Huang Chi Menghui - the peak of Wu Wangfuchai's life

The first true overlord of the Spring and Autumn Period, Qi Huan, was undoubtedly the alliance of Kuiqiu; the same was true of the second overlord, Jin Wengong, and the landmark event was the alliance of the land.

Seeing that his predecessors were so beautiful, Wu Wangfu was not willing to show weakness, and also took it as his goal to become the overlord of the alliance at the alliance meeting.

Therefore, Fu Cha was ashamed of his father, defeated the Yue kingdom, made Yue a vassal of the Wu state, and began to rush to the north to fight for hegemony.

Wu Zixu saw the danger and tried his best to dissuade him, but instead of succeeding, he said that Fu Cha was ashamed and angry, and was killed by Fu Cha with a wisp of sword three years later.

Wu Zixu committed suicide

After seven years of war, Fu Cha defeated the State of Qi and subdued the State of Lu, and finally held a grand alliance in Huangchi in the spring of the fourteenth year of Fu Cha (482 BC).

This alliance meeting is extremely briefly recorded in the "Wu Taibo Family", but the general process is also there.

In the spring of the fourteenth year, King Wu of the Northern Hui Dynasty was in Huangchi, seeking to dominate China and the whole Zhou Dynasty. In June, Yue Wang sentenced Wu. Ethyl unitary, more than five thousand people fought with Wu Zhan. Cheng, Prince Wu's friend. Ding Hai, into Wu. The Wu people were defeated by Wang Fuchai, and the husband was disgusted with him. Or vent his words, King Wu was angry, and beheaded seven people under the curtain. In July, King Wu fought with the Duke of Jinding for the throne. Wu Wangyue: "I am the head of the Zhou Chamber." Jin Ding Gong said: "Yu Ji's surname is my uncle." "Zhao Martingale was furious and would cut down Wu, who was the Duke of Changjin.

Obviously, compared with his predecessors, fu cha's allies were not so convincing, at least the former overlord Jin Guo expressed dissatisfaction.

In fact, the State of Wu was originally supported by the State of Jin to deal with the State of Chu, but now it ran to Zhongyuan to compete with the State of Jin for hegemony, if it were not for the fierce fighting between several secretaries of the State of Jin, how could the State of Wu be allowed to go everywhere.

Thus, at the alliance meeting, there was a situation in which King Wu and Duke Ding of Jin competed for the lord of the alliance, and the reasons of both sides were very far-fetched, one said that the ancestor of our country was the uncle of King Wen, who had the highest generation; the other said that china was the first to dominate among the relatives of the Zhou royal family.

Wu Wangfuchai was aggressive on the surface, but in reality he was panicked, because news had already come from the rear: the vassals had invaded the capital of the Wu state and killed the prince.

At this time, the correct choice for King Wu should be to quickly return to the country to rescue, but king Wu, who saw that the hegemony was within his reach, was still holding on to confront the Jin state, but after all, there was something in the rear, and in the end, Wu Wang Fucha finally gave in because of the threat of Zhao Jianzi's force, and recognized the boss status of the Duke of Jinding.

This is the saying of the "Wu Taibo Family", "Zuo Chuan. The "Thirteen Years of Lamentation" is much more detailed.

　Autumn and July Xin ugly, League, Wu, Jin scrambled first. Wu Ren said, "In the Zhou Room, I am the chief." Jin Ren said, "Yu Ji's surname, I am Bo." Zhao Martin called out to Sima Yin: "The sun is shining, and the big things have not been accomplished, and the sins of the two ministers are also." Build a whole column of drums, and if the two ministers die, the elder and the young will know." "Please take it for granted." On the contrary, "Meat eaters have no ink." Now that the king of Wu has ink, the country is victorious? Is the eldest son dead? And Yide is light, can't bear it for a long time, please stay less." It is the first to be promoted.

Zhao Jianzi saw that the kings had been arguing without a result, and came out angrily with Sima Yin, who was going with him, and said: "It is so late that there is no result to discuss, it is because the brothers are unfavorable and have not been able to share the worries of the monarch, it is better to pull out the team and fight with the Wu people, kill a few, and the result will naturally come out." ”

Of course, this is an angry word, Sima Yin was not biased by him, gave him an analysis and said that he saw that the King of Wu had a bad face, it was estimated that either the domestic war was defeated, or his son was killed, and said Yiren (it can be seen that although he wooed the State of Wu for the benefit of the Jin State, in the eyes of the Jin nobles, they still did not look up to them. Frivolous could not hold his breath, and he could not hold on for a while.

