Qi Hou Zhao used the military strength of Song and other countries to purge the nobles of the Qi court, although he gained a lot of power and sat firmly on the position of the Marquis of Qi, but it also left hidden dangers.

In particular, the coalition forces of Song, Zheng and other countries defeated the army of Qi State in a row, and this time the aura of overlord on Qi State was stripped off. You must know that the vassal states of the Central Plains have always been under the shadow of Qi State, and now that Qi State has been defeated, the princes gradually do not take Qi State very seriously.

And this is what Huai Guo wants to see, but the monarchs and ministers of Huai State feel that this is not enough, and it is necessary to let Qi continue to weaken, but because of the Song State Zheng Guo and other vassal states, Qi Hou Zhao's position is very stable.

And a more important reason is that Qi Hou Zhao is the crown prince, and it is justifiable to ascend the throne. If Huaiguo, as a remnant of the Yin Shang family, is detected to participate in the succession of the princes' heirs, it is estimated that it will be attacked immediately.

For the vassal states of Bangzhou, it is nothing to send troops to escort foreign princes back to the throne, and they will also be praised by the vassal states for benevolence and righteousness.

Just like Ju Guo escorted his son Xiaobai back to China to inherit the position of Marquis of Qi, and finally achieved hegemony. Duke Qi Huan escorted the prince of Weiguo to rebuild the country, which is like this.

Whether it is Gongzi Xiaobai or Gongzi Weiguo, this is a legal inheritance, and there is a legitimate reason for sending troops to escort it, which is in line with Zhou etiquette. But if the other party legitimately inherits the throne of the princes, and you send troops to help a prince seize the position of the princes, this is no longer to escort the country back to the throne, but to help other princes rebel.

This is a taboo thing to interfere with the succession and internal affairs of the vassal states. There is no reason to send troops to forcibly interfere with the normal succession of a vassal state, and if this is done, the princes of all countries will really have no peace at that time. When the time comes, every son who has the right to inherit will do this.

You must know that marriage between offices is a very common thing, you have a mother, others don't have a mother? At that time, several princes will invite their respective mothers to help fight the war and help them inherit the throne of the princes, then the entire Bangzhou will be completely chaotic.

Huaiguo saw that there was nothing to do, so he let Huaiguo's spies lurk for the time being.

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After the state of Chu was violently beaten by the allied forces of Qi and Huai, respectively, its national strength weakened, and it was unable to advance north or east. But after seeing Huai Guo getting stronger and stronger, he was very uneasy.

Because of the position of the Huai State, especially after the annexation of Zhongli State, the threat of the Huai State to the Chu State was too high.

The advantage of Chu for Huai is that Chu occupies the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, as long as the navy is strong, it can go down the river with the army, and the Huai State will be split in a war, but since Huai State occupies the land of Zhongli, as long as Huai State is willing, it can attack from Zhongli at any time and attack the Han River Plain.

If the Han River Plain is occupied by the Huai State, the Chu State is estimated to come out desperately. You must know that the Hanjiang Plain is the essence of the Chu State, with a large population, if it is occupied, the Chu State is estimated to go crazy!

If the Chu State wants to go north to the Central Plains, the back road may be cut off by the Huai State at any time. Therefore, Huai State has become the great enemy of Chu State at this time, and if you want to win the Central Plains, you must first defeat Huai State.

It's just that if you want to defeat Huai, how easy is it to do it? The last time the Marquis of Qi summoned the princes to fight against him, he was annihilated by the entire army of the Huai State, and the Chu State was defeated three times in a row, how could he win alone?

After thinking about it, the monarchs and ministers of Chu felt that they should join forces with the princes of the Central Plains to deal with Huai, and they were also ready to contact another country, Yueguo, to deal with Huai together.

The Yue Kingdom was not a feudal state of the Zhou Dynasty, it was first divided by Xia Jun, and it was established by the descendants of Prince Yu. Seriously speaking, Chengtang destroyed Xia, and Yin Shang and Yue Guo still had enmity.

If the state of Chu wanted to deal with the state of Huai, it became imperative to form an alliance with the state of Yue. So Chu Jun sent an envoy to Yue Guo.

At first, Yue did not want to form an alliance with Chu and then fight against Huai together, but the person sent by Chu was a man who could speak well, and told Yue that after Huai annexed Wu, it was very likely that the next one would be to destroy Yue.

After all, the Yue State is located south of the Huai State, and the Wu State can be attacked anytime and anywhere. This is a great threat to Huaiguo. If you don't form an alliance with Chu State, when the Huai State attacks Yue State, Yue State will not be able to resist it at all.

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At the beginning, the state of Wu was general, and the army of Huai State attacked, and the state of Wu soon collapsed and was annexed by Huai. The kingdoms of Wu and Yue were closely linked, and the two countries had frequent battles for hundreds of years, and the strength of the states of Wu and Yue was about the same.

Huai can easily destroy Wu State, so it is easy to destroy Yue State.

The monarchs and ministers of the Yue State thought about it, and this was indeed the case, so in order to prevent the Yue State from becoming the next Wu State, the Yue State agreed to form an alliance with the Chu State and jointly deal with the Huai State.

At the same time, because the Yue State was not proficient in the battle array and the method of vehicle warfare, the Chu State once again released manpower and material resources to begin to teach the Yue State battle array and the method of vehicle warfare. In addition to the teaching of combat skills, the state of Chu also taught the agricultural techniques of the Yue country, so that the strength of the Yue country increased.

The number of Yue was a little more than that of Wu, and after receiving the support of Chu, the national strength increased rapidly. It's just that if you want to deal with Huai, Yue is not enough, and its army is far worse than Wu. There is so much to learn.

An alliance was formed between Chu and Yue, and an agreement was made to attack Huai, but it was not simple to attack Huai, even if Chu and Yue joined forces, they were not necessarily Huai's opponents, so the best choice was for Chu and the Central Plains princes and Yue to work together.

In this way, Huai Guo needs to face attacks from the north, south, and west, and even if Huai Guo is strong, it will not be able to block the attack from three sides.

Since the state of Chu and the state of Huai went to war three times, the state of Huai has been interested in the state of Chu. Especially when I know that there is a place of 2,000 li in the Chu State, it is second to none among the countries of Bangzhou. Only the land of Jin is not much different from that of Chu. The others are much worse even compared to the Qi Kingdom.

Huai sent a large number of fine works to Chu to collect information about Chu. The succession of the public office in the Chu State over the years has been very chaotic.

These generations of Chu Hou have not died well, the younger brother killed his brother and snatched the position of Chu Jun has been staged repeatedly, it can be described as chaos, and the current Chu Jun is the one who killed Xiong Tong, the king of Chu.

Huai Guo temporarily ended his plan against Qi and set his sights on Chu. It attaches great importance to the state of Chu and Huai, after all, it has two thousand miles of mountains and rivers, a large population, and great war potential.

After Xizuo came to the Chu State, he began to develop quietly and infiltrate the Chu State.

The alliance between Chu and Yue was not hyped up, and it was obvious that Chu wanted to deal with Huai at a critical time, but there were still some clues about the large-scale material transfer.