Chapter 52 Section 1 The Last Miracle of the Ancient Dynasty

The Zhou royal family has almost been forgotten by the world. Ever since Qin Wu Wang Yingdang marched into Luoyang and died violently, Qin's plan to annex the land of three rivers was shelved.In the following 50 years, the Seven Great Wars were fought fiercely: Qin was busy at first stabilizing the court, and then was busy counterattacking the alliance of the six countries, then attacked Wei in the north, Hanoi in the south, Jianghan in the south, and then fought for Shangdang's Changping The war did not free up for a moment; the six kingdoms of Shandong were also busy attacking Qin and resisting Qin, while the covenant was changing and their own wars were endless. A war between Yan and Qi that lasted for six years caused Qi, the strongest state in the East, to decline in one fell swoop. At this point, the top four in Qi, Wei, Chu, Yan, and Shandong were in a slump, and Zhao was the only one who served as a barrier for Shandong; only in this way, after the Changping War, Zhao was in danger, and the six countries braved their efforts to unite After saving Zhao, he finally defeated the Qin army at the last moment, and the world stopped fighting and gasped wearily.With such an upheaval and fierce battle, Luoyang Wangcheng, which is stuck in the main road of the Central Plains, is really heartbroken!The fields outside Luoyang City are often barracks that cover the sky, the official roads are often a continuous flow of soldiers and horses, and the surging river clearly visible from the top of the city is often masts like forests and white sails like clouds; during the three years of the Changping War, More than a million common people, men and women, from the two counties in the east of Hanoi camped and stationed in the countryside of Luoyang. They built earthen stoves to cook meat for the army pancakes. The jungle-like cooking smoke gathered in the sky of Luoyang into black and hot clouds!The horses neighed and the horns shook the sky and shouted to kill day and night. The people of Luoyang could not sleep at night and could not work day and night. They wanted to escape and cry without tears. They were like an isolated island in the vast ocean.Even so, Luoyang Royal City was always safe and sound. Regardless of the outcome of the fierce battle, no soldiers and horses of a country tried to capture Luoyang.Over time, the Zhou people in Luoyang finally figured it out.Although the Luoyang King City has become a boneless piece of fat early on, it has the title of emperor after all. If you want to salivate, if you don’t have the strength to swallow the world, you will come to pick up this piece of fat. Of!King Qi Min was so ambitious that he dared to monopolize the state of Song, but he did not dare to take Luoyang.Wei Guo lost more than a hundred cities in the east of Hanoi, but he still didn't dare to use Luoyang Wangcheng, which was close at hand, to make up for it.The army of the Qin State was fierce. When they fought for the Shangdang, more than 600,000 troops had used the countryside of Luoyang as their base camp for many years.What is the reason?Aren't you afraid of the title of Emperor Zhou?Isn't it because you are afraid that you will call in unwarranted right and wrong without getting real benefits?The big country is like this, and the small princes are even more helpless!Looking at it this way, although Luoyang Wangcheng is like a solitary lamp in the eye of the wind, it is destined to return to the country and last forever.In the week of immortality, no one can do anything to me!

After thinking about it like this, the old Chinese in Luoyang Wangcheng can feel at ease. At that time, the Zhou family had already been divided into one king and two princes: the son of heaven, King Zhou Nan, lived in the royal city of Luoyang. His fief is in the east of Luoyang, leading seven cities, so his title is Eastern Zhou Jun.Convinced that the destiny was not appropriate to perish Zhou, one king and two vassals suddenly rose up in their ambitions, each playing the banner of revitalizing the royal family, re-opening countless old disputes and fighting with gusto—the Eastern Zhou wanted to grow rice, but the Western Zhou did not release water; The Western Zhou wanted to open up trade, but the Eastern Zhou blocked the passes; the emperor wanted to organize the army, and he would not pay tribute for two weeks; .For a while, the "Three Weeks" suddenly became so lively that it seemed like a young spring and autumn, and it became a strange scenery in the middle of the Warring States period.

