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Chapter 10 The Great Army Overwhelms Shu

The Vietnamese army killed the king of Chu. Huangfu Nian Fengyuan wanted to take the body of the king of Chu back to the country to ask for credit, but was stopped by Zhang Yankun.

Under the order of King Wuyou, Zhang Yankun led a team out of the city where he was stationed, watching the battle from a distance.King Wuyou told him: If the king of Chu wants to flee back to the state of Chu, just send troops to stop him, but not to start a war, just wait for the Vietnamese army to come to chase him down; Sending troops to attack will inevitably let the Yue army kill the king of Chu, and then snatch the body of the king of Chu and return it to the state of Chu.

Huangfu Nianfeng saw that the king of Chu was dead and that the Qi army had come prepared, so he had no choice but to abandon the body of the king of Chu, beheaded several generals of the Chu army, and escorted the captured Chu army back in victory.

Zhang Yankun also sent the corpse of King Chu to the border of Chu State, and the defenders of Chu State welcomed the corpse of King Chu.

When the bad news was reported to Shacheng, Prince Chu Chu Yu burst into tears upon hearing the news, and the whole court mourned.Dongfang Yin persuaded the prince not to be sad, one is to take back the body of the king of Chu as soon as possible and bury it;Only in this way can the country of Chu be stable, and the neighbors will not only look up to Xu.

Chu Yu's six gods have no master, and it all depends on Dongfang Yin's arrangement. He confessed that the military and state affairs of the court will be temporarily handled by Dongfang Yin, and he wants to keep his filial piety for the King of Chu.Dongfang Yin and the ministers strongly advocated that the new king should ascend the throne as soon as possible and form an alliance with Qi.No matter how spiritual the previous king was, he did not hope that the new king would miss the important event of Chu State with his personal grief.Chu Yu followed the advice of the ministers and chose a date to ascend the throne.

When the new king of Chu State ascended the throne, the first thing he did was to submit the letter of credence to the State of Qi, requesting to form an alliance with the State of Qi and become an ally of the State of Qi.The state of Chu is willing to make peace with the son of King Shun with the new king's Princess Crescent Moon.King Qi negotiated with King Shun and the Ping Dynasty, and agreed with Chu State to form an alliance with Chu State. After the prince got married, Qi Lu, the son of King Shun, married Princess Xinyue of Chu State.

During the Southern Expedition of Qi State, it first occupied the four cities of Chu State, and Prince Qi Yi led an army of [-] to guard the four cities; The prince's assistant newly occupied more than [-] miles, and Zilong led [-] Qingzhou soldiers to assist.Wu State and Dali State are allied with Qi State, Chu State is allied with Qi State, and Qi State has established a firm foothold in southern China.

Prince Qi Yi replied to King Qi, and returned to Lu City after Xincheng and other four cities were stabilized. At that time, Princess Yingping of Wu State was welcomed to Qi State to get married.The time is set in early autumn.The two countries of Qi and Wu are also busy with this important event.

King Wuyou and Duan Kejian, prince of Dali, chose Liucheng as the seat of the government office to manage the territory.At the same time, he actively cooperated with Zhang Yankun's garrison. Zilong also borrowed Hecheng from the Yue Kingdom on the grounds of the garrison of the large army, and the two armies echoed each other from afar.

One day, King Wuyou and Prince Duan were in the government office, and when they talked about sending Princess Yinping to Dali, the Kingdom of Shu colluded with the Kingdom of Chu, causing the Chu army to enter the country, robbing and killing the princess, and almost hurting the princess, Prince Duan was furious.King Wuyou said: "At present, the land we occupy has been basically pacified, and the Yue Kingdom has been conquered by our four countries, and it has also fought with the Chu Kingdom. Already forming an alliance with the Qi State, there is no need to worry. The Shu State has also invaded the land of Dali in the past. Why not take advantage of the new victory of the Dali army and the high morale? Take it back!"

When Prince Duan heard it, it was exactly what he wanted, and the two of them made a decision, secretly wrote a memorial, and reported it to the King of Dali. The King of Dali also agreed to send [-] troops from the territory of Dali to the border of Shu for support.

