King Wu led his division back to China to quell the rebellion of Fuji, and ordered Wu Yuan and Sun Wu to defend in Yingdu and confront the Qin-Chu coalition army. But within a few days, the two received an edict from King Wu ordering the class teacher.

Sun Wu, as the commander of the Wu army who stayed in Yingdu, received the order of the Wu king's class teacher, so he discussed with the soldiers: "The king is worried that the Yue Kingdom will take advantage of our internal strife and be unfavorable to me, so he ordered me to wait for the class teacher to return to China. Now that the enemy division is on the flank, our army must retreat with all its bodies, and it is necessary to formulate a comprehensive withdrawal. Otherwise, our army will be divided into divisions, and the enemy army will take the opportunity to cover up and kill, which will not be beautiful. ”

Wu Yuan said: "The Yue people have always been good at playing some intrigues, if the Yue country and the husband join forces, Gusu will be attacked by the enemy, but it will also be a little dangerous." But the king has already led the army back to China, and he will definitely be able to sweep away the rebellion of the army, so why should the army also be a teacher? "The general will not be subject to the order of the king outside", I thought that the Qin army could not last, and if it was outside for a long time, it was natural to want to fight quickly, as long as we insisted on not fighting, the Qin army would retreat. ”

Sun Wu sighed: "Although what Zixu said is reasonable, but we have not decided on Chu for a year; Now that the Qin State has sent troops, it has increased our strategic pressure, do we have more options? Now that there are changes in the country, the king has a reason to withdraw his troops, and the king has already understood that the state of Chu cannot be destroyed! A natural withdrawal is the most rational decision. ”

After thinking about it, the Wu Yuan first decided to 'destroy Chu', but the meat of Chu was too fat for Wu to swallow; later, before he could implement it, Qin had already sent troops, and the Qin-Chu strategic alliance had been formed with the efforts of Shen Baoxu.

The two were discussing, and a guard in front of the tent came to report: "A letter from the Chu camp was delivered, saying that it was handed over to the general." ”

Judging from the letter of the Wu Yuan's order, it turned out to be the letter of the deceased Shen Baoxu, to the effect:

"The monarchs and ministers of Wu have a large army to attack Chu, and the momentum is like a bamboo. The five wars pulled out the Yingdu, and the soldiers were so sharp; But after occupying Yingdu for several months, you and other monarchs and ministers have no way to destroy Chu, nor do they have the wisdom to destroy Chu, this is the heaven that does not destroy Chu! Providence is like this, why should my brother be strong? The elder brother was full of grievances, and took 'destroying Chu' as his filial piety, and now he has fulfilled his promise, but his younger brother swears to 'save Chu' as his ambition, and he wants to fulfill his words today! The righteousness of a friend is the ambition of a friend. Do not hurt each other. As long as the elder brother does not fight to the death, the younger brother will not do his best to Qin Chu, so as not to be injured twice, it will not help......"

After the two of them saw it, the soldier muttered: "Bao Xu's words are not unreasonable. Now our army has achieved quite a lot of results. It can be said that this battle is in vain! ”

Sun Wudao: "It's a pity that I lost the great opportunity of 'weak Chu' at the beginning: if my army attacks and breaks through Yingdu, I will abolish King Zhao." Xiong Sheng, the son of Prince Jian, was re-established as the new monarch. That would be a huge blow to the state of Chu. And we have the merit of supporting the new king. Chu Zhixinjun will naturally be grateful, and will look forward to my country. This plan can't be done, it's a pity! ”

The soldier said silently for a while: "Tens of thousands of our army drove into Chu, destroyed its temple, and fell into its society; The room of the living, the wife of the enemy. How happy it is to whip the coffin of the enemy! Now, although the Qin division is brave and has won two battles, it has not hurt my main force. In this situation. The king has an order to teach the class, I thought I could retire! ”

Sun Wudao: "If you retreat, you will retreat!" But isn't it a shame to retreat so empty-handed and not gain anything strategically? We can still make some fuss about Xiong Sheng, the son of the late crown prince Jian. ”

The soldier suddenly realized, and even called for goodness, so the soldier replied:

"King Ping killed the innocent prince, killed the innocent loyal minister, my Wu family suffered from it, and I couldn't wait for it, so there is today's war; The former overlord Qi Huan Gong, once had Xing Liwei and became famous through the ages; Qin Mugong set the Jin monarch three times, and he was not greedy for an inch of land in the Jin country, and it has been recited to this day. Although I am not talented, I deeply feel the righteousness of my ancestors. Now Xiong Sheng, the son of the late crown prince Jian, lives in the country of Wu, and has no land, I deeply pity him! If Chu Jun can welcome back Xiong Sheng and seal Dayi, I will definitely become a long-cherished wish of the virtuous brother, and the whole virtuous brother will regain the ambition of Chu! ”

Shen Baoxu got the soldier to reply and report to Zixi to understand. Bao Xu said: "Wu Jun's request is just to seal Xiong Sheng, can the coach accept it?" ”

Zixi said: "The prince has no fault, Xiong Sheng is innocent, and there should have been a fief." If you agree to this request, I will handle it. ”

Unexpectedly, there was no one in the account, but the general Shen Zhuliang, admonished: "Prince Jian has been deposed, Xiong Sheng is the enemy of our country and the enemy, and it is also the enemy of the king." Why does the coach raise hatred for the country? ”

Zixi was a little disdainful and said, "What is hatred?" Xiong Sheng is just an insignificant horseman, even if he is sealed in Dayi, it is difficult to make a difference. What are you afraid of! ”

The generals were speechless, so Zixi pretended to be ordered by the king of Chu to send an envoy to Wu to recruit Xiong Sheng to return to the country, and promised to seal Dayi.

