General Qin

In the south of Zhejiang, in the territory of Hui (kuài).

"The land of Jiangdong is the homeland of Wu and Yue."

"The north is Wu, with Gusu as the core. The south is Yue, with Kuaiji as the main land."

The Qin army set up camp to rest in a vast area among mountains and forests.

The soldiers boiled water and made food, while Zhao Tuo sat in the tent, thinking about the situation in Yuedi and the next plan.

The so-called Yue.

According to the bloodline of his monarch, he is a descendant of Dayu, the concubine of Shaokang, the Empress of Xia.

Like the ancestors of the Wu State, the ancestors of Yuejun were enshrined in Kuaiji. They went to the country to follow the customs, abandoned the Chinese etiquette and costumes, chose tattoos and cut off their hair, and integrated into the local aboriginals more quickly. They successfully ruled the local aboriginals and established the Vietnam.

But later, because Wu and Yue were too close, they attacked each other from time to time, resulting in generational enmity.

The enmity between the two countries reached its peak during the reign of King Goujian of Yue. First, King Helu of Wu took advantage of the fact that King Goujian of Yue had just succeeded to the throne and wanted to take the opportunity to attack Yue.

It turned out that Gou Jian was a powerful character. When the Wu and Yue armies confronted each other, he sent the dead soldiers to line up in three lines and rushed to the front of the Wu army's position. While shouting, he wiped his neck with the weapon in his hand.

In the gushing of blood, Wu Jun was dumbfounded.

The Yue army took the opportunity to attack the Wu army, defeated it, and shot Wu Wang Helu.

Before his death, King Helu of Wu warned his son Fucha: "Never Don't forget Yue."

In order to avenge his father, Fu Chai spared no efforts in mobilizing his troops and making every effort to rule the country.

When Gou Jian heard about this, he wanted to preemptively attack Wu, regardless of Fan Li's dissuasion, but was defeated by Fu Chai.

After that, Goujian begged for mercy, and after returning to China, he tried his best and finally staged the drama of "three thousand Yuejia can swallow Wu".

The Vietnamese army surrounded Fuchai, the king of Wu, on Gusu Mountain. Goujian took pity on him as a victor and said, "I can place you in Yongdong and let you rule over a hundred families."

Fu Chai, king of Wu, said solemnly: "I am too old to be a king!"

Then he wiped his own neck, and Wu State perished.

The State of Yue annexed the territory of the State of Wu, went north to Huaisi, and joined the feudal lords in Xuzhou, accepted the bestowal from the Emperor of Zhou, and appointed him Bo. From then on, the State of Yue reached its peak.

Until a hundred years ago, when Yue State was passed to Goujian VI's Sun Yue Wang Wuqiang, this Yue King had the heart to fight for hegemony again, and went north to attack Qi State.

Qi Guo saw it, why did this barbarian from the south come to beat me?

King Qi Wei didn't want to get entangled with the barbarians, so he had a plan, and sent an envoy to King Wu Qiang of Yue, saying: "The more you don't attack Chu, the bigger you are, the younger you are."

Only by defeating Chu can your country of Yue become the king and hegemony.

King Wuqiang of Yue was a little simple-minded. When he heard it, he felt that what Qi State said made sense, so he turned his head to attack Chu State.

As a result, the state of Yue was held down and beaten violently by King Wei of Chu. The people of Chu defeated the Yue army, killed King Wuqiang of Yue, and took all the old Wu lands until Zhejiang.

After the fall of the Yue Kingdom, the descendants of the King of Yue scattered and fled in all directions. They occupied the south of Zhejiang to Fujian and other places. Some became kings and some became kings.

The goal of the Qin army going south this time is the Yue people who occupied Kuaiji, the ancestral land of the Yue country.

According to the information provided by the nobles of the Wu region, when Xiong Qi was ordered to appease Jiangdong last year, he had dealt with this Yue people. If nothing happened, Xiong Qi must have defected to the other party when he went south this time.

"The King of Yue has no friends."

Zhao Tuo felt a little strange chanting the name of the Yue king.

However, Yue people often use "Wu Mou" as their name, so there is nothing wrong with it.

Kuaiji is adjacent to Wu, and the distance is not far away. The climate and terrain are much better than Minyue, Dongou and other places in the south. The difficulties encountered by the Qin army going south are not too big.

