Chapter 289: Swapping Protons
"Hahahaha!"
Hearing such threatening words from Ziqi, Fan Li couldn't help laughing out loud and said, "Gongzi asked me, 100,000 Chu troops against 50,000 Wu divisions, can Wu be an enemy." Fan Li will tell you! ”
"Since my dream of the first king of Wu Guo, Wu Chu has fought for more than 60 years, eleven battles of all sizes, seven wins, three draws and one loss, often winning more with less, why can't you defeat Chu Shi so that you can win all?"
Hearing this, the faces of the monarchs and ministers of the Chu State were not very good-looking.
Although they were unwilling, they had to admit that the fierce Wu army always won more with less against the Chu army.
"Rebirth: The Great Age of Waves"
Moreover, Wu Chu has been fighting for decades, and the Wu army has rarely been defeated, and there is only one real defeat, and the victory rate is higher than that of the Jin State!
Since the beginning of Shoumeng, the state of Wu has gone through the kings of Zhufan, Yu sacrifice, and Yu Yu, until the king of Wu, before and after more than 60 years, Wu and Chu have attacked each other, and ten large-scale wars have broken out.
Most of these battles were Wu's offensive and Chu's counter-offensive, focusing on the area from the Huai River valley to the north bank of the Yangtze River.
Wu and Chu fought for hegemony ten times, namely the Battle of Zhoulai, the Battle of Luzi, the Battle of Yongpu, the Battle of Shujiu, the Battle of Xia Wei, the Battle of Qianxi, the Battle of Chang'an, and the Battle of Jifu.
And the only defeat of Wu was the battle of Shu Jiu.
In the thirteenth year of Wu Zhufan, Chu ordered Yin Zimu (Qu Jian) to lead an army to crusade against the Shu Jiu State that rebelled against Chu and attached to Wu, and the Wu army came to rescue Shu Jiu.
Chu general Ziqiang and other five people lured the Wu army to the preset position with a small number of troops such as "private soldiers", and attacked the Wu army with the main force of the Chu army led by Yin Zimu, and broke the Wu army.
The Chu army took advantage of the victory to encircle Shu Jiu and destroyed it.
In order to avenge this, Wu Wang Zhufan led the Wu army to attack Chaocheng, a strategic place in Chu, in December of the same year, but was shot dead by the Chu defenders, and the Wu army was forced to retreat.
In the Qingji generation, there was also the second Battle of Luzi, where Wu directly broke the Chu army and lost 80,000 soldiers!
Therefore, even if the Chu army is always outnumbered, when fighting against the fierce Wu army, it has always fallen behind and suffered most defeats!
At this moment, Fan Li saw that the monarchs and ministers of Chu were a little frightened, so he said frankly: "King Chu, I can't hide it, before the foreign ministers sent an envoy to Yingdu, Wu Zixu, the court captain, once said to our king, wanting to lead 30,000 elite soldiers, bypass the chicken father, take advantage of the weakness, climb over the Dabie Mountain, and then cross the Han River, and go straight to Chu Duying!" ”
"I don't know, at that time, Yingdu, which is empty in defense, may be an enemy?"
Hearing Wu Zixu's idea of directly leading the army to attack Yingdu, everyone was taken aback, including Xiong Zhen, the king of Chu.
Shocked!
The territory of Chu is vast, but because of this, too many soldiers and horses are needed to garrison, and once the elite soldiers of Wu take advantage of the weakness, the exhausted Chu army may not be able to keep Yingdu.
Fan ...... Fanzi, I don't know if King Wu will adopt it? ”
Xiong Zhen swallowed a mouthful of saliva and asked with difficulty.
"If my king adopts it, how can he let Fan Li make Chu?"
Fan Li smiled slightly, and said: "That's the reason, please also ask the King of Chu to think twice before acting." It's not that my Wu country doesn't have the strength to destroy Chu, it's just that I don't want to lose both, and I just want to cheapen other countries for nothing! ”
"If the capital of Yingdu is broken, the state of Chu will also die, and the king of Chu doesn't know where he will be?"
Now, the state of Chu is facing such a dilemma.
You can't beat it, and you can't prevent it!
If you don't negotiate peace with Wu Guo, do you have to fight to break the net?
