Nie Xian asked this Guo Kui:

"I don't know who this gentleman is, and what is he called?"

Guo Kui replied:

"Nie Zhuangshi, you can call me Guo Kui, I am originally from Yan, because my hometown was invaded by Zhongshan State, so I came to Zhao Country to join Lord Zhao Cheng!"

Nie Xian laughed:

"It turns out that Mr. is a Yan person, and I, Nie Xian, once planned to go to Yan Kingdom to join King Yan, but unfortunately, it is a pity that I was not able to go because of Lord Zhao Cheng's kindness."

Guo Kui looked at Nie Xian with joy on his face at this time:

"Could it be that Nie Zhuangshi, do you know King Yan?"

Nie Xian replied:

"Yes, I did have a relationship with King Yan."

Guo Kui immediately knelt in front of Nie Xian, and his tone was very humble:

"Nie Zhuangshi...... Nie Zhuangshi, can I Guo Kui beg you...... Please do one thing! ”

Nie Xian was shocked by Guo Kui's move, and immediately got up and helped him up:

"Sir, this ...... This...... I'm just a person, how can I stand your courtesy, sir? ”

After Guo Kui got up, he approached Nie Xian's ear and said:

"Nie Zhuangshi, can you have time to talk about the woods outside the city tonight, there are many people here now, and it is inconvenient for me Guo Kui to talk about it!"

Nie Xian nodded:

"Okay!"

In fact, Nie Xian has been in Zhao Cheng's mansion for a few months, so he naturally knows this Guo Kui, and knows that he is a very talented person, but he has no talent, so he is also curious about what this Guo Kui will say to himself.

At the third watch, the two met in the woods outside the city.

After some greetings, Nie Xian took the initiative to ask Guo Kui:

"I wonder what the gentleman asks for?"

郭隗 says:

"Forgive me Guo Kui for saying it bluntly, I want to beg Nie Zhuangshi that you must introduce me in front of King Yan if you have the opportunity in the future!"

As he spoke, Guo Kui recounted his past in front of Nie Xian.

It turned out that Guo Kui used to study under Guiguzi, but when Guiguzi lived in seclusion in Yan Kingdom.

At that time, Guo Kui knelt outside the Guiguzi courtyard for nearly 20 days in order to worship Guiguzi as a teacher, and Guiguzi saw that his sincerity was commendable, so he also accepted him as an apprentice.

Guo Kui studied with Guiguzi for three years, and at this time he happened to meet his master Guiguzi going out to play, so Guo Kui took this opportunity to recommend himself to King Yan Yi at that time.

It's a pity that at that time, King Yan Yi's relatives and clans were close to his mother's relatives and clans, and Guo Kui couldn't get the opportunity to reuse, so he was naturally unwilling to do this, so he left Yan Guojidu.

Guo Kui originally wanted to go back to find his master Guiguzi, but halfway through, he remembered that his master didn't like his disciples to participate in the princes' struggle for hegemony, and he didn't have the face to go back to his master, so he still went back to his hometown and lived idlely, began to marry a wife and have children, and planned to live like this for the rest of his life.

But a few years later, King Yan Yi died of illness and King Yan succeeded to the throne, Guo Kui was still a little unwilling, so he said goodbye to his wife and children and came to recommend himself to King Yan again.

But when Guo Kui dedicated his statecraft to Yan Wanghao, Yan Wangxu just shook his head, thinking that his statecraft was not suitable for his Yan Kingdom, and let him be the master of the valley.

After all, Yan Wangxu is a traditional person who respects the first rites very much and wants to be a virtuous monarch like Yao Shun, but Guo Kui's statecraft is repulsed by his traditional etiquette everywhere, so naturally he will not be recognized by Yan Wangxu.

Therefore, Guo Kui served as Shanggu in Yan Kingdom for two years, and saw that King Yan was deaf, and he actually moved his mind to Zen, so he was extremely disappointed, resigned again, and returned to his hometown with his wife and children to live idlely.

But it didn't take long for the king of Yan to officially reside in Zizhi, but Zizhi was a more mediocre monarch, within a year, almost offended all the surrounding princes, resulting in the final Nine Kingdoms Invasion of Yan, and Zhongshan also took the opportunity to occupy the place where Guo Kui's hometown was located.

Guo Kui's family finally had no choice but to flee to Zhao State after several tosses, and finally defected to Gongzicheng.

Recently, after many inquiries, Guo Kui knew that the newly succeeded King Yan was a virtuous lord, so he also moved back to Yan's mind to assist him, but there has been no good opportunity.

Guo Kui also inquired about Nie Xian in advance, and learned that this Nie Xian was not simple, and he might be the only person who could help him meet King Yan, so he asked for this.

After Nie Xian listened to Guo Kui's narration, he asked:

"Then sir, since you have great ambitions, why don't you go to the big countries of Wei, Qi, and Chu to show your talents, but you are obsessed with a poor and weak Yan country?"

Guo Kui replied:

"Qi State, now the people who are reused by the King of Qi are not only the people of the Tian clan, but also the people of the Jixia School Palace, even if I Guo Kui goes to the Qi State, I am afraid it will be difficult to be reused, and the Chu State is not much different, under the King of Chu, it is basically controlled by the four families of Zhao, Jing, Qu and Zhuang!"

Then he slowed down and continued:

"As for the Wei State, there are already Chen Zhen and Su Qin's scholars, and now Zhang Yi has returned from Qin to Wei as the prime minister, what kind of reuse do you think I Guo Kui can get even if I am in the Wei State?"

Nie Xian said:

"This is not necessarily, I heard that the King of Wei has always been a virtuous, if you go to the Wei Kingdom, you will definitely be able to be reused!"

