In Linzi, the country of Qi, Wang Tian of Qi came to a luxurious residence because Qi was dressed in plain clothes. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

When the guards in front of the residence saw King Qi visiting in person, they did not dare to slack off, and immediately quickly called someone to report back to the master of the house, and respectfully welcomed King Qi into the residence.

The owner of the mansion soon came out to meet him, a middle-aged woman dressed in a witch suit. When King Qi saw that it was this witch who came out to greet him, he had to say helplessly: "Dare to ask where Mr. Chun Yu Ji is, dare to ask Mrs. Chun Yu to come forward and ask Mr. Chun Yu to come out and see him!" ”

To be honest, King Qi didn't want to waste time on this witch at all, he just wanted to see Chun Yuyu soon. However, Chun Yuji, as the son-in-law of the Qi State, could not meet the guests without the permission of the head of the family, and the King of Qi could not openly destroy this custom of the Qi State.

Fortunately, the owner of this family is more knowledgeable, and he knows that King Qi must be there something important when he is present, so he doesn't dare to delay at the moment, and quickly calls his husband Chun Yuyu out.

"The widow regrets not listening to Mr. 's words, so that my Qi country has fallen into such a big defeat as now!" As soon as the king of Qi saw Chun Yuji, he gave him a deep salute and confessed to him.

Then the king of Qi said to Chun Yuji: "The widow will be Mr. Feng as my secretary of state of Qi, and all political affairs of the country of Qi can be discussed by Aiqing!" In the future, if there is anything wrong with this king, even if you point it out, sir, don't care about the face of the widow! King Qi solemnly promised Chun Yuji.

The reason that prompted the King of Qi to treat Chun Yuji with such courtesy was that the Qi State was defeated by the Chu State in the Battle of Xuzhou, and the hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses of the Qi State were scattered in one day, and countless money, grain, and baggage were captured by the Chu army!

After winning the Battle of Xuzhou, the State of Chu began to continue to attack the State of Qi, and Mr. sent troops to pull out the important town of Xiapi, the important town of Sishang, so that the fief of Zou Ji of Qi was taken away by the State of Chu. Then the Chu army continued to attack Xueyi, but fortunately, his son Tian Ying had the courage to defend Xueyi in person, so the Chu army did not continue to attack north.

However, the situation in Qi is really not good now! After the defeat of Xuzhou, the surrounding countries seemed to see a wounded wolf, and everyone thought about slashing a few knives at this wolf and cutting off a few pieces of fat!

In April, Zhao Hou Zhao Yu, who was besieging Huangcheng of Wei, shook a shot, leaving only a small number of Zhao soldiers to confront the Wei army in Huangcheng, and attacked Qi in the east. There were many Zhao troops, and the Zhao army was brave, so the Qi army had to retreat to the vicinity of Gaotang to confront the Zhao army.

In the confrontation, neither of Qi and Zhao could help each other, and the King of Qi originally thought that it was safe for a famous general like Youtian Pan to defend the western border of Qi.

However, in May, one of the Di generals in the Zhao army, Fei Yi, had a whim, and he suggested that Zhao Hou directly dig the embankment of the Yellow River and flood the Qi army with water!

Although Sun Tzu said in the Art of War that war is to win by any means, in fact, even in the current Warring States Period, the Chinese states still abide by some aristocratic traditions of the Spring and Autumn Period. It's not that everyone can't think of digging the Yellow River embankment, but everyone subconsciously has the demeanor of aristocrats and doesn't want to do such a thing!

Feiyi, on the other hand, is completely different, he is from a small tribe of Di people in the northern grasslands. In his view, war is to achieve victory, and the means are secondary!

Zhao Hou accepted Feiyi's advice and dug a dam along the Yellow River, which flooded the Qi camp. The Zhao army was in one go, and directly captured Gaotang, an important town in the west of the Qi State!

