A thousand-year-old family that began with the Battle of Makino

Chapter 36 Quwo takes the place of Jin, and Xiaobai returns together

The Kingdom of Jin was originally the land of Tang, a fiefdom of Tang Shuyu, who was the third son of King Zhou Wu and the younger brother of King Zhou Cheng. After King Wu of Zhou died, King Cheng of Zhou succeeded to the throne. Civil strife broke out in the Tang Dynasty. Duke Zhou sent troops to destroy the Tang Kingdom. Then King Zhou Cheng granted the Tang Dynasty to Tang Shuyu. The Tang Dynasty was located east of the Yellow River and Fen River, with a radius of hundreds of miles, so Shuyu Known as Tang Shuyu.

After the death of Tang Shuyu, his son Xie succeeded to the throne and became the Marquis of Jin. The son of the Marquis of Jin, Ning, was the Marquis of Wu. The son of Marquis Wu is the Marquis of Cheng. Chenghou's son Fu was Lihou. Lihou's son Yijiu was Jinghou.

Jinghou died, and his son Lihou Situ succeeded to the throne. When Marquis Li died, his son Xianhou succeeded him. Xianhou died, and his son Muhou, King Fei, succeeded to the throne. Mu Hou attacked Tiao Rong. Mrs. Jiang gave birth to Prince Qiu for her. Mrs. Jiang gave birth to a younger son named Chengshi.

Some ministers believed that Hou Mu’s naming of his two sons was inappropriate, so he advised him:
"Your Majesty, the name you chose for your son is really strange! The prince's name is Qiu, which means enemy. And the younger son's name is Chengshi, but Chengshi is a prominent name, which means he can achieve a great career.

The name is chosen by oneself; but the development of things has its own rules. Now that the names of the eldest son and the concubine are in conflict with each other, how can there be no trouble in the Jin Kingdom in the future? "But Mu Hou did not listen.

The forty-third year of King Xuan of Zhou Dynasty (785 BC)
When Mu Hou passed away, his younger brother Shang Shu succeeded him. Shang Shu established himself as the king, but Prince Qiu was forced to flee to another country.

The first year of King You of Zhou Dynasty

Prince Qiu led his followers to attack Uncle Shang and established himself as Marquis Wen.

Twenty-five years of the Bai Kingdom
Wenhou Qiu died, and his son Zhaohou Bo succeeded to the throne. After Zhaohou succeeded to the throne, he made Wenhou's younger brother a master and granted him the title of Uncle Huan in Quwo. But Quwo City is larger than Yicheng, and Yicheng is the capital of Jin.

Uncle Huan was fifty-eight years old at the time. He liked to be kind to others, so the people of Jin were willing to submit to him. At this time, rumors spread:

"Perhaps the disaster in the Jin State occurred in Quwo. The branches and leaves are larger than the trunk and they have won the loyal support of the people of the Jin State. If you put the cart before the horse, what are you waiting for if there is no disaster?"

Thirty-two years of the Bai Kingdom
Pan's father, a minister of the Jin State, killed the king Zhaohou and went to meet Uncle Qu Wohuan. Uncle Huan wanted to enter the Jin Kingdom, but the Jin people raised an army to attack him. Uncle Huan was defeated and returned to Quwo.

After defeating Uncle Huan, the Jin people jointly supported Zhaohou's son Ping as the Marquis of Jin, who was named Xiaohou of Jin. After Jin Xiaohou succeeded to the throne, he decisively killed Pan's father.

Eight years of Xiaohou, forty years of Bai Kingdom
Uncle Huan of Quwo passed away as a master, and his son Eu inherited the title of Uncle Huan of Quwo and became the uncle of Quwo.

The fifteenth year of Xiaohou, the forty-seventh year of Bai Kingdom
Zhuangbo Quwo attacked Yicheng, and finally captured Yicheng and killed Jin Xiaohouping, the king of Jin. After the Jin people heard about it, they immediately raised troops to attack Quwo Zhuangbo, and Zhuangbo was beaten back to Quwo. Later, the people of Jin supported Qie, the son of Marquis Xiao of Jin, as their king, and he became the Marquis of E.

