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The Battle of Shaofuguo and The Battle of Dongyi

author:Grassroots study of the history of war

In 2119 BC, Han Huan sent his son Dou and Feng (yì) to attack the two kingdoms of Shuo guan and Shu That, on which Emperor Xia was based, and Emperor Xiang was killed, and his wife Xiang Shi was pregnant and fled to his mother's family Youshang Clan [1], and in 2118 BC he was born Shao Kang, and when Kang was a teenager, he had the position of Shao Kang Muzheng [2]. The son of Han Hun wanted to harm ShaoKang, Kang Ben had the Yu clan[3], Yu Zhijun Bosi married his second daughter to ShaoKang, feng Shaokang married Shaokang to Lunyi[4], and did Yu's Yu clan's Cu Zheng [5], Lunyi was small, only "Arita Yicheng, there are many people" [6], that is, there are 500 people in the Ten Squares of Arita, but Shaokang is weak and discouraged, dismal management, striving to be strong, and taking the projectile Lunyi as the base for the rejuvenation of the country.

After Taikang lost the country, the widow of the Xia clan, Bo Jing, was posthumously, and after the death of Yi, he went out to have the Xia clan[7], and Bo Jing had the intention of restoring Xia Zuo, and heard that Shao Kang was busy communicating with Yu Zheng in preparation for the restoration of the country, and gathered the remnants of the Xia clan who were pouring irrigation and pouring, waiting for the crusade against Han Hun.

In 2079 BC, Shao Kang and Bo Jing joined forces to pour out Han Hun's son on the land[8]; Shao Kang ordered his son Zhu to lead an army to attack Gedi[9], annihilate the Poor clan army in the Huibu, and kill the Qian clan, and the Poor clan died, and the Usurpation of the Government of Houyi and Han Hun was over for more than 90 years.

Since the fall of Taikang, the Xia Dynasty has experienced three generations of Zhongkang, Emperor Xiang, and Shaokang who have continuously fought against the Yi people, and finally restored Xia Zuo at the time of Shaokang. After seizing power and realizing the centralization and unification of power, Shaokang began to rectify the administration of officials, restore production, re-establish jiguan [10], appoint Shui Zheng [11], and greatly improve social productivity.

After the shao recovered the country, although the Houyi and Hanhun forces had been eliminated, the other Forces of Zhuyi were still obedient and rebellious. Shao Kang died of illness for twenty-one years on the throne and was buried in Yangxia[12], succeeded by his fourth son Zhu, who, for the sake of the Dongyi War, moved the capital of the state from Chu to Yuan[13] and then to Laoqiu[14], and with the strong support of various princes and Fang states along the way, successfully conquered the Yi tribes distributed in present-day eastern Henan, Shandong, and northern Jiangsu, until they reached the coast of the East China Sea (this East Sea is today's Yellow Sea), and it is said that a tribe called "Sanshou" in Dongyi contributed to the "Nine-tailed White Fox".[15] The victory of the Conquest of Dongyi greatly increased the prestige of Xia zai and the Fang kingdom, and Yi submitted to Xia, "Nine Yi came to the Imperial Palace" (Bamboo Book Chronicle).

Taikang "Panyu Wudu" ("Shang Shu , Song of the Five Sons " ) , " Go to Ji Bu Wu " ( " Shi Ji Zhou Ben Ji " ) to "Make the Shang Marquis Rule the River" ("Bamboo Book Chronicle"), "Shu Neng Shuai Yu Also, So Xia Hou Clan Retribution" ("Chinese Lu Yu Shang", "JiuYi Lai Yu", Xia Shi flourished, after Kong Jia, the Summer government declined, and was finally destroyed by Yin Shang by the time of Xia Jie.

[1] There is still a clan: the territory of present-day Jining, Shandong Province.

[2] Muzheng: The official in charge of animal husbandry.

[3] Yu Shi (有虞氏): Northeast of present-day Yucheng, Henan.

[4] Lunyi: Thirty-five miles west of Yucheng County, Shangqiu City, Henan Province.

[5] Cu Zheng: The official in charge of food and drink.

[6] The Zuo Chuan, vol. 57, "The Year of mourning the Common Era", reads: "Yu Si's wife (ShaoKang) is the second Yao and Yi Zhu lun: there is a field of one, and there is a multitude of one clan. ”

[7] There are manes: near present-day Dezhou, Shandong Province.

[8] Passed: The name of the ancient country. It is now the north of Laizhou City, Shandong Province. "Zuo Chuan XiangGong Four Years": "(Han Hun) was poured over." ”

[9] GE: The name of the ancient country. "Zuo Chuan Xianggong Four Years": "(Han Hun) at Yu Ge". Du pre-notes: "Ge is between Song Zheng". Its location is unknown, about central Henan.

[10] Ji Guan: The official who manages the sowing of grain on time, that is, responsible for agricultural production. During the Reign of Yu, ji officials were held by Zhou Zhi's ancestor Hou Ji.

[11] Shuizheng: The official who manages water, that is, responsible for water conservancy projects. ShaoKang appointed the Shang Marquis Mu as Shui Zheng (水正), the fifth grandson of the Shang clan Qi Zhi ,Qi was given the title of prince after the establishment of the Xia Dynasty after the establishment of the Xia Dynasty.

[12] Yangxia: Present-day Taikang County, Zhoukou City, Henan Province.

[13] Original: Northwest of present-day Jiyuan City, Henan Province.

[14] Laoqiu: North of Chenliu Town, Xiangfu District, Kaifeng, Henan Province.

[15] "Mountains and Seas Classic: Overseas East Classic": "Conquer the East Sea and Sanshou, and get a fox and nine tails".

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