Chapter 7: Temporary suspension of military affairs at court meeting
King Wuyou walked up to Liu Chang, looked at him, and said coldly: "Jiuzhou China used to rule the world, and Your Majesty is the king of the world. Although there are many countries now, all the kings have reached a consensus and respect Your Majesty as the emperor.
No one is allowed to be disobedient and blasphemous. If there is any violation, all countries will attack him together. You are just a Shu Kingdom, aren't you in the land of China? If you don't respect His Majesty, why come to Dadu to discuss something? We, Qishu, will just go to the sword and fight.
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Liu Chang was forced by King Wuyou to retreat continuously. When he retreated in front of Zhao Sheng, Zhao Sheng deliberately carried him with his shoulder, and Liu Chang stopped. He coughed twice and said, "I don't mean any disrespect, I just spoke too hastily."
After saying that, he hurriedly turned to look at the deposed emperor, bowed and saluted, and said: "Your Majesty, I have no intention of offending, and please forgive me for your recklessness!"
Although the deposed emperor was dissatisfied, he also knew that if King Wuyou hadn't been so aggressive, the prince of Shu would not have apologized to him, and he had no choice but to argue with him. Now that he saw Liu Chang's confession, he took advantage of the situation and said: "My dear, my dear."
Ping Sheng, I have no intention of blaming you. It’s just that you Qi and Shu are having such disputes, which is not what I want to see. As I wish, you still have to come up with a way to stop fighting."
Liu Chang saw that the deposed emperor did not pursue his rudeness, so he continued the deposed emperor's words and said: "Your Majesty has made a clear decision. I want to ask your Majesty to make a decision. Let the Qi army, Wu, Chu, and Dali armies withdraw from our country, and no more fighting will be allowed with our country."
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The deposed emperor smiled, turned to look at King Wuyou and asked, "Qi Aiqing, what did you say?"
King Wuyou replied: "Your Majesty, the State of Shu used force to seize the land of Dali and the State of Chu. Our State of Qi has formed an alliance with Dali and the State of Chu. At the invitation of the State of Dali and the State of Chu, we, the State of Qi, have regained their lost territory. In fact, our State of Qi has
I have no intention of causing trouble to Shu!"
The deposed emperor nodded and asked: "As Qi Aiqing said, if Dali and Chu regain their lost territory, they will stop fighting?"
King Wuyou nodded without thinking and said: "That's right. We, the Qi State, didn't want to get involved and waste our troops. Now that the army has entered the Shu territory, the daily consumption of men and horses is extremely large. We would rather stop using our weapons!"
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Liu Chang listened to what King Wuyou said, curling his lips and snorting coldly. After King Wuyou finished speaking, he said loudly: "Qi Si, Qi Si, this is what you said! Let me ask you, now I am Yicheng
, Who occupies Lu City? Who occupies Zheng'an and Wucheng? These are the inherent lands of our Kingdom of Shu, why should they be occupied by you!"
Duan Kejian, the prince of Dali, said: "Liu Chang, Yicheng, and Lucheng are now occupied by Dali. What do you think?!"
Liu Chang looked at the disdainful look on Prince Duan's face and said: "Prince Duan, you are too trusting. How can you, Dali Kingdom, cross the border of our Shu Kingdom? Not to mention occupying Yicheng and our Shu Kingdom."
Lucheng. Even if you occupy two cities, let me ask you, are Yicheng and Lucheng the land that your Dali lost?"
Duan Kejian said calmly: "Liu Chang, you are so interesting. When your Shu Kingdom occupied my land in Dali, you didn't just invade it directly because there were more people than ours. Did you have any excuses? We should take back the land.
, occupying your city of Yicheng, and occupying your city of Lu is a lesson to you. Now the two cities are in our hands, if you are not convinced, just send more troops to take them back!"
Upon hearing this, Liu Chang pointed at Prince Duan and shouted angrily: "Duan Kejian, don't bully others too much!"
At this time, Dongfang Yin also took a step forward, looked at Liu Chang and asked: "Prince Liu Chang, when our Chu country took back Zheng'an Pass, we were also waiting for you, the Shu country, to come and get it. This is what you, the Shu country, did to us when you took our Chu country's territory.
I still remember what King Chu said!"
Liu Chang stared fiercely at Dongfang Yin, then turned to look at Prince Qin Li Bi and Prince Yan Zhao Sheng. Li Bi saw that two factions had formed in the hall, one was the alliance headed by Qi State, and the other was himself and Liu Chang.
