Spring and Autumn I Am King

In the twelfth year of Zhaohou Wuxi (477 BC), in July and August, the land of the Western Frontier was when the wheat was ripe and the horses were fattening in the autumn. Near the Xichui Palace, built by Duke Xiang of Qin, the Xichou incense is flourishing to worship the White Emperor Shaohao.

People from all over the world came over, and the frightened Qin people obviously regarded this place as a meeting place. The old Qin family from Xibei, Quanqiu, Ji, and Shangqiu went up the mountain one after another, while the Chinese men could only surround themselves at the bottom of the hill. Forming a semicircle, they looked reverently at the Baidi Temple on the top of the mountain. Behind them was a procession of children, women, and slaves. There were tens of thousands of people gathered here.

They came here because they received an edict: The monarch of Qin is back!

This is also the first time Ziji came to the Western Border, where the Qin people first emerged.

He stood outside Xichou and looked around. Nearby were hills occupied by woods and shrubs. In addition, there were lonely and shabby stones with almost no feet. The fields were only a pitiful few hundred acres in the mountain basin. In the distance are brutally dark mountains. The Western Border is a paradise for stones and the hometown of Yanya. Before coming here, Ziji never imagined that there is such a barren land in the world. Occupy the fertile plain east of Qishan…

But now, the former 800 li of Qinchuan has been occupied by the Zhao State, and the Qin people can only return to their hometown in despair. Whether it is the Qin State's public family or civilians, they are full of confusion. The reason why they can accept Zhao Thorn, a monarch who took the lead in surrendering Zhao, came back to issue orders, and he was not expecting him to show them a clear path.

"Your Majesty, are you here to bring us back to Qiyang and retake Yongdu!?"

After a while, the husband's family took the lead to ask questions. Ziji saw that he was still carrying a sword and halberd, wearing armor, and gearing up.

Ziji knew that he was the most unqualified to say these words, but he still bit the bullet and said, "Second or third son, do you think Qin Neng can beat Zhao?"

"If it weren't for the surrender of the emperor and the commanders that day, making the great concubines return in despair, the outcome would be unknown." Sure enough, a sour voice said, there are not a few people in this group of Qin people who hold Ziji in their hearts. If he hadn't been the orthodox monarch of the Qin Kingdom, he would have been killed as a spy in Zhao at this moment.

Ziji explained bitterly: "The Qin state is my country, and the people of Qin are also my subjects. How can I not feel bad? But the battles of Zhengxian and Lantian, the elites that the great concubines worked so hard to build could not shake Zhao's army. If it was the Zhao army ten years ago, Qin may still have a chance to win, but now the Zhao army is several times stronger, the armor is better, the soldiers are more, and the army is at every step, the Qin state has no way to defeat, I command the crowd to surrender to Zhao , is also a last resort…”

However, the clans were not so easy to persuade, they still said: "Your Majesty has surrendered to Zhao, and the people of Zhao can't tolerate you. If you can lead us eastward today, one life will be exchanged for another life, and thousands of Zhao will be killed. People, we will die without regrets, otherwise, the emperor will not be the monarch of Qin! There is no cowardly monarch in Qin!"

This remark won the response: "Yes, even if the blood of the old Qin is dry, he would rather die than give up!"

If you die, you will know death. You all know that what is more difficult than death is to endure humiliation and bear the burden of living! ?

A nameless fire rose from Zi Ji's chest, he slapped the table and said loudly, "I have brought all the Qin people who don't want to be Zhao Min, but only five thousand people, and the rest of the one million Qin people are all. He became Qi Min, the editor of Zhao State."

"Yongdu and Longguan have already been occupied by the Zhao army. They are strong and strong. If you can't pass the pass, you will be wiped out. At that time, the men of the Qin people will be killed in Longdong, and only women and children will be left in the west, and Xirong will be left. Di and Qiang can take advantage of the emptiness to enter, they are more ferocious enemies than the Zhao people, they will occupy Longxi, burn the Xibei Palace and Xichou, destroy my ancestral temple, kill your wives and daughters, and stab the baby to death. On the wooden spear... From now on, Qin's name will disappear from the sky, this is the only result of your insistence on advancing eastward!"

Like a scoop of cold water pouring down, it shattered the illusions of all the main battle factions. The heads of the Qin people hung down. Although they refused to accept it, the monarch was right. Now that they go out to the east, it is true that only the end of the family will be wiped out...

