Chapter 311: Rumors
Le Yi suddenly became a quasi-S-level celebrity, which brought some shock to Qin Wu.
After relieving himself, Qin Wu began to march out of camp, and the army was approaching the Qi State.
Originally, knowing that Qin Wu wanted to attack the Qi State, the Duke of Qi Huan was ruthless, mobilized all the forces in the country, and when Qin Wu attacked the Song State, he wanted to destroy the vengeful Yan army first, and then transfer the battle line to fight the Wu army.
In the initial battle, Qi occupied the absolute upper hand, and the Yan army was defeated and retreated. But somehow, Le Yi suddenly broke out and became a quasi-S-level historical general, and immediately defeated the besieging Qi army in a disadvantaged city defense battle, and also went out of the city to pursue, killing a total of 50,000 Qi troops.
In order to avoid being besieged by the generals of the Qi army and waiting for the support of the Wu army, Le Yi did not rush to attack, but defended the city and confronted the onslaught of the Qi army.
At such a time, the envoy sent by Qin Wu came to the king of Yan Zhao who was personally conquered.
"You have come here with hard work this time, I don't know what you are doing?"
In the handsome tent with a simple decoration and a noble one, King Yan Zhao, who was dressed in military uniform, asked the envoy of the martial arts country wearing black and red clothes.
"Under the order of the lord, I have come to pass the covenant of alliance to King Yan."
Taking out a scroll made of red silk from his sleeve, the messenger sent by Qin Wu respectfully handed the scroll over.
The alliance invitation sent by Qin Wu to King Yan Zhao is similar to that given to Qin Wu by King Chuzhuang, which is an alliance recognized by the Zhou Dynasty, and it cannot be easily torn up until the allies have not done something sorry for you, and at the same time, they must not launch attacks on the original allies within a month after betraying the alliance.
The subsidiary condition negotiated between Qin Wu and the king of Chuzhuang was to send 100,000 troops to assist in the capture of Qi, while the subsidiary condition proposed by Qin Wu to King Yan Zhao was that all the cities captured by the Wu army were owned by the Wu State, and if the Yan State encountered a difficult enemy and needed the assistance of the Wu army to attack, most of the weapons and equipment captured would go to the Yan State, and the prisoners of war would belong to the Wu State, and the cities captured by the two countries would also belong to the Wu State.
Such ancillary conditions, except for the last one, which is slightly suspected of taking advantage, are all decent. And Qin Wu is willing to send troops to help Yan State attack Qi, and it is also appropriate to give some benefits, and Yan State does not need to pay the price of land, money, army, etc., such a condition, King Yan Zhao feels that he can accept it.
"Okay, your envoy, please go back and tell King Wu of Qin that the Yan Kingdom is willing to reach an alliance with the Wu Kingdom."
After carefully reading the covenant and not having any traps, Yan Zhao said.
The alliance was reached, and Qin Wu immediately launched a large army to attack the Qi State, and in the face of the powerful Qin Wu's attack, the Qi State did not dare to take it lightly.
Sun Bin, the commander-in-chief of the Qi army, and Tian Ji, the general, led 100,000 Qi troops to march over and join up with 100,000 border troops, a total of 200,000 troops, ready to fight with the 250,000 armies of Wu and Chu.
The Wu-Chu coalition army was menacing, and the soldiers were brave, Sun Bin and Tian Ji did not dare to confront Qin Wu head-on, but defended the important city and prepared to fight the city defense battle in Qin Wu.
In addition, in the face of the siege of Wu, Chu, and Yan, Sun Bin proposed that Duke Huan of Qi ask for help from the four kingdoms of Wei, Wei, Qin, and Zhao with heavy benefits.
Wei was facing the threat of Chu, and it was the time to recuperate, so how could he agree to send troops? Wei refused to support, and Wei naturally chose to refuse as well.
As for the Qin State, the Duke of Qi Huan was the anti-Qin alliance, and Qin Wu was the main force to help the Qin State defeat the anti-Qin Alliance. Although there was no righteous war in the Spring and Autumn Period, there must always be some moral reason for the vassal states to send troops. To help people who wanted to destroy themselves not long ago for no reason, to attack and help their friends, even if Qin Mugong wanted to do this, he didn't dare to do it.
As for the State of Zhao, it is currently in full swing with the State of Zhongshan, and the State of Zhongshan took advantage of the chaos to take advantage of the chaos to lay down several important border cities and large areas of land of the State of Zhao, and the geographical location of these border cities is very critical, if it falls into the hands of the State of Zhongshan, it will only give the State of Zhongshan the opportunity to erode the land of the State of Zhao in the future.
However, the defense of these border cities has been very strong by Zhao Guo for so many years, and after being defeated by Zhongshan Guo like a sneak attack, Zhao Guo will undoubtedly have to pay more price if he wants to fight back.
And now that the vassal states within the Zhou Dynasty were in turmoil, the Zhao State also needed to strengthen the troops on the border to guard against a surprise attack by the enemy state. It is necessary to raise troops to recapture Chongcheng, and to mobilize troops to strengthen border defenses, and Zhao is also powerless to respond to Qi's request.
If one plan fails, Sun Bin has another plan.
Before the war between Wu and Chu, although the Chu State suffered heavy casualties, the Wu State also suffered a lot of casualties, but it was made up for through the post-war development, although the Wu State and the Chu State were allies, but there was a large gap between the two countries.
And the current commander of the Chu army, Chu Gongzi Xiong Side, used to be Qin Wu's subordinate prisoner, maybe Qin Wu did not abuse the captured Xiong Side, and may not mind this matter, but the Xiong Side, who led the army to defeat and was captured by Qin Wu, both lost face and lost power, will definitely have some guilt in his heart.
Therefore, Sun Bin sent many secret agents to spread rumors on the road of the Wu-Chu coalition army, in the country of Wu, and in the country of Chu.
After saying that Qin Wu coveted the vast land of Chu and captured Qi, making Wu stronger and stronger, he would definitely turn around and deal with the enemy Chu State in the past. One will say that the Chu State covets the land of the Wu State, and on the surface it allied with the Wu State, but in fact, it is harboring evil intentions and wants to paralyze the Wu army, although there are the constraints of the alliance, the Chu army cannot attack the Wu army, but it is still okay to stand by and watch the Wu army annihilate when the Wu army and the Qi army are decisive and watch the entire Wu army annihilated.
was defeated and captured by Qin Wu before, Xiong Fang was a little troubled in his heart, but as a commander who led the troops outside, Xiong Fang understood the lethality of rumors. Compared with the little bit of mustard in his heart, Xiong Fang was more worried that Qin Wu would be suspicious of him, give up the plan to attack Qi, and instead have the idea of attacking Chu.
Worried about this, after hearing the rumors, Xiong Fang immediately took the initiative to come to the Wujun camp, wanting to explain to Qin Wu in person and clarify the rumors.
"Childe came here from Qin, can he come here for the rumors that have been circulating everywhere these days?"
Seeing the bear side who took the initiative to come to his handsome tent, Qin Wu laughed and laughed.
"That's right, these remarks are just false rumors, I hope King Wu doesn't take it to heart and doubt the position of our army."
Nodding, Xiong said sideways.
"Don't worry, Qin will not be affected by these rumors, and I believe that neither will the childe-on-hand side. Recently, rumors have spread around, it must be Qi Guo who is a ghost from it, otherwise why don't there be these things in normal times, and when we want to attack the city, all the rumors suddenly pop up? ”
Qin Wu said with a smile.
(To be continued)