The next day, Zhao Kuo and King Jian of Qi worshiped heaven and formed an alliance outside the city.
The two are similar in age and have similar height and shape, but they are completely different in terms of aura.
One is the murderous aura that comes from fighting among thousands of troops, and the other is the rouge aura developed in the deep palace. Day by day, they form a sharp contrast.
"Soldiers." Zhao Kuo stood on the altar and looked at the soldiers below. The queue was neat and uniform, spreading for several miles, and was filled with darkness.
When all the soldiers heard Zhao Kuo's voice, they puffed up their chests and looked at Zhao Kuo with fiery eyes!
Nearly 200,000 Zhao troops fell into silence for an instant!
The people of Qi watched this scene in shock. They had never seen someone with such prestige. With just one word, he could make 200,000 soldiers stop talking in an instant.
"Does our country of Qi have such elites?" Queen Mother Qi asked both sides of the Qi army's convoy.
"Queen Mother, nothing." The minister of Qi shook his head helplessly.
To this extent, it is not just the soldiers, but also partly the monarch. If the monarch does not have enough prestige, even the most elite soldiers will not act like this.
"Alas!" Queen Mother Qi sighed, adding a few wrinkles to her smooth forehead.
In the vehicle behind, a girl opened the curtain, peeked her head out, and looked at Zhao Kuo curiously with her bright eyes.
"Is he my husband? He can be considered a hero." The corner of the girl's mouth turned up slightly, and she couldn't help but start to dream about her future life.
"The Battle of Changping, the Battle of Qin, the Battle of Yan-Zhao, the Battle of Qi-Zhao... In one battle after another, the brothers around us fell one after another and stayed on the battlefield forever. In the future, we will still be there Facing more wars, I am incompetent and cannot guarantee that all of you will survive..." Zhao Kuo bowed deeply to the soldiers.
"However, I swear here that no one can take away all the rewards that belong to you. No one can bully your relatives. Anyone who dares to take away your rewards will be killed by this king. Whoever dares to bully you If someone is a relative of a person, I will kill his entire family. If I know someone is being unfair but remains indifferent, it will be like this."
Zhao Kuo suddenly pulled out his sword and cut the pillar into two pieces with one strike.
"We will fight until the blood is shed dry!"
"We will fight until the blood is shed dry!"
"We will fight until the blood is shed dry!"
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All the soldiers waved their weapons vigorously, and their fanatical shouts seemed to shatter the entire sky.
From the moment they set off for the war, they had already put life and death aside. They were not afraid of death. They were afraid of meaningless death. They were afraid that after their death, someone would occupy their fields and bully their parents, wives and children.
And the officials they protected not only failed to help them, but also colluded with the squires and acted in collusion.
Their blood has spread to every corner of the world, but there is not an inch of land that belongs to them in this huge world.
Their hearts are full of anger and grievances, but they cannot vent it and have no one to tell them because they are born with "low status" and are born lower than others.
Let them go when it is time to work hard, but it is not their turn when it is time to be rewarded.
No one ever cares about low-class people like them!
But, now there is!
If others say it, they don't believe it, but they believe Zhao Kuo.
Because Zhao Kuo never failed them!
"boom!"
Suddenly, a golden-red war cloud emerged from Zhao Jun's soldiers, rolling crazily in the sky, like a raging wave, lapping in all directions, and might crash down at any time.
Lian Po and others clenched their fists, their bodies trembled slightly with excitement, and they almost screamed.
No one uses battle formations!
This is the first non-military spirit army in history to form a war cloud without the support of a battle formation.
The officers and soldiers of the Qi army looked at the Zhao army with envy. At this moment, they wished so much to join the Zhao army. Some even made up their minds to leave Qi tomorrow and move their families to Zhao.
Not for anything else, just so that when I am on an expedition, my family will not be bullied.
"Complete the six rites as soon as possible and marry Shu'er into the Kingdom of Zhao." Empress Dowager Qi lamented.
