Chapter 16 4. He Lu defeated Chu

It was eighty-eight years after Chu Zhuang that He Lu became the hegemon. Of course, this was beyond the expectation of King Zhuang of Chu.He couldn't think of it, and neither could his son Gong Wang.Otherwise, King Zhuang might have fulfilled Wu Chen and Xia Ji, and King Gong would not have allowed Zi Zhong and Zi Fan to kill all of Wu Chen's clansmen and divide up Wu Chen's property.In short, as we said in "Youth", Wu Chen, the doctor of the state of Chu who defected to Jin and his family was ruined, not only encouraged the state of Jin to unite with Wu in order to avenge his hatred, but also brought his military vehicles to the state of Wu himself to serve as the instructor of the Wu army. They fight in chariots, teach them to form formations, and teach them to fight against Chu.

The state of Wu rose suddenly. Is it so important for Wu Chen to betray Chu and help Wu?Have.In fact, although the state of Wu claimed to be the successor to the two uncles of King Wen of Zhou, it was actually a barbarian who had no contacts with the Xia in the Central Plains. His culture was quite backward and he had no status in the international community.As a country of water villages in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, they fought against the current with boats and boats, and they were not the opponents of Chu State in the upper reaches.However, after the sorcerer sent Wu, the Wu people not only had a backing, but also had an army, so they stopped being polite to Chu.They landed by boat, and from the north of the Huainan River to the back of Chu, the northeastern part of Chu State never had a peaceful day.

At the same time that Wu State was rising, Chu State started civil strife. The Chu State Rebellion started after the Bing Elimination Conference in 546 BC.In this meeting, although the Chu people won the priority of drinking blood, they also flourished and declined.At the earliest, it was King Kang's younger brother, Wang Ziwei, who murdered Jia Ao, the king of Chu at that time, and made himself king. This was King Ling of Chu.We have already experienced this gentleman's arrogance, lust and domineering in "Aspirations of Youth".As a result, when King Ling paraded troops in Zhoulai (now Fengtai County, Anhui Province) to surround Xu and threaten the state of Wu, turmoil broke out in the country.The rebellious party killed King Ling's prince, and King Ling's troops scattered on the way home after hearing the police, forcing King Ling to hang himself alone.

After the death of King Ling, the state of Chu continued to be in turmoil.As a result of the cannibalism of the ruling group, the son Qiji seized the throne and changed his name to Xiongju. This is King Ping of Chu.It was this King Ping who sent a powerful helper to the state of Wu, and also established a strong enemy for himself, which finally caused the state of Chu to suffer a crushing defeat. This formidable enemy is Wu Zixu. Wu Zixu is a famous member (read Ruyun), whose name is Zixu.His grandfather was Wu Ju who assisted King Zhuang of Chu to dominate and supported King Ling of Chu to come to power.Wu Ju's son is Wu She, and Wu She's sons are Wu Shang and Wu Yuan (Zi Xu).But Wu She's luck is obviously not as good as Wu Ju's.Wu Ju assists Chu Jun, Zhuang Wang is the overlord, and Ling Wang is the hero.King Ping, whom Wu She served, was a jerk.This bastard was first instigated by others to occupy the woman who was originally married to the prince; then he listened to the traitor's slander and wanted to kill the prince and his master Wu She's family.For this reason, King Ping took Wu She as a hostage, claiming that as long as Wu Shang and Wu Yuan came back, Wu She would be saved from death.

Wu Shang and Wu Yuan, to return or not to return? It's hard to choose.If you don't return, it is tantamount to seeing death without saving; if you return, you will definitely die together.Even a fool can understand this point.So the elder brother Wu Shang said to his younger brother Wu Yuan: "Go away, I will die."When my father is in danger, someone must be filial; when my family suffers misfortune, someone must take revenge.According to your and my abilities, I can die, and you can take revenge.Brother, please do your own thing, you and I each do our part. As a result, Wu Shang and Wu She were killed, and Wu Yuan fled to Wu.

