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The Chu army retreated, but the young master was depressed. He was annoyed and angry that Ji Liang often had a higher opinion than himself and was recognized by the monarch. In his opinion, if Ji Liang is here, there will be no day when his young master will come out.

The young master was depressed in his chest and had trouble sleeping. He thought about it and came up with the only way, that is, he wanted to speak and count in Suiguo, and only Ji Liang was not in the court or died of old age. However, although Ji Liang is older than himself, he is healthy and in good spirits. Moreover, this Ji Liang also knows how to take care of health, and often deserves some health herbs for himself, so it is serious among the courtiers, and he can't see any signs of aging. Moreover, the mansion is heavily guarded, making it difficult for even hired killers to get close to it.

The young master is worried, how can he kill his political opponent Ji Liang?

The staff of the young master's mansion came up with an idea for him, that is, to buy off the servants of Ji Liang's mansion and secretly do it. Ji Liang said that he can take Chinese medicine for health care, and he can use it to do tricks. So the young master spent a lot of money to buy off the people around Ji Liang in private, and took advantage of Ji Liang's medication to take a fierce medicine. Fortunately, Ji Liang is not a person who does not understand pharmacology, Ji Liang took half of it and realized that the taste was wrong, but the fierce medicine that entered his stomach had already put him between life and death. Fortunately, Ji Liang escaped, his body suddenly aged a lot, his body was too weak to sustain, and he could no longer go to court.

704 BC was also the thirty-seventh year of Xiong Tong's reign. Sui Hou informed the state of Chu that Zhou Tianzi refused to raise the title of Chu Jun.

It turned out that the monarch of Suiguo was not sure to help Chu Jun improve his title, but it was just Ji Liang's expedient measure. Although King Zhou Huan did not have much impression of Jing Chu, he still remembered the major events of the Zhou royal family when King Zhou Zhao attacked Chu three times and then did not return. also knew that the state of Chu swallowed other countries and expanded its power, but he only hated that he could no longer use the "Western Sixth Division" and the "Eighth Division of Yin" to crusade against the State of Chu. Seeing that the monarch of Suiguo asked for the promotion of the title of Chu State, he couldn't help but be very angry. King Huan of Zhou scolded the monarch of Suiguo for not being able to do the right thing for heaven and crusade against Chu, but instead acting for the tiger. The monarch of the country was bored.

Xiong Tong was furious when he heard the news, and scolded the Zhou royal family: "My ancestor Xiong Xiong is the teacher of your ancestor King Wen of Zhou, and he has made great contributions to your Zhou royal family to win the world, but unfortunately he died early, King Wen of Zhou died before he could get the world, and my ancestor died before he got the seal." King Zhou Cheng promoted my ancestor Xiong Qu to be a "guard", and my ancestor Xiong Qu was conscientious and conscientious, and he only gave him a viscount. Let him live in the land of Chu, and now the barbarian tribes are all subservient to the state of Chu, and the royal family of Zhou still does not promote the title of state of Chu. What kind of dynasty is this! Since your Zhou Dynasty does not recognize me as the monarch of the Chu State, I have no choice but to call myself an honorific title, and I will be treated the same as Zhou Tianzi! ”

So he broke the famine of the Zhou royal family, and immediately proclaimed himself the title of king, called "King Wu of Chu".

The state of Chu was called the king, and the princes were the first to claim the title of king, just because the Zhou royal family was in decline, and there was nothing to be done about the state of Chu.

However, Xiong Tong of the Qi clan proudly claimed to be the king, and faced the princes of the Central Plains with a provocative attitude. I want to see what your Zhou royal family can do to me, and what can your vassal states do to me?

Indeed, at that time, Xiong Tong was the king and abolished Zhou Tianzi's Chrysostom division, and Zhou Tianzi couldn't help but be silent, and the princes of the Central Plains had no reaction. This made Xiong Tong even more unscrupulous to despise the Zhou royal family and expand his territory even more unscrupulously.

In the spring of this year, Dou Bobi came to meet Xiong Tong, this time to meet King Chu Wu.

Dou Bobi learns that there has been a change in the Sui dynasty. Ji Liang's body was declining, and the young master was favored by Suihou. This signal is too important for Dou Bobby.

So Dou Bobi begged to see King Wu of Chu and said to King Wu of Chu: "Now is the time to attack Suiguo. The young master is in power, and this person's arrogance and self-pretentious cleverness are favorable conditions for us to defeat Suiguo, and we must not miss the opportunity. ”

King Chu Wu has just proclaimed himself king, and he must do something big to show his ability to be a king. Dou Bobby's suggestion is right on the point. So he dispatched troops in the state of Chu, and King Wu of Chu wanted to cross Handong again.

In order to do his work more carefully, Dou Bobi carefully analyzed the situation in Handong. The army advanced into Handong and still did not fight blindly, but contacted the surrounding vassal states to form alliances. If the country is not aligned, the state of Chu will mobilize the small surrounding countries to form an alliance.

