I will not be king in the Spring and Autumn Period

Chapter 337 Chapter 390 Chapter 391
Sun Wu pulled King Chu up. At this time, King Chu was already frightened and trembling.

But hearing the shouts of killing coming from behind, Sun Wu waved his hand again, and the Chu army hidden in the darkness became bright again instantly, and rushed forward to stop Wu army.

Sun Wu dragged the King of Chu to rush to meet Wu Zi, and when Wu Zi found out that his grandfather and father were still in the enemy line, he couldn't help feeling extremely anxious, so he bowed to the King of Chu After a salute, he immediately led troops to meet him.

"Guan Cong misunderstood me, abandoning disease deceived me! View Cong misunderstood me, abandoning disease deceived me..."

Li Ran stepped forward to bow and salute, and supported the King of Chu.

"Li Ran came late to save me, please forgive me, Your Majesty!"

"Li Ziming!..."

When the King of Chu saw Li Ran, all kinds of emotions rushed into his heart. He didn't know what to say, but he didn't want to show the slightest weakness in front of Li Ran.

Li Ran immediately placed the King of Chu in a large tent, and asked several servants to take care of him, while he continued to pay attention to the situation on the battlefield.

Before Li Ran ordered Yin Yin Yijiu and Shen Wuyu to lead troops to attack and harass, and use fire arrows to shoot at the Wu army's camp, but this time the Wu army had already prepared, so they immediately counterattacked fiercely.

And the remnants of the Chu army rushing down from the mountain were also directly surrounded by the Wu army.Concerned about the safety of his grandfather and father, Wu Yuan immediately led his troops to rescue them.

On this new moon night, Wu and Chu armies fell into a fierce battle for a while, because both sides fired arrows at each other, so the foot of Laishan instantly turned into a sea of ​​flames. ''

Sun Wu was beside Li Ran. Hearing the sound of fighting in the distance, he also seemed a little anxious.Li Ran couldn't sit still, so he ordered people to light two large fires outside the camp, and set up an ambush here.

Then he ordered Sun Wu to take three thousand elite soldiers to meet Fu Yin Yijiu, Wu Ju and others.

Sun Tzu led the troops away, and those two fires could just lead the way for them.After all, it is too dark tonight, if there is no fire to guide the way, I am afraid that the direction has already been lost.

And because Chu people can see the fire, Wu people can also see it.So Li Ran set up an ambush here, just to intercept and kill the invading Wu army.

After watching the fire for a while, Li Ran wanted to visit the King of Chu, but when he approached the tent, a servant whispered in Li Ran's ear:
"The king has already fallen asleep."

Li Ran watched the flickering candlelight in the tent, stayed there for a while, sighed, and came to the gate of the camp.

With the two piles of fire outside the camp leading the way, Yin Yijiu and Shen Wuyu quickly followed the road, but the ambush soldiers remained unmoved, and only a small group of Wu troops chased them, and they only relied on following the camp. The random arrows shot in the middle forced him back.

At the same time, with the help of Wu Yuan and Sun Wu, Wu Ju and Wu She finally escaped from the chaos.

After the two-phase battle, the troops were ordered at midnight. It is roughly estimated that another three thousand was lost this time.Li Ran ordered all places to continue to take strict precautions to prevent the Wu people from coming to attack.

When Wu Ju saw Sun Wu again at this time, he also had mixed feelings, and he couldn't help but think of when he was in Zhufang City, he actually thought about putting Sun Wu to death.Thinking of this, he couldn't help feeling a little ashamed.Sun Wu, on the other hand, seemed a little saddened by Chuan Fengxu's act of sacrifice.

Li Ran looked around again and found that Ran Dan had disappeared.Thinking about it, as a civil servant, he has no means of self-defense, and in this chaos of war, he is probably in danger.

Just as he was worried, he heard a commotion outside. It just so happened that a group of soldiers brought Ran Dan back safely.

Li Ran took a step forward, Ran Dan got off his horse in a bit of a panic, saw Li Ran couldn't help but smiled wryly, and cupped his hands.

"Master You Yin can return safely, it is really gratifying!"

Ran Dan smiled wryly again when he heard the words.

"Dan was lucky enough to save his life. Dare to ask Mr. Ziming, where is the king now?"

