Drive Wu to swallow Yue. The King of Wu was stronger than the King of Yue, so the King of Yue could not possibly sit and wait for death. He would surely resist.
But how would he resist?
Chong Houhu gazed serenely at a pillar.
Wen Zhong looked thoughtful. He had never forgotten what Chong Houhu had said when stopping him that day.
So that was it. It seemed King Zhou had begun drawing up his strategy as early as that day.
The reason he had released the feudal lords in the first place was that some among them might support him.
Not many, but even one or two lending a hand at a critical moment would be enough to play an important role.
Only, in Wen Zhong's view, there was no need to rush into an alliance yet.
Driving Wu to swallow Yue would take another month or so to begin showing results. Hastily dispatching an envoy to forge an alliance would accomplish nothing. Only by delivering charcoal in the snow, waiting until Wu and Yue were fighting, could they reap a profit.
Besides, attacking E Shun did not require the feudal lords' help at all. They could simply launch a surprise attack according to the strategy of speed being the essence of war.
This was an open stratagem. Even discussing it brazenly in court would do no harm. E Shun could do nothing even if he knew. He first had to clean up the mess left by E Chongyu's death, and the surprise attack would come too swiftly for him to respond.
It could be said that with speed as the essence of war, this battle would be easy to fight. Even if King Zhou insisted on leading the campaign himself, it would be fine. If they strictly