I will not be king in the Spring and Autumn Period

Chapter 224 Chapter 250 Chapter 251
As the saying goes:
Be a hero in life, and be a hero in death.

So far, Xiang Xiangyu refused to cross Jiangdong.

Back then (in the future), Xiang Yu, the overlord of Western Chu, was defeated by Liu Bang's hundreds of thousands of troops and was defeated at Gaixia.

Xiang Yu's integrity may be due to the influence of Qu Yuan, thinking that his death can inspire the determination and courage of men in Chudi to take revenge, coupled with his personal heroism to save face, so in the end he would rather die than live in Jiangdong .

And who was Qu Yuan influenced by?Hearing that the king was humiliated and the country was ruined, would you rather jump into the Miluo River than endure the humiliation?

Thinking about it, it shouldn't be him, Zhu Fan.

But it is undeniable that, similar to Qu Yuan, Xiang Yu's willingness to die and never be humiliated is very similar to Zhu Fan at this moment.

At least they have all completed what they consider to be the most worthy and meaningful life choices in this seemingly tragic form.

However, Zhu Fan, the first king of a country recorded in Chinese history to die in battle, is in a rather special situation at this moment. (Is it the first case in world history, I don’t know)

At this moment, if he died, first of all, the six thousand Wu men who were captured here would undoubtedly follow him to die.

In other words, the more than 5000 Wu men he brought this time will all be buried here.

He, Zhu Fan, can naturally go to death for personal honor, leaving behind the eternal reputation of dying on the battlefield rather than surrendering.

But what about his soldiers, those soldiers who followed him through life and death, and were always loyal to him?
where are they?
In this era, their deeds can only appear in the annals of various countries, and they may be nothing more than a dozen simple and cold words: "Ten and February, Wu Zi suppressed Chu, the door was in the nest, and he died." .

And as for his siblings, who can still remember them?who are they?Do you have a name?

After this battle, these people will eventually turn into dust and be blown away by gusts of fresh wind, until finally disappearing without a trace between the heaven and the earth.

Death is not terrible, what is terrible is that death has no meaning.

Zhu Fan stood there in a daze, his eyes were already bloodshot, and the wound on his arm was bleeding again, mixed with rain and sweat along his arm, and finally immersed in this deep land.

His angry eyes said it all.

He didn't like such a choice, and he couldn't make such a choice.

die?He is not afraid.

However, he really couldn't implicate thousands of good sons from the Wu Kingdom who followed him through life and death because of his death alone!
"If the king is dead, I will never live!"

"Yes! Never live!"

At this moment, a deafening voice suddenly came from Wu Junzhong.

Then, more than 1000 Wu soldiers who followed him out of the outer city shook their weapons tightly and shouted out the belief in their hearts with a bold and stubborn posture.

"Never live!"

"Never live!"

"Never live!"

(Important things are said three times.)
With their cries, the men of Wu state clearly told their king, the king they had followed all their lives, that they would follow him to death, even if their bones were buried in other lands and their souls flew thousands of miles, they would not hesitate !

In this cold and rainy world, the voices of the men of Wu Guo are so loud and shocking, like thunderstorms that are deafening in a rainy day where there is no thunder, and the sound of crashing rain cannot be covered.Even the murderous aura of the Chu army in full battle could not be stopped.

They are like towering trees growing crazily towards the dome, standing on the vast land, thick and tough.

Zhu Fan turned his head to look at his sons and daughters, there were faces that were so familiar, and voices that were so kind to each other. In his mind, when he raised troops to attack Shujiu, the The scene when the soldiers are counted.

"The sons of Wu!"

"The widow will lead you to expand the territory, and lead you to win your own land for the country of Wu, for the widow, and for yourself!"

At that time, they, these high-spirited men, had endless hope shining in their eyes.

But now, as the king of a country, he actually led them to such an end.

Thinking of the vision he had promised them, it disappeared at this moment, and turned into drops of cold rain mixed into the mud flow, so muddy that they could no longer tell them apart.

For some reason, when Zhu Fan looked at them at this moment, his eyes suddenly turned red.

Even if he is an indomitable hero, he can't resist the softness in his heart at this moment.

With firm belief, tenacity that would rather die than surrender, and loyalty to him that can be learned from the sun and the moon, his sons shouted their hearts to him, to Sun Wu, to the covetous Chu army, and to this world that cannot be conquered by them. Heartfelt.

He did not choose the wrong person, nor did he pay his blood by mistake. He has successfully won the trust and persistence of these sons and daughters.

