The college has entered a period of completion, and students who have studied for many years have graduated one after another, and most of them choose to go to various countries to find opportunities.

The monarchs of this era are also very real, and if they have the ability, they will use you, and the opportunity to display their talents plus high-ranking officials have everything.

If you don't do this, you still cling to the monarch who has everything and the common people have no chance, and basically even the ancestral hall has been burned.

No matter how nice it sounds, it is useless, and the real driving force is the real benefit.

The students taught by Li Yunze at least have one skill.

And it's basically pragmatic, and you can see the effect when you use it.

As soon as such an immediate exemplary effect came out, the monarchs and families of various countries were overjoyed, and their senses for Li Yunze and Confucianism naturally soared.

With realistic examples, it has inspired more students who want to rely on knowledge to change their life and destiny, and they will not hesitate to travel hundreds of miles to study.

Seeing that more and more people are coming to study, Shao Zheng is familiar with the way and is ready to expand the academy again.

"No need to expand."

Li Yunze waved his hand and stopped Shao Zhengmao, "Only 3,000 students are accepted here." ”

Shao Zhengmao was puzzled, "There are more things to learn."

"Merit-based admission."

"It's all excellent."

Li Yunze glanced at him a few times, "You can take as much as you want when you finish your course, and you will sort it according to your grades." Tell those who are not selected, either continue to wait, anyway, they will be recruited once a year. Either go to those who have already graduated, and they can also take in apprentices. ”

Shao Zhengmao was surprised: "They can also accept apprentices?" ”

"Why can't you take in apprentices?"

Li Yunze spread his hands: "Those who have the ability can naturally accept apprentices, as long as they remember the core teachings of Confucianism and martial arts, and be able to familiarize themselves with "Luyu". ”

"You recruit a group of people from among the students, and travel around the world to see if the Confucian disciples who have completed their studies still strictly follow the Confucian teachings when they accept them. If they violate the martial will, then expel them. ”

Shao Zhengmao didn't know why Li Yunze was obsessed with only accepting 3,000 disciples, but he didn't ask too much, and went to work after answering.

Li Yunze is here to find Fan Li.

"Master."

Seeing Li Yunze coming in, Fan Li picked up a stack of paper on the bookcase and stepped forward, "The plan to invest in Wu Guo has been written." ”

After taking it and reading it carefully, Li Yunze nodded with satisfaction, "The writing is good, especially the point of holding the right to mint coinage, you haven't learned it in vain." ”

"It's all taught by the master."

Li Yunze waved his hand, "Go to Wu Country here, just do your own business, Wu Zixu and your senior brother don't ask too much, they have their own things to do." ”

"Yes."

"And."

Li Yunze continued to advise, "After you are busy with the affairs of Wu Kingdom, you can go to Yue Kingdom again." ”

"Yue Guo?" Fan Li looked puzzled, "Dare to ask Master, why is this?" ”

"When the country of Wu is strong, the country of Yue will be uneasy." Li Yunze explained a few words: "This is a good opportunity for you to send warmth, and then invest in Yue Guo according to the conditions of Wu Guo." Of course, the time should be postponed a little, and wait until the Wu State and the Chu State are fighting before starting. ”

"Yes."

Fan Li first saluted in response, and then asked the doubts he had always had in his heart: "Master, we have invested so much money into it, what if they regret it?" ”

"Repentance?"

Hearing this inquiry, Li Yunze smiled instead, "I'm afraid you haven't heard a word." ”

"Ghosts and gods stay away."

"If I get angry, the ghosts and gods will stay away from me in awe!"

Here in the country of Wu, the king of Wu appointed talents to enhance the national strength.

Wu Zixu promoted politics, Sun Wu trained soldiers, and received Li Yunze's funding, so that his national strength grew rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye.

After several years of preparation, the state of Wu, which is thriving in national strength, already has the basic conditions to carry out with the state of Chu.

The envoys of the State of Wu, who had been active for a long time, hit it off with the State of Jin, and the State of Jin mobilized troops and horses to the border, attracting a large number of forces from the State of Chu to defend themselves.

At the same time, the envoys of Wu spread rumors in Qin that the king of Chu intended to depose the crown prince Yunyun, which aroused the suspicion of Qin and delayed the time for him to send troops to rescue Chu.

Subsequently, Wu Guoce rebelled against the vassal state of Chu, Tongguo.

When the news reached Zhanghuatai, the king of Chu, who had a divine doctor to take care of his body, was furious and immediately sent a large army to clean up the disobedient little brother.

The traitorous ministers on the side of Chu were in charge of the country's political chaos, and they didn't even know that Wu had already intervened.

When the Chu army killed Tongguo, it was ambushed by Sun Wu in Yuzhangdi.

In this era, wars are usually frontal battles, but ambush warfare is also available.

For example, the battle of Kunshan that broke out between the Jin State and the Qin State was the Qin army ambushed by the Jin army.

It's just that this kind of thing is too rare and not mainstream.

The Chu army was really defenseless here, and was defeated by the tens of thousands of elites of the Wu State led by Sun Wu, and even the main general Gongzi Fan was arrested.

For Sun Lao Liu, ambushing or something is a routine operation.

"Next, go directly to attack Yingdu?"

Wu Zixu, who used to be a Chu person, looked around at the battlefield full of the corpses of the Chu army, and his face was irrepressibly satisfied.

Since the whole family was gagged, Wu Zixu only had endless hatred for the Chu State.

He longed for all the Chu people to die.

"This battle has knocked out the mobile combat power of the Chu State." Sun Wu responded, "Yingdu is already empty, and it will take a long time for the Chu troops from all over the country to come to the rescue. ”

In the era when there were no railways, highways and airplanes, when we learned the news, gathered people, prepared military supplies, and then traveled thousands of miles, it was usually impossible to reach it in a few months.

