"On the first day of the first month of the first month of next year, Marquis Zhao will re-establish the Chinese order in Huangchi, and invite me to participate in the ...... with him."

In early December, in the city of Zhao Guoyu, the territory of the Han family, heavy snow continued to fall, almost freezing the Yellow River, and the Han mansion was covered in silver, Han Hu handed a carefully packaged invitation to Duan Gui and asked, "What do you think?" ”

"In the name of the king to repel the husband, Zhao Hou has gained a great reputation, and now the Qi country is broken, the last opponent in Zhuxia is gone, Zhao Hou has already overpowered the princes, and now the difference is just a name, this Huangchi meeting, must want to emulate Qi Huan and Jin Wen, and the king of Zhou has sent the secretary of state two years ago, and this time it will inevitably be fulfilled Zhao Hou...... In this world, I'm afraid that there will be one more overlord. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ”

Han Hu said a little unhappily: "I naturally know this, what I want to ask is, what is the purpose of Zhao Hou inviting me to go with me?" ”

Duan Gui hurriedly said: "The sovereign is now nominally a minister of the Zhao State, and he is ranked as the secretary, this time it should have been an alliance of the princes, but he let the sovereign go with him." Originally, all I needed was an edict, but I sent an invitation......"

After thinking about it carefully, his face changed, and he hurriedly bowed down and said: "But all the big alliances will inevitably involve the division of territory and the succession of princes, congratulations to the lord, it must be that Marquis Zhao wants to fulfill the promise of 'making the Han clan listed as a prince' in the Jin Dynasty!" ”

"Really?"

Han Hu was also inexplicably excited for a while, it had been almost four years since Zhao Guo replaced Jin State, and his previous resentment towards Zhao Wuxian had also faded a lot - since Zhao Hou could defeat Qin and Zheng, coerce the Son of Heaven, and sweep Wu and Qi, wouldn't it be easy to destroy the little Han clan? But Zhao Wuxian didn't do anything to Han Hu after all, but just let him live in seclusion in the land of Yiluo outside the river, and gave him the highest title and the most independent status in Zhao Kingdom.

But deep in Han Hu's heart, there is still some awkwardness in calling Zhao Wuxian a minister. The two were originally young friends, but they were also brothers, and they became in-laws with their children, so they should be compatible.

Therefore, in the past four years, Han Hu rarely met Zhao Hou to avoid embarrassment when they met.

And although the territory outside the river and the land of Yiluo is not small, it is too barren and remote, many places are mountainous, and the roads are tortuous, such as going to Shangluo, which is more troublesome than going to Yecheng, and the throat Tao Linsai and Hangu Pass here are also garrisoned by the Zhao army, monitoring Han's every move.

What made Han Hu even more angry was that the Han clan people who had promised to return it to him had not been given yet, so he didn't even have 200,000 people under his rule.

People are poor and tired, if they are so aggrieved in the mountains, the Han family basically has no way out, it is impossible to expand to the Zhou family, and Zhao Hou will not allow it, and the Qin State and Chu State next to him can't be beaten, and Han Hu doesn't want to be a pawn for Zhao Wuxian anymore.

Now that the peak suddenly turned around, Zhao Wuxian finally remembered him after defeating the Qi State, Han Hu couldn't help but have some gains and losses, for fear that it would be empty again.

"Did Zhao Hou mention this in his letter, or hinted at it?"

Han Hu shook the envelope again, and said disappointedly: "There is no ......"

"Even if Zhao Hou didn't say it explicitly, the lord should still reply in the tone of his subordinates, and personally go to Yecheng to meet him, expressing his willingness to accompany Zhao Hou to the Huangchi Alliance......"

Han Hu sighed: "Is this really the case?" ”

Duan Gui was serious: "It has to be so. ”

Although the Han clan is now in a safe corner, Duan Gui is very clear that this situation will not last, because the outside of the river is too close to the east of the Zhao country, and if Zhao Wuxian feels that Han Hu is an eyesore one day, he can erase the Han clan from the map with a light wipe......

Since Zhao Guo can't compete with it, then he can only submit to it, but if possible, he still has to find a way to get out of here.

Duan Gui said firmly: "Since the State of Qi has been breached, even if it can retain Sheji, it will be divided, if the Marquis of Zhao is willing to fulfill his promise and let the Han family also be listed as a prince, it is very likely that the monarch will be placed somewhere in the State of Qi." ”

"Linzi? Jinan? Before Duan Gui could speak, Han Hu shook his head and denied it: "With Zhao Hou's small weapon, it is impossible to give me these two places, most of them are places like Donglai, which are vast and sparsely populated, and they do not pose a threat to him." ”

"It's better to be a prince on the seashore than a courtier within the Zhao Kingdom...... Instead of staying on the side of the tiger, it is better to take advantage of Zhao Hou's heart that has not harmed Han and leave far away. Duan Gui persuaded him hard, and Han Hu finally made up his mind, bowed his waist again, and went to meet Zhao Wuxian, so that Han could get out of the cage outside the river......

At the beginning of December, Han Hu had already set off on the road, and the news of the meeting of Huangchi also reached Chen Guo......

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"Hu Gong and Da Ji are above, and the descendants of Xiao Yue are here today to inform the ancestors of a bad news. The descendants of Chen Gongziwan, that is, the Chen clan of the Qi Kingdom, have perished......"

