The capital of Qi State, Linzi.

In the huge palace, the Marquis of Qi and a group of ministers and doctors of the State of Qi were receiving envoys from the State of Wu.

Who are they?

It's Wu Guoda's order-

Yang Tiger!

Among the many envoys sent by Qingji, Yanghu's official title is the highest, which shows how much Qingji attaches importance to the Qi State.

After all, after the alliance of Cheng Zhou, as the overlord Jin State was divided into six and collapsed, the Qi State was still the "second oldest in ten thousand years", and its national strength was second only to Wu State......

"Qi Hou, and today, it is a world of great contention, the strong are strong, and the weak are dead!"

"The monarch of Qi is virtuous, under the rule of the Marquis of Qi, for more than 50 years, the princes have been subdued, Li Shu has lived and worked in peace and contentment, the road is not left behind, and the national strength is thriving!"

Yang Hu looked flattering and said: "Such a Qi country, if it can't be hegemonized, so that the Son of Heaven will be uncle, it is really intolerable." ”

"Huh."

In the face of such flattery as Yang Hu, Pestle just smiled.

In the twilight of his reign of more than 50 years, I don't know how many winds and waves he has seen.

Today's pestle and mortar have long since lost their former ambitions.

However, if you can make Qi go further and dominate the world, why not?

It's just that if the overlord Wu State can't be defeated, the hegemony of the Qi State will not be achieved after all.

"Yang Hu, this time Wu Hou sent you to Qi, I don't know what you are doing?"

Mortar asked with a smile.

treats Yang Hu, and calls him by his name, which is not respectful at all.

After all, Yang Hu's background was a retainer of the Ji Sun clan of Lu State, although he once ranked among the doctors of Lu Guoqing, so as to command Sanhuan, govern Lu State, and open the precedent of "retainers in charge of national government" in Lu State.

But in his heart, he looked down on Yang Hu at all, and even despised Yang Hu.

For this kind of thing, how can Yang Hu not know?

"Marquis Qi, don't hide it, my king sent my ministers to Linzi to discuss with you Marquis Qi and send troops to Juguo."

Yang Hu pretended to be deep, and said slowly: "Ju Jun has no way, and he expropriates the people violently, just to repair the palace, greedy for pleasure, and make the people's grievances boiling, and he is not a king." ”

"Ruqi is the closest to Ju, so my king plans to let the Marquis of Qi send troops to uphold justice for the Ju people and support a new Ju monarch."

"After the matter is completed, not only the Ju State, but also the other four kingdoms of Xue, Di, Tan, and Teng should all submit to the Qi State."

Is this the anger of others?

Yes and no!

After so many years of assimilation, the five vassal states of Ju, Xue, Di, Tan, and Teng were actually similar to the counties of Wu.

It would be easy for Qingji to annex these vassal states.

"Hahahaha!"

Pestle laughed loudly and said, "Yang Hu, do you really think that the widow is a good lake? ”

"If my Qi State wants to make the five kingdoms of Ju, Xue, Di, Tan, and Teng submit, or even annex these five countries, why do I need to ask Wu Hou?"

"Instead of worrying about the affairs of the north, Wu Hou should think about how to survive the country!"

After a pause, the pestle squinted his eyes and said, "Although the country is big, the belligerent will be dangerous. ”

"Since the succession of Marquis Wu, for more than 20 years, Wu has swallowed Chu and destroyed Yue, annexed Bashu, and subdued the Central Plains, which can be said to be in the limelight for a while."

"However, Wu Hou is so reckless and rejoicing, after all, it makes the heavens angry and resentful."

"The black ice platform of Ruwu Kingdom, which is meticulously made all over the north and south of the river, is known to be pervasive. Presumably Wu Hou should know that the countries are preparing to join forces to attack Wu Ye? ”

Hearing this, Yang Hu bowed to the pestle and saluted without humility or arrogance: "My king should know. It's just that why is the Marquis of Qi sure that my Wu State cannot break this crisis, defeat the army of the invading princes, and turn defeat into victory? ”

"Hmph, joke!"

