"When it comes to their own survival, why can't mutual enemies become allies?" Wu Qi looked at the general and said.

This general was silent, it can be said that the Zhao family negotiated with Yuedi, and the agreement reached in private was also forced by Wu Qi, until it was a last resort, how could this Zhao family form an ally with the enemy for many years?

At the suggestion of Tian Ji, Akita personally visited the head of the Akira family, 'Shoyo', and sent his own men to negotiate with the nobles of the Yue Prefecture.

Eventually, with the help of the Akira family, the Yuedi forces accepted Akita, and the three forces formed a new alliance against Wu Qi.

At the same time, the Zhao family once again raised the banner on the side of the Qing monarch, so that many small nobles who were watching also took refuge in the Zhao family.

The Zhao family also sent an envoy to the Xiang family, one of the three major families located in the west.

It is hoped that the Xiang family will also respond to the call at this time and resist the tyranny of the king of Chu together, so as to force the king of Chu to give up the reform.

As for why the Qu family was not contacted, it was because there was a traitor in the Qu family, that was Qu Yuan, and the first aristocratic alliance was formed under the behind-the-scenes planning of the Qu family.

But what he didn't expect was that Qu Yuan of the Qu family was a traitor to the Qu family, he colluded inside and out, controlled the Qu family, and made his family powerless to fight against the Central Army, creating a coalition army without a leader and no real leader, so that Wu Qi was easily defeated, and at the same time, the Qu family was the representative of the civil official group of the Chu State.

Several of their leaders were controlled, and the Qu family had no power, the Qu family was powerful, many nobles were protégés of the Qu family, and in the central court, the Qu family also had a great right to speak.

But the weakness is also the most obvious, he is not like the Xiang family and the Zhao family have a very strong military force, and at a critical moment, he can use his own military strength to protect himself.

Because of Qu Yuan's power, the Qu family all took refuge under the banner of the Central Chu State, and Qu Yuan led the Qu family to prepare military rations for them to ensure that Wu Qi's crusade was full of food and grass.

At the same time, he sent people from his own family to lobby among the noble forces on the sidelines, hoping to solve them in a peaceful way.

Those aristocratic forces in the hinterland of the center of Chu State, under the persuasion of the Qu family, all surrendered, and those who did not surrender were all aristocratic forces in the east of Chu State, or aristocratic forces in the west of Chu State.

The power of these people basically relies on the Zhao family and the Xiang family of the three major families, these two families do not surrender to the central government, and their small nobles do not surrender like the central government.

At the same time, Qu Yuan formed a coalition army within the Central Plains, which was a coalition army called '800,000' composed of surrendered aristocratic forces, and the commander-in-chief was Shaohua.

The 800,000 army was mainly guarding against the Xiang family in the west, and Wu Qi originally wanted to solve the Xiang family, but because there were too many unstable factors in the east, Wu Qi chose to solve the east first.

When the east is solved, the power of the Xiang family is completely recovered by sending a large army to directly suppress the power of the Xiang family.

Tian Ji and others came to Zhaoguan.

Zhaoguan is a dangerous pass in the east of Chu State, and the Zhao family lives here, they have guarded here for generations, defending the Yue Kingdom, and later after the Yue Kingdom was destroyed, the Zhao family also used this Zhaoguan to deter the old Yue forces.

The outsiders who defended before, now Zhaoguan is to defend the Chu people in the center, Zhaoguan is a fort with a strong wall, Zhaoguan is surrounded by mountains, cutting off the connection between the east and west of the Chu State.

Because of the dangerous terrain and the fortifications of Zhaoguan are very strong, it is extremely difficult to break through Zhaoguan, and there is a large amount of grain and grass stored in Zhaoguan.

Generally, it is impossible to break through it within five years by simply relying on a strong attack, and what army can persistently attack a city?

I'm afraid that there will be problems with logistics and supply halfway through the battle, and then we will have to withdraw our troops, and the longest time that the Yue State attacked Zhaoguan was a year.

After a year of fighting, there was a problem with the grain and grass in the rear and the army had to be withdrawn, and the Zhao family at that time led the army to counterattack and wiped out this Vietnamese army, so that the Yue country did not dare to invade the west for ten years, and changed from an offensive state to a defensive state.

At this time, Zhaoguan was in the eastern part of the Chu State, like a capital, located in the center of the coalition army, radiating every city of the coalition army.

After Tian Ji and the others entered Zhaoguan, they came to Zhaogong's Mansion in Zhaoguan.

Tian Ji stepped forward and bowed to Zhaoyang: "Meet Zhaogong!" ”

Zhaoyang's title in the state of Chu was duke, known as the Duke of Zhao, and the territory under his jurisdiction was equivalent to the size of a Song state.

This is also the reason why the central government of Chu has always been afraid of the three major families, the territory of the three major families is too big, it is simply the country of China.

Including such an unstable factor, can the King of Chu be at ease? Unless someone like King Chu Huai is particularly capable of himself.

This is also why Wu Qi said that this is the hardest war to counterinsurgency, because it is no different from the war of annihilation.

Moreover, the Zhao family has sufficient grain and grass, and a sophisticated army, which is not very weak compared to the princes.

Of course, the Zhao family is still a little weaker than the princes, after all, although the Zhao family has a large territory and is well-equipped, it often needs subsidies from the central government of Chu to maintain the strength of the army.

However, in recent years, because the Yue Kingdom was destroyed, the central government did not give any subsidies to the Zhao family, and most of the subsidies were given to the Xiang family in the West, because the Xiang family had to defend against Korea and Qin.

Compared to the Zhao family, which had no enemies to defend, the Xiang family needed money even more.

"Who are you?" Zhaoyang stroked his beard, looked at Tian Ji and asked.

Zhaoyang's age is in his sixties, but his complexion is very good, his bones are very tough, and he is still wearing a military armor, as if telling people that he is not old with a sword, and he can still go to the battlefield to kill the enemy.

"Under the envoy of the Qi State, Tian Ji also!" Tian Ji looked at Zhaoyang and said.

After Zhaoyang heard Tian Ji's words, he then looked at Tian Ji: "As a special envoy of the Qi State, you don't go to Yingdu to visit my King Chu Mourning, and come to Zhaoguan to find me, what is the matter?" ”

"At this time, the state of Chu is in turmoil, and it is a question whether the future monarch of the state of Chu has the surname Xiong or not, and there is no difference between visiting the king of Chu at this time and visiting later!" Tian Ji looked at Zhaoyang and said.

"It's nonsense, the monarch of Chu can only have the surname Xiong, and nothing else!" Zhaoyang snorted coldly.

"Didn't Duke Zhao think that one day the monarch of the State of Chu would be surnamed Zhao?" Tian Ji looked at Zhaoyang and said.

Zhaoyang didn't speak, in fact, this time there was a big chaos, and Zhaoyang's heart really had the idea of being the king on behalf of the bear.

But it's just an idea, even if he defeats Wu Qi's army, and the army is approaching Yingdu, at most, it will be to drive King Chu Mourning from power.

After all, there is a big warlord called the Xiang family in the west of the Chu State, and if he becomes the king, this family will definitely not be convinced.

So he just had this idea in his head, but he didn't plan to implement it.

Although the king of Chu mourning was depriving the nobles of their power, the nobles recognized in their hearts that the king of Chu only had the surname Xiong.

You dare to be the king, I am afraid that the princes of the Chu State will attack it, or the Chu State is really in chaos, you are the king, why can't I be the king? Everyone is a nobleman of the Chu State!