Luan Ying turned all the attention of the Jin people to herself.

But what the Jin people didn't expect was that Luan Ying's counteroffensive was only the beginning of a series of disasters: in order to retaliate against the Battle of Pingyin, the Qi State brazenly launched a huge military attack on the Jin State; Half of the rivers and mountains east of Taihang Mountain were ravaged, and the war even burned to the Yingting to the west of Gujiang, a large number of soldiers were killed, and the corpses of the warriors were piled up into "Jingguan" to show the world the cruelty of Qi Zhuanggong. This is the most serious blow suffered by the Jin State since the beginning of the Spring and Autumn Period, and it is a pain that the Jin people cannot bear.

After the Qi people sent Luan Ying away, the Duke of Qi Zhuang began to prepare for the invasion of Jin. Qi Zhuanggong, like his father, has never looked at the people of the Jin Kingdom with a straight eye. After the Battle of Pingyin, the Duke of Qi Zhuang ostensibly submitted to the Jin people, but his heart was full of thirst for revenge.

The Jin people also knew what Qi Zhuang Gong really thought, but they didn't care; Because except for the stubborn Qin people and the wandering nomadic wanderers, no force dared to invade the Jin State; The Jin people thought that all Qi could do was to take Lu and Wei out of anger.

But the boldness and ambition of Qi Zhuang Gong far exceeded the imagination of the Jin people. He first used insidious and cunning means to support Luan Ying's rebellion, and then recruited the army to go eastward.

The ministers were generally opposed to Qi Zhuanggong's grand plans, and even his minions, who had always flattered him, maintained an ominous silence.

In the face of strong opposition, Qi Zhuanggong felt the pressure was huge, so he had to change his gentle face and beautiful rhetoric, and started to make an article about Weiguo. He said: "The patriots were so rude that they expelled their own monarch. It has been nine years since Wei Jin went into exile in our country, and Sun Lin's father has still not been prosecuted for his crimes. Wei Jian is the widow's uncle and brother-in-law, but Wei Yan has nothing to do with Qi State; He also resented the widow because our country took in Wei Jin, spread bad words about the widow in the ears of the Jin people, and tried in vain to get rid of Wei Wei by means of the personal vendetta of the Battle of Pingyi, so he attacked the hardest.

"If this revenge and widow don't take revenge, change the surname of Qi Guo to Wei! A hundred years later, when the widow went to heaven and the first king asked why the widow did not dare to take revenge, the widow pushed the masters to the front and asked you to answer this shameful question. When the doctors saw him move the ancestors out, they didn't dare to squeak.

In autumn and July, Qi Shi set out to defend himself. At that time, the commanders of the various divisions of the Qi Division were: Wang Sun Hui was the vanguard, Gu Rong was the imperial Rong, and Zhao Yang was the right of the chariot; Ju Heng is the second vanguard, Cheng rank Yurong, Fu Zhi is the right of the car; Qi Zhuang is the commander of the Chinese army, Cao Kai Yurong, and Yan's father Rong is the right of the car; The deputy car Yurong is on the board, and Lu Pugui is the right of the car; Xiang dismissed the division commander of the left army, firmly became the royal army, and the wolf was sparse for the right side of the car; Hou Chaoshuai's right army, Shangzi's car Yurong, Huan jumped for the right of the car; After the palace of the palace of the summer, the merchant travels to the royal Rong, Cui Ru is the right of the car, and the leap of the candle Yong is four times.

The above-mentioned commanders are all descendants of Qi Zhuang Gong, and they are people who obey his words. The Qi division first surrounded Diqiu, and the patriots were so frightened that they retreated into the city and did not dare to fight. The Qi division plundered in the suburbs, and the Duke of Qi Zhuang then issued an order to cross the Yellow River north and take the song directly.

Yan Zi advised: "The prince and the marquis are fighting against the alliance leader by force, if it cannot be successful, it will be the blessing of the Qi country." If you build up meritorious deeds, (and you have no virtue) the prince will inevitably meet with calamity! ”

Cui Zhu also objected to him, saying: "No! The minister heard that a small country would be punished if it took advantage of the turmoil in a large country to achieve meritorious deeds, so the prince should consider it carefully! ”

Qi Zhuang Gong shook his head and said, "How can a widow be a person who gives up the great cause of the country for fear of personal calamity?" If you can take revenge on the Jin Kingdom, what if you die on the battlefield? ”

Cui Shu withdrew and told Chen Xuwu, who met by chance, to listen. Chen Xuwu asked, "How does the master plan to clean up the situation?" ”

Cui Zhu said: "He doesn't listen to what I say, if the Jin State attacks Qi again, the Qi State will inevitably perish." At that time, the ministers are anxious, who will care about the prince? Just wait and see! ”

Chen Xuwu left without seeing his indignant expression, and he later said to his son, "I'm afraid Cui Zi is going to die, right?" He accused the prince of being excessive, but what he said was even more excessive, and he would surely die a bad death. To persuade the monarch with morality and to use humble words, let alone speak ill of each other? ”

Part of Chaoge was previously the capital of the Wei Kingdom, and later Chidi destroyed the Wei, so Chaoge was occupied by Chidi. After the Jin Dynasty destroyed Chidi, they took Chaoge, Handan and other cities as their own.

