Beside Santu Mountain, the phoenix flag is flying, Chu Ge is heroic, 50,000 Chu troops are camped here, and 1,000 chariots are arrayed in a mighty array. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Xiong Zhen, the king of Chu, is more than 30 years old, his face is a little too red, his lips are two whiskers, and he has a short beard under his chin, he wears a gorgeous Chu-style hat, and wears a red rhino leather coat like fire. He stroked the precious scabbard of the sword, stood on the heavy chariot, his eyes swept over the towering Santu Mountain, and suddenly said to Ye Gongzi next to him:

"Back then, King Zhuang's Northern Expedition, the size of the King of Zhou, he had been here, and unconsciously more than 100 years had passed, and it had been a long time since the last time the Chu army marched north through Santu, and the soldiers were in Jindi, right?"

Ye Gongzi, who was the same age as the King of Chu, said humbly: "In the fifty-second year, when the Spirit King was still Ling Yin, he led his army to pass by here and go to meet with Zhao Wenzi......"

"Ye Gong still remembers clearly." The king of Chu suddenly became angry, and laughed: "And today, the widow also followed the path that his uncle walked, and came to the land of Yiluo to hunt with Zhao Wenzi's great-grandson ......."

The left and right Chu State Gongzi Qi, Mo Ao, left and right Sima and others echoed one after another: "It is the king who revitalizes the prestige of the Chu State, and now that the Chu State is strong, he can go north to the Central Plains again." ”

"Is that so?" The King of Chu glanced at them playfully, and then said modestly: "At the beginning of the widow's ascension to the throne, he almost destroyed the Chu State. Today's Chu State is just licking its wounds and not daring to forget the danger, and most of them are letting Yin and Sima preside over the state affairs in order to put everything on the right track, but few people have done much. “

He said frankly: "The widow does not have the great ambition of King Zhuang, so that the Chu State can restore the territory and national strength of the Ping Dynasty, and Gu is already very content, this Northern Expedition is just to repay the favor, so ......"

In addition to Ye Gong's Wan and Ye Zhishi, and the Chu King's own Zuo Guang, there are also Si Hong, one of the seven Mu of Zheng State, Wei Shu, the elder of the Wei family, and Chen Heng of the Chen family of Qi State. In the past few months, these people have lobbied in the state of Chu one after another, trying to persuade the king of Chu to join the Four Kingdoms and fight against the Zhao clan together.

However, there was no direct conflict between the Chu and Zhao clans, and the Wu states were still eyeing the Chen and Cai regions, so the Chu king, Ling Yin, and Sima were naturally not willing to make enemies of the powerful Zhao clan. The emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, and although the overall national strength of the Chu State is stronger than that of Zhao Wuxian's Jin territory, it will not be a problem if they are forced to gather 100,000 troops to fight abroad, but their current energy is focused on the east, and they have little interest in the Central Plains.

Until late February, seeing that the Zhao clan began to make a detour beyond the river, and the Qin-Wei coalition army in the east of the river also made no progress, Chen Heng, the initiator of Lianheng, felt that something was wrong, so he brought a prince of Qin to Chu to persuade Chu to send troops again. As soon as they arrived in the capital on the front foot, they learned of the news that the thieves had defeated the Zheng army and slaughtered 5,000 Zheng soldiers, and there was also a surprise attack by Zhao cavalry on the west side of the river.

"Hedong is in danger!"

Chen Heng was suddenly shocked, thinking that with Zhao Wuxian's previous style, the Qin and Wei coalition forces were afraid that it would be difficult to evacuate from Hedong, and if the western front was defeated, how could the Qi State on the eastern front be unable to support it alone? So he instigated the prince of Qin to cry bitterly in front of the palace of the king of Chu, saying something "The state of Chu is going to die, and the state of Qin will save it; The Qin State is in danger, can Chu sit idly by? Only then did the king of Chu change his attitude.

Although Ye Gong was not in the capital, he knew that the prince of Qin, who was crying outside the palace of the king of Chu, reminded the king of Chu of some of the past......

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That was more than ten years ago, after the Battle of Baiju, Yingdu fell. The king of Chu couldn't even take care of his mother of Qin, so he hurriedly took his sister Ji Mi and his entourage out to escape. He was displaced along the way in Yunmengze, Yuncheng, Suiguo and other places, and almost died in distress several times, or was betrayed and killed by people who hated him, and the Wu army was only separated from him by a wall at the most dangerous time.

The monarch was so miserable, and the state of Chu was also in turmoil, and was almost destroyed by the state of Wu.

