In order to cope with the upcoming war, the Vietnamese built several defense lines on the south coast of the Yangtze River, and the commander-in-chief of the Vietnamese army was Prince Yunhe. But the Yue people never expected that the Wu army on the opposite side was just bluffing; And it was the Wu Guozhou Division that set off from Zhu Fang who launched the fatal blow to the Yue Kingdom.

In late February, the Wu people finally completed their preparations for the attack. At the beginning of March, the main fleet of the Wu army entered the East China Sea from the mouth of the Yangtze River, marched south along the coastline, and then sailed west into Hangzhou Bay. After three days of sailing, Wu's army finally abandoned ships and landed in the area of Shangyu in present-day Zhejiang.

The Vietnamese people always focused on the banks of the Qiantang River, and the country's elite troops were also deployed along the river, so the capital Huiji City had become a barely defended city at this time.

The chariots of the state of Wu galloped happily across the vast land of Yue, and the high-spirited infantry ran happily behind, and the army advanced to the city of Huiji within two days after landing.

The people of the Yue Kingdom couldn't believe their eyes, thinking that the people of the Wu Kingdom had come out of the ground by magic. Gou Jian urgently gathered 5,000 armed men, and the purpose of the summoning was not to protect the capital, but to take away the living forces. The Yue people fled from the south gate and fled to Huiji Mountain without stopping. The Wu army first plundered the city of Huiji, and then surrounded the mountain.

Although Huiji Mountain is not a lofty mountain, the mountain is full of Shengfan tribes, and Fucha is not familiar with the terrain, so he does not dare to rashly launch an attack. Fucha then convened a tactical discussion. Wu Zixu pointed out at the meeting that there is no food and clothing on the Huiji Mountain, and the rainy season is approaching again, and the Yue people are starving and freezing on the mountain, and they must not be able to survive for many days; Therefore, as long as they arrange the encirclement, do a good job of defense, and wait for the Yue people to be exhausted, they can destroy the Yue country.

The plan was adopted, and the Wu army began to clear the wilderness, preparing to trap Gou Jian to death on Huiji Mountain. Two days later, Prince Yue, who was far away on the defense line of the Qiantang River, received the news that the capital had fallen and his father was trapped in Huiji Mountain.

At the critical juncture of the country's life and death, Yun He made an extremely bold decision that seemed crazy to outsiders: hold the position and never leave the defense line for half a step!

Originally, he thought that if he gave up his position and rushed back to rescue his father, then the Wu army on the other side would break through the defense line of the Qiantang River and go deep into the hinterland of the Yue Kingdom, and he would suffer the enemy on his back; If he holds on, the other party will not be able to force the Qiantang River, so he can lead half of Wu's troops. If the Wu army on the other side of the river went down the river and landed near Huiji City, he led his army to help his father and defeated the Fucha army before the Wu reinforcements arrived in Huiji.

Yue is a mountainous country, the country and the surrounding areas are full of tribes, if those who eat people and do not spit out bones are launched to attack the enemy, the people of Wu who are alone in the deep army are afraid that they will be stuck in the quagmire and unable to get out.

He immediately sent an elite army of 2,000 scuds to Huiji Mountain, and the army broke into pieces and entered the deep mountains, and began to launch the tribes in the mountains to attack and harass the Wu army with Shengfan.

This time the husband sent the army to suffer. Those who are born are reduced to zero, gathered into a team, and scattered into beasts; Taking advantage of the night, taking advantage of the fog, and taking advantage of the opportunity of the Wu people to chop firewood, fetch water, release horses, and patrol, they launched attacks from various locations. In many cases, the people of Wu could neither see nor touch people, and lost their lives in a daze, and dozens of people were killed or disappeared every day. Wu Guomin was greatly panicked, and the commander had to issue an order: Anyone who went out of the camp to carry out the task should not be less than 20 people in each team.

