Dahan first prince

Chapter 228 Huainan?I am from Wu!
Almost at the same time that Li Shang was expressing his views on the direction of the war in Fengyi Palace, Wuyi, the capital of Jing, fell into a strange silence.

After calming down from the joy of "going all over Jingdi for a few days", the Huainan generals gathered up their moods, prepared their troops, and prepared for the next big battle that was bound to happen.

——Go north to attack Chu!
Although every soldier in the rebel army had expected this great battle, even at the moment when the whole Jingdi was captured, when the word "attack Chu" appeared in their minds, the soldiers still couldn't help but feel a little nervous. Trembling.

It's not Huainan sergeants, they are all a group of timid people, or mobs—in fact, in the past few decades, the word "Chu Zu" has left too many legends in the land of Kanto... ·

Leaving aside, let’s just talk about what happened in the last few decades. First, when the first emperor destroyed Chu, Xiang Yan, the general of Chu, dropped a sentence like a curse, "Although Chu has three households, if Qin dies, Chu must die."

As a result, just over ten years later, the first emperor passed away, the second emperor succeeded to the throne, and Qin died at the hands of the third generation Ziying. Liu Bang and Xiang Yu, who competed for the world, were both born in Chu.

It can even be said that apart from initiating the uprising, Chen Sheng and Wu Guang, who raised the flag in Daze Township, contributed the most, made the most contributions, and played the most decisive role in the process of "destroying Qin". , and Xiang Yu, an aristocrat of the Chu State, and Liu Bang, the rogue leader of the Chu State.

To put it a little closer, after the Hongmen Banquet, the world was entrusted to Xiang Yu as the eighteen princes, and because Xiang Yu ordered the then Jiujiang King Yingbu to intercept and kill King Huai of Chu, he lost all righteousness and stood on the opposite side of the world.

But even so, Xiang Chu at that time did not lose Xiang Yu's reputation as "the overlord of Chu" at all, and basically beat anyone who didn't like it.

——Also beat them all!

Especially in the battle of Pengcheng, the overlord Xiang Yu personally led 56 Chu cavalry, and chased the [-] princes' coalition army led by Liu Bang from Pengcheng all the way to Xingyang like sheep. middle!
These past events alone were enough to make the Huainan national soldiers under Yingbo's command feel an unexplained fear and dread towards the "Chu people" who had not yet fought against each other.

And all of this was seen by a nobleman with a tattooed face and stern eyebrows in Jingwang Palace in Wuyi...

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"Chu people..."

"Humph!"

With a low growl full of irritability, Ying Bu only clenched his fists, propped his fists on the wooden table with a grumpy face, and cast his sinister eyes on the empty palace.

As Yingbo gradually frowned, even the tattoo on his left cheek could not help but twist.

I don't know how long it took before Yingbo sat back on the soft couch with a gloomy face, and fell into a long thought.

Logically speaking, Yingbo himself can barely be regarded as a native of Chu.

——Jiujiang, where Yingbu was born, was originally the territory of Chu State before Qin unified the world.

However, if the time is pushed back a little bit, to the handover of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the situation will be different again.

The native place of Yingbo is Lu'an, the capital of Huainan today.

To be precise, after Qin Shihuang unified the world, he divided the world into 36 counties; and Yingbu was born in Liu'an, Qin Jiujiang County.

Before Qin destroyed the six countries and unified the world, Jiujiang was indeed the territory of Chu State.

But in the more distant Spring and Autumn Period, Jiujiang County was called "the head of Wu and the tail of Chu" by most people because it belonged to the east of Wu and the west of Chu; strictly speaking, it belonged to the state of Wu.

At the end of the Spring and Autumn Period, Gou Jian, the King of Yue, tasted his courage. Jiujiang, which originally belonged to the State of Wu, was occupied by the State of Yue, which ruled for a while.

It's just that, like most of the overlords who flourished for a while, the Yue Kingdom, which dominated the world for a while, inevitably declined after the death of a generation of hero Goujian.

Especially in the short hundred years since Goujian's death, there have been three regicides in the Yue Kingdom, which are called by historians: Yue people killed their regicides three times.

——Firstly, in the 21st year of Zhou Zhenwang, that is, in 448 BC, Zhu Gou, the crown prince of Yue Wang, launched a coup d'etat and succeeded in killing the Yue king, but he succeeded and became king.

Later, in the first year of King Lie of Zhou, that is, in 375 BC, Yuwei, the younger brother of King Yi of Yue, succeeded to the throne, murdered the three princes, and tried to get rid of the princes, but was rejected by the King of Yue;

Seeing that his plan was not approved, Zhu Jiu was worried that he would be killed, so he staged a palace coup and killed King Yi of Yue. In October of that year, angry Yue people killed Zhu Jiu again!

King Yi of Yue and his heirs were killed by the thieves and thieves. The culprits who had successfully ascended the throne as King of Yue were killed by loyal Yue people. This made the throne of Yue Kingdom no longer in the sense of ritual The successor of the Yue State has since fallen into civil strife.

