20,000 Zhang Chu army mighty, starting from Licheng, marching eastward, along the way, chariots rumble, flags cover the sun, soldiers are strong, and the pace is vigorous.

Since the reorganization of the army in Licheng, Zhou City has carried out a systematic deployment of the army, besides, Licheng is the military key point of Jibei County, and the treasury is full, if it is not for the strong and abnormal army of Zhou City, I am afraid that it is not easy to conquer Licheng.

Not long ago, Zhou City locked his eyes on Linzi County, he was not a person who had the intention of annexing Linzi, but Linzi County was adjacent to the sea and was one of the important salt producing areas in this era, which is why Zhou City strongly marched to this place.

It is precisely because of this that Zhou City does not want to suffer too many casualties among the soldiers, and does not want to fight for Linzi and make himself suffer a lot of damage, but He Yongxian's head has come to intimidate the county order of Di County, hoping to be able to attack Linzi County without blood.

At this time, the army was still marching eastward, swept up in dust and obscured by the sun.

Several scouts galloped on the country road, they avoided the large group of men and horses, and went straight to the Chinese army, and soon, they saw not far away, Zhou Shi, who was dressed in silver armor, hurriedly whipped up, and soon, they came to Zhou Shi, jumped off their horses, knelt on one knee, and said loudly: "General, we have the latest battle report!" ”

Zhou Shile stopped the horse, behind him, Chen Ping and Li Yan also stopped, at this time, a relative behind Zhou Shi ran over, took a piece of bamboo slips from the scout's hand, the bamboo slip was written by the scout Baichang, at this time the bamboo slip has been sent to Zhou Shi's hands, Zhou Shi probably looked at it, his face was extremely ugly, and soon, Zhou Shi turned around and ordered: "Camp in the open space ahead, stop the army!" ”

Seeing that Zhou Shi's face changed, everyone knew that something big must have happened, but everyone didn't want to ask too much, so they had to take the order and leave.

On the north bank of the Ji River, 300 miles next to a mountain col, 20,000 Zhang Chu troops set up a large camp, on both sides of the mountain road, there are scouts to patrol back and forth, about five hours, the camp is basically completed, the soldiers are busy going up the mountain to cut down trees, make antlers, ready to spend the night here.

In an inconspicuous mountain forest, the handsome camp of Zhou City stands proudly here, there are more than 100 relatives patrolling back and forth at the door, and in the camp, an oil lamp is lit, several people gather in front of the map, Zhou City is silent for a moment, and finally speaks: "Just got the latest battle report, Tian Dan, the descendant of the Qi royal family, killed the county order of Di County, supported the army in Di County, stood on his own, played the banner of Qi State, recruited troops and bought horses, and responded in all directions, at this time there were more than 30,000 soldiers, and the momentum was huge. ”

Zhou Shi said this, looked at everyone, and saw that everyone was staring at him, Zhou Shi said: "And, I heard that he has sent troops to Yuling, where he is deployed, preparing for a battle with our army, now that the situation has changed, we have to discuss countermeasures, is it war or peace?" ”

Zhou's words are very weighty, when they went eastward, Linzi County was still in the hands of Qin, they could use the slogan of Qin, call on the people of Qi to rise up against Qin, and then Zhou City held high the banner of righteousness, rejuvenated the division and cut down the crime, and Qi can be determined, but at this time, Tian Dan held high the banner of righteousness in Qidi, and the people responded, so Zhou City can still get the support of Qi people when they enter Qi again?

If it can't be supported, then it will be difficult for Zhou City to gain a foothold in Qidi, which is an invasion, and if it is not done well, it will make enemies with Qi State, and the gains outweigh the losses.

But Li Yan didn't think so, he was a general, his ideas would always be conquered, at this time he had already shot the case and said angrily: "Little Tiandan, don't be afraid, besides, we have traveled thousands of miles through mountains and rivers, can we retreat from the army?" ”

Zhou Shi was hit by Li Yan's words, if he retreated from the army, his morale would definitely be frustrated, thinking of this, Zhou Shi couldn't help but sigh lightly, one wrong step, one wrong step, how to end at this time?

Just when Zhou Shi was a little helpless, Chen Ping said with a smile: "Is the general worried about how to withdraw from the army anymore?" ”

Zhou Shi was told by Chen Ping about the central matter, and couldn't help asking: "Is there a good plan?" ”

Chen Ping nodded, he looked at the map again, and sighed: "Even if the general occupies Qi land, what can he do?" Once we return to the army and attack Weidi, Linzi must stay behind to defend the heavy army, otherwise this place will be unstable, but once there is a heavy army, then, how many troops can we take away? From Linzi to Dongjun, the battle line is so long, how many soldiers and horses do we need to maintain, and how many logistics soldiers and horses do we need to transport supplies? Therefore, wouldn't it be better for the general to give up the eastward advance, sell his favor to Tian Dan, and form an alliance with the Qi State, so that he can be the backup of the Wei State in the future? ”

Zhou Shi listened to Chen Ping's analysis, and secretly thought in his heart, Chen Ping's words were to the point, but what Zhou Shi was thinking about at this time was how to explain to the soldiers, and what excuse could be used to justifiably withdraw from the army?

At this time, Chen Ping continued to smile and said: "If the general does not give up, I am willing to send an envoy to the Qi State, and I have already persuaded the Qi State to form an alliance, and why doesn't the general withdraw the troops to the west on the grounds that the Qin army is infested in Dongjun and the rear of our army is critical?" At that time, who would dare to discuss this in vain? ”

After a short silence, Zhou Shi and Li Yan both thought that Chen Ping's plan was good, and the three of them laughed in unison.

