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Because of the distance gap, the secret letter of the King of Chu was only not long after he arrived here.

But here, the secret letter of the king of Chu is obviously not taken seriously.

Since signing a non-aggression pact with Wei, Zhao Suhou has focused all his energy on recuperation and consolidating the national power.

If you want to talk about war, there is only an occasional fight with the Xiongnu in the north.

As for the crown prince Zhao Yong, because of this defeat, and considering that the military strength of Zhao State is obviously insufficient, the combat effectiveness is not enough to intimidate the countries.

In order to strengthen the combat capability of the Zhao army, break through the previous defensive army, and turn to the direction of attacking and strengthening the army.

In order to achieve this goal as soon as possible. Zhao Yong, as before, trained in Hongbotai.

At the same time, he began to have an in-depth understanding of the art of war, trying to deepen and strengthen the fighting ability of the Zhao army in many aspects.

It can be said that at this time, the territory of Zhao was still calm. Zhao Suhou had no intention of attacking, and Zhao Yong was bent on strengthening the army.

Although Zhao had a hatred of Yan, Wei, and the Xiongnu, none of the kings of Zhao advocated conquest at the moment.

Because of this, the secret letter of the King of Chu was only read by Zhao Suhou lying on the couch alone.

After that, the thing was directly taken and burned by the ministers. The courtiers of the Zhao State didn't even know about it.

Your Chu State and Wei Guo have formed an alliance, although there are some things that people can't figure out, but if you really say it, how much does this have to do with Zhao State?

Even if the territory of the weak guard is returned to the Chu State in the future, this will be as insignificant to the Zhao State.

……

Linzi.

Because King Qi Wei had already set off to the border to discuss the alliance with Wei and the king of Xiang.

Therefore, important ministers of the DPRK and China also accompanied him. However, the envoy of the State of Chu couldn't see the King of Qi and was reluctant to tell about the secret letter.

On the side of the Qi State, because the matter of the King of Qi Wei is still in a state of secrecy. King Qi Wei ordered that it was forbidden to think about this matter, so when the envoy of the state of Chu asked where King Qi Wei went, the answer he received was also vague.

Even, the envoy of the State of Chu felt that this was the King of Qi deliberately making things difficult. almost turned against Chu directly in a fit of anger.

If it weren't for this incident, Qi State might have played a big role, and the envoy of Chu State might not have stayed here.

After all, the State of Qi, like the State of Wei, was very close to the weak guards, and there was a national border.

If the State of Qi intervenes in this matter, it will not be easy for the King of Chu to secretly take over the subordination of the weak guard.

Just like the Song State that is safe today, the reason why no one dares to move it is not because of how difficult the Song State is, but because the three big countries around Qi, Wei, and Chu are unwilling to let go.

Song Guo also took advantage of the choice of these three giant crocodiles not to let go of each other, and survived safely between the three kingdoms.

But in the end, the envoy of Chu still handed over the secret letter to the ministers, and asked the ministers to pass it on to the king of Qi.

After all, if this matter is not told to the King of Qi, in the future, the King of Qi will only have a reason for the King of Chu to despise the State of Qi, and he can participate in everything that the State of Chu does to the weak guards.

And before the envoy of the State of Chu sent to the State of Qi, he had been told many times by the King of Chu not to create conflicts with the State of Qi unless it was absolutely necessary.

And in order to wait for news, the envoy of Chu even stayed in Linzi temporarily. The Qi State sent people to chase after King Qi Wei's team for several days.

……

When it was dawn again, the team of the Xiangwang of Wei had already arrived at the border of Yicheng under the leadership of Wu Ming, a border city that had been baptized by soldiers a year earlier.

However, the current Yicheng has been rebuilt with high walls, and inside the city gate, a jack gate has been installed according to Wu Ming's requirements.

Although this thing actually doesn't weigh a thousand catties, it also weighs seven or eight hundred catties. The entire gate is made of copper. Its defenses are better than the gates in some small cities.

After a year, Yicheng is no longer the kind of city with earth-rammed buildings. This has become an important place on the border of Wei and an important city.

When he lived here with an army of 50,000, King Wei Hui's face still couldn't stop laughing.

Thinking about his life, to put it bluntly, he is squandering the wealth accumulated by his ancestors. The city was not repaired. Desperate for military force. Always thinking about it, it made him feel a little ashamed.

Fortunately, I met a Wu Ming. Although he didn't say much about the court, he was not ambiguous about what he really did.

In almost this year, the cities on the border of Wei have been reformed, and the jack gates that were not originally available have been installed, and most of the rammed walls that can be chiseled have been replaced with bluestone buildings.

