I will not be king in the Spring and Autumn Period

Chapter 290 Lai Guo voted directly
Although Qing Feng took a bite of Chu King Xiongwei before he died.However, this is only a small episode after all. In this era where fists are the main thing to speak, to King Chu, this level of backlash is at most like a knife cut on a towering tree, although it can be seen and touched. However, it cannot shake its foundation after all.

Now that the state of Zhongli has been subdued, and Chu State has completely cut off the connection between Wu State and the Central Plains countries, the confrontation between these two feuds is about to break out.

However, the King of Chu was not in a hurry to seek success, but once again allied with the nearby princes, and directly launched the war of destroying the country against Lai.

As for the country of Lai, it was originally a country with the surname of Ji. Although it was only a Viscount, his surname was there, so no one would shake his status.

It is also because of this that Lai Guo relies on his identity as a country with the surname Ji and is located in a remote place, 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.

The people of the state of Chu, in fact, have always disliked the state of Lai for a long time. This time, they finally came out, and attacking the state of Wu rashly is definitely not enough.But if you want to pick a soft persimmon and squeeze it to improve morale, and by the way, the King of Chu can increase his popularity, Lai Guozi is a good choice.

In addition, Lai State is located in the northeast of Chu State, and it is the first place where the northern states go south to reinforce Wu State. Now that Chu State is going to attack Wu State, in order to better prevent the northern states from going against each other, This Lai country must also be won.

So, outside Zhufang City, the King of Chu killed Qingfeng and swore to be his teacher.And immediately raised a hundred thousand troops and rushed towards Lai Guo.

As for Lai Guo's slap, he has been able to survive so far by relying on his surname Ji.Now that he suddenly heard that King Chu led an army of [-] to attack, King Lai was scared to pee. While yelling at the sixth son, King Chu, he ordered people to find a way to deal with it.

But the group of courtiers under Laizi's hands never knew how to be prepared for danger in times of peace.So, at this time, they were asked to find a way to deal with Chu's [-] troops in a short time, what could they do?

cry!

One by one, they all cried directly to the monarch on the spot!
Seeing the situation, Lai Zi knew that it was better to rely on others than himself, so he immediately ordered them to tie him up.

Yes, he really relied on himself.

He chose to vote directly, and the vote was not muddled at all.

Faced with the two choices of ruining the country and losing his life, Lai Zi directly chose the first one.

The capital of Lai State, the king of Chu personally led one hundred thousand elite soldiers and good generals to line up here.

The city walls less than three feet high, dilapidated urns, and shabby defenses all show that Lai's national strength is weak, and it doesn't look like a vassal state at all. If it is placed in Chu, it may even be a county. None of them count.

Lai Zi ordered his hands to be tied behind his back, with a jade disc in his mouth, and ordered the guards to come out of the city with their chests and backs bare, carrying the coffin behind them.

But it was the first time the King of Chu saw such a way of offering surrender.

Seeing Lai Zi's appearance at first sight, he couldn't help but laugh, and thought to himself:
Are people so enlightened now?
It's no wonder that the king of Chu has little knowledge. After all, he has never participated in the process of Chu's large-scale destruction of the country before, let alone seen any way of surrender.

And in the several battles since he came to the throne, there has never been a direct vote by the opponent.So, how could he have seen such a "sincere" surrender method?
When Lai Zi was tied behind his back and came to the central army of the Chu army, the King of Chu immediately turned his attention to Wu Ju who was beside him, and asked what to do now.

This is probably the first time that the king of Chu saw 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 even know what to do...

The main reason is that the speed of surrender on the other side is too fast, there is no time for them to prepare!

This is like when you are in the jungle in LOL, the four bullies start the game, and when you are about to go to the line to catch people, the opponent directly casts in 3 minutes, what can you do?

Wu Ju also never expected that Laizi would be so direct, and he voted directly without even thinking about it. This speed is simply staggering.

When the King of Chu saw that Wu Ju didn't know what to do, he felt bad all of a sudden, and couldn't help slandering: What do you want? !
So, he could only turn his head again and look at Li Ran.

During this time, because Li Ran persuaded him to keep Qingfeng alive, but he insisted on cutting off Qingfeng's head to sacrifice the flag, the relationship between the two of them became tense for a while.

The reason why the King of Chu didn't ask Li Ran for his opinion immediately was precisely because of this.

But now he has no idea at all, and he doesn't want to lose face in this matter and make himself laugh.So he had no choice but to ask the well-informed Li Ran.

But when Li Ran faced the inquiry from the King of Chu, he seemed very magnanimous, and explained to him regardless of previous suspicions:

"When your ancestor King Cheng conquered the State of Xu, Duke Xu Xi did the same. King Cheng of Chu personally released the bondage of Duke Xu Xi, accepted his jade bi, burned his coffin, and did nothing to the people of Xu State. , to show the sincerity of the surrender.”

Li Ran emphatically mentioned one point - "King Cheng did nothing wrong to the people of Xu State back then."

In fact, he didn't know whether King Chu would accept this remonstrance, but he still spoke out as always.

He couldn't stop Chu State from attacking Lai State, this was the only thing he could do for the people of Lai State.

As soon as the words fell, Lai Zi cast a grateful look at Li Ran.

Is Lai Zi, who is surnamed Ji, surrendered voluntarily just to save his life?

Obviously not.

His surrender, in addition to being greedy for life and fear of death, can actually be regarded as for the sake of the people of Lai Guo.

The soldiers of the state of Chu are unstoppable, and their futile struggle will only bring catastrophe to the people of the state of Lai.Lai Zi naturally knew this well, so he didn't have other ideas like Qing Feng did. He only used the simplest and most direct way to bring this war to an abrupt end before it even started. .

Of course, if he does this, he will definitely get the world's princes and even Zhou people to scold him severely.

But these are not important to him anymore.

At this moment, he only hoped that the King of Chu could accept Li Ran's advice, comfort himself and the people of Lai State, and not treat him harshly.

When King Chu heard this, he couldn't help stroking his beard. Seeing that Li Ran was able to explain the explanation for him without any suspicion, he immediately chose to accept it.

On the one hand, what Li Ran said was reasonable. Since his ancestors did this, he naturally had no reason to slap his ancestors in the face.

On the other hand, accepting Li Ran's advice can also ease the rift with Li Ran, so that Li Ran can continue to be used by Chu State.

So, he personally stepped forward, untied Lai Zi from the bondage, and accepted the jade bib he held in his mouth.He also ordered people to burn the coffin brought by Lai Zi.He even took Lai Zi's hand and asked him to stand on the high platform of the Chinese army to show his military posture.

The next thing was very simple. After taking over the household registration and topography 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 with good words to appease, so the whole process of receiving seemed extremely smooth.

And this is also the first time that the king of Chu has made a real contribution, and he destroyed a country without a single soldier.

(End of this chapter)