Chapter 804 Wu Chu’s Fight for Hegemony (continued)
If you want to make people work hard, encouragement has little effect. Only hatred can have a real spurring effect.
Over the years, Wu Zixu could not sleep at night, studying hard and helping Wu to improve its national power, just to take revenge.
But when his greatest enemy, the King of Chu, chose to commit suicide in front of him, Wu Zixu collapsed.
I'm dead, what can you do to me?
"My great revenge has not been avenged, how can you die?!"
Wu Zixu's eyes were red. This was caused by capillary rupture caused by extreme anger.
The anger he had accumulated for so many years was forced back into his body by the King of Chu at the last moment and could not be released.
If he hadn't been determined, he might have been so angry that he vomited blood and fainted.
"kill!"
Wu Zixu suddenly drew out his bronze sword and pointed at the Chu troops who were in chaos because of the king's suicide and were already on the verge of surrender, "Kill them all! Kill! Kill!! Kill!!!"
Obviously, it is unwise to attack the Chu army at this time and issue a kill order, because the enemy has lost its leader and is about to surrender.
Doing this kind of thing at this time can only force the opponent to fight to the death and cause huge losses to yourself.
If Sun Wu were here, he would persuade Wu Zixu, "You will not raise an army out of anger."
It's a pity that in his absence, no one could persuade Wu Zixu who fell into a state of madness.
In the past few years, Sun Wu has used military books such as "New Book of Ji Xiao" and "Wu Qi's Art of War" (Wu Zi) to train Wu soldiers, and achieved very good results.
At the very least, in terms of prohibitions, they have done a very good job.
As Wu Zixu issued the order, the Wu army stepped forward in formation without hesitation and fought with the Chu army.
The Chu army had no choice, since no one would accept surrender, so they had no choice but to fight tooth and nail.
After a fierce fighting, the Wu army wiped out all the Chu troops, but its own losses were also great.
Wu Zixu didn't care about this. With red eyes and holding his sword, he walked step by step to the body of King Chu.
Well, King Chu died not long ago, so it can still be used while it's still hot.
"Ah~~~"
The furious Wu Zixu slashed wildly with his bronze sword while still shouting, "Beast! Bastard! Why did you kill yourself! Why didn't you let me kill you! You beast!"
‘Rang!’
There was a crisp sound, and the dagger in Wu Zixu's hand broke.
The King of Chu wears armor, and the King of Chu's armor must be the best in Chu.
Wu Zixu vented his anger, but not only was it of no use, but he broke the bronze sword.
Looking at the dagger with only half left in his hand, Wu Zixu fell into a brief silence.
After a moment, he suddenly smashed the broken sword in his hand to the ground, "You even come to bully me?!"
If Wu Zixu could still maintain the last trace of sanity before, now he has directly entered a state of madness.
I looked around and saw the whip of the driver of King Chu's carriage not far away.
He immediately went over to pick up the riding whip, and then tore off King Chu's armor.
"brute!"
"Bitch!"
"brute!"
"brute!"
It is obvious that Wu Zixu's skill in spouting fragrance is very poor, and he only repeats these few sentences over and over again.
Fortunately, he didn't stop, and the whip struck the King of Chu's body one after another.
It can still bleed while it's hot.
The anger accumulated over the years was finally vented at this moment.
Wu Zixu didn't know how long he had been smoking, but Wu Zixu was exhausted and his wrists cramped, and then his body went limp and fell to the ground.
He looked up at the sky and cried sadly, "Father~~~Brother~~~I have my revenge~~~"
The officers and soldiers of the Wu army who were watching around looked at the corpse of the King of Chu, which had long since changed into a human form, with different expressions.
How much hatred, how much hatred, three hundred whips will turn it into mud, okay, as for that?
Wu Zixu felt that it was quite unreasonable, and he also felt that he had not vented enough.
After resting for a while, he led his team to the capital of Chu. He wanted to burn the ancestral temples of the Chu state and dig up the ancestral graves of the previous kings of Chu!
When the news of the King of Chu's defeat and death reached the State of Lu after the Wu State defeated the Chu State and conquered the capital of Ying, Li Yunze's first reaction was that this was a good storybook subject.
The Wu-Chu struggle for hegemony attracted worldwide attention, but Li Yunze just heard the news and passed it by without caring at all.
But when the news came that Wu Zixu had killed King Chu, he became interested immediately and immediately started writing a new version of the story.
As a senior literary porter and a senior researcher of ancient literature, Li Yunze is naturally able to write stories that meet the reading standards of this era.
If novels from the modern world were brought to this era, the ancients would not be able to understand them at all. They would have to use the conventional reading standards of this era to convert them.
Therefore, those who travel through the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods in movies and TV dramas and recite Tang poems and compose Song rhymes can just laugh and do not need to take them seriously.
If you're new, you're very fast. After all, Li Yunze has always been famous for being fast.
After it came out, it was copied quickly. With so many students copying one copy each, thousands of copies could be produced in no time.
After that, these scripts were sent to all parts of the world along with the caravans from various countries.
