In April of the 26th year of Hongde, the alliance between Qi and Wei was shattered. After that, Qi came forward for the first time to recognize the restoration of the Song Dynasty by Song Yun, the leader of the Beibo Army. The Qi officials, led by Shangqing Gao Xi, devoted themselves to

In promoting the "Four Kingdoms Alliance of Qi, Lu, Yue, and Song".

At the same time, Qi State mobilized the "Northern Navy" and "Langya Army" to garrison the eastern part of Song County.

Before the "Northern Navy" and "Langya Army" passed through the territory of the Lu State, the State of Qi also sent envoy Bao Shu to the State of Lu to pay homage to Prince Shupan of Lu.

A while ago, King Lu Bai of Qi finally made a compromise on the matter of "Gongzi Jiu" and his mother Lu Ji, which greatly eased the relationship between Qi and Lu. However, what Prince Lu didn't expect was that he, the King of Lu, would return to Qi.

After joining the country's camp, the first war that ushered in was actually against Wei.

Thinking of the fact that Wei Gongzi Run led 50,000 Wei troops to defeat several Chu armies with a total number of more than 500,000 people, Lu Wanggong lost Pan and felt uneasy in his heart.

Only those who have personally experienced the "Four Kingdoms' Battle against Chu" can personally appreciate the talent of Wei Gongzi Zhao Run in commanding troops and horses, and can understand the terror of the Wei army.

To be honest, Duke Shupan of Lu did not want to be an enemy of Wei. After all, after the Liang-Lu Canal was built, the relationship between Lu and Wei became much closer than before. The merchants of Wei also made economic contributions to Lu.

, but Uncle Bao was moved by Qi's emotions and understood by reason. He always mentioned the close relationship between Qi and Lu when King Lu Xi of Qi was still alive.

Here in Qi State.

After all, no matter how close the relationship between Lu and Wei is, it cannot compare to the centuries-old friendship between Lu and Qi.

"Who will be the coach of Song County this time?"

After the decision was made, Duke Shupan of Lu asked the Qi envoy Bao Shudao.

Uncle Bao answered honestly: "Master Gao Xi will be the coach."

"Let's change to someone else."

Duke Shupan of Lu shook his head and said seriously: "The army of Wei this time is incomparable to the Chu army that our Qilu coalition faced in the past. The Wei army is different from the Chu army. Their weapons and equipment are extremely excellent.

Even compared to our Qilu Allied Forces, they are not inferior. As for war weapons, Wei's craftsmanship is not inferior to our Lu... I also respect your country's Gao Xi, but in this battle, it is not Gao Xi who can

If you are sure, bring Tian Dan here...Only Tian Dan can compete with Wei Gongzi Zhao Run."

It’s not that Lu Wanggong Shupan looked down on Qi’s Shangqing Gaoxi. In fact, more than ten years ago, when Qi King Lu Xi often conquered Chu, Shangqing Gaoxi often joined the army or even appeared as deputy commander.

But this does not mean that Gao Xi was very clever in commanding the army. In fact, during the war between the Qilu Allied Army and the Chu Army, except for the first few times, Chu King Xiong Xu would dispatch his own elite to resist the Qilu Allied Army's invasion to the death.

In addition, in the end, it was actually more like a routine: the well-equipped Qilu Allied Forces ran to the Chu State with high morale. The Chu State responded passively and sent some food and soldiers to put an end to the problem. Then when the two armies clashed,

The Qilu Allied Forces used mechanical crossbow boxes, trebuchets and other excellent war weapons to easily defeat the Chu army, and even captured several Chu cities. Then, the Qilu Allied Forces returned to their divisions with victory, and

As for the Chu State, it actually only lost a group of grain soldiers recruited with grain, and a very small number of Chu State's regular troops.

It has to be said that the war between the Qi-Lu Allied Forces and the Chu State later developed, and it seemed that both the Lu State and the Chu State were playing with Qi King Lu Xi. In addition to the loss of face, in fact Chu State's army in Qi State

There are no actual losses before us - after all, human life is not worth mentioning in the Chu State. The few troops lost while having fun with Qi Wang Lu Xi are far less than the Chu State's annual food problem.

——Actually, it was because the nobles of Chu State suppressed the common people, resulting in the common people not having enough food for the winter——and the number of people starving to death was so large that it was not painful at all.

Therefore, to put it bluntly, except for the protagonist of the war, King Lu Xi of Qi, who served as the commander every time, the other generals of the Qi-Lu coalition, even if they were replaced by pigs to command, they could still defeat the soldiers of the State of Chu who charged with bamboo poles——

In the final analysis, it was just a tactic of using the sophisticated equipment and war weapons forged by the Lu State to crush the Chu State's large numbers of soldiers.

