Those who are as smart as Bo Yao are indeed rare in the world. When there is a major matter, Fan Li goes to ask him for help, and will always give him some bribes, and give him what he likes, money, beauty, and treasures.

In order to make King Wu accept the surrender of King Yue, Fan Li sent her a night pearl and eight peerless beauties. Later, he was given a peerless sword, in order to allow the King of Yue to return to the Yue Kingdom, Fan Li snatched Zheng Dan from the hands of King Wu and gave it to Bo Yao.

Bo Yao did not live up to these bribes, and actively cooperated with Fan Li in everything, and every booked goal was successfully achieved.

But the accumulation of these things made Bo Yao feel terrible, and greed had caused him to fall into a dirty quagmire, and he could no longer extricate himself.

So on this silent night, he found Fan Li and asked Fan Li to let him live at the last moment.

The shock in Fan Li's heart was indescribable. Before, he only knew that Bo Ya was a talented and intelligent greedy person, but he didn't expect Bo Yao to be able to peek into Fan Li's entire restoration plan, and pitifully begged Fan Li to let him go.

There are many strange people in the Spring and Autumn Period, and Bo Yao is definitely one of them. In the future restoration plan, there are still many places where Bo Yao can be used, and he should see hope.

Fan Li said: "Dazai-sama, although Fan Li didn't fully understand what you were going to say. But Fan Li told you that as long as Fan Li can help you, Fan Li will definitely help you. But there is one condition, and that is that you must listen to me. Now what I'm going to tell you is that people have to know how to advance and retreat. ”

Bo Yao wiped away his tears and said, "Brother, I will remember the words." My Bo Yao is the first assistant of King Wu, and there is no way to enter. Please remind me if I need to return. ”

Fan Li said: "Okay, when the time comes, not only you, but even I, Fan Li, will get out!" ”

Bo Yao was confused: "Brother, will things develop like this?" ”

Fan Li smiled and said, "You will naturally understand when the time comes." ”

Things were just as Fan Li expected, when the state of Wu was about to fall, Fan Li informed Bo Yao and said, "You can go, there is nothing to covet here." ”

Bo Yao said: "I have contributed to the restoration of the Yue Kingdom, will the King of Yue not give me a bite to eat?" ”

He didn't listen to Fan Li's words, and fantasized that King Yue could give him an official position. When the husband sent into Gusu and the hundred officials congratulated him, Bo Yao was also among them, and the king of Yue pointed to Bo Yao and said: "If you are not loyal to your own monarch, you accept foreign bribes." Disaster to the country and the people, this kind of traitorous person remains in the world, and heaven does not tolerate it. Pull out and chop! ”

Fan Li sent someone to collect Bo Yao's body, buried him, and sighed: "Should you go or not, or die of greed!" ”

This is all an afterthought, and it has been expressed in advance.

The next day, King Wu and Fan Li, Wu Zixu, and Bo Yao were still discussing whether to send troops to rescue Lu State.

Wu Zixu did not agree to send troops to rescue Lu, his reason was that Wu was now in very difficult economic difficulties, the treasury was empty, and the common people had no food reserves, and in this case, it was very dangerous to participate in a large-scale war. Moreover, the State of Qi promised that as long as the State of Wu stayed out of the matter, it could obtain a territory of two or three hundred miles. In this way, Wu not only preserved its strength, but also obtained unexpected benefits. Even if Qi State does not believe in his words and does not give them benefits, he will not encroach on the land of Wu State, and Wu State will have nothing to lose. He also won a chance for peace, and as long as he had three or five years of recuperation and recuperation, once the national strength was restored, he could move his army north and dominate the world.

Undoubtedly, this assertion is correct. However, it was strongly counterattacked by Bo Ya. Through the conversation with Fan Li, Bo Yao has already done things for Fan Li.

Bo Ya's opinion was: Qi knew that Wu would never send troops to help Qi. But it is possible to give benefits and let Wu Guo stand still. As long as Wu does not move, Qi can defeat Lu. At that time, the State of Qi won the battle and would loot the State of Lu, which would mean that the forces of the State of Qi and the State of Lu were combined, and at this time, if the State of Wu wanted to crusade against the State of Qi, there would be absolutely no chance of victory. The state of Qi itself has no credibility at all, and Mourning Gongyangsheng came to power through a coup d'état. The powerful Qi State will not only not fulfill its promise, but may also wave its army south and attack the Wu State. At that time, it was too late for Wu Guo to regret it.

Fan Li's opinion is: The whole world knows that the relationship between Wu and Lu is very good, and it is a kind of alliance relationship that has not signed a treaty but is actually an alliance, and now, the allies have been invaded by foreign countries, and Wu has watched from the wall, which is a breach of trust in others, and in the future, no one will dare to believe Wu's words. This will have a great negative effect on the handling of Wu and the concern of other countries in the future. And in doing so, the contradictions between Wu and Qi have not been eliminated, and war is more likely to break out in the future. At that time, the State of Qi was much stronger than the State of Wu, and it was even more difficult to win. From a long-term point of view, if we sit back and watch the country grow bigger and not contain it, King Wu's desire to dominate the world may never be realized.

A few people are arguing with each other, you come and go, and the argument is very fierce. No one can convince anyone.

Only King Wu made a decision on this matter. King Wu said: "We have obtained a twelve-word oracle: move according to the time, go up according to the situation, and you can get it without worry." That is to say, we should be proactive in this matter and not be conservative and not retreat. The widow means that the Wu State is certain to send troops, we can go out without fighting, but we must not let the Qi State destroy the Lu State, and when the two sides are almost finished, we will send troops to attack the Qi army and join forces with the Lu army, although we cannot destroy the Qi State, but we can also severely damage the Qi army. ”

Bo Yao praised: "The king is eloquent, after this battle, he can make the Qi State unable to get up for five years, and then it will be much easier for us to clean him up." ”

Fan Li said: "As long as the Qi State is defeated, half of the northern country is ours, and if we force the Jin National Alliance, we can achieve hegemony." ”

Wu Zixu said: "The king can't, this battle will do more harm than good, please be cautious!" ”

King Wu looked at Wu Zixu and said, "Xiangguo is old and doesn't dare to fight. In this way, since Xiangguo is afraid, then Xiangguo will rest at home, and a few of us who are willing to fight will fight. ”

Wu Zixu's face turned from red to purple, knelt down and kowtowed, and said: "The old minister just said his opinion, the king must send troops, the old minister is still the king's pawn, how can there be no Wu Zixu in the war?" ”

King Wu picked up Wu Zixu and said: "In this way, is Xiangguo willing to send troops from Wu to save Lu?" ”

Wu Zixu said: "It doesn't matter whether the old minister is willing or not, as long as the king gives an order, the old minister will still take the lead and never give up!" ”

King Wu said, "Good! Xiangguo still has the courage of the year. Young uncle, you should summon the envoy of the State of Lu right now and tell him that the State of Wu will immediately send troops to join forces with the Lu army to deal with the Qi army. ”

Fan Li said: "We are now sending troops, plus the march, it will take half a month to arrive at the earliest, and the Lu State can take Di Ziyi as a hostage to blackmail the Qi State, but it is really not possible, we can also release the Yi Ziyi and buy a few days for our army." ”

King Wu said, "Okay, you just say to the envoy of the Lu State." ”。

Fan Li said: "I plan to say this to the envoy of the Qi State, the Wu State will send troops, but will not participate in the war, if the Qi army loses and needs help, the Wu army will fight again." ”

King Wu said, "That's fine. ”