When Meng Huan, the Empress Dowager of Chu, received the news that the 30,000 troops under the command of Fei Wuji were surrounded by land and water by the armies of Liang Huzi, Chizhong, and Pingbu near the Long Bank, and were all annihilated by him, she couldn't help but be excited, and said happily: "The Wu army is really brave, Fei Wuji's people and horses have been disorganized, and their combat strength has been greatly reduced, and now they have lost 30,000 troops suddenly, it is difficult for him to withstand any storms." ” Seeing his mother's happy appearance, Xiong Zhang, the king of Xiaochu, couldn't help but be happy, and clapped his hands and said: "When the widow first saw Qingji in Jiufeng Valley, he felt that this person's name as the first warrior of Wu Country was well deserved, and this person is really amazing."
Mother, son's aunt married to Wu as queen, then he is son's uncle.
With such a great uncle as my neighbor of the Chu State, the princes of the world will not dare to underestimate the widow and bully the Chu State in the future. ” "Naïve" Meng Huan glared at her innocent son and sighed lightly: "Son, between countries, there are only interests that are eternal, not friendship.
No matter how gentleman and how big a man is, once he becomes the head of a country, what he represents is no longer just his personal interests, and he can no longer do anything according to his personal likes and dislikes.
If he forgets the great righteousness because of the small righteousness, even the most powerful king of a kingdom will be abandoned by his subjects.
Those who are righteous are the interests of the country.
You are the king of a country, you can only rely on yourself, rely on other people's people, and you will never make a big difference. ” Xiong Zhang didn't understand his mother's words, but he was very well-behaved.
However, children always want to have a strong backer, perhaps this is a kind of hero complex for children, especially Xiong Zhang, a monarch who bears a lot of responsibility but lacks sufficient governing ability and actual power.
As long as he thinks of Qingji's sturdy shoulders that seem to be able to bear even a mountain, and thinks that he is his uncle, Xiong Zhang will always feel a little inexplicably relieved in his heart.
Meng Huan's face faded with joy, and she sighed faintly: "It's a pity that all the 30,000 soldiers of my Chu State were buried by Fei Wuji's thief."
Alas, Yu Yunmengze killed countless Chu people, the old graves have not been dried, and countless new graves have been added, my Chu country has encountered disasters in the past few years, and no matter how strong the national strength is, it can't bear to toss like this again and again. ” "Queen Mother", Xiong Zhang timidly pulled Meng Huan's sleeve, Meng Huan smiled, comforted him: "Son, don't worry, Fei Wuji lost 30,000 troops, and his strength is even weaker, and the Wu army will definitely be able to annihilate all his soldiers and horses and eradicate the biggest obstacle in front of your throne."
Although our Chu State has paid the territory east of Qianshan because of this, it is still worth exchanging these territories for a real Chu State with a real command.
You are still young now, as long as you learn the way of governing the country and grow up to be a promising king, our Chu State will definitely be able to rise again and become the head of the southern princes and even the princes of the world. ” "Hmm" Xiong Zhang, the king of Xiaochu, nodded seriously: "Don't worry, the queen mother will definitely study seriously with Taifu, and when he grows up, he will be a wise gentleman and prosper the Chu country." ” "Good boy" Meng Huan smiled, looked up at the drip on one side, and it was almost time for the King of Chu to study with the Taifu, so Ying Ying stood up from the seat, and just wanted to tell Xiong Zhang a few words and rushed back to the harem, and a chamberlain rushed outside, rushed into the hall, turned over and bowed down, and shouted: "Report urgently before reporting to the army" "Speak quickly" "There was news in front of the army, Fei Wuji led the army to break through the encirclement of the Wu army, crossed the hidden mountain, and took Baiju directly, and now he has captured Baiju Pass and sent troops to Yingdu" "What" Meng Huan's face turned pale, and she said in a trembling voice: "How can you not lie and intimidate the Empress Dowager?"