This is probably the achievement that any monarch would like to achieve, right?
Even if he died in battle, these good men who followed him could still maintain his decency unswervingly.

Even Li Ran, who was standing on the city tower watching this scene at this moment, couldn't help but be moved and shocked by these men from the Wu Kingdom.

In the past, he had seen similar plots in TV movies or novels in military magazines.

But when he saw this scene with his own eyes, which was so real that it made his scalp tingle, he suddenly fell into deep thought.

Throughout the ages, how many people have held the same belief as him, and fought to the last moment for the persistence in their hearts?

Those dynasties who would rather die than surrender, fight tenaciously, and never give up lightly under any adversity, seem to appear alive in front of his eyes at this moment.

Therefore, Li Ran also entered Chaoyi.At this moment, drenched in cold rain, he appeared in front of Zhu Fan.

"King Wu, let's surrender."

Li Ran looked at Zhu Fan whose eyes were red and his face was full of tears, and he said this sentence which seemed to be against his heart.

In his heart, after seeing the resolute and unyielding spirit of the Wu people, he naturally hoped that Zhu Fan could act according to his own wishes, so that he could choose not to live in such a humiliating way.

However, he can't continue to let the Wu and Chu countries continue to fight like this, and he can't destroy the peace and stability of countless people just because of his own reputation.

"I'm Li Ran, Li Ziming."

"The men and women of the Wu Kingdom are all heroes, but in today's battle, the victory and defeat have already been divided, so it is meaningless to make sacrifices. And if the king insists on death, then Wu and Chu will never know that there will be conflicts in the future." So many people died because of it."

"Your Majesty, you can abandon everything and go to die, and the good sons of Wu may also be willing to follow you and be buried under the loess, but all the consequences and sufferings here will ultimately need their relatives, their wives, children, and even all of them." Wu people to bear it?"

"Besides, if the king dies, what will happen to the country of Wu? If Wu is in chaos, Chu will become more powerful, and the whole world will not be spared."

"So, please think twice, my lord. For the great plan of keeping the balance in the world, please don't die for the sake of clearing the small section!"

Li Ran bowed to Zhu Fan, his solemn face was full of respect.

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Chapter 251

With the arrival of Li Ran, his words happened to hit the place that Zhu Fan didn't want to mention the most.

On the battlefield, life seems insignificant.

But outside the battlefield, the tens of thousands of clansmen who are connected with these lives are the lifeblood of the entire country.

In the land of China, there has never been a belief that everyone believes in.

The reason why Chinese civilization has a long history and has never been interrupted, and the reason why the descendants of Yan and Huang are indomitable and unyielding is precisely because what they believe in is not a nihilistic god, let alone a nihilistic creator.It's about what they care deeply about each other, the land and the people who live on it.

When Zhu Fan found out that his death would involve so many people, he felt a bit shaken in his heart.

Although Zhu Fan can't be called a benevolent king, or even a wise king, but when faced with such an important decision, his previous stubbornness and conceit disappeared at this moment.

What he can carry in his heart at this moment is only his sons and daughters and that native land.

Of course, he had heard of Li Ran's name. Whether it was the Pingqiu meeting or the Guodi meeting, or what he did in Zheng State, Li Ran's name was already resounding throughout Kyushu.

Faced with such a "gentleman", King Wu and Zhu Fan had recognized the reality.

Although he didn't know why Li Ran appeared here, the state of Chu with Li Ran's help was by no means something he could defeat.

There is no harsher reality than this.

With the already strong Chu State and the unparalleled Li Ran, how can Wu State become their opponent in the future?

For the first time, Zhu Fan regretted his arrogance and underestimated the enemy.

Obviously, the tens of thousands of Wu Guoerlang who died in the battle that lasted for several months, their sacrifices were all in vain at this moment!
And the heroic words he once announced to them have all become like passing clouds at this moment.

"Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha……"

In the cold rain, Zhu Fan laughed miserably, and his firm body gradually swayed. The king of a country who looked so strong was originally so fragile.

"My lord! Can't surrender!"

"Wu Guoerlang, there is no one who kneels and begs for surrender!"

At this time, the Wu Guoerlang who rushed out of the outer city following Zhu Fan once again roared and shouted deafeningly.

They would rather die than surrender!
They also know that their king is definitely not a person who is greedy for life and afraid of death.

The greatest and most epic relationship between monarch and ministers in the world is probably like this.

Li Ran frowned when he heard the sound.

At this time, Zhu Fan supported his body with a long sword, and turned his head to look at his sons again.