In the fifty-ninth year of King Zhou Nan, in the fifty-first year of King Qin Zhao, in 256 BC, something happened! One year ago, Bai Qi, who frightened the six kingdoms of Shandong, committed suicide.In order to prove that Bai Qi was wrong for disobeying orders, King Qin Zhao successively sent three armies, Wang Ling, Wang Lu, and Zheng Anping, to attack Zhao, but the results were defeated one after another.At this time, the world finally let out a long sigh of relief, Qin will not leave the customs for at least ten years.However, at this time, King Qin Zhao resolutely sent the royal family general Ying Yu to lead an army of 100,000 troops to the east for the fourth time to attack Yangcheng and Yingshu in South Korea.The whole Shandong was in an uproar, shouting that the old king of Qin was crazy!

At this time, Lord Xinling, who lived alone in Handan, was very quiet, and told Lord Pingyuan: "The old king of Qin is not a mediocre king, how could he not know how to attack and defend! Qin's army was defeated three times. Its plan is only to use offense as defense. On the one hand, it will consolidate the remaining territory outside Hangu Pass, and on the other hand, it will clearly show the six kingdoms of Shandong that even if Qin loses three times in a row, it will still have a strong counterattack force. Fight for Qin's respite!" Lord Pingyuan asked how to deal with it, and Lord Xinling replied: "Although the six countries are victorious, they are actually exhausted, and they need to recuperate more than Qin. Unless the Qin army destroys the country, Shandong can only fight with its back to survive! If there is a battle between one city and several cities, it is the best policy to wait and see." "Yes!" Lord Pingyuan suddenly smiled, "One hundred thousand troops seized two cities, and the old King of Qin clearly took the initiative, and let him go."

In this way, the five great powers in Shandong watched from the sidelines when the Qin army attacked South Korea. Unbelievably, Luoyang Zhou Shi suddenly jumped out! Qin Jun went east.Other countries watch from the sidelines.South Korea was in a great panic, fearing that Qin would destroy South Korea in one go!After some plotting by Xinzheng's rulers and ministers, they came up with a plan to "Fat Zhou withdraw from Qin".King Huanhui of Han sent a special envoy to Luoyang. Attention all observers, in the Warring States period, iron horse battles and continuous wars are imminent, and the crisis of survival is imminent. The big and small countries are trying their best to deal with their unique skills; The ironic "political oolong" incident.The history passed down often becomes a kind of humor of the Warring States period that future generations cannot understand.Under chewing, it is both embarrassing and hilarious.Among them, South Korea's "political oolong" incident is the most famous.Its planning is strange, its operation is grand, its outbreaks are frequent, and its consequences are astonishing. No country in the entire Warring States Period can match it.Every "Oolong" plot will make the world unbelievable, and it will definitely stir up great waves in the world. This is South Korea!

The first "Oolong": In 262 BC, he took the initiative to dedicate the most coveted and most dangerous place for military strategists, Shangdang, to Zhao Guo.South Korea's monarchs and ministers claim to be "bringing disaster to a big country, and getting rid of my survival!" The ending is: the three-year war between Qin and Zhao Changping was triggered, and South Korea was involuntarily involved in it, not only losing all the big rivers such as Shangdang and Yewang The dangerous fortress on the north bank, and even the water and land arteries on the south bank of the river are all occupied by Qin!

The second biggest "Oolong" is the current "Fat Zhou retreating from Qin" plan.The ending is: Not only did it lead to the official demise of the Zhou Dynasty, which had lasted for more than 800 years, but he also lost 120,000 troops in one fell swoop. The third big "Oolong" is the most classic, but it is the "tired Qin plan" several years later.South Korea sent Zheng Guo, the most talented master of water control in the world, into Qin to plan and preside over the construction of large-scale water conservancy projects for Qin, in an attempt to consume Qin's resources and people's resources so that it could not send a large army to the east to destroy South Korea!The ending is: the success of this large-scale irrigation project that lasted more than 300 miles made Qin the richest country in the world, and its national power greatly increased, laying the most solid foundation for the elimination of the six countries; when the army went east, the first one would be destroyed Korea!

