After the annihilation of the state of Chu, the king of Wu recruited Sun Changqing, the general of the five ministers of the state of Wu, the Taifu Wuyuan, and the Shangqing Fan Li and the husband to the west of Chu, either to consolidate the rule of the state of Wu over Jingdi, or to recruit troops and horses to strengthen the strength of the Wu army.

It's just that he stayed in the east of Chudong, where Dazai Bopi was guarding Shouying.

It can be seen how much King Wu attaches great importance to the land of Chuxi.

Therefore, when he heard that Chen Bing Jiangbei of the Qin State was also shocked, and immediately summoned Sun Changqing, Wu Yuan, Fan Li and Fu Ji and others to the front, and asked: "What is the intention of Chen Bing Jiangbei of the Qin State?" ”

Sun Changqing and the soldiers didn't want to fight, Fan Li knew the best way to protect himself, but the brother-in-law of King Wu stood up and said to King Wu: "Your Majesty, the Qin army wants to watch Jiangbei, and it must be to covet the land of Chuxi!" ”

King Wu nodded, he also guessed in his heart that this was probably the case, and then, King Wu fell his eyes on Fan Li, and asked, "What does Fan Qing think about this matter?" ”

Fan Li thought about it, Fang Cai stood up, and said to King Wu with a restrained face: "The king gave his ministers the matter of the princes' friendship, so the news of this minister is more well-informed than that of the generals, the Chu people are in the territory of the Qin State as the prince of Chu, and the Chu minister Shen Baoxu also stood in the Qin court for seven days and seven nights, as for what happened afterwards, it is unknown, but I know that the Duke of Qin sent the prince Yan of the Qin State to the southern border of the Qin State. ”

This made the soldiers move, and they looked at Fan Li and asked, "Gongzi Yan, is that the commander of the Qin State's southern expedition to Jing?" ”

Fan Li nodded.

The soldier turned around and glanced at Sun Changqing, the faces of the two were indeed a little strict, and then the soldier also stepped forward and said to King Wu: "Qin Gongziyan, a certain way of transporting troops has always been eclectic, or running thousands of miles, or with the help of the advantages of the armor, it is a common thing to take one as ten, and the king must not underestimate the enemy!" ”

"Lone knows!" King Wu also nodded.

However, the husband on the side seemed to have noticed that compared to himself, King Wu had a disgust with the words of the soldiers, as if he realized something, and immediately stood up and said to King Wu: "Your Majesty, that Qin Gongzi Yan is only over twenty years old, but he is just an ignorant erection, how can he be afraid!" ”

Sure enough, in the face of his husband's generous statement, King Wu also cast an approving gaze, and it was King Wu's approving gaze that also stimulated his husband's brain, and then asked King Wu for his life: "Brother Wang is willing to share his worries for his brother and lead his soldiers and horses to defeat the Qin army!" ”

The soldiers immediately stood up: "Your Majesty, by no means, the Qin army has not crossed the river, although the place where it is stationed is close to Jingdi, but it is actually within the territory of Qin, if Wu attacks rashly, it must be a strong enemy for Wu, at that time, thousands of miles of Chu, there is Qi in the east, there is Korea, and there is Qin in the west, and the troops of Wu are too scattered, how can they hold this land of Chu for thousands of miles!" ”

The soldiers exhorted King Wu with an impassioned expression: "Your Majesty, don't let Wu, the country of Wu, which has accumulated national strength for decades, make a wedding dress for others in vain!" ”

In fact, King Wu also had reservations about his husband's attitude of asking for orders to send troops, but seeing the soldiers so advised, for a while, King Wu was also naturally disgusted by this, and he already wanted to agree to his husband's invitation to soldiers, but worried about the face of the soldiers, King Wu also fell his eyes on Fan Li's body and asked, "What does Fan Qing think about this matter?" ”

Fang Cai, Fan Li, who seemed to put himself as an outsider, arched his hand to King Wu and replied: "Your Majesty, the minister advocates the strategy of cutting off diplomatic relations, but now it is a troubled era in the Warring States, and there is no war in the Warring States, it is a fool's dream......"

