Chu State, Purple Smoke Palace of King Zhao.

King Zhao read the secret report sent by Dou Xin again and again, and King Zhao knew the propositions of Dou Xin and the generals, but he was not in a hurry to deal with King Zhao of Wu State.

Although the king of Yue had the abacus of the king of Yue, he wanted to use the state of Chu to restrain the state of Wu. But King Zhao also has his own calculations: for now, King Zhao is most interested not in the state of Wu, but in the small countries around him.

Since more than a year ago, after the king of Wu Lu drove the country, King Zhao ordered Wang Sun to destroy the state of Dun first and then the state of Hu because he was a general. Taking advantage of the period when Wu Wangfu was in the period of filial piety, when Wu and Yue were competing, King Zhao began to clean up the surrounding small countries, expand the territory, and get a lot of benefits.

The Qinsheng Hall of this Purple Smoke Palace is the place where King Zhao received the ministers after the next dynasty, and it is actually the meeting hall of the Hou/Palace. The room was neat and spacious, except that the case placed in the middle of the room was extremely large, and a large pile of bamboo slips was piled on it, blocking half of King Zhao's body.

Zixi sat cross-legged on his head, and sometimes saw King Zhao submerged in the pile of bamboo slips, so he turned his head and asked, "Since the king advocates waiting and watching first, he will deal with it after the situation is clear." But Yue Jiao, the envoy of the Yue Kingdom, urges in the court every day, how should the minister reply? ”

King Zhao lowered his head and thought for a while before he said slowly: "Although the widow also has the intention of sending troops to help Vietnam. But since Wu has raised troops to attack Vietnam, it is natural that he will not be unguarded against our country. After Dou Xin inquired and understood, he made a decision. The special envoy of the Vietnamese country, Xiang Guo, treats each other well, and it is inconvenient to reply for the time being. ”

Zixi nodded in agreement, was silent for a long time, and sighed: "Although we have finally breathed a sigh of relief over the years, the minister is always thinking that Wu State, with tens of thousands of people, can actually attack Yingdu in five battles, what is this for?" Has the king thought about it? ”

King Zhao saw that Zixi suddenly said this. He also felt heavy and replied, "I don't know how many times I have thought about it, and there are many reasons, but there is one point, it is very important to correctly judge the whole situation. At that time, according to the judgment of the widows, they thought that Wu was only a medium-sized country and did not have the ability to launch a devastating campaign against our country, so when Wu attacked us, we did not seriously prepare for the enemy. ”

Zixi took over the conversation: "Are we ready for a decisive battle with the Wu army now?" ”

King Zhao shook his head: "The widow thinks that although the grandson is hidden. But the soldiers are still there, and the soldiers still have the intention of cowardly the enemy in their hearts. ”

"The battle of Wuyue was lost and both were lost, wouldn't it be beautiful for me to sit and reap the profits? Why risk your troops for an alliance that has no real meaning? ”

"The widow has asked Dou Xin to investigate again, if Wu is defenseless along the western route, the widow will send a division to attack Wu. On the other hand, the widow will not move. ”

The two of them discussed properly: as long as Wu Guo made this strategic mistake. took the opportunity to take revenge. Shame on the country with snow. If the state of Wu is prepared, it will take the opportunity to cut off the wings of the state of Wu and expand its territory.

A few days later, Dou Xin, who was stationed in Shaoguan, sent a secret report: after careful investigation, the important border towns in the western part of Wu were guarded by large soldiers, and the border people were more strictly controlled by the Wu army. And the sailors of Taihu Lake did not all dispatch, leaving 5,000 elite soldiers to garrison Liangshan, with the intention of guarding against the Chu State.

King Zhao saw that Wu was prepared and could not play a strategic sneak attack. The results are difficult to assess. Seeing this, King Zhao made up his mind and refused to send troops.

Yue Jiao, the special envoy of the Yue country, had no choice but to return to China to report the news.

King Zhao saw Wu Yue fighting each other, and he had no time to care, so he locked his eyes on Cai Guo. In the past, Tang and Cai teamed up with the Wu army to attack the Yingdu of Chu, although the Tang State has been destroyed, but the Cai State still exists, so King Zhao sent Wang Sun to attack Cai and want to raise the teacher to ask for the guilt.

King Zhao chose this strategic opportunity: Wu was concentrating on dealing with Yue, and Cai was left alone. Just when Wu Wangfu sent a crusade against the Yue Kingdom, King Zhao stayed out of the matter, but took advantage of this strategic space and sent troops to attack the Cai State. Cai Hou saw that the general trend had gone, so he had to bow down and surrender to the state of Chu, and the state of Cai perished from then on.

The state of Chu became the fisherman of the battle of Wuyue, which is a later story.

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There are two flowers, one on each branch. Or return to the Wuyue battlefield.

