In the Spring and Autumn and Warring States without women

When the envoy of Jin State arrived in Qi State, as expected, Tian Xiang, the governor of Qi State, was furious immediately, and immediately ordered Shen Zili to be tied up, pushed out and chopped down.

Shen Zili at this time is no longer young. Judging by the standards of this era, he can already be called Tian Sou. Unlike Yushu Linfeng, who was in the prime of his life when he was in Qi State, the current Shen Zili Li's temples were already turning gray, but the luxurious and pampered life all the year round made him look like an aristocrat. Seeing that Tian Xiang was furious and intending to detain him, Shen Zili didn't panic at all, but laughed loudly. Smiling, he said, "Shen Zili's death alone is nothing to be regretted about. It's a pity that the State of Qi will bury Shen Zili with me."

Hearing that the envoy of the Jin Kingdom was about to be squeezed, Tian Zhao, who hurried from the back hall to the front hall, begged anxiously, and said to Tian Xiang: "Although this person is hateful in power, after all, the two countries are fighting each other. Beheading the envoy, at this time the state of the country is changing, even if the ruling party wants to kill him, listen to what he has to say."

Tian Xiang, who was staring at Shen Zili so hard that his eyes were about to burn, looked at Tian Zhao, and then at Shen Zili standing there. The fists hidden in Qi Ren's loose sleeves were tightly clenched, Tian Xiang, who didn't say a word, just stared at Shen Zili like this. After an unknown amount of time, he managed to suppress his anger and said coldly: "You said that I, Qi State, would bury Shen Zili with you, ha, you Jin State capital After becoming this kind of virtue, I’m still talking here.”

Shen Zili, who had always seemed very calm, breathed a sigh of relief when he heard Tian Xiang's words, while secretly thinking in his heart that it was a good thing that he sent his confidants to communicate with Tian Zhao before he joined Qi. I owed myself a favor, and I have not forgotten the past favor by speaking out to save me at this time.

But allowing himself to relax a little, Shen Zili immediately collected his mind. He knew that his mission this time was really of great importance. Respectfully folded his sleeves and bowed, saying: "The government is rich, my country of Jin and Qi are often fighting for hegemony, but to this day, there are many chaos in our country," Shen Zili paused when he said this Suddenly, there was a bit of sadness in his expression, and he looked up at Tian Xiang, who was sitting in the chief seat, and said, "Although I, Shen Zili, am called the envoy of Jin, I will not lie to the ruling at this moment. ... My Jin Kingdom is almost over."

As soon as these words came out, the expression of Shen Zili's deputy envoy changed drastically. He looked at Shen Zili with an ugly expression on his face, but Shen Zili didn't pay attention to the noble deputy envoy from the Wei family at all, and said very directly. : "At this time in our state of Jin, there is civil strife among the ministers, and the first emperor sent troops against the three ministers in the name of suppressing rebellion. In this battle, no matter whether the three ministers win or the first emperor wins, it will be a catastrophe for the state of Jin. The victory of the three ministers , then the state of Jin must be divided into three, the state will not be the state, and the first king will win, and the state of Jin may become a puppet of the state of Yan, and the position of hegemony cannot be guaranteed. I'm afraid that in 20 years, I won't be able to compete with Qi for the hegemony."

Tian Xiang's expression was cold, listening to Shen Zili's eloquent talk, he didn't express anything.

Shen Zili continued: "I know that in the court of Qi State, there must be some people who advocate taking the opportunity to send troops to Jin State to avenge new and old enemies, but dare to ask the ruling, it is a once majestic man who is now old and dying. Is a lion more to be feared, or a tiger that is young and strong and rising to the sun?"

Hearing this, Tian Xiang's expression was still cold, but he didn't say a word, but said: "The envoy of Jin compares himself to an old lion, but he is humble."

