"PS: Some book friends said that I was a little rushed in my writing. Well, I admit it. The reason is that there is too much foreshadowing in the last battle. I am worried that everyone is anxious. Since there is a request, I will slow down the progress a little.

As for writing more about South Korea, I mainly think that if South Korea loses too easily, it will really undermine the setting of Han Ran and South Korea. After all, once South Korea falls, the winner will basically be determined. Therefore, in view of Han Ran's 'rivalry'

With Zhao Run's setting, I hope to portray him as outstandingly as possible."

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About half a month later, Zhang Qigong quickly sent someone to report to Luoyang about the fact that "South Korean Admiral Bao Yuan also served as the commander-in-chief of Qi Guobei Navy", because in the latter's view, this matter was not a trivial matter.

Similar to Zhang Qigong's reaction at that time, Wei Wang Zhao Run was also stunned for a while when he received this news. After all, this kind of example of "holding the post of a general in two countries" is extremely rare from ancient times to the present, so it is no wonder that it looks fresh.

"Trouble..." Zhao Hongrun murmured as he stood at the window with his hands behind his back.

"Trouble, trouble."

On a hook near the window, in a birdcage, a parrot chattered, making Zhao Hongrun couldn't help but take a few more glances at the already grown-up bird.

This parrot is the same as the parrot that Zhao Hongrun entrusted to give to Han Wangran. They were both gifts from Zhao Sheng, Lord Yao, who is also a bird lover. After careful calculation, it has been almost ten years. Not only Zhao Run's parrot has already

From a fledgling to an adult bird, the same happened to the one kept by Han Wangran in his palace.

Seeing this plump parrot chirping in the cage, Zhao Hongrun suddenly thought of Han Wangran's appearance.

He does not think that Bao Yuan's appointment as the head coach of Qi Guobei Navy is a betrayal of South Korea. After all, Bao Yuan has not been relieved of his position or honor as "Handan Shou". In other words, Bao Yuan's move this time should be rewarded by South Korea.

However, it was recognized by the Korean court, and it is even possible that Han Ran took the initiative to promote this matter.

"Take the initiative to train the soldiers of Qi...?"

Zhao Run's fingers tapped lightly on the window lattice, vaguely guessing Han Wangran's intention: to win over Qi.

Qi State, as the overlord of the Central Plains in the previous era, although its national power declined significantly due to civil strife after the death of Qi King Lu Xi, as the saying goes, a skinny camel is bigger than a horse. No, in the "Chu State" in the past few years

In the "Qi War", Qi still relied on its incredible wealth to withstand Chu's ferocious offensive with difficulty, forcing Chu into a dilemma of insufficient logistics and food, and could only choose to temporarily reconcile with Qi.

This was once the most fertile country in the Central Plains, but the country's army, or rather the quality of Qi's soldiers, could not afford to be the soldiers of a powerful country - after removing the ordnance, equipment and war weapons, Qi's

The soldiers were perhaps the weakest soldiers among the great countries in the Central Plains. In terms of bravery and strength, they were far inferior to those of other countries. They were probably the same as those of the Wei Kingdom and the former Song Dynasty.

However, South Korea is rich in elite soldiers and generals. As the country with the most comprehensive strength in the past, South Korea's soldiers and generals are not inferior to those of Wei. And among them, Han's general Baoyuan, although he cannot be said to be South Korea's generals.

He is one of the most famous generals, but as one of the "Top Ten Heroes of Kitahara", he is still a good general.

Now, Bao Yuan is seconded from South Korea to the Qi State and serves as the commander of the Qi State's Northern Navy. If nothing unexpected happens, the overall strength of the Northern Navy will rapidly increase.

"...Is this your purpose? To 'selflessly' train the army for Qi State, weaken Qi State's fear of our great Wei, and thereby draw Qi State to your side, Han Ran..."

Glancing at the parrot in the cage that was still chattering, Zhao Hongrun thought to himself.

Thinking of this, he immediately summoned Du You, the Minister of Rites, reported the situation to the chief minister of the dynasty, and ordered the latter to immediately send an envoy to Qi State to ensure that Han Wangran's "defeating diplomatic relations" method could not succeed.

