Huang Er's words made many Wei people in Zichen Palace feel a little dazed.
After looking around at the Wei people in the palace, Huang Xu lowered his voice and said: "Your country must not know that Lu Xi has been immersed in wine for a long time and has already become terminally ill. It is said that... Lu Xi once vomited blood on his handkerchief while drinking. I want to ask, what is the difference between your country and Qi country?
How long can the agreement last?"
When he said this, Huang Er couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
He did not just talk nonsense. In fact, many people in the Chu court knew that King Xi of Qi's health was deteriorating, especially King Xiong Xu of Chu, who knew all about it.
King Xi of Qi was fond of drinking and seducing women. It is said that in the early years, absurd news circulated from the palace of King Qi that King Xi of Qi once ordered more than a dozen beauties to sleep with him on a big bed, sleeping under the same quilt, and having fun all night long.
It is also reported that King Xi of Qi envied immortals and hoped to live forever, so he invited many alchemists to the palace of Qi to refine various elixirs for him that were said to make him immortal after eating them.
In short, King Xi of Qi once did all kinds of things that are very absurd in the eyes of ordinary people. He was too hedonistic and too superstitious about immortality medicine. He was obviously much younger than King Ji Si of Wei and King Xiong Xu of Chu, but his physical condition was far worse.
Far inferior to the previous two kings, now, it is said that he is even more seriously ill and the medicine is not working.
It has to be said that this news made the Xiong nobles of Chudong very excited. After all, in their eyes, King Qi Xi was simply a lingering nightmare, but there were also some who were troubled by this news.
For example, King Xiong Xu of Chu.
I remember that when Xiong Xu first became the King of Chu, King Xi of Qi was just one of the sons of the previous King of Qi, with only the status of a prince.
Logically speaking, Xiong Xu had much richer experience in governing the country than Lu Xi, but in fact, after Lu Xi became the king of Qi, Chu State ushered in a gloomy period that lasted for more than 20 years.
During these more than 20 years, King Xi of Qi united with the two allies of Lu and Song. It can be said that he completely pushed Chu to the ground and beat Chu. Every time he raised troops to attack Chu, Chu suffered losses.
It was disastrous, and in the most serious case, Chu State almost lost its capital, Shoying.
I remember that at that time, the allied forces of Qi, Lu, and Song invaded Chu State with overwhelming force, which made the nobles in the entire eastern Chu region, headed by the Xiong nobles, frightened and moved south one after another.
Not to mention the battle when the Qi Allied Forces came to the city of Shouying. The Lu State built thousands of catapults in an attempt to completely destroy Shouying and completely destroy the confidence of the Chu State.
At that time, even Chu King Xiong Xu was so frightened that he almost abandoned Shou Ying and fled to the south.
Although the Chu people defended Shouying with difficulty in that battle, God knows what a heavy price the Chu people paid at that time.
What made the Chu people feel even more aggrieved was that it was not that they defeated King Xi of Qi to save Shouying, but that the war dragged on until winter, and the allied forces of Qi, Lu, and Song slowly retreated.
It's like saying that the state of Qi, together with the state of Lu and the state of Song, took advantage of the mood and beat the state of Chu violently. After the beating, the state of Qi said it was getting late and we were tired from the beating. Let's go home first. Tomorrow
Then, the coalition forces under King Xi of Qi withdrew under the gaze of the Chu people with gritted teeth.
The next year, King Xi of Qi gathered Lu and Song here to continue attacking Chu.
All in all, during those years, Qi State attacked Chu State whenever it wanted. This is why the people of Chu feared King Qi Xi like a tiger.
For King Xiong Xu of Chu, losing to King Xi of Qi was not a shame. What was shameful was that he had never had the upper hand when facing this old enemy.
Therefore, King Xiong Xu of Chu was very confused because according to the news, King Xi of Qi was about to die soon.
what does that mean?
This means that once he delays for too long, he will never have the chance to defeat King Xi of Qi and wash away his hatred and shame.
