——August 7, Pi County——

Early in the morning of that day, Lu Xi, the king of Qi, invited the lord of Lu and many ministers of Qi and Lu to come to the military conference hall in the Pi fortress. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Because it is in the fortress, the so-called military hall is very simple, it is nothing more than a large room with wooden boards, but the wooden boards used here, according to the preferences of Lu Xi, the king of Qi, are painted with precious purple lacquer produced in Chu, which shows the wealth of Qi in disguise.

"The king summoned everyone today, could it be that there is a breakthrough in the east and west?"

After everyone sat down, the lord of the Lu State saw that the King of Qi, Lu Xi, had a look of joy on his face, so he asked curiously.

Unexpectedly, hearing this, Lu Xi smiled, took out a good news from his arms, raised it in his hand, and said with a smile: "The widow received the good news from Tian Tan, and the good news said that he had broken through Zhong Wu a day ago, and now the army is divided into two ways, all the way to attack Lanling, all the way to attack Liyang...... And just before he wrote this good news, Tian Tan broke Chu Liyang's army Xiong Sheng, and now Lanxi is also broken, and Liyang is also broken......"

Hearing this, there was an uproar in the room, and the ministers of both Qi and Lu showed a look of surprise on their faces.

How long has it been?

Tian Tan has already broken one city, and is about to break through three cities?

It is worthy of being a famous general!

In the exclamation of everyone, Lu Xi, the king of Qi, turned his head and sat next to him, the lord of Lu State, who was on an equal footing with him, and said: "Tian Tan said in his letter that he has achieved such an advantage this time, thanks to the weapons created by the skilled craftsmen of Lu State. ”

"Don't dare to be, don't dare to be." Seeing that Lu Xi, the king of Qi, deliberately mentioned the merits of the Lu State, the lord of the Lu State waved his hand with a smile.

I have to say that the relationship between Qi and Lu during this period is indeed as solid as a rock, because Qi is not only strong and strong, but also supports the economy of Lu, and Lu Xi, the king of Qi, is also quite good at being a man, and praises Lu from time to time, which makes Lu the most solid alliance of Qi as always.

However, just as everyone was celebrating, a discordant voice sounded in the hall.

"The Eastern Route Army is singing a triumphant song, but I don't know what the progress of the Western Route Army is?"

The hall fell silent for a moment, and turned to look at the man who spoke.

It's this Tian Kuo (Guang) again......

Including the lord of the Lu State, the ministers of the Lu State in the palace subconsciously closed their mouths and pretended not to hear anything.

Because this is an internal matter of the Qi country.

Yes, the person who spoke at this time was Tian Xuan, the right minister of Qi State.

The Tian family is a big surname in the Qi country, but not all of the Tian family comes from one branch.

For example, Tian Tan and Tian Yan, they are from the Linzi Tian clan, and the right Xiang Tian Yu is from the Binhai Tian clan, so although they are both Tian clans, their genealogies and ancestors are different.

However, it is undeniable that they are all the ministers and nobles of the Qi State.

"Tian Qing." The smile on the face of Qi King Lu Xi gradually put away, and said calmly: "Today, Tian Tan sent good news, which is worth celebrating, so don't spoil the atmosphere......

Hearing this, Tian Xuan, the right minister of Qi State, hurriedly confessed: "Please forgive the king, and your subordinates are also moved." …… The generals of my Great Qi are like a bamboo on the east road, and they are about to conquer the three cities, why is there no news from the army on the west road? As he spoke, he intentionally or unintentionally glanced at Zuo Xiang Ji Zhao, who was sitting in the chief, that is, Zhao Hongrun's sixth brother Zhao Hongzhao.

Hearing this, Ji Zhao couldn't help but smile bitterly in his heart.

He and Tian Kuo are old acquaintances who have fought several times, and he also understands that Tian Kuo has always looked at him unpleasantly.

The reason is that Tian Xuan has a son who is about the same age as the most beloved daughter of Qi King Lu Xi, so the Binhai Tian clan has always hoped that Tian Xu's son can become the son-in-law of Qi King Lu Xu, so over the years, there have been many hints in front of King Lu Xi of Qi, but King Qi ignored it.

