Although Dai Yan's words at the court meeting were very loud, the situation in the Song Kingdom is indeed a mess now, and doing things cannot be solved by just shouting slogans. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Now the situation of the Song State is as everyone knows, the balance between the three great powers of Wei, Qi, and Chu has been broken, and the Song State can no longer use the diplomacy of the three kingdoms to avoid war.

Qi wants to capture Taoqiu, which is obviously very disadvantageous for Wei, but now that Wei has just lost 80,000 troops in the Battle of Hexi, it has no ability to compete with Qi again.

The State of Chu had just made enemies with the State of Song, and they would definitely not help the State of Song at this time. Moreover, Dai Yan was also ashamed of the treacherous behavior of the Chu State in his heart, and he subconsciously hated the country when he thought of the humiliation brought to him by the Chu State breaking off the marriage.

So who do you turn to to help you? Dai Yan was completely distressed.

He found the retainers to discuss, and everyone was gossiping, but most of the opinions were to simply go to Taoqiu and fight with the Qi people, and everyone learned the spirit of the Mo family, and they thought that they would definitely be able to defeat the Qi people.

Dai Yan had to think on his own. He began to turn himself into a real columnist, thinking about things with the thinking of a columnist.

The Zongheng family considered the problem from the whole world, and Dai Yan no longer looked at the surrounding areas of the Song Kingdom, but began to look at the world.

For example, the most powerful country today should be the Qin state, which defeated Wei and Zhao in the war that has only passed. If the Qin State was willing to help, it would naturally be able to deal with the Qi State. However, there was still Han Wei between Qin and Song and Qi, and even if Qin had the heart to help, Qin's soldiers and horses might not be able to send to Song. And there has never been too deep ties between Qin and Song, and there is no grudge against Qi, so it should be impossible to help Song.

There is a way that the enemy of the enemy is a friend, so Dai Yan began to come to the enemy of the Qi country, his "friend".

As a newly rising power, the Tian Qi State has really offended a lot of countries. If you want to say that you have offended the most, it must be the Lu State that it has been oppressing. However, the State of Lu is weaker than the State of Song, so how can it dare to confront the State of Qi?

As for the countries surrounding Qi, almost all of them have enmity with it. Both Yan and Zhongshan had occupied territory by Qi, and Qi often sent envoys to sow discord between the two countries, both of which should be considered friends of Song. However, when they thought of the war between the Qi State and the Chu State, the Zhongshan State and the Yan State would fight each other in order to avoid misunderstandings, and their fear of the Qi State could be seen from this.

Then the only one in the whole world who is willing to help the Song State and has the ability to help the Song State is only one country: the Zhao State.

Under Dai Yan's careful thinking, he found that at this time, only Zhao Guo had the ability and willingness to help Song Guo.

First of all, the state of Zhao did not share a border with the state of Song, and there was no conflict of interest between the two countries at all.

Secondly, Zhao and Qi are inherently contradictory countries. Although most of the Zhao state was located in Jizhou, Handan, the core area of Zhao's rule, was located in the east of the Taihang Mountains, in the North China Plain, and the Qi state in the lower reaches of the Yellow River and the Shandong Peninsula was actually in the same geographical area. The relationship between these two countries is like that of Wu and Yue in the south of the Yangtze River, the two sides have a natural conflict, this kind of geopolitical conflict unless Zhao State turns Qi State into its vassal, or Qi State drives Zhao's forces to the west of Taihang Mountain, otherwise the two sides will definitely not die!

And the Zhao State was actually the strongest country when the three families were divided, and the Zhao people were a brave and warlike people. If it weren't for the fact that Zhao's domestic reform has not been thorough, coupled with continuous civil strife, Zhao's current strength would never be like this. Even though Zhao itself is flawed, with its warlike citizens and the pioneering spirit of successive monarchs, Zhao is now one of the most powerful countries in the world.

It is absolutely capable and willing to compete with the Qi country. And if it competes with the Qi State, then it will inevitably inhibit the expansion of the Qi State. In this way, this is the best reinforcement of the Song Kingdom.

Dai Yan clarified his thoughts and immediately took action.

A few days later, the Song monarchs received a declaration of war from the state of Qi. The reason for Qi to declare war on Song was that during the Great War of Qi and Chu, although Song was clearly neutral, it privately supplied grain to Chu, resulting in the defeat of Xuzhou in Qi! The whole country of Qi was saddened by the defeat of Xuzhou, and the king of Qi was also ashamed of the defeat of Xuzhou! Qi Guo will not take revenge and swear not to be a man!

