Just when Ye Gong was still pondering the impact of the fall of the Cai State, the impact of the fall of the Cai State had already appeared. Cai Guo was close to the Song State, and Cai Guo had only been destroyed for three days, and the Song State monarch received the news. At that time, it was Song Jinggong who served as the monarch of the Song Kingdom, and it can be seen from the nickname that this is a relatively accomplished monarch.

When Song Jinggong heard that Cai Guo was destroyed by the Han State in just ten years, he immediately sent someone to find the ruling master Zihan to discuss.

Zihan already knew about Cai Guo before he came, and he didn't talk nonsense, and asked Song Jinggong directly: "The Lord is preparing to form an alliance with the Han State?" ”

"Definitely! Although the widow has the heart to form an alliance with the Han State, he still has doubts in his heart. Song Jinggong sighed, shook his head and said.

Zihan asked slowly, "What are the doubts of the Lord?" ”

Song Jing said fairly: "I heard that the Han Kingdom rose in the mountains, and the monarch was born in the Yan Kingdom, so I am afraid that he will not know China!" Although these countries are strong, I am afraid that they are only temporary strength! Once Yang Zilu dies, I am afraid that the Han Kingdom will also be destroyed! ”

Zihan nodded and said, "What the lord said is very true, but the minister has another opinion. Although the Han Kingdom rose in the mountains, the Han Marquis was a man, not a person who blindly fought against the military. Last year, although the Han State changed the law, although the results were not obvious, we have not heard of any turmoil in the huge Han Kingdom. It must be known that most of the land of the Han Kingdom is now the remnants of the Wu Kingdom! In this way, it shows that if the law changes to make the Chinese people rich, they will have their hearts set on the Han Kingdom! How can such princes be like meteors? ”

When Song Jinggong heard this, he nodded and said: "What you said is also reasonable, then the widow will send someone to tell the envoy of the Han State that the widow and the Han State have formed an alliance!" ”

Zihan said: "Don't worry, Lord, although the Han State is strong and strong, the Chu State is not bad!" In terms of victory or defeat, I am afraid that the Chu State will be a few points stronger than the Han State! ”

When Song Jinggong heard this, he was surprised: "Then why did you let the widow take refuge in the Han Kingdom?" ”

Zihan smiled bitterly: "Although the State of Chu says that it borders the State of Song, the real army needs to be mobilized from Zaiying. It is more than 2,000 miles away from my Song Kingdom, but the Han Kingdom is different, and the Guangling Tomb of the Han Kingdom is only a thousand miles away from my Song Kingdom. And my two big countries in the Song Kingdom can't afford to offend, so naturally I can only choose one that is close to each other, and I can get support in the future. ”

When Song Jinggong heard this, he sighed and said with a wry smile: "This is the difficulty of a small country!" ”

Zihan also nodded with a wry smile and said, "Lord said this! Alas! Let's talk about the preparations for the future! If we can't destroy the Chu State in one fell swoop, I am afraid that the Chu State will retaliate against our Song State for helping the Han State in the future, so the minister suggested that the Lord send an envoy to offer advice to the Han Hou and let the Han Hou form more alliances with several vassal states. Such as the Xue State and the Lu State on the edge of my Song Kingdom. Wait for him to say that the Chu State will retaliate, and they will come to support first, so it is better to wait until the reinforcements of the Han State come! And when attacking the Chu State, there were a lot more soldiers and horses, and the chances of winning against the Chu State were also a few points higher! ”

Song Jinggong nodded approvingly, and immediately sent someone to spread the envoy of the Han State. After Song Jinggong was polite, he expressed his willingness to form an alliance with the Han State, and at the same time, he also had the plan that Zihan said.

After Ou Bijiang received an accurate answer, he immediately returned to Zhongli City of the Han Kingdom in a hurry. After seeing Yang Zilu, Ou Bijiang immediately said Song Jinggong's words one by one.

When Yang Zilu heard this, he nodded and said, "Gong Song's words also make sense......

Yang Zilu was still thinking about whether he should unite those vassal states. At this time, Kan Pingtian walked into the hall with a person in a gray robe, Yang Zilu stopped talking, looked at Kan Pingtian, and frowned a little dissatisfied, but Yang Zilu still asked in a calm tone: "Xiangguo, what kind of person is this?" How did you bring it! ”

What kind of person is Kan Pingtian, he is the best at observing and observing words, and as soon as he heard Yang Zilu say this, he immediately knew that Yang Zilu was dissatisfied. Half explaining, half introductory, he said: "Lord, this is the envoy sent by the State of Yi to ask for help from the State of Han. Now the country of Lu is attacking the country of Yi for no reason, and the country of Lu cannot resist, so I have come to ask the Lord to support justice and save the weak country of Yi! And this is also an opportunity to spread the prestige of the Lord! ”

When Yang Zilu heard this, she couldn't help but be stunned, what kind of country is this country? He just remembered that it was a very weak country. Yang Zilu hooked his hand towards Hou Yuanzhi, Hou Yuanzhi immediately understood what Yang Zilu meant, leaned into Yang Zilu's ear, and said softly: "Lord, the country of Yi is a duke and vassal state, and there are not many troops now, but it is not small, there are four hundred military vehicles!" It is very close to Qufu, just south of Qufu. ”

Yang Zilu nodded when he heard this, what he valued was how many troops there were, since there were 400 military vehicles in the country, this also showed that the number of troops in the country was not small, and there were still 20,000 or 30,000 people, so it would be worth using. Especially now, it happens that the Nalu State has come to establish its authority, and the several vassal states near the Song State have either threatened or lured them over.

