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"Xi Peng swears in the name of Duke Zhuang's great-grandson. From now on, he will never have any love for Wu Yong. If he violates this oath... ten thousand arrows will pierce his heart!"

Yi Ya sat on the ground, his eyes were a little dazed. Hearing Ziqing's words, he couldn't help but think of the blood oath that Gongsun Xipeng had made in his mind. For some reason, his eye sockets became sore, and hot things gushed out of his eyes .

Yi Ya murmured: "It's all Yong Wu's own fault, why did God let the general come true..."

Little Di'er didn't know what happened, he still couldn't understand, seeing Yi Ya fell to the ground, he quickly stretched out his arms to hug Yi Ya's neck, wiped Yi Ya's tears with his fleshy little palm, and said crying: "Daddy! What's wrong with you, Daddy? Why are you crying, Daddy?"

Naturally, Yi Ya would not answer Xiao Di'er. When Wu Jiu heard the news, his mind also went "Om!!", and then quickly picked up Xiao Di'er, put Xiao Di'er aside, and said to Xiao Ziwen: " Ziwen, take my younger brother to the side to play for a while, hurry up."

Xiao Ziwen is over six years old, and quite precocious. When Wu Jiu said so, Xiao Ziwen knew that Wu Jiu wanted to dismiss Xiao Di'er, so he hurried over and said, "Di'er, let's go stubborn over there."

But little Di'er cried and said, "Di'er wants to find Daddy..."

Although Xiao Di'er didn't understand, but when he saw Yi Ya's appearance, he burst into tears. Yi Ya's heart was in a state of confusion, and he couldn't care about Xiao Di'er for a while, so he was lost in a daze. Wu Jiu just wanted to comfort him, Suddenly shouted: "Yong Wu!"

Yi Ya fell down suddenly, no one touched him, he fell down suddenly, and passed out.

Xiao Di'er was terrified, shouted "Daddy" and ran over, hugged Yi Ya and shook it vigorously, Tang Wu hurried over to check, then heaved a sigh of relief and said: "It's nothing, it's just that I'm too sad, just take a good rest. "

Wu Jiu hurriedly asked the eunuch to carry Yi Ya to the place where he used to live, next to the dormitory, Xiao Di'er was sobbing all the time, crying out of breath, Xiao Ziwen didn't know how to comfort him .

Ning Qi heard the news of Gongsun Xipeng's accident, and quickly rushed from outside the palace to the house. As soon as he entered the door, Xiao Di'er saw him, and ran over with a "da da da". Tucked into Ning Qi's arms, she cried and said, "Brother Ning Qi, what's wrong with Daddy! Di'er wants to find Daddy..."

Ning Qi hurriedly put his arms around Xiao Di'er, but he didn't look like he liked to bully people in the next day, and said comfortingly: "Di'er is fine, Di'er don't cry, when your father wakes up and sees you crying like this, is it right?" Don't feel bad, Di'er be a good boy."

Xiao Di'er nodded, she was still sneezing, but she stopped crying, her mouth was pursed, and her face was suppressed.

Wu Jiu asked Ning Qi to take care of Xiao Di'er, let Xiao Ziwen watch over here, left Tang Wu for Yi Ya's diagnosis and treatment, and then left the house and went to the small bedroom next to it.

Wu Jiu went in, he didn't need to pass on the news, he just entered the small bedroom, after entering, he heard the roar of Qi Hou from a long distance, saying: "It's unreasonable! It's so presumptuous! Lu Guotai doesn't treat Gu Put it in your eyes! Pretend to ask for peace, but play Gu as a fool! Go find it! Even if Jiagu Mountain is turned upside down, Da Sixing must be brought back to Gu!"

"Yes!"

When Wu Jiu walked in, he happened to see Zhou Fu coming out, and Zhou Fu's expression was a little gloomy, probably because he had just reported the matter of Gongsun Xipeng to Marquis Qi.

Wu Jiu hurriedly inquired carefully, and Zhou Fu sighed and said: "A soldier who escaped by chance reported that Da Sixing was ambushed because he was almost pierced by thousands of arrows at the head of the army. He just saw Da Sixing He was shot down under the horse and washed away along the Jiagu mountain water. At that time, there were too many pursuers, and there was no way to find Da Sixing. When the pursuers dispersed, someone went to look for it, but..."

