Spring and Autumn I Am King

In the thirteenth year of Zhaohou and the thirteenth year of King Zhang of Chu (476 BC), in the middle of the winter in November, Wandi, an area later known as "Nanyang", a group of envoys from the southern kingdom, full of grief and indignation, are setting foot here again. A piece of land, but not as a restorer, but a humiliated peacemaker...

Chu Guole Yin Zhong Ziqi walked into Wandishen County with his credential in his arms. He was escorted by a team of Zhao Guoyu Lin Wei, who had bright armor. Because they had just won the battle, the faces of these young people were bright and they glanced at Zhong Ziqi. There was also a trace of contempt in his eyes.

Zhong Ziqi knew what they were thinking.

"Stupid Jing Chu, how dare you overestimate your own strength and become an enemy of the great kingdom of Shangguo?"

This spring, the state of Chu, which had just quelled the civil strife, was severely attacked by the state of Zhao in the north before it had time to plant the seedlings. Under the leadership of Youcheng, the 100,000-strong Zhao army broke into Zhaoling and took Yingru directly, while the 50,000 army captured Huainan. Fortunately, the Yue Kingdom clearly stood on the side of the Chu Kingdom, and the army gathered to threaten Huainan and Guangling. Dabie Mountain was blocked by natural dangers, which made Zhao Jun's plan to attack from both sides failed.

Next, Ye Gong, a great hero of the civil war, stood up again. He led the three armies of Shen, Xi, and Zuo Guang to defeat the mighty Zhao army in Shangcai, and the two sides entered a confrontation stage. Although the state of Chu had just recovered from the civil strife, the northern counties had not been swept away by military disasters, and they still had the strength to resist. The Zhao army labored on an expedition, and behind it was a two-hundred-mile no-man’s land where the Chu people had migrated, and supplies were very difficult. They did not dare to divide their troops rashly, and the two sides began to build barriers in Rushui to confront each other.

This confrontation was broken in mid-August. With Zhao Hou Wuxi ordering the general Mu Xia to command another 100,000 Western troops to the south, the balance of Zhao Chu was broken. Mu Xia cooperated with Youcheng to forcefully cross the Rushui, and the Chu army There are few soldiers, and there is no way to resist them, so they can only retreat slowly.

The next time was the rapid advance of the Zhao army, and the defeat of the Chu army.

In September, the Zhao army captured Luyang and pulled Xu and Ye!

At this point, Ye Gong ordered Gongsun Kuan's first line of defense to be broken across the board, and the main force of the Chu army retreated into Fangcheng, hoping to use the world's giant fortress to stop the Zhao army from advancing.

However, in Zhao Jun's eyes, the Great Walls on the frontiers of the inland countries are all empty. At the beginning of October, the main force of the Zhao army gathered in the north of Fangcheng, and in the west, Zhao Yi, the king of Shang, and the Ba people attacked the land of Danyang. The Chu army was attacked by the enemy on both sides. Shen Xi's division was almost wiped out, and it was worthy of retreating to Yan and Deng in the south.

On the east side, the Huainan Zhao army finally took action, cooperated with the northern division, and captured the Jiang, Xi, and Huang lands in Huaixi, but after being blocked at the dangerous pass "Ming'e Three Fortresses" and unable to attack, they stopped their troops.

In the first battle, Ru water was exhausted, in World War II Xu and Ye Ju, in the third battle, Wancheng pulled... Zhao Jun swept the northern border of Chu State in only three months. "Don't lose people" strategy, would rather give up the city, but also avoid decisive battles, barely kept their main force, but now they can only retreat to Yan, Deng (Xiangyang area) struggling to the death.

Yan and Deng control the north and south, and they are the most important places in the world.

At this time, the Zhao army also suffered a lot of casualties, and they had to divide their troops to occupy the occupied Chu land. It would be a little unfortunate to fight again to capture the land of Yan and Deng and Xiangyang, which are known as "the waist of the world" in later generations.

In November, after several unsuccessful attacks, the weather began to turn cold, Zhao Jun's frontline food was almost exhausted, and the winter clothes could not be delivered to Dawan and Ye in time. The supply of people is not of the same magnitude at all, not to mention that the Zhao army has now penetrated into the hinterland of the enemy country. Coupled with the rebellion of the Chu people in Rushui and Wancheng in the rear, Zhao Wuxi remembered his promise to talk to Zhang Meng, and began to consider the matter of truce.

