Chapter 931: Born Between Poor Mountains and Bad Waters

How did Yan Ying and Tian Sui Tho change their ways and defect from Qi to Wu?

This is what happened more than twenty years ago.

At that time, Yan Ying was ordered to send an envoy to Jinling to negotiate peace with Wu Guo, but he was detained by Qingji, and he said that Yan Ying was allowed to give a lecture in the Jixia School Palace.

Yan Ying didn't understand the internal cause of the matter, so she agreed.

Unexpectedly, at that time, Qi Jinggong, who was suspicious by nature, thought that Yan Ying had betrayed.

Because Qingji secretly sent someone to bribe Qi Jinggong's close ministers, so that they maliciously slandered Yan Ying by Qi Jinggong's side, and Qingji also sent someone to take all Yan Ying's family files to Jinling, which caused Yan Ying to be speechless, and finally could only agree to stay in Wu State.

However, Yan Ying did not give advice to the Wu State, or went to other countries, but stayed in the Jixia School Palace to give lectures until his death.

Tian Sui Tho is different.

Tian Sui Tho was already suspicious and snubbed by Qi Jinggong, and finally was persuaded by Bo Yu to enter the Wu Kingdom.

Therefore, Tian Sui Tho can show his strengths in Wu State, and now he is also named "Wuyang Jun" by Qingji, and is listed as the three gods of war in Wu State along with Wu Anjun Sun Wu and Wu Xinjun Wu Zixu.

Having said that, the great talents of the Qi State are not small at all.

Yan Ying, Tian Sui Tho, Sun Ping, Sun Wu, etc., it's a pity that they couldn't stay in Qi to show their ambitions, and they were persecuted for various reasons, but they cheapened Wu State.

"The king can let people spread rumors, saying that Fan Li has switched to my Qi country."

"Moreover, the king should immediately send someone to Xianyang to take Fan Li's family scrolls to Qi State, so as to confirm this matter and force Fan Li to do everything."

"Good!"

Lu Ren nodded, deeply agreeing.

……

Yecheng, King Wu Xingyuan.

Qingji didn't see Fan Li return for many days, and he couldn't help but be puzzled.

Yecheng is very close to Chaoge, and you can go back and forth in one day, even if Fan Li has the king's order and has important tasks, he can't be silent all the time, as if the world has evaporated.

Could it be that Fan Li has already encountered an accident?

No way.

Qing Ji didn't believe it.

The two countries are at war, and they do not come to the enemy.

Even the State of Wu has always adhered to this principle and has not undermined it, how dare the countries do such a deviant thing and kill the envoy of the State of Wu, Fan Li, who is famous all over the world?

Qingji was in the middle of the journey, and when he was discussing the military aircraft with a group of generals, Uncle Cheng in the imperial history came out and said: "The king, the minister has something to do." ”

"Say."

"I heard that Fan Li has changed his course and taken refuge in the ...... of Qi State"

"Impossible, absolutely impossible."

Qingji categorically vetoed: "Fan Li will never betray the widow and betray the Wu country, this must be the conspiracy of the Qi people, and it lies in the relationship between the widow and Fan Li!" ”

Qingji's friendship with Fan Li is so deep, friends of life and death, how could he believe that Fan Li betrayed him?

Even if Wu State loses this battle, it is still a superpower, and it is a dominant power among the countries under heaven, what reason does Fan Li have to betray Qingji and switch to Qi State?

"How did you hear this, Bo'er?"

"This ...... The king, the minister heard about it in the market. ”

"Then Fan Li must have been detained by the Qi people."

Knowing that Fan Li was only under house arrest and did not suffer an accident and injured his life, Qingji secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

"Great King, Chen Shicai received a report from the scouts that the coalition army has arrived in Zhongmu, and there are about 100,000 people. The enemy army has set up camp in Zhongmu. ”

Sun Wu stepped forward and said.

Zhongmu? Qingji came to the edge of the screen with the sheepskin map hanging and carefully examined the terrain in the vicinity.

Zhongmu County is located in the hinterland of the Central Plains, on the shore of the big river, is the modern provincial capital Zhengzhou under the rule, can be described as a transportation area.

It is also a place where soldiers must fight, and in later history, the famous battle of Guandu broke out here in Zhongmu.

There is also the little-known "Ichizawa Uprising".

About the twenty-third year of King Jing of Zhou, a large number of Zheng slaves could not bear the tyranny and gathered in the area of Namize to revolt.

The reason is that Zheng State is located in the land of four wars, and has been repeatedly attacked by Jin, Chu and other countries, and is forced to continue to pay tribute to the big countries in order to survive.

In order to satisfy their selfish desires and pay tribute to the great powers, the monarch and the emperor of Zheng could only transfer the pressure to the common people and slaves, so the unbearable slaves rose up.

At that time, Zheng Guo's ruling secretary Uncle Shizi sent troops to suppress it. Most of the slaves of the uprising died, and the vigorous uprising was declared a failure......

"My lord, I think I can't wait any longer."

Wu Zixu said: "The first strike is the strongest. The Central Plains area, a flat river, basically no danger to defend. ”

"The minister is willing to lead 30,000 iron cavalry to frustrate the spirit of the coalition army!"

"Wait."

Qingji waved his hand and said: "The widow has ordered Wu Hong to recruit new soldiers from the nine southern counties, and there are 100,000 new soldiers. Although the coalition forces were huge, they did not dare to launch a full-scale attack on Ye County and the Zhangshui camp of our Wu army for a while. ”

"If the confrontation continues like this, the outnumbered people can afford it, but the coalition forces may not be able to afford it."

"This ......"

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It's not impossible.

After all, this kind of big war with more than one million people on both sides is a huge test of national strength.

Wu's national strength can still stand the test.

……

The time entered the thirtieth year of King Qingji of Wu, that is, in 484 BC, the seventh month of the lunar calendar.

Just as Qingji expected, the 620,000 horses of the Five-Nation Alliance did not easily launch a full-scale attack on the Wu army.

The Wu army and the allied forces faced off on the front line for a month, during which there were only skirmishes, thousands of casualties and casualties, and there was no real major battle.

The two armies are just testing each other.

At this time, Gongzihong had already rushed to Ye County with 100,000 new soldiers.

These 100,000 people are basically soldiers from Lingnan and Southwest.

Don't look at their weapons and equipment, it's a bit difficult to say, but the combat effectiveness is really good.

Most of these soldiers were originally from the Dingkou of Baiyue and Baipu places, born between poor mountains and bad waters, good at mountain warfare, fierce temperament, and very brave in battle.

After so many years of assimilation, they developed a great sense of belonging to the state of Wu.

After all, they are basically young people in their twenties, and many of them were born and grown up under the rule of Wu Guo.

It's worth fighting!

"Son-in-law Wu Qi, see Father!"

"Wu Qi, you came just in time. How much grain did you send from Shu County and Guanzhong this time? ”

"Back to my father, my son was ordered to escort the grain, except for the consumption on the road, and sent about 820,000 stone of grain from Shu County and Guanzhong!"

"Okay."

Qingji was determined at this time.

With soldiers and food, Qingji is not afraid of fighting a war of attrition with the coalition forces.

Now it is not Wu Guo who is in a hurry, but the coalition army.

Some people died, but not completely......