After more than a year of fierce battles, the alliance of princes completely defeated Shanrong in Yan State, and in the northeast of Yan State, a large area of wasteland and forest sea became the territory of Qi State.

And this time Shanjung was beheaded by more than 100,000, basically the Yan Kingdom will not worry about Shanjung invading again within twenty years.

Twenty years later, if the Yan Kingdom still can't defeat Shanjung, it will be too wasteful.

Especially when Lu Xiaobai saw that these newly laid lands had no output, and they were still an enclave, he generously donated all these lands to Yan Guo.

Yan Hou almost knelt down directly for Lu Xiaobai, he held Lu Xiaobai's hand and didn't let go, and said with tears in his eyes: "Qi Hou, I really don't know how to thank you so much for your kindness to Yan Guo."

But receiving a favor and not reciprocating it is not what a gentleman should do.

Four years ago, Qu Guo was rude to you.

You are a virtuous person, and being rude to you is a virtuous person and deserves to be crusaded!

Two years ago, you held a meeting in Cangyi, but Qu Guo did not participate, and this time in the Yan State Alliance, Qu Guo still did not participate.

This is disrespectful to the Son of Heaven and should be punished.

Now you have relieved me of the threat of Shanjung, and have given me five hundred miles of land.

I didn't know how to repay it, so I led the army of Yan to attack Qu and asked Qu Jun to apologize in front of you.

I think this will be a little bit of a way to repay your kindness. ”

On the way, what a particular person!

Hearing Yan Hou's words, Lu Xiaobai's mouth was about to crack with laughter, a marquis surnamed Ji took the initiative to crusade against another prince for him, how could this not make him feel excited?

In the past four hundred years, this was all a special excuse for the Son of Heaven, and now Yan Hou used it on Lu Xiaobai, which greatly satisfied his vanity.

And he can also show his power in front of the princes.

So Yan Hou led the army of Yan and Qi to besiege Qu together, and Han Hou and Xing Hou knew in their hearts that they would also ask Qi to help them resist the Di people.

Now sacrifice Qu Guo, presumably Qu Bo is also very willing.

So the two of them said righteously: "Marquis Qi, you are the leader of the princes' alliance, and being rude to you is rude to us, so I hope you can agree, and we will also crusade against Qu for you." ”

Qu Guojun never dreamed that because of a false remark five years ago, he would be used as a tool to curry favor with Qi Hou by Yan State, Han State, and Xing State.

For these obvious attachment behaviors, Lu Xiaobai naturally agrees very much.

So in March of the following year, when it was the time of spring planting, the four countries jointly organized 30,000 horses to attack Quguo.

In this way, it will not delay the domestic spring planting, but also force the Qu country to submit.

In the Qu Kingdom, in the face of the attack of the Four-Power Alliance, the monarch Qu Bo was very afraid.

Hurriedly called the ministers and ministers one after another, and asked: "Ministers, Qi led the four-nation alliance to attack, their army is like a gravel on the river beach, but Qu has not many troops, is there any good way to retreat from the enemy now?" ”

A good idea?

There are 30,000 elites on the opposite side, 1,000 chariots, all the chariots in Qu Country are only hundreds, and the army does not exceed 20,000, how can this be fought?

The two sides set up formations, and a wave of charges on the opposite side directly wiped out the entire army.

At the beginning, you drank wine and didn't keep your mouth shut, but as a result, today's disaster, if it weren't for the lack of channels, you would have been tied up and handed over to Qi Hou for disposal.

Between the monarch and the minister, you look at me, and I look at you.

In the end, it was Dr. Cao who stood up and said, "Monarch."

The Four-Nation Alliance is crusading against our country on the grounds that you are rude, and you can write a letter to defend it, saying that it has always respected Qi and is willing to participate in Qi Guo's alliance.

In addition, with the cession of land for 200 miles on the border between Qi and Qu, this must be able to calm the anger of Qi Hou. ”

Two hundred miles of fertile land, this is not comparable to the five hundred miles of wasteland that Lu Xiaobai gave to Yan Hou.

"Ceded land?" Qu Bo hesitated, "These lands were all taken from the barbarians by the ancestors of the past dynasties, how can Lone give them over to others like this?" ”

In fact, the current princes are all arrogant and lascivious, where can they understand the hardships of the ancestors.

