Thanks to Qingji's encouragement of fertility and attracting foreign populations to settle down over the years, the current population of Wu is close to 2 million, less than the tens of millions of Li Shu in Chu State.

However, to a large extent, these populations of the Wu State have not been completely digested, and they may not be comparable to the Chu State.

The most critical point is that the territory of Chu is too vast and vast!

The state of Chu with a radius of thousands of miles has a long strategic depth, and if it fights a patriotic war, the state of Chu can consume any country in the world to death, drag it into the quagmire of war, and it is difficult to extricate itself.

Therefore, to deal with the Chu State, Qingji must adopt a strategy of encroachment step by step.

After all, you can't be a fat person by eating in one bite.

The human heart is not enough, and the snake swallows the elephant!

With the size of the State of Wu, it is simply impossible to annex the State of Chu in one go.

Even if it smashed through Yingdu like the Lu in history and almost wiped out the Chu State, wasn't it also driven out in the end?

Therefore, on the issue of Fa Chu, Qing Ji can still maintain a certain amount of sanity.

"This time to attack Chu, the widow wants to take the Zhongli, Chaodi, Shudi and Zhaoguan of Chu, all of which are the border towns of Chu. And Yingdu is far away, and the whip is beyond reach, and the people of Chu should not come to the country as soldiers! ”

Qingji's purpose of the war was very clear, that is, to seize the narrow area scattered on the border between Wu and Chu.

Zhongli, Chao, and Shudi were originally all vassal states canonized by Zhou Tianzi, or countries established by the leaders of Huaiyi.

It was only in the long years that it was annexed by the rising state of Wu or Chu.

Around that area, Wu and Chu fought a decades-long war.

This time, Qingji is to establish the rule of Wu over that region!

After hearing Keiji's purpose, Dazai Jiza bowed slightly, and no longer objected.

Tearing off a piece of meat from the Chu State is far better than fighting with the Chu State.

At this time, Wu Zixu, who had been silent, suddenly said: "King, the minister thinks that since the king is a teacher to uphold justice, why not unite the princes and fight Chu together?" ”

"Coalition Raids?"

"Exactly!"

Wu Zixu said: "Great King, the Chu people have always been regarded as barbarians by the countries of the Central Plains, and the Jin State and the Qi State have always summoned the princes of the world to go south to attack Chu under the banner of respecting the king. ”

"Now the state of Chu detains the Marquis of Cai for no reason, which arouses indignation, why doesn't the king send an envoy to Xintian to persuade the Jin Jun and Liuqing to attack Chu together with the princes of the alliance?"

"Good!"

Wu Zixu's thinking is really strange!

Makes sense!

Qingji vaguely remembered that in history, Marquis Cai Zhao was detained in Chu for three years, and then it did trigger the princes' alliance to attack Chu.

In the alliance of Zhaoling, Fan Xianzishi, the Zhengqing of the Jin State, mobilized the princes, and the princes of the Eighteen Kingdoms of the Central Plains with the participation of the ministers of Zhou Tianzi met in Zhaoling, preparing to crusade against the Chu State and seek justice for the Marquis of Cai Zhao.

It's just that the battle between the princes and Chu that time turned out to be inconclusive.

Because the Jin doctor Xun Yin failed to ask for bribes from Cai Guo, he said that the alliance of the princes stopped at Gao Weasel, and finally because the alliance leader Jin temporarily changed his position, he turned to attack Zhongshan State, and continued to attack Chu but failed to achieve.

In Qingji's view, the alliance of princes to attack a large country rarely succeeds.

Because the hearts of the people are not aligned, the princes all have their own little abacus in their hearts, how can they do their best?

However, Wu Guo, as the younger brother of the Jin State, asked the Jin State to send troops to pretend to attack Chu in a big way to attract the attention of the Chu State, which could still be done.

