A mulberry tree sparked a war between the two countries
During the Spring and Autumn Period, Wu and Chu went to war because of a few mulberry leaves.
Historia. The Chu Shijia wrote: "In the beginning, Wu Zhibian YiBei Liang and Chu Bian Yi Zhong left the child to fight for Sang, and the two families attacked each other in anger and destroyed the Beiliang people. Doctor Beiliang was furious and sent his soldiers to attack Chung and leave. The king of Chu was furious and sent soldiers to destroy Beiliang. King Wu was furious and sent an army, causing Gongzi Guang to attack Chu because of jianmu's family, so he destroyed Chung And ju nest. ”
At that time, the border cities of The State of Wu and the city of Peiliang and the Chu State were separated by only a wall, both of which used silkworm farming as the main source of economy, and mulberry leaves were also the main production resources at that time.
Coincidentally, a mulberry tree grew at the border between the two countries.
One day, when Beiliang and Two girls from Zhong Li were picking mulberry leaves together, they quarreled over the mulberry leaves. The mulberry trees on the border between these two countries are those of the State of Wu or the State of Chu.
The two girls theorized in this way, neither of them obeyed the other, and the theory began to fight, and then the Wu Guobei Liang people gained the upper hand and won the battle.
The Chu people returned to Zhong Li, really unconvinced, so they pulled up a large group of people to go to Beiliang to find someone to settle the account, and as soon as the anger came up, they did not control it at once, killed several members of the Beiliang family, and then withdrew zhong li.
The local governor of Wu Guobei Liang saw that the Chu people were really too much, and actually went to the territory of the Wu Kingdom to kill people! This is a criminal case between two countries, rising to international relations.
In a fit of rage, the Beiliang commander mobilized the local army and began to attack the Chu state of Zhongli, wanting to avenge his people.
As soon as the army came out, the King of Chuping of the Chu State also began not to calm down, and immediately sent troops to attack and occupy Beiliang, so that the matter would be big, this has become a real war, the King of Wu has long been holding a momentum to find trouble for the Chu State, as soon as he saw the opportunity coming, he sent troops to the Chu State. In the end, the Wu army captured Zhong Li and Juchao, another important town in the Chu state.
This is the "Humble Beam Challenge", which triggered a war between the two countries because of a few mulberry leaves. Such a war fuse is also a novelty.
