If the wealth of the world is ten, then six or seven are gathered in the same place.

Qi is located in the west of the East China Sea, and the trade and industry are beneficial to fish and salt. There are many good businessmen in the people, and the kings of the past dynasties also regarded fishermen as the foundation of the country, and they were the world's richest people.

However, the Qi country has a rich country, but it has not strengthened the army, and the rulers of successive dynasties are even short-sighted and lack strategic vision. Since Lü Shang was sealed in Yingqiu by King Wu of Zhou, the State of Qi has always been a great power in the world, and there was a Duke of Qi Huan who "respected the king and conquered the king" and dominated the princes; Later, King Qi Wei broke Pang Juan in Maling, replacing the hegemony of Wei in the early Warring States period. But whether it is the Duke of Qi Huan or the King of Qi Wei, they are only satisfied with dominating the princes and stop moving, and have never had the ambition to unify the world, so that the hegemony of King Huan Gongwei declined rapidly, and he lost the qualification to end the troubled times and dominate the world.

And the most lethal thing about Qi people is that they are so pompous and less pragmatic. At that time, the Linzi Jixia School Palace, which was very prosperous, was full of boastful people, and they were disdainful of talents like Shang Ying. Several generations of Qi monarchs after King Qi Wei were even more proud and complacent, satisfied with the appearance of a great power, among which King Qi Min was arrogant and claimed to be the Eastern Emperor, and under the instigation of Su Qin, he offended the six countries.

The combination of the five countries was originally to deal with the Qin state, but in the end, the Qin state also joined the alliance, and the spearhead of the five countries turned to deal with the Qi state, resulting in the tragedy of Le Yi commanding the five countries alliance to attack the Qi state, and was almost destroyed by the weak Yan State, and became the laughing stock of the world. In the end, it was only by relying on the born Tian Dan to use the fire ox array to break the Yan army, and the Qi State was able to restore the country, but it was also greatly damaged because of this, and the national strength has never returned to its former glory.

When the First Emperor launched the Unification War, the Qi State chose to watch from the wall, sat back and watched the five kingdoms die in the Qin State one after another, and finally had to dedicate seventy-two cities to the Qin State, surrendering without a fight, which was despised by the world. But fortunately, Qi was preserved intact in the unification war that almost destroyed everything in Qin, and after the Kwantung rebellion against Qin, Qi became one of the largest countries among the Kwantung princes by virtue of the wealth of Qi.

At the beginning, in order to deal with Liu Bang, who was secretly attacking the rear, Xiang Yu withdrew most of the main army in Qidi, leaving only 40,000 horses for Zhong Liwei to help Tian Jiao stabilize the situation in Qi. Tian Heng took advantage of the retreat of the main force of the Chu army to gather 300,000 troops to counterattack, Zhong Liwei was limited by the lack of troops, and was defeated and retreated by the Qi army with absolute superiority, and even Tian Jiao, the king of Qi set up by Xiang Yu, was killed by Tian Heng. After Zhong Liwei retreated to Xue County, he received support from Pengcheng, which stabilized the battle line and confronted Tian Heng in Qidi.

It's just that the five counties of Linzi, Jiaodong, Jibei, Dongjun, and Donghai set up in the original Qi land have all fallen into the hands of Tian Heng, and the Chu State occupies only one place in Xue County. Tian Heng, the king of Qi, has basically recovered the land of Qi and has once again become a great power in the eastern part of the Kwantung after the state of Chu.

Tian Heng was a nobleman of Qi during the original Warring States period and a member of the royal family. Since childhood, he likes the style of rangers, and he is bold by nature, and often scatters gold to feast heroes, and is known as "Little Meng Weijun" in Qi State. After the fall of Qi Guo, he and his brother Tian Rong relied on the help of the disciples to evade the Qin State's search for the Qi State clan, and finally lived in seclusion among the mountains and rivers, actively contacting the relics of the Six Kingdoms to restore the country.

Tian Dan erected an anti-Qin banner in Qi after Chen Sheng, and the two brothers Tian Rong and Tian Heng led the Hakka generals to take refuge and were reused by Tian Dan. After Tian Dan died in battle, Tian Rong Tian Heng set up Tian Shi, the son of Tian Dan, as the king and became the leader of the Qi State. After Tian Rong died at the hands of Xiang Yu, Tian Heng shouldered the pillars of Qi and established himself as the king of Qi, firmly taking the anti-Chu as his own responsibility.

Tian Heng is righteous, and he is even more heart-to-heart with hundreds of henchmen. It is precisely because of these die-hard people that he can get to such a glorious position today. But he is extremely proud of himself and does not dare to live under others, and Xiang Yu is the kind of person who "regards the heroes of the world as nothing", Xiang Yu's contempt aroused the anger in Tian Heng's heart, so in order to oppose Chu Rush, he was also the first among the princes to jump out to oppose Xiang Yu, and he was also the most ruthless one beaten by Xiang Yu.

