Yan Guo thistle capital.

After the king of Yan received the envoy of Chu, he said to Guo Kui: "Sir, that is, after the envoy of Qi arrived, the envoy of Chu also arrived in Yan, and all Qi and Chu expressed their support for Yan and Zhao, and expressed their indignation at the burning of grain in Zhongshan. ”

"But it is different with Qi to say that it can help Yan and Zhao attack Zhongshan State, but Chu State is different."

Guo Kui asked lightly: "I don't know what the envoy of Chu said?" ”

King Yan frowned and said: "The envoy of the State of Chu is here, in addition to expressing his support for the two countries of Yan and Zhao, the other is to reaffirm the alliance between the two countries of Yan and Zhao and the State of Chu, and to say that the State of Qi attacked its ally Yue State a few months ago, so the State of Chu intends to teach the State of Qi a lesson with the State of Yue." ”

Guo Kui pondered for a moment and then came: "Great King, it seems that the news of the Qi State's request to join our two countries in attacking the Zhongshan State has been known by the envoys of the Chu State, and the Chu State is too far away from the Yan State, so the Chu State can't help much." ”

"And the state of Chu reported the news of the attack on the state of Qi by Chu and Yue, which is telling us that we don't have to be afraid of the threat of the state of Qi, and the state of Qi has its own state of Chu to contain it."

Hearing this, King Yan smiled and said: "It seems that although the Chu State is far away in the Yan Kingdom, the Chu State also attaches great importance to our Yan Kingdom, otherwise the Qi State has not yet acted, and the Chu State will hurriedly do it himself." ”

Guo Kui shook his head and sighed: "Great King, not only that, this is also a threat from the State of Chu to our Yan State, if we agree to join forces with the State of Qi to attack Zhongshan, then it will be a betrayal of the State of Chu." If this is the case, it will be difficult for our Yan Kingdom to ask the Chu State to contain the Qi State again in the future. ”

King Yan was dumbfounded.

Then, King Yan asked, "Sir, how do we Yan reply to the Qi State and the Chu State." ”

Guo Kui replied: "Great King, the Qi State is close at hand, and the Chu State is far away in the sky, and the only one who can pose a threat to our Yan State is the Qi State." ”

"Although the state of Chu is a big country, it is difficult to quench the thirst of the near water, and the state of Chu itself has to face the threat of the state of Qin and the state of Qi, once there is a disagreement and the state of Chu suffers a setback, then it will be difficult for the state of Chu to support us."

"Distant aid and imminent threats, the king, must not be overlooked."

King Yan's mind was too obvious.

What Guo Kui didn't say was that this time Qi Guo was not a temptation and threat?

Yan Guo rejected Qi Guo's kindness, and it must be Qi Guo who was wary of Yan Guo.

No, it should be said that even without this refusal, Qi Guo was also wary of Yan Guo.

Guo Kui looked at the young face of King Yan, the current King of Yan is still too young, but the Kingdom of Yan has been destroyed by the State of Qi once, and there is no worry about the death of the country in a short period of time.

Thinking about it, Guo Kui admonished: "If the king wants to learn from King Goujian to avenge his shame, then he not only needs to learn King Yue's internal policy, but also learn Goujian's external strategy. ”

King Yan asked, "What strategy?" ”

"In addition to befriending the enemy countries of Wu and breaking up the alliance of Wu State, the most important thing is: to be careful about Wu."

"Be careful!" King Yan shook his head abruptly and said, "Mr. wants to be humble and humble, and this thing will never be able to be done." The widow's father and brother were brutally killed by the king of Qi, the father and elder of the widow's country were slaughtered by the Qi people, and the widow's brothers and sisters were ravaged by the Qi people. Every time the widow closes his eyes, he will see the scene of the Qi State wreaking havoc in the Yan Kingdom, and now the widow wants the widow to serve the Qi country, which the widow can't do. ”

"The King..."

Guo Kui wanted to persuade again, but was interrupted by King Yan: "Sir, you don't need to say much, the widow has already made a decision in his heart..."

After Guo Kui shook his head and sighed and left, King Yan said loudly: "Come here, let the envoy of Chu come to see the widow..."

