In 473 BC, Goujian, the king of Yue, destroyed the state of Wu, and Yixue was humiliated as a slave for his husband. Before that, Gou Jian tried his courage, developed production, comforted the people, restored the national strength of the country, and looked forward to revenge one day. And "lying on the salary and tasting the guts" has also become an inspirational story passed down from generation to generation, inspiring many people in the face of adversity. So, what kind of story is there in this, and is it worth learning from Xi future generations?
Wu and Vietnam are feuding, and there is constant friction for their own survival. At the beginning, King Wu Lu attacked the Chu State, and the Yue King Yunchang took the opportunity to steal his family to attack the Wu State, causing Wu to destroy Chu in vain. After Yun Chang died, He Lu took advantage of the mourning of the Yue country to raise troops to attack Yue. The Wu and Yue armies set up positions at Jiali (present-day south of Jiaxing, Zhejiang). The Battle of Tran ended with the victory of the Yue Kingdom. He Lu injured his toe in the war, presumably causing an infection, and died.
After Fucha succeeds to the throne, he will inevitably take revenge on the country. Seeing that Wu Guo was strong, Gou Jian couldn't sit still, so he took the lead in attacking. In 496 BC, the two armies confronted each other at Fujiao Mountain, but the Yue army was defeated, and Goujian retreated to Huiji Mountain, where he was besieged by the Wu army. Originally, Gou Jian planned to die in battle, but Fan Li persuaded him to seek peace and patience, as long as he did not destroy the country, there was hope of turning the tables. Gou Jian then asked Wen Chong to go to sue for peace, and bribed the important minister Bo Yao beside Fucha, and really persuaded Fucha to make peace with Yue Guo.
Gou Jian brought his family into Wu to serve his husband, feed the horses and lead the horses for him, and even asked for convenience. This is a shame for Goujian, who was once the king of a country, and its shame is self-evident. In this way, Gou Jian grovelled and served Wu Wangfucha for three years and won the trust of Fucha. Three years later, Gou Jian returned to Yueguo. began to lightly punish the meager endowment, encourage production, cast armor, reward and punish clearly, and share weal and woe with the ministers and the people. In this way, the national strength of the Yue country began to slowly recover.
But it is not enough to develop internal affairs alone. The state of Wu is still strong, and it must continue to forbear. Once domestic affairs are done well, foreign affairs will be developed. It is good with Qi, Jin, and Chu, and with the help of them, the state of Wu is exhausted. At the same time, he continued to send treasures and beauties to Wu State for many years, paralyzing the monarchs and ministers of Wu State, and prompting them to be arrogant and lascivious. And to Wu Guojin to offer skilled craftsmen, help the husband to build a large number of buildings, the purpose of which is to consume the financial resources and manpower of Wu State. At this time, Fucha had become Xi to the posture of the Yue Kingdom calling the minister Nagong, and ** also distinguished the true intention of Gou Jian.
The state of Wu attacked Qi and sent troops to help. The Wu-Yue coalition army returned victoriously, and the husband can be said to have complete trust in Gou Jian. Wu Zixu's repeated persuasion was ineffective, believing that Wu was about to be defeated, and entrusted his son to the people of Qi. When the husband heard this, he was furious, so he killed Wu Zixu. Seeing that Wu Guoxian's ministers were executed, he gained power, and he was arrogant and extravagant. Fan Li still thought that the time had not come, so Gou Jian continued to lurk, and he had been raised by shame and hatred to be extremely calm.
In 482 BC, Fucha participated in the Huangchi Alliance, and the elite of Wu was exhausted. Gou Jian asked again if he could cut down Wu, and Fan Li said yes. As a result, the Yue army marched to Gusu City, captured and killed the prince's friend, invaded Gusu City, burned down the palace of Wu, and transported a large amount of property. When the husband learned about it, he hurriedly ended the alliance and led the army back. Gou Jian knew that he could not annex Wu at this time, so the two countries made peace. It was also a peace negotiation, but this time the victorious side was the Yue Kingdom. After this battle, Wu Yue's situation of strength and weakness began to change.
In 478 BC, Gou Jian took advantage of the exhaustion of Wu's national strength and ordered Fan Li and others to lead troops to attack Wu again, and the Wu army was defeated. This time it still failed to swallow the state of Wu, but after the war, the state of Wu was already in internal and external difficulties, and even the defense was very difficult. After another three years, the Vietnamese soldiers besieged the city of Gusu. After besieging Gusu for nearly three years, he finally attacked Gusu City. It is said that Gou Jian was soft-hearted and did not want to kill his husband, and promised to give his husband 300 households for his old age. Kefu was willing to suffer this shame of losing his country, so he committed suicide. So far, it took Gou Jian twenty years from the defeat of the Battle of Fujiao to the success of revenge.
After the Yue Kingdom destroyed Wu, Fan Li took the initiative to retire and wrote to Wen Chong saying: The birds are all gone, and the good bow is hidden;The cunning rabbit dies, and the lackeys cook. The king of Yue can share weal and beg, but not wealth. Wen Chong said that he was sick and did not go to court, and someone falsely accused Wen Chong of wanting to make trouble, and the king of Yue gave Wen Chong a sword and said: "Mr. taught me seven strategies to cut Wu, I only used three, and there are four for you to try." So Wen Chong drew the sword from his neck.
Gou Jian learned the lessons of failure and kept Taoguang in obscurity for decades, and this kind of perseverance is worthy of recognition. But after succeeding, he was jealous of the minister, and easily killed the meritorious person, and he seemed to be vicious again.