Weiguo is a country with a special status and full of legends among the Chinese princes.

In that year, after King Wu of Zhou was Shang, he divided the Beijing-Hebei region of the Shang Dynasty into four, and gave the northern region to Wu Geng, the son of King Wu, with the country name Shao; Seal the other regions to Uncle Guan, Uncle Cai, and Uncle Huo. These three countries are used to monitor and clamp down on the Shao State, so they are known as the "Three Prisons" in history. Therefore, the first batch of feudal states in the Western Zhou Dynasty did not defend the country.

After the death of King Wu of Zhou, Uncle Guan united with Uncle Cai, Uncle Huo and Wu Geng to launch a rebellion in order to compete for the royal regency. Zhou Gong decisively quelled the rebellion of the three eunuchs, and then revoked the title of Shao Heguan.

Soon, the Duke of Zhou gave the land of the original Shao Kingdom and some of the land of the three eunuchs to his closest brother Uncle Kang, with the country name Wei and the title of earl. Song is Shang, Wei is Yin; The Song continued the sacrifice to the merchants, and the Wei inherited the land of the Yin people.

In order to prevent the recurrence of incidents similar to the rebellion of the three eunuchs, the royal family stationed six divisions in Weiguo, known as the "Yin Sixth Division" in history; At that time, although the title of the Guardian was low, it was regarded as the most important vassal state.

The remnants of the Yin Shang were relocated to various vassal states, and the aborigines of the Central Plains were content with the status quo; The situation in China gradually stabilized, the Yin people were no longer the source of social unrest, and the military function of defending the country also shifted from preventing civil strife in the Western Zhou Dynasty to resisting the invasion of Rongdi in the north.

The reign of Marquis Wei Qing coincided with the reign of King Yi of Zhou, and at this time, the Western Zhou Dynasty was moving from prosperity to decline. King Zhou Yi listened to Ji Hou's slander and gave Qi Aigong a boiled living person. The princes were distracted, hated and feared, and basically no longer went to see King Zhou Yi. The Marquis of Wei Qing took advantage of the weakness to enter, and stammered with the king of Zhou Yi; In return, King Yi of Zhou bestowed on him the title of Marquis.

After more than a hundred years, King Zhou You, the monarch of the Western Zhou Dynasty, repeatedly played tricks on the princes, but lost Hojing and his life. Shenhou, one of the culprits of the destruction of the Western Zhou Dynasty and the father-in-law of King You of Zhou, sent four urgent reports asking for help, one of which was sent to Wei Wu Gonghe. During the hundreds of years of confrontation with the enemy, Wei Guo has cultivated a brave, strong, and warlike army. At the age of eighty, Wei Wugong led the army to the west and served as the commander-in-chief of the Four-Nation Alliance. After a heroic battle, the coalition forces drove the invaders out of the devastated Hokyo.

After King Zhou Ping ascended the throne, he rewarded the meritorious heroes. He thought that his land and possessions could no longer express his gratitude to Duke Wei Wu, so he made Wei He a duke. Wei Guo was the fourth Grand Duchy surnamed Ji after Liangyu and Yu. But later, there were repeated turmoil in the country, and he sent troops to attack the royal family, and the Son of Heaven was angry and demoted the title of Weijun to a marquis.

The friendship between Wei Guo and Lu Guo stems from the brotherhood between Uncle Kang and Zhou Gong, and this friendship has not changed for hundreds of years; Weiguo has been married to Qi for a long time, so he often gets help from the other party, but he is not less beaten by Qi people. The Weiguo people are somewhat arrogant, they only like to associate with the big powers, and look down on the "inferior countries" such as Zheng and Huazhi, and the Weiren even regard the Jin people as "barbaric mandrills in the Taihang Mountains".

It is for the above reasons that Wei Guo was not willing to submit to the Jin State. Coupled with Wei Chenggong's bitter hatred for Jin Wengong, even if Jin became the new overlord of China, the Weiguo people refused to meet Jin Wengong.

Before his death, Duke Wen of Jin summoned the princes to meet with the Jin Kingdom, but Wei Chenggong not only ignored his orders, but also took the opportunity of Zheng Wengong's trip to send Kong Da to lead an army to invade Zheng State, recapturing the two cities of Mian and Zi (these two cities originally belonged to Wei Guo, but were later occupied by Zheng State). The defenders advanced with the victory, but they were met with strong resistance from the Zheng army at Kuangyi, and Kong Da saw that he could not conquer the target, so he ordered the withdrawal of the army.

