Chapter 12 Wu Wangfuchai

The inclusion of Fucha in the ranks of famous monarchs once puzzled many people. Because everyone knows that the state of Wu was subjugated during the period of Fucha, but then again, during Fucha’s reign, he organized various princes in the Central Plains to hold a meeting in Huangchi, and Fucha presided over the meeting (48 BC Two years), and was promoted as the overlord, such a person is bound to be impossible to erase him from the biography of the famous monarch. Fucha was the son of King Helu of Wu. The story goes back to the time when Helu attacked Chu. When Helu concentrated his forces to attack Chu, King Goujian of Yue led the army of Yue to take the opportunity to attack Wu, which was empty in the country, and seized a lot of Wu's territory.

It's shameless to take advantage of the situation!Out-and-out robbery! Helu on the front line was very angry when he learned of this incident. In order to give this new small country a look, after occupying the capital of Chu State, Helu immediately led his army to attack Yue State without stopping.At that time, the State of Wu was the most powerful country among the princes from all walks of life. In the eyes of ordinary people, it should be easy to deal with such a barbaric country as the State of Yue.But no one thought that the soldiers of Yue State were not afraid of death at all. Although they were few in number, all of them, including officials, were brave and good at fighting. defeated.

Even Helu, king of Wu, was wounded by the Yue soldiers in the melee. What was even more frightening was that Helu died suddenly and inexplicably on the way back to the country with the remnants of the defeated soldiers. They were all poisoned. Helu felt unwilling until his death, and when he was dying, he told the crown prince Fucha: Don't forget to take revenge! Fucha, who saw his father's tragic death with his own eyes, was full of resentment. In order to fulfill his father's last wish, Fucha, who ascended the throne, thought of many ways to keep himself awake and not forget his father's hatred.

It is said that he once arranged for a person to be on duty outside the gate of the palace where he lived. Whenever Fu Chai entered and left the palace, the person would reprimand loudly: Fucha!Have you forgotten how your father was killed by King Yue? And Fucha will immediately announce loudly: I haven't forgotten! Regardless of whether this is true or not, the history book "Eighteen Histories" does record the story that Fu Chai had to sleep on his salary every night in order not to forget his father's hatred. Later, lying down was used to describe honing one's will for revenge.

After the three-year mourning period expired, the flame of revenge in Fu Chai's heart still did not disappear. After three years, Fu Chai immediately led an army to kill the Yue Kingdom.Perhaps the heart of revenge can really purify a person's heart. At that time, Fu Chai had no distracting thoughts. Apart from the emotion of revenge, he had no concept of life and death, victory or defeat in his mind.At that time, he had only one thought, to capture his father-killing enemy Yue Wang Goujian, and cut him into thousands of pieces to comfort his father's spirit in heaven. The mood of the monarch also directly affected his ministers and soldiers.

In order to avenge the tragic death of the former king, everyone bravely rushed to the front, and soon the Vietnamese army was defeated and retreated. In the end, Goujian, king of Yue, was defeated and fled to Kuaiji Mountain with an army of less than 5,000 people. Wu's army then surrounded Jishan, and Goujian had become a fish caught in the net. It wasn't until this time that the resentment in Fu Chai's heart was somewhat eliminated, but at the same time, the pride of being a winner also grew in Fu Chai's heart, and because of this, he felt a little sympathy for Yue King Gou Jian.

Goujian, king of Yue, seized the opportunity and sent an envoy to Fuchai, and told King Wu: Yue State is willing to be a subsidiary state of Wu State. It was Wu's minister Bo Pi, who was a courtier of Wu, who made it possible for the envoys from Yue to visit Fucha.After learning the reason, Wu Zixu advised Fucha: We can't let Yue King Goujian go!Otherwise, there will be endless troubles! Although Wu Zixu was a popular person around his father Helu, Fu Chai had always disliked him. When he saw Wu Zixu admonishing him, he decided not to kill Goujian, and accepted the conditions of Yue State and led his troops back to the country.

