Chapter 008: Asking for help from Chu
"Great King, it's Great Sima!"
The armor soldier on the edge of the city pointed to the banner in the direction of the entrance, and couldn't help but be overjoyed.
I saw Wu Zixu, who was wearing a helmet and armor, leading hundreds of military vehicles and thousands of sharp soldiers to frantically attack the chariot defense line of the Qingji army.
"Kill!"
Under the command of Wu Zixu, the military vehicles of the Lu army quickly interspersed into the valley and fought their way out.
The military vehicles that were originally displayed at the mouth of the valley and cut off the retreat of the Lu army were all washed away, and for a time people turned over on their backs, and corpses were all over the field.
Wu Zixu's purpose is very clear, that is, to rescue He Lu!
At this time, it was impossible for the Lu army to try to turn defeat into victory.
Only by rescuing He Lu will they have a chance to continue to mediate with the Qingji Army!
"King! Evacuate! ”
Wu Zixu rode a long way into the military vehicle, and the blood-stained halberd in his hand kept waving, killing many enemies.
Hearing Wu Zixu's shout, He Lu woke up like a dream, and hurriedly asked the car he was in to quickly turn the horse's head and evacuate!
Seeing this, Qingji's face sank.
How could he sit back and watch this beaked duck disappear?
"Stop Ji Guang for me! Kill him at all costs! ”
Qingji's thoughts are similar to those of Helu.
Both of them knew very well in their hearts that as long as the other party died, they would sit back and relax and become the only lord of the Wu Kingdom!
"Kill it!"
Wu Zixu calmly stood on the troop and commanded the battle.
The chariots of the Lu army then formed a conical formation, firmly protecting the chariots of the Lu army in the middle, and fought hard to fight outside.
The Qingji soldiers who came closer tried to block the enemy's attack, but they couldn't parry!
The mourning soldiers will win!
In the case of being cornered, the soldiers of the Lu army are all fearless of death, and can protect their kings with flesh and blood.
Finally, under the desperate protection of Wu Zixu and other generals, He Lu was able to escape and leave Hulukou.
Qingji could only look at the back of He Lu, who was gradually moving away, and felt regretful in his heart!
Fortunately, the Qingji army has achieved remarkable results.
After He Lu fled, all the soldiers and vehicles under his command gave up resistance and surrendered one after another.
In this battle alone, more than 4,000 Qingji troops were beheaded, and nearly 10,000 enemy soldiers surrendered!
This allowed Qingji to completely grasp the initiative in this war.
It's only a matter of time before it dies!
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Wu Palace.
He Lu, who successfully escaped back, sat on the floor in horror and gasped for breath.
Everything that happened not long ago made him feel like a dream!
He couldn't believe that he was actually defeated by Qingji Xiao'er, and he was defeated so completely!
This made it difficult for He Lu to accept.
With a look of shame on his face, he looked at Wu Zixu, who was sitting opposite, in a blood-stained robe, and said, "Zixu, at this time, what should the widow do?" ”
didn't listen to Wu Zixu's advice before, which led to this big defeat, which made He Lu's mood extremely complicated.
He knew that his talent was inferior to Wu Zixu, but he didn't expect the gap to be so big!
If He Lu had listened to Wu Zixu's advice, accepted it when he saw it, did not rashly pursue the past, and was ambushed by the Qingji army, He Lu would definitely not have ended up in such an embarrassment at this moment.
"King, Yu Qingji's rebellious army, the king division is no longer invincible."
Wu Zixu shook his head and sighed, and said: "For today's plan, the king only has two choices!" ”
"One, defend the capital of Wu, and at the same time send an envoy to the state of Chu for help."
"Second, abandon the Wu capital, lead the old troops to the south to seize the land of Wuyuan, Shan, and Yu'er, form an alliance with Yue, and resist the soldiers of Qingji together!"
There are two choices, and you can only choose one of them.
Giving up Wu Capital City, this makes it difficult for He Lu to accept!