Yang Zilu thought of doing it, Huo Ran stood up, pretended to be angry and said, "How can this be reasonable! Lu is also known as the state of etiquette, but it can only bully the weak, what a hypocrite! If my doctor, please rest assured, the widow will go down to prepare soldiers and horses to support the country! Uphold justice for the country! ”

When I heard this, I was overjoyed, and I whimpered with excitement: "Fortunately, there is still a benevolent king like you among the princes!" If I am here, on behalf of my lord and the whole country, I thank you for your help! In addition, there is a piece of treasure jade, four horses, and twenty minks, which are tributed to the king! To express my gratitude to the monarch for his benevolence and righteousness! ”

Yang Zilu waved his hand disapprenosingly and said: "Thank you, doctor, but the widow sent troops to the country to uphold justice for the country, how can I ask for these thanks!" ”

If I naturally refused, I would give it to Yang Zilu if I said anything, Yang Zilu was annoyed after pushing twice, and I was too lazy to waste saliva to push it. Only then did people accept it, but after I left, Yang Zilu immediately asked people to find Mang Gao, and instructed Mang Gao: "After a while, you will sell all the tributes of the State of Yi except for the horses, and the proceeds will be transferred to the treasury, and you will share the remaining one." ”

When Mang Gao heard this, he couldn't help but be stunned and said, "Don't you like it, Lord? Just now, the minister went to receive it and found that these tributes, whether they were jade or mink, were all excellent! ”

Yang Zilu sneered: "What does the widow want this mink for?" Such extravagances only kill the hero's spirit. Waiting for the world...... When the widow becomes the overlord, it's never too late to enjoy it! ”

In fact, Yang Zilu wants to say that the world is unified, but he is afraid that if this word spreads, he will be cited as a public enemy by the princes of the world, and it will be miserable. The Han State is not the Qin State, there is a Hangu Pass, and the Han State is not as strong as the Qin State, so Yang Zilu hurriedly changed his words.

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Since agreeing to my request, Yang Zilu began to dispatch troops. The military efficiency of the Han State was very high, but in just three days, Yang Zilu had already mobilized 34,000 troops in the vicinity of Zhongli City. Among them, 20,000 were surrendered by Cai, accounting for more than half of the army.

Yang Zilu left Kan Pingtian to deal with the state of Cai, and some of the citizens of the state of Cai would move from Xia Cai to Shouchun City opposite Xia Cai, and the state of Cai would also be reorganized into a county of the Han state, Shouchun County.

Yang Zilu led 10,000 Cai troops to surrender, 5,000 Han soldiers to the north, and the remaining soldiers and horses were handed over to Kan Pingtian to defend Shouchun County and Zhongli City. Of course, Yang Zilu couldn't just take some soldiers and horses to the north, on the way, Sima Xia Huyao of Donghai County led 10,000 soldiers from Donghai County to join Yang Zilu.

At that time, there will be a Han state, a total of 25,000 troops to the north. After converging Xia Hu's roar, Yang Zilu did not follow the original path to the north and entered directly from the border between Han and Lu, but advanced to the northwest, first to Tan in the gap between Lu and Han.

When he arrived at the border of Tan State, Yang Zilu first sent Ou Bijiang as an envoy to enter Tan State to meet the monarch of Tan State, and after Ou Bijiang saw the monarch of Tan State, he immediately forced the monarch of Tan State to form an alliance with Han State. In front of the strength, what choice can the monarch of Tan Guoguo have? The monarch of Tan immediately agreed to form an alliance with the Han State, although he said that he had an alliance, but he actually took refuge in Yang Zilu. For this reason, Tan Guo will provide part of the grain and grass for the Han army. In addition, in order to show his loyalty to the Han State, on the basis of providing food, the king of Tan sent the prince of Tan to lead a hundred military chariots and 8,000 soldiers to follow Yang Zilu to support the State of Tan.

Yang Zilu entered the Song Kingdom from Tan State again, and Song Jinggong, the monarch of Song State, thought to himself that if he took refuge, he would take refuge completely. Song Jinggong didn't care that he was a duke and Yang Zilu was a marquis, and went to the border of the Song Kingdom to greet Yang Zilu. Yang Zilu naturally smiled at this more loyal little brother and encouraged him.

After receiving Yang Zilu's encouragement, Song Jinggong immediately patted his chest and led 5,000 Song soldiers to follow Yang Zilu to support the State of Yi. And when passing through Xue Guo, Xue Guojun also recognized the situation clearly. After saying a few words, Ou Bijiang expressed his willingness to form an alliance with Yang Zilu, and then led 3,000 soldiers of Xue State to follow Yang Zilu.

The soldiers of the three countries plus the Han State added up to more than 40,000 people at this time, and they were pressing towards the State of Di. At this time, Lu Guo was also afraid, they couldn't imagine that Duke Yin, a senseless and faint monarch, would find such a big backer, and the number of soldiers and horses brought by him was about the same as the number of soldiers in the entire Lu country.

Ji Kangzi didn't dare to delay, and immediately led people to the front line of the country of Yi. Considering that Yang Zilu is more friendly to Confucianism. Now most of the lower-level officials and officials of the Han State are composed of Confucian children, and Ji Kangzi sent Confucius's proud disciple Ran You to meet Yang Zilu.

When Yang Zilu heard Ran You asking to see her, her mind that she didn't want to see also changed, and she asked Ran You to bring her over. He remembered that Confucius had said something to the effect that he had so many disciples, and there were only three people who handled government affairs best: Zilu, Zigong, and Ran. Confucius couldn't help but show a look of remembrance when he talked about Ran You.

(To be continued)