A Millennium Aristocratic Family Starting from the Shang Dynasty

Chapter 203
Palace of the King of Chu.

Xiong Que, who had just ascended the throne, witnessed the killing of Jing Mu by the nobles and lords.The king of Chu who supported the reform passed away, and Jing Mu who presided over the reform was killed. Only Qu Qing was left, and it was completely impossible to suppress the opposition in Chu.

King Xiong Que of Chu was also shocked by the power of the nobles and lords, who dared to surround and kill Jing Mu at the funeral of the late king.

After being shocked, the next step was full of anger, wanting to kill all these nobles and lords.

The existence of these lords has seriously threatened the royal power, but he has just seen the power of these lords and nobles, so he dare not act rashly.

In the hall, it was not that there was no chance to rescue Jing Mu just now, but some other nobles and ministers did not take action at all, watching Jing Mu be beheaded.

Qu Qing pointed at the nobles and lords in front of him with one hand, his lips trembled angrily: "Jing Mu is dead, you are the sinners of Chu State."

Such a big event happened at King Chu's funeral, so the funeral naturally ended hastily, and many ministers with different intentions took King Chu into custody, and then sent him to the royal tomb.

The whole Ying is in a state of rain.

"Qu Qing, I want to kill those people!" Chu King Xiong Que said angrily. "Qu Qing, you are a veteran of the three dynasties, please help me!"

Qu Qing seemed to have not heard it, still a little dazed, and said after a while: "Your Majesty, the reform has failed."

"This time, those nobles and nobles beheaded Jing Mu at the funeral of the late king. This is not only to kill Jing Mu, but also a warning to us."

"What warning?" Xiong Que asked.

Qu Qing said: "Death to reformers!"

"They are demonstrating to us. If we carry out further reforms, I am afraid that we will be in chaos before the Huai country attacks."

"Then what should we do?" Xiong Que turned pale with shock and asked hastily.

"Your Majesty, you don't have to worry about your own safety. With 20 troops in hand, those people dare not cross the line."

The King of Chu breathed a sigh of relief, and then asked: "Then is there a way to kill those princes and nobles?"

"Yes, left and right are nothing more than an exchange of interests. The reform is not enough. Then appease the vast majority of nobles and lords. The rest of the nobles and lords are abandoned."

Things have come to this point, the reform has failed.Qu Qing quickly made a decision, and took advantage of the situation to kill the nobles and lords who participated in the killing of Jing Mu.

Qu Qing saw that there was nothing to do, and the reform failed.After being unable to suppress the opposition forces in the country, he immediately made a compromise with these people.The reform stopped, but those nobles, nobles and feudal monarchs who killed Jing Mu and damaged the body of the late king would all be punished by the three clans.

Through the exchange of benefits, the king of Chu killed all the nobles and princes who dared to kill Jing Mu, and took back a large amount of land, but the reform failed completely.

When the news reached Huai State, Wu Qi immediately went to Huai Palace.

"Your Majesty, the time has come to attack Chu!" Wu Qi couldn't wait to say to Wang Pu as soon as he entered.

"Is there a turmoil in Chu?" Wang Pu reacted instantly.

Wu Qiqiu nodded and said: "There is chaos in Chu, those nobles and officials who are dissatisfied with the reform, as well as the lords, took advantage of Jingmu's return to the country for funeral, without the protection of a brigade of soldiers, shot him to death with bows and arrows on the main hall. Beside Chuhou's corpse!"

"Shoot Jing Mu to death in the main hall?" Wang Pu was slightly taken aback. He knew that the nobles, nobles and lords of Chu State were going to do it, but he never expected that these people would dare to shoot Jing Mu to death in the main hall.

This approach is seriously provoking the majesty of the Marquis of Chu. Even if Jing Mu is killed, the new Marquis of Chu will punish them severely.

"Does the Marquis of Chu want to kill those princes and nobles?" Wang Pu asked.

"Yes." He said and handed the bamboo slips to Wang Pu.In fact, the secret guard also sent a piece of information to Wang Pu, but he left Wu Qi in charge of Chu affairs, so he didn't read it.

Wang Pu browsed quickly and then sighed: "It's a pity for Qu Qing."

"The state of Chu is in turmoil, reforms have failed, and a large number of nobles and nobles have been killed. These people must resist. Taking advantage of this opportunity to attack Chu is a god-sent opportunity."

"The lord of Chu State will take advantage of the end of the reform to take back his land and property. As a result, the morale of Chu State's army has plummeted. It is impossible to compete with our soldiers from Huai State."

"What Xiangguo said is very true, the battle to attack Chu should be directed by Xiangguo!" Wang Pu said with a smile.

"Obey!" Wu Qi saluted immediately, then took the edict from Wang Pu, and then made preparations.

Huai State originally had a standing army of 20, and later stationed [-] troops in Song State. After that, the number of troops in Huai State increased rapidly. This time to attack Chu, Wang Pu recruited [-] troops, of which [-] were from the Tengjia Army. The rest are ordinary soldiers.

Because the Huai country had already prepared, it took only half a month for the army to go out and get ready.Then he declared that this battle was a revenge for Chu State's attack on Huaihe River a few years ago.

Since the last time Sun Wuzi of Huai State broke through from Xinyang, moved thousands of miles away, and broke through the capital of Chu, Chu State has further strengthened the cities and towns.

The purpose is to prevent long-distance raids from happening again and defeat the enemy in the first battle.

The army of the Huai State was divided into two groups, and at the same time, the four countries of Zhong, Cai, Huang, and Jiang were recruited to send troops together to attack Chu in three groups.

At this time, the state of Chu was experiencing civil strife. In addition to the army in the middle of the country, there were also large troops stationed on the lost land that had just been retaken from the state of Wei.After learning that the Huai State had attacked Chu, the King of Chu immediately withdrew the troops from the Central Plains.

And the land that was originally occupied by Chu State after the defeat of Wei State was easily taken back by Wei State.

Wu Qi led the Huai army to attack Chu, going upstream along the Dajiang River, and going west out of the Dabie Mountains to attack the Hanjiang Plain.

The state of Chu has built a large number of cities and fortresses in the Dabie Mountains, and it is very difficult to attack them hard.For other countries, these fortresses are extremely difficult to conquer, but what Chu country encountered was Huai country.

The addition of a large number of Mohist mechanism divisions in Huai country has made Huai country's siege equipment rapidly improved, and all kinds of siege equipment are ready.

Ever since Wang Pu fooled the Mohist scholars last time, Qin Huali had discussed with Wang Pu several times, and finally Wang Pu said that as long as there are other countries in the world, the war between countries will not stop , if you want to realize the concept of universal love and non-attack, you must unify the world.

After the world is unified, there will naturally be no more wars. Without wars, the people will not have to be displaced all year round, and their lives will naturally be rich. Only in this way can there be a basis for universal love.

Wang Pu was eloquent, and after a few debates with Qin Huali, he also understood that if he wanted to eliminate wars, it was impossible to rely solely on them to stop the wars between the princes, only the unification of the world.

So the mechanics of the Mohists also began to help the Huai country to make various siege equipment. You must know that although the Mohists entered the Huai country before, they only made city defense equipment and various agricultural tools. After this time, they began to make siege equipment. city ​​equipment.

(End of this chapter)