Wu Zixu pondered for a moment, and then said: "At the same time, the king might as well send envoys to Xu Guo and Zhong Wuguo. The two countries were forced by the strength of the Chu State, and were vassals of Chu, and not long ago they paid tribute to the capital of Wu, and tried to meet the source left and right, and wavered. ”

"Why didn't the king take the opportunity to force Xu and Zhong Wu to submit to my Wu country, and garrison troops in his country, so that the ministers could enter his country to govern?"

Xu and Zhong Wu are two weak countries, small countries and widows, and it is not easy to survive in the gap between the two big countries of Wu and Chu.

The state of Chu was strong, so they took refuge in the state of Chu and became its vassals; The state of Wu was strong, so they took refuge in the state of Wu and were their eagle dogs.

It is worth mentioning that the relationship between Xu Guo, Zhong Wuguo and Wu Guo has always been good.

When Gongzi Guang killed the monarch and usurped the throne, Qingji's two uncles Cover Yu and Zhu Yong were attacking the Chu State, and when they heard the news of the death of Wu Wangyi, one defected to the Xu State and the other to the Zhong Wu Kingdom.

Xu and Wu are still married, and Wu Ji, the sister of Wu Wangyi, is Mrs. Xu.

Qingji then said hesitantly: "Zixu, wouldn't it be criticized for forcing Xu Guo and Zhong Wuguo like this?" ”

If this thing is done, Wu Guo will indeed seem unkind.

Qingji has such worries, purely because he wants to be a biao and want to set up a chastity archway!

In the world, how can there be such a good thing as the best of both worlds?

Wu Zixu smiled bitterly and said: "The king, Xu Guo and Zhong Wu Guo are not vassals of our Wu State, but they are open for the Chu people, and they are towards Wu and Chu, how can they let their heads and rats be at both ends?" ”

It would be good to be able to cut off some of the wings of the Chu State.

Qingji bowed slightly.

These two small countries, it is inconvenient for Wu to blatantly annex them, so they can only digest them slowly, and wait for the opportunity to give a fatal blow!

"Bo Woo."

"The minister is here!"

The pawn immediately got up.

"You set off immediately, prepare enough money and go to Xintian, lobby the Jin Jun and the Liuqing, and make the Jin State lead the affairs of the princes to attack Chu."

"Minister, obey the king's orders!"

Bo Yi immediately agreed.

If you want to persuade others to send troops, you must pay some rare treasures.

At this time, the monarch of the Jin State has become a decoration, and he really has the right to speak, and he is the sixth secretary of the Jin State.

Therefore, Qingji must give it certain benefits in order to promote this.

"Two Uncles......"

Qingji put a more complicated gaze on the second son of Wu Guo, Taichang Candle Yong and Zong Zheng.

"Then one person will go to Xu State, and one person will go to Zhong Wuguo. Lobbying the two monarchs, our Wu State will garrison troops in its country, and all military expenses will be borne by the country where it is located. In addition, you all have to serve as the ruler of the country where you are located, and make as much profit as possible for my country! ”

"If you don't obey, send troops and destroy the country!"

As soon as they heard this, Candle Yong and Cover Yu both stood up slowly, and said stiffly: "Minister, obey the king's orders!" ”

To tell the truth, for this kind of order of Qingji, Candle Yong and Cover Yu have to obey.

Zhong Wuguo and Xu Guo had the grace of taking them in back then.

Now let Candle Yong and Cover Yu bite back, this thing is not authentic!

Although it is difficult to disobey the king's order, the second son does not refuse to obey his order.

Fortunately, Qingji let Zhu Yong and Baoyu serve as the ruling ministers of the two countries, with great intentions, at least not to make Zhong Wuguo and Xu Guo too repulsive.

This is already considered to be a celebration of kindness.

No matter how bad it is, Qingji can find countless reasons to send troops to destroy Zhong Wuguo and Xu Guo.

It's just that after Qingji destroyed the Yue Kingdom and had no worries, the primary purpose was to encroach on Chu Land and gain the reputation of the overlord for himself, and uniting the princes was a practice!

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