But this time, what the Qilu Allied Forces faced was the army of Wei. If Gao Xi, the Qi State Minister, still thought that the Qilu Allied Forces could crush the Wei Army just like they had crushed the Chu Army, then Prince Lu would have no choice but to lose.

This means: You, Gao Xiu, want to die yourself, please don't drag me, the State of Lu, along with you.

Is Wei Jun so easy to deal with?

You must know that five years ago, during the "Four Kingdoms Attack on Chu", the Wei army led by Wei Gongzi Zhao Run surpassed the armies of Qi and Lu on the battlefield. In that battle, except for the fields of Qi,

Danshang was able to keep up with the Wei army's war rhythm, and the rest of the army was completely overshadowed by the Wei army's illustrious military exploits.

In fact, to be more realistic, there were many generals in the Qi State who made meritorious deeds at that time, such as "Lu Qiutai", the general of the Qi army at "Yushan Fortress". This man led his army all the way to "Zhao Pass" in the Chu State, almost by himself.

With his strength, he opened up the territory of Chu State between Qi State and Yue State, and faced Xiang Juan, the famous general of Chu State and Zhaoguan guard general.

What kind of person is Xiang Juan?

Is the Dongou Army of the Yue State powerful? Is Wu Qi, the leader of the Dongou Army, powerful? The latter led the former. During the "Four Kingdoms' Attack on Chu", with weapons and equipment that were almost the same as those of the Chu State, they were blocked by the Chu State's regular army.

, fighting all the way to the hinterland of Shouying, the capital of the King of Chu, was just a step away from forming a blockade of the "Qi, Lu, Wei, and Yue" armies on Shouying.

But such a capable Wu Yue general Wu Qi, and such a brave Dongou army, without the help of other allied armies, could not even pass Zhaoguan guarded by the famous general Xiang Kuan of Chu State, and even had to live in hardship most of the time.

defensive status.

This is enough to prove the power of the famous Chu general Xiang Juan. At the same time, the Qi general "Lu Qiutai" who was able to resist Xiang Juan head-on is also a general worthy of praise.

However, the glory of this commendable general was completely overshadowed by the illustrious military exploits of Wei Gongzi Zhao Run and the Wei army under his command at that time. The world only knows that Wei Gongzi Zhao Run only relied on 50,000 Wei troops to defeat the enemy.

The 600,000 Chu army led by the two famous generals of the Chu State, "General Xiang Mo" and "Shouling Junjingshe", faced each other head-on. However, little did they know that Qi General Lu Qiutai only led a Qi army of less than 20,000 men.

, penetrated the east road of Chu State, and defeated the Chu State army that was several times larger than our own.

There was no way, the Wei army's light was so dazzling at that time. Who would have thought that General Xiang Mo and Shouling Jun Jingshe, two famous Chu generals, led a total of 600,000 Chu army, could not

Defeated a mere 50,000 Wei army led by Wei Gongzi Zhao Run, and finally allowed the latter to successfully attack the capital of Chu King Shouying City - what is even more incredible is that other people's armies became smaller and smaller as they fought, while Wei Gongzi Zhao Run's army

But it got bigger and more numerous, so that by the end of the battle, this person actually recruited nearly 200,000 Chu troops, which is really unimaginable.

Although the original Wei Gongzi Run has now become the crown prince and crown prince of Wei, and it is logically impossible for him to personally command the army to fight against Song County, Lu Prince Shupan has to prepare for the worst: if he encounters that

Where is Mr. Wei? What does his Qilu coalition rely on to win?

After some exchanges, Qi envoy Bao Shu returned to Linzi with Lu Wang Gong Shu Pan's opinion and stated the matter to Qi Wang Lu Bai.

After learning about this, King Lu Bai of Qi secretly ran out of the palace and asked his brother-in-law Zhao Zhao for advice on the pretext of having dinner at his sister's house.

Don't underestimate Qing Gaoxi's prestige in the Qi State. Even the young Qi King Lu Bai still relies on the former, but the person Lu Bai trusts the most is actually his brother-in-law Zhao Zhao.

It's just that this time, Zhao Zhao was caught between Qi and Wei, and it was really difficult to express any opinions. Only when he really couldn't defeat his brother-in-law, King Lu Bai of Qi, did he say with a heavy heart: "Please transfer General Tian Dan.

Well, the worst case scenario is that Lord Tian Bao or Lord Tian Ao should be in charge of the army. As for Lord Gaoxi... Lord Gaoxi is better at government affairs, but when it comes to leading troops to fight, I'm afraid..."

