Qi Gong soon discovered that the existence of these low-level officials and Yuanshi made it impossible for Tian Chang to happen.
The main demands of these people are to expand the territory of Qi, restore the hegemony during the Duke Huan period of Qi, and dominate the Ji Jiang Alliance.
As long as he cooperates with their actions and gives them the title of righteousness, he will still be the master of Qi State, and even many of them are loyal to Qi State.
As long as he didn't do anything extreme, he could continue playing music and dancing, so Qi Gong readily agreed to their request.
The Qi State managed to recruit more than 100,000 soldiers in a short period of time. With the size of the Qi State, there was no problem in recruiting 400,000 young soldiers, but the conscription order took time.
After Luo Guo got the news, the royal family, the public clan, and the Qing clan gathered together in the palace.
Luo Zhi blankly recalled what his great-aunt said to him, "Whether it is an ally or a hostile country, we should not only pay attention to what it is doing now, but also what it will do in the future.
There are many accidental things in this world, but there must be many inevitable things driving it.
Everyone in Qi State, from the king to the ministers and officials, is in a state of intoxication. However, Qi State is a big country, and power will not disappear. It will only fall into the hands of those who are willing to do things.
If these new political forces cannot be controlled, the Ji Jiang Alliance will be destroyed. "
Luo Zhi came back to his senses, rubbed his head and said, "Everyone, please tell me about the affairs of Qi State."
Luo Qing frowned and sighed: "My lord, it is basically impossible for Qi and Luo to advance and retreat together in the future, but the Ji Jiang Alliance has not been destroyed for the time being.
These Yuanshi generally did not covet the monarchy of Qi State, but trusted Luo State and considered us a reliable ally. "
Everyone in the palace breathed a sigh of relief. The alliance between Qi and Luo was crucial.
Without Qi as an ally, Luo would not be able to compete with Jin for dominance in the alliance, and would not be able to curb Jin's evil intentions.
Luo Qing added: "Now Qi State will inevitably have a war with Song State, and the emperor personally went to attack Song State, which gave Qi State a reputation for righteousness.
Jin and Wu are now responsible for suppressing Qin and Chu. If we can quickly unite with Qi and divide Song and Chen, we will not cause the emperor's royal army to suffer heavy losses, or even cede the land of Zheng to the royal family. , this may be the best result. "
Divide Song and Chen? !
This made everyone a little shocked.
There are three main sources of land in the Luo Kingdom. The first is the land given during the enfeoffment, plus the land rewarded by the emperors of the past dynasties. The second is the land seized from the barbarians. The third is to help neighboring countries resist the barbarians. Then some cities were donated by neighboring countries.
Luo Zhi pondered and said: "What do you mean, let Qi and Zheng divide Song and Chen, and then cede the western part of Zheng to the royal family, and then the royal family will reward the northern part of Song to Luo?"
Luo Qing nodded and then shook his head and said: "The State of Zheng is controlled by the Qing clan and has always wavered. So we took this opportunity to directly destroy the State of Zheng and merge the land of the State of Zheng into the Wang Ji."
Luo Qing wanted to directly eliminate all three unstable factors in the heart of the Central Plains: Zheng State, Chen State, and Song State.
Luo Zhi recalled his great-aunt's teachings, waved his hand and said: "Let me think about it again, Wu State's attitude cannot be ignored, and Chu State may have received the news.
If the commotion gets too big, it may not be able to end.
In addition, people should be sent to Jin State to see if the situation in Qin State to the west of Hangu Pass is stable.
Gu was very worried that Qin and Chu would take this opportunity to enter the Central Plains. "
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Chen Guowanqiu.
The kings and ministers of the State of Zheng led the army of the State of Zheng and retreated here from Lucheng. The army of the State of Zheng looked a little miserable. Many soldiers were injured. There were marks of swords and guns on their armors, and many of their flags were somewhat torn. The cave looks like it has experienced a volley of bows and arrows.
The two hundred-mile road from Lucheng to Wanqiu is littered with corpses, from both sides. The land that should be full of food is filled with blood, broken armor and weapons, and countless Traces of fire.
The savages who were not included in the rule of the Chen Kingdom looked at the soldiers fighting each other in panic. The lucky ones were able to escape into the mountains, but the unlucky ones were directly captured by both sides and either served as slaves transporting food or used as cannon fodder.
Zheng Houchan said with a gloomy face: "The strength of the Song Dynasty cannot be underestimated, and our army did not take any advantage.
If this continues, I am afraid that we will retreat to Zheng. When the war is over, other countries will definitely laugh at Zheng.
Can all the ministers endure such humiliation?
The books compiled by Luo Guo have recorded many jokes from various countries. Do you want to be included in the collection of jokes? "
The faces of all the officials of Zheng State were a little unhappy. Luo State's comedy collection was popular all over the world, which mainly included jokes about Chu and Song. However, some time ago, Zheng Guo used wild boar and pheasant to compare Chen State, but he was beaten. It's so miserable, it's definitely going to be in a comedy collection.
Although I had long expected that they might not be the opponents of Song and Chen, it was too ugly now that they had no power to fight back.
The kings and ministers of the State of Zheng regretted that they had been too strong before and should have delayed it for a while. Then they heard the messenger coming to report: "Your Majesty, the army of the Song State is attacking again!"