Cutting the flesh to feed the tiger, using advanced talents to capitalize on the enemy, making the enemy faster and stronger so that it can devour itself more powerfully, is already jaw-dropping.However, South Korea's monarchs and ministers can do serious things, and they often plan carefully and launch them as a grand plan to save the country. It is really an ancient miracle!Its jaw-dropping way of thinking has fully constituted a unique research object of political philosophy through the ages.This is a later story, press it for now. However, King Zhou Nan of Luoyang Wangcheng is already a 80-year-old old man, lying on the couch all day long and unable to speak a single word.The South Korean special envoy was aware of the situation in the royal city, so he held the ceremony of the princes to have an audience with the Duke of Western Zhou, the "king" who ruled the country.The Duke of the Western Zhou Dynasty was very excited, and immediately "give a visit" to the Han envoy. It took only half an hour, but his heart was full of excitement!

The rhetoric of the Han envoy is: Yangcheng and negative millet are just in the southeast of Luoyang, which is the only way for the Qin army to come to the west; The two lands, negative millet and millet, will be cut off to the emperor as tribute; if the Qin army blames the Zhou family, South Korea is willing to send a lot of food and grass for the emperor to reward the Qin army, and the Qin army will be happy to be a teacher at that time.The Duke of Western Zhou sneered and said: "Qin's army is one hundred thousand, how much is the king's division? Isn't the special envoy a joke!" Han Shijiu cupped his hands and said, "Why worry about it! South Korea sent 80,000 troops and handed over to the commander-in-chief, but you can gather a few troops. Yes. The most important thing here is to seek the name of the king's teacher, not the reality of the king's teacher!" The Duke of Western Zhou laughed loudly: "Han sent 80,000 soldiers and horses to become the king's teacher, and then ceded two cities to me, and sent a lot of food and grass to comfort the emperor. Qin Jun, gain? Lose? Funny?" The Han envoy spoke eloquently: "Don't you know the way of the Warring States Period! Only by implementing this strategy, all three parties are happy: the Western Zhou Dynasty gains merit and land, South Korea avoids disasters for the whole country, and Qin does not. Loss of food and grass! Not only the best of all three, but also the great righteousness of saving Han from the Son of Heaven, so why not do it!" The Duke of Western Zhou thought for a moment, and felt that South Korea did not seem to be teasing himself, although he still couldn't figure out his real plan , but without asking any more questions, he has an opinion.After all, Qin Ji, the king of the emperor, avoided me in Luoyang when the army was strong, let alone today when the army is defeated and weak?As long as Wang Shi leaves and the Qin army retreats, I will gain strength in the Western Zhou Dynasty and have a great name. No matter how unbelievable he is in South Korea, why not do it!

"Okay! South Korea will send troops within ten days, and the old man will send the king's division to rescue Han!" the Duke of Western Zhou furiously clapped the case. It's also fate.Before the 90,000 "kings" were nested in the valley of Luoyang, the Qin army crossed Luoyang at lightning speed, conquered the two cities of Yangcheng and Minomi, and wiped out 40,000 defenders in South Korea!This move was beyond South Korea's expectations. In a panic, they wanted to withdraw 80,000 troops from the "king division" to guard the capital Xinzheng, but it was too late.The Qin army returned to Luoyang like a hurricane, blocking 90,000 "kings" in the valley in one fell swoop.Ying Yu urgently wrote to Xianyang to ask for orders to make a decision, but King Zhao of Qin replied with only two cold words: "Old country, you bully me, Da Qin! If you don't destroy the country, you will not be able to frighten the world!"

