Just when the war between Wu and Zhao was in full swing, Lu Ren, the Marquis of Qi, who was far away in Linzi, the capital of Qi, once again held a great court meeting to discuss with the ministers whether to send troops to rescue Zhao.

Long before the outbreak of the Wu-Zhao War, Zhao Ying, who knew that Zhao was alone and could not support it alone, sent many envoys very decisively, asking the six vassal states of Qi, Song, Lu, Wei, Yan, and Zhongshan to send troops to rescue Zhao.

However, all the countries were afraid of the strength of Wu and did not dare to act rashly, so they took a wait-and-see attitude. To be precise, the princes wanted to see the attitude of the Qi people.

In terms of comprehensive national strength, Qi is second only to Wu, yes

"Dick". Of course, the difference in strength between the second and the eldest is not ordinarily large. It's just that they can't stand the various vassal states, and no one dares to send troops first, for fear of provoking the resentment of the Wu State and causing harm to themselves.

When the news of the battle of Qi County came, the government and the opposition of Qi were panicked. As a last resort, Qi Hou Lu Ren had to convene a court meeting.

"Monarch, right now, Zhao is in danger." Right Prime Minister Kan Zhi held a tooth wat and said: "Qi County is the only way from Jinyang to the Shangdang Heights, and it is an important grain road for the Zhao army. Now the prince Zhang of Wu led his troops to occupy Qi County, and defeated Zhao Jun again, and the Wu army has blocked the grain route of the Zhao people. ”

"Therefore, the Zhao army on the Changping front line is bound to be in turmoil if it does not get any new soldiers and heavy reinforcements of grain and straw, and it is only a matter of time before the whole line collapses!"

"Monarch, if the Zhao State dies, or submits to the Wu State like the Han and Wei countries, and carries a heavy national debt, the Three Jin Dynasty will inevitably fall into the pocket of the Wu State."

"And then without the Three Jin Dynasty as a stumbling block for the Wu army to go east, the Wu State is bound to further expand eastward, endangering the three Central Plains vassal states of Song, Lu, and Wei, and even my Great Qi!" Kan Zhi looked sad and sighed: "Monarch, your lips are cold and your teeth are cold!" ”

"Today, no country can compete with Qiang Wu, not Zhao, and not Qi!"

"If the Three Jin Dynasty surrender to Wu and expand the east, the minister is afraid that the next country that will be defeated by Wu Manzi and destroyed by Wu Manzi will be my Qi country!"

"Please send troops to rescue Zhao!" As soon as Kan Zhi's words fell, the ministers above the court couldn't help but turn their heads and whisper.

On the matter of whether to send troops to rescue Zhao, the ministers and doctors of Qi State discussed for a long time, but after all, they did not come up with a result.

However, this is not the case. Now that the situation of Zhao is in danger, Qi and the rest of the vassal states will stand by and watch the fire from the other side, and the aggressive Wu Manzi may not be the next target for attack.

In other words, since the succession of Qi Hou Lu Ren, he has become the puppet king of the Tian family. The government is from the field, and the sacrifice is the Lu family.

Fortunately, Tian Qi is dead, and Lu Ren was able to recover some of his powers as a monarch.

As Qi Xiang, Tian Heng advocated standing by and not having a head-on conflict with Wu State. Kan Zhi advocated sending troops to rescue Zhao and fight Wu to the end.

Forced by the strength of the Tian family, above the court, there are mostly doctors who advocate not moving.

"Zuo Xiang, what do you think?" Qihou Lu Ren set his eyes on Tian Heng. He wanted to ask Tian Heng's opinion on this matter.

Tian Heng thought for a while, and then said: "The monarch, the minister still thinks that it is not appropriate to break out a war with the Wu State. ”

"Wu, a great country, a country of tigers and wolves."

"Its territory is tens of thousands of miles, the land is fertile, the population is large, the commerce and trade are prosperous, there are no less than a million people with armor, and there are 10,000 cars, which is far from being comparable to my Qi country!"

