If the Wu State had not suffered heavy losses at "Ai Ling" and was not defeated by the Zhi family again, how could Fu Cha have resisted going north after discovering that the Qi State was completely incompetent?
After the battle of "Ai Ling", 50,000 to 60,000 troops were lost, and another 30,000 Wu troops were lost in the hands of Zhiyao. This means that the number of Wu troops lost in the hands of Zhi Yao alone was close to 100,000, which made Fu Chai clearly see the Wu army.
His shortcomings will inevitably cause great fear for Zhishi.
To a certain extent, the previous smooth sailing made Fu Cha over-inflated, until he first won a big victory over the Qi army in "Ai Ling", and then suffered a huge defeat before he could be happy. This should have made Fu Cha strongly vigilant.
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If Zhi's defeat of the Wu army at "Ai Ling" was a trick, then the subsequent battle in the upper reaches of Jishui River was not the same, right?
At that time, Zhishi dispatched more than 10,000 troops and annihilated 30,000 Wu troops with fewer attacks and more. If you make excuses again, wouldn't you be deceiving yourself and others?
The first disastrous defeat that occurred at "Ai Ling" sounded the alarm in Fu Chai's heart. The subsequent defeat made Fu Chai realize the shortcomings of Wu State and renew his fighting spirit.
Fucha, who had regained his attitude as a wise king, was sorting out the internal affairs of Wu State on the one hand, and making preparations to go north again on the other. Isn't he doing something to weaken his surrounding neighbors?
What method of weakening it? The Yue Kingdom alone mobilized 40,000 to 50,000 laborers to participate in the excavation of the canal, not to mention the related exploitation of grain, fodder and other materials.
It was seven or eight years before Fu Cha continued to do similar things. Otherwise, in view of Gou Jian's obedience, Fu Cha not only did not continue to suppress Yue, but even took care of him to a certain extent.
"What?" Fu Chai's eyes widened and he looked like he was brewing anger.
Prince Friend just made a report, telling the fact that the Tian family was running the island aggressively, and some people from Wu discovered that the Tian family seemed to be transporting people and supplies to farther seas.
Of course they did not expect that the Tian family would migrate across the sea to the Korean Peninsula. The idea was probably that the Tian family would use the island as a retreat, and there were signs that they would run away at any time.
This is related to the fact that Wu State currently does not know that there is a route to the Korean Peninsula.
In fact, even if the Wu State knew that Penglai could easily reach the Korean Peninsula by following the ocean currents, it probably would not have imagined that the Tian family would be so determined and that they would have the courage to move their entire family across the sea.
Within half a year, the State of Wu supported the Tian family with twenty to thirty thousand dan of grain, which was plucked from the grain depot needed for the canal project. The mere fact that Tian could run away at any time was enough to make Fu Chai furious.
Why does Fu Chai want to support the Tian family? Isn't it because he hopes to have a reliable ally in the north?
As for what a reliable ally is, the State of Wu learned a lot from the State of Chu and mastered the art of turning a vassal state into a puppet state.
The monarchs and ministers of the Wu State had already had a clear idea. Before they could do anything to the Chen State or some other country that had not yet successfully restored the country, the Tian family, who had received the help of the Wu State, actually wanted to run away?
Not to mention uncles and aunts, Fu Chai couldn't bear it anyway!
Prince You knew what kind of person Fu Chai was, and he could imagine that Fu Chai was already brewing the idea of sending troops northward, most likely by sea and land to attack the Tian family.
"Father, if Dazai (Bo Xi) wants to see Zhiyao, he will show off what he has seen along the way. Will Zhiyao do something?" Prince You said very quickly, and after speaking, he glanced at the man who was watching his nose, nose and heart.
Literary genre.
By the way, how come the literary genre is on the side of Wu State? He was the ruler of Gou Jian.
This brings us to Gou Jian's recent new measures, which is that Fu Chai has restrained his sexual desire for women, and in order to complete his revenge plan, he persuaded Wen Zhong to go to the Kingdom of Wu to work for Fu Chai.
So Gou Jian, in addition to cheating on his wife and cheating on his husband, and later on Fan Li's suggestion, played with women and harmed the country, he also started to play new tricks.
Just judging from those routines, Gou Jian is still good at playing. From a contemporary perspective, he is really a high-end player.
Fu Chai, who was full of anger, saw Prince You's actions, and his eyes moved to Wen Zhong, but he thought with great annoyance: "I really shouldn't sit back and watch Wu Zixu be forced to death. I really regret it!"
The suddenly quiet scene made Wen Zhong subconsciously look at Fu Chai, and found that the other party was looking at him with anger, appropriately showing an expression of confusion and then realization.
"Your Majesty, the Zhi family will not allow the Tian family to escape?" Although Wen Zhong's tone was questioning, his expression seemed very determined.
As for what Bo Xi likes to show off? Wen Zhong knew very well that his status in Fu Chai's heart was far lower than that of Bo Xi, so he would not give Bo Xi so easily.
More importantly, Wenzhong was able to gain a foothold in the Wu Kingdom with a lot of help from Bo Xi, but it required repeated spending. If you want Bo Xi to support a certain initiative, you have to spend more money.
Boyu's importance to the Yue Kingdom goes beyond that. His existence is directly related to whether Gou Jian's revenge can be carried out.
Therefore, the importance that the kings and ministers of the Yue Kingdom attached to Bo Yu was real, and there was absolutely no falsehood. It also seemed that there was demand in all aspects. How could Wen Zhong be allowed to speak ill of Bo Yu in even a few words?
Fu Chai took a few deep breaths to calm down, raised his eyebrows, and asked, "If Zhi sends troops to the east, won't it ruin our diplomatic policy?"
