Chapter Ninety-Three: Suihou but Wu
After the soldiers found out that King Zhao was running with him, and after inviting him to join him, he led the army to the southern frontier of Suiguo and stationed troops in the wilderness. This time, the soldiers led 30,000 soldiers, Ren Yuepeng was the vanguard, and the general was determined to follow.
The Wu army entered a no-man's land and set up a large camp in the land of Jingshan in Suiguo. This Jingshan is the gateway to Suizhou, the capital of Suiguo, where Wu Jun Chen soldiers formed a strong military pressure on the monarchs and ministers of Suiguo. It seems that the soldiers want to use the power of soldiers to impose on the marquis and force the king of Zhao.
The deputy general Zhuan Yi has always been cautious, and when he saw that Suiguo had no power to fight back, he suggested to the soldiers: Because Suiguo is a vassal country of Chu State, the territory is narrow, and the radius is only a few hundred miles, it is better to intimidate each other with words and surrender the soldiers without a fight.
The soldier thought it was kind, so he personally wrote a letter to Suihou, to the effect that:
…… We are all the people of the Great Zhou Emperor, and our ancestors had their own fiefs. Now, please look around the Chu State, although those small countries have a small territory and a weak national strength, they are all descendants of the subjects of the Great Zhou Emperor. But today's Hanshui countries have all been swallowed up by the king of Chu.
Now, God bless the State of Wu and not be deceived by the State of Chu. The monarchs and ministers of our country worked hard, so they were able to Chen Bingyingdu, destroy their temples, and ask Chu Jun for their crimes. If the virtuous monarch can hand over the Chu Wangzhen and make friends with our country, then the field of Hanyang will belong to the prince! In this way, King Wu and Xianjun are brothers, friendly for generations, serving the king of Zhou and nomadic princes. On the contrary, if Xianjun blindly shirks yin and yang, we can only Chen Bing Suizhou to ask Jun'an! ……
With the book of the soldiers, I know that the big thing is not good. Although he has long been mentally prepared, now that Wu Jun has already surrendered to Jingshan, it will only be a few days to take Suizhou. Suihou couldn't help but feel anxious and restless.
Casually, the marquis sent a letter to the monarchs and ministers of Chu in the military camp outside the city, inviting them to enter the city to discuss matters; He also summoned the ministers of the country to discuss the countermeasures.
King Zhao saw that the Wu army was coming, and the soldiers with him were outnumbered, and it was difficult to rely on. And now the Chu army is only more than 10,000 people, and the army's morale is not in order. With no fighting spirit and no ability to resist Wu at all, King Zhao had the intention of running north to the princes.
King Zhao said: "Thank you Xianjun for always supporting us and other monarchs and ministers, today the Wu army is pressing, and the widow has the intention of running north, Xianjun does not have to worry." ”
When the ministers of Chu State heard this, they were all shocked. Because King Zhao ran north to the princes, the dream of recovering the country was even more distant, which they could not accept, unless it was a last resort.
At this time, the child period knelt before King Zhao. Wept and said: "If the king runs north, then how can the military and people of our country be based? Since Wu Jun asked for the king, the minister had a plan, and asked the king to agree. ”
And all the people looked at the child and listened to what he had planned.
"The minister and the king are brothers. The appearance of the minister and the king is very similar. Now that the matter is critical, it is better to replace the minister with the king. Dedicated to Wu Jun. Let's steal the beam and change the pillar. The Wu army won the puppet king, and he would retreat. In this way, the current crisis can be solved. ”
When the ministers heard the plan of the sub-period, they all looked at each other and were silent.
King Zhao helped Ziqi up, shook his head and said, "Brother's strategy must not be!" Once it is recognized by the Wu people. Not only did it not help, but he lost his brother's life in vain. This is a must-have! ”
Wang Sun Yin also said: "This time, Wu Jun is a soldier as a general, he was originally a Chu minister, how could he not recognize the king?" Besides, even if you can get away with it now. But exposure is a matter of time. Once this matter is exposed, Wu Jun will find it again. It is indeed inappropriate for the minister to think that this plan cannot solve the fundamental problem! ”
The ministers have been thinking for a long time, but there is no good plan. King Zhao still proposed the old way: run to the Qin State in the north. It was the country where his mother grew up, and it was a country that had some kind of blood connection with him, and it seemed that he could rely on it.
Although the monarchs and ministers of Suiguo had the intention of not being able to bear it, the soldiers of Wu State pressed the border, and they had more than enough strength but not enough strength, so they had to make material preparations for the monarchs and ministers of Chu to flee north, prepare fast horses and dry food, and send some property.
However, another problem was placed in front of the monarchs and ministers of the Chu State: how should the more than 10,000 Chu masters be handled?
