Chapter 134 The Strongest Commitment, the Fastest Betrayal

Zhao Wu still disagreed: "Yeah, yes, let's hear, how 'real' are you this time?"

Zizhan immediately took out the gift list from his arms and replied respectfully: "This is the 'tax' that our Zheng State is willing to pay several times."

Zhao Wu took the Zheng State's documents casually, and glanced at it, his jaw immediately drooped, as if he was in a "quasi-dislocated" state. After a long time, he stammered: "Your Majesty, it seems that they are serious this time... We will not have to pay taxes next year."

If you surrender seriously or not, you cannot speak verbally. The "tax" that Zheng State is willing to pay is three times that of ordinary times - Zheng State is a second-class country, and he handed over such a huge amount of "tax". If they continue to waver and pay another tax to Chu State... half of the people in Zheng State will starve to death.

What is self-harm? This is self-harm.

Zheng State used this self-harm type of "recruitment" to show Jin State that we can no longer withstand another surrender. Please let us rely on your shoulders to rest (rest in Jin).

When Duke Dao heard Zhao Wu's words, he stood up and solemnly called the temple people to sort out his clothes. After the clothes were neat, Duke Dao ordered the suspension of the Cuju competition and summoned the monarchs of various countries and ministers to accept the letter of surrender from Zheng State.

The place where the letter of surrender was accepted was in Bo (now Xingyang County, Henan Province). Therefore, this alliance was called the "Bo Alliance".

Fan Yi was ordered to preside over the alliance. Fan Yi, who accepted the order, first bowed to the king: "Your Majesty, since Zheng State requires seriousness this time, we must all the process be solemn and serious - now we are in the game field, and it is not appropriate to accept Zheng State's surrender in the game. Please ask the king and the monarchs of the nation to go back and take a shower and change clothes. The ministers will build a high platform so that both sides can take the stage and swear."

Later, General Fan Yi (Shi Yi) summoned the lower army's sir Shi and ordered: "If you are not careful in making the alliance book, you will definitely lose the support of the princes. Over the years, the princes and countries have been following us for a long distance to fight for us, and are exhausted. If there is no good result this time, can they not be unwilling to be unwilling? Therefore, since Zheng State is so serious, please make the wording of the alliance book. "

Next, Fan Yi turned his attention to Zhao Wu: "Building, construction matters are under the jurisdiction of Situ. Situ is good at the name of construction and spread to the nations. Please make sure to build the solemn and solemn platform, in line with the Spring and Autumn Code."

Zhao Wu bowed: "No!"

This book of alliance, produced by Fan Yi, the "second talented man in Jin State" and "the first judge", can be regarded as a model for the Spring and Autumn Period. It is also a model for modern people to examine the feudal system and the hegemony of the Spring and Autumn Period. The book of alliance says:

"Any country that participates in our alliance shall not hoard food and support each other resolutely, shall not monopolize the benefits of mountains and rivers and refuse to share with others, shall not shelter traitors, shall not tolerate sinners from other countries. All countries shall provide relief to each other for natural disasters, quell disasters, unify likes and dislikes, and assist the royal family.

Whoever violates the above agreement? Si Shen (the god who observes disrespect), Si Alliance (the god who supervises the covenant), famous mountains, famous rivers, gods, worshipers, ancestors of the previous kings, ancestors of the seven surnames and twelve countries (with the kings of the 12 alliance countries belonging to the seven surnames). The above gods all came to kill him, causing him to lose his people, destroy his kings and tribes, destroy his country and family."

The Bo Alliance also means that in the Spring and Autumn Period, the lord's "patent" rights enjoyed by the lord over the rivers, mountains and rivers were officially ended, because the alliance stipulated that all countries would open up the lord's "patents" together.

The alliance ended, Zhao Wuchong Tian Su sighed: "Who would have thought that the people of Zheng would find it difficult to surrender for a long time, and even broke through the two cities and still insisted. Now, they surrendered to an armed parade."

Tian Su looked sad: "Lord, the covenant has been concluded, and the soldiers are all thinking about going home. Why do you want them to continue to build?"

Zhao Wu pointed to the Punishi Platform and said: "Compared with the alliance letter produced by the sir, Sei Zhuangzi, the "Bo Alliance" covenant, the biggest advantage of the "Bo Alliance" covenant is that it does not force everyone to obey the absolute hegemony of Jin, but emphasizes that everyone must abide by a good international rule - of course, this rule is established, supervised and implemented by our Jin people.

