"Little guy, do you think I am trying to make money from your brother Wang?"
Suddenly, King Lu Xi of Qi looked at Zhao Hongrun and asked, maybe he noticed the mocking expression Zhao Hongrun showed at that moment.
Zhao Hongrun was stunned for a moment and said calmly: "His Majesty, King Qi, has misunderstood."
King Lu Xi of Qi shook his head and said: "Whether you misunderstood or not, I have to explain this matter clearly... I have founded Da Qi in the east of Taishan for hundreds of years. How can the foundation of our ancestors be ruined in my hands?"
Here, he looks
He glanced at Ji Zhao and Zhao Hongrun and said regretfully: "If all my sons are as smart as your brother, I can rest assured. It's a pity that none of my sons are good enough. Only my youngest son Bai Shang is somewhat good."
intelligent……"
After that, he turned to look at Ji Zhao and said seriously: "Ji Zhao, although you are the prince of the Wei Kingdom, you married the widow's beloved daughter and are also the widow's son. In the future, the children you will have with Ji Zhao will be
He also has the blood of my Jiang family, Lu... If the young master Bai is also incapable of success, you should carefully teach your and Kuiji's son. My words can serve as a lesson for heaven and earth!"
Listening to the impassioned words of King Qi Lu Xi, Ji Zhao was moved and speechless. Even Zhao Hongrun had to admit that he was the one who judged the heart of a gentleman with a villain's heart. The King of Qi in front of him was really upright and upright.
's king.
"It's just that this way..."
Zhao Hongrun glanced at his sixth brother Ji Zhao calmly.
Sure enough, as he expected, Ji Zhao had a firm look on his face and said seriously: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, my son-in-law will do his best to assist Young Master Bai so that he can become a wise and wise king like Your Majesty!"
"I'll just say it!"
Zhao Hongrun shrugged secretly.
But he didn't care about this, after all, he didn't have any ambition to conquer the countries and unify the world.
At this time, Tian Tao couldn't help but said: "Your Majesty, otherwise, let's stop fighting here and withdraw our troops?... Maybe there are medicines and stones that can cure your Majesty's disease?"
When he said this, he looked at the old doctor with expectant eyes, and asked hesitantly: "Mr. Changsang? You said...is that right?"
Facing Tian Bao's expectant gaze, the old doctor Sang Xu smiled bitterly and shook his head.
"Mr. Changsang?" Tian Tao's expression became even more sad.
Seeing this, King Lu Xi of Qi interrupted: "Tian Bao, don't embarrass Mr. Chang Sang anymore. If it weren't for Mr. Chang Sang's unique skill of "golden needle crossing acupoints", I would have died long ago... Mr. Chang Sang can use
The fact that I have survived to this day is a testament to my ability as a miraculous doctor." At this point, he laughed at himself: "I made a mistake and got excited because Shouxing was about to be captured..."
After listening to Qi King Lu Xi's explanation, Zhao Hongrun realized that it turned out that Qi King Lu Xi could have lived for a few more months, but when he saw that Shouying was about to be conquered, he was so excited that he laughed loudly and became angry.
Blood attacks the heart.
It's better now, even gods can't save him.
"Too stupid..."
Zhao Hongrun shook his head secretly.
But having said that, even though he commented so much that the wise and powerful King Qi in front of him would actually commit a major negligence in such a small matter, he didn't know why, but he didn't feel good about it.
"What are His Majesty's plans for this battle?" Zhao Hongrun couldn't help but ask.
Perhaps hearing the coldness in Zhao Hongrun's words, Ji Zhao said with some displeasure: "Hongrun, you..."
However, King Lu Xi of Qi waved his hand to stop Ji Zhao, then looked at Zhao Hongrun and said apologetically: "Little guy, I have failed to live up to your expectations... When the Wei State faced the threat of South Korea,
I still sent troops to assist me, and I will remember it in my heart. It is actually God's will, and I don't want it to be like this... I also want to go hand in hand with your Wei army to jointly destroy the Chu State, a huge threat to you and me in the south...