Any country, even if it can take in this group of civil and military generals, will definitely not be able to accept an army like you that cannot be underestimated like Suiguo.
So, King Zhao hesitated. The monarchs and ministers of the state of Chu temporarily stayed in Suiguo and waited and watched.
On this day, he couldn't sleep at night, and fell asleep in the middle of the night. Later, I suddenly had a dream: I was in the people, the east neighbor was a tiger, and the west neighbor was meat; Holding a brocade silk in his hand.
Early in the morning of the second day, before the Hou got up, he ordered Taishi Yao Bo to enter the palace and interpret his dreams for divination.
Yao Bo listened to Suihou talk about the dream, took two pieces of tortoise shell, and after worshipping the gods and demons, he divined and said: "Peace must be time, and it will be repeated; Therefore, don't give up, don't want to be new. ”
"Qing is a widow."
The meaning of the hexagram is that nothing is smooth sailing, but is repeated in good times and bad times. The state of Chu has only encountered a temporary setback now, so the old people cannot be abandoned, and the new friends cannot be trusted. ”
Sui Hou thought about it for a long time on the couch, and said for a while: "It seems that the sky will not destroy Chu!" The widow must think of a way to help Chu Jun. ”
Yao Bodao: "The State of Chu is our old master, the old man, and the State of Wu is the new man." The eastern neighbor is the country of Wu, which is in the form of a tiger and wolf in a dream; The western neighbor is the state of Chu, which is in the form of fish and meat. There is a brocade silk in the king's hand, covering the flesh, which means that the king can save the king of Chu from the end. The ghosts and gods have made it clear here, please enlighten the king. ”
So Suihou sent a letter to King Zhao again, asking the monarchs and ministers of Chu to stay in Suiguo, and he already had a strategy for Wu.
Together with Taishi Yaobo, Suihou discussed the rejection of Wu Ren's request. Sui Hou personally drafted the book and replied to the soldiers:
"Since the turbulent times, Yiyi has established a country based on Chu. Between the two countries, there is a covenant in the world. Chu Jun is the old owner of Eyi, and he fled here today, and Eyi did not dare to accept it. Now the monarchs and ministers of Chu have heard that the general is leading the troops to come, and they have fled to other countries. Please think about it carefully: How dare I hinder the soldiers of the great country with the slightest trace of the country? Therefore, the monarchs and ministers of the Chu State are worried that our country's soldiers are small and outnumbered, and they are not the general's opponents, so they have already defected to other places, please check the general! ”
When the soldiers received Suihou's reply, they thought about it carefully, and they also felt that Suihou was very reasonable: This monarch and minister of Chu State will not be stupid enough to wait for death in Suiguo and let others slaughter him, right? Therefore, he was convinced of the news that the monarchs and ministers of Chu had left Suiguo.
The soldiers showed the reply letter of Suihou, and let Zhuan Yi and Yue Peng and other generals read it, and then discussed: "The king of Chu left Suiguo, where did he go?" ”
Zhuan Yi didn't know about the deception of the marquis, so he told the soldiers: "The young general thinks that the monarchs and ministers of the Chu State are very likely to have fled to the Zheng State. General, please see: After the defeat of the Chu army, Xiangguo did not dare to return to China for fear of crime, and fled to Zheng State. When the monarchs and ministers of the Chu State saw that the sangwa was in Zheng, they would gather in the Zheng State. Therefore, the young general speculated that the king of Chu fled to Zheng State. ”
Wu Yuan saw that Zhuan Yi's words had a certain credibility, and he also had some suspicions that King Zhao had fled to Zheng State. Besides, Zheng Guoren killed Prince Jian before, and his revenge was not avenged. It is better to take this opportunity to raise troops to ask Zheng Guo for his guilt, one can avenge the late prince Jian, and the other can ask Zheng Guo for King Zhao.
The soldiers led an army of 30,000 and turned around and rushed to Zheng, wanting to move to Zheng.
However, for more than ten days, the army of Wu has invaded the border of Zheng State, and no one in Zheng's border guards will dare to fight with the Wu army. However, in a few days, Wu's army was like a bamboo, and the soldiers had already led the army to Xinzheng, the capital of Zheng State, and stationed troops twenty miles away from the suburbs of Xinzheng City.
At this time, Zheng Guoxian's ministers and You Ji had all died of illness, and there were no unscrupulous ministers and unscrupulous generals in the court. Seeing that Wu Jun was so fast, Zheng Guo's court was shocked, and he didn't know what to do.
When Zheng Dinggong saw that Wu Shi was coming, he blamed Nangwa. So he sent people to intercept and kill him, and presented the corpse of the bag tile to the soldiers. And tell the truth: The monarchs and ministers of Chu State did not come to Zheng State, please check it out! (To be continued......)