Just two years later, in the third year of King Lie of Zhou, that is, in 363 BC, the younger brother Si of the temple area killed the prince again, and supported his younger brother Wuzhuan as the king of Yue...

The tragedies of regicide and patricide are constantly being staged in the court, and the nobles of the Yue Kingdom have their own minds and kill each other. This also makes the Yue Kingdom, which is already on the road of decline, at a faster speed, and the hegemony of the Yue King Goujian gradually fades away. The line drifts away.

Until 306 BC, that is, the first year of King Qin Zhaoxiang and the ninth year of King Zhou Shenliang, the Yue Kingdom, which still failed to get out of the civil strife, was finally destroyed by King Huai of Chu;
The former territory of Yue State, and the territory of Wu State that was included in Yue State by King Goujian of Yue, have also become part of the territory of Chu State since then.

So from this point of view, as a native of Jiujiang, Yingbo can say that he is from Chu or that he is from Yue. , and they all still call themselves 'Wu people'.

This is also the reason why the Huainan soldiers under Yingbo's command were afraid of the "Chu people" before seeing a Chu soldier.

The reason could not be simpler: more than 200 years ago, Wu State was destroyed by Yue; more than 100 years ago, Yue, which destroyed Wu, was destroyed by Chu.

In this way, through a very simple and easy-to-understand comparison, Huainan soldiers who claim to be "after the Wu people" can easily draw such a conclusion.

——The Yue people are stronger than the Wu people, and the Chu people are stronger than the Yue people, so the Chu people are much stronger than the Wu people!

This is also the reason why Yingbo's military morale, which has just won a big victory, has been sluggish, and he really doesn't know how to adjust it.

——The experience of Gou Jian's extermination of Wu really made Wu people too fearful, and even branded a brand called "Fear of Yue" in the depths of their souls. Even after hundreds of years have passed, it has not faded away... ···

Hundreds of years of baptism have failed to remove the brand of "fear of Yue" from the hearts of the people of Wu. How about the state of Chu that once defeated the people of Yue and even destroyed the country of Yue?
"Ugh······"

With a deep sigh, Ying Bu turned his head aimlessly, looking at the soldier who had been standing beside him, but never raised his head and stood up straight.

Feeling Yingbo's gaze looking at him, the soldier stood still for a moment like a wood carving. Seeing that Yingbo was still watching him closely, he raised his head and looked at Yingbo tentatively.

"Your Majesty, are you worried that the morale of the army will not be stable, and the soldiers will tremble after hearing so much about Chu?"

Seeing that his personal guard explained the concerns in his heart, Ying Bu straightened up with a solemn expression, and walked forward with his hands behind his back, Xiao Ran heaved a long sigh.

"Yes~"

"Since the Han Dynasty, the princes with different surnames in the Guandong have been discussed by Chang'an every year."

"To this day, Linjiang Wang Gongwei, Han Wangxin, Chu Wangxin, Yan Wang Zang Tu, Liang Wang Pengyue, etc. have all died and the country has perished."

"Even the king of Zhao, Zhang Ao, lost his land and lost his kingship, and was imprisoned in Chang'an for the Duke of Pei."

"The current King of Yan, Lu Wan, is Pei Gong's sibling who has been inseparable day and night since he was a child. Even now, Chang'an is becoming more and more strict with the princes of the Guandong, and Lu Wan, the King of Yan, has no reason to rebel."

"Wu Chen, the king of Changsha, and Wu Rui's own son, and the descendant of Wu Wang Fuchai; but if you only read 'Nanjie Zhao Tuo', there is absolutely no reason for Chang'an to take Wu's family and take away its country and land..."

Speaking in a tone full of sentimentality, Ying Bu finally turned his head with a wry smile.

"Today, the king of Kanto with a different surname is also a feudal vassal that Chang'an hates, only a widow..."

"Peng Yue, the king of Liang, made great contributions to the country, and he was not disrespectful. He was also beheaded in Luoyang for Pei Gong, and his flesh was 'given' to the widow."

"If I don't plan for myself anymore, I am afraid that in the future, I will follow in the footsteps of Peng Yue..."

With a tone full of helplessness, Yingbu said these words that could not be heard at all, and Yingbu raised his hand and pointed to the outside of the palace. To the west of Wuyi, where the Huainan army was stationed, there was only a touch of sarcasm on his face. .

"However, I raised an army and plotted myself, wanting to be rich and honored with the Wu people in Huainan. However, the Wu people who I have placed high hopes on are still afraid of the soldiers of Chu in the past. They live in Wuyi and dare not look west!"

Suddenly, there was a roar full of resentment, and Ying Bu sighed again, shaking his head to himself.

"If you follow my widow to the north to attack Chu, they are all cowardly people. Even though my widow has the power of the Marquis of Huaiyin in the past, he will be nothing... but what to do..."

