The land of Jiangdong, the hometown of Wu and Yue.
"What does the demise of Chu State have to do with me, Jiangdong?"
In a secret mansion, several men dressed as noblemen gathered together, drinking and discussing a very serious topic.
"Of course, this is the land of Wu, and our ancestors are Wu people. At that time, my ancestor Helu, with Sun Wu and Wu Zixu as generals, led a large army to conquer the Chu Kingdom in the west, destroyed its capital, and whipped the king of Chu to death. How enjoyable it was. Ah. If the Chu minister Shen Baoxu hadn't cried out and asked Qin Shidong to come to help, I'm afraid that our country of Wu would have destroyed Chu in one battle."
"There is a feud between Wu and Chu. Now the Chu country is about to be destroyed. It was beaten by the Qin people who helped them in the past. When I heard this news, I wished I could drink more wine and have fun."
As a Jiangdong nobleman spoke, he picked up the wine from the table and drank it all in one gulp.
"That's right, his Chu Kingdom has now lost all its homeland. I heard that even Xiang Yan was killed by the Qin people at the Huaihe River, and the main force of the Chu army was wiped out. North of the river, there is no more Chu land. This kind of thing Under such circumstances, Xiong Qi, a false king supported by Xiang Yan, actually came to Jiangdong and asked us Wu people to restore our land and resist Qin. Haha, do you really think that the life of my Wu people is not my life?"
"Tens of thousands of people from Jiangdong followed Xiong Qi northward. How many of them will eventually come back?"
"The Qin army is invincible in the world. Now it has destroyed the three Jin and Yan countries. Even the King of Chu, Fu Chu, surrendered to Qin. This Xiong Qi does not understand the destiny. He is not a good prime minister of Qin. Instead, he comes to do Chu's lies. King, you are just seeking death."
"I heard that the King of Qin hated Xiong Qi so deeply that he once said he would kill him in public. Now that Xiong Qi has come to Jiangdong, the Qin army will follow him sooner or later. In my opinion, sooner or later his head will be destroyed. We can't follow Xiong Qi to die after being chopped up and hung in Xianyang City."
"Xiong Qi wants our family to be buried with him. Why don't we chop off his head first and give it to the Qin people. If we make a single contribution in front of the Qin army, we will not be able to keep our wealth and power."
"Okay, let's do it!"
After everyone discussed it, they reached a consensus.
The next moment, all eyes fell on the main seat, the aristocratic man who had been drinking and saying nothing.
"Mr. Nanwu, we are willing to kill Xiong Qi to welcome the Qin army. Please also ask Mr. Nanwu to lead us in action. We are willing to raise soldiers together to attack and kill this Qin traitor! Because he was killed by Xiong Qi. The Jiangdong children take revenge!"
Nanwu Lord Wu Yong put down his wine.
Looking at the determined expressions of the Wu nobles in the room, he smiled and said: "There are three thousand Chu troops staying in Jiangdong. Most of them are descendants of the original people of Jingchu. Now they are controlled by Xiong Qi. They cannot be ignored. . If we use all our private soldiers to attack him, we may be able to win, but our sons will also suffer heavy casualties. Therefore, if you want to capture Xiong Qi, you should use wisdom instead of attacking by force."
"I dare to ask Mr. Nanwu, how to outwit him?"
Someone asked curiously.
The smile on Wu Yong's face became even bigger.
"I want to discuss the matter of resisting Qin and invite this great king to come and sit in the house. At that time, we will ambush the soldiers in the house and capture them on the spot with just one word. With Xiong Qi in hand, the three Thousands of soldiers from Chu are nothing to worry about."
When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but praise: "Goodbye, Mr. Nanwu!"
…
"Your Majesty, those nobles from Wu really got together in private, and I don't know what they were secretly discussing in the palace."
Zu Pi walked in and reported in a deep voice.
"Um."
King Qi of Chu was sitting on the couch, playing with a polished rhinoceros horn cup in his hand, with a cold light shining in his eyes.
He was a newcomer on the battlefield and did not have much military experience. When faced with Zhao Tuo's move that caused the entire army to collapse, he could not come up with any effective method except fear.
But after leaving the battlefield and returning to the officialdom and politics that King Chu was familiar with, he became a real master after serving as the prime minister of Qin for ten years.
After leading his remnant soldiers to cross the river, King Qi of Chu keenly noticed that the attitude of the Wu nobles in Jiangdong had changed towards him.
Especially when he asked Wu Yong, Lord of Nanwu, to recruit more soldiers and prepare to deploy river defenses to resist the Qin army's march south, he received a rejection from the Wu people.
After a brief period of confusion, the alarm bells in King Qi's heart rang loudly.