At this time, Meng Huan, the national princess who had been sitting behind the screen and was silent, finally spoke: "The meaning of mourning, Chu Wu should also kill the soldiers." ”
"However, in addition to returning some of the cities of my Chu State, will the State of Wu return the captured soldiers?"
Fan Li bowed to Meng Huan and said, "Guotai, my Wu State can be attributed to more than 10,000 Chu army soldiers, including Shen Baoxu. ”
"Good!"
Meng Huan bowed slightly, and asked again: "How can my Chu State believe that the Wu State will not take advantage of the war between the Chu State and the princes' coalition army to rob the fire?" ”
"You can make an alliance!"
"The covenant cannot be trusted. Chu and Wu had an alliance of mutual friendship earlier, but wasn't it ruined in a flash? ”
Hearing this, Fan Li was quite embarrassed.
Although Meng Huan is a woman, she has been in a high position for a long time, listens to politics, and has a certain political acumen.
The covenant really can't be trusted, isn't it this time that Wu Guo tore up the original alliance between Wu and Chu under the banner of justice for Cai Hou, and brazenly sent troops to attack Chu?
"I don't know how Guotai wants me to win the trust of Wu Guo?"
"Interchangeable protons."
"This ...... The matter is very high, and I also ask the Guotai to let the foreign ministers play my king, and then reply! ”
"Good."
So, Fan Li stayed in Yingdu for three days, and finally negotiated with the monarchs and ministers of Chu State to satisfy each other with the conditions for the army.
Wu assigned the four cities of Poor, Chengfu, Yingshi, and Yangcheng to the Chu State, and to more than 10,000 captured Chu soldiers, including Shen Baoxu.
The state of Chu handed over the seized Marquis of Cai and recognized the sovereignty of the state of Wu over the lands of Tong, Qunshu, Chao, and Zhongli, as well as the nearly twenty cities of Liuyi and Qianyi.
Wu and Chu agreed to exchange protons and re-enter into an alliance.
For the alliance of soldiers promoted by Fan Li, Qingji is generally satisfied.
After all, Liuyi and Qianyi are two important military towns, and their geographical location is special, and Wu can station heavy troops in the two cities to prevent the Chu army from further expanding and encroaching on Wu.
And swapping protons, things are a bit troublesome.
That's a tricky question!
On the side of Chu, Xiong Zhen, the king of Chu, was young and had no children under his knees, so he could only let his brother go to Wu as a hostage.
Qingji has nine sons, although they are all young, they can also be used as protons to serve as hostages in the state of Chu.
The palms and backs of these hands are full of meat, what choice should Qingji make?
You must know that Wu and Chu are only temporarily defeating their troops, and there will definitely be a big war in the future.
The son who was used as a proton must be in a very dangerous situation, and it is very likely that he will be dismantled by the Chu people to vent his resentment against Qingji!
Rao is like this, Qingji still decided first, set up an alliance to kill soldiers, and then choose a son to be a hostage in Yingdu.
……
Chicken father.
In front of the camp of the Wu army, the flag covers the sky, and the spear is like a forest.
On a temporary quadrangular platform, Qingji sat there, calmly waiting for the generals of Chu such as Nangwa and Zixi to come over and make an alliance with him.
"Boom!"
A chaotic sound of horses' hooves came, and I saw the Chu army's earthy yellow flags flying, dozens of military vehicles, and thousands of soldiers of the Chu army arrived at the gate of the Wu army's camp.
The generals of the Chu army at the front were Zuo Zixi and Ye Yi Doctor Shen Zhuliang.
Only the figure of the bag tile is missing!
"Mi Shen (Shen Zhuliang) has seen King Wu!"
fought to the death on the battlefield, but as soon as they sat down at the negotiation table, Zixi and Shen Zhuliang had to bow their heads and bow to Qingji.
Qingji also returned the salute: "Courteous." The two, I don't know where the Ruchu State Ling Yin and Zichang (Nangwa) are? ”
Hearing this, Zixi and Shen Zhuliang glanced at each other awkwardly.
"The state affairs are heavy, so Yin has returned to Yingdu to deal with government affairs!"
Zixi replied stubbornly.