Qingji didn't expect Bai Gongsheng to be so bold and reckless, daring to send someone to assassinate Shen Zhuliang.

Fortunately, although the assassins sent by Bai Gongsheng did not kill Shen Zhuliang, they also seriously injured the latter, making it difficult for him to lead his troops into battle.

Bai Gongsheng also achieved his goal, without the need for Wu Guo to interfere with it, so that Bai Gongsheng could get the command of the Chu army on the front line.

The next thing Qingji has to do is to wait and see what happens, and according to the predetermined plan, in the spring of next year, he can officially send troops to attack Chu.

"Great King, with the intervention of the Jin army, the war in Xinzheng has reached a stalemate, and the Chu army is afraid that it will retreat from its edge, turn from attack to defense, and deal with the Zheng and Jin coalition forces."

Wu Zixu said with a frown.

"It's understandable for the Chu people to do this. The thing that the widow is most concerned about now is whether Mi Sheng can return to the dynasty before the beginning of spring next year, and then launch a mutiny in Yingdu. ”

Qingji said meaningfully.

After all, if there is a civil strife in the Chu State, the Wu army will attack the Chu State more smoothly at that time, and it will also avoid paying a greater price to attack the city.

"This ......"

Wu Zixu pondered for a moment, and then said: "King, in fact, it is not difficult to facilitate Zheng Di's Chu army squad to return to Yingdu. If the fighting on the front line is over, in order to avoid greater attrition, the Chu people will have to withdraw their large army, leaving only part of the troops and horses to garrison. ”

"Now, Li Shu in all parts of the Chu State are busy forging copper and iron weapons, or hunting in the mountains to make profits, and neglect to take care of the weeds in the fields, neglect to cultivate, and even waste the land."

"The king's previous policy against the weak people of the Chu State has already achieved remarkable results."

"It is conceivable that this year's Chu State is bound to have a poor harvest, and even has to ask my Wu State for food."

"This is a godsend! No, it was the wise decision of the king! ”

Wu Zixu couldn't help but compliment, and said: "The so-called soldiers and horses have not moved, and the grain and grass go first." If there is not enough food, the Chu army far away in Zhengdi will not be able to continue. ”

"Therefore, no matter what the result is, the Chu army is bound to end the war with Zheng State as soon as possible, and even cede land to sue for peace, and return part of the land of the cities that originally belonged to Zheng State."

Hearing this, Qingji bowed his head slightly and agreed.

Zheng Guo is not a small country.

Zheng Guo, like Lu, Wei, and Song, is a medium-sized country, and its national strength is neither strong nor weak.

This time, the Chu army was able to break through all the way, capture more than a dozen cities, and hit the national capital Xinzheng, because Zheng was completely defenseless before, which allowed the Chu army to succeed.

In other words, it's a blitzkrieg.

However, as the war fell into a tug-of-war, the Zheng people, who were armed, could also pull up an army of no less than 100,000 people.

At that time, the Zheng army counterattacked, and the Chu army of the labor expedition would definitely not be able to eat and walk.

Therefore, it is reasonable for the State of Chu to dare not fight a protracted war with the State of Zheng.

Not to mention whether the Chu people can destroy Zheng Guo, even if they can successfully destroy Zheng, Chu State will pay an extremely heavy price.

Qingji was silent for a long time, and fell into deep thought.

After a while, Qingji said slowly: "Zixu, according to your opinion, if the widow secretly informs Zheng Bo, so that he agrees to negotiate peace with the Chu people, and then enables Mi Sheng to return to the court, I don't know if it is possible?" ”

"The king, Zheng Boqi, is it credible?"

Wu Zixu asked with a suspicious look.

After all, it is absolutely impossible for a person like Wu Zixu to pin all his hopes on one person.

In Wu Zixu's view, Bai Gongsheng is unreliable, and Zheng Hou may not be reliable.

At this time, Zheng Guo's reigning monarch was Zheng Xiangong 虿 (chài).

The heyday of Zheng Guo was no more than the reign of Zheng Zhuanggong.

When the Zhou family moved eastward, Zheng and Jin both fulfilled their responsibilities of defense.

Since the Jin kingdom was soon divided into two parts, Yi (Jin) and Quwo, and civil wars were frequent, the royal family had to rely on Yu and Zheng, both of whom had served as princes and secretaries of the royal family.

