Rebirth of Wu Ba Spring and Autumn

Chapter 820
The capital of Qi State, Linzi.

In the huge palace, Qi Hou Chujiu and a group of officials from Qi State were receiving envoys from Wu State.

Who is there?

It is the order of Wu Guoda——

Yanghu!

Among the many envoys sent by Qingji, Yang Hu had the highest rank, which shows how much Qingji attaches importance to the Qi State.

After all, after the Chengzhou alliance, as the overlord Jin State was divided into six parts and collapsed, Qi State was still the "second child of ten thousand years", and its national strength was second only to Wu State...

"Qihou, the world today is a world of great struggle, the strong will be strong, and the weak will perish!"

"The king of Qi is a wise minister, under your rule, Marquis of Qi, for more than 50 years, you have conquered the princes, Li Shu lived and worked in peace and contentment, and the national power has been booming!"

Yang Hu had a flattering look on his face, and said: "If Qi is such a country, if you can't dominate it and make the emperor an uncle, it's really outrageous."

"Ha ha."

Facing Yang Hu's flattery, Chujiu just smiled faintly.

Chujiu, who has been in power for more than 50 years, has seen many storms and waves in his twilight years.

Today's Chujiu is no longer as ambitious as it used to be.

However, if you can make Qi go one step further and dominate the world, why not do it?
It's just that if the overlord Wu State cannot be brought down, Qi State's hegemony will not be achieved after all.

"Yang Hu, what is the purpose of Wu Hou sending you to Qi this time?"

Chujiu asked with a half-smile.

To treat Yang Hu, Chujiu called him by his first name, and there was no respect at all.

After all, Yang Hu was born as a retainer of the Jisun family of the Lu State, although he was once among the ranks of Lu State's ministers, thus commanding the Sanhuan, ruling the Lu State, and pioneering the Lu State's "retainers governing the country".

But in Chujiu's heart, he looked down on Yang Hu at all, even despised Yang Hu.

Why doesn't Yang Hu know about this kind of thing?
"Qihou, to be honest, my king sent me to Linzi to discuss with you, Qihou, the matter of sending troops to the country of Ju."

Yang Hu pretended to be deep, and said in a slow voice: "Ju Jun has no way, he levies violently on the people of the country, just to repair the palace, greedy for pleasure, and makes the people resentful, he is not a king."

"Ru Qi State is the closest to Ju State, so my king intends to let Qi Hou send troops to uphold justice for the Ju people and support a new Ju Lord."

"After the matter is completed, not only Ju, but also Xue, Zhu, Tan, and Teng will all submit to Qi."

Qingji, is this showing generosity to others?
Yes, it is not!
After so many years of assimilation, the five vassal states of Ju, Xue, Zhu, Tan, and Teng are actually similar to the counties of Wu State.

If Qingji wanted to annex these vassal states, it would be as easy as pie.

"Hahahaha!"

Chujiu laughed loudly and said, "Yanghu, do you really think that I am a fool?"

"If our country of Qi wants to make the five countries of Ju, Xue, Zhu, Tan, and Teng submit to them, or even annex them, why should we bother with Marquis Wu?"

"Now instead of worrying about the affairs of the north, Marquis Wu should think about how to preserve the country!"

After a pause, Chujiu squinted his eyes and said, "Even though a country is big, it will be dangerous if it is warlike."

"Since Marquis Wu succeeded to the throne, for more than [-] years, Wu Guo swallowed Chu and destroyed Yue, annexed Bashu, and conquered the Central Plains. It can be said that the limelight has never been second."

"However, Marquis Wu is so aggressive and rejoicing in military affairs, which will eventually make heaven angry and people resentful."

"The black ice platform in Ruwu Kingdom is meticulously crafted throughout the north and south of the river, and it is said to be pervasive. Presumably the Marquis of Wu should know that the nations are planning to join forces to attack Wu Ye?"

