The envoy to the country was arrested, two beauties and gifts were robbed, and the rights and interests of the country were violated. There are many solutions to this.

The first method is to send someone to Qicheng, meet the husband, directly ask for beautiful women and gifts, ask for the messenger to be released, and make an apology.

If it doesn't work, take the second method, send people to Qufu, the capital of Lu State, to protest to the Lu court, ask for gifts and beautiful women, and ask for the envoy to be returned. And apologize.

The third way is to send someone to inform the husband and ask for a guarantee of the safety of the hostages, and on the other hand, to ask the big countries to intervene to mediate, which can also solve the problem.

The fourth method, by Qi State, put pressure on Lu State, both soft and hard, and threaten war, if Lu State does not want to cause war because of this trivial matter, it may also give in, after all, it is Lu State that is rude first.

If all diplomatic efforts fail, there are two options: first, do not escalate the situation, and just put up with it, after all, it is very difficult for a small country to survive. The second is to ask Qi to intervene. Qi and Yi are married, they are close relatives of each other, and with Qi as a backer, Lu will not launch a large-scale war for this.

But Yi Ziyi, the monarch of the State of Yi, is an incompetent person, not only greedy for money and lustful, but also has no strategic vision, and does not consider the causes and consequences of doing things.

As soon as he heard that treasures and beauties had been robbed, how could he stand it? Although there was still a little hesitation, after Ji Ni lit the fire, the anger came up, and he left and set up 20,000 horses to kill Qicheng.

The country was a small country, with only 20,000 troops in total, all of which were dispatched. As soon as the army of the State of Lu was dispatched, there were secret agents of the State of Lu who learned the news and reported to the husband.

It is normal for the two countries to send secret agents to each other to inquire about the news.

As soon as he heard that the army of the State of Yi was coming, he was shocked, he only had 3,000 men and horses, stationed in a small city on the border, and he was negligent in training at times, and the army had no combat effectiveness at all, how could he fight with the army of the State of Yi?

But he is not too afraid, although Qi City is very small and there are few soldiers and horses, but Lu State is a big country, although it is not as strong as Qi State and Jin State, but compared to Qi State, it is much stronger.

He didn't believe that Yin Gong Yi Ziyi dared to do anything to him. But he also prepared for the worst, which was to fight. Only then did he realize that he had been reckless and had caused a big disaster, and he felt that he had indeed gone too far.

But it's too late to regret it. Only to prepare for war. He ordered all his soldiers to close the gates of the city and place rolling logs and stones on the walls to prepare for the defense of the city. On the other hand, he sent people to Qufu to report to the imperial court for help.

Yi Ziyi led the army to Qicheng, stopping halfway, and suddenly reported that an envoy from Lu State blocked the way.

Yi Ziyi said: "Bring him to me!" ”

After a while, the soldier brought a man and bowed down: "Meet the monarch!" ”

Yi Ma whip pointed: "Who are you, and why are you blocking the way of my army?" ”

The man said, "Here is an envoy sent by Lord Shefu to meet the monarch to tell him that your army has crossed the border and entered the territory of Lu. This is an act of invasion. Please ask the monarch to stop advancing and return to the kingdom of Yi by the same route. and apologize and explain the action. ”

Yi Ziyi laughed: "Little husband, will you know that you are afraid?" You go back and tell the husband to let him go back to the envoy of the Yue Kingdom and the two beauties, return the stolen treasures, and take 100,000 loads of grain as compensation, and kneel down to ask the widow for forgiveness. ”

The envoy said: "The king's words are wrong, the envoy of the Yue Kingdom is running around in Qicheng, misbehaving, and is suspected of being a spy. My family took control of him, just to find out his identity and the purpose of his trip. It is not aimed at the country. ”

Yi Ziyi said: "Nonsense, the identity of the envoy of the Yue Kingdom, you will know as soon as you ask, where does it need to be investigated?" She Fu Xiao'er knew that the envoy of the Yue State sent an envoy to the country, and he also arrested and imprisoned him, and snatched the beautiful women and gifts. This is not only an invasion, provocation and contempt against the country of Vietnam, but also against the country of Di. Get out of the way quickly, or the widow will take you the first to open the knife and sacrifice the flag! ”

The envoy said: "Please think twice, you are violating the country of Lu by going your own way like this." The consequences are severe! ”

Yi Ziyi was furious: "You are threatening me!" ”

Ji Ni said beside Yi Ziyi: "Those two beauties are both virgins, let the husband and the second child spoil it, and the monarch's use of soldiers will be meaningless." ”

Yi Ziyi pulled out his sword: "If you don't get out of the way, there will be no mercy!" ”

The envoy sent by the husband saw that he could not stop the army of the country with his own tongue. And there is no suspense about the fall of this battle. If you return to Qicheng, you may die in the chaos. So he got up, avoided the direction of Qicheng, and fled for his life.

Yi Ziyi waved his division forward, and at dawn, he had already rushed to Qicheng, and with an order, 20,000 troops besieged the small Qicheng.

Ji Ni said: "Sovereign, you see that there are soldiers running in a panic at the head of the city, which means that the defense of the city is not ready, so it is better to order the siege of the city now." ”

Yi Ziyi said to the herald: "Inform all departments, the cannon is the horn, you can hear the cannon, and attack the city together." ”

At that time, artillery was equivalent to firecrackers in later generations, and after exploding, it made a sound and was used as a signal, and it was not lethal.

The army of the State of Yi besieging Qicheng heard the signal and ran towards the city wall while shouting, and tens of thousands of people shouted together, and the sound shook the sky.

When the soldiers ran to the edge of the wall, they set up ladders and climbed up. The defenders on the city wall fired bows and arrows, and those sticks, stones, and bricks were thrown down from the city wall, and the army of the country was killed and wounded in large numbers. I had to go back.

After a little organization, a second wave of attacks was launched. After leaving some dead bodies, he retreated.

Although the army of the Servant was only 3,000 men, as a defensive side, with high walls as fortifications, it occupied a geographical advantage, and in a hurry, how could it be easy to take a city?

The army of the State of Yi had an absolute advantage, but it could not win for a while, and the army of the State of Yi walked around irritably, unable to come up with good ideas.

Ji Ni observed the surrounding situation, and saw that outside the east city, more than a hundred steps away from the city wall, there was a mountain forest, with lush trees, which was a good place to hide soldiers.

Then he said to Yi Ziyi: "Sovereign, the minister has an idea. You see this mountain forest, the woods are dense, the monarch pretended to withdraw his army, ambushed 10,000 elite soldiers in the woods, and then concentrated 10,000 troops and stormed the west gate. Seeing that the west gate was tight, the husband must transfer troops from other directions to reinforce it, and then this side will be empty, and at this time, the 10,000 troops who are ambushed in the woods will suddenly attack, and the east gate can be broken. ”

Yi Ziyi said: "Sir's plan is very good, just do as you say!" ”

So he ordered the army to pretend to withdraw, and then divided 10,000 troops, quietly returned, and ambushed in the dense forest. Another 10,000 troops, concentrated at the West Gate, launched a fierce attack.

10,000 troops were gathered outside the west city, standing on the city wall and looking out, the mountains were full of troops. The defenders of Qicheng couldn't help but tremble. I only heard the rumbling of war drums, the shouts shook the sky, repelled a wave, and came up again, seeing that Xicheng was about to be breached.

The husband was in a hurry, and hurriedly mobilized the defenders from all other directions to come to support, while the other sides were empty.

Ji Ni said: "Sovereign, the time has come to attack. ”

With an order, the 10,000 troops who were lying in ambush in the woods suddenly rushed out and shouted to attack the east gate.