The attendant slammed his head and said loudly: "The slave doesn't dare, but the pre-army emergency report said so." ” "Fei Fei Ling Yin, no, Fei Wuji, he killed it back" Under the prestige, as soon as he heard that the arrogant and domineering Ling Yin had come back again, Xiong Zhang, the king of Xiao Chu, turned pale with fright, and he looked at his mother timidly, tears already appeared in his eyes.
Meng Huan hurriedly walked around the hall twice, stood still, and shouted urgently: "Quick, go to General Xuanzixi to see you immediately."
And bring the messenger as well. ” "Yes, yes" The chamberlain also knew that this matter was important, so he hurriedly kowtowed again, jumped up and hurriedly ran out.
"Queen Mother" Xiong Zhang saw Meng Huan's ugly face, and couldn't help but be afraid, Meng Huan gritted her jade teeth, and said fiercely after a while: "What a vicious strategy" Xiong Zhang was startled, and said in a panic: "Queen Mother, what do you say?"
Meng Huan sneered and said: "Do the Wu people think they can hide from the eyes of the Empress Dowager, as long as they are not blind, no one can see that this is their intention to set the tiger into trouble and continue to weaken the strength of our Chu State." ” Xiong Zhang said in surprise: "No, Queen Mother, didn't the State of Wu have an agreement with our Chu State to help my Chu State eliminate Fei Wuji at the cost of the territory east of Qianshan, Wu Wang Qingji is a generation of heroes, and he wants to release the enemy from the river, and he will be honest and arrogant, will he deliberately make Fei Wuji a mess?"
Meng Huan's face sank like water, and there was a coldness on his delicate jade face: "Maybe it's him, maybe it's his courtiers' idea, in short, Fei Wuji broke through their encirclement so quickly and returned to the territory of Chu, if it wasn't for their intentional connivance, I would never believe it." ” Xiong Zhang, the king of Xiao Chu, scratched his head, still not understanding that Fei Wuji was obviously the common opponent of Wu and Chu, why did the Wu people not take advantage of the chaos of Fei Wuji's army to kill him, but deliberately let him go.
Meng Huan looked at this stupid son who was not angry, and felt angry in her heart.
But he is always the meat that falls from his body, he is his own son, knowing that he is wise, Meng Huan has to endure the surname to teach.
She said: "Son, we have openly broken with Fei Wuji, and we have Wu people to help, even though Fei Wuji has a large army in hand, but the army's morale is chaotic, morale is low, ten percent of the combat power can not be exerted, and his fall is also a matter of sooner or later."
However, if the Wu people killed him quickly now, what good would it do to the Wu people They paid a lot of sacrifices for their soldiers, and the result was to help my Chu State cut off the annihilation of the ministers, my Chu State has a strong national strength, far from being comparable to the Wu State, as long as you fight for strength, it is not difficult for my Chu State to regain its superiority over the princes of the world after twenty years, but the Wu State has to pay ten times more efforts than my Chu State to have this possibility.
Two neighboring countries that want to dominate the world, even if they have an in-law relationship, they are also destined opponents.
Fei Wuji is just a temporary enemy of Wu, but Chu is the enemy of Wu for decades or even hundreds of years to come, which opponent do you say is more important to weaken?"
"If you can enter the country without taboo and stir up another chaos in our Chu country, our Chu country will be greatly injured in the calamity, and it will lose the ability to compete for hegemony with the Wu country.
Even if we can drive Fei Wuji back to the east of Qianshan, we will inevitably have to pay great damage, and Fei Wuji's men and horses will not lose nothing, and it will not be much easier for the Wu people to clean him up at that time.
What's more, to the east of Qianshan is composed of several arrogant and untamed Bo states that have frequently rebelled, although you promised to assign those territories to Wu State, but once they become Wu State vassals, Wu State can easily not use troops against them, and it is difficult to issue government orders, and then it will be the Wu people who have a headache.
If Fei Wuji's men and horses can regenerate a disaster in my Chu country, the Wu people will gain a benefit.
Once Fei Wuji loses, the only way to retreat to the east of the Qianshan area where the Chu people have limited control is at that time, those Xiaobo countries will either be attached to him or take refuge in the Wu State, no matter which side they belong to, it will be difficult to guarantee their own strength in the fight between Fei Wuji and the Wu people, and once Fei Wuji is defeated and killed, the Wu State will bring the tattered Qianshan area where the local forces have been beaten into the Wu State's pocket, and it will not be easy to bring it together."