His side was obviously weak. Yan and Chen, who had originally supported the imperial proposal, now remained silent. Li Bi knew that if he failed to support Liu Chang at this time, Shu would no longer have room for maneuver.
Already.
Li Bi glanced sideways at Zhao Sheng, then stepped forward and said to King Wuyou: "Prince Qi, why do you Qi get involved in the disputes between Shu, Dali, and Chu? Now Dali and Chu have already
We have invaded the hinterland of the Shu Kingdom and surrounded the capital of Shu. It is likely to destroy the Shu Kingdom. If this continues, then our Qin, Chen and Yan countries cannot sit idly by and let you jointly invade other countries!"
King Wuyou sneered, looked at Li Bi and asked: "Then Prince Li Bi will tell you what your Qin State means, and let me also listen to it. What does your Qin State want to do? As for Chen State, what Yan State means, I
I think Prime Minister Xu and Prince Zhao Sheng can tell it, so they won’t bother you to explain it for you.” At this point, King Wuyou looked at Xu Boxiong and Zhao Sheng and asked: “Prince Zhao, Prime Minister Xu, what do you think?
Woolen cloth!"
Xu Boxiong smiled, and Zhao Sheng snorted coldly.
Li Bi saw that King Wuyou had separated Chen and Yan, and Xu Boxiong and Zhao Sheng were unwilling to clearly stand on his side, so he had to express Qin's position first. So Li Bi told Wu You
King You said: "Prince Qi Si, since we have all come to Dadu and ask your Majesty to judge for us in this court, let us each state our own conditions!"
King Wuyou also nodded and said: "We in Qi are not willing to go to war. As long as Shu, Dali and Chu stop fighting, we will naturally withdraw to our own country when all parties are in peace."
Following these words of King Wuyou, the atmosphere in the hall relaxed. Liu Chang looked at Prince Duan and Dongfang Yin and said: "Prince Duan, you and Dali are now occupying Yicheng and Lucheng of our Shu Kingdom. These two cities are ours."
We still hope that Dali will be returned, and your Dali army will return to the border as soon as possible. From now on, our country of Shu and Dali will always be friends!"
Prince Duan smiled coldly and said: "Prince Liu Chang said it too lightly. We in Dali have been oppressed by your Shu Kingdom for many years, and our territory has been invaded by your Shu Kingdom almost every year. When will your Shu Kingdom be willing to return it easily?!"
Liu Chang asked angrily: "How did our country of Shu ever occupy the land of your two cities, and how did we attack your capital?!"
After hearing Liu Chang's words, Prince Duan laughed and said sarcastically: "Prince Liu, I would like to ask you, if Shu can capture our capital city of Dali, wouldn't you want to do it? If you can capture two of our Dali
Will you not occupy the city? It’s just that your Shu Kingdom doesn’t have those abilities!”
When Prince Duan said this, Liu Chang became angry again. He pointed at Prince Duan and asked, "Duan Kejian, what do you mean by this? Are you trying to stir up trouble?!"
Prince Duan also responded tit for tat, pointed at Liu Chang and shouted loudly: "Liu Chang, don't say that the war between our two countries has started, it is really a new incident. Am I still afraid of you?"
Seeing that the two were about to quarrel again, Huang Ji hurriedly stepped forward to stop him and said: "Two princes, above the main hall and in front of His Majesty, what is the reason for you to roar like this?!"
When Huang Ji said this, Liu Chang and Prince Duan hurriedly bowed to the deposed emperor and apologized repeatedly. The deposed emperor waved his hands and said: "I don't think the ministers have made a decision, so you will be taken to the side hall by Huang Fuxiang.
If the outcome of the discussion comes out, tell me again!"
After saying that, the deposed emperor stood up, left the dragon chair, and walked out of the main hall.
As soon as the deposed emperor left, Huang Ji called everyone and went to the side hall to discuss. King Wuyou just looked at everyone; Liu Chang and Duan Kejian stared at each other; Li Bi looked at King Wuyou; Zhao Sheng and Xu Boxiong looked at each other
, then silently turned his head and looked around; Prince Yingjing and others stood beside King Wuyou. Huang Ji walked out of the main hall first, and everyone followed him to the side hall.
Everyone in the palace was arguing constantly every day, and gradually the situation became clear. Liu Chang wanted to invade the various countries of Shu, withdraw his troops and return the lost territory; Li Bi firmly supported it. Prince Duan and Dongfang Yin accepted the status quo and could no longer do so.