Unexpectedly, two years ago, Ji Zhao, a proton of Wei who was not treated by the court of Qi, suddenly got the favor of Lu Xi, the king of Qi, who not only married his most beloved daughter Ji Xu to Ji Zhao, but also promoted Ji Zhao to the position of right minister in one go.

This matter alone is enough, but I didn't expect that last year, Lu Xi, the king of Qi, had become more inclined to Ji Zhao, and he actually risked the disapproval and asked Ji Zhao to change positions with Tian Xuan, who was the left minister at the time.

At first, when I heard the words of Lu Xu, the king of Qi, in the court, Tian Xuan, you and Ji Zhao should be exchanged, neither Tian Xuan nor the ministers of Qi took this matter too seriously, after all, Lu Xu, the king of Qi, has always liked to play, and once he demoted a certain minister to the stable to feed the horses, so that the groom who was originally feeding the horses in the stable took over the position of the former.

This kind of thing that seems incredible to other countries is not uncommon on the side of Qi State, after all, Lu Xi, the king of Qi, was originally a moody and difficult person to figure out.

Therefore, Tian Xuan only thought that it was just a pastime for Qi King Lu Xi to be idle, so he responded with a smile, anyway, in his opinion, it would not be a few **** and Ji Zhao to be able to exchange it back.

Unexpectedly, after a few months, I didn't see Qi King Lu Xi mention this matter again, and then Tian Xuan felt a little wrong.

But at that time, the rice had been cooked, and the court of Qi no longer paid attention to this matter, even Tian Xuan, it was not good to mention this matter rashly, after all, Lu Xi, the king of Qi, did not look at the usual laughter and laughter, but only people who have been with each other for a long time know that this is an extremely decisive king.

It wasn't until a few months ago that the king of Qi, Lü Xi, handed over the naval army equipped with firebow boats in the north of Qi to Ji Zhao, and used this to gain the support of Wei, and Tian Xuan suddenly realized: This is the king of Qi Lü Xi is reserving a way to retreat.

Lu Xi, the king of Qi, handed over the authority of Qi to Ji Zhao as much as possible, in order to make Ji Zhao have the ability to make Qi State survive the period of his Lu Xi's death in the future and avoid some bad things from happening.

What's not good?

Binhai Tian clan, as the most powerful nobleman of Qi who is not a prince surnamed Lu, Qi King Lu Xi did not entrust important tasks before his death, but secretly weakened the Binhai Tian clan, promoted Ji Zhao, who was born in Wei, and recruited a team for him as much as possible, what this means is self-evident.

Lu Xi, also guard against the Binhai Tian clan!

This is not groundless, because there were rumors in the Qi State that the Tian clan's power was getting bigger and bigger, and it might replace the Lu clan in the future.

At that time, the King of Qi, Lu Xi, didn't think so, but who dared to guarantee that this king did not have the idea of weakening the Tian family in his heart?

As for Tian Xuan, he didn't have the idea of replacing the Lu family, he was just unhappy with Ji Zhao.

How could a person born as a prince of the Wei Kingdom hold an important position in the Qi State? In power?

Moreover, he Tian Xuan did his best for the Qi State, why did Lu Xi, the king of Qi, trust him not as much as Ji Zhao, a foreigner?

It was also from then on that Tian Xuan targeted Ji Zhao from time to time, including the current use of the results of the Eastern Route Army to satirize the incompetence of the Wei people.

I have to say that under the leadership of Tian Xuan, the ministers of Qi in the palace couldn't help but talk a lot.

Or the minister of the right minister's lineage, Tian Xuan, opened his mouth, vaguely pointed out that the king of Qi, Lü Xi, should not listen to slander, and appointed Ji Run, a fifteen or sixteen-year-old child, as the chief general of the Western Route Army.

All in all, it is to elevate Tian Tan's status and degrade Zhao Hongrun to worthless.

Even, some people even proposed to change the main general of the Western Route Army and send the capable generals of Qi to go.

Do these guys have in their brains?

Qi King Lu Xi didn't say a word, just looked at the ministers in the palace lightly, and sneered in his heart.

You must know that the two countries of Qi and Lu have had an alliance relationship for more than 100 years, so even if they are Qi generals, they can command the army of Lu.

However, Wei has just joined the Qilu Wei Three Kingdoms Alliance, and you called a Qi man to command the Wei army?

It has to be a bad thing!