This alone has increased the strength of the city's defense many times over.

In the main hall of the main city, King Wei Hui sat upright on the main seat, flanked by several courtiers accompanying him, and there were several cases in front of no one.

On top of those cases, all kinds of fruits and meats are dazzling.

King Wei Hui smiled like a spring breeze and raised his glass to look around. At this time, a scout rushed in and knelt down in the middle of the main hall and bowed his hand: "Your Majesty, the King of Qi has arrived at the border Xuzhou. ”

"Oh? That's fast enough. It seems that the widow is going to speed up. After smiling, King Wei Hui put the raised wine pout to his mouth and drank it down.

The courtiers on both sides naturally did not dare to slack off at this time, and they all drank the wine.

On the left hand side of King Wei Hui, Chen Zhen gently wiped his lips twice with his sleeve, and then smiled and arched his hand: "Your Majesty, the matter of the king is extraordinary. I, the Wei State and the Qi State, have not revealed any news to other countries so far. and they are very interested in this matter, so Weichen thinks that this matter should be stable. Don't rush to avoid mistakes. ”

"What Aiqing said is true, but we can't be lazy." After the words fell, King Wei Hui looked at Wu Ming on his right hand again, "Wu Aiqing, what do you say?" ”

"Go back to the king," Wu Ming also chuckled. The matter of King Xiang was raised by him, and King Wei Hui asked him as a matter of course, turning his head, Wu Ming said lightly: "This matter has been fully planned, please rest assured." ”

"Aiqing does things, what else is there to worry about. Come on, come on, let's take another pout. ”

But at this moment, a soldier hurried in. First there was a rush of footsteps, and then everyone looked at him anxiously. Everyone in the temple immediately stopped what they were doing.

"What's the matter? Makes you so flustered? In front of the king, how can you tolerate such rudeness. Chen Zhen put down the wine pout, and immediately drank violently, "Come on, drag him down......"

But before Chen Zhen could finish speaking, King Wei Hui had already raised his hand and stopped loudly: "Slow." ”

After only one word, King Wei Hui looked at the anxious and frightened soldier, and there was no anger on his face, but he asked loudly, "Why are you so anxious?" ”

"Back to ...... Hearing this, the soldier trembled for some reason, and said: "The envoy from the palace came and said that Wei Guo had formed an alliance with Chu three days ago, and that Chu and Wei had signed an alliance on the use of troops, and ordered the heavens to plan for a great cause. At present, the king of Chu sent an envoy to defend the country. ”

As soon as these words were spoken, it was as if a cold wind was blowing out of thin air in the entire hall. A chill rose from everyone's backs.

King Wei Hui's face was first frozen, and then it was already distorted to the extreme.

"Yes, that's great! This Wei Gong is really getting more and more capable. The widow has not yet paid attention to his previous private collection of troops, and he is good, and in a blink of an eye, he has formed an alliance with the king of Chu. It's, it's really, it's good......"

The sound can be described as gnashing teeth.

Seeing that King Wei Hui was about to have a seizure, but at this time, Wu Ming had already stood up and arched his hand, and said with a chuckle: "Your Majesty, it is important to form an alliance with the Qi State at the moment, if you can make the Duke of Qi king, and the alliance between the Wei State and the Chu State, what does it have to do with me?" ”

Wu Ming's words fell, and there was no sound in the quiet hall.

After a long while, King Wei Hui breathed a sigh of relief, but he was still faintly annoyed in his heart.

"What Aiqing said is true. The widow was almost confused again. With that, he waved his hand at the soldier in the middle, "Go down." ”

After the soldier left, King Wei Hui changed his face to a smile, and then said, "Come on, come on, you Aiqing continue." ”

……

Xuzhou, Qi State. At the bottom of a tree on the back of a hillside, King Qi Wei was looking at the secret letter he had received from his ministers who had just arrived from Linzi.

Written above is the news of the alliance between the state of Chu and the state of Wei.

As a great monarch who has the heart to pay attention to the trends of the world, King Qi Wei doesn't know what to do this time.

The state of Chu formed an alliance with the weak guard militarily? No one believes that the King of Chu is stupid, or even if the King of Chu is stupid, can't the courtiers of the Chu State be stupid?

This covenant, which did not benefit the state of Chu in the slightest, and might even cause trouble, with the wisdom of the king of Chu, how could he think of signing this covenant?

If it was in the past, maybe this matter really needs to be thought about. But now it's different.

