Chapter 799: The Two Brothers of Lu Palace
Time flies, winter goes to autumn, four years have passed in a blink of an eye, and time has come to Wei Hou for ten years.
This was the tenth year of Wei Wuji's succession to the throne and the fourth year after the Song State was annexed.
After Wei defeated Qin, annexed Tang, Zheng, Song and other countries, and after Chu defeated Wu and dominated the south, there were few major wars in the past four years.
But the whole world is not peaceful, after the new monarch of Chu succeeded to the throne, he still pursued and attacked Wu fiercely, and eroded a small prince in the south, and the war did not stop for a day.
In the north, the famous Wei State was not idle, and the Lingbei battalion attacked the Hu people and plundered a lot of excellent war horses for the Wei State.
The Wei soldiers who occupied the Qin land also invaded the Qin land at any time, and at the same time guarded against the Qin counterattack.
In the east, friction between Wei and Qi also occurred from time to time, making the Lu State sandwiched in it worse than dead.
Also in these four years, because of the expansion of territory and recuperation, Wei's national strength not only recovered, but also allowed Wei Wuji to reorganize and train an army of 100,000, and Wei's standing army was close to 500,000.
You must know that at this time, the powerful Chu State was only more than 300,000, and the position of the chief power of Wei State could be described as unshakable.
With such a powerful neighbor as an enemy, the life of the Qi State was naturally cautious, and he was ready to guard against a sudden attack by the Wei State at any time.
At this time, the Qi State had no time for internal fighting, and at this time, it was the monarch and the ministers who were bent on resisting external humiliation.
In addition to guarding against Wei, Qi also has to be optimistic about Lu, and he is also afraid that Lu will defect to Lu like Song, so Qi will lose an arm.
In fact, Qi Guo's worries were not much, because at this time, the old monarch of Lu State had begun to fluctuate, so Tian Yuwen couldn't rest assured.
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Qufu, the capital of Lu, late at night.
The soldiers patrolling the city roamed the streets as usual, looking around by the light of torches.
Now the confrontation between the two great powers of Wei and Qi continues, and half of the country of Lu is lost to Wei, a series of things have made Qufu's public security more and more corrupt in recent years, making the soldiers patrolling the city a lot heavier.
If they encounter ordinary thieves, these soldiers patrolling the city are not afraid, what they are afraid of is encountering Qi soldiers who enter the city.
Since two years ago, the Qi army sent troops to be stationed outside Linzi City, and there have often been incidents of soldiers entering the city to harass the people, and this kind of thing is troubled by the patrol soldiers.
However, for the soldiers who were responsible for patrolling the northern city of Qufu, their lives were relatively comfortable.
Beicheng is the forbidden city of Qufu, where the office and nobles live, not only is it difficult to meet woolly thieves here, but there will also be no Qi soldiers to harass.
But when the city patrol soldiers were patrolling normally, they didn't know that in the Lu Palace not far away, a tragic battle was taking place.
Lu Boji is better than Qi State, whether it is voluntary or not, anyway, he is on the side of Qi State, so he also takes Lu State to Qi State.
Ji Mi has a younger brother named Ji Yi, who holds the position of the uncle of Lu Guo, but he is concerned about the position of Lu Bo and feels that the throne should be sat by himself.
But due to the stability of the country, Ji Yi did not dare to show his dissent, so he could only work diligently in the position of Zongbo, but he became famous.
Originally, Ji Yi also thought that this life should pass like this, but who knew that the situation had been so turbulent over the years, so that the environment in which Lu was located had also undergone earth-shaking changes.
Because of the confrontation between Qi and Wei, the state of Lu was caught in the middle by the enemy on both sides, and the people were full of complaints...... So Ji Yi felt that his opportunity had come.
Now that the Wei State is powerful, Ji Mi has put his bet on the Qi State, which makes Ji Yi find his own direction of action at once.
The "people of insight" in the United Nations drove the unscrupulous monarch Ji Mi from power and led the Lu State to the Wei State, which was Ji Yi's idea.
Not to mention, there are still many people in Qufu City who know the current affairs, and many people feel that there is no future in following the Qi State, so Ji Yi has attracted a large number of people.
So they made a coup plan, and the first step they envisaged was to take the Lu Palace, control the monarch, and then control Qufu.
As long as Qufu is controlled in his hands, he can hold on to fight against the Qi army, and when the time comes, he will repair a letter to ask for help from the Wei State, and he can expel the Qi army by holding it for two days.
Therefore, when Lu Boji was still immersed in sleep, the entire Lu Palace was shrouded in bloody rain.
Most of the guards in the Lu Palace were filled by the children of the Shi clan, and Ji Yi received the support of a large number of Shi clans, which made it easy for him to control the external palace gates.
But the inner palace is full of Ji Mi's cronies, which does cause a lot of trouble to Ji Yi, but it is just trouble.
To put it simply, the general trend in Qufu City is on the side of Jiyi, and it is logical to occupy Miyagi.
When Ji Mi was awakened by the shouting of killing, he saw his younger brother with a team of men and horses, kicking open the palace and walking towards him.
