The Mingyu of Prehistoric Times

Chapter 437 Eight hundred princes attack Chaoge

The generals said: "The marshal is really a perfect strategy." So Ziya took a pen and wrote the notice. Jiang Ziya wrote the notices, and the officer who hit them copied dozens of them, and shot them into the city from all sides, some hitting the city, some hitting the houses, and some hitting the roads. The soldiers and civilians in the city picked up the notice and opened it to see that it was written very clearly.

All the soldiers, civilians and elders in Chaoge City saw this notice and discussed: "The Zhou monarch is famous for his benevolence and virtue. Marshal Jiang is really out of public interest in taunting the people to commit crimes. We have been bullied by the foolish king, and we hate it to the bone." , If you don’t take this opportunity to offer the city, you will be a traitor to the people.”

Then there was an uproar throughout the city. It is a profound change in people's hearts that cannot be cured. The whole city's soldiers and civilians must sacrifice the city. Until the third watch, I heard a shout, and the four city gates of Chaoge were opened at the same time. Fathers, soldiers and civilians rushed out of the city, shouting: "We are all soldiers and civilians, and we are willing to dedicate Chaoge to welcome the right emperor."

The shouts shook the heavens and the earth. At this time, Jiang Ziya was sitting quietly in the tent, and suddenly heard the sound of a cloud board outside the tent, so he hurriedly sent someone to inquire. The guards on the left and right came back and reported: "The soldiers and civilians in the city have presented court songs, and the city gates are wide open. Please make a decision, Marshal." How to dispose of it.”

Jiang Ziya was overjoyed when he heard that, and hurriedly issued an order to the generals, "Only 50,000 troops are allowed to enter each city gate, and the rest of the troops are stationed outside the city. You are not allowed to enter the city without permission to disturb the people. If you enter the city, you are not allowed to kill people at will." , arbitrarily rob civilian property. Those who disobey orders will be beheaded according to military law."

Ziya ordered the soldiers and horses to enter the city overnight. Everyone marched forward with buns in hand, and guarded according to their positions. They stood in the east, west, south and north cities. Although the shouts of killing in the city were deafening, the people were the same as before. Safe and sound.

Ziya ordered soldiers and horses to be stationed at the Meridian Gate, and the other princes set up their camps in order. At this time, King Zhou was drinking with Daji. Suddenly he heard a cry of killing in the city. King Zhou was shocked and turned to the officials in the palace: "Where is this cry of killing? It really scares me."

After a while, the officials entered the palace and began to play: "Your Majesty, the army and the people have dedicated the city, and the soldiers and horses of the princes have been stationed outside the Meridian Gate." King Zhou dressed up hurriedly and went to the main hall to summon civil and military officials to discuss important matters. .

King Zhou said: "I didn't expect that the soldiers and civilians were so disloyal that they dedicated Chaoge City to the Zhou army. What should we do?" Lu Renjie and others sang together: "The capital has been breached, and the enemy's soldiers and horses have been defeated." Now that we are outside the Forbidden City, it is actually difficult to hold on. But it is better to fight to the death with the enemy behind the Forbidden City. The winner is not certain; otherwise, it is just waiting to die in vain, and there is no benefit. "

King Zhou said: "What you said is exactly what I want." Then King Zhou ordered the imperial guards and horses to be ordered to prepare for the final battle.

Besides, Jiang Ziya convened all the princes in the central army's tent for discussion and said: "Now that the army has entered the city, we should fight to the death with King Zhou's troops and horses, and decide the important matter as soon as possible. All princes and generals must do their best."

All the princes replied together: "How can we not do our best to kill that unprincipled and foolish king? But according to the marshal's order and appointment, we will go through fire and water without hesitation."

So Jiang Ziya issued an order: "The generals will fight in order, and there should be no disorder. Those who disobey the order will be dealt with according to military laws." I saw the sound of artillery in the Zhou camp, the shouts were loud, and the golden drums were beating in unison. It was really an earth-shaking momentum. .

King Zhou heard this sound in the nine rooms of the palace, and hurriedly asked the ministers of the guards, only to see the official of the Meridian Gate coming to inspect the report: "The princes of the world, please come out and answer me."

