The Great Wei Empire in the Warring States Period

Chu State Court

King Xiong Liangfu of Chu took the battle report of Tancheng that had just been delivered. After reading it, he said expressionlessly, "Jucheng was lost." Seeing that Jucheng was lost, Xiong Liangfu's heart was already in turmoil.

When the ministers below heard that Jucheng was lost, one minister stood up and asked, "Your Majesty, what about the other cities in Huaisi?"

Xiong Liangfu interrupted, "After the Qi army occupied Jucheng, they did not attack again. I guess they should not be able to start the next war."

Grand Marshal Jingshe stood up and said, "Your Majesty, I am willing to recapture Jucheng for you!"

Xiong Liangfu waved his hand and said, "No need. Qi only recaptured that small part. Most of Huaisi is still in the hands of our Chu. And we just finished the war with Yue. The soldiers don't have so much energy to fight the next war. Let's rest for a few years."

Jingshe said again, "King "My Lord, I think the reason why Yue attacked Chu was because they were instigated by Qi. They wanted to transfer our army back to resist Yue's invasion, which allowed them to take advantage of the opportunity to invade!"

Xiong Liangfu nodded and said, "Grand Sima, what do you think of Sun Bin's military tactics?"

Jingshe thought for a while and said, "Your Majesty, Sun Bin's military tactics are unpredictable, and I can't match him! He can be called a god in military tactics! But I believe that if we fight head-on, I will definitely be able to defeat him. Sun Bin mainly defeats the opponent through strategies, and rarely fights head-on with the opponent. I guess Sun Bin is not very good at the way of battle. He should mainly defeat the opponent through strategy!"

After listening to Jing She's words, Xiong Liangfu said to Ling Yin Zhao Xixu: "Ling Yin, what is the next strategy of our Chu State?"

Zhao Xixu stood up and said: "Your Majesty, I think the next strategy of our Chu State should be three strategies. The first strategy is to train soldiers and continue to train elite soldiers. Our Chu State must have 400,000 soldiers and 100,000 elite soldiers, so that we can better deal with the increasingly powerful Wei State; the second strategy is to reclaim wasteland and encourage the people to reclaim wasteland. It is appropriate to exempt the newly reclaimed land from tax for one year, and exempt the newly acquired Huai and Si lands from tax for one year. Counties should be set up in the land of Huai and Si to serve as the rear base of our Chu State; the third strategy is to swallow up Yue and strengthen itself. Yue is a major concern of Chu State. Only by destroying Yue can our Chu State better deal with China. Original hegemony. "

Xiong Liangfu nodded after hearing this and said, "Ling Yin, how should my Chu State destroy Yue?"

Zhao Xixu said, "I have five methods to destroy Yue. The first method is to make their monarch and ministers arrogant and extravagant. By bribing their monarch and ministers, they can become arrogant and extravagant. The second method is to alienate the royal family. By sending spies to alienate the relationship between their monarch and the royal family, they can cause internal fighting. I heard that the monarch of Yue has three younger brothers, and they are not at ease. The third method is to weaken the people of Yue. If you want to destroy Yue, you must also weaken their people. I heard that the weapons of Yue are also very sharp. We can buy weapons from Yue in large quantities and make the people of Yue make weapons. In this way, no one will cultivate the land of Yue, and then send people to secretlyAll the grain in Yue State is bought out, so Yue State will fall into a food shortage situation. Without food, the country will decline! The fourth strategy is to offer a beautiful concubine. The king of Yue State is greedy for money and lustful. Sending a beautiful concubine makes the king physically and mentally exhausted and greedy for pleasure, and the country will decline! The fifth strategy is to abolish soldiers. Yue State has 100,000 armored soldiers. These are the elite of Yue State. Therefore, we must make the opponent's soldiers weak. If we want to make the elite of Yue State disappear, we must make them riot. The 100,000 elite of Yue State are led by five generals. One of the generals is not satisfied with the current king. We can secretly support him to cause riots. In this way, the 100,000 elite of Yue State will definitely be consumed by civil strife! "Xiong Liangfu was very happy when he heard it, and smiled and said: "Okay, let's follow the words of Ling Yin!" - Your Majesty is wise! In Tian Ji's mansion, Tian Ji and Sun Bin were playing chess. Tian Ji said: "Mr. Sun Bin, now we have recaptured Jucheng, what should we do next? ”

Sun Bin made a move and said: "Ally with Chu to fight Wei!"

Tian Ji asked in confusion: "Why should we ally with Chu to fight Wei? Chu is an ally of Wei, so I'm afraid they won't agree."

Sun Bin smiled and said: "There are no allies in the world. They are just temporarily united because of interests. Now Wei is the only strong country in the world, and Chu will definitely not accept it! Therefore, we have to send envoys to secretly ally with Chu to fight Wei together!"

Tian Ji asked again: "Mr. Sun Bin, what do you think of the strength of all countries in the world? And the general trend of the world."

Sun Bin thought for a while and said: "Wei is the first, Chu is the second, Zhao is the third, Qi is the fourth, Qin is the fifth, Han is the sixth, Yan is the seventh, and the remaining countries will be annexed sooner or later. Although Wei is strong, it has the Chu-Zhao system. Han will also follow Wei in the future. Qin will definitely be strong, because I heard that Qin has changed its laws. Yan will still be mediocre. ”

Tian Ji sighed: "When will Qi be able to rule the nine states like Duke Huan of Qi did!"

Sun Bin smiled and said: "Soon! Although Wei is strong, its king wants to dominate the Central Plains, so Wei's strategic focus must be in the east, and Wei will definitely weaken. Now Wei must despise Qin. As long as Qi can recuperate for a few more years, it will attack Qin from both sides, so that Wei can't take care of both ends!"

