Some people say that the expansion of Qin shocked the Zhou royal family. How did Qin annex Xirong and become the overlord of Xirong?

Qin was not a vassal state at first. The ancestor of Qin people, because he helped Zhou to raise horses, was sealed by Zhou in Qin land (now Tianshui, Gansu Province) and became a small feudal Lord (doctor Qing), not a vassal state, and was considered as the founding king of Qin State. In the era of Qin Xianggong, the king of Zhou was Zhou Youwang, and Zhou Youwang did not hesitate to show his enthusiasm for his beloved princess. As a result, one day, the dog Rong really came to attack, and at this time there were not many people willing to save him, but when he came, he still failed to save him. After Zhou Youwang's death, Zhou Pingwang succeeded to the throne. In response to the threat of Xirong, Zhou Pingwang decided to move its capital from Haojiang (now Xi 'an) to Los Angeles.

At that time, the Zhou dynasty was already very weak, and the fiefs were also other people's land. This land belongs to Xirong, the enemy of the Zhou Dynasty. Qin Xianggong has only gained the reputation of a vassal state, but it has no vassal land. But at this point, Qin officially became a well-founded vassal state of the Zhou Dynasty, which is of great significance. After Qin Xianggong got this fief, he began to fight with Xirong. However, due to the weak national strength of Qin at that time and the strong strength of Xirong, Qin failed to defeat Xirong. Xirong refers to the ancient tribes in China, which is the general name of the tribes hostile to Chinese tribes in the west. Xirong refers to a group of hostile tribes. In the late Western Zhou Dynasty, the Zhou Dynasty began to weaken, but Xirong gradually became strong.

When I was alive, the whole country wanted to levy Xirong, but failed to win the land granted by Zhou. Before Qin Mugong's time, Qin Mugong was a king with great achievements. He made great efforts to appoint talents, and successively appointed Baijila, Uncle Jian and others as consultants. At that time, the tribes with strong Xirong were Mianzhu (now Tianshui City, Gansu Province), Yiqu (now Ningxian County, Gansu Province) and Dali (now Dali East, Shaanxi Province). At that time, Mianzhu sent a special envoy to Qin Mugong. This emissary is called You Yu, and this person is very talented. When Qin Mugong learned of this, he tried his best to keep this Youyu jade, and sent beauties to Mianzhu tribal leaders to make cotton. Yu Yu went back to see Mianzhu leaders, so he protested, but Mianzhu leaders didn't listen. Later, he tried to persuade him to take refuge in Qin, and then Qin defeated Mianzhu with the help of Qin, gradually eliminating more than 20 tribes in Xirong and ruling Xirong.

Zhou Tianzi also gave a special reward for his victory in Xirong, encouraging Qin to continue attacking Xirong. It took nearly 150 years from Qin Xianggong to Qin Mugong to eliminate Xirong, and Qin jumped from a small waiting country in the west to one of the five tyrants in the Spring and Autumn Period.