Chapter 264, 265 Is the Ji family coming to disrupt the situation again?
The battle to conquer Zhu Fang City failed, and the King of Chu could not help but be furious.
However, after some persuasion from Wu Ju, the King of Chu immediately understood. Getting angry at this time was obviously of no use. The most important thing at the moment was how to capture Zhu Fang City.
At this time, Guan Cong also entered the hall to report, and saw him step forward with his head in his mouth, and then fell to the ground with a plop:
"Meet the King"
"Free gift"
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
"Why are you here to report something important?"
"Yes! I have learned that the State of Wu has been making frequent moves in the past few days, sending troops one after another to attack our army's baggage."
The purpose of Chu's attack on Zhongli was to cut off the communication between Wu and the Central Plains countries, and thus completely cut off the Central Plains countries' support for Wu.
So, Wu Guo can watch your Chu country do this?
After Zhufan died, his younger brother Yuji came to the throne and was the second son of King Shoumeng of Wu.
What needs to be explained here is that King Shoumeng of Wu had four sons in total, and his favorite was the youngest son Jizha, so he originally wanted to pass the throne to Jizha.
But what did Jizha say?
To put it in a very noble and upright sentence: He is a noble person, a pure person, a moral person, and a person who has escaped from vulgar taste.
The position of the most obsessed king in the world was like dirt in his eyes, and he didn't even want to take another look at it.
Therefore, his father wanted to pass the inheritance to him before his death, but he refused to accept his excuse.
The former king Zhu Fan had already announced that if he died, he would be transferred to Jizha, but Jizha would still accept the excuse.
Now Yuji, who has just ascended the throne, and Yi Mei, who ascended the throne more than ten years later, have successively tried to pass the throne to him, but he has never accepted it.
He even wanted to slap his butt and go into seclusion!
There are countless stories of brothers fighting for power and throne in Chinese history, but it is indeed extremely rare for someone like Jizha to humbly give up the throne several times.
After Zhufan, the reason why he passed the throne to Yuji was actually because he wanted Yuji to continue to pass the throne on, and he would not stop until it passed to Jizha.
It’s also worth mentioning here that if you think Ji Za’s actions are completely without reason?
That's not the case.
Because Wu Taibo (also known as Taibo), who the Wu people considered to be the founder of the country, was said to have fled from Shaanxi to Wuyue in one fell swoop in order to humbly give way to his younger brother Ji Li (the father of King Wen of Zhou Jichang).
Therefore, this can be regarded as a kind of family inheritance virtue.
Okay, let’s get down to business.
Now that Yuji has ascended the throne as the King of Wu, when he heard that Chu State had the courage to rush thousands of miles to attack Zhongli's main city, he did not take him seriously as the newly enthroned King of Wu! Who can bear this?
Therefore, when Zhufan died in battle and the morale in the country was extremely low, Yuji chose to fight in a roundabout way to deal with Zhu Fangcheng's defenders.
Hey, I, the Wu State, am not stupid. Your Chu State is now powerful, right? Then go and fight! Anyway, I will just follow you, poke you from time to time, and ask you if you are afraid?!
When the enemy advances, we retreat, and when the enemy retreats, we advance, using virtual reality to delay the enemy.
From here, it is not difficult to see that Wu Wang Yuji is indeed different from his brother. He is a smart man. He did not immediately reinforce Zhu Fangcheng, but responded in the cheapest, yet most deadly way.
Zhu Fangcheng.
When the King of Chu heard that Wu Guo was actually causing trouble for him at this moment, he suddenly lost his temper and was about to get furious again, but who knew that Guan Cong had not finished what he said.
"In addition, I have received reliable information in the past few days. Since our army attacked Zhu Fang City, several foreign ministers, including the Ji family of Lu State and the Hua family of Song State, have been secretly passing through Xu State.
Provide military supplies to Zhongli's front line."
"Therefore, our Chu State's army actually only has 50,000 people to fight against the Three Kingdoms. This is really difficult to reach the sky."
As mentioned before, the State of Wu used the Zhongli State as a springboard, so it was able to maintain communication with the countries in the Central Plains, obtain a large amount of material support from them, and develop and strengthen its own power.
Therefore, now that Chu State is going to attack Zhongli State, the Central Plains countries will certainly not just watch and do nothing.
But on the other hand, after all, Chu State is now the nominal leader of the world. Therefore, small countries like Lu State and Song State naturally dare not directly send troops to confront Chu State, so they chose a relatively tactful way to deal with Zhongli.
Provide material assistance to the country.
This resulted in 50,000 people from the Chu State under Zhu Fang City. It looked like they were fighting Qingfeng, but in fact they were fighting several alliances of forces composed of the Qing clan.
Can this be beaten?
As a guest, Li Ran was not qualified to listen to such important military information, but in order to show his magnanimity and tolerance, the King of Chu kept Li Ran aside.
Li Ran didn't pay much attention at first. After all, attacking Zhongli State was extremely difficult. It was understandable that he was now in a dilemma.