Tian Ji asked: "How can Wei weaken if Wei's strategic focus shifts to the east? The territories to the east of Wei are all fertile, and they can also annex the land of Wei and Song to enrich themselves, and they can also attack Qi faster. ”

Sun Bin smiled and said: "The eastern part of Wei has no strategic location to defend, and any powerful country can enter and exit freely. Although the land is more fertile when it moves to the east, how can it be defended without any dangerous land to defend? The territory to the west of Wei State had the Zhongtiao Pass in the south to block Chu State, the Luo River and the fortification of the Han Pass to block Qin State, the Jiguan Pass to block Han State, and the Luliang Pass and the Taihang Mountains to block Zhao State and the Rongdi in the north. It could attack when advancing and defend when retreating. How could such a strategic location threaten Wei State? When Wei State moved its capital to Henei, there was no strategic location to defend, only vast plains. Although the land was fertile, it was still a place of great natural beauty.Wo is also suitable for expansion, but it is also easy for the enemy to attack. "

Sun Bin said: "Moreover, Wei's relocation of its capital to Henei is very suitable for Qi. Qi has the danger of the Great Wall, which can attack or defend. If you want to attack Wei, just attack Wei. If you can't beat him, retreat to the Great Wall. Wei can't do anything to us."

After listening, Tian Ji nodded and said: "Who should we send to Chu as an envoy next?"

Sun Bin replied: "Chun Yu Kun. This person is really talented! This person's talent is no less than Yan Zi. ”………

Chu State Court

King Xiong Liangfu of Chu looked at Chunyu Kun, who was short and ugly, and felt a little nauseous. He wanted to suppress the prestige of Qi.

Xiong Liangfu frowned and said unhappily: "I didn't expect that the envoy of Qi was so ugly. He lost the style of a big country."

Chunyu Kun smiled and said: "King of Chu, there is a rule in Qi that ugly people are sent to small countries and beautiful people are sent to big countries. Because I am the ugliest, I was sent to Chu. "

Xiong Liangfu was angry when he heard it, but he had to suppress his anger in his heart and said: "Envoy of Qi, I seem to have heard that you are from Lu. Why did you go to Qi? Don't people in Lu pay much attention to Zhou rituals? Since your country has been destroyed, why don't you die for your country? ”

Chun Yukun smiled and said: "Although I am from Lu, according to Zhou Li, I have to avenge the loss of my country, so I went to Qi. The so-called martyr should be the monarch of the country, not the ministers. The requirement of the ministers is to assist the monarch and find ways to restore the country when the country is destroyed. Moreover, I have heard that when Chu was founded, there was a rule that the monarch would die with the country when the country was destroyed. When Wu conquered the capital of Chu, why didn't the king of Chu die for his country? He also fled to Sui to seek asylum. According to Zhou Li, when a country is destroyed, the monarch should live and die with the country. Why didn't the king of Chu die for his country at that time? ”

After listening to Chun Yukun's explanation, Xiong Liangfu was angry but helpless, and said: "Qi Envoy, I heard that your king of Qi is lustful, because he put Sun Bin and Tian Ji in prison, which led to this great defeat. So it can be seen that your king must be a foolish person! ”

Chun Yukun thought for a while and said: “Although a king of a country may make mistakes, as long as he can admit his mistakes and correct them, he is a good king. Back then, King Ping of Chu was naturally reckless and killed Wu Zixu's family and drove Wu Zixu away. It was a big mistake. At that time, King Ping of Chu did not repent and was still extravagant and licentious. At this time, he was afraid that Wu Zixu would take revenge, so he dug three of his graves to confuse Wu Zixu. In the end, King Zhao of Chu was still extravagant and licentious after he ascended the throne, which eventually led to Wu Zixu and Sun Wu leading the Wu soldiers to break through the Chu State. Even the body of King Ping of Chu was whipped. A king like this is still incompetent until his death. This is a foolish king! ”

Xiong Liangfu was speechless after being rebuked, as if he saw Yan Zi, the prime minister of Qi at that time. Ling Yin Zhao Xixiu on the side hurriedly said: “Your Excellency, please tell me what you are doing in my Chu State?”

Chunyu Kun said: "I came here to form an alliance with Chu to fight against Wei!"

Xiong Liangfu laughed and said: "Envoy Qi, you seem to have a problem with your brain? I said that we are allies with Wei, how could I fight against our ally with you?"

Chunyu Kun also laughed and said: "The King of Chu is really stupid!"

Xiong Liangfu said angrily: "You dare to say that I am stupid, do you want to die!"

Chunyu Kun laughed and said: "Today, Wei is the only strong country in the world. Wei defeated Qin in the west, causing Qin to cede one-third of its territory to Wei. It defeated Qi in the east, and the entire territory west of the Great Wall was occupied by Wei. Now the only countries in the world that can fight against Wei are Chu and Zhao. ”

Chun Yukun said again: "Now that Wei has destroyed Lu and Teng, who knows which country it will destroy next? However, Qi and Qin can no longer threaten Wei, so the only countries that can threaten Wei's hegemony are Chu and Zhao. Compared with Chu and Zhao, Chu is the biggest threat to Wei, so Wei's next target is Chu! I wonder if the King of Chu thinks that his army can compare with Wei's Wuzu? Can his generals compare with Wei's generals? "

Xiong Liangfu shook his head and said: "Not at all. Listening to your words has opened my eyes. I am willing to form a secret alliance with Qi!"

Chun Yukun bowed and said: "King Chu is righteous!"

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