Zheng Houchan said helplessly: "To meet the enemy, Guo Qing, I still have to trouble you."
When Guo Qing heard this, his face turned so dark that he could shed tears. As the Qing clan with the largest power and the largest number of soldiers, he had suffered considerable losses these days.
Everyone in the Zheng Guoqing clan wanted to preserve their strength, which is why they were beaten so badly by the Song Dynasty. They were no different from before. They left behind one or two hundred corpses of soldiers, as well as countless auxiliary soldiers and slaves who were too lazy to count. After the corpse, Zheng Guo began to strategically retreat again, and this retreat retreated all the way into Zheng Guo.
Chen Houhu followed Song Gong and looked at the city of Zheng State. He was quite satisfied and said with a cheerful smile: "Song Gong, Zheng Hou also talked about wild boars and pheasants without shame. Now it seems that Zheng Guo only treats you. A pheasant."
After arriving in Zheng State, out of the desire to protect their fiefdom and property, the Zheng Guoqing clan finally stopped conserving their strength and began to fight the Song and Chen coalition forces with real swords and guns.
At this time, Emperor Zhou's army passed through the valley on the north side of Taishi Mountain, arrived at Xinzheng City, and then followed the road to the front of the battlefield.
Ji Bai directly gave an order to the Song and Chen coalition forces, asking them to withdraw.
Song Gong and Chen Hou were dumbfounded on the spot. They thought that Zheng Hou would find allies. This was normal. After all, none of the Xia kingdoms who had survived to this day had few allies.
But it would be a bit scary to directly find Emperor Zhou.
Although the royal family has been invisible in recent years, the emperor still has some prestige and sanctity.
After the princes of the princes ascended the throne in the country, they still had to send ministers to Luoyi to get the gold book, so that they could be recognized by the princes of the world.
Song Gong hesitated a little and said: "Chen Hou, can we afford the sin of resisting the emperor?
If we attack the emperor today, wouldn't this give Luo, Qi and Wu an excuse? "
Chen Houhu was naturally unwilling. This was a life and death crisis for him, but he knew that persuasion was useless.
Under the pressure of survival, his IQ quickly soared, and he said sadly: "Song Gong, you are really a kind elder, and you always abide by Zhou etiquette.
But when Emperor Zhou appears here, doesn’t he have malicious intentions towards you?
Will the jackal in the mountains stop eating you just because you feed it a piece of meat?
The State of Qi has been eyeing you for a long time. Now Emperor Zhou leads his troops to attack you. Will the State of Qi let you go?
If you withdraw your troops now, the Emperor of Zhou and the State of Zheng will have 200,000 troops, and the State of Qi will send 200,000 or even 300,000 troops. They will attack you from the east and west. How will you resist?
What if Luo and Wu attack you at the same time? The state of Song may be overturned in an instant. "
Chen Hou deliberately lowered his voice and exaggerated the terrifying scene for Song Gong. This was also the inspiration given to him by Doctor Lianqiao before. Song Gong's fear of the country with the surname Ji had already been engraved in his bones.
"So the best way now is to defeat the coalition forces of Emperor Zhou and Zheng State, and then face the army of Qi State.
Or take advantage of the situation to destroy Zheng and Ying, so that the lands of Song, Chen, and Chu will be connected together.
The State of Chen was a vassal state of the State of Chu. It had previously sent a message to the capital of Ying for help. The Chu State's army could appear in the Central Plains without restriction. This was the dream of the nobles of the State of Chu.
Moreover, Chu State has always wanted Jiuding. I don’t believe that they suddenly changed their gender. When the time comes, you use Jiuding to seduce Chu State, won’t Chu State help you? "
Chen Hou's words made Song Gong's face a little uncertain. Thinking of the hundreds of years of surveillance by Luo and Qi, he couldn't help but shuddered and said harshly: "The emperor is unfair. Song has always observed etiquette, but the emperor has helped Zheng Guo.”
The next day, the Song-Chen coalition army itself numbered hundreds of thousands. Chen Hou also frantically captured young men from the Chen Kingdom to join the army. Together with the captured savages and barbarian slaves from small tribes, 200,000 people were divided into six parts. Defend enemies and transport food and grass in different directions.
The armies of Zheng Guo and the royal family were also waiting in formation. A total of 70,000 to 80,000 soldiers plus 300,000 logistics troops faced off on such a small land.
When Zheng Houchan saw that the Song and Chen coalition forces had not retreated, he couldn't help but feel secretly happy. He knew that a confrontation between large armies of this scale might not be able to determine the outcome for three or four years, so on the one hand he asked Doctor Qing to mobilize supplies and on the other hand On the other hand, he said to Ji Pai in a sly and flattering manner: "Your Majesty, look.
I know that Song and Chen cannot be trusted. They don't respect your orders. Doesn't it show their wolfish ambitions? "
There was a hint of coldness in Ji Bai's eyes, "I am the emperor, but the king of the Song Dynasty ignored my orders and despised the king's orders. He really deserves to die."
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King Luo was lustful, greedy, violent, and self-willed. Zheng Zonggong used his advantage to deceive him, so he went to war.
In the autumn of the seventeenth year, he fought with the Song Dynasty between Zheng and Chen, and the loss of his master was still fierce. ——"Historical Records·Zhou Benji"
This is a big plot, watch it slowly, don’t rush
(End of chapter)