The sixth year of Ehou, the fifty-third year of Bai Kingdom

The Marquis of E passed away. Zhuangbo Quwo heard that Ehou was dead, so he immediately launched an army to attack Yicheng, the capital of Jin.

After King Ping of Zhou heard about this, he asked Duke Guo to lead an army to attack Uncle Zhuang of Quwo. In the end, Uncle Zhuang fled back to Quwo and stayed there. The people of Jin jointly supported Guang Guang, the son of Marquis of E of Jin, as the king of Jin, who was Marquis of Jin Ai.

The second year of Aihou, the fifty-fifth year of the Bai Kingdom
Uncle Zhuang of Quwo passed away, and his son claimed to have inherited the title of Uncle Zhuang, and he was Duke Wu of Quwo.

The eighth year of Aihou, the sixty-first year of Bai Kingdom

Jin invaded Xingting. People from Xingting and Quwowu conspired together.
The ninth year of Aihou and the sixty-second year of Bai Kingdom
The Xingting Army and the Quwo Army jointly attacked the Jin army on the banks of the Fenshui River. The Jin army was defeated, and the coalition forces also captured Jin Aihou Guang. When the people of Jin saw that their king had been captured, they made Aihou's son Xiaozi their king, and he became Xiaozihou.

In the same year, Duke Wu of Quwo sent Han Wan to kill the captured Jin Aihou. Quwo is getting stronger and stronger, but the Jin government has nothing to do about it.

The fourth year of Xiaozihou, the sixty-sixth year of Bai Kingdom
Qu Wowu used deception to summon Xiao Zihou and killed him. King Huan of Zhou sent Duke Guo to lead an army to attack Duke Wu of Quwo. Duke Wu was defeated and fled back to Quwo. The people of Jin then supported Min, the younger brother of Marquis Ai of Jin, as Marquis of Jin.

In the twenty-eighth year of Jinhou Min, the ninety-fourth year of the Bai Kingdom (677 BC)
Duke Wu of Quwo attacked Marquis Min of Jin, successfully captured Yicheng and killed Marquis Min of Jin. Then Duke Wu of Quwo dedicated all his jewels and jades to King Zhouli. King Zhou Li therefore made Quwo Wugong the king of the Jin State and ranked him as a prince, so Quwo Wugong occupied all the land of the Jin State.

Duke Wugong Quwo has been on the throne for thirty-seven years, and finally changed his title to Duke Wugong of Jin. After receiving the recognition of Emperor Zhou, Duke Wu of Jin moved the capital from Quwo to Yicheng. Duke Wu claimed that he was the great-grandson of the late king Muhou of Jin and the grandson of Uncle Quwo Huan.

The 33rd year of Duke Li of Qi and the 73rd year of Bai Kingdom
When Duke Li of Qi passed away, his sons succeeded him as Duke Xiang of Qi.

Duke Li of Qi had a younger brother named Yizhong who died in three years. Yizhong had a son named Wuzhi, who was known as Gongsun Wuzhi. Duke Li of Qi liked him very much and gave him good treatment in terms of salary, utensils, clothing, food, etc. Just like the prince and his sons.

Therefore, Qi Xianggong hated him very much. When he was the heir, he often fought with Gongsun Wuwu. Now that Duke Xiang of Qi came to the throne, he took advantage of the situation to lower Wuzhi's treatment, which made Gongsun Wuzhi very resentful.

The fourth year of Duke Xiang of Qi and the seventy-seventh year of Bai Kingdom
Duke Huan of Lu and his wife came to Qi as guests. Duke Xiang of Qi once had an affair with Mrs. Lu. Mrs. Lu was the sister of Duke Xianggong, and she was married to Duke Huan of Lu during the reign of Duke Li. Now that Duke Huan of Lu has come to Qi, Duke Xiang has rekindled his old relationship with her and has an affair with her again.