With the permission of the King of Dali, Prince Duan and King Wuyou gathered [-] Dali troops from the territory, and Zhang Yankun also dispatched [-] elite soldiers, under the command of Zilong, to march towards the border of Shu.Crown Prince Qi Yi received the flying letter from King Wuyou, and also sent troops from Xincheng to the border of Shu, and echoed Dali's army.

The news was found on the border of the Kingdom of Shu, and he quickly reported back to the King of Shu. The King of Shu was also secretly shocked when he heard it. The Qi army has recently defeated Chu and Yue in a row, and the momentum is strong.Now the Prince of Dali wants to avenge Princess Qi's disturbance on the grounds that Princess Qi was repeatedly attacked when she transited through the Kingdom of Shu.

The King of Shu hurriedly summoned a group of ministers to discuss countermeasures, and some ministers suggested: At this time, all the southern countries are headed by Qi State, and Dali's use of troops is also under the banner of frightening Princess Qi. It is better to send envoys to Qi State to borrow the prince and Princess Wu. The reason for the upcoming marriage is to send a national gift, and the king of Qi persuades Dali to stop the army.

The king of Shu thought that this plan was feasible. On the one hand, he prepared national gifts and arranged for envoys to go to Qi;The defenders in the east should defend closely, and send more defenders to deter the Qi army, and don't conflict with the Qi army.

King Wuyou already knew about the arrangements of the Kingdom of Shu in the military camp, so he discussed with Prince Duan that he should take advantage of King Qi's will to start a war as much as possible, regain the territory of the Kingdom of Shu wedged into Dali, and drive the Shu army out of the above-mentioned places .

The Dali army moved frequently on the Yunnan-Shu border, invading the Shu army from time to time. The Shu army received a military order, and when Dali and Qi troops attacked and harassed them, they temporarily avoided their fronts, so they retreated one after another.Dali's army pressed on every step of the way, and even returned all the land of Dali that the Shu Kingdom had occupied first.King Wuyou took a look and entered Yicheng, which was close to the Kingdom of Shu. The Shu army was waiting in tens of thousands of soldiers in Yicheng.It was time for the envoys of the Shu Kingdom to arrive in the Qi Kingdom, so they stopped the offensive with Prince Duan, stabilized the occupied land, and strengthened the border defense.

King Qi received envoys from the Kingdom of Shu in Lucheng.The envoys of the Shu Kingdom sent a large number of rare treasures as gifts to the prince.Speaking of Princess Yinping's transit, the Chu State sent assassins pretending to be the Shu army to attack, but the Shu army didn't know about it. Fortunately, a group of Shu troops from Lucheng passed by here to assist the Qi army who escorted the princess, and wiped out the Chu army.Therefore, I implore the King of Qi to understand, and the Kingdom of Shu and the Kingdom of Qi will always have good relations.

King Qi did not pursue the matter, but only talked about the exchanges between the two countries.

The envoys of the Kingdom of Shu saw that the King of Qi had no intention of blaming him, so he hurriedly told the King of Qi about the invasion of Shu by the Dali army under the command of King Wuyou and Prince Duan, and begged the King of Qi to coordinate and let the Dali army stop.

King Qi deliberately pretended not to know, pondered for a moment, and asked King Ping: "Is there such a thing?"

King Ping looked at the head of the Ministry of War below, and then replied: "This matter is mostly done by the Dali Kingdom. I think the prince was also newly married to Princess Yinping, and the princess was not willing to be frightened, so he sent troops. I have never won my favor. The news about the mobilization of Daqi's army." The uninitiated chief naturally quickly echoed.

The King of Qi said to his envoys: "My country in China is fighting with each other. The war between Chu and Yue was just quelled not long ago. The people everywhere are suffering. I really can't bear to see your Shu Kingdom and Dali fight again. King Ping, I think How about this, you can come forward and tell the King of Dali that even if there are some people in the Shu Kingdom who are not well protected, it seems that the Shu Kingdom will not investigate and do it out of intention, and Yinping was a little frightened. Compensation, don't worry about it any more."

King Ping bowed his hands to receive the decree, then looked at the envoy and asked: "King Qi's decree has been made, I will inform King Dali right away, but I don't know how sincerity Shu will show to Dali?"

When the envoy was asked, he was at a loss for words, and he was considered a clever man, so he immediately stepped forward and said, "The King of Shu has prepared a generous gift, and it is estimated that he has already sent someone to Dali by now."

