March 16, the day of the Great Pilgrimage of the Yan Kingdom.

Early in the morning, Ji Kang got up from the couch, and Qingzhu next to him remembered to wait for Ji Kang's washing.

Ji Kang stopped him and said to Qingzhu: "You are about to give birth, rest more, don't work too hard." ”

Then he put his ear to Qingzhu's big belly and listened for a moment.

smiled and said to Qingzhu: "The little guy is very lively, and he actually kicked me twice." ”

Qingzhu saw Ji Kang like this, and his face was also happy.

Ji Kang walked out of the door of Qingzhu's dormitory, and the attendant ordered Wang Cong to hurriedly step forward and asked Ji Kang:

"Your Majesty, what do you want for breakfast?"

"Just give the widow a bowl of bean brains and a few more buns."

"No."

Finish breakfast.

Because it was a dynasty, Ji Kang put on a regular Jiuhan crown dress, and he no longer wore civilian clothes like in the past.

When he came to the door of the front hall, Wangcai happily greeted him and rubbed Ji Kang.

Ji Kang, as usual, touched Wangcai's head and said:

"Take care of the door at home, and if you want to go out, let them take you out of the palace."

Wangcai said "Wang, Wang" twice and agreed to Ji Kang.

Ji Kang stood up and walked towards the front hall.

Entering the main hall, all the officials have arrived, waiting for Ji Kang.

In the hall, the bell and other musical instruments rang in unison, and when Ji Kang sat down on the throne, the music stopped.

All the ministers bowed down together: "My king has no time to live." ”

"Zhongqing is flat."

"Thank you, my king."

Ji Kang was on the throne, looked at the hundred officials in the hall, and said slowly: "Zhongqing, I guess you also know. Today, the army of our Yan Kingdom has marched towards the Qi State. This is the second large-scale invasion of my Yan Kingdom after King Zhaoxian. ”

All the ministers bowed down together and replied to Ji Kang: "I am Wang Shengming." ”

Since ancient times, this has been the case with any nation: war together, unity like never before.

The court of Yan Kingdom is naturally no exception.

At this point, there was no way or need to hide the battle of Vaqi.

Since March 9, Ji Kang issued the edict of war. The officials of the entire Yan Kingdom court knew about it.

Ji Kang continued: "This time to attack Qi, the widow just wants to completely solve the centuries-old grievances between my Yan Kingdom and Qi Kingdom. My Yan Kingdom and Qi Kingdom were enshrined by the Son of Heaven almost at the same time, and they have been founded successively, and it has been nearly 800 years since then! ”

"At that time, the ancestor King Wu sealed my Yan Kingdom in the northern frontier in order to expel Beirong; And Qi and Lu sealed their Shandong, which was to open up the land of Dongyi. Now that the widow thinks about it carefully, he still feels the painstaking efforts of the ancestor Wu King. ”

Ji Kang's ancestor, King Wu of Zhou, after Ji Fa Shang, pacified the world.

In the fourth year of King Wu of Zhou (1046 B.C.), he returned to the west and held a grand ceremony in his newly relocated capital of Haojing (i.e., Zong Zhou, now Fengshuidong, northwest of Xi'an, Shaanxi) and established the Zhou Dynasty.

At this ceremony, in order to consolidate the power of the Zhou Dynasty and adapt to the needs of the new situation. King Wu decided to reward merit and adjust the internal relations of the ruling group. Implement a feudal political system centered on the Zhou royal family. Seventy-one vassal states were divided.

In the main hall of the Ji Palace, Ji Kang's voice was still echoing:

"The first monarch of the Qi State is the national teacher of the ancestor King Wu Lu Shang (that is, Jiang Taigong, because of his surname Jiang and his family Lu, he was called Lu Shang before he became the monarch), and I have a good relationship with the Yan Kingdom, and there is no flaw between the two countries."

"In the hundreds of years after the founding of the country, the two countries of Yan and Qi have been engaged in trade and business, and they have communicated with each other. Even when our Yan country was facing several invasions by northern Shanrong and other countries, the Qi country assisted our Yan country and resisted Hu Yi together. ”

The history that Ji Kang said was also clear to all the ministers in the court.

When Yan first came to northern Xinjiang, its national strength was still very weak.

At that time, in the face of the mountains in the north, Yan Guo couldn't beat it!

In the twenty-seventh year of Yanzhuang Gong (664 B.C.), in order to enter the Central Plains, the northern nomads united with Shanrong, Guzhu, Lingzhi and other countries, and hundreds of thousands of troops went south.

The Yan State resisted hard, and the 200,000 army was almost exhausted, but it still could not resist the invasion of Shanrong and other countries.