Guo Kui shook his head:

"Today's Guo Kui, if I go to Wei, I'm afraid I will be like the current Su Qin, I can only succumb to Zhang Yi and Chen Zhen, because I can't compare to Zhang Yi, who has already shocked the world, and I can't compare to Chen Zhen, I have served many countries, and I have a prominent reputation in Wei, so I Guo Kui can't go to Wei now, but if I Guo Kui can prove myself in Yan, I am also willing to serve Wei in the future, after all, Yan's national strength is here, after all, it can't be compared with other Central Plains powers."

Seeing this, Nie Xian said:

"Okay, as long as I go to Yan Country in the future, I will definitely help Mr. you to meet King Yan."

Due to the frequent mobilization of troops and horses by the Qi State on the border of Qi and Zhao, some worried people began to write to Zhao Jun to ask him to be prepared, but Zhao Jun did not care, thinking that the Qi State was just practicing the soldiers and horses and using them to attack the Yan State.

After all, when the Qi State ended the Battle of Handan and withdrew its troops, it signed a covenant with Zhao State in private, and this alliance was that Qi State attacked Yan State, and Zhao State would not interfere, and Zhao State attacked Zhongshan State, and Qi State also sat on the sidelines, and Zhao Jun was preparing to attack Zhongshan State at this time, so naturally he did not worry about Qi State.

It was because Zhao was not defended that the Qi army suddenly crossed the border of Qi and Zhao, and captured all the cities east of Zhao Huanshui within two days.

After relieving himself, Zhao Jun hurriedly discussed with Gongzi Cheng, Feiyi, and Li Dui, and decided to immediately ask for help from Yan and Wei.

And just after the Huangchi Alliance, Wei Si was still on the way back to Daliang at this time received a letter from Zhao for help, and he was also shocked, opened it and found that it was Qi Guo who attacked Zhao, and had already hit the east bank of Huanshui.

At this time, Wei Si directly threw this Zhao Guoguoshu to the ground, and laughed:

"What retribution...... Retribution, you Zhao Guo deserve it...... You deserve it, when you were besieged by the Qi army, the widow led my Wei army to save your Zhao country, and then the widow Liang was under the city by the Qi army, you Zhao deliberately watched the play, and did not come to support, and then, my Wei country suffered a rebellion in Hedong, and the Qin country took the opportunity to attack, and your Zhao country was even more on the wall at this time, and waited until the widow pacified the rebels and retreated from the Qin soldiers, and you sent a congratulatory letter, which is really funny...... It's funny! ”

On the side, Zi Lian also said:

"Yes, this Zhao State is retribution, this time Husband, you invited it Zhao Guo to come to participate in the alliance, but it Zhao Guo did not give you face, and directly used illness as the reason for the future, now that I am sick, I can actually write a letter to my husband asking for help, it's really ridiculous!"

Su Qin also said indignantly on the side:

"Yes, so we must not help this ungrateful Zhao State this time, and let the Qi army break through Handan!"

So Wei Si asked people to use his original words to accuse Zhao Jun, saying that his Great Wei would not help Zhao Guo again this time.

A few days later, the Qi army defeated the army that Zhao withdrew from the northern border to support at Huanshui, and killed 30,000 Zhao troops in Huanshui, and the Zhao army could no longer defend Huanshui, so they had to retreat west to the west bank of Zhangshui and continue to resist the Qi army.

Since Zhangshui was almost the last line of defense in Handan, the worried Zhao Jun saw that Wei did not support, Yan reinforcements were delayed, and Zhongshan also took the opportunity to retaliate against Zhao, so he had to send people to Qin and Korea for help.

South Korea has always been angry about Zhao Guo taking advantage of the danger of others to occupy his party, how could he help Zhao Guo, naturally, like the King of Wei, he beat Zhao Jun.

And because the new king Yingdang had just succeeded to the throne, he didn't want to participate in the affairs of Qi and Zhao, but Zhao Junguo's book repeatedly mentioned that Yingdang went to Zhao to borrow troops to rescue Xianyang and retreat from Chu, and Zhu Liji and Sima Cuo also supported Qin King Yingdang to aid Zhao, so Yingdang still used Gan Mao as the main general to aid Zhao and led 100,000 Qin troops to support Zhao.

King Qin did not send Zhu Lijian and Sima Cuo this time because Sima Cuo wanted to follow the orders of King Qin Huiwen and go to Bashu to prepare for the back road, and Zhu Lijian wanted to help Yingdang stabilize the government, after all, Yingdang had just succeeded to the throne, and many Qin clan relatives in Yongcheng were not very supportive.

And the Qin army wanted to transit through Wei to go to Zhao to support the documents, and soon it was in the hands of Wei Si, this time Wei Si did not make a rash decision, after all, this is a big trouble, there is no discussion among the ministers, and he made a rash decision, which will cause serious consequences, so Wei Si gathered the ministers in the main hall early the next morning and discussed this matter.

I just heard Ru Ear first say:

"This time the Qin army asked to borrow my Great Wei, it is nothing more than to support the Zhao State, if it is not allowed to enter, I am afraid that it will offend Zhao and Qin at the same time, then if the Zhao State retreats the Qi army this time, then the Zhao State will definitely unite with the Qin State in the future, and the east of the Hedong and Shangdang of our Wei State will be in danger!"

魏嗣 says:

"Yes, otherwise the widow would have directly ordered that the Qin army would not be allowed to enter the country."

Ru Er continued:

"So the minister's intention is that our Wei State simply let the Qin army cross the border, after all, now that the Qi army is strong, let Qin and Zhao go to confront the Qi State, so that these three countries are consumed at the same time, why not?"