(Chapter 10 has been blocked. It won’t be released until tomorrow or the day after tomorrow. It can be written in history books, but it’s not allowed to be written online. It’s outrageous.)
The attendant said: "I was whipped by him for no fault, please believe me, I will not conceal the whereabouts of the Marquis of Qi."
"He was led by other guards to escape there just now." The guard pointed in one direction and said.
Just when everyone was about to chase in the direction he pointed, a private soldier next to him suddenly pointed to the road ahead and said: "Your Majesty, he is lying, there are no footprints over there at all!"
Gongsun Wuzhi, Lian Cheng, Guan Zhifu and others looked and saw that the grass there was not broken, and there were no footsteps on the ground. There were no traces of anyone walking at all. Everyone immediately understood that they had been deceived.
Seeing that he had been discovered, Fu pulled out his sword and was about to resist. However, before he could pull out his sword, he was killed by the guard next to him.
"How can we find the Marquis of Qi after killing him?" Lian Cheng said with a somewhat ugly face when he saw Fu was killed.
"Go back, there are no footprints around, Qi Hou must have been hiding on the way here!" Gongsun Wuwu said immediately.
Everyone thought it was reasonable and immediately turned around to go back to look for it. At this moment, Gongsun Wuwu suddenly saw a wisp of cloth among the thorns next to him and immediately shouted that he ran here.
Everyone hurriedly chased after him, and as expected, they caught up with one person. Gongsun Wuwu caught him and saw that it was the Marquis of Qi, so he killed him with a sword.
Then with the support of Lian Cheng and Guan Zhi's father, he returned to Qidu and established himself as king.
When news of the turmoil in Qi came, Wang Sheng was very happy. He was not optimistic about Gongsun Wuzhi who killed Qi Jun Zili, but it was better this way. Gongsun Wuzhi killed Qi Jun Zili and also opened a new chapter for others. The Qi country will definitely be in chaos for a while. It was enough time for him to raise troops to attack Wu again.
At the same time, Wang Sheng also realized the power of the intelligence network established by the office for two hundred years.
Since the failure of the last attack on Wu, the Huai State has been recuperating, and the 100,000 slaves compensated by the Chu State have also been distributed by Wang Sheng.
Compared with slaves in other countries, slaves in Huai State still have channels for advancement. Slaves can join the army. After making meritorious deeds, they can be pardoned and become citizens of the country. If you do not join the army and turn in a certain amount of food for several consecutive years, you can also be pardoned.
This was also the policy set by Zijue at the beginning. There were few people in the Huai Kingdom at the beginning. In addition to the Yin Shang survivors who came to seek refuge, they were captured Huaiyi and Dongyi prisoners. Through this system, the strength of the Huai Kingdom increased rapidly.
This system has not changed until now, and even other vassal states are learning from this system.
After several years of rest and recuperation, the strength of Huai State improved to a higher level. After learning about the civil strife in Qi, Wang Sheng immediately summoned an army and hoarded food and grass.
After the canal was established, the Huai State mobilized its army very quickly. Wang Sheng had been hoarding part of the food and grass in Yangzhou over the years, so there was no need to raise additional food and grass when the army set off.
Although the Qi State was already in civil strife and the Lu State was unable to support itself, Wang Sheng was not careless and left 30,000 troops stationed in Xiapi to defend Qi and Lu.
At the same time, he left 10,000 troops in Handu, and then took the remaining 50,000 troops to garrison Han and prepare to attack Wu. Over the years, in addition to letting the intelligence network focus on collecting intelligence from Qilu and other countries, Wang Sheng also collected intelligence from Wu.
After the last disastrous defeat of Wu State, Wu Hou began to pay attention to the army and asked Chu State for advice. Chu State, because of its last defeat, helped Wu State to reform its military and rapidly improve Wu State's military strength. .
During the first attack on Wu, the state of Wu was defeated. In addition to part of the reason being the gap in weapons, equipment and training, the bigger reason was the military system. The State of Wu is located in a remote area and was initially composed of barbarians. After his uncle went to Wu, he brought with him the farming technology of the Western Zhou Dynasty. This allowed the state of Wu to transform from a barbarian tribe into a vassal state.
