last time talked about Qi Henggong’s struggle for hegemony, this time he talked about the funny things that happened after his death.
Treacherous ministers were in power
Not long after, Guan Zhong and Qi Henggong died one after another. Several of his sons competed with each other for the throne, causing instability in the country. After Guan Zhong's death, Qi Henggong forgot the instructions left by Guan Zhong and re-appointed several treacherous ministers. Bao Shuya tried to persuade him many times but failed, and instead he was angry to death. When Duke Heng of Qi passed away, the three treacherous officials deposed the original prince Zhao and established a new puppet as the king. Prince Zhao then went to the Song Dynasty to ask Song Xianggong to make the decision for him. Duke Xianggong of the Song Dynasty notified other princes to send troops to escort Prince Zhao to take over the throne. However, the Song State was weak at the time, and other princes ignored him. Only three small countries came with some troops. But at that time, the nobles of Qi State did not know the details of Song Xianggong and were so scared that they killed the traitorous officials and the puppet king in advance and welcomed back Gongzi Zhao. Gongzizhao finally became the king of the country. This was Qi Xiaogong.
Suddenly, the status of Song State was improved, and Song Xianggong's ambitions became bigger. He wanted to be the leader of the alliance, so he contacted Chu State and Qi State, using the big countries to suppress the small countries and then unify the alliance. Song Xianggong's idea was actually opposed by his subordinates. After all, Song State was weak, but Song Xianggong insisted on his own way. Then Chu and Qi must be happy to agree. When the meeting came, Song Xianggong felt that we were holding the meeting just to stop fighting, so he insisted on not bringing troops. During the meeting, the King of Chu and the King of Song competed with each other to lead the alliance. There was a stalemate. The King of Chu's men lifted up their clothes, revealing the armor and weapons underneath, and arrested Song Xianggong. There is no other way, so we can only let Chu Chengwang become the leader.
Song Xianggong held a grudge, and the neighboring country Zheng Guo also opposed him at the meeting, so he decided to attack Zheng Guo first. The State of Zheng immediately asked for help from the State of Chu, and the State of Chu directly sent troops to attack the State of Song. Two teams of men and horses were stationed on both sides of the river. When the Chu army began to cross the river, Song Xianggong said that we must be benevolent and righteous. They have not finished crossing the river, and it is immoral to fight now. The Chu army had already landed and started to line up. Song Xianggong had to wait for the Chu army to line up before fighting, and talk to the opponent about benevolence and righteousness. Isn't this courting death? As a result, the Song army was directly defeated. People in the Song Dynasty talked about Song Xianggong one after another, saying that this is not how the war was fought. Song Xianggong instead said that people who uphold benevolence and righteousness should be beaten like this, don't hurt people when you see them, and don't let people with gray hair be taken as prisoners when you see them. The generals around him were furious when they heard what he said. Because Song Xianggong was hit by an arrow on the battlefield and was seriously injured, he died soon after. The struggle for hegemony failed and became an eternal joke.
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