Zhao Shangqing Yu believed in the order of King Zhao and went to Han, Wei, and Qi to lobby, preparing for the countries to unite and jointly resist Qin.

Yu Xin knew that his trip was of great significance to Zhao Guo, and it could be said that it was related to the life and death of Zhao Guo.

Before leaving, he went to Shangqing Lin Xiangru's house and said goodbye to Lin Xiangru.

Lin Xiangru, who was riddled with illness, saw Yu Qing's coming, struggled to get up from the couch, let people support him, and bowed deeply to Yu Qing: "Lord Yu Qing, your trip to various countries this time is related to the survival of my Zhao country, so please leave everything to your lordship." ”

Yu Xin looked at his old friend, who had devoted his life to Zhao Guo, and his eyes moistened.

Facing Lin Xiangru, he bowed with his fists and saluted back: "Please rest assured, Lord Lin, I will do my best to go to various countries this time." It will be possible to persuade all countries to join forces to resist Qin. ”

After Yu Qing and Lin Xiangru said goodbye, without the slightest delay, they led people to travel day and night to various countries.

Yu Qing went to Han, Wei, and Qi to lobby, and the first stop was to South Korea, wanting to meet Han Wangran and explain his intentions.

At the end of last year, South Korea, together with Zhao, signed an agreement with Qin to cede Yong and Yuan to Qin.

Han Wangran's action is fast! didn't procrastinate like Zhao Wangdan. As soon as the agreement was signed, they gave the two cities to the Qin State before they could be sent back to the capital Xinzheng.

Yu Qing originally thought that South Korea, as the biggest victim of Qin, would definitely give great welcome and support to the United Zhao State and jointly resist Qin.

But what Yu Qing didn't expect was that after coming to South Korea, he wouldn't be able to see King Han for a few days.

Yu Qing sent people to inquire around, and he also visited several South Korean ministers. Only then did he know that Han Wangran was frightened in the court after knowing that he was coming.

said to the courtiers: "If the King of Qin knows that Yu Qing is coming, he will send troops to attack my Korea, and my Korea will be in danger!" How is this good? No, no, let him go. ”

There are several ministers in South Korea who know that this is an opportunity for South Korea to join forces with other countries to resist Qin. persuaded King Han hard, met with Yu Qing, and saw what Yu Qing said? But King Han just didn't want to meet Yu Qing.

When Yu Qing heard this, he despised King Han in his heart. I am also deeply disappointed with my trip to South Korea.

Since King Han didn't want to see him, there was no point in staying in South Korea any longer. Yu Qing led his people to leave Korea and go to Wei.

As soon as Yu Qing left Korea, the envoy of Qin sent by Qin Xiang Fan Sui arrived at Xinzheng, the capital of South Korea.

This time, the envoys sent by Fan Sui to Han and Wei had two tasks: one was to prevent Han and Wei from sending troops to aid Zhao; The second is to let the king of Han and the king of Wei go to Xianyang to meet the king of Qin.

The Qin envoy had just come to South Korea, and before he could catch his breath, he was summoned by Han Wangran.

After the king of Han learned of the intentions of the Qin envoy, he said to the envoy of the Qin state: "This time, the Zhao state sent Shangqing Yu Xin to come, but the widow did not see him. Please return to the country and report to the King of Qin, please rest assured that my Korea will not send troops to support the Zhao State. ”

"As for going to the court to see the King of Qin, the widow thinks it is right. After the widow and the ministers discussed, they could go to Xianyang in person to meet the king of Qin, and ask the envoy to worry. ”

The Qin envoy sent to South Korea was very satisfied after listening to Han Wangran's words.

For Han Wangran, he gave a high degree of affirmation and praise on the spot.

At this time, Wei Yuan, the king of Wei Anjiao, also met with the envoy sent by the king of Qin.

After knowing the purpose of the Qin envoy, the king of Wei did not give an answer on the spot, and arranged for the Qin envoy to stay. Immediately summoned Wei Xiangzishun, Shangqing Zhou Xin, and Zhiqi to discuss the matter.

Wei Yu said to Wei Xiangzishun and the others: "Now the king of Qin has sent a messenger to ask the widow to go to Xianyang and enter the court in Qin to seek peace. Otherwise, troops will be sent to invade our Wei State, so what can I do? ”

Wei Xiangzishun, the grandson of the sage Confucius VI, is now worshiped by Wei Yu as Wei Xiang.

