I was a priest in the city-state era

Chapter 617 The Restarted Battle of Xia and Shang
Haocheng.

This city located in the north of Yu State is the capital of Shang State.

The surname of the Shang royal family is Zi, a descendant of Di Jun, one of the five emperors.

Originally, the descendants of Di Shun were the Yu clan, who was the leader of the Dongyi ethnic group.

After Xia Qi suppressed the Youyu clan and moved the Youyu clan to the south, Shang Guo replaced the Yu clan as the leader of the Dongyi ethnic group.

The strength of Shang State is actually weaker than that of Xia State, which is why Cheng Tang was defeated by Xia Jie.

Cheng Tang was able to defeat Xia Jie with the weak over the strong, precisely because of the help of the Dongyi ethnic group.

After Cheng Tang defeated Xia Jie, he continued to crusade against those princes who still regarded Xia as orthodox.

Now the princes of the Quartet, not to mention Youyu and Tushan, even Youchao, which took Xia Jie in, have recognized that Shang is the co-lord of the world.

In order to imitate Yu's Tushan Conference, Cheng Tang held a princes' conference in Haocheng, which had been planned for several months.

【Yi Zhou Shu·Yin Zhu】records—the princes, Fang Bos, and chiefs of large and small clans and tribes from all over the country brought party objects and tributes to Hao to congratulate and express their submission to Tang.Within a few months, there was a meeting of [three thousand princes] in Bo.

Haocheng Palace.

A square where gods are worshipped.

Cheng Tang is receiving the audience of the princes.

Of course, it is impossible for all the princes who surrendered to the Shang Kingdom to come to Haocheng in person, so among the [Three Thousand Princes], many of them are the princes' family members as their representatives.

When all the princes and nobles or their representatives came to the sacrificial square, Cheng Tang, wearing a crown, stood on the sacrificial platform and shouted loudly.

"The Black Bird of Destiny descended and gave birth to Shang. We, the Shang Kingdom, are the descendants of the Sun God Emperor Jun. We were ordered by the Emperor of Heaven to defeat the ruthless Xia Jie. Now I want to become the co-lord of the Nine Provinces and dedicate the Nine Cauldrons to the Emperor of Heaven."

After Cheng Tang finished speaking, a group of palace soldiers immediately moved Xia Guo Jiuding under the altar.

The ancestor of Shang was Zi Qi, the son of Di Jun, one of the Five Emperors.

In other words, the Shang royal family is the descendant of Emperor Jun.

Although Di Jun is one of the five emperors, he is human after all. Even if he is regarded as an ancestor god after death, he cannot represent the so-called destiny.

The mysterious bird of destiny descended to give birth to Shang——

This is the Shang royal family denying that their ancestors were human beings.

The Donghuang Taiyi Sun God Emperor Jun, who is commonly worshiped by the Dongyi ethnic group, is designated as the ancestor of the Shang royal family.

As the sun god, Donghuang Taiyi Dijun defeated the earth goddess Nuwa—after Shang defeated Xia, Donghuang Taiyi became the king of gods in Kyushu.

Since Donghuang Taiyi is the king of the gods, the Shang royal family, as the descendants of Donghuang Taiyi, is of course qualified to rule Kyushu under the order of the Emperor of Heaven.

At this time, the prime minister of Shang was Yi Yin.

Yi Yin was sold to Youshen Kingdom since he was a child, and became a slave for the Lord Youshen Kingdom.

Due to his cleverness and dexterity, he will have excellent cooking skills and serve as a cook.

Later, he went to Shang State as a dowry male slave, and Shang Tang appointed Yi Yin as a minister.

Because of his proficiency in governing the country, he was awarded state affairs by Shang Tang.

After the death of the monarch Zhongren, Yiyin made Taijia the emperor.

After Taijia had been in office for three years, he became confused and violent, violated the law and corrupted morals. Therefore, Yiyin placed Taijia in Tong Palace, and Yiyin himself took charge of the country as regent.

Taijia lived in Tonggong for three years, repented, and Yi Yin returned to Taijia.

In a certain parallel world, Zhao Gao was appreciated by the first emperor for his excellent cooking skills, and then he started from a small minister and went to the highest step by step to become the Zhao Gao who manipulated the deer into a horse.

Obviously, Zhao Gao's life is copying Yi Yin.

It's a pity that although Zhao Gao abolished Hu Hai and established Ziying, he was not a sage like Yi Yin.

Seeing that Jiuding was placed under the altar, Yi Yin immediately led the princes to congratulate him.