"Wu Guo attacked Zhao, did not do his best, King Wu is still on the front line of Hedong, Yingchuan, and Shangdang, and has deployed a lot of heavy troops, just to prevent other countries from sending troops to save Zhao!"

"Once the State of Qi and the State of Wu start a war, the King of Wu will inevitably be furious and send a large army to attack Qi, and the second and third sons will probably regret it too late!" As soon as they heard this, the ministers and doctors above the court couldn't help but show horror on their faces.

For the strength of the Wu State, they are all in their hearts. Otherwise, how could he have looked forward and backward and never dared to send troops to rescue Zhao?

"Zuo Xiang's words are wrong!" Kan Zhi retorted: "It is precisely because the State of Wu is strong that my State of Qi will send troops to rescue Zhao!" ”

"Now the strength of the Wu State, the size of the Wu State, unprecedented, even the overlord of the Jin State, compared to today's Wu State, is much inferior."

"The population of the kingdom of Wu is greater than that of the kingdom of the heavens; The territory of the kingdom of Wu is more than three times that of the nations; The wealth of the kingdom of Wu is five times that of the nations; The military strength of Wu is the best in the world, and the weapons are sophisticated and the combat power is so strong that no other country dares to compare. ”

"If Wu is like this, why can't you dominate the world?" After a pause, Kan Zhi said earnestly: "King Wu's wolf ambition has long been revealed. ”

"He wants to wipe out the nations, dominate the world, and achieve a great cause that has never been done before!"

"If the princes are still at both ends of the rat, they are ambiguous about sending troops to rescue Zhao. Then, the minister expected that in the future, when the Wu army went east, it would inevitably step on the countries one by one, and how could the Qi country deal with itself at that time? "The seriousness of the matter speaks for itself.

As soon as Kan Zhi's words came out, even Tian Heng didn't dare to raise objections. If the Qi State was destroyed by the Wu State, so many generations of the Tian family would have fought for it

"Tian Dai Qi", how can it be realized? After seeing that Tian Heng finally did not raise any objections, Qi Hou Lu Ren made up his mind and appointed Kan Zhi as the general and Bao Mu as the deputy general, with an army of 80,000 and ready to send troops to rescue Zhao.

At the same time, Lü Ren also sent envoys to the four countries of Song, Lu, Wei, and Yan, and even Han and Wei, so that the countries could send troops to rescue Zhao together.

…… The time entered the thirtieth year of King Qingji of Wu, that is, in 484 BC, at the end of the fourth month of the lunar calendar. Qingji personally led 30,000 cavalry, bypassed Changping of the Zhao army, entered Qi County, and joined forces with Gongzizhang.

The Wu army, which was stationed in Qi County, had more than 40,000 horses. After the defeat of Qi County, Zhao Ying, who fled back to Jinyang in embarrassment, decided to recruit soldiers again, exhaust the last national strength, and prepare to launch an attack on Qi County, and fight with the Wu army.

Because Qi County was occupied by the Wu army, the grain route from Jinyang to the land of Shangdang was intercepted by the Wu army's iron cavalry, so the Zhao army was unable to send the grain and straw to the front line.

If they can't hold each other like this, the more than 100,000 Zhao troops on the front line in the end will inevitably be in turmoil and collapse without a fight.

To this end, Zhao Ying temporarily recruited tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, and united the army of Zhongshan to march towards Qi County.

The total strength of the army, about 80,000 people, is just combat effectiveness...... Passable! In the vicinity of Banshan in Qi County, on the vast wilderness, more than 100,000 people and horses from Wu, Zhao, and Zhongshan are facing each other.

Before the two armies were formed, Qingji, as the commander, and Zhao Ying came to a meeting. Qing Ji ordered people to put a table, two mats, and put a pot of wine and two wine bottles on the table, as if they wanted to have a good time with Zhao Ying.