Shen Zili said indifferently: "I have been fighting among the ministers of the Jin Kingdom for more than a hundred years. At that time...if Zhao Zhifu hadn't been in power first and defeated the Zhongxing and Fan clans, defeated the coalition forces of all countries, and then suppressed them vigorously after taking power, the Zhongxing clan During the rebellion with the Fan family, the state of Jin had been split and dismembered. The power of the king of the state of Jin was weak, and the ministers had their own plans. Expansion, the split of the Jin Kingdom, but sooner or later, under the current situation, it is already predictable that the Jin Kingdom will be divided into three, it is not my self-effacing, but the current situation."

Tian Xiang sneered, and said: "The envoy of the Jin State is still as glib as ever, all your rhetoric is nothing more than telling Qi State not to attack Jin State at this time."

Shen Zili smiled slightly: "In the past, Duke Mu of Qin State and Duke Wen of Jin State joined forces to attack Zheng State. Zhu Zhiwu, the doctor of Zheng State, persuaded Qin Jun to retreat. Dozens, thousands of miles, doesn't he know that Zhu Zhiwu, as a Zheng Guoren, is eloquent, and he persuaded him to retreat for Zheng Guo himself? Mu Gong knew it, but with his great talent, he must also know the purpose of speaking alone In fact, it doesn't matter, what matters is whether his words are right or not, what purpose Zhu Zhiwu puts in his words doesn't matter, the important thing is that what Zhu Zhiwu said is beneficial to the state of Qin."

Tian Xiang's expression was unpredictable, and when he heard Shen Zili's words, he raised his eyebrows and said: "Zhu Zhiwu's words are indeed beneficial to the Qin State, but today, if Qi does not attack Jin, it is beneficial to the Jin State. have?"

Shen Zili said: "Jin and Qi are fighting for hegemony, and there are many disputes, and Yan and Qi once had an almost extinct enmity. In the past, Jin and Yan were allies. Today, these two countries that are in dispute with Qi are fighting against each other. Isn’t fighting beneficial to Qi?” Shen Zili paused for a moment, then continued, “As a subject of Jin, I naturally hope that Qi will not attack me at this time, but I also know that Qi Thinking from the standpoint of our state of Jin is tantamount to dreaming, so I am not here to persuade Qi not to attack Jin. If there is a chance for Yan to win, then attack Yan, and if Jin is likely to win, then attack Jin, because both countries have feuds with Qi, no matter which country wins, the morale is high Now, the expansion of the country is not a good thing for the Qi country, and it will be the most beneficial for the Qi country if the national power of the two can be balanced at this time."

Tian Xiang with a cold face didn't speak, and fell silent, while Shen Zili, who had said so much in one breath, was slightly relieved when he saw Tian Xiang's silence, which had been tense all the time.

Tian Xiang didn't cut off Shen Zili in the end, and Shen Zili hugged the head on his neck in the end.

When he came out of the main hall of the governing government, Shen Zili really broke out in a cold sweat, while Tian Zhao, who escorted him out, smiled and said, "Sir, you still have the same demeanor. The ruling government hates you to the bone, but you still say that Moved, right now it seems that the ruling will not attack Jin for the time being."

Don't let the Tian Zhao family follow the Tian family. After so many years, He Tian Xiang's son is in his teens. He has already planned for Qi Guo, Tian Xiang, and his own son, but Tian Zhao's family is also a descendant of the Zhao family after all. , is also a native of Jin. He grew up in the state of Jin, and he still has affection for his motherland. Although for Tian Xiang, for the state of Qi, for his son to inherit a powerful state of Qi, Tian Zhao offered a plan to provoke the Jin family Chaos, but under the condition of not endangering Qi State or Tian Xiang and his son, Tian Zhao would not refuse to do a little favor for Jin State, so at this time he smiled and congratulated Shen Zili and said Moved Tian Xiang not to attack Jin for the time being.