Duke Zheng Wu and Duke Zheng Zhuang were very arrogant and rude towards the Zhou royal family, and King Ping was very dissatisfied and wanted to divide half of the power to Duke Yu.

When Zhuang Gong found out, he rebuked King Ping, but King Ping tried his best to deny it, so that "Zhou Zheng exchanged protons" (that is, exchanging protons with each other, Zheng Guo took the prince Zheng Zhaogong, and the Zhou royal family took the crown prince and prince Hu), and went to war.

In the subsequent battle of Xiangge, Zhou Tianzi's prestige was even more wiped out!

Zheng Bo made full use of his status as a minister of the royal family, and often used the name of the royal family for his own personal gain, annexed small surrounding countries, and invaded the Xu State.

intervened in Song, Wei, Lu and other countries, and also helped Qi to drive away the invading Beidi.

Zheng Guo at the time of Zheng Zhuang Gong was like the largest country in the early Spring and Autumn Period.

Therefore, Zheng Zhuanggong is also known as the "Spring and Autumn Xiaoba", he is a powerful figure before Qi Huangong.

It's a pity that Zheng Guo's good times were short-lived.

Zheng Zhuang had many favorite sons, and after his death, Zheng Guo fell into civil strife.

Soon after Zheng Zhaogong ascended the throne, when the ministers entered the Song Dynasty, they were forced by Gongzi Tu's father-in-law Yongshi to change Gongzi Tu to Zheng Guojun for Zheng Ligong.

Soon after Zheng Zhaogong fled to Weiguo, Zheng Ligong was dissatisfied with the dictatorship of the priest and murdered the priest.

The matter was leaked, the sacrifice Zhong killed Yongjiao, and welcomed the restoration of Zheng Zhaogong.

However, Zheng Zhaogong had a personal grudge with Gao Qumi, and during a hunt, Gao Qumi shot Zhaogong.

However, Gao Qumi and the priest Zhong did not dare to welcome Zheng Ligong to the throne, so they set up Gongzi as the king, which was for Zheng Ziqing.

The princes of the Qixiang Guild stopped at the beginning, Zheng Ziqian went to participate in the alliance, and Gao Qu paid tribute.

As a result, Qi Xianggong killed Zheng Ziying, and then Gongzi Ying Yu Chen was established as the monarch for Zheng Ziying.

Soon, the state of Qi attacked Zheng, Zheng Ziying was killed, and Zheng Ligong entered Zheng from the border and was reinstated.

After several battles for the throne, Zheng's state was much less powerful than before, and the surrounding powers rose up one after another.

The state of Chu in the south has long disrespected the orders of the Zhou royal family, and after failing to obtain the title, he established himself as the king, and wantonly annexed the Hanshui princesses, directly facing the Zheng state.

In the Jin Kingdom in the north, the Quwo clan achieved an absolute advantage in the struggle against the Jin State Office.

The state of Qi implemented reforms, and Duke Huan of Qi began to dominate.

Zheng Guo's position is in the land of four wars, there is no danger to defend, and it is sandwiched between the great powers.

Therefore, the great powers compete for hegemony and often use Zheng Guo as a battlefield.

In foreign policy, Zheng was sometimes pro-Chu, sometimes pro-Jin, but most of the time pro-Chu.

Zheng Guo started from Zheng Xianggong, Qi Mu took turns to govern and control the power of the country, while Zheng Guojun was in great decline.

During the reign of Qimu, only Zi Chuan adopted a flexible diplomatic strategy when the country was in power, and Zheng Guo was able to gain a chance to breathe, and the national strength was slightly restored.

But after the birth, Zheng Guo is still the same, and the country is no longer powerful.

This is Zheng Guo's helplessness!

Zheng Guo does not lack talents, but he suffers from the fact that his neighbors around him are all powerful countries, all of them are big countries, and he is located in the Central Plains, which is a place where soldiers must fight.

It is worth mentioning that Zheng Guo's title is not a duke, nor a marquis, but an earl!

In this era, large countries are called princes and marquis, and small countries are called uncles, sons, and men.

And Wu, Yue, Chu, Xu, Ba, Shu, and Yiqu are all barbarian states, so they don't use the gift of Huaxia and call themselves kings.

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