Although the State of Qi discovered the importance of capturing the State of Song, the State of Qi did not dare to invade the State of Song so rashly.

Now it is the Qi State that dominates the world, but it is obviously impossible for the Qi State to destroy a powerful vassal state on its own.

Although the Qi State destroyed Yan and Yue, and destroyed these two powerful vassal states, it was all because of the internal reasons of these two countries.

If there was no civil strife in the Yan State, it would be impossible for the Qi State to destroy the Yan State like this, as for the Yue State, the two countries of Qi and Chu, the Chu State contributed the most to destroy the Yue State.

Now the national strength of the Qi State has risen greatly, the soldiers are strong and strong, and the princes dominate, but the Qi State sends troops to any of the vassal states, which can only guarantee the defeat of the other party, but it is not easy to destroy the other party.

Otherwise, Qi State would have already made a move against Zhao State, if Qi State had the ability to destroy Zhao State, then Qi State would have several opportunities to destroy Zhao, but Qi State did not destroy it.

Otherwise, the State of Qi would not have marched into the State of Zhao, declaring no war, instead of directly taking advantage of the situation to destroy the State of Zhao.

That's because although the Qi State dominates the princes, the Qi State is not strong enough, and it is easy to destroy a powerful vassal state that has been based for many years.

But if the State of Qi destroys the State of Song, and digests the State of Song, and allows the State of Song to integrate into the State of Qi, then everything will be different, and the State of Qi will get a large number of people, not counting resources.

The Song State is because it is a neutral country, and it has been neutral since its founding, even if the Song State existed during the period of the Jin and Chu hegemony struggles, but he was not destroyed.

However, the Song State was quite strong a long time ago, and it once dominated the princes for a period of time, competed with the Chu State for hegemony, and also competed for hegemony with the Jin State, but later failed to compete for hegemony and gradually fell.

The so-called skinny camel is bigger than a horse, and the hegemony for many years has gradually declined, but where is the national strength, if there is a master of Zhongxing, the Song State is not unable to gain a foothold in the Central Plains again.

But Jin Chu saw the strength of the Song State and joined forces to defeat the Song State, and when the Song State fought with Jin Chu, it actually had the power to fight.

However, at that time, Song Xianggong was known as the king of benevolence and righteousness, and the Chu State paid attention to a barbarian way, and Song Xianggong finally paid for his arbitrariness and lost to the Chu State, and then to the Jin State.

Because of this, the Song State fell, and the later Song State dukes, because of the squeeze of Chu and Jin, could not develop their ambitions in addition to their mediocre ability, and in order for the Song State to no longer be strong, the Jin State supported the merchant forces of the Song State behind their backs.

After the merchant power rose, the coup seized power, although the Song Guogong was not usurped, but the power is not as good as it was back then, the businessmen pay attention to interests, they pay attention to making money, the princes compete for hegemony, command the world, there is no interest, what they pursue is the supremacy of interests, money is God.

In order to prevent the Song State from suffering from war, they signed a neutrality agreement, never competing for hegemony, abolishing the army, and maintaining the military strength of the Song State in the form of mercenaries.

Because the Song State became a neutral country and the army was gone, people from many countries immigrated to the Song State in order to escape the suffering of the war, which caused the population of the Song State to skyrocket.

In addition, the merchants developed the economy, had money, and had a population, but they had no troops, which made the Song State a big fat meat.

Whoever gets the Song State of the surrounding vassal states can be hegemonic, if the national strength is stronger, it is not a problem to dominate the princes, like Chu State, Qi State This kind of country, after getting it, even has the ability to destroy the princes of the world.

Therefore, if Qi wants to swallow the fat of Song, then you must do a good job of diplomacy, so that after you swallow Song, the surrounding countries will not have objections and acquiesce to you to do so.

But the Qi State has now dominated the world, and it is extremely difficult to do this, you annexed the Song State, who knows if it will be me who you annex next?

Therefore, the worst plan for the Qi State is to face the situation of the Five Kingdoms to invade Qi, once the Song State is annexed, then the Qi State must think about how to face the Five Kingdoms to attack Qi, and the situation that can be preserved, as long as it is preserved, then the world will be aligned.

The Song State is a country that the Qi State must get, because only when the Song State is obtained, the Qi State can have a large number of population resources and can directly destroy the power of a country.

Gongsun Long knelt in front of the King of Chu Mourning: "Participate in the King of Chu Mourning!" ”

King Chu Mourning nodded: "Mr. Gongsun Long, please get up, I have already heard of Mr. Long's name!" ”

"Thank you, the king of Chu mourns the love, this is the honor of the dragon!" Gongsun Long looked at King Chu and said.

"I've heard you for a long time, you can argue with a clever tongue, and you can say the theory that white horses are not horses!" King Chu Mourning looked at Gongsun Long and said.

"Gongsun Long, if you can speak the Tao, it's just a villain messing around, and the elite courtiers of the Chu State can't be compared, what they say is a big truth, Long, what they say is just some crooked reasoning, it's difficult to get into the hall of elegance!" Gongsun Long returned to Chu to mourn the king.

King Chu Mourning laughed when he heard it: "You really know how to speak!" ”

"I don't know what happened to you from Handan, Zhao State, to me, the capital of Chu State Yingdu this time? And my Chu State and Zhao State are still hostile countries, right? King Chu Mourning looked at Gongsun Long and said.

Of course, King Chu Mourning just asked, of course he knew what Gongsun Long meant by coming here, and he actually didn't want to be an enemy of Zhao State, otherwise he wouldn't have come to meet Gongsun Long.

The moment he met Gongsun Long, it meant that he still wanted to talk to Gongsun Long.

"King Chu mourning, my Zhao State is now meeting with the soldiers and horses of Chu State, that is because I was bewitched by Wei State, in fact, my Zhao State does not want to start a war with Chu State, this time Sun Long came to sign a peace agreement with Chu State and work together to build the future!" Gongsun Long looked at King Chu and said.

King Chu Mourning laughed, and then said in a cold voice: "Is the war something you want to fight if you want to fight, and if you don't want to fight, you don't want to fight?" This matter is settled, what should I do with those heroic soldiers who sacrificed in the Chu State? ”

"If it weren't for the Battle of Echeng, my Chu State would have won, would you still be able to negotiate with me like this? I'm afraid that your Zhao State's Hufu cavalry has already entered the Yingdu of my Chu State, burned, killed and looted! King Chu Mourning looked at Gongsun Long and said.

Gongsun Long was silent for a while and said: "What King Chu Mourning said is extremely true, but the words are true, but King Chu Mourning, do you think that if an armistice agreement is not signed, my Zhao State will still help the Four-Nation Alliance, and my Hufu cavalry will still support the Four-Nation Alliance, will General Wu Qi's front line be good?" ”

"Even if General Wu Qi wins the victory in the end, it will be a tragic victory, Chu State, my Zhao State has suffered such heavy losses, who is the most proud?" Gongsun Long looked at King Chu Mourning and asked.

King Chu Mourning looked at Gongsun Long with dazed eyes and asked, "Who is it?" ”

"It's the State of Qi, although the State of Qi is an ally of the State of Chu, but when the State of Chu encountered the alliance of the Four Nations, did the ally of the State of Qi help the State of Chu?" Gongsun Long looked at King Chu Mourning and asked.