Rebirth of Wu Ba Spring and Autumn

Chapter 26
"Master, continue talking."

Qing Ji encouraged Sun Wu to continue speaking without any worries.

Sun Wu heaved a sigh of relief, and said again: "Your Majesty's loss of the southern cities of Wuyuan, Yu'er, and Xing is temporary. Master Wang will regain the lost land sooner or later."

"The top priority, what your majesty has to do is not to care about the gains and losses of a city or a place, but to step up the training of soldiers, restore the country's strength, gather talented people, and give the people a livelihood!"

"For this reason, Your Majesty should also make good friends with neighboring countries, making friends far away and attacking them close at hand!"

Long distance and close attack?

Regarding the national policy proposed by Sun Wu, Qingji thinks it is very pertinent, but he still has doubts in his heart.

"Stop fighting for a while, I can do it. However, I don't know when I will destroy Ji Guang and unify Wu Kingdom?"

"The longest is three to five years, and the shortest is one year."

It's not unacceptable for Qingji to take this time course.

"How?"

"Your Majesty's most important task is to accumulate national power, unite with Yue to restrain Ji Guang, and unite with Chu to ensure that there will be no war outside."

Sun Wu talked eloquently, and said: "If the king wants to dominate the world, he must first secure the interior, suppress Ji Guang, unite Wu, and destroy Manyue. Only then will he have the national strength to compete with the mighty Chu!"

"At that time, the king should send his troops to weaken Chu, unite or merge Chen, Cai, Wei, Zhongwu, Song, Lu and other countries, go north to compete, and conquer Qi and Jin before entering Luoyi to ask the importance of Jiuding. The world!"

"color!"

Qingji's thoughts coincided with Sun Wu's.

How did the Wu State dominate the princes in history?

In the Spring and Autumn Period, Jin and Chu fought for hegemony, and the number of chariots they owned had reached more than 4000 times!
However, the state of Wu is located in the south of the Yangtze River, with more water systems, and at the same time, its culture and technology lag behind the Central Plains, so it doesn't even have a single chariot.

Around 584 BC, Jin State, the overlord of the Central Plains, gave Wu State [-] military chariots in order to check and balance the increasingly powerful Chu State.

At the same time, the state of Jin gave the Wu people archers and warriors, taught the Wu people how to drive, how to shoot arrows, and taught the Wu people how to fight.

With the help of the state of Jin, the state of Wu began to communicate with the countries in the Central Plains, and embarked on the road of strengthening the army!

After the unremitting efforts of the previous kings of the Wu Kingdom, they made great efforts to govern and expand abroad, and finally laid a solid foundation for hegemony.

Wu State successively eliminated Huaiyi, Xuyi, Zhoulai, Chao, Zhongli, Zhongwu, Han and other vassal states.

Corresponding to Wu State, the rise of Jin State and Chu State is also due to the continuous annexation of neighboring vassal states!

Of course, Wu's ability to dominate the Central Plains is also inseparable from many factors such as the right time, place and people.

In the past, the battle between Jin and Chu for hegemony was protracted, and the national power declined significantly. Therefore, Jin and Chu had already made an alliance and would no longer attack each other.

But the decline of the two hegemonic powers is inevitable!

Especially the state of Jin, not only has its own strength declined significantly, but also because of the rise of the Qing family, the internal friction in the state of Jin has become more serious.

The successive decline of the two hegemons undoubtedly provided a favorable external environment for the rise of Wu.

Moreover, in Qi State at that time, the civil strife has never stopped, the monarch is just a puppet, what's the point?

In addition, Wu Wang Helu, Fucha and his sons also reused Sun Wu, Wu Zixu and other talents to cultivate morality internally, expand the territory externally, and rule the country and strengthen the army.

Finally, in 506 BC, Wu Zixu and Sun Wu led troops to invade the capital of Chu State, Ying, and almost destroyed Chu State!
Relying heavily on the schemes of Wu Zixu and others, the State of Wu defeated Chu in the west, defeated Xu, Lu, and Qi in the north, and became the tyrant of the princes.