The city of Guy is the capital of the Wu State, with fertile land and a large population, which is not only the Zheng governance center of the Wu State, but also the economic center of the Wu State, and a rare military town!
Abandoning the capital of Wu, for He Lu, not only will he lose the capital to compete with Qingji, but also make him lose the legitimacy of the position of King Wu in legal theory.
"Zixu, if the widow guards the capital of Wu and sends an envoy to ask for help in Chu, what should it be?"
He Lu asked hesitantly.
Hearing this, Wu Zixu sighed in his heart!
As the minister of the humerus of Helu, Wu Zixu naturally preferred to choose the first strategy of Helu.
According to the defense of Wudu, ask for help in Chu!
However, as a mortal with strong obsession, Wu Zixu instinctively rejected himself from psychologically having any connection with the Chu State and allied himself with the Chu State.
Why?
Because there is a deep hatred between Wu Zixu and the State of Chu, and the King of Chu Ping.
Wu Zixu is a native of Chu!
When his father Wu Hao was the king of Chuping, the prince built the prince and was responsible for teaching the prince Jian.
In that year, King Chuping hired Meng Huan, the eldest sister of Qin Aigong, as his wife for the crown prince, and ordered Fei Wuji to go to Qin to greet his relatives.
Fei Wuji found that Meng Huan was beautiful, and persuaded King Chuping to marry himself!
King Chuping was lustful, dropped his bag, and asked a Qi girl to pretend to be Meng Huan and marry Meng Huan as his wife.
As a result, King Chuping was particularly fond of Fei Wuji!
A year later, Meng Huan gave birth to a son, Xiong Zhen (now the King of Chu), and the King of Chu Ping seized his daughter-in-law who had not passed through the door, and this scandal also began to leak.
Fei Wuji was worried that after Prince Jian succeeded to the throne, it would be unfavorable to him, so he simply falsely accused Prince Jian and Wu Hao of conspiring to launch a rebellion with Qi and Jin as foreign aid.
King Chuping believed it and sent his city father, Sima Fenyang, to kill Prince Jian, who fled to the Song Kingdom, but Wu Hao was implicated, so that the family died tragically!
Fortunately, Wu Zixu escaped from Chu State in time, which saved his life.
However, Wu Zixu didn't want to avenge the blood feud between himself and the Chu State all the time!
Fierce and violent like him, and bears humiliation and burdens like him, the reason why he took refuge in the command of He Lu, gave advice, and tried his best.
I just hope that one day, I can wave my master to attack Chu, go straight to Yingdu, and avenge my father and brother!
However, He Lu actually chose to ask for help from Chu now, how could this make Wu Zixu's mood uncomplicated?
In desperation, Wu Zixu could only sigh and said: "If the king asks for help from the Chu State, he will be elected to send a lobbyist who can speak well to lobby Yingdu." Xiong Zhen, the king of Chu, is young and can't run the country's politics! ”
"National affairs are all controlled by Nangwa, Zixi and Guotai Meng Huan."
"Now the king wants to lobby the Chu State, or he can start from this."
Wu Zixu groaned: "Zixi is benevolent, righteous and upright, and can be put aside. Nangwa is the order of Chu State, and his people are treacherous and greedy for money, and the king may wish to go out of the treasury to bribe the treasures of Nangwa! ”
"As for Mrs. Meng Huan, the minister doesn't know much about it, but I think that she is a woman's family and should like beautiful jade artifacts, so the king might as well do what she likes and offer treasures and playthings."
"If you can really bribe Nangwa and Meng Huan, great things can be expected. Then my Wu State does not have to cede the land of the city, or cede some less of the land of the city in exchange for reinforcements from the State of Chu! ”
"Color!"
Hearing this, he couldn't help but be overjoyed.
Wu Zixu is worthy of being a person with a talent that has endured the heavens and latitudes, and in a moment, he can come up with such countermeasures, and he knows all about the world's major events!