After hearing this, King Zhou hurriedly passed down the decree. He put on his own helmet and armor, ordered the emperor's guard of honor to be arranged, and personally led the imperial soldiers and horses, escorted by Lu Renjie, and guarded by Lei Ou and Lei Peng. King Zhou rode on a free horse, carrying a golden-backed sword, unfurling the flag of the sun, moon, dragon and phoenix. The swords and halberds clashed with each other. Looking up, I saw a cannon blast from the Zhou camp, two large sleeve flags fluttering in the wind, and groups of strong soldiers and horses marching out one after another, very orderly and majestic.

King Zhou saw Jiang Ziya lined up in five square formations, very solemn and solemn, with many soldiers and swords, and cold light dazzling them. There were no less than thousands of princes lined up on both sides. He also saw the disciples of Ziya's disciples, generals at all levels, and pairs of guards. On both sides of Ziya, there were twenty-four pairs of military and political officials wearing long-sleeved clothes, lined up like wild goose wings. In the center, under a big-sleeved umbrella, was Jiang Ziya riding four Don't come out.

This magnificence and formation are difficult to describe. There is a poem dedicated to Marshal Jiang:

Forty-eight enlightenment, self-cultivation and tempering of nature. It is difficult to achieve immortality, but blessings will be celebrated in the world. He came down from the mountain according to the order to assist the prime minister in state affairs. After eight years of embarrassment, he was content with his righteous destiny. There is merit in picking off monsters, and the official title is an order. Daji offered slander and abandoned his official position to become quiet. The Wei River holds a pole and sows the stream invisibly. At eighty o'clock, the flying bear fell asleep. The dragon and the tiger meet happily, and the west portends a sage. First, I will be my father-in-law, and I will leave everything to myself. The evil of Zhou is increasing day by day, and the virtue of Zhou is prosperous. Thirty-six roads are competing with each other. Nine-three bows to the general, Jintai Alliance is upright. Holding and pushing the wheel, ancient and modern are difficult to combine. When the princes gather together, heaven and man will respond. Entering the five passes eastward, good and bad fortunes are determined by each other. Three deaths and seven disasters, destiny and fruitfulness. Go to court at night and sing, and the king and his ministers will win the bet. Destroy the seal and form the Zhou Dynasty, and your martial arts will be praised forever.

This is exactly what it means to leave the Six Tao to become a king, and there is no end to the ingenious calculations and mysteries. The generals who come out and enter will have a long-lasting career, and they will punish the people for their eternal merits. After strategizing and controlling the wind, Xie managed the yin and yang to suppress Lao Peng. The ancient military advisor is the first to have a good reputation and be united with Mount Tai.

When King Zhou saw his son, who had white teeth and pale face, and was wearing armor all over his body, he was very majestic. He also saw Dongbohou Jiang Wenhuan, Nanbohou Eshun, Beibohou Chongyingying, and among them was King Wu of Zhou, who was the governor-general of the Ji Dynasty. Neatly organized and majestic, they stood behind Ziya.

Jiang Ziya looked up and saw King Zhou wearing a soaring phoenix-winged helmet and yellow chain mail. He was very brave and fierce. There is also a tribute written specifically to King Zhou:

Dragons in helmets soaring to the sky intertwined, and beasts swallowed their heads and locked in chains. The orangutan's rolling dragon robe is stained with blood, and the blue shoelaces are tightly tied around his waist. The whip of the general is hanging like an iron tower, and the sword of the general is shining with clouds. Sitting down on the horse feels like it is wearing thin clothes, and the gold-backed sword flashes with chills. The princes will raise their flags and hold them in their hands, and when they meet the generals, they will fight with all their might. On replacing joists and columns, it is difficult to argue and discuss in groups. Since ancient times, there have been many menglang as kings, but the pitiful ones always turn into fierce and stubborn ones.

When Jiang Ziya saw King Zhou, he quickly bowed and said, "Your Majesty, my old minister Jiang Shang is still alive, so he cannot give full courtesy." King Zhou said, "Are you Jiang Shang?"

Ziya replied: "Exactly."

King Zhou said: "You were once my subject. Why did you flee to Xiqi and instigate ruthless people to rebel and humiliate the king's army many times? Now you have joined the princes of the world to invade my passes and use your fierceness to show off. Who is more serious than you in being tyrannical, disobeying the laws of the country, and committing treasonous acts? You also committed an unforgivable crime by killing ministers without permission. Now that I have come to the battle in person, I do not repent and surrender immediately, but still resist the king's command. It is really hateful and annoying to ignore me. I will not withdraw my troops until I kill you, a rebellious person."