Li then took a step back, and guided Ran Dan sideways into King Chu's camp.

And press the three generations of Wu Ju's ancestors and grandchildren to meet each other, Li Ran came to see Sun Wu again.

"Changqing, the current situation is still critical, we should think of a way to evacuate here!"

"There are so many soldiers in Wu, and now it's dawn. When it dawns, the Wu people will send people to find out the reality of our army. And if our army retreats, it will definitely be pursued by the Wu army. Therefore, our army It is absolutely impossible to retreat rashly, and you will lose if you withdraw..."

Sun Wu understood what Li Ran meant, and after thinking about it for a while, he made up his mind:
"Sir, Wu has a plan, or how about a 'watching strategy'?!"

"A strategy for watching soldiers?"

Even though Li Ran has read many books, he really has no impression of it.

Sun Wu smiled mysteriously and whispered a few words in Li Ran's ear. Li Ran clapped his hands and laughed out loud.

"Okay! Changqing's plan is very clever!"

In the early morning of the next day, the camp of the Chu army was very lively.It turned out that there was another Chu army, holding high the banner, marching into the camp mightily, and Li Ran also greeted him personally, everyone who looked at it was stunned.

Li Ran ordered people to expand the camp immediately. Looking at it like this, people who didn't know thought that he made it clear that he was going to fight Wu Jun again!
Wu Yuan came to Li Ran's side and couldn't help whispering:

"Sir! Where did the reinforcements come from? Why have you never heard of it?"

Hearing this question, Li Ran grinned and said:

"Hehe, where are the reinforcements? These are the soldiers who hid from the back camp last night. They were sent to the camp again this morning."

Wu Yuan was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly realized.

"Could it be a strategy to suspect the enemy!"

"Well, this is the minister's conspiracy, but I dare not take credit for it! But right now, it's best not to tell anyone about this news, in case it leaks!"

"The staff understand."

Therefore, in the next few days, the Chu army would quietly leave the back camp with a few thousand people at night, and then enter the front camp with great fanfare the next day, and the camp was expanded several times.

Above Mount Lai, Wu Jun also saw it clearly, even though the king who came to report to them, Wu Wang Yu Ji was half-believing, but because of the heavy injuries he had suffered before, he did not dare to act rashly again.

He had to call his younger brother Yimei, nephew Gongzi Guang, and others to discuss together.

Yi Mei has always been thoughtful and cautious, so he first opened his mouth and said:

"Brother Wang, the Chu army went deep into the hinterland of Wu, but they dared to do this. Not only did they set up camp here, but they also received a steady stream of reinforcements into the camp. Our army was attacked a few days ago, and our army also suffered a big loss. , which shows that they have a lot of reinforcements! The Chu army is powerful, it is better to retreat to prevent accidents!"

"Hmph! I really don't know where so many reinforcements came from! It's really not reconciled to let the king of Chu escape from death like this!"

Wearing Fengxu and pretending to be the King of Chu was killed, and when the Baichang came back with his body, Yu Ji knew that he had been fooled.And seeing that the Chu army camp on the opposite mountain had raised the king's flag again, he knew that the king of Chu had escaped safely into the Chu army camp.

Young Master Guang said loudly and boldly at this time:

"This is the border of our country of Wu. Is there any reason for us to retreat? Our Wu army has tens of thousands of people, so we may not be able to suppress them! Why should Uncle Wang be worried?"

Yi Mo listened, but shook his head again.

"Guang'er, don't worry about it. The strength of Chu State is several times that of our Wu State. And our Wu State's elite are all here. If it is really here for nothing, even if it is not a disaster for our Wu State, But it is enough to hurt the muscles and bones! Besides... don't forget, our country of Wu also has the elbow and armpits of the country of Yue!"

When Young Master Guang heard the words, he couldn't help showing a fierce look in his eyes.

"Hmph! Sooner or later, Yue Kingdom will be destroyed!"

Wu Wang Yu Ji couldn't help but sighed when he heard Yi Mo say so.

"But...it would be a pity if we let them go!"

At this moment, another person suddenly appeared in King Wu's tent and said:
"Your brother is willing to go to Chu Ying as an envoy to spy on him!"

