It's not that the Yiqu people are reluctant to send troops, but in their north, a new force is already eyeing him, which makes him hesitate.

Yiqu, Qingyang.

Yiqu belongs to a branch of Xirong, living near Guyuan, itself is not a nomadic tribe, but an agricultural tribe, the nomadic tribes in ancient times are collectively called "Hu", such as "Donghu" and "Linhu". Later, with the southward movement of the Xirong tribes, the ancestor of the Zhou people, Gu Gong's father, was deeply harassed by the Xirong people, so he led the tribe to move from Beifeng to Zhouyuan. And the Yiqu people also migrated their territory to the vicinity of Qingyang, and founded a country here, and fought and made peace with the Zhou State, and there were many untamed. Later, after the Qin people were divided here, the centuries-long competition between the Qin people and the Yiqu people began again, and when it came to the time of the Qin Wangsi, it was still the biggest threat to the Qin State.

Zhang Yi looked at this quaint palace, although the texture is exquisite and quite organic, but after all, it has been built for many years, and some places are in urgent need of repair. However, the Yiqu people are used to being nomadic, and it doesn't matter if they live in such a palace or not. The most important thing is that the materials needed for repair are not complete, and I am afraid that this is also the reason why there is no repair.

Zhang Yi came to Qingyang on the orders of the King of Qin, with only one purpose, that is, to stabilize his rear. In front, Zhu Liji and Gongzihua fought against the Five Nations Alliance at Hangu Pass, if there was a fire in the backyard at this moment, the Qin State would enter a dangerous situation.

His thoughts were full of thoughts, and the sound of footsteps in the corridor was slightly chaotic. Zhang Yi looked at the door of the palace and saw a man appear in his eyes, with a powerful figure and armor, and the whole person was extraordinary. His eyes looked at the entire hall and found that Zhang Yi was the only one, so he walked in front of him and said in a loud voice, "You are the envoy of the Qin State?" ”

"Exactly." Zhang Yi got up and saluted, and responded unhurriedly.

didn't think about it, King Yiqu didn't say a word, pulled out the sword at his waist and put it on Zhang Yi's neck. Zhang Yi was startled at first, but quickly recovered his expression, and said lightly: "What does the king mean by this?" ”

"What do you mean? Hahahaha! He burst out laughing, as if he had heard the best joke, and the crowd behind him laughed along.

"It doesn't hurt to tell you." King Yiqu said with a smile: "This king has agreed with Sun Yan, the rhino head of the Wei State, to attack your Qin State together with the Five Kingdoms, and he will send troops to Xianyang today." Now you have not only sent yourself to the door, but you have also sent hundreds of belongings, and you are killing yourself. Later, this king will show your head to the public, and you will wait for the head to sacrifice the flag! ”

Zhang Yi is not a loss to Zhang Yi, after all, he has dominated the world for many years, and he has not seen this kind of intimidation trick of King Yiqu. At this moment, looking at King Yiqu with a playful smile, he was indifferent, sighed and said: "Since the king thinks that he can occupy the land of Qin by sacrificing the flag with the head of a certain person, he is speechless and will be captured." With the head of a small official, in exchange for the triumph of the king, there is no regret. As he spoke, he closed his eyes and put on a look of waiting for death.

King Yiqu saw that Zhang Yi didn't eat his own set, and he also admired him a little in his heart, "According to what you said, it seems that the tens of thousands of male soldiers of this king, and the alliance of the five countries outside the Guan, are also helpless Qin State, your tone is very big." ”

Zhang Yi's heart jumped, and she smiled and said, "The king misunderstood. In a certain sense, the Five Nations Alliance is a great enemy to our Qin State, and there is no doubt that they will occupy the land of our Qin State. As for you, the king...," Zhang Yi shook his head and said, "Even if you have tens of thousands of soldiers, it is nothing more than a disease of scabies for my Qin State. To take or not to take, it's just somewhere in between. ”

When everyone heard this, they all looked at each other angrily, and some people couldn't hold it back, clamoring for King Yiqu to kill Zhang Yi's sacrifice banner, and then send troops to Xianyang and set foot on the Qin State in one fell swoop. King Yiqu squinted his eyes and looked at Zhang Yi, not knowing if this person was really not afraid of death, or if he was deliberately provoking himself, but his hand was not cut off for a long time. Leaning slightly, he withdrew his sword, glared at Zhang Yi, and said: "Count you sharp-toothed, since this is the case, you might as well tell me, why do I have tens of thousands of male soldiers but I have nothing to do with the Qin State, and the Five Nations Alliance Army is the great enemy of the Qin State?" ”

Zhang Yi settled down, he was in danger just now, lest as soon as the barbaric temperament of the King of Yiqu came up, he would really be in a different place. Fortunately, he had already heard that King Yiqu was quite conceited, and it was only then that he became angry.