Meng Huan was originally the eldest daughter of the royal family, and she was not incompetent in national affairs, and after her son was made the crown prince, she was a mother who took precautions and was even more concerned about political affairs.
Especially after the death of the first king, the crown prince was too young to govern, and the queen mother was regent, and successively dealt with old ministers like Nangwa and Fei Wuji, and his political experience was very proficient.
Xiong Zhang only understood a little when he heard this, and couldn't help but say angrily: "How can this be reasonable, the widow treats the Wu country with sincerity, but the Wu people hide evil intentions so much.
The widow wants it."
"What are you going to do" "The widow wants to tell the world, so that everyone in the world knows about it, and they all scold the shamelessness of the Wu people."
"You" Meng Huan was angry, and scolded suddenly: "How could I give birth to such a stupid son as you, who is not a little better than your bastard father." ” Xiong Zhang was silent when he was reprimanded by his mother, and Meng Huan said angrily: "Although you are young, after all, you are already the master of a country, and you have to use your brain first in case of trouble."
If you think about it, can't the Wu people think of this dumb loss, they will eat it, and they can't say it at all.
If you say it, the Wu people will say that they fought hard and helped me to hoe and annihilate the Chu State, but they couldn't do it, and they couldn't completely annihilate Fei Wuji's people, and let him be defeated and flee, but they didn't want to attract such criticism from the Chu people, and it was obvious that they saw that Fei Wuji had been defeated, so they repented and wanted to tear up the covenant and no longer cede the land, then wouldn't you be the same as the capricious and ungrateful Jin Huigong, and become a person who is laughed at by the world?"
Meng Huan was reprimanding, the messenger in the army had already arrived, and Meng Huan hurriedly announced that he went to the palace to ask for an understanding.
It turned out that Fei Wuji seized Shaoguan and rested there temporarily, while the three-way army of Liang Huzi, Pingbu, and Chizhong took the opportunity to advance, but they intended to keep a safe distance from him, intending to form a siege.
At this moment, Wu sent Lü Qian to lead the Acropolis to reinforcements.
The total strength of the Fourth Route Army is still 10,000 less than Fei Wuji's 50,000 army, but the morale of the Wu army at this time is ten times higher than Fei Wuji's men and horses.
It's just that the composition of the generals of these four route armies is very complicated, which is not very noticeable, but it is a very important defect on the ancient battlefield where the communication conditions are extremely poor and major battles require the tacit cooperation of the generals of all departments.
Among the four, Pingbu is an important general from the Candle Yong line, and the relationship with the other three generals has never been close.
Chi Zhong was originally a general in front of the army, but he was promoted to general because of his repeated military exploits, and this time the battle was under the full command of Liang Huzi, but in terms of military rank, he was not under Liang Huzi.
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Therefore, even though he has always respected Liang Huzi cautiously in words and deeds, all the generals under him may not be convinced to let his main generals obey Liang Huzi's command.
Although Liang Huzi is the chief general of the three armies, because Chi Zhong is not a descendant of Qingji, but a general before the battle, and the current military rank is not below him, he always deliberately respects and forbears Chi Zhong, and does not want him to feel that he is an arbitrary, high-flying general.
At the same time, although Lu Qian, who had just arrived, had the lowest military rank among the four, he was his old boss.
There is such an intricate relationship between the four generals, how to schedule, how to arrange, who to attack, who to respond, and who to bear the main attack of the enemy, these problems alone are enough to give any main general a headache.
What's more, Liang Huzi is a general who is good at fighting tough battles, but he is not a politician who is exquisite, long-sleeved, and good at dancing, and is good at handling personnel relations.
Once Fei Wuji's army was attacked, the most likely direction of escape was the Chu side, so in the end, Liang Huzi arranged his main force to the west, and traveled a long way to bypass Shao Pass and block in front of them.
