Chinese people pay great attention to a person's moral integrity and even put morality in front of merit. When it comes to famous generals, they are generally remembered as people who are loyal to the emperor and serve the country, and even those who are so stupid that they serve the country with death. For example, Yue Fei , which is highly praised by the Chinese people. But the one I want to talk about today betrayed his mother and country in order to avenge his personal revenge, defected to the enemy country, and even led the enemy country's army to capture the capital of his mother and country and destroyed his mother and country. However, because of his brutal behavior, he eventually failed. However, he is still regarded as a strange existence of famous generals by historians throughout the ages.
This famous general is the famous Wu Zixu . Wu Zixu was born in 559 BC. He was a from Chu State during the Spring and Autumn Period. His original name was wuyuan . Zixu was his name. Wu Zixu's father Wu She is the tutor of the Chu prince Jian. The King of Chu believed the slander of the treacherous minister Fei Wuji and wanted to kill Jian and Wu She, but was afraid that Wu She's two sons in other places would make trouble, so he asked Wu She to write a letter to recall the two sons. After receiving the letter, Mr. Wu knew it was a trap. Mr. Wu advocated escaping, but his brother said, "It is loyalty to die when he goes back, and escaping and revenge is filial." He also decided to go back and die and be loyal to him, so that Mr. Wu would take revenge to fulfill his filial piety after he goes away.
Wu Yuan had no choice but to escape. Legend has it that when he ran to Zhaoguan, a reward for capturing him was posted on the city gate. Wu Yuan could not escape, and he turned pale overnight and changed his appearance, so he was lucky enough to pass through the city. But in fact, Wu Yuan saved Wang Zijian and fled to Qi State first, and then came to Zheng State . Wang Zijian did not listen to Wu Yuan's persuasion and wanted to be an internal agent of Jin State attacking Zheng State. He was discovered and killed by Zheng State. Wu Yuan had to run to Wu State again.
In Wu State, Wu, who was determined to avenge his revenge, defected to the ambitious Gongzi Guang, and recommended the assassin Zhuo Zhu to him, assassinated King of Wu Liao with Fish Intestine Sword , helped Gongzi Guang seize the position of King of Wu, and was named Prime Minister of Wu. At that time, the Wu State was still in the late stage of slash-and-burn farming and was very backward. During the period of taking charge of the Wu State's national affairs, the wu officers improved the legal system, appointed virtuous people, rewarded rural commerce, and persuaded farming. In terms of military affairs, they expanded their military and consolidated their military affairs, especially appointed famous generals Sun Wu to train soldiers in the Wu State, which quickly improved the combat effectiveness of the Wu army.
Wu has a feud with the neighboring Chu State, and Chu State was the most powerful country in the south at that time. If Wu State wants to be strong, it must defeat the former Chu State. Wu Yuan was also determined to return to Chu State to take revenge. It was imperative to attack Chu State for public or private purposes, but Wu Yuan was not blinded by hatred, but carefully chose the opportunity. In 512 BC, civil strife broke out in Chu State, so Wu generals took turns to attack Chu for three units to lure the Chu army to fight. When the Chu army came, the Wu army retreated. Because the Chu State's territory was vast, the Chu army was very tired and its national strength was greatly weakened.
A few years later, when the time for attacking Chu was ripe, Wu Yuan immediately won over Cai and Tang in the north of Chu, jointly sent troops to attack Chu, and restrained a large number of Chu troops. Then, the Wu State sent troops to attack Yue State to confuse Chu State, and at the same time sent spies to implement the counter-espionage plan, so that the Chu State would reuse Ziqi and Zichang, who were not aware of the army, were the commander. Finally, the famous general Sun Wu was appointed as the general, and led 30,000 elite troops to advance westward along the Huai River, and made a big detour from the northeast where Chu was weak in defense, and directly attacked the hinterland of Chu.
Then, the Wu army dragged down the Chu army that was pursuing with long-distance mobile tactics, and wiped out the exhausted Chu army's main force in one fell swoop under Baiju City. Then, he took advantage of the victory to pursue, won five battles and five victories, and finally attacked the Chu capital Yingcheng. The Wu State was able to defeat the Chu State with a small advantage and defeat the two excellent military strategists, Wu Yuan and Sun Wu. It can be said that they are the Gemini stars of the Wu State. During the specific implementation process, Sun Wu's excellent military talents were fully utilized, but the macro-level grasp of strategic planning and selection of fighter jets was mainly made by the wu officers.
However, after invading Yingcheng, Wu Yuan's long-term suppressed revenge began to break out and he lost his mind.At that time, King Ping of Chu was dead, so he dug out the tomb of King Ping of Chu and whipped the body three hundred times. This was an extremely unethical incident at that time. In addition, the Wu army had just come out of ignorance and was still very barbaric. He burned, killed, lured, and plundered the Chu State, and all kinds of evil were aroused unanimous resistance from the Chu State. In addition, the loyal minister of Chu State, Shen Baoxu, moved the Qin State with his loyalty. With the help of the Qin Army, the Chu State finally expelled the Wu army and completed the restoration of the country, but the national strength was greatly damaged.
After returning to Wu, Wu Yuan was still valued by King Wu Fuchai , assisting King Wu to defeat Yue and captured Yue Wang Goujian . Wu Yuan advised Fuchai to kill Goujian , but Fuchai actually let Goujian back to his country under the bewitching of the treacherous minister Bohuo. Later, Fuchai wanted to go north to attack Jin and Qi and other Central Plains, seeking a position of hegemony. Wu Yuan believed that Yue was the one who was a confidant, and advised Fuchai to destroy Yue first, but was rejected by Fuchai. Wu Yuan knew that it was inevitable that Wu was destroyed by Yue. In order to avoid disaster, he entrusted his son to his friend Bao from Qi. Bo Huo seized the opportunity to frame him for collusion with the outside world and was ordered by Fuchai to commit suicide.
Before the death of Wu Yuan, he said to his subordinates: "Dig out my eyes and hang them on the east gate of the capital. I want to see with my own eyes how the Yue army entered the city and destroyed Wu." Sure enough, nine years later, Fuchai led a large army to attack the Central Plains. Although he won consecutive victories, the Yue Kingdom in the south took advantage of the empty domestic troops of Wu and launched troops to attack Wu and destroyed Wu in one fell swoop. Fuchai committed suicide with shame and hated him. Before his death, he asked his subordinates to cover his face, indicating that he had no face to face Wu Yuan underground.
The military officers are both civil and military. They are not only effective in governing the country, but also familiar with military affairs. They have written ten chapters and one volume of military books "Wu Zibei" and no more pictures. But he was originally from Chu. In order to avenge his father and brother, he defected to the enemy country and guided the enemy army to attack his mother and capital, harmed his compatriots, and even did not let go of the dead King Ping of Chu and cruelly abused the corpse. It can be said that he was a traitor of Chu and a full "Chu traitor". However, for thousands of years, people have sympathized with Wu Yuan’s personal experiences and admired his talent. They have always written him as a positive image and called him a famous general. It can be said that it is a very rare phenomenon in history.
