"Twelve years ago?"

Zhou Zi's eyes were a little confused, but he quickly sobered up and said, "Childe, is it referring to the Battle of Changping?" ”

A smile appeared on Zhao Jia's face.

Twelve years ago, the Battle of Changping was at its fiercest, the two armies confronted each other for several years, and the grain and grass of Zhao were exhausted, and Zhao borrowed grain from the rich Qi State.

The king of Qi was reluctant to borrow grain, and Zhou Zi admonished bitterly: "It's better to listen to the Qin soldiers, if you don't listen, the Qin soldiers will not go, it is Qin's plan and Qi Chu's plan is too much." And Zhao Zhi is in Qi Chu, and he is also covered, and his teeth are cold, and his teeth are cold. Zhao died today, and Qi Chu will suffer tomorrow. And to save Zhao, it is advisable to leak the coke kettle. The husband saves Zhao, Gao Yiye; But Qin Bing is also famous. Righteousness saves the country, but the soldiers of Qin are not responsible for this, and those who are responsible for the national plan are overwhelmed. ”

Zhou Zi's remarks can be described as hitting the nail on the head.

Zhao is the barrier of Qi, as long as Zhao exists, it is impossible for Qin to attack Qi, Zhao is destroyed, how can Qi block Qin's soldiers?

And that's exactly what happened.

In history, after the King of Qin destroyed Zhao, Wei, and Han, the State of Qi could not resist, and King Jian of Qi personally went to the State of Qin to surrender.

But he didn't want to, after the fall of the Qi State, Ying Zheng placed the King of Qi in a remote and barren place and starved him to death.

The king of Qi, who refused to rescue Zhao, eventually reaped the consequences.

Moreover, Zhou Zi also proposed that rescuing Zhao State can show morality, and repelling the Qin army can show prestige; Rescuing the dying country with morality and repelling the powerful Qin army with prestige will only benefit and not harm to Qi Guo.

It's a pity that after Qi Guotian was forced to flee to Zhao Guo, he began to live in a corner of peace.

Since Qi Wangjian succeeded to the throne, he appointed his uncle Hou Sheng as Xiangguo.

Hou Sheng accepted a large amount of gold and jade from Qin's spies, and sent many guests to Qin, who gave these guests a lot of gold and jade, and when the guests returned, they acted as spies for Qin, saying some deceitful things that were in line with Qin's interests.

Hou Sheng persuaded Qi Wangjian to give up the Hezong Dynasty to serve the Qin State, not to repair the armaments for attack and combat, and not to help the Five Kingdoms to attack the Qin State, so that when the Qin State attacked the Qi State in the future, the Qi State did not repair the army for many years, and the people did not dare to resist.

The powerful and occupying Qi State, at the end of the Warring States Period, where there was no sense of existence, could not be said to be sad.

Zhao Jia knew that if he wanted to resist the Qin State, he needed to unite the strength of all countries.

The state of Qi is an indispensable vassal state.

Now that the top and bottom of the Qi State, most of the officials led by Hou Sheng have been corrupted by the Qin State, and those who really have vision and ability like Zhou Zi cannot be reused.

Of course, deep down in the heart of King Qi, he is not eager to get talents and make the country of Qi strong.

It's a pity that the King of Qi didn't have the ability to recognize people, and his ability was played with by Hou Sheng and others, making the entire Qi country a corner of peace and gradually abandoned.

What Zhao Jia wants to do is to help Qi regain its fighting spirit and unite Qi to fight against Qin.

Zhou Zi is the representative elected by Zhao Jia, with the praise of Zhao Jia and Wei Wuji, the entire Qi country knows Zhou Zi's talent.

No matter how mediocre the King of Qi is, he also knows that he can't let his own talents flow into other countries, which will naturally enhance Zhou Zi's status in the Qi Kingdom.

Now Zhou Zigui is the secretary of state of Qi, and his status is second only to Qi Xianghousheng.

The temple of Qi State does not lack real people of insight, but it is a pity that the court is dominated by Hou Sheng, and these people have never been reused.