King Qi nodded, and King Ping didn't ask any more questions, saying that he would pass King Qi's will to Dali immediately after he came down to court.

The envoys of the Kingdom of Shu left the palace of the King of Qi and hurriedly sent the King of Qi's message to the King of Shu.When the King of Shu accepted the letter, he had to follow King Qi's wishes, and arranged for another envoy with a heavy gift, saying it was a supplementary gift for Prince Dali's wedding.As for the territory recaptured by Dali this time, I will not mention it for the time being.

After this chaotic war, all countries also strengthened their defenses to stabilize the domestic situation.It calmed down for a while, but all countries knew that after this short period of calm, there would be a new bloody storm.

Wuyou Wang lived in Dali for a while, and took Yinger to play around Dali.Look at the fact that Zilong and Zhang Yankun's armies joined forces in Hecheng and Yuedi, firmly controlling the three cities.He negotiated with the prince and asked Zhang Yankun to command the Qi army in the three places, and Zilong transferred to Xincheng to replace the prince and command the Qi army in the four places.The prince returned to Lucheng immediately after handing over the military affairs.King Wuyou went to guard the territory of Lincheng.

King Qi agreed to the report of the two.King Wuyou got the order of King Qi, bid farewell to Prince Duan, and took his guards, accompanied by Zilong, to enter Lincheng from Shu Kingdom.

When they arrived in Yicheng, the Shu army in Yicheng knew about it, and while reporting to the king of Shu, they arranged a reception outside the city.The meaning of the general defending the army was very simple, he did not dare to reject King Wuyou and his party, but he also did not dare to let King Wuyou and them enter the city.King Wuyou and his party accepted the courtesy of the defenders, walked around the city, and headed for Lucheng.

When the guard of Lucheng got the news at this time, he hurriedly sent his cronies to discuss, and naturally there was a newcomer among the cronies: Tang Jinhu.Tang Jinhu gave Lucheng Guard General Ximen Li a cartload of gold and silver, and Ximen Li naturally treated him differently.A few days ago, the king of Shu asked about Tang Jinhu's killing of the Chu assassins, and praised him greatly. The guard of Lucheng gave Tang Jinhu another high look.This time I heard that King Wuyou was passing through the border, so I looked at Tang Jinhu eagerly and asked him to make up his mind.

At this time, Tang Jinhu also vaguely knew that the young son who gave him a bright future was the King of Worry-free. For this benefactor, Tang Jinhu was naturally excited when he heard that he was coming to his side.Seeing the question from the superior, he replied loudly: "Now that the state of Qi is powerful, Your Majesty has also sent envoys to make friends with the state of Qi. Our official position is low and we cannot see King Qi, but King Wuyou is right in front of us, so we can miss it." Good opportunity. I have already found out that King Wuyou only brought a guard of a few hundred people. We have tens of thousands of defenders in Lucheng. Don’t worry about them. Just treat them well. When the time comes, he will have time to say a word for the general in front of His Majesty. , then you will be on the rise."

Ximen Li was overjoyed when he heard this, and ordered Lucheng to get ready, and he led a group of generals out of the city for thirty miles to meet Wuyou King.

King Wuyou was welcomed into the city by Lucheng's defenders from afar. Tang Jinhu saw that he was indeed his benefactor, and everyone could see the joy on his face.The Worriless King also naturally praised him greatly, which made Ximen Li secretly excited, thinking that with the relationship with Captain Tang in the future, he would also have a relationship with the princes and nobles of Qi.Everyone also saw the world-famous General Zilong, who was indeed a hero, and the one who joined the army also respected the hero, and all the generals also showed affection to Zilong.

King Wuyou was warmly received by the generals of Lucheng and stayed for a few days, during which Zilong took a group of people to Xincheng directly.King Wuyou was chatting with Ximen Li and others that day, and when he talked about the guards in the cities of Shu, he said to Ximen Li: "I passed Yicheng, and the guards were frightened by hundreds of people like me. Please let me enter the city. How can the king of Shu rest assured that such a cowardly person is guarding a city! I think General Tang is courageous and capable. I recommended him to see if your Shu Kingdom appoints military generals or likes obedient ministers."