Wu Wangfu sent his soldiers to commit suicide in defeat, and before he died, he blindfolded his eyes with a white cloth and said: Fortunately, you killed Wu Zixu
During the Western Han Dynasty, Ma Qian, a Taishi company, wrote the "Records of History", which recorded history in the form of a chronicle, which set a precedent for historians. Sima Qian divided the biographies into three categories: "Benji", "Shijia", and "Liechuan", and "Shijia" was used to record the historical sites of the princes and princes. A total of 30 "Shijia" records in the "History", of which "Wu Taibo Shijia" ranks first.
"The Family of Wu Taibo" records the history of Wu Taibo, the founding ancestor of the Wu Kingdom, who avoided Jingman and founded the Wu Kingdom, as well as his descendants, spanning 700 years and spanning 25 generations. Wu Taibo was originally the uncle of King Wen of Zhou, but because he was not in line with the ji calendar of King Wen of Zhou's father, he went to Wu and later founded the state of Wu. At the end of the Spring and Autumn Period, Wu Taibo's 23rd grandson, the King of Wu, appointed Wu Zixu of Chu as his prime minister and Sun Wu, the founder of the Bing family, as a general to attack the Chu state. The State of Chu drew the Seven-Nation Alliance to help, but in the end it was defeated by Que Lu.
For a time, Que Lu dominated Jianghuai, Xu, Lu, and Qi were all defeated by Que Lu, and the surrounding countries surrendered one after another, and Lu Lu became one of the "Spring and Autumn Five Hegemons". (The "Spring and Autumn Five Powers" in the Xunzi Wangba version refers to: Duke Huan of Qi, Duke Wen of Jin, King Zhuang of Chu, King Luhe of Wu, and King Gou of Yue.) ）
There is one person who can become the hegemon of one side, this person is Wu Zixu, in order to thank Wu Zixu, Lu Lu is willing to split part of the territory of the State of Wu to Wu Zixu, but Wu Zixu refuses.
In 496 BC, King Yunchang of Yue died and was succeeded by his son Gou Jian. King Lu of Wu thought that this was a good time to cut down the Yue, so he took Wu Zixu and other generals to attack the Yue state. Yue Wang Gou Jian knew that he was not a rival to Lu Lu and had to close the city gates. Later, Gou Jian sent a group of death squads to the front of Lu Lu, and at the sound of an order, the daredevils raised their swords in unison. Although you are the lord of a country, you have never seen this battle, and the Wu army is even more shocked, taking advantage of the chaos in the Wu army's army, opening the city gate to blitz the Wu army. King Lu of Wu was shot in the toe during the melee, and after the defeat of the soldiers back to the state of Wu, he was killed.
Before his death, he summoned his son Fu Cha and warned him to "not forget the revenge of killing his father", and Fu Cha wept so much that he said that he must destroy the Yue Kingdom. Later, Fu Cha succeeded to the throne, and the history called Wu Wang Fu Cha. Wu Zixu was appointed Duke of Xiangguo and was the second most important person in Wu after Fu Cha.
In order to motivate Fu Cha to take revenge, Wu Zixu arranged for the guards to be on duty in the courtyard of Fu Cha, and did not see Fu Cha go out, and the guards all shouted: "Have you forgotten the revenge of killing your father?" Fu Cha responded every time: "Don't dare to forget! In this environment, wu was filled with vengeful anger.
Two years later, King Gou of Yue did not listen to Fan Li's words and raised an army to attack the state of Wu, and was eventually defeated by Wu Zixu. After gouge the loss of soldiers and generals, he withdrew to Huiji Mountain, and finally adopted the "Nine Techniques of Destroying Wu" in the language, and sent people to ask for peace from his husband.
Looking at the beautiful women and jewelry sent from Vietnam, Fu Cha was very moved. Another old minister of the State of Wu, Dazai Yao, had secretly accepted bribes from the State of Yue, and he advised his husband to send a horse to cheat. Wu Zixu immediately dissuaded:
"The King of Yue can work hard for people. If the present king is not destroyed, he will repent. ”
What Wu Zixu means is that the Vietnamese people can be willing to be subordinate to others, and if we do not follow the trend to destroy the Yue country today, we will inevitably regret it in the future.
Under the strong persuasion of Wu Zixu, Wu Wangfu hesitated for two seconds, and then agreed to Yue Guo's request, and he also asked Yue Wang Gou Jian and his wife to personally come to Wu Guo as slaves for themselves.
Later, Gou Jian came, Gou Jian put down his body, personally helped Fu Cha lead the horse, and even when Fu Cha was sick, Gou Jian also tasted Fu Cha's feces. Three years later, fu cha was so kind that he went back to his job. After Gou Jian returned, he was ready to destroy Wu at any time. When Wu Zixu heard about it, he persuaded Wu Wangfuchai to immediately destroy the Yue kingdom. However, Fu Cha was planning to destroy the State of Qi at that time, and once again did not listen to Wu Zixu's words.
Dazai Yao had always been at odds with Wu Zixu, and when Wu Wangfu sent Faqi to return victoriously, Wu Zixu pretended to be ill and did not come to the pilgrimage. Dazai took the opportunity to say bad things about Wu Zixu. Wu WangFucha also thought that Wu Zixu was a tough man and did not pay attention to himself, so he gave Wu Zixu "the sword of skeletonization" and let Wu Zixu commit suicide.
Wu Zixu was devastated when he learned that King Wu was going to kill himself, and he said angrily, "When your father wanted to divide the world with me equally, I was not interested, and I just wanted to concentrate on assisting your father and son." Now you listen to the rumors and want to kill me. After I die, please dig out my eyeballs and hang them on the wall of the East Gate, and I will watch the kingdom of Wu be destroyed by the Yue kingdom. ”
Wu Zixu did not expect that he was not only a fierce general in the Spring and Autumn period and the Warring States period, but also a "prophet". In 484 BC, Wu Zixu was given death, and two years later, Fu Cha went north to make an alliance with the princes, and the Yue king Gou Jian took advantage of the emptiness in the Wu state and sent troops to raid the wu state, and Fu Cha's son, the prince of the state of Wu, was captured by Gou Jian. When fu sent the alliance returned, Wu Yue fought many battles, and Wu Guo did not get a bargain. In 473 BC, The Yue King Gou Jian completely defeated the State of Wu, and Wu Wang Fuchai was trapped on Gusutai with no way to retreat.
Therefore, Fu Cha followed the example of Gou Jian and sent emissaries to beg for peace with Gou Jian, hoping that Gou Jian would be as lenient as he had been to him 20 years ago. Gou Jian had a momentary soft heart, but under the persuasion of Fan Li and others, Gou Jian did not give Fu Cha the opportunity to "lie down and taste courage", and Fu Cha was desperate.
The Chinese records:
The husband is about to die, and the man says to Yu Zixu: "If the dead are ignorant, it is already over, and if he knows, how can he see the face of the king!" "Committed suicide.
Before his death, Fu Cha had people worship Wu Zixu and said to Wu Zixu, "If you have knowledge under the fountain, what face will I have to meet you?" "And then suicide.
Before his death, Fu Cha told the people around him that after he died, he covered his eyes (face) with a white cloth, because when he arrived in another world, he was ashamed to see Wu Zixu.
History:
Fu Cha crossed lightly and defeated Gu Su. The shame of Yongdong, the shame of Wuxu.
For thousands of years, some people said that Wu Wangfu was just self-conscious, some people said that he raised tigers for trouble, and some people said that he had wrongfully killed loyal subjects. However, judging from Wu Wangfu's performance before his death, he was repentant and could be regarded as a hero.