The storybook "Wu Zixu turned gray overnight and whipped his corpse for revenge" quickly became popular all over the world. Coupled with the recent war between Chu and Wu, it has made countless people curious about it.
Naturally, Wu Zixu's name spread throughout the world.
Li Yunze thought it was very interesting, but Wu Zixu felt that he was being tricked.
The reason is very simple. After the script was introduced to the Chu State, the Chu troops from all over the country counterattacked, all under the banner of avenging the King of Chu and killing Wu Zixu.
The people of Chu hated Wu Zixu even more than they hated King Wu.
If you take revenge, take revenge. This is a matter of course. Everyone can understand it and even praise you as a hero.
But you whip corpses? And you also burn ancestral temples and dig up ancestral graves... This is intolerable.
If I don’t kill you, how will the Chu State survive in the future?
The State of Wu indeed conquered the capital of the State of Chu, and even the king of Chu was killed.
But the Chu State was too big, and the prince had successfully escaped and succeeded to the throne as King of Chu. He raised a banner and gathered people from all over the country to start a counterattack.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! After being defeated by Jin, the people of Chu were willing to admit it, after all, they were the most powerful country in the world.
But who are you, the State of Wu, and you actually want to annex Chu?
When the Wu State sent envoys to various places in the Chu State to try to spread the message, they were severely rejected by the Chu nobles in various places.
The nobles of Chu State looked down on Wu State from the bottom of their hearts, so naturally they would not seek refuge with Wu State.
They actively supported the new King of Chu and formed large armies to continuously counterattack.
The Chu army counterattacked very resolutely. Even if they were defeated by Sun Wu every time they counterattacked, they would come back soon after being defeated.
This made the people in the Wu Kingdom who were originally cheering for joy become very uncomfortable.
When the news reached the State of Lu, Li Yunze immediately told Zilu and others, "It's tasteless, it's tasteless. It's a pity to throw it away."
Zilu and others were amazed and said that the master was right.
The turning point in Wu Chu's struggle for hegemony occurred in Qin the following year.
Although people were arranged in advance to spread rumors, when the princess of Qin personally sent a letter back to Qin, saying that Qin Gong's grandson had ascended to the throne and became the queen of Chu, Qin immediately sent troops to help Chu.
Sun Wu led the Wu army to fight against the Qin reinforcements. Although the Qin army was forced back, the Wu army suffered heavy losses.
Unlike the Chu army, the Qin army in this era had a naive spirit when fighting.
No matter what your tactics are, just charge at the enemy when you see them!
It was completely a head-to-head exchange of lives for lives.
The biggest reason why the Jin State has never been able to destroy the Qin State is not the Hangu Pass, but the old Qin people's will to fight to the end despite repeated defeats.
This will to bite you even if I die has caused a huge headache to everyone in the Wu Kingdom.
Because they follow the route of elite soldiers, these tens of thousands of elites were cultivated with the efforts of the whole country and loans.
The kind that would make you feel sad if anyone dies.
When the news came that the Qin State had sent a second batch of reinforcements out of Hangu Pass, Sun Wu immediately expressed to the King of Wu, 'Your Majesty, it's time to go.'
It is indeed time to leave. If we don't leave, all the elites that Wu has finally trained will be lost here.
Although he was unwilling to give up, Helu was also a wise king and could understand the situation.
There is no point in fighting those desperate old Qin people.
As for Wu Zixu, after his great revenge was avenged, he fell into a state of silence and had no words to say about retreating.
The Wu army retreated, exited Chu's territory and returned to Wu.
The Chu State, which finally recovered, couldn't wait to take revenge.
But the Qin State that came to help him withdrew.
Qin's reasons are very strong. We are here to help you restore the country. Now that you have restored the country, of course you have to go home. As for attacking Wu, that is your own business.
This reason is definitely justified.
But when the news reached Li Yunze, he pointedly said to his disciples: "The real purpose of Qin's aid to Chu is to make Chu contain Jin and share the pressure of Qin. It is not to expand Chu's power."
The Jin Kingdom, located in the middle of the world, has always been a serious concern for all countries and the most feared opponent.
If the Chu State was destroyed by the Wu State supported by the Jin State, it would be too much pressure on the Qin State, so it sent troops to help restore the country in the name of helping its grandson.
However, we should not over-strengthen the power of the Chu State, and let it maintain a state of mutual confrontation and consumption with the Jin State. Only in this way can the Qin State and other countries have a chance to survive.
If these two superpowers lose their balance, it will be a disaster for other countries.
After all, Li Yunze has been tested by the court for a long time and has rich experience.
This kind of strategic pattern can be concluded by just looking at it.
Without the strong support of Qin State, beaten by Wu State, and suffering from severe blood loss, Chu State could not launch an attack on its own.
But the hatred that almost destroyed the country and the family had to be avenged, so the smart people of Chu quickly found a breakthrough.
They chose to fund the Yue State, which was located to the south of the Wu State, and launched a proxy war to contain and consume the Wu State, thus giving the Chu State a chance to lick its wounds.
The struggle for hegemony between Wu and Chu came to an end for the time being, and what followed was the struggle for hegemony between Wu and Yue.