Gao Tang is a really important place for the Qi Kingdom, especially the Tian Qi Kingdom. Gaotang itself is one of the "five capitals" of Qi, and it is precisely because Tian Wuyu, the ancestor of the Tian family, was sealed to Gaotang and has his own territory that the Tian family can truly develop and grow and finally complete the feat of Dai Qi!

It can be said that Gaotang is not only the "Western Capital" of the Qi Kingdom, but also the origin of the Tian Qi Kingdom!

Now that the origin of this family has been taken away by the people of Zhao, King Qi's mood can be imagined!

Fortunately, although the Zhao army decided that the Yellow River would flood the Qi army, Tian Pan, the commander of the western part of the Qi army, escaped his life! Tian Pan did not dare to return to Gaotang directly when he saw the defeat of the army in the west, and then rushed to the small city of Lixia in the east of Jishui, and quickly organized the local people to resist the Zhao army! Then he quickly reported to Linzi and asked for more troops.

Because Linzi City had just experienced the defeat of Xuzhou, there were not many adult men in the city, so the King of Qi had to personally order the people of Zhangqiu in the east of Linzi to be sent to Tian Pan. Later, Tian Pan relied on these newly organized armies to block the Zhao army in the west of Jishui, and the two armies of Qi and Zhao confronted each other along Jishui, so that the Zhao army did not go deeper into the Qi country.

However, such a surprise attack by Zhao almost immediately caused Qi to lose the entire territory west of Jishui, which was a heavy loss that Qi had not experienced for many years.

Seeing that the Qi State was slightly tired, it was not only the Zhao State to the west of the Qi State that launched an attack on the Qi State, but also the Yue State, a country that was almost forgotten by all the countries in the Central Plains.

After Gou Jian destroyed Wu that year, Yue learned the lesson of Wu going north to fight for hegemony and perishing, so he honestly stayed in the south to develop, and had no intention of going north. However, when the Qi State advanced into Huaisi and destroyed the Pi State, a former vassal state of the Wu State, the Yue State was quite dissatisfied with the Qi State.

In the eyes of the Yue State, since the Wu State was destroyed by it, then all the inheritance of the Wu State should be inherited by the Yue State. In fact, it is also true that on the north bank of the Yangtze River, the vast territory that reaches Huaisi is generally called the land of the East China Sea, and there are still many small states in the East China Sea in this era. These small states were the first to submit to Xu during the reign of King Xu Yan, and began to submit to Wu after Wu destroyed Xu. When the Yue State destroyed the Wu State, these small countries naturally submitted to the Yue State.

Pi State is one of these small states in Dongyi, it was originally a vassal state of Yue, but Qi State wantonly used Xiapi as the fief of Qi Xiang Zou Ji, and Yue King Wujiang was dissatisfied with Qi State at that time. However, considering the past events that led to the destruction of the Wu State in the past, plus the fact that the Yue Kingdom has been in the south for so many years and has experienced several major chaos, the national strength is somewhat weak. Considering the difference in strength between Qi and Yue, King Wu of Yue did not dare to go north wantonly.

However, when King Wujiang of Yue heard the news of the defeat of Xuzhou of Qi, he immediately began to mobilize the army of Yue and began to attack Qi! For a country like Yue that still retains a lot of barbarian culture, taking advantage of your illness to kill you is the right strategy!

The news soon reached the ears of King Qi. He really didn't expect that the Qi country was so invincible when Wei Qi was king, and now the Qi country has only experienced a defeat in Xuzhou, and now there are already three powerful countries rushing towards it!

At the Qi State court meeting, the King of Qi looked at the Qi ministers under the hall, and he was very resentful. However, he knew that he had to rely on these people to maintain his rule, and the resentment in his heart could only be endured in silence.

