Qingyuan and Anyi were lost one after another, and the news that Jia Hua retreated to Tongcheng reached Quwo, which was tantamount to a blow to the head for Wei Zhu, and woke up the contempt in his heart for the Tang Kingdom.

Thinking about it and thinking about it, he was annoyed, if it weren't for the fact that the impression of this small neighbor who suddenly appeared in the north was still at the stage of harmlessness of a weak country, he would not have fallen for Fang Lijiao's plan so easily.

"It's because the widow was frightened by the three families attacking Jin, so he became panicked and didn't look serious, and the widow was ashamed of the first general."

After the loss of Anyi and Qingyuan, there was no natural danger to defend south of Quwo except for Tongcheng.

After being annoyed, the tricky Zhu who woke up immediately dispatched troops to help Tongcheng, not only did not harshly reprimand Jia Hua who retreated without authorization, but encouraged him with good words, worshiped Jia Huaqing, and ordered him to lead the troops to defend Tongcheng.

Jia Hua originally thought that abandoning the army and abandoning the land would inevitably be punished, but he didn't expect the reprimand to come, but he waited for the edict to add officials to the knighthood and a large amount of grain and grass.

In order to reassure the front-line soldiers, Wei Zhu also sent Jia Hua a handwritten letter, which was full of sincerity and sincerity, Jia Hua was moved, and swore that he was in the city and swore to live and die with Tongcheng.

There are Ming Jun, there are good generals, surrounded by tigers and wolves, the country is in danger, the Jin people have been aroused bloody, consciously and spontaneously draw lots to draw grain and transport to the front line of the Quartet, many young men take the initiative to join the army, and the mother-in-law and aunts take the initiative to make new clothes and bedding for the soldiers, often one person joins the army, and there will be a few cars of labor and military contributions from the same village and the old and young behind them.

The loss of more than a dozen cities in the north and the war in the east was also tight, and the successive losses of the two cities in the north of Quwo made the Jin Kingdom even together, and the morale of the people soared.

In addition to the arming war, Wei Zhu day and night was looking forward to the arrival of the envoys sent to Qi and Wei with reinforcements as soon as possible, after all, relying on the Jin State alone, it was impossible to resist the joint attack of the three countries.

Yan sent troops to the south, the domestic situation is unknown, and the court of Qi is only a river away, and there has been a quarrel in the court of Qi, the monarch of Qi Jiang Xiaobai is wise in governing the country, never afraid of loyalty and disobedience, and there are many talents in the court, Wen Youtian clan, Guan Zhong, Bao Shuya, and Wu Yousun Bin are eyeing the time to dominate.

Qi and Yan have always had old grievances, although the Yellow River is still in dispute, Yan hopes to go south, the Yellow River from a boundary river to an inland river, Qi also wants to go north, lock Yan out of the Central Plains. The land of Cangzhou changed hands several times, and at this time, the Yan State sent troops, and Jiang Xiaobai took up the idea of this land again.

But take it and take it, the point is how to take it.

Although the Tang State was not taken into account by the monarchs and ministers of the Qi State, the Zhao State and the Qi State bordered the Jin State for decades, and there was no war between the Qi State and the Qi State.

Headed by Tian Ji and Tian Dan of the Tian clan, he advocated watching from the wall, saying that at this time in the Central Plains, Jin and Yan, Zhao, and Tang fought to the death, Qin and Chu fought to the death, and Wei said that he did not plan to get involved, and there were many small countries that were coerced by major powers to participate in the war.

If an envoy is sent to Yan at this time to ask for Cangzhou and other places at the cost of not participating in the war, Yan is worried about fighting on two fronts, and it must not be, and Qi can get Cangzhou Zhucheng without much effort.

And Sun Bin and Guan Zhong led by the main force to take the opportunity to attack Yan, taking advantage of the Yan State to take care of itself, Qi State can not only take Cangzhou, but also may continue to go north, in one fell swoop to take Shuzhou Zhucheng, then the two estuaries of the Yellow River are Qi domestic rivers, Yan State hinterland gateway is wide open, since then it has become a piece of fat at your fingertips.

The two factions were polite and courteous, and they quarreled with reason, and Jiang Xiaobai, who was humble and admonished, also began to feel a headache, but he couldn't stop it.

