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Duke Lu Huan promised Ji Wuhou as early as when he met the State of Yu: once the State of Qi invaded Ji, the State of Lu would definitely send troops to help. This kind of commitment is not only because Ji Wuhou begged for money and bribed each other, but more importantly, it was Lu Huangong's sister, this half-sister and Lu Huangong have been with each other since childhood. Since the death of Lu Huigong, although Lu Yingong still has a protective attitude towards Lu Huangong, only his mother and this sister can accompany Lu Huangong day and night, and always accompany him. So I can't see my sister's tears and crying. In Lu Huangong's heart, rescuing Ji Guo is where the family affection in his heart lies. Although he also married the little daughter Wen Jiang of Qi Gong, and Qi Guo is also married, he and the beautiful Wen Jiang are also like fish in water.

But he still can't give up his sister-brother relationship, and it has become his own responsibility to maintain Ji Guo's social affairs.

Lu Huan Gong was bent on seeking justice for Zheng Ligong. When he and Zheng Ligong fought side by side in the Song Kingdom, someone suddenly came to report: saying that Ji Guo was in a hurry.

Lu Huan was stunned, and was busy summoning the envoys of Ji Guo in the big tent. The envoy of Ji presented the letter of state, and Lu Huan opened it and saw that the book read:

"The army of the five routes of the army attacked the discipline urgently, and died on the eve of death. Begging for the good marriage between Ji Guo and Lu Guo, I implore me to help Ji Guo and water and fire. ”

Lu Huan Gong was surprised. Although Lu Huan Gong had expected it, the Qi State had the heart to crusade against Ji Guo. But when Lu Guo was busy solving Zheng Guo's problem, he made a quick and heavy move, but Lu Huan Gong did not expect it. Of course, there is another important consideration for protecting the Duke of Ji and Lu Huan: Ji is the marriage country of the Lu State, needless to say, the Ji State and the Lu State are adjacent to the Lu State. In recent years, the Qi State has become increasingly powerful in annexing the surrounding small countries, and if the Ji State is destroyed again, maybe one day the Benlu State will be killed. Therefore, for the safety of Ji Guo, Lu Huan Gong cannot be taken lightly.

Lu Huan Gong personally came to Zheng Ligong's account.

He said to Zheng Ligong: "Ji Guo is in a hurry, and the widow can't help it." Lu and Ji are the countries of marriage relatives, and the suffering of Ji is the suffering of my Lu country. In the current battle with the Song State, it is not easy to completely collapse the Song Dynasty. It's better to withdraw the troops temporarily, and the promise owed to him Song Zhuang Gong can not be repaid in the future, if the Song State dares to collect debts again, it will not be too late for you and me to fight him Song Guo. Now that he is measured, Song Zhuang Gong does not dare to ask for debts again. ”

Zheng Ligong was very grateful to Lu Huan Gong for his righteous action. I don't know how to repay it yet. Moreover, Zheng Guo can have the help of a big country in the Central Plains like Lu State, which is indeed conducive to his own foothold in the Central Plains, and this relationship must be forged no matter what. So Zheng Ligong said to Lu Huangong:

"Since Jun has decided to move troops to save Ji, it means that Ji and Lu are friendly countries for generations, and the widow is willing to lead the Zheng army to fight together to help Jun."

Lu Huan Gong was very happy when he heard this, and immediately ordered him to pull out the village and march towards Ji Guo with Zheng Jun. The Lu army went thirty miles first, and Zheng Ligong led the army to break off.

Duke Zhuang of Song first learned the reason why the State of Qi did not come to support the State of Song. Later, it was found that Lu and Zheng's armies, who had beaten themselves up, had withdrawn quietly. I already have an estimate in my heart. Send spies to find out why. I learned that Lu and Zheng Dajun had left the border of the Song Kingdom and had been going north to support the Ji Kingdom.

This battle made Song Zhuang Gong frightened, if it was not for the retreat of the coalition forces, maybe what would have happened.

This battle also made Song Zhuang Gong sober up a lot. He only now understands that the princes need to cultivate relationships and friendly exchanges, and they cannot blindly take one thing at the expense of the other. Otherwise, even if Zheng Guo turned his face, he would not let Lu Guo also come to crusade.

Song Zhuang Gong called Xiangguo Huadu to discuss the post-war situation.