At this time, the Wu army had already invaded the border of Yue, and when they arrived at Jiaoshan, the two armies met. So they set up camp and began to arrange their troops.

On a winding path, a number of men in short jackets, skilled, and swift horses.

I returned to Huiji first, but the king of Yue had already left the division, and inquired that the Yue army was camped in Jiaoshan, and these horsemen rushed to Jiaoshan.

This is Yue Jiao, the envoy to the state of Chu, who only brought a few plainclothes guards to Jiaoshan to report to the king of Yue.

After rounding a hill, a faint shouting was heard. Yue Jiao signaled to a few of his entourage, and a few stopped their horses and quietly stood at an intersection to watch. But he saw that the two armies of Wu and Yue were in an open field in front of Jiaoshan and rushed to kill.

I saw that the two armies were fighting each other, and when I looked at the past from here, the east battle array was the Vietnamese army, and the Chinese army was flying the banner of the king of Yue; To the west is the Wu army, and the Chinese army is flying the banner of King Wu. The vanguard general of the Vietnamese army is Linggufu, and the vanguard of the Wu army is Wang Sun Luo, both of whom are famous generals of the two countries. The two were fighting on the open ground in front of the two armies. This Linggufu is a long knife, and after Linggufu used this knife to hit King Wu Lu hard, Linggufu took this knife as a sacred object and did not replace other weapons.

This Wu general Wang Sun Luo made a long halberd, and Linggufu's long knife was very heavy and sharp; Wang Sun Luo also did not show weakness, a long halberd flew up and down, hooking, stabbing, chopping, and intercepting moves.

The two generals fought each other for dozens of rounds, and there was no winner or loser. The two armies withdrew their troops, and the two generals retreated to their own positions. In less than a moment, the drums sounded again, and each of the two formations rushed out and fought with each other.

Yue Jiao took a closer look and knew that this must be the first battle between the two armies. In the first battle between the two armies, in order to find out the reality and details of the opponent, the two sides often just put up their own formations to show their military might and morale. The vanguard and main generals of the two armies can fight each other in the first formation, and the large army often only maintains the formation to prevent the other side from impacting, so the first formation is mostly a virtual formation, mainly to test the virtual reality and show the military might, but the decisive battle of life and death will only be carried out in the later engagement.

The two generals fought for more than ten rounds, and the two armies once again withdrew their own troops.

I saw that the rear armies of the two armies slowly retreated, the rear army became the front army, and the front army became the rear army. The two armies retreated in order, without a trace of panic.

Yue Jiao looked at the rear of his own army and found that his army was camped at the foot of Jiao Mountain, so he beckoned a few followers, did not ride horses, and led the horses slowly to the camp.

Yue Jiao waited outside the Chinese army tent of King Yue for half an hour, only to see King Yue Goujian leading a group of civil ministers and military generals to walk towards the big tent. Yue Jiao sighed, bowed his head and knelt at the entrance outside the big tent.

Gou Jian is full of heroism, and after this formation, it seems that the Wu army is not as strong as imagined, and it is nothing more than that. Gou Jian was joking with several generals and happily walked towards the big tent.

Gou Jian saw a few people kneeling outside the big tent, was wondering, looked down, and saw that it was Yue Jiao, so he pulled up Yue Jiao with both hands, with a look of expectation: "Mr. has been fortunate all the way, please get up quickly!" Hurry up, please! ”

After entering the big tent of the Chinese army, Gou Jian sat on the handsome chair in the center, and the generals stood on both sides.

Yue Jiao knelt down and replied: "The minister sent an envoy to the Chu State, and he was worthy of the king's trust." The king of Chu replied that the Wu army had deployed heavy troops in the west, and also left part of the naval division to guard against the surprise attack of the Chu state, so the king of Chu was reluctant to send troops to attack the Wu state. The minister has insulted the mission, please condemn the king! ”

After Yue Jiao finished speaking, he presented the back letter. Gou Jian didn't look at it carefully, so he put it on the case and was silent.

When the generals heard this, they all looked at each other. But a general, Linggufu, stepped forward and said loudly: "Even if the King of Chu is unwilling to send troops, we are not afraid!" The day before yesterday, he led his army to attack and lost his life. Today, my husband is sent to fight, and we will wait for 'the soldiers to block, and the water to cover the earth', what are you afraid of him? ”

Gou Jian strengthened his spirit, patted a few cases lightly with his hand, and glanced around at the generals: "There is nothing to be afraid of." General Linggufu is right, since the widow has decided to fight to the death with the Wu army, even if the Chu State is unwilling to send troops, the widow cannot have any other choice. Decree of the widow: From now on, the generals are not allowed to discuss the main battle or the main peace. Between Wu and Yue, this battle was ultimately unavoidable. Please keep your spirits up and fight again tomorrow! ”

The generals will retreat. (To be continued......)