In fact, the news that Wei Hou got was very conclusive, that is, Qi Hou swore to the Southern Expedition in the southern suburbs of Linzi, and the target was Wei State, at the oath meeting, Qi Hou gritted his teeth and scolded Wei Hou for a while, but it was all a crime of Wei Hou, that is, to hold the Son of Heaven hostage. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 After the oath was completed, it was actually Qi Hou who personally led the troops to set off.

To say why this Marquis of Qi attacked Wei at this time, it is not accidental. It must be known that nearly a month has passed since Han Hou died, and it has been more than half a month since the Wei army defeated the Qin army outside the Hangu Pass, if the Qi Hou learned one of these two news, it would definitely not send troops, because as soon as Han Hou died, Wei Hou would not be mourned, and the siege of Xinzheng was resolved, so the Qi army would have to face the powerful Wei army alone, and if it was faced alone, would there be any hope of winning? Qi Hou would not have this self-confidence.

Then why did Qi Hou insist on going out into the army? The reason is very simple, so far, Qi Hou has not received any of these two news, whether it is from Korea or Qin, to Qi has to pass through Wei, Wei Hou gave an order, blocking all roads to the east, it is not too much of a problem, although it will also be protested by some merchants and scholars, but it is still not too annoying to block it for half a month.

It can be seen from this that Wei Hou's heart is so big, he defeated the Qin State, forced Korea to compromise, and then provoked the Qi State, Wei Hou wants to dominate the world. And at present, it seems that Wei Hou has also succeeded for most of it, and now he has also successfully aroused Qi to send troops, if Zhou Bian learns that it is Wei Hou who blocked the news of Qi and let Qi send troops, I am afraid that I will think of the sacrifice sent to the royal family by Wei State last year, is it that since then, Wei Hou has been arranging?

Then for the Marquis of Wei, all that remains is to defeat the Qi army that came to invade the Wei State. So Wei Hou hurriedly ran on the road.

Time back a few days ago, and then talk about the Qi Hou, since the oath, slaughter the livestock to sacrifice to the sky, after the whole ceremony is completed, I saw that the Qi Hou was in high spirits, waved the sword in his hand and pointed to the south, and the 100,000 Qi army that had already been neatly arranged, several drums sounded, and the south was opened.

This is the scene that Qi has not seen for many years, Linzi is the largest city in this era, there is no one, this morning I heard that the Marquis of Qi swore to the south, tens of thousands of citizens have gone out of the city to send each other, but let the high-spirited Marquis of Qi, even more proud, seems to have seen their victory back, and then accept the congratulations of tens of thousands of people here.

100,000 troops first went south, ten miles later, has disappeared the citizens of Linzi who sent each other, and at this time the army turned to the west, that night the army rested in Changguo City, this Changguo City is a city, only a few dozen miles away from Linzi, its geographical location is in the southeast of today's Zibo City, but it is not in the same vein so far, the Changguo City was abolished in the middle. However, in history, Changguo is not without fame, because the famous Le Yi in the late Warring States period is the king of Changguo.

However, there is naturally no Le Yi at this time, and it is said that Qi Hou rested in Changguo City that night, and suddenly heard the guards come to report to Duan Ganpeng, the doctor of Changguo, asking to see him. Besides, this Gan Peng, but the surname is Duan Gan, the ancestor is the surname Li, for the son of Lao Tzu, who founded Taoism, the descendant of Li Zong, Li Zong is the general of Wei State, and his descendants are sealed in Duan and Gan, and later generations will take Duan Gan as the surname, in that era, it is still very common to change the surname. During the time of Wei Wenhou, the Duan Gan family also produced a sage Duan Ganmu, who left his name in future generations.

However, this Duan Ganpeng sought to serve in the Qi country, and the scholars traveled to the countries and sought the princes, which was a very common thing in that era. And Duan Ganpeng naturally has a certain talent, and after being questioned by the Marquis of Qi, he awarded the doctor of Changguo to manage this city closest to Linzi, which can be regarded as reuse.

