Wu capital, the gate of the city.

At this time, under the leadership of Dazai Jiza, tens of thousands of Wu subjects welcomed the triumphant return of the soldiers.

Everyone's face was filled with a bright smile, and every time they saw a familiar soldier, they would come forward to greet them.

"Caijiao, am I here?"

"He's still in the town of Luzi. Uncle, I killed three Chu soldiers this time! ”

"Chief Xinwu, can you see my beloved? Didn't he go with you? ”

"Alas! Your beloved, he...... Died in battle. Even the body could not be brought back. ”

"What?"

"My son is ugly, who will see him?"

"Xu, Xu, where are you?"

As the saying goes, some people are happy and some people are sad!

Seeing the soldiers of the Wu army returning triumphantly, the people of Wu naturally rejoiced.

However, one will make all the bones dry!

There are survivors, and there are war dead.

Many people looked around in the procession, scanning the soldiers who passed by, hoping to see the familiar faces of their family members, or to learn the news of their husbands and sons—the news of their survival.

Standing on the chariot, Qingji saw a woman looking for her husband everywhere, or an old man who kept calling for her son!

When they heard the news that their loved ones were still alive, they naturally hugged and cried with others.

However, if they encounter the bad luck of their relatives dying in battle, they will inevitably be struck by lightning and almost never faint!

After all, people's hearts are made of flesh.

The behavior of the people in this way more or less affected the order of the triumphal procession, but Qingji did not curb their behavior.

"Ministers and others see the king, the king is ten thousand years!"

The minister's doctor, headed by Dazai Jiza, immediately bowed down to the Qingji on the chariot, and the mountain roared with a tsunami.

"Second and third sons, no courtesy, flat body!"

Qingji just gave him a false support, and then asked the ministers to get up, and then he specially invited Sun Wu to his chariot and rode in the same car with him.

This is a great honor for Sun Wu!

Flattered!

But Sun Wu is well-deserved.

In the battle of Kasawa, Sun Wu defeated the Yue army with few victories and many big victories, and saved the Wu capital whose situation was in danger, with outstanding merits.

"Ten thousand years of the king! Great Wu Wannian! ”

When the people along the way saw the celebration, they all cheered and jumped up, chanting for ten thousand years.

This comes from their support for Qingji, almost the support of worship!

With the war of the past year, Qingji has established a very high prestige in the minds of the people of Wu.

After returning to the palace, Qingji did not immediately remove his armor and freshen up, or find a dormitory to lie down, but asked the three ministers Sun Ping, Sun Wu, and Ji Zha, to be summoned to the Zide Hall to discuss important matters.

"Second and third sons, my Wu State defeated the Chu army and the Yue army one after another, and won a complete victory, and the Han army that invaded the northern Xinjiang also retreated on its own, and now there is no war in the territory of Wu State."

Qingji said slowly: "However, many post-war problems still need to be solved!" ”

"To sum up, first, the 60,000 soldiers of the Chu and Vietnamese armies, how to settle them?"

"On the other hand, the Vietnamese army is still entrenched in the Wuyuan, Lili, and Yu'er lands in the south of our Wu country, will Dawu cut down Yue to recover the lost territory?"

"The third, the widow wants to take advantage of the momentum of a big victory, wave his army to attack Chu, and capture Zhaoguan and Shudi of Chu, I don't know what the second and third sons want?"

For Wu Guo, the three most urgent issues are like this.

It is necessary to properly settle the pawns, and as for the war of Chu and the war of Yue, it seems that the state of Wu can only choose one of the two.

Because the national strength of Wu no longer allows two fronts to fight, otherwise once defeated, the consequences will be unimaginable!

Of course, Qingji can also choose not to expand externally, so that Wu can recuperate.

However, this could not satisfy Qingji's ambitions, let alone allow Wu to further expand the results of the war!

It is advisable to chase the poor bravely!

At this great time, Qingji is not willing to let it go.

"The king wants to fight again?"

Ji Za was taken aback, and couldn't help but persuade bitterly: "King, please think twice!" Although my Wu country still has the strength to fight, but the soldiers are fierce! ”

"Wu has fought many battles, and the soldiers have long been exhausted, and the treasury is not full. In this case, why didn't the king temporarily put out his army and concentrate on governing the country and securing the country, resting with the people, and recuperating with the country? ”

"What do you have to say?"

Qingji asked lightly, obviously not agreeing with Ji Zha's opinion.

However, Ji Za didn't seem to realize it, and still stubbornly said: "King, it is better to settle the grievances than to settle them." ”

"Wu Chu and Wu Yue are all feuding countries, and it is impossible to turn hostility into jade silk, but if the king wants to implement a new policy in Wu State, enrich the country and strengthen the army, and have the same likes and dislikes as the vulgar, he must eliminate the war, that is, to take diplomatic relations as the top, and not to use troops in vain!"

"For this reason, the old minister advised that the king could return all the soldiers of the Yue army to the Yue country, in exchange for the Yue people to withdraw from Wuyuan and the land of Li Zhu, so that my Wu country could recover the lost territory."

"At the same time, the king should also release the captured Chu generals, or release some of the surrendered soldiers, and reconcile with Chu, so that Wu and Chu can be at peace!"

Obviously, Ji Za is a master and a faction through and through, but that doesn't mean that his opinion is wrong.

After all, everyone looks at things from a different perspective and has a different starting point.

Ji Za is sympathetic to the people of the country, and hopes that Qingji can treat the Wu people well, and don't be reckless and mislead yourself and the country!

Qingji's idea was to take the opportunity to expand and lay a good foundation for Wu Guo.

"Da Sima, what do you think?"

Qing Jixuan set his eyes on Sun Ping's body.

Sun Ping pondered for a moment, and then replied, "My lord, the minister thinks that what Dazai said is not unreasonable. ”

"Although the soldiers of Wu are strong, but they can't fight for a long time, although Chu is defeated today, and 80,000 soldiers are lost, but Chu still has spare strength, if the king waves his army to attack Chu, I am afraid that Chu will transfer soldiers and fight with my Wu army, how can Wu deal with itself at that time?"

"Let's talk about the Yue country, the Yue army was defeated by Kaze, but its momentum is not declining, and the Wu State invaded Chu and attacked Yue at the same time, lest the military strength be weak, and there is a danger of failure!"

Sun's claim is obvious.

It was not that he did not support Qingji to continue fighting, but that he believed that Wu could not fight on two fronts.

Either cut Chu or cut Yue, choose one of the two!

"If the widow insists on destroying Chu, what should he do?"

"Then, the king should release the Yue army and let the Yue people withdraw from the Wu realm, so as to recover the lost territory and rebuild the alliance."

"I'm afraid it's not easy."

Before Qingji could speak, Sun Wu, who was on the side, shook his head and said: "Yue is greedy by nature, like a glutton, how can he easily spit out the food in his belly?" ”

"The four cities of Fan Wuyuan, Wuli, Yu'er, and Shan, are still under the rule of the Yue Kingdom, and they will exchange thousands of soldiers for this territory within a radius of 200 miles, and Yun Chang may agree."

"But I am so soft, lest I get an inch in the crossing, and take advantage of our army to invade Chu again!"