Wen Zhong said: "The Zhi family has no signs of annexing the Jiang surname in the short term. If the Jiang surname is like this, why does it intend to annex Donglai?"
As for what the Zhi family was doing, the Wu State did not deliberately investigate in the past. Later, they were defeated by the Zhi family twice in a row, which really forced the Wu State to pay attention to the movements of the Zhi family at all times.
Therefore, Wu State actually knew that Zhishi had also launched a major project.
Because Wu State itself is carrying out large-scale projects, how can we not know how much consumption will be incurred once a large-scale project is started?
It is precisely because of understanding that the monarchs and ministers of the Wu Kingdom could understand the restraint shown by the Zhi family. They themselves were made very uncomfortable, especially the warlike nobles who were almost sick from the suppression.
Wen Zhong continued: "What is needed now is to inform the Tian family that there is no safety concern. When the Zhi family shows signs of sending troops again in the future, the king will immediately take action to reassure the Tian family."
Fu Chai understood.
According to Wen Zhong, not only cannot we put pressure on Mr. Tian, but we also need to use kind words to appease Mr. Tian.
Wen Zhong added: "Although I don't know why, the Zhi family is willing to see the Tian family restore the country. Is this what I need? Maybe the king can use it?"
There were some things that Fucha would not tell Wenzhong. For example, although he would go north to challenge Jin's hegemony in the future, Bo Xi's mission this time was to ease relations with Jin.
Now if you want to influence Jin's national policy, no matter how you look at it, you cannot leave out the Zhi family. In fact, the person you should most contact is the Zhi family.
The fact is that as long as it can affect the Zhi family, it can not only affect the formulation of Jin's national policy, but the direct manifestation is that even if the situation in Qi's game does not get better, it will not decline to a worse trend anyway.
How should the Wu State influence the Zhi family? The first thing they thought of was the greed of the Jin family, and then they thought of a direction that would not allow the Zhi family to gain too much benefit, but also allow the Zhi family to be seduced.
This time Bo Xi went to see Zhiyao on a mission, and what he mentioned was the cloth trade between Wu and Jin, and then he planned to negotiate to seek benefits from the Song Dynasty.
What? The Wei family formed an alliance with the Song State on behalf of the Jin State. How could the Wu State invite the Zhi family to deal with the Song State?
For the Qing Dynasty families in Jin State, they are far more wary of each other than foreign countries. This is just because there has never been a Qing Dynasty family in Jin State that was destroyed by external forces. Whenever a Qing Dynasty family is destroyed, it must be
Failed in internal fighting.
History has proven time and time again that as long as the interests are large enough, there is nothing that the Jin Dynasty’s Qing Dynasty family cannot do.
Fu Chai did not respond to Wen Zhong immediately and looked at Gongsun Sheng.
This man named Gongsun Sheng escaped death last time because of the Zhi clan.
What was the reason? The main reason was that Gongsun Sheng opposed Fu Chai's sending troops to the Qi State. It was mentioned that the Zhi family had long been eyeing the Qi State. Once the Wu army went north, even if the Wu army defeated the Qi army, the Zhi family would definitely send troops to attack the Wu army.
Fu Chai, who was very angry at that time, originally wanted to kill Gongsun Sheng, but perhaps he felt that executing Gongsun Sheng was not enough to relieve his anger. He planned to laugh at Gongsun Sheng before killing him after the army from the northward expedition returned victorious.
What happened later proved that Gongsun Sheng was right.
Maybe Fu Chai realized that it was not that easy to compete with Jin for hegemony?
Maybe it was Fu Cha who realized that he had become a little distraught and realized that he could not be surrounded by courtiers who could only say good things and be obedient? Gongsun Sheng escaped death and has been playing the role of admonishing ministers ever since.
When Gongsun Sheng saw Fu Chai's gaze shifting, he immediately asked, "Who does the king think Zhiyao is?"
To be honest, no one has ever asked Fu Chai this question.
What kind of person is Zhiyao?
Fu Chai didn't know what other people's answers would be, and he couldn't say anything for a while.
"Yao, the second son of the Zhi family, was favored by his ancestors and father since he was a child. He heard that he participated in housework when he was a child. He led an army to defeat the princes for the first time at the age of twelve, and led an army to defeat the princes for the second time at the age of fourteen. Then came the war.
All are invincible. What do you think the king of Qi is doing now?" Gongsun Sheng said.
Prince You looked at Gongsun Sheng with some depression, thinking that what he said before was good, why did he ask such a question later, there was a possibility of being taken out and chopped.
Fucha will not answer Gongsun Sheng's question just now. If he answers, he cannot open his eyes and tell lies. If he says it is Wu who caused Qi's current situation or Zhiyao's layout, he will appear incompetent.
The others also looked at Gongsun Sheng with various expressions.
Among so many people, Wen Zhong seemed to have a solemn expression, but he was thinking in his heart: "If Gongsun Sheng is not dead, the great king (Gou Jian)'s revenge will be hindered. We should find a way to get rid of him!"
Gongsun Sheng paused for a short while, during which he looked around at everyone present. When his eyes fell on Fu Chai again, he said: "If there is Yao in the original country, how can there be Jin?"
In other words, Zhiyao can not only be a person who can turn the tide, but also a minister who can make the country extremely prosperous. If Zhiyao was born before the original country was annexed by the Jin Dynasty, we still don’t know who would annex whom.
Fucha could understand what Gongsun Sheng meant, and he wanted to kill Gongsun Sheng more and more without any delay. At the same time, he was thinking: "It is precisely because Zhiyao is strong and smart that maybe... it is possible to cooperate in dealing with the Tian family?"