Wu Zixu could only look up to the sky and sigh: twenty years later, the palace of Wu State will become a swamp!This outstanding statesman predicted the revival of Yue and the demise of Wu. In addition to avenging his father, Fucha also has a big ambition after he ascended the throne, which is to become a monarch who dominates the world.Therefore, after making the Yue Kingdom surrender, Fu Chai has set his sights on the Central Plains region, and he wants all the princes in the Central Plains to recognize the superiority of the Wu State. First he conquered the state of Chen, then marched northward to attack the state of Lu, and finally invaded the mighty state of Qi in the north. Fu Chai and his ministers also transported a lot of food and grass from Yue to reward Wu's army. Wu's military officials were all happy, and only Wu Zixu understood the reason:

This is a conspiracy of the Yue Kingdom!Give favors first, and then annihilate them in one fell swoop when they are not prepared! But Fu Chai obviously would not listen to Wu Zixu's advice, and because Wu Zixu had repeatedly offended and advised him as the elder of the two dynasties, Fu Chai took an opportunity to force this outstanding politician to commit suicide.Since then, no one has dared to enter the Fuchai again. At this time, Fuchaqi's power had reached its peak. In order to show his own strength, Fu Chai sent envoys to inform the overlord Jin at that time, and asked Jin and Wu to jointly hold a world princes conference, which is the Huangchi conference mentioned above.During the meeting, the state of Wu was attacked by the state of Yue, but Fu Chai did not interrupt the meeting because of this. He did not lead his troops back home in a hurry until he became the leader of the alliance as he wished.

Nine years later, most of Wu's territory has been occupied by the Vietnamese army, and Wu's capital has also fallen into a state of isolation and helplessness.King Goujian of Yue sent someone to tell Fu Chai that the Yue Kingdom could spare his life, but Fu Chai, who had a strong self-esteem, felt that he did not listen to Wu Zixu's advice, so he committed suicide in shame and indignation.The year he died was the third year of King Zhou Yuan (473 BC), and he reigned for twenty-three years. ︱ ︱ ︱ Note: Brief History of Wu State In the late Spring and Autumn period of the hegemony, the surname of the country was Ji.Legend has it that it was founded by Zhou Wenwang's uncle Taibo and Zhong Yong Ben Jingman.King Wu of Zhou granted his descendant Zhou Zhang the title of Lord Wu, and established the country in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River.In the middle of the Spring and Autumn Period, Wu and Chu came into contact. Later, Jin State contacted Wu State to attack Chu State and helped it improve its military equipment. Wu produced high-quality copper and tin, and its smelting technology was excellent. strong country.In 585 BC, Sun Shoumeng, the 19th Taibo, began to become king, and his son Zhufan was all in Wu (now Suzhou, Jiangsu).Later King Helu of Wu (514 BC, 496 BC) appointed Wu Zixu, Sun Wu and others to defeat the Chu army and capture Yingdu in the ninth year of his reign.The next year, because the Yue army invaded Wu territory, Qin soldiers rescued Chu and Helu's brother-in-law King Gai rebelled, Wu began to retreat, and Chu was restored.In the nineteenth year of Helu, Wu attacked Yue and was defeated. Helu was wounded and died, and Prince Fucha succeeded him.In the second year of Fuchai, king of Wu (494 B.C.), King Goujian of Yue conquered the country and begged for peace.Fucha then led the Wu army to the north to conquer Lu, Qi and other countries.For ten years, Wu built a city in Han (near Yangzhou, Jiangsu) in order to fight for hegemony in the Central Plains; he dug Hangou between the Jianghuai and Huaihe Rivers, laying the foundation for the Chinese Canal Project.In the fourteenth year, the king of Wu gathered the princes in Huangchi (now southwest of Fengqiu, Henan).When Wu and Jin were vying for supremacy, King Goujian of Yue took advantage of the bluff to attack the capital of Wu and won his crown prince. Fu Chai had to return to the army in a hurry and asked Yue for peace.Since then, the state of Wu has been in decline, coupled with the decline of people's strength, frequent famines, and frequent attacks by Chu and Yue. In twenty-three years, the capital was captured by Gou Jian, Fu Chai committed suicide, and the state of Wu perished.