The formal establishment of diplomatic relations between Qi and Jin can be traced back to the time when Duke Wen of Jin convened the Jiantu Alliance, and Duke Wen of Jin was honored as the leader of the alliance at the conference, and all the princes participating in the meeting had to serve the Duke of Jin as they had served the Zhou royal family and paid tribute to the Jin State. Only the state of Qi was an exception, considering the special status of the state of Qi as a great power and the strong self-esteem of the Qi people, the state was exempted from the obligation to pay tribute by Duke Wen of Jin. Therefore, Qi and Jin still belong to fraternal countries that can sit on an equal footing.

But even so, the people of Qi also felt humiliated and constrained - you must know that the Qi people began to put their status in a higher position than the Zhou people from the time when the Huan Gong was the hegemon, and it was really difficult for them to accept the reality of being led by the Jin people.

From the Xianggong of Jin to the time before the destruction of Duke Jinggong of Jin, the hegemony of the Jin State has been "stable and declining", and it has fallen to a low point after the Battle of Yi; However, the people of Chu advanced into the Central Plains with great pride, defeated the Jin State in the Battle of Yi, and captured the old good Song, Lu, Wei, and Zheng of the Jin State. During that period, Qi Guo has always gone his own way, bullying whoever he wants, and he didn't take the people of Jin seriously at all.

After the Jin people were wiped out, the country's momentum was greatly boosted, and self-confidence returned to the Jin people, and Qi Qinggong also intensified his bad temper against his neighbors. But despite this, Jin Jinggong was still reluctant to meet with the soldiers of Qi. Later, under the endless entanglement of Xun Ke, Jin Jinggong authorized Xun Ke to launch a full-scale attack on the Qi State in the "Battle of Qi". The course and outcome of the campaign have already been recounted.

The eastern part of the Qi State fell, and the Duke of Qi finally recognized the reality, bowed his arrogant head to the Duke of Jin Jinggong, returned the land that had been invaded by the neighboring countries, and went to the Jin State to meet the Duke of Jin Jinggong (this was the only time in the history of the Spring and Autumn Period). But Qi Qinggong didn't want revenge all the time, he endured humiliation, Taoguang and obscurity, vigorously developed armaments, and finally forced the Jin people to force the Lu people to cede the land to the Qi State.

It's a pity that the broad-minded Qi Qinggong has been in power for too short a time (only seventeen years), and his son Qi Linggong is a fierce and inward-looking, out-and-out fool and faint king. Qi Linggong turned this great country into an "enemy-occupied country" and turned his people into slaves ruled in the occupied areas; On the other hand, he lowered his eyebrows and smiled at Jin Ligong, who had achieved unprecedented power and was violent and belligerent.

After the accession of the Duke of Jin Mourning, Jin Chu launched an unprecedentedly fierce and long-term struggle for Zheng State. In this situation, Qi Linggong re-recognized his value in the eyes of the Jin people, grasped the psychology that the Jin people had to win over the Qi State against the Chu State, and became arrogant again.

Zheng finally succumbed to the Jin state, and the people of Chu also stopped; Qi Linggong felt a faint trace of uneasiness in his heart. But at this moment, Jin Mourning Gong actually died.

After the alliance of bromine and Liang, the people of Qi had a general understanding of the new monarch of the Jin State through Gao Hou's mouth. Qi Linggong couldn't help but have a worrying contempt for Jin Pinggong, which made him misjudge and misjudge the situation of the Jin State and the future direction of the Huaxia Alliance-the strength of the Jin State did not lie in the hairy boy who had just ascended the throne, but in its well-structured political system, outstanding ability of the ministers, and a huge and powerful national army, and the Jin State was still a strong and powerful Chinese overlord; Based on the above reasons, the Huaxia Alliance is still indestructible, and it is unlikely that there will be a rift in the short term.

