Is this person Ji Run, King Su of the Wei State, who defeated the army of 160,000 soldiers of Yangcheng Lord Xiong Tuo?
In the Zichen Palace, a Chu man named Gong Yangyu looked at the domineering Zhao Hongrun with great interest.
Perhaps in the eyes of outsiders, he was just an accompanying envoy. Few people knew that this middle-aged Confucian scholar with a thin face and sunken eyes was the most relied-upon think tank and counselor around Guling Lord Xiong Wu.
Not many people know that the reason why Guling Lord Xiong Wu was able to defeat Song Dynasty's surrendered general Nangong in Song Dynasty was not with the so-called elite 100,000 Guling Army, but with the help of these troops. The power of a wise man.
And this time Gong Yangyu pretended to be an ordinary entourage, accompanying Yangcheng Lord Xiong Tuo, Guling Lord Xiong Wu and scholar-official Huang Er to Daliang, the capital of Wei, to see with his own eyes the man who defeated Yangcheng Lord Xiong. King Su of the Wei State who expanded an army of 160,000.
Thinking back on this incident, Gongyang Yu still felt a little incredible.
You must know that in August and September of last year, the progress of the Guling Lord Xiong Wu he served in the Song Dynasty was not as good as the achievements of the Yangcheng Lord Xiong Tuo in Yingshui County.
At that time, Yangcheng Lord Xiong Tuo was holding his breath and wanted to leave Guling Lord Xiong Wu far behind in terms of victory. In fact, Xiong Wu also had the same idea.
But who would have thought that Xiong Tuo, the king of Yangcheng who was gaining momentum at that time, would be defeated one after another by the Su King of Wei. Not only were the previous results ruined, but his own fiefdom was also captured by the opponent. .
At that time, Xiong Wu, the Lord of Guling, laughed loudly after hearing about this incident, looking like he was gloating about the misfortune, but Gongyang Yu felt that something was not good about the situation.
Sure enough, the subsequent evolution of the situation gradually changed in a direction that was unfavorable to Xiong Wu, Lord of Guling. First, King Lu Xi of Qi had a negative impact on Wei's military strength due to several great victories by King Su of Wei Ji Run against Lord Xiong Tuo of Yangcheng of Chu. He was somewhat interested, and then with the help of King Ji Zhao of Wei Guorui, he put on a posture of attacking Chu State with Wei State on the east and west sides, and built a city in Pi County.
Just as Gong Yangyu had worried before, the intervention of King Xi of Qi made the Xiong nobles in Eastern Chu headed by King Xiong Xu panic. After all, the coalition forces of Qi, Lu, and Song had always been the main concern of their Chu country. A nightmare that never goes away.
Now, although the Song State has been destroyed, if the Wei State, which is stronger than the Song State, replaces the Song State in the Qi, Lu, Song, Song, Three Kingdoms Alliance, and reaches the Qi, Lu, Wei Three Kingdoms Alliance, then this power will be enough to make the entire The state of Chu was in turmoil.
What's more, the elite royal army controlled by the Xiong clan nobles in the east of Chu is still suppressing the rebellion in Wuyue and other places. If Qi, Lu, and Wei join forces to attack Chu at this time, it will be a disaster for the Chu country, and there is a danger of overthrow. National danger.
Gong Yangyu guessed at that time that it was impossible for Chu State to continue its war, because if it continued, not only would Western Chu be invaded by Ji Run, the Su King of Wei, but Eastern Chu would also be invaded by Qi and Lu. With the attack of the Allied Forces, when the rebels from Wu Yue and other places launch another round of force, the Chu State will be attacked from three sides. If one of them fails, half of the territory will be lost.
Sure enough, King Xiong Xu of Chu sent Huang Er, a descendant of the Ji Lian family and a representative of the Huang family, as an envoy.
At that time, Gongyang Yu suggested that Xiong Wu, Lord Guling, should not bother to conquer the Song Dynasty anymore, because it was no longer necessary. The intervention of King Xi of Qi had already extinguished the Xiong clan in the east of Chu, headed by King Xiong Xu of Chu. The nobles have the courage to continue this war and their confidence in winning the final victory in this war.
However, Gulingjun Xiong Wu did not listen to the persuasion and did not adopt Gongyang Yu's suggestion.
Facts have proved that Gongyang Yu’s judgment was correct.
As he expected, Huang Er went directly to Zhengyang, which had been conquered by the Wei army at that time, and asked to see Ji Run, King Su of Wei State, who was planning to conquer the last three cities of Yangcheng Lord Xiong Tuo, and reached an agreement with him to stop the war between the two armies. With the agreement and the payment of a large amount of money and materials, King Su of Wei State led his army to evacuate the fiefdom of Xiong Tuo, Lord of Yangcheng.
Gong Yangyu had to lament that sometimes things are so ironic: Xiong Tuo, the king of Yangcheng, was defeated miserably at the hands of Ji Run, King Su of Wei, but because of the latter, the Chu court had to send scholar-official Huang Er to negotiate peace with him. This made Xiong Tuo, Lord of Yangcheng, had the right to negotiate with the Wei army, but Xiong Wu, Lord of Guling, who had won consecutive victories in the Song Dynasty, became the biggest loser in this battle. His hard work was in vain, but there was no gain at all.
Not to mention that Gulingjun Xiong Wu couldn't accept this ending, even Gongyang Yu was a little unwilling to accept it.
