Warring States Series: 191.Chu invaded the Jin Dynasty of Chu Wei Yongqiu

Qinghua Jian "Lineage Year", Volume 21: (Chu invades Jin)

In the seventh year of the reign of King Jian of Chu, the Song Dynasty mourned the Duke of Chu and told Song Sicheng [Lippi] of the covenant (weak?). Office. Wang ordered Mo Aoyang to lead the division to dinggong, chenghuangchi, and chengyongqiu. Jin Weisi, Zhao Huan, and Han Qizhang led their divisions to besiege Huangchi, and [Tong] returned to Chu. In the second year, Wang ordered Mo Aoyang to lead a division to invade Jin, to conquer (seize) Yiyang, and to encircle Chi'an to restore Huangchi's division. Wei Si, Zhao Huan, and Han Qizhang led their divisions to rescue Chi'an, and the Chu people retreated from the siege and fought with the Jin division on the Great Wall. Chu Shi was useless, abandoning the curtain and retreating at night. Chu complained with JinGu.

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As mentioned above, the new Song monarch Purchased Yu (Song Mourning Gong) went to the Chu state to seek help in order to increase the government's suppression of Emperor Sicheng. However, the new King of Chu (King Jian of Chu) was not prepared to help on the grounds that it was not profitable to send troops.

Song Jun purchased from the re-said, "The king of Chu loves the heart of the people, and the purchase is considerate, the people's hearts need to be caressed, and the soldiers need to be caressed." This time, the Chu state sent troops to the first route of the army, but the Song state could bear it, so it could be soothed. ”

The King of Chu added, "How can we raise troops for no reason, we can't do it from heaven and the people from below, so how can we do it?" ”

Purchasing Yu replied again, "Chu is a big country, the contemporary Tianzi exercises the right to supervise the princes, and now that the Song office is in difficulty, Chu Xing's troops are helping it, and it is also moral righteousness." The teacher of morality is provided by Providence and by the will of the people. ”

The king of Chu also asked, "What are the advantages and disadvantages of the Chu state sending troops?" Song Gong should know that no profit is not enough to drive the soldiers to be brave, and no profit is not enough to make the generals work hard. No courage is unfavorable, no intention is invincible. ”

"Huangchi and Yongqiu, the land is fertile, and the purchase is willing to give each other two cities to seek the Chu state to send troops." ”

The two cities of Huangchi (in present-day Fengqiu County, Xinxiang City, Henan Province) and Yongqiu (present-day Qixian County, Henan Province) were the two border cities owned by Emperor Sicheng. The purchase was precisely to borrow the hand of the King of Chu and weaken his power.

As soon as the king of Chu heard it, he understood that this purchase was based on this condition, and if you wanted to get these two cities, you could only send troops to fight against Huangxi. The State of Chu has always had the heart to encroach on other countries, so wouldn't it want the benefits of sending it to the door? Moreover, if there is moral support, you can have a good reputation and a great profit, and the soldiers and horses that are sent do not need to spend their own money and food.

The king of Chu listened to the benefits given by the strike, and instead of shooting the case, he angrily said, "This king hates the ministers who deceive the lord, so if the courtiers do not punish them, and the people of the world follow suit, will they not be chaotic?" Duke Song, this king promised you that tomorrow the imperial meeting would be held and the person who would lead the army and commander. Rest assured, he will accompany the army every day! ”

Song Gong purchased by seeing the Chu King Xiongzhong promised to come down, but also a great joy, a thank you is indispensable.

The next day, the king of Chu summoned the ministers to discuss the government of the dynasty, and after many things, he told the Song kingdom about asking for help. When these many benefits were mentioned, the courtiers were happy and had no objections, so they ordered Mo Aoyang to be the commander and lead the division to set up the Song office.

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In the summer of 425 BC, mo aoyang of the Chu state led the Chu army into the Song state to exert morality.

The Chu army was also divided into three armies, namely the Middle Army, the Left Army, and the Right Army, and the Chinese Army was respected. However, unlike the Jin State, the three armies of the Chu State did not have fixed generals, and they were temporarily ordered to be generals in each battle. This has its own advantages, so as to avoid the concentration of military power in the hands of military nobles and the transfer of the monarch's power. However, there are also shortcomings, new generals and subordinates need to run into each other, and military affairs need to be gradually familiar.

