Chapter 2: The Wedge Rebels Will Come Out of the Mountain (1)
When I woke up, I found myself in the palace of the king of Chu.
Don't ask me who I am, anyway, I'll get involved in the future, and there's no way to get out.
Alas, compatriots, I will quietly reveal to you some of how the state of Chu at that time, while dealing with the strong Qin, was connected with the distant Dian Yuan.
Don't ask me who I'm playing in this, you'll know after reading it.
It is said that in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period for hundreds of years, the Chu State has mixed well, and it can be said that it is prosperous.
But in the later period, the two kings of Chu and Qin were already relatives at the family level, but they were still fighting openly and secretly, and they both wanted to dominate the world.
They fought back and forth, and what was the result?
Speaking of the Chu State here, when they mixed with the king of Chu Qingxiang, there were difficulties from time to time. However, after all, this Chu State is not afraid of rats to catch it, and there are some difficult things, and it is often embarrassing to pass, which can be regarded as the ups and downs of the river, and there is no danger.
But this time, this time, King Chu Qingxiang never thought that the difficult thing in front of him was that he was embarrassed and couldn't get over, and if he didn't do it well, he was afraid that he would run into a rocky boat and sink the boat, and it would be difficult to recover it.
It's not to scare you. King Qingxiang felt that time could not be dragged on any longer, and he had to make a decision on this difficult matter.
It turned out that the state of Chu, which was once famous for the five hegemons of the Spring and Autumn Period, has not only not reproduced the scenery of the ancestors dominating the Central Plains for 20 years, but the national fortunes have deteriorated.
Originally, he could govern the South China Sea with a long arm, and he was as obedient as the turtle's son, but now Chudi is surrounded by wind and smoke and many crises. Especially under the aggressiveness of the Qin State, the Chu State, which had been on the defensive, was in a hurry, and the King of Qingxiang had the heart to turn the tide, but he was unable to deal with the strong Qin.
Faced with the crumbling country, King Qingxiang had to put down the dignity of the king and engage in democracy.
He summoned his ministers to brainstorm and search for meritocracy to collect the waters.
At the democratic meeting, the most talented minister of the Chu State, this must be known to the readers.
He is Qu Yuan, who has a long way to go, and I will go up and down to seek.
This Qu Yuan actually put forward a bold plan for King Qingxiang, this plan was so bold that it was between killing the head and killing the body, knowing that the left and the right would also kill, but he still said it.
Sure enough, before he finished his words, King Qingxiang couldn't bear it, stared at his blood-red eyes, and stopped with a murderous face: "You said that you asked King Gu to invite that traitor out of the mountain?" No way! ”
"Traitor? Who do you say is a traitor? Qu Yuan defended, "Hey, king, speaking of which, he is also the eighth generation of the king and the second generation of officials, pure royal blood, and you are somewhat related by blood, you are now the king, but people are still guarding the border for the Chu State and keeping the peace of the king, how can he be a traitor?" ”
After hearing this, King Qingxiang's heart was like a knife, thinking that you Qu Yuan had such a bad idea, and wanted to invite that traitor out of the mountain, didn't you just want him to seize the mountain and seize the throne of Lone? I saw that King Qingxiang frowned, suddenly waved his hand to the guards, pointed at Qu Yuan and said sharply: "Pull out, cut!" ”
When all the ministers heard this, they all knelt down and pleaded in unison, saying that they asked the king to calm his anger, calm his anger, what Qu Yuan Qu said was just a strategy, a strategy, and this was a last resort.
Yes!? So you guys are complicit? The king of Chu held this sentence in his stomach and didn't release it.
At this time, Jin Shang, who had always been at odds with Qu Yuan, saw the thoughts of the king of Chu, and he did not hesitate to fight against the ministers to gamble for the king, so he said that Qu Yuan's strategy was the next policy, and he should immediately carry out the king's order and pull him out and behead him.
Qu Yuan laughed and said disdainfully: "It's not a pity for me to die, but I am unwilling to see the death of the country." ”
This angered King Qingxiang even more, and he pointed at Qu Yuan and said fiercely: "Even if you lose the country, this king will want you to die first!" ”
"The king is right, it is harmful for the courtiers who eat inside and outside to keep it like this." Jin Shang, who was standing on the right side of the king, said again.
The ministers kowtowed and pleaded, "No, great king......
