Chapter 177: Chidi Destroys Xing (3)

Luzi kept his word. As soon as the two-day deadline arrived, he immediately ordered the cavalry to pursue Xing Ren as the vanguard with all his might, and the main force of infantry followed behind and marched at full speed.

The course of the ancient Yellow River was different from today's. Before 602 B.C., the ancient Yellow River road began from Mengjin to Huaxian, drawing a beautiful, quarter-round arc, and then flowing north into Juluze; It then flows northeast from Juluze, and finally flows into the Bohai Sea in the south of Tianjin; Xingguo is located about 50 kilometers south-west of Julu Jersey.

The Xing army successfully repelled several attacks by the Chidi vanguards, buying precious time for the refugees to cross the river.

Duke Huan of Qi, Duke Huan of Song, and Duke Cao Zhao had just joined forces in northern Nie (near present-day Liaocheng, Shandong) when the first refugees from Xing broke into the barracks, and the coalition forces hurriedly carved out a piece of land behind each of the two flanks to settle the refugees.

Fearing that the sudden influx of these people would cause chaos for the army, the coalition forces sent a large number of troops to intercept and direct them to the settlement from the flank. By the time most of the refugees were safe, the troops behind Xing Guo's palace had already fought against the Chidi vanguard. The Xing army was unable to resist the enemy's fierce attack, and only relied on the favorable terrain to support it. Just when the Xing army's defense line was about to be breached, Huaxia reinforcements arrived in time.

The allied soldiers vented their irrepressible anger at the enemy, and rushed forward to immediately crush the enemy's offensive. The situation suddenly changed, and Chidi, who was still attacking wantonly just now, was unable to resist the ferocious attack, but turned around and fled. The coalition forces refused to give up this rare opportunity to kill the enemy, and pursued them closely. In fact, if it weren't for the fact that the Chidi cavalry fled too quickly and it was getting dark, the coalition forces would have been confident that they would have wiped out the enemy.

The refugees were well sheltered, and the belongings scattered all over the ground when the people fled were not taken by the coalition forces, but were gathered by the sergeants for the owners to claim.

Early the next morning, the coalition forces launched a full-scale attack, and the Chidi army was overwhelmed and collapsed for several miles. The two victories greatly boosted the momentum of the Chinese, and the allied forces drove Chidi back to the west bank of the Yellow River in one fell swoop, and then continued to pursue the enemy in preparation for the recovery of Xing. However, Chidi, who stayed in Xingtai, saw that the situation was not good, and had already burned the capital, turned around and fled into Taihang Mountain in a hurry.

Xingren looked at the ruins in front of them and couldn't believe that it turned out to be the largest city north of the Yellow River (after the Zhou people dismembered Chaoge, Xingtai was the largest). The Xing eventually abandoned rebuilding the capital in its place, and instead restored the capital at Yiyi (near present-day Liaocheng, Shandong) with the help of Qi and other Chinese princes.

Xingcheng was founded in the Shang Dynasty, and the Shang king Zuyi moved the capital to Xing in the ninth year of his reign. After more than 100 years of the fifth dynasty, the Shang king Nangeng moved the capital from Xing to Xian. Since then, Xing has become an important Fang country of Yin Shang and is known as "Xing Fang"; The Chinese Heavy Weapons Simu Wu Dafang Ding was made by Wu Ding for Xing, the queen wife of Xing nationality.

After King Wu conquered Shang, Wu Geng was enshrined in the Shao Kingdom, and Xingdi was included in the Shao Kingdom. Later, the three eunuchs and Wu Geng launched a rebellion, and the Duke of Zhou went east to destroy Shao, and King Cheng of Zhou sealed the fourth son of the Duke of Zhou in Xing; Therefore, Xing, Beiyan and Lu inherited the same lineage as Zhou Gong. Xing Guo undertook the important mission of stopping Rong Di's eastward advance, and was once very powerful, but was finally destroyed by a strong enemy.

Although Xing was destroyed as well as Weiguo, the foundation for restoration was obviously much better: the population of the old country was large, and the military power was basically left. But who would have thought that more than 20 years later, Xing Guo colluded with his old enemies and fought against the patriotic brothers who had sympathized with each other, so that he was finally destroyed by the patriotic country, thus withdrawing from the stage of history - right or wrong for the time being, this result is really embarrassing.

In the second half of the year, the Lu State experienced two wars, one against the State of Yi and the other against the State of Ju.

As mentioned earlier, Ai Jiang fled to the state of Yi after Qing's father assassinated Duke Lu Min, and later the Duke of Qi Huan escorted Wai Jiang back from the state of Yi and killed her on the way. The people of Lu were very angry, but they didn't dare to be angry at the people of Qi, so they could only vent their anger to the people of Qi. The people of the country also felt the gravity of the situation, and they sent an army to garrison Xuqiu; Xuqiu is an important border town and an important place for customs clearance. However, at that time, the people of Lu were busy restoring domestic order and did not have the energy to attack the state of Lu.

After Lu Xigong's buttocks sat firmly, Lu still did not put on a posture of war against the Di people, and later the Lu people negotiated with the Qi people, preparing to return the coffin of Mourning Jiang from the Qi people for burial. The people thought that the resentment of the Lu people had disappeared and the crisis had been resolved, so they withdrew the army guarding Xuqiu in September.

There is an area called "Yan" on the map of the Lu State that is protruding into the Lu State, and the soldiers of the Lu State are eager to return home, and they do not want to make another big bend, so they actually venture through the territory of the Lu State. The Lu people had received information in advance, and the reckless actions of the Lu people gave the Lu people an excellent excuse to go to war, so the Lu army launched a key attack on the enemy in the Yandi, and finally surrounded and annihilated this army.

In winter, the people of Ju State jumped out to find trouble in Lu again. It turned out that when Ji You asked Ju Guo to hand over Qing's father last year, he promised Ju people a huge amount of bribes. After the Ju people handed over their father, the Lu people broke the contract after only fulfilling a small part of their obligations - because the state really couldn't take out so much property.

Ju Guo's several negotiations were fruitless, so Ju Zi's brother Ju led the division to Valu. The commander of the Lu army was Ji You, and the two armies fought in Li; The Lu army waited for work at ease, took advantage of the geographical advantage to break the enemy army, and Ju Yu was also defeated and killed in a solo battle with Ji You. After the two victories of the Lu State, the Duke of Lu gave the land of Wenyang and Feiyi to Ji You. The Ji family became the most powerful family in the Lu State.

In early autumn, the state of Chu, which had not appeared in the sight of the princes for a long time, suddenly raised an army to attack Zheng, which was the result of Zheng abandoning his old love and finding a new love. Duke Qi Huan could not tolerate the harassment of the new little brother by the old master, so he immediately convened a meeting of the Soldier Chariot League and prepared to rescue Zheng Guo. But the people of Chu seemed to just want to show their presence, and the Chu army made a demonstrative circle around Xinzheng City and withdrew.

Although Zheng Guo did not suffer any losses this time, the Zheng people believed that with the proud character and bad temper of King Chu Cheng, Chu would sooner or later launch a full-scale war against Zheng Guo.