From Hangu Pass to the coast of the East China Sea, on a vast territory of 5,000 miles, the four kingdoms of Zhao, Wei, Han and Qi have been facing each other for several years, and both sides feel that the moment of decisive battle seems to be coming.

This may be the highest quality war on the land of Zhuxia in decades, Wei is the old overlord of the Central Plains, and the results of the law change are still supporting Wei.

The state of Qi was the upstart who changed the law and innovated, taking Huaisi, defeating the state of Chu, and annexing the eastern overlord of the state of Wu.

Han Zhao has strong soldiers, and his strength cannot be underestimated.

Qin and the three kingdoms of Xinjiang were also watching this war, Qin and Qi had previously besieged Wei's land in Huaisi, but after Qi turned south, they signed a peace treaty with Wei in Hexi.

The two sides agreed not to invade each other, and Qin Bo also made a bloody alliance with the Marquis of Wei, promising not to participate in the war between Wei and Qi.

In the past, the Wei state prospered because of the defection of a large number of talented people, but after these talents became the new nobles, they also began to crowd out those scholars who had newly entered the ranks of the Wei nobility and bureaucracy.

Many of the scholars who were depressed in the Wei state went to the Qin state to serve as officials.

Wei Ying's leap from a white body to the chief of the Zuo Shu who was in charge of the state affairs of the Qin State, and the leap of the down-and-out nobles to the military power of the Qin State, are all excellent examples.

Especially at present, the countries are fighting frequently, and all the countries are rebelling against the alliance, don't look at the two countries of Weiqi now fighting to the death, once it is profitable, they can get back together immediately.

The Zonghengjia who is good at rhetoric is the guest of honor of the monarchs of the countries, and these people's insight into people's hearts is deep to the extreme, and they can always hit the pain points in the hearts of the monarchs, and the covenants between the countries are almost all decided by the Zonghengjia in one word.

Eight hundred miles of Qinchuan, countless Qin people were organized to build water conservancy, especially under the technical support of Qin Mo, it became more and more prosperous.

The Qin state was very fond of water conservancy, not only because it could promote food production, but also because it could control the population.

As long as the government controls the source, when to open the floodgates, when to cut off the water, who to water the land, and pay for irrigation, these are all superior methods of collecting taxes.

In the Xianyang Palace, the high-level leaders of the Qin State gathered together to discuss the major affairs of the Qin State, including Qin Bo, Gongzi Sheng, who was in charge of the Qin army, Liang Xi of Wei, Zuo Shu Changwei Ying, and Shencheng, who was in charge of the affairs of the foreign affairs of the countries, as well as some talented and intelligent people from the countries.

Facing everyone, Qin Bo laughed loudly and said: "The unswerving determination of the ancestors of the Qin State is to go east.

In the past, the Zhuxia War was defeated because of Wei Houqing's betrayal, and the first monarch ended in depression.

Now there is a lone rank of great talents to assist, the soldiers of the Qin State are full of food, the Central Plains has fought many battles, and it must be weak, and the great wishes of the ancestors of the past dynasties seem to be about to be realized. ”

Perhaps this is also one of the advantages brought by geography, the Chu State has been unswervingly determined to go north for more than 800 years, and the Qin State wants to go east, and their strategy will never change.

Unlike the Jin and Wei states, they were able to expand in all directions, so the qualitative strategy was very poor, and when the strength was strong, they did not get enough advantages, and when the strength declined, they would be besieged by enemies from all directions.

"The big war between Qi and Wei is about to be decided, if Wei wins, Qin can continue to cultivate Bashu, enrich the granary, and oppress Chu.

Second, they can also take advantage of the fatigue after the war between Wei and Qi to quickly occupy Hexi, and then establish a defense line around the Yellow River, and unite Han to resist the strong Wei.

However, from the perspective of the ministers, the combat strength of the Wei State is no longer as strong as in the past, the politics of the Wei State are dark, and a great talent like Liang Xi cannot be in a high position, or the Qi State has a greater chance of winning.

If Wei is defeated, our Qin army will directly capture the land west of the river, oppress the east of the river, and plan for Hangu.

