After more than a year of fierce fighting, the coalition forces of the princes completely defeated the Shanrong in the Yan State. In the northeast of the Yan State, large areas of wasteland and forest seas became the territory of the Qi State.
Moreover, more than 100,000 Shan Rong were beheaded this time. Basically, the Yan Kingdom did not have to worry about Shan Rong invading again for twenty years.
After twenty years, if the Yan State cannot defeat Shanrong, it will be a waste.
Especially when Lu Xiaobai saw that these newly acquired lands had little output and were still an enclave, he generously gave all these lands to the State of Yan.
Marquis Yan almost knelt down in front of Lu Xiaobai. He held Lu Xiaobai's hand without letting go, and said with tears in his eyes: "Marquis Qi, I really don't know how to be so grateful for your kindness to Yan.
But if you receive a favor but don't repay it, this is not what a gentleman should do.
Four years ago, Qu Guo was rude to you.
You are a virtuous person, and being rude to you is an immoral person and should be punished!
Two years ago, you held an alliance in Blue Wing, but Qu Guo did not participate. This time you held an alliance in Yanguo, but Qu Guo still did not participate.
This is disrespectful to the emperor and should be punished.
Now you have eliminated the threat of Shanrong for me, and also gifted me five hundred miles of land.
I didn't know how to repay you, so I led the army of Yan State to attack Qu State and asked Lord Qu to come to you to apologize.
I think this can be a way to repay your kindness. "
Shangdao, what a fastidious person!
Hearing Marquis Yan's words, Lu Xiaobai burst out laughing. A marquis named Ji took the initiative to defeat another prince for him. How could he not be excited?
In the past four hundred years, this was the emperor's exclusive excuse. Now Yanhou used it on Lu Xiaobai, which greatly satisfied his vanity.
And it can also show his power in front of the princes.
So the Marquis of Yan led the army of the Yan State and the Qi State to besiege the Qu State. The Marquis of Han and the Marquis of Xing knew clearly that they would also ask the State of Qi to help them resist the Di people.
Qu Bo must be very willing to sacrifice Qu Guo now.
So the two of them spoke righteously: "Marquis Qi, you are the leader of the alliance of princes, and being rude to you is rude to us, so I hope you can agree, and we will also attack Qu State for you."
The king of Qu State never dreamed that because of a false statement five years ago, he would be used as a tool by Yan State, Han State, and Xing State to please the Marquis of Qi.
Naturally, Lu Xiaobai strongly agreed with these obvious behaviors of dependence.
So in March of the following year, when spring was being planted, the four countries jointly organized 30,000 troops to attack Qu State.
This will not delay domestic spring planting, but also force Qu State to surrender.
In Qu State, facing the attack of the four-nation coalition, the king Qu Bo was very afraid.
He quickly called the ministers one after another and asked: "My lords, Qi State has led the four-nation coalition to attack. Their troops are as numerous as gravels on the river beach, but Qu State's army is not many. What can we do to retreat from the enemy now?" A good idea?"
Good strategy?
There are 30,000 elite troops and 1,000 chariots on the opposite side. The Qu Kingdom has only a few hundred chariots and the army does not exceed 20,000. How can we fight this?
The two sides set up their formations, and a wave of charges came from the opposite side, and the entire army was wiped out.
It was you who drank and failed to keep your mouth shut, which led to today's disaster. If there were no channels, I would have tied you up and handed you over to the Marquis of Qi.
Between the king and his ministers, you look at me and I look at you.
In the end, Doctor Cao stood up and said: "Your Majesty.
If the Four Powers allied forces attack our country on the grounds that you are rude, you can write a letter to defend yourself, saying that you have always respected Qi and are willing to participate in Qi's alliance.
In addition, by ceding two hundred miles of land on the border between Qi and Qu, this will surely calm the anger of the Marquis of Qi. "
Two hundred miles of fertile land is not comparable to the five hundred miles of wasteland that Lu Xiaobai gave to Yanhou.
"Ceding the land?" Qu Bo hesitated, "These lands were taken from the barbarians with great efforts by the ancestors of the past dynasties. How can I just give them to others like this?"
In fact, today's princes are all arrogant and extravagant, so how can they understand the hardships of our ancestors in pioneering.