Compared with Tian Zhao's words and smiles, Shen Zili, who was calm, personable, and talking with a smile in the palace just now, looked a bit indifferent at this moment, and said very coldly to Tian Zhao's smiling congratulations: "It's not that Qi will not attack Jin for the time being, but it will definitely not attack Jin, because it is impossible for Jin to win the battle with Yan, and Jin will definitely retreat steadily. Clean it up, at that time, even if the Qi State hates the Jin State, it will be shocked by the rise of the Yan State, and will naturally understand which one should fight between Yan and Jin."

Hearing Shen Zili's words, Tian Zhao frowned slightly, and said: "Sir, is it too much for others to overwhelm your own prestige? How can the country of Yan be so strong? Can it defeat the country of Jin to such an extent?"

Shen Zili let out a long sigh, and said: "The ancients said that 'as soon as a leaf falls, you will know that autumn is coming'. In recent years, the income of many merchants in Korea has been decreasing. Why? South Korea bought bows, crossbows and swords. For more than ten years, the number of merchants who bought bows, crossbows and swords in South Korea gradually decreased, while the number of merchants who bought Yan’s swords in Yan increased day by day. You have been in Qi for a long time, don’t you know the history of Qi? The income of salt merchants has been declining in the past few years. The state treasury of Qi has accumulated a lot of money in salt monopoly in the past, so what about the past ten years? In the northern part of Yan State, the Palace of Industry and Agriculture was set up, to reward farmers and mulberry, and to encourage all kinds of workers. Armament merchants and salt merchants in Qi State, from these two points, we can see that Yan State has devoted himself to enriching the country and accumulating wealth with good intentions, so many years of forbearance, and so many years of painstaking efforts, but with Yan State For example, what has my country of Jin been doing for so many years? The ministers and ministers are in chaos, especially in the past few years, what kind of virtue has the ministers fought among themselves!? One ebbs and the other, the situation is like this, can’t you see it clearly?"

Although Tian Zhaoli listened to Shen Zili's analysis, although he was reasonable, but he grew up in the state of Jin since he was a child, and he has become accustomed to the overlord of the state of Jin. , unbelievable.

Such a powerful country, even though it has fierce internal struggles, has seldom lost externally. How could it be true that Shen Zili had a complete defeat, and it was also defeated by Yan, a weak country that has always been famous among other countries.

Shen Zili didn't pay attention to Tian Zhao's expression and thoughts, he looked up at the sky with his hands behind his back, there was nostalgia in his eyes, and pain appeared in his eyes, suddenly, Shen Zili burst into tears, and said with tears: "My lord , rule first, if you have the spirit, look at the current state of Jin, you have worked hard to maintain it all your life, conquering the south and north, and maintaining the hegemony of the state of Jin, but look at the current state of Jin, the state of Jin now!"

The former lord Shen Zili spoke of, who ruled first, was naturally Zhao Zhifu. When Tian Zhao heard Shen Zili mentioning his father, and wept and missed him, his expression also became sad.

Zhao Wuxie led an army of [-] to the north, and immediately broke it into pieces, and used light cavalry to attack the grain road behind the Yan army.

Although the Yan army has the upper hand in numbers, a full 15 people, when they are dispersed to various cities, their strength is somewhat scattered. The enemy came to support him, but there were many defenders of the Zhao family in the city, who were vicious enough. Seeing that their own defenders were too small to keep them, they set fire to the granary, leaving no grain for the Yan army.

This time the Yan army attacked Jin, and the plan was not small, so they obeyed the strict order not to harass the people of Zhao. Zhao Wuxie's main target was the grain road that transported grain from the land of Yan for thousands of miles.

The Zhao family fief has been passed down for more than a hundred years, and the people in Zhao land only recognize the head of the Zhao family, even the king of Jin. How much tax needs to be levied per mu. After increasing the number of mu, it becomes a larger land that needs to be levied the same tax. To put it bluntly, it is a tax reduction in disguise.

Tax cuts have been welcomed by the common people since ancient times. The people in Zhao's fiefdom are still very grateful to the former Patriarch Wynn.