If you can use Hangu Pass and the Yellow River as a natural danger barrier, and then go north to the plateau along the edge and connect with the enclave, you can oppress the Wei state in the south.

Since then, it can be invincible, even if the three kingdoms of Zhao, Wei and Han jointly attack, the Qin State can also retreat to Hangu Pass.

The only thing to worry about is the state of Qi, the state of Qi is already prestigious, if the state of Wei is defeated, Korea will definitely bow down, plus the state of Wu, the most fertile land in the east will almost all fall into the hands of the state of Qi. ”

Qin and Qi are now weakening the alliance of Wei together, but Qin's strategic vision is very long-term, and Qi is still fighting to the death, so he has begun to think about building Qi.

Wei Ying muttered: "Monarch, the minister has been thinking about a question.

What kind of attitude does Luo Guo have towards the rise of Qi Guo this time?

What kind of attitude does Qi Guo have towards Zhou Tianzi?

Do you still want to protect the Zhou royal family?

If the Qi State still respects Zhou Tianzi, the Luo State will definitely help the Qi State in secret.

Gold, silver, grain, swords, guns, swords, halberds, these Luo countries are not needed for the time being, but they are enough to prosper the country.

The existence of the Zhou royal family was not a good thing for the Qin state. ”

Luo Guo!

Qin Bo's heart sank, and with the momentum of the Zhou royal family, the monarchs of various countries had the idea of replacing it, and now it is not only the Chu State that wants to win the title.

However, limited to the traditional power, no one has dared to put it forward directly, which is why South Korea's brazen attack on the royal family caused a huge sensation.

The existence of Luo Guo has become an obstacle to Chengtian's order, in the eyes of everyone, defeating Bang Zhou's mandate, Luo Guo will definitely fight hard!

Luo Guo didn't react much now, firstly because of the weakening of his strength, and secondly because the Zhou royal family was still in Luoyi City after all.

After all, King Su is still the chief priest of the nations, and although the monarchs of the countries have repeatedly trespassed, even the King of Chu has never said that he is the son of heaven who has been appointed by the heavens.

Seeing that everyone was pondering, Wei Ying said: "If the Qi State wins, it will be the title of the Qi State, and coerce Zhao Wei Han and other countries to be the Lord of the Qi State, completely tearing the relationship between the Luo State and the Qi State."

It's like going up a tall building, you have to go up step by step, if you want to climb to the sky in one step, you will only end up dead.

Moreover, Qi Guo went from the office to the secretary, fantasizing about restoring the hegemony of Duke Huan all day long.

In the past, the Duke of Qi Huan had already won the position of Uncle Fang, and he was given Jiuxi and ranked as a duke, wouldn't the monarchs and ministers of Qi want to go further? ”

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Everyone couldn't help but be shocked by Wei Ying's words, even Qin Bo didn't expect Wei Ying to put forward such a radical idea, but after thinking about it, this idea didn't need to be on his body, it was really wonderful.

So he said happily: "Wei Xiang is really a great talent who can assist the Holy King, with you, won't the Qin State prosper?" ”

So the ministers began to arrange around the battle for the land west of the river, and once the Wei and Qi states began to engage on a large scale, they immediately attacked Hexi.

As for the peace treaty and the covenant signed earlier?

When the Wei Guoyan backstabbed the old Qin people, he didn't mention any peace talks and alliances, which was called retribution.

On the soil of South Korea, countless troops are moving.

The decisive battle between Wei and Qi basically gathered several elements, Wei was short of grain and grass, eager to fight a general battle, and the oppression of Qi State's grain road became more and more heavy.

In fact, a war has been fought for several years, especially if the monarchs and ministers on both sides are not considered to be in a mediocre stage, and it is extremely difficult to leave any secrets.

Both sides are basically playing cards open, and it depends on who can carry it better, and who can stick to the key decisions to the end.

The reason why Wei dared to fight a decisive battle with Qi in the situation of lack of grain and grass was because Wei knew that there might be grain and grass in Qi State, but there was no one in Qi State's camp!

In other words, there is a high probability that Qi is now more short of food than Wei.

Because Wei intercepted the exact time of arrival of Qi's grain and grass, after paying a large number of casualties, it successfully burned the grain and grass that was enough to supply 100,000 elites for a month.

