"PS: I wasted several hours looking for information today, so I can only manage 5,000 words. Sorry."
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The world usually calls Bashu and Bashu together, but in fact, Shu and Ba are feuding countries.
The history of the Shu people can be traced back to the ancient Qiang tribe in the far west, which is even further west than Longxi - the Gukang Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. When this Qiang tribe moved eastward, they gave birth to their future with the daughter of Shu Mountain.
leader.
This leader was called "Silkworm Congshi" when he became an adult. As the name suggests, he is a person who knows how to raise silkworms and weave silk.
At this point, this Qiang tribe merged with the Shu people and was tentatively called the Cancong tribe.
The people of the Cancong tribe inherited the culture of the Xiqiang and Shushan tribes. They knew how to herd, hunt, farm, and raise silkworms. However, as the tribe developed, they also encountered their enemies, the ancient people from the west.
Xiqiang on the Kangqing-Tibet Plateau.
In the long war, the Cancong tribe was defeated and its leader was killed, so they were forced to move east from Shushan to the plains (actually the Sichuan Basin), where there are rich copper mines, jade, and clay, which can be used for daily needs.
During this period, a new leader "Baiguan" emerged in the tribe, who led the people to survive on this fertile land.
At this point, the Shu people moved from the "Tiancan tribe" stage to the "Baiguan tribe" stage.
The people of the Baiguan clan, on the basis of inheriting the culture of the Tiancan clan, also learned to forge bronze and pottery.
Unfortunately, this tribe gradually declined.
At that time, across a big river from the Baiguan tribe, there was an indigenous tribe whose leader was the "Yufu tribe". When the Baiguan tribe declined, the Yufu tribe annexed the former. At this point, the powerful Shu tribe began to
Taking shape.
During the Yufu clan's era, the Shu people not only mastered herding, hunting, farming, spinning, pottery making, and copper smelting, but also knew how to use Yufu for fishing. They simply combined the advantages of both nomadic and agricultural peoples.
, very powerful.
Later, the leader of the Yufu clan established the Kingdom of Shu on this fertile land that would later be called the Land of Abundance.
Unfortunately, due to the terrain (basin), floods often occur in Shu.
In the most serious flood, the ruthless floods destroyed the former prosperity of the Shu Kingdom.
As a result, the Shu Kingdom in the Yufu clan's era was in ruins.
A few years later, Kaiming, who shared the same "Du" surname as the Yufu family, replaced the former Shu state and dug through Wushan to guide water flow out of the country. "PS: It was only when I looked for information that I discovered that the Yangtze River was actually the result of the ancient Shu state digging through Wushan.
It was formed by deriving floods, it’s amazing.』
After that, the Shu Kingdom entered the Kaiming clan stage and became stronger and stronger.
The Shu Kingdom was very powerful at that time. When the Central Plains was still dominated by dozens of countries, the Shu Kingdom expanded its territory to "Hanzhong" in the north, Shushan Mountain in the west, Nanzhong (Yunnan) in the south, and Baqian in the east.
Until the Shu people met the Ba people.
The Ba Kingdom, or the Ba people, lived in Wushan, adjacent to the Chu Kingdom. At that time, the Chu Kingdom had only the western part of Chu, and had not yet acquired the eastern part of Chu.
During the war with the Chu people, the Ba people were forced to move westward. Caught between the Shu and Chu states, they struggled to survive in what was later called "Badi" (i.e., the eastern part of the Sichuan Basin), using Wushan as their
Barrier to resist the Chu State.
A few years later, the Chu State expanded eastward, the relationship between Bach and Chu was no longer tense, and the Shu people became the new enemies of the Ba people.
For the Shu people, the Ba people were the invaders who occupied their homeland, and for the Ba people, they longed for this fertile land (Sichuan Basin).
As a result, the Bashu and Bashu tribes started a long confrontation and stalemate.
At this time, the Ba Kingdom had also established a country, and successively built five capitals in Ba County, namely "Jiangzhou", "Pingdu", and "Langzhong". It was precisely because of this that Shu
The country went to war with Pakistan. "Note: Sorry, the author looked through the information for a long time and couldn't find the two remaining capitals of Pakistan."
