Chapter 462: The Consciousness of the Strong (I)
Hey? The Gift of the Great Expedition?!!
The celebration etiquette that will only be used to destroy the country, is it too much to hold this kind of celebration just because of the two favorite concubines?
Tian Rong whispered to Wei Bao next to him: "Tubaozi, a bun of nouveau riche, even disregard basic etiquette. β
After the restoration of the Qi State, the development was smooth, not only did it fully accept the original territory of the old Qi but also expanded slightly, and the domestic economic development was stable and at the same time, there were nearly 600,000 soldiers, how could you not feel that you were the boss of the camp of the nations?
However, there is a guy named Lu Zhe in the southwest who has risen, and the Qi State has been robbed of a lot of light on the coast of the East China Sea, and even the Qin army and the Chu army have the experience of being defeated at the hands of Lu Zhe, so the Qi State feels even more jealous, of course, he wants to seize the opportunity to ridicule, and use this to supplement the fragile soul in his heart that has not yet been victorious in the war.
Qi is an old country, and after its rise, it has never helped its original allies, and even robbed the land of Zhao and Chu, and bullied Wei and South Korea in every way to borrow land to live, Wei Bao didn't want to take care of it, but Qi is also a strong country.
"Hehehe......" Wei Bao smirked: "But Lu Hou is powerful, and he can summon hundreds of thousands of armor soldiers in an emergency, and he will immediately go south when he says that the southern expedition will be carried out." β
Tian Rong understood what Wei Bao meant, that was to say that Lu Zhe is strong, what do people do to your, there is a kind of you to provoke it.
Tian Rong, who understood, kept changing his expression on his face, and he felt deeply insulted. He knew very well in his heart that Wei had Lu Zhe's backing, and his courage had become bigger, and he dared to do this to the secretary of the country? Just before he angrily wanted to say, "Try it, who is afraid of whom", Zhang Liang spoke slowly.
"I'm afraid it's not just for the sake of conceiving Ji, it should be Lu Hou who has won a crucial victory in the south......" Zhang Liang made a gesture with a smile in his eyes: "If Liang guesses correctly, the barbarians who invaded Changsha County should have been completely annihilated." β
Look, even South Korea has become more daring to speak because of Lu Zhe's care, Tian Rong's eyes narrowed, and he wondered how to fan the flames and make Wei and Han who inhabit the border of Qi uncomfortable after returning to China.
Hundreds of thousands of barbarians were annihilated. There is a lot of information here, but the annoyed Tian Rong obviously didn't grasp the news, but Jing Ju on the side widened his eyes.
The state of Chu is now a broken settlement, but in the history of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the state of Chu has always been the country with the largest territory and the largest population.
Baiyue people are good at sneak attacks in the mountains and forests, and the Chu State has suffered countless losses when it expanded to the south, and the south is basically either mountains or forests, and the plains can be said to be very few. If Lu Zhe really annihilated hundreds of thousands of Baiyue people in Changsha County. Jing Ju could foresee that there would be no threat to the south of Lu Zhe in thirty years, because the Baiyue people had lost too many people, and they would definitely have to shrink up and lick their wounds.
The only thing Jingju didn't know was that Lu Zhe didn't want to give Baiyue a chance to lick his wounds at all, and when Lu Zhe himself returned to Nanling with 30,000 people, Sima Xin, Luo Shao, and Ji Bu each led a legion and rushed to Minyue, Nanyue, and Lingnan respectively.
Ji Bu was the first to take action, and it was precisely because the Chu State where Jing Ju was located found that the Lu Zhe army in Lujiang County was decreasing, so it thought of sending envoys.
Chu Guo thought that Lu Zhe would turn his attention to Bai Yue, so could Chu Guo take this opportunity to reach an understanding with Lu Zhe. Good to be able to end the state of war?
To tell the truth, the endless harassment is very troublesome, especially the enemy forces that continue to harass are stronger than the Chu State, so that the Chu State has the ability to send a large army and does not dare to mobilize. I am afraid that it will lead to another great war.
When they learned that Lu Zhe sent troops to fight against the Baiyue people, there were actually many important ministers in the Chu State who thought that they should take this opportunity to fight with Lu Zhe again, after all, Baiyue, who didn't like to fight in formations and liked to hide and sneak attack, was really not so easy to deal with, and they guessed that Lu Zhe was likely to fall into the quagmire of Baiyue's war. Then what Chu needs to face is not a complete Lu Zhe army, and it is not good to say that it will have a chance to recapture Lujiang.
According to reason, the court of Chu has the desire to send troops to fight Lu Zhe again, and the Xiang clan should be overjoyed. And strongly agree with it? But this time, those who instigated war in the Chu State were wrong, Xiang Liang actually opposed the war!
Xiang Liang's reason is very sufficient, the state of Chu has already injured its vitality after the battle of Huizhang County, and the most important thing for a country that has injured its vitality is to hide and lick its wounds instead of coming out everywhere, and then there is the state of Qi in the north, and the state of Chu will not be able to show all its strength if it fights Lu Zhe again.
The incomplete state of Chu faced Lu Zhe, who was also incomplete but obviously had spare strength, was the state of Chu sure that it would win the final victory in the war?
The state of Chu took out the old foundation and fought Lu Zhe to the death, and then the Qi army pounced on Huiji, does the state of Chu have more strength to protect itself?
If Lu Zhe is forced to do so, even if Lu Zhe does not call back the troops of the Southern Expedition, there are nearly 200,000 troops in Jiangnan County alone, and this army relies on the 160,000 people that Chu can fight, is Chu sure that it will be defeated in a short period of time?
