Chapter 17 5. Fu Chai's Subjugation
Wu died in the 22nd year of Duke Ai of Lu (473 BC).
The one who destroyed Wu was Goujian, king of Yue.
The king of subjugation is Wu Wang Fucha (read as dismantled).
This is the instant fall and complete demise of a hegemonic power.Since then, they will never appear on the stage of history again.In fact, the Spring and Autumn Period has ended at this time, and only the lingering sound is left.And another superpower, Jin, is about to be divided up by the three families of Zhao, Wei and Han.The death of Wu State can be said to be the autumn of the last days and the beginning of troubled times.What kind of feeling will history pass on to us?
Tragic and desolate.
Desolation enveloped Gusu City, the capital of the state of Wu.In fact, since the 20th year of Duke Ai of Lu (475 BC), the capital of Wu has been besieged by the Vietnamese army.If it is said that King Zhuang of Chu just threatened to build a house on the outskirts of the capital of Song Dynasty in the battle of besieging Song Dynasty, then King Goujian of Yue actually built a city wall when he conquered Wu.Now almost everyone knew that the state of Wu was about to perish.Zhao Wuxie, the ruler of the Jin State (that is, Zhao Xiangzi, who Yu Rang desperately wanted to assassinate in "Youth", even lowered his own diet to a level lower than that of his dead father, to express his respect for a state that is about to perish. condolences.The shirtless retainer Chu Long made a special trip to the state of Wu to convey his condolences.
Chu Long said: "The old minister of the virtuous king of our country has no mercy. I would like to send my humble companion Chu Long to come and apologize for his disrespect."Your country and ours did have a covenant before, vowing to "like and dislike the same".Now that your country is in trouble, Wuxie does not dare to shirk its responsibility, but what happened today is really beyond our country's capabilities.
Fu Chai knelt down and kowtowed and said: I am incompetent, I have not served the country of Yue well, and let the noble doctor worry about it, I am ashamed!Then he stood up and presented a gift and said: Goujian wants to make life worse than death for the widow, and the widow will die a bad life!
After finishing the diplomatic rhetoric that needs to be conveyed by the envoy, Fu Chai said a private word to Chu Long with a wry smile:
People who are about to drown must laugh, right?
This smile is terrifying.
Alas, if I knew today, why bother!
Indeed, Fu Chai would not have been defeated in the first place, and the State of Wu would not have perished, because the State of Yue was no opponent at all.That's right, in the Battle of Lili (槜reading drunk, in today's Jiaxing City, Zhejiang Province) in the fourteenth year of Lu Dinggong (496 BC), King Goujian of Yue not only defeated the Wu army, but also injured Helu to death. It can be said that the first appearance was extraordinary.But the defeated Wu people were not discouraged.Fucha, who had received Helu's battle sword, even ordered his subordinates to stand in the yard, and whenever he entered or exited, he would shout loudly: "Fucha, have you forgotten the revenge of killing your father?"
Fucha must have answered solemnly: I dare not!
At this time, Fu Chai is resolute, courageous, striving to be strong and making progress every day. How could he perish?
Arrogant and indulgent, self-willed, very rejoicing.
In fact, Fu Chai has fulfilled his promise.In the first year of Lu Ai (494 B.C.), King Fuchai of Wu defeated the Yue army at Fujiao (currently in Shaoxing City, Zhejiang Province) and approached the city of Duji, the state of Yue. King Goujian of Yue retreated with 5,000 soldiers. Kuaiji Mountain, almost didn't even have the power to parry.At this time, as long as Fu Chai makes persistent efforts, it will be Yue who will perish, not Wu.
However, Fu Chai chose to let go.He said to Wu Zixu in a blunt manner, if the Yue Kingdom is destroyed, in the future everyone will hold military exercises, who will be the audience?
This is arrogance.
The result of arrogance must be self-aggrandizement.In Fu Chai's view, the former king defeated the Chu State, and he himself defeated the Yue State. Of course, the Wu State is "I am the best in the world".If you want to dominate, you have to manage the north and make the Central Plains Zhu Xia obedient.Small Bangyue, but a cold dish on New Year's Eve, whether it is there or not.
Therefore, Fu Chai did not hesitate to go to war with military force, and went north to attack Chen, Lu, and Qi; he did not hesitate to waste people's money and money to build a city and dig ditches by the Han River, connecting the Yangtze River and the Huai River.Two years after the attack on Qi, he didn't even want to wait until the crops were ripe, so he couldn't wait to lead the three armies to the north to join the alliance with the princes in Huangchi (now Fengqiu County, Henan Province).For this reason, he opened a river between Song and Lu, connecting Yishui and Jishui.Fu Chai is full of ambition.
But what he never expected was that the mantis stalked the cicada and the oriole followed.At this time, Yue State had already completed its revival plan, and waited for Fucha to make a big mistake.
This point, in fact, has long been seen.When Fuchai and Yue made peace, Wu Zixu said that the Yue Kingdom would definitely "get together in ten years and learn lessons in ten years";It's a pity that Fu Chai didn't listen, and gave Wu Zixu a sword to die.
If you forget yourself so much and go your own way, of course there is only one dead end.Goujian, the king of Yue who had been planning for a long time, of course would not let go of the great opportunity to take advantage of it.In fact, when Fu Chai went to Huangchi arrogantly to compete with Jin Dinggong for the leadership, only the prince who guarded the country and the old, weak, sick and disabled were left in the country.So Gou Jian stabbed him hard in the back.On June 11, the Vietnamese army divided into two groups and aggressively attacked Wu.On the twenty-first day, the Yue people defeated the Wu army and captured the Wu prince.On the 22nd, they attacked Wudu.
At this time, Fu Chai was still dreaming of his dream of being the overlord.He even personally killed seven people who came to report from the country in a row, in order to prevent the information of Wu's defeat from leaking.However, at the alliance meeting on July 6th, the doctor of the state of Jin still saw the problem from his face, and insisted on refusing to make concessions.Fucha's dream of being the overlord has become a shambles.
Fu Chai, who failed to dominate, hurried back to China to negotiate peace with Vietnam.
Gou Jian let him go.Fu Chai also thought that since the Yue people had saved face, they should be satisfied.So after the meeting in Huangchi, Fu Chai put his swords and guns into the warehouse, put his horse on Nanshan, and dreamed of peace again.In Fuchai, it may be because he regrets his great achievements and wants to rest with the people; or he is disheartened and wants to enjoy his old age peacefully.But the ruler and ministers of the Yue Kingdom didn't see it that way.In their view, Fu Chai's abandonment of combat preparations is a great opportunity to destroy Wu.Wen Zhong, a doctor of the Yue State, even told Goujian that the minister knew that the time had come without divination.
Yue Wang Goujian smiled, and of course he knew it in his heart.And this time, he will never covet fame and be soft-hearted like Fu Chai, and he will definitely put Wu Guo to death.
Because Goujian is not Fucha.
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