To be honest, this passage makes a lot of sense, even giving a feeling of sudden enlightenment and clarity.
However, after San Zi heard it, he was indeed enlightened and clear-headed, but it seemed to have no other use.
What's the use of knowing that the true history is far less simple than what is recorded in books? He needs to understand how to survive being caught between Fucha and Wu Zixu.
He is now like walking blindfolded on a steel wire suspended high in the air; to the left is death, and to the right is also death, unable to find a way forward at all.
However, there were still some gains.
He originally waited for the key turning points recorded in historical records, such as tasting excrement to inquire about illness, and then replicating the original trajectory.
Since true history is not a photograph but a video, with other causes and effects and other events before and after,
then he should act according to Goujian's persona, doing many things not recorded in historical books, trying desperately to please Fucha even in advance or from the very beginning.
No matter what, Fucha is the King of Wu; even if he is incompetent, his power is far greater than that of Wu Zixu, his minister, and he can decide his life and death more easily.
Nangong Lingyun didn't know that Tang San had come to such a conclusion after being fooled by him, otherwise, he would probably die laughing.
Something that normal people can understand without thinking, this guy actually had to die five or six times and rely on others' hints to realize it.
How could one word '6' suffice to describe it?
However, no matter how well he did, even ten times more perfectly than the original Goujian, it was impossible for him to pass, because the person who controlled and set the rules never intended for him to win.
Tang San had just died yesterday.
Therefore, when he entered today, the plot had just begun.
Yue was defeated, and even the capital Piyi was breached and occupied by the Wu army, so they could only lead their remaining defeated troops to retreat and defend Pingyang on the top of Mount Kuaiji, using it as a temporary capital.
But not long after, even the temporary capital was heavily besieged, with no hope of breaking out and no way to hold on, Minister Fan Li suggested making peace with Fucha and becoming a hostage in Wu.
Tang San had tried to fight to the death, but placing himself in a desperate situation did not lead to life; instead, he was completely wiped out.
Let alone himself, Fucha and Wu Zixu did not spare even the core ministers of Yue, driving them all into a palace and burning them to death, while claiming to the outside world that these people had voluntarily died loyal to the King of Yue.
Therefore, he knew that there was indeed only one path: seeking peace, and the attitude had to be sincere enough; if Fucha felt even a hint of displeasure, the outcome would still be the same.
In a wilderness,
Tang San led the remaining five thousand troops of Yue, many civil and military officials, as well as his wife, concubines, royal relatives, and children in this plot,
and the seals, swords, maps, household registers, etc., symbolizing the complete surrender of political power, civil rights, territory, and taxes, respectfully knelt on the ground awaiting the King of Wu's reception.
These surrendered areas accounted for about nine-tenths of Yue's original territory, shrinking from originally occupying the entirety of Zhejiang province plus parts of surrounding areas to only slightly more than one city, with almost no defensible terrain.
He also stated that he would offer his wife and become a servant of the King of Wu himself, serving him day and night to atone for his sins.
But even so, there were still many twists and turns in between.
True history was indeed not as simple as recorded in historical books; historical books only wrote that Wu Zixu disagreed with accepting Yue's plea for peace, believing that what Heaven gives must be taken, otherwise disaster will strike.
But when it came down to it, the specific events that occurred were enough to write hundreds of thousands of words.
Wu Zixu suggested to Fucha to kill all the officers of the Yue army, confiscate their weapons and armor, and disband the lower-level soldiers; if Goujian disagreed, it would mean he harbored malicious intentions and planned to retaliate one day.
After Bing Qing Yu Jie remained completely unmoved, he suggested trying every possible means to humiliate Goujian.
As long as a trace of dissatisfaction appeared on his face, there would be reason to annihilate him and the last of the Yue army together; anyway, without generals and with soldiers having neither armor nor weapons, acting now would be as easy as turning a hand.
Even if the other party remained consistently willing to endure it, it could still cause him to lose prestige in front of his own subjects and army, thereby weakening any potential threat to Wu.
So, Fucha first took his wife into the military tent in front of Goujian, and wails came from inside.
The scorching sun was overhead, and in the tent not far away, his wife and concubines were screaming, and behind him, many officials and soldiers looked on with incomprehension but great shock.
However, Tang San could only suppress the humiliation and pain,
kneeling and loudly praising the King of Wu's heroic bravery, stating that he had never made his wife enjoy herself so much.
Next, he was summoned into the tent and truly served the King of Wu as a servant, personally assisting him in 'disciplining' his Queen of Yue.
Fortunately, San Zi had already made up his mind to endure to the end no matter what, so Wu Zixu did not succeed.
But this also made him even more convinced that Goujian harbored malicious intentions.
No normal person facing this level of humiliation could still talk and laugh as if nothing happened, or even praise the enemy for the humiliation.
More insane targeting followed one after another.
The peace treaty ceremony began at dawn,
but it wasn't until darkness completely fell that Wu was forced to come out and receive the seals, swords, maps, and household registers.
For a full day's Time, under Wu Zixu's scheme, Fucha repeatedly tested and even maliciously provoked him.
Tang San in the plot was just a mortal, and all his feelings were imposed according to a mortal's endurance, tormenting him to the point of extreme suffering, a double limit of psychological and physical torture, causing him to truly faint several times.
During this process, the Yue treasury was emptied, the army was disbanded, and valuable craftsmen, doctors, books, grain, and many women of childbearing age were packaged up and taken away.
It can be said that from the King of Wu's perspective, there was no possibility of Yue ever recovering.
He kept it only to show his benevolence, plus to occasionally humiliate a king, an enemy king who had once killed his father, for entertainment.
Even so, this was only because Wu had a corrupt official who had been bribed by his subordinates and had been speaking up for Goujian; otherwise, there wouldn't even have been a chance to become a servant, and Yue could only have completely disappeared.
Plot Time only speeds up in unimportant places; at key nodes like this, it's completely one-to-one.
When Tang San took the Feixian Token from his forehead the next morning, he was almost completely exhausted, and even eating several of Oscar's Big Sausages couldn't restore him.
Intense fatigue, like a tide, attacked his mind wave after wave without interruption.
As soon as he closed his eyes, he could immediately fall into a deep sleep.
But just then, a knock on the door sounded on Time.
Oscar stared at him for a long Time with an extremely sharp gaze, until he forced himself to cheer up and his expression became normal before turning to leave.
Well, worker, working soul, he had to go to work.
In the assessment, a slight mistake would only lower the evaluation and restart the assessment.
But in reality, being caught by this malicious, shameless, inhuman dog who often makes trouble out of nothing and distorts normal behavior could truly lead to death.