At this moment of crisis, Shen Baoxu, the doctor of Chu State, ran to Qin State for help and said to Qin Aigong: "The ambition of Wu State is like an insatiable snake, which wants to swallow up the princes one by one, and the Chu State will perish, and the border of Qin State will not be peaceful." Uncle Qin and Chu are in-laws, and the king of Chu is the son and nephew of Jun, why not send troops to save Chu? If the Qin State can help the Chu State, Chu will never forget the grace of the Qin State for generations! ”

Considering that the national strength of the Qin State was not very strong, and there was a strong neighbor of the Jin State on his side, Qin Aigong was initially unmoved, and prevaricated that he would discuss it with the elders. Shen Baoxu refused to retire or eat, and cried outside the Qin court for 7 days and 7 nights. So Qin Aigong finally agreed, wrote the poem "No Clothes", and sent 500 troops to aid Chu.

And the people who led this Qin army were precisely the eldest son Pu of the current Qin State, and the eldest son of Zuo Shu, Hu.

Qin Shi 500 took out of Wuguan, passed through Shen County, crisscrossed inside and outside Fangcheng, defeated the husband in Yiyi, and destroyed the Tang State for the tiger. Seeing that the general trend in front had gone, and there was a Yue attack in the rear, the whole army withdrew to Wu.

If there was no Shen Baoxu crying for the Qin court, the Qin State was afraid that it would not send troops, and without the help of the Qin State, it would be very difficult for the Chu State to expel the Wu people as soon as possible.

After the king of Chu restored the country, he wanted to reward Shen Baoxu with 5,000 households, and wanted him to be a high-ranking official such as Ling Yin and Sima, but Shen Baoxu didn't think that what he did was anything great. And his old friend Wu Zixu wanted to take revenge on Chu for his death, but Shen Baoxu "didn't leak Zixu's scheme", thinking that he was just using merit to atone for his crimes, so he refused the reward, fled from Yingdu, and lived in seclusion with his wife and children to the south of the Yangtze River.

The king of Chu couldn't ask for it, so he could only use the banner to commend the Shen clan and call it "the door of loyal ministers".

Before leaving, Shen Baoxu left only one letter to the king of Chu, part of which was the promise he made to the monarchs and ministers of Qin when he was in the Qin court, and the state of Chu must remember the kindness of Qin.

"The promise of the horseman, if you still believe your words and do your deeds, how can you break your promise if you have a country of five thousand times?"

So Xiong Zhen, the king of Chu, who has always been famous for his knowledge of grace, ignored the dissuasion of Yin Zixi and Sima Ziqi, went out of the palace to help the prince of Qin up, and wrote the poem "Papaya" to him, "Vote for me with papaya, and repay him with Qiongju." Bandit retribution, always think it is good! "It means that how could he forget the kindness of the Qin State? The decision to send troops to aid Qin was made.

After he led Zuo Guang's 30,000 troops to the land of Wan and Ye to join Ye Gong, he confided in Zigao his bitterness.

"The widow is the grandson of the Qin people, and the Qin State is kind to the Chu State, and the kindness cannot be forgotten, otherwise the people of the world will feel that the Chu State has no faith, how can we stand on the world again? Where to start with the revival of the Chu State? ”

The actions of the king of Chu even made Confucius, who was still living in Yedi, full of praise, thinking that it was a benevolent act, and the king of Chu became the best monarch in the world in his eyes.

"The country of a thousand times, respect and believe, Chu Jun keeps his promise and raises troops, which can be described as trustworthy." He even forgot to pursue the matter of the usurpation of the king of the state of Chu.

However, the purpose of the king of Chu was not as simple as Confucius thought, he discussed with Ye Gong: "The Zhao family has the intention of annexing the Central Plains, if Qin and Zheng are defeated and invaded south to Santu Mountain, then the land of Chu Guowan and Ye will also be disturbed by it. ”

Moreover, the king of Chu was not stupid, he did not want to fight to the death with the Zhao army in an unfamiliar area, but only planned to invade the river and defeat the thief army, so that the Qin and Wei coalition forces could retreat smoothly from here and preserve some strength. When the time comes, the state of Chu will come forward to negotiate peace with the Zhao clan again, and let Qin and Zheng pay some price to reach peace with the Zhao clan, and everyone will be happy. In this way, the State of Chu did not need to exert too much effort to allow Qin Zheng to be preserved.

As for the life and death of the Wei family, whether Hedong can be saved, the king of Chu has no idea at all.

However, when the 50,000 troops of the Chu State bypassed Santu Mountain, what awaited them was the dangerous Luhun City.

