I Won’t Be the King in the Spring and Autumn Period Chapter 338 Lai Guo voted directly
Although Qing Feng bit back Chu King Xiong Wei before he died. However, this was just a small episode after all. In this era where people mainly rely on their fists to speak, this level of backlash would be like a towering blow to the King of Chu at best.
It's like a knife has been cut on the big tree. Although it can be seen and touched, it cannot shake its foundation after all.
Now that Zhongli's realm has been conquered, and Chu State has now completely cut off the contact between Wu State and the other countries in the Central Plains, the confrontation between these two feuds is about to break out.
However, the King of Chu was not in a hurry for success, but once again allied with nearby princes, and directly launched a war of annihilation against Lai State.
Let's talk about this Lai country. It was originally a country with the surname Ji. Although it was just a viscount, the surname was there, so no one could shake its status.
Because of this, Lai Guo relies on his status as a country with the surname Ji and its remote location, so he can turn a blind eye to the behemoth Chu State. He often does not listen to Chu State, and even directly confronts Chu State.
Everyone in the Chu State has actually been dissatisfied with Lai Guo for a long time. After finally coming out this time, it is definitely not possible to attack the Wu State rashly. But it is necessary to pick up a soft persimmon and squeeze it to boost morale. By the way, the King of Chu
To increase your popularity, Lai Guozi is a good choice.
In addition, Lai State is located in the northeast of Chu State, which is the first important place for the northern countries to go south to reinforce Wu State. Now that Chu State is going to attack Wu State, in order to better guard against the different directions of the northern countries,
This Lai country must also be captured.
So, outside Zhufang City, the King of Chu killed Qingfeng and pledged himself as his master. He immediately raised an army of 100,000 and rushed towards Laiguo.
As for Lai Guo, whose palm is bigger, he has been relying on his identity as Ji to survive until now. Now when he suddenly heard that the King of Chu personally led an army of 100,000 to attack, King Lai Guo was frightened and cursed Chu.
Wang, the old man, ordered people to find ways to deal with it quickly.
But the officials under Lai Zi had never known how to be prepared for danger in times of peace. So, if they were asked to think of a way to deal with Chu's 100,000 troops in a short period of time, what could they do?
Cry!
One by one, they cried directly to the monarch on the spot!
When Lai Zi saw the situation, he realized that it was better to rely on others than to rely on oneself, so he immediately ordered others to tie him up directly.
Yes, he really relies on himself.
He chose to vote directly, and his vote was not sloppy at all.
Faced with the two choices of ruining his country and his family or losing his life, Laizi directly chose the first one.
In the capital of Lai State, the King of Chu personally led a hundred thousand elite soldiers and generals to form an array here.
The city wall less than three feet high, the dilapidated urn city and the shabby defense all show that Lai State's national power is weak. It does not look like a vassal state at all. If it were placed in the Chu State, it would probably not even have a county.
It doesn't even count.
Laizi ordered his hands to be tied behind his back, and he held a jade in his mouth. He also ordered the guards to bare their chests and backs, and walked out of the city carrying the coffin behind them.
But this was the first time King Chu had seen such a surrender method.
When I first saw Laizi like this, I couldn't help laughing, and thought to myself:
Are people so aware nowadays?
It’s no wonder that the King of Chu had little knowledge. After all, he had never participated in the process of large-scale annihilation of the Chu State before, let alone seen any method of surrender.
And in the several battles since he took the throne, the other party has never surrendered directly. So, how could he have seen such a "sincere" way of surrender?
When Lai Zi was tied behind his back and came to the center of the Chu army, the King of Chu immediately turned his attention to Wu Ju beside him and asked what to do now.
This was probably the first time King Chu had seen others surrender, but he didn't know what to do for a while.
But what surprised him even more was that Wu Ju didn't know what to do...
The main reason is that the speed at which the opponent surrendered was so fast that they didn't even have time to prepare!
This is just like when you are in the jungle in LOL and the Four Hegemons start the game. When you are about to catch people online, the opponent directly shoots in three minutes. What can you do?
Wu Ju also never expected that this laizi would be so direct and cast without even thinking. The speed was simply staggering.
When the King of Chu saw Wu Ju, he didn't know what to do. He suddenly felt bad. He couldn't help but cursed in his heart: What use do you need?!
So, he could only turn his head and look at Li Ran.
During this period, because Li Ran persuaded him to save Qingfeng's life, but he insisted on cutting off Qingfeng's head to sacrifice the flag, the relationship between the two became tense for a while.
The reason why the King of Chu did not ask Li Ran for his opinion immediately was precisely because of this.
But now he had no idea at all, and he didn't want to lose his dignity in this matter and make himself laugh. So he had no choice but to ask the knowledgeable Li Ran.
When Li Ran faced the King of Chu's inquiry, he seemed very generous and explained to him regardless of past suspicions:
"When your ancestor King Cheng conquered Xu State, Duke Xu Xi did the same thing. King Cheng of Chu personally untied Duke Xu Xi from his bonds, accepted his jade bi, burned his coffin, and did no harm to the people of Xu State.
, to show sincerity in accepting the surrender.”
Li Ran emphasized one point - "King Cheng did nothing wrong to the people of Xu State back then."
He actually didn't know whether King Chu would accept this advice, but he still spoke out as always.
He could not stop Chu from attacking Lai. This was the only thing he could do for the people of Lai.
After finishing his words, Lai Zi cast a very grateful look at Li Ran.
Did Lai Zi, whose surname is Ji, surrender voluntarily just to save his life?
Obviously not.
In addition to being greedy for life and fearing death, his surrender can actually be regarded as for the sake of Lai Guo's people.
The Chu State's army was overwhelming, and struggling in vain would only bring disaster to Lai State's people. Lai Zi naturally knew this, so he didn't have other ideas like Qing Feng, he just used
The simplest and most direct way brought this war to an abrupt end before it even started.
Of course, if he does this, he will inevitably be scolded by the princes of the world and even the people of Zhou.
But these are no longer important to him.
At this moment, he only hoped that the King of Chu would accept Li Ran's advice, comfort himself and the people of Lai State, and not treat him harshly.
When the King of Chu heard this, he couldn't help but touch his beard. Seeing that Li Ran was able to explain the explanation for him regardless of previous suspicions, he immediately chose to accept it happily.
On the one hand, what Li Ran said makes sense. Since this is what his ancestors did, there is no reason for him to slap his ancestors in the face.
On the other hand, by accepting Li Ran's advice, he could also ease the rift with Li Ran, allowing Li Ran to continue to be used by the Chu State.
So he personally stepped forward, untied Laizi's bonds, and accepted the jade he held in his mouth. He also ordered people to burn the coffin that Lai Zi brought. He even took Lai Zi's hand and asked him to stand on the central platform.
A high platform for the army to show its military posture.
small book booth
The next thing was very simple. After taking over the household registration and geographical records of Lai State, the King of Chu was indeed very trustworthy and did not do anything to the people of Lai State. Instead, he ordered people to go around to comfort them.
So the whole receiving process seemed extremely smooth.
And this was also the first time that the King of Chu made a real contribution, and he destroyed a country without spending a single soldier.