When everyone took a closer look, it turned out that it was their concubine brother Kei.

"Oh? It's Kuiyou. Kuiyou's heart is commendable, but it's a very risky move. If you go alone, you may be in danger. You know that Xiongwei is a tyrannical and murderous king. He is now being punished by this Big defeat, I'm afraid I won't let you go so easily!"

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Chapter 391

Hearing what the King of Wu said, Jiyou didn't take it seriously, he just smiled lightly and said:

"Hehe, if you die for your country, you will die, so why be afraid?!"

Yu Ji was silent for a long time when he heard the words, while Yi Mei let out a long sigh from the side:

"Hey...if Jidi is here..."

After hearing it, he couldn't help but said loudly:

"Brother Wang, you may not be as good as Brother Ji!"

The younger brother Yi Mei called Ji Zha was his fourth younger brother Ji Zha. This Ji Zha was one of the few princes in Wu who was proficient in Zhou etiquette. familiar.He has traveled to various countries all the year round, and he can handle all kinds of situations with ease.

And Wu Wang Yuji couldn't help but nodded when he saw that Jiyou said so.

"Jiyou, you must be very careful in this trip. Try not to offend Xiongwei, this person is in the midst of a new defeat, and he can do anything!"

Kuiyou laughed again, quite disdainfully.

"Don't worry, brother. If I don't return, Brother Wang doesn't have to hesitate, just lead the army to attack. If I return by luck, I can also find out the truth."

When King Wu Yuji heard the words, he spoke to him very earnestly:
"Xiong Wei is an unpredictable person. It would be the best if you can spy on the military and come back! If not, remember to protect yourself wisely. I will send a few people to go with you, and prepare some things. As a gift, you can go there in the name of a teacher!"

Afterwards, Yu Ji ordered people to order more than a dozen elites, and prepared a carriage, and asked Jie You to take them to Chu Ying.

He set off immediately without any delay, and was stopped by a group of Chu soldiers when he traveled halfway. He directly reported his name, explained his purpose, and gave the Chu soldiers the luggage on the two carriages for inspection. After a while.

The soldiers of Chu did not dare to be negligent, they immediately surrounded Keyou, and sent people back to the Chu camp to report the news, but this team of Chu soldiers, called escorts, actually guarded Keyou, covering them all, Slowly took him to Chu Ying.

When King Xiongwei of Chu learned that Jieyou dared to bring ten Wu troops to the "labor army", he couldn't help but regain his spirits and said eagerly:
"Bring this person to the widow! Hurry up!"

Seeing King Chu's expression, Li Ran frowned. These days, Li Ran wanted to have a deep talk with King Chu, but King Chu kept avoiding him on purpose, and he didn't know what his mentality was.

Li Ran was helpless about this, and now the king of Chu was obviously murderous.

As soon as he entered the camp, he was tied up by the order of the king of Chu, and he was ordered to kill Jigu without even seeing him.

And Li Ran knew that this person must not be killed, but the King of Chu was furious here, and after some quick wit, he immediately got up and bowed and said:
"Your Majesty! But let's send someone to ask, has this person ever done divination before coming to Chuying? If he has done divination, is it auspicious?!"

When Chu Wang Xiongwei heard the words, he was a little confused for a while, but because Li Ran had saved his life this time after all, it was difficult for him to directly refuse this request:

"Okay! I will do what you want! Come here, and question this person according to what you said!"

Afterwards, the servant even ran out of the tent, but returned to the tent not long after.

"My lord, this man answered auspiciousness. When the king of Wu asked for divination, he said: 'Now we send people to reward the Chu army. Please go and observe the anger of the king of Chu and take precautions. Maybe the gods can let me know the good or bad in advance.' Then, the divination image told us that it was auspicious, and the inscription said: 'Victory can be predicted.'”

When the King of Chu heard this, he couldn't help but sneered.

"When this man is about to die, how dare he be so arrogant! Do we really think that there is no one in our Chu country? If this son is not killed, the hearts of the widows will not be appeased. Pass down the order to kill this man as a sacrifice to the army drum!"

"Here!"

The servants were about to go out, but Li Ran came out immediately.

"Wait a minute!"

When the King of Chu saw Li Ran's words, he was slightly taken aback.