At this moment, she no longer had any thoughts of competing with Zhao Guo for supremacy. She only hoped that Zhao Kuo would show mercy to Qi Guo for Shu'er's sake.
The official next to him said yes.
After a few breaths, Zhao Kuo spread his hands, placed them flat, and slowly pressed down.
In an instant, nearly two hundred thousand soldiers stopped at the same time, and the outside of Linzi City became silent again.
Even though it was the second time they saw it, everyone was still very shocked.
"Hello, King Qi." Zhao Kuo turned around slowly, as if he had just seen King Qi now, and said hello casually.
"Ah? Zhao...Hello, King Zhao." Before Qi Wangjian could get over the shock, he was startled when he suddenly heard Zhao Kuo's voice and didn't know what to say.
"Won't King Qi say something to Qi Jun?" Zhao Kuo stretched out his hand and made a gesture of invitation.
"No...no." Qi Wangjian waved his hand quickly and said.
Firstly, he did not have the strength of Zhao Kuo, who could use his inner energy to make his voice heard by everyone. Secondly, he did not have the prestige of Zhao Kuo, so that everyone could listen to him and convince him.
He had already been tricked by Zhao Kuo, and if he tried to imitate Zhao Kuo's speech to the soldiers again, he would only be humiliating himself.
Seeing King Qi like this, Zhao Kuo felt a little bored and embarrassed to tease him any more.
"Then let's start worshiping the heaven." Zhao Kuo stretched out his hand and said.
"Okay... okay." Qi Wangjian glanced at Zhao Kuo fearfully, fearing that Zhao Kuo would punch him to death.
Zhao Kuo and Qi Wangjian stepped forward together and beheaded the Tailao animals that had been prepared: cattle, sheep, and hogs, and poured their blood on the altar. The heads of cattle, sheep, and hogs were also placed on the altar.
There are also jade bis, jade guis, silk silks, etc. that must be burned to God.
There were two trays placed in front of them. One tray contained a cow's ear, and the other tray contained two cups of blood.
Zhao Kuo took a step forward, picked up the cow ear without hesitation, then handed a cup of blood to Qi Wangjian, and picked up another cup himself.
"Please, King Qi."
After speaking, Zhao Kuo wiped blood on his lips.
King Qi Jian followed suit.
This is what is called "holding one's own authority" and "making alliances based on blood."
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After forming an alliance, it means that Zhao and Qi will advance and retreat together in the future.
Zhao Kuo did not stay any longer and led a mighty army towards Yecheng the next day.
As for getting married, you have to wait until the six rites are completed. Although it is not like the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, it does not take one year for the emperor and half a year for the princes, but a month or two is normal.
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"Pang Nuan, where is Yanzhou?" Zhao Kuo ordered before leaving.
"The end will be here." The two of them walked to the middle, clasped their fists and said.
"You two led an army of 50,000 people and went south to capture Taoyi for me." Zhao Kuo said loudly.
Taoyi was the capital of the Song Dynasty at that time. Its commerce was prosperous and all countries wanted to occupy it. Su Qin, Li Dui and Wei Ran all wanted to make this place their own fiefdom.
After the fall of the Song Dynasty, Taoyi was occupied by the State of Qi. After the Five Kingdoms conquered Qi, it was occupied by the State of Qin and became the fiefdom of Ranghou Wei Ran.
Historically, after the death of Ranghou Wei Ran, Tao Yi was taken back by the Qin State and set up as Tao County. After Wei Wuji defeated the Qin army, the Wei State took the opportunity to occupy it.
However, in this world, Ranghou Wei Ran is somewhat strong and seems to be able to bounce around for a long time, so Taoyi still belongs to Wei Ran's fiefdom.
Although the Three Jin Dynasties defeated Qin State, Wei State turned around and attacked Zhao State before it had time to send troops to attack Taoyi, so it is still in Wei Ran's hands.