There are too many questions, and none of the ministers above the court of Chu asked by Xiang Liang can answer them. To be honest, the countries are not very willing for Lu Zhe to keep his eyes on the south, but they are afraid that Lu Zhe will set his sights on the Central Plains, and the contradictions in their hearts are not without Chu State, and they also expect Lu Zhe to shift his attention to the north, so that Lu Zhe can fight another war with Qin.
To sum up, even if two-thirds of the old territory of Chu was taken away by Lu Zhe, even if there was hatred defeated by Lu Zhe, and there was even a great hatred of Huizhang County being looted and destroyed by Lu Zhe, it was not suitable for Chu to start a war with Lu Zhe now.
It is the best choice for the state of Chu that still has war potential but has not been developed to fall silent, as long as the state of Chu is given three years, using the perfect industrial and agricultural system of Huiji County, the state of Chu will soon be able to breathe, and before that, it is still a point of dissipation, and others want to fight to the death.
Xiang Liang explained too clearly, and even if the Xiang clan experienced a defeat was not something that the rest of the clans of the Chu State could contend with, since the Xiang clan was willing to endure it, then endure it, at least after becoming an in-law, the truce of the Chu State also had other reasons, it was not too embarrassing, and more importantly, the humiliation was not as embarrassing as the Wei and Han countries that became Lu Zhe's vassals.
"Lu Hou annihilated Baiyue in Changsha County, can Zhang Hou be sure of this?" Jing Ju's words are a bit unfavorable.
This matter is too important, if Lu Zhe really succeeded in defeating the Baiyue tribal alliance such as Yihu Song, Su Wuzhu, and Kaimingsen within two months, then the calculation in the heart of the Chu State would be in vain, and they still expected Baiyue to drag Lu Zhe in the quagmire of war in the south!
Jingju called Zhang Liang "Zhang Hou" is not a slip of the tongue, because Zhang Liang was made a marquis by King Han, but it was Tinghou. Zhang Liang's fief is a pavilion called "Ning", if it is officially called, Jingju should actually call Zhang Liang "Ninghou".
The pavilion "Ning" is a leased land lent by the Chu State to Korea, and Jingju is reluctant to call Zhang Liangninghou, because according to the rules of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, once the fief is sealed, it is difficult to get it back. Jing Ju is now the deputy envoy of the envoy group of the Chu State, and he calls Zhang Liangninghou as the deputy envoy, so isn't it an official recognition? If Zhang Liang's fief was recognized as the deputy envoy of the Chu State Envoy Corps, how could the Chu State recover the land lent to Korea in the future?
In fact, whether it is Han Wangcheng or Wei Wangjiao, both of them have been wantonly rewarding their vassals recently. It was not that the courtiers of Wei and Han suddenly made great contributions, nor that the two kings generously rewarded the courtiers who had made meritorious contributions to the restoration, but that they wanted to divide the borrowed land with a large reward, so as to achieve the intention of rapid occupation, and also lay a wedge for the long-term "possession" of the borrowed land in the future.
Wei Han is not authentic, the borrowed land is rewarded to the ministers, Chu State is anxious in his eyes, but Chu State does not have a good way, Wei Han hugged Lu Zhe's thigh, and preventing the King of Wei and King Han from dividing the feudal will also offend the nobles of Wei and Han, so he can only treat it as if he did not see it and did not admit it.
Wei Hancai, who is full of childishness, doesn't care so much, Zhang Liang also understands what Jingju's title is, he doesn't understand, but Jingju's question can't be prevaricated, and he immediately replied: "Obviously, let's see what Lu Hou brought with him in the army." β
Not? What to bring?
Jing Ju looked at the rear, Lu Zhejun brought a lot of carriages, and they were also full of booty, but ...... Wait a minute! He saw it, not to see how rich the spoils were, but to see the totems and "Jingxia" belonging to the Ouyue, Nanyue, Minyue and other tribes, and the people in the prison car where the prisoners were imprisoned could also recognize an outline if they looked closely.
"Jingxia, Jingxia, which is slowly full of beast tails and feathers, shows that Ouyue and South Vietnam have collapsed, and even the totems and Jingxia representing the ethnic groups have been captured." Jing Ju pointed to the prison car as if he was ghostly: "If the people above don't admit their mistake, isn't that the alliance chief of the Minyue tribe, Su Wuzhu!?" β
The importance of totem and Jingxia to the ancients is equal to the importance of "jade seal", especially the protection of totem and Jingxia by Baiyue of the barbarian system Cheng DΓΉ is more interested than the protection of the tribal chieftain, since there are so many totems and Jingxia have fallen into the hands of Lu Zhe, doesn't that explain a qiΔ?
"Wu Wuzhu?" Zhang Liang unconsciously repeated.
Jing Ju's face changed immediately, he shouldn't show that he knew Wu Zhu, otherwise wouldn't he tell others that Chu Guo and Bai Yue had a very close relationship?
Lu Zhe, who happened to come over, also heard what Jing Ju said just now, and he showed a smile with an inexplicable meaning: "The deputy envoy knows Wu Zhu?" It's just great. β
Jing Ju couldn't wait to slap himself a few times, just forget it, he preferred to die and was heard by Lu Zhe, this, this......
"I'll just say, there is a special purpose in leaving the donkey." Kuaitong, who was following behind Lu Zhe, was happy, and only sang in his heart: "Obviously, I want to grab this little braid, and now the Chu State is destined to be uncomfortable." I just don't know how big the plan of the Lord is? (To be continued......)