The smoke rises and rises
In fact, the State of Chu has always remembered the losses they suffered twelve years ago, and they have always been looking for opportunities to take revenge on the State of Qi over the years.
Just this year, all the factors added up to allow the Chu State to launch this revenge. Including the Qi State sending troops to aid Liang, all of this was within the calculation of Li Lingyun, the son of Li Youcheng, the crown prince of Chu State.
First of all, the state of Chu and the state of Liang have a border dispute, and the two cities of Chu and Liang have been fighting back and forth. If you don't pay attention today, I'll take it, and tomorrow if you make a mistake, I'll take it back. Coming and going like this, no one would let go, just like there was a dispute between the Qi State and the steppe tribes over the four cities of Beijun. This time, when Emperor Hui of Chu was about to die, the Liang State sent troops to occupy it, and the Chu State had a reason to attack him. It was impossible for the state of Chu to attack the state of Liang without any reason. Chu is a big country, Liang is a small country, if Chu is just because of the dispute between the two cities and makes a big move against Liang, it will inevitably be ridiculed by other countries, saying that Chu is bullying the small with the big. However, the Liang State invaded these two cities at the time of the death of Emperor Chu Hui, which was to take advantage of the danger of others. When the time comes, the state of Chu will inform the world of Emperor Hui's death, and then the state of Chu can attack the state of Liang.
Second, the state of Chu has strengthened the training of soldiers over the years, recruited new recruits extensively, and increased its military strength a lot, of course, these are not things to outsiders. In fact, the Qi State has about 780,000 troops, while the Chu State has about 900,000 troops, and it is impossible for the two countries to be impressed by the war just because of a little border friction, which is not beneficial to the two countries.
Third, that is the Southern Han in the south of the Qi State. This year, the southern Han country suffered from a severe drought and failed to harvest grain. Chu was the first to get this news, so the two countries conspired: Chu supported the Southern Han money and grain, but the condition was that the Southern Han must send troops to attack Qi. Liu Qing, the emperor of the Southern Han Dynasty, hesitated at first, but later agreed, because it was better to die in battle than to starve to death.
Fourth, make full use of the contradictions between the Northern Wei Dynasty and the Qi State. Twelve years ago, the Northern Wei Dynasty was also killed by the Qi State, and also lost 40,000 troops, which was a huge harm to a small country. After more than ten years of cultivation, the Northern Wei Dynasty gradually recovered. This time, the state of Chu sent a very heavy burden and strongly invited the Northern Wei Dynasty to fight Qi with hatred. The Northern Wei Dynasty had long wanted to take revenge, and now with the military support of the Chu State, the Northern Wei Emperor Song Yi decisively agreed to the proposal of the Chu State.
In this way, everything is progressing under the arrangement of the conspiracy.
Yongyang, the imperial capital of Qi, inside the main hall. Emperor He was reviewing the folds, and suddenly, a black shadow flashed into the hall. This person is none other than Zhang Runchen, the commander of Qianlingwei. Zhang Runchen: "Your Majesty, Wechen visited the border of the empire today, and he really found something. Emperor He: "Oh, what did you find?" Zhang Runchen: "Your Majesty, this year's drought in the Southern Han Dynasty has not yielded any grain grains. However, the state of Chu secretly transported grain to the Southern Han to help the Southern Han cope with the difficulties. Emperor He: "Eat other people's soft mouths, and take other people's hands short." There must be a quid pro quo for Chu to help him. Zhang Runchen: "Also, the Northern Wei Dynasty also seems to be ready to move, so we have to do it!" He Di slightly thought: Is this really the case, Chu State is still holding on to the incident more than ten years ago. After a while, Emperor He wrote three edicts. Emperor He: "Runchen, quickly take the edict and hand it over to Yu Guang, the commander of the Dehua Division Military Region in the north, Hu Xiangrong, the commander of the Guanxia Division Military Region in the south, and Gu Jinqiang, the commander of the Guangning Division Military Region in the east. Zhang Runchen: "Yes, Your Majesty, should Xishu be guarded against?" Emperor He: "Xishu and us are still separated from the Southern Han Dynasty, don't worry." "In fact, Xishu and the Southern Han are sandwiched between the Qi State and the Chu State, and Xishu is the most remote land of the original Qi State. Zhang Runchen: "Yes, Your Majesty." After speaking, Zhang Runchen quickly exited the hall.
In the city of Jingxiang, Qi Chu fought several times, and each had damage. At this time, King Xiang was recuperating in Yanguan, waiting for another battle in the coming day. It is said that the plain between Jingxiangcheng and Yanguan is really a good place for a strategic decisive battle.