As for the art of using troops, it was even worse. After the defeat of Wu State, Wu Hou sent people to learn the art of using troops from Chu State, as well as the method of chariot warfare.
After several years of recuperation, Wu's strength has been greatly improved, and everyone in the army wants revenge.
Wang Sheng said: "The state of Wu has cut off its hair and tattoos, and is a barbarian. Using Xia to attack the barbarians is a kingly and righteous act!" 'For the sake of fame, he became famous and conquered the state of Wu.
When the Wu State heard that the Huai State sent troops to attack Wu, it was extremely angry and declared: Wu is the descendant of Taibo, Ji is a nobleman, and the Huai State is the remnant of the Yin Shang Dynasty. He is innocent of attacking Wu and is unjust!
Huai Guo had already responded to Wu Guo's accusation: "Since Wu Guo is the descendant of Taibo and a nobleman with the surname Ji, can he pay tribute to the Emperor of Zhou?"
"It is a crime for a nobleman named Ji to disobey the emperor. It is a righteous act for Huai State to attack Wu!"
Since the founding of Wu State, apart from paying tribute once or twice at the beginning, it has never paid tribute again. This time it was caught and the war was lost.
The two sides had a big war of words, but Wu Guo was still in the wrong. Of course, other vassal states in the Central Plains did not care at all about the war between Huai State and Wu State. After all, Huai and Wu are located in remote areas. Only the eastern princes Fang Guo were worried about this.
The State of Wu once again sent envoys to Qi and Lu for help. Unfortunately, the State of Qi was in chaos at this time and was unable to take care of the State of Wu. The State of Lu was unable to support itself and did not dare to fight against the State of Huai.
As for countries such as Zheng and Song, they are too far away. Chen, Cai and other countries could not help across the Xu State. The only one who could provide help was the Chu State.
The state of Wu went to the state of Chu for help. When the king of Chu heard about the state of Huai, his heart was like a ball of fire. Since the founding of the state of Chu, it had suffered many defeats, but for the first time, an army of 40,000 people was captured. The state of Chu was in deep trouble. Feeling ashamed, he immediately agreed to send troops to help.
Wang Sheng had already expected Chu's participation in the war, and was not surprised. Wang Sheng asked Wei Yun to stay in Han and let him recruit the people to defend the land, while he personally led the army to attack Wu.
Wu Jun issued a recruitment order to the entire Wu Kingdom.
"The Kingdom of Wu is the descendant of Tai Bo, and Gu Nai is one of the nobles of the Xia Dynasty. King Wu entrusted the Kingdom of Wu, and the ancestors fought hard to achieve the prosperity of the Kingdom of Wu today.
The remnants of the Yin Shang Dynasty in the Huai Kingdom, coveting the wealth and land of the Wu Kingdom, raised troops to attack us, just like the barbarians of the Yi and Di countries, launching an unjust war and bound to fail.
I call on all Wu people to take up arms to defend their homeland, beat the invading Huai people, and preserve the country of Wu. God Haotian and King Wu are watching us! "
The state of Wu conscripted a large number of soldiers, and the people were strong. If they won this battle, nothing would happen, and they could even cut off the flesh of the state of Huai. However, if they lost, the state of Wu would be in trouble next year. Well, if it takes a long time, next year's food will definitely be affected.
More importantly, recruiting a large number of soldiers and civilians put great pressure on logistics. Wu State actually directly recruited 80,000 soldiers and 50,000 civilians this time, claiming to be an army of 200,000.
When Wu Hou saw the banners of the army rolling up like a long snake, stretching for ten miles, he suddenly felt as if he had swallowed up the mountains and rivers, and the whole world belonged to him.
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In the eleventh year of King Ping's reign, Huai attacked Wu and said: "The state of Wu is a barbarian. It is a kingly and righteous way to attack the barbarians with Xia!" Wu Guo said: After Wu is the uncle, Ji's surname is a nobleman, and he is a remnant of the Huai Kingdom and the Yin Shang Dynasty. It is unjust to attack Wu without any guilt! Huai also said, "It is a crime for a nobleman named Ji to not court the emperor. Huai's attack on Wu is a righteous act!" ——"Zuo Zhuan·The Eleventh Year of King Ping"
