Chapter 40 40
When Wang Yi saw this, he had no choice but to close his mouth and leave obediently......
After a while, the good wine stored by King Chu Huai was brought up, and after pouring the wine, King Chu Huai raised his glass: "Zhongjun, please!" ”
Guan Zhong also picked up the cup and drank it in one gulp: "Good wine, good wine!" ”
"I can't afford to drink this wine a few times a year, the first time the Qi State visited my Chu State, my Chu State must be well entertained!" King Chu Huai said to Guan Zhong.
Since the founding of Qi and Chu, they have never passed in the future, because the strategic places of the two sides are very far apart, if it were not for the Yue State all the way north and connected the two countries of Qi and Chu, Qi and Chu may not have established diplomatic relations so far.
"King Huai, I came this time to form an alliance with the Chu State!" Guan Zhong looked at King Chu Huai and said.
"Alliance?" In fact, when Guan Zhong arrived, King Chu Huai thought of it, and Qi and Chu joined forces to attack Yue......
"I know what Zhong Jun means, Qi and Yue are at war, my Chu State and Yue State have always been in hostility, Zhong Jun wants to win over my Chu State to deal with Yue State!" King Chu Huai said to Guan Zhong.
"King Huai, in fact, what I want to conclude with the Chu State is a blood alliance!" Guan Zhong looked at King Chu Huai and said.
The ministers beside King Chu Huai stood up one after another and said, "Qi State is only a small country in Dongyi, what qualifications do you have to conclude an iron-blooded alliance with my Chu State?" ”
"The State of Qi may only be a small country in front of the State of Chu, but the State of Qi is a real country of a thousand times, and after the destruction of the Yue State, the State of Qi will be the overlord of the East!" Guan Zhong Chu said.
Because the Yue Kingdom went all the way north, there were only two Qi and Yue in the eastern region of the empire, and when the Yue Kingdom was destroyed, there was only one powerful country in the East, and that was the Qi State.
"As far as I know, the Qi State is now proud to survive by paying tribute grain and tribute to the Yan State every year!" A minister stood up and looked at Guan Zhong and said.
"Qi is giving Yan food every year, but this does not mean that we are afraid of Yan country, if my Qi country pours the strength of the whole country, we can still destroy Yan country, but the price is too great, my Qi Gong can't bear the suffering of the people involved in the war, so I have been giving Yan food in exchange for friendship and peace between the two countries!" Guan Zhong said to the ministers.
And when King Chu Huai heard it: "It's very good, but it's actually afraid of Yan Kingdom!" ”
King Chu Huai is such a direct person, Guan Zhong also knew it when he came, but he said with a blushing face and a heartbeat: "King Huai, this is not right, in the final battle between my Qi country and Yan country, it is the victory of my Qi country!" ”
King Chu Huai looked at the courtiers next to him, and the courtiers next to him said: "King Huai, Guan Zhong is right, in the later period of Qi Yan's war, the Qi State does have the upper hand!" ”
"Why do you sign such an unequal treaty when you win? If it were me, I would enter the Yan Kingdom and destroy the Yan Kingdom to avenge the shame! King Chu Huai said to the ministers.
"Perennial war, the people of Qi have wandered and lost their places, and my Duke Qi pities the people, so I originally exchanged tribute gold and grain for peace!" Guan Zhong said to King Chu Huai.
In fact, the real situation back then was that the 300,000 Yanyun iron cavalry guarding Shanhaiguan on the Northern Yan border did not participate in the war......
Qi was also afraid of the 300,000 Yan Yun Iron Horsemen at that time, so they signed this unequal agreement, but this situation was only known to Yan and Qi, and other countries did not know......
At that time, the rout of Yan State was also because Yanyun Iron Cavalry did not participate in the war, mainly because there was a strong enemy outside the northern pass of Yan State at that time, and he did not dare to let Yanyun Iron Cavalry participate in the war.
When the emperor divided the feudal domain, the main task given to Yan was to defend against the threat of Goguryeo outside the imperial pass, because Goguryeo was a great threat, and the empire had been allocating funds to Yan during its heyday, so that it could create an invincible iron cavalry army.
