I will not be king in the Spring and Autumn Period

Chapter 234 Chapter 264 Chapter 265 Is Ji Shi to spoil the situation again?

The attack on Zhufang City failed, and the king of Chu couldn't help being furious.

However, under Wu Ju's persuasion, the king of Chu immediately understood that it was obviously useless to get angry at this time, and the most important thing at the moment was how to capture Zhufang City.

At this time, Guan Cong also entered the hall to report, and saw him rushing forward with his head in his arms, and then fell down on the ground with a thump:
"Meet the King"

"Free Gift"

"Thank you king!"

"Qing came here, what is there to report?"

"Yes! I learned that Wu Guo has also been making frequent moves in the past few days, sending troops one after another to harass our army's luggage."

Chu State's attack on Zhongli was intended to cut off the communication between Wu State and the Central Plains countries, and thus completely cut off the Central Plains countries' support for Wu State.

So, Wu Guo can just watch you Chu do this?

After Zhufan died, his younger brother Yu Ji came to the throne, the second son of Wu Wang Shoumeng.

What needs to be explained here is that Wu Wang Shoumeng has four sons in total, and his favorite is the youngest son Jizha, so he always wanted to pass the throne to Jizha.

But what about Ji Zha?

To put it in a very upright sentence: He is a noble person, a pure person, a moral person, and a person who has escaped vulgar interests.

The most obsessed monarch in the world is like dung in his eyes, and he doesn't even want to take a second look at it.

Therefore, before his death, his father wanted to pass on to him, but he excused himself.

And the former king Zhu Fanben had already said that if he died, it would be said that he would be in Ji Zha, but Ji Zha still made excuses to accept it.

Now Yu Ji, who has just ascended the throne, and Yi Mei, who ascended the throne more than ten years later, both wanted to pass on to him one after another, but he never accepted it.

He even asked for a slap in the ass, and went to hermitage!

There are countless dramas in the history of China where brothers fight against each other and fight for power, but it is indeed extremely rare for someone like Ji Zha to surrender the throne several times.

After Zhu Fan, the reason why Yu Ji was passed on was because he wanted Yu Ji to continue to pass on the throne until it was passed on to Jizha.

It is also worth mentioning here, if you think Ji Zha's actions are completely groundless?
Not really.

Because Wu people consider themselves the founding father of the country, Wu Taibo (also known as Taibo), it is said that he ran from Shaanxi to Wuyue in one breath in order to humbly let the king lie in his younger brother Ji Li (that is, the father of Zhou Wenwang Jichang).

Therefore, this can be regarded as a kind of family inheritance virtue.

Ok, let's get down to business.

Now that Yu Ji is enthroned as the King of Wu, when he heard that Chu State dared to attack the main city of Zhongli, he did not take him seriously as the newly enthroned King of Wu at all!Who can bear this?

Therefore, when Zhufan died in battle and domestic morale was extremely low, Yu Ji chose the method of roundabout warfare to support the defenders of Zhufang City.

Hey, I, Wu Guo, are not stupid. Your Chu country is powerful now, right?Let's go fight!Anyway, I just followed you and poked you from time to time, asking if you were afraid? !

When the enemy advances, we retreat, and when the enemy retreats, we advance. Use the false and the real to delay the enemy.

From this, it is not difficult to see that Wu Wang Yu Ji is indeed different from his elder brother.He can be regarded as a smart man, he did not reinforce Zhu Fangcheng immediately, but supported Zhu Fangcheng in the cheapest and deadliest way.

When the King of Chu heard that Wu Guo actually made things difficult for him at this moment, he suddenly became angry again, and was about to fly into a rage again, but who knew that Guan Cong hadn't finished speaking.

"In addition, I have obtained reliable information in the past few days. Since our army attacked Zhufang City, several foreign clans, including the Ji family of Lu State and the Hua family of Song State, have been secretly passing through Xu State. Give Zhongli front-line aid with ordnance and supplies."

"So, my Chu State's division is actually fighting against the Three Kingdoms with a mere 5 people, which is really difficult to reach the sky."

As I said before, it was precisely because of the springboard of Zhong Liguo that Wu Guo was able to communicate with the countries of the Central Plains, obtain a large amount of material support from it, and develop and strengthen its own power.

So, now that Chu State is going to attack Zhongli State, of course the Central Plains countries will 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 and Song naturally dare not send troops to directly confront Chu.

So he chose this relatively tactful way to provide material assistance to Zhong Liguo.

As a result, 5 people from the state of Chu were under the city of Zhufang. It seemed that they were fighting Qingfeng, but in fact they were fighting an alliance of forces composed of several Qing clans from other countries.

Therefore, it is not surprising that [-] Chu troops will be defeated in Zhongli.

As a guest minister, Li Ran was not qualified to listen to such important military matters, but the King of Chu always took Li Ran aside in order to show his generosity and tolerance.