The vast Huanghuai Plain is also covered with snow, the capital of Chen Guocheng Wanqiu only snowed last night, there are few pedestrians in the city, and in the temple, Chen Houyue is not afraid of the cold winter, kneeling in front of the mourning hall of Chen Hugong and Daji, the ancestor of Chen State, gloomy and sad.

Although the Chen family of Qi has nothing to do with Chen Guo, after all, they are also descendants of the surname of Yuan, and Zhou Taishi predicted that 'after Youyuan, he will be bred in Jiang', and Chen Wan's descendants will grow up in Qi State. However, they were suddenly destroyed, the rabbit died and the fox was sad, and the things hurt them, Chen Hou couldn't help but think, the office will be humble, the branches and leaves of his clan will fall first, and the great sect of Chen Guo, how long can it last?

Since Chen Houyue succeeded to the throne, Chen's national fortunes have been extremely unsmooth, sandwiched between Wu and Chu, following Chu will attack Wu, and surrendering Wu will attack Chu.

In the sixth year of Chen Houyue (496 BC), Chen stood on the side of Chu and united with Chu to destroy Dun. In retaliation, King Wu attacked Chen, captured three cities and returned, and Chen could only suffer a loss and break his teeth and swallow it in his stomach. In the thirteenth year (489 B.C.), Wu attacked Chen again, at this time, the husband was very different, the north took Huaitu, the south was closed in Yue, a posture to sweep the Jianghuai, Chu was also defeated and retreated, Chen was afraid, so he betrayed Chu and surrendered to Wu.

Who would have expected that this time Chen Guo looked away, and the husband went north violently, but he was defeated by Zhao Wuxian in the following year, and the entire Huaibei was lost, Yue Guo took the opportunity to restore the country, and the Chu State also invaded Huainan, and Chen Guo naturally had to be avenged for his betrayal.

Last year, Sima Ziqi once again commanded Chen, ignoring Chen Hou's plea for mercy, and forcibly occupied half of the land south of Chen Guoshashui! Now the soldiers of the Chu State are stationed opposite Wanqiu, and they can enter the city at any time.

Chen Hou and Chen Guo's doctors have already sensitively smelled a hint of danger, and Chu State already has the heart to destroy Chen!

Speaking of which, the State of Chen has been destroyed by the State of Chu once, and that was forty years ago, the King of Chu Ling sent the Prince of Chu to abandon the disease to destroy Chen, and to abandon the disease as the Duke of Chen, stationed in the land of Chen, Chen Jun fled to the State of Zheng, and then was able to restore the country, which was really a fluke.

But this time, they are probably not so lucky, now the entire Chen State is panicked, and Chen Hou himself has to get by, ready to be the king of the fallen country in the spring of the next year, and be exiled by the Chu State in the land of Yunmeng in the south of the Yangtze River.

When Chen Hou came out of the temple in a daze, the eldest doctor Gongsun Zhen and Chen Hou's confidant Taro Yin Gai were waiting outside.

"Your Majesty, I am very happy!" As soon as they saw Chen Hou come out, the two of them congratulated him happily.

"Chen Guodu is about to perish, where does the joy come from?" Chen Hou didn't come out angry, he was worried about the country's fortune all day long, but no one could share the worries.

The two hurriedly bowed down and reported to him: "We have just learned the news that Marquis Zhao will meet the princes of the alliance in Huangchi on the first day ......of January next year."

"Zhao Hou will be the princes of the alliance, what do you have to do with the widows......" Chen Hou didn't hear it clearly at first, but he habitually felt that the Central Plains Alliance would have nothing to do with their Chen State. Because the state of Chen was taken back from the Zhuxia system by the state of Chu more than a hundred years ago and included in the feudal system of Chu. As a vassal, the Northern Overlord Alliance, Chen State could not participate without the permission of Chu State.

However, Chen Hou quickly reacted, his eyes widened at Gongzi Zhen, and Taro Yin Gai said: "What do you mean, Chen Guo also sent someone over?" ”

Gongzizhen said: "Ranye, three years ago, the state of Wu was defeated, the state of Chu took the opportunity to enter Huainan, Wang Sunsheng planned to destroy the state of Cai, it was the Zhao army that sheltered the Cai people, when the alliance of the weasels, the first monarch also had a blood with the marquis of Zhao Wu on the altar of the alliance, and now the state of Zhao has broken the state of Qi, as if it is the overlord of Zhuxia, if it can protect the state of Cai, it will definitely be able to protect the state of Chen!" If the monarch can go to Huangchi in person, he may be able to get the mercy of Zhao Hou and block the covetousness of Chu for Chen State! ”

"This ......" Chen Houyue was still a little hesitant, now that Chen Guo can survive for a long time, if he personally went north to participate in the Zhao National League meeting and Chu Guo knew about it, he might be wiped out immediately. Huangchi is only ten days away from Chen Guo, and it is not troublesome to go back and forth, but he must consider the pros and cons clearly.

Seeing this, Taro Yin Gai hurriedly took a step further and persuaded: "Don't hesitate! The minister heard that the specifications of the Huangchi League will chase after Kwai Qiu and practice the soil, and Zhao Hou will inherit the hegemony of Duke Qi Huan and Duke Wen of Jin, and it is said that even Zhou Tianzi will personally go to him to pay tribute! ”

(To be continued.) )