Rebirth of Wu Ba Spring and Autumn

Chapter 95
"Uncle, you are really hardworking!"

Looking around at the new graves, Qingji couldn't help but sigh with emotion to Jizha.

It wasn't until nightfall that Qingji returned to the Wu Palace with a group of people.

Qingji, who was originally in a heavy mood, gradually became relieved.

According to Wu's current situation, it will definitely not be beneficial to continue the battle against Chu!

Qingji could not waste his national power on wars of external expansion, but he was not willing to just give up the captured Shudi and the cities along the river.

"The widow is determined to negotiate peace with Chu, but not now."

Qing Ji looked at Ji Zha, Sun Wu and Bo Tong who were sitting under the majesty's platform, and said slowly, "As Bo Tong said before, the time to negotiate peace with the people of Chu is not ripe yet!"

"If we propose a peace at this time, it will be tantamount to asking for peace, and it will definitely be inferior. Therefore, we must force Chu to initiate a peace request!"

Hearing this, the three important ministers present could not help but look at each other, and they all murmured in their hearts.

"I wonder if Your Majesty has a plan?"

Ji Zha asked rather puzzled.

"Chu State was just a small country in the beginning, but after hundreds of years of wind, frost, rain and snow, difficult roads and blue threads, it finally became a big country that dominates the south!"

"Since King Wu of Chu, the state of Chu has successively annexed Jiang, Liu, Dongliu, Jiang, Shu, Zong and other countries. Watching troops in the suburbs of Zhou, asking for the importance of victory."

After a pause, Qingji changed the subject, and said again: "Then, the momentum of Chu's expansion is so rapid, there is another very important reason besides Chu people's fierce nature and large numbers of people!"

"That is, every time the Chu people destroy a country, they will keep their ancestral temple and not abolish the ritual of sacrifice. In a country that does not resist, it will be canonized as the lord of a place, and it will only be reduced to a vassal existence!"

"That's why, Chu Kingdom is now full of princes everywhere."

"A feudal monarch is to the King of Chu, like a feudal lord is to the Son of Zhou!"

"The difference is that most of the princes and nobles of the Chu Kingdom who split the land and sealed off the borders dare not disobey the King of Chu's will!"

"However, I have heard that in recent years, there have been frequent civil uprisings in places far from the hinterland of Chu State, or riots by rulers, and there are also those who try to separate themselves."

"All in all, the aristocracy of the Chu Kingdom has become a trend that cannot be lost. We may start from this and create some troubles for the Chu Kingdom."

Upon hearing this, Ji Zha and the other three important ministers couldn't help nodding their heads slightly in agreement.

If Qingji hadn't woken up, they would have forgotten that Chu State has such a crisis and such a weakness!
Since King Wu of Chu, the momentum of Chu's external expansion has been very rapid. It was not until the battle of Yanling was defeated by Jin that Chu's hegemony was hit.

After the General Assembly of Elimination of Soldiers, Chu State has not swallowed up a country for many years, and was even suppressed and beaten by its neighbor Wu State to the east!
During the period of King Ling of Chu and King Chu Ping, the aristocratic power in Chu State was already too big.

King Ling was killed in a coup d'état during the process of reducing the vassal. During the period of King Ping of Chu, nobles from all over the state of Chu divided up the royal power, which made the pace of its expansion stagnate.

Now, the state of Chu is satisfied with its existing territory, and it is difficult for the country to recruit more resources to compete with the state of Wu!
This is a very cruel reality.

Regardless of Chu's vast territory, large population, and hundreds of thousands of armored troops, all the soldiers and horses that can be mobilized are distributed to the princes everywhere, and basically there are not many left!
Now that the state of Chu has lost [-] teachers and has no vigor, they have long been dissatisfied with the state of Chu. There must be many people who are determined to restore the old country, and there must be many princes with different surnames from various places.

And the disadvantage of the Chu people's implementation of the enfeoffment system in the country lies in this!
"Your Majesty Yingming!"

