Chapter 286: Chu State's Plans
That Shu State is obviously friendly with our Qi State, but why did it suddenly get up with Chu State again. Although they did not send troops to the front line of Chen Bingjian Pavilion, they also issued a letter of state bluntly saying that they would only listen to Zhou Tianzi's dispatch.
What's going on? Why is this happening?
Now even Ji Lu, the old demon, is showing off his might in front of us, and he has to let me come to Yaoping to receive the order, isn't this humiliating us giving Hedong County to you Qin State?
But I can't offend this person, at present, whether the reinforcements of the Chu State go north to help Qi or go east to help Qin is not this old demon who has the right to speak.
It's so embarrassing. ”
After Xiao Wenkao finished speaking, he lifted the wine bottle and drank the wine in it, and when the maid on the side wanted to pour wine again, Xiao Wenkao grabbed the wine bottle and poured wine into his mouth.
Gu Daoyuan looked at the frustrated and then gaffed Zhengqing in front of him, and couldn't help but feel a little sad about the death of a rabbit and a fox.
In the past, when the Rong people did not knock on the eastern invasion, he Gu Daoyuan sent envoys to various countries to pass by Wangji, and even the Son of Heaven was extremely polite to him.
But at this time, people are in control of the movement of reinforcements, and they are indirectly in control of the fate of all forces, so people like Gu Daoyuan, who are old in political affairs, can't help but be a little confused. At this moment, he also wanted to ask what kind of medicine was bought in the gourd of this Chu State.
"Lord Xiao, I heard that in the past two or three years since the Chu State was defeated, all the forces in the country have been fighting each other, and they have never supported a new master, but why they are suddenly able to send 500,000 troops to the north now, this is beyond the old man's expectations.
You also know that in the past two years, the old man first retreated to Hedong after Wenshui, so he was closed and didn't know much about what happened in Chu State, so I asked Lord Xiao to solve my doubts. ”
After Gu Daoyuan finished speaking, Xiao Wenkao put down the wine jug in his hand, and Qi Qiran relieved his mind for a long time before he raised his head and said to Gu Daoyuan:
"Gu Zaizuka also knows that there are six sons in this Gongsheng.
The eldest son, Lang, has worshiped the shilling Yin Mixiao as a teacher since he was a child, he is a smart person and has a good character, and he is the best candidate for the prince of Chu State.
But Duke Chu suspected that his mother Mrs. Liu was the princess of Shu, and when the monarch of the State of Shu succeeded to the throne, the State of Shu chose to help the lord of my family, but the prince Yan supported by the State of Chu was defeated, and the sister of the princess of Chu was also killed in that struggle, so Duke Chu's love for Mrs. Liu gradually decreased, and he was finally knocked out of the cold palace. And Gongzi Lang was also burdened by this incident and was disgusted by the duke.
The second prince Jia, his mother Shumeiren is the eldest daughter of the Qu clan of the Chu State, and is deeply loved by the Duke of Chu, so the Duke of Aiwu and Wuxia has wanted to abolish the elder and the young many times, but was unanimously opposed by the ministers led by Ling Yin in the court, so he has not been appointed as the prince.
This person is ruthless, and has repeatedly conspired to assassinate the eldest son, although the evidence is ironclad, but he has not been punished under the protection of the father. After that, he was connived at by the Duke of Chu, not only openly and secretly against the ministers who opposed and supported him in the Chu State court, but also repeatedly extended a poisonous hand to his younger brothers and sisters, not only killed the third brother Gongzi Ye and the fourth brother Gongzi Tu, but also drove the infant Gongzi Wang and Gongzi Liu out of Nanjing, and exiled them to Xiangjun in the south of Nanling together with their biological mother.
And his other sisters were sent to the frontier counties.
But though
However, when Gong Chu was in power, he was bent on abolishing his heirs and establishing children, and Gongzi Jia also jumped up and down to clear the obstacles for himself to be able to ascend the throne in the future. However, under the opposition of the ministers of the DPRK and China, the prince was helpless for a while, so he put the matter on hold.
