Chapter 12: Cutting Wu

(Chapter 10 is blocked, it won't come out until tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, it can be written in history books, and the online article is not allowed to be written, outrageous.) )

The attendant said: "I was whipped by him without mistake, please believe me, I will not hide the whereabouts of Qi Hou." ”

"He was just taken away by the other guards." The squire said, pointing in one direction.

Just as everyone was about to chase in the direction he pointed, a private soldier next to him suddenly pointed to the road ahead and said, "Your Majesty, he is lying, there are no footprints over there at all!" ”

Gongsun Wuzhi, Lian Cheng, Guan Zhifu and others looked at it, and saw that the wild grass there was not broken, and there were no footsteps on the ground, and there were no traces of anyone walking at all. The crowd immediately understood that they had been deceived.

Seeing that he was recognized, Fu pulled out his sword and was about to resist, but before he could pull out the sword, he was killed by the guards next to him.

"How do you go to find that Qi Hou if you kill it?" Seeing that Fu was killed, Lian Cheng's face was a little ugly.

"Go back, there are no footprints around, Qi Hou must have been hiding on the way just now!" Gongsun Wuzhi immediately said.

Everyone felt justified, and immediately turned around to look back, and at this time, Gongsun Wuzhi suddenly saw a strip of cloth among the thorns next to him, and immediately shouted, he ran here.

Everyone hurriedly chased after him, and sure enough, it was not enough to catch up with one person, Gongsun Wuzhi grabbed him and saw that it was Qi Hou, so he killed him with a sword.

Immediately, with the support of Lian Cheng and Guan Zhi's father, he returned to Qidu and established himself as the king.

When the news of the turmoil in Qi came out, Wang Sheng was very happy. He is not optimistic about Gongsun Ignorance who killed Qi Hou Zili, but this is better, Gongsun Ignorance killed Qi Jun Zili, and also gave others a start, and the Qi State will definitely be in chaos for a while, and this time is enough for him to raise troops to attack Wu again.

At the same time, Wang Sheng also realized the strength of the intelligence network laid by the office over the past two hundred years.

Since the last defeat of Wu, the Huai State has been recuperating, and the 100,000 slaves compensated by the Chu State have also been distributed by Wang Sheng.

Compared with the slaves of other states, the slaves of the Huai State still have a channel for rising, and the slaves can join the army, and after making meritorious deeds, they can be pardoned and become nationals. If you do not join the army, you can also get a pardon if you turn in a certain amount of food for several consecutive years.

This is also the policy set by Zijue at the beginning, when there were few people in Huaiguo, in addition to the remnants of Yin Shang who came to defect, it was the captured Huaiyi and Dongyi prisoners, through this system, the strength of Huaiguo increased rapidly.

This system has not changed until now, and even other vassal states are learning from it.

After recuperating for several years, the strength of the Huai State reached a higher level, and after learning of the civil strife in Qi, Wang Sheng immediately gathered a large army and hoarded grain and grass.

After having the canal, Huai mobilized the army very quickly, and Wang Sheng had been hoarding a part of the grain and grass in Yangzhou over the years, so when the army set off, there was no need to raise additional grain and grass at all.

Although the state of Qi was already in civil strife, and the state of Lu was difficult to support alone, Wang Sheng was not careless, leaving 30,000 troops stationed in Xiapi to guard against the two countries of Qi and Lu.

At the same time, he left 10,000 troops in Handu, and then took the remaining 50,000 troops to prepare to attack Wu. Over the years, Wang Sheng has not only asked the intelligence network to focus on collecting intelligence on Qilu and other countries, but also collected intelligence on Wu.

After the last fiasco of Wu, Wu Hou began to pay attention to the army and asked Chu for advice, and Chu was angry about the last defeat, so he helped Wu reform the military and let Wu's military strength increase rapidly.

In the first attack on Wu, Wu was defeated, in addition to part of the gap in weaponry and training, the greater reason was the military system. Wu is located in a remote area, at the beginning of the Yi people, after the Taibo to Wu, brought the farming technology of the Western Zhou Dynasty, which made the Wu State from the Yi tribe began to transform into a vassal state.

