Chapter 80: Going deep into the tiger's den, Chen Xiang collected the army
On this day, Lü Buwei was having dinner in the palace, when someone suddenly came to the palace and asked him to enter the palace quickly.
Lü Buwei entered the main hall, and the king of Qin handed him a secret letter, which Lü Buwei opened and saw that it was a secret letter from Li Xin, in which he said that he had successfully persuaded the king of Qi to oppose the water, on the condition that after destroying the Hua Kingdom, he and the king of Qin could be called kings respectively, and the east and west would rule the world.
Qi is a traditional power, and when Qi Huan Gong was in power, he once dominated the world and was the first hegemon of the Spring and Autumn Five Hegemons. After the death of Duke Huan of Qi, the state of Qi gradually declined, and was almost destroyed by the state of Yan. However, the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, the Qi country is rich in products, outstanding people, and good names and generals, so although it has been weathered, it is still standing, and its national strength should not be underestimated, which is also the main reason why Li Xin did not dare to launch an attack on Qi State.
The current King of Qi has passed to the second generation of Tiandan, the political situation of Qi has been chaotic in recent years, and the change of monarchs is ordinary, and it is no longer the Qi State that advanced and retreated with Hua in the past. Now the king of Qi saw that the Qin country was powerful, and the king of Hua was shrinking to the south, and it was expected that the Qin country would win, so Tian shamelessly looked at the Qin country, Li Xin seized the opportunity and used the Central Plains as a bait, and the king of Qi really took the bait, and a shocking conspiracy to defect before the battle began.
After reading the secret letter, Lu Buwei was shocked into a cold sweat. King Qin asked, "What does Xiangguo think about this matter?" Lü Buwei calmed down and replied: "It is really the blessing of my Great Qin that the King of Qi can abandon the darkness and turn to the light, but the Kingdom of Qi has always been fickle, and the king needs to be cautious."
King Qin said with a smile: "What Xiang Guo said is extremely true, but General Li Xin has already made comprehensive arrangements to ensure that nothing goes wrong." Lü Buwei hurriedly said: "General Li Xin is worthy of being the minister of the humerus, with such a good general, why worry that my Great Qin cannot dominate the world, congratulations to the king, congratulations to the king." King Qin was overjoyed when he heard this, and he couldn't stop laughing.
Back in the house, Lu Buwei didn't have time to change clothes and wash, so he couldn't wait to come to the study and write a letter to inform Chen Xiang.
At this time, Chen Xiang, who was in the south, was in full swing to prepare for the war. Looking at the secret letter sent by Lu Buwei, the corners of Chen Xiang's mouth couldn't help but sneer.
Chen Xiang put down the letter and sent someone to invite Wu Zixu and Fan Li to come over to discuss the matter. The two soon came to Chen Xiang's room, and the three of them discussed for a long time, and finally Chen Xiang decided to return north immediately.
Chen Xiang entrusted all the affairs of the south to Wu Zixu and Fan Li, and then took Luzhu and Ji Yu to drive north in a hurry, and sent someone to inform Le Yi quickly, so that he could inform the King of Qi that in order to deter the Qin army, Ji Kang, the monarch of Huaguo, was going to the border of Yanqi to hold a hunt with the King of Qi.
When King Qi heard Le Yi's report, he was secretly happy, so he invited his henchman Kuang Zhang to come to discuss the matter. When the King of Qi was ready to hunt with Ji Kang, he took advantage of his unpreparedness and handed it over to the King of Qin, wouldn't it be a great achievement. Kuang Zhang was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly said, "How can the king do such a treacherous thing? Besides, Tyrannical Qin has long been eyeing me, and the king's move is tantamount to seeking skin with the tiger. The monarch of Huaguo, Ji Kang, benevolence, righteousness and virtue, once saved my Qi country from danger, and we should cooperate with Huaguo to resist the strong Qin. The king of Qi said with a displeased face: "General, don't say anything, this king's move is for the sake of the people of Qi, and it is really helpless." As a pillar of the country, how can the general be as knowledgeable as the sour Confucian. Kuang Zhang wanted to defend again, but King Qi waved his hand again and again, and said impatiently: "Is the general loyal to this king or to the king of Hua?" Kuang Zhang had no choice but to take the order.
