Chapter 178 The sinister Wang Pu

Chu State and Qi State attacked Wei State, but because they were worried that Huai State would take the opportunity to attack, they did not mobilize the national army to attack Wei. Therefore, although the battle was lost, there were still large armies guarding the country.

The world is raging with war, and the princes are constantly attacking. No one expected that a small Wei State could defeat Qin, defeat Chu, capture the princes of Qi, and dominate the world.

While the Central Plains was raging with war, the Huai Kingdom in the south was relatively peaceful. After Wang Qi moved the capital to Jinling, and after decades of development, the national treasury was full. After seeing the disputes in the Central Plains, Wang Pu began to carry out attacks on the surrounding small countries.

merger.

When the Huai State competed with the Chu State, it did not annex the small countries to the north of the Chao State, the Lu State, Zhoulai, Zhong, and Cai. Now that the Huai State has digested its land and its national strength is strong, Wang Pu begins to annex these small countries.

merger.

Among these small countries, Zhoulaiguo is considered the largest, but even Zhoulaiguo has a population of only about 300,000, so how can it compare with Huaiguo.

If the Central Plains countries had not been in chaos, Huai State's capture of the state might have attracted interference from other countries, but now the Central Plains has become chaotic because of Wei State's stir-up.

Wang Pu did not hesitate and immediately ordered Xu Jun to be the Sima of the Left Army and command an army of 50,000 to prepare for the annexation of the state.

Wang Pu sent troops on the grounds that Zhou Lai had not paid tribute to him, and that his late king Huai Wenxiang had passed away and did not come to mourn him. Of course, in order to show the benevolence and righteousness of our Huai State and to distinguish ourselves from the barbarians of Chu, Wang Pu gave Zhou Lai a way to make amends.

Given the opportunity, they specifically stated that as long as they came to pay tribute and send people to apologize within two months, the Huai State could forget the past and stop attacking them.

When Zhou Laiguo heard that Huai State was sending troops, he quickly sent envoys carrying a large amount of goods to pay tribute to Huai State, and was willing to let the prince come as a pledge.

It's just that Wang Pu had long wanted to annex Zhou Lai, so how could he give them a chance? In fact, the so-called opportunity never came to Zhou Lai. The two months were just to prepare food, grass and supplies for the army.

Wang Pu directly ordered the secret guards to take action, find some savage bandits, and trap the Zhou Lai State delegation in the wilderness and block it to the north of the nest. As long as the Zhou Lai State delegation did not appear on the land of Huai State, it meant that there was no such thing.

Come. You said you sent an envoy? Sorry, I didn't see it, so I didn't come.

When two months later, the Huai State envoy has not come, it is justifiable for Huai State to send troops again at this time. Huai Gong personally ordered to give you a chance, and you don't come. This is completely not taking Huai State seriously.

ah.

For a time, people in the Huai Kingdom were excited. A small state dared to do so. If they were not punished, where would the Huai Kingdom be?

Seeing that the military morale was available, Wang Pu immediately ordered 50,000 Huai troops to attack the state.

Zhou Lai asked Qi and Chu for help, but Qi and Chu were attacking Wei at this time, so how could they have time to control Zhou Lai? Zhou Lai was isolated and helpless, and the Huai army was equipped with sharp armor and iron armor.

A straight knife, Zhou Laiguo still uses a bronze weapon, how can he block it?

Although Zhou Laiguo had made preparations, Huai State's military power was overwhelming to Zhou Laiguo, not to mention a large number of advanced siege equipment.

The trebuchet made by the master craftsman was used to attack the city, and Zhou Laiguo could not resist it. After capturing a city, Wang Pu sent the Legalist disciples in the academy to take over the city. At the same time, the city was

All the noble officials were moved away and sent to Kuaiji.

Without the upper class nobles, the Huai State confiscated a large amount of land and distributed it to the people, completely abolishing the well-field system and slavery in the state. Xu Jun promulgated and implemented a series of policies to benefit the people after the Huai State reform in the state, and immediately gained

Winning the support of the people in the state.

In addition, the Huai army has strict military discipline. Anyone who dares to plunder the people, burn, kill, loot, and rape women after breaking the city will be directly beheaded. Therefore, after the Huai army entered Zhou Lai, it was actually more popular than the army from Zhou Lai.

The reality is so magical. The nobles from different states regard the common people as slaves. The so-called well-field system has long since collapsed and become the property of the nobles. These common people are just slaves working for the nobles.

The people had no food and clothing, and worked all day long, but had nothing to eat. After the Huai army conquered the state, and after stabilizing the situation, they opened the warehouses to store grain, opened the treasury, and distributed the cloth and salt to the people.

At the same time, in accordance with Wang Pu's order, every time a city was captured, Legalist students began to implement the Huai Kingdom's system here, clearing land, moving away officials and nobles, and dividing the land equally among the people.

Although the series of operations seemed troublesome, the effect was surprisingly good. The people who originally had a sense of resistance against Huai State's attack on Zhou Lai immediately abandoned Zhou Lai after seeing Huai State's system.

Even before the Huai army attacked, people kept coming to seek refuge spontaneously, willing to lead the way and cooperate with the Huai army in the attack.

Since the Huai State general Xu Guochao occupied the country, he has not attacked Zhou Lai for decades. After the Zhou Lai country was free from foreign aggression, the politics became more corrupt and the oppression of the lower class people became more cruel. As a result, the people of the Huai State spontaneously helped the Huai State army.

, and even a large number of soldiers from various states surrendered in Kaicheng.

With the previous cities as examples, as soon as the Huai army arrived, the people from Zhoulaiguo rushed to join them and lead the way. Huaiguo occupied the entire Zhoulaiguo with almost no effort.

Of course, the Huai Kingdom's system was able to spread so quickly across the country, and a large part of this was due to the Huai Kingdom's secret guards.

The news that Huai State was attacking Zhou Lai Country was not hidden. As Mohist disciples, we also have the concept of loving all sides and not attacking. After knowing that Huai State was attacking Zhou Lai Country, many Mohist disciples wrote letters one after another, saying that Huai State's attack on Zhou Lai Country was unjust.

He asked Wang Pu not to attack Zhou Lai.

Wang Pu kept all these petitions and waited until the Huai Kingdom captured a city before ordering an audience with the Mohist scholars.

"Your Majesty, Zhou Lai is innocent. This battle to capture Zhou Lai is an unjust war. Please, Your Majesty, withdraw the army." Qin Lili was not polite at all and said straightforwardly after saluting.

Wang Pu is not angry either. As the third destined son of the Wang family, Wang Pu has a deep grasp of human nature. If he were to be cut open, apart from his 95% charm on the outside, he would be black on the inside.

However, Wang Pu, who is proficient in the art of maneuvering and controlling people, does not have a gloomy character. If he were another person, he would be a tycoon. However, due to the education of the Wang family and the interference of Zi Jue, Wang Pu rarely used conspiracy and tricks.

After hearing Qin Huali's words, Wang Pu did not answer, but waved his hand and asked the eunuch next to him to send a bamboo slip over for him to check.

"Qin Huali, you Mohists have put aside those ideals. His most basic ideal is to let the people live a good life, right? Now look at the living conditions of the people after the Huai Kingdom went to Zhoulai!"

Qin Huali quickly looked at the bamboo slips, and soon he was stunned and murmured:

"Impossible, impossible, how could things be like this?"
Chapter completed!