Chapter 135: Hundreds of times the gold and jade will return (3)
Different people have different understandings of the world.
But at least, King Xiong Dang of Chu seemed to understand what Mozhe said about the world.
Because I understand, I can prescribe the right medicine and confidently consider the attack on the Song Dynasty while considering the mourners who are easily ignored by ambitious kings, but in a war of unjust, they have to consider their existence.
He was full of confidence in the attack on Song, and Mozhe was just an obstacle that could not be ignored, but he still had some support besides the Chu people.
That was some of the nobles of the Song State.
The reason why the Battle of Huangchi broke out twenty years ago was that Mr. Song hoped to set up an office and took the initiative to invite the people of Chu to go north to curb the increasingly difficult-to-control Sicheng Emperor clan.
At that time, the power of Sicheng Emperor was already great enough to "convene the office".
Although the Chu people went north and were eventually blocked by the young Weiss leading the troops of the Three Jins, the Sicheng Emperor clan finally did not dare to do anything to hurt the Song Office too much.
The grudge between the Chu people and Song Sicheng was not a day or two. Now the Sicheng Emperor clan took the initiative to form the Three Jins, which would inevitably arouse the dissatisfaction of the six nobles in the Song State except Sicheng.
Sicheng was not originally Shangqing, but became Shangqing after the coup many years ago. Although he was powerful, he could not fully control the state of Song State.
As early as a year ago, Xiong Dang had already received the secret envoys of the Six Ministers of Song State and asked the Chu people to send troops to attack Song.
The Song people asked the Chu people to attack the Song State. This seemed extremely ridiculous thing, which was indeed normal at this time. The Song State was not from the Song State, and if the Sicheng Emperor clan won, the Song State would not belong to the other six nobles.
Since it is not your own thing, why can't you ask others to attack?
This is exactly the reason why the King of Chu is full of confidence.
As long as the Chu people go north, civil strife will break out in the Song Dynasty. The conflicts between the two factions of Chu and Jin cannot be reconciled and will definitely trigger a riot that will affect Shangqiu.
Xiong Dang knew about the deduction between the two mechanical saints in the palace more than 30 years ago, and also knew that Mozhe's skills in defending the city were unmatched.
However, can the Mozhe guard a city where the nobles wish they were to be destroyed immediately?
Xiong Dang is very suspicious.
It is precisely this suspicion that he needs to take this opportunity to open up the situation in Chu State.
Not only was the hegemony of the Chu people in the northeast direction, but it was also the beginning of his scheming of Chu's internal affairs.
Xiongdang needs a victory to gain enough prestige, and the conflict between the Chu nobles in this victory triggers a change in the new gentry against the old nobles.
Shortly after he succeeded to the throne, his prestige was not enough and he urgently needed this victory as support to strengthen the royal power.
When he expressed his intention to attack Song and explained clearly how to deal with those Mo people, Mo Ao Chu was extremely supportive of the matter of going north.
In Huang Chi, Mo Ao's soldiers were defeated by Weis. This resentment had been saved for more than ten years and needed a revenge to restore reputation.
However, the more comprehensive consideration of the You Yin Zhaozhi'e did not think that the northward attack on Song Dynasty was simple.
As the second only to the Lingyin and the Shangzhu Kingdom and other high-ranking officials, the Youyin Zhaozhiai did not agree to the north to attack Song and maintain hegemony, but believed that various unexpected situations must be taken into account.
"Now the Three Jins have victory in attacking Qi, and the troops are in a straightforward way. The Song State is weak and has no worries. The only thing that is worried about is the Three Jins. Wei Si seeks talents, Li Jue governs his politics, and Wu Qi knows his troops, and the Three Jins are headed by Wei. Wei Si is newly appointed as a marquis, so he will not be defeated... If Mo Di returns to Shangqiu personally, our army can only surround but not attack."
