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Even the Marquis of Qi agreed, and although the others looked confused, they quickly came to their senses and quickly complimented Wu Jiu, saying: "The method of Situ Da Situ of Qi State is very good!"

Wu Jiu looked at their stiff faces, smiled, and said to Cai Hou, "Mr. Cai, can I trouble you about asking for jade?"

When Cai Hou Xianwu heard it, good guy, the bad guy still has to do it himself?

Caihou Xianwu didn't know what treasure He's Bi was, but Baoshen used He's Bi to make peace, it should be a good beautiful jade, Cai Hou had never heard of He's Bi, so he didn't take it seriously.

Now that Cai Guo has broken his face with Chu State, and the two countries have long been at war with each other, how can Cai Hou be afraid of grabbing a piece of jade?

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Caihou immediately agreed to curry favor with Qihou, "Yes, yes, no problem, it will be wrapped in Xianwu, and Xianwu will definitely bring the beautiful jade to Duke Qi and Da Situ."

Now He's Bi is not well known, so Marquis Qi doesn't know what kind of beautiful jade it is, but seeing that Wu Jiu likes it, he agrees, and pretends to say a few words: "That's really thanks to Mr. Cai."

Cai Hou said repeatedly that he didn't dare, and then quickly ordered the envoys of Chu to enter the border town first, and then arrest him. Yu stayed behind, and the envoys drove away.

In terms of the style of banditry, the ruler Cai Hou is actually not inferior.

After Cai Hou finished giving his orders, Qi Hou and Wu Jiu said with a smile on their faces: "Duke Qi has now defeated the Chu army and subdued General Fist. I really admire him for performing dances, but..."

As he spoke, he changed the subject and quickly said: "However, there are three other armies in the Chu Kingdom. If these three armies are not broken, Xianwu is still worried and will not be safe. Therefore, I ask Qi Gong to help!"

Qihou smiled and said: "Cai Gongyan is serious, you and I are both the people of the state of Zhou, and we should help each other. Besides, our army from the state of Qi has already arrived here, so there is no reason to stop helping halfway." retreat."

The purpose of Marquis Qi is to send Wu Jiu to the throne of the King of Chu. Now it has just begun, and only one army of Chu State has been opened up. It is necessary to continue to open up the other three armies of Chu State, so as to give Chu State a disarm. .

Caihou Xianwu hurriedly said: "Thank you, Duke Qi! Thank you, Duke Qi! Then... this... Xianwu dare to ask Duke Qi, what should we do next?"

Hearing his question about the next step, Marquis Qi hesitated for a moment, and said: "Although the Chu State is in civil strife, the number of the three-way army is far more than my Qi State's reinforcements, and Cai Gong, your garrison..."

When he said this, Cai Gong immediately became afraid. Although the three armies did not trust each other and restricted each other, they were all from Chu, and there was no guarantee that they would be unified one day. The number of Lu Dajun is very scary.

Chu State is a big country. In terms of population and land area, it is far larger than Qi State. Now Chu’s civil strife has indeed reduced its power a lot, even if it has been reduced by half, but it is far stronger than Cai State. If the soldiers and horses of the three routes attacked Cai Guo at the same time, Wu Jiao was sure that Cai Guo would be defeated in less than three days.

And what about Qi?They can not bring too many soldiers and horses. After all, they have to be wary of things in and around Qi State, and the battle line is very long and the supplies are insufficient, so they cannot go head-to-head with Chu State. Now they have won the first battle. Glorious, but only Marquis of Qi, Wu Jiu, and a group of important ministers know that they have consumed a lot of military rations from the stalemate in autumn to winter, so they can't be head-to-head.

Qi Hou hesitated for a moment, then looked at Wu Jiu, Wu Jiu was about to fall asleep, but when he heard that He Shibi had been found, he nodded his head and dozed off again, when Qi Hou saw it, he wanted to laugh , stretched out his hand to touch Wu Jiu, and said, "Second Brother, if you're tired, why don't you go back and rest?"

Marquis Qi touched him, but Wu Jiu suddenly raised his head at this moment, with a sleepy look on his face, and said, "Your Majesty, Jiu has a solution."

