Qi Kingdom Linzi Wangcheng Inn

Zou Jia laughed twice and said, "Brother Zhang, don't you know the situation in the Qi Kingdom, that Qi King Tian Jian is extremely mediocre and weak, and he has already taken every word the king said as an order. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Prime Minister Hou Sheng is extremely greedy for money and has already tilted his power into the government and the opposition, and the old general sent you as an envoy to deter the King of Qi again, which is more useful than those literati.

The old general doesn't also give you power, as long as you can encourage the king of Qi to send troops, you can directly make the decision and agree to some things to him, the old general seems to be very important to you."

After a pause, Zou Jia said to Zhang Guang again: "Although you are a military general, you have not had many combat exploits since you were transferred to the front line, if you don't let you, a person in an important position, make meritorious contributions, it will not be justified in the eyes of others, and this is also the old general for your sake."

"Zou Jia, you have been staying by the side of General Wang, you should know more about the old general than I do, we just need to do our own things, don't worry about the rest, otherwise it will not be good for you."

"What Brother Zhang said is that we are just absolutely obedient to orders, and it is easy to say that we are unhappy and troublesome, sometimes we can't help ourselves here, we should really think more about ourselves"

As soon as Zou Jia's voice fell, a eunuch outside the door shouted: "The King of Qi has invited the envoy of Great Qin to the palace."

Zhang Guang stood up, shook off his clothes, picked up the talisman and followed the eunuch out.

The Great Hall of Qi Kingdom

The civil and military officials of the Qi State lined up neatly and looked at Zhang Guang in the upper hall, Zhang Guang walked forward, looked at the ministers on both sides, and walked straight to the King of Qi.

Zhang Guang arched his hand and said, "King Qi, how do you think about it?"

"My Qi country is peace-oriented and does not want to participate in the wars of other countries, and besides, Zhao has no grievances with our Qi country in recent years, so it is a bit ...... for us to send troops to attack Zhao now."

After listening to what the King of Qi said, Zhang Guang took two steps forward and said: "King, this is the order of the King of Qin, you should also know that if it were not for the Qin State, the Qi State would have been destroyed by other countries long ago, and now is a good time for you to repay the Qin State and show your loyalty to the King of Qin."

Before the King of Qi could answer, Bi Zuo, the right general of the Qi State on the side, said: "Qin envoy, you shouldn't know the current situation of our Qi State, even if you want to send troops to help you attack Zhao State, then you have to have soldiers and food, but our current troops are only enough to protect ourselves, and there is still a famine in some parts of our Qi State, and food cannot be provided to the army at all."

The hussar general He Ping said to Zhang Guang: "Now that our army lacks training and has not experienced war for a long time, how can this be comparable to the perennial war of the Zhao State."

"Don't worry, our Qin army is fighting head-on, your Qi army only needs to attract troops from the flank of Zhao State, our old general Wang Jian also said that as long as the Zhao army is defeated, the military expenses of the Qi army will be reimbursed by us, and we will also give you food and grass, now you can send troops, and we will continue to greatly assist Qi in the future."

After Zhang Guang finished speaking, the King of Qi didn't say anything, and Prime Minister Hou Sheng spoke first: "King, the State of Qin not only reimburses us for military expenses but also replenishes us with grain and grass, this is the trust of the King of Qin and the old general Wang in you and the State of Qi, so that the State of Qin should decisively send troops to the State of Zhao, so as to reflect the return of the King of Qin and your loyalty to the King of Qin."

In addition, the soldiers of the Zhao army are tired after two years of fighting, and our army is recuperated enough to fight, and if the Zhao army is defeated, it will definitely increase our prestige among the countries.

The king, now the Yan State in the north and the Chu State in the south will not intervene in the war, and they will definitely not attack our country and aid the Zhao State.

Zhang Guang said to the king of Qi: "The wisdom of the Hou Shengxiang country is really admired by the world, and the words of the foreign ministers have shown that the Qi State will also have a hundred benefits and no harm in attacking Zhao, and ask the king to order the assembly of troops."

"Since this is the case, the few people decided to send troops to attack Zhao, and asked the Qin envoy to explain the number of troops and where to attack from them."

His Royal Highness walked over two four Qi soldiers, these four Qi soldiers spread out a sheepskin map from the ground, Zhang Guang said: "Why bother, now that my old general Wang has led a large army to the north of Handan, and several other soldiers and horses are also encircling the hinterland of Zhao State, your Qi army will march along the border of Qi and Yan."

After the soldiers and horses are assembled, they will directly attack the towns in the north of Zhao State, and the places and towns that will be attacked when they encounter the towns are yours, and it is best to mobilize the troops and horses in these few days, as for the troops, it depends on your willingness to send more troops.

Having said that, all the places and towns that the Qi army defeated belong to the Qi country, and we are responsible for the military expenses and grain and grass of the Qi army, so please ask the king to order the mobilization of the army now."

King Qi said: "Okay, please also ask the Qin envoy to rest in the post house for a while, and the widow immediately ordered the mobilization of the army to assemble."

After Zhang Guang left, King Qi asked Housheng: "Where does the prime minister think we should transfer troops from?"

"The four counties of Qufu, Gaotang, Pingyuan, and Boling have a wide range of soldiers, except for Qufu, the other three counties are infested with mountain bandits all the year round, and most of the soldiers have a little combat experience, and Qufu is a big town, and the combat effectiveness of soldiers and horses is naturally higher than that of other places."

After Hou Sheng finished speaking, the King of Qi said: "I ordered Qufu, Gaotang, Pingyuan, and Boling to send 20,000 horses from each of the four counties, and we must assemble them today and tomorrow, and these soldiers and horses will converge in Linzi at the fastest speed."

Hou Sheng immediately sent a cavalry squad to the four counties to convey the will, and the county guards of Gaotang, Pingyuan, and Boling counties quickly dispatched troops and gathered 20,000 horses after receiving the order, and then arranged for the generals to take the soldiers and horses to Linzi as quickly as possible.

Qufu County Ya

After receiving the decree, the county guard Xu Wang immediately summoned Zhonglang to discuss with Lin Zhaoqi, Lin Zhaoqi looked at the holy decree and threw the holy decree aside, and said with some anger: "Doesn't the king know the truth of the cold lips and teeth, now the first thing to bear the brunt of the fight against the Qin State should be, and the king actually listens to the nonsense of the Qin envoy so much, if the Zhao State dies, I am afraid that the good days of the Qi State and the king will not be a few days."

Xu Wang said to him: "General, since the king has already listened to what the Qin envoy said and has already ordered us to send troops, then let's not talk about these things first, let's find a way to gather troops and horses first."

"Even if the king wants to send troops, he shouldn't requisition Qufu's soldiers and horses, how can Qufu provide an army for the expedition if he has been short of troops and food in recent years, and if he doesn't allocate grain and grass and military expenses, he still lets us go out to fight, the king is really ridiculous."

Looking at Lin Zhaoqi's face, Xu Wang hurriedly said: "General, the king also has his plans to do this, let's find a way to gather 20,000 soldiers and horses first."

Then Xu Wang said: "Qufu has been very peaceful in recent years, and I plan to transfer all the city defense forces, and then mobilize some villagers' self-defense forces and township and county security forces, which should be able to gather 20,000 people."

Lin Zhaoqi turned his back after hearing this......