The capital of the King of Qi - Linzi City.
As soon as the latest batch of envoys returned from Wei and Han arrived in Linzi, they were immediately summoned by Qi King Tian Bijiang.
Tian Bijiang knows very well - the fighter opportunity is fleeting and there is no need to delay!
Moreover, the King of Qi also believed that the possibility of success in forming a coalition at this time was extremely high!
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Qin Guogang gave Wei and South Korea a violent beating and took away South Korea's important town of Yiyang. The two countries were furious.
What's more, the alliance between Chu State, a long-established powerful country, and Tiger Wolf Qin State has made the countries in the east even more frightened!
Especially Wei and South Korea, which are not very strong themselves and are located in the heart of the Central Plains...
The alliance between Qin and Chu had a great shock to Wei and South Korea.
Of course, they tend to hug a thigh for shelter - in today's world, this thigh can only be the thick leg of Qi.
"The envoy comes to the palace to see you..." the eunuch's sharp voice was very high-pitched.
The envoys of Qi who came back from Wei and Han were covered in dust. Before they had time to clean themselves, they hurried into the palace to meet the king: "Greetings to the king... I have fulfilled my mission!"
"The King of Wei and the King of Han have promised to send troops!"
"Wei and Han are willing to respect the king as their leader and fight against Qin and Chu together!"
The spirit of King Qi Tianpijiang was greatly boosted!
OK!
If this coalition can really take advantage of Qin and Chu's weakness, they can overthrow Qin and Chu... and take a piece of flesh from these two great countries...
Then the entire Central Plains will be dominated by the Qi family!
Tian Bijiang will become the most accomplished monarch of Qi in a century!
"Can Wei and South Korea send envoys to wait outside the palace?" King Qi asked.
"The envoys of the two countries are outside the palace!"
King Qi put his hands on his hands and laughed: "Okay! Please come in quickly!"
Since ancient times, whenever multiple countries want to join forces to fight, there must be diplomatic relations and intrigues... There are not a few people who break the treaty and betray the agreement halfway.
Just like the Chu State in the past - he was just a famous young man!
However, this time Wei and South Korea have sent envoys to Qi, which shows that there are basically no more incidents in the alliance.
The envoys from the two countries hurriedly entered the palace——
"The envoy from Wei meets with the King of Qi!"
"The envoy of Han pays homage to King Qi!"
"We are willing to take the King of Qi as our leader and jointly punish Qin and rebel against Chu!"
"...Avenge me on Yiyang!" the Korean envoy added another sentence.
Obviously South Korea has deep resentment for the loss of Yiyang.
"I wonder how many troops Wei and South Korea are willing to send?" Tian Bijiang asked.
"We, the great Wei, are willing to send 60,000 elite troops to respond to the coalition leader's alliance!" the Wei envoy said impassionedly.
"South Korea has experienced a new defeat in Yiyang and its national power has declined, but it is still willing to send 40,000 troops to defeat Qin and Chu!" The Han envoy also followed closely.
King Qi Tian Bijiang made a calculation in his mind.
Qi can dispatch 150,000 troops, plus 100,000 Wei and Han troops, for a total of 250,000 troops.
Although it is not as good as the previous battle when the Six Kingdoms jointly attacked Qin, the battle is still quite big!
Tian Bijiang snapped: "Okay!"
"We, the Qi State, have also sent 150,000 troops - starting from now on, we will form a coalition with the allies of Wei and Han!"
"Together we will break the alliance of tigers and wolves between Qin and Chu!"
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Chu State, the capital of Ying.
The messengers and spies with feathers on their backs came and went, adding a layer of tension to Yingdu.
"Have you heard? The three countries of Qi, Wei and Han want to join forces to attack our country of Chu!"
"My distant relative is an official in the court, and I heard that the enemy has assembled hundreds of thousands of troops!"
"Is this happening?"
"We probably won't win this time..."
The entire Yingdu was in panic.
Speaking of Chu State, the frequency of military use in recent years has been too high.