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Ten days later, a cavalry team of thirty people came to the south gate of Yuling County along the mountain road, there were heavy troops stationed outside the gate, and the antlers were lying on both sides of the road. ”

"Please tell King Qi, the envoy under the command of Zhou City, Chen Ping came to visit." Immediately, Chen Ping arched his hand.

At this time, an officer of the Qi army stopped Chen Ping and his party, ordered the soldiers to be strict, and then turned the horse's head and ran towards the city. ”

Escorted by more than 100 Qi soldiers, Chen Ping walked through the long street and went to the county office, outside the county office, the Qi army was lined up in two ways, and the military music in the county government was sounded, at this time, a young officer wearing brown leather armor greeted him and said with a smile: "You are General Chen Ping, right?" My king is waiting, please come with me. ”

The defense in the county government was extremely tight, and Chen Ping and the others crossed several barriers before they came to the guest hall, and at this time, Tian Dan was already sitting on it and had been waiting for a long time.

"Chen Ping, under the command of Zhou City, has seen the king." Chen Ping stepped forward and bowed, but Tian Dan ignored Chen Ping, the hall was very quiet, and all the generals of the Qi army looked at Chen Ping angrily, as if they had a deep hatred.

There was about a cup of tea, and Tian Dancai drank and asked, "You Zhang Chujun are unruly and invade the territory of my Qi country, what do you have to say?" ”

Chen Ping saw that Tian Dan snubbed himself for this, and couldn't help laughing: "The king misunderstood, when we waved our troops eastward, it was also to liberate the country of Qi and support the royal family of Qi to control the land of Qi. ”

Chen Ping said this, turned around and looked at a personal entourage, the personal entourage immediately held the box, took a step forward, there was already an attendant to pick up the box, sent to Tian Dan, the attendant opened the box, inside is a pair of jade Jane, very exquisite, at this time, Chen Ping smiled: "My general asked me to worship the king again and again, congratulations to the king on the throne, if he has the opportunity in the future, my general should come to visit, to the king congratulations." ”

Since Zhou City has retreated to such a point, Tian Dan can't put too much pressure on him, so he has to smile and say: "It seems that the widow has misunderstood, come and set up a banquet, I want to pick up the wind and wash the dust for General Chen." ”

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When Zhou's army arrived in Fanyang, it was already the end of March, and at this time, Chen Ping had returned to report to Zhou Shi about Tian Dan's willingness to form an alliance, and Zhou Shi was also happy about this matter.

But soon, another great event followed, and the city of Zhou, where the garrison of Fanyang had been in place for nearly half a month, ushered in the envoys of the State of Zhao and the State of Qi, who had been the etiquette of the country, and came to visit.

At this time, in the county office, Zhang Er, the envoy of Zhao State, and Tian Xian, the envoy of Qi State, walked towards the hall together.

Laughter resounded throughout the hall, and soon everyone took their seats in turn, and at this time, several relatives brought tea, put it on the table in front of everyone, and turned to leave.

Zhang Er picked up the teacup, took a sip, and was the first to speak: "The king of my family asked me to pay tribute to General Zhou again and again." ”

Speaking of this, Zhang Er nodded to Tian Xianwei, apologized, and continued: "General Zhou's majesty has spread all over Wei, and the Wei people all have the same name. ”

After Zhang Er finished speaking, Tian Xian also smiled and said: "The king of my family also offered fifty chariots, hoping that the general can ascend to the altar and claim the king, and restore the Wei industry. ”

The words of the two made Zhou Shi sigh, ascending to the altar and becoming the king, what a scene, the Zhou family has been loyal to Wei for generations, who dares to have this idea?

But more importantly, Zhou Shi saw from the purpose of the two that they advised themselves to be kings, and there was another purpose, which was to make Wei the first line of defense outside Hangu Pass, to become a barrier between the two of them, so that he could directly face Qin, however, these Zhou Shi could be directly ignored, but he couldn't be sorry for Wei and sorry for his oath.

After thinking for a moment, Zhou Shi first sighed, then got up and paced in the hall, pretending to think, and then stared at the two of them, and sighed: "I was once named the king of Canghai in the Wei State, followed the prince of Wei, and lived far away in Suiyang, the purpose of which was to support the descendant of Wei to become the king, and now that I have just gained a foothold, I went to tamper with the throne and reneged on my oath. ”

Speaking of this, Zhou Shi bowed his hand to the two and sighed: "But I thank the two countries for their good intentions, and tomorrow in the near future, I will definitely support Wei Qi to ascend the throne. ”

Seeing that Zhou Shi had no intention of becoming king, the two had no choice but to smile and say, "I am willing to wait for this day to come." ”

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At the end of May, Zhou's army returned to Puyang, garrisoned in Puyang City, and trained strictly, and Zhou's soldiers and horses had expanded to more than 40,000 at this time.

In the school field, Zhou Shi checked the training of the army, and personally waved the flag and commanded the array, but after training, Zhou Shi also sighed, time flies, in the blink of an eye, he has been fighting, it has been nearly two years, recalling that Wei Ji is still waiting for him in Chen County, Zhou Shi's heart will ignite a trace of sourness.

Three days later, Zhou Shi finally made up his mind to go to Chen County, welcome back Wei Qi, and help him ascend to the altar and claim the throne.

Parting, Zhou City ordered Li Yan to guard Puyang, rectify the soldiers and horses, and led an army of 3,000 with Chen Ping and hurried to Chen County.