"The mysterious bird of destiny came down to give birth to Shang. The monarch is not only the nobleman of the emperor of heaven, but also has the nine tripods of Xia. It is the destiny to replace Xia as the co-lord of the world."

The princes also said one after another.

"The mysterious bird of destiny descended to give birth to Shang. Now that you have won the tripod of Kyushu, we are willing to recommend you as the co-lord of the world."

Seeing that no one objected to his becoming the co-lord of the world, Cheng Tang said with a smile.

"Since everyone has elected me as the co-lord, then I will pray to my ancestors and take over the order of the Emperor of Heaven."

Just as Cheng Tang was about to order the killing of 36 living sacrifices to pray, a nobleman hurriedly ran to the bottom of the altar and said.

"My lord! You Yu Kingdom has been occupied by the remnants of the Xia Kingdom, and now the remnants of the Xia Kingdom are leading a thousand troops to invade Haocheng."

Although Youchao and Tushan countries in the south recognize Cheng Tang as the co-lord of the world, they don't really support Cheng Tang.

Therefore, Cheng Tang didn't care that Chao Country and Tushan Country were occupied by Luo Yi.

Now that even Youyu Kingdom was occupied by Luo Yi, Cheng Tang had to pay attention to it.

After all, Yu State is only about four hundred miles away from Haocheng.

Even if they marched forty miles a day, Roy's army could reach Haocheng in ten days.

"The remnants of the Xia Kingdom dared to use a thousand soldiers to attack Haocheng, they really underestimated the elite soldiers and generals of my great merchant."

At this time, the strength of the Shang Kingdom as the leader of the world has greatly increased, and it already has [-] soldiers ready to fight.

Although these merchant soldiers can only wear cloth armor and only half use bronze weapons, they are already well-deserved number one soldiers in the world in this era.

So Cheng Tang didn't think that the remnants of the Xia Kingdom could use a thousand soldiers to defeat the number one soldier in the Shang Kingdom.

What's more, in addition to the soldiers of the Shang Kingdom, Cheng Tang can also use his status as the co-lord of the world to order the princes to send troops to fight, to see which of these princes still love Xia Jie.

"monarch!"

When Cheng Tang was thinking about how to defeat Xia Guo's remnants, Yi Yin reminded Cheng Tang.

"If the monarch doesn't offer sacrifices and pray, he will have to wait until noon tomorrow."

Donghuang Taiyi is the sun god.

Therefore, offering sacrifices and praying to Donghuang Taiyi is always at noon when the sun is the most blazing.

Cheng Tang came back to his senses and said.

"It's past noon today, and I plan to postpone the sacrifice and prayer. When I catch the remnants of the Xia Kingdom, I will use 360 ​​remnants of the Xia Kingdom to hold a grand sacrifice."

In ancient times, there has always been the custom of using living people to sacrifice.

In the Shang Dynasty, human sacrifices were popular, and human and animal animals were used to sacrifice ancestors and gods.

The source of human sacrifice, usually slaves.

The source of slaves is usually prisoners of war.

That is to say, the more wars occur, the greater the number of living sacrifices.

Then, Cheng Tang said to the princes.

"Everyone! The remnants of the Xia Kingdom were unwilling to lose the power of the co-lord of the world, and led a thousand soldiers to attack Haocheng. Would you like to help me?"

No one thought that Xia Guo's remnants could defeat Cheng Tang with a thousand soldiers.

In the eyes of the princes, Cheng Tang asked the princes to help in the battle, in fact, he wanted the princes to show their loyalty.

These princes are protected by followers, and the followers of the [Three Thousand Princes] can even form an army of tens of thousands of people.

Adding the Shang Kingdom's own army, it is [-] troops.

Twenty thousand against one thousand, Xia Guo's remnants have no chance of winning at all.

So the princes said one after another.

"I am willing to help the king in battle, and give all my followers to the king."

"It is the destiny of Shang Tang to replace Xia Jie. The remnants of the Xia Kingdom overestimated themselves and brought their own destruction. It's a pity that I don't have time to go back to the territory to gather an army, otherwise my army can wipe out the remnants of the Xia Kingdom for the monarch."

"Not only do I want to hand over my entourage to the monarch, but I also want to go into battle and become a general under the monarch's command."

Looking at the princes who showed their loyalty to him, Cheng Tang showed a satisfied smile on his face.

Although Xia Jie once defeated Cheng Tang, Xia Jie has completely lost the support of the princes now.

(End of this chapter)