After the banquet was over, everyone dispersed to rest, preparing to set off for Linzi tomorrow.

Gao Yuan and Tian Kezang were alone in a tent and began to formally negotiate the alliance between the two sides.

After this battle, the actual two sides are in a state of semi-alliance, so Tian Kezang is not polite, first said: "I won't say much about the polite words, if it weren't for Shangqing's help this time, I'm afraid that Tian Kezang would have been ruined long ago, and I'm afraid that even my life would be difficult to protect, so the great kindness of Shangqing and Wu Anjun, I'm Tian Kezang will never forget it, as I said before, Daijun's business operation in Qi is guaranteed by my Tian Kezang, please Shangqing reply to Wu Anjun, you can rest assured." ”

Gao Yuan said: "Even if An Pingjun said so, then I will also say it bluntly, in fact, this time under the order of Wu Anjun, the envoy to the Qi State, trade and operation is only one of the tasks, and the most important task is to form an alliance with the envoys of other countries to jointly resist Qin, and hope that the Qi State will also join the United Column." The current general trend of the world, I don't need to say it, An Pingjun should also know that Zhao and Han have died, Wei Yan is also vulnerable, Chu is in the south, it is difficult to do anything, the old saying is cold, if all other countries are destroyed, it will be difficult for Qi to survive alone, so if Qi is blindly peaceful, sooner or later it will die. ”

Tian Kezang listened, nodded again and again, and said: "What Shangqing said is extremely true, now that the general trend of the world is like this, if my Qi country does not work hard, or blindly do good things for the Qin country, it will definitely be difficult to preserve." Although I have written to the king several times, asking the state of Qi to reorganize its armaments and train soldiers in case of unforeseen disasters, but they have been blocked by the state minister, and now the king is deceived by the state minister, and he is still in a dream, and he does not know it, and ignores my letter. ”

Gao Yuan also nodded and said, "It's really rare for An Pingjun to have such insight, I don't know what An Pingjun plans to do next." ”

Tian Kezang arched his hand to the plateau, and said in a deep voice: "I have decided to take advantage of this time on the birthday of the king to launch a surprise attack in Linzi, remove the forces of Xiangguo, control the government, and then make great efforts to govern and reorganize the army to prevent Qin, this is not greedy for power, and I really can't sit back and watch the Qi State fall like this." ”

Gao Yuan was noncommittal to Tian Kezang's defense behind him, and said: "I know that the prime minister of the later state has been in charge of the court of Qi for more than 40 years, and his henchmen are all over the government and the opposition, and they are deep-rooted, and it is not easy to eradicate him. ”

Tian Kezang said: "It's not a secret, in the next return to Linzi, you can lead 3,000 people into the city openly and secretly, and there are 10,000 horses stationed outside the city, with such a force, it is enough to get rid of Hou Sheng." ”

Gao Yuan thought for a moment and said, "I don't know how many Qi troops are stationed in Linzi City now. ”

Tian Kezang said: "There are at least 50,000 horses, 30,000 for the city defense army, and 20,000 for the palace garrison. ”

Gao Yuan said: "Then the guards stationed in Linzi City are not Hou Sheng's cronies." ”

Tian Kezhang was silent for a while before he said, "Yes." ”

Gao Yuan said: "But after this incident, Hou Sheng will never be without a hand, and will be careful to take precautions, now there are 30,000 defenders in Linzi, and An Pingjun only has 3,000 men and horses in the city, such a disparity in troops, if you want to succeed, I'm afraid it's not easy." ”

Tian Kezhang said: "If you use the strength alone, it is naturally outnumbered, but the art of war: preemptive." According to common sense, when returning to Linzi, Hou Sheng should personally go out of the city to meet him, as long as he sees Hou Sheng appearing, we will immediately kill it in front of the city with lightning speed, and then immediately kill it in the city, control the palace, with the order of the king, count the crimes of the victory, and declare that only the first evil, not to follow the followers, and the other groups of people have no leader, they will surrender without a fight, even if there are one or two people who do not surrender to death, it is not to worry. After a pause, Tian Kezhang said again: "Originally, I was only fifty percent sure, but if Shangqing was willing to help, this time there would be at least eighty percent of the certainty of success." ”

Gao Yuan smiled: "An Pingjun is too much to look up to." ”

Tian Kezang also said with a smile: "Shangqing's battle defeated nearly 10,000 Qi troops with the strength of only a few hundred people, which shows that the army under Shangqing is all experienced in a hundred battles and is a man of ten. Therefore, if there is help from above, it will be like a tiger with wings below, and it will be successful. ”

Gao Yuan thought about it for a while, and felt that what Tian Kezang said was indeed reasonable, although compared to the absolute strength in Linzi, Tian Kezang was definitely not as good as Hou Sheng, but if he launched a surprise attack, the certainty of success was still very large, and he still had a lot of excellent shooters under his command, and when the time came, he could even arrange a few sniper shooters to directly eliminate Hou Sheng. As soon as Hou Sheng died, Tian Kezang could control the overall situation of Linzi and serve as the state minister of Qi, so as long as the finishing things were handled properly, the remnants of Hou Sheng's party would not be able to turn over much. And this is, of course, the best result for the plateau.

