Rebirth of Wu Ba Spring and Autumn

Chapter 924
The time has entered the 30th year of Wu Wang Qingji, that is, 484 BC, at the end of the fifth month of the lunar calendar.

After Wu Jun entered Jinyang City, Zhao Yang took poison and committed suicide, announcing the official demise of the Zhao Kingdom, which had been established for less than ten years.

Bolu and Dou Nian, who were far away in Handan, were deeply saddened when they heard the news of the fall of Jinyang City and the death of Zhao Yang.

However, the matter has come to this point, and there is nothing they can do.

Zhao Jun was besieged in Handan City for three full months, and the food and grass had already run out. In the end, the hungry Zhao Jun had to gnaw tree bark, eat rat meat, and even eat dead bodies...

It's not that Zhao Jun never thought of breaking through, it's just that it was too late.

Every time Zhao Jun broke through, he was beaten back by Wu Jun, and he couldn't get out at all.

Seeing that the morale of the army is slackened, everyone may starve to death.

After discussing with Dou Nian and other generals of the Zhao army, Bolu decided to surrender to the leader of the Wu army, Tian Rangju.

At the last moment, they had no idea what was going on outside.

This is also attributed to Tian Rangju's foresight before the battle, capturing the three cities of Ganhou, Wushi, and Quliang near Handan, and cutting off the main traffic routes to prevent the Zhao army from breaking through and contacting the outside world.

It can be said that Zhao Ren was given a bad message.

Because, if Bolu, Dou Nian and others knew that the allied forces of the princes had assembled in Chaoge and were about to start a war with the Wu army, they might stick to Handan City and fight the Wu army to the end.

However, there is no if in everything.

Qingji ordered that Bolu be canonized as Marquis of Zhao, with [-] households in the city of Wudu, hereditary, and send someone to send Zhao Bolu to live in Jinling City.

Bolu was still treated kindly by Qingji.

Although Zhao Yang died, he made Zhao Wuxie the crown prince before he died, but Qingji refused to admit it, and instead let Prince Bolu inherit the position of Zhao family suzerain and worship Zhao family.

It has been a tradition throughout the ages to destroy the country without extinction.

In order to reduce the resistance to unifying the world, Qingji can still treat the subjugated king kindly one by one.

After the return of the Zhao army in Handan, almost 4 people were locked up with the former Zhao army prisoners of war, and sent to the Hedong and Sanchuan counties of Wu State for temporary custody.

In order to deal with the menacing coalition forces of Qi, Lu, Song, Wei, and Yan, Qingji gathered 30 cavalry, and Chen Yucheng and Zhangshui line.

A big battle seemed inevitable.

……

Yecheng, Wu Jun camp.

At this moment, Qingji was sitting on the commander-in-chief, with Sun Wu, Wu Zixu, Tian Rangju, Fan Li, Gong Zizhang, Gong Zixi and other generals of the Wu army on the left and right sides.

Facing the upcoming battle, everyone was calm and composed, without the slightest look of fear or solemnity on their faces, but excited.

If you hear about the war, you will be happy!

Wu people are never afraid of challenges, never afraid of great challenges.

In the past few decades, has Wu Guo fought less?
"Fan Li, please tell the second and third sons about the military situation of the enemy and us."

"promise!"

After hearing Qingji's order, Fan Li stood up, looked around at the screen where the sheepskin map was hung, and said, "Everyone, according to the exact information."

"The allied armies of Qi, Lu, Song, Wei, and Yan will meet in Chaoge, with a total of about 62 soldiers and horses."

"The coalition forces are distributed along the line from Chaoge, Muye to Dahe (Yellow River), with a battalion of more than a hundred miles. The momentum is very large, and the five countries are almost empty."

"hiss!"

Hearing this, the generals of the Wu army who were present couldn't help but gasped, feeling extremely shocked.

An army of 62 people?

That's a lot of money.

