Tian Wen was stunned, and suddenly realized.

He Tianwen is not only the lord of Xue Di, but also the courtier of the king of Qi. As Duke Xue, he naturally preserves his strength, but as a Qi minister, he also has to consider the interests of the Qi State.

For King Qi, first Qi Chen and then Xue Gong, or first Xue Gong and then Qi Chen, these are completely different people, and King Qi has completely different attitudes towards these two kinds of people.

For Tian Wen, his purpose was to become the heir of Xue Gong before, and the next step was to become Xue Gong. After becoming the Duke of Xue, Tian Wen's purpose now is not just a virtuous Xue Gong, but a great sage who has become famous through the ages, a person like Guan Zhongyanzi is the most unlucky, and a big country like Qi is his platform.

Otherwise, since Tian Wen had become the Duke of Xue, why would he buy so many guests and preach his wisdom everywhere in the Qi Kingdom?

He's not a man with a lot of money and nowhere to spend it.

What's more...

Tian Wen took a look at all the guests present, and the guests in front of him were all the best among the guests, and their purpose was not only to admire him Tian Wen, but also to enter the eyes of King Qi through his Tian Wen.

After two breaths, Tian Wen considered the pros and cons clearly, nodded and said, "Yes, how can Benjun do such a thing that falls short for Shanjiuqi." ”

After a pause, Tian Wen ordered: "Order, select 10,000 Qi troops from the army to recuperate and recuperate, so as to be used later." ”

"No."

Next.

In the Tang camp.

Although yesterday when he was retreating, he deliberately sent someone to Qi Jun to put down his cruel words, saying that he would invite battle today. However, it was just a ploy to stimulate Tian Jia and make Tian Jia send troops to pursue in anger.

Therefore, early this morning, after having breakfast, Tang Wu did not mention the matter of inviting the battle before going to the Qi camp again, but summoned the generals in the army to arrange the defense.

"Yesterday, the Qi army scouts have discovered the general's bluff, and in the past few months, the army in the hands of the general has been frequently transferred to the king's place to attack Xue Cheng, which is also a well-known thing." After giving a rough explanation of the current situation in the camp, Tang Yu said with a solemn face: "So, next, we may already face the attack of more than 100,000 troops of the Qi army." ”

When all the generals heard this, their faces were heavy, and they expressed concern about the next attack of the Qi army.

Out of the principle of secrecy, whether it was Xiong Huai or Tang Yu, they all kept the matter of sending a large army to ambush secret, except for the middle and senior leaders of the battalion and the generals who had tasks, they did not inform them.

Tang Yu saw that the generals were looking left and right, and there were many whispered discussions, so he coughed lightly twice and said: "You don't have to worry, although we have few people, not even half of the Qi army. However, as long as we do not take the initiative to attack and hold on to our defensive line that has been operating for months, the Qi army will not be able to defeat us easily. ”

When the generals heard Tang Yu say that they would hold on, they immediately breathed a sigh of relief, and said in unison: "The general is wise." ”

Tang Mo waved his hand and said, "Now, seeing that the Qi army is about to attack, Ben will decide to defend with all his might. ”

Saying that, Tang Mo instructed: "General Tang, this general ordered you to immediately send scouts to find out the movements of the Qi army, and once the Qi army comes to attack, report immediately." ”

Tang Lin replied, "No." ”

"Zhong Lijun, I will give you 10,000 troops, and when the Qi army is in the future, I will once again strengthen the fortifications by the river."

"No." Zhong Lijun responded.

"Other generals, each with their own headquarters, remain vigilant."

"No."

After all the generals left, Tang Mo calmly glanced to the east.

Now, the Chu army has stimulated Tian Jia for several days, the tiger skin has also been pierced by the Qi army, the Qi and Wei coalition forces are about to go south, and the Chu and Song coalition forces are also preparing to withdraw.

At the same time, the Chu and Song coalition forces outside Xue Cheng were even more like a red-eyed gambler, frantically attacking Xue Cheng, as if they were making a last stand. took out the strength to breastfeed, and looked like he had turned into a benevolent person if he didn't succeed.

In the middle of the day, when the siege of the Chu and Song coalition forces was fierce, a huge envoy group from Wei State, with more than 100 vehicles and nearly 1,000 people, stayed fifteen miles north of Xuecheng.

Then a carriage came out of the envoys and headed for the position of the camp to the east.

In the Chu military camp.

"Envoy Wei, now the widow is in a hurry, I don't know at this time, the king of Wei Yiqing came to visit the widow outside Xue City as an envoy, what advice do you have?"

Xiong Huai looked at Zhai Zhang, the envoy of the Wei State in front of him, expressionlessly, but he was guessing in his heart that Wei Zhang was here to explain the behavior of the Wei State during this period of time to paralyze the Chu State!

Or came to declare war on the state of Chu.

"Don't dare." Zhai Zhang bowed to Xiong Huai.

Then recalling Wei Guo's concerns, he couldn't help but sigh slightly.

In the past few years, Qi and Qin have all been weakened to a certain extent, especially the Qi State, which has been attacked by the Chu State one after another, and the Huaibei Land has all been lost, and the strength has been greatly damaged, and the harm to the Wei State has become smaller. Similarly, the Qin state was blocked in Guanzhong, and it was difficult to pose a threat to the Wei state.

Only the state of Chu has not been weakened in recent years, and it has also formed alliances with countries such as Sanjin, Yan, Song and Yue, and there is a faint tendency to dominate. In this regard, even if it was an ally of the Chu State, the Wei State was terrified.

Therefore, among the Wei State, quite a number of ministers expressed concern about the increasingly powerful Chu State, so they did not fall into the battle of Qi and Chu, but remained on the sidelines.

It's not that Wei doesn't want to betray Chu and fall to Qi, but Chu has too many allies, and Wei is worried that once he betrays, he will fall into isolation, so he swayed repeatedly.

Fortunately, not long ago, Qi persuaded Yan to make a big northern expedition to support Qi's great cause of resisting Chu from the other side, which dispelled Wei's worries. Even the Yan State, the country that hated the Qi State the most, no longer helped the Chu State to contain the Qi State, let alone other countries.

The Wei State believed that the matter of the Yan State was a signal, that is, all countries were panicking about the Chu State, and the time was ripe for all countries to jointly weaken the Chu State.

So, in view of this, Wei did not hesitate to fall to Qi.

As for the question of whether it can defeat the state of Chu, the state of Wei thinks that there is no problem, the state of Qi is fighting with all its might, the time and place are favorable, and the two countries of Chu and Song are already tired, and the combined forces of Qi and Wei are waiting for work, there is definitely no problem.

Now, Wei's only concern is how to put all the responsibility for the breakdown of relations between Chu and Wei on Chu, so that Wei can send troops in a reasonable manner.

Thinking about it, Zhai Zhang spoke: "Great King, the widow heard that the State of Chu and the State of Song have been attacking the State of Qi for several months, and they have suffered heavy losses, but it is difficult to capture Xue City. Now that the reinforcements of the Qi State have arrived in Xuedi, the two countries of Chu and Song are already tired, and if they continue to fight, it will not increase casualties in vain.

The widow couldn't bear to continue to fight between Qi and Chu, which in turn led to a decisive battle between Qi and Chu, causing mourning all over the country. Therefore, the widow specially sent a minister to Xuecheng to meet the king, hoping that the king would carefully consider the widow's opinion, accept the mediation of our country, and reconcile the two countries of Qi and Chu. ”