But at that time, Gongsun Xipeng could not be found, only a piece of red-stained stone beside the river was left. The soldiers said that Gongsun Xipeng had been shot by several arrows, and he might not be able to survive that way.

But Qi Hou didn't believe it, Qi Hou was furious, and asked people to look for him, wanting to see people dead or corpses, this time Lu Guo really angered Qi Hou.

Zhou Fu said in a low voice: "Your Majesty is very angry. If your Majesty can persuade you, then you can try to persuade him. It's not the way to go on like this..."

Wu Jiu nodded and said, "I know."

As he walked into the small dormitory, Qi Hou was still furious, "Crack!!", and just threw a jade ornament on the ground, and the shards splashed around, almost splashing on Wu Jiu's face.

Qihou sat down on the mat, saw Wu Jiao walk in, he just raised his eyelids for a glance, and didn't move at all. In the inner hall of the small bedroom, everything that could be smashed was smashed, and there was nothing to break. retained.

Qihou sat in a pile of rubbish, black jade's hair crown was also broken, and was thrown on the ground, his hair was scattered and hung on his back, his expression was very ferocious, but it revealed a deep sense of depression.

Seeing Wu Jiu approaching slowly, Qi Hou just closed his eyes and murmured, "It's Gu's fault. Gu killed Xi Peng with his own hands. If Gu hadn't forced Xi Peng to make a blood oath... ..."

When Wu Jiu heard him talking about this, he hurried over, knelt down and put his arms around Qihou, saying, "It's not your fault, your lord, don't blame yourself for this."

Qihou leaned against Wu Jiao's arms, did not speak, and after a long time he just said: "Xi Pengta...he has been with Gu for more than twenty years, if he is really gone, Gu...in Gu's heart..."

Wu Jiu hastily patted Qihou on the back and said, "Your Majesty, this is not the time to feel sorry for yourself. Have you forgotten that the culprit who caused the chief minister to behave like this is probably still at ease at this time? Maybe they are still laughing at us!"

When Marquis Qi heard what Wu Jiu said, he suddenly raised his head, narrowed his eyes and said, "Lu Guo..."

Wu Jiu nodded, Qi Hou withdrew from Wu Jiu's arms, stood up slowly, and said, "Yes, Lu Guo...the abandoned son of Lu Guo is still here in Gu, let's go, second brother, let Gu go to the meeting first Meet that young master season!"

Marquis Qi was going to see Young Master Ji, so naturally he had to change his clothes, otherwise such disheveled hair and disheveled clothes would lose the majesty of Qi.

Wu Jiu hurriedly helped Marquis Qi tidy up, and the two of them set off. The son, Ji Ruqi, lived in the palace instead of the post house because he was a proton.

The news of the accident of the chief executive Gongsun Xipeng came, and the son Ji was arrested immediately. This matter is not small. If it wasn’t because the chief executive official Sun Xipeng went to Jiagu Mountain to set up an altar, the one who was killed now might be the Marquis of Qi. I am.

The State of Lu is obviously a fraudulent surrender, and the son Ji was sent here as a hostage. From the beginning to the end, it was nothing more than a smoke bomb. Because the son Ji and Duke Lu are brothers with the same father and mother, they credulously believed in the so-called family relationship of Duke Lu .

Marquis Qi led Wu Jiu, and the two of them walked into the cell in the palace. The cell had been empty for a long time. After all, the state of Qi had always been peaceful, and no one caused trouble. Now someone suddenly came to the cell, and he was the most prominent person in the state of Lu. nobleman.

Qi Hou and Wu Jiu walked in, and soon smelled the smell of blood. The two of them glanced at each other, wondering who tortured Young Master Ji, there was such a strong smell of blood.

The prison guard quickly opened the cell door, Qihou and Wu Jiao walked in, and saw that Young Master Ji's upper body was already mottled and covered with marks of whipping, the whip was barbed, and Young Master Ji's upper body was gone. A piece of good skin, with whip marks on his face, his whole body was a little dizzy, tied to a log, with his head hanging down, he seemed unconscious.

Wu Jiao was a little surprised, and said, "Who has been here?"

The prisoner didn't dare to say anything, and then he said: "Yes...it's the wife of the chief minister. She came here just now. She only came for a while and left soon. I didn't expect this to happen..."