The defeat of the Wei State and the recklessness of the Wei Hui King made the current Wei State much worse than before. As a vassal state of Wei, everyone covets this.

Not only the King of Chu coveted, but even he King Qi Wei coveted. Even in South Korea, the Song Kingdom, they all coveted the defense of the country.

Now, the Wei State has lost, and the Chu State has taken the opportunity to extend its hand to the weak guards. This move is obviously to replace the previous position of Wei.

Thinking about it, King Qi Wei casually handed the secret letter to Zou Ji on the side: "You all take a look, and tell me what you think after reading it." ”

In a short time, the secret letter passed through the hands of Zou Ji, Tian Ji, Sun Bin and the prince.

"Your Majesty, all the countries today are driven by interests, doesn't this King of Chu want to take the opportunity to let Duke Wei turn to his Chu State?" Zou Ji said lightly.

Before King Qi Wei could speak, Tian Ji on the other side had already said with a worried face: "Look at this is exactly the case. Otherwise, why would the king of Chu form an alliance with the weak guards, and be in such a hurry to make the alliance public. ”

When the words fell, Tian Ji snorted coldly, and then the whole person's voice changed, "Hmph, this King of Wei and the ministers have been thinking all the way, since the Wei Kingdom is fine." Why bother to transfer the dependency of the weak guard to my Qi State for no reason, it turns out that the real purpose is here. That Wei Poppy really didn't have any good intentions. ”

As if deceived, Tian Ji had already directly pronounced the name of King Wei Hui. And looking at the way his chest rises and falls, he is really angry.

King Qi Wei regarded himself as a man of high morality. There are many things in the court, and the heart is clear, but you must first listen to the opinions of the courtiers.

Therefore, in the past, Tian Ji and Zou Ji fought in the court, and he would listen to it. Now outside, the two of them have expressed their opinions first, and naturally there is no inappropriateness in front of King Qi Wei.

After listening to Tian Ji's words, King Qi Wei nodded thoughtfully, but his mouth was a rebuttal: "What the two Aiqing said is extremely true, the King of Chu will definitely not be so kind, and this move must have his intentions." However, does King Wei really want to give me the trouble of defending the country as a gift to the Qi country, do you think there is any other explanation for this matter? ”

"What explanation can there be, if not, where is King Wei a kind-hearted person." Tian Ji was the first to open his eyes and said.

However, when King Qi Wei heard this, he didn't speak, and he didn't even have any expression fluctuations on his face.

"The minister is confused!" Without warning, Zou Ji stroked his beard and said: "If the Wei State really gave the trouble of defending the country to my Qi State as a gift, but before the King of Chu announced the alliance, how could the Wei State conclude that the Chu State was interfering in the affairs of the weak guard?" ”

"This is also something that widows are thinking about." Hearing this, King Qi Wei also looked at Zou Ji and nodded.

Beside him, Tian Ji, who had never studied deeply, frowned at this time.

Things sound like they're in a dead end.

"Your Majesty," at this time, Sun Bin said calmly: "If you are worried that Wei Guo is not sincere this time, when the time comes, you might as well let King Wei find a way to persuade Duke Wei to submit to my Qi State." If King Wei did it, it shows that he is sincere. As for the alliance between the State of Chu and the weak Wei, this has nothing to do with the attachment of the State of Wei, as long as the Duke of Wei promised to respect the State of Qi when he formed an alliance with the State of Wei in our country.

As far as the righteousness of the world is concerned, the state of Chu has not yet declared war with our country of Qi in the name. ”

The half-human-tall grass swayed with the wind not far away, confusing King Qi Wei's gaze ahead.

"What the military advisor said is very much in line with the hearts of the widows." After a long time, King Qi Wei retracted his gaze and said a meaningful word.

Sun Bin's words seem to see the sun.

As long as Wei Gong declares that he respects the Qi State, then the Wei State is a subsidiary of the Qi State. As for the future, if the State of Chu really dares to start a war with the State of Qi, it will have no name in the first place.

And if you want to eat meat, you have to face the pressure given by your opponent, if Qi Guo can't resist this pressure, then it's really better not to eat this meat.

It can be said that Sun Bin's words directly dispelled the worries in King Qi Wei's heart, but it is still necessary for Wei to find a way to force Wei Gong to respect Qi Guo.

Half an hour later, the matter was settled.

What the envoy of Chu wanted was an attitude, and the king of Qi also ordered his ministers to go back and give the envoy of Chu an attitude.

In addition, considering that there is no one who is in charge of the DPRK and China. King Qi Wei also asked Prince Tian to return to Linzi together.