Anti-War Game: Starting from Normandy Campaign-Chapter 705 - 340: [Shen Baoxu: Wu Zixu! Do You Really Want to Destroy Chu?]
A coup, just like that, came to an end.
Facing the prince Guang who had committed regicide, the armored soldiers dared not act rashly.
After all, this was a matter within the royal family.
And they were merely guards; if Prince Guang settled accounts with them after ascending the throne, none of them could escape.
The night turned unexpectedly in the land of Wu, an event no one anticipated.
And Prince Guang successfully ascended to the throne.
To the Blue Star viewers in the livestream, this all seemed rather incredible.
The main point was still the reaction of those armored soldiers.
Were they not a bit too honest?
If this were in a later dynasty, Prince Guang would likely have been hacked to death amidst chaos, rather than having soldiers lay down their arms at his command.
Apparently, this period in ancient Huaxia was relatively simple.
Quickly.
Wu Zixu found Prince Guang, who was now King Helü of Wu.
He urged him to launch a military campaign against Chu.
But King Helü, having just ascended the throne, having achieved his desires, seemed reluctant to assist Wu Zixu in attacking Chu on a large scale.
Finally, under Wu Zixu's persistent urging.
Wu Zixu agreed to three conditions set by King Helü, upon which King Helü agreed to assist him in the campaign against Chu.
Subsequently.
King Helü began a strong domestic development.
He heavily relied on Wu Zixu and his recommended Sun Wu, leading to the gradual rise of Wu State.
After nine years of preparation.
He launched the campaign against Chu.
[Winter, 506 BC]
King Helü personally led the Wu army, in alliance with the forces of Tang and Cai, pushed west along the Huai River, and achieved a great victory over the Chu army at Baiju despite being outnumbered.
The Wu army, riding the momentum, won five consecutive victories and invaded the capital of Chu, Yingdu, forcing King Zhao of Chu to flee in panic.
At this moment.
In the scene.
The Wu army had already invaded Yingdu, the ministers of Chu were imprisoned, and Wu Zixu had led troops to the royal mausoleum of Chu.
Wu Zixu, with his white hair wild, stood before the mausoleum of the King of Chu, nearly mad, as the hatred he had suppressed for nearly fifteen years erupted fully at that moment:
"Dig!!!"
"Dig up this foolish ruler's tomb for me!!!"
"Hurry, dig it up for me!!!"
In the scene.
The surrounding armored soldiers swung their picks fiercely; the bricks of the mausoleum cracked, and Wu Zixu stared intently at the gradually exposed coffin, as the watching citizens of Chu whispered among themselves from afar.
Until the coffin was revealed, pulled out with ropes by the soldiers, and the lid was smashed open.
A stench of decay surged into the sky.
The body inside the coffin had long rotted, reduced to white bones, with only the robe and the golden embroidery upon it suggesting the identity of the remains.
At the sight of the remains, Wu Zixu trembled violently, yelling hoarsely in rage:
"It's him!!!"
"Get him up here for me! Get him up here!!!"
"Golden whip! Golden whip!!!"
Wu Zixu, trembling with excitement, snatched the golden whip handed over by an attendant, ordered Chu Ping Wang's body to be carried out, and dumped it on the ground.
He then picked up the golden whip and rushed in front of Chu Ping Wang's body, whipping it repeatedly.
Whip!
Whip!
In the dead of night, the frenzied Wu Zixu kept whipping the corpse.
The surrounding soldiers were all horrified, even Sun Wu from afar looked incredulously at the mad Wu Zixu.
He never thought Wu Zixu had such a side.
Completely lost all reason.
From the dead of night, he whipped until dawn.
The body of Chu Ping Wang, its bones were all smashed to pieces, leaving only large chunks of bone fragments and the torn robe on the ground.
In the distance.
The gathered Chu people grew in number.
Among them were many former ministers of Chu, and from afar, a voice angrily shouted:
"Wu Zixu!!!"
"You are the descendant of a minister of Chu! You have a family but no country! Only filial piety, not loyalty!"
"You are petty and short-tempered! Unworthy as a man!!!"
At these words, Wu Zixu sharply raised his head, looked at his former friend Shen Baoxu, and roared in anger:
"Shut up!!!"
Nonetheless, Shen Baoxu persisted:
"Wu Zixu!"
"Do you truly mean to destroy Chu entirely!!!"
Wu Zixu raised the golden whip and yelled hoarsely:
"Shen Baoxu!"
"I'll kill you!!!"
Wu Zixu raised the golden whip, ready to charge at Shen Baoxu.
Suddenly.
A voice of an old man sang out from the river:
"Among the reeds, among the reeds. Across the river, whose kindness saved us."
"The treasured sword, the seven-star pattern. Returned to you, worn in honor."
"Today, you revel. But do you remember, the kind fisherman."
The fisherman's voice left Wu Zixu momentarily dazed, lost in memories, back to when he was pursued relentlessly by the Chu army, reaching the riverbank with nowhere to run.
It was that small boat that saved his life.
Wu Zixu slowly lowered the golden whip, regaining his composure.
Seeing Wu Zixu calm down, the fisherman didn't linger, but instead turned his small boat around and rowed away.
Wu Zixu slowly sat down, using the golden whip as support.
Suddenly.
Wu Zixu let out an uncontrollable, heart-wrenching wail, mingled with blood and tears, making those who heard it unable to hold back their tears, as Wu Zixu shook and cried, his white hair in disarray.
"Ahhhhhh——!!!"
Fifteen years of hatred, over three hundred lives, but in the end, nothing could ever be reclaimed.
This scene.
Shocked the viewers from Blue Star watching the livestream.
[Gasp—, this cry gave me goosebumps.]
[Revenge, at this moment, has materialized.]
[But loved ones will never return.]
[Wu Zixu nearly went mad, but fortunately, the fisherman appeared, saving him with the voice of his lifesaver.]
[Wu Zixu's tears were for his years of obsession.]
[Shen Baoxu.... sigh, he saved Wu Zixu's life once too, but he was overwhelmed by rage.]
[This has got to be the most poignant avenger in the Huaxia historical series.]
