After talking about the history of the early three kingdoms of Zhao, Wei and Qi, we will shift our attention to South Korea.
South Korea, when we interjected Nie Zheng above, we mentioned a little bit. Here, we will talk in detail about the battle of Han and Zheng.
Located in the hinterland of the Central Plains, Zheng Guo is famous for its developed economy, sound legal system, democratic politics, and changlong liturgy. In 806 BC, four hundred years before the beginning of the book, Ji You, the ancestor of the State of Zheng, was made a prince, and the State of Zheng was officially established. In 774 BC, Zheng Huangong, the second monarch of the State of Zheng, moved the capital to Zheng (present-day Xinzheng, Henan), and since then, the territory of the State of Zheng has been fixed in the area of present-day Zhengzhou.
When Zheng Zhuanggong, the fourth monarch of the State of Zheng, became strong, known as the "Spring and Autumn Little Bully", once repelled the crusade of King Ping of Zhou, and shot King Huan of Zhou in the shoulder with a bow and arrow. At this time, the State of Zheng invaded the State of Xu to the south, deterred the States of Song, Wei, and Lu to the east, and helped the State of Qi drive away the invading Northern Di.
After the death of Zheng Zhuanggong, Zheng Guo soon fell into civil unrest due to the improper choice of successor. On the outside, the Jin state in the north, the state of Qi in the east, and the state of Chu in the south have become stronger, and the state of Zheng is sandwiched between the major powers, with a small living space and no ability to operate outward. Although during the reign of Zheng Xianggong in the 6th century BC, there were great statesmen such as zizhi, but they could only barely maintain the national power of Zheng Guo and could not open up.
By the time Zheng Guo was in power by the reign of the twenty-third monarch, Duke Ai of Zheng, the three families of Han, Zhao, and Wei had already eliminated the Zhi clan and de facto divided the Jin state. At this time, Zheng Guo's main enemy was the emerging Korea.
However, the sky did not go according to people's wishes, and just when South Korea was looking at the tiger, Zheng Guo broke out into civil unrest. Duke Zheng Ai was killed by the countrymen, and Zheng Yougong succeeded to the throne. Soon, Korea took the opportunity to attack Zheng Guo and kill Yougong, so the people of the country also set up Yougong's younger brother Gongzi As the King, as Zheng Gonggong.
During the reign of Zheng Gong, the Han and Zheng families attacked each other, and Zheng Guo once had the upper hand.
In 408 BC, five years before Korea was officially appointed a prince, the founding monarch of Korea, Han Jinghou, attacked Yongqiu (雍丘, in present-day Qixian County, Henan), the following year, Zheng counterattacked and defeated the Han army at Yu, and seven years later, in 400 BC, Zheng besieged Yang Zhai in Korea.
Just as Zheng Guo was fighting with Korea, civil unrest broke out in Zheng Guo, and in 398 BC, Zheng Gong killed Zheng Guo's state minister Ziyang. A year later, there was an incident in which Nie Zheng killed xia tired.
Another year later, in 396 BC, Zheng Ziyang's cronies avenged Ziyang and killed Zheng Gong.
Two years later, in 394 BC, Zheng rebelled and incorporated into Korea.
At this point, Zheng Guo's national fortunes have reached the point of surviving. For Zheng Guo, the only thing he could rely on was the powerful state of Wei in the north. In the Great War of Han and Zheng, the neighboring states of the two countries, the State of Wei, were involved, and the State of Wei was inclined to the State of Zheng, so that South Korea could not let go of its hands and feet to attack the State of Zheng.
In 375 BC, in the twelfth year of The Reign of Marquis Wu of Wei, the State of Wei went south to war with the State of Chu, and the two countries fought a major war at Yuguan. South Korea seized the opportunity to attack Zheng Guo and eventually destroy Zheng Guo. At this time, the monarch of Korea was the Marquis of Han, the Marquis of Aihou, who was the great-grandson of Jinghou, and the grandfather of Marquis Liehou, who was the son of Jinghou.
After Korea destroyed the State of Zheng, it simply moved the capital to Xinzheng, and it was precisely because of this move that South Korea, which was not very powerful, could become one of the Seven Heroes of the Warring States.