He ruined tens of thousands of Jiangdong's children, which made the people of Jiangdong lose confidence in him as the King of Chu, and many people even hated him.
In addition, the King of Chu surrendered, and all Chu's homeland fell. Xiang Yan died in the battle on the Huai River. The Qin army was approaching the north of the river and was collecting and building ships to cross the river.
The situation in the world has become clear, and it is inevitable for Qin to destroy Chu.
The people of Wuyue are not fools, and those Jiangdong nobles who hold high positions and control a lot of wealth and power are not fools either.
Unless there is something wrong with their brains, they will help King Qi of Chu against the Qin army when the situation is over.
King Qi of Chu understood these people and continued to support him as the King of Chu against the powerful Qin State.
The more likely choice these Jiangdong nobles would make was to cut off Xiong Qi's head and offer it to the Qin army in order to preserve their wealth and power.
"Conspiracy in private...that's the first step."
King Chu Qi tapped his fingers on the wooden table, and he looked at the tall man in the room with a strong back and a muscular body.
Zoupi.
In the past, King Wei of Chu raised troops to defeat Yue. After killing King Wuqiang of Yue, the Yue royal family fled in all directions.
One of them surrendered to the Chu State and stayed in Jiangdong, and they were the ancestors of Zuibi.
King Qi of Chu was previously sent to Jiangdong by Zhecu to appease the troubled Yue people. In order to deal with the Yue people, he promoted Zou Pi to a general and used a series of means to smooth things over with the Yue people.
Zu Pi also became a close confidant of King Qi of Chu because of his outstanding abilities.
After that, King Qi of Chu led troops north to support Xiang Yan. In order to prevent Jiangdong from being completely controlled by Wu nobles such as Lord Nanwu, he promoted Zou Bi to a general of the Chu army who stayed in Jiangdong to counter Wu Yong and let the local Wu A new balance is formed between people and Yue people.
Looking at it now, he, King Chu Qi, really made the right move.
Both Cai Niao and Jing Ju were separated from him during the Jiangbei War, and it is unknown whether they were captured by the Qin people. The more than 10,000 Chu soldiers under his command were also beaten to the point of collapse, and only a dozen riders could follow him across the river.
Under such circumstances, Zuibi was the only person available to him, King Qi of Chu, and the three thousand Chu troops under his command were also his life-saving soldiers.
"Your Majesty, Lord Nanwu wants to see you."
Outside the door, a close relative came to report.
King Chu Qi narrowed his eyes and said, "Please come in quickly, Mr. Nan Wu."
Soon, Nanwu Lord Wu Yong walked in from outside the house.
When he entered the house, he glanced imperceptibly at Zu Pi standing in the house. But he smiled and said: "Your Majesty, what a good thing! In the past two days, I have convinced several princes and nobles in Jiangdong. They are afraid of the Qin people crossing the river, so they are willing to donate their private soldiers, and at the same time recruit their subjects as soldiers to assist the king. Let’s fight against Qin together and stop those Qin people north of the river!”
"oh?"
King Chu Qi's face was full of joyful smile.
"This is very good, very good! Lord Nanwu is really a loyal and good minister of Bugu! Bugu feels very relieved. He is willing to use Lord Nanwu as the commander of our Chu Kingdom and entrust all state affairs to Lord Nanwu!"
"The king has given you too much credit. It is your duty to be loyal to the country. This is the position of Yin, and I will never dare to take it."
Wu Yong declined and sneered in his heart.
Ling Yin of Chu State?
Are you waiting to be remembered by the Qin people and beheaded?
He quickly avoided the topic and said with a smile: "Tomorrow I will hold a banquet in the palace and invite the king to come. At that time, I will discuss with everyone the matter of resisting Qin."
A cold light flashed in Chu Wangqi's eyes, but he smiled: "Why don't you let Bu Gu hold a banquet in this palace, and invite all the gentlemen to attend."
Wu Yong's expression remained unchanged, and he smiled and said: "Everyone in Jiangdong is familiar with me, so they will be more comfortable in my mansion."
Wu Yong looked at King Qi of Chu. Now the king wanted something from him. He naturally spoke forcefully and was not afraid that King Qi of Chu would not agree.
Sure enough, King Qi of Chu immediately relented and said, "In that case, Bu Gu will come tomorrow and everything will be arranged by Ling Yin."
Wu Yong smiled.
Come on, I'll give you a big surprise tomorrow.
King Qi of Chu also smiled.
His heart was extremely cold.
…
On the second day.
At Lord Nanwu's house.
"Wait a minute and listen to me throw the wine and say something. Then rush out and take down Xiong Qi. This is a great achievement, and I will be rewarded heavily."
Wu Yong ordered the more than ten trusted soldiers in front of him to lie behind the ax and in the inner room.
"only."