Yes, I think about it day and night..."
"..."
In this regard, Zhao Hongrun remained silent.
Don't think that he was the only one who wanted to destroy Chu. In fact, King Lu Xi of Qi also wanted to destroy Chu in one battle. For this reason, Qi invested too much manpower and material resources in this battle.
After thinking about it, Zhao Hongrun sighed and said: "What happened today will definitely reach the ears of the Chu army. It may not be that easy for the coalition forces to send their troops south again."
After hearing this, King Lu Xi of Qi smiled and said: "It doesn't matter, I'll just use the trick... Xiong Xu has been fighting with me all his life, and he is very competitive. If he learns that I am dying, he will definitely send troops to counterattack. We deliberately retreated.
, set up an ambush halfway and caught him off guard!"
Having said this, he said to Shupan, the lord of Lu, as well as Ji Zhao and Tian Tao: "I can't make it, but the plan to weaken Chu cannot be delayed... No matter whether I am awake or fainting tomorrow, or whether
Even if you die, you can't withdraw your troops! ... You can't withdraw your troops even if you ask Tian Dan!"
"..." Everyone in the tent was silent. Of course they knew that if they withdrew their troops at this moment, they would most likely be counterattacked by the Chu army.
But the question is, if we don't withdraw our troops, will the King of Qi die outside the palace in this wilderness?
"It's...so stupid."
Zhao Hongrun stood aside and let out a long sigh, feeling increasingly uncomfortable in his heart.
After that, King Lu Xi of Qi explained some more things, and then at the end, he suddenly perked up and held Ji Zhao's hands heavily.
"My son, I, Da Qi, and Kui Ji, I will entrust them to you..."
Everyone in the tent was shocked when they saw this. Of course they knew what it meant that Qi King Lu Xi, who was obviously very weak just now, suddenly perked up.
"..."
With a slight sigh, Zhao Hongrun stepped out of the commander's tent and slowly walked towards the Zongwei.
When they saw Zhao Hongrun coming out of the commander's tent, Wei Jiao and others gathered around him.
"Your Highness, how is King Qi's situation?"
"Your Highness?"
Zhao Hongrun opened his mouth and was about to speak when he suddenly heard an exclamation from his sixth brother Ji Zhao from inside the handsome tent behind him: "Your Majesty!!"
Suddenly, there was a chaos outside the tent. Countless Qi officials were wailing outside, trying to rush into the tent despite the obstruction of the Fei Xiong guards.
The expressions of Wei Jiao and others changed slightly, and after looking at each other, they probably had guessed something.
"Let's go."
Zhao Hongrun shook his head, took the reins handed over by Zong Wei, got on his horse, and drove his mount slowly toward the camp gate.
The group of people slowly left the Qi Army camp.
When they arrived outside the camp, Zhao Hongrun reined in his horse, raised his head and glanced at the sky.
"it's over……"
he murmured.
Next to him, Zong Wei Weijiao heard this murmur and asked in a low voice: "Is this a battle?"
Zhao Hongrun shook his head.
Yes, what is about to end is not just this battle?
At the same time, the era of King Lu Xi of Qi ended, the era of Qi's dominance of the Central Plains!
The era of Qi is over!
Strangely, the death of Qi King Lu Xi made Zhao Hongrun inexplicably sad, but for some reason, there was an inexplicable excitement in his chest.
Perhaps it is because the era of Qi has ended and Chu has suffered a major setback, and the world is about to usher in a new era!
Perhaps, that was the era of Wei State!
"..."
Taking a deep look at the palm of his hand, Zhao Hongrun slowly clenched his fists and his eyes became firm again.
"Weijiao."
"Your Highness?" Zongwei Chief Wei Jiao vaguely felt that His Highness seemed to be slightly different.
"Go back to camp!"
"yes!"
On the same day, after Zhao Hongrun returned to the military camp, he made a rare move and urged his troops to continue the attack on Shouying.