And Li Ran didn't pay much attention at first, after all, the matter of attacking Zhong Liguo was extremely difficult, and it was reasonable to be in a dilemma now.

But when he heard that "Ji Clan of the State of Lu" was involved in it, he immediately cheered up.

After all, he hadn't heard from Shusun Bao for a long time after he came to Chu.Therefore, it can be said that he knows nothing about the domestic affairs of Lu State.

Now, Ji Sun Yiru would actually get involved between Chu State and Zhongli again, so he naturally raised his vigilance all of a sudden.

Based on the principle that an enemy's enemy is a friend, Li Ran's mind turned rapidly again.

However, this matter of military strategists is not something that he can come up with just by thinking about it.

Now that Sun Wu was not around, he naturally couldn't come up with any better solutions for a while.

But when the King of Chu heard about the Ji family of Lu State and the Hua family of Song State helping Qing Feng secretly, he immediately yelled at him regardless of his image, and even the monarch who brought them gave him a bad meal. .

Temperamental people will inevitably lose control of their emotions.

It's just that cursing is cursing, and making trouble is making trouble. The frontline battle is tight, and it is obviously not enough to rely on the mouth alone.

King Chu knew that this matter could not be delayed any longer, so he immediately turned his attention to Li Ran.

"What do you think sir should do now?"

When Li Ran heard it, he thought to himself: I am not Doraemon, can I give you a round (helping) hand every time?
"Back to Your Majesty, Zhufang City is easy to defend and difficult to attack. The Chu army is rushing thousands of miles away, and supplies are difficult. Coupled with the intervention of foreign forces, this battle may be more or less ominous..."

"I...can't think of a better way for a moment."

While talking, Li Ran only sighed, shook his head and folded his hands, expressing that he was powerless.

When the King of Chu heard the sound, he immediately let out a slightly disappointed sigh.

"My lord, for the current plan, we can only stabilize the front line first, and then find a solution."

The opinions given by Guan Cong are quite satisfactory, the frontline soldiers cannot be defeated, and the supplies of both soldiers and supplies must be in place in time, and Qing Feng must not be given an opportunity.

The King of Chu nodded upon hearing the sound, and immediately made arrangements.

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After the court meeting ended, Li Ran returned to the Fragrant Garden, and at this time he just received a letter from Zichan.

The letter Zhong Zichan is full of concern, and its general meaning is:
He just asked Li Ran about Chu State's attack on Zhongli, did Li Ran participate in it?If Li Ran didn't participate, then let Li Ran continue to watch from the sidelines, and don't get involved in it again.

However, when Li Ran finished reading the letter, he seemed a little indifferent for a while.

Of course he knew what Zichan meant. After all, if he didn't help Chu, he was helping Wu, and if he helped Wu, he was helping Jin.And helping the state of Jin is equivalent to reaching a settlement with the state of Ji in the Central Plains.For Li Ran, this is also a good thing to prove his innocence.

However, what Li Ran thinks in his mind now is another matter.

That is Ji Sun Yiru, and Hua Shi from the Song Kingdom, what kind of medicine are these guys selling in the gourd?
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Chapter 265

The state of Chu rushed thousands of miles to attack Zhongli. Originally, the two sides were quite different in hard power, but because of the infiltration of Qing clan forces such as the state of Lu and the state of Song behind Zhongli state, the army of the state of Chu did not achieve an inch of success outside Zhufang City. Facing the danger of being counter-killed at any time.

The King of Chu asked Li Ran if there was any way to save the current situation.In fact, Li Ran certainly has a way.

But he is also conflicted.

Before, because he assisted the state of Chu to defeat the state of Wu and forced the king of Wu Zhufan to death, Li Ran had 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 shame column of Ji Zhou Bang.

If he helped Chu State win Zhongli again this time, or even killed Qing Feng, wouldn't it be more self-destructive in this sect?

You must know that although Qing Feng is not Ji, he is also Jiang at any rate.

If you are seeking rebellion for the Qi State as a person with the surname Ji, it is still easy to talk about it.But now you are helping Jingman fight Qingfeng, what is the difference between you beating him and helping King Chu fight Wu country?
First he helped Chu State fight against the country surnamed Ji, and now he helped Chu State fight against the country surnamed Jiang. Even if Li Ran had 1 reasons and was full of mouths, I'm afraid he couldn't explain clearly.

This is why Li Ran was unwilling to offer advice to the King of Chu above the court.

But on the other hand, when he heard that the Ji family of Lu State and the Hua family of Song State were secretly helping Qing Feng, he had a very strong premonition: this Qing Feng might be to pry open the secret behind the Ji family and the Ji family. The key to the huge interest group!
It is not surprising that Lu and Song, as Jin's allies, funded Wu.However, the words "Ji family of Lu State" and "Fahrenheit of Song State" are too abrupt.