So at this time, as soon as he heard that Duan Ganpeng asked to see him, Qi Hou immediately agreed.

This Gan Peng was a young man, only in his twenties, bowed his head and walked into Qi Hou's palace, bowed and bowed, and after Qi Hou replied, he knelt down on the seat below Qi Hou.

"When the monarch was in Linzi, the court would discuss whether to send troops, but unfortunately Peng was in Changguo, where the king's life was, and he did not dare to leave the city without permission.

Although he was pressed by the courtiers, Qi Hou's face did not change, but replied solemnly, "The Wei army bullies the weak, captives the Son of Heaven, besieges Xinzheng, and the Son of Heaven and Han Hou are in danger, and if they are not saved, they will be unjust." ”

I didn't want to be that Gan Peng, but he shook his head, "No, your lord's words are wrong, since King Ping moved east, how can he say righteousness?" ”

Hearing this, Qi Hou Zhengse said, "I still hope that Mr. will teach the widow!" ”

"The courtier's humble opinion, how can he teach it? His subordinates thought that it was not for righteousness, but for profit. Duan Ganpeng arched his hand.

"What's the explanation?" Qi Hou couldn't help but lean forward.

"Your Majesty thinks that the general trend of the world, the countries check and balance each other for stability, now there is Wei in the west to occupy Hexi, defeat Jing Chu in the south, bully Song Wei in the east, and press Yan Zhao in the north, the strength of Wei is not the blessing of my Qi country, if the Marquis of Wei goes down to Xinzheng again, seizes the land of Korea, and captivates the Son of Heaven, and coerces the Son of Heaven to order the princes, what position will the monarch be? Therefore, suppressing the Wei State is one of the benefits of our Qi State. Second, if the Wei army is defeated by our hands, then the monarch can naturally take over Zhou Tianzi and return it to Luoyang, which is Qi Huan's business and can be enjoyed by the monarch. Third, if the Wei State is defeated by my hands, it will definitely cede the land and seek peace, and the third benefit is also. Fourth, even if the Wei army is not defeated, but only a draw, it can greatly increase the momentum of our Qi army, and the shame of being defeated by the Wei army several times before washing it away. Therefore, when the king sent troops, his subordinates thought so. Duan Ganpeng said.

Hearing this, Qi Hou couldn't help but lean back again, and returned to his normal sitting posture, obviously Qi Hou knew these contents and words, even if Qi Hou himself couldn't think of it, the ministers of Linzi couldn't think of it? Originally, I thought that Duan Ganpeng would have some high opinions, so when he heard this, Qi Hou was still a little disappointed, but Qi Hou didn't show it.

But listening to Duan Ganpeng, he still said to himself, "However, your subordinates think that there are still five benefits, and the Qi army can plunder in the Wei realm, and then defeat the Wei army, so that in addition to the above four benefits, the Qi army can also get a large amount of grain, grass and copper and iron cloth." ”

Hearing this, Qi Hou's eyes suddenly lit up, could this be the point that Duan Ganpeng came to talk about tonight? Maybe it was something that others didn't expect, so Qi Hou's body leaned forward slightly, "I want to hear about it!" Obviously, those copper, iron, grain and grass also deeply attracted Qi Hou.

Unexpectedly, Duan Ganpeng asked rhetorically, "I don't know how your lord will fight this time?" ”

Qi Hou was stunned for a moment, but then replied, "Naturally, we will go south with the Lu army and quickly rush to Xinzheng to relieve the siege of Xinzheng, join forces with Han Houli, and defeat the Wei army." "Like the Wei State, the Qi State also has a small country to follow, which is naturally the Lu State, so in this operation, the Marquis of Qi naturally wants to call the Marquis of Lu.

