Chapter 222: Fighting for China 2

But at this moment, Xiang Rong used these words to reveal his close relationship with Ling Yin Zimu. As soon as the diplomatic rhetoric was released, Bozhouli, who had once "made up and down", immediately became much more intimate with Xiang Rong. He talked with Xiang Rong diligently, completely ignoring Zhao Wu who was sitting in the commander's position and said nothing.

He was ignored, but Zhao Wu was not at all enlightened. He was still sitting in his seat and smiling as he watched Bozhou Li and Xiang Rong have a cordial conversation, showing... as if this scene had nothing to do with him. He was just a so-called "watching".

On the other hand, Zhao Wu deliberately did not say hello to the envoy of Chu State, and Bozhou Li had to continue deliberately not to glance at the Marshal of Jin State, and just talked loudly with Xiang Rong... He seemed to have finished talking about all the topics that could be plundered. More than an hour had passed. Zhao Wu was still sitting quietly in the position of commander, continuing to "watch", and waiting patiently for the end of the conversation between the two.

Zichan, the minister of Zheng State, was unable to interfere. He kept sweeping Zhao Wu, who was sitting in the commander's position, with his expression becoming more and more impatient. Soon after, Xiang Rong had already discovered Bozhou Li's intention. He wanted to end the conversation several times, but every time he was Bozhou Li to start the topic again.

Bozhou Li gradually felt that the topic was difficult to find. At this time, Zhao Wu seemed to have found something to do. Because the generals of Jin came in to report constantly, Zhao Wu ended his "watching". He had something to do and began to arrange the affairs in the military camp in detail... Well, as the marshal of the army, the food, clothing, housing and transportation of nearly 100,000 people was very complicated. Zhao Wu really had to pass the boring time, and he would have many things to deal with. As a diplomatic envoy, Bozhou Li had only one thing: exchange diplomatic remarks with Zhao Wu.

Zhao Wu handled official affairs and asked in detail, but as a result, he became increasingly interested in leaving the envoys of Chu aside.

Seeing that his delay policy did not achieve the expected effect, Bozhou Li paused for a moment and found an opportunity in the face of sweating. He took a step back and quickly introduced Zhao Wu: "This is Bozhou Li, a doctor of Chu State... Well, you should know that in the past, Bozhou Li was the first marshal Luan Shu..."

Zhao Wu corrected lightly: "It's not Luan Shu, it's because of Sanxi's persecution, which led to Bozhou Li fleeing Chu State... We have met before!"

Bozhou Li got this slight and quickly bowed and said, "In the past, during the battle of Yanling, I accompanied the King of Chu. Wu Zi led the cavalry to pursue him at that time. We met in front of the King of Chu."

Zhao Wu attacked the King of Chu Che. Because of the existence of Bozhou Li, Zhao Wu turned around and retreated - no one owe anyone a favor. Although Zhao Wu spoke highly of the words at that time, he said that he saw Bozhou Li and remembered the persecution of Sanxi. He could not bear to see the wise man wandering around, so he retreated.

But Zhao Wu and Bozhou Li both knew each other's background in this matter. Zhao Wu was because Yang Youji was present at that time, and he and Yang Youji did not know the root of each other, so no one dared to attack each other, so they avoided each other.

In this matter, Bozhou Li did not owe Zhao Wu the affection, so when he talked about this matter, he seemed to say that the weather was good today, with a faint tone without any emotion.

Zhao Wu did not respect Bozhou Li's tone at all. Twenty years have passed, Bozhou Li has now become a completely Chu man. In order to struggle to survive among the powerful figures of Chu, he also gave up many principles. Zhao Wu did not care about such a person. He just nodded indifferently, with the expression he treated passerby Jia, and said calmly: "Does the King of Chu declare war? Please give a speech."

Bozhou Li was stunned for a moment, immediately cleared his throat, and began to talk endlessly about the grievances between Jin and Chu.

To be fair, Bozhou Li is good at speaking. He talks endlessly, and many truths sound thought-provoking, but unfortunately, the people of Lu are not present, so this wonderful speech will not be recorded in history, so that this declaration of war will eventually be unknown.

Since the statement of war between each other was equivalent to not saying anything, Zhao Wu certainly took an indifferent attitude. He listened absent-mindedly to the other party's statements and casually handled military affairs. After Bozhou Li finished speaking, Zhao Wu lazily greeted the soldiers: "Give me two messes."

The soldiers handed over two groups of messes - the army carried the messes to repair the weapons. This mess was messy and clueless. It took a lot of effort to clean up the fibers and then weaving them and repair them...

Zhao Wu ordered a mess to hand it to Bozhou Li. He held another mess in his hand, looked at it casually, and said to Bozhou Li in a quiet voice: "Doctor, you and I will make the mess separately, how about it?"

Bozhou Li was a little puzzled: "Clear... the mess? Why is this?"

