The King of Qi had to agree.

There are usually two situations in the reason why negotiations occur. One is that both sides are evenly matched, and the other is that the advantageous side cannot completely eliminate the disadvantaged side.

This negotiation between Zhao and Qi obviously belongs to the latter, and Qi's disadvantages are almost infinite.

Everyone understood that if it were not for the strong opposition from the other five vassal states, then it would only be a matter of time before Zhao State continues to conquer Qi State with the ability of Wu Xinjun Zhao Kuo to lead troops.

Moreover, because the core leadership of Qi was caught in Linzi City, Qi was swept away by Li Mu in the local area, which made Qi unable to launch a powerful state machine to continue to resist Zhao.

At present, Chu's take advantage of the situation and expands the crisis of Qi.

If Qi continues to insist on not giving in, if Chu goes well, maybe Qi is not destroyed in the hands of Zhao, but will be destroyed in the hands of Chu! No matter how stupid the King of Qi is, there are still some basic common sense analysis.

Therefore, the King of Qi chose to make concessions and accepted Zhao Kuo's conditions in full, even if this was an absolute bloodletting for Qi.

Stay with the green mountains there, and you will not have to worry about burning firewood! Looking at the face of King Qi's betrayal, Zhao Kuo smiled happily.

Although King Qi is Tian Wan's brother, everyone is now an enemy after all. Zhao Kuo can treat King Qi preferentially and prevent the King of Qi from being humiliated, but the benefits they should still be obtained.

This is politics.

Zhao Kuo snapped his fingers and said loudly: "Come here, please invite Zhou Qing over and sign a peace agreement today."

An hour later, the contract between Zhao and Qi was officially signed.

The specific terms are as follows: Qi State ceded all the jurisdiction of Gaotang among the five capitals, plus all the land north of the Yellow River to Zhao State.

Qi State officially dissolved the Jixia Academy and recommended all the scholars who still existed in the Jixia Academy to go to the Zhao Academy.

Qi formally prohibited any ginseng from Yan State entering Qi in any way. The ginseng trade between Qi and Zhao State was restored, and the division was changed to Zhao State Eight and Qi State Two.

In return, the Zhao army led by Zhao Kuo will officially withdraw from Qi within ten days to end the war.

The signing of this contract is undoubtedly a major benefit for Zhao State.

Zhao State obtained nearly 30% of Qi's land at one time, and at the same time cut off the border between Qi and Yan State from land. From then on, Yan State only had Zhao State a neighbor.

Zhao State gained a sea outlet historically and changed from an inland country to a sea-line country.

Zhao State once again obtained a large area of ​​plain land in the lower reaches of the Yellow River, greatly expanding the arable land area.

After this treaty, Qi State was greatly damaged and completely fell from its position as the second most powerful country in the world, and could no longer pose any threat to Zhao's hegemony.

Zhao Kuo looked at the King of Qi and Zhou Shaofen signing the treaty with a smile, and felt a little moved.

It was also the second in the world before. Why did Qi become abolished in the battle? Qin State still maintain its strong competitiveness after being beaten by Zhao Kuo so many times?

The answer is actually very simple. Qin State has a large territory! Zhao Kuo attacked Qin several times and obtained land in five counties, namely Hedong County, Shang County, Dong County, Sanchuan County and Xihe County. These five counties together are larger than all the territory before the war in Qi State, but they are only one-third of the territory of the Qin State during its heyday.

Qin State's territory is large enough, so even if the land is constantly cedeed to Zhao State, it is still very large and strong now.

This is like a modern foreign dynasty in China in later generations. At its heyday, it had more than 13 million square kilometers of land. Even if the territory was constantly cedeed, the New Republic of China could still have 9.6 million square kilometers when it was established.

A country like Qi, which has a strong national strength but a small territory, will directly hurt its muscles and bones once, and will instantly weaken.

So there is a saying that makes sense: there will never be too many things like territory, and the bigger the better.

Only when it is big enough, the enemy cannot be destroyed in one battle, and can only be slowly eroded and annexed step by step, which gives the country time and space to accumulate strength to resist.

When Zhao Kuo thought of this, he made up his mind secretly.

"The Chinese dynasty of this lord must be bigger than any Chinese dynasty in history! Until the future, the unfilial descendants will be defeated for two or three hundred years in a row!"

The ceremony for signing the peace treaty was very grand, with hundreds of captured Qi ministers present, and most of their eyes fell on Zhao Kuo.

The most common emotions in these eyes are undoubtedly fear.

Although the Zhao army has swept the world in the past few years, including the King of Qi and these ministers of Qi, they actually do not particularly respect Zhao.

On the one hand, because Qi was once an old overlord, he naturally looked down on the "nova" like Zhao. On the other hand, the Qi army defeated the Zhao army repeatedly in the past few years, which also made the Qi people full of confidence.

It was under the influence of these two factors that Qi State even dared to unite with other princes to take the initiative to attack Zhao State.

Then, the nightmare of the people of Qi came.

It was the man in front of him, Wu Xinjun Zhao Kuo, who led the Zhao army to easily defeat the Qi and Wei and Yan coalition forces of Kuangliang, but also suddenly thundered after four months of calm, instantly conquering Linzi, making everyone become prisoners under the ranks.

This is the power of the world's number one general. The people of Qi felt it deeply and paid an extremely heavy price.

During the Spring and Autumn Period, the Jiang family of Qi State once became the first overlord under the leadership of Duke Huan of Qi Jiang Xiaobai and Guan Zhong.

During the Warring States Period, the Qi Kingdom of Tian also dominated the world under the leadership of Qi Wei King Tian Yinqi and Zou Ji, Tian Ji, Sun Bin and other wise ministers.

Many people in Qi think that this year will be the third hegemony of Qi, but now they realize that they are wrong.

In this era, if you want to dominate, you must cross the mountain of Wu Xinjun and Zhao Kuo.

The people of Qi felt that they could turn over, but when they really touched the mountain and burst into blood, they realized that Wu Xinjun's mountain was even higher than they expected! Zhao Kuo also realized something and glanced at him.

The ministers of Qi were shocked and bowed their heads one after another. No one dared to look at Zhao Kuo.

Looking at this scene, Zhao Kuo couldn't help but smile a sarcastic smile on his lips.

It’s not that Qi State does not produce talents, but that with the combination of Qi King Tian Jian and Xiangbang Housheng, the talent cannot make a name for itself.

The upper beam is not straight and the lower beam is crooked.

So even though it was so rich, Qi seemed like a tower in the air, and was gently pushed down by Zhao Kuo.

Qi State, that's it!
Chapter completed!