"Changqing, you go on."

Qingji encouraged Sun Wu to continue without any concerns.

Sun Wu breathed a sigh of relief and said: "The king's loss of the land of Wuyuan, Yu'er, and the southern cities of Shenzhu is temporary, and the royal master will be able to recover the lost land sooner or later." ”

"The top priority, what the king has to do is not to care about the gains and losses of one city and one place, but to step up the training of soldiers, restore national strength, gather talents, and give the people a good life!"

"For this reason, the king should also make good friends with his neighbors, and attack from afar!"

Outbred and close attack?

Regarding the national policy proposed by Sun Wu, Qingji thinks it is very pertinent, but he still has doubts in his heart.

"Temporarily extinguish the soldiers, the few can do it. However, I don't know when the widow will be able to destroy Ji Guang and unify the Wu Kingdom? ”

"Three or five years at the long, one year at the shortest."

This time process is not unacceptable.

"Exactly?"

"The king's first task is to accumulate national strength, unite with Vietnam to control Jiguang, and ally Chu so that there is no war outside."

Sun Wu talked eloquently and said: "If the king wants to dominate the world, he must first settle the inside, suppress Ji Guang, merge with Wudi, and destroy the barbarian Yue, so as to have the national strength to compete with Qiang Chu!" ”

"At that time, the king should wave his army to weak Chu, merge or merge Chen, Cai, Wei, Zhongwu, Song, Lu and other countries, go north to chase the deer, and subdue Qi Jin, before he can enter Luoyi to ask the weight of Jiuding, the princes of Jiuhe, and the world!"

"Color!"

Qingji's thoughts coincided with Sun Wu.

How did the historical state of Wu dominate the princes?

In the Spring and Autumn Period, the Jin State and the Chu State competed for hegemony, and the number of chariots owned by them has reached more than 4,000 times!

The state of Wu is located in the south of the Yangtze River, with many water systems, and at the same time, the culture and technology lag behind the Central Plains, and there is not a single chariot.

Around 584 BC, the Jin State, the overlord of the Central Plains, gave the Wu State fifteen military chariots to counterbalance the growing Chu State.

At the same time, the Jin State gave the Wu people archers and royals, taught the Wu people how to drive, how to shoot arrows, and also taught the Wu people to fight arrays.

With the help of the Jin State, the Wu State began to communicate with the countries of the Central Plains and embarked on the road of strengthening the army!

Through the unremitting efforts of the previous kings of the Wu Kingdom, they made great efforts to govern the country and expand externally, and finally laid a solid foundation for hegemony.

Wu successively eliminated Huaiyi, Xuyi, Zhoulai, Chao, Zhongli, Zhongwu, Han and other vassal states.

Corresponding to the state of Wu, the rise of the state of Jin and Chu was also due to the continuous annexation of the surrounding vassal states!

Of course, Wu was able to dominate the Central Plains, and it was inseparable from many factors such as the right time, place, and people.

In the past, the battle for hegemony between Jin and Chu was protracted and significantly declined in national strength, so the Jin State and the Chu State had already made an alliance and would no longer attack each other.

But the decline of the two hegemonic powers is inevitable!

Especially the Jin State, not only has its own strength declined significantly, but also because of the rise of the Qing family, the internal friction of the Jin State has become more serious.

The successive decline of the two hegemonic powers undoubtedly provided a favorable external environment for the rise of Wu.

Moreover, at that time, the civil strife in the Qi country had never stopped, and the monarch was just a puppet, so why worry about it?

In addition, Wu Wang Lu, Fucha father and son also reused Sun Wu, Wu Zixu and other talents, cultivated virtue and politics internally, expanded the territory externally, and governed the country and strengthened the army.

Finally in 506 BC, Wu Zixu and Sun Wu led troops to attack Ying, the capital of Chu State, and almost destroyed Chu State!

Wu relied on the strategy of Wu Zixu and others, broke through Chu in the west, defeated Xu, Lu and Qi in the north, and became a hegemon of the princes.

