Rebirth of Wu Ba Spring and Autumn

Chapter 285
Wu Jun camp.

Inside the large tent of the Chinese army, Xiong Zidan and Robber Zhi, who were in blood-stained robes, knelt on the ground, looking ashamed, bowing to Qingji and saying, "Your Majesty, I apologize!"

"What is the crime between you two?"

Qing Jixuan was about to help Xiong Zidan and Robber Zhi up, and comforted him with earnest words: "Victory or defeat is a common matter in military affairs. My Wu army was only defeated for a while, so what's the point?"

"Furthermore, you are not to blame for the crime. Master Shen Xi of Chu State is an elite who is famous all over the world. It is not shameful to be defeated by Master Shen Xi."

"Of course, I hope you can realize your shame and be brave!"

"promise!"

Qing Ji is very enlightened.

All of a sudden, they ran into the strongest elite troops in the Chu State—the division of Shen Xi.

And there are only more than [-] mobs under his command, if it were Qingji, it would be the end of the broken halberd.

With the trump card of the division of Shenxi, it is not easy for the Wu army to wipe out the Chu army on the frontal battlefield.

Ting Wei Wu Zixu frowned, stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, the Chu army may not fight our army head-on again. According to scout reports, the Chu army has built hundreds of fortifications, large and small, in the vicinity of Jifu. Strict and well-guarded."

"In addition, the terrain of the chicken father is quite complicated, with mountains, rivers and hills. Our army wants to break down the camps built by the Chu people one by one, and I am afraid it is right in their hands!"

Hearing this, Qingji squinted his eyes, nodded and said, "People from Chu, this is preparation for a protracted war with our army."

To fight, or not to fight?

In fact, the right to choose is not on Wu Jun's side.

The Wu army can choose to retreat and stick to the Qian, Liu, and Yingshi lines, but it is bound to be chased and intercepted by the Chu army, and then Wu and Chu will fall into a state of fierce battle.

This is exactly what Qingji doesn't want to see.

It's not that the state of Wu can't stand the toss of a protracted war, but if things go on like this, the national strength of the state of Wu will also be on the verge of collapse, which is not in line with Qingji's strategic purpose.

Qingji is to slowly encroach on the land of Chu's cities, not to swallow it!

As the saying goes, centipedes are dead but not stiff.

What's more, Chu State is still in a half-dead state?
Therefore, no matter whether the Wu army is advancing or retreating, it is inevitable to fight fiercely with the Chu army and start a protracted tug-of-war.

Now Qingji can only pin his hopes on the state of Jin.

If the people of Jin can agree to unite the princes and send troops to attack Chu together, then by taking this opportunity, Wu State can take the opportunity to make peace with Chu State and sit at the negotiating table and give each other conditions.

Or, under the pressure of the allied forces of the princes, the Chu army on the front line of the chicken father may not be forced to take the initiative to attack. At that time, Qingji will be able to find opportunities to fight, and the battle will determine the world.

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Kingdom of Chu, the palace of Yingdu.

King Xiong Zhen of Chu was sitting in the side hall with his wife Meng Ying, son Jie (Zi Lu) and son Qi (Zi Qi) to discuss important matters.

Zilu and Ziqi are both Xiong Zhen's half-brothers, and like Zixi, they hold important positions in the court and have a lot of power to speak.

At this moment, Xiong Zhen said worriedly: "Second and third sons, I just got the secret report. Qingji sent an envoy, Bo Tong, to Xintian, lobbying the Duke of Jin and Liuqing to unite the princes of the Central Plains and attack Chu together."

"Bo Tong has persuaded the people of Jin, and soon he will ally with the princes in Zhaoling and attack our country of Chu!"

"what?"

Hearing this, all the people present changed their colors.

In the whole world, the most feared opponent of Chu State is Jin State.

Because in the thirteen direct wars between Jin and Chu, Jin won eleven and lost two.

How can it not be frightening?

Of course, in Chu's previous foreign wars, it has lost more than it has won in the face of military powers.