In the thirty-third year of Lu Xugong and the thirteenth month of the death of Duke Wen of Jin, the Jin people held a small auspicious ceremony to worship Duke Wen. After the small auspicious ceremony, the Jin people began to prepare for the defense of the war. Duke Xiang of Jin sent envoys to the vassal states to inform them of the preparations to use force against the country.

When the Jin army arrived in the Nanyang area, there were some skeptical voices in the army, to the effect that what Jin Xianggong himself did not do (pilgrimage to King Zhou Xiang), why did he ask Wei Ren to do it (court meeting Jin Xianggong)?

Therefore, first of all, he proposed to the Duke of Jin Xiang: "Since the prince is crusading against the country under the banner of 'defending the monarch and not the alliance leader', you should not follow his actions." The prince has been on the throne for two years, but he did not meet Zhou Tianzi, which is also disrespectful. He was rude but crusaded against other countries in the name of maintaining Zhou etiquette, which could not be trusted by the people of the world. Therefore, please ask the prince to go to the Hajj to the Son of Heaven, and leave the matter of attacking and defending the country to the ministers. ”

The Duke of Xiang of Jin left the army the next day and went to Wendi to meet the king of Zhou Xiang, and the Jin army led by Xu Ju and Xu Chen continued to advance. The target of the Jin army was Qicheng (within the boundaries of present-day Puyang, Henan), which was an important town in the northwest of the Wei Kingdom and belonged to the Wei Guo Dafu Sun family.

On 1 May, the Jin army besieged Qicheng, and the Zheng army attacked Zicheng at the same time; The Song army deployed heavy troops on the southern border of the Patriotic Empire, preparing to intervene when the Patriotic Army came to the rescue.

The purpose of building Qicheng was to resist the invasion of Beidi and Nan, so although Qicheng was small, its defense was quite strong. First of all, Ju and his subordinates went around the city to check the terrain and the enemy's position, and after the people returned to the camp, they all shook their heads and sighed, it turned out that when the King of Jin Xiang Dynasty took away all the public troops of the Chinese army, the strength of the surrounding Qi was only a small part of the Chinese army. First, he had to build fortifications and make siege equipment while waiting for Jin Xianggong to return.

In late May, the Duke of Jin Xianggong led the Gong army to arrive, and the Jin army then began to launch a strong attack on Qicheng. The Jin army used a combination of ladders, siege engines, and excavation from the ground to attack the city day and night. Qi people are tired of dealing with the enemy's attack; On 8 June, the Jin army broke through the defenses of the exhausted defenders and captured the city. Sun Zhaozi, who defended the city, was killed in battle, and his body was transported to the Duke of Jin Xianggong. Jin Xianggong soon returned it to the patriots.

After the Jin State occupied Qicheng, the Jin Xianggong divided the place into several regions and handed them over to different countries for management. The princes sent armies and tax collectors to collect taxes while taking care of the defense of the land. After the princes' armies entered Qicheng, the Jin army withdrew and returned to China.

Wei Chenggong was unwilling to settle grudges with many countries at the same time, so he temporarily gave up the idea of recovering Qicheng. The patriots have learned the methods of the Jin people, and they are not as rampant as before. However, Wei Chenggong still refused to bow to the Jin people, so he sent an envoy to Chen Guo and asked Chen Gonggong to mediate.

Chen Gonggong is a guy who doesn't seem to be in his right mind when he is sober, not to mention that he is half-drunk and half-awake (at the banquet held for the patriotic envoys). He curled his tongue and patted his chest with a "bang" and said, "You only need to achieve a victory against the Jin Kingdom." The rest is all on the widow! ”

The envoy brought back Chen Gonggong's suggestion, and Wei Chenggong believed the promise of the foolish worm, and then ordered Kong Dafa Jin. Kong Da led his army to besiege the original city of the Jin Kingdom. However, Wei Guo's actions caused great trouble, and the Jin State reacted very quickly, and Zhao Yuan rushed to Yuan, and in a very short time, gathered a large army in several cities near Yuan. Conda was in danger and managed to get the army out of danger before the enemy could complete the encirclement.

Wei Chenggong asked Chen Gonggong for help again, and Chen Gonggong spread his hands and said, "You haven't won yet!?" ”

Some people think that Wei Chenggong is too careless and too gullible to others: a wise ruler will not pin his hopes on others.

Due to repeated setbacks in his confrontations with the Jin state, Wei Chenggong had to bow his unwilling head and was forced to submit to the Jin state (in the following year). For more than a hundred years after that, the Jin State regarded Wei Guo as one of the least trustworthy allies, and carried out very harsh exploitation, unjustified humiliation, and blatant suppression of Wei Guo.

Later, when the Jin State was in decline, Wei Guo did not hesitate to erect a banner and became the vanguard of the opposition to the hegemony of the Jin State.