"Within half a year, the Three Jin, Zheng, Wei and other countries arrived, so what should we do?"
As soon as Zhao Zhiai finished speaking, a crisp and confident voice of a young man came.
"You Yin Wuyou, this matter must be resolved."
The person who spoke was Xiong Dang's son Xiong Sui. He was a young man and had courage and Xiong Dang highly appreciated it.
Xiong Yi's words were a little frivolous, but in such a situation where aristocrats gathered here, it would be bad to appear silent.
But before Xiong's suspicion was mentioned, someone was dissatisfied with it: "The brother does not lead the army, so it is difficult to understand the military. This is a major event in the national political conquest, so you must think clearly."
This is obviously a trouble for Xiong Sui, but the nobles did not think there was anything wrong with this matter, because the person speaking was Xiong Ding, the son of the King of Chu, and Xiong Sui's brother.
Xiong Ding looked at his brother who had attracted everyone's attention before and said in a deep voice: "Zi Zhou once said: Zheng Zhao and Song deaf. Song people are unsure. If they attack Song, Song people will defend themselves. Zheng people Zhaoming, the Three Jins have just defeated Qi people and got 30,000 corpses. How could they not bear Chu in close contact with Jin?"
"After the Song people defended the city of Shangqiu, the city of Shangqiu was large and strong, and those with Mo were helped, how could they easily be captured? After a year of besieging the city, no one would cultivate it. Isn't there a shortage of food in Chu? Besides, the morale of the army in besieging the city will be devastated. The Three Jin, Zheng, and the guards arrived, and the decisive battle under the city, how could they win?"
There were also many nobles who supported Xiong Ding, and most of them were nobles close to the right-wing counties of Chu State. Once the siege of Song Dynasty failed, they would fight against Zheng Wei of the Three Jin Dynasty and return to defeat, and they would definitely suffer many military counties on the right-wing.
Xiong Sui laughed and said, "I only know one thing, not the other."
"Zizhou once said that Zheng Zhao and Song Dyshen, but since Zheng people were Zhaoming, how could they send troops easily? If the Three Jins do not defeat our troops, Zheng will definitely not send troops."
"Han Wuzi killed Zheng Bo, and the Zheng people and the Han people had blood feud. After years of war, how could he let go of his hatred easily?"
"The Wei people are in decline. In the past, Fang Bo was just broken into the city by Qi people a few years ago. How can he help the Three Jins send troops now?"
"The Song people are deaf and stupid, and there are Mo people who are helping each other, but Song is not determined? The country has not yet been decided, and we are sending troops to attack Chen and Cai, and we will not destroy the country. We just let the Song people pay homage. How can they resist to the end? Even if Song people are willing to resist, are Song people willing to resist? If they are close to Chu and Jin, will the Song people care about it?"
Xiong's words also attracted the support of many nobles, especially some nobles who were humiliated in the Battle of Huangchi and wanted to take this opportunity to strengthen their merits.
Xiong Dang looked at the son in the argument with satisfaction and asked Xiong suspiciously: "Your words can be considered reasonable. But how can we ensure this?"
Xiong said suspiciously: "Although the Three Jins defeated Qi and returned after victory, the soldiers were exhausted. Only after several years of cultivation could we fight again. Even if we besieged Song, the Three Jins were willing but unable, and they could not send troops to Shangqiu in the short term. Since the Gongsun Hui chaos, Han, Zhao and Wei sent troops three times, and the national strength would be exhausted."
"Besides, the three families have newly appointed as marquis, and they will not dare to be defeated. If they do not send troops, they will not be defeated. Even if they send troops, they will have to prepare for a long time and strive to be undefeated before they dare to send troops to rescue Song."
"Wei got Xihe, and the Qin people resented it. Even though there was Wu Qi in Xihe, even if this person knew about the army, he might not be defeated. He could send an envoy to bribe Qin with a beautiful jade and ask Qin to send troops to Xihe."