This plan was discussed with the ministers in the court, but this dry friend shook his head again and again, "Xinzheng is surrounded by the Wei State, and if our Qi army wants to go south, it must pass through Song Wei and other countries and the Wei realm, Wei Hou must have learned in advance, it is difficult to guarantee that the Wei army will not abandon Xinzheng, turn around and go north, and meet our Qi army in the suburbs, if the Han army is too timid to go out of the city to chase the enemy, then our Qi army will block the Wei army alone, and it is dangerous!" ”

Qi Hou couldn't help frowning when he heard this, and a displeased expression suddenly appeared on his face, but although Duan Ganpeng's words were a little ugly, this possibility was indeed very high, with Qi Hou's understanding of Korea, most of the Han troops who were scared by the Wei army did not dare to chase them out of the city or even to the Wei realm.

Seeing that Qi Hou's face changed, Duan Ganpeng stopped making a sound, and the scene calmed down.

After half a ring, I only heard Qi Hou let out a sigh, and his kneeling body moved forward half a step, and arched his hand, "I hope that Doctor Peng will teach me!" ”

Qi Hou was so active, Duan Ganpeng did not take a posture, but first straightened up, and then bent down and arched his hand, "Your Majesty, in the humble opinion of your subordinates, instead of directly aiding Xinzheng, it is better to abandon Xinzheng, so as not to wait for our army to work under the long-distance attack." ”

"And where is our army going?" Qi Hou was puzzled.

"Girders. If our army goes straight to Daliang, the Wei army will only immediately return to help, and the offensive and defensive exchanges will be our army waiting for work, and the siege of Xinzheng will be immediately resolved. Duan Ganpeng said resolutely.

Qi Hou frowned, "Is this feasible?" ”

Duan Ganpeng couldn't help but take two steps on his knees, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty thinks it's feasible." ”

"That Liang is an important town in the east of the Wei State, since Wei Wenhou has been building the Liang City for more than ten years, in terms of the scale of today's Liang City, I am afraid that it is no less than my Linzi City, which shows the weight of the Liang in the Wei State. In this way, Wei Hou could not bear to be attacked, and he would inevitably return to help, and in a hurry, it was an opportunity for our army, which was one of them. ”

"And when our army swore an oath, the king once said that he wanted to save the Son of Heaven in the hands of Wei Hou and aid Xinzheng in danger, so if Wei Hou learned the news, he would definitely think that our army would go straight to Xinzheng, but he didn't expect our army to attack Daliang, which was unprepared, and it would inevitably break Wei Hou's plan, and this was the second also."

"Third, the Marquis of Wei in order to attack Xinzheng and the west to resist the Qin State, has been transferred to the Liang troops, now in the Fengze area, the Wei army will be less than 20,000, and the Liang city is not perfect, the city defense equipment is not enough, if our army rushes south, perhaps, can also break through the Liang, the Liang is broken, the Wei State will be shaken up and down, and the world will look at our Qi army again."

I only listened to Duan Ganpeng's words getting faster and faster, ignoring Qi Hou who was talking about it, but continued to speak on his own.

"Fourth, if the city of Daliang is high and deep, it is difficult to attack, it can also be surrounded, and the troops are divided to plunder the small towns around Daliang, and the grain and grass are green and strong, and copper and iron can be obtained, which is the fifth benefit that His Majesty said before."

Speaking of this, Duan Ganpeng stopped, sat down again, stared at Qi Hou with his eyes, and quietly waited for Qi Hou's reply.

And that Qi Hou stared into the distance, although it was dark outside the window, Qi Hou's brows were tightly locked, and he looked thoughtful without pretentiousness. During the Warring States Period, the countries were in dispute, and a monarch who was not good at thinking would not stay in his position for too long, so the overall quality of the monarch in the Warring States Period was higher than that in the Spring and Autumn Period.