At that time, the Yan State hurriedly asked the Qi State for help, and the Duke of Qi Huan sent a large army to the north to fight against the invasion of the nomads in the north with the Yan State. The armies of the two countries united, defeated Shanjung, and destroyed Guzhu, Lingzhi and other countries, and the Yan State grew stronger from this.

Ji Kang stood up, walked down the steps of the hall, and walked slowly in the hall.

"But I didn't expect Qi Guosheji to be usurped by the Tian family. The ancestor of the surname Tian Chen Wan (surnamed Tian, Chen ) was originally the down-and-out son of Chen Guo, who was persecuted in the country and had no way out, and defected to the Qi State. ”

"The royal family surnamed Jiang of Qi State is not thin on its ancestors, and they are reused. As a result, I didn't expect that his descendants would not remember the kindness of the royal family surnamed Jiang of Qi back then, but they were actually wolf ambitions and gradually usurped the society of Qi State. ”

"Tian Qi staged a coup d'état and took over the power of the Qi dynasty; His descendant Tian He (that is, the Duke of Qi) lost his conscience, and actually exiled the monarch Qi Kanggong to the island and cut off his heirs. ”

The meaning of Ji Kang's words was understood by the courtiers as soon as they heard it.

In this society where the "blood theory" is also the mainstay, the current monarch surnamed Tian of the Qi State is not in the right position to do so.

However, what Ji Kang said is also true, the history of Qi is indeed divided into two parts.

In the early stage, the royal family of Qi was surnamed Jiang, and in the later period, it was usurped by the surname Tian, but the country name was still Qi State.

Ji Kang walked in the hall and said:

"Since Qi Guosheji was usurped by the Tian family, it is simply extremely vicious. Relying on its strong national strength, it has continuously conquered and annexed the surrounding countries, and our Yan country borders on Qi State, which is also one of them, and it will not be spared. ”

"In the fourth year of Tianhou Yan (380 B.C.), the Qi army suddenly sent troops to attack our Yan State and occupied Sanqiu City (now southeast of Xushui County, Hebei) of our Yan Kingdom.

"In the sixth year of Tianhou Yan (378 B.C.), the Qi army sent troops to attack our Yan Kingdom and seize several of our cities;"

"In the forty-second year of the ancestor Jian Gong (373 B.C.), the Qi State attacked my Yan State again, and the two armies fought in the forest camp, and our Yan Kingdom won and lost;"

"In the seventh year of the ancestor Wengong (355 B.C.), the Qi State invaded the land of our Yan State (now Hebei Lu River), my Yan army won, and the Qi division escaped;"

"Later, the State of Qi took advantage of the turmoil in our Yan Kingdom to repeatedly attack our Yan Kingdom. The puppet king of Qi Xuan attacked my Yan country and took ten cities of my Hejian County, but fortunately, Mr. Su Qin sent an envoy to Qi State, and Qi State was restored; ”

"The rebellious ministers and thieves are the ones who messed with my Yan country. The State of Qi attacked my Yan Kingdom again, broke through our capital, occupied my Yan Kingdom for three years, and took my Yan Ding. During the reign of King Taizu Zhao, General Le Yi attacked Qi before he recaptured my Yanding. ”

"What is especially excessive is that when the Qi State occupied my Yan Kingdom, it actually slaughtered the royal family of my Yan, and the people were raped and plundered. Such a sea of blood and hatred, the widow is deeply ashamed. Therefore, it is now cut down. ”

Pavilion Xiangju Xin immediately stood up and bowed to Ji Kang and said: "King, my Yan country is in full swing, conforming to the will of heaven and the will of the people, and the ministers praise it." ”

Prime Minister Su Dai came out, bowed down to Ji Kang and said: "Your Majesty, what my king and the drama minister said is very true, and the minister seconded it. ”

Su belly, Lu Zhonglian and other court ministers bowed to Ji Kang and said: "Your Majesty, the battle of Vaqi, the ministers seconded it. ”

Seeing this, Ji Kang nodded slightly.

The ministers of the Yan Kingdom court saw the young king come to the door of the main hall and looked into the distance.

And all the princes followed behind their kings, looking into the distance.

At this time, they heard their king whisper, "It has begun." ”

Ji Kang is right, the battle of Yan State against Qi State has indeed begun at this moment.

Just as Ji Kang was holding a court meeting, Yan Guo's South Road and East Road were armies.

All of them have already begun, and they have set foot on the land of Qi.

On the sea from the Shadao Islands to the Jimo Peninsula, dense warships and raised sails, like white clouds, covered the sea surface and headed for Penglai City (now Penglai County, Shandong) on the Jimo Peninsula.

And the Yan army by land, in the dust that rose from the sky, also rolled into the territory of Qi State.

Yan, the life-and-death battle of the two countries.

In a situation that the countries of the Central Plains did not expect, even the Qi country did not expect, it broke out!

(I came back late today, and it was sent out late, so please understand.) ）