The death of King Qi caused an uproar in the Central Plains. No one expected that such a major event would happen in such troubled times. The one who was most surprised was undoubtedly the Qi court.
The queen fainted when she learned about this situation. Who knows King Qi best, it is her mother. King Qi has a simple mind. In today's terms, it is estimated that the reserves of brain matter in his skull are as large as those of his mother. Hao'er's pine seeds are about the same size, definitely not as big as a walnut! From his birth to his growth, to becoming the prince, and finally inheriting the throne, everything was arranged by the queen. In other words, she did this Mother single-handedly created the king of Qi.
The ministers were panic-stricken. They originally thought that after King Qi died, the Queen would be able to take charge of the overall situation. But once she fell, the whole country also lost its backbone.
As for Chu State, Li Yuan immediately announced that this was a political conspiracy and someone wanted to put the blame on him. This was nothing more than explaining one thing to the world: he had nothing to do with the death of King Qi.
Of course, the ignorant people would not associate this incident with Li Yuan. After all, he was still on the road when King Qi died. Considering that before, he seemed to admit his mistake, how could he kill King Qi? ?
Ji Jie also received the news of King Qi's murder at the first time. He gave a relatively high evaluation to Li Yuan's assassination. Now it seems that Li Yuan's grandson is not useless and can successfully assassinate the king of a country. , this is not something ordinary people can do.
"Brother Jie, are we going to be so peaceful in the Zhou Dynasty?" Ji Xueling asked. She and the other girls had the same view. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Taking advantage of the chaos to send troops to Qi State, it will definitely have miraculous results. of.
"Of course not!" Ji Jie said with a smile: "Actually, I have secretly ordered the troops to prepare for departure! But this time our enemy is not Qi and Chu, but another country!"
Ji Xueling didn't quite understand the meaning of this sentence. She frowned slightly and thought for a few seconds before suddenly realizing: "You want to attack Qin!"
"Smart, come on, give me a reward, boo!" Ji Jie reached out and hugged Ji Xueling's waist, kissed her face hard without any explanation, and said with a smile: "Ling'er, you are still the smartest, I like it! Qi and Chu They are just a side dish to us, the Zhou Dynasty. I have never taken them seriously. On the contrary, it is the Qin State. Lu Buwei will definitely take the opportunity to send troops to the Chu State. He will even attack Qi State if he is not willing to be alone. Isn't that just right for us? Can you take advantage of his inner emptiness to give him a fatal blow?"
Ji Xueling admired Ji Jie's strategy very much. It was indeed the case. Defeating Qi and Chu was nothing, because there was still a more difficult struggle waiting for them, so it would be better to solve the serious problem of Qin earlier. , and then easily deal with small fish and shrimps.
"In order to make Lu Buwei take the bait and send Qin's most elite troops to invade Chu, I ordered the hundreds of thousands of Zhou troops stationed in the border towns of Qi these days to act like they are attacking Qi!" Ji Jie continued: "Lü Buwei saw this, He will be impatient to use troops against the Chu State. What he hates the most is others drinking and eating meat in front of him, so he will definitely come over to seize the territory without thinking!"
Lu Buwei was indeed fooled. When he heard the news that King Qi had been killed, he began to think about how to get a benefit from it, and began to formulate a plan to attack Qi. Before he could make a plan, he immediately heard that Li Yuan was sending Tens of thousands of Chu troops entered Qi's territory and surrounded Linzi City. Then Ji Jie's Zhou troops were ready to move.
He immediately understood all this, and said with a smile to his retainers: "This is Li Yuan's conspiracy, and he killed the King of Qi! How can I divide my troops and go to Qi to get some benefits when I have a headache? If this is the case, then let's do it Use troops against the Chu State and let Li Yuan and Ji Jie fight tooth and nail in the Qi State, hahaha!"
The Qin army of 250,000 launched a fierce offensive against the Chu State. Before going to Qi, Li Yuan told the defenders in each city to be on guard and defend them to the death. He also brought them a large number of new weapons, so the Qin army did not take much advantage. .
As soon as Lu Buwei saw Li Yuan, he was about to control the situation in Qi State, and without hesitation he sent more troops to Chu State. The total force soon exceeded 400,000, and tens of thousands more came from all over the country, and he could devour a large number of them. The situation of Chu State.
In fact, Li Yuan's life in Qi was not easy. It was true that he successfully controlled the king. However, not every Qi general could be bribed with money. King Qin's army soon exceeded one hundred thousand. Although there was no war between the two sides, , but the situation is imminent.
If Li Yuan hadn't subdued the queen and the people of Qi had not thrown a rat weapon, the two sides would have started fighting long ago.
Li Yuan had to withstand the pressure from Qi and Qin at the same time, so his life was difficult.
Seeing that the time was ripe, Ji Jie's army of 300,000 troops reached Qin's Hangu Pass as quickly as possible and launched an undeclared war against Qin.
Hangu Pass is known as the most powerful pass in the Qin State. The terrain here is difficult and it is easy to defend but difficult to attack. The people of the Qin State once boasted about Haikou, saying that only 5,000 defenders were needed to block the attack of 500,000 enemies.
However, their statement about Haikou still has some basis. When the six countries united with an 800,000-strong army to invade, the Qin people successfully blocked it out with only 10,000 defenders. Of course, discord within the coalition cannot be ruled out. This is the main reason.
When the Zhou army started to attack, Lu Buwei did not turn his attention here. In his opinion, no matter how brave and skillful the enemy was, it was impossible to conquer Xiongguan in a short time. He only needed to send some reinforcements at the appropriate time. .
Underestimating the enemy has been a taboo for military strategists from ancient times to the present.
Ji Jie has always been a cautious person. He never fights an uncertain battle. As early as when he announced that there would be no need for troops within a year, he had already ordered Sima Xueran to send people to sneak into Hangu Pass. Up to now, at least there are Hundreds of people mingled with the defenders.
The Qin army successfully repelled the first wave of Zhou army's attack. They cheered and looked at the neatly arranged Zhou army outside the pass with disdain.
Little did they know that this was just a feint attack to divert attention, and the Zhou army suffered more than 200 casualties.
"Sure enough, it is the first pass in the Qin State!" Ji Jie exclaimed: "If we rely on a strong attack, there is no way we can win it without tens of thousands of casualties, and that's even if the enemy doesn't send more troops!"
"Your Majesty, leave the next charge to me, I will definitely win it!" Xiong Ben asked for a fight.
"No, why add casualties in vain!" Ji Jie patted Xiong Bi's shoulder, turned around and said to the messenger: "You can send the signal!"
Three green signal bombs soared into the sky. Just when the Qin army on the pass was wondering, a violent explosion occurred in the armory behind them. Thousands of stones of gunpowder stored in it exploded at the same time, and the city walls shook violently. Cracks then occur.
"Artillery attack, concentrate all artillery fire on the Qin army's passes!" Ji Jie issued the second order, and then fired ten thousand artillery fire.