As a result, sima was indeed expected, and Fu Cha finally could not withstand the pressure inside and outside, and the Jin people still became the boss.

This is a theory, but there are other texts that say that in the end, King Wu succeeded in his adventure and became the overlord, even including other chapters in the "History".

For example, the "Jin Shijia" records that:

Thirty years later, Duke Ding and Wu Wangfu sent Huang Chi to fight for the longest, zhao martingale Shicong, and died in Wu.

The Zhao Shijia records that:

In the thirtieth year of the Duke of Jinding, Dinggong and Wu Wangfu sent a dispute to grow up in Huangchi, and Zhao Jianzi was from the Duke of Jinding to the Duke of Wu.

"Pawn Commander Wu", no matter how you look at it, should be the king of Wu's desperate bet, and finally be respected as the overlord.

The most detailed account appears in the Chinese. According to the Chinese, when King Wu received news from the country, he summoned his courtiers to discuss how to deal with it. Wang Sunluo believes that if he returns to China at this time, it will lead to the threat of the Vietnamese country being expanded, the people of the country fleeing, and the Wu army is digging a canal to come by warship in Huangchi, the road will pass through qi, Song and other hostile countries, those countries will definitely fall into the well, then it will be dangerous, the best strategy is to go forward and quickly become the ally.

Wu Wang Fuchai agreed to Wang Sunluo's plan and posed a mighty army to challenge the Jin army. The Jin people were really frightened and sent Dong Brown to negotiate.

After Dong Bei learned of King Wu's request, he returned to the army and said that he saw that King Wu looked miserable, and estimated that there were major changes in the country, and that the State of Jin should not risk fighting such a person, but rather agreed to King Wu, and Zhao Jianzi agreed.

In the end, King Wu became the overlord as he wished, at the cost of entering the ranks of the princes of the Zhou royal family, and could not be called king casually, but was renamed Wu Bo instead.

The two theories, each with its own record, are really difficult to distinguish, but in any case, although the State of Wu was a temporary scenery, the final outcome was already doomed, and after a few years, it was destroyed by the State of Yue.

Fu Cha did not want to live in humiliation, committed suicide, and said, "I am old, I can't serve you, I regret not listening to Wu Zixu's words, I blame myself!" ”

"Lonely old man, can not do things to the king also." I regret not using zixu's words, and I have caused myself to fall into this. ”

The original text of the Chinese is attached:

