The king of Jin summoned the ministers and asked, "The Yan State has sent an envoy to ally with us and attack the Qi State, do you think you should form an alliance?" ”

The minister was divided into two factions, and the opposing side said: "The strength of the Qi country is similar to ours, and it is difficult to win, and it will be a waste of manpower and financial resources to attack them." ”

The supporters said: "We don't have to fight with all our might, we send about 150,000 troops to cooperate with Yan State, and we can reap a lot of benefits if we win, and if we lose, the loss is not big." ”

The opponent asked: "What if our coalition forces lose the battle and the Qi State comes to take revenge?" ”

The supporter said: "Yan Guo is the main attacker, even if he loses, Qi State will definitely only seek revenge from Yan State, and besides, the strength of our Jin State is here, and Qi State will not be so stupid as to fight to the death with us." ”

Jin Guo said: "This makes sense, and the widow will think about it again." ”

A few days later, the King of Jin sent an envoy from the Yan State to come up and said: "Yan envoy, you go and reply to the King of Yan, our Jin State is willing to send 150,000 troops to cooperate with the Yan State to attack the Qi State." ”

After the envoy of Yan returned, he reported to the king of Yan what the king of Jin meant. King Yan thought: These countries in the Central Plains, why are they so afraid of death, a Jin country has 650,000 troops, and 150,000 will be produced, purely to prevaricate the king, win them and reap the benefits, and they will not lose much if they lose.

So, King Yan summoned everyone to discuss and asked: "Now that the King of Jin has promised to send 150,000 troops to cooperate with us to attack the Qi State, do you think you should fight?" ”

Most of the ministers said: "The Qi country is strong, with 550,000 troops, and our national strength is only 400,000, plus the 150,000 of the Yan country, it is 550,000, and there is not much chance of victory." ”

A few militants said: "Our Yan country, located in the northeast corner, borders only the Jin and Qi countries, and if we want to develop to the Central Plains, we must first step through these two countries, unless we only want to hold on to the present territory." ”

King Yan said: "We will attack the Qi State together with the Jin State, there will be no worries, no one will come to attack our rear, and the Qi State may still be a little worried, afraid that Xiang Yu and them will sneak attack from the south." There should still be a lot of certainty that this battle will be won. ”

However, the two sides continued to argue, and King Yan said: "We will discuss it in a few days, and everyone should retreat." ”

After more than ten days, Xiang Yu's side, the envoy of Yan came to ask for a meeting again, Xiang Yu said: "Yan envoy, come here this time, is Yan and Jin going to jointly attack Qi State?" ”

The envoy of the Yan State said: "Yes, our King of Yan asked General Xiang to send troops at the same time to attack the Qi State from the south. ”

Xiang Yu said: "Okay, this time I will personally lead 80,000 troops, set off in 3 days, first arrive at the border of Qi, we still have 30,000 troops in Qufu City, and wait for your Yan and Jin coalition forces to attack Qi at the same time, we will attack from the south with 110,000 horses." The Yan envoy can stay in Luoyi for a few days, and after we set off with the army, you can return to China to reply to the king of Yan. ”

The envoy of Yan said: "This is the best, I will wait for General Xiang to depart, and then go back to tell the king the good news." ”

Three days later, Xiang Yu and Hua Long really led 80,000 horses to set off. Luoyi City left Cao Di and led 90,000 horses to defend, plus more than 10,000 people from King Zhou, and the entire Luoyi also had more than 100,000 troops to defend.

After the envoy of Yan State saw Xiang Yu lead his troops to set off, he went back and told King Yan about this, and King Yan was overjoyed when he heard this, and thought: Even if Xiang Yu does not attack, as long as he drags down part of the troops of Qi State, this battle will be much easier to fight.

So he sent someone to inform Jin and Xiang Yu to set a date for attacking Qi.

As soon as the time for the attack came, the Yan State dispatched 350,000 troops, plus the Jin army of 150,000, and the two countries together dispatched 500,000 horses and horses to attack from the north of the Qi State.

On Xiang Yu's side, 100,000 troops were dispatched to attack the Song State from Qufu, while Ji Yan, Ji Ling, and Guan Biao led 80,000 horses to attack the Song State from the direction of Yiling, and 180,000 horses and horses on both sides flanked the Song State.

It turned out that Xiang Yu promised Yan Guo to attack Qi State together was just a pretense, just to let Yan Guo feel at ease to fight. When Xiang Yu's army passed through Yiling, he left Ji Yan, Ji Ling, and Guan Biao behind, and let them lead Yiling's army, and when the time came, they would attack the Song State on both sides at the same time, and they would not care about the affairs of the Qi State at all.

