In the first year of the reign of King Huan of Zhou, Duke Huan's younger brother Ji Zhou (姬州) rebelled and killed his brother Ji Huan (姬完) and established himself as monarch, he created a farce in which the four kingdoms united to fight Zheng. In this farce, Chen Guo and Cai Guo are obviously coercive, and there is no need to worry too much with them. However, Wei Guo and Song Guo, one is the main plotter, the other is the main attack, Zheng Zhuang Gong can be described as a hatred for the monarchs of the two countries, which is why the incident of Zheng Guo's invasion of Wei in the last article occurred, that is, Ji Yusheng was repaying the previous "Revenge of the East Gate". Today, Duke Zhuang has been given another opportunity to take revenge on the State of Song, but this time the person who provoked the incident was the belligerent Duke Song and Yi of the State of Song, so he put this story into the "History of the State of Song" in the next step.
The four kingdoms of Wei, Song, Chen, and Cai met to go on a crusade against Zheng Guo
So what did Song Zhengong do to give Zheng Guo the opportunity to take revenge? It turned out that this time, Song and Yi, who could not stay idle, took a fancy to the land of their neighbor Yi Guo. Coupled with the good memories of the Song Kingdom besieging the east gate of zhengguo's capital before, he became more and more inflated, and he felt that his army was invincible in the world. Therefore, in the autumn of the second year after Huan Wang ascended the throne (that is, the second year that the Four-Nation Alliance had just "bullied" Zheng Guo), Song Yigong decided to launch a war of aggression and extended his magic hand to the State of Qi.
As for the State of Yi, how could a small vassal state under the shadow of the State of Lu and not yet be knighted be a rival of the State of Song? Apart from being passively beaten and losing soldiers and land, they are powerless to protect themselves. Therefore, in order to survive, the state of Yi needed to seek support and find a big country that could at least match the Song state to protect itself. But to whom does the Congress ask for help? Perhaps the first choice that everyone can think of for the state of Yi should be the state of Lu. After all, nominally speaking, the state of Lu was a vassal of the state of Lu, and it was also close to the two kingdoms of Yi and Song from the state of Shanglu, plus the state of Lu was also a very influential ji surnamed zongbang, and it was most appropriate to ask them for reinforcements.
Who should the country ask for help from is a difficult problem
However, the real history is often not as simple as we think, and the king of the state of Qiu thought twice, and did not ask the Duke of Lu Yin for help, but instead sent an application for support to another Ji surnamed Zheng Guo, hoping that Duke Zhuang could agree to send troops to relieve the urgent needs of his country. Seeing this, will everyone feel very strange, obviously last year Zheng Guo was just "punched in the face" by song Guo, and in the first half of this year, Zhuang Gong also fought a big war with Wei Guo and Southern Yan Guo. It is said that zheng guo at this time is not very suitable to become the savior of the state of Yi, so why should the monarch of the state of Zheng ask for help from Duke Zhuang from afar? In fact, based on some information provided in the previous history books, we can still find the reason why The State of Yi asked Zheng Guo for help:
It is said that the relationship between the State of Lu and the State of Yi is not harmonious, in fact, it is more direct that the attitude of the Duke of Lu Yin to the State of Yi is not very friendly, which can be seen from a record in the "Zuo Chuan Yin Year". At that time, Zheng Zhuanggong decided to invade Weiguo to fight against the gongshu Duan father and son, so he invited the state of Yi to send troops to attack Weiguo. Knowing that his strength was not enough, he went to Lu Guo for help, but they did not directly request Lu Yingong, but communicated privately through Gongzi Yu. From this point, it can be seen that the relationship between the monarch of the State of Yi and the Duke of Yin is not close, and even somewhat distant. In the end, Yin Gong did not agree to send troops to assist, which made the two sides more incompatible, and also prompted the state of Yi to be reluctant to ask the state of Lu for help again.
The relationship between Lu and Yi was not harmonious, and the State of Lu would not ask for help from the State of Lu
It is not difficult to see from the records of the history books that the Song and Lu countries have always had an in-law relationship. In the case of Duke Lu Yin himself, his birth mother, Shengzi, was a Song guoren (a concubine of Huigong's wife Mengzi), and his younger brother Ji Yun's mother Zhongzi was also a Song guo. With such a relationship existing, how could The Duke of Yin turn his face to the Song Kingdom for the sake of a vassal state whose relations were not harmonious? Obviously, the people of the State of Yi also understood this, so they would not go to the State of Lu to help attack the Song army.