The soldiers had to apply for Bao Xu's reply, and soon visited the Malay newspaper that the Chu envoy had recruited Xiong Sheng to return to the country and seal it. So Sun Wu and the soldiers began to discuss the matter of retiring from the army.

Sun Wu discussed with the soldiers: "The capital of the Yingdu treasury will be plundered away. On the border of Chu State, it is necessary to move out of 10,000 Chu households to enrich the people of our country. The battle lasted more than a year, killing 1,000 enemies and losing 800 self-losses. The affairs of the soldiers are all done as a last resort. Our country should recuperate for a period of time, otherwise the recklessness of military force will hurt the country's foundation. ”

The soldier said: "Please lead the main force to take the warship and go down the river." I want to take the land route, bring a small army, and return to Wu along the old road, but I want to go to a few old things. ”

Sun Wu promised to lead the main force of the Wu army, loaded with the wealth and goods of the Chu State, and went along the east of the river.

The soldiers led the army to Shaoguan and returned to Wu along the old road of fleeing that day. When they arrived in Shaoguan, the soldiers sent soldiers to search for the whereabouts of Donggao Gong and Huangfu Ne, but they could not find it. The soldiers also went to the grassland and secret room of Donggao Gong, but they no longer existed.

The soldier sighed: "What a master in the world! Then the soldiers bowed their heads and bowed down in the grass place, and they went away in a daze.

At this time, Shaoguan was no longer garrisoned, and the soldiers ordered the soldiers to set fire to destroy the pass, and moved out of the ten thousand Chu families for Wu people, in order to enrich the empty land of Wu.

When the soldiers crossed Shaoguan, they arrived in Liyang, thinking that when they fled, Ju Nu Huansha and water, gave wheat rice, fed themselves, and gave hairpin rings as their own begging for life. Later, because she drew a snake by herself, she asked a lot of questions, and in order to be self-evident, Ju Nu threw herself into the water and died. Every time the soldiers think of this, they are all heartbroken and remorseful.

The soldier said to the generals around him: "I was once hungry here, and I was fortunate to meet a woman with a yarn. This woman's name is Ju Nu, and she gave me food and a hairpin ring, so I can save my life. Later, because of me, the girl fell into the water and died, leaving her mother alone. Later, I buried her hastily, on the bloodstone, I wonder if this handwriting is still there today? ”

So the sergeants searched around for a while, and according to the memories of the soldiers, everyone found the stone of the inscription. The handwriting on it can still be faintly discernible.

The soldiers wanted to repay the virtue of the daughter, but they didn't know their home.

The soldiers were stunned for a long time, and ordered the sergeant to throw money into the place where the girl threw himself into the water, wanting to repay him with a thousand gold. The army continued to move forward for less than a mile, but on the side of the road, I saw a blind old woman with white hair flowing and a bamboo cane in her hand on her chest, standing on the side of the road and crying.

The sergeant asked strangely, "Why is the old woman so sad?" ”

The old woman cried: "The concubine has a daughter, who is nearly thirty years old and unmarried, just because the concubine is blind, and this is the only daughter. If she marries outside, she is worried that the concubine will not be able to take care of herself, so she vows not to marry. More than ten years ago, she was making a yarn here, met a fugitive person, and gave him food and a hairpin. After the fear of leaking, my daughter threw herself into the river. Later, the concubine heard that the person who gave me the food was a deceased minister of Chu. Today, the concubine heard that the soldiers returned victoriously, and the concubine came to sigh that the concubine's gift that day was worth it; Second, the sad concubine can't be retributed, isn't it wronged? ”

The sergeant took pity on his feelings, led the old woman to meet the soldiers, and told him about the matter. The soldiers were overjoyed, and ordered the old woman to board the car and take it to Wu to support the old man without mentioning it.

Wu Yuan and Sun Wu returned to China, Yue Wang Yun often learned about it, knew that Sun Wu and Wu Yuan were good at using soldiers, Fu Ji had fled to the Song State, and the strategic intention of Yue Guo to send troops to attack Gusu with Fu Ji was basically aborted. So the king of Yue had to lead the army to return to the country and give up the proposal to destroy Wu.

However, since he has already colluded with his husband, he will inevitably regard Yue Guo as an enemy. Yue Wang Yunchang knew that he had offended the king of Wu, so he came up with a strategy to protect himself - to tie himself to a chariot with the state of Chu, join the alliance of the state of Chu, and deal with the increasingly arrogant state of Wu. This is also an important strategic means for small countries to survive among large countries. (To be continued......)