Chizhong was in the north, Lü Qian was in the south, and Pingbu's men and horses were arranged to be in charge of feints to drive the enemy away in the west.
As long as Fei Wuji's soldiers and horses move, the main pressure becomes his army of the main general, at that time, Lü Qian and Chi Zhong launched an attack from both wings, Lü Qian also changed from a feint attack to a real attack, they were under the least pressure, but the opportunity to pick up a bargain was the greatest, which was also Liang Huzi's intention to give the old boss an opportunity to make a great contribution.
Unexpectedly, his idea was good, but Fei Wuji had fought with Liang Huzi, Chizhong and Pingbu, and knew how powerful they were, and at this time, Fei Wuji's army morale was relatively low, so he didn't dare to choose any of the three of them as a breakthrough, but chose Lu Qian, who was unknown and had the lowest military rank.
Lu Qian recuperated for the first time after two years of recuperation, especially the main general of his old subordinates, which aroused his heroic heart, the main force of the Chu army came violently, Lu Qian was not afraid of death, commanded the battle and did not retreat an inch, and finally rushed into battle with a spear in person to kill the enemy, which led to the morale of the army, and everyone was as brave as a tiger.
However, the enemy army was much more numerous than them, and the poor ones were only demoralized.
If it weren't for the fact that they were the challengers, and Fei Wuji was running away, he didn't want to fight them to the death at all, and with the fact that the total strength was still inferior to the other party, Liang Huzi would not have divided his troops to defend against the enemy at all.
In today's situation, although the enemy is determined to escape, the battle of the trapped beast cannot be underestimated, and no matter which direction he wants to flee, the pressure on the army responsible for interception is unimaginable.
Fei Wuji occupied the dangerous advantage of Shaoguan Pass, and it was not easy for the four armies to join together to form an encirclement, and the information that the southern front was fighting hard and Lu Qian's department suffered heavy casualties, Liang Huzi finally couldn't sit still.
If this old boss, who finally recovered and re-entered the battlefield, lost his surname in the first battle under his command, he would have a troubled conscience for the rest of his life.
After the fifth emergency military information arrived, Liang Huzi finally couldn't bear this psychological pressure, he knew that the army of Pingbu and Chizhong had not yet formed an effective encirclement of Fei Wuji's army, but he still ordered the headquarters to immediately move to the southern front, and galloped at full speed to help Lu Qian's department, so that the entire encirclement was torn open, and Fei Wuji decisively transferred the army after receiving the news and killed it from the road that Liang Huzi got out of the way.
In this process, in order to bite Lu Qian's department and attract Liang Huzi to help, Fei Wuji still left more than 15,000 people on the battlefield on the southern front, and finally broke out of the encirclement with only 30,000 men and horses.
When Liang Huzi led the army to the southern front, less than 3,000 of the more than 7,000 soldiers in Lü Qian's department could still fight, Liang Huzi successfully rescued Lü Qian, and together with Pingbu and Chizhong, who had arrived, they ate more than 10,000 Chu troops left by Fei Wuji, but let Fei Wuji go.
After listening to the messenger's story of this tragic battle, Xiong Zhang couldn't help but be moved: "Queen Mother, looking at this situation, Wu Jun has indeed done his best, and he did not intend to set the enemy to flee." ” Meng Huan waved his hand back and retreated the messenger, slowed down his tone and said: "Son, judging from Qingji's prestige and surname, as well as the tragic situation of this battle, maybe this is really not Qingji's idea, but with the first general of the army, Sun Wu sent Lu Qian, not like an increase in troops, but like an intention to contain Liang Huzi's actions."
Since Sun Wu returned to Wu with Qingji, he has used his soldiers like a god and has not been defeated in a hundred battles, and now the battle is like this, don't you think it's strange?"
Xiong Zhang raised his eyebrows and said: "In this way, it was Sun Wu's envoy who deceived him, and the boy repaired a letter to King Wu, and asked him to treat him."
As soon as he saw his mother's eyes, Xiong Zhang suddenly stammered, and he couldn't say the rest of his words anymore.
