After the Queen issued a declaration of surrender to the Zhou Dynasty, the entire Qi Kingdom was in jubilation. Those cities that were still in the hands of the Qi army generals also opened their gates and lined the streets with the people to welcome the Zhou army to take over.
Ji Jie was very excited after receiving the news. Qi State was the richest place in the Central Plains. Not only did it have several seaside salt fields, but the land was fertile and rich in products. With Qi Land, he no longer had any worries.
At that time, Li Yuan coveted the wealth of Qi State, and now he made a vicious plan to embezzle it. Now it seems that he stole the chicken but failed to lose the rice. Not only did he not get any benefits, he also married Da Zhou. Yi, if he hadn't messed around here, the queen and the old ministers of Qi would not have declared their submission so simply, and they would not have been so determined.
Since then, all the land in the north has been in the hands of Ji Jie, and his sphere of influence has covered more than 60% of the original seven kingdoms.
The implementation shows that he was right in making the strategy of letting Ji Xueling and the three girls fight in Qi State. The two-pronged approach accelerated the pace of unifying the world. If he waited until Li Yuan controlled Qi State before taking action, it would be too late. At least it would not be like So smooth now.
After Qi State returned to the Zhou Dynasty, the domestic environment was surprisingly stable. This had a lot to do with Ji Xueling's strict requirements for military discipline. Ji Jie made timely adjustments to the strategy here, allowing her to still hand over the main defense tasks to the old Qi army. After the Zhou army gathered, they approached Chu.
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Wang Jian thought that after he withdrew from Xianyang, Ji Jie would fall into a situation where he would not be embarrassed or embarrassed. Later, he realized that he was wrong. Ji Jie's life did not become more difficult because of a battle. On the contrary, he was living a small life. Very moisturizing.
To be honest, the Zhou army was indeed in shortage of supplies, and the transportation lines were often robbed by the Qin army, but who allowed him to have enough space in his Sumeru ring? After walking around the warehouse, the originally empty warehouse was immediately occupied by various people. There are piles of supplies.
In Xianyang City, Wang Jian's return made everyone, including Ying Zheng and Lu Buwei, full of confidence in this war. They firmly believed that driving the Zhou army out of Da Qin was an inevitable result, and the rest was only a matter of time.
Wang Jian was also confident, but he couldn't sleep in the dead of night. He always felt that Ji Jie would appear in an unexpected place next time and catch him off guard.
On this day, Lu Buwei entertained the meritorious generals with wine, first promoted their military positions, and then generously rewarded them with gold, silver, beauties, and land, thus spending a lot of money.
Wang Jian accepted the reward of ten beauties, thousands of hectares of fertile land and ten thousand taels of gold. Lu Buwei also personally presented him with two luxurious mansions, which made him feel that Beier had dignity.
Several anxious generals carried the beauties they had just acquired to the side hall to have sex, but those who were calm enough stayed here to drink.
During the dinner, Lu Buwei got up and went to the toilet.
After draining the water, he felt relaxed. Lu Buwei shook his head with a wry smile while tying his belt. Time is not forgiving, and he couldn't hold back even after drinking so much. It seemed that he had to find an opportunity to replenish himself.
"call……"
A gust of wind blew behind him. He turned around alertly, but there was nothing dark behind him.
"A little suspicious!" Lu Buwei fastened his belt and was about to walk out when a voice that seemed to come from underground sounded in his ears.
"Lu Xiangguo is right, now I am a ghost!"
"Who?" Lu Buwei broke out in a cold sweat, trying to determine the direction of the speaker.
"Stop looking. If I don't want to show up, Lu Xiangguo won't be able to find my hiding place even if I blind your eyes!"
The hoarse voice sounded like it was coming from the ground, making those who heard it horrified. Even though Lu Buwei had seen the world, he couldn't suppress the fear in his heart.
"What do you want to do?" Lu Buwei asked in a trembling voice.
"Of course I'll pay off the debt!"
"Pay the debt? What debt?" Lu Buwei's body began to shake.
"Don't worry, I'm not here to ask for your life!" The owner of the voice let out a sinister laugh and said, "I accepted 300,000 taels of gold from Mr. Xiangguo to kill a person. I accepted the money but failed to complete the task. What do you think I am here for? However, I did not hesitate to sacrifice my life to complete the task, but some people do not appreciate it. For some ulterior purpose, they spread the word that I died in their hands!"
Lu Buwei's heart began to beat wildly. Three hundred thousand taels, one life, Cao Qiudao?
Isn't Cao Qiudao dead? Lu Buwei was convinced of this and thought he sent someone to find out what happened at that time. Cao Qiudao was ambushed by Ji Jie and finally committed suicide and his body was buried!
Could it be that someone was trying to make something mysterious? Lu Buwei was convinced of this idea.
"I know what Mr. Xiangguo is thinking now. If you think I'm dead, fine, I'll reluctantly come out to see you!" The voice disappeared, and a ghost-like person appeared out of thin air in front of Lu Buwei.
Lu Buwei was startled when he saw the man slowly take off his scarf, revealing a pale and bloodless face.
It was Cao Qidao. Although Lu Buwei had never seen him before and Sima Jing was responsible for contacting him at the time, he could still judge from Sima Jing's description of his appearance. Yes, it was him!
"You must be wondering why I'm still alive!" Cao Qiudao's voice was still so ghastly. It stands to reason that he used this kind of voice deliberately when he was hiding in the dark. Now that he has shown his face, there is no need to continue to pretend, but he The sound is still the same.
He reached out and untied the scarf around his neck, revealing a shocking scar. He pointed at the scar and said: "Such an injury is enough to kill someone, but it can't kill me. It just hurts my vocal cords! Mr. Xiangguo, I think This scar should be worth the three hundred thousand taels of gold, right?"
"Yes, yes..." Lu Buwei nodded subconsciously. He was afraid that if he said the wrong thing, he would offend the evil star in front of him.
"Haha, I know that Lord Xiangguo is a very generous person!" Cao Qiudao put on his scarf again and said, "But no matter what, I failed to complete the task, so this task will continue! Of course, for this task I The Cao family has paid a huge price, should Lu Xiangguo make some compensation?"
"Yes, it should be! How much do you want..." Lu Buwei asked tremblingly.
An ugly smile appeared on Cao Qiudao's face, and the temporary scenes of his tribe flashed through his mind. He said, "I want five hundred thousand taels of gold this time! Of course, when I kill Ji Jie, Qin will dominate the world. After that, those salt fields will still be mine, what do you think?"
Lu Buwei wiped his sweat and said, "No problem, as long as you can kill Ji Jie!"