Qu Bo is simply reluctant to land, after all, every piece of land can give him a lot of taxes, and only with taxes can he enjoy better.

Doctor Cao understood Qu Bo's thoughts, and secretly despised him in his heart, but Qu Bo brought out his ancestors, and the morality of being a courtier still made him persuade: "The king."

The retainers of the minister went to the country of Ju last month to do business and heard something.

There was a hunter in the country of Ju who was good at hunting, called Horn, and when he went up the mountain to hunt, he killed a majestic deer, not only because of the amount of meat, but also because of the beauty of the fur, which was very valuable, and he was very happy.

On the way down the mountain, he saw another rabbit, so he put down the deer and went after the rabbit, but the rabbit did not catch it, and when he came back he found that the deer was gone.

What do you think of his behavior? ”

Qu Bo said: "Naturally, it is unwise. ”

Dr. Cao smiled: "Yes, the deer is a big prey, and it can be exchanged for a family's rations for a long time."

Rabbits are small prey, just a full meal, because the small ones lose the big ones, it can be said that it is very unwise.

Now the land of 200 miles is a small thing, and the Zongmiao Sheji of Quguo is a big thing.

Now you are reluctant to give up two hundred miles of land, when the time comes, the Marquis of Qi will be angry, the temple of Qu will overturn, and there will be no land left, and you will not even be able to sacrifice to your ancestors at that time. ”

At this point, Qu Bo understood that there was no way, and sighed: "Doctor Cao, what you said is correct.

I dare not be a sinner who ceded the land of my ancestors, and I also ask you to send an envoy to the Qi military camp to explain the attitude of the country. ”

Lu Xiaobai has been under Guan Zhong's control all these years, and he is no longer the same as before, if it was six years ago, he would definitely send troops to teach Qu Guo a lesson.

But now that Qu Guo has directly paid reparations and ceded land, apologized and formed an alliance, it is time for him to show his generosity and virtue to the princes.

Since Qu Bo knows his mistakes, he must immediately write to the Son of Heaven and admit his mistakes.

In order to welcome Qu Bo into the alliance, the alliance will be held on the outskirts of the capital of Qu Kingdom.

Doctor Cao went back and told Qu Bo that in three months, the high platform of the Jiangmeng would be built at that time, and in doing so, the princes would surely be able to feel Qu Bo's sincerity. ”

Holding an alliance outside the capital of a vassal state is a complete vassal.

But Qu Bo even did such a thing as land cession and compensation, and the alliance was not so ashamed.

Doctor Cao saw that Lu Xiaobai did not make other harsh requests, and was even a little happy, the price paid by Qu Guo was still bearable.

Lu Xiaobai generously forgave Qu Bo's behavior, so that the princes thought that he was a gentleman and trustworthy, so they responded to this alliance.

In the alliance in Quyi, it was not only Qu Guo who came, but also some other small countries, and even the prince of Song Guo was also present in person.

The reason why Song Gong did not arrive is because there is no monarch in Song now, and Gongzi Fuyi and his uncle Kuangfu are competing for the position of Song Jun, and they are inextricably fighting.

The Zhou royal family is weak, and they have a lot of internal affairs, and they don't want to get involved in the internal disputes of a big country like the Song State.

So after the previous monarch, he didn't even canonize the monarch, but only thought about waiting for the Song State to finish fighting, and then canonize the victor as the monarch.

The Son of Heaven was unwilling to fulfill his responsibilities, so Gongzi came to the land of the Alliance, hoping that Lu Xiaobai could administer justice for him.

"Marquis of Qi, when I was in the Song Kingdom, I heard that when you met the alliance in Cangyi, you called on the princes to respect the king and maintain the patriarchal discipline, which is the royal road advocated by King Su.

Although the Song State was a descendant of Yin Shang, it always respected the Zhou rites.

Because Yan was invaded by Shanrong, you led the princes to aid Yan Guo, and because Qu Guo did not respect the call of the Son of Heaven, you sent troops to fight and did what you said, such a character is worthy of everyone's admiration.

King Wu once wanted to pass the throne to King Su, and King Su said that his brother had an heir, but passed the throne to his younger brother, isn't this the source of trouble?