Meng Huan said lightly: "No one can punish him if the queen of Wu is not my sister, I think he will not even use this strategy to transfer the army, but will directly explain the benefits to Qingji, and directly run away without any money."
It's not infidelity, it's not disobedience On the table, this is just a mistake in the command of the courtiers, a deviation in understanding, and an inevitable mistake for the subordinates, and the king cannot be demanding, so he achieves the goal in disguise.
Therefore, it is very easy for your subordinates to change the will of the Lord.
You have to remember that when you are in charge of the entire Chu State, and the same is true for your courtiers, many times, you only need to distinguish whether his intentions are good or bad, and his purpose is beneficial or unfavorable to you, but you must not interfere too much with his practices.
Son, look at your crown, why the crown of the monarch is made like this, the crown of the crown is made like this, the string of jade on the crown is to tell the king, you have to block your sharp eyes.
The ears tied around the ribbons on both sides tell the king to cover his sensitive ears.
The king of a country must have an all-inclusive mind.
There are some things that you can only think of as if you didn't see them, and when you hear them, you can only act as if you didn't hear them.
We must affirm good virtues, forgive and understand the small mistakes and selfishness committed by people, and no one is perfect, and we must not seek perfection and blame.
Remember, when the water is clear, there are no fish, and when people are observed, there are no fugitives.
You may not understand this truth, but Wu Wang Qingji will definitely understand, you are still far away, you have to learn the way of being a king with Taifu. ” Xiong Zhangbi said respectfully: "What the queen mother taught is that the child understands. ” After Meng Ying finished teaching his son, he sighed faintly, his eyebrows tightened, and he said with a sad face: "Mother hopes that you can become a generation of Ming Jun, but our mother and son have to pass this difficulty first."
The army of Chu State is not firmly in our hands at the moment, and Fei Wuji has already come with great momentum, how can this be good?"
In the Yingdu prison, the Yan generals were unkempt and sat on the grass pile in the corner of the wall in small clothes.
In the past, he was said to be imposing, and the Yanda general, who was second only to Fei Wuji in the Chu State, was even more embarrassed than a man called Huazi at this moment.
On the high stone wall, there was only a palm-sized vent, and the precious, only ray of sunlight shone down from there, shining on his pale face, comfortable Alas, Shu'er, Fu'er, those two pretty maids, who were originally going to be the ladies of the side room, now I don't know which family they have fallen to, whether they are concubines or maids.
They must be just like waiting for themselves at the beginning, and now they are smiling like flowers, waiting for their new master in every charming way, and I don't know if they will occasionally remember themselves as a person.
The Yan General sighed, suddenly raised his hand and dusted it, dusting a bed bug that had boldly climbed up to his body to the ground, and then stretched out his slap and slapped it "poof".
I didn't want to take this shot, and a lot of bed bugs and cockroaches crawled out under the grass pile that was used as a mattress, and the more I hit, the more I hit.
The general was tired of beating, so he stopped, spread his legs and leaned against the stone wall, watching those cockroaches and bedbugs crawling around on his legs.
His identity was different, so he had a separate cell in the cell, and he was far away from the other prisoners, and every day he did not see a single person all night, except for the jailers who patrolled and the prisoners who sent prisoners, and the only creatures he could see except himself were these insects.
After watching it for a while, the general yawned boredly, closed his eyes in a daze, and dozed off.
"Papa" clear footsteps came, and then stopped beside him, Yan Jiangshi didn't open his eyes, just thought: "It's time to eat again, what time is it, is it noon?"
There was a "bang" and the cell door opened.
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Yan Jiang Shi opened his eyes in surprise, only to see a person standing in front of him, wearing a white plum blossom pattern deep robe, a sword hanging from his waist, and a high crown on his head, Yan Jiang Shi squinted his eyes and looked carefully, suddenly shrank in surprise, and leaned his back against the wall.
"Zi Xi Mo is not my time has come?"
"General Yan" The two looked at each other for a long time, and General Zixi smiled slightly and arched his hand to him.
General Yan beat a drum in his heart, endured his fear, and said calmly: "General Zixi, are you here to send the old man on the road?"
