It can be said that the Sanxingdui civilization in Shu at that time was not within the "world" recognized by the Zhou people at all, and naturally it was impossible to become an ally of the Zhou people.
Through objective and calm thinking, I can only regretfully declare that King Wu of Zhou united with Sanxingdui to fight King Zhou of Shang, which is just a beautiful imagination.
However, if the Sanxingdui civilization did not unite with the Zhou people, then what was the "Shu" in the coalition of merchants and merchants?
On this point, some people have already determined the connection during this period through archaeology.
Here, of course, it is not through the Shu Ge in Chen Wenzhe's hands, but that weapon is also a Ge.
This is a bronze Ge that dates back to the late Shang Dynasty. Based on its unique isosceles triangle shape, it is named "Triangle Aid Ge".
This kind of Ge is "Shu Ge".
Because the distribution of this type of "triangular aid to Ge" has very distinct regional characteristics, it is called Shu Ge.
This is entirely because they are mostly distributed in Shu and are extremely rare in the Central Plains.
In recent years, many scholars have discovered that this kind of "triangle aid" is not only concentrated in Shu, but also quite densely distributed in Hanzhong.
As mentioned before, a huge number of "triangular aids" were discovered in the Chenggu area of Hanzhong.
Moreover, during the period equivalent to the Yin Ruins period, this type of ge was the absolute mainstream of bronze ges unearthed here.
It should be said that this is the "main battle weapon" of the local people.
Based on the unique and distinctive cultural factor of Triangle Aid Bronze Ge, many scholars have judged that the early Shu culture was not only distributed in the Chengdu Plain, but also in the Hanzhong region of Western Shaanxi.
In ancient times, place names often spread with the spread of culture, so it was often the case that multiple places had the same name.
The place name "Shu" may have been spread from Shu to Hanzhong along with the spread of early Shu culture.
The "Shu" in "Oath of Shepherd" is more likely to refer to the nation of the early Shu culture in the Hanzhong area.
Although Hanzhong and Guanzhong are separated by the Qinling Mountains, they are still very close and connected by roads.
Even three thousand years ago, it should have been relatively convenient for people living in the two places to communicate with each other and influence each other.
The Zhou clan grew rapidly in the late Shang Dynasty and brought the early Shu culture people in the Hanzhong area into their sphere of influence.
Later, they united with them to conquer the Yin Shang Dynasty. This is entirely possible.
Moreover, because of their great contributions in the revolution, this group of people enjoyed very generous treatment after entering the Western Zhou Dynasty.
For example, the famous Baoji Zhuyuan Cemetery has unearthed many artifacts that are inextricably linked to Shu culture.
This fully shows that it may be a state developed from Shu culture, or it may be a branch of the Shu people recorded in "Mushu Oath".
The early Shu culture people in the Hanzhong area migrated from Shu. Chen Wenzhe has already determined this.
It's just that others don't know clearly, and they still wonder whether these people were originally distributed here.
They still need further research, but Chen Wenzhe is very sure that Sichuan Province is internally connected with Hanzhong, and the Shu people in Hanzhong were conquered and ruled by the Zhou people.
In fact, it is relatively easy to determine this.
One is because of the Sichuan conflict, which proves that the cultures of Sichuan, Shu and Zhou people influenced each other and were even interoperable.
Another point is that over in Xishan, Chen Wenzhe saw the Sanxingdui logo.
They are two kinds of gold masks unearthed in Sanxingdui, from the domed gold-faced bronze figures and the flat-topped gold-faced bronze figures.
The full height of the domed figure is 42.5
cm, width 19.6
centimeters;
Flat-top portrait height 45.8
cm, width 22.4 cm.
The gold masks on these two figures are both made of beaten gold leather, with hollowed-out eyebrows and exquisite craftsmanship.
It is speculated that this gold-faced statue represents the highest level of nobles in society at that time.
Not only do they have the power of life and death, they also monopolize the power to communicate with gods.
Before the war began, priests wearing this golden mask were dancing?
This should be a blessing to the army, and it should be considered a normal activity at that time.
It was also after seeing this that Chen Wenzhe determined that Shu people participated in the Battle of Muye.
Therefore, even the "Sichuan Army" who immigrated to Western Shaanxi are still "Sichuan Army" to a certain extent.
Perhaps the household registration has been moved and the place of origin has changed, but cultural customs are not so easily changed.
Three thousand years ago, the "Western Shaanxi Sichuan Army", as an important part of King Wu of Zhou's army to conquer the Shang Dynasty, played an important role in the process of destroying the Shang Dynasty.
They left a profound mark in history and left a beautiful myth for future generations.
The bronze triangle Yuan Ge was unearthed from a large tomb in the late Shang Dynasty in Western Shaanxi.
Now through looking back at Shuo, Chen Wenzhe can determine that this was probably used by the "Shu" people mentioned in "Shang Shu Mu Shi" who conquered the Yin and Shang Dynasties together with King Wu of Zhou Dynasty.
These friendly forces are related to the Sanxingdui Civilization, but they are not from the ancient Shu Kingdom, the creator of the Sanxingdui Civilization.
Because the history of Sanxingdui is earlier, and by the time King Wu conquered Zhou, the ancient Shu Kingdom, the master of Sanxingdui civilization, had already split, or in other words, had expanded out of Sichuan Province.
In this way, it is not wrong to say that the people of Shu were involved in King Wu's defeat of Zhou.
The incident of "King Wu conquering Zhou" was given a strong sacred color in later generations.
This war became the perfect standard answer to the major historical problems of destiny and dynasty change.
A sacred war will naturally have some magical phenomena that are different from ordinary wars.
The weird scenes here are indispensable.
For example, dancing on the battlefield wearing a golden mask was obviously an essential sacrificial activity at that time.
Therefore, until now, there are still many classics that record that King Wu "singed before and danced after" when he defeated Zhou.
How could Chen Wenzhe know that this was the famous Battle of Makino in history, just because he saw these dances.
This dance is really strange. Those people not only danced before the war, but even during the war, there were many people dancing.
This is almost like a disco on a graveyard. No matter who sees such a strange phenomenon, they will feel that these people are crazy, right?
It's easy to remember such an unusual and strange war.
Therefore, Chen Wenzhe easily thought that this might be the Battle of Makino.
Because this is recorded in many classics, which contain detailed records of this crazy war.
Well, the details are a bit exaggerated, but the characteristics of the graveyard dance are recorded very clearly.
Combining the era, the scale of the war, the venue where the war took place, and the crazy dance he saw, Chen Wenzhe naturally adapted successfully to the Battle of Makino.
After all, this war is too famous.
As long as you have doubts, you can easily find evidence. After all, there are many classics recording this war.