But these words, Lu Xi, the king of Qi, did not explain, because he knew that those ministers in the palace were ostensibly aimed at the young Su King Ji Run of the Wei State, but in fact, they were aimed at his Lu Xi's son-in-law Ji Zhao.

He turned his head to look at his son-in-law Ji Zhao, and saw that the latter was still sitting steadily, and secretly praised a few words in his heart, so he spoke: "Zuo Xiang, do you have something to say?" ”

Ji Zhao smiled slightly, gave a salute to the ministers in the hall, and said gently: "Back to the king, your subordinates have nothing to say. …… His Majesty thought that what the ministers said was the truth. Back then, Xiong Tuo, the king of Chu Xuancheng, led an army of 160,000 to attack the mother country of Great Wei, and he never thought that my brother Ji Run would lose his armor with 35,000 troops, and even lose a large area of land. …… Moreover, perhaps all of you here do not know that last year, the people of Sanchuan provoked my mother country, Great Wei, and raised an army of two or three hundred thousand to kill Great Wei violently, and they never thought that my brother Ji Run would lead the army out of the customs and put down this war within a few months......"

That's a poisonous thing......

Qi King Lu Xi touched his chin and looked at Ji Zhao with interest.

Sure enough, Ji Zhao's words made the faces of those ministers in the palace change suddenly, or one of them asked in an unkind tone: "Lord Zuo Xiang, are you saying that we are waiting for the eyes of the rats?" ”

"I didn't say it." Ji Zhao smiled and shook his head, but the smile on his face seemed to say: This is what you said.

How arrogant!

The ministers of Qi in the hall suddenly looked indignant and accused Ji Zhao one after another.

And at this moment, there was a sudden shout outside the hall: "Report! The Western Route Army sent good news! ”

In the hall, there was a sudden silence, and the ministers who were still denouncing Ji Zhao were all dumbfounded.

Ji Run boy, after all, did not disappoint the widow and his royal brother, I hope his good news can shut up the noisy guys in this house!

Thinking so in his heart, Qi King Lu Xi pointed at Ji Zhao with a smile and said, "Give it to Zuo Xiang." ”

"Yes!"

The Qi soldiers who delivered the letter sent the good news to Ji Zhao.

I saw that in front of everyone, Ji Zhao opened the wooden box casually, took out the battle report in it, and then opened it and glanced at it a few times.

"How is the battle situation of the Western Route Army?"

Qi King Lu Xi asked deliberately.

I saw Ji Zhao smile slightly, and said lightly: "It's nothing, it's just that at the cost of more than 5,000 soldiers, I defeated 80,000 or 90,000 Chu troops, and took Xiangcheng, and I collected more than 40,000 Chu army generals who surrendered to Cheng......"

Hearing this, there was a gasping sound in the hall.

At the cost of more than 5,000 soldiers, he defeated the Chu army of 80,000 or 90,000?

And also took Xiangcheng?

And also incorporated more than 40,000 Chu army generals who surrendered to Cheng?

Rao is right minister Tian Xuan, who had just targeted Ji Zhao, was also opening his mouth wide at the moment, with a look of disbelief.

However, Ji Zhao ignored the ministers of all Qi in the hall, including Tian Yu, the right minister, only to see him shake his head, and said with a wry smile: "My brother Hongrun, he has always had a bad habit, that is, he can't remember to send good news in time, so he has to wait until he is free. You see, Xiangcheng was laid down two days ago, so it has to be delayed for a few days...... There's no way to take him. As he spoke, he turned his head to look at Lu Xi, the king of Qi, and said: "King, my brother Ji Run asked the king to attack Fu Lisai in the past two days, attract the idea of Fu Lisai's Chu army, and facilitate him to conquer Hao County and Qi in the Huhe River, and help the king to attack Fu Lisai. ”

Hearing this, the entire hall was silent.

Even Lu Xi, the king of Qi, could not hide the shock in his eyes.

Because this means that the progress of the Wei army on the west road is in no way inferior to the army led by Tian Tan on the east road.

What's more, the Wei army not only suffered fewer losses than Tian Tan's army due to the war, but also incorporated more than 40,000 Chu soldiers, and its combat power became stronger and stronger.

If this is compared, which is higher and which is lower? (To be continued.) )