I believe that except for King Xiong Xu of Chu, all Chu people who still have self-respect are eager to defeat Qi in an upright manner on the battlefield before King Xi of Qi dies.
Unfortunately, the alliance between Qi and Lu is really close and powerful. Qi's wealth coupled with Lu's machine skills make them invincible.
Therefore, King Xiong Xu of Chu once worked hard to win over the Kingdom of Wei and King Ji Si of Wei. Unfortunately, Zhao Hongrun’s father was not a short-sighted person, and he was not bothered by the various generous promises made by King Xiong Xu of Chu. move.
Even if they united with Yangcheng Lord Xiong Tuo to attack the Song Dynasty, they were only considering the interests of their own country and had no intention of favoring the Chu Kingdom. This made Chu King Xiong Xu become more and more impatient, not only for his son Yangcheng Lord Xiong Tuo frequently attacked the Fenxing fortress of Wei and turned a blind eye. Even last year, he sent as many as 300,000 troops, led by his two sons Xiong Tuo, Lord of Yangcheng, and Xiong Wu, Lord of Guling, to attack Yingshui County and Song County respectively. , hoping to beat the Wei State so that the Wei State would change its stance and support the Chu State to seek revenge from the Qi State.
Who would have thought that the birth of Su Wang Ji Run in Wei State not only thwarted Chu's intention to defeat Wei, but also facilitated the alliance agreement between Wei and Qi.
In order to save the situation, Huang Er could only reveal a piece of blockbuster news that was unknown to Wei State, namely the physical condition of King Lu Xi of Qi.
Not to mention, when he heard the news, Du You, the Minister of Rites, immediately changed his expression.
You know, this is not good news.
After all, any country will experience varying degrees of turmoil during the transition of imperial power, unless there is only one successor. The problem is that King Xi of Qi is said to have three sons. The eldest son, Gongzijiu, is in his twenties this year, and the second son is in his twenties. His son, Gongzi Gao, is also very young. In addition, he also has a youngest son, Gongzi Luan, who is said to be only seven or eight years old this year.
Therefore, if nothing unexpected happens, once King Xi of Qi dies, the next King of Qi will be chosen between Gongzi Jiu and Gongzi Gao.
But the bad thing is that royal marriages since ancient times have resulted in the support of many nobles of their respective factions behind these princes. In order to help the princes they support to ascend the throne of Qi King, I believe those Qi nobles will spare no effort to themselves. They killed each other and plunged Qi into civil strife.
When Qi fell into civil strife, the biggest beneficiary was undoubtedly Chu.
It is undeniable that Qi, which may be in civil strife by then, will still have the strength to protect itself with the support of Lu.
The question is, what if the State of Chu takes the opportunity to attack the State of Wei? Can the State of Qi abide by the agreement on the offensive and defensive alliance signed before and send troops to support the State of Wei?
If the State of Qi is unable to send troops to assist at that time, or in other words, it is purely because it is in civil strife and has no time to take care of the State of Wei, then what will the State of Wei do? Will it have to face the State of Chu alone?
"...Huang believes that your country would be wise to choose its allies carefully."
Huang Xu, who seemed gentle and gentle, finally showed his fangs in his words.
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Du You, the Minister of Rites, opened his mouth, somewhat unable to make a decision.
Huang Er's meaning is very clear. Either the Wei State will favor the Chu State, and the two countries will join forces, or they may take advantage of the turmoil when King Xi of Qi dies in the future to annex Qi and Lu in one fell swoop; or the Wei State will turn to the Qi State.
However, when King Xi of Qi dies in the future, Chu State may also attack Wei State.
At this moment, Zhao Hongrun's laughter rang out in the hall: "Doctor Huang, I heard you right, are you threatening me, the Great Wei?"
I almost forgot that this person is here...