In the summer, King Wu of Chu met with the princes in Shenlu in a high-profile manner, and those small countries also had their own ghosts, fearing the military might of the Chu State, and seeing that the young master of the Sui State was in power, he was arrogant and did not take the little brother in his eyes, so the Chu State said that the alliance should still participate. As a result, this action of King Wu of Chu was echoed by most of the vassal states. Only Huang and Sui did not attend the meeting. King Wu of Chu then caught the reason for the crusade against Suiguo. He first sent Xue Zhang to reproach Huang Guo, and then personally led an army to crusade against Sui Guo.

The army of Chu led by King Wu of Chu was stationed between Hanshui and Huaishui. The king of the country sent someone to investigate, and came back to report that the Chu army was powerful, and the military tents were overwhelming, and he was so frightened that he was not possessed. Hurry up and ask Ji Liang in the sickbed. Ji Liang is indeed old, and due to poisoning, his legs can't be supported on the ground, but his mind is still clear.

The monarch of the Sui State asked: "The army of the Chu State is coming, how should the widows deal with the strong Chu?" ”

Ji Liang said: "The crusade of the Chu State is aimed at opening up the territory and expanding the territory. It is difficult to win with the strength of my country, so it is better to surrender to the Chu army. Pray for the continuation of the society of the country, so as not to be ruined by the lives of the country. ”

The monarch of Suiguo said: "The state of Chu twice asked me to join the alliance, but the widow refused, thinking that now Chu Zi is the king is different from the past." King Wu of Chu is leading a large army to come in the period of victory, and I am afraid that it will be difficult to spare us. The widows estimate that the state of Chu will not accept our surrender. ”

Ji Liang coughed dryly for a while before he said weakly, "The refusal of the State of Chu to accept the surrender of the State of Sui is to force the soldiers of the State of Sui to a dead end." Then the monarch can command his soldiers to fight on their backs. This will provoke our army to fight to the death, while the enemy will slack off because we are begging for surrender. Maybe there's a chance to survive. ”

The monarch of the Sui State was suspicious, and repeated in his mouth, "Fight to the death?" But in my heart, I thought: "If you fight to the death", you will be desperate?

He returned to the palace with the monarch of the country and told Ji Liang's words to the young master, wanting to hear the young master's opinion.

The young master was jealous that Ji Liang was not dead, and he was still influencing the government of Suiguo. But it's not good to insist on denying the monarch's plan to go to Ji Liang's sickbed to ask back.

After a slight hesitation, the young master said to Suihou: "A decisive battle with the Chu army is already an inevitable thing, what is the point of asking for surrender first and then fighting." I have seen that the army of Chu is not disciplined and is not an invincible force. However, the Chu army has a large number of generals and is good at continuous combat, if the monarch suddenly attacked under the pretext of the Tao, the Chu army would be defeated, how could it make a comeback today. Therefore, in the opinion of the ministers, it is necessary to fight quickly, and take advantage of the fact that the Chu army has no fighting spirit to attack it unprepared and attack its fatigue. If you don't, you will lose the opportunity to defeat the Chu army. ”

Sui Hou also seemed to make sense when he heard it, so he decided to lead his army to resist the Chu army.

Just when Suihou was about to go out of the city to meet the Chu army. Someone came to report that the old minister Ji Liang had a letter.

Sui Hou took the book of the old minister Ji Liang, and saw that it read:

"The Chu people respect the left, and the monarch insists on sending troops to be in the left army, not to fight head-on with the king of Chu, let alone attack his right army. The Chu army has always ignored that the right army does not have a good commander, and it will be attacked. ”

Sui Hou then handed the book to the young master, who snorted with his nose and said disdainfully: "If we don't fight the king of Chu head-on, this means that we can't be equal to him." The Chu army will look down on us, wouldn't this be to increase the prestige of others and destroy my ambition. ”

Then he threw Ji Liang's book on the ground.

Sui Hou did not take Ji Liang's opinion. Led a large army to engage the Chu army in this place of Suqi.

The result of this battle is self-explanatory, and it ended with the defeat of the Chu army. Although there was no shortage of brave soldiers in the army, the Chu army was even more brave and good at fighting, and there were many soldiers. The Sui State was outnumbered, and most of the brave soldiers died tragically on the battlefield.

Seeing that the general situation had gone and fled in a panic, the soldiers of the state of Chu captured Suihou's chariot and young master in pursuit.

King Chu Wu had long known that this young master had an empty appearance, was strong on the outside, and had no mercy. This time the Chu army won a great victory, and it was useless to keep them any longer, so he ordered the warriors to behead them.

Ji Liang learned that the monarch of Suiguo did not adopt his plan, and shouted: "Heavens, Suiguo will be destroyed!" ”

never came up again, and Ji Liang died of anger.

Pity this peerless master, he has no ambition to serve the country, and the country that is carefully cared for will still be doomed. The people of Chu had great respect for Ji Liang, and the army did not attack Ji Liang's mansion when it entered the city. When they saw Ji Liang's mourning hall, they all bowed deeply to express their admiration.

The monarch of Suiguo escaped for his life by luck, and hurriedly reported the surrender and the monarch of Chu.

From then on, Suiguo became a vassal state of Chu and submitted to Chu.