Rebirth of Wu Ba Spring and Autumn

Qingji planned to launch a second Western Expedition against the Macedonian Kingdom, the Carthaginians, and the Greek city-states in the west, and it would be a personal conquest by the royal driver. This made the officials in the court deeply disturbed. He hurriedly entered the Zide Hall, wanting to persuade Qingji to withdraw his life.

However, once Qingji made up his mind to do something, it was basically difficult for him to change.

When Prince Heng and Wu Ji entered the Zide Hall, Qingji just stopped writing and handed an imperial decree to Prince Heng.

"Wu Heng, you came just in time. This is the imperial decree I just wrote, you can read it."

Prince Heng took a look at the imperial decree and couldn't help frowning.

This is clearly Qingji's will!
Once Qingji passed away, Prince Heng had been the heir apparent for so many years and supervised and regented the country for so many years. Naturally, he could inherit the great rule logically.

However, this is not what Prince Heng wants.

"Father."

Prince Heng sighed and said, "I would rather not have the throne than risk your life."

"My Great Wu's territory is already big enough. It is vast and unprecedented. All the foreign countries in the west dare not offend my Great Wu. Instead, they have sent envoys to express their obedience and willingness to surrender. Why is the emperor so aggressive?"

"Even if you insist on launching the second Western Expedition, father, why do you need to go there yourself?"

"Wu Ming, Wu Liang, Sun Qi, and Sun Di all have the talents of generals. Brother Fan and Brother Ninth also have the ability to lead millions of troops. They have the ability to overcome every attack and win every battle. Why do you need to be your father?"

This was indeed something that puzzled Prince Heng.

Hearing this, Qing Ji shook his head and said, "Wu Heng, my Great Wu is full of talented people, and indeed there is no shortage of generals. However, do you rest assured that the command of hundreds of thousands of troops will be handed over to others? I will rest assured that I will hand it over to others hand?"

Qingji is suspicious by nature, he can't even trust his own son.

Hearing this, Prince Heng and Wu Ji were silent.

Places like Macedonia, Carthage, Thrace, and Iberia are too far away from the mainland of Wu, and there are twenty vassal kingdoms separated by thousands of miles. If the commander of the army relies on hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses to separate himself, then , not a problem at all.

Not to mention Wu Ming, Sun Di and others, even Qingji's sons Wu Zhang and Wu Fan, Qingji can't guarantee whether they will establish themselves in the West.

Having said that, at this time Wu Zhang and Wu Fan have already supported themselves in the West.

"Grandfather."

Wu Ji bowed to Qingji and said: "My grandson is not talented, and I am willing to lead the army to march west!"

"you?"

Qingji looked at Wu Ji for a while, took a few more glances, then shook his head and said, "Ji'er, I know your talent, so it's not a problem for you to lead the army to the west. But, you can command your third uncle well." , Uncle Jiu's troops?"

"This... imperial grandfather, third uncle and ninth uncle dare to disobey the emperor's order?"

Wu Ji was very surprised.

Qingji didn't answer directly, but turned his attention to Prince Heng, and said earnestly: "Wu Heng, you should know what Wu Zhang and Wu Fan have done in the West in the past two or three years, right?" ?”

"Know a thing or two."

Prince Heng could not help lowering his head.

In fact, in the past two or three years, there have been countless memorials to impeach Wu Zhang and Wu Fan, but they were all kept by Qing Ji, and he did not blame them.

Although Prince Heng was dissatisfied, he could only let it go.

He thought that Qingji had indulged Wu Zhang and Wu Fan too much.

Two years ago, the Western Expeditionary Army of the Wu Empire was defeated by Boeotia, but it didn't hurt the root cause. Great Wu's first Western Expedition came to an end.

However, Qingji was still not reconciled to failure, so he asked Wu Zhang, the king of Liao, and Wu Fan, the king of Sai, to lead [-] cavalry each, and station them in Lydia and Syria respectively, recruiting troops and training them into armies.

How many soldiers and horses they can have depends on the abilities of these two people.

And Wu Zhang and Wu Fan also lived up to their high expectations. The combined troops of the two had more than [-] soldiers and horses. How could they afford it?
In desperation, Wu Zhang and Wu Fan began to blackmail their brothers, blackmailing all the [-] vassal kingdoms in the west, and charging them "protection fees", which made the vassal kings miserable.

They even dared to connive at their soldiers and horses pretending to be robbers and looting wantonly in the kingdoms...

This is an army of more than [-] people, who can stop these arrogant soldiers?

Who can restrain Wu Zhang and Wu Fan?
Only Qing Ji!

Even if Qingji asked Prince Heng to lead the troops to the west, Prince Heng would not be able to command the army.

In the final analysis, Qingji dug this "big hole" by himself, and now he has to fill it in.

Otherwise, waiting for the celebration of Jilong Yubintian, I am afraid that the empire left to Prince Heng and Wu Ji will be a mess.

Among the vassal kingdoms of Great Wu, the military strength of Liao and Serbia was the strongest, and then let Wu Zhang and Wu Fan lead an army of more than [-] people to fight back, and directly destroy the [-] Western vassal kingdoms If it is said, it will become a confidant of the Great Wu, and I am afraid that the world will show the trend of Wu, Liao, and Sai three-legged confrontation.

Prince Heng sighed faintly and said, "Father, you are old, it is important to take care of your dragon's body."

"In the west, King Liao and King Sai used their soldiers like gods. They have tens of thousands of elite soldiers under their tents. Wherever the army goes, those foreign barbarians are just local chickens and dogs, not worth mentioning."

"Why do you have to go out in person, father? Anyway, they are all brothers of my ministers, your sons, father, and the blood of my great Wu royal family..."

Qing Ji narrowed his eyes and asked, "Wu Heng, can't you see the danger involved?"

"Zhen, I can't leave this mess to you, to Jier."

"Needless to say."

"promise."

Prince Heng finally gave up the idea of ​​continuing to persuade Qingji.

……

Plans can't keep up with changes.

Just the day before Qingji was about to leave Jinling and start his journey to the west, a vision suddenly appeared in the sky.

A comet hits the moon!

What is "comet attacking the moon"?
Comets are commonly known as broom stars. Comets attacking the moon means that the comet’s light sweeps across the moon. According to superstition, it is a sign of major disasters...

Qing Ji vaguely remembered that in the second year of King Zhending of Zhou Dynasty, that is, in 467 BC, there was indeed a comet attacking the moon once.

Now, it is 468 B.C., less than a year. Could it be that Qingji's expedition this time is destined to never return?
This made Qingji fall into deep thought.

All the ministers also persuaded Qingji to stay in Jinling and refrain from driving in person, lest he really violated the taboo and died on the way to the west.

Even Qin Tianjian Yin Xi divination a hexagram for Qingji, and the hexagram showed "big ominous"...

Qingji doesn't really believe in ghosts and gods, but he has to.

He knew that the ministers did this for the sake of the country and the community, and for their own consideration.

Therefore, after thinking about it for a while, Qingji still firmly decided to go on a personal expedition.