Rebirth of Wu Ba Spring and Autumn

Chapter 929
How did Yan Ying and Tian Rangju change their ways and defect from Qi to Wu?
This is what happened twenty years ago.

At that time, Yan Ying was sent to Jinling as an envoy to negotiate peace with the state of Wu, but Qing Ji detained him and asked Yan Ying to give lectures at the Jixia Academy under the euphemistic name.

Yan Ying still didn't understand the inner cause of the matter, so he agreed.

Unexpectedly, at that time, Qi Jinggong, who was suspicious by nature, thought that Yan Ying had betrayed.

Because Qingji secretly sent people to buy off Qi Jinggong's close ministers, let them maliciously hurt Yan Ying beside Qi Jinggong, and Qingji also sent people to bring all Yan Ying's family members to Jinling, which made Yan Ying unable to argue, and finally had no choice but to agree. stay in Wu.

However, Yan Ying did not advise the state of Wu, or go on an envoy to other countries, but stayed at the Jixia Academy to give lectures until his death.

Tian Rangju is different.

Tian Rangju was already suspicious and neglected by Qi Jinggong, and finally he was persuaded by Bo Tong, so he entered the state of Wu.

Therefore, Tian Rangju was able to show his strengths in Wu Guoyi, and he is now named "Wu Yang Jun" by Qing Ji, and he is listed as Wu Guo's three war gods along with Wu An Jun Sun Wu and Wu Xin Jun Wu Zixu.

Having said that, the great talents of Qi State are not rare at all.

Yan Ying, Tian Rangju, Sun Ping, Sun Wu, etc., it's a pity that they couldn't stay in Qi State to develop their ambitions, because they were persecuted for various reasons, which made it easier for Wu State.

"Your Majesty, let someone spread rumors that Fan Li has switched to our Qi Kingdom."

"Furthermore, Your Majesty should immediately send someone to Xianyang to bring all Fan Li's family members to the Qi State, so as to prove the matter and force Fan Li to have to settle the matter."

"good!"

Lu Ren nodded, deeply agreeing.

……

In Yecheng, the king of Wu went to the palace.

Qingji hadn't seen Fan Li for many days and turned back to return to his life, so he couldn't help feeling suspicious.

Yecheng is very close to Chaoge, and you can go back and forth in a day. Even if Fan Li is under the king's order and has an important mission, he can't stay silent all the time, as if the world has evaporated.

Could it be that something unexpected happened to Fan Li?
impossible.

Qingji doesn't believe it.

The two countries are at war, and the envoys will not be beheaded.

Even if the state of Wu has always abided by this principle and has not violated it, how dare the other countries do such a deviant thing, killing the envoy of the state of Wu, Fan Li, who is famous all over the world?
Qing Ji was in the hall, and when he was discussing important military affairs with the generals, Yushi Zhongcheng Boshen bit the bullet and came out and said, "Your Majesty, I have something to announce."

"Say."

"I heard that Fan Li has changed his course and joined Qi State..."

"Impossible, absolutely impossible."

Qing Ji categorically vetoed it, saying: "Fan Li will never betray the widow or the state of Wu. This must be a conspiracy by the people of Qi, and it is to separate the widow and Fan Li's relationship between the monarch and his ministers!"

Qing Ji and Fan Li had such a deep friendship between monarch and minister, they were close friends at life and death, how could he believe that Fan Li betrayed him?

Even if Wu State lost this battle, it was still a superpower, the only powerful country in the world. What reason did Fan Li have to betray Qingji and switch to Qi State?
"Uncle, how did you hear the news?"

"This... Your Majesty, I heard it from the public."

"Then Fan Li must have been detained by the Qi people."

Knowing that Fan Li was only placed under house arrest, and that no accident happened to his life, Qingji was secretly relieved.

"Your Majesty, I just received a report from the scouts that the coalition forces have arrived in Zhongmou, and there are about [-] people. The enemy has already set up camp in Zhongmou."

Sun Wu stepped forward and reported.

Zhongmu?
Qingji came to the side of the screen where the sheepskin map was hung, and carefully surveyed the nearby terrain.

Zhongmu County is located in the hinterland of the Central Plains, on the bank of a big river, under the rule of Zhengzhou, the modern provincial capital, and it can be said to be an important place for transportation.

It is also a battleground for military strategists. In later history, the famous Battle of Guandu broke out here in Zhongmou.

There is also the little-known "Fuze Uprising".

Around the 23rd year of King Jing of Zhou (522 BC), a large number of slaves from the state of Zheng could not bear the tyranny and gathered in the Fuze area to revolt.

The reason is that the state of Zheng was in the place of the Four Wars, and was repeatedly attacked by Jin, Chu and other countries, and was forced to continue to pay tribute to the big countries in order to survive.

In order to satisfy their selfish desires and pay tribute to the big country, the monarchs and officials of Zheng State could only shift the pressure on the common people and slaves, so the unbearable slaves rose up.

At that time, Uncle Shizi, the ruling minister of Zheng State, sent troops to suppress it.Most of the uprising slaves died, and the vigorous uprising failed...

"My lord, I think I can't wait any longer."

Wu Zixu said: "It's better to strike first. In the Central Plains, there is basically no danger to defend."

"I would like to lead [-] cavalry to defeat the spirit of the coalition forces!"

"hold on."

Qingji waved his hand and said, "The widow has ordered Wu Hong to recruit recruits from the nine counties in the south. The number of recruits can reach 10. Although the coalition forces are powerful, they dare not attack Ye County or my Wu army's Zhangshui camp for a while. Launch an all-out attack."

"Continuing the confrontation like this, the widows can afford it, but the coalition forces may not be able to afford it."

"This……"

Qingji still wants to fight a tug of war?

It's not impossible.

After all, this kind of war between the enemy and us with a scale of more than one million people is a huge test of national strength.

Wu's national strength can still stand the test.

……

The time has entered the 30st year of Wu Wang Qingji, that is, 484 BC, the seventh month of the lunar calendar.

Just as Qingji expected, the five-nation coalition with 62 troops did not easily launch a full-scale attack on the Wu army.

The Wu army and the coalition forces confronted each other on the front line for a month. During this period, there were only small-scale battles, and thousands of people were killed and wounded. There was no real war.

The two armies are also testing each other.

At this time, Gong Zihong had already rushed to Ye County with 10 new soldiers.

These 10 people are basically soldiers (young and strong) from Lingnan and Southwest China.

Don't look at their weapons and equipment, which are hard to describe, but their combat effectiveness is really good.

Most of these soldiers are Dingkou from the original Baiyue and Baipu areas. They were born in poor mountains and rivers, and they are good at fighting in mountains.

After so many years of assimilation, they have developed a great sense of belonging to Wu.

After all, they are basically young people in their twenties, and many of them were born and raised under the rule of Wu Guo.

Worthy of a fight!
"My son Wu Qi, see my father!"

"Wu Qi, you came just in time. How much food and fodder did you send from Shu County and Guanzhong this time?"

"Reporting to my father, my son was ordered to escort the food and fodder, except for what was consumed on the road, and sent food from Shu County and Guan to the CCP for about 82 shi!"

"it is good."

Only then did Qingji make up his mind.

With soldiers and food, Qingji is not afraid to fight a war of attrition with the coalition forces.

What is anxious now is not Wu Guo, but the coalition forces.

(End of this chapter)