The capital of the Yue Kingdom will be Ji, and the South Wind Hall of the Autumn Palace of the Yue King Goujian.

Through the dimly lit windows, you can see that this room is small and exquisite, and the interior decoration and furnishings have a faint Jiangnan atmosphere. The white curtains fell, and the faint curtains swayed gently in the breeze. The green smoke on the copper tripod curls, and the rhombic pane is covered with a layer of pale yellow silk silk, which looks very warm; There is a case and a couch in the room, but behind the couch is a closet full of walls, on which are bundles of bamboo slips. There is a copper bean lamp and a small tripod on the desk, which looks like a study.

On the floor of the room is a fine bamboo mat woven with a diamond-shaped lattice pattern. There sat a man in his twenties, with a thin face, slender eyebrows, and a sheepskin map in his hand. This map is full of mountains and rivers, and every stroke of ink is extraordinary, and that is all that the country has condensed.

"Huzhou?" The young man muttered to himself, searched the bean lamp on the map for a moment, and tapped the index finger of his right hand on a spot on the map with a thoughtful look.

At this time, a guard whispered outside the door: "Report to the king, General Linggufu has arrived." ”

When the man heard this, he stepped out of the door and welcomed Linggu into the room. After the throne was given, the man asked, "Does the general know about King Wu's army to conquer our country?" ”

Linggu nodded and said, "The minister only learned the news today. However, the ministers had different opinions and did not know how to deal with them. ”

This person is Goujian, the king of Yue, because Wu Wangfu sent to avenge his father and raised troops to attack Yue. And Linggu Fu was seriously injured in the battle of Wutai Mountain, and he was seriously injured and died. This time, Wu Guo raised troops to avenge the guilt of Lu Lu, and Linggufu was naturally a big matter as a party.

"The minister also heard some ministers talking, saying that the king should hand over the ministers to the king of Wu and ask for peace with the state of Wu. lest our country suffer such a great calamity. ”

Gou Jian's face was full of anger, and he said angrily: "Who dares to talk like this? The general is the pillar of the country, and he has repeatedly performed miraculous feats for the country, how can a widow destroy the Great Wall because Wu raised troops to punish the guilt? ”

Linggufu was silent for a long time, and said worriedly: "But this time, Wu Guo worshiped Wu Zixu as the marshal of the southern expedition and raised the army of the country, if it relies on the strength of our country, it is difficult to be the enemy of Wu State." ”

"Tomorrow the widow will discuss this matter in the court. The widow summoned you here late this night to tell you that no matter what the other ministers say, the widow has no intention of presenting the general to the king of Wu. Please don't worry about it, general. In response to Wu Jun's strategy, the widow has already made arrangements. When the time comes, the general can only fight bravely to kill the enemy. ”

Linggu was overjoyed when she heard this. Since hearing the news of Wu's large-scale invasion of Vietnam today, there have been two factions in the country, the main guard and the main peace. The opinion of the main defender faction is to raise the whole country's troops, defend along the Orange State, and do not take the initiative to fight a decisive battle with the Wu army. Defend but not attack. As long as it can withstand the attack of the Wu army, the logistics of the Wu army will be short of food and grass. I will retire from the army. The main defender faction is represented by General Fan Li. Advocating a defensive position when the strength is at a disadvantage is equivalent to fighting on the defensive.

However, the opinion of the other faction is that the state of Wu rose up to pour the country's troops, the king of Wu came to avenge his father, and the soldiers were very capable of using soldiers, and even the state of Chu was not an opponent, but with the power of the country. It must be an egg hitting a stone. Therefore, it is recommended that King Yue make peace with Wu Guo and send more beautiful treasures, even if he hands over Linggufu. The country's social affairs are far more important than the life of a general, at a time when the life and death of the country are at stake. can't be emotional, it's the right thing to do with the car. This school is represented by the doctor's language. Knowing that he is not the opponent of the Wu army, as long as he can keep the country of Yue, Linggufu is the hero of the country, and for the sake of the country, the hero will do it to the end.

This is where Linggufu's indignation lies. If King Yue adopts the opinion of the Lord and the faction, he is the father-killing enemy of Fucha, and he will naturally be asked by Fucha by name, and he will not be chopped into meat by Fucha?

On the second day, in the main hall of the palace of Huiji, Goujian, the king of Yue, was in the right position, and the ministers were lined up on both sides.

Gou Jian's face was as heavy as frost, and the ministers were silent, all of them grim.

Gou Jian got up and stepped off the throne, glanced at everyone with his eyes, and said: "Yesterday, the Ma Lai reported that the Wu army divided the water and land armies to the border city of Huzhou, and approached the land of Orange Prefecture on the border of our country. Now that the soldiers are pressing, you can talk about the countermeasures of Aiqing one by one. ”

There was a silence in the hall at first, the vermilion carved wooden pillars, the sandalwood wisps on the hall; The copper tripod was silent and speechless.