The Chu army was mobilized, and the three armies advanced in unison.

Mo Aoyang was the commander of the Chinese army, commanding 300 times;

Sima Zhao's general Zuo Jun, commanding 250 passengers;

The Right Army of the Emperor Hei qi, unified 250 times;

Zi Xu made Zuo Guang a reserve soldier for the left army, and if the left army was defeated, Zuo Guangshang was unified by 150 times;

Xu Qi made Right Guang a reserve soldier for the Right Army, and if the Right Army was defeated, right Guangshang was unified by 150 times;

Qu Heng will travel to the Que, unifying 100 times, which is the reserve of the three armies.

This is the Chu army's usual military formation of jing corpses, a total of 1200 cars, about 72,000 soldiers, and many siege weapons along with the army. In this way, the military force configuration is not simply for the strong Song Dynasty, but for the city.

Na Zhaoyu accompanied the Chinese army and Mo Aoyang as a companion, wanting to witness the fate of Emperor Xi of Nasi City.

Yongqiu, north of Jushui, south of The Water, just between the two waters of Fengze diversion, is a rich land of real estate, fertile rice, and is also one of the important territories of the Song Dynasty Sicheng Emperor Xi, song gong purchase is also to weaken him, and let the Chu army invade this place.

Such a large army action, has long been found out by the Song State intelligence, that Yongqiu shou general Huang Sui is Huang Xi's nephew, heard that the Chu state army went straight to Yongqiu in the direction of the direction, it was shocked that the three souls were not possessed, the seven rays of the body disengaged, on the one hand, to make Yongqiu up and down ready for battle, on the other hand, let people rush to Juyang to ask for support.

Emperor Sicheng was surprised to hear the news, and he did not have time to think about it and hurried to the palace to ask for the Duke of Song. While scurrying away, he secretly cursed, this Chu country is very rude, do you not know whether there is a country of mourning?

However, what Emperor Xi did not expect was that he came to the palace gate to ask to see the Duke of Song, but was told that the lord was overly sad because of the death of the former king, and he was unwell and did not see any courtiers.

Let Emperor Xi say that the situation is more serious, that Big Yin Wandering is not agreeable, you are Si Cheng can not control the affairs of the palace, the Emperor is so happy that he even wants to make the retinue of soldiers capture that Big Yin, and then restrained himself, stomped his feet and turned away. Halfway up the road, this emperor ordered the people to go to the other five secretaries' mansions to inform them and come to the Sicheng Mansion to meet and discuss military matters.

Two hours later, the five secretaries came one after another, saw the emperor, and asked each other why they were not consulting in the palace, and the emperor said with hatred and hatred, "Our lord and father have a deep affection, and they are too sad because of the death of the ancestor, and refuse to see anyone!" I think he's..."

Halfway through huangxi's speech, he suddenly woke up in his heart and gave birth to a thought, would the Chu army come this time to be attracted by the purchase? Somehow, this thought together, it is difficult to extinguish, the more you think about it, the more likely it is.

The emperor's eyes rolled and he immediately decided, "A few adults, I learned that the chu army came to my Song kingdom in the direction of Yongqiu, and it was just in time for me to go to see the lord to tell me about the military situation, but I ate the lord's closed door soup, and the wandering blocked me outside the palace." Looking at several other people, "How can such a major military plane be delayed?" Therefore, I would like to ask a few adults to go with me to see the Lord! ”

The Great Si Kou Le Zi Yu was the emperor who came up to the top, and at this moment he was the first to respond. Several other people had no objections, so they formed a team and came to the gate of the Song Palace.

That Emperor Xi was informed again, Da Yin Wander looked at Liu Qing, his brow frowned and there was some muttering in his heart, it seems that these people were also called by Huang Xi, this fear could not be stopped, and the matter of the former Dynasty Liu Qing killing Da Yin was still vividly remembered. With a plan in mind, he bowed his hand and asked, "How many adults want to see the Lord?" ”

The emperor said happily, "Exactly, this time I am waiting for me to come here because of a major military plane, and the lord and grandfather need to see anything wrong!" ”

Da Yin Wander replied, "Since this is the case, then I will go to pray again, and a few of them will wait." After saying that, he closed the palace door and hurried backwards, but instead of going to the inner palace, he ran to the small door on the back side, but ran away from the small door.