After hearing this, Qi Wang Lu Bai was also a little helpless.

Because on that day, after witnessing the beheading of the scholar-official "Tian Hu" with his own eyes, Gao Xiu was furious and volunteered to garrison Song County. Judging from his angry look, he probably vowed to fight to the death to get back a piece of land from Wei.

Tone, where can I step down from Gao Xi's position as commander-in-chief at this time?

"Is Wei's army really that powerful?" Qi King Lu Bai asked curiously.

Seeing her husband's hesitant look, Kui Ji quickly smoothed things over: "Wei's infantry are unparalleled in the Central Plains. Even though I, a woman, know this, why don't you, your Majesty, not know about it?"

What she said was the same as if she had not said it, but she was just trying to protect her husband so that he would not be too embarrassed.

But in the end, Zhao Zhao still explained it to King Lu Bai of Qi out of his duties as the left prime minister of Qi. He probably said that Wei's army was more powerful. Anyway, Wei's infantry was indeed unparalleled in the Central Plains.

, especially in narrow terrain

In the battle, a dozen Wei troops may be able to resist several times or even ten times the enemy - at least when facing the weak Chu State's grain recruitment, or facing the soldiers of Qi State who only have the advantage of having soldiers and armor, Wei's

Infantry may actually be able to fight one against ten.

But to be honest, even Zhao Zhao, the Young Master of Wei, is not very clear about the strength of the current Wei army. After all, it has been nine years since he left Wei and came to Qi. However, he often pays attention to the affairs of his mother country. Therefore,

Compared with Shang Qing Gao Xi and others, he knew the Wei state best.

As a result, King Lu Bai of Qi was stunned by him.

In the end, the famous Qi general Tian Dan, who was currently stationed at "Fuli Fortress", was recalled to Linzi.

In order to take care of Gao Xi's face, Qi King Lu Bai appointed Tian Dan as the deputy general of the army to "protect the Song Dynasty", as Gao Xi's deputy.

During this period, King Lu Bai of Qi asked Tian Dan privately: "General Tian Dan, is the Wei army really that powerful?"

To be fair, Tian Dan, like Zhao Zhao, Tian Bao, Guan Zhong and others, all tend to be friendly to Wei. In addition to considerations of position, this is also directly related to his respect for Wei Gongzi Zhao Run - in

In the entire Central Plains, Tian Dan respected no more than ten people, and among them was Wei Gongzi Zhao Run.

But having said that, Tian Dan is a general. Since the court has decided to protect the so-called Song State at the expense of declaring war on the Wei State, then even if the opponent this time is Wei Gongzi Zhao Run, Tian Dan will not

Just back off.

In fact, he was still looking forward to meeting Wei Gongzi Zhao Run on the battlefield. After all, in the last "Four Kingdoms Battle against Chu", Tian Dan lost the bet because Wei Gongzi Zhao Run took the lead in attacking the Chu Kingdom's capital Shouying.

Yue, his general's flag is still in Zhao Run's collection room as a treasure to show off his martial arts.

If possible, Tian Dan also wants to defeat Wei Gongzi Zhao Run and get back the general flag that belongs to him.

The next day, Tian Dan set off for the eastern part of Song County.

At this time, in "Tengcheng" in the east of Song County, Song Yun, the leader of the Beibo Army, had learned that the Qi State had sent two troops, the "Beihai Navy" and the "Langya Army" to assist. He was very happy and immediately asked for help.

The Song king "Zi Mu" whom he supported reported.

It has to be said that although the Wei State and perhaps the Qi State mistakenly believed that Song Yun was pretending to be a descendant of the Song royal family and restored the Song State in the "Tengcheng" area, and even suspected that Song Yun actually had great ambitions, in fact,

In this matter, both Zhao Hongrun and Qi Guo really misunderstood Song Yun.

Because Song Yun indeed invited back a descendant of the Song royal family, "Zi Mu" - this man called himself "Prince Mu" and once lived in "Xue City", a city in the state of Lu.

Like several other descendants of the Song royal family who are now very few, Zimu has never thought of returning to the Song Dynasty to restore the Song Dynasty. In his opinion, rather than restoring the Song Dynasty and becoming a thorn in the side of the Wei Dynasty, it is better to live in peace and stability.

Living in the State of Lu, anyway, when the Song royal family fled from Song to the State of Lu, they brought a lot of valuable belongings with them. With this lot of money and belongings, Zimu could live a leisurely life.

However, in the end, he could not withstand Song Yun's hard and soft tactics, and was taken back to Song Dynasty by Song Yun half-heartedly.

In fact, Zimu also regretted it when he was brought back to Song Dynasty.
To be continued...