As for the art of using soldiers, it was even worse, after the defeat of Wu, Wu Hou sent people to learn the art of using soldiers from Chu, as well as the method of car warfare.

After a few years of recuperation, the strength of the state of Wu has been greatly improved, and the army wants revenge.

Wang Sheng said: 'Wu Guo broke off the tattoo, the barbarians also, and the Xia Dynasty was ruined, and the royal road was righteous! 'In the name of the name, it is famous to conquer the state of Wu.

When Wu Guo heard that Huai Guo sent troops to attack Wu, he was extremely angry, and declared: After Wu Nai's uncle, Ji's surname is noble, and Huai Guo is the remnant of Yin Shang, and he is not guilty of killing Wu, and he is also unjust!

Huai Guo has already responded to Wu Guo's accusations: "Since Wu Guo is the uncle, Ji is surnamed Guizhou, can he pay tribute to Zhou Tianzi?" ”

"Ji's surname is noble, not the son of heaven, his crime is also, Huai Guo is defeating Wu, and righteousness is also!"

Since the founding of the state of Wu, except for the first one or two tributes, there has been no tribute after that, and this time he was caught and lost the battle.

The two sides had a war of words, but Wu Guo still lost money. Of course, the other vassal states of the Central Plains did not care about the war between Huai and Wu at all. After all, the kingdoms of Huai and Wu are remote. Only the vassal states in the east were worried.

Wu sent envoys to Qi and Lu again for help, but unfortunately Qi was in chaos at this time, and he was unable to take care of Wu at all, and Lu was unable to support it alone, and he did not dare to fight with Huai.

As for Zheng Guo, Song Guo and other countries are too far away. Chen, Cai and other countries can't help across the Xu State, and the only one who can help is the Chu State.

Wu Guo went to Chu for help, Chu Jun heard that Huai Guo's heart was like a fire, Chu State since the founding of the country, there have been many defeats, but for the first time there was a captured army of 40,000, Chu was deeply ashamed, and immediately agreed to send troops to help.

For the participation of Chu in the war, Wang Sheng had long expected it, and it was not surprising that Wang Sheng asked Wei Yun to stay in Handi and let him levy the countrymen to defend the land, while he personally led the army to attack Wu.

Wu Jun issued a conscription order to the entire state of Wu.

"Wu Guo is a descendant of Taibo, and Gu is a nobleman of Zhuxia. King Wu divided the state of Wu, and the ancestors of the road to the blue wisps only have today's Wu country prosperous.

The remnants of the Yin Shang people of the Huai State also coveted the wealth and land of the Wu State, and raised troops to attack me, just like the Yidi savages, who launched an unjust war and were bound to fail.

Lone called on all the Wu people to take up arms to defend their homeland, fight the invading Huai people, and save the Wu State Sheji, Haotian God and King Wu are watching us! ”

If the battle is won, there will naturally be nothing to do, and you can even cut the meat from Huaiguo, but if it is defeated, Wu will be uncomfortable next year, a large number of strong people will be requisitioned, and it will be okay for a short time, if it is a long time, next year's grain will definitely be affected.

More importantly, a large number of soldiers and people were recruited, which put great pressure on logistics, and Wu Guo directly requisitioned 80,000 soldiers and 50,000 people, known as 200,000 troops.

Wu Hou saw that the army was rolling with flags, like a long snake, ten miles endlessly, and for a while there was a sense of heroism swallowing mountains and rivers and the world returning to me.

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In the eleventh year of King Ping, Huai Wu said: Wu Guo broke off the tattoo, the barbarians also, and the Xia Dynasty was ruined, and the royal road was righteous! Wu Guo said: After Wu Nai's uncle, the surname Ji is noble, and the remnants of Huaiguo Yin Shang are also innocent of Wu, and they are unjust! Huai also said: Ji surnamed noble, not the son of heaven, his sin is also, Huai Guo Wu is also righteous! - "The Eleventh Year of King Ping"