Until the envoy of the Jin State arrived, there was still no result.

"Okay, okay, you Aiqing take a break." Jiang Xiaobai rubbed the throbbing corners of his forehead and said with a wry smile, "The envoys of the Qi State are here, let's receive them first." ”

Tian Danguan Zhong was spitting at that time, and when he saw the monarch speak, he glared at each other, waved his sleeves and walked back to the court.

Xun Xi strode into the court of Qi with his head held high, looking like he was not here to ask for help, but as if he was here to ask for sin. Walking to the front of Jiang Xiaobai's steps, Xun Xi bent down and bowed upright, and said in a loud voice: "Xun Xi, the envoy of the Jin State, meet the Duke of Qi." ”

Jiang Xiaobai looked at it strangely, and said again and again: "Sir, please get up, why did the envoy come this time?" ”

Xun Xi arched his hand and said, "Duke Qi asked knowingly." ”

"Oh?" Jiang Xiaobai looked around left and right, and said with a smile, "The Jin envoy is quick to talk, and the widow thinks, your country sent an envoy to Qi at this time, presumably to find the widow for help, right?" ”

Xun Xi shook his head lightly when he heard this, and said solemnly: "Duke Qi is a big mistake, the foreign minister came this time to save the Qi country. ”

This resounded loudly, and it sounded inexplicable, Jiang Xiaobai was stunned for a moment, and he couldn't react immediately.

Only Sun Bin reacted immediately, secretly handing out his eyes to Tian Ji who was directly opposite.

Although Sun Tian had different political views on Fa Yan, he was still unanimous in the face of the Jin envoys, and Tian Ji immediately shouted when he received the code: "Bold! Your Jin Kingdom is besieged by three families, and you came here at this time, didn't you ask my lord to send troops to help? Why did it get into your mouth, but it became the salvation of Qi country? ”

Xun Xi turned his head and said with a light smile: "General Tian Ji's words are wrong, my lord really expects the Qi State to send troops to help, but it is not only to save my Jin Kingdom, but also to save the Qi Kingdom." ”

Tian Ji waited to say more, but Jiang Xiaobai signaled him to shut up, so he could only retreat.

Xun Xi looked back at Jiang Xiaobai again, and said slowly: "Duke Qi, don't worry, wait for the ministers to talk about it carefully." ”

"The three families of Yan, Zhao, and Tang attacked Jin, and the Jin Kingdom was in danger, but if the Duke of Qi thought that he could watch from the wall and reap the benefits, it would be a big mistake."

"The south of the Tang State is temporarily aside, the Yan State intends to dominate the Central Plains, but it is difficult to be blocked by the Qi State and there is no passage, this time the Tang Zhao Invasion of Jin is also for this reason, to destroy the Jin Dynasty, to get a large territory in the north of the Jin Dynasty, all of which are the Yellow River natural danger is no longer an obstacle for the Yan State to enter the Central Plains, but has become an iron chain to block the Qi State, Qi Gong doesn't know?"

"Let's talk about Zhao State, Zhao State borders Qi State, although there is no conquest of the country, it is nothing more than Zhao is weak and Qi is strong, and there is Jin State in the west, Zhao State has no chance of winning and does not dare to move lightly, if the Jin State does not, Zhao and Yan are connected together, they can join hands to lock Qi State in the east, and at that time, it will become Qi State if they want to desperately break through the road to the west."

"Finally, the Tang State, the Tang State is newly established, and the Qi State is separated by the Zhao State and the Shandong States and does not border, and the Qi State has no stake for the time being, but if Tang and Zhao Yan annex the Jin State, the strength will increase greatly, and the Three Kingdoms will form an alliance at that time, and the Tang State will not covet the Shandong States that are dependent on the Qi State? At that time, will Qi Guoyuan be aided or not? If you help, Zhao and Yan send troops at the same time, Qi will fall into a three-line battle, if you don't help, the Shandong countries are weak, and they have no power to fight back in the face of Tang, and then the Triple Alliance will be like a crescent moon to surround Qi in the center, dare to ask Qi Gong, if it really comes to that time, how many days can Qi survive? ”