"Mr. Ziming, what else do you want to say?"

Obviously, although Li Ran was kind to the King of Chu for saving his life, it didn't mean that the inexplicable gap between them was repaired, and Li Ran couldn't care less about it at the moment.

"Your Majesty, the two armies are at war, and both sides have suffered tens of thousands of casualties. How can there be any reason to labor the army? This person is clearly here to find out the truth of our army!"

"Since you know that they are here to investigate the reality of our army, why can't you kill them?"

"If Your Majesty kills this person, Yu Ji will probably come to the conclusion that His Majesty is in a very bad situation. He even starts killing people indiscriminately, even the envoys! This is extremely detrimental to us. ! This is one!"

"Secondly, if Your Majesty kills King Wu's younger brother, then King Wu's Yu Sacrifice will arouse even greater resentment from the Wu army towards our Chu people, and the morale will definitely increase. We are now entering the realm of Wu people. If so, I'm afraid it will be a big disadvantage!"

Of course the king of Chu knew that what Li Ran said was true, but in fact he only thought of killing him to boost his spirit when he was furious.But at the moment when he calmed down, he felt that what he did just now was true and a little embarrassing.

The King of Chu glanced at Li Ran in a very complicated mood, sighed, and replied in a low tone:
"Since that's the case, let Mr. Lao Ziming do it for me! I'm so upset, let's go for a walk."

The King of Chu didn't even want to see this Kiyo. In fact, this was Li Ran's wish. According to the current state of the Chu King, it was indeed easy for him to see the clue.After all, the king of Chu is so depressed now, once the Wu people see through the situation of the Chu army, the Chu army will immediately be overthrown.

Li Ran watched the King of Chu step out of the camp, while Ran Dan accompanied him.

"Mr. Jiao! What do you think should be done with this person?"

Li Ran actually asked Wu Ju like this.

"I think that suicide is unacceptable, why not just blow him away?"

"No, if we drive away directly, I'm afraid Wu Jun will see through our falsehood!"

When Wu Ju heard this, he also nodded and said:

"Mr. Ziming's words are very true, please explain clearly, sir."

Li Ran waved his hand and said:
"Since we can't avoid it, let's take a look at it for now. But among them, we still have to make some arrangements!"

Wu Ju stroked his beard, understood it, and immediately replied:
"Well, what you said is very true, if that's the case, then please give the order for me!"

Li Ran also did his part, and whispered a few more words in Sun Wu's ear, and Sun Wu nodded to express his understanding.

Although Wu She's injury was almost healed, but because of his pale complexion, Li Ran sent him away, deliberately not letting Kei You look at him.After all, what Li Ran wants to show now is the appearance of the Chu army's strength and courage, so no flaws can be leaked.

Li Ran also called Chang Shou Guo and Fu Yin Yijiu, both dressed in armor, standing on both sides, and Chang Shou Guo was originally a general of the Yue Kingdom, well known.Now if it can be recognized by Kuiyou, it would be very good to think about it with the momentum of the Zhuang Chu army.

Wu Yuan stood beside his grandfather Wu Ju energetically, while Shen Wuyu and Li Ran were separated from each other, and all matters here were temporarily respected by Wu Ju.

Wu Ju, who was sitting upright, immediately ordered someone to put him in the big tent, and stood proudly, seeing everyone present was in high spirits and radiant, he couldn't help but be moved Startled.

"Unbind!"

Wu Ju said such a sentence very indifferently, and Wu Yuan immediately stepped forward, pulled out his long sword with a bang, swung it, and quickly cut off all the ropes on his body, and drew out another sword The flowers come, and the handsome sword is sheathed.

Even though he saw it, he couldn't help but praise:

"Good swordsmanship!"

Wu Yuan returned behind Wu Ju with a blank expression.

"You and my two armies were in a bloody battle not long ago, but now you come to spy on our army in the name of a rewarding teacher. Even if you kill you, it will not be wronged!"

Wu Ju wanted to give Qi You a disqualification.

But with a smile on his face, Keyu moved his bound wrists.

"It's a sincere reward to do this. When two countries are at war, there is always one side who wants to stop the war, so that the war can be quelled. Since the widow is so thoughtful, why bother to add such bad words ?”

(End of this chapter)