Zhao Jia spent a lot of money to support Zhou Zi, just to erect another banner in the temple of Qi State, so that those people of insight who were left out in the cold could unite around Zhou Zi and gradually bring Qi Country on the right track.

Of course, everything Zhao Jia did was just pushing.

If you really want to change the status quo of Qi State, you can only let Zhou Zi and other people of insight who want to revitalize Qi State compete with Hou Sheng to the death.

Of course, it is not enough to arouse the fighting spirit of the Qi country.

If you want to really undermine Qin's policy of long-distance friendship and close attack, you must involve both Qi and Yan in the war.

Only by allowing the two countries to gain benefits in the war with Qin can they undermine Qin's strategy of long-distance friendship and close attack.

Of course, the attitude towards Yan Guo and Qi Guo naturally cannot be the same.

The temples of the Qi State are corrupted, so the fresh blood of the temples of the Qi State will be replenished, but it is a pity that the whole Yan State wants to be friendly to the Qin State, so if the Yan State cannot be destroyed, it can only be coerced by the Yan State to attack Qin.

As for how to coerce, that's what Zhao Jia is ready to do now.

"Yes, Mr. Zhao Jia is amazed at the far-reaching vision of Mr. every time he thinks of it twelve years ago."

"Today's Qi country needs people like Mr. too much."

Zhao Jia stared at Zhou Zi and said solemnly: "If only a gentleman is in power in the temple of Qi State, it is not enough, it must also arouse the ambition of Qi State and give Qi State a sense of crisis." ”

Zhou Zi was silent for a long time, and suddenly sighed: "The wisdom of the son, I can't go far." ”

At this time, Zhou Zi couldn't help but think of how Zhao Jiamen's guest Li Si said that the king of Qi sent troops to attack Yan.

On behalf of Zhao, Li Si promised Qi that as long as Qi helped Zhao send troops and forced Yan to sign an alliance under the city, Zhao would be willing to cede Zhongyi to Qi.

Zhongyi is an important city that Qi and Yan dream of.

Qi and Yan are feuds, and they both want to capture each other's territories, but there is a strong Zhao State stuck in the middle, so that the two have no way to border.

The territory under the jurisdiction of Zhongyi is a large piece of plastered land near the sea, which just connects Qi and Yan.

Qi and Zhao were bounded by the Yellow River, and Zhongyi was located on the north bank of the Yellow River.

If Qi wins Zhongyi, it means that when facing Zhao State, he has the initiative from then on, and he can cross the Yellow River to attack Zhao State, and retreat to use the Yellow River as a fortress to block Zhao State from the country.

The most important thing is that the Qi State can directly attack the Yan State itself and expand its territory through the territory of Zhongyi.

Today's Qi State can neither compete with the Southern Chu State, nor dare to compete with the Wei State.

Don't think that Wei is very weak, if Zhao Jia does not change history, in the next few years, Wei will invade the territory of Qi one after another.

As for the northern part of the Qi State, it is the Zhao State that is extremely good at fighting, and the defense is still insufficient, so how dare it attack?

Only the Northern Yan State not only has a great enmity with the Qi State, but also the Qi State is confident that it can defeat the Yan State, so it will be so concerned about the anointed land of Zhongyi.

Zhao Jia persuaded King Zhao to cede to Qi, ostensibly to make Zhao's interests suffer, but in fact, it aroused the blood of Qi and Yan at the same time, and made the two countries have a sense of crisis from then on.

After bordering the State of Qi, the State of Yan will not only target the State of Zhao in the future, but also the weak State of Qi.

The State of Qi had the feud of the Yan State eyeing the tiger, and did not dare to continue the mentality of passive preparation for war in the past, and the corruption strategy of the Qin State was self-defeating.

Of course, there are risks associated with this.

If it is not well controlled, it will make the two countries of Qi and Yan wars one after another, so that they will have no time to take care of the Qin State.

However, Zhao Jia has confidence in Zhao and can balance the relationship between the two countries.