Wu Wang Fuchai killed Shen Xu, not in his old age, but on the Northern Expedition. Que is a deep ditch, which is connected between Shang and Lu, the northern part of Yi, the west of Ji, to meet the Jin Dynasty at noon in Huangchi. Therefore, Yue Wang's sentence jian nai ordered Fan Li and Tongue Yong to lead his division along the coast to rebuke Huai to eliminate Wu Road. The defeated prince is friendly with Gu Xiongyi. King Gu of Yue led the Chinese army to attack Wu, entered qi, burned his gusu, and migrated to his big boat. Wu and Jin did not succeed in the dispute, and the border was even chaotic. King Wu was afraid, but he conspired with the doctor: "The more it is not the way, the more it is, the more it is allied." Imago road to build a long way, no will return, to participate in the meeting and the first to advance, what is the benefit? Wang Sun Luo said: "The husband is not disdainful of the danger, and Luo dares to be right first." Both Morley. Returning without meeting, the more they hear about it, the people are afraid to go away, and there is no right. Qi, Song, Xu, yi: 'Wu is defeated! 'Will be trapped in the ditch and < widely > me, I have no life. Will be the first to be promoted, and the Jin will hold the handle of the princes to come to me, and will become his will to see the Son of Heaven. I can't bear to go, and I can't bear to go. If we hear more and more, our people will be afraid of rebellion. It will come first. ” Wang Naibu said to Wang Sun Luo: "First, what will the figure be?" Wang Sun Luo said: "Wang Qi, there is no doubt that my road is long, and I will not have two lives, and I can help." Wang Sun Luojin, Gu Yizhu Doctors said: "Dangerous things cannot be safe, death cannot be life, then nothing is noble and wise." The evil of the people dies and desires to be rich and prosperous, and to be beautiful, with me. Although, he is close to his country and has moved; I am desperate, and I have no money. How could he do such a dangerous thing with me? The gentleman is brave and strategic, and it is used for this purpose. This evening will be a challenge to broaden the hearts and minds of the people. Please, Wang Lishi, to fight for his friends. Persuade them to use high positions to weigh heavy animals, prepare torture to humiliate those who do not encourage them, and let each of them die lightly. He will lead me without a war, and I will hold the authority of the princes, and if I do not gain anything in my years, there will be no curse, and if I stop first, the princes will say. Even if they all enter their land, Wang An Tingzhi, one day ti ti, one day stay, in order to anbu Wang Zhi. It will be set up in this way, sealed between the river and Huai, and it will be able to reach Wu. King Wu promised. King Wu was ordained, and ordered the horse eaters. In the night, he ordered the soldiers to wear armor, tie the tongue of the horse, and produce a stove, and a hundred soldiers and soldiers, thinking that they would do a hundred deeds. All the heads of the line are officials and teachers, supporting the arch of the duo, building fat hu, and fengwen rhinoceros canal. Ten lines and one doctor, Jianjing ti drum, carry the scripture Bingtuo. Ten Jingyi generals, carrying Chang Jian drums, carrying the scriptures Bingfeng. Ten thousand people thought that the phalanx was all white clothes, white clothes, plain armor, and white feathers, and they looked forward to it. Prince Wang Bingyu carried the white flag to stand in the middle of Chen. The same is true of the Left Army, all of which are red clothes, red, danjia, and Zhu Yu, and look at them like fire. The right army is the same, all of them are Xuan Qiao, Xuan Qi, Black Armor, and Wu Yu Zhi, and they look like ink. For the armor of thirty thousand, with the momentum of attack, the chicken song is fixed. Chen, go to jinjun yili. Ming Ming, Wang Nai Bingtuo, personally sounded the bell and drum, Ding Ning, and Zhen Duo, bravely and timidly responded, and the three armies all rushed to vibrate the brigade, and their voices moved the heavens and the earth. The Jin division was horrified, and the Zhou army was relieved, but Dong Bei asked for something, saying: "The two kings and soldiers are good, and the period of japan and china is over." Now the great powers have crossed the record, and they have built military bases in the evil, and dare to ask for chaos. ” Prince Wu said to him: "The Son of Heaven has a destiny, the Zhou Room is humble, the contribution is incomparable, and the gods and ghosts cannot be sued." Zhenye, who has no surname Ji, came to sue in vain. Lonely day and night, creeping to the king. The monarch is not the royal family is not at peace and is worried, and the people of the hundreds of millions are not in the form of Zhu Rong, Di, Chu, and Qin; they will not have the eldest brother, so as to conquer the country of one or two brothers. If you want to keep the banju of my ancestors, you don't dare to advance, and you can't retreat. This meeting is thin, and I am afraid that it will not be too late, thinking that the princes are laughing. The lonely king is today, and the unworthy king is also today. For the messenger is far away, and the lonely and personal obey the orders outside the fence. ” Dong Brown will return, and the king will call zuo shu yue: "Sima Zi and Wang Shi are five people, sitting in front of the king." "But they all go in, and they kill themselves in front of their guests to reward them." Dong Bei was fatal, but he told Zhao Martin: "The color of the king of Wu is like a big worry, and the small one is the death of a concubine and a concubine, not only is the country in great trouble; the big one is more into Wu." Will be poisoned, do not fight with. The Lord's promise is not to be done, but it must not be promised in vain. Zhao Martin promised. Jin Nai ordered Dong Bei to restore his life: "The widow did not dare to look at the soldiers, so that the brown fu fate said: 'The words of the emperor, the Zhou room is humble, the princes are disrespectful to the son of heaven, please be loyal to Yang Bu, and receive the princes of Wen and Wu.'" Lonely and secret to the Son of Heaven, there is no escape from the crime, and the message is given to the day, that is, Uncle Wu of the past is not lost, and the Spring and Autumn Period will lead the princes to take care of the rest of the people. Now my uncle has the fear of barbarism and jing, and the etiquette is not continued, so he uses his life to honor the Duke of Zhou, so as to see the kingdom of my one or two brothers, and to rest the worries of the king. Now the king hides the king of the East Sea, and is known to the Son of Heaven in the name of obscenity, and the king has a short wall, and the self-transcendence, the barbarian and the jing, why is there in the Zhou Room? Fu Feng Gui has a fate, Gu Zhi Wu Bo, not Wu Wang. The princes are bold in their resignation. The princes of Zhou have no two kings, and the king of Zhou wu has no lowly son of heaven, so as to do his ominousness, and the Duke of Wu dares not to obey the eldest brother of the king's orders! 'Promise. ” King Wu promised to retire to the curtain. Wu GongXian, Marquis Yazhi of Jin.

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