I Won’t Be the King in the Spring and Autumn Period Chapter 297, 298 The Battle of Zhongli is Coming

When the King of Chu realized that he could not change Li Ran's original intention no matter what, he completely gave up the idea of ​​forcing Li Ran to become a Chu minister.

At the same time, he also suddenly understood something.

That is, there are always some people in this world that he cannot get no matter what. After all, everyone's pursuits and beliefs are different.

Although he can pass on his ambitions and wishes to everyone, not everyone will be infected after all.

Just like the Li Ran in front of me now.

He seems to have completely different principles of doing things than others.

On the one hand, this person will never be content with the status quo and will never put himself in his comfort zone.

Therefore, the sense of gaining material abundance does not make him happy.

On the other hand, this man's aspirations seemed to be different from those of all the generals, and he was extremely indifferent to fame.

Therefore, the sense of achievement and fame cannot make him happy.

In short, this person does not seem to be a "person" in the true sense. Therefore, the needs of being a "person" seem to have failed in his case.

And this may be the reason why Li Ran can always achieve "wins thousands of miles away".

As the famous saying of later generations goes:

Without indifference, there is no clear ambition; without tranquility, there is no way to reach far.

After understanding this, King Chu no longer pressed him, because he already had a rough idea of ​​what kind of person Li Ran was.

After King Chu left, Sun Wu walked over from the side, looked at the empty gate of Xiangyuan, and couldn't help but fell into deep thought for a moment.

"Huh? What are you thinking, Chang Qing?"

Li Ran asked when he saw this.

Sun Wu came back to his senses and looked thoughtful:

"Sir, by revealing his true feelings to the King of Chu today, wouldn't it make the King of Chu more suspicious of you?"

"Now that the King of Chu knows that your husband will never become a Chu minister, how can he still allow your husband to leave Chu in the future?"

To put it bluntly, before Li Ran could explain all this, the King of Chu had already had murderous intentions towards Li Ran.

Now that Li Ran has said this and categorically concluded that he will never become a Chu minister in this life, how can the King of Chu let Li Ran leave alive?

What Sun Wu is worried about is Li Ran's situation in the future, I'm afraid it will be even more dangerous!

"Haha, it doesn't matter. I believe that after today, King Chu will wake up."

Li Ran's answer seemed careless, with a look of disapproval on his face.

"Oh? What do you mean, sir?"

Sun Wu asked in confusion.

At this time, Li Ran continued to speak:

"The King of Chu should understand that while he cannot recruit Li Ran, it is absolutely impossible for him to kill Li Ran."

"Not to mention him, Prince Qiji, or Wu Ju, none of them can kill Li Ran."

"Since I can't completely stay in the Chu Kingdom, and can't get rid of me, then the King of Chu will understand that instead of ending up with these infamy, instead of bearing the infamy of being good at killing virtuous people, it would be better to be a favor and let me go in the future.

Go. This may be more beneficial to Chu State."

Although the King of Chu was short-sighted for a while, he was still a great leader after all. Is what he was planning to gain or lose at this time?

Won't

This can be seen from the fact that he had planned to give up the throne to Prince Qiji early in the morning. He sincerely hoped that the Chu State could become strong again.

And killing Li Ran can indeed eliminate a long-term worry for Chu State, which may benefit Chu State in the near future.

However, if we look at the longer-term future, his move will actually be detrimental to the Chu country.

Although it was difficult for King Chu to understand the trade-offs and considerations involved for a while, he could not always be kept in the dark.

Sun Wu nodded upon hearing this, and the stone hanging in his heart finally fell to the ground.

"The Chu army is about to set out. If it goes as expected, the King of Chu will definitely call on Chang Qing to accompany the army. After all, Chang Qing's battle in Chaoyi has already shocked the world. How can the King of Chu not use Chang Qing?"

"It's just that Zhu Fang's battle is extremely important to both Chu and us."

"Changqing, remember, we must capture Qingfeng alive, and we must not repeat the mistakes of the Chaoyi battle!"