"Then what should I do? Am I Qin people going to be trapped in this desolate Western Frontier?" Someone cried out in despair. After two hundred years of good life, Yongdu's husband suddenly returned to the Western Frontier. To cultivate and grazing on stony ground is really exhausting. This western frontier is incomparable to later generations. The environment is harsh and the terrain is rugged. There is neither a comfortable life nor a future to speak of.

Seeing the opportunity came, Ziji called out loudly: "Two or three sons, don't despair, I came to the West Border this time to inherit the legacy of the great concubine and lead the Qin people to find a way out!"

"What way?"

He pointed to the direction in which the sun was gradually setting in the west: "Since going east is a dead end, then we might as well go west!"

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"west?"

The Qin people looked at each other in dismay. After staying in Yongdu for a long time, their eyes were only fixed on the east for a long time, so that in their impression, the western frontier and further west were deserted and empty.

"The west side is occupied by the Rong and Di Qiang, and it is even poorer than the west side of Longxi." Someone whispered.

"Otherwise, the most fertile grassland on the north bank of the Weishui River is now occupied by Mian Zhurong. Further west, near the West Dog Hill, is the Rong. The land there is no worse than the West Frontier, and there are more horses, cattle and sheep that can be seized. There are Rong people who can be used as slaves. Further west is the land of the Qiang. The Qiang people are torn apart and even more vulnerable. Although our Qin army cannot be an enemy of the Zhao army, it is easy to attack the Rong and Qiang! "

"One hundred li of Rongshan is not as good as one mile of Jingwei." The Qin people still hesitated. Qin Mugong had also done the expedition. Feeling that there was no oil and water, the later Qin rulers lost their interest in going west.

"This time is different."

Ziji asked people to unfold the map that Zhao Wuxi gave him. In the past, the Qin people only knew about the Xiqiang, but on the map, the west of the Xiqiang extends thousands of miles away. The countries I have heard of are dotted with stars on it, and connecting them is a looming road.

This road is the Jade Road and later the Silk Road, which leads all the way to Hexi and the Western Regions…

"I got this map from the messengers of the Zhao people who went to the extreme west. In the west of the river bend, there is a piece of land that is extremely fertile and fertile. There are flocks of cattle and sheep at the foot of the Qilian Mountains. The Qin people only need to sweep the Qiang Rong and capture it. Then we will be able to build a strong country again!" Ziji pointed to the location of the Hexi Corridor, his eyes were bright.

"Follow me to the west, and I will bring you the fertile land that you don't have here, as well as countless servants and concubines, so that you can avoid Zhao Guofeng's brilliance and make a comeback! There are two paths in front of you. To the east, the Qin people will be destroyed; to the west, the Qin state will rise again!”

After all, Ziji just waited for the cheers from the Qin people, but there was no sound for a long time. He could see that they were whispering, still hesitating, and because of the surrender without a fight, they no longer trusted Ziji.

Seeing this, Ziji took a step back and moved out of the trump card that Zhao Wuxi had prepared for him when he came to the Western Border this time.

An old man leaning on a stick walked out from behind Ziji.

"The great witch is the great witch of the White Emperor Temple in Yongcheng!"

Qin people are superstitious in ghosts and gods, especially the mysterious Wu Xian. It is said that this great witch of Yongcheng is Wu Xian's descendant and is regarded as a god. Only Ziji knows that this old Wuzhu is not so sacred. In the past few months, he has been captured by Zhao Wuxi's treasures of money and silk, and he is willing to arrange sacrifices for him to complete the annexation of the state of Zhao and Qin. A family ceremony...

Today, it was also Zhao Wuxi who arranged for the great witch to help Ziji.

Dawu's right to speak among the Qin people is obviously much higher than that of Ziji who surrendered as soon as he came back after staying in Zhao State for more than ten years. , they all stopped complaining and worshipped him.

The great witch waved at the crowd, his shriveled mouth smiled, and he opened his mouth with a sentence that shocked everyone: "Two or three sons, don't doubt, going to the west is the decision of the monarch and the destiny of the Qin people!"

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"Destiny?" Qin Ren was stunned, how could one say something more evil than the other?

"You don't believe me?"

Seeing that the Qin people were amazed, the Great Witch said like a family: "In the time of Duke Wen of Qin, there was a flying stone from the sky, flying from the southeast and going west. The light was shining in the sky, the night was like day, and finally it landed in Chencang, a chicken in the area of ​​Chencang. He was so excited that Duke Wen of Qin took people to take a look the next day and found a piece of old gemstone, which was enshrined in Chencang Chenbao Temple. At that time, there was a Wuzhu divination, and the meaning of this flying stone was measured. , I thought that Duke Mu of Qin’s **** of Xirong would be fulfilled, but it’s not the case, it is Haotian’s will to send Chen Baoshi down today when the Qin people go west with the emperor…”

Qin people are still skeptical, after all, there is actually no connection between the two things, so the witch had to say another thing.