Qu Bo simply couldn't bear to part with the land. After all, every piece of land could give him a lot of taxes. With taxes, he could enjoy it better.
Doctor Cao understood Qu Bo's thoughts and secretly despised him in his heart, but Qu Bo brought up his ancestors, and his morality as a minister still made him persuade: "Your Majesty.
Last month, my retainer went to Ju State for business and heard something.
There was a hunter named Jiao in the Kingdom of Ju who was good at hunting. When he went hunting in the mountains, he killed a majestic deer. It not only had a lot of meat, but also had beautiful fur and was very valuable. He was very happy.
On the way down the mountain while dragging the deer, he saw another rabbit, so he put down the deer and chased the rabbit. However, he failed to catch the rabbit, and when he came back, he found that the deer was gone.
What do you think of his behavior? "
Qu Bo said: "Of course it is unwise."
Doctor Cao smiled and said: "Yes, deer are big prey and can provide a family with food for a long time.
Rabbits are small prey, just a full meal, because it would be unwise to lose the small ones to the big ones.
Nowadays, the land of two hundred miles is a small thing, while the ancestral temple of Qu State is a big thing.
Now you are reluctant to part with two hundred miles of land. When the Marquis of Qi becomes angry, the ancestral temple of Qu State collapses, and even the remaining land will be gone, and you will not even be able to offer sacrifices to your ancestors. "
At this point, Qu Bo understood that there was no other way and sighed: "Doctor Cao, what you said is correct.
I dare not be the sinner who ceded the land of my ancestors. I also ask you to go to the Qi army camp as an envoy to express the attitude of the state of Qu. "
Under Guan Zhong's control these years, Lu Xiaobai is no longer what he used to be. Six years ago, he would definitely have sent troops to teach Qu Guo a lesson.
But now that Qu Guo has directly paid compensation to cede territory, apologized and formed an alliance, now is the time for him to show his magnanimity and virtue to the princes.
"Since Qu Bo knows his mistake, he must immediately write to the emperor and admit his mistake.
Gu wants to hold an alliance again this year. In order to welcome Qu Bo to join the alliance, let's hold the alliance on the outskirts of Qu's capital.
Doctor Cao went back and told Qu Bo that within three months, the high platform of the alliance would be built. By doing so, the princes would be able to feel Qu Bo's sincerity. "
To hold an alliance outside the capital of a vassal state is to become a vassal through and through.
But Qu Bo even did things like ceding land and paying compensation, so the alliance was not so shameful.
Doctor Cao was even a little happy when he saw that Lu Xiaobai did not make any other harsh demands. The price Qu Guo paid was still bearable.
Lu Xiaobai generously forgave Qu Bo's behavior, which made the princes think that he was a gentleman and worthy of trust, so they responded to this alliance one after another.
At the alliance meeting in Quyi, not only Qu State, but also some other small countries came, and even the prince of Song State came in person.
The reason why Song Gong did not arrive was because there was no king in the Song Dynasty. Prince Fuyi and his uncle Kuang Fu were vying for the position of Song Jun, and they were fighting fiercely.
The Zhou royal family was weak and had a lot of internal problems. It did not want to get involved in the internal disputes of a relatively large country like Song.
So after the death of the previous king, he was not even crowned a king. He only wanted to wait until the Song Dynasty was over and then crown the winner as a king.
The emperor was unwilling to fulfill his responsibilities, so the son Fuyi came to the place where the alliance was held, hoping that Lu Xiaobai could uphold justice for him.
"Marquis Qi, I heard when I was in the Song Dynasty that when you were at the Cangyi Alliance, you called on the princes to respect the king and resist the barbarians, and uphold the patriarchal laws and regulations. This is the royal way advocated by King Su.
Although the Song Dynasty was a descendant of the Yin Shang Dynasty, it always respected the Zhou rites.
Because the Yan State was invaded by Shan Rong, you led the princes to aid the Yan State, and because the Qu State did not respect the emperor's call, you sent troops to attack, and you followed your words. This kind of character is worthy of everyone's admiration.
King Wu once wanted to pass the throne to King Su. King Su said that if his elder brother has an heir, but he passes the throne to his younger brother, isn't this the source of trouble?
Now my uncle wants to take away the throne that belongs to me. This is a violation of the patriarchal system. Can you tolerate it?