Fucha was furious and immediately launched a purge of the surrounding tribes. Within a day, the Wu army razed more than a dozen tribes, killing and capturing hundreds of people. Wu Jun hung the corpses from trees, inserted their heads into bamboo poles, and reduced all the captives to slavery. The natives fled into the mountains one after another, and the Wu army was a little calm.

The siege lasted until the 10th day, and neither the enemy nor the reinforcements expected by the Wu people arrived. Knowing that the Tsuru and the army were still immovable, the husband couldn't sit still, and he even began to think about whether to fight with the Jiangbei Wu Army on both sides, and destroy the Tsuru and the army first. Just when he was restless, Goujian's messenger Wen Chong came down the mountain to see him.

It turned out that the life of the Yue people who had fled into the mountains was not easy at all, they suffered from hunger, rain and cold; Many people die tragically as soon as they get sick. Gou Jian couldn't get any news from the outside world, and he saw that he couldn't continue, so he had to send Wen Chong out of the mountain to seek peace.

Wen was originally from Chu State, and he was Yin of Wancheng County in his early years; He had a close relationship with Bo Yao's father, Bo Haowan, and was implicated by Bo Haowan before he went into exile in Yueguo. In terms of seniority, Bo Yao still calls him "uncle". After Wen Chong fled to the Yue Kingdom, he did not cut off the connection with Bo Yao, and the monarchs of Wu and Yue turned a blind eye to this. The two did not dare to hide anything from the monarch, and they had to report to the monarch every time they got the news.

Before going down the mountain, Wen Chong sent his men to meet Bo Ya, informing him that he was going to sue for peace with his husband, and asking him to persuade him to accept the request. Bo Yao understood and smiled—the opportunity to get rich again—and he gladly agreed.

When Wen Chong saw his husband, he prostrated at his feet, and begged with tears in his eyes: "King Wu's foreign minister Gou Jian ordered the villain to ask the king: Gou Jian is willing to give up his throne and wealth to serve and serve King Wu, and only ask King Wu not to extinguish the sacrifice to the ancestor Dayu!" From then on, Yue was a county of Wu, and Gou Jian and the doctors were the courtiers of King Wu, and their wives and concubines were all the servants of King Wu! ”

When the husband saw the heart-warming scene in front of him, and saw the other party lift Dayu's tablet out, the eyes of this hard-hearted warmonger who vowed to divide the five horses were also a little moist.

Fucha asked Wen Chong to go down to rest, and then had a closed-door discussion with the ministers.

Bo Yao hit the railroad while it was hot: "'Strike at the strong, appease the obedient.'" These are the two magic weapons of Qi and Jin hegemony, and if Wu wants to dominate, he should also follow Qi and Jin. The king submits to the Yue Kingdom, the world is shaken, the countries come to the dynasty, does the king have any reason not to hegemon? ”

The husband asked, "What if the widow does not allow peace?" ”

Bo Yao replied: "Then the state of Wu will be mired in the quagmire of the Vietnam War and will not be able to extricate itself." Now although Gou Jian was forced into the mountains, the national strength of the Yue State was not damaged, and the main force of the Yue army under the command of the prince and the commander was unharmed. Not to mention how difficult it is to attack Huiji Mountain and how many sergeants will die, even if he can kill Gou Jian, he will only kill one person. At that time, the Yue and the general will be kings, and the entire tribe of the Yue Kingdom will attack us, and as long as the Yue people burn the warships we landed on and intercept the retreat, we will all die in the Yue Kingdom! Taking a step back, even if the king eliminated the Yue army, he would not be able to own the land of the Yue Kingdom, because the defenders had to be constantly on guard against the attacks of the major tribes, and the Yue people could easily push another king. On the contrary, if Gou Jian is pardoned, the king will get the entire Yue country, and also stabilize the rear of the Wu country, and he can order the Yue people to fight with our country; Our country can concentrate on expanding westward and northward. ”