When King Wu saw that Bo Yao had killed the messenger with a sword, he said sharply, "Why did you kill the messenger?" ”

Bo Yao bowed down and said, "For the sake of secrecy." Your Majesty, the Messenger brings very serious, very critical news. If he is kept, it is inevitable that the news will leak out. If the Jin State and the Qi State know the news and take the opportunity to make trouble, will the king still be able to go back with good arms and legs? ”

King Wu suddenly came to his senses and said, "What you say makes sense. ”

At this time, Wang Sun Luo hurriedly walked into the big tent, and when he saw a corpse lying on the ground, he was taken aback, and asked, "King, what is going on?" ”

At this time, Wang Sun Luo was already the most trusted person of King Wu except for Bo Yao. This matter also needs to be consulted with him. King Wu then told Wang Sun Luo the news sent by the messenger. Wang Sun Luo was also taken aback. said: "It's a big trouble, there are no soldiers to fight in Gusu City." ”

While they were discussing, another messenger arrived, reporting that the army of the King of Yue had arrived in Gusu City, and that Prince You and Wang Sun Miyong had gone out of the city to meet the battle, and they were all killed by the Yue army. Gusutai was also set on fire. Now Wang Zidi is guarding behind closed doors, and the situation is very critical.

When King Wu heard this, he shouted: "My son! Suddenly fell to the ground, Bo Yao and Wang Sun Luo hurriedly rescued, pinched people, and rubbed their chests. King Wu replied and burst into tears: "My son." We were fooled. ”

Wang Sun Luo said: "Your Majesty, now is not the time to be sad, it only makes sense for us to come up with a countermeasure as soon as possible." ”

Bo Ya killed the messenger with another sword, and then found a few henchmen and soldiers, and said: "I have caught two Jin secret agents, they have been executed, you can get rid of the corpses and dispose of them." ”

A few soldiers removed the bodies and quietly buried them.

King Wu said sadly: "The matter of Wu and Jin fighting to be the leader of the alliance has not yet come to fruition, and we have encountered such a dilemma in our country, so we will simply stop the alliance, or continue to let the Jin State be the leader of the alliance." Saying that, he sighed, the majesty and arrogance of the generation of heroes were gone, and he seemed to have aged a lot all of a sudden.

Wang Sun Luo said, "King, what you say is not advisable. If we stop the alliance and return in such a hurry, these monarchs who participated in the alliance will think that we must have encountered a big event, and they will join forces with many countries to make it difficult for us to leave intact. If we let the Jin State be the leader of the alliance, all our actions must obey the Jin State. Nor can they do what they want. Therefore, we strictly seal the news, and we must take the position of the leader of the alliance in a very short time in order to return safely. ”

Bo Yao said: "I agree with Wang Sun's view. In order to return safely, the alliance leader must fight. ”

King Wu didn't have an idea at this time: "Okay." The widow agreed to do so. However, the Jin Kingdom refuses to give in, how can we fight for this alliance leader? ”

Wang Sun Luo looked at Bo Yao, and Bo Yao said: "I don't have any good ideas, Wang Sun will come up with an idea." ”

Wang Sun Luo lowered his head and pondered for a while, raised his head, and said: "In the struggle of great powers, it is useless to rely on diplomatic negotiations, the most fundamental thing is to rely on strength, only if the strength is strong enough, can the other party submit." The same is true of the Wu and Jin alliances. Only by letting the Marquis of Jin see our strength can we hand over the position of alliance leader. ”

King Wu said, "It makes sense. So what should we do? To fight the Jin army? ”

Wang Sun Luo said: "Don't do it, you must not fight at this time." We must grasp the proportions, we can only beat the drums and shout, carry out challenges, and defeat the morale of the march. The minister means to do this......"

So, the three of them whispered in the big tent, discussed for a while, and finally agreed on a plan of action.

That night, King Wu issued an order that all soldiers must eat well before midnight, feed their horses, and adjust and concentrate their horses, armor, weapons and other equipment. Then the soldiers were ordered to gallop. (When a soldier moves, he holds a chopstick-like instrument in his mouth to prevent making a sound.) ）

The Wu army came silently to the place where the camp of the Jin army was only one mile away, and then quietly began to set up troops. One hundred soldiers stood in a row, one banner was erected in one row, and one hundred and twenty lines were in a phalanx. The Chinese army is all white chariots, white flags, soldiers are white armor, white weapons in their hands, and even bows and arrows are white. It looks like a large patch of thatch spits out white flower spikes. King Wu personally supported Da Yue, and behind him was a large white flag, standing in the middle of the phalanx.

There is a phalanx on the right, also one hundred and two rows, one color is a red chariot, a red flag, the soldier's armor is red, the weapons are red, and the bow and arrow are also red, like a fire is burning. Bo Yao stood in front of the formation, and behind him was a large red flag.

The phalanx on the left is also a phalanx of one hundred and twenty rows, all chariots, flags, armor, swords, guns, bows and arrows are black, at a glance, it is like a large black cloud, a black banner in front of the array, Wang Sun Luo stands majestically under it.

All the small phalanxes formed three large phalanxes, a total of 36,000 people. At dawn, the army was set up. King Wu personally picked up the drumsticks and beat the war drums, and the tens of thousands of war drums in the army rang together, as well as other bells, duo, and all the military music that could be struck together. Tens of thousands of soldiers opened their throats and shouted, "Oh-oh-"

It's loud and earth-shattering!

Jin Jun woke up from his sleep and was taken aback. I don't know what Wu Jun is going to do. The Marquis of Jin hurriedly patted the doctor Dong Brown in front of him and asked King Wu what was going on. King Wu said: "The widow was ordered by the emperor of Zhou Tianzi to serve as the leader of the Central Plains alliance to deal with the affairs between countries, and now the Marquis of Jin has violated the mandate of heaven, and he must also compete with the widow for the position of the leader of the alliance, and there has been no result for a long time." The widow was afraid that it would be too troublesome for the envoys to negotiate back and forth, so he personally came here to wait for news. You tell the Marquis of Jin, obey the order or disobey the order, you have to give a word today! ”

Dong Brown hurriedly reported back to the Marquis of Jin. When the other kings heard the news, they also rushed over.

Dong Brown said to Zhao Ying in private: "I see that King Wu is tough on the lips and looks miserable. It seems that there is a great sorrow in the heart. Didn't the Yue army attack Gusu? If so, it's a big deal. Wu Wanggou jumped over the wall in a hurry and poured his anger on us, we really couldn't stand it. It is better to give him the leader of the alliance, but not in vain, and he must be told not to be king again. ”

Zhao Ying reported the situation to the Marquis of Jin, the Marquis of Jin had no opinion, and obeyed Zhao Ying, and Zhao Ying sent Dong Brown to meet the King of Wu again, saying: "The king orders the princes in the name of the Son of Heaven, and the Jin State does not dare to disobey, but the State of Wu was previously made an earl by the Son of Heaven, and later called the King of Wu, where is this Zhou Tianzi?" If the king no longer claims to be the king, then our Jin Kingdom will serve the king as the lord of the alliance. ”

King Wu felt that this would be fine, so he changed his name to Duke Wu, withdrew his soldiers and horses, and entered the big tent.

The next step was to negotiate and conclude a treaty, hold a ceremony, and King Wu finally ascended to the throne of the alliance and fulfilled his dream of hegemony.

Then he led the army and hurried back to Wu like a lost dog.