Because Gongzi Jia could not be the enemy of the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military affairs, so after the original Gongzi, this Gongzi Lang would also be successfully enthroned.
But as soon as he left, Yin Xiaoxiao died and died suddenly. Not only that, but the eldest son Lang was also plotted on the way back home after worshipping Mi Xiao and was seriously injured and died.
Everyone in the world knows that Mi Xiao and Gongzi Langding are the victims of Gongzi Jia, and they also know that this person is notorious all over the world, but after years of management, Gongzi Jia has indeed become the most powerful candidate in Chu State.
Originally, he would have succeeded to the throne smoothly, but who would have expected that the princess who was exiled to Jingjun by Gongzi Jia in the past suddenly became troubled and held high the banner of righteousness and led the army to crusade against Nanjing.
This princess is the fourth daughter of the princess, the youngest daughter of Mrs. Zhi, the younger sister of the beautiful lady.
In the name of avenging her eldest brother Gongzi Lang, this woman suddenly raised troops in Jing County, and the nobles of various counties in Chu responded one after another, and even the ministers in the center of Nanjing chose to defect to Mi Chunxi.
The most key figure in this is Ling Yin's son Mi Chang, who is eager to avenge his father.
He not only took refuge in Mi Chunxi, but also took away the 60,000 imperial forest troops guarding Nanjing, so that Mi Chunxi led 300,000 troops to fight outside Nanjing with the assistance of the generals under her command, known as the "Vermilion Bird Three Heroes" Zuo Ci, Zuo Zhong and Zhao Xi.
A year ago, in the first battle of Quarshiji, Mi Chunxi led the soldiers and horses to break through the 80,000 defenders of Gongzi Jia and broke through the city of Nanjing.
Gongzijia then ran to the land of the Minyue barbarians with 50,000 remnants of soldiers, and he didn't know what price he promised, but he actually asked for the help of the barbarians, so he confronted Mi Chunxi.
Now that there is no one to succeed to the throne in the Chu State, the fourth princess and Gongzi Jia each hold bull ears and share half of the Chu country. And I heard that Gongziwang and Gongziliu, who were exiled to Xiangjun by Gongzijia at the beginning, were also supported by the fugitive ministers and led the troops to divide the territory.
So why their Chu State was able to suddenly send 500,000 soldiers and horses north to King Qin, this makes me puzzled. ”
Xiao Wenkao frowned and slowly told Gu Daoyuan, Zhang Ziyu and others in detail about what had happened in Chu in recent years, and after saying that, he looked at Gu Daoyuan with expectation, waiting for the analysis of this minister of the Great Qin humerus.
Sure enough, as soon as Xiao Wenkao said that, he heard Gu Daoyuan ask: "In the past, the old man heard about the chaos in the Chu State, but he didn't expect that the powerful Chu State would also fall apart one day, no wonder the Chu Guild was called a duke."
However, listening to Lord Xiao's words, since this Mi Chunxi is the younger sister of Gongzi Jia, she must not be too old, but she misses her husband and does not miss her relatives, and she can raise her arms and shout for her brother's revenge in a corner of Jing County, and she can also be said to be a handsome among women.
Moreover, Jingjun has been the frontier of the war with Shu for more than ten years, and the fourth princess of Mi was able to conquer Nanjing, and she must have reached an agreement with Shu. That's why we can raise troops to the east without worries.
The most important thing is that the fourth princess occupied Nanjing for a year and did not ascend the throne, although according to Lord Xiao, it seems to be caused by the confrontation with Gongzi Jia, but the old man thinks that it is not the most critical point.
