In 354 B.C., the third year of King Qi Wei. King Qi Wei, who had been inactive, finally decided to make a move under the reminder of Chun Yuji. After three years of "great wisdom and foolishness", he basically grasped the situation of the courtiers of Qi State, who is loyal and who is a traitor.

In the past three years, after his secret operation, under the sworn defense of die-hard loyalty, the Qi State was not chaotic in the end, and was not overthrown by traitors and villains. Right now! It's time for him to come out and revitalize the country.

At that time, King Qi Wei had not yet become king.

Between him and Chun Yuji, there is also a story of "blockbuster". In the history of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, there are two blockbuster allusions. One is the king of Chuzhuang and the other is the king of Qiwei. King Chuzhuang was earlier than King Qi Wei, and the story of King Qi Wei's astonishing success may be the story of King Chuzhuang.

There is a record in "Funny Biography", which roughly means: Chun Yuyu asked King Qi Wei: "King, there is a big bird in the country, perched on the main hall, and it does not fly or sing for three years, do you know why?" King Qi Wei replied, "If this bird does not fly, it will soar into the sky; If you don't make a sound, it's a blockbuster. ”

After King Qi Wei took charge of the government, the first thing to be rectified was naturally the Cheetah team.

Although the cheetah team has a merit to the Tian Qi country, it is also a scourge. The background of the Cheetah team is hard, and he is a diehard loyalist of the Tian family, and his influence is huge. Because of its loyalty to the Qi Kingdom of the Tian Clan, successive kings have relied on it, but they are subject to it. At last! Put the kings of the past in an awkward position.

If King Qi Wei wants to fully take over the Qi Kingdom, he must eradicate the remnants of the Cheetah Team and take back the power to manage the Cheetah Team.

Because the cheetah team is deeply rooted, the kings of the past generations did not dare to eradicate it if they wanted to, for fear that good things would become bad things. Originally! The real people behind the Cheetahs are die-hards. But if you persecute it hard, maybe it's the other way around. So! I didn't dare to move.

Right now! The die-hard ones behind the Cheetah team are almost dead, and only the die-hard descendants are left to continue to control their father's business. The other key members are not a problem.

King Qi Wei believed that diehards were diehards, and the descendants of diehards were not necessarily willing to be diehards. Just like his ancestors, he used to be a diehard loyalist of the Chen family's Qi country. But later! How many generations later, when his grandfather Tian Chengzi was in the period, he rebelled and "stole the country" of Chen's Qi country.

This is how the allusion of the thief Hou came about.

So! King Qi Wei believed that by his time, after his grandfather's diehards were dead, he should attack the descendants of the diehards who were not diehards and were fucked up. If you don't do it, they may "steal the country" from your Tian clan and repeat yesterday's story.

The period of die-hard loyalty is meritorious, and it can give shade to children and grandchildren. But if the descendants of the sheltered want to rebel, you can no longer look at the face of the diehard. Once diehards die, they will attack those who want to rebel.

This year! That is, in 354 BC, Zhao Chenghou of Zhao State still did not listen to dissuasion, invaded the allies of Wei State, defended the country, avenged the revenge of blocking the road that year, and seized Qi and Fuqiu.

In fact! Zhao Chenghou attacked Weiguo not only to take revenge, he was also following the example of King Wei Hui of Wei, wanting to get some oil and water from Weiguo and make some war money.

At that time, Zhao was very wealthy. Bai Gui's caravan had to pass through Zhao back and forth, bringing rich customs duties to Zhao State. Outcome! Zhao Chenghou couldn't sit still. First of all, he wanted to attack the country, but under the persuasion of Yuan Guogong and others, he let go.

But he has some money in hand, just like modern young people, he wants to bubble.

Didn't attack the country, did it? Then I will build the palace.

If you don't toss, you're not human!

If you don't die, you won't die! It's the same way.

Zhao Chenghou began to toss. Yuan Guogong and others did not let him attack Weiguo, so he tossed up and built a palace.

At this time, Wei sent "Rong Rafter" again.

Rong rafters, that is, those patterned wood that Bai Gui asked Qin to bribe to Wei.