The six secretaries waited to see the palace door open on the left, and no one came out on the right. So an hour later, the emperor xi waited for the fire, and said to several people on the left and right, "Open the palace door, and I will wait inside to see what kind of ghost this wandering is doing?" ”

The others were also surprised and agreed with Huang Xi's opinion. At the sound of an order, the entourage rushed up and forcibly opened the palace door. Liu Qing fished straight into the inner palace, but asked everyone, did not know where the Guo Gong was, and then asked where the Great Yin Dang wanderer was, but was told that he had left through the back door.

The emperor was overjoyed and angry, and people rushed to arrest Da Yin Dangyou, and then said to several other people, "Now that the lord does not know where to go, and the big Yin has escaped, this matter is suspicious, perhaps the lord was murdered or imprisoned elsewhere by the swagger, this matter must be prevented." ”

The Right Master Emperor said, "And first get the wandering and then say, don't make up your mind beforehand." ”

Huang Xi added, "It is urgent for the Chu soldiers to come, and since the lord is not there, I will give orders on behalf of the military and state affairs first!" The mobilization of soldiers and horses still needs to be bothered by the Great Sima ! ”

Several others had no objections.

Emperor Wuji said, "At present, there is no information on the strength of the Chu troops, and in a hurry, it is difficult to mobilize troops, so I will first mobilize six hundred to support." ”

Huang Xi also knew that this matter was coming too hastily, so he personally sent the Chinese army, Situ Lingshuqi to the left army, and the Grand Sikou Leziyu to the right army, and two days later the large army rushed to Yongqiu.

Speaking of the Chu army, the commander of the Chinese army, Yang, in order to see the approaching Yongqiu, issued a military order, ordering Zuo Guangxu to lead his troops to advance rapidly and pave the way for the bridge of na shui, for the use of the army. He also ordered the Right Guangxu Qibu and the Youque Quhengbu to cross the river rapidly and fortify Xiangling in the direction of Yongqiu Juyang. After zuo Guangzi Xubu paved the bridge road, he hid his soldiers and horses in the dense forest by the water, and if he saw reinforcements from the Song army, he cooperated with Right Guang and You Que to attack the Song army. The three major armies of the Chinese, left and right armies besieged Yongqiu in order to take it in one fell swoop.

After this arrangement, each of them acted according to the order.

On this day, the Yongqiu guard general Huang Ju got the news that the Chu army was close to the water and was building a bridge, and his heart was anxious, like a hot pot of ants, "Come people, quickly go to find out where the reinforcements have arrived, go quickly!" Anxiously walking around the hall, "Come, follow Ben to see how the fortifications are going!" ”

This emperor came to the top of the city wall, and when he saw that many fortifications were not yet in place, he couldn't help but catch fire, drew out his leather whip, and slammed into the slow-moving soldiers and minfu, shouting and cursing in his mouth, "Speed up, don't you want the Chu army to rush in and cut your head!" "The one who was punished dared not speak out.

It wasn't long before the soldier who had gone to investigate the reinforcements returned, "Report General, there is no sign of reinforcements!" ”

"Waste!" The emperor kicked at the soldier, and the soul dominated by fear was so twisted that he made angry with the soldier.

At this moment, someone shouted, "Look, the Chu Army is coming!" ”

This sound did not matter, almost spread the emperor's scare on the ground, holding the city wall to the south, he saw that the Chu soldiers were pressed down and could not see the edge at a glance. "My God, did this Chu soldier come to destroy my Song Kingdom?" How come there are so many soldiers! The Emperor Ju trembled, "Quick, get ready for battle!" Then the emperor shouted, "Archery! archery! ”

There was a general who saw that this emperor was already frightened, this Chu army had not yet arrived at the city, far beyond range, wouldn't this random shooting be a waste of arrows? So he hurriedly said to Huang Ju, "General, don't be in a hurry, after the Chu army enters the firing range, it is not too late to shoot!" ”

"Huh? yes! This Emperor Ju also reacted, "Also, too!" Then be prepared, don't let the Chu army get close to the city wall! ”

Looking at the Chu army again, it is obvious that there is no hurry, the large army came to yongqiu city to set up camp, the Chu army under the pressure of the Wu, pieces of chariots, and siege equipment are so on display, giving people the feeling that the momentum is overwhelming. Na Mo Ao Yang took advantage of this psychological warfare to make the Yongqiu defenders and civilians psychologically frightened with the momentum of a large army, so that the battle could be easily won.