Therefore, when Lord Xiong Wu of Guling was entangled with his father, King Xiong Xu, and decided to serve as the chief envoy on this mission to the capital of the King of Wei, Gongyang Yu did not stop him, and even pretended to be an envoy. I went with the delegation and wanted to use my own eyes to see with my own eyes the current situation in the Kingdom of Wei and to see Ji Run, King Su of the Kingdom of Wei, who was able to turn the tide.
Not to mention, when he first saw Prince Su Ji Run, Gong Yangyu felt that this son was unusual, because no one would ever ask the guards around him to draw their swords to attack the chief envoy of another country at a banquet to welcome guests. Not to mention that this chief envoy is also a prince of a country.
The reason was simply that the chief envoy, under the pressure of his words, became angry and lost his temper and spoke nonsense about declaring war on Wei.
Ah, it’s just that no one will take their nonsense seriously or say anything in anger.
But this Prince Su, Ji Run, seemed to take it seriously and directly asked the guards around him to draw their swords.
Was that really just a joke?
Gongyang Yu doesn’t think so.
In his opinion, Ji Run, the Su King of Wei, was clearly using this to warn them, the Chu people: This is Daliang!
In fact, Gong Yangyu couldn't help but guess that if the guard next to Guling Lord Xiong Wu did not protect his Yijun in time, and Xiong Wu was really killed by the Wei man by mistake, then this matter, What kind of situation will it end with?
Presumably he will immediately recruit King Xi of Qi to declare war on Chu, right?
Recalling Zhao Hongrun's words that the king always likes to strike first, Gongyang Yu secretly nodded and confirmed his guess: killing or not killing Guling Lord Xiong Wu are just two choices for Su Wang Jirun.
It seems that Young Master Xiong Wu must be reminded, otherwise, if he continues to provoke the Wei State, he may really be killed by Ji Run.
Thinking of this, Gong Yangyu whispered a few words to his colleagues around him, asking them to find an opportunity to remind Xiong Wu.
And when he finished his instructions, he suddenly found that Luo Yao, an aide next to the Prince of the East Palace of Wei State, was looking at him with an unreadable expression.
...Are you too calm?
Gong Yangyu, who felt vaguely as if the other party had noticed something, calmly smiled at the other party.
…
Just as Gong Yangyu guessed, Luo Yao, a staff member of the East Palace, was looking at the former with surprised eyes.
Because Luo Yao was surprised to find that while almost everyone in the palace was shocked by the domineering actions and words of King Su Zhao Hongrun, among the Chu people's envoys, there was a thin-faced Chu envoy who was observing them calmly. Zhao Hongrun, King Su of the Wei Dynasty.
That calmness didn't seem fake.
Who is that?
Luo Yao responded to Gong Yangyu's smile with a kind smile, while secretly marveling in his heart.
For some reason, the Chu man opposite made him feel an inexplicable pressure.
However, this doubt was taken into consideration by Luo Yao in a flash. After all, the most urgent task at the moment was to make peace between Wei and Chu.
Although the Wei State has reached a preliminary agreement with the Qi State, this does not mean that the Wei State is willing to go to war with the Chu State. They will fight each other to the death. Considering the interests of the Wei State, they naturally want to avoid war as much as possible.
, this is in line with the interests of the country.
The best thing is that except for the Wei Dynasty, all the other countries in the world are constantly fighting against each other.
Of course, this is just a beautiful wish, but it is not realistic.
Those who were discussing the peace between the two countries were Du You, the Minister of Rites, and Huang Er, the deputy envoy of the Chu envoy. In the entire Zichen Hall, it seemed that these two were the only ones talking, and the others were just listening quietly.
Even Xiong Wu, the Lord of Guling who had just provoked the Wei Dynasty, or Zhao Hongrun, the King of Su who had frightened the Chu people across the way with his domineering attitude, were all sitting quietly in their respective seats at this time, listening to Du You and Huang Er's speech.
debate.
Logically speaking, such a major matter concerning the diplomacy between the two countries should not be discussed at such a welcome banquet, but should be discussed in a more formal setting, at the negotiating table.
But it seems that those Chu people don't care about such trivial matters. It's no wonder that the current situation is very unfavorable to Chu State. If they cannot convince Wei State, then Wei State will naturally move closer to King Xi of Qi.
Precisely because he was aware of this matter, Du You, the Minister of Rites, was full of confidence. He talked and laughed and argued with Huang Xu, arguing whether it was more in line with Wei's vital interests to turn to Qi or Chu.
What Huang Xu did was to continuously discredit King Xi of Qi and directly described him as a moody king.
But to be honest, Huang Er's words are actually true. After all, King Xi of Qi is really a moody and unpredictable king.
According to rumors from all over the world, King Xi of Qi only did things based on his personal preferences. Anyone who liked him, even if he was just a groom, might be able to become the prime minister the next day. On the other hand, if King Xi of Qi didn't like you, even if you were
The high-ranking ministers in the palace may tell you to get out the next day, or even pack up and leave Qi State.
All in all, he was a king who you couldn't figure out what he was thinking.
It is precisely because of this that King Xi of Qi is not supported in the aristocratic circle of Qi State. However, the nobles of Qi State are very afraid of the royal family, especially the current King of Qi Lu Xi, so they dare not raise any objections.
That’s all.
After all, he is a "tyrant" who will immediately make you lose everything once you offend him. The saying that accompanying a king is like accompanying a tiger actually refers to this kind of king.
Naturally, Du You, the Minister of Rites, would not change his position just based on Huang Er's words. After all, in the eyes of the Wei people, the Qi people who had never met each other were naturally much better than the Chu people who repeatedly attacked their Wei Dynasty.
Until Huang Er said something that shocked all the Wei people in the palace.
"What if Lu Xi is no longer here one day?" (To be continued.)