Gao Yuan asked again: "Then may I ask An Pingjun, after killing Hou Sheng, how should An Pingjun govern?" ”

Tian Kezang was stunned for a moment, and said: "Naturally, I will immediately ally with the envoys of various countries to join forces to resist Qin." ”

Gao Yuan shook his head and said, "No. ”

Tian Kezang was stunned, a little unconvinced of his ears, and said, "No." ”

Gao Yuan said: "In this way, the country of Qi will inevitably be in chaos." Therefore, after the Anping monarchy, it is absolutely not possible to immediately change the Qin policy and immediately join forces with other countries to resist the Qin. ”

Tian Kezang was not puzzled, and said: "The reason why the Qi State is good for Qin is all because of the idea of Hou Sheng, and the king is also subject to Hou Sheng's Meng Wei, so as long as Hou Sheng dies, who else advocates that Qin is good, why advocate joining forces to resist Qin, and Qi State will be in chaos?" ”

Gao Yuan also sighed in his heart, it seems that Tian Kezang is indeed a little ambitious and talented, and he thinks things are too simple, you must know that for more than 40 years, Qi has been pursuing a good policy with Qin, and has not fought again, and the whole country has already produced a kind of inert temperament of war, and the people who are really far-sighted and saga-sighted, and realize that this kind of national policy of blindly seeking peace and opposing war will eventually cause great harm to Qi Guo, is definitely only a minority, and the vast majority of people are unwilling to change this peaceful and comfortable life, maybe in Tian Kezang's fiefdom Jimo, The call to resist Qin will be higher, but in other parts of Qi State, maintaining this comfortable situation is definitely the mainstream. This is also human nature.

Therefore, Gao Yuan said: "In fact, if you simply want to kill Hou Sheng, it may not be difficult, but Hou Sheng has been in power for more than 40 years, and he has pursued a good alliance with the Qin State, even if the King of Qi is deceived by Hou Sheng, but in the Qi State and the opposition, how many officials are promoted by Hou Sheng, and the doctors in each city are also recommended by Hou Sheng, if they are not the same as Hou Sheng, will Hou Sheng promote and recommend them?" There are also merchants of Qi State, maybe some people can realize that it is not appropriate to form a good policy with Qin, but once a war with Qin State starts, the interests of merchants will be lost, so I said that if An Pingjun kills him, it will be easy to win, but it is difficult to change the national policy. ”

After Tian Kezhang listened, his face also changed several times, what he heard in Jimo before: in Qi, only Hou Sheng advocated a good alliance with Qin, and the others advocated conniving against Qin and the like, and Gao Yuan's words, although he had never heard it before, Tian Kezhang was a knowledgeable person after all, and he also knew that what Gao Yuan said was indeed reasonable, and he did think about things a little too simple before, so he said: "So according to Shangqing, after removing Hou Sheng, what should I do?" ”

Gao Yuan said: "After removing the Hou Sheng, An Pingjun must not change the policy of forming a good relationship with Qin, when he slowly plots it, internally, on the one hand, he will install his cronies as officials in the central and local areas to replace the remaining party of Hou Sheng, and on the other hand, he will rectify the army in Qi and train his soldiers diligently, in case there is more than need." On the surface, it is still friendly with the Qin State, even if the countries form a joint column, the Qi State does not have to participate, but it can secretly fund the money, food, and military supplies of various countries to help the countries resist the Qin. Moreover, it can be carried out in the name of trade exchanges, so that the Qin State cannot make mistakes. ”

Tian Kezang said: "What if the Qin State insists on prohibiting trade between the Qi State and other countries? ”

Gao Yuan said with a smile: "That's easy to do, Anping Jun can hype up the rudeness of Qin in the country, prohibit Qi from trading with its neighbors, regard Qi as a vassal, and arouse the hatred of the whole country." You can openly resist Qin. ”

After Tian Kezang listened, he couldn't help but get up, bowed to the plateau again, and said: "Shangqing's words made Kezang Mao stop, like a cloud to see the sun, otherwise it will definitely lead to a big mistake, I really have to thank Shangqing." ”

Because what Gao Yuan just said was reasonable, it couldn't help but show Gao Yuan's unique insights and excellent insight, and between the words, it was completely from the perspective of Qi State, for the sake of Qi State, such as building a Qi State to maintain a good relationship with Qin State on the surface, not to participate in the cooperation of other countries, and to fund other countries, it is also carried out in the name of business dealings, which can keep Qi State out of the matter, these are indeed safeguarding the interests of Qi State, not like the envoys of other countries, demanded that Qi immediately break off diplomatic relations with Qin, completely go against Qin, and even let Qi take the lead in resisting Qin.

Tian Kezang is not stupid, once Qi and Qin have bad relations, of course other countries can sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, but the unlucky one is only Qi, so Gao Yuan's attitude naturally made Tian Kezang very moved, and his good impression of Gao Yuan increased a few points. Tian Kezhang even thought that if a talent like Gao Yuan could be used for himself, he could naturally become a big help to himself.

Although the plateau is in the Daijun official Shangqing, but the Daijun is a small country, how can it be compared to the Qi country, and after removing the Hou Sheng, he is in charge of the Qi country's government and seals the plateau as a Shangqing, which is as easy as a hand, and then use a heavy gold beauty and high-ranking official Houlu, in short, you have to leave the plateau and help yourself by any means.