The foundation of this city is high, as if it appeared in the clouds and mist, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the Zhao clan has more than 2,000 people stationed in it. Although the Chu army has a large number, it is still difficult to gnaw this hard bone and quickly enter the land beyond the river.

The vanguards who arrived first had already tested the city, and they also informed the king of Chu of a message: "Lu Hun's Zhao army guard will be Wang Sun Sheng......"

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"Wang Sunsheng? Is it the king and grandson of the state of Chu? The king of Chu searched for the memories in his mind, although his father King Chu Ping was a mediocre mess in government affairs, but he was a prolific monarch in terms of giving birth, and there were many sons and sons of the king of Chu, and there were even more princes and grandchildren, but he did not remember that there was a man named "Sheng" in the country.

Ye Gong had been stationed in the north of Chu for a long time, so he knew this person, and he explained to the king of Chu: "It is the son of the abolished prince Jian......

"It's him......" King Chu suddenly frowned.

King of Chu's mother, Bo Ying, the princess of Qin, was originally married by King Chuping for the crown prince, but after arriving in Chu, King Chuping coveted Bo Ying's beauty, so he took it for himself at the instigation of Fei Wuji, which gave rise to Xiong Zhen. And the crown prince Jian also had a gap with King Chuping, and finally defected to the state of Chu, which also caused Wu Hao's family to be killed, and Wu Zixu fled alone. Later, the crown prince Jian died in Zheng State, and Wu Zixu carried his son Wang Sun Sheng into Wu, and finally succeeded in revenge with the help of Wu State, bringing an unforgettable humiliating experience to Xiong Zhen, the king of Chu.

Because it is related to the secrets of the royal family, this is a past incident that is forbidden to be mentioned in the Chu State, but after more than ten years have passed, Xiong Zhen, the king of Chu, who is known for his tolerance, does not care too much, and his brows gradually soothe, but Wang Sunsheng is self-improving, takes the initiative to leave the Wu State, takes refuge in the Zhao family, and makes a name for himself in the Zhao army.

"Back then, Chu State Ling Yin Zimu had a conversation with the doctor Shengzi."

Looking at the accompanying relatives surnamed Mi, the king of Chu said slowly: "Shengzi said that there are many talented doctors in the Jin Kingdom, but most of them are from the Chu State. Because the state of Chu does not use talents, it is like the best catalpa materials and leather, which are produced in Chu, but processed into good things in the Jin country. In the past, such examples emerged one after another, such as the Battle of the Horns, the defeat of the Chu army by the Jin State, which led to the loss of Chu China, which was actually done by the doctor who rebelled against Chu; In the battle of Pengcheng, Jin and Chu encountered in the valley of the horns, and the Chu army was defeated again and lost Dongyi, which was also the reason why the Yongzi of the Chu people gave advice to the Jin people. As for the deeds of Ziling and Miao Benhuang, there is no need to mention it, Jin Ba, Wu Xing, Chu lost the princes, and almost perished, it was these two people who fled to the Jin State to work as doctors, revealing the weaknesses of the Chu State, and supporting the Wu State, these talents who should have been used by the Chu State have continued to harm the Chu State to this day......"

Everyone was silent, these are the history of the defeat of the Chu State, but the King of Chu said it today, but he did not mean to be ashamed. Ye Gongzi Gao was suddenly a little moved, compared to the youth when he first ascended the throne, the King of Chu has grown into a generation of Ming Jun, he is tolerant, he keeps his promises, he loves the people, he knows his limitations, and believes that the future Chu State can become stronger and stronger and restore the glory of the past!

In the end, Xiong Zhen, the king of Chu, pointed to Lu Huncheng, who was facing a great enemy in the distance, and said: "The same is true of the current Wang Sunsheng, who can have a place in the Zhao family, which is full of talents, which shows that he is very talented." Zhu Rong blood, it is not advisable to stay away from the homeland, Brother Wang? ”

"The minister is here." The elder brother of the king of Chu, Gongzi Qi, hurriedly made a promise.

"You draft an edict of the widow and shoot it into the city, saying that the widow does not care about the past, if the nephew is willing to return to the Chu State with this city, he will still be the king and grandson of the Chu State, and the rest of the royal family will be treated equally, and he will be given the land and the people, and the official lord Zhuyu ......"

Xiong Zhen, the king of Chu, had already begun to imagine the scene of him meeting Wang Sun Sheng's uncle and nephew, he stroked his beard and said with a smile: "Victory will come, he should know, widow, keep his word!" ”

PS: Chapter 2 at night

(To be continued.) )