When Qi Hou and Wu Jiu heard this, they immediately understood that it was Yi Ya who had been here, and Yi Ya was the wife of the chief executive Gongsun Xipeng. It's not easy to stop.

Yi Ya just stayed in the cell for a while and then went out. When the prisoner came to see him again, he was surprised to find that Young Master Ji had changed into this appearance. He was immediately afraid, but Yi Ya had sense in his hands, Young Master Ji was just flesh and blood. The injury did not hurt the foundation, and there was no internal injury, but it just suffered a lot.

Young Master Ji was confused, heard footsteps and voices, opened his eyes in a daze, his body was in burning pain, not just pain, but also numbness, cold sweat dripped down his face, dripping with blood down.

Seeing Young Master Ji's appearance, Qi Hou didn't feel like blaming Yi Ya at all, because Qi Hou knew that if he made a move himself, Young Master Ji would probably be dead by now.

Marquis Qi walked in, son Ji slowly raised his head, son Ji was very young, he looked less than 20 years old, he was Wen Jiang's youngest son, and also Lu Gongtong's youngest brother, because Lu Gong had the same father and mother Therefore, Young Master Ji can be said to be the most prominent nobleman in the Lu Kingdom, and it can be seen that he has always been pampered.

Young Master Ji squinted his eyes, blood dripped from his face, squinted his eyes, Young Master Ji shook his head, and looked at Qi Hou who was walking over.

Marquis Qi came over, walked around Young Master Ji, smiled coldly, and said, "Young Master Lu, I don't know if you knew it before you entered Qi, or just now, that the famous and famous Young Master Lu was actually sent by the State of Lu." an outcast of the

Young Master Ji's breath suddenly became a little short of breath, probably because Qi Hou said the important point, and he coughed violently, but after coughing and panting, he calmed down, and said in an extremely hoarse voice: "Ji can die for the country, Honor to die."

Qihou just smiled coldly, squinted his eyes, and said sharply: "What I'm asking is, did you know in advance that you are a discarded person!"

Young Master Ji didn't speak, and his face was also very ferocious. His face, which looked delicate, was now covered with blue veins of patience, and his face had become distorted. I don't know if it was because of the pain, or because of Qi Hou's cruel questioning.

Young Master Ji didn't speak, Qi Hou walked over, and ruthlessly kicked Young Master Ji's bruised wound from his back, Young Master Ji was unprepared, "Hey!!" He let out a sharp breath, and then let out a low growl in his throat screams.

Qi Hou withdrew his hand, shook off the blood on his hand, and said with a smile: "It seems that you are ignorant, and you are also a poor person, who was thrown into my Qi country by your own brother, but turned out to be an outcast. "

The young master Ji screamed in pain, and slowly guessing that it subsided, he was about to faint from the pain, the sweat on his head was streaming down like a thread, and he was gasping for breath, as if he was a little bit unwilling to admit defeat, and said intermittently: "Ji Neng is here If the country dies, it is not a pity to die!"

Hearing this, Wu Jiao walked over slowly and stood in front of Young Master Ji. His blood was splashed on Wu Jiu's black court robe. said, "You are right."

Young Master Ji suddenly heard Wu Jiao speak, and he didn't know what it meant, so he stared at him blankly.

Wu Jiu continued: "You are right, death is not a pity, because no one will take pity on you, your own elder brother will not, your biological mother will not, you are a person from the beginning, no one will take pity on you. Abandoned son, what else can you do besides die for the country?"

Young Master Ji listened to Wu Jiao's calm words, and every time he said it, the veins on Young Master Ji's face twitched, and finally he roared ferociously: "Don't...don't say any more, it's up to you to kill or cut!"

Wu Jiao said indifferently: "Why don't you say any more? Mr. Lu knows best, because what the widow said is correct, and at this time, only us who are hostile will pity you a little bit. Your loyalty is absolutely was fed to the dogs."

Hearing this, Young Master Ji trembled all over, and struggled violently. The blood on his body was squeezed out from the wound, and there was a roaring sound in his throat. In the end, Young Master Ji fainted from exhaustion.

Qi Hou let out a breath of anger, turned around and walked out of the cell, and said to the guard next to him, "Notify Doctor Qing immediately, I will hold a court meeting."

