Chapter 482: The Tian Clan Sends Troops
Now it is the middle of winter when the snow is shaking, the big rivers are because of the ice and it is difficult for ships to pass, and now the trade with Wei is also interrupted for a time, the Ji Zhou royal family heard the news that Qi used the territory of Wei and Chenggao, and also made a decision to surprise Daqin a little, that is, under the situation that this matter is still unclear, Ji Zhou Tianzi sent a delegation to Qi State.
In the past, the winter year was the day when the princes met Ji Zhou Tianzi, no matter how important the matter, the mission sent by Ji Zhou Tianzi would set off in the summer, and the princes of the remote Bashu, Wuyue and other places, the envoy of Ji Zhou Wangji also arrived in the autumn at the latest, and it was also in order to be able to urge the countries to pay tribute to Ji Zhou Wangji as soon as possible.
However, the envoys sent in the winter year will not be sealed into the history books by Ji Zhou Wangji, because this is already a routine that transcends Ji Zhou's etiquette.
The year passed very quickly, and in a blink of an eye it was the middle of February, because the big river directly ran through Luoyi to Linzi of Qi State, and for more than 40 days, the envoy of Ji Zhou Wangji returned to Luoyi, and the reaction of the envoy of Ji Zhou returned to Qi State.
As Zhao Lei's guess, the situation of Qi has now exceeded the original Tian family and can still maintain the Jiang family at least respect, but according to this time, the envoy who returned to Luoyi did not see the monarch of Qi State, but the envoy of Qi State Minister Guo Tian and greeted Ji Zhou Wangji, and afterwards Ji Zhou Wangji envoy also found out that Tian was actually the monarch of Qi and exiled to a small city on the coast of the East China Sea.
In this case, the people of Qi actually acquiesced for half a year, and Jiang's Qi State already existed in name only.
The envoy of the Ji Zhou royal family is also the news of Ji Zhou's Tianzi conveyed to Tian He, Tian He laughed, but also gladly accepted, Ji Zhou's envoy saw this, and then took the opportunity to ask, why the Qi State borrowed from the territory of Wei and Great Qin Chenggao.
Tian He also explained that it was in order to thank Ji Zhou Wangji that the Qi State was preparing to send a grand delegation to the Ji Zhou Wangji Dynasty to meet Ji Zhou Tianzi.
After Ji Zhou Tianzi and Zhao Lei got the news, they naturally understood that this was the reason why Tian He wanted to cover up, and after Zhao Lei pointed it out, it was only then that the concerns in Ji Zhou Tianzi's heart were resolved.
It was when the kings and ministers of Ji Zhou thought that the Ji Zhou royal family had promised to give the Tian clan of Qi the title of "Marquis Chen", and appeased the Tian clan to prevent him from sending troops, no one could have expected that in the Gaotang Dynasty of the Qi State, the Tian clan had gathered the elite of 30,000 Taishan troops and went up the Yellow River.
It has been a few days since the middle of March, as early as ten days ago, the river is gradually thawed, because of the winter freeze and the delay of the river trade, is once again prosperous, the merchant ships of the Qin State are also from Chenggao to the Qin State from around the river basin to transport the precious bronzes to the Wei State, but on the river, see a huge fleet, this fleet is huge, far beyond the scale of the Qin State merchant ships, if not to see it with their own eyes, the Qin people do not want to believe that there is such a huge fleet in the world.
This huge fleet, on every warship, is hung with the flag of the Qi State, at the forefront of the Qi fleet, is the Wei State of the Navy to guide the way, all the way to the upper reaches of the Yellow River, at this time is also the first time to let the Xian Gao stationed in Heyin know, Xian Gao now with dozens of big cattle gathered in Heyin to the river, the flag is that the Qin State knows that the Qi State is taking advantage of the Tao to become Gao, hereby send an advance mission here to reward the army.
On the other hand, Xiangao also sent several people by water and land to urgently transmit the news back to the territory of Daqin.
The main general of the Taishan army sent by the Qi State this time is Tian Zhang, who is also a member of the Tian family, and the Tian family can surpass the Jiang family to obtain the authority of the Qi State, but also because the heirs of the Tian family are really prosperous, and at the same time, the Jiang family is also constantly declining, until the Tian family seized the power of the Qi State.
It does not mean that the Tian family is in power in the Qi country, it is cronyism, for example, the famous general of the town of Qi is also a member of the Tian family, named Tian Tan, even if it is the Wei State's Xiao Juan, when he sees Tian Tan, he is more cautious in using soldiers.
Although this Tian Zhang is not as famous among the Central Plains countries as Tian Tan, he is also a brave and irresistible general, and under the influence of his cousin Tian Tan, he is well versed in the method of transporting troops, in short, he is also a rare general.
When Tian Zhang passed by Heyin, he suddenly received a notice from the fleet of ships in front of the Wei army that came to the rear, saying that there were people and horses of the Qin State who wanted to treat the fleet army of the Qi State in Heyin, although Tian Zhang knew that the soldiers were fast, but this time the army of Ji Zhou Wangji was not to pursue the speed of the soldiers, and even Tian He, the head of the Tian family, did not take the matter of entering Ji Zhou Wangji very seriously, otherwise he would directly pull Tian Tan's Jimo army out to attack the main force of Ji Zhou Wangji, not the Taishan army.
It is precisely because of this that Tian Zhang, who had a little great joy, also responded to the kindness of the Qin people, and then Tian Zhang ordered to accept the reward of the Qin people under the stop of the Heyin section of the big river.
Lin Yuyan, who was far away in Wancheng, also received the news of Xiangao's return for the first time, and the news that the Ji Zhou royal family sent an envoy to allow Qi Guotian to be "Chen Hou" was also known early, and he thought that he could use this to appease Qi Guotian, who wanted to show his fangs, but who could have expected that Tian would still send troops according to the expected deadline.
"Tian's ...... What exactly are you wanting? ”
Lin Yuyan's gaze also swept over the map of the Central Plains countries, along the direction of the big river, from west to east, until his gaze fell on the territory of Qi.
The Tian family is a big clan of the Qi State, but the Tian family used to be a branch of the Chen State, and was later destroyed and annexed by the Chu State, which is the entry into the Qi State.
Ji Zhou Tianzi has already canonized Tian He as the Marquis of Chen, but has not divided the land for governance, which is also a tacit acquiescence that Ji Zhou Tianzi has allowed Tian to change all the territory of today's Qi State into "Chen State", although this "straightforwardness" is a little unexpected by Lin Yuyan, but it is not incomprehensible.
It is precisely because of this that Lin Yuyan is determined, the Tian family should be satisfied, the Han, Zhao and Wei families have been recognized by Ji Zhou Tianzi as a princely title, that is, they can retreat from the mobilization of hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses.
But who could have expected that it was a wrong guess, the Tian clan sent troops as scheduled, and even Lin Yuyan couldn't help but have an extremely absurd idea in his mind......
"Mo is not Tian's really going to risk the world's disapproval...... Ji Zhou is dead, right?! ”