After getting rid of Qingji's major problem, King Helu of Wu began to consolidate his royal power. In the 30th year of Lu Zhaogong (512 BC), King Helu of Wu asked people from Xu and our countries to flee to them respectively.

The princes Gaiyu and Zhuyong were arrested, but they fled to the state of Chu. The king of Chu settled them in Yangyi, built a city for them, and granted them the land of Chengfu and Huyi.

King Helu of Wu was very angry about this, so he sent troops to capture the king of our country. Then, the state of Wu attacked the state of Xu. After the state of Wu flooded the capital of the state of Xu, the state of Xu was destroyed and the king of Xu fled.

When they arrived in Chu territory, the Chu State built a city in Chengfu for them to live in.

After conquering Xu State, King Helu of Wu began to plan to attack Chu State. Therefore, King Helu of Wu asked Wu Zixu how to attack Chu State. Wu Zixu suggested that the Wu army be divided into three groups and take turns to harass the Chu State's border, so that the Chu State's

If the soldiers are exhausted and run for their lives, and then the three armies unite in one place to attack the Chu army, they will definitely win a complete victory. King Helu of Wu followed Wu Zixu's plan and began to harass the Chu army.

In the 31st year of Lu Zhaogong (511 BC), the Wu army attacked Chu, attacked Yiyi, and attacked Qianyi and Liuyi. The Chu army then sent troops to rescue, while the Wu army moved to fight elsewhere. The Wu army then surrounded Xianyi and

When they arrived in the Yuzhang area, the Chu army came to rescue them again, but the Wu army immediately withdrew. Under such circumstances, the Chu army became exhausted and gradually lost its vigilance. Three years later, the Tong state, which was affiliated with the Chu state, rebelled against Chu.

, so the King of Wu sent the Shujiu clan to trick the Chu state into sending troops. The Wu army lured the Chu soldiers to go deep, and defeated the Chu army in Yuzhang. Then they surrounded and captured the nest area, and captured the defender Gongzi Fan.

In the fourth year of Duke Dinggong of Lu (506 BC), the three kingdoms of Wu, Cai, and Tang began to jointly attack Chu. The combined forces of Wu, Cai, and Tang landed on the Huai River, and when they reached Yuzhang, they faced the Chu army across the Han River. The Chu army was on the left

Sima Shu proposed a plan to his commander Yin Zichang: he would lead an army down the Han River to destroy the Wu army's ships, and then return to attack the Wu army with the army led by Zichang. After the strategy was agreed upon, Shu led his army and set out according to the plan. However,

, Zichang listened to others' instigation and decided to lead the Chu army across the Han River to fight quickly. However, after the Chu army and Wu army fought three battles from Xiaobie Mountain to Dabie Mountain, Zichang knew that his side was disadvantageous, so he wanted to escape.

But he was stopped by his subordinates. Later, the Wu and Chu armies opened up for a big battle in Baiju. The brother-in-law of Wu King Helu led 5,000 men to attack the Chu army first. Zichang was defeated, and the soldiers fled, and the Chu army was defeated.

.The defeated Zichang fled to the state of Zheng, while the victorious Wu army continued to pursue the Chu army, fought in consecutive battles, and soon reached Yingcheng, the capital of the Chu state.

Just before the Wu State launched an all-out military attack on the Chu State, the Wu State took the lead in sending troops to the Yue State. Wu State had always wanted to dominate the Central Plains, and if Wu State wanted to dominate the Central Plains, it must first relieve its worries, that is, attack the Yue State. In addition, Wu Yue's

There has been a long history of grievances between them. In the 29th year of Lu Xianggong (544 BC), the prisoners of war taken by the Wu State when they invaded the Yue State stabbed Wu King Yuji to death. Therefore, wars between Wu and Yue were also very frequent thereafter.

In the 32nd year of Lu Zhaogong (510 BC), after the Wu army fought a war with the Yue army, the Wu army occupied Li. Subsequently, a war broke out between Wu and Chu. The Wu army won consecutively and stationed in the capital of Chu. However, just like this

At this time, there was an internal turmoil in the Wu army. Wu Wang Helu's younger brother Fu Kuan rebelled and returned to Wu and proclaimed himself king. Wu Wang Helu then led his army to fight with Fugai and defeated him. Fugai was defeated.

Later he fled to Chu State.