Song Zhuanggong said: "Lu and Zheng Erguo withdrew their troops just to support Ji Guo. If you withdraw your troops from Ji State, will you continue to attack our Song Kingdom? ”

Hua Du did not directly answer Song Zhuang Gong, but talked about Qi State. Hua Du said to Song Zhuang Gong: "Qi Gong promised: If I Song State supports Qi State in crusading against Ji State, I promise to assist Song State to fight Zheng State. Qi Guo can still be a friend. ”

Hua Du actually reminded Song Zhuang of the problem of not uniting the princes. In the past few years, he has blindly asked for debts and not given Lu Huan public face, once Zheng Guo changed his face, Song Guo became a lonely man and entered a situation of blindly being beaten passively.

"Qing is saying that my Song State should support Qi State now?"

"Although Lu and Zheng have withdrawn their troops now, they may come back when. Only now to assist the Qi State in attacking the Ji State, and he begs the Qi State every day, the Qi State may be able to help. After all, Qi is a big country, and with the help of Qi, I believe that Lu will not easily crusade against Song. ”

Xiangguo Huadu's words also spoke to Song Zhuanggong's heart.

"The widow has decided to send a large army to help Qi now. If Zheng and Lu enter the war, Qi will be outnumbered. At this time, if you help Qi, you will definitely be able to get the favor of Qi Gong, and you will remember the good of my Song Kingdom. ”

Nangong Changwan said on the side: "The minister is willing to go to Ji Guo to help Qi." ”

Song Zhuang Gong suffered the pain of not uniting with the Lu State, and he never dared to slack off this time. Duke Zhuang of Song decided to help Qi and curry favor with Qi in the hope of funding his joint defense against the combined army of Zheng and Lu. This is a long-term strategy and should not be taken lightly. Song Zhuang Gong then decided to send 200 military vehicles, with Nangong Changwan as the main commander, and Meng won as the vanguard, and rushed to Ji Guo to help Qi Hua Ji in the starry night.

Qi Jiaogong was anxious to conquer the Ji capital, and several challenges, but the monarch of Ji Guo did not move. Marquis Ji Wu strictly guarded the city gate and did not dare to fight.

finally ushered in the rescuers of Lu Guo and Zheng Guo. Someone came to report that "Lu Guo and Zheng Guo have each led their own armies to Jidu and come to save Ji." ”

Ji Wuhou ascended the city and looked, and sure enough, he saw that reinforcements had arrived. I was excited, thinking that a savior was coming. Hurry up and arrange to open the door to answer. The monarchs of the three kingdoms met each other, which made Ji Wuhou sigh with emotion, this is a time of great calamity to come to the rescue. Ji Wuhou felt inspired from his heart, and tears overflowed between his words.

The three of them discussed sending troops tomorrow and aligning together.

On this day, although the weather was still relatively clear, it was extremely windy and sandy. The space was filled with a murky atmosphere and the sound of the wind and the sand and dust that swept through it. A rare atmosphere of slaughter permeated the suburbs of Ji Guo.

The two formations were opposite, the banner hunting, the sword halberd moved slightly, and the cold light flashed. A few crows hovered overhead, as if they had smelled the blood, and couldn't wait to swoop down at any moment.

Qi Ligong's side was obviously not all the troops. Although Qi Jiaogong had already sent people to urge the rest of the four army to rush to Jidu as soon as possible. The armies that had only captured the city were slow to move and only partially arrived.

Due to the capture of the border city, many soldiers were looting in the city. Even enjoying the spoils of the victor. Including the objects that the chronicles in the city didn't have time to take away, and the women who didn't have time to escape. In addition, it is necessary to consider which general to keep and how many troops to keep to guard the city. Therefore, rushing to the capital of Ji Guo is slow, and the strength of troops is greatly reduced. Gongsun Dai Zhong and Gongsun Wuzhi respectively sent the Wei army and the Yan army to the capital of Ji State, while Jiang Zhu'er was located in the northernmost part, so it took a long time to rush to Ji Capital. Under the supervision of Guan Zhong, Gongzi Jiang Jie quickly rushed to the capital of Ji Guo. So in the face of the lineup of the three countries merging together, Qi Ligong is obviously weaker.

The allied forces of Lu Huangong, Zheng Ligong, and Ji Wuhou concentrated in Jidu and met the Qi army of Qi Gong in front of the army.

Duke Lu Huan and Duke Qi are meeting each other on the battlefield, and they must first talk about etiquette.

Lu Huan Gong sat in the yellow cover car, and asked the imperial servants to go to the front of the three monarchs and shout to the opposite side. Lu Huan said: "Ji Guo and Lu Guo are married for generations, and they know that they are offended by Qi State. The widow did not come here to make enemies with the Qi State, but to ask for forgiveness for the Ji State. It is hoped that Qi and Ji will not fight each other and rebuild themselves. ”

Lu Huan Gong gave the confession not to provoke Qi Jiaogong's dissatisfaction, but to mediate the contradictions between Qi Ji.