All the soldiers raised their hands.
Several Jiangdong nobles around laughed and said to Wu Yong: "Mr. Nanwu is really resourceful. This strategy is very, very high!"
Being praised by others, Wu Yong couldn't help but said: "Xiong Qi now only has three thousand soldiers, and his strength is weak. If he wants to defeat the Qin army, he must rely on our strength, so I invited him here, and he had to come. Haha, this is a powerful force!"
"What a momentum! Wait a moment, and we can see the heads rolling to the ground, hahaha."
Everyone laughed.
After a while, someone came to report that the King of Chu was approaching in his chariot.
"Let's go, let's go to greet the king and send him to see Da Siming."
Wu Yong stepped towards the door.
All the nobles laughed together and followed him happily.
Soon, at the gate of Nanwu Lord's Mansion, Chu King Qi's chariot arrived here, escorted by three hundred warriors.
Wu Yong nodded slightly. These three hundred guards were not too many. After capturing Xiong Qi later, they could be trapped and killed.
"Haha, Lord Nanwu's mansion is really magnificent."
King Qi of Chu stepped down from the carriage, and Zaibi immediately followed the guard beside him.
"I respectfully welcome your Majesty."
Wu Yong immediately bowed and bowed to all the nobles.
However, before they finished the ceremony, King Qi of Chu said something.
"I heard that there are dead men lurking in your mansion, intending to assassinate Bu Gu."
In an instant, the expressions of all the Jiangdong nobles present changed drastically. Some of them had poor psychological quality and even knelt down on the spot.
At this point, anyone could tell there was something wrong.
"Your Majesty, this is slander. I am loyal to your Majesty and the Kingdom of Chu, and there is no such thing as this!"
Wu Yong shouted, and immediately after, he was kicked over by Zao Pi.
The remaining Jiangdong nobles were also captured on the spot by Chu Wang Qi's guards without any defense.
"Your Majesty, you are wronged!"
in the shouts of the crowd.
The guards of the King of Chu entered the house and quickly found the soldiers hiding in the house.
When the King of Chu asked people to escort Lord Nanwu and the Jiangdong nobles into the palace, and saw the soldiers who were subdued and hacked to death, they could no longer deny it.
Faced with this situation, Nanwu Lord Wu Yong no longer complained about injustice, but became hardened.
"Xiong Qi, this Jiangdong is our Jiangdong. What can you do if you take us down today? If you kill us, the entire Jiangdong will definitely turn against you. If the Qin people don't go south by then, your life will be in danger. It's not as good as you Let us go, and we can have a good discussion. After this incident, we also know your abilities, and we will sincerely help you resist Qin."
"Rebel me? Resist Qin?"
King Chu Qi smiled, but the light in his eyes was very cold.
"No."
"I don't want Bu Gu anymore in Jiangdong."
With that said, King Chu Qi picked up a wine bowl from the table and threw it heavily to the ground.
"kill!"
In an instant, heads were rolling down in Lord Nanwu's house.
"Zou Pi, take people to raid these people's homes. Give some of their belongings to your soldiers. Then, take all the treasures and items, and we will go south."
King Qi of Chu had no expression on his face. He first looked to the north, then turned to look to the south.
"Jiangdong cannot be defended. I will go to Yue to seek refuge with those barbaric Yue people."
"Lure them with wealth and goods, frighten them with threats, and if you don't dare, you will make those Yue people become the enemies of Qin."
"Without valley, Qin's southern border will never have peace."
…
Jiangbei, Guangling.
The long black dragon comes from the north, with flags covering the sky and spears and halberds like a forest.
When the nearby Chu people saw this scene, they all trembled with fear and fled in all directions, fearing that tens of thousands of Qin troops would be beheaded as a military achievement.
"General."
Zhongli Mei came to greet him with his soldiers.
Zhao Tuo got out of the car, helped him up, and said gently: "Zhongli, I haven't seen you for half a month. You have lost some weight. Thank you for your hard work."
But Zhongli Mei shook his head and said: "The general is incompetent. He was ordered by the general to hunt down the false king Xiong Qi, but he allowed him to cross the river and escape. I asked the general to punish him."
Zhao Tuo comforted him and said, "When you met Cai Niao and led an army to attack, he was able to defeat more than ten thousand Chu people with thousands of people. In the end, he and General Yang defeated the Chu army and killed the enemy general Cai Niao. How can such great achievements be achieved? It’s sinful.”
"Xiong Qifu, just run away. He can escape for a while, but he can escape for the rest of his life."
With that said, Zhao Tuo turned his head and looked at the river in the distance.
On the other side of the vast river is the land of Jiangdong.
"When my army crosses the river, I will leave Xiong Qi with no way to escape."
"Jiangdong is where he will die!"
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