But having said that, instead of saying that Ba is a country, it is more like a collection of tribes such as the "Jiejiao Alliance", "Sichuan-Luo Alliance", and "Sichuanbei Alliance".
This alliance-like combination of tribes was originally composed of five major tribes: "Ba clan", "Fan clan", "Shen clan", "Xiang clan" and "Zheng clan".
It is not difficult to guess that the reason why these five major tribes united was probably because none of them could annex the other four tribes in one go, and there were threats from external enemies - Chu and Shu - so they united for survival.
stand up.
Later, it gradually absorbed some small tribes that defected to the Ba people, as well as some split affiliated tribes.
Because of the lack of a monarch-like figure, the political power of the Ba Kingdom is very chaotic. In times when life and death are not critical, the five tribes often fight on their own, and there are even some attempts to add insult to injury and take advantage of others.
In order to truly unite the tribes, the five major tribes of "Bashi", "Fan", "Qing", "Xiang" and "Zheng" decided to elect a chief.
As for the recommended method, it is naturally through force.
In the end, the Ba clan won the victory. Therefore, these tribes, including the "Fan clan", "Qing clan", "Xiang clan" and "Zheng clan", were later collectively referred to as "Ba people" by the Central Plains.
The countries established jointly are also collectively known as Pakistan.
In the long years, Bashu and Bashu were often in harmony, and wars often broke out. But in the end, no one could do anything to the other. Therefore, King Du of Shu and Ba Shi, the leader of Ba, reached a tacit understanding.
Avoid conflicts as much as possible.
This does not mean that Bashu and Bashu have given up their hatred and prejudices, but it is just that neither side is sure of defeating the other, so they can only reach peace.
The war between the two countries has gradually subsided, and both sides are interested in expanding in other directions.
Among them, Shu State mainly expanded to the southwest, while Ba State expanded to the north.
Compared with the Shu State, which had formed a stable culture similar to that of the Central Plains countries at this time, the Ba State was still in the early stage of the clan state. The typical phenomenon of the early clan state was to continuously expand, absorb, and rob foreign populations to supplement the tribesmen (including slaves).
quantity.
On the way to expand northward, the Ba people encountered the Zhao family who had migrated from Longxi County to the Central Plains, and the two sides started fighting.
Finally, with the help of people from the Qinling Mountains, the Zhao family defeated and severely damaged the Ba Kingdom.
After that, the Zhao family continued to move eastward, gradually conquering Sanchuan, Zheng State, and Liang State, and established the Wei State. However, the Ba State suffered a great loss in strength due to this war.
Seeing this, the Shu Kingdom immediately broke the previous tacit agreement of "non-aggression between the two countries" and immediately sent troops to attack the Ba Kingdom.
After all, to the Shu people, the Ba people were enemies who had usurped half of their land. Even if it was not out of hatred but for future generations, they had to drive these enemies out of the land.
But what I didn't expect was that even though Ba State suffered heavy losses due to the war with its ancestors of Wei and Qin, it still stubbornly defended "Ba Commandery" in the end.
In the end, the Shu Kingdom could only recapture "Hanzhong" that once belonged to them, but could not recapture Bajun.
In order to avoid unnecessary casualties of the people, the Shu State changed its strategy. He asked his younger brother to go to Hanzhong County and established the "Ju State" there. As a subordinate state of the Shu State, he cut off the "Northward Road" of the Ba State and tried to attack the Ba State.
Launch a two-sided flanking attack.
Another reason is that the main family of the Zhao family, the Wei family in Longxi, also expanded frequently to the southeast at that time. The Wei family in Longxi, which was still strong at that time, made the Shu Kingdom quite wary and hoped that the Ju Kingdom could act as a buffer.
function.
However, although the first few generations of monarchs of Ju State still firmly remembered their mission as Ju State, over time, due to various reasons, Ju State was no longer satisfied with being a vassal state of Shu.
During this period, Ba State wooed Ju State, and both parties united to resist Shu State.
Although the monarch of the State of Ju did not intend to completely break up with the State of Shu, it is undeniable that the State of Ju was secretly helping the State of Ba, which gradually balanced the situation in which the State of Shu was strong and the State of Ba was weak.
