Xiguo was a vassal state, with a radius of seventy miles when it was enfeoffed. By the time it was destroyed by Chu, it had a radius of about two hundred miles.
However, the population of Xiguo is quite large, about hundreds of thousands, which is smaller than that of Caiguo. Xi Guo and Cai Guo together could barely resist Chu State. Moreover, Xiguo is located on the upper reaches of the Huai River, so it is convenient to transport grain and grass.
Because the king of Xi and his officials had all been moved away by the Chu State, Wang Zhong went to serve as the Marquis of Xi. There were basically no constraints. The three thousand soldiers plus his family members totaled almost ten thousand people. With these people here, they can basically control Xiguo.
Wang Zhongnai is the legitimate son of the royal family and the younger brother of Wang Yong. This time Wang Zhong was excommunicated, it can be regarded as a small sect of the Wang family. He is also protected by Zijue, but he will change his surname after three generations.
With the support of Huai State, Wang Zhong quickly took control of the entire Xi State. After all, there were 30,000 Huai troops stationed in Xi State and Cai State, and they dared to be dishonest and directly come to educate them.
The news that Huai State sent troops to escort Cai Guo Gongzi Sheng back to the country and restored his country soon spread throughout the Central Plains countries. Huaiguo's reputation also increased greatly, and small countries that originally regarded Huaiguo as their overlord came to congratulate them.
Wang Zhong sealed the country, and in addition to bringing tens of thousands of people, more than a dozen academy students followed, and he also brought more advanced farming technology to the Huai Kingdom.
And Wang Zhong was granted a title, and he and Cai Guo watched and helped each other. For Chu State, this was a thorn in the flesh. At the same time, the chain reaction of Chu's defeat also appeared. As a large country in Jingchu, Chu State was worried about being annexed by the surrounding small countries.
Therefore, after Huai State showed its strength, the surrounding countries suddenly started to move. Among them, Huang Guo and Jiang Guo are the most eager.
The two vassal states of Huang State and Jiang State were not lords with the surname Ji. One was a descendant of Boyi, and the other was a descendant of the Yellow Emperor in Xuanyuan. Both Fang states had received enfeoffments from the Yin Shang and Bang Zhou. There is no pressure at all to accept Huai Guo as the leader of the alliance.
After seeing the strength of Huai State, he immediately sent envoys to pay tribute to Huai State.
Jiang State and Huang State were on both sides of Xi State, and their geographical location was important. Huai State was very happy to learn that the two countries came to pay tribute. After that, he made an alliance with Huai, Xi, and Cai.
With the four kingdoms of Xi, Huang, Jiang, and Cai united, even if Chu is powerful, it has to take it seriously.
The layout of the Huai State in the Xi State soon led to the emergence of an alliance against the Chu State. Regarding this situation, the Central Plains countries were also happy to see it happen, so as to prevent the Chu State from going north to the Central Plains several more times, so they tacitly agreed with it. .
Xiguo is busy restoring its national strength and forming alliances with surrounding countries, while Chu State on the other side is not calm either.
The Marquis of Chu drifted his chariot all the way and rushed back to the capital of Ying. He actually arrived earlier than Chu's defeated army. The behavior of the Marquis of Chu made the nobles in Yingdu feel strange.
After all, the Marquis of Chu used deceit to trick them into confronting Duke Wu of Chu, forcing them to support him. After Duke Wu of Chu died in Huai Kingdom, he ascended the throne to succeed the Marquis of Chu. Later, they were suppressed and the capital was forcibly moved to Ying.
This made many nobles very dissatisfied with Chuhou. It was only because Chuhou was strong that these nobles were patient. But now seeing that Chuhou led his army to attack a small country like Xiguo and was defeated, and was seriously injured. It is a rare opportunity for those nobles.
After the Chu State was seriously injured and returned to the capital of Ying, although he was unwilling to accept the defeat, he was very happy to get Mrs. Xi. Although he was injured, he would not let Mrs. Xi leave day and night, and he doted on Mrs. Xi very much.
After returning to Chu State, he ignored the defeated Chu army and went to make Mrs. Xi a concubine first. This surprised everyone in Chu State.
Seeing this situation, Chu Hou's eldest son couldn't sit still. Mrs. Xi became Chu Hou's main wife. If she gave birth to another child, he would be his legitimate son. With the current level of favor that Chu Hou has for Mrs. Xi, once Mrs. Xi's son is born, there will be no place for him.
Xiong Jin was very worried, but Chu Jun seemed to have lost his energy after being beaten in a battle and began to enjoy himself all day long. The next year, Mrs. Xi gave birth to a son. The Marquis of Chu was very happy and named him Yun. This made Xiong Yan even more anxious and the political situation in Chu State became more unstable.
The political situation in Chu State was unstable, and Huai State was naturally very happy, and was secretly adding fuel to the flames.
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After the alliance was formed, Wang Yong turned his attention to Fan State. This vassal state was different from the surrounding vassal states. He was a kinsman of Chu State and was located in the southeast of Xi State, which just blocked the passage between Xi State and Huai State.
And more importantly, Fan State is now a vassal state of Chu State. For Huai State, Fan State is an unstable factor. No matter it is the Huai State, the Xi State, or the Cai State, or the Huang State, they do not want to have a vassal state of the Chu State behind them.
Therefore, Fanguo's fate was already sealed.
After the defeat of the Chu army, Wei Jun did not immediately return with his army. The army stationed troops in Xiguo for a year. After Xiguo and Cai Guo settled down, Wei Jun led his army back.
Fan Guo was very wary of the Huaiguo army and was always worried that the Huaiguo would take the opportunity to attack them. Seeing this situation, Wei Jun did not send troops to attack, but sent an envoy to inform them that Huai State had no ill intentions towards Fan State and would not attack Fan State. We would take a detour from Huang State and return to Huai State.
But no one in the Fan Kingdom believed what Wei Jun said. Even the monarch of Fan State asked his ministers, does Huai State feel that he is as stupid as the monarch of Xi State? Do you think Gu will believe what they say?
The Fan State army was heavily guarding the border with Huang State, and the two armies were only a few miles apart.
"General, Fan Guo is so rude, why don't General and Gu go together to punish some Fan Guo!" Huang Xuan, the king of Huang State, said.
"Huang Hou doesn't have to be like this. I really have no intention of attacking Fan. If they are willing to follow, let them follow!" Then he continued to lead the army along the border.
And just when the army of Fan State and Huai State were marching in parallel, to the west of Fan State, the army of Xi State had already gathered quietly.
When Fan Guo still felt that he was too vigilant and that Huai Guo had no chance to take advantage of it, Xi Guo suddenly launched an attack from the west. At this time, the army of Fan State was in the southeast. When the news came, the army of Xi State had already arrived at the city.
The army of Fan State suddenly panicked and led the army back to rescue them, but they were worried that Huai State would take the opportunity to attack, so they were in a dilemma for a while. In the end, some people were left to continue to monitor, and then the army rushed back to support.
But when the army came back for reinforcements, they were defeated by Xi Guo, who was waiting for work. After all, the main military force of Xi State now is the elite of Huai State, which is comparable to that of Fan State.
Xiguo defeated Fanguo's army, but without reinforcements, Fanguo was left with only an isolated city, which was easily attacked and destroyed by Xiguo. After Xiguo was destroyed, the population of the land more than doubled. At the same time, it also eliminated the hidden dangers behind it.