"Hehe, General Yan misunderstood, General Ben was ordered by the Queen Mother to show General Yan a clear way."
"Oh" General Yan narrowed his eyes, his thoughts turned sharply, and he asked, "What is the clear road?"
Zixi said: "General Yan used to be rebellious and disobedient to the court, which is of course guilty.
However, the general has been fighting all his life and can fight well, but he is a tiger general, and it would be a pity if he died with the grass and trees.
Now the queen mother has deposed Fei Wuji from all official positions and reorganized the mountains and rivers of the Chu State.
The great cause of the country, all kinds of waste are waiting to be revived, it is the time to employ people, I don't know if the general can have repentance when he is in prison, and he is willing to serve the queen mother" General Yan rolled his eyes, and suddenly laughed loudly: "Hahahaha, I understand, the old man understands, Lord Yin led the troops to return to China, and you have not yet controlled all the forces of the whole country, and now you are in a panic, there is nothing to do, hahaha" The Yan general's laughter was rampant, but Zixi was expressionless, just looked at him coldly, and said slowly: "Yes, Fei Wuji did come back, but he didn't come back completely, do you think it's good that Wu Guoguo let go of this great opportunity to fight him, we really haven't got all the army in our hands, but even if Fei Wuji can kill back to Yingdu, do you think you can see him alive?"
The general's laughter stopped abruptly, he pounced forward like a tiger with both hands on the ground, his hair was scattered, and his face was hideous: "What do you want?"
Zixi said slowly: "The queen mother has made up her mind, she would rather be a broken jade than a complete tile, and she will never be a puppet of Fei Wuji again."
At the time of the country's survival, it is the time to employ people, and now you have two ways to go, one way, to be loyal to the Queen Mother, to lead the troops but to the enemy, and to be the official of Sima.
Another way, give you a death, and be the unscrupulous lackey on the Huangquan Road.
How do you choose?"
The official position of Chu State is different from that of the Central Plains, the highest official position is Ling Yin, followed by Sima, Zuotu, Si Defeat, etc., Sima's position is an extremely rare high position for a prisoner.
Yan Jiangshi's face was cloudy, but a pair of eyes were fixed on Zixi, for a long time, his eyes flashed, and he said in a low voice like a voice from his throat: "Okay, the old man is willing to be loyal to Her Majesty the Queen Mother." ” Zixi smiled slightly, as if he knew his choice, he took off the sword from his waist, threw it in front of the Yan general, and said leisurely: "Very good, then please ask General Yan to prove it to the Queen Mother, so that she knows your loyalty." ” The corners of the general's eyes shrank slightly, and he asked in a cold voice, "What does this mean?"
Zixi asked rhetorically: "The general doesn't understand" The flesh of the Yan General's cheeks twitched, and a fierce look flashed in his eyes The general walked out of the cell in rags and with a cape, carrying a sharp sword in his hand, and the sword was dripping with blood.
His tattered robe, and even his face were splattered with blood, which made his description as fierce as a demon god.
In the cell behind him, there were corpses lying all over the place, all of which were Fei Wuji's closest family members, parents, wives, sons, and all the Fei family members, all buried in this cell As soon as he got out of the cell, the sky was full of sunshine, and the general subconsciously squinted his eyes, but he did not lower his head, he still looked up with his face up, greedily looking at the full sun.
When he got used to the sun and lowered his head, he saw two beautiful maids with graceful faces standing in front of him, one holding a copper basin, the other holding a towel, and the two girls with beautiful faces and graceful figures, which were Shu'er and Fu'er, his two favorite maids.
"Shogun, please."
The two women bowed their knees to greet each other, as respectful as ever.
"Meet the Great General."
Behind the two women, there were three rows of fierce generals in the army with bright armor, all of whom were the old troops he had led out for many years, some of whom had been imprisoned with him, and some of the evil deeds were not good, plus the generals in the army could not be swept away, so they were spared, and now they all stood in front of him.
As soon as they saw the generals looking at them, one of the generals took a big step forward from the queue with the general's armor and sword in his hand, and said loudly: "Please put on the armor and robes."
To be continued: