The next day, when the news that Prince Ji Ping had fled reached Zizhi's ears, he knew that even if he didn't want to watch the civil strife in Yan, he couldn't make the decision about the matter. At the same time, Yan Wang Ji Hao can't be killed, but he has to protect it well as his hole card.

Ji Ping, who escaped, fled all the way to Yanxia Duyi under the protection of the city and his own soldiers, where he released the news to all the people of Yan State, Zizhi's plot to rebel and usurp the throne, put Yan Wang Ji Hao under house arrest, and called on the people of Yan to gather in Xia Du to fight against Zizhi's rebellion. For a time, the troops supporting Ji Ping from all over the country began to gather downward, and about 30,000 troops were gathered in a hurry, and the Zizhi troops of Jidu formed a stalemate trend, the two sides accused each other of being rebellious, Zizhi used the handwriting of Yan Wang Ji Hao in his hand to prove his legitimacy, and Ji Ping reprimanded the other party for putting Ji Hao under house arrest, threatening to force Chan Rang, and demanding the release of Ji Xu. But obviously, things have come to this point, no one will listen to each other's words, then there is nothing to say, after nearly a year of stalemate, the two sides fought a big battle near Yi County, and the troops led by Zi Qi nearly 50,000 people defeated Ji Ping's troops, forcing Ji Ping to have to defend in the lower capital, waiting for reinforcements.

The civil strife in Yan Kingdom was like a drop of water dripping into a boiling oil pot, and a splash exploded in an instant. The princes around the Yan Kingdom have been fighting hard to deal with possible situations. However, whether it is Zhao or Qi, they are all holding their troops, but they are not interested in sending troops at all when they see the internal strife in Yan intensifying. The two regional powers remained silent, and the other princes could only press the horse's hooves first and wait for the development of events.

"Su Qin pays a visit to the king."

In the city of King Qi, the team of 300 people still plays grand music, this is an activity that Tian Biqi has to hold every day, he likes to listen to the pipe, and it must be a team of more than 100 people, the interest is high, and even 500 people are sent to blow together. It seems that in his opinion, it is not the sound of Zhu itself that is beautiful, but the scene of these hundreds of people, which represents the strength of the Qi country, which he likes.

Su Qin was not surprised by this, not to mention that the person in charge of this flute army was Mr. Nan Guo, who had introduced him to Tian Piyi. It is because he does not reject this matter.

King Qi waved his hand, and everyone knew that this was to make everyone leave. The team of three hundred people exited the main hall in an orderly manner, leaving only Tian Biqi and Su Qin in the entire hall.

"Sir, have you noticed anything to the north lately?" Tian Bibi didn't talk nonsense, and asked Su Qin directly at the beginning.

"What the king said, it should be the rebellion of the son of Yan Kingdom."

"Not bad." Tian Bibi walked down the hall, "The widow thinks that this is a God-given opportunity, and if you don't take it, I'm afraid you will be blamed." What do you think? ”

As I said before, in the world of the Warring States Period, the strategists and fierce generals are not counted, and the Zongheng family is also like a carp crossing the river, among which there are many outstanding ones, such as Gongsun Yan and Zhang Yi, who are "angry and the princes are afraid, and live in peace and the world rests", and there is no lack of geniuses like Chen Zhen who have a small plan to calm the world, but if you talk about the insight into people's hearts and the practitioner of human feelings, I am afraid that no one can compare to Su Qin.

Su Qin knows very well that Tian Biqi is a person who is so happy and quite conceited, if it is something he decides, even if you try to persuade him, he will not be shaken by half a point, and if it is a question that he hesitates, he will definitely not ask others, it is because of his question just now, it seems that he is asking Su Qin whether to send troops, but in fact, he hopes that Su Qin will tell him how to succeed.

"It depends on what the king wants to achieve?"

"You might as well speak up."

"The king wants to go out to conquer the Yan Kingdom, and the results are nothing more than two kinds, one is to help the Prince of Yan drive away Zizhi and re-establish the throne of the Yan Kingdom; The second is to destroy the Yan Kingdom. ”

Tian Biqi didn't speak, just nodded.

"From a certain point of view, the first one is easier to do, but the second is more difficult."

"Why is that?"

"The King. The reason why the rebellion of the son arose may be that the king of Yan was mediocre and let the son take advantage of the chaos. It is regarded by Yan Guo as nothing more than a chaotic minister and a thief. We sent troops, which was already nameless, not the old thing of Qi Huan Yanzhuang back then, but to help Yan Guo quell the rebellion, and the resistance must be great. At this point, it's good enough to be able to help counter the insurgency. ”

In the Spring and Autumn Period, Shanrong attacked Yan State, Yan State was weak, almost destroyed the country, unable to be, Yan Zhuang Gong asked Qi Huan Gong for help, Qi Huan Gong not only sent troops to attack Shanrong until the Lone Bamboo Country was returned, but also Yan Zhuang Gong sent off the Qi land to Yan State. What Su Qin said was this.

"And if the king wants to exterminate the society of the Yan Kingdom and destroy its temple, then the righteous deeds will no longer be, and there will be many complaints, when the time comes, how will the king of Yan deal with it? What to do with Prince Jiping? Even those people of Yan Kingdom can't serve the king safely, how does the king feel that he should deal with himself? ”

Therefore, Su Qin's pondering of people's hearts is very accurate. He had already expected that for Tian Biyi, if he only sent troops to help quell the rebellion, he would definitely be unwilling, and if he could map the whole Yan Realm, it would be a matter of eternal fame. For such a temptation, Tian Biqi can't resist it. But Su Qin couldn't do this, the reason why he clarified so much was precisely to gain Tian Biqi's trust, otherwise if it was unfavorable to attack Yan, he would become a scapegoat. Su Qin never felt that a Yan country would make the national strength of the Qi country weaken, not to mention that it was just a matter of counterinsurgency, with the current national strength of the Qi country, he would definitely not lose the country because of this matter, so he could only move forward slowly.