After listening to the words of King Wei, Zishun bowed down to Wei Yu and said: "King, Qin is a country of tigers and wolves, and King Yingji of Qin is also a person who has no faith. In the past, the king of Chu entered Qin, was detained by Qin and could not return, and finally died in a different place. ”

"Now the king of Qin has asked my king to go to Xianyang, the state of Qin, and my king must not agree. Otherwise, I am afraid that the king of Chu will be restored, and he will not be able to return. ”

The king of Chu mentioned by Wei Xiangzi Shun is the grandfather of the current king of Chu, King Mihuai.

In the thirtieth year of King Huai of Chu (299 BC), the twenty-seventh year of King Zhaoxiang of Qin.

In the name of marrying, King Yingji of Qin asked King Chuhuai to go to Wuguan (now Shangnan County, Shaanxi Province) to meet. King Huai of Chu did not listen to the persuasion of Qu Yuan, the doctor of Chu State, and went to the meeting according to Zilan's words, but was later abducted by Qin soldiers and escorted to Xianyang, the capital of Qin. Three years later, he died in the state of Qin.

After Wei Yu heard this, he felt a lot of affection!

He said to Shangqing Zhou Xin and Zhiqi: "Two Aiqing, what do you two think of this proposal of King Qin?" ”

Zhou Xin and Zhiqi looked at each other, Zhou Xin stood up, bowed to King Wei and said, "Your Majesty, what Xiangguo said just now was very true. The country of Qin is a country of tigers and wolves, and the king of Qin is a person of no faith. This time, the king of Qin asked my king to go to Xianyang, just like an unpredictable abyss, my king cannot go. ”

Shangqing Zhiqi also stood up and said to King Wei: "King, what Xiangguo and Lord Zhou Xin said just now is very true. The country of Qin is a country that is unknown, and our king cannot go to the country of Qin to measure its danger. ”

After listening to the words of Xiang Guozishun, Shangqing Zhou Xin, and Zhiqi, Wei Yu nodded and agreed with the three of them.

immediately complained of illness and did not pay attention to the Qin envoy sent by the King of Qin.

After Yu Xin came to Wei, he was summoned by the king of Wei.

After Yu Qing made his intentions clear, Wei Yu immediately summoned Xiang Guo Zishun to discuss the matter.

The King of Wei said to Wei Xiangzi: "Xiangguo, now the King of Zhao has sent a letter from Shangqing Yu to my Wei State, saying that Zhao State will not cede the six cities to the Qin State this time, and is willing to return the cities that occupied my Wei State in the past, hoping to join forces with my Wei State to resist Qin." ”

"But now that the Qin State is powerful, if the widow sends troops to reinforce the Zhao State, and the Qin State is afraid that the Qin State will attack my Wei State, how should I take it?"

Wei Xiangzi bowed to Wei Yu and said, "King, this Qin has the heart to devour the world. Qin sent troops to prepare to attack Zhao this time, if my Wei State did not send troops to rescue Zhao this time, Zhao State would die. ”

"Great King, if the Zhao State is occupied by the Qin State, the Qin State will attack my Wei State, why should my Wei State exist alone? Why don't we take advantage of the present, our Wei State will send troops to reinforce the Zhao State and resist the Qin State together. In this way, both countries are protected. ”

After listening to Zishun's words, King Wei pondered for a long time, and said to Wei Xiangzi: "Good." Xiangguo's words are very true. ”

Subsequently, Yu Qing was summoned and said to Yu Qing: "Yu Qing, please go back and tell King Zhao." If the Qin army attacks Zhao, the widow will send troops to reinforce Zhao and fight against the Qin army, please rest assured. ”

After listening to King Wei's words, Yu Qing was overjoyed and said to King Wei: "Thank you King Wei, Weichen will tell my king when he goes back." ”

After receiving the guarantee of the King of Wei's troops, Yu Qing immediately transferred to the Qi State, preparing to unite with the Qi State to jointly resist Qin.

Yu Qing and his entourage came to Linzi, the capital of Qi, and it was already late August, and Yu Qing was summoned by the queen and Wang Jian of Qi.

Regarding the purpose of Yu Qing's coming to Qi State this time, the queen and her son Qi Wangjian already knew it.