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Because of Gongsun Xipeng's affairs, the Marquis of Qi was going to hold a court meeting to prepare to fight back against the State of Lu. Everyone heard the news that Gongsun Xipeng was ambushed and his life and death were unknown. On the main hall.

As soon as Marquis Qi and Wu Jiu came out of the hall, Doctor Qing had no time to kneel down and said passionately, "I beg your majesty to send troops!"

"I request your lord to crusade against the State of Lu!"

"Fight the Lu State! The Lu State is deceiving people too much!"

"Report!!!"

Marquis Qi and Wu Jiu didn't speak, and the officials were excited. Hearing the urgent report from the soldiers, they rushed into the hall quickly, cupped their hands and said, "Your Majesty, the front line is urgent! The Kingdom of Yan suddenly sent troops to attack Suiyi, the Kingdom of Qi. Da Sima The garrison in Suiyi has been severely damaged!"

When Qihou heard it, "Bang!!", he slapped the case hard, and everyone immediately looked at each other in blank dismay. Wu Jiu's heart skipped a beat, and he suddenly felt that the country of Lu violated the contract like this and ambushed Gongsun Xipeng with confidence. , They have long thought about how to burn the boat.

In the early and middle Spring and Autumn period, there were two Yan Kingdoms. The Yan Kingdom in the north was at the northernmost end of the Zhou Dynasty, which is where Beijing is today, and there was also a Yan Kingdom in the south, which was located in Henan. In order to distinguish these two Yan Kingdoms in later generations, The country of Yan in the north is called Beiyan for short, and the small country of Yan in the south is called Nanyan.

Nanyan and the State of Lu are both in the south of the State of Qi, just surrounding Qi State on both sides. When the father of Prince Sima led troops to attack the State of Lu, Duke Lu had quietly sent someone to contact the Lord of Nanyan, Bo Zhongwen Yan, asking him to come and fight with him. By cooperating with him, Yan Bo Zhongwen was promised many, many benefits.

So Yan Bo Zhongwen took the advantage and sent troops to attack Suiyi. All the soldiers and horses of Da Sima were attacking the State of Lu. Suiyi was suddenly attacked. It has the upper hand now.

As soon as everyone heard this, they were filled with resentment, and before they finished cursing, they saw someone rushing into the hall again, it turned out to be Zhan Xiong.

Zhanxiong's face was covered with sweat, and he walked in a hurry. When he came in, he cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, the State of Song has an urgent report! Yan Bo Zhongwen personally commanded elite soldiers and attacked the army of the State of Song. The army of the State of Song and the State of Lu suffered heavy casualties. withdraw troops."

Hearing this, there was an uproar in the main hall of the Lu bedroom, and everyone was very surprised. It turned out that Lu Gong sent the young master Ji, and he really used a big flower gun to obscure people's eyes, and the purpose was to cover Nan Yan. Guo Gang and Nan Yan broke the support of Sui Guo on the one hand, and the support of Song State on the other hand, and ambushed Gongsun Xipeng's advance troops.

At this moment, the State of Lu has won three victories, which can be said to be a head-on blow to the State of Qi again and again.

The officials who were still angry just now seemed to have been frightened and shocked by this series of news. Think about it, Qi State has never experienced such a defeat since the beginning of Qi Zhuanggong. Qihou’s grandfather Qi Zhuanggong opened Qi The road to the country's prosperity has been passed down to the Marquis of Qi, and it is unprecedentedly prosperous. The surrounding countries are either close to Qi, or ask for it, so they are very respectful.

Just when Qi State was flourishing, Lu State suddenly gave Qi State a head-on blow. This blow was unprecedented. How could the officials not be surprised? The first blow was anger, the second blow was anger, and the third blow It turned into fear and panic.

Qi Hou looked at the ministers, you looked at me, I looked at you, he no longer had the anger and courage of shouting and killing, so he couldn't help squinting his eyes.

At this time, Wu Jiu stood up and said: "The state of Lu just wants to defeat the state of Qi. If we attack the state of Qi three times, even if the state of Qi sends troops to fight against the state of Lu, it is doomed to fail because of the bad start. half……"

When he said that, it hit the minds of all the officials. When everyone heard Wu Jiu's words, they all lowered their heads and remained silent.

At this time, Wu Jiu squinted his eyes, sneered, and said, "Then let Lu Guo be more proud, it's better to be completely defeated."

