In the north of the Song Dynasty, there was scorched earth everywhere, abandoned farmland, and half-planted crops. The destruction of production was the biggest reason for the sharp decline in population during the war.
There were also corpses lying on both sides of the avenue, countless ruts, and bursts of smoke. Luo Zhi led the army of the Luo Kingdom to pass quickly through the avenue between the cities. .
Luo Zhi's eyelids twitched along the way, and an ominous premonition appeared in his mind, so he asked to his left and right with some uneasiness: "My lords, will the emperor cause anything else?"
The ministers who accompanied the army on the expedition gave some comfort, and Luo Qing analyzed: "The monarch does not need to be so worried, the news of the Three Kingdoms' attack on the Song Dynasty has been conveyed to the emperor.
With the 200,000 soldiers and horses of the Emperor and Zheng Guo stationed in ten cities connected end to end, he would be invincible unless he had to go out to fight with the Song people.
When the five countries gather together, victory will be easy.
It is said that the emperor always likes to have fun, and now he should be playing music and enjoying himself in the city. "
After hearing what Luo Qing said, Luo Zhi's face turned as dark as the bottom of a pot.
He finally knew his biggest oversight all along!
He should stay directly by the emperor's side and control the emperor's behavior, instead of cooperating with the emperor like he is now.
Luo Zhi, who realized his mistake, said urgently: "Qing, I leave the frontal attack to you. Gu Yao will immediately lead the army from Weiguo to Zhengguo."
After saying that, he hurriedly left the military camp and began to mobilize half of his troops to go to Zheng State, leaving behind a camp full of ministers looking at each other.
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Yicheng of Jin State.
Since Jin Wen Gong Chong'er, this place has always been one of the centers of the entire Zhuxia world. After all, Jin has been hegemonic for the longest time.
The fertile land, large population, and countless talents who came out of the academy have made the country of Jin always full of vitality.
In particular, it occupies the most favorable terrain, allowing the king of Jin to use his own power to block Chu's road from Nanyang to the north, and to occupy Weihan's stronghold with one hand, allowing Qin to dream of going eastward for hundreds of years. rupture.
The old Duke of Jin has lived with this dream of being the best in the world for decades. As he is getting older, he has always had a dream, that is, to get the honor that his ancestor Jin Wengong Chong'er failed to win, and to be buried with the etiquette of the emperor. .
In the entire history of Bangzhou for more than 700 years, there was only one person, King Su, who was a minister during his lifetime, but was buried with royal rites.
Facing the sudden war situation, Jin Gong saw some opportunities. He asked excitedly: "Are all the ministers here?"
If a country like the Jin Dynasty wanted to launch a war, the official would of course have to discuss it with the Daqing clan.
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Luo Zhi led his army around Weiguo. Seventy years ago, after Weiguo fell again, he had been removed from the title of Marquis of Wei. Now Weiguo is the feudal lord of Jin.
When he had entered the Zheng Kingdom for only a few dozen miles, he saw a large number of fleeing people. All of them were in ragged clothes, and there were blood stains on their clothes. At first glance, they were not ordinary Chinese people, but scattered soldiers. .
"The king and the emperor fought with the people of the Song Dynasty, but they were severely defeated. They even lost their chariots. Song and Chen were in a hurry to break out and did not think about capturing the emperor of Zhou. Now they don't know where they are."
Luo Zhi's eyesight went dark, and he quickly stabilized his body, leaving a group of people to collect the defeated soldiers, while he continued to lead the army deep into the Zheng Kingdom.
It doesn't matter if he is dead, as long as he can see the body, at least he can directly support the new emperor.
The most feared thing is to disappear. When the new emperor is established, the original emperor suddenly returns, resulting in the embarrassing situation of two kings coexisting.
As the army was marching, the marksman on the right side of the chariot suddenly pointed into the distance and said, "Your Majesty, that seems to be the Emperor of Zhou. I have followed Dr. Luo Qing to worship in Luoyi before."