Now my uncle wants to snatch away the throne that belongs to me, this is a trampling on the patriarchal system, can you tolerate it?

If you are willing to help me obtain the throne of the Song Kingdom, I am willing to follow the example of Qu Bo and offer you the two hundred li land of the Song Kingdom, which is what the noble alliance lord deserves.

My admiration for you can be expressed in this way. ”

What does the Alliance Leader deserve?

Childe Fuyi was the first to say so.

The prestige among the princes of the world, the growing alliance power, and the friendship and real benefits of the Song State, the Song State is not a small country like the Qu State.

In terms of land area alone, the Song State was larger than the Qi State before the annexation of the Laiyi State.

Regarding Gongzi's request to attach one, Lu Xiaobai said with a straight face: "Gongzi of Song Guo, your experience is worthy of sympathy.

When the Qi State was in turmoil, it was Luo Hou who sent Gu back to China, and the Zhuxia countries should maintain this tradition of helping each other.

You will stay here first, and the princes of the alliance will surely agree. ”

When Lu Xiaobai told the story of the Song Kingdom's son's attachment, everyone was really indignant, thinking that his father should not snatch his nephew's throne.

So the princes of the fifteen countries, a total of 70,000 troops, and 3,000 chariots were stationed in the north and east of the Song Kingdom.

Besides, his father didn't expect his nephew to be so shameless, in order to take the throne, he actually brought outsiders directly, he didn't believe that Qi Hou would help his nephew in vain.

The country of Qi is not the country of Luo, and it can give everything to maintain the patriarchal law.

This time, he invited Qi Hou to send troops, he must have promised a lot of benefits, which made him hate it so much, the straight way was too shameless, in fact, he regretted it very much in his heart, originally he had the upper hand, as long as he surrendered to Qi Hou first, there would be no such thing at all, kneeling too slowly led to the current thing.

But it's too late to say anything now, the soldiers of the Qi State are pressing, and it is impossible to capture them with their hands tied, and they always have to fight.

For this war, I can only say that the mantis arm is a car!

The coalition defeated Kuang's army, and Kuang's father fled to Zheng with his cronies.

Then Gongzi wrote a letter to Zheng Hou.

"Marquis Zheng, although my father is vying with me for the throne, he is my uncle, if I kill him, my father may be sad, I am unfilial to do this, so I will not kill him in the Song Kingdom.

I beg you to kill him in Zheng Guo and not let him return to Song Kingdom, so that his father will not be sad if he does not see his body, which is what you can do as a filial son. ”

When Zheng Hou received the letter, he handed it to the left and right to watch, and asked what should be done.

"Monarch, the Marquis of Qi is very clear that he wants to support Gongzi to attach one to the throne and make the Song State a vassal, if we don't kill the father, we may be considered by the Marquis of Qi as wanting to compete for the power of the Song State, the Qi State is now arrogant, it is unwise to provoke him."

Hearing this, Zheng Hou was a little unhappy, didn't this show that he was afraid of Qi Hou?

"Although the Qi State is strong, the Zheng State has a strong army, and it is not afraid of him.

But it is not right to let Zheng Guo's soldiers bleed because of his father.

Monarch, you can write back and say that your father should be punished for stealing the throne of his nephew.

For the sake of the filial piety of the son, you are willing to kill the father for him.

In this way, Gongzi will definitely be grateful to you, and Zheng Guo will not need to go to war with Qi State. ”

What is the art of language?

For the same purpose, Zheng Hou felt very comfortable when he said this, so he readily agreed to kill his father.

In addition, my father thought that he would be spared death by escaping to a country that did not participate in the alliance, but he didn't expect that his nephew would be ruthless and Zheng Hou would be hypocritical, so he gave his life in Zheng Guo.

The envoy of the Song Kingdom came to the Zheng Kingdom, saw the body of the father, nodded with satisfaction, and returned to the Song Kingdom.

Lu Xiaobai's prestige has gone to the next level after this incident, and with the annexation of the Song State, Lu Xiaobai held an alliance again in the Song State, which is the fourth time, compared to the first time, it is no longer the same.

I feel like I'm a bit awesome, I can even make up fables, because of the origin of the big idiom, I created it at this moment.

Today it's 12,000, it's gone, there's no need to wait.

(End of chapter)