After the end of the battle of Yan and Qi, the other countries in the Central Plains did not calm down.

Was it stimulated by the battle of Yan Guoqi that all countries began to act.

As soon as the summer harvest in May ended, the state of Chu sent the general Jingyang to occupy the state of Fei (near present-day Fei County, Linyi City, Shandong Province).

Fei is a small country, small in people, and has no ability to resist the invasion of Chu at all.

After Jing Yang, the general of the State of Chu, led his army to the capital of the State of Fei (now the northwest of Fei County, Linyi, Shandong), the monarch of the State of Fei led his ministers out of the city and surrendered to the State of Chu.

Since then, the country of Fei has perished.

The Qin state, on the other hand, sent troops and began to encroach on the Wei state's Hedong County (present-day Yuncheng and Linfen areas in Shanxi).

Wei Wangyu, who had been on the throne for twenty-two years, resisted the invasion of the Qin army in the west at the same time; On the other hand, with the acquiescence of the three kingdoms of Yan, Zhao, and Chu, they sent troops in June and occupied the area of Taoyi (present-day southwest of Dingtao, Shandong), the fief of Wei Ran, the marquis of Qin.

Since your Qin State has encroached on my western territory, my Wei State will seize your eastern "enclave".

Who's afraid of whom! Wei Wangyu "roared" in the court like this.

This move of Wei can be said to have completely angered King Yingji of Qin.

Wei Ran is the half-brother of Qin Wang Yingji's mother, Qin Xuan, that is to say, Qin Wang Yingji's uncle.

Marquis Wei Ran has the merit of supporting King Yingji of Qin to ascend the throne as king. During the period of time when his sister Empress Dowager Qin Xuan was in charge of the Qin State, she won the favor of the Empress Dowager Qin Xuan, and it can be said that she was in power over the Qin State.

At the time of Le Yi's invasion of Qi, he pretended that the force of the Qin State focused on attacking Qi and seized the Taoyi of "Rich World" as his fiefdom, which can be said to be "a rich and rival country", with great power.

Wei Ran has great ambitions, and he uses the strength of the Qin State to continuously expand his power and cultivate his own henchmen.

His series of practices exerted great pressure on Qin Wang Yingji.

Later, Ying Ji adopted Fan Ju's advice, removed Wei Ran from his position as Qin Xiang, and let him return to his fiefdom Taoyi.

After Wei Ran returned to Taoyi, he finally "broke his body and died of sorrow", and died in Taoyi in the eighth year of King Yan Wucheng (264 BC) and was buried here.

Although it is said that King Yingji of Qin does not like to see his uncle very much, Taoyi is the rich land of Qin!

Yingji, who is already seventy years old, is very angry.

He wanted to send troops to attack the capital of Wei and capture Wang Yu of Wei, but was dissuaded by Qin Prime Minister Cai Ze.

Cai Ze said to King Yingji of Qin:

"Great King, now the Yan Kingdom has occupied the Qi Kingdom, adjacent to the land of Taoyi. Daliang is separated from our Qin State by one South Korea, and our Qin State sent troops to expedition to Daliang, which will arouse the vigilance of other countries. ”

"If our Qin State has to send troops to Daliang and recapture Taoyi, we will face the flanking attack of the five countries of Yan, Zhao, Wei, Han, and Chu at any time, so as to join forces to attack our Qin State, which is not good for our Qin State."

After listening to Cai Ze's words, Yingji said to Cai Ze angrily:

"Xiangguo, is it possible that this Wei State occupies my Taoyi, so forget it? Wei Wangyu deceived people too much, and he was not popular. ”

King Yingji, the old man, was so domineering after he ascended the throne. In his heart, only the Qin State occupied the territory of other countries, and he never had the idea of letting the State occupy the territory of the Qin State.

According to Ji Kang's words, it is: "What is mine is mine, and yours is also mine".

After Cai Ze heard Yingji's words, he was simply stunned, and he was slandered in his heart.

When Wei Guo occupies a Taoyi for you, you will be angry like this.

However, how much territory did Qin occupy in Wei!

First Diaoyin, then Hexi, and then Hedong. Nearly half of the territory of Wei was occupied by Qin, and if Wei Wangyu was like you, people would not be angry.

But at this time, you can't say this in front of your own king.

Qin Xiang Cai Ze offered advice to Yingji:

"Your Majesty, it is not appropriate for my Qin State to go on an expedition to the Great Liang, but I can completely occupy the western part of the Wei State and the land adjacent to my Qin State! In this way, the other five countries will not send troops to aid Wei, and although our Qin State has lost Taoyi, it can be compensated in the land east of the river. Your Majesty, this is the best policy! ”

The political wisdom of this old man, Yingji, is still very high.

After thinking about it, he felt that Qin Xiang Cai Ze's words were very reasonable, so he nodded and said:

"Cai Xiang's words are reasonable, since this is the case, you will draft an edict and let Zhao Yi lead my Qin army of 100,000 to occupy all the land east of the Wei River."