"Report-" A soldier with a bloody face rushed to the king and knelt down, and said in a hurried tone, "Report to the king, the front is tight, our army has been surrounded by the Qin army, and I hope that the king will quickly send reinforcements." ”
At this time, a minister stood up and said to King Qingxiang: "Yes, King Mingjian, at the moment when our army's battlefield is tight, isn't it self-defeating to kill important ministers?" Please think carefully about it, Dr. Qu's suggestion might as well give it a try, and send a traitor to fight my enemy, isn't it precisely by the hand of the enemy that the king's heart is troubled? Therefore, it is the best policy to defend the country with traitors and enemies. ”
Facing the bloody military report of the soldiers in front, King Qingxiang listened to what the minister said and felt reasonable. I thought: According to the current situation, if you don't burn high incense and kowtow to this former traitor, I am afraid that there will really be a danger of the death of the monarch. The country is dead, the mountains and rivers are there, and the body of the king is dead. But he thought again that it would be better to accept this suggestion than to die of the king, alas...... Alas...... But if I really want to invite it, I'm afraid that the traitor may not come.
Who is this traitor who is a dead country and a dead king?
If you want to talk about him, you have to go back to the 17th year of King Chu Huai (312 BC).
That year, Chu's good partner Qi was bullied and beaten by the allied forces of Qin, Han, and Wei. Fortunately, the Qi State is not small, and in order not to cause chaos to the Chu State, he has been stubborn for several months.
King Chu Huai saw his good partner suffering, and he was righteous and stubborn with the coalition army, our Chu State is his good partner, and he can't see death without help. As a result, King Chu Huai dispatched hundreds of thousands of troops to outflank the Qin army, the boss of the Three Kingdoms Alliance, from the back to relieve King Qi's worries.
The matter of Chu sending troops to Qi State was somehow known by the King of Yue on the East China Sea. He was originally leading a hundred warships to support his ally Wei State, but when he found out that Chu State had mobilized hundreds of thousands of troops to outflank Qin State, Le woke up several times with laughter in his dream. The king of Yue immediately ordered the fleet to turn around and march west along the river, to take the opportunity to destroy the state of Chu in one fell swoop.
At that time, the state of Chu was ranked in front of the first and third among the warring states, that is, between the rankings A and C.
Nonsense, isn't this "two" and "stupid B"? Think about it, as long as it can be related to "two" and "B", it is definitely not an ordinary "two B".
King Yue didn't expect this, it was really a warship wading into the water, and his braincase was in the water. This king of Yue patronized the dream proudly, and his actions were carried away, and his warship was discovered by the Chu army before it reached the border of the Chu State. The result can be imagined: a small country makes a big mistake, and the consequences are very serious.
To say that the Yue State and the Chu State are neighbors, and the Chu State is still enough to take care of this little brother, polite and friendly enough. But this time, King Yue fainted and finally caused a murder. King Chu Huai clenched his fists, gritted his teeth, and thought to himself, he can't let this little Yue King mix up in this world anymore, but he can't destroy him bluntly.
King Chu Huai had a plan and sent the most talented military general among the ministers of Chu, Zhuang Ji, a handsome guy who was less than twenty years old, to disguise himself and lurk in Yueguo.
Who are you talking about? He is the eighth descendant of King Chu Zhuang who single-handedly brought the state of Chu from defense to domination of the world. Therefore, it is not nonsense to say that he is the eighth generation of kings.
Zhuang Ji, who was born in the royal family, was familiar with the book of war since he was a child, made good use of the art of war, grew up rolling in the swords, guns, swords, and halberds, and was called "civil and military ministers" with Qu Yuan in the palace of Chu.
Soon after Zhuang Ji entered Yue and lurked, he found out the layout of soldiers and horses, grain and grass equipment and marching routes in Yue, and quickly sent the map back to Chu State, just waiting for the King of Chu to send troops.
Unexpectedly, at this time, the Qin State secretly sent 100,000 troops down the river from the west and smashed the Chu capital Jiangling. No, the state of Chu is in danger, and King Huai wants to fight with the king of Qin with all his heart, and he has left the matter of dealing with Yue Guo out of his mind.
The state of Chu when he was pregnant with the king was really strong Chu.
The king of Chu sent troops to the Qin army as a blow to the head, and the Qin army returned to Xianyang in disgrace.
But this King Wu of Qin was crazy, and he had just suffered a defeat when he committed Chu, and he led his troops to Luoyi (now Luoyang), wanting to smash the rice bowl of the Zhou royal family, and asked Zhou Tianzi to be laid off, and he would sit and enjoy the world.
But King Zhou did not fight with King Wu of Qin, but used his soft power, that is, Meng Ben, a strong man, came forward, without saying a word, and only showed his muscles back and forth in front of King Wu of Qin.
