Rebirth of Wu Ba Spring and Autumn

"If the state of Wu joins the Central Plains League, who will the emperor send his father to?"

Qingji squinted his eyes and asked.

The emperor Zhibo, the overlord of the princes is "Fang Bo".

The person who can lead the princes to attack Jin together and preside over the alliance is naturally a well-deserved "Fang Bo".

Purely from the perspective of national power, Wu is the only country in the world that can stand up to Jin. Why not be Fang Bo?
But, can Marquis Qi agree?

An unnatural look appeared on Gao Zhang's face, and then he smiled embarrassingly and said, "If you use national power, you must take Marquis Wu as Fang Bo."

"However, if you rely on people's popularity and influence in the countries of the Central Plains, you should take me, Marquis Qi, as Fang Bo..."

In terms of seniority, of course it was not Qingji's turn to become Fang Bo.

However, now is the world of great struggle, the strong will be strong, and the weak will perish!

In terms of national strength, Qi is no match for Wu, so how can it dominate?

The Qi people themselves knew this, but in order to win Wu into the alliance, they had to do it.

Looking at Gao Zhang's expression, Qing Ji knew that Marquis Qi did not intend to give up the position of "Fang Bo".

Right!

Qi State has been confronting Jin State for so many years, and has continued to exert its own influence on the countries of the Central Plains.

As early as seven or eight years ago, when the Zhengqing Shi Yang of the Jin State was dying, the Qi-Jin Rush had already begun.

At that juncture, Qihou Chujiu thought it was the best time to challenge Jin's hegemony.

Finally, Qi Hou, who has been eager to try for decades but has no courage to go to the end, decides to fight it out and never pretends to be a grandson.

He assembled a large army in Linzi, summoned his generals, and rushed to Yiyi, a strategically important place in the eastern part of Jin State.

Although Yiyi City is not big, it is a strategic fortress placed by the Jin State on the east of the Yellow River, a military base that deters the Qi State and the Wei State, and is naturally a thorn in the side of the Qi Wei Alliance.

Wei Guo also launched an attack on the Han family of Jin State according to the previous deployment.

The strength of the Qi army has been accumulated for too long, and it broke out completely in this battle. It didn't take long for the Qi army to capture Yiyi and send a signal to the people of the world——

The people of Qi have since stood up!
That attack did not achieve great results because of the resistance of the Jin army.

However, Marquis Qi was quite satisfied, and it was regarded as an act of revenge against Jin.

After all, since the Luan's rebellion 50 years ago, Qi State has been suppressed by Jin State, and has never been proud.

After that, Qi State finally stood on the united front with Lu State.

In the summer of 500 BC, Qi and Lu formed an alliance. At that time, Qi, Lu, Wei, and Zheng formally formed an alliance to form a siege of the eastern front of Jin.

Before the civil strife in the Zhao family, Qihou also joined forces to defend the country and sent troops to invade Hanoi in the state of Jin.

It can be seen that the hegemony of the Jin people has begun to decline...

Finally, civil turmoil broke out in Jin, and the Fan family and Zhongxing family challenged the entire Jin country. The difficulty was too great, so they asked Qi and other surrounding princes for help.

The anti-Jin alliance headed by Qi State began to move around, and Qi Hou was finally able to intervene in Jin's internal affairs with dignity.

Last year, Fan Shi and Zhongxing Shi led their subordinates and fled to Wei Guo Chaoge.

Zhao Yang led his troops to surround Chaoge, intending to cut off the clans of Zhongxingyin and Shijishe. Qi, Lu, and Wei all sent troops to help Fan and Zhongxing.

But Zhao Yang defeated Xun Yin and Fan Jishe in Yulu, and defeated Zheng Jun who came to rescue him in Baiquan...

The failure of the first battle does not mean that the anti-Jin coalition forces have failed.