The most terrifying thing in the south is not the battle of the Chu people, but the disease. Zhao Bing is mostly from the north, and the weather is unacceptable. The winter is fine. If it hits the spring and summer of next year, there will be a plague or schistosomiasis on the edge of the river. , then it's completely over, and it's not impossible for Zhao Wuxi to repeat the tragedy of King Fu. Rather than taking the risk of annexing the temporarily indigestible South, it is better to take it as soon as possible, consolidate the newly conquered territory, rest for ten years, fully integrate the North, and make a comeback...

If the moon is rich, it will be lacking, and if the material is strong, it will be a loss. He always feels that if he continues to forcibly go south, there will be a red cliff or Fei water waiting for him.

But he didn't plan to just let the Chu country go.

In November, the Chu people, who were only one line away from the country's subjugation, couldn't hold their breath and sent Zhong Ziqi as an envoy to seek peace.

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The location of Zhao Chu's peace talks did not choose Wancheng, but the nearby Shen County.

Zhong Ziqi was a smart man, he knew very well that Zhao Hou's choice of Shenlai as the place of peace talks was meaningful.

Shenxian is the first county of Chu State. In the past 200 years, together with Xixian, it used to be the two pillars of Chu State. Shenxi's teacher is famous all over the world. , but chose to avoid Zhao Jun's edge and retreat to the south.

In addition, Shen is also the place where Chu State last ordered the feudal lords to meet. Forty years ago, the ambitious King Ling of Chu forced Jin State to agree with him to meet the feudal feudal lords and meet the feudal feudal feudal lords according to the procedures of the Qi Huan Gonghui Alliance presented by Zichan. It could be called the most arrogant alliance of Chu, and Chu's arrogance towards the Central Plains had also reached its peak.

Forty years have passed, and things have changed, and the glory of the state of Chu is gone forever. Now that you choose this place as the place for peace talks, isn't it admonishing the people of Chu to let them see their situation clearly?

With this complicated feeling in mind, Zhong Ziqi entered Shenxian County. The place for the peace talks was still on the other side of the city, and the road under his feet was still long.

Although he was the victor, Zhao Wuxi did not neglect Chu's messenger too much, and sent enough people to meet him.

When Zhong Ziqi arrived at the entrance of Shenxian County, a doctor from the State of Zhao with a jade-like face was already waiting here, and when he saw him from a distance, he greeted him with a smile.

"I have heard for a long time that Jingchu has Ziqi's voice, and I have been fascinated for a long time. It is worthwhile to see Jun Yarong today."

Zhong Ziqi had a lot of liking for this man's attitude, but he also knew that he was on a mission, so he returned the salute without being humble or arrogant: "The envoy of the defeated country, on behalf of the widow, came to visit the Marquis of Zhao, He Yazhi... I don't know the doctor. How to call it?"

"Dr. Zhao Guogong's son-in-law, Yu Boya..."

The son-in-law doctor is a special position in the state of Zhao. It is the son-in-law of the son-in-law. There are many daughters of Zhao Hou, and three of them are married: the daughter of Le Lingzi, and the daughter of the eldest son, Wan, who married Dong Anyu. Grandson; Ji Ying's daughter, and the second daughter Zhen married Jiaodong Bo Han Hu's son: Kong Jiao's daughter, and the third daughter Shu promised to Yu Boya, who was among the best in poetry, books, and qin in the examinations of the academy. …

Yu Boya didn't have much talent. Zhao Wuxi made him a son-in-law doctor, but he only used him as a pedestrian. After all, a talented and beautiful diplomat can relieve Zhao Guo's "abandoning etiquette and doing good work. The image of a tyrannical country that lashes out at the world with the heart of tigers and wolves".

Boya's biggest hobby is music. He has also heard for a long time that there is a Zhong Ziqi in the south who played "Yangchun" and "White Snow" which are the best in the world. When the two of them were in the same car and drove all the way inside, they started chatting without a word, and the chat got out of hand. The two music idiots just hit it off, and they talked very happily, and even agreed to try to learn from each other's musical skills after the peace talks were over.

The happy hour passed quickly, and when the carriage stopped in front of Shen Gong's mansion, Zhong Ziqi suddenly woke up. The county magistrate of Shenxian Ning did not leave this place. He had already died in the war. His mansion was confiscated and turned into the palace of Zhaohou, and Zhong Ziqi's mission was to enter the palace for an audience.