If Wu can win this battle and wipe out all the nations, the war to unify the world will be advanced.

If defeated, the hometown of Zhao State, as well as Wu State's Hedong County, Shangdang County, Yingchuan County, and even Sanchuan County will be divided up by other countries.

This is a predictable thing.

"Besides, half a month ago, the monarchs of Qi, Lu, Song, Wei, and Yan met at Chaoge, respected each other as kings, and swore blood as an alliance. They were the Marquis of Qi...no, they should be called the King of Qi now."

After a pause, Fan Li said slowly: "The princes regard Qi Wang Lu Ren as the leader of the alliance."

"The coalition army has 62 troops, of which Qi occupies one-third, about 20 troops."

"The State of Lu has [-] soldiers; the State of Wei has [-] soldiers; the State of Song has [-] soldiers; and the State of Yan has [-] soldiers."

Qingji had already learned about the affairs of the prime ministers of Qi, Lu, Song, Wei, and Yan.

Why, the Five Kingdoms want a prime minister?

The answer is self-evident.

Zhou Tianzi and Jiuding have been moved to Xianyang by Qingji to settle down, which is equivalent to the Zhou royal family that lasted for more than 500 years, existing in name only.

No, it has already been declared dead!
In the absence of a co-lord of the world, only the Wu family is the king, and the other princes canonized by the Zhou royal family are all titles such as Duke, Marquis, and Bo. Wouldn't they be reduced to Wu's subjects?
Of course, Wu State has the power to force other countries to become its subjects, and Qingji can also become the co-lord of the world like Emperor Zhou.

However, this was not what Qingji wanted.

However, when the various countries send troops to attack Wu, they need to be justified.

Now that the Zhou royal family no longer exists, the princes have no restrictions, and it is reasonable to respect each other as kings.

They want to bring themselves to the same level as Qingji.

Having said that, Qi Xiangtian Heng proposed and led the matter of the Prime Minister of the Five Kingdoms.

When this guy was still worshiping Qingji, he suggested that Qingji be the emperor, replacing Zhou Tianzi as the co-lord of the world, so as to order the princes, but Qingji declined.

"Furthermore, the Zhongshan Kingdom intended to form an alliance with the kings of other countries, but was rejected."

Fan Li smiled and said.

The predecessor of Zhongshan Kingdom was from Xianyu, and Rongdi was born, so he was naturally looked down upon by the Central Plains countries, and it was expected that he would be rejected.

"On the side of Han and Wei, the king of Qi secretly sent envoys to Daliang and Yangdi to lobby, but under the pressure of my great Wu, neither Han Jun nor Wei Jun dared to act rashly."

"It is estimated that there are two ends of the first mouse, and the two sides are not offended, or they are thinking of taking advantage of it."

The two countries, Han and Wei, who had been beaten and maimed by Wu Guo, had a great psychological shadow on Wu Jun.

Moreover, under the surveillance of Wu Guo, the two countries did not dare to send troops.

When the state of Wu defeated Zhao, Qingji stayed behind and sent many troops to garrison in Hedong County and Yingchuan County, just to prevent Han and Wei countries from suddenly sending troops to rescue Zhao.

So far, the state of Wu has not used the soldiers and horses of the two counties of Hedong and Yingchuan, so the two countries of Han and Wei have not dared to send troops, and watched Zhao state be destroyed by Wu state.

Qingji suddenly remembered something, and asked: "Zhao Wuxie and the remnants of Zhao Kingdom, are they still in Zhongshan Kingdom?"

"Still."

Fan Li asked rather puzzled, "Is Your Majesty worried that Zhao Wuxie will suddenly join the battle?"

"No. The remnants of the Zhao Kingdom are only a few thousand people. Even if there is only one generation left in Zhao, and the Zhao family is still popular in the old place, it will not be successful."

Qing Ji said indifferently: "All Zhao Wuxie can do is just sit on the sidelines and wait for the time to change."

(End of this chapter)