At the same time, when the Wu army captured Yingcheng, the capital of the Chu state, the Yue state was not willing to be suppressed by the Wu state, so it led its troops to invade the Wu state. In the fifth year of Lu Dinggong (505 BC), Yue King Yunchang took advantage of the Wu state to

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Kong Kong led his army to invade Wu. After the Wu army was defeated by the Qin and Chu armies on the battlefield of Chu, King Helu of Wu led his troops back to the country.

In the fourteenth year of Duke Dinggong of Lu (496 BC), King Yun of Yue died and his son Gou Jian came to the throne. After hearing the news, King Helu of Wu thought that this was a good opportunity to attack Yue in revenge for the surprise attack on Wu. So Wu Yue

The two sides fought against Li Li. King Goujian of Yue was worried about the strength of the Wu army, so he sent death squads to attack the Wu army, which caused chaos in the Wu army. Later, King Goujian of Yue ordered the death row prisoners to commit suicide in front of the formation, attracting the attention of the Wu army. The Vietnamese army took advantage of this

A sudden attack was carried out. Under this attack by the Yue army, the Wu army was finally defeated, and King Helu of Wu was also wounded by the Vietnamese army. Shortly after the Wu army withdrew from Xiangli, King Helu of Wu died of his injuries.

After King Helu of Wu died, his son Fucha inherited the throne and was determined to avenge his father. During the reign of King Helu of Wu, Wu became an important military power in the late Spring and Autumn Period and began to compete in the Central Plains. King Helu of Wu

After Lu's son Fucha inherited the throne, he achieved the hegemony of Wu State on his basis and brought Wu State to its most prosperous period.

King Helu of Wu was wounded and died in the war against Yue. Before he died, he specifically asked his son Fucha not to forget this humiliation and to avenge him. Later, Fucha inherited the throne and became the new king of Wu. He

He ordered someone to stand in the courtyard and shout to King Wu Fucha every day when he passed by the courtyard: "Fucha! Have you forgotten that the King of Yue killed your father?" After hearing this, King Wu Fucha replied: "I dare not forget!"

In this way, King Wu Fu Chai always reminded himself not to forget the revenge of killing his father.

Fu Chai, who became the King of Wu, appointed Wu Zixu as the Prime Minister and the official Bo Pei as the Grand Prime Minister. He actively developed the country's strength, expanded production, and strengthened the military strength. These were all seen by King Gou Jian of Yue, so two years after King Fu Chai of Wu came to the throne,

King Gou Jian of Yue wanted to take the lead in sending troops to conquer Wu before Wu sent troops to attack Yue. However, Fan Li, an important adviser to King Gou Jian of Yue, advised him: "There are three major things in the country: maintaining a surplus, determining the balance, and controlling the situation." King Gou Jian of Yue

Then he asked Fan Li: "What effect do these three have on the country?"

So Fan Li continued: "The one who maintains the balance lies in heaven; the one who maintains the balance lies in people; the one who manages affairs lies in the earth. If you don't ask, I dare not say it casually. Although the way of heaven is full, it will not overflow.

He is grand but never arrogant, and he is busy but does not show off his achievements. A saint is always ready to take action, which is punctuality; when the time is not right, he cannot go to others' places to be a guest. If there is no opportunity, don't start doing things."

"Now, my king, you are overflowing before you are full, you are arrogant before you are prosperous, you are proud of your achievements without working, you want to attack other countries before the opportunity comes, and you want to stir up trouble before the opportunity arises. This is because the weather is unfavorable and the people are not suitable. You are like this

Doing so will be detrimental to the development of the country and your own destiny." However, King Gou Jian of Yue did not listen to the advice. Fan Li had no choice but to admonish him again: "Being brave is a bad morality; weapons are an ominous tool; fighting is a bad thing.

The lowest strategy to solve the problem. Secretly planning to fight and fight is caused by people, and in the end people die because of it. This kind of thing is against the will of God, and whoever does it first will be the most disadvantageous." Gou Jian, the king of Yue, firmly said

Said: "No need to say any more, my mind has been made."

So King Gou Jian of Yue took the lead in sending troops to attack Wu. King Fu Chai of Wu seized the opportunity and sent out all his elite troops to fight with the Vietnamese army. Wu and Yue fought on the water, and the Vietnamese army was defeated. King Gou Jian of Yue led the remaining 5,000 defeated troops and fled to Kuaiji Mountain.

, was surrounded by the Wu army. Under this situation, King Gou Jian of Yue summoned Fan Li and asked: "I didn't listen to your advice at the beginning, and I ended up like this today. Is there anything I can do now?" Fan Li replied:

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"Have you forgotten what I said? The one who maintains the balance lies in heaven; the one who maintains the balance lies in man; the one who keeps things in order lies on the earth."