After a while, I saw a person hanging his head out of class, kneeling on the ground, and said loudly: "Wu Wang Lu died at the hands of my country, today his son and husband sent his relatives to conscript, raise troops to take revenge, Wu Guo has been a strong soldier for more than three years, and its momentum is unstoppable!" The Wu army came in a narrow rage, and the soldiers were united, and its momentum was flourishing, so it was better to defend the city, form a connection in the area of Orange State, and use the tactics of exhausting the enemy to make a plan to hold on. ”

This person is the minister Fan Li, who is more than 30 years old, and the doctor's culture is all from the Yingdu clan of Chu State. Because when the state of Chu was in Pingwang, the country was sluggish, and the traitorous ministers were in power, and neither of them could be reused, so Fan Li and Wen Chong fled to the Yue country, and were used by the king of Yue, and then Yun Chang drove it, and the two of them assisted Gou Jian wholeheartedly.

Gou Jian groaned and did not answer, and another doctor said: "In the humble opinion of the minister, it is better to apologize for the crime with humble words and make peace with Wu Guo." As long as King Wu agrees to withdraw from the army, he will slowly figure it out in the future. If you resist it today, it will be like the story of Chu State, when the country is ruined, you will regret it! ”

The other ministers all played, and the civil ministers advocated peace, while the military generals mostly suggested sending troops to defend it.

Gou Jian waved his hand to the ministers in the hall, and the ministers stopped buzzing. Gou Jian said in a deep voice: "The widow has a strategy, and the ministers will discuss it after hearing it." Now the state of Wu has raised troops to fight, my Yue country and Chu country are the country of marriage, for the alliance federation, and the state of Chu is the feud of the state of Wu, with the wrath of breaking the country, if I join forces with Yue and Chu, and send troops on both roads, Wu will be invincible with two fists and four hands, and the Wu army can be broken! ”

When the ministers heard Gou Jian's words, they were all shocked. It seems that the king of Yue not only did not seek peace, but was unwilling to defend it, but wanted to form an alliance with the state of Chu and have a face-to-face confrontation with the Wu army.

Fan Li said: "Of course, the king's plan is brilliant. However, the minister was worried that once the state of Chu did not send troops, and our country alone blocked the attack of the Wu army, it would be very dangerous. ”

Wen Chong came out of class again, and fell to the ground and wept: "The king can't! After the monarchs and ministers of Chu were attacked by the Wu army and broke through the Yingdu, they were afraid of the Wu army like a tiger, how could they send troops today because the Wu army attacked our country? If the State of Chu does not send troops, we will go toe-to-toe with the Wu army, and it will be in danger! ”

"It is not advisable for the Lord to keep peace with the Lord, and the widow thinks it is not advisable. Wu is our feud, and if we want to survive and develop, this Wu country is an obstacle in front of us. If the enemy calls for battle at the door of the house, and we dare not fight, won't we let the enemy despise me and have no one in the country? Doctor, please leave. The widow has made up his mind! The widow has sent envoys to Yingdu to join forces with the king of Chu to attack the state of Wu, so that the state of Wu will be attacked on both sides and bring humiliation on itself! ”

The ministers wanted to persuade again, but seeing that Gou Jian was very resolute, they had no choice but to give up.

Gou Jian ordered: Fan Li is the deputy general of the unified army, and he will transfer troops to various places to assemble in Orange State; He also ordered the doctor to be the regent of the country and defend the capital;

So Gou Jian Xingshi, recruited 30,000 soldiers and horses from all walks of life across the country, and led the army to recruit in person. Ren Linggu was the forward general, Xu Gan was the deputy general, and he was responsible for the deployment of weapons, grain and grass, and led the army to Orange State to meet the enemy.

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And Yingdu, the capital of Chu State, is thousands of miles away from the Wuyue battlefield, but it is also extremely unpeaceful. In the face of King Yue's request to send troops to attack Wu, there was an uproar in the court of Chu, and the voices of support and opposition were overwhelming.

In the state of Chu, those who supported and opposed the sending of troops to aid Vietnam were also divided into two camps: the opposition led by Xiang Guozixi and the supporters led by army generals. Although Xiangguo Zixi put forward the national strategic policy of "uniting with Vietnam to control Wu", at this time, the Chu State had not completely broken free from the last defeat, and the trauma and shadow of the war were still fresh in his memory, so Zixi believed that the army of the Chu State was not completely prepared to fight against the Wu army psychologically at this time. The generals of Chu State, led by Right Sima Douxin, have always hoped to compete with their former opponents on the battlefield in their lifetime, take revenge, and regain their glory as warriors, so most of the generals supported sending troops and joined forces with Yue to attack Wu, forcing Wu to form a passive situation of two-way warfare.

And how will King Chu Zhao choose? The soldiers of the Yue Kingdom have moved, and Gou Jian has made the choice of fighting to the death with Wu Guoyi without hesitation. The young monarch has left the fate of his country in the hands of another country, and he wants to know what will happen next, and look at the next chapter. (To be continued......)