Du You did not dare to neglect, so he sent Tang Ju, an official from his Ministry of Rites, to serve as an envoy to the State of Qi.

Is the fact really as Zhao Run guessed?

This matter begins when Zhao Zhuo, the envoy of Han, went to Qi as an envoy.

Three months ago, the Wei State imposed economic sanctions on South Korea, used dumping methods to seize the market of Korean merchants in Qi State, and brought the war to South Korea's Handan North County and Julu County in an attempt to make South Korea's overall economy boom.

At the time of the collapse, Han Wangran sent an envoy Zhao Zhuo to Linzi, the capital of King Qi, carrying his personal credentials.

After about a month and a half of trekking, Han envoy Zhao Zhuo finally arrived in Linzi.

At this time, in Linzi City, there were almost no shops opened by Korean merchants - Korean merchants had lost their living space in this battlefield.

Precisely because of this, when they heard that Zhao Zhuo of South Korea was on an envoy to Linzi, whether it was King Lu Bai of Qi, Tian Bao, Gao Xi, Uncle Bao, Guan Zhong and other virtuous ministers, they all had a headache about Zhao Zhuo's intention.

Because in their view, the purpose of Han's envoy Zhao Zhuo's visit was nothing more than to implore Qi to mobilize domestic merchants to help South Korea and help South Korea attack Wei's merchants, so as to win this unprecedented merchant war.

But the problem is that Qi State does not dare to do that. After all, doing so is tantamount to severely offending Wei State. What if Wei State becomes angry and uses force against Qi State? His Qi State does not have the same kind of behavior as Han Chu.

The territory is deep.

In a dilemma, King Lu Bai of Qi asked Zhao Zhao, the left minister, for advice. Zhao Zhao calmly said: "It's not too late to listen to the Han envoy's intentions first and then make plans."

Therefore, King Lu Bai of Qi accepted the request of Zhao Zhuo, the Han envoy, and asked Zhao Zhao, Tian Bao, Gao Xi, Guan Zhong, Bao Shu and others to be there to wait for Han envoy Zhao Zhuo to make unreasonable requests.

When requested, you can interrupt from the side - although Qi Guo is very inclined

Secretly forming an alliance with South Korea to jointly fight against Wei, but this does not mean that Qi is willing to be the leader. It seems that Han Wangran took the initiative to attract the attention of Wei on Chu's behalf. Such a "fearless" move and outstanding foresight are not human.

Everyone can have it.

Sure enough, after meeting King Lu Bai of Qi, Han envoy Zhao Zhuo made a request to promote the "Han-Qi alliance".

Don't look at it. During the "Five Parties Conquer Wei" period, South Korea and Qi formed a "Five-Nation Alliance" to attack Wei and its allies. However, in fact, these two countries were not allies. Firstly, the Qi State at that time was still in the state of Wei.

During the period of King Lu Xi of Qi, when they were the overlords of the Central Plains, they were arrogant and arrogant; secondly, it was also because South Korea looked down on the Qi State that did not live up to its name and refused to accept Qi State's dominant position.

Because of this, in fact, the so-called "five-nation alliance" at that time was actually two forces that did not interfere with each other: South Korea was its own faction and fought against Wei and Qin on its own, but unfortunately it was defeated in the end; while Qi,

He wooed the puppet Song Dynasty, Lu State, and Yue State to fight against Chu State, another ally of Wei State at that time, but was defeated by Chu State.

From the beginning to the end, South Korea and Qi have not had any negotiations, let alone exchange of supplies. Simply put, the temporary alliance between the two countries is at best the extent of "not calculating and dragging each other down." Other than that,

There was no cooperation at all. Unlike the coalition forces of Wei and Qin at that time, even famous generals such as Li Mu, the defender of Yanmen, had to close their defense lines and huddle in Yanmen, relying on the local terrain to resist the Wei and Qin coalition forces.

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"An alliance?"