Even if the Qi State can still mobilize grain and grass from the Qi State, it will be a matter of the future, not to mention South Korea, the current South Korea is full of starvation and corpses, and the years of war have occurred in the territory of South Korea, where can so much food be produced.

The subsequent battle situation confirmed Wei's speculation, in an encounter of 30,000 or 40,000 people, Qi only held on to less than a stick of incense before retreating, which made Wei Jiang overjoyed, "The Qi army is obviously hungry on their faces, and they are indeed out of food." ”

Qi generals Guan Chenglin and Qi Xiang Lu Ji were unusually calm on their faces, how can Wei understand the wealth of Qi State?

The grain and grass supplied to 100,000 elites can be used as bait, this is the confidence of the Qi State, and the real army of the Qi State is still full of grain and grass and has strong morale.

Guan Chenglin pointed at the atlas and said, "Prime Minister, here, here are the places where our army and the Wei army fought and failed.

At first, the Wei people were relatively cautious, but with the victory of two or three consecutive encounters and the continuous rout of our army, the vigilance of the Wei people began to decrease.

Now that our army is short of food, the Wei people have been convinced, and now they are leading the Wei people into the ambush circle.

Once caught in an ambush, it is completely different from a frontal battle, even if it is a strong army in the world like Wei Wushu, it is only a stronger pig and dog, and it is still a target that can be slaughtered wantonly. ”

Lu Ji looked at the ambush points on the map carefully, and nodded with satisfaction, "Guan Qing is the queen, if this battle can severely damage Wei Wushu, the monarch will definitely seal the land for you again."

For such a great feat, the pipe above the Nine Heavens must also be proud of you. ”

Burning one's own grain and grass during the war, paying such a big price to plan, it would be strange if the Wei people did not succeed.

When the Wei people fell into an ambush on the way to chase and kill, countless Qi people appeared, which made the Wei people panic instantly, and Guan Chenglin shouted: "Kill! ”

The Qi army brought almost all the bows and crossbows in the country, and the arrows fell like raindrops, and the chariots and rolling stones completely sealed the Wei army.

There is only a small mountain road left for the Wei people to break through, this is to dissipate the will of the Wei army, as the rain of arrows falls, with high and low, the Wei people's counterattack seems too weak and weak, and there are enemies on all sides, where can the command system still operate.

Especially when the sky is getting dark, these soldiers who are generally night blind are even more terrified, and they don't know how to survive.

The screams and the waving of weapons rang out for an unknown amount of time, and the fear of not knowing when they would die made everyone run for the only way to live.

Then there were countless people crowded and trampled, and the number of people who died in this way was unimaginable, far exceeding the number killed by the Qi army.

The morning light dawns, and the sky breaks.

There are corpses everywhere in the mountains, countless broken banners of the Wei army, and many of the messy arrows are shot on the ground, but a large part of them still hit the body of the Wei army, there are not many complete corpses, many corpses are intact, but some of them are directly turned into meat paste, which is the result of being trampled by the chaotic army.

Most of the dead had fear on their faces, and some of the obviously tall and strong soldiers were wearing thick bronze armor, these were the most formidable Wei soldiers on the battlefield, but they were carried to death here.

The bronze armor provided them with some protection, at least they survived the arrows, but once they were squeezed down, the heavy armor would become a burden, and it seemed that many Wei Wushu fell directly to the ground and were trampled to death along the way.

Next to the Wei army's Daxu, the Qi people saw the corpses of the main general of the Wei army and the prince of Wei, who committed suicide in grief and anger when they saw that the general trend had gone.

Guan Chenglin and Lu Ji looked at the corpses stretching across the valley, but laughed heartwarmingly: "The hegemony of the Qi country is complete!" ”

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The war between Qi and Wei for the hegemony of the Central Plains was a complete victory, which was after the battle of Yanling, Qi once again dominated Zhuxia, Zhao and Wei were forced to bow down to Qi, Han and Wu were even more bowed, Qin also presented countless beautiful words to Qi, and the complacent Qi fell into a heavy strategic miscalculation. ——"The History of the Rise and Fall of the Zhou Dynasty"

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