Marquis Qi was taken aback, thinking that Wu Jiu was talking in his sleep, but he saw Wu Jiu opened his eyes, rubbed his eyes, and said in a reasonable way: "Now there are three armies in Chu State, and we in Qi State There are only two armies with Cai Guo. If the Chu people mobilize, we will definitely lose. How about this? The Chu people have oppressed Deng and Shen for a long time. In Huoluo, please ask Cai Gong to contact the old troops of Deng and Shen, and we will form an army together to dismantle Chu's three-way army."

As soon as everyone heard this, they immediately felt that it was a good idea. For Chu State and Deng Guoshen State, it was a bloody feud. If Deng Guo and Shen State's old ministries also came to help this time, they would definitely use their best efforts.

Caihou Xianwu immediately said: "Okay, Xianwu is going to prepare now, and secretly invite the old troops of Deng Guo and Shen Guo to come to my palace and form an alliance with Duke Qi and Da Situ."

Wu Jiu cupped his hands and said, "Thank you, Mr. Cai."

Caihou Xianwu hurriedly said: "Don't work, don't work, Situ of the Qi State has a clever plan. This is to solve the problem for Cai Guo. How can I perform the dance if I have to do it? Obviously I have to do it to everyone."

Caihou Xianwu was so humble, and then raised his glass to toast, Wu Jiao drank a glass of wine, he was sleepy, and now he fell asleep after drinking, lying on the desk.

When Qi Hou saw it, he immediately smiled, hugged Wu Jiu, said goodbye to Cai Gong, and led Wu Jiu out of the banquet hall first.

Because it was late today, Caihou Xianwu invited the people of Qi to stay overnight in the palace, and then went back to the post office tomorrow morning. When Qihou saw that Wu Jiu was sleeping soundly, he stopped running around and carried Wu Jiu into the palace by himself. House, put him on the couch.

Wu Jiao fell asleep and couldn't cry no matter what, Qi Hou was afraid that he would go crazy after drinking a glass of wine, so he didn't call him, but brought some hot water over, wiped Wu Jiao, and then took off his clothes for him. Robe, covered with a quilt.

At this time, Ziqing heard the sound of "knock knock", and hurried to open the door, only to see General Fengquan outside the door.

Ziqing asked Fengquan to wait a moment, then walked in and said softly, "Your Majesty, General Fendquan is here."

When Qi Hou heard this, he understood why Ping Quan came here, and said to Ziqing, "You come to take care of Da Situ, and come when you are alone."

Ziqing responded quickly, and Qihou walked out quickly, beckoning to Fengquan, and the two entered Qihou's house next to him, Qihou sat down on the table, and said with a smile: "General Fengquan came late at night, There must be something important to report?"

Ping Quan frowned, as if he didn't know what to say, but he still cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, Ping Quan likes to speak out when he has something to say, and he never beat around the bush. Now Your Majesty has kindness to Fend Quan, and Ping Quan is willing to repay his kindness." , I am also willing to fight this world for the king, but in the final analysis... Fist was born and raised in Chu, and I really can't bear to see the people in Chu suffer, so..."

When Qi Hou heard this, he knew that he was right. The intention of Ping Quan was obvious. After all, at the banquet just now, they had already put the matter of attacking the Chu army on the agenda. Ping Quan is now the general of Qi. One day, he will definitely fight against the Chu army.

Feng Quan must have come to discuss this matter with Qi Hou.

Qi Hou smiled and said: "Gu knows that General Fist is a man of benevolence and righteousness. Don't worry, General Fist, he is not a tyrant. If it can be resolved by peaceful means, he does not like force."

He said, smiled, and said: "General Pengquan is also a sensible person. I know that although you have surrendered to our country of Qi, you still have a knot in your heart. That is the kindness of the former king of Chu State. Why should General Fist Is it difficult? You may have heard that the great Situ of our country of Qi is actually the young prince of the former king of your country of Chu. General Fist, think about it, and look at the whole country of Chu, who is the rightful heir? Could it be? The Chu army that is fighting for three ways? They are nothing but profit-seeking usurpers, and Gu’s second brother is the real successor of Chu. Why doesn’t General Pingquan let go of his burden and help Da Situ inherit the throne? The king of Chu knows about it, and he will be grateful to General Fuquan for protecting the blood of Chu."

Fengquan knew that Marquis Qi had selfish intentions. After all, the great Situ of Qi became the king of Chu, and it was indeed helpful to Qi.No, it is also helpful to the Chu State. This is a matter of joining forces with each other for mutual benefit.