Under the clever tongue of the envoys of the Wei State, Zhao Chenghou thought that he was very good, so he built the palace on the most luxurious. Outcome! The national strength soon could not keep up.

Zhao Chenghou had a premonition that the funds could not be around, and he refused to admit defeat, so he began to take risks, attacked the country, wanted to learn from King Wei Hui, and plundered other people's wealth and the fruits of other people's labor through war.

And just like that, a war was waged against the Patriotic Nation.

When Zhao launched a war against Weiguo, Qi also moved, preparing to wait until Zhao and Wei were about the same, and then there would be another "yellow finch behind", and the fisherman would benefit.

Hit it! It's good to fight the fish and break the net. Ultimately! Our Qi State sent troops to clean up the Wei State and the Zhao State together.

Of course! With the IQ of King Qi Wei, as well as the IQ of the courtiers below, he knows: no matter what, it is okay to win the Wei Kingdom, and it is impossible to swallow the Zhao State together.

Because! The state of Zhao was not only powerful, but also had ties to the state of Wei and Korea.

The three kingdoms of Zhao, Wei and Korea, were previously one country, the Jin state. Later, the ancestors of the three families divided the Jin Kingdom.

So! No matter how the three families are at odds in normal times, once the country is about to die, the three families can unite again.

So! It is impossible for the Qi State to destroy the Zhao State!

But! Through this war, not only can the comprehensive national strength of Zhao be weakened, but also certain benefits can be obtained.

It was also when everything was going well for Zhao to attack Wei, and when Qi secretly transferred troops and waited for the opportunity, Wei made a move.

Wei Guo is an ally of Wei, so! With the help of Wei Guo, Wei had to take action. Furthermore! King Wei Hui liked war, and he could make "war money" through war.

Since the teacher is famous, isn't that just what I want?

King Wei Hui led an army to attack Zhao and besieged Handan, the capital of Zhao.

This year! That is, in 354 B.C., in the sixteenth year of King Xuan of Chu, King Hui of Wei invaded the south, and the Chu army fought a decisive battle in the south of Xuchang and Fang, Yuzhou and the ancient city in the northwest of Ye, both sides invested 200,000 troops each, and the Chu army defeated the Wei division in the south of Xuchang.

Han Aihou sent 100,000 troops to help Wei attack Chu, and when King Xuan of Chu saw this, he retreated with the troops to defend Fang and Ye, and Ruzhou, Yuzhou, and the ancient city were occupied by Han and Wei.

This year! Wei Ying took this opportunity to lead the Qin army eastward, fought with the Wei army in Hexi, defeated the Wei army in Huayin, and pointed to Tongguan, Hancheng, and Anyi.

Because the main force of the Wei army fought with the Chu division in Xuchang and Yuzhou, the Wei army in Huayin and Hexi was weak in defense. When King Wei Hui heard the news, he hurriedly transferred 200,000 troops from Jincheng and Jinzhong into Anyi, defeated Wei Ying at Hancheng and Tongguan, and repelled the attack of the Qin army.

At that time, although the Qin army could fight and was very brave, it could not keep up with its weapons and equipment. There are troops, but soldiers have no weapons. In the face of the menacing Wei army, Shang Ying had to see that it was good, and after cleaning up the battlefield, he pretended to be invincible and showed weakness to Wei.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Wei Ying led his army south to attack the Luochuan Han army and expand the land to the north of Shangnan.

In fact, it's not that they can't defeat the Wei army, but! Deliberately showing weakness.

For the time being, you can't show your true strength, so as not to make King Wei Hui pay attention to you. Once King Wei Hui attaches importance to you and treats you as an opponent, then there will be a big trouble.

The current Qin State is not really strong, and it does not dare to argue with the Wei State. Furthermore! The weapons and equipment are seriously insufficient, and the millet plus rifle cannot fight against a strong enemy.

The bronze artifacts that were smuggled in before, the Qin State had not yet cast weapons.

If it is consumed with the Wei State, then! The development of the Qin State will deal with a state of stagnation.

So! After discussing with Qin Xiaogong, Shang Ying changed his strategy, went to pinch soft persimmons, and expanded the land to the north of Shangnan.