Jiang Ziya said: "Your Majesty holds the position of emperor, and there are princes guarding the land in all directions. All the people in the world are at your command. They wear brocade clothes and eat fine food all day long. There are no mountains, rivers or seas in the world that are not owned by your Majesty? The ancients said :'All the people in the world are not the king's ministers.' Who dares to stand up to your majesty? Now your majesty disrespects God, acts arbitrarily, is unkind and unjust, harms the people, kills ministers, only listens to women's words, and indulges in wine and sex all day long, ministers. They have turned away one after another, and relatives and friends have turned into enemies. Your Majesty has been doing unethical things for a long time. How can those princes and subjects treat your Majesty according to the etiquette of treating a monarch? The sins your Majesty has done fill the world, and heaven is worried about the resentment of the people. You are so angry that the whole world has rebelled against your Majesty. Today, I am acting in accordance with the destiny of heaven and the people. Your Majesty, please don’t think that I am betraying your Majesty.”

King Zhou said: "What sin have I committed? You actually said that I have committed great evil deeds?"

Ziya said: "All the princes in the world, please listen quietly to me and tell me about King Zhou's great evil deeds that everyone in the world has known for a long time." After hearing this, all the princes came forward to listen to Ziya's account of King Zhou's ten great evil deeds. guilt.

Ziya then severely listed the ten most serious crimes of Zhou: "As the emperor, your majesty has ascended to the throne of the nine kings in accordance with the will of God. You should be aware of everything, understand the people's sentiments, sympathize with the people, and be the parent of all people. But your majesty is just the opposite. He indulges in wine and sex all day long. , does not care about the sufferings of the people, does not pay respect to God, does not sacrifice to the ancestors, thinks that the Jiangshan Society is not worth guarding, and always says, "I have all the people as my servants, and I have the destiny of God to rely on." I usually stay away from the righteous people. Being close to treacherous people, corrupting moral integrity, and losing moral conscience are the first crimes that have been committed to the extreme.

As a mother of all nations, the Queen has the appearance of a mother, and has never heard of any immorality or disrespect. Your Majesty actually listened to her sister's frame-up words, severed her love, abandoned her friendship, carved her eyes, and burned her hands, causing the Queen to He died innocently, and after abandoning the virtues of his first wife, he arbitrarily appointed evil concubines, indulged his sexual desires, corrupted the law, and ruined human relations. This is the second count.

As the crown prince of the country, the prince has the great destiny to inherit the world's society and is a person who is admired by all people in the world. However, his majesty believed the slander and ordered Huang Lei and Huang Tian to give the prince the sword above, forcing him to kill himself. To abandon the foundation of the country so rashly, without caring about the heirs, to forget the ancestors and cut off the incense, and to offend the ancestors of the ancestral temple. This is the third count.

The ministers relied upon by the late king were the pillars of the country, but His Majesty either abandoned them and tortured them, or burned them to death, or imprisoned them as slaves, such as Du Yuanxian, Mei Bo, Shang Rong, Jiao Bian, Wei Zi, Ji Zi, Bigan and other ministers. So true. The above-mentioned benevolent gentlemen only wanted to help the monarch correct his mistakes and guide the monarch onto the right path, but they suffered such cruel persecution. They abandoned their talents as pillars of the country, stayed away from those who were truly close to them, and got close to those sinners with sinister intentions. The morality of time is lost. This is the fourth count.

Faithfulness, this is the foundation of life, and it is also the basis for the emperor to give orders and lead the four directions. There can be no ambiguity in it. But Your Majesty listened to your sister's plot and listened to people's treacherous tricks, defrauding the princes into entering the court, and killed Jiang Huanchu, the Duke of Dongbo, and E Chongyu, the Marquis of Nanbo, indiscriminately. One was chopped into minced meat, and the other had his head cut off. By breaking trust with the princes of the world, the four foundations of a country, namely etiquette, righteousness, integrity, and shame, were all destroyed. This is the fifth count.