Huang Xu muttered in his heart, shook his head and said seriously: "Don't blame Mr. Run. Huang has no provocation. It's just that Huang feels that joining forces with Qi is nothing more than maintaining the current situation. But if you join forces with me, Da Chu,
, waiting for the opportunity to divide Qi, Lu, wouldn’t it be more beneficial to your country?”
"Why didn't we, the Great Wei, join forces with Qi and Lu to carve up your Chu Kingdom?" Hongli, the crown prince of the East Palace, interjected at this time, surprising Zhao Hongrun that the East Palace was not that stupid.
"Because, King Xi of Qi will die in his hometown earlier than my king." Huang Er looked at Prince Hongli and said with a smile: "Master Run just said that your country will never be afraid of war. And this sentence is exactly what I said.
The voice of Da Chu... King Xi of Qi, together with Lu and Song, have been attacking Chu for twenty years, but they are still unable to conquer Chu. Why does Prince Li think that after your country joins the alliance, it will definitely be able to conquer Chu?
How about destroying our great Chu?...Prince Li, you must know that Lu Xi's condition is getting worse and worse now, and there is no telling when he will die. And once he dies, it will be the time for our great Chu to launch a massive counterattack.
, I, the Great Chu, will not show mercy to any enemy... Prince Li, can you guarantee that your country will be able to save the Qi State from the offensive of our Great Chu, or... save yourself?"
This statement of fact, not a threat, left the East Palace Prince Hongli speechless. In fact, let alone him, not even Zhao Hongrun could guarantee it.
After all, if there was only one local battlefield, Zhao Hongrun could do his best to stop the Chu army, but the problem was that once the Chu army started fighting on multiple fronts, there was nothing he could do.
Just like in the previous battle, although Zhao Hongrun defeated Xiong Tuo, the king of Yangcheng, in Yingshui County, what about in Song Dynasty? Didn't the Suiyang army of Nangong retreat steadily?
At this moment, a chuckle sounded outside Zichen Hall.
"The prince cannot guarantee it, but Xiao Wang and General Tian can guarantee that what the Chu envoy said will definitely not happen!"
Everyone in the palace was stunned when they heard this, and they all turned their heads to look at the entrance of Zichen Palace. It didn't matter. The Wei people stood up in shock.
Especially Zhao Hongrun, whose face was full of surprise: "Six...Brother Six?!"
It turned out that standing at the door of Zichen Hall at this time was Zhao Hongrun's sixth brother, Prince Rui Zhao Hongzhao, who had been away for more than half a year.
"Prince, Hongrun, and all the adults from the Ministry of Rites, please come and be safe."
In the surprised eyes of all the Wei people in the hall, Zhao Hongzhao bowed his hands towards them, and then smiled and introduced a burly middle-aged man with a stern look behind him: "This man is sent by the King of Qi to come to Daliang to discuss the alliance.
The person in charge of this matter is General Xiang Tiantan!"
Tian Dan?
Tian Dan?!
Lord Xiong Tuo of Yangcheng, Lord Xiong Wu of Guling, scholar-bureaucrat Huang Er and other Chu people all changed their expressions after hearing this.
Even the guards who still had their weapons for protection immediately drew out their swords and looked at the middle-aged man behind Zhao Hongzhao with hostility, their eyes full of unforgettable hatred.
What...what's going on?
The officials of the Ministry of Rites looked at the many Chu people in the palace in surprise, and were surprised by the strong hostility they suddenly showed towards the Qi general.
Faced with the strong hostility of Chu State, Qi Jiang Tian Dan grinned and said: "Get out of here, you little brat of Chu State!"
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The Wei people in the palace looked at each other, and Zhao Hongrun felt even more incredible, because he found that in the face of Qi Jiang Tian Dan's ridicule, whether it was Guling Lord Xiong Wu, scholar-official Huang Er, or even Yangcheng Lord Xiong Tuo, they all He pursed his lips and did not dare to speak, even though his eyes were full of anger.
What is the origin of this Tian Dan...?
Zhao Hongrun touched his chin and guessed in surprise. (To be continued.)