Tian Chang was ambushed, and the vassals and private soldiers who followed him all died, and only those on the periphery and the most ordinary peasants could survive.

Thousands of soldiers who could bear armor died in the infighting, killing these people, although the losses of the Three Kingdoms Alliance Army were far less than those of the Tian army, which had already been defeated, but there were still many casualties.

And this is just the beginning, after Lu Jingzhu killed Tian Chang, he said in high spirits: "Yanhou, the prince, Tian Chang is still alive, and those rebels who cooperate with him can be killed as soon as possible, so that they can return to the country to deal with the aftermath." ”

Dealing with the aftermath? It's just a matter of returning home and killing again.

After this battle, the Qi State must have suffered a great loss in strength, this is still an ambush in the Yan State, and the field battle is killed, if it is a real civil war in the Qi State, I am afraid that it will be protracted and the Qi State will be a blank land.

Now it is the way to minimize the loss of national strength.

This matter was so big that it was impossible to hide it, and it soon spread throughout the Zhuxia countries.

Now is a time of fierce competition between kings and vassals, not only in the Qi state, but also in other countries.

There is no isolated thing in this world, and any small thing can end up having an immensely large impact in another place.

The reaction caused by this incident was completely beyond the scope of the monarch's killing of the ministers, and after it reached Zheng Guoqing, Zheng Guoqing's family was extremely frightened.

Prime Minister Zheng Guoguo gathered all the leaders of the Qing clan and lamented: "The situation of the Qi State Office is not so bad, and if the Qing family is still killed, the Zheng State Office has been reduced to the point that it can't even take out the sacrificial meat, and it is still a country surnamed Ji."

If Zheng Hou cried that he was oppressed by the Qing clan, would Luo Guo still not make a move?

Look at Tian's fate, what should I do now? ”

But in fact, they are really worried, since the period of King Xu, Zheng Guo has always been not close to Luo Guo.

And Zheng Guo's office is too pulled, helping Zheng Guo's office will cause Luo Guo to bleed heavily, if it is bleeding for the royal family, it will be forgotten, Zheng Guo is not worthy.

But they didn't know, and in the end, the minister of the state said ruthlessly: "The monarch has always been in poor health, after some time, take the monarch to hunt and exercise, this is what loyal ministers should do." ”

Only half a month after the killing of the Qing clan, Zheng Hou accidentally fell from his horse and died while hunting, and a son who was only one year old ascended to Zheng Hou's position.

Zheng Guo's loyal ministers wept bitterly, each pleaded guilty, resigned from the throne, and let his son inherit it.

These chaos and complexity have not had the greatest impact on Zheng Guo, after all, Zheng Guo's strength is still relatively strong, the monarch has died, and the Qing family has defended the country.

After Zheng Guo, there were several monarchs who fell off their horses one after another, had excessive sexual intercourse, and stepped on the air, all kinds of strange, Luo Yu was silent.

But Chen Guo is really panicked, the Tian family of Qi State is Chen Guo's former office, although it was a run at the beginning, but after so many years, after all, it is the same clan, and the relationship between the two sides is very close, Chen Guo's office has been in contact with Qi Guo through Tian's family.

Now that the Tian clan is plotting rebellion, and it is even said that it is a vain attempt to replace the Lu clan Qi State, how can Chen Guo not be afraid?

Chen was not strong from the beginning of the founding of the country, the strongest period was the time of Luo Su regency, and when Luo Su died, Chen also began to decline, and now, with the territory and population of Chen State, it is a typical third-rate country.

In Chen Guo's palace, Chen Hou and the ministers looked at each other.

"Monarch, Chen Guo may be about to face a catastrophe.

The Tian clan of the Qi State is the same clan of the Chen State, and the Tian clan also received the assistance of the Chen State in the process of starting the business, how could the Luo State and the Qi State let us go?

After the decline of the royal family, the princes with different surnames have become thorns in the side of the Luo State, in case the Luo State and the Qi State use this excuse to attack our Chen State, then what should we do? ”

Chen Guoguojun's face was full of worry, because Chen Guozhen had given a lot of support to the Tian family, and although this kind of behavior of supporting Xiaozong was a bit unsightly, it was actually very common.

But Chen Guo just hopes that Tian's status in the Qi State can be higher, and then give back some benefits to Chen Guo.

For example, the state of Qi and the state of Chen can unite to attack the Song state and cut off the fertile land of the Song state in the middle of the war.

As a result, it is all in vain now, and it has attracted the inevitable hostility of the Qi State.

Chen Hou sighed and said, "If the Qi State comes to attack, the Chen State will definitely be difficult to resist.

If the war is defeated at that time, the State of Qi will definitely let the State of Chen cede land to them, but the territory of the State of Chen is already very small.

If it is ceded to the Qi State again, the Song State will definitely not let go of the opportunity for the Chen State to be weak, and I am afraid that it is only a matter of time before the Song State annexes the Chen State.

The state of Chen and the state of Song were also two kings and three kes established by King Su.

Luo Guo is more and more closely supervised by our descendants of the former king, if the Chen State is destroyed, the Luo State will not restore the Chen State like helping those surnamed Ji countries, will the 500-year-old society be destroyed like this? ”

Chen Hou is really too aggrieved, just like Tian Chang before he died, in the land of Bangzhou, if he is not surnamed Ji Jiang, even his breathing is wrong.