Tian Biqi began to hesitate. He naturally planned to wipe out this northern neighbor in just this battle, and from then on Qi would become the boss of the east, and even Zhao would not be able to compete with him at that time. What's more, this time it was Yan Guo's own trouble, he was just falling into the well, and he got twice the result with half the effort, why not? But what Su Qin said was not unreasonable, at least the starting point of his consideration of the problem was from the perspective of Qi Guo.

"Then, in Qing's opinion, if King Yan is not there and the crown prince is dead, can Yan be annexed?" When Tian Bibi said this, his eyes became sharp.

Su Qin bowed his head silently: "There should be five or six points of certainty." ”

"So what does Shangqing think is the most worrying thing about sending troops to Yan Kingdom?"

"Those who can be worried, only Song Guoye." Su Qin returned.

"Isn't Zhao Guo worried? The widow thinks that the most worrying person is only Zhao Guo. ”

"King, although it is good for Zhao to seek Yan Kingdom, there is still a Zhongshan in the middle. If Zhongshan does not move, it will be useless for Zhao to attack. At that time, Wei was strong, and instead of trying to enter the Qin State in the west, he attacked Zhongshan State across the Zhao State. In the end, although the community of Zhongshan was extinct, within a few years, Zhongshan was still successfully restored. In the same way, if Zhao wants to send troops to Yan State, one will be nothing more than repeating the old things of Wei, and the other will be cut off by Zhongshan, no matter what, it will be unprofitable. ”

"Song Guo....." Tian Bibi looked at the empty square outside the main hall, and he still remembered the humiliation of the succession. In the second year of his ascension to the throne, Song Wang Yan took advantage of the fact that Tian Biqi had just succeeded to the throne and had not yet been in power, and Tian Ying had also left Linzi and built Xue City, and sent troops to attack Qi State, defeating five cities of Qi State in the east, defeating Chu State in the south, occupying more than 300 miles of Chu land, and defeating Wei State in the west. It has achieved the prestige of "Five Thousand Strength Song". After Tian Piqi became pro-government, he fell into the internal strife of Hetian Ying, and easily did not dare to attack the Song State, but formed an alliance with the Chu State to suppress the Song State. For many years, this is a shame that Tian Biqi can't erase from his heart, and sooner or later it will be washed away.

"In that case, the widow knows what the gentleman means." Tian Biqi said slowly.

Su Qin knew that this was to make himself retreat. didn't do much entanglement, made a salute, and walked backwards out of the main hall. Above the entire hall, there was only one person left.

"Come out." Tian Bibi walked to the main seat and said to the main seat. After a while, Kuang Zhang was dressed neatly and appeared behind the screen.

"You understand what Suzi means."

Kuang Zhang nodded and whispered, "The king, it seems that you don't trust Su Zi?" ”

Tian Bibi knelt down and sat down, looking at Kuang Zhang, who was respectful and respectful. He didn't think Kuang Zhang was confronting him, this person was the biggest arm left to him by King Qi Wei, and he was very relieved about Kuang Zhang.

"It's not that I don't believe it, it's just a test." Tian Bibi was obviously reluctant to say more about this matter.

"Yes." Kuang Zhang was puzzled, if Tian Biqi didn't trust Su Qin, why did he keep him by his side and entrust him with important tasks? But if you want to say trust, why test him? Sure enough, the heart of the king is unpredictable.

The answer to this question is actually very simple, Tian Biqi entrusted Su Qin with a heavy responsibility, because Su Qin did help him to solve Tian Ying's problem once and for all, which shows that he is indeed a talent, and the position of secretary is a reward for him; But appreciation does not mean recognition, if you want to know someone, you must judge from his performance in all aspects, and this time, Su Qin's performance can be regarded as perfect.

"The meaning of the widow, this matter should not be slow, otherwise as soon as the prince Ji Ping dies, the teacher will be nameless, and it will be more troublesome. The widow will give you a month to prepare 200,000 soldiers, horses, grain and grass, and on the first day of the next month, you must send troops to Yan Kingdom! ”

"No!" Kuang Zhang knew that this time the King of Qi mobilized these 300,000 troops to himself, which could be regarded as the trust of the whole country, if he could not achieve good results, I am afraid that he would not be able to return to the Qi country with shame. "The minister must lead the elite of Qi to quell the rebellion and return to the country as soon as possible!"

"No!" Tian Biqi said firmly, "The widow means to annex the Yan Kingdom and become a part of my Qi Kingdom!" ”

Kuang Zhang only then knew why Tian Biqi wanted to trust the whole country, it turned out that his ambition was here, and he didn't listen to a word of Su Qin's words just now.

"That King Yan and Prince Ji Ping ......"

"There will inevitably be some mistakes, and no one will make irresponsible remarks about this."

Kuang Zhang pondered for a long time, and finally answered: "Yes! ”

Just when Su Qin had just left the palace of King Qi, far away in Handan's Hanyuan Palace, there was also a conversation slowly unfolding. Compared with the tense situation here in Qi State, Zhao Guo's conversation is much more relaxed.

(End of chapter)