Hearing this, Yang Hu bowed to Chujiu neither humble nor overbearing and said: "My king should know. But why is Qihou so sure that our country of Wu can't break this crisis, defeat the invading princes' division, and turn defeat into victory?"

"Hmph, what a joke!"

Chujiu flicked his sleeves and said, "Yang Hu, to tell you the truth, not long ago, I have received the envoy of Qin. Wu Guo's elite troops costing 30 to [-] people will attack Qin after destroying Shu. Aren't they afraid that they will not be able to catch them?"

"Whether the Qin State can survive or not, I don't know, but I think that Wuhou may be like King Zhou of Shang, and end up with the end of the country and family."

How did the former King Zhou of Shang fail?
The answer is self-evident.

King Zhou of Shang, like Qingji, was a king with great talents and extraordinary abilities.

His personality flaws are also obvious, that is, self-willed, lustful and extravagant.

King Zhou of Shang spent huge sums of money to build Lutai, Juqiao, and wine pools and meat forests, which emptied the treasury.

Moreover, he also favored his beloved concubine Daji and a group of courtiers such as Fei Lian and E Lai, who arbitrarily killed Bigan, an important official of the royal family, and imprisoned Jizi, causing the princes and ministers to rebel.

In terms of military affairs, King Shang Zhou devoted himself to using troops against the Yi people in the southeast. Although he won the war and captured "billions (millions) of Yi people", Emperor Xin was also known as "Bai Ke (ever victorious in a hundred battles)" , but the main force of the Shang army went on an expedition to Dongyi, which left the capital of Shang empty, with no soldiers to defend...

Now, Qingji sent the main force of Wu to fight in Qin, so that there were no elite troops in the country. If foreign enemies invaded, wouldn't Qingji end up like King Zhou of Shang?
"What the Marquis of Qi said, Da Miao!"

Yang Hu retorted: "I am a great Wu. The country is rich and the people are strong, the storehouse is full, the army chariot exceeds [-], there are millions of men with armor, and the territory is vast, with a radius of thousands of miles!"

"If the teachers of the northern princes dare to come, they will definitely come and never return!"

As the saying goes, it's not speculative, Chujiu glanced coldly at Yang Hu, then waved his hand and said, "Yang Hu, then I'll wait and see!"

"My minister resigns!"

Yang Hu had already realized that the attitude of attacking Wu with Chujiu was very firm, so his face darkened, he bowed and saluted, and left the hall.

……

After Yang Hu left Qi State, he returned to Jinling, the capital of Wu State, and had an audience with King Qingji of Wu in Zide Hall.

The ministers who met with him included Dazai Jiran, Yushi doctor Fan Li, Zuo Chancellor Wenzhong, Right Chancellor Kongqiu, Zhisu Neishi Zengdian, Yushi Zhongcheng Boshun, Prince Heng, and Gongzi Hong.

Everyone has a more or less solemn look on their faces.

Because, according to the plan of Wu's monarch and ministers, he intends to take advantage of the situation and temporarily abandon the vassal states in the north, so that Qi, Zhao, Lu, Song, Wei and other princes will be unable to attack Wu in the south in order to compete for territory.

Unexpectedly, the princes did not accept this at all.

Is it vertical and horizontal?
This is indeed Wu Guo's art of connecting horizontally.

It just doesn't seem to be working.

"Your Majesty, right now the armies of the northern countries are already gathering. Marquis Qi intends to send troops to attack our country of Wu after the summoning of the vassal mausoleum. For the current plan, there may only be one battle."

Ji Ran said worriedly.

"This battle with the allied forces of the princes is inevitable. It's just the strategy of the few people who are united and horizontal, but it may not be impossible to break the alliance of the princes..."

Qingji smiled faintly.

So far, Qingji is still very calm.

"Why did your majesty say that?"

Ji Ran only thought that Qing Ji was pretending to be calm, so he couldn't help but frowned and said, "Now all countries are dispatching troops and generals to attack my country of Wu. If the strategy of Lianheng works, why are the princes so?"

(End of this chapter)