But soon Duke Huan of Lu knew about it. He was very angry with Mrs. Lu. When he returned to the room, he was furious at Mrs. Lu. Mrs. Lu was very scared, so she told Qi that Duke Lu Huan discovered the adultery between the two. Duke Xiang.

Duke Xiang of Qi immediately sent someone to invite Duke Huan of Lu, saying that he would discuss an alliance with him. At the banquet, Duke Xiang made Duke Huan of Lu drunk and ordered the strongman Peng Sheng to carry him into his car and kill him in the car. .

The people of Lu soon learned that their king had been killed in Qi, and they attacked Qi for this matter. Duke Xiang of Qi then killed Peng Sheng to apologize to Lu. The twelfth year of Qi Xianggong and the eighty-fifth year of Bai Kingdom

Earlier, Duke Xiang of Qi sent Lian Cheng and Guan Zhifu to garrison in Kuiqiu. They went there when the melons were ripe, and they agreed with Xiang Gong to send someone to replace them when the melons were ripe the next year. However, the ripening period of the second year passed, but Xianggong did not send anyone to replace them. Some people even asked Duke Xiang to send someone to replace them, but in the end Duke Xiang did not agree. Therefore, these two people were very angry, and finally colluded with Gongsun Wuwu to start a rebellion.

In December of the same year, Duke Xiang went hunting in Peiqiu, but unfortunately fell off his carriage, injured his foot and lost his shoes, so he returned to the palace. Gongsun Wuwu, Lian Cheng, Guan Zhifu and others heard that Duke Xiang was injured, so they immediately led their troops to attack Duke Xiang's palace.

In the end, Duke Xiang was killed by Gongsun Wuzhi himself, and Gongsun Wuzhi established himself as the king of Qi.

the second year

Qi Jun Wuwu came to Yonglin to play. The people of Yonglin were resentful of Wu Wu, so when he came to Yonglin to play, they attacked and killed him. Then the officials of Qi State said:
"Ignorance killed Qi Xianggong to stand on his own. He was a rebellious person. We have put him to death. I hope that all the officials will appoint a virtuous son to succeed him to the throne. We will definitely obey his orders."

The officials had no choice but to return to the capital to choose the son who would succeed him. At the beginning, Duke Xianggang of Qi got drunk and killed Duke Huan of Lu, and committed adultery with Duke Huan of Lu's wife. He killed and punished him several times improperly, indulged in women, and insulted ministers many times. His brothers were afraid of harming themselves, so they fled abroad one after another. .

Prince Jiu, the second younger brother of Duke Xiang, fled to Lu because his mother was the daughter of the king of Lu. Guan Zhong and Zhaohu assisted him. However, Xiaobai, the third younger brother of Duke Xiang, fled to Wei State, and Bao Shuya assisted him. Because Xiaobai's mother was the daughter of the king of Wei, she was deeply favored by Duke Li of Qi. Xiaobai had been friendly with Gao Xi, the doctor of Qi, since he was a child.

After Wei Gong Jin succeeded to the throne, in order to strengthen Wei's allies and protect Wei's declining military strength, he asked his crown prince to take the daughter of Duke Qi Li and marry his daughter to Duke Qi Li. And he married a daughter of the Bai Kingdom, and supported the two countries of Bai and Qi, so there was no war in the Wei Kingdom for twenty consecutive years.

In the past few years, the young master Xiaobai continued to go to the Bai Kingdom, interacted with the Bai Kingdom's bachelors and generals, and at the same time entered the Bai Academy to learn basic political literacy. In the past few years, Xiaobai felt very comfortable in his life and no longer had to be afraid of debauchery. The cruel Xianggong of Qi is the cruel one. The people he associates with are all handsome gentlemen. It is very comfortable to talk to them.

Just when the young master Xiaobai and a Bai family were enjoying themselves on an unknown mountain peak in the Taihang Mountains, Bao Shuya found Xiaobai in the wind and dust in his car. Xiaobai saw the embarrassed Bao Shuya and said with a smile: "Dr. Bao, why are you so panicked? Not only is it unbecoming of an aristocrat, but it is also unbecoming of a gentleman!"