They are all just high officials from other vassal states, why would they think of helping Qing Feng?

What's more, a person who fled from Qi State, and a person who is already notorious in Qi State, why do these outsiders risk the world's bad opinion and help him?

Since the Ji family of Lu State and the Hua family of Song State both want to help each other to celebrate Feng at this time, then there is only one possibility, the three of them originally belonged to the same group, or in other words, they belonged to the same interest group!
And when Li Ran was in Zhengyi, when he was dealing with Shu Niu and Feng Duan, he guessed that there must be another wave of people hidden behind Lu Guoji's family and Shu Niu.And among this wave of people, there must be Qi people.

Think again that Shangqing Fengben fled from Qi State.

Is this a coincidence?

Therefore, if he can take this opportunity to capture Qing Feng this time, then he is very likely to extract some extremely important information from Qing Feng's mouth.

And this is what Li Ran is conflicted with now.

On the one hand, he has always been thinking about the "interest group" represented by Shu Niu that Qin Guoyi and he told him back then might become his great enemy.

Now that he has the opportunity to capture his ally alive, this temptation is not insignificant to Li Ran, so Li Ran really has no reason not to do his part.

But on the other hand, his relationship with the countries in the Central Plains has become very bad at this moment. Once he helps Chu to fight against the Jiang surname, he will kill himself by Ji Zhou. Then, in the future, there will be no one but Chu. shelter.

Rao has always been wise and scheming, and he can't help but feel a headache and annoyed at this moment.

This is like a monk falling in love-"the world is safe and secure, and you will not fail the Tathagata and your Qing".Now the two dilemmas make Li Ran in a dilemma.

Li Ran also shook his head helplessly, got up and walked to the window. Outside the window was the cold winter with howling north wind. the end.

After entering Chu, Li Ran seemed to have returned to the situation in Qufu, where he was always being led by the nose.

If you are forced to accept the commission of the king of Chu, if you are forced to help Chu and Wu in the battle of Qunshu, if you contribute to plan the battle of Chaoyi.

In the end, he was forced to connect with the county magistrate of Shouye County, which was impossible to refuse.

The world is impermanent, and it turns around a thousand times, and finally it seems to return to the place where it started.

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 realized that he couldn't even control his own thoughts precisely, and had to follow the wheel of history.

Crying, making trouble, or hanging himself, it seems that none of them can change the original appearance of this world, and his arrival does not seem to add any different brilliance to this world.

"Ah...why?"

Li Ran couldn't figure it out for a moment.

Obviously he has done enough, but why is the world still like this?Not even the slightest ripple at what he did?

Could it be that everything he did was still so insignificant?
Or was his original intention wrong from the beginning?

At this moment, he no longer wants to be led by the nose like a marionette, but he is powerless to change this situation at this moment.

Self-doubt will only make him more discouraged, thus completely losing his confidence in "struggling for crossing".

You must know that he was originally completely different from the aspirations made by everyone in this era.What he "competes to cross" is not one river or one river, not overnight, but for generations to come.

But if everything he does is meaningless, then what is the meaning of his existence...

While Li Ran was engaged in complicated and dangerous ideological struggles alone, Chu Dang's very rough voice suddenly sounded in Xiangyuan.

"I just got stronger, it's just a broken well, what are you shouting about?"

"Get out of the way!"

Chu Dang has nothing to do these days, mainly because he doesn't fight much. A master like him who suffers from not fighting all day always likes to find something to do for himself.

But he seems to be a big-hearted and careless person, but he also knows in his heart where this place is.Coupled with Li Ran's usual constraints on him, his behavior has become much restrained.

He yelled like today, but it was the first time.

Li Ran didn't know how to make a choice, and being disturbed by Chu Dang, he suddenly became angry, frowned instantly, pushed open the door and walked out.

In the garden, a water well in the corner was torn apart and collapsed to the ground.

While Chu Dang was carrying a pair of buckets in his hands, surrounded by several guards, the situation was clear at a glance.

The guards wanted Chu Dang to "confess", but Chu Dang yelled that it was just a well, and that it had to be repaired.

Seeing this scene, Li Ran stopped in his tracks immediately, feeling annoyed and funny at the same time.

The funny thing is that in this era, there are still charges of damaging public property, and this public property is just a well.

What makes me angry is that it's just a well. As Chu Dang said, the mouth of the well collapsed, and it needs to be repaired. What's the big deal?
"This well was dug for people's use, so there's no reason why it won't be broken? I just got stronger and broke the mouth of the well. I just need to fix it! Why are there so many gossips?"

"Let me tell you, you Chu people are too stingy..."

Chu Dang still has self-knowledge, he knows that he made mistakes first, and he doesn't dare to be too presumptuous, just like a wronged child, the way he mutters makes him a little cute.

(End of this chapter)