"Fan Li!" As if predicting what Fan Li would say if he continued, the soldier also looked at Fan Li with an angry face and scolded: "You dare to mislead the country?!" ”

Seeing the posture of the soldiers, King Wu was also displeased and said: "Taifu, this is above the court, all the ministers have the ability to discuss politics, Taifu's words are not to turn the Wu court into a hall of Taifu's words!" ”

King Wu's words were really a bit reprimanding, so the soldiers suppressed the anger in their hearts at the moment, and said to King Wu: "What the old minister said is for the sake of the State of Wu, and now the land of Chu is undecided, and the State of Qi is not yet an opponent, how can it be an enemy of the Central Plains Zhuxiong?!" ”

Wu Wang turned a deaf ear to this, and stretched out his hand to Fan Li: "Fan Qing continues!" ”

Fan Li then continued: "If the king insists on taking the land of western Chu, he must establish a strong enemy, when the state of Qi, Chu and Wei were hegemonic, the world was its enemy, and the minister did not advocate being the enemy of Qin, but it might as well be that Wu would show its national prestige to Qin, and the strategy of fighting diplomatic relations in the future would definitely be able to make Wu take the initiative." ”

Seeing King Wu's cold treatment and Fan Li's follow-up words, the soldiers also flicked their sleeves with slight anger, and they were also annoyed that they had fallen into Fan Li's plan again, so the soldiers simply took two steps back and didn't want to speak on this matter.

Speaking of which, among the five ministers above the court of Wu State, there are only two people who can grasp the mind of King Wu, one is Fan Li, and the other is Bo Pi, and even in a sense, Bo Pi is inferior to Fan Li.

Therefore, for Fan Li's "showing national prestige" to add confidence to Wu's strategy of cutting diplomatic relations, it also said that it was in the heart of King Wu, so King Wu laughed and said: "What Fan Qing said is deeply lonely!" ”

Fan Li then said: "The minister has been fighting with the Qin State for many years, and he also knows something about that Gongzi Yan, Gongzi Yan's ability to command the army is by no means inferior to the general, but when it comes to running thousands of miles and fighting bravely on the narrow road, Gongzi Yan is inferior to the general, if it is a war with Qin, this battle must be a quick battle, and in the territory of Wu State, when the general commands the troops, he can quickly fight the Qin army!" ”

Fan Li's words made the faces of the soldiers who retreated to the side soften slightly, if so, the soldiers were not unacceptable.

Fan Li's words also made the husband angry: "Fan Li's words are really underestimated!" ”

The husband turned to King Wu and said: "Your Majesty, everyone in the world knows that the Battle of Baiju was Sun Changqing's defeat of the Chu army, but isn't it clear to the king, it was the younger brother who led the 5,000 vanguard army to cut through the formation of the Chu army that day, if it weren't for the fact that the younger brother defeated the morale of the Chu army with 5,000 brave soldiers, so that Chu made Yin Zichang tremble and abandon the army and fled, how could Sun Changqing take advantage of the situation to cover up and kill the Chu army!" The younger brother believes that the younger brother's ability to lead the troops is in no way inferior to Sun Changqing! ”

The husband called Sun Changqing by his name, not called "general", it can be seen that he was angry in his heart, this angry words, but also moved King Wu, indeed, the battle of Baiju that day, the first merit was on the body of this royal brother, therefore, King Wu turned his head to look at Sun Changqing, and asked: "What does the general think about this?" ”

Sun Changqing didn't want to fight for merit, so he replied: "The son and husband are brave, and the minister can't reach it!" ”

This remark made the soldiers behind him look shocked, but Sun Changqing is not Fan Li, and the soldiers will not scold, even if they want to scold again, King Wu will not be able to accept his suggestion, so the nostrils of the soldiers are angry, and they finally ask King Wu to resign.

King Wu agreed, and sent two or three eunuchs to send the soldiers down.

Obviously, even if Sun Changqing admitted that his brave battle was not as good as his husband's strength, King Wu did not easily entrust his military power, and looking at his appearance, it seemed that he was hesitating whether his husband could take on the great task of defeating the Qin army.

Seeing this, Fan Li was already sure that it was a good thing for his husband to receive military power, so he inadvertently hooked the corners of his mouth.

Sure enough, after half a pillar of incense, King Wu finally took into account the checks and balances above the court of Wu State, and Fang Cai was relieved of his husband: "How sure are you that you can defeat the Qin army quickly?" ”

"Brother Chen's victory is in his hands!" The husband had already sensed King Wu's hesitation, so he preemptively made a military order: "If the subordinate brother cannot defeat the Qin army, he will return to the king with the head of the master!" ”

It seems that he was touched by the courage and victory of the husband, and the king of Wu also took out the talisman from his side, stood up, walked in front of the husband, and said: "Okay, Lone is to prepare a celebration banquet for you in the Yingdu, this time, Lone is to hand over the Gusu Wang's army to you to control it together, and it is necessary to defeat the Qin army quickly!" ”

The husband took the talisman from King Wu's hand, and also responded: "The younger brother dares to live up to the king's order!" "Please pay attention to the latest chapters in the future