If you are willing to help me obtain the throne of Song State, I am willing to follow Qu Bo's example and offer you two hundred miles of Song State's land. This is what a leader with high moral character should receive.
I think this can express my admiration for you. "
What does the leader deserve?
Young Master Fuyi was the first to say this.
With its prestige among the princes in the world, the growing alliance power, and the friendship and real benefits of Song State, Song State is not a small country like Qu State.
In terms of land area alone, Song State was larger than Qi State before it annexed Laiyi State.
In response to Young Master Fuyi's request, Lu Xiaobai said sternly: "Young Master Song, your experience is worthy of sympathy.
When Lu Wujiu was in chaos in Qi, it was Luohou who sent Gu Gu back to the country. The Xia countries should maintain this tradition of helping each other.
If you stay here first, the princes of the alliance will definitely agree. "
When Lu Xiaobai told what happened to Song Guogong's son Fuyi, everyone was filled with indignation and believed that Kuang's father should not usurp his nephew's throne.
So the princes of the fifteen countries, with a total of 70,000 troops and 3,000 chariots, stationed in the north and east of the Song Dynasty.
Kuang's father did not expect that his nephew would be so shameless. In order to seize the throne, he would bring outsiders here directly. He did not believe that Qi Hou would help his nephew in vain.
The Qi State is not the Luo State, and it can do anything to maintain the patriarchal clan.
This time he asked the Marquis of Qi to send troops, and he must have promised a lot of benefits. This made him itchy with hatred. He said it was so shameless. In fact, he regretted it in his heart. Originally, he had the upper hand. As long as he surrendered to the Marquis of Qi first, , these things would never have happened. Kneeling too slowly caused what happened now.
But it's too late to say anything now. Qi's soldiers are pressing down on the border, and they can't be captured without hesitation. They always have to fight hard.
Regarding this war, I can only say that the mantis is trying to defeat the chariot!
The coalition forces overwhelmingly defeated Kuang's father's army, and Kuang's father fled to Zheng with his cronies.
Then the young master wrote a letter to Zheng Hou.
"Zheng Hou, although Father Kuang competes with me for the throne, he is my uncle. If I kill him, my father may be sad. It would be unfilial for me to do so, so I will not kill him in Song Dynasty.
Please kill him in the state of Zheng and don't let him return to the state of Song, so that his father will not be sad when he can't see his body. This is what a filial son can do. "
When Marquis Zheng received the letter, he handed it to his left and right persons to read and asked what he should do.
"Your Majesty, the Marquis of Qi clearly wants to support Young Master Fuyi's accession to the throne and treat the Song Kingdom as a vassal. If we don't kill Kuang's father, the Marquis of Qi may think that we want to compete for the power of the Song Kingdom. The Qi Kingdom is now tyrannical and will anger him. It’s unwise.”
Hearing this, Marquis Zheng was a little unhappy. Doesn't this mean that he was afraid of Marquis Qi?
“Although Qi is strong, Zheng has a strong army and is not afraid of him.
But it is wrong to let Zheng's soldiers bleed because of Kuang's father.
Your Majesty, you can write back and say that Kuang's father has robbed his nephew of the throne and should be punished.
For the sake of your filial piety, you are willing to kill Kuang's father for him.
In this way, the prince will definitely be grateful to you, and Zheng will no longer need to go to war with Qi. "
What is the art of language?
With the same purpose, these words made Zheng Hou feel very comfortable, so he readily agreed to kill Kuang's father.
Kuang's father thought that he could avoid death by escaping to a country that did not participate in the alliance, but he did not expect that his nephew was ruthless and the Marquis of Zheng was hypocritical, so he lost his life in Zheng.
The envoy from the State of Song came to the State of Zheng, saw Kuang's father's body, nodded with satisfaction, and returned to the State of Song.
Lu Xiaobai's prestige rose to a higher level after this incident. With the surrender of the Song Dynasty, Lu Xiaobai held another alliance in the Song Dynasty. This was the fourth time. Compared with the first time, it was no longer the same.
I feel like I'm a bit awesome. I can even make up fables. The origin of the idiom "a small thing makes a big loss" was invented by me at this moment.
Twelve thousand today, gone, no need to wait.
(End of chapter)