Three days later, when the sun was in the sky and the sky was cloudless, Chen Xiang galloped into the army of King Qi across a pure white horse, followed by only a personal guard nameless.
When King Qi saw Chen Xiang coming, he hurriedly went out of the tent to greet him, Chen Xiang turned over and dismounted, walked over and held King Qi's hands vigorously and said, "I haven't seen him for many years, can the king be okay?" King Qi has lived in seclusion in the deep palace for a long time, his body is thin, how can he stand Chen Xiang's hard work, he couldn't bear the pain for a while, and hurriedly trembled: "The king is so angry, he hurts the widow." When Chen Xiang heard this, he slowly let go, and said with a smile: "This king has been in the army for a long time, and he is used to being vulgar, so please forgive me." King Qi was polite again and again, and hurriedly led Chen Xiang into the account to rest.
When he came to the tent, Chen Xiang didn't wait to sit down and asked with a smile: "King Suwen is good at valuation, dare to ask how much the king's head is worth?" King Qi was stunned for a while, stunned for a long time, and smiled awkwardly: "The king really likes to joke, how can this king calculate your head?" Hahaha......" After saying that, he couldn't stop laughing.
Chen Xiang suddenly stepped forward, grabbed the skirt of King Qi's clothes and asked, "Then why did the king ambush many sword and axe men on both sides of the big tent?" King Qi's face was as pale as earth when he arrived, and he couldn't say anything for a while. Chen Xiang shouted: "You ungrateful villain, you killed your father and seized the throne, and brutalized Zhongliang, and now you are so bold and reckless that you want to attack this king, this king will clean up the door for Tiandan today, which can be regarded as a consolation for old friends."
King Qi trembled with fright, and hurriedly shouted outside the tent: "Come and ......." Before King Qi finished shouting, he saw that a sharp sword had already slashed through King Qi's neck like lightning, and King Qi died of anger. Nameless gently inserted his sword back into its scabbard, and then gently stood behind Chen Xiang again.
There was a sudden noise outside the tent, it turned out that Le Yi led the army to kill at this time, and the Qi army suddenly panicked and hurriedly responded to the battle. Kuang Zhang, the general of the army, hurriedly rushed to report to the tent of King Qi, and when he got into the tent, he was stunned for a while when he saw this situation.
Seeing this, Chen Xiang suddenly asked, "General Kuang must have known that the King of Qi wanted to curry favor with the Qin State and intended to harm this king, right?" Kuang Zhang bowed his head and was silent. Chen Xiang continued to say aloud: "This king also knows that General Kuang's entire family has been poisoned by the Qin army, and he has always thought of revenge in his heart, but now why do you want to help the abuse, so that the relatives are painful, and the enemies are happy?"
Kuang Zhang immediately turned around and rushed out of the tent, drew his sword and shouted to the Qi soldiers who were in a panic at this time: "All the soldiers listen to the order, the king of Qi has no way, and wants to kill the king of Hua to sacrifice the king of Qin." Now it has been killed by the monarch of Huaguo, at this time the army of Huaguo has arrived, and I hope that you can see the situation clearly, distinguish between right and wrong, quickly put down your weapons and surrender with me, I Kuang Zhang will be able to protect you. Now the king of Hua is in the military tent behind me, if you don't believe me, you can ask the king to come out and answer. ”
After that, Chen Xiang opened the tent and walked out slowly, shouting at Qi Jun: "I, Huaqi, have always shared glory and disgrace and joined hands to resist the enemy, but now it is only because the King of Qi is a ghost, and has nothing to do with all the soldiers, as long as you stop resisting, we are still the closest allies."
The soldiers of the Qi army had long been completely warn, and when they heard Chen Xiang's words, they abandoned their weapons and surrendered, kneeling and bowing.