Wu military camp village.

In the big tent of the Chinese army, Qingji was discussing post-war matters with Sun Wu, the great Sima Sun Ping and others.

At this time, a junior colonel entered and announced: "King, Yuehou Goujian asks to see!" ”

Goujian?

Qingji squinted his eyes, secretly surprised.

Gou Jian saw himself at this time, what happened?

It is worth mentioning that Gou Jian, as Yulin Lang, also participated in this battle.

This fight is also extremely fierce, and every time you charge, you are at the forefront!

"What's the matter?"

"Gou Jian claimed to have captured Qi Hou!"

"What?"

Qingji was quite surprised.

The generals on the left and right couldn't help but stare at each other, with shocked expressions on their faces.

Gou Jian actually has such a great ability to catch Qi Hou's pestle mortar?

Really?

"Let him in."

"No!"

Not long after, Gou Jian escorted a man wearing luxurious clothes and armor who looked embarrassed at this time into the Chinese army's tent.

Qing Ji fixed his eyes and looked at it, wasn't it the Qihou pestle who had talked to him in front of the two armies before, saluting first and then soldiering?

"Junior minister Gou Jian, see the king!"

Gou Jian respectfully saluted towards Qingji.

"No need to be polite."

Qingji nodded and said with a smile: "Gou Jian, you are a widow this time, and you have made a great contribution to Wu Guoguo!" How did you capture Qi Hou? ”

"Back to the king, the minister doesn't know that he is the Marquis of Qi. It's just that Xiaochen pursued all the way and saw Qi Hou at a mountain stream, when Qi Hou was about to change into the clothes and armor of his subordinates and escape, he happened to be discovered by Xiao Chen, and then he was captured by Xiao Chen, and after asking, he learned the true identity of Qi Hou! ”

Hearing this, Qingji couldn't help but sigh secretly.

Gou Jian's luck is not ordinarily good!

Picked up a big leak!

Sometimes, though, luck is part of strength.

Gou Jian's ability to capture Qi Hou's pestle is a great achievement.

"Gou Jian, you stand down. This credit will not be forgotten. ”

"King Xie!"

Gou Jian couldn't help but bow to Qingji with joy, and then left the Chinese army's tent.

Qingji then set his eyes on Qi Hou Jiu's body.

The pestle, who had been reduced to a prisoner, couldn't help but lower his head, looking ashamed and embarrassed.

At this moment, the pestle and mortar are really mixed in my heart, and it is very unpleasant.

The 150,000-strong coalition army of princes and horses was mighty, and they thought that they could level the Wu country, but they never thought that they would be defeated by the 50,000-strong Wu army in a few days, and they were still very completely defeated!

It's 150,000 pigs, and Wu Jun can't catch them in a few days, right?

Kijiu is also the monarch who has led his troops in several battles, but he has never suffered such a defeat since Rong Ma.

"Qi Hou, it's rude, it's rude."

Qingji went up with a smile on his face and personally untied the pestle mortar.

The pestle didn't seem to appreciate it, but just pinned his head to one side and didn't say anything.

Qingji didn't mind, and said with a surging smile: "Qi Hou, the widow knows that you are not convinced, and he is angry with the widow. However, it is a fact that the king is defeated, the widow wins, and the Marquis of Qi is defeated. ”

"Qingji, are you a humiliating widow?"

The pestle looked quite backbone, and said indignantly: "Now the widow has been captured for you, and I don't want to live, but to die." ”

"Qi Hou said that he laughed, how could the widow kill you?"

Qingji shook his head and said: "Please also ask the Marquis of Qi to stay in my Wu Kingdom for some time, so that the widow can fulfill the friendship of the landlord." ”

"Come on, bring Qi Hou down, be entertained, don't be lazy!"

"No!"

Of course, Qingji would not have killed Qi Hou Pestle.

Because, no matter what, the pestle is the king of a country.

In this world, how can it be said that the king of a country died in battle?

Perhaps, but it must not happen when the princes are at war.

He reigned for thirty years, and his prestige was extremely high, and he was also quite famous among the nations.

If Qingji executes the pestle, maybe from now on, the two countries of Wu and Qi will have a mortal enmity, and the hatred will never die!

The purpose of warfare in this era is often "conquest", not "destroying the country" or "slaughtering people".

The great powers do not have the ability to destroy each other, and there is no justice in destroying the country.

In contrast, it is more cost-effective to convince a country, and then let it go, let it do what it says, and pay some gifts from time to time.

"The Sword Comes"

Sometimes, even if you win, it's not necessarily a good thing!

Sometimes, the intangible benefits gained by observing etiquette in war are much more valuable than the benefits gained from a single victory.

Therefore, there is no need for Qingji to have a mortal enmity with the Qi State.

Not to mention the Qi Hou pestle, even if it is like Tian Qi, the Qing doctors who were captured alive by Wu Junsheng can't be killed.

This is the rule of war, the most basic rule.

In the Spring and Autumn Period, most of the people did not abide by the original rules of war.

However, for some generals who are also from the nobility like themselves, they cannot be killed.

Because no one dares to guarantee that their ancestors have been in the past few generations, tracing back to their roots, and they may have been a family hundreds of years ago.

It's a relative!

Moreover, if you kill the other party now, you may be defeated in the future, and others will kill you without speaking of martial virtues.

Therefore, not killing nobles in war has become an unspoken rule at this time.

After Qi Hou Jiujiu left, Qingji continued to discuss with Sun Wu, Sun Ping, Heifu, Xiong Zidan and other generals.

Next, Qingji is ready to wipe out several small countries in one go to feed the war with war.

Because the state of Wu has established a system of twenty-level military merit titles, if it cannot obtain the land and wealth of the city, I am afraid that the state of Wu will bear a huge burden.

Just like the Wei State in history, the establishment of Wei Wushu did lay a solid foundation for Wei to dominate the world.

Wei Wushu is the sharp knife of Wei to conquer the world, this is beyond doubt.

However, in addition to Wei Wenhou, who can be good at using Wei Wushu, Wei Wuhou and Wei Huiwang are two Hanhans in the back.

I only know that I blindly use my strong military strength to beat the nearby big countries one by one, and beat Qi, Chu, and Qin all over the place, and even my two allies (junior brothers) Zhao Guo and South Korea were pressed to the ground by Wei Wushu and rubbed hard.

The result of blindly waging war with foreign countries without getting the land of the city will lead to the collapse of the Wei military system.

Because at that time, the Wei State could no longer afford that huge military expenditure.

Qingji can't follow in his footsteps.

"The king, the minister thought that he should send troops to destroy the five kingdoms of Tan, Ju, Xue, Di and Teng. These five countries are adjacent to Qi, Lu, and Song, and they are small and widowed, so they are vulnerable! ”

"If my Wu army arrives, it will definitely be able to go down with one drum!"

Xiong Zidan came out of the queue.

Qingji just bowed slightly, noncommittal.

This time, Chang Cai Houshen did not agree.

"King, our army should bring the momentum of great victory, conquer Chu in the west, and Chen soldiers will be on the border of Chen and Song, so as to become a hegemon, so that all the princes of the Central Plains will go south, and respect the king as the uncle!"