As mentioned above, The Shang king Di Xin released Ji Chang and restored his right to conquest, in addition to Di Xin's arrogance about his own strength, there was also a factor that Di Xin wanted to use Ji Chang to balance other princely tribes.
It can be seen that the King of Shangyi in our eyes is not a person with a wine bag and a rice bag, he still has a certain wisdom.
In February 1046 BC, while Di Xin was still immersed in his own battle record, bad news came from the west that tens of thousands of people in the Western Alliance led by Ji Fa had reached Makino, where Li Chaoge was only seventy miles away.
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At this time, Di Xin's troops were still in the southeast battlefield thousands of miles away, and it was impossible to transfer troops back from such a long distance!
Di Xin suddenly woke up, and it turned out that Ji Chang had still deceived himself. It is said that during the time when Di Xin imprisoned Ji Chang, Ji Chang studied the "I Ching" and the Wen Wang Gua, which shows that this person's emotional intelligence is very high, and his IQ is also unsatisfactory. He had been showing weakness to Di Xin in order to paralyze the self-righteous Shang king.
Ji Chang has governed the Zhou Kingdom for more than fifty years, during which time he has been accumulating strength and waiting for the opportunity, and is paving the way for Ji Fa. For example, he reused Lü Shang, San Yisheng, Tai Qian, Hong Yao, Nangong Shi and others, and secretly established a talent reserve pool for his own use. Externally, he did not conquest and indiscriminately, but played an important role in mediating the contradictions between various princes and tribes! For the sake of the united front, for the future.
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In fact, Di Xin also thought about suppressing the rise of Zhou, and the Zuo Biography records that Di Xin once sent heavy troops to perform a performance in the place of Li, the purpose of which was to take the opportunity to destroy Zhou. However, before the time came, Dongyi launched a rebellion, and Di Xin had to send troops to the east to suppress it, so the western army was relatively weak.
In 1055 BC, King Wen Jichang sent an army to attack Inuyasha, and then attacked Misu, his purpose was to solve his worries, and when he went east to destroy the Shang, there was no danger behind him!
As the original author of "Zhou Yi", Ji Chang's research on the changes in heaven and earth and the creation of all things is needless to say. At the right time, he can do the right thing, which is not that he has won the Li, Yu, and Chong around Chaoge in three to four years. At the same time, the capital was moved to Feng, which is the southwest of today's Xi'an, in preparation for the heart of the Shang Dynasty in the back.
The Book of Shang once recorded that after King Wen conquered Li, the Shang Dynasty minister Zu Yi once made a statement to Di Xin, but Di Xin was convinced of his destiny. He thinks he is the chosen one of Heaven and is not so easily defeated! In fact, Di Xin just couldn't free up more troops to deal with Ji Chang, and he was not able to cope with the situation of fighting on two fronts with the enemy on his stomach and back.
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But Ji Chang also had a time when he was not accurate, the situation was originally very good, and he did not expect that in 1050 BC, Ji Chang hung up! His son Ji Fa inherited the throne, which is the most famous King Wu of Zhou in history!
With the foundation of King Wen Jichang, it was much easier for King Jifa of Wu, and he was still advancing their plans according to his father's will.
In 1048 BC, king Wu's soldiers sent out a letter, and various princes and tribes responded one after another, in fact, this is a play directed by King Wu himself, he contacted the Qiang and Rong tribes, creating a huge momentum, the purpose of which is to ruin the reputation of the King of Shang!
However, this crusade ended with Ji Fa retiring, because king Wu heard that with his current strength, he was not enough to destroy the Shang Dynasty in one fell swoop.
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By 1047 BC, King Wu was preparing to cut down the merchants again, and before leaving, Ji Fa still followed his father's practice and had to count a gua. The result was a great disadvantage, at this time Lu Shang angrily grabbed the shell of the turtle and threw it on the ground: "Dead bones and decaying turtles, know what destiny!"
Lu Shang means to seize the opportunity, otherwise you will regret it! If you count this kind of thing, believe it or not, it depends on your own willpower! Finally, at his insistence, he sent troops to conquer the Shang Dynasty.
In 1046 BC, King Wu personally led three hundred chariots, three thousand tigers, tens of thousands of infantry, and the Eastern Crusade!