The soldiers and civilians in the city really lived up to Yang Wei's expectations, watching this large army besieging the city, even if they still had the heart to resist, the city was full of sorrow.

The next day, the Right Army Jun heiqi drove to the city gate, causing people to shout to the city, "Yongqiu Shou will listen to the truth, my Chu State 100,000 troops are coming to the city, if you know a good villain, quickly open the city gate to be surrendered, if not, the army will attack the city like thunder in the sky, it is bound to crush you and so on!" ”

When emperor Ju heard about the 100,000 troops, he almost didn't sit on the ground, and although he was afraid in his heart, how could he surrender without a fight, so he asked people to reply, "It is an unjust act for you to wait for the Chu army to cut down my Song city for no reason." Soldiers, don't be afraid, I have played the king, and reinforcements will come immediately! ”

The Right Army's Analysis Jun Hei Qi laughed loudly, "Don't you wait to do that delusional thought, there is already my army waiting on the road to reinforcements, they are unable to protect themselves, you still don't need to wait for reinforcements!" You are limited to giving a reply in half an hour, and when half an hour arrives, siege the city! ”

When the Emperor Ju heard that the reinforcements were also intercepted by the Chu army, his eyes were in a daze, and his mouth muttered, "There are no reinforcements, no reinforcements..." He woke up suddenly, pulled away the soldiers around him and rushed to the city wall and shouted, "The general is walking slowly!" I wait to surrender! ”

The Jun heiqi who had just turned the body of the car shook his body, almost did not fall out of the car, rubbed his ears, and asked xiang the right side of the car with some uncertainty, "Did I hear you correctly, is there someone in Yongqiu City who shouts to sneak attack?" ”

The right side of the car also replied in a puzzled way, "I heard it too, but I haven't attacked the city yet, so is the defender so fearless?" ”

"Turn around and see what's going on!" Analyze Jun Hei Qi to the Tamer Dao.

When the car turned back, he looked at the city wall and asked in a loud voice, "Who was shouting surrender just now?" ”

"Me! I! Yongqiu Shou General Huang Ju, General, I would like to open the city gate and surrender! The emperor shouted at the city wall, afraid that if the shouting was slow, the Chu army would attack the city.

Emperor Ju shouted like this, but it made the officials on the left and right, the generals big and small, extremely ashamed. A bloody official stepped forward and grabbed Huang Ju, "General, this Chu army has not yet attacked the city, I will surrender later, if it is passed out, I will laugh at the world!" ”

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The content behind this book is very little circulated in the history books or folk literature, so few people know about it, but it is an extremely crucial thing in the Warring States period, and several major events that occurred during this period, if it were not recorded in Qinghua Jian's "Department Year", would surely be submerged in the torrent of history.

By consulting a large number of papers and literature, combined with the "Department Year", the author sorted out the next four major battles:

Zhao Yue Fa Qi (also known as Qi Xiu Great Wall),

Chu invaded Jin (also known as the Battle of Fangcheng),

Marquis of the Three Jins (also known as the Three Jin Dynasties, three branches of the Jin Dynasty),

Three Jin Dynasty (also called Into Prince Ding, Battle of Wuyang).

After these four wars, the world entered the era of "Seven Heroes of the Warring States".

This book is a long serial novel, based on the content of the 2400-year-old Bamboo Jane "Department Year" collected by Tsinghua University, and it is also the author's hobby to examine the history of the Spring and Autumn Warring States.

I hope that everyone will not plagiarize, if there are multiple consecutive reprints, please also indicate the source, so as not to cause unnecessary trouble to each other.