After a while, I saw Qi Hou's brows gradually open, and he looked at Duan Ganpeng and said, "Aiqing's meaning, the widow has already understood." ”

"Give up and go straight to Xinzheng to relieve the siege, the soldiers will point directly at the beam, attack what it must save, and the siege of Xinzheng will be lifted. If the girder is lax, then go straight down the girder, if the girder is difficult to attack, then surround it, wait for the Wei army to hurry back, and at the same time divide the troops to plunder the countryside around the girder, and transport grain, grass, copper and iron back to Linzi. And when the Wei army arrives, our army will wait for work, or it may defeat the Wei army, at least it will be a draw. Aiqing, is what the widow said appropriate? ”

"Yes. The king is quick to think. Duan Ganpeng bowed down and praised.

"But." Qi Hou's face changed slightly.

"The siege of Xinzheng in South Korea has been solved, but Zhou Tianzi is still in the hands of the Wei army, and the oath of the widow is in the name of saving the Son of Heaven, if our army surrounds the Liang, then Zhou Tianzi is still in the Wei army."

"Your Excellency's words are wrong." Although Duan Ganpeng can make sycophants, when it is critical, he still speaks very directly.

"Attacking the Wei army or saving the Son of Heaven, which is more important?"

Qi Hou frowned again when he heard this, "Attacking the Wei army and saving the Son of Heaven is the same thing. ”

"Naturally, this is the case, attacking the Wei army and saving the Son of Heaven is the same thing, so why should it be divided between fighting with the Wei army in Xinzheng or fighting with the Wei army in Daliang?" Duan Ganpeng said unhurriedly.

Qi Hou suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, "Mr. is highly talented, and the widow has been taught." Just wait for our army to defeat the Wei army in Daliang, then we can propose to return Zhou Tianzi to Luoyang, if it is a tie, you can also negotiate with Wei Hou to return the Son of Heaven by himself, no matter what, our army always has a better chance of winning. ”

"That's right, your majesty!" Duan Ganpeng patted it again.

Qi Hou clapped his hands and said, "Listen to Mr. 's words, winning an army of 100,000, and the son is really a doctor of Changguo, which is the fault of a widow." If you go south with the widow tomorrow, how about temporarily serving as the marching Sima? ”

"But obey the king." Duan Ganpeng hurriedly lay down and thanked him.

"It's just that your subordinates still have questions to ask your lord."

"Aiqing just talk about it."

"Then if the Marquis of Wei is returning Zhou Tianzi and ceding the land to the king, there can only be one of the two, how can the king choose?" Duan Ganpeng straightened up as he spoke.

This situation is really possible, so Qi Hou's eyes lit up when he heard this, but then he groaned, and after a few breaths, he raised his head again, and looked at Duan Ganpeng with a playful smile.

"How do you think Aiqing should choose?"

Obviously, Qi Hou was not easy to get along with, and threw this problem back to Duan Ganpeng, who smiled slightly, "Do you still remember the expedition of Duke Qi Huan to the mountains?" ”

It was the twenty-third year of the Duke of Qi Huan, that is, in 663 BC, Shanrong attacked the Yan State, the Yan State asked the Qi State for help, and the Duke of Qi Huan sent troops to attack the Shanrong to rescue the Yan State, and he did not return to the division until Guzhu. Duke Yanzhuang then sent Duke Qi Huan back to China and sent it all the way to the territory of Qi State. Duke Huan said: "It's not the Son of Heaven, the princes can't leave the country, and I can't be rude to Yan." So he ceded the place where Yan Jun went to Yan Guo, and told Yan Jun to learn to call the public to govern, and pay tribute to the Zhou Dynasty like King Zhou Cheng and King Zhou Kang.

This matter is often talked about by later generations, and in the traditional Chinese view, this is definitely a typical example. So as soon as Duan Ganpeng mentioned this, Qi Hou immediately nodded, although Qi Huan Gong is not the ancestor of today's Qi Hou, but Tian Qi inherited Jiang Qi and inherited it in the same vein, since Duan Ganpeng has said this, of course Qi Hou is not willing to lag behind the ancients, so why care about cutting the land.

So Qi Hou nodded again and again, "Aiqing can rest assured, the widow can handle it." ”

Seeing that Qi Hou was so motivated to listen to the advice, Duan Ganpeng immediately smiled, and came up with another sycophant.