The look on Li Ran's face was particularly solemn.

"Wu, remember this!"

Sun Wu immediately bowed his hands in salute.

He understood that the importance of Qingfeng was self-evident. If this battle repeated the mistakes of the Chaoyi battle, it would be an unbearable burden for Li Ran.

"Thank you, sir. Go and get ready."

…

The next day, Zichan and Xiangxu also came to say goodbye.

The meeting of Shen has come to an end, and Zheng and Song did not bring many soldiers this time, so Chu's intention to lead troops to besiege Zhufang City has nothing to do with them.

By the way, the reason why Zheng Guo did not bring many troops was because Zichan knew the fundamental reason why King Chu wanted to hold an alliance from the very beginning.

How smart is Zichan?

How could he not know that the Shen Zhihui was just an excuse for the King of Chu to coerce the Central Plains countries to attack Zhongli?

He wanted to use this as an excuse to send out a large army to attack Zhongli, and to punish those "disobedient people" who were secretly collaborating with Zhongli and even the Kingdom of Wu.

And does the King of Chu care about the number of soldiers brought by the kings of other countries?

of course not.

Not only would he not care, but perhaps the King of Chu would prefer that other countries send as few as possible.

Why?

As soon as they came, the King of Chu knew of course that these allies were unable to do anything even though they were here.

Secondly, if there are too many allies, it will be disadvantageous for the Chu State to achieve unified coordination.

So Zichan simply came without troops. It can be said that Zichan's move was completely in line with the potential needs of the King of Chu.

As for Zheng Guo, he could also stay out of the situation.

Therefore, from the beginning to the end of Shen Zhihui, Chu King Xiong Wei never showed any color to Zichan.

What about the Song Dynasty?

They didn't bring any soldiers. What's going on?

Logically speaking, unlike the Zheng State, the Song State is a large country adjacent to Zhongli. Now that it has agreed to participate in Chu's alliance, it should send troops.

After all, the Song State's sending of troops was the key to expressing its attitude and position.

And this is the cunning point of the Hua family in Song Dynasty.

Of course, the Hua family of the Song Dynasty also knew the true purpose of the Chu State's convening of the Shen Alliance Meeting, and they did have an ambiguous relationship with the Qingfeng of the Zhongli Kingdom.

So, if they really come with troops, wouldn't it be equivalent to shooting a stone in the foot?

Therefore, they, the Fahrenheit family, were fortunate enough to do one thing without stopping, and they also did not take any soldiers with them.

Then aren't they, the Song Dynasty, afraid of being implicated?

Hey, they are really not afraid.

After all, in the final analysis, this alliance is based on the reputation of our Song State. What's more, even the veteran figure of the Army-Annihilation Alliance, Xiang Xu, is here this time. The Chu State does not dare to take advantage of our Song Dynasty.

How about Guo Hua?

Therefore, from the perspective of the Hua family of the Song Dynasty, Hua Feisui, as the Sima of the Song Dynasty, came to the alliance without any soldiers, which was quite confident.

Therefore, since neither Zheng State nor Song State sent troops, Zichan and Xiang Xuna naturally did not have to participate in Chu State's battle to attack Zhongli, so leaving early was a safer move for them.

It’s a long night with many dreams.

"Ziming, you are in the Chu Kingdom. Remember that self-protection is the most important thing. You must not act rashly or put yourself in danger."

"In addition, there are some things in Chu State. Zi Ming can just turn a blind eye. There is no need to speak out unless it is absolutely necessary."

Zichan warned him a lot, fearing that Li Ran would do something like the Battle of Chaoyi again.

But at the same time, he was also worried about Li Ran's safety alone in Chu State.

From this, it is not difficult to see that in Zichan's mind, Li Ran's safety is closely related to the survival of the Central Plains countries.

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Chapter 298_There are bad people and good people in Song Dynasty

Zichan and Xiangxu said goodbye to Li and then returned to the camp to prepare. They also sent envoys to inform the King of Chu.

When the King of Chu heard this, he couldn't help being furious:
To be continued...