The king of Song saw the opportunity to act, and Xiang Yu's side launched an attack on the Song state, so the king of Song sent someone to ask Xiang Yu for peace, and was willing to pay tribute to the Zhou Dynasty; At the same time, he also sent people to Qi to ask for help.

After Xiang Yu received the request for peace from the envoy of the Song State, he asked Hua Long: "Second brother, what should I do now, the speed of the Song King's peace is too fast, we have just started fighting, and they will ask for peace." ”

Hua Long said: "This is really not easy to do, let's continue to fight, other countries will lose trust in us, and when they fight with us in the future, they will only stick to it and will not seek peace." ”

Xiang Yu said: "It's a pity to let go of such a good opportunity." ”

Hua Long said: "We can only blame our strength for not being strong enough, otherwise we don't have to care so much, let alone any reputation." ”

Xiang Yu said: "Then don't withdraw now, wait a few days, and then decide depending on the situation." ”

A few days later, the envoy sent by the King of Song to the State of Qi came back and said: The State of Qi is now under a joint attack by the 500,000 troops of the State of Jin and the State of Yan, and it is impossible for him to deal with it, and it is impossible for him to have the energy to control us.

The king of Song was even more panicked, and sent someone over again and said to Xiang Yu: From now on, the Song State will cut off contact with the Qi State, forever be a vassal to the Zhou Dynasty, and pay tribute to the Zhou Dynasty.

Hua Long said: "Big brother, forget about retreating, this King Song is just a wall-to-wall grass, and the speed of Qi Dusk Zhou is too fast." ”

Xiang Yu said: "That's the only way." So he also sent someone to inform Ji Yan and Ji Ling that they had withdrawn.

Hua Long said: "Big brother, let's stay in Qufu and see how the war in Qi develops, this place is on the border of Qi country, and it is fast to deal with anything." ”

Xiang Yu said: "It's okay, we can't run in vain. ”

In recent years, King Qi has been very arrogant and arrogant, and his management is also a bit tyrannical, and the people have already complained about King Qi.

King Yan mobilized the troops of the whole country this time, sent Le Yi as a general, and King Jin also handed over the power of the army to Le Yi. Le Yi was the unified command of the combined forces of Yan and Jin to attack the Qi State.

After receiving the report from the front, the king of Qi personally led the main force of the Qi army to meet the enemy in the west of Jishui. When the two armies met, Le Yi personally approached the former enemy and led the combined forces of the two countries to launch a fierce attack on the Qi army. After several fierce battles, the Qi army was defeated, with 150,000 casualties, and the king of Qi led the remnants of the army to flee back to Linzi, the capital of Qi.

After receiving the report from the front, the king of Qi personally led the main force of the Qi army to meet the enemy in the west of Jishui. When the two armies met, Le Yi went to the front line in person and led the allied forces of the two countries to launch a fierce attack on the Qi army. After several fierce battles, the Qi army was defeated, with 150,000 casualties, and the king of Qi led the remnants of the army to flee back to Linzi, the capital of Qi.

The Yan and Jin coalition forces suffered more than 80,000 casualties, and Le Yi was ready to lead the two coalition forces to attack Linzi and destroy Qi in one fell swoop. The Jin army believed that the coalition forces could not destroy Qi now, and opposed the long-term direct advance. Le Yi believed that the elite of the Qi army had been lost, the country was in turmoil, and the Qi country had changed from strong to weak, and insisted on leading the coalition army to pursue the victory.

The Jin army did not agree, so he retreated to the country, and the king of Jin was also afraid that the Qi country would really be destroyed, and the Yan country was particularly strong, so he also agreed to the Jin army's withdrawal.

The Yan army, under the command of Le Yi, pursued and defeated the fleeing Qi army alone, and pursued it all the way to Linzi, the capital of Qi.

When the king of Qi saw that the lonely city of Linzi was difficult to defend, he fled to Juqiu and held on to the city. Le Yi led his troops to inspect the occupied places, and all the cities of Qi could not hold out of the city. Le Yi concentrated his forces on attacking Linzi, and after taking Linzi, he seized all the treasures and belongings of Qi and the sacrificial utensils of the temple, and transported them back to Yan.

King Yan was overjoyed, and personally rushed to the shore of Jishui to comfort the army, rewarded the army, and rewarded the soldiers with wine and meat, and at the same time gave the place of Changguo to Leyi, and the title was Changguojun. Then the king of Yan brought back to the Yan country the loot captured in the Qi country, and asked Le Yi to continue to lead his troops to attack the cities of the Qi country that had not yet been taken.