The law is not a person's private property. Punishment is a tool used to maintain justice. There is no abuse of legal punishment. However, His Majesty obeyed Daji's vicious and vicious words in everything, inflicting tortures such as cannon and burning to prevent loyal and upright people from speaking, setting up silkworm basins, and devouring the flesh and blood of palace maids, causing the ghosts of the victims to cry and howl in broad daylight, and the mist and demonic barriers blocked the blue sky. , heaven and earth are sad and mournful, and humans and gods are angry. This is count six.

There is a limit to the wealth generated between heaven and earth. How can we squander it arbitrarily and be extravagant? How can we steal all the wealth in the world for ourselves, leaving all people with no way to survive? But His Majesty only thinks about those pavilions and towers. , only willing to enjoy the wine ponds and meat forests, destroy the lives of the palace people, build deer platforms, carry out large-scale construction, gather the world's wealth in the palace, exhaust the people's manpower and material resources, send Chonghou tigers to exploit the poor, and those who have money to donate, even if there are three men They are also exempted from being arrested. Those who have no money to contribute, even if there is only one man, must go to work. People's lives are becoming increasingly difficult, and stealing has become a common practice. This is all caused by Your Majesty's greed and exploitation. This is count seven.

Integrity is something that admonishes stubborn people and punishes ignorant and rude people, not to mention that the monarch is the master of all peoples. Your Majesty listened to Daji's evil words and tricked Jia into going to the Zhaixing Tower. As a monarch, he bullied his ministers. His wife, causing the death of a loyal woman, Huang Guifei of the West Palace bluntly advised her, but she was thrown from the Zhaixing Tower and died unexpectedly. The ancient saying that the king is the guide for the ministers, the father is the guide for the son, and the husband is the guide for the wife is completely obliterated, and there is no shame or shame at all. . This is count eight.

Behavior and behavior are the dignity of the king, how can you do anything arbitrarily? But in order to please the ears and eyes, your majesty will kill people, cut off the legs of people who cross the river in the morning, test their age, cut out the fetuses in pregnant women, and see how they are. Whether they are right or wrong, male or female, what are the crimes of the people? Being subjected to such cruelty? This is the ninth crime.

The monarch's banquets and entertainments are all regular, and I have never heard of anyone being able to linger over them. And His Majesty secretly took in the evil woman Ximei in the middle of the night, and had sex with Daji day and night on the deer platform. He drank excessively and enjoyed himself wantonly. He listened to Daji's evil words and cut out the boy's kidneys and made soup to drink. Cutting off the lineage of tens of thousands of people, so cruel and vicious, has become the largest unjust case in ancient and modern times. This is count ten.

Although I can point out all kinds of crimes committed by Your Majesty, Your Majesty will never change his ways. He will just slaughter the people at will, leaving tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians dead. The wilderness is full of bones with no one to bury them. Don’t you think about the fact that your subjects were born in this world? , was so brutally killed by your majesty. Now Jiang Shangming has inherited the destiny of heaven and assisted the king of Zhou to carry out punishment on behalf of heaven. Your majesty, please don’t accuse us by saying that our ministers rebelled against the king."

King Zhou was stunned and speechless after hearing Jiang Ziya announce his ten major crimes. After listening to Ziya's words, the eight hundred princes shouted together: "Please kill this unjust and foolish king."

When everyone was about to rush forward, they saw Dong Bohou Jiang Wenhuan shouting: "Yin Shou, don't run away, I'm coming." When King Zhou saw it, he saw a general rushing towards him, wearing golden armor and sleeves, riding a white horse. The majesty of dancing with a broadsword is evidenced by praise:

The helmet on the top is shining with red tassels; the turtle's back armor is shining with golden light. The long-sleeved robe is embroidered with a dragon, and the heart-protecting mirror shines brightly. The treasure belt around the waist is buckled with silk, and the arrows beside the saddle are like wild geese. With the magic whip and the Wu hook sword, he kills people like grass without any hesitation. Immediately he crossed his sword to cut off the general, sat down on the dragon colt and chased Zidian. Dongbohou, who has a copper heart and iron courage, protects the Zhou Dynasty and destroys Jiang Wenhuan.

Dongbohou Jiang Wenhuan rode his horse to the front of the army and shouted loudly: "My father, King Jiang Huanchu, was chopped into pieces by you. My sister, Queen Jiang, had her eyes cut off and her hands burned with cannons. They all died unexpectedly. Today I will take advantage of Zhou." King Wu's benevolent and righteous army relies on Marshal Jiang's strategic skills to kill you, this unprincipled and ignorant king, to vent my endless hatred and anger."

