Doupeng frowned: "Yi Yin, as the Prime Minister, couldn't stop Cheng Tang? I remember that there were other important ministers who tried their best to encourage Cheng Tang to send troops."
The ancestor nodded: "Yes, Yi Yin was not the only important minister and counselor in Chengtang. For example, Zuo Xiang was the king of Xue State at that time. Zhonghui, the twelfth generation grandson of Xi Zhong, the inventor of the carriage, also saw the Shang Dynasty.
He became so powerful that he gave up his position as king and became prime minister in the Shang Dynasty.
Zhong Hui was ambitious and eager to make progress, which suited Cheng Tang's taste. He was not as mature and prudent as Yi Yin. In the end, when the two had a dispute, Cheng Tang took a compromise approach and did not directly provoke rebellion against the Xia Dynasty.
Let’s attack the surrounding princes and states first to test Xia Jie’s reaction.”
"And this Fang State is the Ge State adjacent to the Shang State. The Ge State was founded by Boyi's son Dalian. Of course, other descendants of Dalian were enfeoffed as princes in other places. The most famous one is Winning Qin, but
This Ge Bo had the highest title during Dalian's time and was also the best in the enfeoffed area. He was close to the Shang tribe and controlled the main road from the Shang tribe to the heart of the Central Plains and the central area of Heluo."
"When Ge State was founded, its strength and territory were similar to those of the Shang tribe when the First Ancestor Qi Chu entrusted them with the Shang Dynasty. However, after more than four hundred years of development in the Xia Dynasty, although Ge State was still considered an above-average vassal
, but compared with the top big country Shang Guo,
There are still gaps, especially when the Shang State moved its capital, recruited talents, and reorganized the army during the Chengtang era, which made Ge Guo feel uneasy. However, there was no evidence to accuse the Shang State of being disobedient, so it could only be cautious.
Getting along with Shang Guo,."
"Zhong Hui was responsible for formulating the strategy against the Ge State. He first sold a large number of cattle and sheep to the Ge State through commercial trade in exchange for the Ge State's specialty, Gebu. Then he used the excuse that the Ge State did not care about ghosts and gods and did not perform sacrifices.
The gods punished them, together with their neighboring countries
Disasters also occurred in the Shang State, and they wanted to blame the Ge State. But Ge Bo said that it was because cattle and sheep imported from the Shang State were used for sacrifices, and the disaster occurred. This means that there was something wrong with the cattle and sheep of the Shang Dynasty.
Disasters also occurred in the Shang Dynasty."
"These words were polite and polite, leaving the Shang Dynasty monarchs speechless, so Zhong Hui made another plan, saying that Ge Bo could use local grains and grains to offer sacrifices to heaven and calm the disaster. However, Ge Bo said that there was a severe drought and that his country
Many of the people in the country have fled and gathered wild fruits, and there are simply not enough
He sent many teenagers from the Shang Kingdom to cultivate the wasteland near the capital of Ge Kingdom, and even called it to help Ge Kingdom farm without taking food. He was completely willing to help others.
Even the meals these young men eat are sent from the Shang Kingdom to show their sincerity."
The black robe sneered: "This is just a way to destroy the country. These teenagers look like just children, but they are lingering in Ge country. The real army is to destroy the roads and terrain of Ge country in the name of delivering food."
, if you have a clear grasp of it, you can even secretly ambush troops in Ge Kingdom, and if something happens, you can directly attack various fortresses in Ge Kingdom."
Doupeng nodded and said: "This is a treacherous plot, but it is also a conspiracy. Put it here, Gebo couldn't refuse, so he sent sergeants pretending to be bandits and robbers, attacked these young people delivering food, and killed several
A young man, now I will find it for Shang Guo
When the excuse came, he immediately said that this was Ge Bo's attack and provocation against the Shang State. So the Shang State immediately dispatched the troops that had been prepared for a long time. They swept across the Ge State like the autumn wind sweeping away fallen leaves, expelled Ge Bo and captured most of them.
The people of the Ge Kingdom are used as slaves."
The black robe curled up his lips and said: "The Shang Kingdom succeeded in destroying the country again. This time, like the last time when the Yi tribe was wiped out, a large number of slaves were sacrificed to heaven again?"
The ancestor shook his head: "Not this time, because the destruction of the Ge Kingdom was not like the last time the Yi tribe was destroyed. It was to avenge the previous king, but simply to find an excuse to invade and destroy the country. The kings and ministers of the Shang Kingdom themselves
He also knew that the people of Ge State were innocent and that the people of Ge State were innocent. When Yi Yin persuaded Cheng Tang and Xia to stand on their own feet, he repeatedly emphasized the need for more
To be benevolent, you should not kill people indiscriminately to lose people's hearts. In addition, Ge Guo is also a member of the Dongyi tribe. The same tribe kills each other and there is harmony between Qian and Tian. Therefore, Chengtang did not kill people indiscriminately this time, but only sacrificed them alive.
A few generals of Ge State and soldiers pretending to be bandits took revenge and thanked their ancestors for their blessing, so they annexed Ge State."
"At this time, Xia Jie had just moved his capital to Anyi, and was currently building a new capital. In order to ensure the safety of Anyi, the main force of his king's army was also in Bingzhou, and was spread across both sides of the Yellow River.
The Di people and Qiang people were fighting, and they had no time to pay attention to the affairs of the Central Plains for a while. Moreover, the Shang tribe also sent people to submit a report.
The most important thing is that the Shang State divided the treasury items gained after conquering Ge State with Ge State's cattle, sheep and horses.
Most of the tribute was given to the Xia Dynasty to show loyalty, which made Xia Jie feel very proud, so he temporarily stopped sending troops to attack Cheng Tangzhixin."
"But after Cheng Tang won such a battle, his whole body became swollen. Under Zhong Hui's instigation, he began to continuously carry out annexation wars against various small and medium-sized princes around him in various names. Some of them were pretexts for attacking the Shang Dynasty.
The trading team often used excuses that they colluded with the barbarians and disrespected Xia Jie. In short, they found all kinds of excuses, so the Jianghuai area
The Fang State of Fang defeated them a lot. In total, eleven vassal states, including Lian Ge State, were destroyed by the Shang State. For a time, the Shang State was in a state of unparalleled glory, with dozens of heavily armored chariots.
The number of warriors is close to three thousand, and even the strength of Queen Xia is no more than this. Therefore, after the victory, Chengtang simply stopped paying tribute to Xia Jie together with the Youmin tribe."
"But just when Chengtang was most proud, he suffered the biggest blow. Xia Jie was not a stupid person, and he had been watching the development of the Shang tribe, and refusing to pay tribute crossed Xia Jie's bottom line.
He can allow the various princes in the world to annex and fight to a certain extent, but he will never allow these princes to pay a penny less in tribute to the Xia Dynasty."
"So, against the Shang tribe who blatantly refused to pay taxes, as well as the Youmin tribe, Xia Jie not only attacked all the main forces of the Xia Dynasty royal divisions around Anyi City, but also personally led the troops. He even dispatched troops on the northern grasslands and in the east.
The Jiuyi Division of the Yi tribe, with a huge army composed of hundreds of chariots and tens of thousands of Yixia warriors, launched a fatal blow to these two princes." (End of this chapter)