Ji Mi shouted that it was not good, but there was nowhere to run at this time, so he had to point at Ji Yi and scold: "Bold Ji Yi, are you going to rebel?" β
Ji Yi, who was scolded, did not stop, and only stood still when he walked in front of Ji Mi, and after using his sword to pull away his brother's hand and point at him, he said: "Second brother, I am not rebelling, but for the country of Lu!" β
Ji Mi was frightened at this time, and when Ji Yi pointed his sword at him just now, his heart jumped to his throat.
But at this time, he was also full of anger, and only heard Ji Mi scolding: "Presumptuous, how can a widow treat you slowly, you actually do such a rebellious thing!" β
Ji Yi couldn't help sneering, and then said, "Wait for me? This throne should have been mine, and my father was interested in me, but he let you steal the throne! β
In fact, Ji Mi also knew that his younger brother rebelled for the throne, but when he really heard this answer, he still felt very sad.
Now that the country of Lu is so difficult, Ji Yi still has the heart to fight, how unwise it is!
So Ji Mi said: "Now that the country is in turmoil, do you still have the heart to say this?" If you have this energy, why not contribute to the community? β
Ji Yi said: "The turmoil is also caused by you, the Qi State is weak, you just fell to him, but you took the grudge with the Wei State, it was you who made the Lu State difficult!" β
Ji Mi was suddenly angry, joining forces to resist Wei This is a rule that has been passed down from generation to generation, not to mention that Wei still occupies a lot of territory in Lu State, and the confrontation between the two countries is doomed.
Only by uniting with the Qi State can the Lu State maintain its existence, and if it falls to the Wei State, it will only follow in the footsteps of the Song State, which Ji Mi does not want to see.
But at this time, Ji Mi will not argue with Ji Yi, Ji Yi has already embarked on the road of rebellion, so there is no way to turn back.
Ji Mi didn't speak, Ji Yi couldn't help sneering: "What, there's nothing to say?" β
didn't have the heart to answer this question, but Ji Mi asked at this time: "Even if you are allowed to sit in this position, how can you get Lu Guo out of the current situation?" β
At this time, the battle has ended, and those who should be arranged are also arranged, so Ji Yi has time to talk to Ji Mi more.
I listened to Ji Yi say: "When I am in power, I will reconcile with the Wei State, so that the strong enemy of the Wei State can be resolved, and at the same time, the troops of the Qi State can be expelled with the power of the Wei State!" β
Ji Mi couldn't help but ask, "Then what's next?" drove away the Qi State, did it also let the Wei State destroy our Lu State together? β
Ji Yi was not in a hurry, but said slowly: "When the time comes, we can also learn from the Song State, and directly attach the Wei State, why are you afraid of the annexation of the Wei State!" β
Who knew that Ji Yi said this, and saw a black shadow flying towards him, and then smashed it on the bridge of his nose.
Ji Yi was in pain, covering his nose and retreating one after another, and the teacup that hit the bridge of his nose also fell to the ground and shattered.
When the blood flowed out of his nose, Ji Yi's anger was instantly ignited, and he drew his sword and was about to cut it at his brother.
But several guards next to him stopped him, and one of them even advised: "Your Excellency, all the sages in the court have said that you must not hurt the life of the king, you have to calm down!" β
Now Ji Yi really calmed down, and the family supported him to carry out a coup d'Γ©tat, and the premise was that he could not harm the life of the monarch, and Ji Yi had to keep his promise at this time.
But Ji Yi knew very well that the purpose of the clan was to make this request, they were betting on both sides, and keeping the monarch just wanted to leave a time for things to ease, so as not to completely evil the Qi country.
If Ji Yi's coup d'Γ©tat finally fails, the clan can still re-establish Ji Mi.
Seeing this situation, Lu Bo Ji couldn't help but smile, and only listened to him: "Ji Yi, even if you control the palace city, but there are 20,000 Qi troops stationed outside the city, you are still doomed to failure!" β
This is also a big truth, the 20,000 Qi troops outside the city are here to help Ji Mi stabilize the situation, as long as something happens in Qufu City, they will immediately start to quell the chaos.
Although he was very unhappy with the world clan in his heart, Ji Yi was not timid at this time, and only listened to him: "Now that I have control of Qufu, with 10,000 soldiers in the city, I can wait for reinforcements from the Wei army for two days, and then the siege of Qufu will be solved!" β
Just before he launched his operation, Ji Yi had already sent someone to contact the Wei army, so he was still quite confident.
But Ji Mi had no confidence in Ji Yi, and only listened to him: "With only the troops of Qufu, can you hold out for two days under the offensive of Qi State?" β
The soldiers of Qufu have a certain combat effectiveness, but after the coup d'Γ©tat, the morale of the army is definitely unstable, coupled with the vacillating soldiers behind Ji Yi, Ji Mi thinks that Ji Yi's plan is wishful thinking.
But again, since Ji Yi has launched a coup d'Γ©tat, there is no way out.
Therefore, at this time, he also said viciously: "After two days, I will take your life again!" β
Two days later, if Ji Yi ushered in the Wei army, then the Qufu clan would have no choice, and that would naturally be the period of Ji Mi.
But the reverse is true, so Ji Mi also sneered: "Maybe your head will fall to the ground then!" β