In the pre-Qin era, the three kingdoms of Wuyue and Chu could be described as loving and killing each other, and they were extremely similar.
The so-called similarity: At that time, the Tianzi of the Zhou Dynasty was still there, and its prestige was much higher than that of the Warring States period, but the titles of the monarchs of the Wu Kingdom, the Yue Kingdom and the Chu State had all regarded themselves as "kings": such as Wu Wang Fuchai, Yue Wang Gou Jian, Chu Ping Wang, etc., and at that time, the Central Plains, even if it was a great prince of the State of Qi and the State of Jin, its title was only a duke.
In addition, the monarchs of the State of Wu and the State of Chu were keen on casting swords, and many famous divine weapons in Chinese history were written by Wu Chu, and even Lu Xun wrote a novel "Casting Swords" to tell the story of the Chu king casting cadres and generals Mo Evil.
Even more interesting is the feud between the three kingdoms:
The State of Chu once collapsed
Speaking of the State of Chu, many people are influenced by the "Eight Hundred Years of the State of Chu" and believe that during the eight hundred years of confrontation between the Chu and the Zhou Dynasty, they were always in a strong position, but in fact this was not the case: the State of Chu had a time when the country was on the verge of collapse.
During the reign of King Chuping, due to the brutality and absurdity of King Chuping, civil unrest broke out in the State of Chu. In order to protect himself, Wu Zixu, a famous scholar of the State of Chu, fled the State of Chu and arrived at the State of Wu. In the end, he was appreciated by King Wu.
Wu Wang lu can be counted as a generation of heroes, and Wu Zixu can also be regarded as a capable subject. With the combined efforts of the Lord of England and the Nengchen, the national strength of the State of Wu took off, and the King of Wu also established his hegemonic position. Wu Zixu, on the other hand, took advantage of the powerful national strength of the State of Wu to attack the State of Chu, and the Commander of the Wu Army drove straight in, and the Chu army collapsed, and soon Wu Zixu attacked the capital of the State of Chu.
At this time, King Chuping had been dead for a long time, and the king of the Chu state was King Chu Zhao. King Chu Zhao, seeing that Wu Guobing was strong, fled the capital, and after Wu Zixu entered the capital of Chu, he exhumed the body of King Chu Ping and carried out a whip to vent his anger.
During this period, the State of Chu was at risk of subjugation. However, fortunately, King Chu Zhao was not captured by the Wu army, and the loyal ministers of the Chu state also invited the assistance of the Qin state, and finally the Chu state was able to expel the Wu army and continue to exist. It can be said that King Wu missed the opportunity to annex the Chu state.
After the death of King Wu, King Yue realized the powerful State of Yue and destroyed the State of Wu, which I believe readers know, and urinate no more.
Chu Yue was resentful
The State of Wu dug up the royal tomb of the State of Chu, and the State of Yue destroyed the State of Wu, counting up, the State of Yue was considered to have avenged the State of Chu, but historically, the demise of the State of Yue was also closely related to the State of Chu.
After king Yue destroyed the state of Wu, the king of Yue reigned for several years, until during the reign of King Wujian of Yue, the state of Yue changed.
At this time, the main neighbors of the Yue State were the State of Qi and the State of Chu. At that time, the monarch of the State of Chu was the King of Chu Huai. At first, Yue Wang Wujiang planned to jointly attack the State of Qi with the State of Chu, but was unexpectedly released by King Huai of Chu, and at this time, King Wujiang of Yue was confident that the State of Yue could defeat the State of Chu because he had won the victory in the battle against the State of Qi. So the Yue King Wujiang sent troops to attack the Chu State, which expected that the Chu State was still strong at this time, and the Yue King's borderless army was defeated by the Chu army, and Wujiang was also killed on the battlefield.
After the death of King Wujian of Yue, the kingdom of Yue entered a state of understanding: the kingdom of Yue split into several small countries, although many of these monarchs claimed to be kings of Yue, but because of their influence, scale and even legal inheritance, they could not be compared with the previous Yue kingdom, so historians fixed the history of Yue guo in the era of borderlessness.
The remnants of the Yue state after the borderless continued until the Han Dynasty. The most representative of these are Minyue and Ouyue. Minyue was destroyed by Emperor Wu of Han, while Ouyue chose to move inland, eventually disappearing during the era of Emperor Zhao of Han.