As for Sun Wu, he presented the thirteen chapters on the Art of War to King Helu of Wu, and he was reused as a general.

He once led the Wu army to defeat the Chu people with few victories and many defeats, and occupied the capital of Chu State, Ying City, which almost destroyed Chu State.

Therefore, under the influence of the above factors, Wu State rose in the late Spring and Autumn Period, and defeated Chu State, Qi State and other powerful countries in the period of Wu Wang Helu and Fuchai, and then dominated the world!
Moreover, what makes Qingji worth paying attention to is that starting from Helu, it took nine years for Wu to rise (break Chu) to dominate the world (Battle of Ai Ling) in only [-] years!
In just a few decades, a Wu country that was originally unknown can be transformed into the world's hegemony.

It can be seen how sturdy Wu is!

Of course, Wu's hegemony is short-lived, it comes and goes quickly!

The State of Yue in the south of the State of Wu is like a poisonous snake, waiting for an opportunity to bite the "evil wolf" of the State of Wu to death in one fell swoop.

Therefore, Qingji thinks that he must take precautions before they happen!

Before the hegemony is achieved, take the first step to destroy Yue, so as to lay the foundation of your own hegemony.

"Master, if I want to annihilate Ji Guang and the Yue Kingdom together, what should I do?"

Qingji asked Sun Wu about his strategy.

It should be noted that in the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods, the ministers and officials were not as clear-cut as those ministers in the later dynasties, who were divided into civil servants and military generals!
The Dazai (Prime Minister) of a country can still lead troops to fight and fight in battle.

The king of a country can do the same!
While they are learning various classical books and enriching their knowledge, their own force value is not low.

The most typical ones are rites, music, archery, imperialism, calligraphy, and mathematics, the six arts of a gentleman, that is, the six skills necessary for a scholar.

For example, Confucius, the originator of Confucianism, is not a scholar who is powerless in later generations.

At least Confucius has both civil and military skills, and is very proficient in the six arts of a gentleman.

The same is true for great talents such as Sun Tzu and Wu Zixu!
Going out, you can strategize and win a decisive victory thousands of miles away, even with millions of troops, you must win the attack and win the battle!
Entering the interior, you can make suggestions, governing a big country is like cooking a small fish, and you can lead the world with the way.

Being a diplomatic mission and being able to speak well are basic skills.

Sun Wu is not only a generation of masters in the art of war, but also far beyond the reach of ordinary people in terms of strategy, politics, and diplomatic relations.

Going out and entering the prime minister is talking about people like Sun Wu!

Sun Wu just pondered for a moment, then said: "Your Majesty, it is exactly as I said just now."

"If you want to destroy Ji Guang and annex Yue, your majesty needs to make alliances with Chu and Yue, and at the same time send envoys to the north to make good friends with Jin, Wei, Lu, Zheng, Qi and other countries, so that Wu Guoding can reform and enrich the country and strengthen the army."

Hearing this, Qingji nodded and said, "Wei, Lu, Zheng, Qi and other countries in the Central Plains do not border Wu and have no conflict of interest."

"When the widow fled abroad in the past, it was fortunate that the country of Wei accepted him, and thanks to the strong support of the countries in the Central Plains, he succeeded in defeating Wu and came to the country of Wu."

"Right now, I should send envoys to thank Wei Lu and other countries."

"As for the state of Chu, there is a feud between Wu and Chu. It is inevitable that the people of Chu will take advantage of the new king of Wu's establishment and the country's turmoil to loot."

This is exactly what Qingji is worried about.

The countries of the Central Plains are too far away from Wu, and Qingji has already made friends, so there is no need to worry.

But Chu State, that is a country that has had blood feud with Wu State for generations!

Moreover, the two countries are bordering each other, and Chu is strong and Wu is weak. It is inevitable that the Chu people will not take advantage of the change of kingship in Wu to attack Wu!
After all, the State of Wu is right under the eyes of the State of Chu. How can the people of Chu tolerate the State of Wu becoming bigger and stronger?
(End of this chapter)