Qi Hou turned his head to look at Wu Jiu, always felt that there was something in Wu Jiu's words, but he couldn't figure it out for a while, so he said, "Second Brother means...?"

Wu Jiu smiled, but the smile didn't reach his eyes, and he stretched out his hand to ask someone to bring the map.

Soon two soldiers brought over the topographic map and held it up in front of everyone. Wu Jiu slowly stepped down the steps, stood in the hall, raised his hand and tapped the wooden topographic map lightly, saying: "Now the current Due to the situation, the State of Lu united with the army of the State of Yan and attacked from the south of the State of Qi. They first ambushed Da Sixing and dealt a head-on blow to the State of Qi. This was the first blow. The garrison, now the garrison of Da Sima has no time to take care of himself, so there is no way to pretend to be Lu State. This is the second blow. There is a third blow, and that is the Song Army that is united with Qi State. The Song Army is now He was also severely injured by the Yan State, so it is impossible to unite with the Qi State. Now that the three strikes are all in the south of the Qi State, the Lu State will definitely take the opportunity to attack from the south..."

Wu Jiu paused, stretched out his hand and gestured to the south of Qi State, and said: "Now the State of Lu is in a state of invincibility. It has won three first victories. Fighting spirit, just like everyone here... May I ask, have you lost half of this battle from the beginning?"

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, what Wu Jiu said was reasonable, the scholar-bureaucrats sitting in the hall were all talented people who had been tested and selected, but now everyone heard the news about Lu Guo and Nan Yan, all of them lost their fighting spirit, let alone those who worked hard on the front line They are all recruited by ordinary people, and their consciousness is not very high, so they are more likely to be swayed by this kind of emotion. Therefore, this time they are fighting with Lu, and they have no chance of victory at all. It can be said that they have no chance at all...

Wu Jiu was not in a hurry, and continued: "Since we have no chance of winning, then we will lose more thoroughly..."

He said, stretched out his hand and scratched the land of Qi State, put his hand on the place of Lixia, and said: "After crossing the Great Wall and Jiagu, if the State of Lu wants to join the State of Yan, it will definitely attack here. It is Lixia, I suggest that we can let the armies of Lu and Yan go straight in, win the battle all the way, and attack all the way to Lixia."

Lixia is a large city with strong gates, easy to defend and difficult to attack. At that time, Lixia will station a heavy army, and prepare to lock the armies of Lu and Yan in Qi.

At the same time, Wu Jiu also advocated sending a letter to Cao Ke, the king of the state of Zhu, and asked Cao Ke to lead the army. When the state of Lu and the state of Yan drove straight in, he secretly led the troops from the capital of the state of Zhu, and went west quickly to make a surprise attack. Not far away is Zoucheng of the State of Lu, and not far from Zoucheng to the north is Qufu, the capital of the State of Lu.

If Cao Ke succeeded and surrounded Zoucheng with soldiers and horses, he would be able to advance directly into Qufu, like a sharp sword, piercing the heart of Lu State.

Therefore, Wu Jiu said, since the state of Lu wants to win so much, let them win completely, and the state of Qi lose completely. On the one hand, it can confuse the Lu army and make the Lu army proud. Only bystanders will understand that on the other hand, it can also buy time for Cao Ke. When Cao Ke besieges Zoucheng, it will be the day when Qi State closes its doors and beats dogs!

When everyone heard Wu Jiu's suggestion, they almost applauded, but there was a problem to be solved, that is, the whole country of Qi is now in the stage of defeat, and the fighting spirit is low. Who should be appointed as the general and lead the army?

This person needs foresight and foresight, and can seize the opportunity to cooperate with Cao Ke, the monarch of Zhu Kingdom. If they cooperate properly, they can go straight to Qufu, but if they do not cooperate properly, Cao Ke may not be able to take Zoucheng, and Lixia may not be able to keep it. , then it will fall short.

Therefore, this person must have great courage and great strategy, which cannot be done by just one person, especially in this situation of losing three times in a row.

Everyone didn't speak for a while, Qihou said: "Who is willing to invite Ying?"

As soon as his words fell, Wu Jiu stood up next to him, cupped his hands and said, "If Duke Qi does not give up, I am willing to invite you."

Everyone was surprised, and there was an uproar in the hall, and everyone looked at each other. Although at least half of the court was shaped by Wu Jiu, Wu Jiu is now the king of Chu. Now that his status is extremely noble, how can he lead troops to conquer himself?