People are knives and I am fish, why does he have any mind to talk about string songs and elegant music?

Knowing what Zhong Ziqi was thinking, Yu Boya smiled and asked him to get out of the car, and wished him, "May Ziqi's peace talks go smoothly, Zhao Chu can regain his old friendship, and the world will kill soldiers!"

"By Boya's auspicious words..." Zhong Ziqi saluted with a wry smile, took heavy steps, and entered his battlefield. He thought in his heart, no matter what, he must fight for his reasons and live up to his mission!

However, just half an hour later, Zhong Ziqi, who was full of grief and indignation, was frightened and sweated profusely by the aggressive aura of Zhao Chen Chulong, who was in charge of the peace talks.

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"Do you still think that Uncle Huan can be easily beaten like Duke Huan of Qi? The fortress of Fangcheng has been broken, and the dangers of Han River are insignificant! There are thousands of chariots, tens of thousands of riders, and millions of halberd-wielding people who come to Chu in the south, throwing a whip to cut off the Han River. Today, the state of Chu is weak, and it loses again and again. Line. Thanks to Uncle’s kindness, Nian, after Chu State was also Zhuanxu, couldn’t bear to destroy Ru Sheji, so I decided to let it go. You still want to negotiate terms with Zhao State?”

Chu Long slapped the case a few times and threatened: "Weak countries have no diplomacy, and if the Chu country cannot unconditionally accept the covenant proposed by the Zhao country, the Zhao army will add another 100,000, and they will raise Yanying in the first battle, and burn Yiling in the third battle. And the Chu State Society and Ji! I hope the messenger thinks twice, don’t say it’s unpredictable!”

"Dare to ask, what are the conditions of Zhao State?" Zhong Ziqi bite the bullet, he is very clear that with the current predicament of Chu State, there is almost no room for bargaining.

Chu Long turned his head and looked at the monarch's couch behind him, closed his eyes and rested his mind, and said nothing to the marquis of Zhao, unless the King of Chu or the Duke of Ye came in person, otherwise Zhao Wuxi would not condescend to talk with the envoy of the enemy country~www.wuxiahere. com~ Seeing the monarch nodded, Chu Long's aura came up again, and he slapped a drafted covenant on his desk for Zhong Ziqi to see for himself.

Zhong Ziqi opened the alliance book, but saw three requirements written on it.

"One, Chu State ceded the three gates of Ming'e and Ye, Wan, Runan, Huainan, and Yiyang both inside and outside Fangcheng to Zhao..."

He wiped his sweat. These were the territories captured by the Zhao State. If they were admitted in the form of a covenant, half of the Chu State had gone, and the status of a great power would be lost.

"Second, the state of Chu will go to the king's name and be called the Marquis of Chu."

Zhong Ziqi's hands trembled. Starting from Xiongqu, the state of Chu has been king for three hundred years, and from King Wu of Chu, it has been two hundred and fifty years. It has formed its own system, just like a southern dynasty confronting the Central Plains. Now, is this one-of-a-kind pride coming to an end?

This is a false name, and he persuaded himself that if he couldn't even keep the state, would it be any use to be called a king?

Looking further down, Zhong Ziqi couldn't help but help the case in shock.

"Thirdly, on the first day of next year, Chu Junzhang must personally go to the north, pay tribute to the maobao, and meet the emperor, the new emperor!"

"The new emperor?" Zhong Ziqi was stunned, and looked at Zhao Hou, who had been sitting in the high position from beginning to end without saying a word.

"Of course." Zhao Wuxi stood up.

"The few people swept away the rebellion of Jin Qing, and they were listed as princes, legislated, cultivated and weaved, and repaired and defended the tools of war. Later, they inherited the hegemony of Jin literature and came to China to have both the four barbarians. Ban, the desert in the north, Jianghan in the south, the strong country invites submission, the weak country enters the dynasty, and the eight wastelands are all unstoppable! Today, the few people want to be the king of Chu and Yue, and the princes, all the world. Since three generations, the emperors of all dynasties have , Uncle, is the merit better than this? If you take it from this, you will be a bully, even if you are a king!"

ps: The war drama is omitted, anyway, you will say it is not good-looking, rhetoric! One more chapter tonight