After a few years like this, the Central Plains gradually formed the Han, Qi, Wei, Song, Lu, Chu, Wei and other kingdoms. In the land of Bashu, the Shu Kingdom was like the later Qi Kingdom, because it was too comfortable.
And gradually lost the blood of the ancestors, and the national power gradually turned from prosperity to decline.
Logically speaking, this should be a good opportunity for Pakistan to seize the opportunity to devour Shu, but unfortunately, Pakistan is not united within itself.
It may be because Shu, the biggest enemy, has already lost its threat, and the "Fan family", "Qing family", "Xiang family", and "Zheng family" no longer recognize that "Ba family" has always occupied a large area.
The position of the patriarch, they are not listening
According to the orders of the Ba tribe, they fought independently, either attacking Shu or annexing other small tribes. In the end, Shu, the old powerful country in the sunset, was still hanging on, while the tribes in Ba were fighting each other.
Not open to trade.
The chiefs of those tribes all wanted to annex the other tribes and become the king of Ba, and then annex Shu, their once powerful neighbor, and become the only monarch of Bashu.
To this day, Pakistan is still fighting within the country.
"..."
On the way to Badi, Zhang Qigong listened to Mi Rui's account of the history of Bashu and Bashu. He really didn't know how to describe his feelings.
Let’s leave aside the Kingdom of Shu. After all, the Kingdom of Shu, just like the other countries in the Central Plains, has gone through various stages such as annexation, expansion, and the development of its own civilization. Although it has now declined and is no longer as strong as it was in the past, its prosperity and decline are what this world has to offer.
The truth is not surprising.
But Zhang Qigong really can’t understand Baguo.
Mi Rui said that the Shu Kingdom, which was once powerful for a while, took hundreds of years without completely expelling the Ba people. This shows that the Ba Kingdom is very united in fighting against foreign enemies and its own strength is not weak.
However, when the only enemy, Shu, lost its threat, the Ba Kingdom immediately became divided. It no longer had the unity it once had, and actually began to fight against each other, so much so that even Shu, the former enemy, was still lingering by and could not care less.
Apart from the word "stupid", Zhang Qigong really doesn't know how to describe it.
However, he also understood that the reason why the Ba Kingdom was divided in the end was mainly because the "Ba Tribe", which was once the leader of the clan, was not strong enough, or in other words, the leader of the Ba Tribe lacked some means and tactics. If it were replaced by
Zhao Run, the monarch of Wei State, believed that he had already unified Bashu and counterattacked the Central Plains.
"No, no, no, how can the barbarian lords of the Western Land be compared with me, the lord of the Wei Dynasty? I am really..."
Shaking his head secretly, Zhang Qigong asked Mi Rui: "Master Mi Rui, which tribe of Ba country is the one who enshrines you as the goddess?"
"Pa's." Mi Ruiyan replied concisely and comprehensively.
"Ba family...is the Ba family similar to a royal family?"
Zhang Qigong felt a slight shiver in his heart, and involuntarily turned his head to glance at Pingyu Jun Xiong Hu, who was walking with them not far away, and felt a little enlightened.
He originally found it strange that although Pingyu Lord Xiong Hu was Xiong Hu's cousin, he had a vague intention to please the latter. Now that he heard the truth revealed by Mi Rui, he finally understood.
Not far away, Pingyu Lord Xiong Hu saw Zhang Qigong looking at him, and he felt helpless.
To be honest, he didn't want Ji Rui to reveal the information about Bashu to Zhang Qigong at all, but he couldn't stop Ji Rui. After all, he also understood that a silly girl like Ji Rui, who had no city government and was even a little stupid,
If you encounter a man like Zhang Qigong, who is very scheming in the city, he will definitely be tricked out of all the information. Although he can stop it once, can he stop it every time?
No, in the angry eyes of Pingyu Lord Xiong Hu, Zhang Qigong continued to ask about the current situation of the Bashi tribe - which was slightly different from what Pingyu Lord Xiong Hu thought. Zhang Qigong did not think that he got this information from Mi Rui.
It's what they say, because after all, the image of Mi Rui in the minds of Xiong Hu and Zhang Qigong is slightly different.