Gou Jian, the king of Yue, quickly asked, "What should we do with people?" Fan Li said, "I humbly surrender and offer you a generous gift. I will dedicate all my children, jade, and silk to the king of Wu. If that doesn't work, I ask you to do it yourself."

I promise to serve the King of Wu personally." King Gou Jian of Yue said, "Okay." So the King of Yue sent the official Wen Zhong to the Kingdom of Wu to seek peace.

After Wen Zhong arrived at the Wu army's tent, he respectfully requested: "The State of Yue is willing to marry the daughter of a scholar-bureaucrat to the State of Wu, along with rare and rare treasures, and asks the two countries to make peace." The King of Wu immediately objected. Wen Zhong then said with great humility

He said in a tone of voice: "Your Majesty's minister Gou Jian, who has subjugated his country, asks to be your slave, and his wife to be your slave, and to dedicate the country to you." After hearing this, King Wu's husband was ready to agree, but Wu Zixu hurriedly dissuaded him and said: "Your Majesty cannot agree.

, now that God has given you the Kingdom of Yue, don’t let the disease remain."

Wen Zhong returned to Kuaiji Mountain and explained what had happened to King Gou Jian of Yue. In anger, King Gou Jian of Yue prepared to kill his wife, burn the treasures, and fight to the death with the Wu army. Wen Zhong hurriedly dissuaded him and said: "I heard that the state of Wu

Dazai Bo Chu is a greedy and money-loving man, so we might as well give him beautiful women and treasures to buy him, and let him help us say good things in front of the King of Wu." King Gou Jian of Yue had no choice but to do this, so he asked Wen Zhong to take him with him

The beauty and the treasure were presented to Bo Chu. Bo Chu was very happy when he saw the gift brought by Wen Zhong and accepted it readily. Then Bo Chu led Wen Zhong to see King Wu Fuchai.

When Wen Zhong saw Queen Wu, he immediately knelt down and said, "Please forgive Gou Jian, Your Majesty. Gou Jian is willing to surrender to you and dedicate his country and all his wealth to you. If you don't agree, Gou Jian will have no choice but to kill his wife and destroy everything."

I will fight you to the death for my treasure. In that case, not only will you get no benefit, but you will also lose your army." When Fu Chai was hesitating, Bo Pu interrupted and said, "Since Gou Jian surrendered and became a vassal, why not pardon him?

There are benefits too.”

When King Wu was about to agree, Wu Zixu added: "Your Majesty, do you still remember the story of Shaokang's Zhongxing? Now the state of Wu is not as powerful as the Guo family at that time, but Goujian is more ambitious and accomplished than Shaokang. If we don't take advantage of the great victory now,

If you use your power to wipe out the Yue Kingdom in one fell swoop, you will definitely regret it in the future. Besides, Gou Jian still has Wen Zhong and capable ministers like Fan Li. If they are allowed to return to the Yue Kingdom, there will definitely be chaos in the future." However, King Wu did not listen in the end.

Wu Zixu's words. The money-grubbing Bo Pu was jealous of Wu Zixu's achievements, so he tried his best to encourage King Wu Fucha to accept Yue's surrender. In the end, Wu accepted Yue's surrender, and Yue became a vassal state of Wu.

Of course, King Wu Fu Chai, who accepted the surrender of Yue, was not at ease with Gou Jian. So King Wu Fu Chai kept Gou Jian and Fan Li by his side as slaves. After a long time, King Wu Fu Chai saw that they were willing to be slaves, and

There was no intention to resist, and at the same time, under Bo Pu's persuasion, Gou Jian and Fan Li were returned to the State of Yue. Under the management of King Wu Fu Chai, the state of Wu gradually became stronger and stronger, and after the state of Wu surrendered

After conquering the Yue Kingdom, the strength of the Wu Kingdom reached its peak. As a result, Wu King Fu Chai gradually became arrogant, relaxed his vigilance towards the Yue Kingdom, and began to focus on the great cause of hegemony in the Central Plains.

After King Gou Jian of Yue returned to the country of Yue, he never forgot to revive the country. From then on, he did not forget the hatred of the country's subjugation. He appointed the capable Fan Li and Wen Zhong, and the country of Yue began to develop slowly under the contempt and neglect of King Wu.

, gradually became the last powerful prince in the late Spring and Autumn Period. In this way, the widely circulated saying of "Gou Jian destroyed Wu" came into being.
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