Although Tian Heng is now a veritable King of Qi, he is not happy at all now. While scolding Zhao Xie and Wei Bao for their unrighteousness, he was worried about Liu Bang's fate.

Although Tian Heng is bold and likes martial arts and despises Wenzhi, it does not mean that he is simple-minded. He knew very well in his heart that once Liu Bang was destroyed, Xiang Yu would definitely not let go of himself, Zhao Xie, and Wei Bao, and the three of them would be finished sooner or later. For this reason, he deliberately gathered a large army and attacked Zhongliwei who refused to defend Xue County several times, but under Zhong Liwei's stubborn resistance, he could not move an inch, and finally had to retreat back to Qi after wandering under Xue City for more than a month.

At this moment, Tian Heng was drinking sullenly in Linzi City, thinking of Xiang Yu's many contempt and humiliation of himself, and the more he drank, the more unpleasant it was in his heart. Seeing that the flasks on the table were almost empty, and no one had come to serve them, he slapped the table in anger and yelled; "Where are the people, where are they all dead, get out of here."

A little eunuch walked in from outside the door tremblingly, knelt on the ground and said in a trembling voice: "What does the king command?" ”

Tian Heng grabbed the empty wine jug and threw it at the eunuch, saying angrily; "What about wine, even you, a gelding, dare to look down on the widow and don't want to live?"

The eunuch was so frightened that he didn't dare to dodge, and suddenly his head was broken by the wine jug, and he knelt on the ground and kowtowed desperately; "The king is angry, the king is angry, the slave is going to serve wine, this is going." After saying that, he got up and ran out with a roll, and after a while, a jar of wine was brought in.

Tian Heng stretched out his hand to take the wine jar, and then his anger decreased slightly, and he waved at the eunuch; "."

Tian Heng raised the wine jar and drank a few sips, and suddenly felt much more comfortable, and when he looked up, he saw that the eunuch still did not retreat, but just covered the wound on his forehead with his hand and looked at himself pitifully, so he glared and said, "What are you doing here, do you want me to invite you to drink?" ”

The eunuch said in a panic; "Your Majesty, Lord Xiangguo has been asking to see you outside for a long time, and he said that he wants to change and promote a group of officials, and he is about to ask Your Majesty for your approval, and the king will see if he wants to see him."

Tian Heng waved his hand impatiently, "Go and tell Xiangguo, he can make up his own mind about such trivial matters, don't bother me later, I am good at fighting, and he can solve such a mess of governing the country by himself, otherwise what do you want him to do as Xiangguo." ”

Seeing that Tian Heng's face was impatient, the eunuch didn't dare to say more, and hurriedly retreated.

Tian Heng drank for a while, but he still felt too bored, so he gathered dozens of cronies and wanted to go out of the city to hunt and relax. Just got on the horse, but saw a red flag galloping from the palace gate in the distance.

Naturally, the only messengers on the front line who could not dismount in the palace were the messengers on the front line.

Tian Heng let out a "chuckle" in his heart, thinking that something had happened at the front line, so he hurriedly greeted him.

When the messenger saw that the king of Qi was in front of him, he hurriedly stopped his horse, and Lisuo turned over and dismounted, knelt down and offered the military report. Tian Heng couldn't wait to take it and open it, and suddenly laughed,

One of his cronies asked, puzzled; "King, why are you so happy, but our army has won a big victory on the front line?"

Tian Heng smiled, "It's much better than this news, my eldest brother Liu Bang is here." I have always heard that the eldest brother has the style of an elder, is benevolent and trustworthy, and his subordinates are full of talents. Our Qi country wants soldiers and soldiers, and we want money and money, but we don't have talents. With the help of his eldest brother, Xiang Yu's good days are coming to an end. ”

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Strictly speaking, Liu Bang can indeed be regarded as Tian Heng's eldest brother.

At the beginning, the princes were allied by blood, and when they met against Chu, they became brothers with different surnames according to the ancient system. Liu Bang was powerful at the time, and he was the initiator, plus he was also the oldest, so he naturally became the eldest brother of the princes. It's just that this kind of bloody worship has been handed down from the princes of the Huimeng during the Spring and Autumn Period of Qi Huan, and it is just a political need, and no one takes it seriously. Tian Heng is a real person, and he admires Liu Bang a little, so he takes it seriously.