At the same time, a news spread among the Qi-Lu coalition forces, which was to explain why King Lu Xi of Qi fell off his horse. In short, it was to blame the horse and the groom who fed the horse.
Moreover, the commander of the Qi army refuted the rumor and said that King Lu Xi of Qi was in good health and well.
This rhetoric finally improved the morale of the Qi-Lu coalition soldiers. However, only insiders like Zhao Hongrun knew that Qi King Lu Xi might have died.
The most direct impact was that Tian Danjiu of the Qi army on the east route went crazy and started massacring the Chu army, as if to vent some emotion.
On April 16th, I don’t know if it was because of the relationship between the defeat of the troops and the defeat of the troops, but finally, the three-pronged army of the coalition conquered Shouying.
After that, Shu Pan, the lord of Lu State, who was in charge of the military power on his behalf, and Ji Zhao, the left prime minister of Qi State, followed the will of King Lu Xi of Qi and ordered the troops to continue to march south.
During this period, Zhao Hongrun sent a force to threaten the Qi and Lu armies, while the rest of the Wei soldiers were busy harvesting Shoying's wealth. After all, it was time for him to consider his position now.
However, it is a pity that by the time the Wei army defeated Shouying, the great nobles in the city had already fled south with their clansmen and their wealth. The remaining belongings were insignificant to the once-rich Shouying.
Of course, even so, the Wei army gained hugely.
However, the story of "Qi King Lu Xi fainted and fell from his horse on the battlefield" eventually reached the ears of the Chu army. As expected, the Chu army launched a counterattack.
On April 19, the coalition forces set up an ambush and severely damaged several Chu armies that counterattacked. They took advantage of the victory and pursued the enemy, conquering more than a dozen cities in Chu State one after another, and almost reached the Yangtze River Basin.
The ease of these battles made Zhao Hongrun a little unbelievable.
He had some suspicions that the Chu army had let the enemy go on purpose. Otherwise, how could the victory have been so smooth?
But if you think about it carefully, in the face of such a national crisis, what reason did the Chu army have to let go?
In any case, this time the coalition finally achieved its goal of severely damaging the Chu State.
However, at this time, something happened in Qi: Gongzi Zhu, the eldest son of King Lu Xi of Qi, did not know where he got the news of his father's death. He contacted the nobles who supported him and tried to take advantage of the opportunity to ascend to power.
After that, the other sons of King Lu Xi of Qi also successively made plans to separate themselves and seek the throne.
The news of the death of Qi King Lu Xi would inevitably be learned by the Chu State.
However, unexpectedly, Chu State did not immediately counterattack Qi State, presumably because Chu State also suffered heavy losses in this battle.
On April 25th, King Xiong Xu of Chu sent his envoy Huang Er to Shouying to seek peace.
Yes, seeking peace, even Zhao Hongrun did not expect that Chu State would still choose to seek peace with Qi State after learning that King Lu Xi of Qi had passed away.
In the end, the five forces of Qi, Lu, Wei, Chu, and Yue reached a tacit agreement: Chu would cede territory and pay compensation, and admit defeat.
After that, Zhao Hongrun's sixth brother Ji Zhao was worried about the changes in the country of Qi, so he took the body of Qi King Lu Xi and led his army back to the country overnight.
Seeing this, Zhao Hongrun also ordered to withdraw his troops, but when he retreated, he took away the local wealth and the Chu people who were willing to defect to his Wei state.
Although this battle only affected a small part of Chudong, it caused the Chu State to suffer losses of hundreds of thousands or even millions of soldiers, and countless other properties.
The most important thing is that Shouying, the royal capital of Chu State, was captured by the coalition forces, and the once prosperous capital city was turned into ruins.
Everyone knows that this battle is not over yet, but neither Qi State nor Chu State has any energy left to continue the fight.
But it is foreseeable that once the Chu State stabilizes and regains its strength, Qi and Lu will inevitably suffer revenge from the Chu State.