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In 634 BC, the State of Lu took the lead and allied itself with the State of Ju and the State of Wei, and the positions of these three countries were connected, just drawing an arc in the southwest of the State of Qi, wrapping the State of Qi tightly, and the east and north of the State of Qi were vast seas, so this was equivalent to tying a shackle on the ankle of the State of Qi, pulling up the human wall to force you to swim in the sea Rhythm, the State of Qi naturally could not stand it, so it attacked the State of Lu. The state of Lu was invincible, so it fell to the state of Chu and borrowed troops from King Cheng of Chu for help.
And this incident directly allowed the Chu State's sphere of influence to completely extend through the hinterland of the Central Plains, as shown in the blue grid coverage area of the map, the area of the princely states that submitted to the Chu State was close to two-thirds of the total area of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and the King of Chu Cheng was basically equal to the uncrowned overlord.
Only Qi, Qin, and Jin remained independent. The Zhou royal family lived in the "universe", the middle of the Central Plains, but now, he and the Chu state had directly bordered, forming a face-to-face oppression. At this time, Zhou Tianzi knew that this would definitely not work, and Qi, Qin, and Jin also knew that this would definitely not work.
Zhou Tianzi was worried, in addition to the dignity of the royal family, but also worried about whether his own life could be saved, because as early as two hundred years ago, the Chu Kingdom produced a madman Xiongqu who was not afraid of heaven, and directly did not bird Zhou Tianzi, saying, "I am a barbarian, not with the name of China", which means that you Central Plains princes all say that we are barbarians, well, we are barbarians, you Central Plains princes that set of princes and uncles of the rank of the male rank we do not understand, simply we will call the king.
So Xiong Qu directly crowned himself a king, a level with Zhou Tianzi, which is not to mention, and also crowned his three sons as kings. Moreover, this Xiongqu is still quite capable, reigning for ten years, conquering the east and the west, expanding the power of the Chu state to the south bank of the Yangtze River and the middle and lower reaches, so that the Zhou royal family can not do anything. Therefore, the strange status quo of the Great Zhou Dynasty with two kings was formed. But now, the king had seen the king, and the king of Chu's fist had reached the front of the eyes of the king of Zhou, and it was impossible for Zhou Tianzi not to be afraid.
What Qi, Jin, and Qin were worried about was whether their independence could be preserved, they did not want to submit to the barbarians, so in the future, sooner or later, there would be a war with the Chu state, that is, they did not know exactly when and what factors would detonate.
At this time, the turn of a country has formed a huge butterfly effect, which has quickly turned this delicate and tense situation upside down.
This country is the Song Kingdom.
The State of Song was originally very hostile to the State of Chu, and Song Xianggong was the successor of the hegemony designated by the Duke of Qi Huan, but the state was weak and the strength was not enough to support the situation, and after being repeatedly humiliated by the State of Chu, it was defeated and lost in the Battle of Hongshui, and Song Xianggong was also killed shortly after because of an arrow wound in this battle. The successor Song Chenggong must have been resentful of the Chu State, but at that time, the Song State had already fallen into the middle of the family road, and it was down and down, and could only whisper to the Chu State, vain and snake.
Later, Duke Wen of Jin returned to the State of Jin to succeed to the throne, and the State of Jin became more and more powerful, because when he was wandering with heavy ears, he had received strong support from the Duke of Song Xiang, so the State of Jin had always been friendly to the State of Song and tried to win over, so in this year, Song Chenggong allied with the State of Jin, which was equivalent to breaking away from the camp of the State of Chu.
How could King Cheng of Chu, who had just won the battle against the State of Qi, allow such a thing to happen under his own eyes, so the State of Chu directly united with Chen, Cai, Zheng, and Xu and a group of younger brothers, and halfway lu guo also joined in, and the soldiers of the Six Kingdoms directly turned the spear of Ge, and the murderous spirit rushed to the Song Kingdom.