A few years ago, we fought the Danyang War with Qin, and then last year's offensive against Vietnam... Now we have to deal with the coalition forces of Qi, Wei and Han...
Three wars in ten years! It can be described as militancy!
I really can’t stand it anymore!
"It's all because I insisted on forming an alliance with Qin, but it touched the sensitive nerves of Qi, Wei and Han!"
"Indeed, otherwise this war would not have started so suddenly!"
"The Tiger and Wolf Qin Kingdom has a bloody feud with me, the Great Chu, so how can we form an alliance with them? I was the first to be unhappy at the beginning!"
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There was a lot of discussion among the people, and in their words, they were quite resentful towards Zhaoju, who had advocated an alliance with Qin.
At this time, there was also a dark cloud in the political palace.
The main reason is that this battle happened too suddenly!
The three kingdoms of Qi, Wei and Han had seized the opportunity.
Although Chu State won a great victory when it invaded Vietnam last year, the newly plundered land and population have not yet turned into national strength.
To use an analogy - this is the point where a punch has just been punched but before the punch can be recharged.
"The three kingdoms of Qi, Wei and Han allied forces of 250,000 people want to attack Chu... How should we respond at this time?" King Huai of Chu panicked.
"If I had known this, I shouldn't have formed an alliance with the Qin people in the first place!"
All the ministers in the hall looked at each other in confusion. After a long time, Zhaoju stood up and spoke——
"Your Majesty, now that the enemy's coalition forces have formed, it's too late to say anything."
"Even if the king wants to break the treaty with Qin and please Qi, Wei and Han, it is too late now!" Zhaoju revealed the thoughts of King Huai of Chu.
King Chu Huai blushed.
He really thought so.
King Huai of Chu has always been a weakling. Now that he sees the strength of the Qi, Wei, and Han coalition, he is determined to break the contract, and even wants to join the camp of Qi, Wei, and Han to conquer Qin...
King Chu Huai often did this kind of thing before.
Because of this, in real history, King Huai of Chu finally aroused public anger and was beaten up by the two big brothers.
Zhaoju said helplessly: "The enemy has prepared food, grass and military pay, and a war is about to begin. How can we give up just because our Chu country bows its head and submits?"
"Besides, our Chu State has changed camps several times. If we break the contract again, I'm afraid Qi State will not be lenient."
King Chu Huai coughed dryly to cover up his embarrassment.
Zhaoju said in a deep voice: "At this time, we can only use all the troops in the country to fight Qi, Wei and Han to the death!"
"I recommend General Zilan as commander--he will surely be able to keep the enemy at bay!"
King Chu Huai suppressed the uneasiness in his heart and looked at the other ministers.
All the ministers nodded: "Yes, that's right...just use General Zilan."
At this time, everyone in the court was Zhaoju's party, and the opposition had long been suppressed out of the court by Zhaoju using various means - naturally they all agreed with Zhaoju's proposal.
King Huai of Chu: "In that case, I will follow what Ling Yin said..."
"But, how many troops can our Chu country send at this time?"
A minister in yellow clothes stood up from the side, shook his head and said: "Reporting to your Majesty, I am in charge of the warehouse - now our Chu country has deployed troops several times, and there is not much food and grass in the warehouse!"
"With all our plans, we can only fight with 60,000 soldiers!"
King Huai of Chu was heartbroken——
Sixty thousand?
That’s 250,000 yuan!
Can this be won?
Zhaoju saw King Chu Huai's fear and quickly cheered him up——
"Don't worry about me, my king."
"Although the combined forces of Qi, Wei and South Korea number 250,000, they are not all coming for our great Chu."
"We still have Qin allies!"
"As long as Qin launches an attack, everything will be fine!"
"The 100,000-strong army of Wei and Han must attack [Yiyang] occupied by Qin!"
"That is to say - our Chu army faces only Qi's 150,000 troops!"
only?
Everyone in King Huai of Chu was dumbfounded!
We only have 60,000 people, and others have 150,000, and you still say 'only'? !