However, because he was in a land of Yue people and the logistics were difficult to guarantee, Zhao Tuo finally brought only 20,000 Qin troops to the south.

Among them, 5,000 soldiers were responsible for guarding the civilian husbands and transporting food and grass in the rear, so he had only 15,000 troops that could actually be used for combat.

"Wuyou, King of Yue, said that there are nearly 100,000 Yue people under his command, and the number of soldiers who can fight is estimated to reach 30,000 to 40,000. Moreover, Yue people occupy a favorable location, so it should not be underestimated. It would be great if Xiong Qi's matter can be resolved peacefully. Once Fighting, I'm afraid it will be a little troublesome."

Zhao Tuo frowned, thinking about the next solution, he was going to send envoys to negotiate with the Yue King Wuyou first, to see if he could find a way to get the Yue people to hand over Xiong Qi on his own initiative.

If you can not fight, it is naturally best not to fight.

While Zhao Tuo was thinking, Li Shang went into the account to report.

"General, traces of those Yue people have been found in the nearby mountains and forests."

Zhao Tuo frowned, walked out of the tent, looked around, and indeed he could see a figure running in the nearby forest.

These people broke their tattoos and ran naked in the summer in the mountains and forests. While running, they made a sound similar to that of an ape, like a humanoid beast.

The Qin soldiers in the surrounding camps all looked at the Yue people in the mountains, either with fear or contempt on their faces, and some even spat on the ground and cursed: "Barbarians."

"The former king of Yue, Goujian, was at least the overlord recognized by the emperor of Zhou. He once made an alliance with the princes. The people of Yue at that time should know the etiquette and rules. How come the descendants have all degenerated into barbarians after the country was destroyed for a hundred years?"

Zhao Tuo was puzzled.

He had heard that the Yue people near Kuaiji were not bad, since they were close to a civilized area after all. If you go further south, there are even tribes that eat people.

At this time, Heihou came over depressed and shouted: "General, these Yue people are really disgusting. You said that we can't take the initiative to attack, so why don't we just let them follow and monitor us?"

"I sent a guide to communicate with them before, haven't there been any results yet?"

Zhao Tuo frowned.

There were many Yue people brought from Wu in their army. Zhao Tuo hired them with money and asked them to take the Qin army to the Yue people's king city near Kuaiji. At the same time, he intended to communicate with Yue Wang Wuyou through these people.

On the way, Qin Jun asked these hired Yue people to call out to the compatriots who were following in the mountains and forests several times, but they never got a reply.

Heihip curled his lips and said, "Those people don't care at all. In my opinion, they are a bunch of savages, even more savage than Chu people."

While the few people were talking, Shejian, who had followed Zhao Tuo southward this time, strode over and reported, "General, the Yue people have sent an envoy."

After a while, Zhao Tuo sat in his tent and received the envoys from the Yue people.

"Spine bun."

The first time Zhao Tuo saw the envoy from the Yue people, he noticed the bun on his head.

Compared with those running in the mountains and forests with broken hair and tattoos, the naked ones are more human. Although the messenger's face was sallow, he was dressed in a bun and decorated with gold and jade, giving him an air of civilization.

Although Zhao Tuo always felt that the other party was like an ape in clothes, which was funny no matter how you looked at it, but the other party's attire was indeed different from those ordinary Yue people outside.

This is a Vietnamese nobleman.

It seems that the upper class of the Yue people still maintain part of the civilized customs.

"Zou, the envoy of the King of Yue, met General Zhao without an appointment."

The Yueren envoy bowed his hands in salute.

Zhao Tuo's eyes lit up.

This person actually spoke Chu dialect with an accent. Judging from his actions, he thought that this person had been to Wu to "study abroad", so he was quite polite.

Zhao Tuo extended his hand to return the salute, and replied in Chu dialect.

Without too much politeness, Zou Wuyue asked straightforwardly: "I don't know what you Qin people are doing with your troops here in Yuedi, do you want to start a war with my king?"

Zhao Tuo smiled and said, "We came here to capture Xiong Qi, who rebelled against us from Qin. He still has thousands of soldiers under his command, so we can only lead our troops to guard against the King of Yue. Please ask the envoy, do you know who he is?" The whereabouts of the traitor Xiong Qi?"

"Xiong Qi?"

Zou Wuyue laughed and said, "Of course I know, this person has already been captured by my king. If the general wants this person, it's not impossible, but I don't know how much money the general is willing to pay?"