Therefore, the "Bo Alliance" will surely be a milestone because it has created a new national diplomatic order - "consistency under the rules". In the future, even if the overlord is the master and servant, the overlord will no longer be a master or servant, and the overlord will be just an arbiter and a referee of the international order in the future. Do you understand the word "referee"? There must be a referee in our game.

How can such a big event and such a milestone be over just a building? There is only such a platform that will be abandoned in the wilderness after the oath. After several years, the wind and rain will completely collapse. Does anyone know that I, Zhao Wu, have also participated in this milestone mission? Therefore, I want to build a city for this oath platform and let this oath platform remind future generations of how precious peace is."

Later, when the king heard Zhao Wu's idea, he immediately expressed his appreciation and decided to dedicate the Bo City to Zhoushi after the city was built, and rewarded Zhoushi's efforts for peace. Of course, this move also means to compensate Zhoushi, because Hulao City occupies a small part of Zhoushi's land.

This is the unpredictable thing in the world - it is funny that the people of Zheng are so serious and demand an oath. But the coalition forces retreated, and the Chu people came immediately. Before the Chu army could reach Zheng, according to the established plan, Zheng Jiangong took the initiative to greet him...

As a result, Zheng State once again accompanies Chu. On July 27 (Bingzi), the Zheng army followed the Chu army to attack Song.

At this time, the Song army had just been disbanded, and the coalition forces led by Jin had basically retreated. The nearest army to Song is Zhao Wu's army, and this guy was still burning bricks with great enthusiasm to prepare for the construction of the majestic Bocheng city wall.

When Zheng State arrived in Bocheng for help, Zhao Wu was shocked when he saw the report: "Crazy, the people of Zheng State are completely crazy. Didn't he know that the king brought me, the siege expert, to take the opportunity to attack the city. I am now staying in Bocheng, surrounded by professional talents in building cities, and he is still jumping like this... It seems that the people of Zheng State are really crazy."

At this time, the main force of the Jin army had just arrived at Hulao City and received news that Zheng State betrayed and joined forces with the Chu army to attack Song State. Duke Dao suddenly turned wild: "It's crazy, the people of Zheng State really don't want to live anymore. You said, you want to betray, at least wait for our army to return to China. When we walk halfway, you will betray it. Isn't this a beating? What's this?"

"Enter!" Xun Ying had no extra words: "Let us use battle to establish peace."

At this time, the Chu army camp attacked for several consecutive years, and the Chu people were exhausted and almost unable to take any action, but Ling Yin Zinang still gritted his teeth and sent troops. Zhao Wu needed to use the Xu people to help fight with the Rong tribe last year, and the Chu people were almost the same. However, this time the main soldiers of the Chu army camp were not Chu people, but Qin people. The Chu people borrowed 500 chariots from their ally Qin. The Qin doctor Zhan and Shuaijun followed the King of Chu to attack Zheng.

Zheng Jiangong looked honest and reported the situation of the coalition forces in a simplified manner: "The State of Jin dispatched six ministers this time. Except for Deputy Marshal Xun Yan and General Luan Gu, they all arrived... Woooo, it was simply bullying people. My State of Zheng is a small country. Not only did they bring three reorganized troops, but they also called twelve countries... What can we do? We can only delay time by surrendering and wait for reinforcements from the State of Chu.

Now that the coalition forces have retreated, it is estimated that the Song State has disbanded its army, but other countries are still on their way back to China. Bocheng is not far ahead, which is where we have signed an alliance. Zhao Wu, the new army general of Jin State, is still building Bocheng there. However, his subordinates are not new soldiers but just a group of farmers. The Song State people are good at persistence. If we attack Song State cities one by one, there will be many casualties. It is better to ask the king to continue north and directly attack Zhao Wu's city building force."

When talking about Zhao Wu, the Qin army commander Zhan gritted his teeth. However, the Qin people had high quality, Zhan calmly asked: "What is the terrain around Bocheng?"

Zheng Jiangong replied: "A flat horse is a good battlefield."

Asanga was a little worried: "Our army faced Zhao Wu several times, but never took any advantage. Is the Qin army willing to join forces and fight forward?"