"Ladies and gentlemen, now that our Qi country is facing the attack of the two great powers of Zhao and Chu, and there is the Yue country peeping at our country from behind, it can be said that we are facing an unprecedented crisis. Whoever can help the widow to retreat from the enemy, the widow should be rewarded! ”

After listening to the words of King Qi, all the ministers of Qi were silent. Only Chun Yu, who had just been invited back by the King of Qi, said: "Your Majesty, my Qi country is now facing such a serious crisis, and it is completely caused by the king and the king of Wei!" The minister thinks that our king should immediately give up the throne, so as to tell the princes of the world that my Qi country has no intention of fighting for hegemony, so that the enemies of our Qi country will naturally retreat. ”

"No king!" Qi Prime Minister Zou Ji came out and said, "My Qi country has already claimed the king, and if I hastily cancel the throne, it will undoubtedly show weakness to the princes of the world; Now that our Qi country is facing the threat of a strong enemy, we can only deal with it with tough means, and we must not show weakness! Once our country really shows weakness, all the countries think that our Qi country is weak, I am afraid that not only the three kingdoms of Chu, Zhao, and Yue will come to attack our country, but Zhongshan and Yan may all stop the war and attack our country! The minister has always been suspicious of the big war between Zhongshan and Yan! ”

All the ministers of Qi also came out one after another, saying that Qi could not cancel the throne.

To be king is something that can only go forward, not backward. As a result, the state of Qi fell into the same situation as the state of Wei claiming to be king without authorization.

Seeing that so many ministers of Qi State opposed it, the King of Qi had no choice but to agree to the opinions of the ministers of Qi State.

"Since all the Aiqing believe that this king cannot cancel the throne, the widow will listen to everyone's opinion. However, now that the Three Kingdoms are pressing our country, who can help the widows force these Three Kingdoms back? The king of Qi listened to the advice of the ministers, and then asked the ministers of Qi about the strategy of retreating from the enemy.

The ministers continued to be silent, and this time even Chun Yuyu didn't speak.

Just when the King of Qi thought that there was no way, Zhang Chou, a columnist who had helped the King of Qi persuade the Lu State to turn his back on Chu, stood up and said: "If you want to force the Three Kingdoms back, I think it is very easy!" ”

Many important ministers of the Qi State saw that this wanderer, who was in a high position with one mouth, dared to boast like this, and they all showed hesitation. Gai Juntian Dai asked Zhang Chou: "Dare to ask Mr. How do you want to force the Three Kingdoms back?" ”

Zhang Chou looked at the ministers of Qi and the king of Qi present, and said loudly: "Now my Qi country is facing the attack of the three major powers of Zhao, Chu and Yue, and now Zhao has captured the western capital of our country, Gaotang, and confronted our country along Jishui, if the army of Zhao breaks through Jishui, it may threaten our country Linzi at any time, this is the primary enemy of our country, and we should concentrate on dealing with it with all our might!" And the Chu State and the Yue State that came from the south, they all wanted to take a bite when my Qi State was weak. But isn't there a contradiction between the two countries? When Wu occupied the south, it was the biggest enemy of Chu, and now Chu is a natural threat to Yue when it lives in the upper reaches of the river! The contradictions between their two countries are far greater than those between them. The minister thought that my king should be able to retract the forces that had expanded to the south and assign the land of the East China Sea to the Yue State, so that the Xiapi and other places captured by the Chu State would be owned by the Yue State, and the Yue State would naturally have contradictions with the Chu State, and the two countries would have a war! This is a plan to drive the tiger and devour the wolf, and I hope the king can adopt it! ”

"Drive the tiger and devour the wolf! Sure enough, it's a good plan! King Qi stood up and praised loudly. When the country is in danger, you can see the real countryman, and Mr. is really worthy of being the countryman of my Qi country! ”

Seeing King Qi think so highly of himself, Zhang Chou was also extremely happy. Then he took the initiative to ask the king of Qi and said: "If the king of Meng does not give up, he is willing to go to the Yue country in person to persuade the king of Yue to attack Chu, so as to solve the current crisis of my Qi country!" ”