The pestle flicked his sleeves and said: "Yang Hu, don't hide it, not long ago, the widow had already met with the Qin envoy. Wu has an elite army of two or three hundred thousand at every turn, and after destroying Shu, he will attack Qin, isn't he afraid of being able to catch it? ”

"Whether the Qin State can survive the country, the widow does not know, but the widow thinks that Wu Hou may be like the king of Shang and end up ruining the country and the family."

How did the former Shang King fail?

Answer, self-explanatory.

Like Qingji, King Shang was a king with great talent and extraordinary ability.

His character flaws are also obvious, that is, he is stubborn and self-serving, greedy and extravagant.

The king of Shang spent a huge amount of money to build Lutai and Juqiao, and made wine ponds and meat forests, so that the treasury was empty.

Moreover, he also favored Aifei Daji and a group of ministers such as Fei Lian and Evil Lai, killed the important ministers of the royal family in vain, imprisoned Jizi, and caused the princes and vassals to rebel one after another.

Militarily, the king of Shang was committed to using troops in the southeast Yi tribe, although the war was victorious, capturing "billions of trillions (millions) of Yi people", and Di Xin was also known as "100 grams (100 victories)", but the main force of the Shang army expedition to Dongyi, causing the Shang capital to be empty and had no soldiers to defend......

Now, Qingji sent the main force of Wu to fight in Qin, so that there was no elite division in the country, if it was invaded by foreign enemies, wouldn't Qingji end up with the same fate as the king of Shang?

"What Qi Hou said, Da Miao!"

Yang Hu retorted: "I am Great Wu, the country is rich and the people are strong, the warehouse is full, there are more than 10,000 cars, there are millions of people with armor, and the territory is vast, with a radius of thousands of miles!" ”

"If the army of the northern princes dares to come, there will be no return!"

As the saying goes, if you don't speculate for more than half a sentence, after glancing at Yang Hu coldly, she waved her hand and said, "Yang Hu, then I'll wait and see!" ”

"Our ministers are retired!"

Yang Hu had already realized that the attitude of the pestle and the pestle against Wu was very resolute, so his face sank, and after making a salute, he left the main hall.

……

After Yang Hu left the Qi State, he returned to Jinling, the capital of the Wu State, and met Wu Wang Qingji in the Zide Palace.

The ministers who met with him included Dazai Jiran, Imperial Historian Fan Li, Left Prime Minister Wenzhong, Right Prime Minister Kong Qiu, Zhisu Neishi Zeng Dian, Imperial History Zhong Cheng Bo Ng, as well as Prince Heng and Gongzi Hong.

Everyone's face has a more or less solemn look.

Because, according to the plan of the monarchs and ministers of Wu, they planned to take advantage of the situation and temporarily give up the vassal states in the north, so that the vassal states of Qi, Zhao, Lu, Song, Wei and other vassal states would not be able to go south to attack Wu in order to compete for territory.

Unexpectedly, the princes didn't eat this set at all.

Is it vertical and horizontal?

This is indeed Wu Guo's continuous horizontal technique.

It just doesn't seem to be working.

"Great King, the armies of the northern kingdoms are already gathering. The Marquis of Qi plans to send troops to attack our Wu State after summoning the princes of the Ling Conference, and for the sake of today's plan, I am afraid that there will only be one battle. ”

Ji Ran said worriedly.

"This battle with the allied forces of the princes is inevitable. It's just that the strategy of the widows may not be able to break the ...... of the princes."

Qing Ji said with a surging smile.

So far, the celebration is still very determined.

"Why did the king say that?"

Ji Ran only thought that Qingji was pretending to be calm, and couldn't help frowning and said: "Now all countries are sending troops to attack my Wu country." If the strategy of the alliance worked, why did the princes do so? ”