Qi Gong asked the sergeant in front of him to dodge a way and let go of Qi Gong's yellow covered car.

In fact, when Duke Qi saw Lu Huan rushing to help Ji, he was angry in his heart, and he roared loudly: "My ancestor of Qi was framed by Ji Hou and died of cooking; Do you know this? Up to now, this matter has passed for eight generations, and this revenge has not been avenged. The king helps his relatives, I will take revenge, today's affairs, only the sword and halberd meet, there is nothing to talk about. ”

"If Jun only wants to end the war, then the widow can only support Ji Guo to defend his family and country. Wangjun, don't blame your son-in-law for being rude. ”

Lu Huan saw that persuasion was to no avail, so he ordered his son Ji to fight.

Duke Qi sent his son, Jiang Pengsheng, to catch the fight.

The two chariots struggled forward, and the two chariots met each other with long swords and halberds.

Jiang Pengsheng has the courage of ten thousand people, how can Lu Jiang Ji be defeated? After a few rounds, Ji Drowning looked weak. The deputy generals of Lu State, Qin Zi and Liang Zi, moved forward with strength, but the three-ride chariot was difficult to defeat Jiang Pengsheng and the one-chariot. Fought several times in a row and failed to win. The two main generals of Wei and Yan saw that the Lu army was fighting three and one, which was unfair, and the two generals also came to help in the war. So two formations ago, several chariots were mixed up.

The monarchs of the four kingdoms were all watching the battle in front of the Qi and Lu formations. Zheng Ligong watched the battle from the sidelines, not only did he think about it, he did not send generals to fight in front of the battle, but secretly used troops to attack. Zheng Ligong is not as open and fighting as Lu Huangong. Just two formations ago, General Lu and General Qi met with swords and guns. Zheng Ligong sent two generals, Yuan Fan and Tan (tán), to attack the old camp of Qi Xianggong from the left and right in a roundabout way.

When Ji Wuhou saw that Qi and Lu Gong had started a decisive battle, his army could not stand idly by. So he sent his generals to help in the war. Kill a mess before two formations at a time.

Qi Yi was watching the battle, and suddenly came to report that Zheng Jun had already rounded the rear. The Qi army immediately messed up.

At this time, the three armies of the other side saw that the strength of the Qi army could not be held, so they beat the drums and sounded gold, marched together, and killed the Qi army camp. The Qi army was attacked on all sides, and formed a situation of encirclement and attacked together. I saw that the enemy army was about to come out on all sides, and the Duke of Qi felt overwhelmed.

Lu Huan Gong's side of the three kingdoms, seeing that the Qi army camp was disordered, lost no time in sending troops. For a while, the sound of killing was everywhere, and the armies of Ji Guo, Lu State, and Zheng State came to suppress it, and the six countries of chariots and soldiers were mixed up to fight. There are no more clear camps.

Led by General Wei Wu, the enemy army was in chaos in front of the formation, and the Wei division was the first to be defeated. Although the generals of the Yan Kingdom have also experienced the battle with Rong Di, they have never seen this kind of multinational war, and they have not even seen such a scene. I saw that the chariots of all sides were rampage, swords and guns were everywhere, and flesh and blood were flying. General Yan saw that the guards were already in chaos and retreating, knowing that his chariots and infantry were difficult for the enemy to be killed by the armies of the three kingdoms, so he did not dare to fall into the decisive battle, so he hurriedly commanded the retreat and feigned defeat and stayed away from the war zone.

At this moment, Qi Jiaogong was already fighting alone, and was killed by the army of the Three Kingdoms, and his corpses were all over the field, and his blood flowed like a river. Gongzi Peng Sheng was hit by many arrows in his body, Peng Sheng held the wound with his hand and did not dare to fight, so he hurriedly returned to look for Qi Jiaogong.