Then I saw Nan Bohou's green horse rushing out of the formation, and shouted loudly, "You are an unscrupulous and foolish king, and your revenge for killing your father is irreconcilable. I will definitely kill you, a wicked person, with my own hands."

After saying that, he patted his horse and ran to the front of the army, scolding King Zhou and said: "You have done many unethical things. My father has not committed any crime. You killed the ministers for no reason. This is unreasonable." After that, he shook the spear in his hand. After a few moments of shaking, he stabbed King Zhou in the chest.

King Zhou raised his golden-backed sword to greet him. Jiang Wenhuan, the Marquis of Dongbo, had been annoyed here for a long time. He waved the big sword in his hand and rushed towards him. The two princes and King Zhou started a desperate fight in front of the Meridian Gate.

At this time, Bei Bo Hou Chong Yingying saw that Dong Bo Hou Jiang Wenhuan and Nan Bo Hou E Shun were fighting against King Zhou, so he also rode his horse away to help these two princes. When King Zhou saw another group of princes coming, he had to cheer up and try his best to fight against the three princes. King Xu used a gold-backed broadsword to resist the three weapons of the three princes. He killed them until the sky was dark, the sun and the moon were dim, sand and rocks flew, and the sound of killing shook the sky.

When King Wu saw this scene while riding on his free horse, he sighed and said, "Because the emperor has done so many unjust things, all the princes in the world come here to attack him. But what kind of decency does it have to be like this, where the emperor and his ministers do not distinguish between each other, attacking from top to bottom, with their heads and feet turned upside down?" ?This is truly an earth-shaking time.”

After saying that, King Wu hurriedly patted the free horse, ran to the front of the army, and said to Jiang Ziya: "The three princes should still kindly persuade the emperor to change his evil ways and do good. How can they fight against the emperor? This is too disrespectful between the emperor and his ministers. "

Jiang Ziya said: "Just now, your Majesty heard an old minister enumerate King Zhou's ten major crimes. He not only committed crimes against the people of the world, but also committed crimes against God. For such a person, anyone in the world can attack him." , This is exactly what God ordered to punish the unrighteous. How dare I disobey God's order?"

King Wu added: "Although the emperor has lost power and has caused rebellion in the world, we are all his ministers after all. How can the emperor and his ministers directly confront the enemy? The marshal can go and rescue the emperor from danger."

Jiang Ziya added: "Since the king has such intention, he can order the sergeants to beat the drums." So Ziya ordered the drums to be beaten. When the princes of the world heard the sound of the drum, they rushed out from the left and right, thirty or fifty generals on horseback, and surrounded King Zhou at the core.

King Wu of Zhou was a benevolent, righteous and virtuous monarch. He suddenly remembered the meaning of "beating drums to advance and sounding gongs to retreat". But when they heard the sound of the drums, all the generals rushed forward, holding knives, spears, swords, halberds, whips, coppers, claws, hooks, sickles, awls, axes, abductors, and meteors. Surround the feudal lord at the core.

Lu Renjie said to Lei Ou and Lei Peng: "It is a shame for a minister to have his worries." ’ It is at this critical moment that we must serve our country with all our loyalty and fight to the death to determine the outcome. How can we allow the rebellious ministers to show off their power and arrogance?”

Thunder Chicken said: "My brother is right. We should die to repay the late emperor's favor." After saying that, the three generals entered the siege together.

This was a battle between King Zhou and the princes of the world. Some people praised it and wrote: The land is locked in the sky with murderous intent, and the mountains are lost in smoke and dust. Eight hundred princes were arranged, and the earth was turned upside down. The coloratura drums beat like thunder, and the imperial guards wave their flags and flags.

The disciples were like fierce tigers, and King Zhou of Yin gradually destroyed them. This is also the way of killing in the world, shaking the gate of heaven outside the Meridian Gate. All the princes took their positions, and the sky was full of swords and halberds.

Jiang Wenhuan, the Marquis of Dongbo, showed his power and courage, and Eshun, the Marquis of Nanbo, was as strong as a soldier. The Marquis of Bei Bo Chong Ying drags the snow blade horizontally, and King Wu goes to Nangong like a tiger fighting for a meal.