If Wu Jiu leads the army to govern in person, what if something goes wrong?

Qihou also frowned and said, "Second brother, this matter..."

While he was talking, Wu Jiu laughed and said, "Your Majesty, this matter is none other than the widow's. I thought of the method of setting up troops. No one knows how to close the door and beat the dogs better than the widow, and the city is strong." , I have my own way to use black powder to win, presumably there is no one in this court who knows how to use black powder better than I, in order to exert the power of black powder?"

When Wu Jiu said this, the Marquis of Qi was speechless. However, this battle was very tense. Lu State had already defeated Qi State three times in a row. Qi State lacked fighting spirit. Now, if this fails, the soldiers and horses of Lu and Yan will break into the door, and they will be unstoppable, and Qi Hou is also afraid that something will happen to Wu Jiu.

Seeing that Marquis Qi was silent, Wu Jiu said: "The war is like a fire, and your lord understands Jiu. Since I have asked you to join me, there are 120 ways to make Lu and Yan unable to bear it all. Please rest assured, my lord." , issue an edict!"

Qi Hou was urged by Wu Jiu, at this time Guan Yiwu came out first, cupped his hands and said: "Please issue an edict!"

Qihou didn't expect that someone would urge him, Guan Yiwu said: "Yiwu believes in the king of Chu."

When Guan Yiwu said that, Bao Shuya also stood up, followed by Zhaohu, and then many people stood up one after another, asking Qihou to issue an edict.

It's not that Marquis Qi didn't believe in Wu Jiu, but he believed in Wu Jiu too much, but he was also too worried about Wu Jiu, for fear that he might have something wrong, not that he couldn't explain to Chu, but he couldn't explain to himself.

Qi Hou's voice rolled twice, and then he said in a hoarse voice: "Okay, I will issue an edict now, and the king of Chu will help me with all my strength, I am very grateful!"

Wu Jiu arched his hands, raised his eyebrows and said: "Qi and Chu have been friends for generations, and this is not a war without righteousness. Lu disrespected the king first, and violated the covenant later. He was treacherous and cunning. Famous, I would also like to thank Qi Guo for giving me this opportunity."

Wu Jiu was preparing to go on an expedition, and this expedition was quite secret, so only the courtiers knew about it, and it was in a stage of complete secrecy. Sima Zhoufu quickly dispatched troops, quickly prepared food and pay, and everything was also being carried out in secret.

Wu Jiu is about to set off, and the Marquis of Qi is also very busy these days, because the army of Qi State is retreating steadily and has already retreated past Jiagu Mountain. The armies of Lu State and Yan State have crossed the Great Wall of Qi and are preparing to join Lixia. Everything is in harmony. What Wu Jiu said was exactly the same, Lu's army became more and more arrogant and careless, but they won more and more, and they could close the net soon.

Wu Jiu was about to leave. Everyone was very busy these days, and he hadn't seen Qi Hou for a long time. Wu Jiu wanted to meet Qi Hou before leaving, so he planned to go to the small bedroom.

Wu Jiu walked towards the small bedroom, only to see a man in dark red clothes standing on the path beside him, Wu Jiu took a closer look, it was Yi Ya.

Standing by the side of the road, Yi Ya saw Wu Jiu approaching, cupped his hands and said, "King Chu, Yong Wu heard that King Chu is about to launch an army, so he wants King Chu's kindness to go with the army."

Wu Jiu squinted at Yi Ya, smiled, and said, "The things under the Tunbing History are kept secret, how do you know?"

Yi Ya said lightly: "It has nothing to do with secrecy, Yong Wu is just guessing, our army is retreating steadily, the armies of Lu State and Yan State are advancing steadily, and will soon be approaching Lixia, which is the great city of our Qi State. , The city here is strong, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and there are Jiagu Mountain and the Great Wall as barriers behind it, it is an excellent place where there are soldiers in the front and no way out, so Yong Wu just guessed casually."

Wu Jiu knew that Yi Ya was smart, he knew from the very beginning that Yi Ya was very smart, this young man was not only beautiful and charming by nature, but also very shrewd, with an exquisite heart.

Wu Jiu is also very fortunate that Yi Ya fell in love with Gongsun Xipeng, and he couldn't help himself. Otherwise, Wu Jiu would have a very headache if he turned against Yi Ya.