Doctor Zhan gritted his teeth and replied: "Last time, Zhao Wu captured a few of our soldiers. The widow is planning to redeem them. This time we can come forward and make some talk."

Zinang thought for a while and shook his head: "Once we raise the army forward, we will encounter a large army of Jin people. At that time, we may be in a dilemma. Why not, we will camp near the capital of Zheng and wait for the arrival of Jin people's army, and then we will decide to advance and retreat."

The people of Chu and Qin had lost their chances of fighting. Zhao Wu was a turtle. When he heard that he was suddenly exposed to the reinforcements of Chu and Qin, he skipped the rule and issued a convening order to the country. It took only twenty days. Before Duke Dao had time to reorganize his army from Hulao City, he saw waves of Zhao lords armed forces running along the newly built national highway, and continuously bypassing Hulao and reaching Bocheng.

Bocheng is near Xingyang. Hulao Pass and Xingyang Pass were connected in the Three Kingdoms period. Sometimes it refers to a place. This distance is the distance between the cavalry and the cavalry running for half a day. When Duke Dao led his army out of Hulao City, Zhao Wu had already summoned the new army around him.

The military appearance of Jin State was even more prosperous. In addition to the original Central Army and the Supreme Army, the sharpest spear and strongest shields of Jin State arrived, and it was a full arrival. When Duke Dao saw Zhao Wu, he looked relaxed: "Wuzi, are you sure to capture the city walls of Zheng State this time?"

Zhao Wu smiled foolishly: "Depending on the king's meaning, the king wants to leave a powerful Zheng State to resist Chu State. Then, my attack can be gentler. If the king intends to punish Zheng State, we have time now, and I will slowly divide Zheng State by bits and pieces."

Duke Dao nodded and ordered: "Punish the State of Zheng!"

Zhao Wu was overjoyed and turned around and announced to the warriors: "Samurai, let go of your hands and feet. All you have gained belongs to you, and I will not take any of it."

The troops responded loudly.

The Jin army swore an oath to attack.

This time, in the northern coalition camp, in addition to the kings of Jin, Song, Lu, Wei, Cao, Ju, Zhu, Teng, Xue, Qi, Xiao Zhu, and the crown prince of Qi, the kings of Xu, Huang and Rong Zi (the leader of Rong) Juzhi were added. In addition, the first time a new army appeared in the army camp of Jin.

Opposite, there were only a small number of Chu troops in the southern camp, a large number of Qin troops, and a large number of "iron-core surrendered soldiers" - Zheng army.

Faced with this situation, Zizang discussed with doctor Zhan: "It's better to retreat. Our manpower is not enough to stuff the Jin people... I heard that Zhao Wuzi took out his old capital this time, and he came with 20,000 troops. I know Zhao Wu, the man who forced our Chu army to advance last time, was like a dilemma and humiliated our king. Once this person was brought close to him, it would be difficult for us to retreat."

Doctor Zhan gritted his teeth: "Although I really want to compete with Zhao Wuzi, I also know that this person is not something I can defeat. Last time we were on the Western Front, there were more soldiers than this time, and the soldiers were better than the current team, but Zhao Wu used fewer people to wipe out our entire army... Our Qin State fought this time with Chu State. Since the King of Chu wanted to retreat, we obey the order."

Subang suggested: "You have to go quickly. The main force of the Jin army has not yet entered the territory of Zheng. If we leave now, it will not be considered as retreating when the enemy is retreating. If the Jin people enter the country, it will be difficult for us to retreat."

So, in order to avoid the Jin army's edge, Chu and Qin decided to retreat overnight. During this period, they were too lazy to ask for advice from Zheng, and directly treated Zheng as a green onion and dried it in the fields of Zheng.

The northern coalition forces advanced layer by layer, and continued to reach the east gate of Zheng State - the coalition forces from the west attacked the east gate, which clearly did not take the main force of Chu State in the southeast. This main attack was launched by the new army. In the first three days, the coalition forces only lined up the east gate, while Zhao Wu happily commanded the military craftsmen to make siege equipment.

"Well railings, car crashes, car crashes...what else? What else is there in the game? I can use the siege equipment. Let us use the eighteen martial arts together this time to let the people of the world know that I, the founder of the carpenter in the world, are not a good meal." Under the city of Zhengguo, Zhao Wule was immersed in the construction game unsupportedly.

