At the beginning of this chapter, we first move our gaze forward to the founding of the Taigong of Qi.

After the Western Zhou Dynasty destroyed Bo Gu, he sealed his hometown and gave it to Taishi Jiang Shang. At that time, Jiang Shang led an army from the Western Zhou Dynasty and marched slowly eastward. Someone persuaded him: "Although Bogu perished, the Dongyi group is still strong. If the Taishi marches at such a speed, I am afraid that at that time I will only see a city full of Dongyi troops again; Taishi had no choice but to carry out the Second Crusade. ”

Jiang Shang was deeply frightened, and immediately led his army to advance at full speed, and finally entered Yingqiu and announced the establishment of the Qi State before the arrival of the Lai army. The Lesothan army followed, and a fierce battle ensued. To tell the truth, if the Qi army had not taken advantage of the territory, the Lai army would have wiped out the enemy to nothing. At that time, the country of Lai was so powerful.

Laiguo's surname is Yu, and it is an ancient Dongyi country. After flowing through Zhucheng, the ancient Weishui flows all the way north through Changyi and flows into the Bohai Sea. This river, which runs almost north and south, separates the Shandong Peninsula from the mainland, and east of Weishui is the land of Laiguo.

Lai and Qi are far away, and they are separated by Ji and Qi, so they have maintained a situation of old and dead contact with Qi for centuries. After the destruction of Qi Xianggong, the distance between the two countries was sharply shortened, and the Lai State was unwilling to sit back and watch the eastward expansion of the Qi State, so it crossed Weishui, occupied a large area of land south of the Ji State, and moved the capital to Weidong.

The existence of the Lai State made it impossible for the Qi State to expand its influence into the East China Sea. In the eighteenth year of Lu Chenggong, Qi Linggong murdered Guozuo, and Guozuo's subordinate Wang Yu fled to Laiguo, and he became Lai's secretary under the strong recommendation of Lai's doctor Zhengyuzi.

Because Wang Huan especially hated Qi Linggong and was very good at fighting, Qi Linggong listed him as the number one national enemy. Qi Linggong sent people to Laiguo many times and promised Laihou a sky-high bribe, the purpose of which was to extradite Wang Yu back to China.

Laihou had already begun to be tempted, but Zhengyuzi said: "The higher the price of Qi Hou, the greater the value of Wang Huan." Guozuo once praised Wang Huan, saying that he was alone in half of the army; The arrival of Wang Yu is the blessing of Laiguo, and the prince must not abandon the blessing of the country for the sake of wealth. Besides, Wang Yu is not guilty, if he is handed over, the princes of Dongyi will think that the prince and the prince will forget the righteousness for the sake of profit, and they will have two hearts towards the prince. As a result, the small abacus of the Qi people failed.

The contradictions between Qi and Lesotho soon developed to an irreconcilable level. Qi Linggong finally decided to break the peace in the region and drive the people of Lai into the sea.

In the spring of the second year of Lu Xianggong, Qi Linggong gathered an army and prepared to attack Laiguo. Qi Linggong wanted to choose a lieutenant general for himself, and although Gao and Guo had lost power at that time, there were many doctors who had the ability to lead the army to the battle, but Qi Linggong ordered one of his favored retainers, who was neither male nor female, and a dead eunuch who was hated by all good and bad people, Su Shawei, to serve as his deputy commander.

This matter was not only resolutely opposed by the doctors, but even Qingfeng, who had always been shameless, couldn't stand it, he said: "Prince! I'm so dignified, can't I even pick out a man who leads the army? Why appoint a eunuch to lead the army? The meaning of the eunuchs' existence is only to serve the monarch, they can only live by relying on the monarch's alms, how can they bear the burden of defending the country as people who shrink behind and wait for protection? Besides, there are no uniforms in the army that fit those guys' body sizes! There has never been a matter in the world where a eunuch led an army to go on an expedition, does the prince want to taste the first time he was ridiculed? ”

But no one's opposition could change the decision of the stubborn man, who said: "The widow is to humiliate the people of Lai, and if the world knows that the widow does not need a man at all!" ”

It turned out that this Su Shawei was like an aunt before he became a eunuch, and later became Qi Linggong's male favorite. After a long time, Qi Linggong thought that it was useless for that thing to grow on him, so he helped him cut the cumbersome stuff. After all, Su Shawei is a family man, but he still "endures humiliation and burdens" and serves Qi Linggong wholeheartedly; And Qi Linggong felt that he couldn't stand him, so he always obeyed him. This time, Su Shawei hoped to experience the addiction of commanding a man, and Qi Linggong knew that he would be strongly resisted, but he still promised to fulfill his wish.

Each led an army and marched from different roads. As a result, the second tail led the mighty army of Qi to kill Benlai Kingdom. Because Su Shawei was not a normal person in the first place, he didn't know military affairs, and he suddenly got his will, so the orders he issued were also extremely irritating. He sometimes left the flat road and did not walk, but preferred to climb the slope around the bend; Sometimes they inexplicably circle around the hills, like disobedient children who like to wade through puddles and step on mud piles.

When Su Shawei entered the territory of Laiguo, Qi Linggong had been waiting there for a long time. Qi Linggong took his hand and asked for warmth, hugged him and told him about his concern and longing, and the doctors around him were about to vomit when they saw and heard it.

The army of Qi pressed the border, and the people of Lai were shocked. Zhengyuzi said: "Don't be afraid, Su Shawei is greedy, as long as he is bought, Qi Shi will return without a fight." "The Lai people selected 100 cattle and 100 horses to give to Shushawei.

Su Shawei is an expert in Xiangniu, and he can see at a glance that those bribes are by no means ordinary, and he can't help but smile. Qi Linggong was about to launch an attack on Laiguo, but Su Shawei suddenly came to him, hugged him, kissed him, got into his arms and shed tears and said: "I am here to say goodbye to the prince, although the prince will destroy Lai, the minister will go first!" See you in heaven! ”

Qi Linggong pushed him away suddenly: "What are you talking about!" The widow doesn't want you to talk like that! ”

Su Shawei replied with a sobble: "The minister dreamed last night that Taigong Wang, and he said to me: 'What good have you done, a traitorous man, except for instigating the monarch to use military force?' How long has it been since you sacrificed to me? Let Huan (Qi Ling's name) continue to go mad, and you must sacrifice to me with your own blood, or I will take Huan's life! 'So, O prince, how can the minister be willing to let you be taken away by God, the minister has only one death to repay the prince! After speaking, he broke free from Qi Linggong's arms and drew his sword.

Qi Linggong threw him to the ground, held his hands, stared into his eyes and said, "The widow would rather lose everything than see you wronged!" (I'm going to throw up)

After saying this, he stood up, called the herald in, and ordered him to order the whole army to withdraw the camp and return to the division. The sergeants couldn't help but look at each other, they had never heard such a willful order: "The major affairs of the country are in the worship and Rong", this is simply taking the major affairs of the country as a child.

The Qi people only learned the reason after they retreated, and people couldn't help but grit their teeth and say: "What a prince who is sympathetic to his subjects! What an empathetic friend! What a filial son! The men of the Qi Kingdom have all cut off to serve him! In this way, the dead eunuch Yulu will not be left alone! Such a stubborn prince, it is better to give him the word 'spirit' after death! ”