Ji Zha praised: "Your Majesty, the old minister has learned that in countries such as Yong, Luo, Deng, Shen, etc. that were annexed by the Chu people, there are often riots by the people of the country, trying to expel the Chu soldiers and restore them."

"As for the state of Yun to the west of the state of Chu, it has been negotiating with the Chu army all year round in the mountains and fields. However, its land is further eroded by the Chu people. Presumably, the state of Yun cannot refuse this opportunity to counterattack the state of Chu!"

"If possible, Your Majesty should instigate the neighboring states of Wu, such as Juchao, Liu, Yingshi, Jiang, Huang, etc., to become kings, because the army of Chu attacked Wu, and most of the soldiers recruited were young people from their lands. strong."

"If the Chu people conscript again, I'm afraid it will spark a civil uprising!"

"If the lords of all parts of the Chu Kingdom can riot together, I am afraid that the people of Chu will have to ask for peace from our Wu Kingdom, so as to suppress the domestic rebellion as soon as possible!"

Hearing this, Qingji nodded and said with a smile, "Uncle's plan is very much in line with my wishes!"

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The time has entered 512 BC, which is the end of the first month of the second year of Wu Wang Qingji.

According to Qingji's order, the Wu army led by Sun Ping to attack Chu had stopped attacking Qianyi, retreated to Shudi, and confronted Shen Zhuliang's Chu army!
In view of the fact that one's own soldiers and horses do not have an advantage, and there are too many troops less than Wu, Shen Zhuliang did not dare to fight easily.

The battle situation is so deadlocked.

On the other hand, under the operation of Ji Zha and Bo Tong, a large number of secret agents of the state of Wu began to spread rumors in Juchao, Liu, Yingshi and other places of the state of Chu, advocating that the local people resist the conscription order of the state of Chu!

After all, there was a bloody example of losing [-] teachers, and Li Shu, who had no strong sense of belonging to Chu, naturally had no intention of going to the battlefield to die.

And the feudal monarchs from all over the Chu Kingdom also have their own wishful thinking in their hearts. It is impossible to forcibly recruit strong men.

After all, the state of Chu has captured these places for so many years, and the locals have almost no sense of belonging to their homeland, and the nobles of the monarchy do not dare to act rashly.

However, it is still possible to obey and violate the edict of King Chu!

As for places farther from the hinterland of Chu State, Luo, Yong, Shen, Jian and other places all coincided with each other, and rebellions broke out one after another.

This is not instigated by the state of Wu, but the princes and nobles from all over the country are trying to restore their homeland, which is purely their own behavior!

Relying on the sky high and the emperor far away, they have nothing to fear!

On the west side of Chu State, Yun State invaded Chu State's border at the same time.

Tang State, a country within a country surrounded by Chu State, even heard that the Chu people lost [-] troops, and when the Wu army aggressively attacked Chu, it automatically and consciously sent troops to respond to the Wu army's offensive in the east!

All of a sudden, wars broke out everywhere in Chu State, and the frontiers were in a hurry.

For Chu State, the rebellions in various places, and the invasion of Yun State and Tang State can only be regarded as scabies. Their real enemy is Wu Jun!

If this is the case, the internal chaos of Chu State cannot be sustained, and it is like a single spark that can start a prairie fire.

Anyone with a discerning eye knows that foreign national wars can be suspended, but internal rebellions must be suppressed!

Because of a little carelessness, Chu State will fall into endless civil strife, and pay a more tragic price for it!
Therefore, after discussing with the ministers, Meng Ying, the Tai Tai, decided to send Zixi as an envoy to Wudu to negotiate peace with Qingji.

　Brothers, it will be on the shelves in a few days. There is no way, the data is not ideal, the recommendation position has been hovering, and the number of words is enough to be on the shelves.

　　Next, it's time for Wu Guo to recuperate and reform!

　　


(End of this chapter)