Luo Zhi Wenyan quickly looked from a distance and saw a group of people in a state of disgrace and embarrassment. There were about thousands of people fleeing to protect a group of nobles. When he got closer, he took a closer look and saw that he was really the emperor Ji Zhuo!
Luo Zhi didn't know whether he should be happy or sad. It was a good thing that he was not directly killed by Song Guoge, but why didn't he die on the road directly?
Ji Pai's death contribution to Bang Zhou was countless times greater than what he had done during his lifetime.
Ji Bai also saw the flag flying high in the distance, and he said excitedly: "My lords, this is the army of the Luo Kingdom!"
At this critical moment, for Ji Zhui, nothing could reassure him more than the word "Luo".
But among the fleeing nobles, many had traces of fear and uneasiness on their faces.
The two armies met. Compared with Ji Bai who was full of joy after the disaster, Luo Zhi's eyes were red with anger and filled with murderous intent.
Ji Bai didn't even look at it and wanted to jump directly onto Luo Zhi's chariot, but he was too short and couldn't get on.
So he held the shaft of the chariot and cried bitterly: "Marquis Luo, the Song State and Chen State are treacherous, and they deliberately retreated to lure me to pursue them.
This resulted in the loss of many people. I don’t know how many people will survive. If we can’t gather the defeated soldiers and fight again, what will Bangzhou’s Sheji do?
The state of Bangzhou was jointly established by King Wu and King Su. The world is half of the state of Luo, so why don't you ask the Marquis of Luo to help me? "
Luo Zhi, who was already angry, was so angry that he wanted to curse after hearing what Ji Zhuo said.
Now you know that Bangzhou was founded by King Wu and King Su together?
Now you know that this world is not just for the Zhou royal family?
Why didn't you know when you were in a hurry?
After finishing this matter, I will send you to see King Wu!
Luo Zhi, who had already had murderous intentions towards Ji Bai, grabbed Zheng Hou from the chariot without even looking at Ji Bai, and threw him heavily to the ground.
Zheng Hou looked at Luo Zhi, who was full of anger and murderous intent. He groaned in pain and asked fearfully: "Luo Hou! What does this mean? What mistake did I make that made you so angry?"
Luo Zhi suddenly pulled out his sword and roared angrily: "It was you, a treacherous minister, who tricked the king into sending troops and caused the current defeat.
The late king gave you countless pieces of land, which is why you are so rich today, but you don't want to repay, but you do such an outrageous thing. Shouldn't a traitor like you be killed with one sword? "
After saying that, he kicked Zheng Hou again. Before the life and death crisis, Zheng Hou said wisely: "Luo Hou, I am just a puppet, and my fiefdom is no more than the city of Xinzheng. The 100,000 troops of Zheng State are all owned by the Qing clan. They're holding me hostage."
Luo Zhi glared at him fiercely, and suppressed his murderous intent and said: "If you were not a prince, I would kill you with one sword right now. People like you are really unworthy of being the descendants of King Wu."
At this time, the sergeants of the Luo Kingdom had already captured the powerful Qing clan members of the Zheng Kingdom. If it was not enough to kill the princes, why not kill the officials?
Luo Zhi held the sharp sword and walked directly in front of several people. They just opened their mouths to beg for mercy. Luo Zhi didn't say any nonsense at all. He just slashed down with the sword, and bright red blood instantly spattered all over Luo Zhi's body.
Ignoring the cries of these people begging for mercy, Luo Zhi killed them one by one with a sword. The bright red blood and minced meat of these nobles were everywhere on the ground.
Even the people who had just come off the battlefield were still a little uncomfortable facing such a bloody scene.
Especially fearful of Luo Zhi's decisiveness, none of the people killed were influential figures in the Zheng Kingdom, but in front of Luo Hou, they were like killing chickens and cattle.
But no one was surprised at all, because this was Luo Hou, and no one was surprised that he would do such a thing.
This is why when Zheng Houchan wanted to invite the Luo Kingdom to send troops together, these Qing clan decisively refused. They did not want to have any contact with Luo Hou at all.