Before you were given the status to make you obedient, but now if you are disobedient, you will take away everything you have been given, which is really domineering!

When Chen Guojun and his ministers looked at each other and were helpless, Chen Pi, a doctor from the Chen Guo clan, knew that his opportunity had come!

Chen Pi came out and said loudly: "Monarch, you don't need to worry so much, the minister has a plan to relieve you of your worries." ”

When everyone saw it, it turned out to be Chen Pi, a more famous cunning person in the Chen Kingdom, he had studied in the Luoguo Academy, and was good at clever changes, Confucius commented on him: good at argumentation, cunning, and evil thinking, that is, this is a person with crooked talents, and his mind is not right, and he cannot become a great way.

But Chen Pi is still talented, and seeing that he is full of confidence, Chen Hou immediately asked happily: "Doctor, is there any solution?" ”

Chen Pi looked around, his eyes were full of pride, and the hall was full of scholars, all of whom were useless people: "Monarch, decades ago, the three kingdoms of Jin, Chu, and Qin signed an alliance to kill soldiers, and Luo State was a witness, and Qi also participated in the alliance as an ally of Jin. ”

Everyone knows about this matter throughout the summer, but what does this have to do with Chen Guo?

Chen Guo didn't participate, and it was reasonable for Qi Guo and Luo Guo to call.

Chen Pi began his own thoughts: "Although the alliance of the soldiers was signed by the four countries and witnessed by the Luo country, it was clearly stated in the alliance that the subject countries of each country should belong to the sphere of influence of the signatory country.

Therefore, as long as Chen is willing to submit to the Chu State, pay tribute to the Chu State, and regard himself as a vassal state, the current situation can be directly solved.

Luo Guo will never betray the alliance, Qi Guo and Luo Guo together, even if they want to attack Chen Guo again, they will swallow this breath. ”

"Shhh

Chen Guojunchen gasped at the same time, and his scalp was numb by Chen Pi's sassy operation.

I want to open my mouth to say something against it, but although Dr. Chenpi's idea is crooked, there is really nothing wrong with it in theory, but the price paid is a bit big.

After all, subject states and allies are completely different, and in short, subject states do not have complete sovereignty!

Especially Chen Guo is a marquis, and Chu is also a marquis, generally a low lord is a vassal to a high lord, and now Chen Guo is a vassal to Chu State, which is really embarrassing.

Seeing that Chen Hou was entangled and didn't speak, of course Dr. Chen Pi understood what he was worried about, as a caring loyal minister, he had to give the monarch a step down at this time.

So Chen Pi rolled his eyes and began to flicker: "Monarch."

The minister heard that in the Song Kingdom, there was a farmer who had found a very beautiful flower in the wild, and he took it to the market to sell it.

The people of the Song Kingdom liked it very much, so they bid one after another, and some people were willing to pay the price of a chicken in exchange for the flowers in his hand, and he was very moved.

But in my heart I thought, 'I just came to the market and someone paid a chicken for a flower in his hand, so wait a little longer, there will be more people coming.' ’

When the crowd saw that he was unwilling to exchange, they dispersed.

As a result, he waited from morning to evening, and the flowers in his hand withered, and no one came to exchange them for the flowers in his hand, and he said with great regret, 'If only I had changed to that chicken.' ’

Monarch, now the suzerainty of Chen is that flower, and Chen Guo's society is that chicken.

If suzerainty is exchanged for the protection of the Chu State, the land of the Chen State is preserved, and the chicken is obtained.

If you are unwilling to submit to the state of Chu now, will the suzerainty still exist after the loss of the state of Chen?

You are not willing to be a vassal of Chu now, and when the army of Qi and the army of Song come, there will be no chance to be a vassal at that time.

Moreover, the so-called vassal policy is only temporary.

After the chaos of the world, what small country does not submit to one country today and another country the next?

The Yingdu of Chu is thousands of miles away from Chen State, such a distance, can they directly govern us? ”

These words completely moved Chen Hou, and he already wanted to agree, but the minister of state came out first and asked: "Doctor Chen Pi, what you said is indeed correct, but now that the state of Chu is fighting against the state of Wu, we have become vassals of the state of Chu, do we want to participate in this war?" ”

Chen Pi said with a smile: "The war between Wu and Chu is exactly the opportunity for Chen Guo.

Ying was involved in this war, so Wu gained a solid rear.

If he talks to Chu State at this time, and Chen Guo is willing to attack behind Ying Guo, will the monarchs and ministers of Chu State put harsh conditions on Chen Guo?

Not fighting against the State of Wu, only against the State of Ying, the State of Chen is not afraid.

This is the best time for Chen Guo to take refuge in Chu State. ”

Chen Pi was very thoughtful from beginning to end, so after discussing with each other, Chen Guojun and his ministers decided to follow Chen Pi's method and directly threw himself into Chu State.

……

Luo's strict stance on maintaining the Ji-Jiang alliance, which has not changed for hundreds of years, ensured that Qi and Jin always defended the Zhou royal family, but this unusually closed alliance based on blood relations not only indirectly contributed to the alliance between Qin and Chu, but also stripped the princes with different surnames one by one, which was an inevitable outcome. ——"The History of the Rise and Fall of the Zhou Dynasty"

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