Wu Jiao glanced at Yi Ya indifferently, but did not refuse him, and said: "Let's go tomorrow morning, and spend more time with Di'er tonight."

Yi Ya didn't expect Wu Jiu to agree so easily, he was overjoyed immediately, and quickly cupped his hands and said, "Thank you, King Chu!"

Wu Jiu said, "There is no need to thank the widow."

As he spoke, he turned his head and went to the small bedroom.

Wu Jiu entered the small bedroom, and it was very quiet in the small bedroom. Qihou was reviewing documents, looking in a hurry, and there were many bamboo slips waiting for him to review, many of which were reports of defeat from the front line.

When Wu Jiao walked in, Qi Hou heard the voice, raised his head, smiled forcefully, and said, "Second brother is here, sit down quickly."

Wu Jiu walked over, sat down beside Qihou, and said, "Your Majesty, Jiu will leave tomorrow morning."

When Qihou heard this, his heart tightened suddenly, he lived in a muddle these days, it was too fast, he almost forgot that Wu Jiu was going to leave tomorrow.

Qihou hurriedly put down the documents in his hand, put his arms around Wu Jiu, and said, "Second Brother, I will see you off tomorrow alone."

Wu Jiu shook his head and said, "The deployment of troops this time is very confidential. If Your Majesty sees them off, wouldn't it be made public? Your Majesty should just stay in the palace and sit in command, that's fine."

Qihou also knew this truth, but if Wu Jiu went out to fight, Qihou would not even be able to send him off, so he still felt very uneasy.

Qihou put his arms around him and said: "The orphan will see the second brother off in the palace."

Wu Jiu nodded and said, "It's not a big deal. Your Majesty doesn't need to worry at all. Jiu is sure of victory. This time, the National Assembly of Lu will be completely defeated."

He said, and then whispered: "Is there any news from the chief executive?"

Hearing this, Qi Hou stiffened his arms around Wu Jiu, slowly shook his head, sighed, and didn't speak.

There is no need to talk anymore. It has been more than a month since Lu Guo and Yan Guo called, and it has been more than a month since Gongsun Xipeng disappeared. They have been looking for it, but there has been no news. , they couldn't even find the dead body.

Qi Hou said indifferently: "Xi Peng has been with Gu for 20 years, and Gu feels sorry for him."

Wu Jiu said in a low voice: "Jiao just agreed to let Yong Wu go with the army and go to Lixia with Jiu."

Qihou nodded, but did not stop him, and said, "Let him go."

Wu Jiu was resting in the small dormitory today, and he was about to lead the troops to set off tomorrow morning, Marquis Qi almost didn't sleep all night, so he hugged Wu Jiu tightly in his arms, fearing that he might disappear.

As soon as Wu Jiu woke up the next day, he saw Qi Hou looking at him with dark circles around his eyes, probably he had been looking at him like this all night.

Wu Jiu stood up and quickly dressed neatly. Instead of the usual black robe, he wore black armour, with the sword on his waist. Qihou tidied it up for him with his own hands, and said, "I'm waiting for my second brother to return in triumph."

Wu Jiu raised his eyebrows and said, "That's natural."

After Wu Jiu finished speaking, he turned his head, kissed Qi Hou lightly on the lips, and said with a smile: "The rest will be rewarded to you when the widow returns."

As he spoke, he put his hand on the saber at his waist, and then strode out of the small bedroom.

Wu Jiu walked out of the small dormitory, and before he had gone far, he met Yi Ya first, and then walked towards the gate of the palace, halfway through, he suddenly saw some people, Guan Yiwu and Bao Shuya led the way, and there were many old acquaintances standing behind, Zhaohu, Dongguo Ya, Zhanxiong, Zhanhuo, etc. are all in the team.

Those people suddenly bowed to the ground, kowtowed and said: "Respectfully send off the king of Chu, and wait for the king of Chu to return triumphantly!"

Wu Jiu was a little surprised. After all, Wu Jiao is now a Chu countryman, and those are all high officials of Qi country. Although they used to be colleagues and friends, but now there is a big difference in status.

Wu Jiao didn't expect that they would come to see him off, and they would also offer such a great gift, Wu Jiao just smiled and said, "Thank you for your good words!"

