He Lu gathered ministers in the main hall of Wu Palace, worshiped Sun Wu as a general above the court, and led the affairs of Chu in chief, and the soldiers assisted him. He also ordered Zhuan Yi and the new army under his command to be under the control of Sun Wu, and wanted to go south to Tuchu.

Ten miles outside the city of Gusu, the Wu army is in the Dongcheng barracks.

I saw the flags fluttering in the barracks, and the sentry towers on both sides of the gate were towering; A tall wooden stack fence made of giant wood locks the camp gate; Chariots were orderly distributed on all sides of the camp, and the huge tents made of cowhide stretched endlessly. Entered the barracks, which was divided into several areas: the front army, the left and right wings, the middle army, and the baggage behind. A team of armor soldiers patrolled the defense, and the military discipline was solemn.

After the big tent of the Chinese army, the generals returned to the camp and went to train the soldiers. There were only two people on the account, Sun Wu and Wu Yuan, who were discussing the strategy of using troops.

"The soldiers have been assembled in place, I don't know how the Lord is going to march into the army?" The soldiers did not know anything about Sun Wu's combat strategy.

"The way of marching must first eliminate the troubles. We can only achieve our own strategic design by concentrating all our resources on attacking one target. I heard that after Qingji's death, his two younger brothers had been on the run - hiding in the state of Xu, and Zhu Yong ran to Zhongwu. This internal trouble will not be eliminated, in case the two of them take advantage of the situation, it is necessary to prevent it. ”

The soldier bowed his head and said: "These two people have always had deep resentment, and if our army goes south, it will inevitably be empty in the country. The general's intention is to get rid of the two first? ”

Sun Wu nodded: "It is advisable to get rid of the two sons first, and then wave the Southern Expedition." ”

Wu Yuan reported the first step of the battle to King Wu, but after King Wu approved it, he issued an edict: Xu Guo and Zhong Wu are both small countries, as long as they ask for the two of them with a letter of state, under the pressure of our country, the kings of the two countries will naturally bind the two sons to sacrifice. Why bother to make a big deal and waste food and grass?

Sun Wu saw that King Wu was so confident, and it was not easy to refute it, so according to King Wu's wishes, he waited for the two countries to arrest the whereabouts of Cover Yu and Zhu Yong.

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Let's say that Zhang Yu, the monarch of Xu State, got the book of Wu Kingdom, but he couldn't bear to cover up and fall into the hands of Lu Lu, so he privately sent someone to tell him, and he escaped from Xu State. After Zhong Wu's candle Yong heard the news, he also fled, wanting to go to the Chu country.

This cover saw that Lu Lu was arresting himself everywhere, although the world was big, there was only one Chu State left to hide, which could be preserved slightly. So he took a few henchmen and ran all the way to the city father of Chu State.

On this day, he and his entourage arrived in Huangcheng, which was only a river away from the border gate of Chu State. But I saw a merchant traveling in front of me, a burly man riding a big horse, the appearance of a leader. He was shouting at his men to hurry up, saying that if he held on a little longer, he would be able to rest when he reached the city father.

Cover Yu heard this voice very familiarly, and couldn't help but go up immediately, wanting to understand. When they saw it, the two jumped off their horses, hugged a bear, and wept bitterly.

Actually in Huangcheng, the two brothers Cover Yu and Candle Yong reunited together, thinking that the two of them fled from the military camp in the dark at that time, and they met unexpectedly today, and they couldn't help but feel emotional.

Candle Yong pulled the cover aside and whispered softly: "Little brother has a message for you, I was on my way a few days ago, and Yujian is a person from Wu State, and he is also going to Chu State. Then Zhu Yong pointed to a young man walking together, who was wearing an ordinary person's short shirt, looking pale eyebrows and white face, with thin skin and tender meat, not like ordinary people.

When he saw that he was carrying a long box on his back, which was tightly wrapped in cloth, he was a little puzzled, this long box was somewhat like a sword box.

"He came from Wu and said that he was going to Yingdu in Chu State, so we have been on the same road. When I saw that he was from Wu, I asked some about the current government of Wu, as if he was very clear about the affairs in the palace. "Candle Yong said.