When Fen Quan was in the capital of the Chu State, he had already heard that Wu Jiao was the young prince of King Wu of Chu, because he did not dare to marry Lu Ji back then, so Lu Ji married off with her pregnancy, and Qi Xigong raised him for [-] years. My son for several years, Baoshen said about this matter.

At that time, when Baoshen asked the King of Chu, Xiong Fei, to use this matter to alienate the Qi State, Fu Quan also strongly opposed it. After all, it is the blood of the Chu State, but Baoshen's status in the Chu State is like that of Ji Zhong in the Zheng State. , It's useless for Feng Quan to persuade him alone.

Fen Quan knew Wu Jiu's identity well, and it would be good if he could assist Wu Jiu to take the position. Qi Hou said with a smile: "Don't worry, General, I know what you are thinking, and I don't want to enter the capital of Chu State, fish and meat people." , the world won by force is often the most insecure, Gu can assure you that as long as the situation permits, killing will be minimized, how about it?"

Hearing this, Pingquan knew that Qihou was a transparent person, and Qihou, who was worried about himself, thought of it, so he cupped his hands and said, "Pengquan thank you for your great kindness."

Qihou said with a smile: "There is no need to thank you, General Fenquan, go to rest quickly, recharge your batteries, wait until the people from Deng Guo and Shen Guo come to form an alliance, and rely on General Fenquan to tell us about these three ways What about the army?"

Cupping his hands together, he said, "The humble general will definitely know everything."

Qi Hou nodded, waved his hand, and then Peng Quan turned the wheelchair and left.

After waiting for him to leave, Qi Hou went back to the next door, lay down on the couch after washing, put his arms around Wu Jiu, kissed his ear, and said in a low voice: "Gu Zhen really can't bear to let the second brother go..."

Wu Jiao fell asleep, feeling someone was hugging him, very warm, so he took the initiative to lean over, hugged Qihou as well, buried his head in his chest, and rubbed him affectionately, like a docile kitten.

They stayed in Cai Guo's posthouse, waiting for the old troops of Deng Guo and Shen Guo to come over, but the old minions had not yet arrived, and they waited for He Shibi first.

Caihou Xianwu didn't take it seriously at all, and he didn't even send it over by himself. After all, it was just a piece of rough jade with no brilliance at all, so he asked the ministers of Cai Guo to send it to the post house.

Wu corrected that he was bored. He had a cough and some colds recently. Qihou ordered him not to stay in the house. Correction is boring to death.

As soon as Wu Jiu heard that He Shibi had been delivered, he hurriedly got up and changed his clothes, but when he went out, he was bumped into by Qi Hou who was walking towards him, Qi Hou frowned and said, "Second Brother, why are you up?"

Wu Jiu smiled and said, "Your Majesty, Jiu is all right now. I heard that He Shibi has been delivered?"

Seeing the smile on his face, Marquis Qi knew that he had been suffocating for the past few days, so he said, "Yes, Gu also heard that Baoshen was so angry that he almost fainted when he saw the envoy who was driven back."

Wu Jiu said, "Where is He's Bi? Jiu wants to go and see."

Qi Hou just came to talk to Wu Jiu about something, so he said, "Come on."

The two entered Qihou's house, and He's Bi was placed in his house. In fact, He's Bi was not the shape of Bi, but a piece of unpolished jade, also called He Pu. Unpolished jade has not been polished. of jade.

When Wu Jiu saw He Pu for the first time, he immediately understood why it took two generations of kings in Chu to discover such a handed down jewel as He's Bi.

Han Feizi recorded the story of Bian He offering jade. King Li said that Bian He lied to him that the uncut jade was a stone, so he cut off one of Bian He's feet. After King Li died, Bian He presented the precious jade to King Wu, who also Said it was a stone, and cut off one of Bian He's feet. After the generation of King Xiong Pei of Chu, Xiong Pei finally ordered someone to polish He Pu's corner. , He Pu had a very elegant name, became He's Bi, and also became the treasure of the state of Chu.

However, He Pu has not been polished for a long time. Chu Wang Xiongfei felt that there was no craftsman in Chu State who could polish He Pu, so he kept it untouched.

