A Millennium Aristocratic Family Starting from the Shang Dynasty

Chapter 115
The defeat of the coalition of princes led by the Jin State directly caused the Huai State to dominate again.

The position of the overlord of the state of Jin is unstable, and this big defeat has resulted in the state of Jin having the position of Fangbo conferred by the son of Zhou, but no real overlord.

The state of Jin, which was thriving at first, came to an abrupt end. Over the years, Jin has annexed a large number of small vassal states, which has made many vassals panic. Seeing this situation, many vassal states began to pay tribute to Huai State and regard Huai State as their overlord.

After seeing the defeat of Jin State, Song State and Wei State immediately sent envoys to Huai State to pay tribute with a large amount of wealth and tribute.

When the envoys of the Song Dynasty came to Huai State, they directly regarded themselves as the Xiaozong of Yin and Shang, and regarded Huaiguo as the Dazong of Yin and Shang.

In the end, there were more than [-] feudal princes Fang Guo who came to pay tribute to Huai State. This number was even more than the feudal princes who went to congratulate the Emperor Zhou when he ascended the throne. It almost made many princes think that Huai'an was Luoyi.

The reality is like a black humor, Bang Zhou is orthodox in Huai'an?
After some rest and reorganization, the army of the Huai State finally freed up in the second year, ready to teach Yue and Chu a lesson.

Yue State is located in the south, full of miasma, rough roads, and many poisonous insects, it is not suitable for soldiers from the north to go there.Wang Yue ordered to deploy an army of [-] in Wu, and sent [-] Yulin Guards and [-] Rattan Armored Soldiers to go there.

With Gongzi Min as the commander-in-chief, Chen Yi as the vanguard, and Xu Yong as the sacrificial wine, Huai State conscripted an army of 4000 men, known as [-], to attack Yue State in April.

When Yue State heard that the Huai State army was attacking, everyone in the court panicked.Last year, the Chuyue coalition army was defeated, and the Yue country lost more than ten thousand people. The unstoppable and indomitable momentum of the Huai country's army shocked him severely.

Up to now, he went back to his dream in the middle of the night, and was often awakened from the dream, which made him extremely angry when he was frightened.

He is a descendant of King Yu, how could he be intimidated by mere soldiers?

When the army of the Huai State came, Lord Yue immediately summoned his ministers to ask for advice.

"Misters, Huai country's [-] troops are coming to attack, what can you do?"

"Your Majesty, the Huai Kingdom is strong and prosperous, and the Yue Kingdom is far from our enemy. Why don't we send envoys to pay tribute to the Huai Kingdom in order to preserve the country?" One of the doctors said.

"I'm afraid it's impossible to claim vassal and pay tribute. Last year, the Yue Kingdom and the Chu Kingdom took advantage of the war between the Huai Kingdom and the Jin Kingdom to sneak attack. The Huai Kingdom was extremely angry. This time, the [-] troops came, why would they just come for a parade?"

"Your Majesty, why don't you ask Chu for help? Chu is a country with a distance of two thousand miles, and its national strength is strong. If we have Chu's help, Huai will not do anything to us?"

"Chu State was defeated by Huai State last year, how could it send troops again?"

"Your Majesty, don't send the prince to Huai as a hostage"

For a while, there was a lot of quarreling in the court, whether it was a war or a peace had not yet been determined, and the two sides insisted on their own words and refused to give in to each other.

"Okay!" Seeing the chaotic court hall, Yue Hou was very irritable.

Seeing Your Majesty speaking, everyone immediately stopped.

"Your Majesty, although the Huai State borders us, most of the Huai State's army is from Jiangbei, and the land in Jiangbei is different from our Yue State. The Yue State is full of rivers, the climate is hot and dreary, and there is a lot of smog. The Huai army is not familiar with it. The environment and the road, our army waits for work with leisure, and it is not incapable of fighting!" Said the doctor Wen Jiang.

"If we seek peace without a fight this time, given the current strength of the Huai Kingdom, even if we agree to the Yue Kingdom's peace, the conditions must be extremely harsh. Why don't we seek peace through war?"