At this time, King Wu was Liao.But Wu Zixu soon realized that Wang Liao couldn't help him.On the contrary, the long-dormant son Guang will surely replace Liao.For this reason, Wu Zixu found a killer for Guang, while he temporarily lived in seclusion.In April of the twenty-seventh year of Duke Zhao of Lu (515 BC), that is, the seventh year after Wu Zixu fled to Wu, Prince Guang took advantage of the fact that Wu sent troops to attack Chu and the country was empty, and launched a palace coup.King Liao of Wu was stabbed to death by an assassin bought by Wu Zixu at the banquet, and Prince Guang proclaimed himself king as King Helu of Wu.

He Lu decided to join forces with Wu Zixu to defeat Chu. Zixu's strategy for Helu was to fight the war of movement first, and then fight the war of annihilation.Wu Zixu said that in the state of Chu, there are too many people in the state of Chu, who are discordant, disengaged, and irresponsible.Your Majesty, please form three armies, and make surprise attacks from different places at different times.When the first troops attack, the Chu army must come out in full force.As soon as the enemy is dispatched, our army will retreat.The enemy retreated, and our second unit attacked from another place.The enemy army will come out in full force, our army will retreat again, and then attack in a third place.In short, we have tried every means to make them fight fatigue and attrition wars, and we will never be able to figure out our army's intentions and movements.In just a few years, the Chu army will be dragged down by us.At that time, if the three armies of the state of Wu attack together, they will succeed in one fell swoop.

He Lu adopted Wu Zixu's suggestion, and the Chu army was really exhausted.In the 31st year of Lu Zhaogong (511 BC), they traveled at least in Liu (now Lu'an County, Anhui Province), Qian (now Huoshan County, Anhui Province), Xian (now Xixian County, Henan Province), etc. Wu Zixu's strategy succeeded. At the same time, the Chu people are also seeking their own destruction. We know that when He Lu came to the throne, King Ping of Chu had passed away.The succeeding King Zhao is a child, how can he govern the country?Can't even listen to good words.Yin Zichang, the ruling order of Chu State, is a greedy guy.Cai Zhaohou went to Chu, and Zi often asked him for jade pendants.When Marquis Cai refused, Zichang detained him and put him under house arrest for three years.When Duke Cheng of the Tang Dynasty came to Chu, Zi often asked him for a good horse.Tang Hou refused, Zichang also detained him and put him under house arrest for three years.Cai Ren and Tang Ren had no choice but to hand over the jade pendant and the good horse.But after escape from the tiger's mouth, Caihou sued the state of Jin.Jin refused to accept it, so he asked Wu for advice.The reason is simple: "King Zizhao of Chu came to the throne, and there is no teacher of Wu at any age."

You can't live without doing evil, the time has come to attack Chu. In the winter of the fourth year of Duke Ding of Lu (506 B.C.), Helu, King of Wu, joined forces with Cai and Tang to make a large-scale attack. Today's Macheng County, Hubei Province), Qingfa (now Anlu County, Hubei Province), Yongxi (澨read Rushi, today's Jingshan County, Hubei Province).The Chu army was retreating steadily, and the Wu army was unstoppable and approached Yingdu.Zichang was defeated again and again and fled to the state of Zheng.King Zhao fled to Yunmeng in fear after hearing the news.General Wu Jun lived in the Chu Palace in a grand manner.If it wasn't for the fact that the Qin State sent troops later, the Yue people attacked Wu, and there was another civil strife in the Wu State, the Chu people would almost have perished.

Wu Zixu finally got his revenge. Of course, He Lu also became the overlord.It's a pity that his overlord can be called a flash in the pan.Because he was defeated and died ten years later, and the state of Wu was soon destroyed.From hegemony to subjugation, they only had a glorious thirty-three years. What kind of thrilling story is this?

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