Zhao Tuo was stunned.

Xiong Qi, was caught by these Yue people?

Then they come to themselves and ask for money to replace them?

...

The Yue people's royal city in the center of Kuaiji.

"Xiong Bugu, hurry up and have a drink with me."

The stout King Wuyou of Yue raised a big wine glass in his hand to toast King Qi of Chu.

"Bu Gu is already drunk and has no strength to drink anymore. Please take pity on him, Your Majesty."

Chu Wang Qi blushed, raised his hand to push Yue Wang Wuyou's toast.

Yue Wang Wuyou's face darkened, and he said: "Well, you Xiong Bugu, do you look down on this king? This king is best to make friends in his life, drinking and having fun with others is the happiest. If you don't drink, you don't consider me a friend anymore. .”

"Your Majesty, King Yue's kindness cannot be rejected. Please have another drink."

Beside him, Zou Pi whispered admonishment to King Chu.

Chu Wangqi was ashamed and angry.

Compared with the ordinary Yue people outside who had cut off their hair and tattoos, this Yue Wang Wuyou wore clothes with hair tied, and even wore special royal clothes made by the Yue people. He lived in a special palace and was quite dignified.

But the gesture of holding a wine glass in one hand and scratching his feet with the other destroyed his image of a king.

Especially this Yue Wang Wuyou, who is staring at him fiercely at this moment, his appearance is simply extremely fierce.

King Qi of Chu wanted to cry but had no tears.

He grew up in Xianyang City since he was a child, and he has been in contact with princes and nobles, and he has been in contact with famous scholars and scholars. He naturally knows how to be courteous, and he also likes silk painting and literature. He usually has an elegant posture.

Even if he defected to the state of Chu, because of his status, everyone Chu Wangqi met was polite to him, and he had never acted in such a barbaric and bullying manner.

"I, Xiong Qi, the majestic Qin State Right Prime Minister Changping Jun, the king of Chu State, will one day be forced to drink by these barbarians."

Chu Wangqi felt extremely sad and indignant.

But at this moment, no matter how strategic he is, he has nothing to do in the face of the persecution of these savages.

Thinking that he still needs to use these Yue people to escape the pursuit of the Qin people and prepare for the restoration of the country in the future.

Chu Wangqi could only pick up the wine glass in humiliation, and drank the sour wine that was brewed from something unknown.

"Great... Great King, Bugu has...drink..."

After Chu Wangqi drank an unknown number of glasses of wine tonight, he finally couldn't hold on anymore, rolled his eyes, and fell drunk on the ground.

"Hehe, this Xiong Bugu can't drink, I don't want to be friends with this kind of person who can't drink."

Yue Wang Wuyou muttered, and drank the wine in his hand in one gulp.

The wine flowed down his beard and wet his dirty royal clothes.

Yue Wang Wuyou simply stretched out his hand to pull up his clothes, revealing his hairy chest and fat belly, then he hiccupped comfortably, and turned his head to look at Nu Pi in the room who was drinking by himself.

"Zou Pi, you said that Qin is stronger than Chu, is this king going to hand over Xiong Bugu to those Qin people?"

Zou Pi smiled slightly, and said: "As far as I know, the Qin State has already occupied the entire Chu land, and there is no need for us Yue people to fight against them. If we hand over this Xiong Qi to the Qin people, we can also take the opportunity to swallow his belongings. How beautiful it is to arrest those Chu people and make them slaves."

Hearing this, Yue Wang Wuyou remembered the dozens of carts of belongings that Xiong Qi was carrying, and his eyes immediately lit up.

This Xiong Bugu was too stingy, he brought so many good things, and he was only willing to give half of them to him, it was unreasonable.

It is true that he is not a friend of Yue Wang Wuyou. If you really want to make friends, you should give them all.

Since you, Xiong Bugu, don't regard me as a friend, then naturally I, Yue Wang Wuyou, won't regard you as a friend either.

"Zou Pi, you are right. I have already sent people to find those Qin people, and now we will see what price they can offer."

"Historical Records: The Family of Goujian, King of Yue": King Wei of Chu launched an army to attack it, defeated Yue, killed Wang Wuqiang, took all the old Wu land to Zhejiang, and broke Qi in Xuzhou in the north. And the more scattered in this way, the sons of various clans competed to establish themselves, or became kings, or became emperors, on the shores of Jiangnan and the sea, and obeyed the court of Chu.