For example, in the decades of fierce battles between Wu and Chu, Wu had six victories, three draws and one loss!
It is conceivable that the military strength of the Chu State is not strong, at most it can only bully the vassal states such as Cai, Song, Wei, and Lu.

When encountering a stubborn stubble like Wu, Chu is stretched, not to mention the old overlord Jin?
"If the princes join forces to attack Chu, why should our country of Chu stop it?"

Xiong Zhen sighed and said, "Right now, the armies of Chu and Wu are fighting fiercely against the father of the chicken, and there are not many soldiers to fight in the country. You are so calculating, and you can persuade the people of Jin to unite with the princes to attack Chu!"

Xiong Zhen gritted his teeth with hatred.

At this time, the state of Chu was attacked by the Wu army, and lost its troops one after another. With a small number of troops, how could it still be stationed on the front line of Fangcheng to block the advance of the coalition forces of the princes headed by the state of Jin?
Ziqi pondered for a moment, and after thinking about it, he said, "Your Majesty, the coalition of princes is invincible. Why don't you use your wisdom?"

"How to outsmart?"

"Since Wu State can send envoys to persuade the Jin people to send troops, why can't our Chu State send envoys to persuade the Jin people to stand still?"

Ziqi said slowly: "Wu and Chu fought fiercely, and the stalemate must be something that the people of Jin like to see. If the allied forces of the princes intervene, then our state of Chu will not be able to catch up, so we can only negotiate peace with the state of Wu."

"And negotiating peace is tantamount to fueling the arrogance of the Wu people. Wu's national power will further grow, and its rise is unstoppable!"

"The state of Wu was originally supported by the Jin people to deal with our state of Chu. Once the state of Wu rises and replaces our state of Chu, isn't the Jin people a legacy of raising tigers?"

After a pause, Ziqi said again: "That's why, why didn't Your Majesty send envoys to Xintian to persuade the Duke of Jin and the Six Ministers to stop meeting the princes?"

"This...if the Jin people insist on uniting with the princes and attacking our country of Chu, what should we do?"

Xiong Zhen frowned and asked.

"If the situation is really that bad, Your Majesty should prepare for the worst."

"Worst plan?"

"That is, hand over Marquis Cai, and cede all the vast territory with a radius of nearly a thousand miles to Wu State, with more than a dozen cities west of the river, so that Chu and Wu will eliminate their troops, and Chu State will fully deal with the coalition forces of princes coming from afar."

Hearing this, the corner of Xiong Zhen's mouth couldn't help twitching.

The ancient kings of the Chu Kingdom were all people who defended the land and opened up the frontier. How come his generation has repeatedly lost teachers and land?

That is more than a dozen cities and a territory of nearly a thousand miles, how can it be handed over to others!

Ziqi said again: "Alternatively, Your Majesty should once again recruit heavy troops to reinforce the chicken father, so that our Chu army can defeat the Wu army, and then recover the lost land, forcing Qingji to form an alliance under the city."

Xiong Zhen stared and said, "What? We need to increase the number of troops! Our country of Chu has been recruiting soldiers for several months, and the princes in various places are already dissatisfied, and further conscription may cause chaos."

"Could it be that even the old guard of the widow was sent to the battlefield?"

Who would have imagined that Chu State, which claims to have hundreds of thousands of armors and thousands of chariots, can mobilize so few soldiers and horses.

It's not that Chu State really has no soldiers to fight, but that the lords everywhere are crying for poverty, and they don't want to send their private soldiers to the front line to die.

If it is a war of external expansion, it will be profitable, but in this Patriotic War, except for the verbal rewards from the King of Chu and some property, the lords will get nothing!
Unpredictable!

Xiong Zhen felt a deep sense of powerlessness in his heart.

"Your Majesty, you can only try to disintegrate the alliance of princes first. If you can't persuade the people of Jin, Your Majesty can also send envoys to the Song, Lu, Wei, and Cai countries to order them not to follow the Jin people to attack Chu. In the future, I will be retaliated by Chu State."

Ziqi sighed and said, "If you coerce the princes of the Central Plains like this, you can make them think deeply."

"good!"

(End of this chapter)