then joined forces with the Duke of Qi to negotiate peace with Zheng and Song, and the two countries met at Wawu, fighting each other's blood as an alliance, and not being blamed for past grievances. In order to seek security, Song Yugong met with Wei Xuangong in Inuqiu before the peace talks, and agreed on countermeasures before going to Wawu together. The Duke of Qi also arrived as promised, but did not see Zheng Zhuanggong, so he returned to the dynasty on the grounds that there was no hope of peace. Duke Yan of Song forced him to make a covenant with Song and Wei. Qi Bo promised on the surface, but in fact he was still watching the struggle between the forces of Zheng and Song.

Zheng Zhuanggong heard that the three kingdoms of Song, Wei, and Qi had formed an alliance, and summoned the priest to ask about the way to break the situation. "Although the three kingdoms are in alliance, they will have different hearts." The Qi and Song kingdoms had no intersection, and all relied on the coordination of the Wei Guo. Under the guise of the king's order, the lord could make the State of Lu and the State of Qi join forces against the State of Song. The land of Lu and Qi is bordered, and generations of in-laws, Lu Hou's words and Qi State will be deeply believed. At the same time, he ordered Cai, Wei, Xu, and other princely states to send troops together, and they would not dare to disobey the king's order. "Duke Zheng Zhuang sent an envoy to Lu according to his words, promising Luhou the land obtained by the Song Dynasty. The State of Lu controlled the government with his son Gongzi Yi, who was originally an insatiable disciple, and seeing that it was profitable to send troops, he gladly agreed to Zheng Guo's covenant, and after playing Lu Marquis, he asked Qi Marquis to send troops together. After the troops of Qilu and Qilu joined the army led by Zheng Zhuanggong, they came to the Song state under the banner of "Mukden to punish crimes". Prince Hui of the State of Lu led his troops as the vanguard to the land chosen by the Song State, and the generals defending the city went out of the city to meet the battle, and were defeated by the Lu army. The news reached Zheng Zhuanggong, who was very happy and praised Gongzi Hui's bravery, and immediately ordered someone to write down the first merit for him, and then properly formulated the offensive strategy of the coalition.

When Duke Yan of Song heard that the combined forces of the Three Kingdoms had invaded the territory of the Song Kingdom, he was so frightened that he hurriedly summoned Sima Kong's father Jia to inquire about countermeasures. Kong Father Jia said: "I sent someone to inquire, but the king of Zhou did not order the princes to send troops to the Song state, and the Zheng state must be deceived. However, Zheng Guo gathered Qi and Lu, and faced each other head-on, our army did not have the upper hand. At present, there is only one way to make the armies of the three countries retreat without a fight. Song Yigong said, "Zheng Guo has already tasted the sweetness, how can he be willing to stop here?" Kong Father Jia said, saying that he volunteered to send an envoy to defend the country and persuaded Wei Hou to send troops to Xinzheng.

Seeing that the envoy of the Song State was sincere and gave gold and silver jewelry, Wei Xuangong gladly agreed. He sent Youzai Ugly to attack Zheng Guo from the path with Kong Father Jia, and launched an offensive by surprise. The army approached Xingyang.

Zheng Guo Shizi suddenly saw the combined forces of Song and Wei pressing the border, and Zheng Guo's army almost all followed his father in the battlefield of the Song Kingdom, and the domestic troops were empty, and immediately ordered to defend the city, seeing the combined forces of the two countries plundering on the outskirts of Zhengguo. Wei Guo Youzai Ugly was anxious to attack the city, and Kong Father Jia said, "Right Zai Ugly followed Kong Fatherjia's suggestion and sent people to Dai Guo to lobby Dai Hou's army to borrow the road.

Dai Hou believed that the two armies were victorious and suspected of a sneak attack, and refused to borrow the road. Kong Fatherjia was very angry about this, and camped outside Daiguo City, preparing to storm, but the Dai soldiers and civilians held the city gate and stalemated for a while. In desperation, Kong Father Jia sent another person to Cai Guo for help.

At this time, the combined forces of Zheng, Qi, and Lu had already captured the city of Song Guohu, defended the city and other places, with fierce momentum and good morale. It just so happened that the son of the world suddenly sent an urgent message....