Chapter 114: The Defeat of the Qi State
After Gongsun Yan left the Song Palace, King Song Kang summoned Hui Ang to discuss the matter.
"Huiqing, just now on behalf of Chu and Wei, the rhino head made a request to the widow, asking my Song State to break off diplomatic relations with the Qi State, and the widow agreed. After the annexation of the Yan State by the Qi State, the Song State was beside the Qi State, and the widows were tossing and turning these days, and it was difficult to sleep and eat, lest one day the King of Qi order the Qi army to destroy the Song State. ”
"It's just because the Song State was hijacked by the Qi State, once the Qi State betrayed the Qi State, if the Qi State came to attack, the Song State would be difficult to resist. Now that the world is besieging the Qi State, it is the time for my Song State to break away from the Qi State. ”
Hui Ang agreed: "The king is wise, our Song Kingdom should have been like this a long time ago. ”
King Song Kang said: "The reason why the widow has been thinking for a long time is because the widow also wants to get a piece of the pie in the Qi country, but the old ministers in the court and the central government do not agree with the widow to send troops to attack the Qi country, thinking that Song Xiaoqi is big, and it is feasible for the Song country to betray the Qi country, but attacking the Qi country will have a big disaster, and there is nothing to be done about it." ”
Hui Ang said: "Great King, our Song Kingdom is surrounded by the three kingdoms of Qi, Wei and Chu, if the Song Kingdom wants to be strong, it must be at war with one of the three countries, if it is like attacking Qi today, it is the opportunity of my Song Kingdom." As for the old ministers in the court, the king doesn't have to pay attention to it, if the king is worried about the instability of people's hearts, why not ask the ghosts and gods for help. ”
"Ask the ghosts!" King Song Kang nodded.
The next day, a small bird in the capital of the Song Kingdom gave birth to a quail bird (big bird) in the corner of the city wall, which immediately caused a lot of discussion in the Song Kingdom.
The Song Kingdom is a descendant of the Shang Dynasty, and the legend that the Heavenly Mandate Xuanniao descended and gave birth to Shang has been widely spread in the Song Kingdom.
Therefore, the matter of a small bird giving birth to a big bird suddenly became the center of public opinion in the Song Kingdom, and soon alarmed the King of Song.
Then King Kang of Song asked Taishi about this matter, and Taishi of Song Guo understood, and after divination, he said happily: "Daji, small and huge, will dominate the world." ”
King Song Kang was overjoyed, immediately summoned his ministers, and announced: "Good omen, this is a great omen, this is a sign from heaven that the widow is about to dominate the world." If Tianyu does not take it, he will be blamed, and the widow decides to raise troops and attack Qi. ”
In the confusion of the ministers, King Song Kang officially announced that he would break off diplomatic relations with Qi and would attack Qi to dominate the world.
Then King Song Kang rushed to the army and officially swore to conquer Qi.
After the Song army left, Jingcui's 200,000 Chu troops were suddenly empty.
Seeing this, Jing Cui immediately ordered to take advantage of the opportunity of the Song State to attack Qi and continue to move his troops eastward, intending to enter the Huaibei Land of Qi before the Qi State reacted, and flank the Qi army with the Chu-Yue coalition army south of Huaishui.
At the same time, the fleets of Chu and Yue entered Pushui in the panic of the Qi army.
As soon as he saw the arrival of the fleet, Kuang Zhang immediately ordered the whole army to be on alert, and vigilance against the forced crossing of Pushui by the Wei State.
The next day, the Wei army, which had been preparing for a long time, used the ships sent by Chu Yue to force the Pushui crossing.
Kuang Zhang ordered the Qi army to set up layers of defense on the shore of Pushui.
The two armies of Qi and Wei fought fiercely with Pushui, killing from sunrise to mid-day, and the blood stained Pushui red, and it was still difficult to distinguish between victory and defeat.
The battle was in full swing, and the scouts of the Qi State urgently reported to Kuang Zhang: "General, the Song army appeared thirty miles after our army and is killing our army. ”
Kuang Zhang was shocked when he heard this: "Song Guo betrayed us!" The general trend has gone, and the order is to withdraw the troops. ”
Seeing this, Gongsun Xi, the lord of Wei, immediately ordered 20,000 Wei soldiers to cross the water.
After Wei Wushu crossed the river, he immediately attacked the Qi army, broke the Qi army several times, and the retreating Qi army soon evolved into a rout under the attack of the Wei and Song dynasties.
Qi country Linzi.
