Linzi.

King Jian of Qi was in a bad mood recently, which is well known.

Of course, there is a reason for the bad temper.

For example, at this time, King Jian of Qi was getting angry with Hou Sheng in front of him.

"I will never retreat. I must destroy this damn Yan State before I can stop!"

Yes, the key to why King Jian of Qi was so annoyed was of course the battle between Qi Yan, which had been fighting for almost a year but had not stopped.

Due to the supply difficulties brought to the Qi army by winter, the Qi army had basically stopped siege of Jidu as early as the arrival of winter.

For King Jian of Qi, after spending a whole winter, he still did not take down Jidu, which is undoubtedly not a satisfactory result.

However, in the country of Qi, doubts about this war gradually grew.

After all, many ministers of Qi did not think that they could destroy Yan State, so when spring came, the remarks that demanded peace with Yan State began to gradually evolve from the original minority to a force that King Jiandu could no longer ignore.

This made King Jian of Qi very angry.

"It was these guys. I asked them if I would fight last winter. They insisted on destroying Yan State! But now? Now that spring has just arrived, they have completely forgotten what they said to me last year and have to negotiate with Yan State? It's ridiculous, extremely ridiculous!"

The roar of King Jian of Qi resounded throughout the palace.

Regarding the anger of King Jian of Qi, the Prime Minister Bang Housheng, who was present, could only give him a bitter smile.

Hou Sheng actually understands why this kind of change happened very well.

According to some of the rumors that Hou Sheng got, the ministers of Qi who changed their positions seemed to have welcomed certain "mysterious visitors" from the north in the past winter.

Of course, I heard that this kind of thing is Housheng, and there is no evidence.

After all... such "mysterious visitors" have also appeared in Housheng's home.

However, as a prime minister, it is obviously not appropriate for Hou Sheng to say a few words at this time, so Hou Sheng coughed and said, "King, from the perspective of the minister, it is indeed difficult for Yan State to completely perish. It is better to..."

Before Hou Sheng could finish his words, King Jian of Qi suddenly turned his eyes and stared at Hou Sheng fiercely: "What, Hou Qingru also wants to agree with those damn peace talks?"

Hou Sheng was so scared by the sight of King Jian of Qi that he was shocked. After a long time, he said again: "Please understand the truth. Now that the resistance of the Yan people is so tenacious, it is impossible to destroy the Yan State. It is better to stop. Otherwise, what should we do if there are other countries attacking?"

This sentence made King Jian of Qi suddenly shake his body, and a look of surprise appeared on his face: "Do you say Zhao Guo will come to attack me?"

You should know that the Wei and Chu are still in war, and King Jian of Qi is actually not worried at all.

But if Zhao sent troops to attack Qi, then the fun would be great.

You should know that the Qi State has fought in Yan State for so long, but the people of Zhao State have received a complete rest in the past winter.

In addition, the strength of Zhao's army is stronger than Qi's original state. If Zhao suddenly stabbed Qi in the back at this time, then Qi's failure would be basically predictable.

The more King Jian of Qi thought about it, the more frightened he became. He couldn't help but say, "The State of Zhao and I were allies not long ago, so I shouldn't have sent troops to attack me so quickly, right?"

Hou Sheng said: "King, this matter is actually hard to say. The King should also know that in recent years, Zhao State will choose a country to launch an attack every spring. Looking at the countries below today, Han and Wei are ally of Zhao State, and Yan and Qin have ceased to fight with Zhao State. Now our main force in the Great Qi State is empty outside and inside. Isn't it an excellent target of attack?"

When King Jian of Qi was said by Hou Sheng, he felt that his cold sweat was about to fall. At the same time, he couldn't help but feel angry and slapped the table in front of him: "Is this King of Zhao really going back on his word?"

Hou Sheng shrugged his shoulders and said, "If we can win, I don't think that King Zhao's rebellion would be something unexpected."

King Jian of Qi fell into silence.

After a while, King Jian of Qi said, "I really want to negotiate with the people of Yan?"

Hou Sheng advised: "It's better to have a peace talk. Anyway, the king has occupied a large amount of land in Yan State. It only takes a few years to do this again. Then the demise of Yan State is predictable. Why should the king be anxious for a moment?"

King Jian of Qi snorted and said, "How can I not be anxious? Now Yan State is so weak. If it is destroyed independently by Zhao State next time, wouldn't I have suffered a great loss?"

This is actually the main reason why King Jian of Qi has always insisted on continuing to attack Yan State.

After all, since the First World War last year, the Yan State, which lost the Land of Du Kang and Wuyang City, has undoubtedly become a very weak country. Such a weak country has not only responded to the Zhao and Qi coalition forces, but even any country that independently responded to Zhao and Qi can only take a defensive position.

Under such circumstances, Zhao will destroy Yan without continuing to unite with Qi next time.

It is precisely because he did not want Zhao to take the lead that the King of Qi, who has always been conservative in his strategy, has been able to stand up to the public. While Zhao had already negotiated peace with Yan, the battle to attack Yan continued.

However, from now on, the rare persistence of King Jian of Qi this time does not seem to have achieved the results that King Jian of Qi expected.

Hou Sheng continued to persuade: "King, the core of Zhao State should be in the direction of the Central Plains. I think it would be easy to go north within a few years. After all, if the main force of the Zhao army really went north, wouldn't Zhao be worried that the King of Zhao and other countries such as Wei will join forces to attack Handan? So I think that Zhao State should not go north before solving the problem of the Central Plains."

King Jian of Qi snorted and said, "Even so, I will never have such an opportunity to attack Yan State next time!"

After all, Qi State is not strong now, and if you want to take the initiative, you need to wait for an opportunity.

Hou Sheng smiled and said, "Master, I think the opportunity should come soon."

"Oh?" King Jian of Qi said, "What does Houqing mean?"

Hou Sheng said: "The King of Wei has always been in conflict with King Zhao. Although Wei is temporarily surrendering to Zhao, I think a war between Zhao and Wei will definitely break out between the two countries within three years at most. At that time, the king will attack Yan again."

King Jian of Qi narrowed his eyes and nodded slowly after a long time: "This damn Zhao State...is very good. Since that's the case, then I'll call the envoy of Yan State to the palace for me. I want to talk to him well!"
Chapter completed!