After Liu Bang escaped from Xingyang, he fled all the way east. Because he was worried that Xiang Yu's iron cavalry would catch up, Liu Bang ordered a man of similar shape to flee north with half of his men and horses under his banner, and divided several forces as suspicious soldiers. Xiang Yu was really fooled, and the iron cavalry galloped wildly for one day to stop the Han army led by the fake Liu Bang, and easily defeated the Han army. After killing the fake Liu Bang, Xiang Yu found out about the scheme. hurriedly returned to the division to divert the pursuit, but Liu Bang had already taken advantage of Xiang Yu's time to escape and ran to the territory of Qi in one go.

When Tian Heng heard that Liu Bang was coming, he was overjoyed, and hurriedly led the army to defeat Xiang Yu's vanguard in Linqiu. Xiang Yu was not ready for a decisive battle with the Qi army, and seeing that the Qi army was in good shape and there was no opportunity to take advantage of it, he stopped the pursuit and retreated back to Pengcheng.

Xiang Yu, who returned to Pengcheng to recuperate, had a dispute with Fan Zeng, and the two had a great conflict in their strategic policies after the Chu army. Fan Zeng insisted that Qi was too close to Pengcheng, which was a problem for his henchmen, and he must first concentrate on destroying Qi State, and then go north to plot the land of Zhao Wei, otherwise it is likely that Qi State will be copied back.

But Xiang Yu didn't think so, he had spent energy in the Qi State for a long time, and he had already had a headache about the tactics of the Qi people holding on to the city. The land of Hebei is different, there is a large plain, and it makes great use of the deployment of the army and the cavalry tactics that Xiang Yu is proud of.

Xiang Yu and Fan Zeng quarreled in the hall, which made Yu Ziqi and others very embarrassed, and they didn't know who to support. Xiang Yu originally had some opinions about Fan Zeng, but this time he insisted that he was right, so he couldn't listen to Fan Zeng's words even more. Seeing that Fan Zeng was still stubborn, anger surged in his heart, and he was about to leave as soon as he flicked his sleeves, but who expected Fan Zeng to step forward and hold his sleeves to prevent him from leaving, so he had to think about it carefully.

This completely angered Xiang Yu, and he asked someone to pull Fan Zeng away on the spot, and walked out of the council hall with a blue face, and left Pengcheng on the second day, and returned to the front line with Yu Ziqi.

After Xiang Yu returned to the front line, regardless of the fatigue of his soldiers, he forcibly led 200,000 troops to cross the river north, defeated the Zhao army in the sand dunes, and went north to besiege Handan with one part, and the others were divided into several forces to attack Zhao and Wei. Qi Di continued to hand it over to Zhong Liwei, asking him to strictly guard against Qi and keep Pengcheng from being threatened by the Qi army.

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If you talk about the temperament of the princes of the world, Tian Heng is definitely an outlier. In Liu Bang's words, that is, this King of Qi has too much recklessness, and he is not at all like a son born in an aristocratic family.

He is informal, bold and righteous, and attaches great importance to faithfulness. If he was a wealthy knight, it would have been very successful; If he is a general on the battlefield, he can barely be regarded as a famous general; But he is indeed a prince, the lord of the country, which seems a bit nondescript.

Seeing Liu Bang for the first time, Tian Heng laughed and greeted him warmly, grabbed Liu Bang's wrist and said loudly; "Big brother, don't come unharmed, three years have passed in a flash, and the younger brother really misses it very much."

When Liu Bang invaded Qi with Xiang Liang to drive away Zhang Han, he once had a relationship with Tian Heng. But at that time, Liu Bang was just a depressed little boss, Tian Heng definitely wouldn't take it to heart, although he had seen it, but he definitely couldn't even tell whether Liu Bang was tall and short, fat or thin, he just wanted to get closer to Liu Bang.

Since Tian Heng is so enthusiastic, Liu Bang will naturally do enough to play a role. When it comes to acting, Ten Tian Heng is not Liu Bang's opponent. He redoubled his enthusiasm to hold Tian Heng's hand and sighed with emotion, first talking about today's events from the old love, saying that Tian Heng's brother Tian Rong was killed, Liu Bang also squeezed out a few tears, sad; said that Xiang Yu gritted his teeth and swore that he would not share the hatred of the sky.

These naturally greatly increased Tian Heng's good impression of Liu Bang in his heart, and he felt that he was really a lover, so he respected Liu Bang more and more.

After the two exchanged pleasantries, Tian Heng asked with a smile again; "I don't know what my big brother plans for the future."

Liu Bang looked depressed and sighed; "Don't hide it from you, Brother Xian, I was already disheartened by Xiang Yu this time, if I could, I would like to retire to the mountains and forests. It's just that His Majesty King Huai had a great favor to me back then, but he died tragically at the hands of Xiang Yu, and I, Liu Bang, must fight to the death with Xiang Yu even if I fight my last breath.