Back then, Yan Gong also lived up to expectations, and finally created the Yanyun Iron Cavalry, one of the most powerful cavalry regiments in the empire......
Yan is also known as the country with the strongest army of the vassal states because of this iron horse......
"Then you Qi Gong really pity the people!" Listening to Guan Zhong's words, King Chu Huai also had to admire Duke Qi.
"If it weren't for the fact that the Yue Kingdom attacked my Qi State during the alternation of power in our Qi State and killed the Duke of Qi Xiang, my Qi State would not want to get involved in the war!" Guan Zhong said to King Chu Huai.
"In order to avenge the revenge of Qi Xianggong, my Qi country gathered 400,000 troops to prepare for a decisive battle with the Yue country, this time the envoy to the Chu State is to hope to conclude an iron-blood alliance with the Chu State and destroy the Yue State!" Guan Zhong said to King Chu Huai.
"After my Qi State destroyed the Yue Kingdom, I am willing to dedicate the land of Yangzhou to King Huai, so that King Huai can fulfill the wishes of the previous kings of Chu State and unify Yangzhou! Guan Zhong said to King Chu Huai.
"I, the State of Chu, have always wanted to unify Yangzhou, and this is indeed an opportunity," King Huai of Chu said to Guan Zhong.
Yangzhou is the second largest state in Kyushu in the world, and the Chu State and the Yue State occupy the east and west, and both the Chu State and the Yue State want to get the other half to complete the unification.
"I only need Xuzhou in Qi country!" Guan Zhong said to King Chu Huai.
The king of Yue went north to occupy the whole of Xuzhou, and Guan Zhong was willing to give Yangzhou to the king of Chu this time in exchange for a Xuzhou and an iron-blooded alliance with the state of Chu.
"Your Majesty, if it is an alliance between the Qi State, then the battle to destroy Yue will definitely be the most troops sent by my Chu State, what virtue does he have in the Qi State, how can he get the entire Xuzhou?"
"Xuzhou is one of the nine states in the world, but it is the smallest state, I don't think the king of Chu will mind!" Guan Zhong said to King Chu Huai.
"I don't care about a Xuzhou, it's just that you want to conclude an iron-blooded alliance with me, your Qi State only helps unify Yangzhou, which is far from enough, who in the world doesn't know that my Chu State is the strongest prince in the world, and your Qi State is only a small eastern country in the eyes of my Chu State in the end!" King Chu Huai said to Guan Zhong.
"Even without the help of the Qi State, my Chu State can defeat the Yue State and unify Yangzhou!" King Chu Huai said to Guan Zhong.
"Of course I believe that Chu has the most princes in the world, the largest army, and the largest region, and it is only a matter of time before the Yue State is destroyed, but after the Yue State is destroyed, can the Chu State peacefully compete with the Central Plains for hegemony?" Guan Zhong asked King Chu Huai rhetorically.
"Destroy the Yue State, no one will invade the rear of my Chu State, and my Chu State will naturally be able to put its military strength in the Central Plains and compete for hegemony in the Central Plains!" King Chu Huai said.
"That's just the wishful thinking of the King of Chu, right? Chu State destroyed Yue State, behind it is my Qi State, my Qi State has such a big threat to Chu State, what do you think will happen? Guan Zhong asked King Chu Huai.
"Could it be that you still want to invade my Chu State?" A minister stood up and glared at Guan Zhong and said.
"My Qi country and Yan country are married, if King Chu Huai destroys the Yue country, my Qi country is worried, I believe that the Yan country will also be worried, I believe that by that time, our Qi and Yan families will form a blood alliance with the help of marriage, and they will make some resistance to this threat in front of them!" Guan Zhong said to King Chu Huai.
When the State of Chu destroyed the State of Yue and joined the State of Qi, at that time, the State of Yan would definitely have the same worries as the State of Qi, after all, everyone understands the truth of cold lips and teeth!