"The Qin people originally wanted to get Xihe. As long as we know that we were sending troops, the Qin people would send troops to Xihe to help. Even if they could not win, Wu Qi could not leave Xihe. The Wei people had already cut off their arm."
"The new establishment of Zhongshan Kingdom, and the resentment of the old clan could not be pacified for several years. The Wei people have cut off their arms."
"After the arms were broken, the Wei people were the leader of the Three Jins. The Wei people would hesitate and ask Zhao and Han to send troops."
"Zhao has always been ambitious, so he can send someone to secretly meet with Zhao Ji: send troops to rescue Song, and Zhao Heyi? The Zhao people were separated from Song and the Three Jins went south. The Wei people benefited, and Han Ke got Zheng. What could Zhao people get? Since the Zhao people couldn't get anything, why did they send troops to help the Wei people become domineering?"
"Even if the Three Jins have an alliance, the Wei people have cut off their arms and are the main force in attacking Qi. I must ask Zhao Han to send more soldiers. If Zhao Ji is provoked, how can the Zhao people be Wei's lackeys? They will have a gap."
"In the past, Han Wuzi killed Zheng Bo, how could he forget his blood relatives? He could send another person close to Zheng and say that Zheng Bo: If Chu wins, it is nothing more than a guest. If Jin wins, I am afraid that Zheng will be all the land of Jin. Zheng Han has blood relatives, and the Zheng people are worried that the Han people will invade, so they will not send troops."
When he said this, he seemed to take a look at his younger brother Xiong Ding unconsciously.
This seemed to be unconsciously glanced, which made Xiong Ding angry: My brother said that he was close to Zheng, wasn’t he talking about himself?
When lobbying Zheng, at least he must be a nobleman above the doctor, otherwise the etiquette would be insufficient. Or even the blood relative of the King of Chu could be regarded as the Chu people.
Xiong Ding's mother was the daughter of Zheng, and he could be said to be the best candidate for the mission to Zheng State.
If done, it is just a merit better than nothing: Xiong Sui has already said that Han Zheng has blood relatives, which means that it is normal to do this, but if it fails, it is incompetent.
The war was about to come, and Xiong Ding knew that his father would definitely lead the troops himself. As the first battle since he succeeded to the throne, he also took the opportunity to accumulate fame and prestige.
Who stays in the capital?
Of course, Xiong Ding wanted to stay in the capital, but his brother's words were clearly meant to let him go to Zheng State to complete this thing that would be meaningless and would be wrong if he didn't do it well, but he had to do it.
And his brother Xiong Sui was a native of Qi.
The Qi people had just been defeated. Even if they were asked to send troops, they would not have the strength to send troops, and they would fundamentally eliminate the possibility of Xiong Su's mission.
Although Zheng State was weak, it was so good that it was a prince. If the King of Chu wanted Zheng State to stand on the side of Chu State in the upcoming battle for hegemony between Jin and Chu, it would be better to send a prince to show his importance.
In addition, some things need to be explained clearly to the Zheng people: the Chu State can think that you were helpless in your visit to Luo to pay homage to the Emperor Zhou, and will not pursue them.
Xiong Sui knew in his heart that his brother had the advantage in this matter.
Not only did he spend his country's capital when his father sent troops, he also gave him a task that seemed to be unnecessary but might not be able to accomplish.
Although it has not been stated clearly, no matter how you consider it, he, Uncle Zheng's nephew, is also the best candidate.
However, he could not refute what his brother said. The nobles who were close to him were all the nobles in Chen, Cai and other places who sent troops this time. They were worried that after the failure, the Jin people would give priority to revenge them.
But it is obvious that my father's intention is settled. If I object at this time, it will cause my father's dissatisfaction.
But the elder brother has been on the side of the pro-war faction from the beginning, not because he is concerned about the Chu people, but the nobles who support him all hope to gain merit.
Chapter completed!