As for Sun Wu, he presented the thirteen articles on the art of war to King Lu of Wu, and was reused as a general.

He once led the Wu army to defeat the Chu people with few victories and many victories, occupied Yingcheng, the capital of the Chu State, and almost destroyed the Chu State.

As a result, under the influence of the above factors, the state of Wu rose in the late Spring and Autumn period, and defeated the state of Chu, Qi and other powerful countries during the reign of King Lu and Fucha of Wu, and then dominated the world!

Moreover, what makes Qingji worth paying attention to is that from the beginning of the Lu Dynasty, it took nine years for the Wu State to rise (break Chu) and only take thirty-two years to dominate the world (Battle of Ailing)!

In a few decades, it was able to make an originally unknown Wu country become the hegemon of the world.

It can be seen how strong Wu Guo is!

Of course, Wu's hegemony is short-lived, coming and going fast!

Yue Guo in the south of Wu State is like a poisonous snake, waiting for the opportunity all the time to bite the "evil wolf" of Wu State in one fell swoop.

Therefore, Qingji thinks that it is necessary for him to take precautions!

Before the hegemony is achieved, take the first step to destroy the Yue in order to lay the foundation of its own hegemony.

"Changqing, if the widow wants to swallow Ji Guang and Yue Guo together, what should he do?"

Qingji asked Sun Wu for advice.

It must be known that the ministers and doctors of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period were not the ministers of the later dynasties who were generally distinct, and they were divided into civil ministers and military generals!

The Dazai (Prime Minister) of a country can still lead troops to fight and fight.

The same can be done for the king of a country!

While they studied various classical books and enriched their knowledge, their own force value was not low.

The most typical is the six arts of etiquette, music, archery, royalty, calligraphy, and mathematics, that is, the six skills necessary for scholars.

For example, Confucius Laozi, the founder of Confucianism, he was not a powerless scholar in later generations.

At least Confucius was both civil and military, and was very proficient in the six arts of a gentleman.

The same is true for Sun Wu, Wu Zixu and other talents!

When you go out, you can strategize, win thousands of miles away, even a million divisions, attack must win, and the battle must be won!

Inside, you can give advice, govern a big country if you cook a small fresh, and visit the world with Taoism.

Diplomatic relations and being able to speak well are all basic skills.

Sun Wu is not only a master of the art of war, but also far beyond the reach of ordinary people in terms of strategy, politics, and diplomatic relations.

In and out of the general, he is talking about people like Sun Wu!

Sun Wu just pondered for a moment, and then said, "Great King, as the minister said. ”

"If you want to destroy Ji Guang and merge with the country, the king also needs to ally with Chu and Yue, and at the same time send envoys to the north to make friends with Jin, Wei, Lu, Zheng, Qi and other countries, so that Wu Guoding can innovate and enrich the country and strengthen the army."

Hearing this, Qingji nodded and said, "The Central Plains countries such as Wei, Lu, Zheng, and Qi do not border with Wu, and there is no entanglement of interests. ”

"When the widows fled abroad, they were fortunate to be accepted by the country and supported by the countries of the Central Plains, so that they were able to successfully defeat Wu and reign in Wu."

"Right now, the widow sent an envoy to thank Weilu and other countries, which is really right."

"As for the Chu State, Wu and Chu have a feud, it is inevitable that the Chu people will take advantage of the new monarch of the Wu State to take advantage of the turmoil of the country to rob it."

This is exactly what Qingji is worried about.

The countries of the Central Plains are too far away from the Wu Kingdom, and Qingji has already made friends, so there is no need to worry.

But the State of Chu is a country that has had a deep blood feud with the State of Wu for generations!

Moreover, the two countries border, Chu is strong and Wu is weak, it is inevitable that the Chu people will not take advantage of the change of royal power within Wu to take the opportunity to attack Wu!

After all, the State of Wu is under the eyes and nose of the State of Chu, how can the people of Chu tolerate the State of Wu becoming bigger and stronger?