Qihou is still committed to maintaining the alliance of the princes of the Central Plains, hoping to defeat Jin, restore the hegemony of his ancestors, and let Qi replace Jin and become the overlord of the world.

The first thing to bear the brunt is Wu Guo's attitude.

Like the people of Jin, Qi Hou expected Wu Guo to join the war and help him.

What's more, they only need Qingji's attitude.

Because no one can guarantee which side the country of Wu, which has always been aggressive, will help.

"Marquis Qi intends to take the position of Fang Bo?"

Qingji asked with a smile.

"Marquis Wu, to tell you the truth, my lord really intends to make the Son of Heaven Zhibo..."

Gao Zhang smiled embarrassingly: "This is the lifelong wish of my monarch, and I believe it is also the lifelong wish of Marquis Wu."

"Marquis Wu, my monarch has been in power for more than fifty years, and his age is almost rare..."

After a pause, Gao Zhang couldn't help but let out a long sigh and said, "If we can't make Qi become the hegemon this time, my lord may have no chance."

"Marquis Wu, you are different from our lord. Marquis Wu is in his prime, full of vigor, why can't he wait for the world to change, and then let Wu be the hegemony of the world?"

"Before I envoy Wu, my minister has already received the secret edict from our monarch."

"If the Marquis of Wu is willing to send troops to form an alliance and regard our monarch as Fang Bo and the leader of the princes, then Qi will respect Wu Hou as Fang Bo in the future, and exchange what is needed, so that the alliance between Qi and Wu will last forever and be passed down from generation to generation."

Hearing this, Qingji still had a calm expression on his face.

Qingji has basically figured out what Qihou is thinking.

indeed!

Qihou Chujiu is already in his 60s, a rare old man in recent times. It can be said that the loess is buried up to his neck, and he will not live for a few years.

Among the many emperors and princes throughout the ages, Qihou Chujiu is considered to have a long life.

Qing Ji vaguely remembered that the historical Qi Jinggong did not pass away until 490 BC.

In other words, Qihou Chujiu still has almost five years of life.

A person's life is like a fleeting moment, fleeting.

Should Qingji take pity on Qihou Chujiu?

Chujiu spent his whole life striving for hegemony with Jin and avenging Qi.

Back then, Chujiu asked Emperor Zhou to confer a Marquis for Wu, which was considered a favor.

Qingji also intentionally made an alliance with the Qi National Assembly and made Chujiu the leader of the alliance. As a result, more than ten years ago, Qi State was attacked by Jin State, and Linzi was sent to the city by soldiers...

The hatred between Qi people and Jin people is like the hatred between Wu State and Chu State before.

More importantly, the time of the pestle and socket is numbered, and no one can guarantee it.

When will Chujiu, who is so old, die and pass away.

The ally relationship between Wu State and Qi State has not existed for a long time.

More than ten years ago, during the battle of Huai River, Qingji led the Wu army to defeat the coalition of princes headed by Qi, and also called the Xuedi alliance. Qingji deliberately asked Qihou Chujiu to be the leader of the alliance, so as to attract firepower for Wu.

Sure enough, for so many years, the Qi State has been fighting against the Jin State in the Central Plains, and they are jealous of each other.

If Qi State hadn't helped Wu State in the north to share the pressure, Chu State might still exist to this day...

To a certain extent, Qing Ji should thank Qi Guo.

Furthermore, Qihou Chujiu is still Qingji's old father-in-law.

In terms of emotion and reason, Qingji seems to want to give Qihou a face!
Of course, it is impossible for Qingji to abolish public affairs for personal reasons.

Taking advantage of this Central Plains War, dismembering the overlord Jin State in one fell swoop is the fundamental purpose of celebrating Ji.

It was premeditated!

"If the state of Wu joins the alliance, the widow...can regard the Marquis of Qi as Fang Bo."

"Thank you Marquis Wu!"

Hearing this, Gao Zhang was finally relieved.

This time, he has fulfilled his mission!