I am a nobleman in Spring and Autumn

Chapter 217 The Scary Zhiyao
The era of fighting for the world has come!
This is the consequence of not having a superpower to suppress the princes, which makes everyone feel itchy and restless whenever they have the opportunity.

How are the current preparations for Vietnam?Do you have the strength to kill Wu Guo in one wave after Gou Jian launched revenge?

Zhiyao has a good understanding of Yue State, and combined with the current situation of Wu State, she thinks that Gou Jian will definitely be unlucky if he can't stand it.

And if Gou Jian fails again this time, it's not as simple as wiping Fu Chai's ass, the ashes will definitely be thrown into the river.

Unfortunately, Fan Li, who was able to suppress Goujian, was in the state of Jin. Once Goujian really took revenge, the fun would be great!

On this day, Fan Li received the news from the country, and immediately broke out in a cold sweat after reading it, saying: "Dangerous!"

What news made Fan Li react so strongly?It is said that Goujian is reorganizing the army, and various materials are also being deployed.

The whole army is preparing supplies again?Could it be that Goujian wanted to do something, he must have wanted to do it!
As the planner and chief engineer of the Yue Kingdom's war preparation plan, no one knew more about the progress of the war preparation than Fan Li.

In the current state of Yue, there are only about [-] sets of various armors prepared, which is still far from the [-] sets that Fan Li wanted.

The rest of the supplies?For example, weapons, food, etc., Fan Li only prepared two-tenths.

The state of Yue itself was not well prepared, and the target of the plot...that is, the state of Wu, seemed to be quite crazy, as if a mess would cause it to fall apart, but things were not that simple.

"Now there are two Wu armies going out to fight. They are not in danger of being destroyed, and they can return to the country at any time. Gou Jian's brain is broken. He thought that taking advantage of the emptiness of Wu country to take down 'Wu' or kill Fucha would be considered a success?" The more Fan Li thought about it, the more his head hurt.

Fan Li knew that he could no longer stay in the Jin Kingdom, and his plan to travel to other countries had to be cancelled, so he should hurry back to the Yue Kingdom as quickly as possible.

Now, Fan Li only prayed that his men would be tough enough, even if it made Gou Jian more afraid later, he still hoped that they could stop Gou Jian from raising his troops.

So, Fan Li knew very well that the way he got along with Goujian was not a monarch or minister, but actually just a collaborator.

Fan Li didn't just pat his ass and leave if he wanted to.

It's not that someone from the state of Jin would stop Fan Li, it's entirely because of the etiquette standards that would not allow it.

Aristocrats, without etiquette, how can they be forceful?

There is a process for visiting someone, and there is also a process for wanting to leave a certain place. If you lack those who not only feel unqualified, you will not want to get courtesy when you go to a certain place next time.

Under the conditions allowed by the etiquette norms, Fan Li rushed as much as he could, and it took seven days to finish the etiquette process of saying goodbye one by one.

One day, when the troops from the Yue Kingdom came out of the "Xintian" city gate, Fan Li saw a group of people from the Zhi clan in a pavilion ten miles away.

"The eldest son?" Fan Li had bid farewell to Zhiyao long ago, and did not expect that Zhiyao would leave the city to see him off.

Before Zhiyao spoke, there was a burst of hearty laughter, and she replied: "Fan Zi has devoted himself to the Yue Kingdom, and he is indeed a model of a minister."

Why does this sound a bit strange?Especially on the basis that everyone knows what the situation is.

What can Fan Li do?Of course, there was a smile on his face, and a few meaningless polite remarks.

Special gift, right?

Is there something important that made this happen?
To be honest, Zhiyao really had something to do, so she took Fan Li aside very deliberately, and there were no other people around.

"Fanzi has a heavy responsibility, and Yao dare not delay." Zhiyao said this first.

Fan Li was indeed in a hurry, and he didn't want to waste a single second. What he was afraid of was that all his schemes would be lost because of Gou Jian's mind going dizzy, and even more serious consequences would happen.

Seeing that Fan Li was in a hurry, Zhiyao put away the smile on his face, and said solemnly: "Great achievements are not achieved overnight. If there is a day to achieve success, Fan Ziru has nowhere to go, but come to wisdom."

what?
What's the meaning!
What do you mean?

This time, Fan Li's mind was filled with question marks.

Fan Li himself was not sure whether all his plots were possible to succeed, and even felt that the possibility of success was extremely low, and what he was fighting for was just the slightest possibility.

However, one thing has been confirmed, that is, Zhiyao is very clear about what Fan Li wants to do, what he is doing, and even what Fan Li is.

What Fan Li didn't understand at the moment was why Zhiyao had to act out, most of his energy was due to other things, so it was hard to concentrate on thinking about what Zhiyao was going to do.

It was the turn of the two sides to say goodbye, and the troops of the Yue State entered the border of the Wei State. Fan Li learned that the Jin army was stationed in "Taoqiu", and another Jin army was stationed in "Pu". Genius suddenly realized what he said to Zhiyao when he sent him off.

That was when Wu State intervened in the dispute between Jin State and Song State. At the same time, Wu State showed another side of madness. Combined with Fan Li's role and Gou Jian's personality, Zhiyao made a certain level of prophecy.

