A Millennium Aristocratic Family Starting from the Shang Dynasty

Chapter 57
After a banquet, the anger between the two parties was not as great as before.Of course, the more important thing was that after seeing Xu Mao's pungent words, Qi's monarchs were afraid that he would say some embarrassing things again.

"Xu Qing, your mission to the Qi State is also for the purpose of a truce. I have already ordered the army to gather and prepare to assist the frontline Qi army." Qi Hou said: "When the time comes, my Qi State army will arrive. I don't know if the Huai State may block it." ?”

Xu Qing was not frightened by Qihou's words, and said calmly: "Qihou, your country's frontline army has become a turtle in a urn, a fish in a net, and my Huai country is only willing to negotiate peace because I don't want to lose too much. Qihou doesn't want peace talks, so let's see you on the battlefield!"

"I just don't know if the surrounding Lai Kingdom and Ji Congress will be overjoyed after Qi's army suffered heavy losses!" After speaking, he got up and was about to leave.

"Emissary Xu, don't be angry, your majesty is just joking." A senior official next to him hurriedly stepped forward to stop him: "The army that your majesty said is gathering, but I just heard some changes from Dongyi and Lai people."

"Huai Country is a duke country granted by the Son of Heaven, and Qi Country is the same as the nobles of the Xia Dynasty. A little friction is a polite battle, but that is not the case for those Dongyi and Lai countries."

"The country of Ju has been invaded by it all year round, and these troops are going to help the country of Ju!"

After hearing this, Xu Mao nodded slightly, as if he agreed with the statement, and returned to his seat.

"Marquis Qi, are you waiting for news from Chu?" Xu Mao asked.

The expression on Qihou's face remained unchanged, but a glint of light flashed in his eyes.

"Chu State? Could it be that Chu State is also at war with your country?" Another senior official next to him asked pretending not to know.

"My lord, Duke Huai, led an army of [-] troops in the Chu division, and fought in Han. Chu masters are all surrendered!"

Hearing Xu Mao's words, Qi's monarch and ministers were shocked. Although all the countries in the Central Plains looked down on Chu and thought they were barbarians, they still recognized Chu's strength.The Chu State went north several times to fight the princes of the Central Plains, and its ferocity was eye-catching.

Now, after hearing that [-] Chu troops were defeated and captured by Huai State in a short period of time, I was even more shocked.

Originally, the monarchs and officials of the Qi State had this kind of plan, and they also believed that the Huai State was trying to hold on, and the Chu State should still be fighting against it in Handi.They felt that as long as they persisted for a while, Huai country would not be able to hold on.

"The state of Chu is thousands of miles away, with a population of millions, and sufficient food and soldiers. It is a big country in the south. How could it be defeated so easily?" Another senior official said in disbelief.

"Haha, Qihou and Zhuqing don't believe my words?" Xu Mao was not angry, and then waved to the attendants behind him.

The guard stepped forward and brought up a lacquer box in his arms. Xu Mao opened the box, and then reached out to take out a palm-sized seal. Mi's surname is Xiong, and the engraved characters on this seal are Mi's surname Xiong Bo .

"Does Marquis Qi recognize this Chu seal?" Xu Mao spread the seal in his hand and said to everyone.

"This is Xiong Bo's seal?" A senior official next to him stepped forward to look at it, and couldn't help asking.

"It's Commander Chu Xiong Bo!" Xu Mao put Chu Xi back into the box, and continued: "Chu Commander Xiong Bo was a brave man, but it's a pity that he didn't know the number of days, and he died in the battle against my lord. "

The appearance of this golden seal convinced the entire Qi State that Chu State had been defeated, and there was no chance of luck in their hearts. After knowing the strength of Huai State, there was no trace of arrogance.

"The country of Huai is indeed brave and defeated the Chu army!"

"Qihou, my lord sent Mao to come this time because he wanted to make an alliance with Qi, wishing to be friends forever and not to invade each other. I wonder if Qihou is willing?"

Qi Hou's heart moved slightly, and then he said: "Huai Country wants to conclude an alliance with Gu, Gu is very happy, but Gu heard that Huai Country and Lai Country have good relations, was it true?"

At the beginning, Huai State was hostile to Qi, Lu, Ju Tan and other countries. In order to prevent the eastern countries from uniting against Huai State, the successive monarchs of Huai State would support Lai State. Lai State is also a big country with a population of hundreds of thousands. Dongyi has a very good relationship with the Yi tribe.

He often played against Qi State, just because the formation of weapons and equipment was not as good as that of Qi State, and he was a little disadvantaged.Of course, sometimes Lai also beats Qi into a mess.

In order to contain Qi and other vassal states, Huai State has always provided financial support to Lai State. At the same time, in addition to Lai, Ji State and Ju State also provided financial assistance, but it was done very covertly.Just like Zhou Tianzi cooked and killed Qihou, the driving force behind the scenes was Huaiguo.

After getting the support of Huai State, Qi State's advantage over Lai State became smaller and smaller, and even was defeated by Lai State several times.It's just that in the past few decades, Qi State has developed well, and there have been a few people who are greedy for enjoyment in Lai State, which has been far surpassed by Qi State.

"Qihou family wants my lord to give up friendship with Laiguo?" Xu Mao asked.

"Exactly, Lai State is Qi State's feud. If Huai State is willing to sever ties with Lai State, Gu will agree to conclude an alliance." Qihou said.

Xu Mao thought for a while and said: "If Marquis Qi wants to sever ties with Lai, then Qi must sever ties with Wu!"

"This..." Qi Hou hesitated.

Not long ago, Marquis Qi signed an alliance with Wu, but now that they have repented, no one will help them contain Huai in the south.But when he thought of attacking and annexing Lai, Marquis Qi became a little excited.

In comparison, Marquis Qi valued the country of Lai more.If Lai was annexed, not only would the land of Qi be doubled, but the population would also double.

In the end, Qihou still couldn't resist the temptation to expand the territory and chose to agree.

Huai State signed an alliance with Qi State this time because it wanted to annex their favorite cakes with Qi State.The two countries are Qi State attacking Lai State to the east, Huai State annexing Wu State to the south, and the two sides do not interfere with each other.

Of course, the signing of this covenant is not very effective. Once either of the two parties completes the annexation, it is estimated that the covenant will be torn up immediately, and then invite other princes to attack each other.

Both the Huai State and the Qi State knew that the other party would be a great enemy in the future, and if there was an opportunity, they would never let it go.Of course, tearing up the covenant is something that will come later.

After Marquis Qi agreed to conclude the covenant, Xu Mao returned to Huai country with the mission. To conclude the covenant, the monarch must come in person, and others are not qualified.

The two sides agreed to conclude an alliance on the border of Tan State.

Tan State has no objection to the conclusion of an alliance between Qi State and Huai State on its own land. After all, compared with Qi State and Huai State, Tan State is too weak.When the State of Lu learned that the State of Qi had signed an alliance with the State of Huai, he immediately scolded the State of Qi for being despicable and shameless.

The already bad relationship between the two countries has become even worse.The Qilu coalition forces were completely broken up, and there was no chance of forming another coalition force for at least ten years.Without the State of Lu, the State of Qi would be alone. Even if the State of Qi invaded again, the north of Huai State would be able to resist for a long time.

The Huai-Qi alliance was an important event in the history of the Spring and Autumn Period. Many historians believe that the Huai-Qi alliance opened the prelude to the annexation of princes and had a profound impact on the history of China. ——"Talking about Chinese History Spring and Autumn"

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