"If you don't believe it, hundreds of years before the arrival of Chen Baoshi, Qin Zhong was a vassal of Zhou, Xi Rong betrayed the Zhou family, and destroyed the entire family of Quanqiu Daluo, but Qin Zhong was the only one who kept it safe. As a doctor, crusade against Xirong. Qin Zhong was killed by Xirong, and his five sons marched west with 7,000 soldiers, defeating Xirong, and Duke Zhuang of Qin was named a doctor of Xirong. The next generation of Duke Zhuang still fought hard against Xirong. It can be seen that, from the time of being enfeoffed, it has been the destiny of the Qin people..."

Under Da Wu's flickering, Qin Renyi was moved, but he was still close to the door.

Ziji looked at Dawu and nodded at him.

The great witch understood, took a deep breath, and said with all his strength: "If you still don't believe it, there is one more thing that goes back thousands of years."

"My Qin people are called Dongfang Muduer, yes, we are after the surname of Dongyi Ying, and one of Qin's ancestors is the Kuafu family. Legend has it that Kuafu races with the sun and wants to go to the place where the sun sets. Looking around, on the way, Kuafu felt thirsty and wanted to drink water, so he ran to the Yellow River and Wei River to drink water. , its head has become Huashan, its body has become Qinling, arms have become Weihan, feet have become Longshan, and even the peach cane has turned into peach forest. This is the origin of the peach forest... The so-called Qinchuan Eight hundred miles is just Kuafu's spacious back."

Everyone listened to the story silently and was shocked.

"The road of Kuafu's daily life is the migration route of our ancestors with the surname Ying. Kuafu's body has been transformed into Qin Chuan and has sheltered Qin for hundreds of years. Today we were finally driven out. This is not because the Zhao state is strong, It's not because the princes don't fight, but because...because this is the destiny of the Qin people!"

The faster the great witch spoke, the more fluently he spoke: "The destiny urges us to continue to follow the direction of Kuafu, westward, westward, and westward, until the sun sets in Yugu, which is the one on this map. The coast of the West Sea…”

There was silence under the Xi Chou, the Da Wu said something mysterious, but the Qin people believed it this time, and no one spoke for a long time. Even Ziji, who knew the facts, was taken aback by his impassioned declaration.

"west!"

Without wasting time, Da Wu's withered hand pointed to the west, where the sun was setting, and there was Kuafu's route to the sun.

"west!"

Ziji's long sword pointed to the west. Tears flashed in his eyes. On the day that Zhao Wuxi gave him this map, Ziji had the same dream: the ink-colored flag of the Qin State flew again in the air, Qin soldiers and chariots descended to the west, like a whip in the hands of God Haotian, sweeping away all the city-state tribes along the way. He wanted to wash himself away without a fight, betray the shame of the state, and use blood, flames and the joyful songs of the Qin people. Create a new world and re-establish a huge country that is not inferior to the previous Great Qin!

The last batch of stubborn Qin people who followed Ziji to the western border opened the carriage they brought, and UUkanshu www.uukanshu.com sent the food that Zhao Guo gave to the Qin people to save their lives, as well as the confiscated Qin people. Human weapons are presented to all. In the cheers, Xichou went up and down, all Qin people picked up their weapons, and their eyes turned to the west.

They believed the Dawu's words, there was the "destiny" of the Qin people for thousands of years, and they believed even more in Ziji's words, there was the future and hope of the Qin state, and somewhere, there would be a fertile pasture or land waiting for with their children and grandchildren...

"West! West! West!"

The shout continued to spread and intensified, and finally turned into a roar, the sound was like thunder, shocking Xichou, shocking Longxi, as if a huge storm was brewing and brewing again, ready to blow the remnants of clouds to the west wind!

In the ninth month, Qin attacked Mian Zhu Rong, destroyed them, and Mian Zhu people were all reduced to vassal and concubines. The Qin people's expedition to the west began from this, and a great national migration that affected the entire world island, like a domino, also began...

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PS: Shu sent five Dings to welcome the stone ox. Since it is inconvenient to pay, I will send it back in anger. He mocked the Qin people and said, "The Eastern Shepherd." - "Huayang Kingdom Chronicles. Shu Chronicles. Volume 3"