What is the name of the thousand-year-old novel from King Wu to King Zhou?

The thousand-year-old novels from King Wu's conquest of King Zhou included: Qin General, The Millennial Aristocratic Family Since the Battle of Muye, I Am the Lord of Xuande, Ming Dynasty 1805, Wanli Youming, Xuanjian Immortal Clan, The Centurial Aristocratic Family Throughout Ming Dynasty, War Palace and Knee Pillow, Austria's Destiny, Australia's Rise, Africa's Pioneering Record, The Millennial Aristocratic Family Since the Shang Dynasty, I Am Immortal Since the End of Qin Dynasty, The Master of the Ming Dynasty, etc.

The battle that King Wu fought against King Zhou was called the Battle of Muye.

The next sentence of King Wu's crusade against King Zhou was Shi Yan's escape to the east.

The book was published by the Yuzhang Bookstore in 1981. The book was divided into three volumes, which told the story of King Zhou's Crown Prince Yin Jiao avenging his mother, Empress Jiang, and his experience of helping King Wu to conquer Zhou after he escaped from Zhaoge. This book was the product of the flourishing development of the art of speech in the Song and Yuan Dynasties. The speaker liked to collect strange legends to attract the audience. 'Pinghua of King Wu's conquest of Zhou' was one of the best materials for storytellers to tell stories. The movie adaptation of the book,"The Gods (Part One)," would be released in 2023.

There were many speculations about the exact year King Wu conquered Zhou. Based on ancient historical materials, archaeological discoveries, and carbon-14 dating studies, scholars had come up with at least 44 different conclusions. The earliest was 1130 B.C., and the latest was 1018 B.C., a difference of 112 years. These conclusions could be divided into three categories. According to Liu Xin's Santong calendar, the year when King Wu conquered Zhou was considered to be 1122 B.C. In addition, according to the inscriptions of the Western Zhou Li Gui unearthed and the research of the Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties, the time when King Wu conquered Zhou was determined to be 1046 B.C. Therefore, the exact year when King Wu conquered Zhou was probably 1122 or 1046 B.C.

The source of King Wu's crusade against King Zhou can be found in Shangshu·Wucheng: " Move forward and change sides, attack the north of the rear." This passage described the background and process of the war when King Wu conquered Zhou.

There were different versions of King Wu's age when he conquered Zhou. According to the records of the Bamboo Book Annals, King Wu was fifty-four years old, and it had only been two to three years since he had successfully conquered King Zhou. Another explanation was that King Wu was about 60 years old when he conquered Zhou, according to the descriptions in Yi Zhou Shu Du Yi Jie and Sima Qian's Records of the Historian Zhou Benji. Another theory was based on the "King Wu Fa" mentioned in the "Zhen Gao·Volume 15" of Tao Hongjing of Liang Dynasty, which was interpreted as "King Wen's son, King Wu of Zhou". It was speculated that King Wu was about 45 years old when he attacked Zhou. However, these statements did not provide conclusive evidence, so it was impossible to determine the exact age of King Wu when he conquered Zhou.

The result of King Wu's conquest of King Zhou was the destruction of the Shang Dynasty and the victory of the Zhou alliance army.

There were two reasons why King Wu of Zhou defeated King Zhou of Shang. Firstly, King Zhou of Shang had made a mistake in strategic command. He should have defended Zhaoge instead of fighting in Muye. The city of Zhaoge is strong and there is sufficient food and grass. The advantage lies in waiting for fatigue with ease, waiting for hunger with satiety, waiting for brake with quietness, and waiting for attack with defense. However, King Zhou of Shang had rushed to Muye for the decisive battle. He had exhausted his troops to attack from afar, and the supply of food and equipment was insufficient. This was a strategic mistake. Secondly, the main force of the Shang army was far away in the southeast and could not return in time. If King Zhou of Shang defended Zhaoge and King Wu of Zhou attacked Zhaoge for more than three months, the internal contradictions would be exposed. The main force of the Shang army would almost return to support and attack from both inside and outside, which would inevitably lead to King Wu of Zhou defeating King Zhou of Shang. Therefore, the reason why King Wu of Zhou defeated King Zhou of Shang was because of King Zhou's strategic mistakes and the inability of the main force of the Shang army to return in time.

King Wu's conquest of Zhou happened during the establishment of the Zhou Dynasty. To be more specific, King Wu's conquest of King Zhou took place around 1046 B.C.