But when he heard that "Ji's family from Lu State" was also involved, he immediately cheered up.
After all, after coming to Chu State, he had not heard from Shusun Bao for a long time. Therefore, he knew nothing about the domestic affairs of Lu State.
Now, Ji Sun Yiru would actually get involved between the Chu State and Zhongli again, so of course he immediately became more vigilant.
In line with the principle that the enemy of his enemy is his friend, Li Ran's mind started to spin rapidly again.
However, this military matter was not something he could just think of and come up with.
Now that Sun Wu was not around, he naturally couldn't come up with any better solution for a while.
When the King of Chu heard that the Ji family of the Lu state and the Hua family of the Song state were secretly helping Qingfeng behind his back, he immediately cursed them regardless of their image, and even the king who brought them got a bad taste.
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People with temperament will inevitably lose control of their emotions.
It's just that scoldings and quarrels come and go. The war on the front line is tense, and it's obviously not enough to just rely on words.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! King Chu knew that this matter could not be delayed any longer, so he immediately turned his attention to Li Ran.
"Sir, what do you think should happen now?"
When Li Ran heard this, he thought to himself: I am not Doraemon, I can always lend you a helping hand?
"Back to your Majesty, Zhu Fang City is easy to defend but difficult to attack. The Chu army rushed thousands of miles to attack. It is difficult to supply. Coupled with the intervention of foreign forces, this battle is likely to be a disaster..."
"I...I can't think of a better way at the moment."
As Li Ran spoke, he just sighed, shook his head and spread his hands, saying that he was powerless.
When the King of Chu heard this, he immediately let out a sigh of disappointment.
"Your Majesty, the only plan for now is to stabilize the frontline position first and then find a solution."
The opinions given by Guan Cong were quite satisfactory. The frontline soldiers must not be defeated. Both soldiers and material supplies must be in place in time. Qingfeng must not take advantage of the opportunity.
King Chu nodded upon hearing this, and immediately made arrangements again.
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After the court meeting, Li Ran returned to Xiangyuan, and at this time he happened to receive a letter from Zichan.
The letter is full of concern, and its general meaning is:
Just ask Li Ran about Chu's attack on Zhongli. Did Li Ran participate in it? If Li Ran did not participate, then let Li Ran continue to sit on the sidelines and don't get involved anymore.
However, when Li Ran finished reading the letter, he seemed a little indifferent for a moment.
Of course he knew what Zichan meant. After all, if he didn't help the Chu State, he would be helping the Wu State. If he helped the Wu State, he would be helping the Jin State. And if he was helping the Jin State, he would be fighting against the Central Plains Ji
The country of the surname has reached a reconciliation. For Li Ran, this is a good thing that can prove his innocence.
However, what Li Ran is thinking about now is something else.
That's Ji Sun Yiru, and Hua Clan from the Song Dynasty. What kind of medicine are these guys selling?
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Chapter 265_The best way to have both ends of the world
The Chu State rushed thousands of miles to attack Zhongli. There was originally a huge gap in hard power between the two sides. However, due to the infiltration of Lu State, Song State and other Qing clan forces behind Zhongli State, the Chu State army actually failed to achieve an inch of success outside Zhu Fang City. Instead, they had to
Face the danger of being counterattacked at all times.
The King of Chu asked Li Ran if he had a way to save the current situation. In fact, of course Li Ran had a way.
But he is also very conflicted.
Because he helped Chu State defeat Wu State and forced Wu King Zhufan to death, Li Ran had already put himself on the opposite side of the Central Plains countries.
Even the monarchs and ministers of many countries have directly nailed Li Ran to the pillar of shame of Zhou State with the surname Ji.
If he helps the Chu State to capture Zhongli this time, or even kills Qingfeng, wouldn't that mean he is extirpating himself from the sect?
You should know that although Qingfeng is not named Ji, he is still named Jiang after all.
If you were fighting for the Qi State as a person with the surname Ji, it would be okay to talk about it. But now you are helping Jingman to fight against Qingfeng. What is the difference between fighting him and helping the King of Chu fight against Wu?
First, he helped the Chu State fight against the country with the surname Ji, and now he helped the Chu State fight against the country with the surname Jiang. Even if Li Ran had 10,000 reasons and was full of words, he probably wouldn't be able to explain it clearly.
This is the reason why Li Ran was unwilling to offer advice to the King of Chu in the court.
But on the other hand, when he heard that the Ji family of the Lu state and the Hua family of the Song state were secretly helping Qingfeng, he had a very strong hunch: Qingfeng might be able to pry open the people behind the Ji family and the Ji family.
The key to huge interest groups!
It is not surprising that Lu and Song, as allies of Jin, supported Wu. However, the terms "Ji's family of Lu" and "Hua's family of Song" are too abrupt.
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They were just ministers from other vassal states, why would they think of helping Qingfeng?
What's more, a person who escaped from Qi State was already notorious in Qi State. Why would outsiders like them risk the disapproval of the world and help him?