Song Chenggong hurriedly sent someone to ask Jin Wengong for help, at this time, jinguo had no other choice, Song must be saved, not to save not only lose song, but also lose the trust of other small countries in Jin, and he will not want to raise his head and be a man in the future. However, to directly save the Song State is equivalent to going to war with the Six Kingdoms, of which the State of Chu alone, the State of Jin may not be able to fight; and the State of Jin is far away from the State of Song, and there are the State of Cao and the State of Wei - two allies of the State of Chu are separated in the middle, and the expedition of labor is much more difficult. Jin Wengong had no score at all.
At this time, Hu Yan drew a Yang plot for Jin Wengong, who analyzed: "Cao and Wei are the gateways for the Chu state to continue to expand into the Central Plains, so the Chu state must attach great importance to diplomatic relations with the Cao state and the Wei state." Moreover, they have not been in alliance for a long time, and they need to verify their friendship with each other, if we attack Cao and Wei, the State of Chu will definitely rescue, then the current crisis of the State of Qi and the State of Song can be temporarily alleviated. And we have more time and more space to adopt the various diplomatic strategies that follow. ”
Duke Wen of Jin adopted the strategy of fox yan, so the State of Jin acted quickly to attack and defend Cao, the State of Wei was weak and was soon defeated, and the Defenders directly drove away their monarch Wei Chenggong and surrendered to the State of Jin. However, when attacking the Cao Kingdom, something went wrong.
The combat effectiveness of this Cao state defending the city was really not weak, the Jin army could not attack the city for a long time, and many people died in battle. This Commander of the Cao Kingdom wanted to kill people, so he pulled out the corpses of the Jin army and displayed them on the city wall, first of all, for exhibition, and also as a shield, so that the Jin army could not release arrows, which meant that the attack power was reduced by a few points.
If cao guo could not be defeated, the strategy of the Jin state to save the Song could not be well implemented, the Jin and Song dynasties were in a relatively critical situation, and Jin Wengong was also very anxious, and one night, when he was inspecting the barracks, he heard two soldiers quietly discussing, one of whom said:
"His mother, Cao Guo's gang of bird people, hung my brother's body on their main city gate to bask in the sun, my brother was about to be dried by the sun, every time I saw it, I was eager to hang up the corpses of their Cao Guo ancestors and dry them!"
Another soldier said, "Alas, who said it wasn't, my brother-in-law's body was also basking on it, and I just told a few brothers that when the battle was over, I had to go to the ancestral graves of their Cao people to dispel this breath in my heart!" ”
When Jin Wengong heard the people's will at the grassroots level, his mind was like a flash of lightning, and a thought quickly jumped out of his mind, so he quickly ordered the whole army to move and "give up the tomb"!
What do you mean? It is to transfer the camp where the army is stationed to the ancestral grave area of the Cao people! The Jin people are going to jump on the graves of the Cao people!
At that time, the custom was all clan burial, that is, a large burial area, with the family as a unit divided into different communities, a family cemetery is concentrated in one place, starting from the ancestors, one next to the other. Jin Wengong wanted to dance on the grave head to make the Cao people afraid!
This transfer of the Jin army was terrible. The cemetery is full of mounds, and it must be dug up, which is equivalent to digging up the ancestral graves of cao guo. This Jin soldier was holding his breath and wanted to do this, so he worked hard and launched the fierce "flat grave" campaign, and dug a lot of them in one night.
At this moment, the Cao people were completely frightened, the ancestral tomb was dug up, and the ancestral bones were exposed to broad daylight, which was a big thing, and the ancestors would send disasters! So they quickly begged for forgiveness, begging the Jin army not to continue digging their own ancestral graves, and then admit their mistakes three times, and then put the bodies of the Jin army into coffins one by one and transport them out of the city for the Jin army to return to China. The Jin army took the opportunity to quickly attack the city, and on the eighth day of March, the battle ended, and the Jin army invaded the capital of the Cao state and occupied the cao state.
In this battle, Cao Guo was not decent, and the Jin state was not decent.
At this time, the Song Kingdom, which had been besieged by the State of Chu for more than half a month, was almost unable to support itself, and the purpose of Jin Wengong to attack Cao and Defend and save the Song had not been achieved, that is, the heart was as anxious as a fire, at this time, a giant bull man who was in the annals of history stood up and offered the first strange strategy of his legendary career, and we will continue to talk about it in the next issue.