There is no mistake in the rise of Wu State, and because it has successively annexed Xu State and Zhongwu State, and snatched the entire territory of Zhongli State and part of the territory of Yihu from Chu State, its strength has grown a lot.

But what?The rise of the Wu Kingdom is very rapid. The problem is that the time in the past is too short. They are still using high-pressure policies to deal with the remnants of the countries that have been annexed. It doesn't look like they have digested the fruits of victory.

Really, the rise of the Wu Kingdom is too fast, and it is still the kind of situation that suddenly grows when it reaches the edge of subjugation. If you want to say that the foundation is really too lacking.

potential?Looking at the location of Wu State, and then studying the local history, combined with some industries such as agriculture and technology to make judgments, you will find that the current Wu State has almost no potential at all.

No kidding, relevant conclusions can be drawn from the number of cities alone.

During the Spring and Autumn Period, the number of cities was a manifestation of soft power, which represented how much usable and productive land had been developed.

The number of cities in Wu State itself has always been very small, and most of the Li and Shu lived in "states", and a considerable number of these "states" were in the mountains and forests.

Forest?The phenomenon of relying on mountains to eat mountains is very real, and it is difficult to carry out any farming due to the constraints of the terrain.

In fact, the state of Wu before its rise was like that, and the state of Wu after its rise holds the plains in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River.

It is a pity, or what is incomprehensible, is that Wu Guojun and his ministers did not intend to develop that plain. Of course, because of the forests all over the plain, they really wanted to develop it, so it is not impossible that they did not take any action.

When Fan Li was about to leave the border of the Wei State, he was surprised to find that the Wei people were boiling. After inquiring, he learned that the Jin State allocated some cities that belonged to the Cao State to the Wei State.

At the same time, the State of Lu also acquired two cities that originally belonged to the State of Cao.

So that is to say, Song State was still cowardly in the end, and did not send troops to fight the coalition forces headed by Jin State head-on.

Then, the Jin State treacherously used the cities that belonged to the Cao State to reward the obedience of the Wei State and the Lu State. contradiction.

The State of Song destroyed the State of Cao just for the sake of territory and population, right?

In the end, the Jin State sent troops to occupy a large area of ​​​​the Cao State, and divided the acquired cities between the Wei State and the Lu State, so I asked the people of Song Dynasty if they could be reconciled!
"Who wrote it?" Fan Li didn't know the answer until several days later.

"It is rumored that Uncle Zhi is a mediocre person, so the rumors must be wrong!" Fan Li really felt that Zhishen's diplomacy was simple, direct and effective.

Even if Wei Guo and Lu Guo knew that the advantages would not be taken in vain, they would eat the meat of their mouths without hesitation.

In the late Spring and Autumn Period, many gameplays have not yet appeared.

In addition, it is a mainstream to take advantage of the advantages among the princes.

That kind of problem still couldn't be corrected in the late Warring States period. Only then did Zhao Guoming know that accepting the Shangdang would confront Qin, and he still insisted on not letting go.

When Fan Li entered the state of Lu, he also saw all kinds of joy of the Lu people.

He said to the accompanying people: "Jin will regain his dominance!"

It is a right of the hegemony to govern the world, which includes dividing the meat for the princes. Jin has done many similar things.

If Song State attacked Wei State and Lu State later, the two countries should not hate Jin State, they should do their best to kneel and lick, in exchange for Jin State's reinforcements.

The state of Jin took the trophies of the state of Song and divided them between the states of Wei and Lu, increasing the enemies of the state of Song, and getting two younger brothers who had to move closer, and a buffer zone appeared.

Now people's ideas are very straightforward. A strong country is also powerful. Whether there are younger brothers, and how many younger brothers there are, are actually one of the evaluation criteria for being a hegemon.

Similar concepts were still popular in the Warring States period. Wei State was the worst victim of this concept. Qi State tried new ways of playing and almost lost the country. It was Qin State who supported it again and again by virtue of the mountains and rivers and the ability of Qin's army to fight. go down.

To return to Yue Kingdom, Fan Li would definitely have to pass through Wu Kingdom, and only when he came to the boundary of Wu Kingdom did his fears settle down.

Wu Guo still looks full of vitality, but it's hard to say whether this kind of activity is good or bad.

No abnormality was found in Wu State, which meant that Goujian's revenge plan could not be implemented. After learning this, Fan Li began to have a headache about other things.

In the end, Fan Li returned to the Yue Kingdom and got in touch with his retainers again. He heard that Gou Jian had killed nearly a hundred people of various kinds. Even though he was mentally prepared, he almost fainted.

Ganqing is not Goujian's team, so it wouldn't be a pity to kill him, right?

Pity those people who came from Chu State to Yue State to work for Goujian. They haven't played their true value yet, and their lives were ruined in a foreign country.

"How should I explain to their families!"

Fan Li never thought that Gou Jian was a wise master, and he found it difficult to serve him.

"If there is a day when I really succeed, with Goujian's character, plus my background and role, neither the Yue Kingdom nor the Chu Kingdom can tolerate me!"

It was only at this moment that Fan Li really understood how far-sighted Zhiyao's words were when he said goodbye.

(End of this chapter)