A Millennium Aristocratic Family Starting from the Shang Dynasty

Chapter 123 Proton
Chu State retreated suddenly and attacked Shu State again. Before Huai State could react, the war was over.Chu State deployed heavy troops in Shu State, and put on a posture of guarding against Huai State.

If Huai State wanted to attack, it could only attack by force. Chu State fortified layer by layer. Even if Huai State captured Shu State, it would suffer heavy losses, and the gains outweighed the losses.

After seeing that the defense of Chu State could not be breached, Huai State decisively ended the war.After Chu State annexed Shu State and withdrew its troops for defense, Qi State and Jin State also ended their alliance and returned home.

Although the Huai country did not lose anything in this war, the goal of cutting off the relationship between Chu and Yue failed.

Therefore, in order to suppress the Yue Kingdom, Wang Jin planted troops on the Wuyue border but did not attack, forcing the Yue Kingdom to recruit large troops to deploy defenses on the border, and the Yue Kingdom also had to bear a heavy burden.

The Marquis of Yue was very aggrieved when he saw that the Huai State used this method to consume the strength of the Yue State, so he asked his ministers if there was any way to prevent the Huai State from stationing large troops on the border and threatening the Yue State.

The doctor Wen Qie said: "Your Majesty, the Huai Country is strong and can support the army to stay for a long time. Our country is poor. Why don't you let your son go to Huai Country as a hostage and prepare generous gifts to pay tribute?"

Sending protons and proclaiming ministers and paying tribute is already a gesture of becoming a vassal state, but if the situation of Yue State is not like this, it is very likely that Huai State will be completely consumed by Huai State.

All the ministers of the Yue State agreed immediately, so the Marquis of Yue issued an edict to bring his son here.

"Father Jun, what do you need to ask my son?" Yun Chang asked with a salute.

Yue Hou looked at his 13-year-old son, and felt very reluctant, but for the sake of the country, he still had to say: "The Huai army is stationed at the border, and our Yue country can only fight with them. The Huai country is thousands of miles away. The country of Yue is only [-] miles away, so how can we afford energy consumption?”

"Father, if you don't let your ministers lead the troops and conscript the Huai country, you will definitely defeat the Huai army and solve this dilemma." Yun Chang said confidently.

Seeing his majestic and heroic son, Yue Hou laughed and said, "My son, the Huai country is thousands of miles away and wears 20 armour. Let alone whether you can defeat those Huai people, even if you defeat the Huai army on the border, they will be defeated." More troops can be summoned in a blink of an eye, how should our country of Yue respond?"

Yun Chang was speechless for a while.

Seeing his son's dejected look, Yue Hou continued: "My son does not need to be depressed. The Huai State has been established for 300 years, and the monarchs of all dynasties have worked hard. This is how the Huai State is prosperous today. However, although the Huai State is strong, it is in harmony with the Central Plains countries. The state of Chu is at odds, and although our state of Yue is not as good as them now, it does not mean that we will not be as good in the future!"

"I understand!" Yun Chang quickly recovered.

"I asked you to come here today because there is one thing for you to do." Yue Hou said.

Yun Chang said, "Father Jun, what's the matter?"

"Gu is going to proclaim himself a vassal to the Huai country, pay tribute, and send a hostage to the Huai country!"

"What!?" Yun Chang's expression suddenly became uncertain.

Didn't you still think about defeating the Huai country just now?How come you are about to surrender in the blink of an eye?
"Why, do you feel that you are lonely, lost your mind, lost your mind?" Yue Hou glanced at his son, and then said: "When Huai State is strong, don't think about rebelling, even if it is a more humiliating thing. , as long as it can prosper the Yue Kingdom, Gu will do it!"

"The reason for letting you go to Huai Country now is to convince Huai Country that we have no intention of going against Huai Country. The more humble we are, the more flattering we are, the more pleasing we are, the safer the country will be!"

Yuehou said sternly.

"Father Jun, I understand!" Yun Chang said.

"It's good that you understand. When you arrive in Huai Country, remember not to worry about your face. I will ask people to give you more rare treasures, so you can dedicate them to the Huai Country's monarch, as well as nobles and nobles, to curry favor with them!"

"Here!" Yun Chang cupped his hands and said.

Next, Yuehou first wrote a letter of credence that was extremely flattering and flattering, and handed it to Yunchang, then took out various treasures from the treasury, loaded them on the carriage, and asked Yunchang to take them away with him.

Yun Chang led a group of hundreds of envoys to Huai State. As soon as they arrived in Wu, they were stopped by soldiers of Huai State. report.

After the news was reported layer by layer, it was quickly sent to Huai'an.

In the main hall of the Huai State, Wang Jin handed over the letter of credence sent by the State of Yue to the ministers: "The Marquis of Yue sent the letter of credence, requesting to become a vassal state of our Huai State, and to regard Huai State as the leader of the alliance, and to send Prince Yunchang to Huai'an as an official. Proton, what do you think?"

"Your Majesty, the wolf ambition of the Yue Kingdom, the last time we took advantage of the war between the Huai Kingdom and the Jin Kingdom, and joined forces with the Chu Kingdom to attack Wu, it is unbelievable. This must be the Yue Kingdom's plan to slow down the army!" Xu Yong said directly.

"Doctor Xu is serious. The State of Yue has already proclaimed himself a vassal, and brought the crown prince with a large amount of jewels as a hostage. From the looks of it, I am very sincere!" Doctor Yang Jue said.

"Your Majesty also agrees with what Doctor Yang said. Among Bangzhou Fangguo, it is the common practice of all countries to send the crown prince as a hostage and proclaim him a vassal with the letter of credence. I am worried that the influence of our Huai country will decline at that time, and Bang Zhou will hesitate because of our attitude if he wants to submit to our Fang country." Gong Yang said.

"Your Majesty, I feel that I should accept it." Xiang Qing said respectfully: "Other countries send protons, most of them are not favored, and Yue's sending the prince as a hostage is obviously showing sincerity to our Huai country, and the prince is the hostage. , This is also beneficial, as long as we influence Yunchang and let him get close to our Huai country, after he becomes the Marquis of Yue, he will naturally be close to Huai and hate Chu."

"As long as the Crown Prince of the Yue Kingdom is friendly to us, Chu's plan to unite with the Yue Kingdom to deal with us will come to nothing!"

The ministers came and went, arguing, and most of the officials agreed to make Yue a vassal state.After all, this method is much more convenient than dispatching a large army to conquer, and it will be subtle. As long as successive generations of monarchs are close to the Huai country, basically Chu's plan will be completely bankrupt.

Wang Jin thought for a while, and also felt that it made sense, and said immediately: "In that case, then agree!"

After getting Wang Jin's consent, Yun Chang immediately went to Huai'an under the escort of the Huai army.On the way, Yun often saw the old land of Wu State, and he saw that the roads here are neat, the farmland is lush, the rivers and canals are like a net, and it is a thriving scene.Very surprised.After learning that this place has only been built for more than ten years, there is such a scene, Yun Chang can hardly believe it.

Soon everyone crossed the river by boat, and then went north from Weiyang, and when he arrived here, he found that Huai country was more prosperous than Wu, and even the canal under his feet was dug by Huai country, completely smashing his pride broken.

(End of this chapter)