The Duke of Qi was attacked on three sides, but he was still calm and commanded the retreat of the Qi army. The three main forces of the Ji army, the Lu army, and the Zheng army fought hard, and the Qi army protected the Huang Gai car of Qi Gong and retreated, and the three armies pursued closely. The crossbowmen of the Three Kingdoms followed the Huang Gai Chariot in the Qi army, knowing that it was Qi Jiaogong's chariot, although people could not reach it, but many bow and crossbow masters aimed at the Huang Gai Chariot and shot at Qi Jiaogong. Although he failed to shoot Qi Gong himself in the car, the spokes of the yellow cover car were hit by many arrows, and it was difficult to pull out for a while, and the yellow cover car was misplaced. The royal servant drove the car, mobilizing the four fierce horses, although they tried their best to pull the cart, but the wheels were difficult to turn, and several horses struggled to pull the cart but dragged the brake-like wheels, struggling to move forward. Several sergeants simply stepped forward to help push the cart, and the situation was critical for a while, and Qi Jiaogong was also a little panicked.

Seeing that the armies on three sides are about to form a siege. Once the two armies of Zheng and Ji form an iron arm encirclement, General Qi will not be able to escape.

At this critical moment. I saw a team of men and horses coming out, this was the team of Gongzi Jiang Jie, but the leader was Zhaohu and Guan Zhong. Under Guan Zhong's order, arrows flew first, all aimed at the Ji army and Zheng army who surrounded and blocked the retreat of the Qi army. In this way, the encirclement of the two armies against the army was suppressed. Then the two generals divided into two ways to meet the enemy and kill. Jiang Jie hurriedly drove to his father's Huang Gai car and picked Qi Jiaogong into his car. In Guan Zhong, Zhaohu, Gongzi Peng Sheng, Lian Cheng and other generals fought and killed the fierce enemies of the Three Kingdoms, and at the same time used as cover, so that Qi Jiaogong escaped.

Although the Duke of Qi escaped, the Qi army was killed all over the field by the army of the Three Kingdoms, and the blood flowed like a river. Gongzi Peng Sheng, Lian Cheng and other generals were hit by several arrows and bled continuously.

Just as the Qi army was retreating, the Song army led by Nangong Changwan arrived. Failed to set up camp and went into battle. And as soon as he entered the battlefield, he was attacked by the enemy, Nangong Changwan saw that the situation was not good, the Qi army retreated, and the armies of the three kingdoms surrounded the Song army one after another, and had to retreat while fighting, and went away in defeat.

The armies of Lu and Zheng together with the army of Ji saw that the countries had fled one after another, so they cleaned up the battlefield and collected their troops.

The countries gathered up the remnants of their troops and returned home separately.

Qi Jiaogong was defeated in Jidu this time, and was almost captured by the army of the Three Kingdoms, and he was very afraid to think about it. Fortunately, Guan Zhong and Jiang Jiao arrived so that Qi Jiaogong was able to get out of the predicament. In fact, I was quite frightened. When the prince Jiang Zhu'er arrived, it was the time when the Qi army was defeated. Qi Qigong scolded the prince Jiang Zhu'er for leading his troops slowly and almost buried Lao Tzu's life! Jiang Zhu'er was very remorseful, and he didn't dare to leave Qi Zhugong for half a step.

In this campaign, although it did not destroy the Ji Kingdom, it occupied several border cities of the Ji Kingdom. Ji Guo didn't have the ability to fight back. It can also be regarded as a small victory in the defeat of the Qi State. This small victory laid an important foundation for the later destruction of the Qi State.

Qi Jiaogong was bumpy and frightened all the way, and when he returned to Linzi, he still had palpitations, and he was still indignant when he failed to destroy Ji Cheng's failure, and swore that "there is no discipline with me, without discipline without me, my Qi country and Ji country must not coexist!" ”

Ji Wuhou left Lu and Zheng Erjun to stay for three days, set up a banquet to entertain them, and rewarded all the sergeants from all walks of life.

Thinking that Erjun came at the right time, he solved the siege of Ji Guo and fueled the spirit of Ji Guo. Thank you very much, and I can't express my gratitude to Erjun in my heart.

The armies of the two countries were about to return home, and Ji Wuhou was reluctant to send him thirty miles out of the city before he said goodbye in tears.

Because Zheng Ligong supported Ji side by side with him, and completed the purpose of keeping Ji Guo Sheji. Lu Zhuanggong felt that it was not in vain to save Zheng, so he had a good impression of Zheng Ligong in his heart. Zheng Ligong also knows the importance of having a good relationship with Lu Guo. In the second year, Zheng Li made an appointment to meet with Lu Huan's martial father who came to Zheng Guo, and the two kings spilled blood for an alliance, which strengthened the alliance between Lu and Zheng.

Since then, the Central Plains has clearly formed two major forces: Lu and Zheng as one faction, and Song and Qi as one party. The rest of the nations choose their own approach based on their own pros and cons. In fact, it is also to see that big country is close to you, otherwise it will be eaten by the neighboring big country in an instant.