Palace of the King of Chu.
Xiong Que, who had just ascended the throne, witnessed with his own eyes the noble lords killing Jing Mu. 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 he could no longer suppress the opposition in the Chu state.
King Xiong Que of Chu was also shocked by the power unleashed by the nobles and lords. These people dared to surround and kill Jing Mu at the funeral of his late king.
After being shocked, he became filled with rage and wanted to kill all these noble lords.
The existence of these lords has seriously threatened the royal power, but having just witnessed the power of these lords and nobles, he did not dare to act rashly.
In the main hall, it was not that there was no chance to save Jing Mu just now, but some other nobles and ministers did not take action at all and watched Jing Mu being beheaded.
Qu Qing pointed at the ministers, nobles and lords in front of him, his lips trembling with anger: "Jing Mu died, you are the sinners of Chu State."
Such a big event happened at the funeral of the King of Chu, so the funeral naturally ended hastily. Many ministers with different thoughts gathered the King of Chu and then sent him to the royal mausoleum.
The whole of Ying was in a state of imminent rain.
"Qu Qing, I want to kill those people!" King Xiong Que of Chu said angrily. "Qu Qing, you are a veteran of three dynasties, please help me!"
Qu Qing seemed to have not heard, and was still a little stunned. After a moment, he said: "Your Majesty, the reform has failed."
"This time those ministers, nobles and princes beheaded Jingmu at the funeral of the late king. This was not only an attempt to kill Jingmu, but also a warning to us."
"What warning?" Xiong Que asked.
Qu Qing said: "Those who change the law will die!"
"They are demonstrating to us. If we carry out reforms again, I am afraid that we will be in chaos before the Huai Kingdom attacks."
"What should we do?" Xiong Que was shocked and asked quickly.
"Your Majesty, you don't have to worry about your own safety. With an army of 200,000 in hand, those people dare not cross the line."
King Chu breathed a sigh of relief, and then asked: "Is there any way to kill those princes and nobles?"
"Yes, it's just an exchange of interests. Reform won't work, so just appease the vast majority of the nobles and princes. The remaining nobles and princes will be abandoned."
Things have reached this point and the reform has failed. Qu Qing made a decision quickly and took advantage of the situation to kill the nobles and feudal lords who participated in Jingmu's death.
Qu Qing saw that there was nothing he could 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 was stopped, but those nobles, nobles and princes who killed Jing Mu and damaged the body of the late king were all punished by the three tribes.
Through the exchange of interests, the King of Chu killed all the officials, nobles and feudal lords who dared to kill Jingmu, and recovered a large amount of land. However, the reform failed completely.
When the news reached Huai Kingdom, 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 came in.
"Is there chaos in Chu?" Wang Pu reacted instantly.
Wu Qidian nodded and said: "The country of Chu was in chaos. Those nobles, ministers and princes who were dissatisfied with the reform took advantage of Jingmu's return to the country for mourning without the protection of a large group of soldiers. They shot him to death with bows and arrows in the main hall. Next to the body of Lord Chu!"
"Shoot Jing Mu to death on the main hall?" Wang Pu was slightly stunned. He knew that the nobles and lords of the Chu State were ready to take action, but he never expected that these people would dare to shoot Jing Mu to death on the main hall.
This approach is a serious provocation to the majesty of the Chu Hou. Even if Jing Mu is killed, the new Chu Hou will severely punish them.
"Does the Marquis of Chu want to kill those feudal lords and nobles now?" Wang Puda said.
"Yes." He said and handed the bamboo slip to Wang Pu. In fact, the secret guard also sent a piece of information to Wang Pu, but he left the affairs of Chu State to Wu Qi and did not read it.
Wang Pu glanced through it quickly and sighed: "What a pity for Qu Qing."
"The Chu Kingdom is in turmoil, the reform has failed, and a large number of officials, nobles, and lords have been killed. These people will definitely resist. Taking this opportunity to attack Chu is a God-given opportunity."
"The feudal lords of the Chu State will take advantage of the end of the reform to take back their fields and property. As a result, the morale of the Chu State army will plummet. It is no longer possible to compete with our Huai State soldiers."
"What the Prime Minister said is absolutely true. The battle to attack Chu should be directed by the Prime Minister!" Wang Pu said with a smile.
"Yes!" Wu Qi saluted immediately, took the edict from Wang Pu, and made preparations.
Huai State's original standing army numbered 100,000, and later it stationed 50,000 troops in Song State. After that, the number of Huai State's troops increased rapidly. This time to attack Chu, Wang Pu recruited 200,000 troops, including 30,000 Tengjia troops. , and the rest are ordinary soldiers.
Because Huai State had already prepared, it only took half a month for the army to be ready. Then he claimed that this battle was revenge for Chu's attack on Huaihe a few years ago.
Since the last time Sun Wuzi of the Huai State broke through from Xinyang, fought thousands of miles away, and captured the capital of Chu, the Chu State had further strengthened its cities.
The purpose is to prevent another long-distance attack and defeat Ying in one battle.
The Huai State army was divided into two groups, and the four countries of Zhong, Cai, Huang, and Jiang were recruited at the same time to send troops together to attack Chu in three groups.
The Chu State was experiencing civil strife at this time. In addition to the army in the country, there were also large armies stationed in the lost lands that had just been recaptured from the Wei State. After learning that Huai State was attacking Chu, the King of Chu immediately withdrew his troops from the Central Plains.
The land that was originally occupied by the Chu State after the Wei State was defeated was easily taken back by the Wei State.
Wu Qi led the Huai army to attack Chu, all the way up the river, and the other way out of the Dabie Mountains in the west to attack the Han River plain.
The State of Chu built a large number of cities and fortresses in the Dabie Mountains, which were difficult to attack. For other countries, these fortresses are extremely difficult to conquer, but what Chu State encountered was Huai State.
The addition of a large number of Mohist mechanics in Huai State has made Huai State's siege equipment rapidly improve, and all kinds of siege equipment are ready.
Since Wang Pu deceived the scholars of the Mo family last time, Qin Huali later discussed with Wang Pu several times. Finally, Wang Pu said that as long as there are other countries in the world, the wars between countries will not stop. , if you want to realize the concept of universal love and non-aggression, you must unify the world.
After the world is unified, there will naturally be no more wars. Without wars, people will not have to be displaced all year round, and their lives will naturally be prosperous. Only in this way can there be a basis for universal love.
Wang Pu was eloquent, and after several debates with Qin Huali, Qin Huali also understood that in order to eliminate war, it was impossible to rely solely on them to prevent the wars between the princes. The only way to unify the world was to unify the world.
So the Mohist mechanics also began to help the Huai Kingdom to make various siege equipment. You know, although the Mohists entered the Huai State in the past, they only made city defense equipment and various agricultural tools. After this, they began to make siege equipment. City equipment.
(End of chapter)