Bao Shuya saluted Xiaobai and said quickly: "Master, come back to Qi with me quickly."

Xiaobai said in surprise: "Doctor, are you joking? Are you going back to Qi to be the soul of Lu Zhuer's sword? No! I lived a good life in Bai. What will happen to me when I return to Qi?"

Bao Shuya said: "My lord, the Duke of Qi has been killed, and Wu Wu is also dead. Doctor Gao has written a letter saying: Among all the lords, whoever returns to Qi first will succeed to the throne of Qi Gong."

Xiaobai stood up immediately. His years of experience made him immediately understand the political opportunities involved, so he immediately confessed to several Bai clans. The Bai clans also understood very well. Besides congratulating, they also suggested to go to Bai Zi , ask him for help.

Then several Bai family members and Xiao Bai Bao Shuya met Bai Xuan (xuān). Bai Xuan was also very happy. He immediately arranged for twenty Bai Xuan guards and a hundred Bai country elites to escort Xiao Bai back to his country.

In order to save time, Xiaobai had to write a letter to his grandfather Wei Gong, expressing the reason for leaving without saying goodbye, and then led one hundred and twenty Bai Guojun and Bao Shuya towards Linzi, the capital of Qi, day and night.

On the other side, the State of Lu also heard the news, so it sent troops to send Xiaobai's brother Gongzijiu back to the country, and sent Guan Zhong to lead troops to block the road from Bai to Qi.

On the road from Bai Kingdom to Linzi, Xiaobai and his party, who were in the dust, ran into Guan Zhong who led troops to stop Xiaobai. Guan Zhong saw young master Xiaobai standing on the chariot, and immediately led his troops to attack.

However, the Lu soldiers brought by Guan Zhong were no match for the elite white soldiers. Although the Lu soldiers were numerous, they were still killed and retreated. Guan Zhong was in a panic and saw the young master Xiaobai who had been exposed, so he didn't have time to think about it and shot with his bow.

Guan Zhong shot Xiaobai's hook with an arrow. Bai Cheng, the commander of the Bai army on the left side of Xiao Bai, saw Xiao Bai hit by an arrow, and hurriedly stepped forward to check. He saw that the arrow only hit the hook, and breathed out. At this time, Bao Shuya, who was on Xiao Bai's right, also saw it, and his head twitched. Thinking about it, he quickly said to Xiaobai: "Pretend to be dead! Pretend to be dead!"

Xiaobai relied on his trust in Bao Shuya and immediately followed the trend. Bao Shuya hugged Xiaobai and said loudly: "The young master has been hit by an arrow! The young master has been hit by an arrow!"

When Bai Cheng saw this, he immediately loudly ordered to the Bai army: "Kill! Leave no one alive! Revenge for the young master!" Then he jumped out of the chariot to kill the enemy.

Guan Zhong in the distance saw Xiaobai being shot down by him, and heard the words of Bao Shuya and Bai Cheng. He thought that he had shot Xiaobai to death and was very happy. However, he saw the fierce fighting power of the Bai army and immediately ordered the withdrawal.

After Bai Cheng led the team to drive Guan Zhong out, he immediately returned to protect Xiao Bai. At this time, Bao Shuya said: "Master! Now Master Jiu and his party must think that you have been shot, and they will definitely not rush on the starry night again. We should take advantage of this opportunity and rush to Linzi as soon as possible!"

Young Master Xiaobai suddenly understood and immediately ordered to continue on his way.

On the other side, Guan Zhong thought he had shot Xiaobai, so he sent people back to Lu to report his victory. After receiving the news, the State of Lu indeed slowed down and slowly sent Prince Jiu back to his country. It took six days before he arrived at the State of Qi.

At this time, the young master Xiaobai had already been hiding in a tent car and traveled day and night to Linzi. With the support of the nobles Guo Shi and Gao Xi of Qi State, he succeeded the Duke of Qi.

When Gongzijiu and his party heard the news, they quickly returned to the original route.

(End of this chapter)