In the past, Gu Gong's father had to move west to Qishan due to the attack of the Yiqu people, although he later attached to Zhou Tianzi, but after the death of King Youdi at the hands of Rong Di, Yiqu also rebelled against Zhou and began to oppose Zhou Tianzi. Qin Gong is sealed here, so he naturally bears the responsibility of crusading. If the Qin State was wiped out by Yiqu, would the king think that the six kingdoms of the Kwantung region would allow the king to live in the prosperous place of the Great Zhou? It's nothing more than sealing a new prince to Qindi. ”

"The king raised troops to crusade against the Qin State, and at this time the five-nation alliance army was also outside the Hangu Pass, and the king's side entered Xianyang, and the five-nation alliance army had Hangu Pass. Qin relied on, and Cuihan was solid. Without Cuihan to rely on the king, Xianyang is an enclave, and the alliance of the five countries is coming, how can the king be worthy of the soldiers of the five countries? ”

"The people of Yiqu are good at shepherding, and the people of Qin are good at farming. The king does not plough according to Xianyang, what is the use of taking it? ”

"The Qin people and the Five Kingdoms, the Zhou people. Although they attack each other, it is just a matter of territory, and they are respected, and Zhou Tianzi is also. No matter how it is attacked, it will definitely not destroy its national ancestry, stop its temple, and destroy its sacrifices. This is the authority of the Son of Heaven, not the princes. As soon as the army on the king's side arrived, the king of Qin had no choice but to make peace with the five kingdoms, turn around and go all out to deal with Yiqu, I don't know how the king should deal with himself? ”

"As someone said, it is not difficult for the king to raise troops today, and it is not difficult to capture Xianyang, but the difficult thing is to have this place. It is the act of the king, but the predecessors planted the trees, and the descendants enjoyed the shade. What difference does it make to take or not to take? ”

Zhang Yi's words were clever and uncalculating, although he secretly said the relationship between Qin and Yiqu, but between his words, he had nothing to do with Qin State, but thought about Yiqu everywhere, which really made some people behind King Yiqu quite moved, and seemed to feel that if he raised troops to attack Qin, the benefits were really limited.

"Clever tongue." King Yiqu contemptuously said: "Since Yiqu is a disease of scabies in the Qin State, then Mr. can wait in Xianyang, why bother to mobilize the people and run this trip?" Isn't that redundant? ”

Zhang Yi thought that this person was really not a reckless man, so he didn't believe himself because he said a few words. "That is Qin and Yiqu, it is a neighboring country, lips and teeth depend on each other, lips and teeth are cold. The Qin State categorically did not want Yiqu to be an enemy of the Qin State, nor did it want the Qin State to go to war with Yiqu. Regardless of who wins or loses, it is not the two countries that will benefit, but only other countries. ”

"Hahahaha, this sentence makes no sense." King Yiqu laughed. "The Qin State is also solid, and it is connected to the six countries in the east, so naturally there are people watching and attacking. My righteous canal is in the big river, the ravines are vertical and horizontal, the cliffs are deep, the chariots and horses cannot be parallel, and the ranks cannot be the same. It also does not share a border with the Six Nations, and I am afraid that the Six Nations will not be able to make enemies of our Yiqu. ”

Zhang Yi waited for him to finish laughing, and said slowly: "If this matter was a year ago, it would still be called a joke. However, to this day..."He deliberately stopped, and then said: "Has the king forgotten that Zhao Guoren has just driven Lou Annoying people out of the clouds? ”

King Yiqu's smile came to an abrupt end.

