Rebirth of Wu Ba Spring and Autumn

Chapter 298 The Theory of the War between Wu and Chu
"Ten thousand years! Ten thousand years! Ten thousand years for the King! Ten thousand years for the Wu Kingdom!"

Seeing Qingji drink up the wine in his hand, the soldiers of the Wu army under the obeisance platform couldn't help shouting excitedly as if they had been beaten with chicken blood.

Although everyone was sweating profusely and quite exhausted after just going through a full-fledged drill, why didn't all the soldiers of the Wu army be inspired by Qingji's encouragement?
Immediately, under Qingji's instruction, the three armies were rewarded, and horse-drawn carts and ox carts loaded with fine wine, meat, vegetables, rice and other food slowly entered the Bashang camp.

The soldiers of the Wu army tonight are destined not to return drunk.

After the martial arts performance was over, Qingji did not immediately return to the palace, but returned to his seat and sat down.

On his lower head, on the left and right sides, sit Fan Li, the governor of Su Nei, Sun Wu, the imperial historian, and then Xu Menchao, Meng Ben, Xiong Zidan, Heifu, Gongsun Xiong and other generals who were single-handedly promoted by Qingji.

At this moment, almost every general present can take it out on their own.

This made Qingji very pleased.

Think about it, when he had just crossed over, sent his troops to defeat Wu, and took revenge to seize the throne, how stretched were the generals under his command?

Qingji lacks talents in all fields, whether in the court or in the army, he urgently needs a large number of talents to assist him and create a new situation in Wu.

Now, six years have passed, and the Wu State of today is no longer the Wu State of the past!

Only then did Qingji make up his mind to no longer rely on the old family ministers of the Wu Kingdom, but to reuse Sun Wu, Fan Li, Wu Zixu, Kong Qiu and a large number of economical talents, so that he can achieve something far ahead of his predecessors. Wenzhiwugong!

"Second and third sons, thank you for your hard work."

Qingji said with a lot of emotion.

"It's an honor for the ministers to serve the king, so what's the hard work?"

"Exactly!"

"I am willing to go through fire and water for the king of Wu, and I will do whatever it takes!"

"I would like to do my best for the king!"

These generals who were single-handedly promoted by Qingji were naturally extremely loyal to Qingji, and they wished they could pour out their hearts and souls to thank Qingji for his kindness.

"Come on, I respectfully wait for you!"

"Please!"

Immediately, the generals filled up the wine cups one after another, raised the wine cups respectfully, covered their faces, and drank it all in one gulp.

Qingji drank another jug ​​of wine, and then said in a slow voice: "Second and third sons, the four borders of our Wu Kingdom are temporarily stable, and within a few years, there will be no worries of war. However, we must not slack off in the war. The soldiers of our Wu Kingdom, You still need to wait and see."

"promise!"

Qingji waved his hand again, and asked Jiao Hua to bring up a sword.

Seeing this, all the generals were a little puzzled.

Qingji smiled slightly and said, "Second and third sons, this is the Ganjiang Sword. It was forged by the Great Worker Ling Ganjiang of our Wu Kingdom, his wife Mo Xie, and Master Ou Yezi. It is a pair with the Mo Xie Sword."

"This precious sword cuts iron like mud, blows hair and hair, it is very sharp. It has been enshrined in the palace by the widow, and has never been used."

After a pause, Qingji said again: "The so-called sword is given to a hero! Everyone here can be called a hero. However, there is only one sword, so what can I do?"

Apparently, Qingji had the intention of letting the generals compete.

After all, one is born in sorrow and dies in peace.

Qingji didn't want all the generals under his command to be eating and waiting to die without any ambition at all!

This Ganjiang sword is useless in Qingji's place, because Qingji has his own saber - Longyuan Sword.

That being the case, why didn't Qingji take it out and give it to an outstanding general?
"Originally, the widow wanted you to ride and shoot, and the winner would get the sword. Now it seems that there is no need for it."

Why?

Because the generals under Qingji's command cannot be brave.

Not to mention anything else, Heifu, Meng Ben, and Xiong Zidan, the three of them, their strength is second only to Qingji, and they all have invincible courage!

This kind of competition doesn't make much sense.

"Now, the widow's intention is to let the second and third sons conduct a policy discussion. The theme is why Wu wins and Chu loses? Summarize experience and care about gains and losses. The only way to get it all the way. Now, let the second and third sons speak freely!"

In Qingji's view, summing up the experience of victory or defeat is also very important.

After all, in this battle, some people don't even know why Wu State won and why Chu State lost!

"My lord, I wonder if I can participate?"

Sitting on one side, Fan Li asked with a smile.

"Everyone here can participate."

"Thank you king!"

Everyone present coveted that Gan Jiang sword.

Not to mention, this go-getter sword cuts iron like mud, it is a rare sword, but it is the sword bestowed by Qingji, which is very meaningful!

Even if Qingji is only given wine, it will make the generals feel very honored!
Sun Wu, Fan Li, Heifu and other generals were all bowing their heads in deep thought, wondering why Wu won and Chu lost.

But the straightforward Meng Ben got up first and said: "Your Majesty, a husband and a warrior must win by being strong and lose by being weak. My country of Wu can defeat the country of Chu, which naturally proves that our country is strong and Chu is weak!"

"No."

Qingji shook his head and said, "Meng Ben, what you said only touched the surface, but not the inside. Chu is a great hegemony country with a territory of thousands of miles and hundreds of thousands of armours. How can you say that Chu is weak? "

"That means my Wu army is stronger than the Chu army!"

"It's not unreasonable. However, it's still one-sided."

Naturally, Qing Ji did not approve of Meng Ben's policy theory.

After a long time, when no one got up to answer, Qingji smiled again and said, "Since the first king Shoumeng, Wu and Chu fought twelve times in more than seventy years, and Wu won eight times, three draws and one loss. , what is the reason?"

During Wu Chu's [-] battles for hegemony, during Qingji's reign, there were two battles between Zhenzi and Jifu.

The battle between the chicken fathers seemed to be a draw, but anyone with a discerning eye could tell that the final winner was Wu Guo, and it was the kind of big victory!

From the beginning of Shoumeng, through the kings of Zhufan, Yuji, and Yimo (that is, Yumei), to King Liao of Wu, for more than [-] years, Wu and Chu fought each other endlessly, and ten large-scale wars broke out successively. war.

Most of these battles were Wu's offensive and Chu's counter-offensive, focusing on the area from the Huaihe River Basin to the north bank of the Yangtze River.

Qingji is now asking the generals to sum up the real reason why the seemingly powerful state of Chu has been beaten by the state of Wu, rather than strength in a broad sense!

In the ten battles between Wu and Chu before Qingji, the Wu army won six times, the Chu army won once, and the two sides won each other three times.

The general trend is that the state of Chu is weakening day by day, and the country is declining; the soldiers of Wu state are aggressive and gradually gain the upper hand.

This shows that the war between Wu and Chu is long-term and unavoidable, and it heralds the strategic decisive battle between the two sides in history-the battle of Baiju is approaching both sides step by step.

Of course, it is impossible for Qing Ji at this time to easily launch a war to destroy Chu similar to the Battle of Bai Ju.

(End of this chapter)