The Heshibi that Wu Jiu sees now is actually a large, round piece of uncut jade. The surrounding area is like a stone. Only one corner has been polished to reveal the jade inside. The jade is shiny and smooth, although it is only the tip of the iceberg. , but it is not difficult to see that dazzling brilliance.

Wu Jiu stretched out his hand to touch He's Bi. He had seen many fine jades before, but he had never seen such a beautiful one. He said in surprise, "It's so beautiful."

Seeing that he liked it, Qi Hou immediately clapped the case and said, "Second brother likes it? Why don't you ask a craftsman to carve it out for second brother and wear it on your body?"

When Wu Jiu heard this, his scalp went numb. Heshibi, Chuanguo Yuxi, Zhenguozhibao, if Qihou waved his hand and put it on his body, how could he feel that he would become a disaster for the country and the people? Is your "favorite concubine"?

Wu Jiu hastily said: "This...isn't necessary, my lord, this Heshibi is the treasure of the state of Chu, and now what you get, you should take it back to the state of Qi. The state of Lu has the town of Cen Ding, and I Qi State has no treasures to rule the country, and others don’t know that it’s because the emperor is thrifty, but they think that Qi State is shabby, and Qi State can’t afford it.”

When Qihou heard this, he said with a smile: "Second brother is really virtuous."

Wu Jiu gave Qihou a helpless look, and Qihou smiled and said, "Okay, then I will listen to my second brother and wait for Gu to arrange someone to send He Shibi back to Qi."

Wu Jiu nodded, touched the Heshibi again, and admired it carefully.

Cai Guo went to invite the old ministries of Deng Guo and Shen Guo, because the two countries were destroyed not long ago, so there are still many old ministries, gathered together, waiting for the restoration of the country, especially now that Chu State is in chaos, the old ministries of these two countries are even more It was a positive response. Now that they heard that Marquis Cai invited them to form an alliance, without a word, the "kings" of the two countries rushed over immediately.

The two countries of Deng and Shen are both marquises. Although the country has been destroyed, the monarch still exists. The old ministries of the two countries have secretly established a new monarch and went to Cai Guo to prepare for the alliance.

That day Wu Jiu heard that the monarchs of Shen and Deng had arrived at the capital of Cai, and there was a banquet tonight to invite the two countries to form an alliance with Qi and Cai.

When Wu Jiu heard the news, he was going to talk to Qi Hou about countermeasures. It was strange to say that Qi Hou had been clinging to Wu Jiu before, but these few days, Qi Hou was unusually honest and not clingy anymore. In the house, I don't know what to do, and I don't even come out to eat.

Wu Jiao was a little suspicious, wondering what good thing Qihou was doing secretly?

When Wu Jiu walked in front of Marquis Qi's house, he saw soldiers holding hands outside. Wu Jiu looked suspicious and asked, "Is Your Majesty inside?"

The soldier quickly said: "Yes, yes, I will pass you a message."

Wu Jiu became even more suspicious. Normally, he didn't need to pass through when he entered the small bedroom, so why did he need to pass through today?

The soldier hurried in and asked Wu Jiao to wait for a while, Wu Jiao was outside listening to the commotion inside, but because the house inside was too big, he couldn't seem to hear anything.

After a long while, the door opened with a "squeak" and the soldier came out first, and then asked Wu to go in.

Wu Jiao walked in and found nothing unusual, but the window in the room was open, and it was quite cold in winter, and the wind was blowing in, as if it was letting off the smell?

Wu Jiao went in and sneezed twice. He had recovered from his cold and didn't catch another cold. He didn't know what was in the air that made people sneeze.

Qi Hou looked at Wu Jiu with a smile, poured a cup of tea, and said, "Second Brother, are you here?"

Wu Jiu looked at Qi Hou suspiciously, Qi Hou seemed a little nervous, he must have something to hide, but he didn't want to say it, so he said with a smile: "Second brother, would you like a cup of tea?"

Wu Jiu said with a smile: "Your Majesty, you have worked hard. The windows are still open in this winter. You should drink tea to warm yourself up."

Qi Hou was almost choked to death by his words, coughed dryly, took a sip of tea to moisten his throat, interrupted and said, "I don't know what's the matter, second brother?"