When Luo Zhi killed the last Zheng Guoqing clan, Zheng Houchan was even very excited, because if these nobles were killed, Zheng Guo would return to the hands of the official.
But then Luo Zhi's words made him feel like he was falling into an ice cellar. He saw Luo Zhi walking towards Ji Bai with a bloody sword. Although Ji Bi knew that Luo Zhi would not hurt him, he was still trembling slightly in fear.
"Your Majesty, Marquis Zheng is a prince. I cannot handle it, so I will leave it to you."
As he spoke, he handed the sharp sword directly to Ji Bai's hand. Ji Bai held the sword tremblingly, no longer as high-spirited as before on the battlefield.
He said with some difficulty: "Marquis Luo, Marquis Zheng is a loyal minister. He is just being coerced by those rebellious Qing clan. Can't we not kill him?"
"Loyal minister?"
Luo Zhi laughed when he heard this, but under the blood stains, his smile looked a bit eerie. After laughing, Luo Zhi suddenly said angrily: "What loyal minister?
Bribing the king with beauties, jade, jewels, and treasures, and deceiving the king into participating in a war that would bring no benefit. Is this what a loyal minister does?
You say he is a loyal minister. In the history of the Zhou Dynasty for more than 700 years, those nobles and soldiers who died in battle for the king's orders, and those ministers who gave blood to the king in Haojing City and Luoyi, are they? Traitor? "
Ji Bai didn't expect Luo Zhi's reaction to be so big. He was startled and said repeatedly: "Luo Hou, I am wrong. I will kill Zheng Chan now."
Unexpectedly, Luo Zhi stopped him directly and suppressed his anger: "Your Majesty, is it possible that I forced you to kill a minister?
If you think so, please kill me immediately!
I asked you to kill Marquis Zheng because he had shaken the state of Zhou and your throne. Don’t you understand?
If you continue to make mistakes, Bang Zhou's destiny will be fulfilled!
Do you think that the Luo Kingdom can really protect the royal family forever? "
As soon as these words came out, everyone felt shocked.
A look of fear finally appeared in Ji Zhui's eyes. Even when the army was defeated and his life was in danger, he had never been as scared as he is now.
He couldn't help but pull Luo Zhi's sleeves, and said sadly: "Luo Hou, what do you mean?
King Su's spirit is in the sky, and Bangzhou and Luo are with him.
Do you want to leave the royal family behind and live alone? "
Ji Zhui could hardly imagine what would happen to the royal family if Luo State really abandoned it.
Luo Zhi looked up at the sky and lamented: "Luo State was able to save the royal family once, twice, and three times. This is all because of King Su's blessing.
But can't you see?
It's getting harder and harder.
If this continues and Luo Guo is unable to do anything, will Bangzhou's destiny still be maintained?
Kill Marquis Zheng. Such a treacherous minister should seize the title and eliminate the country, and the land should be merged into the royal territory. This is what you can do. "
Ji Bai's hands were shaking a little, but he still killed Zheng Chan with one sword. Zheng Houchan never thought that Ji Bai would kill him because of Luo Hou's words, and his face was full of unwillingness.
At this point, the upper-class nobility of Zheng State had been wiped out. This could only be done during times of war. Otherwise, under a power system based on blood relations such as feudalism, it would only arouse the strongest resistance.
The reason why Luo Zhi did this was because Zheng State was destined to become one of the battlefields where great powers compete. When the war ends, everything here will be destroyed, and the existence of those small nobles is not important.
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The occurrence of "King Zhou's merger with Zheng" and "Zhou Luo's union" proved that the Luo Kingdom had believed that the hegemonic order was completely out of control. The top officials of the Luo Kingdom were extremely pessimistic about the situation in Zhou and Zhou, so they adopted the most violent method to end the patriarchal system. The afterglow feeds back the crumbling royal power. ——"The Rise and Fall of the Zhou Dynasty"
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