Chapter 5643: Induce Zhou to Shang for a decisive battle
Heibo said in a deep voice: "I won't discuss Shang Yang in later generations for now, or go back to the era of King Zhou. According to your ancestor, King Zhou wanted to establish a centralized Qin Dynasty-style, which actually controls territory and cities, and slowly eliminates the feudal empire. Humans, rather than ancestors and gods, determine the fate of heaven and earth. The Evil Heavenly Emperor temporarily accepted this on the condition of devouring Ji Chang's soul and entering a sleepy state. How could other ancestors and gods allow and accept these conditions?"
The ancestor nodded: "King Zhou did not abolish the original annual sacrifice. The annual meal between the gods and ancestors is guaranteed. It is just like the previous sacrifices conducted in the name of various celebrations, festivals, and victory celebrations, no longer continue. The Evil Heaven Emperor probably used some means to shock other evil gods who were dissatisfied with it, so that they would not dare to make trouble when they were dormant, or enter dormant state simultaneously. After all, the original body of the Evil Heaven Emperor, Wang Hai, was one of the earliest main gods of the Shang tribe. Especially after absorbing the God of the Ghost Square, he was the hero of defeating powerful enemies among the gods of the Shang Dynasty, and on the other hand, he was also the Fadi of the strongest magic power, even surpassing the ancestors of the Shang Dynasty. He could also be said to dominate the side in the sky. Even the great gods such as Shang Tang and Wu Ding are not their opponents."
"So this evil emperor is also very domineering among the evil gods in the heaven world. The evil gods feared and obeyed it, and the righteous gods hated it deeply. With the expansion of King Zhou, including the destroyed tribes and the totems that dissipated after being defeated, and there were countless guardian gods. Slowly, these righteous gods and monks gathered together, or to put it simply, most of them turned to the Zhou Kingdom. The reason why the Zhou Kingdom later rebelled was that so many princes and tribes participated was actually their guardian gods, encouraging or ordering their tribes to join the Zhou Dynasty in various ways."
"While the Shang Dynasty was loyal to their vassal states and tribes, all the guardian gods behind them were mostly evil gods, while their leader, Evil Heaven, entered a state of dormant. Therefore, when King Zhou fought against the various tribes of Dongyi in the east, especially when he occupied his territory, many countries in the west and north were slowly swallowed and attacked by Zhou."
Dou Peng said in a deep voice: "The Zhou Kingdom has begun to attack these Fang Kingdoms that are loyal to the Shang Dynasty. Did King Zhou just watch it indifferently? When he captured Ji Chang last time, he brought the army to Guanzhong to discuss the military parade and directly asked Ji Chang to meet him. Can't he do it again this time? Or did he destroy Zhou Kingdom like he had attacked and destroyed Peng Kingdom?"
The ancestor shook his head: "There is no longer this ability. In the years when Ji Chang was a prisoner in the Shang Dynasty, the military strength of the Zhou Kingdom grew rapidly. Everyone in the whole country knew that there would be an ultimate battle with the Shang Dynasty, so they tried their best to win over and make friends with all the princes, and they were extremely united within. After Ji Chang's death, the Shang Dynasty, due to Wei Ziqi's defection and Bi Gan's death, the Zhenren Group of the Shang Dynasty and a considerable number of nobles were also disconnected from King Zhou. All kinds of external conquests and battles were no longer as active as before. Even their patron saints became less and less interested in wars. On the one hand, the power was growing, and on the other hand, the internal division and the divine power was weakening. With this one deteriorating and rising, the Shang Dynasty was no longer likely to mobilize another 30,000 troops to expedition to Guanxi like before."
"Also, even if the situation was in that year, the Shang army had almost all the evil gods to help, and the Evil Heavenly Emperor was also on the battlefield. At that time, the righteous gods had not formed an alliance and their power was dispersed. This was also the battle that Ji Chang did not dare to take the risk of destroying the national highway after weighing the pros and cons. However, if the fight really started, even if the Shang army could defeat the Zhou Kingdom, it would be difficult to completely eliminate it. At most, they would defeat them like those Huaiyi tribes and escape. In the end, the Shang army and the evil gods would be greatly damaged, so that they would be unable to pacify the world again. Instead, they would let the Northern Di, Dongyi and Southern Barbarians take advantage of the situation to rise, which was something King Zhou didn't want to see."
"What I couldn't do back then was even more difficult to accomplish with the help of the Lord of the Evil Dao after many years. Moreover, the Shang army was unlikely to gather more than 20,000 troops to carry out an expedition. For King Zhou, now he would use a series of loyal states in the West and the North to hold back the attack of Zhou as much as possible. He seized the time to defeat the Dongyi, and quickly built an army with the captured population, the land occupied, and the resources he had seized. Finally, at the right time, a decisive battle was carried out on the territory he wanted to choose. At that time, King Zhou would awaken the Evil Heaven Emperor again and let him completely eliminate the invading Zhou army with his supreme magic power. In this way, King Zhou's great cause could be accomplished and he could truly establish a world dominated by humans."
Black Rou sighed: "What a powerful plan, what a far-reaching plan. Is King Zhou trying to lead the snake out of the cave and let the Zhou Kingdom fight for a long expedition to the Central Plains of the Shang Dynasty, under the royal capital, and then defeat it in one fell swoop, or even destroy it?"
The ancestor nodded and said, "Yes, that's what he thought. During the Nine-Year Rebellion, Feng Yi and Xin Kingdom were in chaos, and once fought near the Shang Dynasty's capital. As a result, the Shang army relied on defense and counterattacked, defeating these alien-country coalition forces under the capital, and reversed the situation. The Zhou Kingdom is now far stronger than Feng Yi and Xin Kingdom at that time, but they are too far away from Chaoge in the core area of the Shang Dynasty. If the Shang Dynasty wanted to fight for a long expedition and fight in Guanzhong, it would be difficult to mobilize the Shang Dynasty.
The army went on a war because most of the Shang dynasty nobles were used to fighting the Dongyi, getting closer, and being able to divide the territory into princes after victory, it would be barely acceptable, but they would not want to go to the distant Guanzhong. What's more, according to King Zhou's actions at that time, they would slowly stop dividing feudal states, but instead letting the soldiers and the people of the gentry and the people of the enemy's country divide the land and settle in the local area, and turn the captives and people of the enemy's country into slaves for their drive. This is extremely unfavorable to the interests of the great nobles."
Dou Peng sneered: "I learned this for Liu Yu. The martial arts villain took power and then became a military master. Is this Liu Yu also possessed by King Zhou's soul?"
The ancestor shook his head: "It doesn't matter, but since ancient times, if you want to break the upper aristocrats and the monopoly of worldly power and land, you must let more middle and lower classes decentralize power, that's it." (End of this chapter)