The battle book of the Qi State carried a murderous aura that made the monarchs and ministers of the Song Kingdom tremble! However, Ziyan, who was in charge of Song's diplomacy, had already sent envoys to other countries to seek reinforcements, and Ziyan had asked Song to stop Qi for a month in advance. Therefore, the Song State did not hesitate to respond to the declaration of war on the Qi State. Subsequently, the Song army began to assemble and rushed to Taoqiu to confront the Qi army in Pinglu.

Although Zhao is a large country in the north, its capital Handan is located in the Central Plains, south of Zhao. Therefore, it only took Dai Yan seven or eight days to arrive at the capital of this northern power.

Zhao is the queen of the Win clan, and the Win clan is also one of the great clans that has been handed down since ancient times.

The Ying clan was the most prominent during the Shang Dynasty, and the Zhao State, as a descendant of the Ying clan, also inherited some cultural characteristics of the Shang Dynasty.

Therefore, Zhao Guo could not help but do business, which also made Zhao's domestic commercial development extremely prosperous. Zhao was fixed in Jinyang when the three families were divided, and when Zhao was first established, Zhao relied on the advantage of Jinyang's proximity to the north to defeat the Dai State.

However, since the Central Plains countries began to change their laws, high-quality grain-producing areas have become an important target for the Central Plains countries. Although Zhao seized large tracts of land in the north in the early years of the state, most of this land was not suitable for farming, but only for grazing. This made the brave and warlike Zhao State always weaker than the large Central Plains Wei State and Qi State in terms of national strength.

More than 50 years ago, Zhao Jinghou sent the capital to Handan. Although the city was almost on the periphery of the vast territory of Zhao, Handan was the richest and most economically developed area of Zhao.

Handan's original name was Gandan, which means the city at the foot of the red mountain. In Dai Yan's eyes, this word is appropriate. The city of Handan in the distance is more majestic than Suiyang and Taoqiu in the Song capital, and the purple-red peaks on the side of the mountain complement the tall Xiongcheng; In this era when civilization was not long born, the miracle of mankind and the power of nature were combined together, and the beauty is indescribable!

Even though Dai Yan hadn't entered Handan City yet, he saw a scene of busy traffic at the city gate. Since Dai Yan set off from Suiyang and traveled all the way north, he has not seen a second city so lively! This shows the prosperity of Handan.

And the folk customs here are obviously different from those of the Wei and Wei countries that the Song State and Dai Yan passed through along the way. Although Handan is also a city located on the North China Plain, people here do not travel by car, many people are riding on horses and galloping, which makes people look proud.

Most of the people on horseback were poorly dressed commoners, or aliens dressed in Rongdi costumes, and only a few were richly dressed aristocrats.

And after seeing so many people on horseback, Dai Yan finally knew the foundation of Zhao Guo's later Hufu cavalry and archery policy. Isn't this the style of horseback riding that comes from the Zhao people?

When Dai Yan was at the gate of Handan City, about to take his entourage into the city, a loud shout suddenly came from outside the city, Dai Yan looked by the voice, but saw that it was a knight dressed in white, riding on a snow-white high-headed horse, galloping from a distance!

Such a heroic and mighty picture made Dai Yan look bloody, and he really wished that he also had such a snow-white horse galloping! He was stunned for a moment by this scene, and he didn't realize that he was in the way of the knight's way into the city!

"Get out of the way!" The knight in the distance shouted at Dai Yan, and Dai Yan had only recovered from his previous distraction at this time, and the white horse had already rushed in front of him, only seven or eight steps away from him.

"Childe be careful!" Just when the white horse was about to collide with Dai Yan, Tang Ying, who had been following Dai Yan's side, quickly took a step forward, drew his short sword, and rushed in front of the galloping white horse! As long as the white horse continues to rush forward, he will slash it with a sword!

When the white knight saw that someone had drawn his sword to stop him, he had to tighten the reins on his horse, and the galloping white horse's front hooves leaped high. The white knight's skill in controlling the horse was extremely superb, and the moment he pulled the reins, the galloping white horse stopped at once!

However, although this knight controlled his horse, he could not control his own people! Dai Yan saw that just when the front hooves of the white horse jumped high and stopped, the knight on the horse shouted, but the whole body flew out backwards from the high horse's back, if he fell to the ground, I am afraid that even if this knight does not fall to death, I am afraid that he will be seriously injured!

So Dai Yan immediately flew forward and caught the knight just as he was about to fall! However, the impact of falling from a speeding horse was too great, even Dai Yan couldn't bear it! He had to roll to the ground, holding the knight several times before he stopped!

Although it is a long story, it happened in a flash of lightning. The people at the gate of the surrounding city could only hear two exclamations, and when they saw the front hooves of a galloping horse raise and quickly stop, and then they saw the knight fall, and the stunned son rushed forward to catch the knight. In the end, I saw the two of them rolling on the ground together.