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Qi Yan gave Qi Xiaobai a reply, willing to accept Qi Xiaobai to lead an army to Yan to help him suppress the rebellion.
Qi Xiaobai sent the letter to the ministers of Qi State: "My sister is in trouble, as a younger brother, how can I not help?" ”
Qi Xiaobai gave an order, mobilized the Qingzhou Legion, went to the Qiyan border, and prepared for war, in order to show his respect for his family, Qi Xiaobai chose this personal expedition!
This is supported by Guan Zhongjue, Guan Zhongjue's Qi Xiaobai's personal expedition, one can increase morale, but to show the countries, Qi Xiaobai is really for his sister, not trying to plot against Yan Guo.
Before this, Qi Xiaobai also sent Bao Shuya to envoy Chu State, hoping that Chu State could involve the three Central Plains countries, after all, Qi Xiaobai's march into Yan State, no matter what reason, is a certain threat to Zhao State, if Qi Xiaobai swallows Yan State, then there will be a stronger country than Yan State on the border of Zhao State.
Of course, if Qi Xiaobai is driven out by the Yan State, this is what the Zhao State is willing to see, and the Yan State will definitely suffer great losses in the Qi Yan War, which is beneficial to the Zhao State.
But Zhao didn't dare to gamble, he won the bet, he Zhao Guobing was in Yan State, and he could expand his territory and strengthen his military strength, but if he lost the bet, that is, the country was facing a huge threat.
A month after the Qingzhou Legion of the Qi State was ready for battle on the Qi-Yan border, Bao Shuya arrived in the Yingdu of the Chu State.
"Meet King Huai!" Uncle Bao gave King Chu Huai a salute.
King Chu Huai nodded: "What did you Qi Gong ask you to pass on to me?" ”
"Duke Qi, this time I gave King Huai a generous gift!" After Uncle Bao finished speaking, he let people enter the palace of Chu State.
I saw more than a dozen strong men carrying ten boxes into the palace of Chu State, and King Chu Huai looked at Uncle Bao: "What is this thing?" ”
Uncle Bao asked people to open the box, there were three boxes full of gold, silver and jewelry, and the seven boxes in the back were all silver nuggets, this box of silver nuggets was estimated to be three million taels, and seven boxes were two thousand taels of silver, and with the first three boxes of gold and silver jewelry and other jewelry, the total estimated value was more than 30 million taels.
King Chu Huai was a little stunned when he saw the box full of gold and silver, he walked down, picked up a gold chain, and then picked up a gold cup: "This, little white boy, give me such a big gift, how can I be embarrassed to accept this......"
And the ministers of the Chu State were also very shocked when they saw these things, they didn't expect the Qi State to be so generous, and Qu Yuan on the side asked: "This Duke of Qi Huan definitely didn't give me so much money from the Chu State for nothing, right?" ”
"Qu Shangqing, you have misunderstood, my Qi country and Chu country are brothers' countries, and now Chu country needs silver, of course my Qi country is willing to give it!" Uncle Bao said on the side.
Qu Yuan and King Chu Huai were both stunned, Qu Yuan said: "My Chu country has a good harvest this year, because it has occupied the entire Yangzhou, and the population has also increased greatly, this year's taxes and grain and grass harvest are good, and you need money to talk about peace?" ”
"Qu Shangqing is right, did you Qi State hear any news wrong, my Chu State has a very good harvest this year!" King Chu Huai said on the side.
"No, no, the state of Chu is now strong, it has won the entire Yangzhou, the national strength has increased greatly, and this year's harvest is good, shouldn't it be going to the Central Plains?" Uncle Bao said to King Chu Huai.
King Chu Huai nodded, King Chu Huai did have plans to march into the Central Plains again, he had taken Yangzhou for a year, and he had also discussed with his ministers to march into the Central Plains, but the aristocratic families did not want to march into the Central Plains again, so King Chu Huai dispelled this idea.
The previous few times the Chu State marched into the Central Plains, it can basically be said that they suffered heavy losses.
"Qi Huan Gongjue, King Huai is bound to march into the Central Plains, so he specially presented gold, silver and jewelry to help King Huai!" Uncle Bao said to King Chu Huai.
This is Guan Zhong's strategy, in order to ensure that the Qi State marches into the Yan State, the Zhao State will not enter the Yan State to resist, so let Bao Shuya come to the Chu State to lobby, hoping that the Chu State will attack the Central Plains again, create panic for the Central Plains countries, and have no time to care about the affairs of the Yan State.
Before Bao Shuya came, he also studied the person of King Chu Huai, King Chu Huai, this person, with a broad mind, lofty ambitions, has the idea of expanding the territory, and wants to complete the strategy that the previous Chu kings have not completed, enter the Central Plains, unify Yangzhou, and now he has completed the unification of Yangzhou, and the next step is to complete the strategy of entering the Central Plains.
Therefore, this time Bao Shuya lobbied King Chu Huai to enter the Central Plains, which is feasible and 100%, after all, King Chu Huai has a plan to enter the Central Plains in his heart.
And Uncle Bao used the thoughts in King Chu Huai's heart to activate the thoughts in his heart, so that King Chu Huai could enter the Central Plains in advance.
In fact, this time period is also the best time period for Chu to march into the Central Plains, it has been a year since the unification of Yangzhou, and Yangzhou, which was once under the jurisdiction of the Yue State, has also been basically integrated into the Chu State, and this year's harvest is good, at this time, as long as you simply sit down and prepare, you can basically attack the Central Plains.
After hearing Uncle Bao's words, King Chu Huai did have a plan to fight the Central Plains in his heart: "This is the long-cherished wish of my ancestors, I hope that the State of Chu can leave the land of the Southern Barbarians and enter the Central Plains!" ”
Chu is now a country that occupies three continents, Yangzhou, Jingzhou, and a small part of Liangzhou, although Kyushu occupies three continents, and the region has become the country with the most territory in the Zhou Empire, but the area where he is located is the unexplored land of the Southern Barbarians, and Yangzhou is a good point.
After Qu Yuan heard King Chu Huai's words, he knew that this Uncle Bao had aroused King Chu Huai's ambition......
"If King Huai wants to march into the Central Plains, the State of Qi, which is the blood alliance of the Chu State, is willing to dispatch 100,000 troops in the Xuzhou Army and send the general Jiang Ai to follow the King of Chu to fight!" Uncle Bao said to King Chu Huai.
After King Chu Huai heard this, his heart was a little pounding, and tears fell unconsciously, he was moved, he didn't expect that the Qi State of the Blood Alliance would be so brothers, buddies, and help Chu so much.
And Qu Yuan didn't think so, he always felt that the Qi State had a good plan, but he didn't know what the plan was, after all, there were only interests between countries, and there was no affection, he didn't feel that this was the Qi State was really in love, for the sake of the Chu State, he felt that this was the Qi State had its own interests and plans.
However, Chu's march into the Central Plains was indeed the lifelong political goal of the successive kings of Chu and King Huai of Chu, and he couldn't say anything.
The countries of Qi were preparing to march into the Yan Kingdom, and the countries did not know that at this time, the Qingzhou Legion had only strengthened its combat readiness, and the samurai legion led by Wang Heng went to Qingzhou.
These things, the countries did not see anything, but the king of the Yan State of Jue had just died, and there was a riot in the Yan State, and the Qi State of Jue was worried that the turmoil in the Yan State had affected the Qi State, so they strengthened the war preparedness of Qingzhou.
After all, Qi Yan has an alliance, and they don't realize that this Qi country can brave the world's greatness, violate the Qi Yan covenant, and take advantage of the rebellion of this Yan country to enter the Yan country.