Four years later, in 371 BC, civil unrest broke out in Korea, and Yan Sui, a favorite of the Marquis of Han, hated the Korean minister of state, Han Kuo, so he had Han Ku assassinated above the court. Han Lai panicked and ran to the side of The Wai Hou for help, and in a hurry, he hugged Han Xi and wanted to protect him, but he did not expect that the assassin still stabbed Han Xi with his hands, and incidentally stabbed the Wai Gong with his hand. In this way, the Duke of Lai was assassinated by Yan Sui.
However, there is a suspicious point here, that is, the protagonist of the assassination of the Marquis of Sorrows, Yan Sui, is often confused by later generations with Yan Zhongzi in the previous article "Wu Qi of the God of War". In fact, these two people should not be one person. First, Nie Zheng assassinated Xia Lei in 397 BC, when Han Liehou was reigning; and Yan Sui assassinated Hou Laihou in 371 BC, and when Aihou reigned, from the time interval, it was a whole difference of 26 years, which was almost a gap of two generations in that era, and Liehou was also the grandfather of Laihou. Both, the place where Nie Zheng assassinated Han Golem is clearly recorded in the historical records, "Xia Tired Fang sits on the palace", that is, his own Xiang Mansion; while Yan Sui is Han Kuo who was assassinated above the court. Fu and Chao would never have been confused at that time, although Yan Zhongzi and Yan Sui's names were similar, and the pronunciation of Han Golem and Han Ku was the same, but from the before and after of the record, these two events should not be one event.
It is likely that Yan Sui and Han Xi are the descendants of Yan Zhongzi and Han Golem respectively, and the two families are feuding, so that they have been fighting endlessly for thirty years, which I think is still relatively large.
In the same year, Marquis Wu of Wei died. Marquis Wuhou of Wei made a mistake that had been committed countless times by previous people, and people in the future would continue to make it without complaint or regret--not to establish a prince. As a result, Marquis Wu's two sons, Yan and Gongzhong, slowly competed for the position of crown prince, and wei civil unrest ensued.
Two years later, in 369 BC, the Grand Master of the State of Wei went into exile in Korea and proposed to the Korean monarch Yi Hou to attack the State of Wei. Therefore, Han Yihou and Zhao Chenghou, the ruler of the Zhao state at that time, jointly attacked the State of Wei and defeated the Wei army at the place of Turbidity. Turbidity - this name should be familiar to everyone.
After the defeat of the Wei army at Huze Ze, the Han and Zhao families besieged an yi, the capital of the State of Wei. At this time, the Han and Zhao families were divided on the next move: Zhao Chenghou advocated killing Gongzi Yan and establishing Gongzhong as Wei Jun, and then using this as a condition to force the State of Wei to cede land to the two kingdoms; Han Yihou held an opposing opinion, believing that killing Yan and seeking land, at this time, the manifestation of brutality and greed should dismember the State of Wei and make the State of Wei a small state that was not stronger than Song and Wei, so that the Threat of the State of Wei could be exempted for a long time. Zhao Chenghou disagreed with Han Yihou's suggestion. Han Yihou then led his troops out of the battlefield and ended the war privately. Marquis Zhao Cheng, seeing that Marquis Yi of Han had retreated, also led his army out of Anyi, so the State of Wei was spared the disaster of destruction. In this year, only eighteen years after the death of Wei Wenhou, and twelve years after Wu Qi was killed in the Chu state. I think that the heroic spirits of these two people are not far away, and when I see this scene, I don't know how I feel.
After Han and Zhao withdrew, Gongzi Yan killed Gongzhong and became the king of the State of Wei, who was the King of Wei. However, compared to the title of King Hui of Wei, his other title is more well-known, that is, King Hui of Liang.
The State of Wei was temporarily safe, and Korea also fulfilled his long-cherished wish to destroy Zheng and Wei. At this time, the west side of the Three Jins, the eyes that had been looking east, were watching all this with a tiger's eye.
In 364 BC, the son of Duke Hui of Qin, Duke Xian of Qin, broke the combined forces of Han, Zhao, and Wei at Shimen and beheaded 60,000 people, so the world was shaken, and Zhou Tianzi ordered people to give the Qin state the clothes of The Emperor.
In 362 BC, Qin and Wei fought against Shaoliang, the Wei army was defeated, and the Qin army captured Gongshuza. This uncle seat, everyone must be familiar with, his wonderful performance can be said to have had a profound impact on the situation of the Warring States.
In the same year, Duke Xian of Qin died, and Duke Xiao succeeded to the throne at the age of twenty-one. At this moment, history may not know that the chariot motor for the unification of the Qin state is about to be launched. Next time, we'll talk.