Taking advantage of the Huaishui and Xiangling lines, when a fierce battle broke out, the scheming Pestle and Mortar also took Shangqing Guoxia and Gao Zhang as generals, led 50,000 soldiers, took hundreds of warships, and set off from the sea route, intending to raid Jinling, the capital of Wu State, so that Qingji "caught fire in the backyard".

However, how can the movements of this boat division of the Qi State be concealed from Qingji?

Qingji had already ordered Heifu and Meng Bentun to be stationed in the Yunyang and Zhufang areas along the river, waiting for the boat division of Qi to enter the river, and then one closed the door and beat the dogs.

……

On the Huaishui side, Wu military camp.

At this time, in the big tent of the Chinese army, Qingji had already received good news.

Qingji looked around, looked at the generals of Wu State in the tent, took the battle report in his hand, and said with a smile: "Yunyang is a great victory." Heifu and Meng Ben defeated the Qi naval division in Dajiang, burned no less than 300 of their warships, and captured countless grains and baggage. ”

"They chased and defeated the fleeing Qi army all the way to Yunyang, annihilating the entire army."

"In this battle, our Wu State beheaded more than 20,000 people and captured nearly 30,000 people, which can be described as a complete victory."

Hearing this, the generals present couldn't help but smile.

Although in Huaishui and Xiangling, the Wu army did not gain any advantage, but mostly waited for the attack.

But the battle of Yunyang undoubtedly helped the Wu army break this stalemate!

"Newspaper—"

At this moment, a small colonel also entered the big tent of the Chinese army, and then took out a bamboo slip and asked the guard to hand it to Qingji to read.

"King, Xinzheng urgent!"

Xinzheng?

Qingji read the content on the bamboo slip, and suddenly his brows stretched, and the corners of his mouth unconsciously rose.

Zheng Ren finally can't hold it back?

After the Yangziju reform, Zheng Guo's national strength increased greatly, and his military strength was significantly improved.

Zheng Boji Sheng is also a person who can't be idle.

This time, the princes joined forces to attack Wu, and Zheng sent relatively few troops.

What Ji Sheng is plotting, Qingji is clear.

"Second and third sons, good thing. The Zheng people sent troops to take over the land of the old place, and even plotted against the land of the old place, maybe even the Chen State was coveted by Zheng Bo. ”

Qing Ji said with a surging smile: "Zheng Jun's 100,000 people went abroad, and the plan is not small!" ”

What is Zheng Ren going to do?

Fishing in troubled waters?

This is indeed a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for Zheng Guo.

It's just that Zheng Guo waded into troubled waters this time, and maybe he would become the one everyone lost.

Of course, Zheng Guo is the first to strike, and the benefits he can get are also the greatest.

Fan Li, the imperial historian who stood at the bottom, smiled and said: "King, the embankment of a thousand miles collapsed in the anthill. Uncle Zheng's actions are probably not tolerated by the princes. ”

"Wait."

Qingji put the bamboo slip in his hand on the table, and said slowly: "It won't be long before Zheng Envoy will come to ask for a meeting with the widow to discuss the matter of Wu Zheng Lianheng." Perhaps, Song Gong will also be unwilling to be lonely......"

Qingji has dealt with all the princes of the world.

Especially Ji Sheng and Ziluan, both of whom are ambitious monarchs, have been cultivating and accumulating national strength for so many years.

Especially Ji Sheng, he also boldly appointed Yangziju to change the law in Zheng Guo.

Ziluan implemented new policies in the Song Kingdom, and they all achieved remarkable results.

Now that the alliance of the princes has suffered setbacks in the attack on Wu, and the repeated battles have been unfavorable, Zheng and Song have seen that the signs are wrong, how can they not turn their guns?

……

Just as Qingji expected, three days later, he met with the envoys of Song and Zheng and began to talk secretly about the connection between Wu, Song and Zheng.

In order to ensure the maximization of interests, Song and Zheng each sent 100,000 troops and 700 chariots to cut off the retreat of the coalition army, and at the same time attacked the coalition army of the princes in Xiangling.

Seeing this, Wu Zixu, who was originally holding Xiangling City, immediately sent troops to counterattack, and together with the Song and Zheng coalition forces, they broke the northern coalition army in the Yingshui area, beheading more than 80,000 people and capturing 50,000 people.

Qi Hou, who learned of this defeat, suddenly felt a thunderbolt from the sky, and after vomiting blood again and again, he finally fainted and fell unconscious.

At this time, the alliance of the princes of the sixteen countries was actually in name only.

Even if Kiusu, as the leader of the alliance, did not give the order to dissolve the alliance, the princes would withdraw their troops on their own to preserve their existing strength.

But, how can you let go of this great opportunity?

Taking advantage of the dissolution of the alliance of the princes and the retreat of their own self-care, Qing Ji personally led a large army, drove straight in, defeated the coalition army, beheaded more than 50,000, and captured more than 100,000 people......

After this battle, Qingji not only greatly weakened the military strength of the northern princes, but also stabilized the position of the overlord Wu.

And the pestle and mortar also ushered in the end of his life.

The defeat of the war discouraged Jing Gong, who was already in the twilight, and hastened his death.

After fleeing back to the capital Linzi in a hurry, Pestle's body deteriorated, and he was sick in bed, and when he saw that he only had one breath left, he had to call the people close to him to his side and explain what happened.

Now, the most trusted ministers of Kijiu are none other than Gao Zhang and Guoxia.

Although these two people annihilated the Qi army in Wu Land, and the blame could not be escaped, after all, they were descendants of the Jiang clan and were loyal to the office.

As for Xiangbang Tian Qi, Pestle has always suspected that he was colluding with Wu Guo and secretly communicating with him, but he couldn't find conclusive evidence, so he didn't dare to attack Tian Qi.

At this moment, in a gorgeous palace room, the pestle that was about to run out of oil and lamp was lying on the bed with a sigh of relief, and Gao Zhang, Guo Xia, and a woman, a half-grown boy, were kneeling beside him.

The young man's figure is slightly fat, white and tender, his eyes are quite aura, and he looks no more than ten years old.

He was held in the woman's arms.

The woman knelt on the edge of the sickbed, took out her handkerchief and wept, weeping and wiping her tears, looking very sad.

The woman is the favorite concubine of the pestle, Rui Ji, and the young man is the youngest son born to him and Rui Ji-

Lu Di!

"I wonder what the king commands?"

Gao Zhang Cheng asked in fear.

He and Guoxia should be more fortunate in their hearts, after all, under the leadership of the two, the Qi division was wiped out in the Battle of Yunyang, and only they escaped with dozens of remnants of the defeated generals, and they were not questioned after the battle.

"Gao Zhang, Guoxia, you two are the pillars of my Qi country, the ministers of the widow, the princes of the Qi country, and among the ministers, you are the most trusted by the widows."

It is already a pestle mortar that returns to the light, and the words are quite clear.

He pointed to Lu Di, who had a bewildered expression, and said slowly: "The widow's surviving sons include Yangsheng, Gongzishou, Gongziju, Gongziqian, Gongziyu, and Tu'er. ”

"The older sons are mediocre and useless. In this world of great controversy, they can't fight Qingji, and it is difficult to compete with Wu Guo......"

"Although Tu'er is a widow's young son, he is still young, and his appearance and personality are like widows, and he has the style of a father."

"After the widow, you should support Lu Di to succeed to the throne, do your best, be loyal to him as if you were serving the widow, eradicate the chaos for him, and protect me Jiang Qi Sheji, so as to inherit the widow's unfulfilled wishes."

"Wait, maybe it's possible?"