After speaking, Liu Bang suddenly turned over and bowed to Tian, "It's a pity that Liu Bang can be low and shallow, and he is not defeated by Xiang Yu." Now the princes are all in danger, only the king you still have the strength to fight with Xiang Yu, and I, Liu Bang, am willing to serve the king as a courtier. Although the soldiers and horses under my command have been lost, there are still twenty or thirty thousand people, Liu Bang is willing to put all these people into the Qi army, I still have a few good generals and ministers here, if you don't dislike it, the king may also take them together. ”

Seeing Liu Bang's sincere words, Tian Heng couldn't help but blush. In fact, he originally had this kind of plan in his heart, wanting to swallow all Liu Bang's subordinates and army for his own use, but when Liu Bang said it so righteously, he seemed to be a villain. Looking at Liu Bang's sincere sad face, Tian Heng's mind was hot, and his heart suddenly rose with pride, and he helped Liu Bang to feign anger; "Big brother, what are you talking about, what kind of person is my Tian Heng, how can I do something that falls into the ground. Not to mention that you are my righteous brother, even if you are an ordinary prince who comes to meet you, I Tian Heng will not do such a dirty thing. ”

"You and I are brothers with different surnames, and I admire your character even more because of my eldest brother. Today, in order to avenge Emperor Yi, you ended up in such a disgraceful end. Since I, Tian Heng, am allies, I naturally advance and retreat together, live and die together, and never live up to your eldest brother in this life. Don't say that kind of thing just now in the future, and if I talk about my brother, I'm going to turn my face and deny people. ”

Liu Bang refused repeatedly, but Tian Heng insisted on refusing, and Liu Bang reluctantly agreed. In the future, he and Tian Heng will be called brothers, not in the name of monarchs and ministers.

Tian Heng really matched his words and deeds, and did not treat Liu Bang badly, he chose a mansion for Liu Bang alone in Linzi, and the specifications and spirits were all according to the palace. The tens of thousands of remnants of his army were placed in a large city not far from Linzi, and they were all equipped with food and grass attacks and ordnance rest, and they did not slack off at all.

Fan Hao and Zhou Bo were worshiped by Tian Heng as the generals of the Qi State, and respectively commanded an army to confront Xue County and Zhong Liwei, while Xiao He and Cao Shen entered the official palace of the Qi State.

Who are Xiao He and Cao Shen? That is the talent of Anbang and Dingguo, and it is naturally not a problem to be in a single place. Within a few days, the case of official documents pushed by the court of Qi was cleared up by the two, and everything was done in an orderly manner without any mistakes.

Qi Guo's original Xiangguo was Tian Heng's relative, and he was only slightly the same ink, and he was powerless to think about the position of Xiangguo, and he was always sloppy. Now that there are two more officials who are so capable, how can he not be overjoyed, so he threw all the work of Xiangguo to Xiao He and the others, and he ended up at ease.

Fan Xu and Zhou Bo are indeed rare generals, but they have fought against Han Xin and Xiang Yu before, and they were able to show their skills today, cooperating with each other in Xue County to launch several battles one after another, and captured five cities from the Chu army. For a while, the people of Qi were excited, and Tian Heng was also very happy, rewarded the two of them heavily, and entrusted all the time of the front line to the two of them.

Liu Bang's family is so sharp in the army, it will naturally offend many of the original old men of the Qi State, they are in company with each other, and they keep persuading Tian Heng day and night to be careful of Liu Bang, so as not to be taken away by him the foundation of the Qi State.

Originally, Tian Heng just disdained this, but beat these people out of the stick. But the three of them became tigers, and more and more people talked about it, and Tian Heng couldn't help but have doubts in his heart, so he asked a henchman who was usually very close to Liu Bang to ask him what he wanted.

This confidant pretended to be friends with Liu Bang, and then took the opportunity to persuade Liu Bang to replace Tian Heng. Who expected that Liu Bang would be furious when he heard this, and immediately overturned the table, drew his sword and broke off relations with that person. Finally roared loudly; "King Qi treats me very well, but you make me a hypocrite who is unkind and unrighteous and spurned by the world, do you think I, Liu Bang, will murder my brother?"

The man was speechless for a while, so he had to leave Liu Bang's mansion.

Liu Bang then thought about it more and more wrong, so he hurriedly went to the palace of King Qi to resign, no matter how Tian Heng persuaded him, he insisted on refusing, insisting on retiring, not when he was concerned about military politics.

Tian Heng couldn't resist him, so he had to agree. I was really guilty in my heart, and I reused the people recommended by Liu Bang more and more, and I did my best to Liu Bang's life, and the specifications and utensils were not lower than my own.