After meeting Yu Qing, the queen summoned her younger brother Hou Sheng and the minister Zhou Zi to ask their opinions.

For this reason, Hou Sheng had a heated debate with the minister Zhou Zi.

Zhou Zi was just promoted to the secretary of Qi by the queen this year.

After listening to the queen explain Yu Qing's intentions, she stood up and said to the queen and Tian Jian, the king of Qi: "Queen Mother, Great King, since the Battle of Changping last year, the Qin State has the ambition to annex the world, and my Qi State must not ignore it!" ”

"Zhao is the barrier to the west of our Qi country, and the relationship between the two countries is cold. Once the state of Zhao perished, it was occupied by the state of Qin. My Qi State will soon face the army of Qin State, and disaster is coming. ”

"If not, my Qi State will take advantage of Yu Qing's coming to unite Zhao State, Wei State, and even Chu State, Yan State, and Korean State to jointly resist Qin. In this way, the Qin State will inevitably be defeated, and our Qi State will be able to obtain six cities from the Zhao State. Why not! ”

The queen and Qi Wangjian, after listening to Zhou Zi's words, both nodded.

The queen's younger brother Hou Sheng, when he saw this situation, was anxious.

Two days ago, the Qin envoy sent by the Qin State to the Qi State, in accordance with the instructions of Qin Xiang Fan Sui, sent a thousand gold and more than a dozen treasures to Hou Sheng.

Hou Sheng knew the purpose of the Qin envoy, and made it clear on the spot that he would persuade his sister Queen Jun and Qi Wangjian not to send troops to reinforce Zhao State.

But now seeing the attitude of my sister Queen Jun and Qi Wangjian, the situation is not good!

Hou Sheng stood up and said to the queen and Qi Wangjian: "The queen mother, the king, what Yaqing Zhou Zi said just now is also a fallacy. ”

Ignoring the anger in his eyes when Yaqing Zhou Zi next to him looked at him.

Hou Sheng continued to say to the queen and Qi Wangjian: "Queen Mother, King, please forgive the ministers for being bold and dare to ask the Queen Mother and King, which country is the strongest today?" ”

Qi Wangjian, who was sitting on it, didn't wait for his mother Queen to answer, so he said to his uncle and queen: "Needless to say, naturally the Qin State is the strongest." ”

After Hou Sheng listened to Qi Wang Jian's words, his voice couldn't help but raise and said, "What the king said is extremely true. Today, the strength of the Lower Qin State is the strongest, while the Zhao State has greatly reduced its strength since the Battle of Changping last year, and its national strength is empty. ”

"If I, the Qi State, listen to Yu Xin's words this time and send troops to support the Zhao State, may I guarantee that I am sure of defeating the Qin State? If the Qin State is defeated, it will also face strong retaliation from the Qin State afterwards. If the Qin State cannot be defeated, the catastrophe will come immediately. ”

Speaking of this, Hou Sheng secretly took a look at the expressions of the queen and Qi Wangjian who were seated above, and found that the two of them had heavy faces. knew that these two people had already listened to their own words just now.

He continued to the queen and the king of Qi: "Queen Mother, king, please don't forget how the six countries treated me in the past? Back then, the six countries joined forces to attack my Qi country, and my Qi country almost perished! ”

"Now that the six countries of them are fighting each other, why should my Qi country do anything more? Whatever about the rest of them! What's more, now that my Qi State has signed an alliance with Qin State, why should I betray the alliance between my Qi and Qin countries for the sake of Zhao State? ”

After listening to her brother's words, the queen looked at Yaqing Zhou Zi below and wanted to argue, waved her hand, stopped Zhou Zi, and said to Hou Sheng: "You can handle this matter!" Inform Zhao Guoyu Qing that my Qi country doesn't care about the affairs of other countries, and I don't want to be the one who betrays the alliance. ”

After listening to the queen's words, Hou Sheng was overjoyed, and hurriedly bowed down and said, "No." ”

After receiving the words of the queen from Hou Sheng, Yu Xin did not stay in Qi and hurried back to Handan.

Because at this time, the 300,000 troops of the Qin State, under the leadership of the Qin general Wang Ling, had followed the Wei River and the Fen River, and slowly came towards the Zhao State by boat.

The big war between Qin and Zhao is about to break out again.