Rebirth of Wu Ba Spring and Autumn

Chapter 466
For a moment of celebration, it was hard to accept in my heart.

Heart plug!

Right now, even Sun Wu and Wu Zixu have nothing to do, so what can they do?

Qingji knew that the coalition forces were at the end of their ropes, and the only sensible choice was to retreat.

In the absence of food and fodder, if the coalition forces stay in Suicheng, they can only sit and wait to die.

To retreat at this time, it is conceivable that many soldiers of the coalition army will flee and surrender to the Chu army.

However, Qingji was more or less able to preserve part of the Wu army's strength, fled all the way east, and returned to the mainland of Wu.

If Qingji still stayed here and waited for the food and grass to be completely exhausted, it would be a fluke for him to be able to escape all the way back to the country of Wu!
Do you want to take another risk?
"If you fight to the death, what should you do?"

"This……"

As soon as Qingji said this, everyone in the audience was shocked.

Is Qingji going to fight the Chu people desperately with the thought of dying in battle or being captured?

"Your Majesty, absolutely not!"

Bo Tong first came out to dissuade him, saying: "Your Majesty is a body of ten thousand gold, and his body is the honor and disgrace of Wu's rise and fall. How can he put himself in danger?"

"If Your Majesty wants to fight to the death, please, Your Majesty, hand over the command of the army to someone else, and then return to Jinling..."

Hearing this, Qing Ji shook his head and said, "As soon as the widow leaves, the coalition forces will collapse immediately, and they will be destroyed if they don't attack."

"..."

Bob fell into silence.

Because it is so.

As the saying goes, there is a roaring soldier, and a roaring brood!
If Qing Ji, as the commander in chief, had abandoned the soldiers of the coalition army, the soldiers of Wu, how could they have sacrificed their lives for Qing Ji?
However, none of the Wu generals present at the scene supported Qing Ji's risking himself.

Ever since Qingji nearly died in the last battle against Vietnam, Qingji seldom went to battle in person.

However, as Qingji is the king of a country, as long as he appears on the battlefield so that the soldiers can see his figure and his banner, it can boost morale to the maximum extent.

Qingji himself also cherishes his life very much.

Because he is not only responsible to himself, but also to the soldiers of Wu State, and to the millions of subjects of Wu State!

"Big Sima, if I choose to fight to the death, what are the odds of winning?"

Qingji set his sights on Sun Wu again.

"Fifty percent!"

With a calm expression on his face, Sun Tzu replied: "If it's a deadly battle, my Wu army has at least a [-]% chance of winning!"

"Enough!"

Qingji squinted his eyes and said, "I am determined to fight the Chu people to the death!"

"Order the officers and men of all ministries to bury pots and cook rice at dawn tomorrow, burn tents, pots and other items, including camps, and prepare enough rations for a day!"

"Within one day, if you still can't attack Suicheng, you can't defeat the Chu army..."

"All cut!"

"promise!"

If all this fails to defeat Suicheng, there is no need for Qingji to issue the order to behead, the soldiers of the coalition army may starve to death, die in battle, or flee and surrender to the Chu army.

After the generals left, Qingji left three of his confidant ministers alone, Grand Sima Sun Wu, Yushi Dafu Wu Zixu and Tingwei Boshun.

Outside the big tent of the Chinese army, there are already guards all over the place, and no idlers are allowed to get close.

Qingji has important matters to discuss with Sun Wu and the other three!
After being silent for a long time, Qingji finally glanced at Sun Wu, Wu Zixu, and Bo Tong, and said, "Tomorrow's battle, many people will die, maybe it's the widows, maybe it's you."

"The widow has to think about his own affairs."

"In the past, the grand master (Ji Zha) once mentioned to the widow about the establishment of the crown prince, and wanted the widow to choose the heir, in order to rectify the foundation of the country, and the widow shirked it on the grounds of his own age and prosperity."

"Thinking about it now, I have to think carefully."

After a pause, Qingji said in a slow voice: "The second and third sons think, among the widow's sons, who is worthy of the big responsibility?"

Qingji is asking for help?
Not bad!

Actually, it's on the safe side.

After all, he knew how much impact he would have on Wu if he died in Chu!
After the widow died, who cares about the flood?

Qingji is not this kind of person.

The state of Wu reached its peak in Qingji's hands, and Qingji didn't want the state of Wu, which he spent eleven years to build, to turn from prosperity to decline in his own hands.

If he hadn't chosen the crown prince while he was alive, it would definitely cause civil strife in Wu, and the princes would compete for the crown prince.

It's like the "Five Princes Rebellion" in Qi State after the death of Duke Huan of Qi. This is something Qing Ji never wants to see.

Not to mention the pain of loved ones and the speed of enemies, the key is that the national power of Wu State will plummet, and it may return to the original point.

So, no matter what, whether this time is life or death, Qingji has already thought of establishing a reserve.

"Your Majesty, don't feel sorry for yourself."

Bo Tong immediately said: "Your Majesty once said that victory or defeat is a common matter in military affairs."

"Furthermore, Your Majesty is Hong Fu Qitian. I believe that even if the coalition forces are defeated, Your Majesty can return to the Kingdom of Wu safe and sound!"

Hearing this, Qingji just chuckled, waved his hands and said, "Bo Tong, you don't need to comfort the widow."

"The widow is for the sake of the country, so we should consolidate the foundation of the country, let me tell you what you think."

Bob was right.

In fact, even if the coalition forces were really defeated in this battle, Qing Ji would not necessarily die or be captured by the Chu people.

Because Wu Jun still had many elite troops, if Bao Qingji died, he might break out of the siege and flee back to Wu.

However, on the battlefield, it is easy to hide open spears, but difficult to guard against hidden arrows.

No one can guarantee that Qing Ji will be safe and sound.

Stronger than Qingji, he is known as "the number one warrior in the Wu Kingdom", and his bravery is the best in the world.

However, in the melee of tens of thousands of people, individual bravery is limited after all.

Just like Xiang Yu, the overlord of Chu in history, "the bravery of feather is unparalleled through the ages", didn't he also slay himself in Wujiang?
Things like luck are mysterious and mysterious.

If Qingji was unlucky, he might die unexpectedly.

"Your Majesty, if my country of Wu establishes a heir, I think that the eldest son (Wu Hong) will be established!"

Sun Wu first said: "Although the eldest son is a concubine, he has a benevolent heart, can follow the good, and has the style of a virtuous king."

"If the eldest son is the crown prince, he will surely be able to keep the foundation of our country of Wu and carry it forward!"

Hearing this, Qingji just nodded slightly and didn't speak.

Wu Zixu, who was standing beside Sun Wu, pondered for a while, and then said: "Your Majesty, I think what Da Sima said is not true."

"Although the eldest son is kind and kind, he is still cowardly and he is a concubine. His mother, Mrs. Rumeng, is strong and might be detrimental to the queen and the rest of the sons..."

"Please think twice, Your Majesty!"

Sun Wu glanced at Wu Zixu, shook his head and said, "Zixu, forgive me for not agreeing with what you said."

"The eldest son is only eleven years old, which is still in his prime, and Ji Zi, Confucius, Wen Zhong, Ji Ran and others can assist in major national affairs, so there is a lot to do."

"As for Madam Rumeng's assertion that she is strong, the king may order the queen to listen to the government behind the curtain, without Madam Rumeng intervening in state affairs!"

(End of this chapter)