Sure enough, on the same day, the Southern Han and Northern Wei attacked the Qi State at the same time. Even the Chu army, which had been guarding Jingxiang City for many days, took the initiative to attack. The State of Qi miscalculated, and the Chu army had long been prepared for both. He will not be led by the nose by the Qi State because the Qi State reinforced the Liang State and attacked Jingxiang. But fortunately, the Emperor of Qi was not too stupid and had already made preparations.
It's really hot everywhere. Qi Chu is at war, Chu Liang is at war, Qi Wei is at war, Qi Han is at war. The world is so lively, even Dongwu has to make a move.
In the Dongwu Imperial Palace, the emperor is still Liuji Town. At this time, there were already ministers who made a proposal to Liujizhen to send troops to the Qi State, but Emperor Liujizhen hesitated again and again, but still couldn't make a decision. Dongwu is not a big country after all, and he doesn't want to ruin the country he has built with his own hands. A minister: "Your Majesty, our Wu country was originally built to occupy the land of Qi State, and if we don't seize the opportunity today, will we wait for him to recover his land when Qi Country is strong?" Your Majesty, don't hesitate any longer, only by dividing up a little more land of Qi can our Wu Kingdom have the ability to protect itself. Liu Jizhen lowered his head and pondered, and said, "Okay, send the general to lead 50,000 troops to attack the Qi State." ”
Now it's even more lively, Dongwu has joined this camp, and it's not all. Someone over there is coming again.
On the southwestern border of the Chu State, the Korean, Song, and Jin states also joined this unprecedented war. The rulers of those countries on the border of Chu were not fools, they knew that it would be bad for them to destroy Chu or Qi to destroy Qi. No one wants to stay with the tigers, because they can be eaten at any time. But if there are a considerable number of wolves around the tiger, then the tiger will not dare to move.
However, everyone is willing to have such a big war every few decades, because raising soldiers for a thousand days will eventually be useful. How can we get to know each other without a dozen?
The war of various countries continued like this, but the state of Chu had already solved the internal advantages, but the state of Qi did not have internal and external difficulties. Small countries come to join in the fun, mainly depending on the attitude of the big countries. If the big countries don't fight the showdown, the small countries will be miserable when they come to cause trouble.
In the city of Suzhou, the Sun family martial arts hall. At this time, Sun Yuanyuan was still grieving about her father's death, and Yang Zhihao came over and hugged him into his arms. said: "Yuanyuan, don't be too sad, everyone has their own fate. We still have our way to go, maybe the master is waiting for him there, this is what the master wants. After the death of my wife, the master and his old man will no longer continue the strings, they are all love for you, you can't break your body and make him sad under Jiuquan!" Sun Yuanyuan: "Yes, husband." "It's their three children who are also here. Yang Ting is ten years old and looks very cute. Yongzhi and Dingqian have also practiced martial arts since childhood, and Yang Zhihao has great expectations for them, so they are naturally strict in their discipline. Yang Ting: "Daddy, mother." Xiao Yang Ting's sweet voice made Sun Yuanyuan's heart happy. Moreover, the two sons are also very obedient, and she should probably come out, because there is still a good life waiting for her. Nothing beats being together as a family.
After the death of Old Man Sun, Yang Zhihao took over everything in the Sun family, which meant that he could do what he wanted. At night, Sun Yuanyuan fell asleep with the children, and Yang Zhihao looked at the sky alone in the small courtyard, which was pitch black. Suddenly, a man came in over the wall. The man walked up to Yang Zhihao and said, "Master, the apprentice has heard about it, and now there are wars everywhere. Qi, Chu, Wei, Han, Han, Song, Wu, and Liang are in a scuffle, and the people of our Qi country are about to fall into dire straits again. Our Suzhou is fine, in the central part of the country, it is not greatly affected. After hearing this, Yang Zhihao asked him to retreat, and then fell into deep thought.
The country is in trouble, and as the people of Qi, we have the responsibility to stand up and contribute our modest efforts to the stability of Daqi. At this time, Yang Zhihao didn't know how to do it. He only has one martial arts hall and nothing else. Even if he goes to the front with these people, it won't make much difference. Besides, he is not alone now, he has his own family, his own wife. There are also three children.
Suddenly, an idea came to mind. Since you can't directly contribute to the country, why not indirectly. Sometimes, intelligence often plays a greater role than an army of tens of thousands. Yang Zhihao is ready to establish an intelligence agency to contribute to the national war effort.
The next day, he called his core disciples to discuss the matter, and the disciples expressed their willingness to join the organization, and the master served as the commander of the organization. In the end, they discussed the name of this intelligence organization, and Yang Zhihao said: "We established this organization for the Qi country, for the sake of all the sentient beings of the Qi country, then it is called Fushengtang." All the disciples said yes.
After a few days of their busyness, the floating life hall gradually took shape. But Yang Zhihao didn't plan to tell his wife about all this, and he also ordered his disciples not to mention it to Sun Yuanyuan.