"The widow..."

"Your Majesty! We are all willing to die together with Your Majesty!"

"I am willing to die with the king!"

Wu Guoerlang shouted in unison, and the heroic momentum broke through the sky and went straight to the sky!

The cold rain tears for it, and the earth shakes for it!
Li Ran, Sun Wu, the defenders of Chaoyi, and the reinforcements of Chu State were all shocked at this moment!
A man must be shrouded in horse leather and die in battle. How can he beg for surrender? !

Wu Guomen should have ambition!

Life is different, death is the same!
At this moment, Zhu Fan, who had already been persuaded by Li Ran, was once again aroused with a strong desire to die.

He didn't have any extra words, or even any extra expressions, he only held the long sword in his hand tightly, stopped the tears, and his bravery when he first conquered Shujiu reappeared on his resolute face!
"May I ask sir, sir, who is also a person with the surname of Ji, but now he is helping the barbarian country, what is the reason? Isn't sir afraid that he will be stigmatized for thousands of years?"

"Today I lost here, I have nothing to say, but I, the son of Wu, will one day set foot on the land of Chu, and take back everything that my Wu lost!"

Zhu Fan raised his sword in his hand and roared to the sky!

He made up his mind that he would not disappoint his sons and daughters' expectations of him and their loyalty to Wu.

In the Wu Kingdom, there is absolutely no one who begs to surrender!
"King Wu!"

"Hahaha! King Wu's words are really ridiculous! Not to mention that your country of Wu is only so mediocre today, even if you give you another 100 years, your country of Wu can only look at me Chu Chu The country's great rivers and mountains are of no avail!"

"The land of my state of Chu, you, the state of Wu, will never set foot in it!"

At this moment, Wu Ju appeared.

Although he gave Sun Wu the right to deploy troops completely independently, he also promised to give Li Ran time to stop the troops and persuade him to surrender.But this does not mean that he completely trusts Li Ran and Sun Wu.

Just after Li Ran and Sun Wu led his troops to Chaoyi, he immediately mobilized his own army, followed him from a distance, and arrived at Chaoyi early this morning.

However, from beginning to end, his pro-army never showed up.Therefore, most of the generals in their own army did not know that he would come to Chaoyi quietly at this moment.

As for this battle of Chaoyi, he had only been watching from the foothills outside the city from the beginning to the end, and it was only at this moment when the overall situation was settled that he came here in a hurry to reap the results.

As I said a long time ago, there are really few people in this world who can compare with Wu Ju, who is as old and cunning as Wu Ju.

"Doctor Wu Ju?"

Seeing Wu Ju's arrival, Li Ran was startled.

In the original plan, he should not have played a role here.He deliberately asked Wu Ju to lead the Chinese army to retreat, so that he would not get involved.

But who knew that Wu Ju still followed, not only that, but now he uttered such humiliating words in front of Zhu Fan, it was clear that he wanted to drive Zhu Fan to death!

"Old man, the one who is outnumbered today is Sun Changqing, what does it have to do with you?!"

When Zhu Fan saw Wu Ju, he was furious again, and he was even more furious when he heard these humiliating words. If Sun Wu was not by his side at this time, he might have raised his sword and died with Wu Ju.

"Hehe, what King Wu said is even more ridiculous."

"Sun Changqing is a follower. If you lose to him, wouldn't it be the same as losing to me?"

"Hahahaha!"

"If the king of Wu doesn't come down soon, when will he wait?! If the state of Wu is willing to submit to our state of Chu, I dare to promise to the king of Wu that the widow king will definitely give the king of Wu Lu Sanyi, so that the king of Wu can be in our Chu state in the future. Live the rest of your life in national security."

At this time, Wu Ju had the chance to win, and his words were extremely humiliating, so arrogant that he didn't care about the so-called etiquette for a while.

Wu Ju's remark can be said to be punishing.Completely different from what Li Ran said, the implication of Wu Ju's words could not be more obvious:
Regardless of whether you committed suicide or not, it is impossible for you to return to the country of Wu.

And this was like a death sentence for King Wu Zhufan.

You must know that Zhu Fan is the monarch of a country with the surname of Ji, and he is a brother of the same clan as the Zhou royal family. If you say this about him, don't say that they are actually the sturdy Wu country. The monarch of a country was imprisoned by barbarians Bang, this is an unbearable humiliation no matter who or what country it is!
But he, Wu Ju, he, Chu State, didn't care about these things the most.

(End of this chapter)