Hearing his king's lonely murmur to himself, the soldiers just bowed their heads silently, as if they didn't know how to persuade them.

But after a while, the pawn recovered from the brief thought, and when he looked up at Yingbo again, there was a faint gleam of wisdom in his eyes!
"Your Majesty."

"Where is the army stationed today?"

Yingbo couldn't help frowning at asking questions without reason.

After regaining consciousness, seeing the confidence in the guard's eyes, Ying Bu stepped forward suspiciously, and slightly parted his dry lips.

"Wu Yi."

"Wu Yi, the capital of Jing."

Seeing that Yingbo didn't show an expression of irritability, but instead looked at him with a hint of expectation, the guard finally straightened up and gave Yingbo a meaningful smile.

"Your Majesty is a native of Wu, how can you forget that in the past when King Fu Chai of Wu was the capital of Wu, it is now the capital of Jing: Wu Yi?"

Hearing this, Ying Bu's face froze suddenly, and his pupils shrank slightly!
But soon, the expression on Ying Bu's face returned to the unexplained loneliness a moment ago.

——If it wasn't for this personal guard's reminder, Yingbo would have indeed forgotten: the Wuyi where he is now is exactly the capital of Wu Wang Fucha during the Spring and Autumn Period.

Even at this moment, the King Jing's Palace under Yingbo's feet was very likely to be the King Wu's Palace hundreds of years ago!
But even so, Yingbo still couldn't figure it out: Wuyi was the former capital of the state of Wu, what does it have to do with Yingbo's current predicament?
Even now, the inexplicable fear of the Huainan soldiers towards the Chu soldiers is very likely because of the "old capital of Wu" under Yingbu's feet, which deepened everyone's impression of that period of the past!

Thinking of this, Yingbo looked at the soldiers with a little understanding.

"Zhongyi, I should lead the army elsewhere, far away from Wuyi to garrison the army?"

But when the soldiers heard the words, they shook their heads in admiration, and then looked at Yingbo with a smile.

"No."

"Your Majesty, not only can't move the army to another place, but also encourage the army in Wuyi!"

"And only Wu Yi can make all the officers and men lose their fear of Chu and have a fierce fighting spirit!"

Hearing this, Yingbo finally vaguely guessed the intention of the personal guard, and temporarily let go of the airs of the princes, and finally showed the respect that a junior should have for an elder brother in the clan.

"Brother, please explain in detail!"

He bowed his hands solemnly, causing the guards' eyes to turn red for a while, and he was moved for a moment, and finally sat down cross-legged in front of Yingbo, and put all his plans in front of Yingbo.

"Your Majesty, you should know that the reason why the generals and soldiers are dispirited today is that in the past, King Goujian of Yue destroyed Wu, and then Chu destroyed Yue."

"However, before Fu Chai, the king of Wu, was destroyed by Yue, he destroyed Yue first!"

"The reason why Goujian was able to restore the country, and later became hegemony for a while, was also because Fu Chai was kind-hearted for a while, and was deceived by Goujian."

"Now that your Majesty has passed away in the capital of Wu, and you have hundreds of thousands of troops in your hands, why don't you gather all the soldiers under the city and make an oath again?"

Hearing this, Yingbo's face was only slightly dazed.

"Again..."

"Master?"

There was a soft murmur like talking to himself, but it made the guard nod his head heavily.

"Of course!"

"Your Majesty raised troops against the Han this time. Although he had already pledged his troops in Lu'an, at that time, His Majesty seized Jing without saying anything, so everything was kept simple, and he never issued a call to action for the world!"

"Today, everyone in the world knows that Your Majesty raised his troops, but no one knows why His Majesty raised his troops."

"At present, the morale of the generals and soldiers is slackened. Your Majesty can take advantage of this opportunity to swear an oath to the teacher and issue a message."

"The one who swears to be a teacher is the king who said to all the officers and men: In the past, Fu Chai, the king of Wu, destroyed Yue, but because of his kindness for a while, he was not able to eliminate the evil, and was bitten by Goujian;"

"Today, the great king obeys the order of heaven, and if he gathers hundreds of thousands of Wujia in Wuyi, he will follow the legacy of the former king Fucha and want to continue Wu's hegemony!"

"The defeat of Fu Chai was due to the fact that the evil was not completely eradicated; now, Pei Gongzhi, the king, raised his troops and did not come in person. He only sent a ruddy boy to be the commander of an army of hundreds of thousands!"

"Your Majesty is taking advantage of this golden opportunity. After the death of the Han Dynasty, he will not be the same as the Husband's Claw, the more unclean he will be, and he will suffer from the backlash!!!"

Full of impassioned words, the guard finally stopped talking, smiled slightly, adjusted his heavy breathing, and finally whispered: "And the text, Yiyier."

"Your Majesty, in the past few years, how Pei Gong treated the meritorious princes, and how he made the eight princes of different surnames in the Han Dynasty, leaving only the two of them today, and telling the people of the world clearly..."

(End of this chapter)