The Qi division slaughtered Chaoge violently, and the Jin people were defenseless and terrified, and only took some weak and powerless resistance, and Chaoge City soon fell.

The Duke of Qi Zhuang let out a deep sigh of evil, he looted the wealth of the nobles in the city, robbed all the slaves in the city, and sent an army to send the spoils back to Qi, and then led the army to continue eastward.

The Duke of Qi Zhuang divided his army into two divisions, one of which continued northward, plundering the outskirts of Handan and Xingtai, and then destroying the Mengmen fortress at the Taihang Pass, and entering the Taihang Mountains from Baicheng (west of present-day Huixian, Henan); The other part penetrated directly into the hinterland of the Jin Kingdom through Taihang Cheng.

Qi Shi crossed Shaoshui (now Qinshui) to the east and marched to the outside of Yingting City. Yingting is the southeast gate of the Jin Kingdom, and the city is Quwo a hundred miles to the west; Fifty miles to the north is the ancient capital of the Jin Kingdom, Jiangcheng, and continue to travel west for a hundred miles to the capital Xinjiang.

But Qi Zhuang Gong was not crazy enough to want to burn the war to the extent of Xinjiang, he only ordered to attack Yingting. The main force of the Jin army was still surrounding Quwo at this time, and Shikuo had to suspend the siege and divide his troops to rescue Yingting. Duke Qi Zhuang was overjoyed, and he formulated a tactic of encircling points to send reinforcements, setting up an encirclement for the Jin army; There was only one rough and difficult road from Quwo to Yingting, and as a result, the first half of the reinforcements were annihilated, and the latter fled back to Quwo.

The Qi army then breached the gates of Yingting City and sacked the wealthy small city. The Duke of Qi Zhuang was satisfied with this result, he ordered the corpses of the Jin army to be piled up, built a Jingguan, and offered the gods of the ancestors brought with the army to the high platform, and slaughtered cattle and sheep to hold a worship ceremony; After the ceremony, the order was given to withdraw troops.

The defeated army fled back to the main camp, and Shi Kuo was furious, and he issued conscription orders to Zhou Yang and Jiangcheng, preparing to attack the invading army from different directions. But when the Jin army arrived at Yingting again, the Qi people had already run away without a trace; The commander buried the bodies of his companions who had been built into a Jingguan and then ordered a pursuit, and the army followed the footsteps of the invading army all the way out of the Taihang Mountains.

When the Duke of Qi Zhuang retreated, he placed the army led by Xia Zhiyukou in Pishao (now Shaoyuan Town, Qinyang, Henan) to block the pursuing soldiers. The hastily assembled Jin army attacked several times in a row, but was repulsed by the Qi army. Seeing that he was unable to break through the defensive line, the commander had to withdraw his troops in a huff.

When the Qi army crossed Shaoshui to the east, it was blocked by a small Jin army, and the Qi army defeated the opponent with a single charge. The Duke of Qi Zhuang once again sealed the corpse and built the Jingguan to pay tribute to the ancestors, and then returned to the division.

In that year, Zhao Chuan's son Zhao Zhan was sealed to Handan, and the family began to multiply in Handan City. Zhao Zhan's heir is called Zhao Sheng, and he is a veteran soldier with a strong sense of honor. Zhao Sheng had been closely watching the movements of the Qi army, and he wrote a letter to the people of Lu, asking Lu to send troops to fight with him on the ground.

Uncle Sun Leopard reported to Lu Xianggong and said: "The leader of the alliance is invited, you can't do your best. In accordance with the plan formulated by Zhao Sheng, he led an army to the west, crossed the Yellow River, and camped at Yongyu (east of Chaoge, northwest of present-day Huaxian County, Henan); The Handan army was stationed in the eastern suburbs of Chaoge.

The Qi division marched east along the north bank of the Yellow River, and the line was very long. The coalition forces did not dare to fight with the main forces of the Qi division, so they had to enlarge the passage of troops. The rear of the Qi Division was more than a day's distance from the main force, and this army was small in number, scattered in action, and the sergeants were like arrows, so it became an excellent target for attack.

The coalition launched a waist attack on the Qi army, cutting the enemy into several sections, and the Qi army was crushed at the first touch; The attackers not only won a complete victory, but also captured one of Yan Ying's sons.