King Qi Xuan sat on the throne weakly, his eyes blank and muttered to himself: "Defeated, my Qi country is defeated." ”
Tian Pan sighed and said: "King, although the Qi army is defeated, but the Qi country is still there, please prepare the aftermath immediately." ”
King Qi Xuan settled down and said, "The widow's heart is in turmoil, please tell Panzi in detail." ”
Tian Pan said: "King, because of the betrayal of the Song State, our Qi army was completely defeated in Pushui and Huaishui, and now we can only admit defeat and ask for peace with all countries." ”
"First, immediately establish the king of Yan in Yan State, use the army of Yan State to resist the Zhao army, and withdraw the Qi army from Yan State to resist the attack of other countries."
"Second, order all the cities of Qi to immediately defend the city, and not to fight, and to fight even if you win or die when you go out of the city."
"Third, it divides the coalition forces of various countries and divides the relations between them. Among the countries, the Song State is the weakest, and the Song State was still our ally before, and there are still many pro-Qi ministers in the Song Dynasty, so this is where it can be used. ”
"According to the internal report of the Song State, the Song State is already facing a shortage of food in the country, so please send an envoy to meet the King of Song and exchange the grain of the Qi State for the Song State to suspend the attack on Qi."
"Once the Song State suspends its attack on Qi, then the Wei State will inevitably suspect the intentions of the Song State, and the Wei State will definitely not dare to advance lightly at that time."
"As for the State of Chu, it is still fighting against the State of Qin in Danshui, as long as we cede land to the State of Chu, then the State of Chu will inevitably withdraw its troops and return to the division to fight a decisive battle with the State of Qin."
"As soon as the state of Chu retreats, the country of Yue will be unable to support it alone, and in the face of the counterattack of our state of Qi, it can only retreat."
As soon as King Qi Xuan heard Tian Pan's plan, as if the situation in Qi was not too bad, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief, eased his mind, and calmed himself down.
Seeing that King Qi's face had recovered its blood, Chun Yu said slowly: "King, in fact, we can also send an envoy to Zhao State, and use the method of ceding land to Zhao State, and establish the position of Prince Yan as King Yan with Zhao State." Once Zhao agrees, then Wei will inevitably be suspicious of Zhao, and coupled with the affairs of Song, then Wei can only withdraw its troops. ”
Qi Xuan Wang Chi asked, "Does Zhao Guo agree?" ”
Chun Yuyu affirmed: "Yes, now the Zhao State is attacking the Yan Kingdom, and the land of the Yan Kingdom is much inferior to my Qi Kingdom." If Zhao does not agree to our Qi country's request for peace, then Zhao can only get the land of Yan State, while other countries can get the rich land of our Qi country. ”
"According to Weichen, what Zhao Guo thinks is nothing more than being afraid of a powerful Qi State, as long as Qi State withdraws its troops from Yan State, then Zhao State will definitely not dare to persecute Qi State too much, not to mention, as long as Zhao State agrees to peace talks, he can not only harvest the land and goodwill of Yan State, but also the land and goodwill of Qi State, and Zhao State will agree."
King Qi Xuan was ruthless in his heart, and said: "Okay, then cut ten cities to Zhao State, as long as Zhao State agrees, then Qi Zhao will not have to fight, and he will be the king of Yan." ”
Chun Yuyu continued: "King, for the Song Kingdom, our Qi Kingdom can also lead the water to the east, and use the Teng State to replace our Qi Country to suffer. ”
"The country of Qi is also a big country, the Song State betrayed the State of Qi, and is still attacking the land of my State of Qi, the State of Song must be afraid in his heart, if our State of Qi secretly agrees to the State of Song to attack the State of Teng, the State of Song will definitely take the opportunity to annex the State of Teng. Teng Guoguo is small and weak, but the people are prosperous and extremely rich, and the Song State has coveted Teng for a long time. ”
King Qi Xuan was slightly stunned and sighed: "The widow is sorry for Mencius. ”
Mencius had been in the state of Qi for many years and had made many suggestions to King Xuan of Qi, which King Xuan of Qi thought was very reasonable, but did not adopt them.
The current king of Teng State, several times to Mencius for advice on the way to govern the country, with Mencius's doctrine to govern the country, Teng State is governed, the country is rich and the people are strong, the reputation is far and wide, the world is called his virtuous, but it is a pity that Teng is too small.
Seeing that King Qi Xuan agreed, Chun Yu continued: "King, now that Chu and Yue have broken through Huaishui, the land of Huaibei is no longer defensible, and the old minister asks the king to abandon Huaibei and use the land of Huaibei to divide Chu Yue. ”