Even the Chu army near Yingdu had to walk for ten days and half a month.

And the reason why Sun Wu went to great lengths to use Tongguo as a bait was to gain this time.

"It has to be fast."

Sun Wu said to Wu Zixu, "Not only must we attack Yingdu before the arrival of Chu reinforcements, but also before the king of Chu escapes." ”

At the mention of the King of Chu, Wu Zixu, who gritted his teeth, roared, "I will never let him go." ”

"Don't worry." Sun Wu nodded with a smile: "I'll help you." ”

The two looked at each other, their eyes full of affection.

It's sympathy, not bumper mountain.

"It's still some distance from Yingdu." Wu Zixu, who was in a good mood, asked with a little doubt, "How to speed up?" ”

"Of course, it is to abandon the baggage, and the whole army is lightly armed."

Sun Wu's response made Wu Zixu shocked, "Abandon the baggage? Without food and grass supplies, what will the army eat? ”

"Naturally, it is the enemy."

Sun Wu said lightly: "Sweep the towns and villages along the way and eat the food of the Chu people." ”

Wu Zixu really didn't see that Sun Wu was so ruthless.

How can anyone who goes to the battlefield not be ruthless?

Those who can't be ruthless go to the battlefield, and they usually die the fastest.

"But you can't go too fast." Sun Wu explained with a smile, "If you run too fast, I am afraid that the king of Chu will be desperate and flee directly." It is necessary to control the time and speed, give him a false hope, and make him feel that he can have a chance to defend Yingdu. ”

After all, Yingdu is the capital of the Chu State, if it is conquered, not to mention the direct death of the Chu State, but the prestige will be greatly damaged, and the internal turmoil will be inevitable.

What's more, there are temples here in Yingdu, as well as the tombs of the kings of Chu in the past dynasties.

Losing these, the king of Chu, who gave up his illness, was also counted as having done it.

So as long as it is not in a completely desperate environment, he will still hold on to a glimmer of hope.

"If you want revenge, you will take an elite army and make a detour to Yingdu." Sun Wu instructed in his words: "Ambush on the road that the king of Chu must pass to flee west." ”

Without the slightest hesitation, Wu Zixu immediately nodded, "Yes." ”

"It's only half a month." Sun Wu solemnly instructed: "After half a month, I will be a soldier in the city of Yingdu." ”

"I believe in you!"

With men and horses, no backup and no logistical supplies, he went to a remote place and detoured to the heart of Chu State.

If Sun Wu's army did not come at the appointed time, then Wu Zixu would be dead.

The kind that can't even run.

But Wu Zixu believes that Sun Wu can do it, and he also believes that he will be able to take revenge! 、

In the face of an unprecedented threat, the state of Chu, which had encountered a crisis, broke out with the greatest stress reaction.

The king of Chu, who hurriedly returned to Yingdu from Zhanghuatai, frantically sent envoys to attack from all directions, mobilizing all the soldiers and horses that could be mobilized, to snipe the Wu army that was constantly approaching Yingdu.

The mobile strength of the Chu army was indeed defeated, but the size of the Chu army distributed in various places still far exceeded that of the Wu army.

With the king's order, more and more Chu troops began to be dispatched.

It's a pity that they have suffered an unprecedented dimensionality reduction blow.

Sun Wu, the sixth oldest, skillfully used ambush warfare, night raids, let the soldiers of Wu State wear Chu army clothes and hold the Chu army flag to pretend to be friendly attacks, set fire to mountains, dig embankments and flood, and even use the weather to launch offensives on foggy and rainy days.

These combat methods that the Chu army had never heard of directly made them dumbfounded.

The Wu army did everything they could, that is, they did not fight head-on with the Chu army.

After several major battles in succession, the Chu army was almost beaten in a doubtful life.

They never thought that they could fight like this!

More than ten days later, Sun Wu's army had already arrived under the city of Yingdu.

The king of Chu was desperate.

He summoned the queen, that is, the princess of Qin, who was supposed to be his daughter-in-law, and instructed, "The widow will flee west to attract the attention of the Wu army, you take the prince from the north and ask the Qin state to send troops to help!" ”

After that, he stuffed his crown and sword, as well as the national treasures and clans of the Chu State into the hands of the queen, "The widow lost the temple and the tombs of the ancestors of the past dynasties, and lived in the world without shame, you tell the prince that you must avenge the widow!" ”

When Sun Wu learned the news that the carriage of the king of Chu was under the escort of the defenders of the royal city, desperately breaking through to the west and fleeing, he was not too surprised.

It's all something I've thought about for a long time.

Sun Wu just arranged a group of soldiers and horses to pursue at random, and then spent his energy on attacking Yingdu.

The king of Chu, who was standing out of the encirclement, looked at the national capital in the distance and fell into flames, his face was full of tears.

He lost the temple and the mausoleum of his ancestors.

The depressed King of Chu, when he fled all the way west under the escort of the guards, met a Wu army less than a hundred miles away from Yingdu.

"Abandon the sick old dog!"

Wu Zixu, who had white hair, roared angrily at the King of Chu in the carriage, "Do you remember Wu Zixu!" ”

Seeing Wu Zixu who was angry, a trace of regret passed through the heart of King Chu, and he knew today

He knew that he couldn't escape, and shouted at Wu Zixu, "Traitor! The widow killed your whole family, and you really want revenge, right? The widow will not give you a chance to take revenge today! Hahahaha~~~"

In the laughter, Wu Zixu watched as King Chu drew his sword and wiped his neck!

(End of chapter)