Zhao Wu replied: "The relationship between Jin and Chu is like this mess, you just said it wonderfully, but it is just from the perspective of Chu. When I am from the perspective of Jin, I naturally have another reason. It is better for you and I to sort out the mess separately to determine who is "simplified (the reason is correct, and the reason for declaring war is tenable)."

Bozhou Li laughed and said, "No matter what, the army has been in trenchment for more than ten years. This time it was an allied state of Jin. Zheng State first attacked the allied state of Chu, so the first one to provoke the dispute was Jin State, so the cause of the war was also in Jin State, which is undoubtedly."

As the person involved, Zichan coughed and wanted to interrupt, Zhao Wu waved his hand to stop Zichan. He asked softly: "So, why does Zheng attack Chen? Can we trace it back to Chu, who was attacking our allied Zheng, while our Jin State was concentrating on dealing with Qi?"

Bozhou Li weighed the mess in his hand and said mockingly: "So, the relationship between our two countries is really a mess, and it is hard to tell who is the reason."

Zhao Wu threw the mess on the ground, stood up, and replied in a soft voice: "Actually, I have a way to clear the mess in an instant."

Bozhou Li asked in surprise: "There is such a magical thing in the world?"

Without saying a word, Zhao Wu pulled out his waist knife and slashed it on the mess with one knife.

Zhao Wu was powerful, and there were long rumors among the nobles of Jin State. This sword fully demonstrated Zhao Wu's divine power. After he slashed through it, the whole mess was completely split into two by him. So the mess that could not be found in the beginning and the tail was now broken everywhere.

Bozhou Li looked at his feet in shock: "What does it mean?"

Zhao Wu's tone was not too slow: "In fact, there is a truth that is like a quick knife. With one knife, you can clarify all the mess between Jin and Chu. This quick knife is the "respecting the king and expelling the barbarians" proposed by Wen Gong in the past - Bozhou Li. You were once a minister of Jin. Do you know what Yanhuang is and what "Huaxia" is?

"China has the beauty of the swearing seal and is called Hua, and it is called Xia because it is polite and rituals." The clothes must be exquisite, the things must be abundant, people must be rituals and learning, the country must benefit, and the king and ministers must be called our country and our people. Only in this way can we be the real China! There is only one king in the whole of China, which is the King of Zhou, and Chu is just a barbarian in the south, and he is arrogant and called the "king". All the people in the Central Plains have different feelings with Chu for this reason.

Therefore, if the King of Chu does not remove the title of "king" for a day and does not bow to the King of Zhou, then the people of the Central Plains will have a natural reason to attack Chu. Chu is our natural enemy. We attack it as a national war and there is no need for any reason. So the truth you just mentioned is that under the banner of "Huaxia", everything seems so ridiculous.

Grudges?...What are the grudges between Jin and Chu? We are in the relationship between us. In addition, the Chu State has only harm, and we have no kindness with Chu State! We have accepted the word "Chu" declared war. Since we cannot get the order of your country to withdraw troops, we dare to bother the doctor and say to the second and third sons: Take the cart to ride, respect the affairs of you, and ask the court to see you (I would like to tell your generals: prepare your chariots and take the tasks assigned by your king seriously. Let us see you tomorrow morning)."

Zhao Wu's last words were the standard answering method of the declaration of war. He did not entangle the details, so he accepted the declaration of war by killing the mess. Instead, Bozhou Li's previous talk turned into a funny performance. Even Xihuan, the deputy envoy of Chu State, was blushed with shame. As a fugitive from Jin State, Bozhou Li looked even more embarrassed. So the two of them bowed together, dared not say extra words, and turned around to say goodbye.

After the Chu envoy made his tent, Zichan applauded: "Not bad, wonderful - 'Under the banner of China, we are the natural enemy of Chu', these words were passionate. With these words, the Chu people could not say any extra word for declaring war in the future."

Xiang Rong was a little depressed. He mentioned his interactions with the Chu State's ruler Yin just now. In fact, he wanted to have another "military meeting".

The first "Suppressing the War" between Jin and Chu was formed by the intermediary of the State of Song as a middleman. Since that conference, the Central Plains have enjoyed a short-term peace. As today, disasters and man-made disasters have continued, the two superpowers have taken great action again, which has made them and other vassal states very embarrassed. Song is located on the front line of the confrontation between Jin and Chu, and urgently needs two superpowers to truce in order to achieve a peaceful environment. Therefore, Xiang Rong had the intention to operate the Suppressing the War again. In private, he exchanged this idea with Zichan, and Zheng State was also suffering due to frequent wars, so Zichan warmly supported Xiang Rong's idea.

During the Spring and Autumn Period, people's concept of "country" was not strong, and since the Republic of China, the concept of "country" was introduced to China. At that time, people re-measure the previous concept of "dynasty"... But now, when Zhao Wu mentioned "China Country", Zichan's attitude relaxed again. The latter seemed to be stirred up by a sense of justice and forgot his original intention...
Chapter completed!