Wu Jiu said: "The monarch of Deng Guoshen has arrived, and he is in the post house. Tonight, Cai Gong invited you to the palace to have a banquet, and discuss the plan to defeat the Chu army."

Qi Hou nodded and said, "Very good! Very good!"

The tone he said was very false, Wu Jiao stared at him and said, "Then Jiu will go back first."

Qihou hurriedly stopped him and said, "Second brother, why don't you stay for lunch?"

Wu Jiu said with a smile, "Jiao thought that the emperor had important matters to attend to, so it would be inconvenient to stay for lunch."

Qi Hou hurriedly said, "It's convenient, it's convenient."

The two had lunch together, after which Wu Jiu went back to his room to rest, changed his clothes and prepared to attend the banquet in the evening, seeing that it was almost time, he went to find Qi Hou, but the door of Qi Hou's room was still closed, and there were soldiers standing guard outside, Wu Jiu asked The soldiers went to pass the pass, and they were busy inside for a long time before they came out.

Marquis Qi came out in a black court robe, and even closed the door with his backhand. Wu Jiu was startled, wondering what exactly Marquis Qi was doing, could it be that he returned the golden house?

Wu Jiu narrowed his eyes and looked at Qi Hou, Qi Hou smiled and said courteously: "Second brother, let's go."

The two quickly entered the palace. When they arrived at the banquet, Marquis Cai performed the dance, Marquis Deng and Marquis Shen were already there, because they were the two newly elected monarchs and they were not very old.

When everyone saw Qihou and Wu Jiu, they quickly stood up and saluted, and Qu Wan and Feng Quan followed behind and entered the banquet hall.

Everyone sat down, and then the four parties talked. Caihou hurriedly asked someone to set a meal. Everyone politely toasted each other with two glasses of wine, and then opened the chatterbox.

Lord Deng Guoguo quickly said: "I have heard about the prestige of Duke Qi and Da Situ, and now I can finally see it! Duke Qi and Da Situ defeated the Chu army and brought back General Fenquan. It is really admirable!"

Qihou smiled and cupped his hands and said: "Deng Gong's words are serious."

Not to be outdone, King Shen quickly praised Marquis Qi and Wu Jiu, and Qu Wan for his resourcefulness, bravery and skill in fighting, and so on. Everyone knew that the main force of this attack was definitely not Cai Guo, who was a friendly landlord, but Qi State. Therefore, he has been flattering Qi.

Qihou smiled and said: "Let's not talk about the falsehood. After all, we are very sincere in inviting the two monarchs here today. If the four of us join hands, are we still afraid of Chu's mere three-way army? No Do you want to break them one by one?"

Lord Deng hurriedly cupped his hands and said: "Yes, what Duke Qi said is exactly what Duke Qi said. If Duke Qi can lead our country Deng to restore our country, our country Deng will return to Qi State and pay tribute to Qi State every year."

Deng Hou seemed to understand his position very well. After all, he was already the king who had been exterminated, so he held on to Qi Hou and refused to let go. The King of Shen Guo looked at it and cupped his hands and said, "Shen Guo is also willing to submit to Qi, and to avenge his great revenge." !"

Qihou laughed when he heard this, and said: "The two monarchs are straightforward people. We don't speak dark words in front of the wise people. Today we will clarify the words. Everyone's purpose is the same, which is to defeat the state of Chu. The three-way army solved the siege, now let’s talk about how to solve it?”

When everyone heard Qihou's question, they were speechless because they didn't know how to solve it.

Qihou looked around the crowd, seeing that they were silent, he said: "Since everyone has the same purpose, let's talk about the truth first, how will the food and grass be paid, how will the money be paid, and how will the soldiers and horses be paid?"

These three questions instantly stunned everyone. After all, war is a practical issue. Grain, money, and soldiers are indispensable. These three are very important, and they are also where the conflicts between the coalition forces of various countries have existed since ancient times.

What the coalition forces say sounds good, but before joining forces, they must clarify their interests. When the interests are uneven, they will fight and become rebellious.

It is prescient for Qihou to point out these three things.

As soon as his words came out, everyone looked at me and I looked at you, but they didn't know what to say.

Lord Shen Guo laughed, with a very distressed look on his face, and said: "To be honest, Shen Guo has just been destroyed, and there is really not much money and food to pay, but we will send out all our troops and horses. Don't worry, I, Shen Guo, will definitely not be a bastard."