Zhang Yi took the opportunity to continue: "The Zhao State is now sending troops to the clouds, and the troops have reached the Wolf Mountain Fortress, and even the entire Yinshan region is under its influence, and it is also quite active up and down the big river. Lou annoying people were driven out of Yin Mountain, Lin Hu people herded horses for them, the upper counties of Qin State were in danger, and there was a disaster of soldiers at any time, and the city of the king was also under the soldiers of Zhao State. Don't know if it's safe or not? ”

"Qin and Yiqu are now two benefits if they are together, and two evils when they are divided. The king thinks what he just said is alarmist? ”

Zhao Yong probably never dreamed that he would have hoped to use the opportunity of the Five Nations Alliance's attack on Hangu Pass to divert the attention of the Qin State and prepare for his smooth northern expedition. As a result, he got his wish, and such a big move naturally swept away the Hu people in the north, but it also made Qin Guo and Yiqu feel the pressure.

Before, because of the danger of the big river, the Qin State was solid, so it was naturally easy to sit back and wait for the six countries to attack. And now, Zhao Yong has cleared the trouble of Lou with an absolute advantage, entrenched in the north of Qin, which provides another possibility for attacking Qin, as long as Zhao is strong enough, then sooner or later it will cause constraints to Qin, so that Qin will have many concerns when he sends a letter to Guguan in the east.

This is also the reason why the King of Qin wants to win over Yiqu. Zhao controlled Lin Hu to go south, and for Qin State, he could only find trouble with Lin Hu, and had nothing to do with Zhao State, but could sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight; Since this was the case, the Qin State co-opted Yiqu as a barrier to its north to compete with the Lin Hu of the Zhao State. Both sides are fighting through their own spokesmen, and the two countries can at least maintain a semblance of stability on both sides.

"Having said all this, you Qin people are just trying to take advantage of our Yiqu people. You and Zhao Guo, a raccoon dog, don't have any good intentions. Instead of forming an alliance with the Qin State, a certain great man could compromise with the Zhao State and jointly deal with the Qin State, so why should he form an alliance with the Qin State? ”

Zhang Yi sighed slightly: "Lin Hu is a vassal of Zhao State, so he is a vassal of Zhao State, so he is a vassal of Zhao State, and the king is a vassal of Zhao State?" Is it also an alliance? If it is a vassal, it should have the name of the king, but it is actually the king of the Zhao State; If it is an alliance, the king, with the ambition of the king of Zhao, will he hand over the land of Xianyang to the king to possess? Is this move beneficial to Zhao State? ”

King Yiqu finally had nothing to say, and Zhang Yi's every word touched on the core problem of Yiqu, that is, he was neither willing to bow down to his subordinates, nor willing to start a war lightly. The synthesis of such a set of contradictions made King Yiqu hope that both the Six Kingdoms and the Qin State would be enshrined with him, but in this world, how could there be any free good deeds? In such a Warring States era, whoever wants to survive has to fight for it on their own.

"This matter will be discussed here for the time being, and this king will give an answer to the messenger in the next two days." King Yiqu looked at Zhang Yi and said slowly. The tone was noticeably much better than just now.

Zhang Yi knew that this matter had come to this point, and it must be almost over. King Yiqu said this, just to find an excuse for his embarrassment, I believe that I can get a reply tomorrow, I turned around to leave, but I heard the king of Yiqu say: "Wait." ”

Zhang Yi had a sudden break in his heart, but he still said calmly: "I don't know what else is going on with the king?" ”

"I heard that the envoy came this time and brought a thousand embroidered horses and a hundred good women, right?"

Zhang Yi didn't know what was wrong with these gifts, so she said cautiously: "I don't know what's wrong?" If the king has other interests, but whatever he wants, Qin can do it, and he will give it to the king. Zhang Yi also kept an eye on it, lest this lion of the righteous canal king open his mouth.

"It doesn't matter what else it is." King Yiqu jokingly said: "I just don't know if these hundreds of good women are the best women in the Qin Kingdom?" ”

Zhang Yi's expression was stunned, and he said coldly: "What does the king mean by this? ”

"What this king means is that since the king of Qin is the king of Qin, naturally all the beauties and treasures are all collected in the palace. Presumably, this beauty must also be the best in the palace of King Qin, and the concubine of King Qin must be unparalleled in the world. If the king of Qin doesn't care, he might as well give his concubine to the king, and the king doesn't care. ”

"You ......" Zhang Yi pointed at the laughing King Yiqu angrily, and he couldn't say a word about his whole popularity.

(End of chapter)