Attack Yucheng and Chengcheng. King Wuyou's opinion is very simple. Qi State sends troops, the army must rest and regroup on the spot, and all countries need to pay Qi's military expenses. Chen State and Yan State only proposed to stop the troops, and suggested that all parties take a step back and prioritize peace talks.
Naturally, Yue, Wu, and Xiang supported the demands of Dali, Chu, and Qi. Yue and Wu also claimed military expenses for participating in the war.
The quarrel continued for many days, but there was no progress. The quarrels continued in Dadu, and the war in Shu was rekindled. King Shun received a flying letter from King Wuyou, and learned that the Dadu court meeting had not yet concluded, and all parties involved
The dispute continued. The coalition forces in Shu had also rested and reorganized, and the siege weapons had been transported from Qi. So King Shun commanded the army to attack Yucheng.
Prince Shun gathered a total of 200,000 troops from the Qi, Chu, Dali, and Yue armies outside Yu City. They first cleaned up the outside of Yu City, and within a few days the entire outside area was swept clean. The army gathered outside Yu City. Inside Yu City, there was Yang Yun's command.
The more than 60,000 Shu troops he led were also well prepared to meet the enemy. The Qi army's attack on the first day still severely dampened the momentum of the Shu army with a rain of arrows. Then the coalition forces attacked from all sides. The Shu army was in Yang
Under the leadership of Yun Yun, they resisted desperately and managed to hold on to the city.
Yang Yun reported to the King of Shu. The King of Shu was in Chengcheng at this time. Although the Chu army in Dali outside the city only faced each other from a distance and did not attack, they could not mobilize troops from the city to support the city. The King of Shu urged reinforcements from Shu to rush to the rescue.
, they were often sniped and ambushed by the troops arranged by King Shun, making progress slow.
The King of Shu knew that if the city of Chongqing was lost, the city would be captured by the coalition forces in the morning and evening. So the King of Shu sent a letter to Prince Liu Chang, asking him to strive for the success of the peace talks as soon as possible and for the coalition forces to stop their offensive. At the same time, he requested the cession of territory as a condition.
Qin sent troops to rescue.
The King of Qin received the letter of credence from the King of Shu and also learned about the situation of most of the court discussions. He knew that if he did not take action on this matter, the Kingdom of Shu would be annexed by the Kingdom of Qi, so he secretly ordered Prince Li Bi to talk about peace talks and ask the Kingdom of Shu to make concessions.
, in exchange for a truce from the coalition forces. At the same time, the Qin army was ordered to quickly gather and move towards the Qin-Shu border.
Chen Zhong, the second prince of the Chen Kingdom, had always been on good terms with the Qin State and received a secret letter from the King of Qin in private. Chen Zhong also divided the Chen Army under his command into two groups, and assembled them in the direction of Dacheng in the Shu Kingdom.
Arriving at the border between Chen and Qi, they faced the Qi army in Lincheng across the border.
After learning about the mobilization of soldiers and horses from Qin and Chen, King Shun suspended his attack on Yucheng and divided his forces to attack Dacheng. Under the mobilization of Zhuge Qingyun, the Qi troops in Lincheng and Hecheng also advanced towards the Qi-Chen border;
The army also gathered at the border of Xiang and Chen; Wu's army numbered tens of thousands, ready to go to aid the Qi army in Shu.
As a result, the war situation became more complicated. Except for the Yan State, almost all the countries in China were involved, and a war was about to break out.
The King of Shu also received a reply from the prince. The King of Qin agreed to send troops to support the Shu army, but only when the city was attacked. He suggested that the King of Shu cede some territory to Qi, Dali, and Chu, so that the coalition forces could stop attacking first, and then Xu
Looking at the situation in front of him, the King of Shu had no choice but to send a letter to Prince Liu Chang, asking him to agree to the request of Qi and other countries to stop the offensive of the coalition forces.
The Kingdom of Shu made concessions, and King Wuyou also reported his ideas to the King of Qi, and the King of Qi agreed. So all parties negotiated for peace: the Kingdom of Shu agreed that Yicheng, Lucheng, Zheng'an, and Wucheng would be occupied by Dali and the Kingdom of Chu; agreed
Pay compensation for the military expenses of the Qi army. King Wuyou promised that the coalition forces could evacuate from Chengcheng and lift the siege of Yucheng; the number of Shu troops in the city should not exceed 10,000.
At this point, the court meeting finally came to an end. All parties temporarily stopped fighting, and the territory of Shu gained temporary peace. However, the struggle between Qi, Qin, Chen, and Yan had just begun.