It is also recorded in the "Zuo Zhuan" that when Zheng Zhuanggong invited the State of Yi to send troops, he specially sent emissaries to the wing of the State of Yi to hold an alliance with him, agreeing that the two sides would support each other in the future. Therefore, there is a covenant first, and when the country encounters difficulties, Zheng Guo will not sit idly by. In addition, as we have been saying, the relationship between Zheng and Song has always been discordant because of the previous "East Gate feud". This time, the people of the Country of Yi cleverly brought up the old matter again, and also offered that they were willing to be the guide of Zhuang Gong. In the face of such a persuasive and tempting request, Zhuang Gong would naturally gladly accept it.
Before the State of Yi asked for help, Zheng Guo was indeed besieged by the four kingdoms' armies at the east gate of the capital, and indeed engaged in battles with the combined forces of Wei and Southern Yan. However, from these two battles, it can be seen that Zheng Guo either insisted on avoiding the battle, or won a big victory through tactics, and did not hurt the vitality at all. Therefore, at this time, Zheng Guo could not only fight with the Song Kingdom, but also became more effective because of his belief in revenge. Coupled with Zheng Zhuanggong's exquisite tactical strategy, relieving the country's difficulties should not be a problem.
Zheng Zhuanggong, who is scheming
Combining the above four reasons, the State of Yi finally issued a request for support to Zheng Guo, and Zheng Zhuanggong also took the opportunity to send troops to recover the face lost in the previous "Revenge of the East Gate" from the State of Song. When the news of Zheng Guo's dispatch of troops reached the ears of Song Yangong, where did the Song army dare to continue to stay in the state of Yi and quickly retreat to the domestic defenses, and the crisis of the state of Yi was immediately lifted.
Next, it was time for Song Gong to find a way to solve the crisis in his own country, because Zheng Guo's army had already taken advantage of its unpreparedness to come to the capital of the Song Kingdom, and even attacked the outer city of Guo Nei to besiege it. Therefore, on the one hand, the Duke of Song let his army hold firm, and on the other hand, he sent an emissary to ask for help from other countries. So to which country does the Duke of Death seek help? Obviously, the only one who could help the Song Kingdom was the State of Lu. After all, the only countries around the Song Kingdom that could compete with the Zheng Kingdom and have alliances with them were Wei and Lu, and the Wei State had just been defeated by the Zheng State, and it was unlikely that it would be boring to himself, so the Duke of Yan could only rely on the Duke of Lu Yin to help.
When the emissary arrived in the country of Lu, he explained his intentions to Yin Gong, who saw the relationship between the two in-laws and agreed to send troops to help. However, before sending troops, Yin Gong also wanted to know more about the current situation of the war between Song and Zheng, so that the army of the State of Lu could prepare in advance. However, this bad thing was that when The Duke of Yin asked the emissary about the battlefield, the emissary, perhaps worried that the YinGong would not want to send troops because the outer city of Guo, the capital of song, had been lost, so he lied to him, saying that Zheng Guo's army had only invaded the territory of the Song State, but had not yet reached the capital of the Song State.
Duke Song sent emissaries to the State of Lu for help
However, the sentries of the State of Lu were not vegetarians, and the news that Zheng Guo's army had already invaded the outer city of the Song capital had long been known to the Duke of Yin. Ji Xi wanted to ask the messenger about a more specific situation, but who knew that what he heard was the lie told by the messenger, and he was really angry. Therefore, Lu Yingong, who had already prepared to send troops to support the Song Kingdom, angrily refused the messenger's request. Moreover, Yin Gong also told the ministers around him the reason for his anger, saying that it was not that he did not want to help the Song Kingdom, but that the Emissaries of the Song Kingdom deceived him first. Since the emissary was so rude, it seemed that he did not want Lu Guo to inquire about the Song Kingdom, so Naturally, Yin Gong would not ask or help.
Let's see, when Song Zhengong was in danger, he ordered people to ask for help, hoping to get help from other countries, but he was destroyed by this lying emissary who destroyed the savior of Lu Guo. The State of Lu had already refused to send troops, and the State of Song had no other reinforcements to request for the time being, so how would the Duke of Song deal with the siege of the State of Zheng? Can the Song State's own army hold the last line of defense? We'll talk about it next time.
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