He said, without staying any longer, he waved his hand to call Shang Yi Ya, strode forward, and soon joined the soldiers and horses, took a small path to rush out of Linzi City, and hurried to Lixia.

Just when Lu and Yan were about to join forces in Lixia, they didn't know that Cao Ke, the king of Zhu, had already led his troops, and secretly rushed out from Zhucheng and went straight to Zoucheng.

This time, the coach of the National Council of Lu and Yan is Zhongwen himself, the king of Yan. It can be seen that Yan has also made a lot of money. Lu and Yan are trying to use this victory to swallow Qi in one fell swoop. After going down to Qi State, how to carve up has already been thought about.

Because they first won three victories, and then successive victories, Yan Bo Zhongwen was confident, led the army to make a surprise attack, and soon joined the Lu army near Lixia. Tens of thousands of troops twisted together, ready to charge Enter Li Xiacheng.

It is already a day of warm spring and flowers blooming. The weather is warm, but there are some cool breezes. It doesn't feel cold, but refreshing.

The armies of Lu State and Yan State advanced quickly, and they had rushed to the vicinity of the Lixia City Gate. Yan Bo Zhongwen, dressed in black armor, was riding on a tall horse, and was chatting with Qingfu, the vanguard of Lu State.

Zhongwen laughed and said: "Qi is also so vulnerable, it's just that they are used to domineering, and no one dares to screw with Qi. Now that our two countries cooperate, it is really unstoppable!"

Father Qing quickly complimented and said: "Duke Yan is right. It is all thanks to Duke Yan that we have achieved such a great victory. We will rely on Duke Yan in the future. Let's conquer Lixia in one fell swoop and kill them by surprise!"

Yanbo Zhongwen laughed loudly and said, "Good! Well said!"

The army drove all the way, and soon came to the gate of Lixia City, but the gate of Lixia City was closed tightly, and there was no one there. Yan Bo Zhongwen said with a smile: "Look! There is nothing terrible about Qi! It's better to surrender! Hahaha..."

Yan Bo Zhongwen hadn't finished laughing when he heard the sound of "treading" footsteps. Many black shadows suddenly appeared on the top of the city tower. The well-organized troops quickly ran up to the top of the city gate from all sides, forming their formations. , Immediately there was a sound of "唰——!!", and the soldiers in line immediately drew their bows to the full, facing the Lu Jun and Yan Jun downstairs of the city gate.

Because Lu Gongzi Qingfu had fought against Qi several times, he was a little scared, and he seemed a little frightened when he saw this battle, but Yan Bo Zhongwen didn't care, he was still very arrogant.

Qing's father squinted his eyes and looked up, and said hastily: "Yan Gong, Yan Gong, look... this..."

Yan Bo Zhongwen said: "What are you looking at? Even if they shoot arrows in turn, they can't defend Lixia. Our army and the Lu army together have [-] troops. Are you afraid that they will not be able to crush a Lixia city? !"

Father Qing, son of Lu Gongzi, was still very anxious, and said: "No, no, Lord Yan, look, the soldiers in this city are dressed a little strangely, why...why don't they look like soldiers of Qi State?"

Yan Bo Zhongwen laughed loudly and said, "Young Master Lu, you are too nervous. What is there to be nervous about? Qi has already been beaten to death by us. The city that has been recorded is not the soldiers of Qi, but our Yan. Chinese soldiers? Hahaha—”

Uncle Yan Zhongwen was already arrogant and indulgent. After all, Wu Jiao deliberately supported them and made them rush all the way to the door of Qi State.

Uncle Yan laughed loudly, Father Qing still felt that something was wrong, he took a closer look and said, "How does this look...like the costumes of the six soldiers of the Ruo'ao family of Chu State!?"

Yan Bo Zhongwen said with a smile: "Brother, you are too nervous, don't be afraid, I have my brother to protect you, don't worry! If there are six soldiers of the Ao family, isn't that the army of Chu State? Although I heard that the king of Chu and Qi Hou is not sure, but now that the King of Chu is no longer a male favourite, can he still lend his army to Qi? Hahaha I don’t believe it.”

As he said this, he heard Qing's father suddenly screaming "Ah!!", which startled Bo Yan Zhongwen, and Qing's father pointed at the top of the city gate in horror.

Yan Bo Zhongwen followed his hand, looked up, and was startled, among the black-armored warriors, slowly