Qi country Linzi.

After the king of Qi received the report of Chen Jia, the envoy to the state of Qi, he immediately convened his ministers to discuss the matter.

"That kid from Yan Guo rejected the widow, it seems that he has a deep prejudice against Qi Guo, and his heart is full of resentment." The king of Qi sat in his position and expressed his dissatisfaction with the Yan Kingdom to his ministers.

"The widow intends to teach the Yan State a lesson, but Jingcui of the Chu State has gathered more than 100,000 troops when he arrives in Huaibei, and the Wang Xing of the Yue State is also gathering troops, I don't know why the ministers teach the widows."

The new Prince of Qi said: "Great King, although King Yan is full of resentment towards our Qi State, but Yan State is weak and Chu State is strong, the threat of Yan State is future, and the threat of Chu State is at hand. ”

"At present, the strength of our Qi country has not been fully restored, and the troops gathered by Chu and Yue in Huaibei have exceeded 200,000, and Chu and Yue are menacing, and our Qi country should first deal with the threat from the south."

"As for Yan Guo, one is not enough, and the other is that there is no suitable excuse, so Yan Guo can be put aside for the time being and left for later."

"Now, please ask the king to meet with the envoy of Zhongshan Kingdom, and our Qi Kingdom can officially agree to Zhongshan Kingdom's request for alliance."

"But the reinforcements requested by Zhongshan Kingdom, Great King, although Zhongshan Kingdom has been defeated in the north one after another, and has fought with Zhao State in the south, its strength is still undamaged, let's let Zhongshan Kingdom and Yan Zhao consume it for a while."

King Qi said with a smile: "Then according to Xiangguo's words, my Qi country is willing to form an alliance with Zhongshan State, as for the reinforcements of Qi State, when the widow defeats the Chuyue coalition army, he will naturally send troops to support Zhongshan State." ”

"As for the threat from Huaibei, who is willing to repel the Chu-Yue coalition army for the outnumbered?"

Tian Pan stood aside and was silent, not only because he was old now, but also because King Qi had never used himself since he ascended the throne.

Kuang Zhang, who was beside Tian Pan, came out and said, "King, the last general is willing to go." ”

Qi Wang Xi said: "Okay, there is Qing to go to meet the two countries of Chu and Yue, and the widow can sit back and relax." ”

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A private house in Linzi.

"Your Majesty, I just received news that the Yan State has rejected the request of the Qi State to attack the Zhongshan State together, the Qi State has formed an alliance with the Zhongshan State, and the King of Qi is preparing to face the Chu and Yue countries with Kuang Zhang as the general."

That night, the movement of Qi spread and was learned by Feng Xi, a guest of Zhang Yi.

Zhang Yi was overjoyed and said: "Okay, King Yan is doing a good job, tomorrow you go to deliver the letter of state, and the day after tomorrow I will meet King Qi as an envoy of Qin." ”

The doubts in Feng Xi's heart had accumulated for a long time, and now he finally couldn't help it, and asked puzzledly: "Your Majesty, this time we came to contact the Qi State on the order of the Great King, when the Qi State was isolated before, it was the opportunity for our Qin State, at that time, we did not go to meet the King of Qi, asked the two countries of Qin and Qi to form an alliance, and used the power of Qin Qi and the Zhongshan Kingdom as a gift to persecute and lure the two countries of Yan and Zhao." ”

"Now that Qi has been rejected by Yan and Zhao, and there is one more ally, Zhongshan State, even if Qi State agrees to form an alliance with Qin State, I am afraid that Yan and Zhao who are attacking Zhongshan State will not agree to shake hands with Zhongshan State."

Zhang Yi smiled meaningfully: "This matter is not known to you, Yan and Zhao have been preparing to attack Zhongshan for a long time, and it is impossible for them to give up attacking Zhongshan Kingdom." ”

"And if you don't go through a bitter battle, let Zhongshan give up the land obtained from Yan and cede the land to compensate Yan and Zhao, this is to make Zhongshan full of resentment, and let Yan and Zhao grow, which is not in the interests of our Qin State."

"Therefore, the time is right now, and we can disintegrate the alliance between Chu and the other five countries in one fell swoop..."