Winning received the edict, sealed the valley exit with heavy armored infantry, set up 6,000 large-scale machines on the two mountains, and mercilessly launched a stormy crossbow attack against the "Wang Shi".No matter how the Zhou army in the valley yelled that I am from Zhou, I was eventually buried in the valley with the 80,000 Han army.At this time, the Duke of Western Zhou was still feasting the ministers in the shogunate of the royal city, drinking the royal wine and watching the music and dances. While accepting the eulogy of persuasion with great satisfaction, he and his confidants planned to follow the example of Duke Zhou's regent after winning the two cities of South Korea.Unexpectedly, he was blocked in the hall by the oppressive Qin army before discussing his ugly Yinmao! The Duke of Western Zhou immediately collapsed on the ground, fearing that the tiger wolf Qin army would cut off his head immediately to repay his meritorious service.Ying Xi only yelled loudly, but before he could speak, the limp and dazed Duke of Western Zhou obediently offered the records of thirty-six cities and thirty thousand people, hoping that Qin would spare his life.Ying Yu was greatly surprised, but also understood that he would never encounter the life-saving chastity and strong resistance that he had originally imagined, so he wrote to Xianyang overnight, asking how to deal with the Zhou family?King Qin Zhao immediately issued an edict: "Western Zhou seeks Qin, and we should be punished: all the land in the cities and towns will be included in the Qin State, and we will set up counties for governance; the emperor of the Western Zhou Dynasty will punish the crimes, and the Eastern Zhou emperor will not be accomplices, so we will keep his fief; It belonged to the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, and it was thought that the survivors of the Zhou family lived together to worship; the Luoyang King City was exclusive to the King of Zhou, and the Eastern Zhou King was not allowed to enter; but the Jiuding was an artifact of the royal power in the world, and it was transported back to Xianyang when it was written." On the day when Jiuding was dismantled and moved, a miracle happened that shocked the world. Rarely good weather in the morning.Ying Xun ordered 30,000 Qin army infantry to march into Wangcheng Square, and surrounded Jiuding for disassembly.However, an old servant of the Zhou family came to report: The emperor insisted on sending Jiuding to leave Luoyang.Ying Ying agreed.After all, Jiuding is an artifact of royal power that the Zhou family has guarded for more than 800 years, and it is not an exaggeration to give it as a gift from the emperor in the past.In a short while, two old horses pulled a rusty bronze royal chariot into the square of the main hall, and two maids helped an old man in a red auspicious suit with frost and snow on his head to get out of the royal chariot.Ying Yu was about to go forward to do the ceremony, but the old man didn't want to look at it, just staring at the majestic Nine Tripods in a daze.Suddenly, the old king of Zhou threw off the two maids, and rushed to the "Central Plains King Cauldron" to pay respects, and then there was a burst of old and mournful cries: "Ji Yan is incompetent! Disgraceful to the ancestral temple and the country, and disgraceful to Jiuding!" Divine weapon, ashamed of the ancestors and the people of the world!" The mournful howling echoed, and the old Zhou king suddenly jumped up miraculously, slamming into the big cauldron, only to hear a dull roar, and blood spattered among the nine cauldrons At that moment, the body of the old King Zhou flew straight up onto the Central Plains King Ding and stood motionless, his snow-white beard and hair fluttering.The officers and men of the Qin army and the people present were all shocked! At this moment, thick clouds in the sky suddenly merged, rumbling thunder shook the world, and the entire royal city was suddenly as dark as ink.Lightning snakes danced in the cloudy sky, huge thunder exploded one after another, torrential rain poured down the sky, the roar of huge gold and iron continued, fiery red clouds rolled high in the sky, and a huge column of red light was like a spear in the sky Piercing directly from the dark sky to the royal city, the entire Jiuding Square was shining with a fiery red light, and the chaos of the world was boundless... The clouds collected the rain, and the nine mountain-like tripods, together with the body of King Zhou Nan, disappeared without a trace. All the officers and officials related to Jiuding in Wangcheng died without any problems in that thunderstorm.All the attendants and maids of King Zhou who were present were burned to death by the sky fire.The dead Duke of the Western Zhou Dynasty, who had become numb and lifeless, died the worst - a thunderbolt struck his head, leaving only a dry pile that looked like charcoal!But none of the more than 30,000 soldiers of the Qin Army who were also present at the square suffered any casualties.Ying Xun was terrified and inexplicably, and immediately ordered to withdraw from Wangcheng to camp, and the secret letter was reported to Xianyang.Three days later, the old prince Ying Zhu came to Luoyang in person and brought with him a secret edict from King Zhao of Qin: Don't touch every plant and tree in the royal city of Luoyang, and return to Qin immediately as a teacher. So far, during the Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties for more than two thousand years, the artifact of royal power, Jiuding, which has suffered countless wars and catastrophes, has miraculously disappeared forever!Since then, there is no record of the whereabouts of Jiuding in the history books, and there are no signs to find traces in the physical excavations of later generations.The disappearance of Jiuding has finally become an eternal mystery in Chinese history, and it has also become an immortal topic in the history of human civilization. After thirty-seven kings and eight hundred and sixty-seven years, the Zhou Dynasty declared its official demise.