Later, Fan Yi came to urge the new army to attack on behalf of the king. He said: "Wuzi, the coalition forces have been in line for three days. It is rare that the people of Zheng can persist in not surrender for three days this time. If you delay any more, maybe they will surrender again."

"Tomorrow, tomorrow the sun rises, and you will see a rare and gorgeous siege battle," Zhao Wu patted his chest to assure him.

In fact, the people of Zheng had already planned to surrender, but this time they surrendered in a planned manner and were no longer as blind as before.

According to the plan, although the people of Zheng were eager to return to Jin, they always had to do the same. While guarding the city gate, they sent two Yaqings, Liangxiao and Dazai Shi, to Chu State, to inform Zheng State that they were about to accompanies Jin: "I (in the tone of Zheng Jiangong) for the survival of the country, so I can no longer be loyal to you (King of Chu). You might as well reconcile with Jin State with jade and silk, or you should use force to suppress Jin State (or Zheng State will accompanies Jin State)."

The people of Zheng were very frank and sincere, but they were destined to not wait for the envoy to repay the envoy - the people of Chu were no longer able to compete with Jin. They had nothing to say in the face of Zheng's request, but they were still ashamed and detained the two envoys.

Zheng State could not wait for the envoys from the Chu State to come back, so they could only persist.

The next day, Zhao Wu, who had been preparing for a long time, took action. With tens of thousands of coalition forces in line to watch, the new army camp first launched tall well railings. Those well railings were distributed according to the number of combat vehicles. One was a full-flying five well railings, and one "two (seventy-five people)" soldier pushed the well railings slowly forward. On the tall well railing platform, three heavily armored warriors aimed at the city wall with various long-range weapons. At the same time, the railings around the well railings were filled with shields and long weapons.

"Oh", hundreds of thousands of troops looked at the tall mobile chariot and sighed in unison.

Behind the well railing, countless crossbowmen were holding crossbows and ready to suppress the shooting on the city wall at any time and provide support to the well railing.

The snare drums were storm, and the warriors on the well rail kept shooting arrows to test their range. When they entered the range, a loud military horn rang and the well rail stopped moving forward - this range just allowed the warriors on the well rail to shoot on the city wall. Of course, the people on the city wall could also shoot on the well rail. So the bronze horn was like the valve of the faucet being unscrewed, and the bows and arrows on the city wall rushed out like water. The warriors on the well rail could only dodge. If they were not for their strong armor protection ability, they would probably be killed instantly.

The Jin army's snare drums rang again, and five well railings were launched in the camp again... Zhao Wu was like Santa Claus was taking out candies. He didn't know how much stuff he had in his pocket. The well railing was his candy, as if endless, and he pushed out one row after another until a row of city walls made of well railings were surrounded under the east gate of Zheng State.

There were no soldiers on the platform in the subsequent well railing. At this time, the warriors on the platform were still struggling to support them, and there were already major casualties, but the attack rhythm of the Jin army was never slow. After all the well railings were in place, with a trombone, countless soldiers climbed up along the long ladder behind the well railing and began to stand on the platform to shoot against the people of Zheng.

Before this was over, Zhao Wu took out something from his pocket. Countless chariots covered in carports were pushed back by soldiers and approached the city wall. Some larger chariots also appeared slowly. The people of Zheng had seen these chariots before, and there were screams on the city wall: "Running the car, the car crash is coming."

On the city wall, the Zheng State officer tried his best to shout again: "Shoot, throw stones, don't let the car crash and get close to the city wall."

"The Jin people on the well railing are too strong to suppress, and the people on the city wall cannot raise their heads."

"Transfer people and send extra people to the city wall."

A soldier muttered: "Anyway, I will surrender sooner or later, why are we bleeding in vain?"

When the Jin State New Army camp, Zhao Wu heard the shouting on the city wall and added to his heart: "There is also a hole-digging truck. It is also a happy thing to lean on the city wall to dig a hole."

In fact, this hole digging truck also had a special name in ancient times. Zhao Wu had no knowledge, so he simply named it "hole digging truck" after the most vulgar name.