"The current monarch of Ba is called "Ba Qian" and he currently lives in "Jiangzhou". I have met him several times and he is a very kind person." With that, Ji Rui began to talk about her relationship with Ba Qian at that time.
What happened when we met.
Zhang Qigong listened very carefully and had a general understanding of Ba Jin, the monarch of Ba. He was probably a public figure. Although he was determined to integrate the country, he was not outstanding in terms of means and tactics. More importantly, he was not good at doing things.
Cruel and ruthless.
In the mixed power of Pakistan, how can such a cowardly monarch control the whole country?
Shaking his head secretly, Zhang Qigong asked again: "So, the trade between Chu State and Ba State in recent years is actually the Ba family in Jiangzhou?"
He turned to look at Pingyu Lord Xiong Hu, who happened to be staring at him angrily.
"Haha, even if you miss, you're not far off!"
Seeing the depressed expression of Pingyu Lord Xiong Hu, Zhang Qigong knew that he must have guessed 80% to 90% correctly - the object of the transaction with the Chu State in the Ba Kingdom, if not the Ba Jin, the monarch of the Ba Kingdom, must be the Ba family.
people.
"It seems that the Chu State plans to copy the same trick they used when they obtained the "Secret Records of Lu Gong" from the Lu State."
Zhang Qigong secretly sneered.
While sneering, he also considered whether he could benefit the Wei State from this matter.
Of course, Zhang Qigong was not in a hurry about this matter. In contrast, he was more interested in finding Lord Chu Shui, killing him, gaining the trust of Xi Rui, and then persuading Lord Xi Rui to side with him in Wei.
Thinking of this, he chuckled and asked: "Master Mi Rui, I think that since Mr. Chu Shui has suspected that Mr. Pingyu has the intention to kill him, he will not easily go to Bashi, who has good relations with you, but will choose
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"Fan clan", "Qing clan", "Xiang clan", "Zheng clan" and other tribes that want to replace the Ba clan, Sir Ji Rui might as well send people to inquire about these tribes, and they will surely be able to find out the news about Chu Shuijun.
.”
"Yes, this Zhang Qigong is really witty..."
Mi Rui looked at Zhang Qigong in surprise.
This time, Zhang Qigong clearly saw Mi Rui's "surprised" expression as she subconsciously opened her eyes slightly, and he couldn't help but feel secretly proud.
However, at this moment, two witches came quickly from the front of the path. After seeing Mi Rui, they saluted and said: "Witch, we have found the whereabouts of Lord Chu Shui!"
"Are you serious?" Mi Rui asked in surprise.
He immediately walked towards the two witches, took them not far away and asked them carefully.
"Haha, even God is on my side. That thief Chu Shuijun will definitely die this time!"
After receiving the confirmed news, Mi Rui was overjoyed.
She had no idea that the witch under her control would stumble upon Chu Shuijun's whereabouts.
This is really God helping me!
At this time, looking at Mi Rui's back in the distance, the smile on Zhang Qigong's face became quite awkward, and then he felt a slight burning sensation on his cheeks.
"It turns out that she has already sent someone to inquire. This is really..."
Zhang Qigong looked stern. He originally wanted to show off his intelligence and win some favor in front of that Mi Rui, but he never thought that the other party had already thought of it.
"I'm so embarrassed now... I have to find a way to save my face."
Zhang Qigong thought secretly.
At the same time, Pingyu Lord Xiong Hu also stared at Zhang Qigong's expression. Seeing that the latter's expression suddenly became strange, he also made a lot of thoughts in his mind.
"This Zhang Qigong... I don't know what he is planning. I need to be careful."
He thought secretly.
At this time, Mi Rui had come back from a short distance away and said with a hint of surprise: "We have found out the whereabouts of Mr. Chu Shui. This dog thief is currently in the territory of the "Xiang Clan"."
After hearing this, Zhang Qigong and Pingyu Lord Xiong Hu looked at each other and frowned slightly.
Obviously, Zhang Qigong's judgment was correct. Chu Shuijun did not choose to be the orthodox "Ba clan" of the Ba Kingdom, but decided to start with the "Xiang clan".
And this means that once Chu Shuijun and the Xiang clan reach an agreement, it will be very difficult for them to ambush Chu Shuijun.