Cai Ze hurriedly bowed down and said to Yingji: "The minister obeys the edict." ”

In July, when Ji Kang was worshipping the gods in Mount Tai, the Qin State sent the general Zhao Yi to lead 100,000 Qin troops to begin a large-scale invasion of the Hedong region of the Wei State, preparing to completely occupy the entire western territory of the Wei State.

Just when Qin and Wei were fighting a fierce war in the Hedong region.

The state of Chu, which had already occupied Lu and Fei, began to swell again.

Chunshenjun Huang Xie was completely "confused" by a series of victories, and saw that Qin and Wei were fighting in the Hedong region at this time, so he wanted to take the opportunity to gain some benefits from Wei.

Chun Shenjun Huang Xie suggested to Xiong Wan, the king of Chu:

"My lord, my Chu State Yingdu (that is, Chen Ying, now Suiyang, Henan) is adjacent to Suiyang of Wei State in the north, and the threat to our Chu State is too great. Now, the Wei State is in the land east of the river, fighting a fierce war with the Qin State, and has no time to take care of anything else. ”

"Our Chu State has occupied the land of Lu and Fei in the east of Yingdu, and at this time, we should take the opportunity to expand the northern area of our Yingdu. In the opinion of the ministers, as long as a few troops can take Suiyang. In this way, the threat of Wei to our Yingdu will be greatly reduced. ”

At this time, Xiong Wan, the king of Chu, obeyed Huang Xie's words! I agreed without even thinking about it.

In this way, at the end of July, the state of Chu sent another 50,000 troops to prepare to attack Suiyang of the state of Wei.

The wars in the Central Plains countries have nothing to do with Ji Kang.

According to Zhou Zi's own opinion, Zhou Zi wanted to complete the water conservancy project of the two rivers before going to Jidu to work.

Ji Kang thought about it and agreed to Zhou Zi's suggestion, after all, Zheng Guo is too young now, only twenty-five years old.

If there is an old man of high moral virtue to help him, the burden on his body will be much lighter.

After arranging the water conservancy project of the two rivers, Ji Kang crossed the Yellow River with the cabinet minister Su Dai, Jiangqu and others, and prepared to return to Hejian County, take a boat from Yishui to Wuyang, the lower capital, and then return to Jidu along the canal.

Ji Mao, the director of the Supervision Yuan, and Huang Yong, the director of the Intelligence Bureau, were still establishing and deploying their respective personnel at this time.

On Ji Kang's way back to Jidu, he received news that the Central Plains countries had started a war again.

After seeing the news that the Chu State sent troops to attack Suiyang of the Wei State, Ji Kang handed the message to the Prime Minister Su Dai, Jiang Qu and others to circulate it.

Prime Minister Su Dai said to Ji Kang:

"Your Majesty, now it seems that the ambition of the Chu State is quite big! Some time ago, An Min, the military and civilian governor of Langya County, came to report that after the Chu State occupied the Fei State, it actually sent troops to spy on the Rizhao City of the Yan State, but An Min led the army to block it back. ”

"Now he actually took advantage of the war between Wei and Qin to send troops to Suiyang of Wei. Although there was no actual war between our Yan and Chu, this move of Chu should arouse the vigilance of our Yan State. ”

After listening to Su Dai's words, Jiang Qu and the others nodded in agreement.

Ji Kang pondered for a while, sighed, and said to Su Dai and the others:

"My Yan Kingdom has just occupied Qi Land, and the main thing now is to consolidate the rule in Qi Land, and it is not easy to use sword soldiers again. Of course, if other countries have to come to attack our Yan country, they will definitely fight back, and they will beat him up so that they can remember the lesson. ”

"Now, our Yan country must grasp the chaotic form of various countries, cherish the rare time now, and accumulate the national strength of my Yan country. It is necessary to strengthen the training of our army, further enhance the combat strength of our army, and accumulate our army's desire for battle. ”

"It's like in the land of two rivers, the reservoir established by Zheng Guo must first be closed to store water. When the reservoir is full, when needed, open the sluice gate and release the water, and the water will gush down and spread unstoppable to the river. ”

Ji Kang's words are very plain, but when he chews carefully, he is so heroic and real.

Isn't it? The development of my Yan Kingdom to this day has not all changed under the wise decision of the king!

Everyone bowed down to Ji Kang and said, "What my king said is extremely true, and my Yan Kingdom should be like this." ”

The minister of the cabinet, Qu even added to everyone: "The word "accumulation" used by my king just now is indeed too appropriate for my Yan Kingdom, and it can be described as the finishing touch!" Admired. ”

When everyone heard this, they were all stunned.

Su Dai looked at Jiang Qu and scolded in his heart:

"This old man, now his sycophant skills are becoming more and more perfect. Wang Shangping often said, he can actually sum up so many truths. Who is the world-famous Zongheng family between the two of us? Now, I actually feel a little willing to bow to the wind! ”

And Ji Kang was full of smiles, and his heart was very comfortable: "Prime Minister Jiangqu, is it very promising!" ”