At that time, Qi Linggong expelled Gao Wujiao, and Gao Weak chose to go into exile because of treason, so Qi Linggong appointed Gao Hou's brother Gao Hou as his secretary. This Gao Hou completely lost the noble character and independent spirit unique to the ancestors of the family, and he became a thug, a clown, and a loudspeaker raised by Qi Linggong like Shu Shawei. Qi Linggong will tout whichever he likes to play; No matter where Qi Linggong goes, he must arrange tasks as a pawn, just like welcoming the Jade Emperor to earth.

Yan Miao rebuked him more than once, saying that when the monarch was misbehaving, he not only did not play a role in persuading the important ministers of the office, but instead intensified his connivance at evil deeds. Gao Hou, but solemn and solemn, said solemnly: "I respectfully serve the monarch with a public heart as my own heart, and never cause trouble to the monarch." ”

Yan Wan withdrew, gritted his teeth and said to Cui Zhu, "What's the difference between that person and a minion?" Bewitching the monarch and the corpse vegetarian meal, 'if the virtue is not matched, there will be aftermath.' It's amazing that he was able to die well. ”

Qi Linggong dreamed of taking away the overlord throne from the Jin people, and Gao Hou naturally spared no effort to welcome and praise him in this matter.

Due to the fact that the two aggressive actions of the Qi State were not actively resisted by the Lu army, coupled with the laissez-faire attitude of the Jin people, the "Jin State Decline Theory" and the "Qi State Rejuvenation Theory" strongly advocated by Gao Hou and Shu Shawei swept the ancient Qi State for a time. Gao Hou often ran to the front of Taimiao Square, stood on a temporary high platform, and used his loud voice, rich expressions and exaggerated body movements to deliver impassioned speeches to the Chinese people, preaching the great benefits brought to the Chinese people by dominating China. The Chinese people were stirred up by the provocative language with great incendiary power, and fell into an unprecedented euphoria.

In the autumn of the eighteenth year of Lu Xianggong (BC555), Qi Linggong had personally invaded Lu for the third time in three consecutive years. Uncle Sun Leopard rushed to the Jin Kingdom day and night and announced to Jin Ping that he was in a hurry.

The Jin people had been closely following the political situation of the Qi State, and the fanaticism displayed by the Qi people for the restoration of hegemony not only caused them extreme worry, but also announced the complete failure of the Jin State's long-term appeasement policy towards the Qi State.

Shusun Leopard succeeded in igniting the anger in the hearts of the Jin people, who decided to destroy Qi's military power before they had achieved a major victory and had not spread the flames of war to the entire East.

Zhongxingyan issued an assembly order, and sent envoys to Zheng, Song, Wei, Cao, Ju, Di, Teng, Xue, and Qi, asking the countries to send troops to fight with the Jin division.

Before beginning to describe the Battle of Pingyin, the author will briefly introduce several major events that occurred in the Jin Kingdom from the exile of Shi Ying to the Qin State at this time.

The first is, of course, the return of the martingale. It turned out that after Shi Ying fled to the Qin State, Qin Jinggong gave him a doctor's position. During a small talk, Qin Jinggong asked him: "The Fox Clan, the Xian Clan, the Xun Clan, and the Xu Clan of the Jin Kingdom have perished, who will be next?" ”

Shi Yan replied, "I'm afraid it's Luan's turn, right?" ”

Qin Jinggong continued to ask: "Is it because Luan Huang is too tyrannical?" ”

The martingale replied, "Yes." However, although he is tyrannical, he can avoid the extinction of the clan, and the Luan clan will probably have to wait until Luan Ying's tenure, right? ”

Qin Jinggong asked, "Why is that?" ”

Shi Yan said: "Luan Wuzi has a great favor to the Jin people, and the Jin people's feelings for him are like the Zhou people's treatment of Zhaogong back then. The Zhou people loved the Gantang of Zhaogong (it is said that Zhaogong often settled disputes for the Zhou people under a Gantang tree, so the Zhou people composed a song "Gantang" to commemorate him), how could the Jin people not love the son of Wuzi? Once Luan Huang died, Luan Ying's good deeds had not been inflicted on the people, Wuzi's favor had disappeared, but Luan Huang's evil deeds had been fermenting, so the disaster of exterminating the clan would be inflicted on Luan Ying's body. ”