I will not be king in the Spring and Autumn Period

After passing Duyang Pass, Li Ran's journey back to Zheng State became smoother.

This should have made Li Ran feel better.

However, just a few days later, a group of people passed by the outskirts of Yingdu. When Li Ran saw the towering Zhanghua Terrace again, he felt a lot of emotion for a while.

It was here that he successfully delayed Chu's northward advance.

It was also here that he pushed the state of Chu to a peak that none of the kings of Chu had ever reached.

But everything right now is so precarious, and it is very likely that it will come to naught in an instant.

This feeling is like having a dream in spring and autumn, like flowers in the mirror and moon in the water, it seems so unreal, and so fascinating, it makes people unable to extricate themselves.

But he was going to leave here after all.

He looked at Zhanghua Terrace not far away, the palace that represented the pinnacle of the Chu State, the palace that even Duke Lu Xiang dreamed of, and he felt mixed emotions in his heart.

He thought of Prince Ye of Lu State, he thought of King Xiongwei of Chu, he thought of his good friend Zhou Prince Jin...

At this moment, several passers-by passed by, and their conversations were all about news from the front line of Chu State.

"I heard that Wu Guo has come to Qianxi to provoke quarrels again and again, and has also sent a boat division to occupy three dangerous passes. Recently, he wants to mobilize Wu division to avenge Zhongli and Qunshu. It is really a wave of unrest. what……"

"That's right, our king is going to conquest himself again this time. When will this battle end?"

"I heard that the one who led the army to attack this time was none other than the younger brother of King Wu Zhufan who died at our hands, the current King Yuji of Wu!"

"Hehe, it seems that the people of Wu didn't learn anything from Zhu Fan's lesson, and they dared to lead troops to seek their own death!"

The people of Chu were still as tough as ever. Even though the burden on them was heavy, they still didn't take Wu's dispatch of troops seriously.

This is probably the main reason why the king of Chu dared to fight so unscrupulously for years.

Because he knows that even if the domestic people's livelihood is in decline, as long as he can continue to win battles on the front line, all problems will be solved.

After all, Chu State has hundreds of years of experience in fighting everywhere.Their current country was also fought one after another in bloody battles.

But even so, I don't know where it came from, and suddenly there were several sighs:

"Suicide?"

"Hey... you probably don't know yet, do you? The news just came from the front, our king seems to have suffered a few defeats just now!"

"What? Your Majesty suffered a defeat?"

After a middle-aged man's voice fell, the others quickly surrounded him.

Then, their voices gradually faded away, and Li Ran could no longer hear them.

"Husband, the situation of King Chu looks very bad."

Ji Le looked at Li Ran and said as he said.

Li Ran shook his head slightly when he heard the words, but did not respond.

At this time, Sun Wu hurried to the car from behind:

"Just got word from the front."

"Come up and say."

Li Ran lifted the curtain of the car, frowning.

After getting in the car, just listen to Sun Wudao:
"Wu Wang Yuji, who led the army this time, is not a good person at first glance. He raised his troops this time, and first sent a boat division to surprise the three places where Chu's navy was stationed, Ji, Li, and Ma, and then sent Lai this The place is besieged, but it is only besieged but not attacked."

"Hearing this, the King of Chu was furious, and immediately sent Shen Yinshe to garrison Xia Rui, Yin Yin Yijiu and Shen Wuyu to garrison Zhongli as backup, and Xie Qiqiang to garrison Chaoyi, and Ran Dan to garrison Luyi as support. , and appointed Peng Sheng as the vanguard to rescue Lai."

"The state of Chu is now strong and strong. It is reasonable to face the attack of Wu State. It should not be so restrained. But who knows that Lai is located in a low-lying area. Wu Wang Yuji took advantage of the situation and used the criss-crossing waterways in the Jianghuai area to flood Lai. , Peng Sheng had nowhere to build a city, so he returned in a big defeat!"

"And the high and low city walls from Chaozhou also collapsed due to long-term immersion in water, so that the Chu army in these places had no city to defend, no danger to defend, and was directly exposed to the encirclement of the Wu army on all sides. !"

"It's the rainy season in the south now, and King Yu of Wu is obviously well prepared this time. This use of troops is indeed much more subtle than that of the former king Zhufan!"

Fortunately, Sun Wu left one or two hidden clues in Qianxi, so even though they left, they still knew the situation of Qianxi clearly.

Hearing the news, Li Ran's expression became even uglier.

He knew that according to King Chu's heart, after such a defeat on the front line, he would definitely retaliate with another army.The war between Chu and Wu is imminent!
And this time, since King Wu Yu Ji came prepared, he would not be as reckless as Zhu Fan was back then.And the King of Chu had been plotting against the State of Wu for a long time.Therefore, in this battle, both sides will definitely give their all!
"What do you think?"

Li Ran turned his attention to Sun Wu. Sun Wu was naturally more sensitive to things on the battlefield.

Just listen to Sun Wudao:
"The King of Chu has won consecutive battles before. Both he and the soldiers of the Chu State under him have long been arrogant soldiers, but now they have suffered such a defeat on the front line. The King of Chu must be blinded by anger. As the saying goes, 'more If you count your victory, if you don't count it, you will never win." Such a hasty dispatch of troops will inevitably ignore many details. If the king of Wu catches the flaw, Chu will undoubtedly lose! "

This is inevitable, arrogant soldiers will be defeated, and there are many records in history books.

Li Ran nodded, and went through all the places mentioned by Sun Wu just now in his mind, and then he suddenly realized that this might be a trap!

"Zhongli is far away from the main battlefield, so he can't take care of it in a short time. However, Xiarui, Chao, and Zhoulai are surrounded by water, which naturally has an advantage for Wu. Now that Laidi is defeated, Chao, Zhoulai and other places are in danger. If the king of Chu rashly sends troops to rescue him, he will definitely be surrounded by the Wu army. At that time, the Wu army will rely on the convenience of the boat division and drag down the spirit of the Chu army.

"Unexpectedly... Wu Wang Yu Ji should not have thought of such a strategy, and there must be someone else who came up with this idea for him!"

Li Ran suddenly realized that this might be a trap aimed at the King of Chu, in order to lure the King of Chu into the trap, and then kill him in one go!
But who would be the Wu people who could come up with such a coup for Yu Ji?
In other words, who in Wu has the IQ to come up with such an ingenious strategy?
Sun Wu was also quite puzzled by this. After all, as far as he knew, since the death of Zhufan Zhan, the people who were good at fighting in the country of Wu were almost extinct. Even if there were a few people, they were only good at water warfare.

"wrong!"

"It's him?!"

At this time, Li Ran's eyes suddenly lit up, and a treacherous and dark figure appeared in front of him.

"Who did Mr. think of?"

"Observe!"

Li Ran's eyes were extremely cold all of a sudden.

This expert, besides Guan Cong, who else could he be?

Since he wanted to support Prince Qiji to the throne, the current king of Chu, Xiongwei, must die!

And letting Chu Wang Xiongwei die under the hands of Wu Jun is obviously more clever than the prince Qiji killing his brother!
Just by borrowing a knife to kill someone with this hand, he can justifiably push Prince Qiji to the throne!
Ruthless!

It's so fucking cruel!
Even Li Ran couldn't help but swear in his heart.

This hunter who has always been hiding in the dark corner is finally about to show his sharp fangs!