When Deng Guo heard it, he also said: "Yes, that's the case. Please forgive us, Mr. Qi. We have just encountered an accident. The money and food that we can pay are really not much, but what we can pay is absolutely unambiguous."

Qi Hou listened, although Shen Guo and Deng Guo were very petty, they were telling the truth, and turned their heads to look at Cai Hou Xianwu.

Caihou Xianwu was watched by him, his calf twisted, thinking that Deng Guoshen was destroyed, and he couldn't afford money and food, so what about himself?

Marquis Cai did not want to pay for money and food for performing dances. You must know that fighting is very expensive, and Marquis Cai is stingy, so he really doesn't want to pay.

Cai Hou smiled and said, "Duke Qi, why bother? Don't you have black powder in Qi? You have seen the power of black powder in the battle between Duke Qi and Chu. Why don't Duke Qi take out black powder and distribute it?" Give me the Three Kingdoms, and in this way, the three armies of the Chu Kingdom can be blown up to nothing."

When Wu Jiao heard it, Cai Hou, this old fox, was still thinking about black powder?After all, he just wanted to know the formula of black powder, but even if Wu Jiao told him the formula of black powder, Marquis Cai probably wouldn't believe it.

When Qihou heard him ask about the black gunpowder, his face turned cold. This old man didn't want to do anything, but he wanted nothing but a white wolf. If it wasn't for sending Wu Jiao to the throne of Chu, Qihou wouldn't care whether Cai Guo was alive or dead. .

Qihou was not happy, his face was very ugly, and the atmosphere of the crowd suddenly became dignified. The monarchs of Deng and Shen looked at Caihou with reproach, thinking that Caihou couldn't read his face, how could something like black gunpowder be given to him? You, the State of Qi must keep the State of Zhen.

Caihou was also very embarrassed, because he was afraid that Qihou would withdraw his army, and then he would be considered as finished.

Seeing that the atmosphere was a little tense, Wu Jiu finally put down the chopsticks in his hand, wiped his mouth, and said with a smile: "Mr. Cai and the two monarchs don't know something. This black powder is too powerful to kill. The widow is a benevolent monarch." Even if you are fighting against an enemy country, you can't bear to see the lives of the people in ruins, and the mourning is everywhere. If you use black gunpowder, it is convenient and quick, but it will lose the hearts of the people. What's the use?"

When everyone heard it, good guy, it's too fake, can it be more fake?It is clear that it is not used.

But when Wu Jiu said this, Qi Hou immediately said: "What the second brother said is that I can't bear to see the people's support."

Deng Guo and Shen Guojun immediately said: "Qi Gong is benevolent and righteous, and Qi Guoda Situ Zhai is kind-hearted. He is really a role model for us. We are ashamed!"

The two monarchs were winking, and they hurriedly gave Qihou a step down, Cai Guo was immediately isolated, and it was difficult to say anything.

Qi Hou raised his head and looked at Cai Hou Xianwu, saying: "Although Deng Guo and Shen Guo have suffered a great disaster, they have not forgotten their original intentions. I don't know how much money, food, grass, and soldiers and horses are planned by Cai Gong?"

Cai Hou was in a cold sweat, so he had no choice but to bite the bullet and say, "Two... twenty thousand troops, how about it?"

Qi Hou smiled coldly and said, "Second Brother, what do you think?"

Wu Jiu smiled and said, "Duke Cai is joking, [-] troops? Isn't it less than the troops sent by Deng and Shen who suffered such a catastrophe?"

Deng Guo and Shen Guo also saw that Marquis Cai was a bastard, and wanted to talk nonsense and get some benefits, so they also said: "Yes, Mr. Cai, I'm afraid it's not kind of you to behave like this?"

Marquis Cai's complexion was not very good either, he was a marquis after all, Deng Guo and Shen Guo were both destroyed, and they were many heads shorter than him, yet they still called him.

Wu Jiu smiled, knowing that Marquis Cai didn't want to hear it, so he changed the way he said it, and said, "Let's put it this way, all the lords sitting here today, brothers and sisters should look at that to settle accounts, but what we are calculating is not just today's food and grass. , money, and troops, but to calculate the benefits after conquering Chu State in one fell swoop in the future, whoever pays more money, more troops, and more food and grass will naturally get more benefits, isn’t it, gentlemen?”