King Wu of Qin was very unaccustomed to Meng Ben's show, thinking that this warrior had a long body of muscles, and could only be used to show off, and to be a performance emperor, if he actually fought with him, he would definitely win. Therefore, King Qin Wu said provocatively: "What's the use of your fat body? Dare to fight with the widow king? ”
This was exactly what Meng Ben wanted, but he remembered the words of the military advisor, and pretended to be scared and said: "Yo, Your Excellency King Wu is both civil and military, who in the world does not know?" The little ones are so afraid, how dare they fight with the Martial King. ”
After listening to Meng Ben's words, King Wu wanted to feel that Meng Ben was strong and capable, and a strong idea of winning was mixed with the surging blood and hit his mind.
He suddenly took an arrow step and stretched out his claws to dig directly into Meng Ben's heart.
Meng Ben hooked his arms in front of King Qin Wu as he retreated, and his limbs kept punching and crumbling, teasing him like a battle and being ashamed, indicating that if he didn't fight with King Qin Wu, his heart would be itchy and uncomfortable.
King Qin Wu didn't have a chance to get started, so he jumped straight to his feet in a hurry. He took off the royal robe and threw it to the guards, rolled up his sleeves, revealing his strong muscles, and made Meng Ben's fat more oily than oil.
The two of you come and go, regardless of victory or defeat.
In fact, the purpose of King Qin Wu's visit to Luoyang was to threaten Zhou Tianzi with force and make him obediently hand over Jiuding, the symbol of power in the Celestial Empire.
It is rumored that this Jiuding was originally cast by Dayu to collect the tribute of Kyushu in the world. Each tripod represents a state, with a total of Jing, Liang, Yong, Henan, Xu, Qing, Yang, Yan, and Hebei Kyushu. The tripod is engraved with the number of mountains and rivers in Honshu and the number of land tributes.
King Wu of Qin was anxious to take Jiuding, and to coerce the Son of Heaven to order the princes to achieve his goal of being the Son of Heaven. So, he asked Meng Ben if he could move it.
Meng Ben was originally a martial artist, and after listening to King Qin's question, he didn't answer, so he tightened his belt, rolled up his sleeves, grabbed two tripod ears at one of them, and shouted "Get up-", only to see that the tripod was half a foot high from the ground, and then it fell heavily.
When King Qin Wu saw it, he was secretly shocked in his heart, how could he show weakness? He took off the brocade robe belt, tightened his belt, strode forward, took a deep breath, exerted all his strength, and shouted: "Get up-".
But the tripod was only lifted half a foot high, the king of martial arts felt physically exhausted, he forcibly moved his left foot, but the right foot was difficult to support alone, the body was crooked, the tripod fell to the ground, and smashed directly on the right foot of the king of martial arts.
The guards helped King Qin Wu up and tried to walk, but King Qin Wu couldn't stand up at all. On closer inspection, the palate of one leg was broken. King Wu of Qin returned from defeat and soon whined and mourned.
Some people say that this is the plan used by the King of Zhou, and he specially sent Meng Ben to break King Qin's desire to destroy the Zhou royal family, and asked him to stop using force to show his ability.
The affairs of King Wu of Qin and the Zhou royal family seem to have nothing to do with the state of Chu. But the problem is that King Wu of Qin has no son to succeed to the throne, and in order to compete for the throne, the lords of the Qin royal family are all difficult to calm down, and they have ghosts in their hearts and wait for an opportunity to usurp the throne. Then there was civil strife, and the sons of wives and concubines were in confusion, and they all wanted to climb to the vacant throne.
Therefore, the Qin State had no time to fight foreign wars and annexes or anything, which left valuable time for the Chu State to become strong.
Counting on his fingers, Zhuang has been in hiding in Vietnam for five years.
In the past five years, he secretly contacted dissidents with the king of Yue and organized associations, so that they could come forward and make the power demands of the people to the king of Yue, so that the king of Yue felt that there were rotten points within himself and that he was not far from corruption. And the state of Chu has no pressure from the state of Qin, and it has gradually become stronger, and the king of Yue does not dare to underestimate it.
Zhuang Ji, who was good at using the art of war, had a bold idea, that is, without letting the king of Chu move his troops, he would take over the Yue land by himself and secretly contribute to the strength of the Chu State.
He began to seek an intimate encounter with the King of Yue. He disclosed his identity as an envoy of Chu and made a covenant to the king of Yue.
King Yue, do you have an appointment?
About.
The two parties made an appointment to meet at a high-end teahouse.