The attacks of the Jin army were wave after wave, and more well railings were pushed out. Relying on the armor that was stronger than those of Zheng people, the Jin crossbow soldiers climbed up and down and kept flowing on the well railings. Whenever they were tired of shooting, they could not pull the bowstrings on both sides of the well railings, and then the new force took the stage to replenish them.

After a moment of stopping, the heavy equipment crashed and finally got onto the city wall. With hundreds of huge hits, the earth was trembling. The people of Zheng on the city wall could not hold on, and the first city wall defender collapsed.

With a loud bang, the east gate of Zheng State collapsed.

The Wei warrior who had been waiting for the attack shouted and rushed out of the new army camp...

The Jin army broke the city.

According to previous habits, the Wei soldiers who entered the city first rushed to the Second Guocheng Gate first, but they were shocked to find that the ruling Zheng State Zikong, Zhengqing Zizhan, Ziqiao and Zichan were standing respectfully in the tunnel of the Second Guocheng Gate, and the Wei soldiers who rushed towards him bowed deeply.

The front army could not stop the attack of the Wei soldiers, but these four thin Zheng Guozhengqings stopped the Wei soldiers.

Wei Jiang's son Wei Shu approached the second Guo, and he waved his halberd to order the soldiers to stop the noise, and then bowed to Zikong: "Foreign minister Wei Shu paid homage to the Marshal of Zheng. Zheng State repeatedly violated the oath. The widow was furious and decided to punish the king of Zheng for the gods. Shu was unfortunately appointed as the vanguard by the widow. Today we meet on a narrow road. Please pay homage to the king of Zheng, our army will continue to attack the city."

Zikong, with gray hair, looked at his companions around him, and Zizhan stepped forward and bowed respectfully: "Fortunately, Zheng State is caught in the gap between two great powers and survives. The great power has an order. What can we do if our Zheng State can surrender to Chu today and Jin State tomorrow in order to get a chance to survive. We are tired of this repetitive and uncertain day, so we sincerely request that Jin State can shelter our Zheng State."

Zi Zhan was talking when Zhao Wu's arrogant voice came from a distance: "Control all key points, close the streets, and clear the shooting boundary."

As Zhao Wu's voice came to the ground, the sound of chariots rumbling, and the sound of running was like heavy drums hitting people's hearts. These sounds had the unique sense of rhythm of the Jin army, both slow and clear, with clear rhythms and full of arrogance.

The arrogant and arrogant Zheng people were chilling in their backs. The sound of footsteps was also accompanied by the sound of turbulent armor leaves.

Wei Shu's eyes twitched, and he waved his halberd to order: "Encircle the four city gates, no orders prohibiting attacks."

After a moment of pause, Wei Shu bowed to the four ministers of Zheng State: "Foreign ministers only received orders of attack. According to our Jin army system, we must attack more than once before the new orders. Although Zheng State is seeking surrender here, I, Wei Shu, can only be responsible for conveying your meaning to the widow. Before the new order is issued, the Wei soldiers must attack more than once."

Zikong looked around again, and the young Zichan took a step forward and replied childishly: "In this case, we will wait for the reply from Bojun (the overlord called him "Bo of the princes", so the king of Jin was called "Bojun" by the vassal state, which means: "Boster").

Wei Shu frowned, bowed to answer the greeting, and retreated silently.

The Wei soldiers' attacks were orderly, and they spread to both sides in turn. In addition to avoiding the city gates occupied by the four Zhengqings, other strategic points fell into the hands of the Jin army one by one...

The Fourth Zhengqing of Zhengguo's face was stiff.

Zhao Wu was sitting upright in the chariot and watching the new army enter the city - according to his character, he would definitely stay in the safest place in the war. For example, at this moment, the first gate of Zheng State, which was completely controlled by the Jin army.

The soldiers around him were quickly spreading like mercury in the streets and alleys of the No. 1 Guo of Zheng. After they controlled various major traffic routes, the Song army entered the city. When the Zuo Shi Xiangrong passed by Zhao Wu's chariot, he bowed slightly to Zhao Wu: "We Song State and Zheng State only suffered a little loss, but Bozhu (the same meaning as Bojun, referring to Duke Dao) pity us for the losses in the battle with Chu State (referring to the capture of Xiaocheng of Song State), so he ordered our army to enter the city first and harvest the spoils... Now, please assign tasks to our army."
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