When everyone heard this, they all nodded their heads. Only then did Marquis Cai wake up from the dream, and he quickly spread his five fingers and said, "Xianwu is willing to send [-] troops!"

What a generous voice, it was only [-] in the end, but Cai Guo is also small, so [-] is a lot.

As soon as it was linked to interests, everyone competed for determination. Seeing that the goal had been achieved, Qi Hou said with a smile: "Okay, since you all have determination, then we will be a blood alliance in a while."

At this time, Lord Shen said: "Duke Qi, I, Shen Guo, have a heartless request."

Qihou said: "What is it? Shen Gong is too polite."

King Shen immediately cupped his hands and said: "If Chu is really captured in the future, I, Shen, would like to beg Duke Qi to hand over Baoshen to Shen! The country was destroyed, this kind of hatred, I Shen Guo dare not forget, so I ask Qi Gong to hand Baoshen to our Shen Guo to deal with!"

Upon hearing this, Marquis Qi raised his eyebrows, laughed loudly, and said, "This...I'm afraid it won't work."

As soon as he spoke, Lord Shen immediately became anxious. He thought that Marquis Qi had taken a fancy to Baoshen's talent. After all, Baoshen was the most powerful minister in Chu. I don’t know, this Baoshen also has a deep hatred with our country of Qi, I’m afraid I can’t give up Baoshen to you, I have to deal with it myself.”

When King Shen heard this, he didn't want to keep Baoshen, so he felt relieved.

So everyone drenched their blood at the banquet to form an alliance, and signed the agreement, each with a copy, and each kept their own money. The next step was to attack the three armies of the Chu State.

Afterwards, Wu Jiu and Qi Hou lived in the post house for a period of time. During this time, Qi Hou still hid in the house every day and did not come out to eat. He looked mysterious and did not know what he was doing. Asked him, Qihou didn't say anything, just prevaricated.

When Qihou and Wu Jiu stayed in the capital of Cai, Baoshen was furious because he had lost Heshibi and also did not get the traitor of Chu, and sent troops to attack the border city of Cai.

Although Cao GUI is not as "wise and resourceful" as Wu Jiu, the art of war in Cao GUI's heart is the orthodoxy left by his ancestors. Cao GUI trapped the Chu army with Qimen Dunjia and beat them back to defeat. It was ready to move, but no one dared to act rashly.

Cao GUI's letter was reported to Cai's capital city, Wu Jiu read the letter, and felt that the war was getting worse and he had to rush to the border town, otherwise the letter would be a hindrance.

Wu Jiu went to look for Marquis Qi, but the door of Marquis Qi was still closed, but the guard was not there, so Wu Jiu quietly pushed open the door, walked in, and heard a faint sound of "ding ding ding" coming from inside, as if he was knocking on something ?

Wu Jiu couldn't hear it clearly, he walked in, but Qi Hou was very alert, he was a martial artist, he had sharp ears and eyes, he heard Wu Jiu's footsteps at once, when Wu Jiao walked in, he saw Qi Hou sitting upright. , with his back straightened, with an exaggerated smile on his face, he said, "Why is Second Brother here?"

Wu Jiao's eyelids twitched, and he looked at the mat that Marquis Qi was sitting on. The fool also knew that there was something under his buttocks, as if he didn't want Wu Jiao to see it, and Wu Jiao thought he was laying eggs!

Wu Jiu said helplessly, "Your Majesty, General Cao has sent a military report saying that the war with Chu State is serious. I think it's more serious to send troops to the border as soon as possible."

Qihou read the military newspaper, frowned, and said, "Exactly."

Qihou quickly called for Fuquan, and everyone discussed a plan.

Among the three armies, one was very strong, with a head of almost [-]. It seemed that they were bound to win the throne of Chu, and they often harassed Cao GUI's garrison.

Wu Jiu rubbed his chin, stared at the topographical map, and said, "According to the humble general's understanding of this army, this army may be difficult to deal with. Take the current situation as an example, Qi Guocai When the country Deng Guoshen sent troops, food and grass must go first. With so many soldiers and horses marching to the border towns, there must be a lot of food and grass. Useless."

Qi Hou frowned when he heard this, while Wu Jiu rolled his eyes quickly, scanning back and forth on the map, as if he was looking for something.

