King Wu Helu regicide came to power
King Wu In the twelfth year (515 BC), King Ping of Chu passed away, King Zhao of Chu succeeded him as the king of Chu State . This King Zhao was the child born to King Ping of Chu by the princess of Qin. After King Zhao came to the throne, he saw that the people of the country resented Fei Wuji for slandering Prince Jian and the Zhongliang Wushe family, so he killed Fei Wuji.
In the spring of the next year, King Liao of Wu took advantage of the state of Chu's national mourning and sent his sons Gaiyu and Zhu Yong to lead troops to besiege the two cities of Chu. He also sent Ji Zha as an envoy to Jin State to observe the movements of the princes. However, the Chu army cut off the Wu army's retreat, and the Wu army could not return at all.
When Prince Guang saw this, he thought the opportunity was too good to miss, so he called Zhuanzhu and told him: "I am the heir who really deserves to be the king. If I don't pursue it, how can I get the position of king? Once I succeed, even if Ji Zha comes back, he will not abolish me."
Zhuanzhu understood what Young Master Guang meant and said, "There is no problem in killing King Liao of Wu! His mother is old and his son is still young, and both young masters were sent to attack Chu, but they were trapped by the Chu army. There is no rescue from outside, and there is no important minister to rely on inside. He can't do anything to me." The two people's will is consistent. Gongzi Guang said: "From now on, you are me and I am you." After the plan was agreed, one day in April, Gongzi Guang ambush a group of armor-clad warriors in the basement, and then invited King Wu to his home for a drink.
King Hao was very cautious, and the guards lined up from the king's official position all the way to Young Master Guang's home. On the steps and next to the seats, there were all Wu Wang Liao's cronies, and everyone was holding a sword. The defense is so tight, how can Zhuanzhu take action?
In the middle of the banquet, Gongziguang pretended to have pain in his feet and hid in the basement.
I saw Zhuan Zhu disguised as a waiter, carrying a plate of cooked fish, and came to offer it to King Liao of Wu. The moment he approached King Wu, Zhuanzhu took out a dagger that had been hidden in the fish's belly and stabbed King Wu. King Wu was killed on the spot.
Seeing King Wu being stabbed, King Wu's cronies immediately drew their swords and stabbed Zhuan Zhu to death.
Taking advantage of the chaos, the warriors hiding in the basement swarmed out and eliminated King Wu's cronies one by one.
Soon, Prince Guang established himself as the king of the country. This was King Helv of Wu. After he ascended the throne, in order to repay Zhuanzhu, King Helu of Wu granted Zhuanzhu's son the title of Shangqing.
Ji Zha came back from his mission to Jin. Seeing this situation, he could only cry bitterly in front of Wu Wangluo's tomb and reluctantly accepted the facts. When the two besieged princes heard that King Liao of Wu had been killed and that Prince Guang had proclaimed himself king, they surrendered to the Chu State and simply did not return to the Wu Kingdom .
In the first year of Helu (514 BC), the King of Wu summoned Wu Zixu to the palace and gave him the position of "walker" in charge of diplomacy, and collaborated with him on state affairs.
In the same year, Bo Pei of Chu State came to seek refuge because his grandfather was killed, and was made a doctor by the King of Wu.
Wu Zixu digs up graves and whips corpses
On the road to revenge, Wu Zixu gets closer and closer to his goal.
From the third year of his reign, King Hetong of Wu continued to use troops abroad year after year, and during the campaign against Chu, he killed two young masters of Wu who surrendered to Chu.
The state of Wu not only has the resourceful Wu Zixu, but also Sun Wu. Sun Wu was good at the art of war and was a military strategist who could train the concubines of King Wu into combat troops.
In the ninth year of Helu (506 BC), at the suggestion of Sun Wu, the State of Wu united with Tang and Cai to attack the State of Chu. When they arrived at the Han River , the Chu State sent troops to resist, and the two sides set up formations across the Han River.
Helv's younger brother Fugai wanted to attack, but Helv couldn't. Fugai said: "Since the king has entrusted the army to me, he must trust me. The pursuit of war is victory, what are you waiting for now?" So Fugai led his five thousand men to sneak attack the Chu army, and the Chu army was defeated and fled.
King Wu saw an opportunity and launched a large army to pursue him. After five battles, he defeated the Chu army.
King Zhao of Chu saw that the situation was not good and escaped from Yingdu . The army of Wu State marched straight in and attacked the capital of Chu State.
After his father and brother were killed, it took Wu Zixu sixteen years to return to his hometown.However, King Chu Ping and Fei Wuji had already died. Wu Zixu wanted to kill King Chu Zhao, but no matter how hard he searched, he could not find the Chu king who had escaped long ago. So, Wu Zixu, who was full of resentment and had nowhere to vent his resentment, dug out the remains of King Chu Ping from the tomb and whipped him three hundred times before he breathed out.
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