Cover Yu glanced at the guy again, and he was surprised by one detail, this man was very white-skinned and had no beard. He used to go in and out of the inner palace, and intuitively, he felt that this was a palace eunuch. But how could a palace eunuch of the Wu State be in Huangcheng, thousands of miles away? Could it be King Wu's fine work? And the strange long box on his back is also very suspicious.

I didn't make a sound, I paid attention to the young man, and when I saw that he was very calm, I couldn't figure out what was going on.

Cover up and tell Zhu Yong his guess: Don't you be a fine work sent by King Wu? This man looked a bit like a palace eunuch.

Candle Yong was covered up and moved, and the two discussed it and decided to tie up this kid at night and ask him clearly, so as not to be plotted by him.

That night, when they arrived at the inn, they held long swords in their hands, and when the man fell asleep, they tied them firmly. The man struggled with all his might, his face frightened, and he didn't know what they meant.

Cover Yu asked, "Who are you?" Why do you carry a sword case? You have to hide it today, or we will throw you into the wilderness, and leave you dead with no place to bury!" ”

The man trembled, his face was pale, and he kowtowed vigorously to spare his life: "I am just a small businessman, go to Chu State to take some goods and sell them in Wu State." Did the two strong men misunderstand? ”

Cover Yu put a sword on his neck, and seeing that this kid still wanted to lie, he couldn't help but use a little strength, and there was a reddish knife mark on his neck.

The kid couldn't prevaricate, so he had to explain in detail: "Two heroes spare their lives!" The villain was originally a palace eunuch in the Wu Palace, and he has been serving with King Wu. ”

"Why are you here alone? Do you know who we are? Did he send you? ”

"I don't know anything about these two strong men. The villain escaped from the Wu Palace and wanted to run to the Chu State. It has nothing to do with the two strong men, right? ”

When they saw that the boy did not seem to be lying, they loosened the rope and told him to speak in detail, and if he had any lies, he would be killed.

"King Wu held a grand burial ceremony for Princess Shengyu, and staged a long white crane dance along the way. Do you think when the common people have seen this kind of battle, so there are many ordinary people in Gusu City who go to see the excitement. But I didn't know that this King Wu was very cruel, and after the people entered Shengyu's tomb, he put down the stone gate, and nearly 10,000 innocent people were buried for Shengyu. The villain's parents are also among them, so the villain is sad and angry. Seeing that King Wu liked this sword very much, the villain stole it out, and escaped from the Wu Palace. ”

Cover Yu and Candle Yong glanced at each other, it seems that this kid is offering a sword to the King of Chu.

"The villain thinks that only the State of Chu is the sworn enemy of the State of Wu, and dares to take me in. So the villain carried this sword on his back and thought of going to the capital of Chu and dedicated it to the king of Chu. ”

When the two of them heard that this was the sword of the Closed Lu, they also became curious. On that day, the Yue people dedicated three swords to Wu State, "Fish Intestine", "Panying" and "Zhanlu". The "fish intestine" was not used by the letter of the "Henlu" because he assassinated the royal bureaucracy; "Panying" was buried for Shengyu, so this one may be "Zhanlu".

The cover and candle Yong opened the cloth wrapped outside layer by layer, and pried open the sword case. I saw that the scabbard was full of moire and beast shapes; Pulling out the sword, the sword body was dark, looking generous and kind, without a bit of murderous aura. It's like a silent old man, looking at you, and you have nowhere to hide.

Although the two of them coveted this sword very much, they felt that this palace eunuch was still a bloody person, so they admired it a little and returned the sword box to him. And the group came back to the city father.

When he arrived in Yingdu, the palace eunuch went to the palace to pay homage to the king of Chu and offer the sword of Zhanlu.

Cover Yu and Candle Yong saw King Zhao, and King Zhao was very happy when he saw that the two sons of Wu Guo came to vote, which greatly dealt a blow to Wu Guo's arrogance. Thinking that these two people must hate He Lu to the core, they have the heart to use it again. So King Zhao worshiped Yu and Zhu Yong as doctors, and led 1,000 soldiers and horses to Shucheng to train troops to prevent the Wu army from attacking Chu.

When the king of Wu saw that Xu Guo and Zhong Wu were disobedient and disrespectful, and let go of the second prince without permission, he was not particularly furious, and immediately ordered the general Sun Wu to lead the army to attack Xu Guo and Zhong Wu.