After hearing what Wen Jiang said, everyone felt that it made sense and agreed with it.Yue Hou also thought this strategy was good, so he agreed with Wen Jiang's strategy.

"By the way, we must also ask Chu for help."

"Here!"

After the discussion, the Yue Kingdom immediately mobilized.Although it lost more than [-] troops last year, the Yue Kingdom quickly recruited [-] troops.

At this time, the total population of Yue State was only 60 to [-], and this recruitment was almost at its limit.

The army of the Huai State went out and soon came to Meili, Wu State. Huai'an is [-] miles away from the State of Yue.

The army conscripted [-] civilians from Wu in Meili to cooperate with the army to go to Yue.

The Huai army and the Yue army fought in Li.The Yue State took the death row prisoners as the vanguard and stormed the Huai army.The Huai Army met the enemy in a wild goose formation, with the Tengjia Army and the Habayashi Guard on the two wings, and ordinary soldiers in the middle.

The Central Army of the Yue Kingdom attacked fiercely, the Huai Army retreated, and the two wings of the army outflanked. The Tengjia Army and the Habayashi Guards were both strong troops of the Huai Kingdom. , Huai Guobing surrounded Kuaiji.

Kuaiji City is high and deep, with vertical and horizontal waterways and tight defenses. The Yue Kingdom is united and the morale is high. The army attacked several times, but was blocked by the Yue Kingdom.

It was the rainy season at this time, the weather was humid and hot, and there were many mosquitoes. Even though the Huai Kingdom had paid great attention to sanitation and water sources, a large number of soldiers still fell ill.After wearing the armor of the Huai State, the heat was unbearable, and the skin often ulcerated when wearing the armor.

What is even more uncomfortable is that there are at most five sunny days out of ten days, and the sun is shining brightly, and the rain is transpiring on the ground, making it even more humid and hot. The leather armor is soaked and rotten. Only the rattan armor is convenient, but even so, Even Wu soldiers could not wear armor to attack the city.

After seeing this situation, Young Master Min discussed with Xu Yong, and decided to try to lure the snake out of the hole and lure the army of the Yue Kingdom out. As a result, the army retreated, but the Yue Kingdom still couldn't hold out.

At the same time, the State of Chu stationed troops on the border again. Seeing this situation, Young Master Min and Xu Yong gave up attacking the State of Yue.

The Yue Kingdom was also relieved to see that the Huai Kingdom would no longer attack, and then sent envoys to seek peace, expressing its willingness to regard the Huai Kingdom as its overlord and pay tribute every year.

Prince Min sent the envoy to Huai'an, and Wang Yue agreed to the Yue Kingdom's peace request, asking him to offer [-] stones of grain and grass and [-] slaves.

The Yue State had no choice but to agree, and after receiving the grain, grass and slaves, Prince Min led the army back to Wu.

This time it is not good to capture the Yue Kingdom. The Huai Kingdom is aware of the advantages of the Yue Kingdom. Therefore, in order to deal with the Yue Kingdom and to better rule Wu, Sun Shuao ordered to build a new city in Gusu. Wudi built a city.

Because the State of Yue offered [-] stones of grain and grass, plus the grain and grass hoarded by Meili, Xu Yong conscripted [-] laborers and [-] slaves donated by the State of Yue, all of which were used to build Gusu City.

Xu Yong built a big city on the bank of Taihu Lake, facing the water on one side.The foundation of the city was uplifted, located on the 'turtle's back', and the waterway was repaired to allow the river to pass through the city.In the west of the city, there are lakes and hills as barriers, which are not conducive to attack. There are fertile fields and fertile fields around the city, a land of fish and rice, which is easy to cultivate.

Ditches were built in the city to facilitate drainage, and the rivers were repaired and dredged. Because the terrain was the highest around, there was no need to worry about people digging embankments to irrigate the city.There is a source of water in the city. In addition to building the big city this time, Xu Yong built an acropolis near the big city.

The two cities are like horns.

In order to facilitate the transportation of stone materials, Xu Yong also dug a canal in the local area, which can also be used for irrigation and transportation of grain and grass in the future.

(End of this chapter)