Since Zhao Wuxie became the head of the family, he has paid great attention to the selection of his retainers, using the talents to make use of their abilities, and not using those treacherous people who will exploit the people. Zhao Wuxie may not be a very pioneering and successful head of the family, but he is quite capable of defending. The owner of the city, the people are also very loyal.

At this time, Zhao Wuxie took advantage of his popularity and his familiarity with the terrain, and used a tactic that had been a headache for the powerful occupying forces of all dynasties - guerrilla warfare, which really tossed the Yan army.

You must know that among the nations, only the Zhao family, Qin State, and Yan State have the least shortage of war horses because their territories are connected to the grasslands. There is no difference between buying war horses and not being able to, but the Zhao family, which has been actively expanding, has the fastest development of cavalry troops, ranking first among all countries, especially after Zhao Wuling King Hufu cavalry and archery, it has developed cavalry tactics to the peak. Zhao Yiguo , Famous generals emerge in large numbers.

This is a later story, so I won’t mention it here, but even if there is no reform of cavalry and archery in Hufu, King Wuling of Zhao, at this time, the Zhao family’s cavalry is still coming and going like the wind, and it is very difficult to deal with. The Yan army often receives Zhao’s cavalry to harass food According to the news, when people were sent to rescue, the Zhao cavalry had already looted the food and grass, put them in their pockets and threw them on their horses, and ran away in a hurry. The Yan army who came to the rescue could not even see a person.

Convincing people to lead a large army to attack Zhao's land, naturally also received the news that Zhao Wuxie streamlined his army and led 2 people to go north. The military report that the food and grass were attacked and the soldiers were lost. Although the loss was not too great, it was also very troublesome.

Convincing people sighed: "Zhao Zhifu's vision is vicious. Among his sons, it is Zhao Wuxie who is the most tenacious. In the past, the Zhi family led the Han family and the Wei family to besiege him, but he couldn't hold on. , The soldiers are exhausted and will be lazy, and we are able to do such a thing when we are attacked by the army of Yan State soldiers, which is full of fine food and food. It is a rare talent."

At this time, in the Yan army's tent, it was quite polite to serve people, so Jin Jun Ji Chiu was invited to sit in the main seat, but Ji Chiu was not a person who didn't know how to praise, and he pretended to be his grandson for more than ten years under the bullying of the arrogant Zhiyao. In [-], Ji Zou was very aware of where he was going and retreating. He knew that the Yan State was only trying to take over his position so that the princes of other countries would not come to rescue Han, Zhao, and Wei. At this time, when he heard the convincing people praise Zhao Wuxie, he was a little worried and said: "This... if it goes on like this, it will be detrimental to our army?"

Hearing Ji Zou's words, Fu Ren sneered, and said: "If Zhiyao is still here, I would be a little afraid to attack and defend with Zhao Wuxie. At this time, there is only Zhao Wuxie left in the state of Jin. You can't stand alone!"

Ji Chiu hated these power ministers and ministers to be rebellious, but for some reason, when he heard Yan Jun's convincing words, "The state of Jin at this time cannot be supported by a single tree", his heart felt extremely sour, but after the sourness passed, he soared to the sky again. If it weren't for the fact that these court ministers only knew how to make profits for the family and only knew how to fight among themselves, how could our century-old overlord of the Jin Kingdom be reduced to such a situation of being mermaid.

Putting down the military newspaper in Furen's hand, he passed on the military order: "The whole army obeys the order, the army moves out, and continues to attack Han!" With a sneer, Furen knocked on the table and said, "Didn't Zhao Wuxie order Han Wei? Going to attack the Zhi clan? I want to see if the vanguards of our army from the Yan Kingdom have all marched to Han, does Han Hu have the guts to follow the Wei clan to attack the Zhi clan regardless of his fiefdom? The plan is not to rely on the enemy for food. When I arrive in Han, I don't have to be so scruples. I want to see if Zhao Wuxie can feel at ease when Han, Zhao and Wei are defeated by me and the Zhi family. Fight this kind of child's play with me in this northern land!"