Wu Jiao clicked on the map and transported grain from the capital city of Cai to the border town, passing a high mountain. Sun Tzu said in the chapter on terrain in Art of War, "The terrain is the one that helps the soldiers." It can be solved like a broken bamboo.

Of course, in this day and age, the grandson has not yet been born, so although this art of war is very simple, many people in later generations know this truth, but so far only Wu Jiu knows it.

Wu Jiu looked at this high mountain, reached out his hand and nodded, and said, "We can put the grain and grass at the front of the delivery team."

As soon as his words came out, everyone was surprised. In addition to Qi Guoren, Qu Wan and Fenquan, Deng Guoshen Guo and Cai Guoren were present. When they heard what Wu Jiao said, they all looked at him like idiots. Wu corrected.

You must know that soldiers and horses that transport food and grass always put food and grass at the back end of the team, or in the middle of the team, so as to prevent accidents. After all, in this era, in addition to enemy troops who rob food and grass, there are also bandits who rob everywhere. The turmoil of the era , prompting many bandits to rob officials and food, and they are quite sturdy.

Therefore, everyone must protect the grain and grass tightly. Who will put the grain and grass on the head of the team and swagger through the market?Isn't this shouting "Come and rob, come and rob, if you don't rob, I'll never end with you"?

Some people don't know Wu Jiu's style, and they look at Wu Jiao with a very mocking look, thinking that Wu Jiao is a waste of fame.

Qi Hou, on the other hand, looked intently at the terrain Wu Jiu was pointing at, and said, "Second brother means...?"

Wu Jiu said with a smile: "Introduce the king into the urn, close the door and beat the dog."

As Wu Jiu said, he clicked on the map and said, "Jiao just observed it. If you are transporting grain and grass, this place should be the place you must pass through. This place is not far from the border, and the terrain is suitable for ambushes. If the Chu people If you want to ambush the grain truck, maybe you will choose this place..."

Wu Jiu pointed to a piece of land next to the hill, and said: "We can put the grain and grass in front of the convoy. When the ambushing soldiers and horses see it, they will definitely rush up to ambush us, so we pretend to retreat, and we will throw away our helmets and remove our helmets all the way. A, let the Chu people feel that we have indeed been ambushed, retreat to the front of this mountain, and then unload the horses, and lead the Chu people up the mountain..."

When Wu Jiu said this, he smiled, with a sharp brilliance in his eyes, and said: "As long as we lay an ambush on the top of the mountain in advance, and wait for the Chu people to take advantage of the victory and pursue them, we will give an order and storm down from the mountain to occupy a good position." Advantages, if Chu State is caught off guard, he will surely be able to solve it like a broken bamboo."

After hearing this, everyone understood Wu Jiu's meaning. Everyone was a little surprised, it turned out that it was not what they imagined, they underestimated Wu Jiu.

Wu Jiu also said: "In order to lure the Chu people to take the bait, our grain and grass must be real grain and grass, and we must not use sand to fill the grain and grass to arouse the suspicion of the Chu people."

Everyone nodded, and soon split up to cooperate.

Marquis Qi and Wu Jiu led their troops to the border town to join Cao GUI, and Fist was ready to transport the soldiers and horses of grain and grass.

Sure enough, as Wu Jiu said, the army had their soldiers and horses on their heads, and they were ostentatiously passing through the market all the way.

Seeing such a convoy of grain and grass, the people of Chu State felt their hands itch.

When the army came near the mountain, they were indeed ambushed, and they heard the shouts of "Kill!!!" coming from all directions one after another.

The convoy transporting grain and grass has received an order, as long as someone robs grain, don't go head-to-head, throw away the grain and grass immediately and retreat, pretending to be caught off guard.

The army escorted by food and grass was quickly killed and caught off guard. Everyone threw away their helmets and armor, and threw away their weapons. Many soldiers shouted: "Run! Run for your life!"

The people of Chu State immediately seized the grain and grass. The generals of the State of Chu saw that the Allied Forces of the Four Nations were vulnerable. Could it be that only the people of Qi State would sneak attack?They Chu State will also be able to kill them by surprise now?

The general of Chu State was also a careful person, so he didn't let people chase him immediately, but took apart the grain and saw that it was indeed grain, and it was definitely not fake.