Since the Ji family of the Lu state and the Hua family of the Song state have to help each other to win the title at this time, there is only one possibility. The three families were originally in the same group, or in other words, they belonged to the same interest group!
When Li Ran was in Zhengyi, when dealing with Shu Niu and Feng Duan, he had guessed that there must be another wave of people hiding behind the Ji family of Lu and Shu Niu. And among this wave of people, there must be Qi.
Chinese.
Let's think about it again: Qing Feng originally ran away from Qi State.
Is this a coincidence?
Therefore, if he could take this opportunity to capture Qing Feng, he would very likely be able to extract some extremely important information from Qing Feng's mouth.
And this is what Li Ran is conflicted about now.
On the one hand, he was always thinking about what Qin Guoyihe said to him that the "interest group" represented by Shu Niu might become his biggest enemy.
Now that he has the opportunity to capture his allies alive, the temptation is not small for Li Ran. Therefore, there is no reason why Li Ran should not contribute.
But on the other hand, his relationship with the Central Plains countries has become very bad at this moment. Once he helps the Chu Kingdom to conquer the Jiang surname, he will be annihilating himself from Ji Zhou. Then, in the future, there will be no one else except Chu.
's shelter.
Even though he has always been full of wisdom and tricks, he can't help but feel a headache and upset about this at this moment.
This is like a monk falling in love - "In this world, I have both peace and prosperity, and I will live up to the Tathagata and I will not live up to you." Now this dilemma puts Li Ran in a dilemma.
Li Ran also shook his head helplessly, stood up and walked to the window. Outside the window was the cold winter howling in the north wind. The world was in a state of solemnity. There were no birds or blue clouds. Only a gray world continued to extend until his field of vision.
The end.
After entering Chu, Li Ran seemed to have returned to the same situation as when he was in Qufu, always being led by the nose.
This is how he was forced to accept the commission of the King of Chu, this is how he was forced to help Chu and Wu in the battle of Qunshu, and this is how he offered advice and planned the battle of Chaoyi.
In the end, I contacted the county magistrate of Ye County, but I was forced to have no choice but to refuse.
Things in the world are impermanent, turning around and over again, and in the end it seems to be back to where it was at the beginning.
This made Li Ran quite sentimental for a while.
He thought he had the ability to control everything about himself, but in the end he discovered that he could not even accurately control his own thoughts and had to follow the wheel of history.
Crying, making trouble, or hanging, it seems that nothing can change the original appearance of this world. His arrival does not seem to add any different brilliance to this world.
"Ah...why?"
Li Ran couldn't understand it for a moment.
He has obviously done enough, but why is the world still like this? Not even a ripple is caused by what he has done?
Could it be that everything he did was still so insignificant?
Or is it that his original intention was wrong from the beginning?
At this moment, he no longer wanted to be led by someone's nose like a puppet on strings, but he was powerless to change this situation at this moment.
Self-doubt will only make him more discouraged and completely lose the confidence to "fight for the crossing".
You must know that his original aspirations were completely different from those of everyone in this era. What he was "fighting to cross" was not just one river, not one day and one night, but for the future.
But if everything he does is meaningless, then what is the meaning of his existence...
Just as Li Ran was engaged in a complicated and dangerous ideological struggle alone, Chu Dang's very rough voice suddenly sounded in the Xiangyuan.
"I'm just a little stronger. It's just a broken well. What are you yelling about?"
"Get out of my way!"
Chu Dang has had nothing to do these days, mainly because he doesn't have any fights. A guy like him who feels uncomfortable if he doesn't fight all day always likes to find something to do for himself.
But he looked tall and thick, as if he didn't have any serious intentions, but he knew what kind of place this place was in his heart. Coupled with Li Ran's daily restraint on him, his behavior was much restrained.
It was the first time that he was yelling like this today.
Li Ranzheng didn't know how to make a decision, and he was so disturbed by Chu Dang. He suddenly became very angry, frowned for a moment, opened the door and walked out.
I saw that in the garden, a well in the corner was torn apart and collapsed to the ground.
Chu Dang was holding a pair of buckets in his hands and was surrounded by several guards. The situation was clear at a glance.
The guard asked Chu Dang to "please admit his guilt", but Chu Dang shouted that it was just a well and could be repaired.
When Li Ran saw this scene, he stopped immediately and felt angry and funny for a moment.
What's funny is that in this era, there was actually a crime of damaging public property, and the public property was just a well.
What's annoying is that it's just a well. As Chu Dang said, the wellhead has collapsed. It's just a matter of repairing it. How big a deal is it?
"This well was dug for people's use. How can it be said that it's not bad? I just broke the mouth of the well because I was a little stronger. I just repaired it! How come there are so many gossips?"
"If you ask me, you Chu people are a bit stingy..."
Chu Dang is still self-aware, knowing that he made a mistake first, and he does not dare to be too presumptuous with his words. He just looks like a wronged child, and his mumbling appearance makes him more cute.