No matter how fierce the barbarian is, he can only be fierce in the mountains and forests, and the old man really can't believe that the Chu army of the fourth princess will have nothing to do with the barbarians. ”
Xiao Wenkao is also a smart person, so after hearing this, he hurriedly said: "What Lord Zaizuka means is that the fourth princess is not unable to defeat Gongzi Jia, but is unwilling to lead the troops to pacify Gongzi Jia's secession?" ”
Gu Daoyuan sighed, nodded and said: "I'm afraid that's right, the economy of Chu is prosperous in the world, once the domestic war is bound to make Chu's commerce and trade plummet, the fourth princess is worried that the decisive battle will hurt the foundation of Chu State, so she is unwilling to fight a decisive battle." Besides, I'm afraid that the fourth princess doesn't want to see her brother die in her own hands. ”
"So, the 500,000 troops sent by the Chu State are the result of the agreement between the fourth princess and Gongzi Jia? Or is this a compromise for the fourth princess? ”
Xiao Wenkao suddenly seemed to think of something, and hurriedly asked.
And Gu Daoyuan looked at Zhang Ziyu, who was also full of admiration, and then said: "How the two of them reached an agreement The old man doesn't know, but the fourth princess and Gongzijia are not easy people, how can they not understand the disaster of cold lips and teeth."
The fourth princess did not want the Chu State to kill each other and be devastated, and Gongzi Jia did not want to face the edge of the fourth princess.
Therefore, the two of them sent troops together, but they only said that it was the move of King Qin of Chu State, and the Son of Heaven was responsible for dispatching troops and horses, which was the result of the two of them restraining each other, or it was some kind of compromise they reached, after all, no one was willing to hand over their troops and horses to the other party to command.
Now Gongzi Jia is in a weak position, but the fourth princess does not hesitate to wait for him, which is enough to see that the fourth princess is open. ”
After Gu Daoyuan finished speaking, Xiao Wenkao's eyes suddenly lit up, and he quickly got up and bent down to bow to Gu Daoyuan and said:
"When my father was alive, he once said that if there were no external troubles, the Qin State would definitely be the leader of the countries in the next ten years. The reason for this is none other than him, but because there are three people in the Qin State.
One of them is Lord Zhao, the second is Lord Zuo, and the third is the crane Gu Zaizuka.
Listening to Zaizuka's words today, the kid was stunned. It was as if it was thousands of miles away, but at this time, it was close at hand. Zaizuka awarded the kid with such a high talent, and asked the kid to bow down. ”
Gu Daoyuan smiled lightly when he heard this, then he also stood up and nodded slightly in return: "In the past, when Gu was in the Qi Kingdom, he had an intersection with Lord Ling Zun. At that time, Lord Xiao was still serving as a guest secretary, but he and Xiao Jin were one inside and one outside, saving the Qi State Mansion and assisting the current Duke of Qi to succeed to the throne.
That majestic figure seemed to be still in front of Gu's eyes.
Therefore, Lord Xiao doesn't have to be polite, now the two countries of Qi and Qin are like eggs, but they are dependent on each other, and they still have to help each other. ”
Xiao Wenkao hurriedly said yes, smiled and sat down again.
"Gu Zaizuka, Fang Cai Zaizuka spoke very highly of the fourth princess, but Xiao suddenly remembered a person, this person is by no means inferior to the fourth princess of Mi no matter his character or talent. Moreover, this person is now in control of the fate of Great Qin, and the difficulties encountered are not comparable to the princess of the Chu Kingdom.
It's just that Xiao still has something unclear, and I ask Lord Zaizuka to solve his doubts. ”
Gu Daoyuan understood who the person Xiao Wenkao was talking about, and he also deeply agreed with Xiao Wenkao's evaluation of that person.
He smiled a little proudly and said, "Lord Xiao, but it's okay to ask. ”
Xiao Wenkao immediately said: "Lord Zaizuka, have you ever heard that the Rong people will not feed the eagle every day, but only feed it four or five times a day, which will make the eagle follow him with all his heart, and will not abandon the master and fly away without returning." ”