After listening to the words of Zhao Zhuo, the envoy of Han, King Lu Bai of Qi looked at each other and all the ministers sitting in the palace. Except for Zhao Zhao, the left prime minister, who sighed with a complicated expression, the rest of them were Tian Bao, Gao Xi, Uncle Bao, and Guan.

Several people, consciously or unconsciously, nodded to King Lu Bai of Qi, believing that the alliance between Han and Qi would be beneficial to his country of Qi.

Thinking about it, if an alliance between Han and Qi can be promoted, plus Chu, which has already secretly formed an alliance with Qi, the "Three Kingdoms Alliance of Han, Qi, and Chu" will be formed, which is not weaker than the "Wei-Qin Alliance"

strength.

But the second request, or request, made by Zhao Zhuo, the envoy of Han, put King Lu Bai of Qi in a bit of a dilemma.

Just as they had judged before, King Han really hoped that Qi would come forward to help his Korean merchants.

"What should I do?"

King Lu Bai of Qi remained silent, waiting for the ministers in the palace to come forward to reject the proposal of Zhao Zhuo, the envoy of Han.

No, Right Prime Minister Tian Tao immediately frowned and said: "I don't agree with the words of the envoy... Could it be that your monarch hopes to form an alliance with Da Qi in order to use our country's power to fight against Wei?"

A merchant?"

The other officials, Gao Xi, Guan Zhong, and Uncle Bao, also looked at Han envoy Zhao Zhuo with unswerving expressions.

In their view, Han Wangran's move was clearly to take advantage of their Qi State - asking him Qi State to mobilize domestic merchants to help Korean merchants fight against Wei merchants and reduce the pressure on South Korea.

And what benefit does this bring to Qi State?

Immediately, Shang Qing Gao Xi refused expressionlessly: "If the purpose of the alliance between King Han and Da Qi is evil, then I, Da Qi, will have no choice but to reject this kind offer from your country."

After hearing this, Zhao Zhuo deliberately said aggressively: "Is your country afraid of Wei?"

This sentence made King Lu Bai of Qi and all the courtiers present except Zhao Zhao change their expressions. But the strange thing is that no one denied it, including the once extremely arrogant Shang Qing Gao Xi.

I have to say that this result was really beyond Zhao Zhuo's expectation, because in his impression, the people of Qi were very arrogant. He did not expect that the people of Qi who were once so arrogant would also have a negative impact on the state of Wei.

Fear.

But to be honest, it is not a shame to be afraid of Wei at this moment - among all the countries in the Central Plains, who is not afraid of Wei? Including Han Wangran.

After taking a deep breath, King Lu Bai of Qi said expressionlessly: "Is the purpose of your visit to humiliate me and Da Qi?"

"No!"

Seeing that provoking the generals had no effect, the Han envoy Zhao Zhuo immediately changed his strategy. After apologizing, he said sincerely: "My Lord, this time we are extremely sincere in forming an alliance with your country... I am stupid and don't know how to persuade you, but our country

The monarch's wishes are all written in this letter, and please ask the King of Qi to read it."

After that, he took out Han Wangran's private letter from his arms and presented it with both hands respectfully.

The eunuchs around King Lu Bai of Qi took the letter from the Han envoy Zhao Zhuo and presented it to King Qi.

Under the gaze of all the officials in the palace, Qi King Lu Bai opened the letter and read it carefully. Unexpectedly, after just reading a few lines, his expression became strange.

There are several reasons for this.

First of all, the content written in the letter was almost entirely based on the "Han-Qi Alliance". In other words, Han Wangran did not seem to be worried at all that the Qi Congress would refuse to form an alliance with him and South Korea.

Secondly, in the letter, Han Wangran "tried every means" to weaken Qi's fear of Wei.

The reason why it is described as "trying every means" is because Han Wangran proposed several strategic plans in the letter for Qi to choose.

One of them is that Qi State will hand over Dongjun to South Korea, and South Korea will send troops to garrison it.

What does this mean?

This means that South Korea has cut off the fact that Wei State borders Qi State - in fact, strictly speaking, it is Wei State that borders Qi State, but everyone knows that today Wei State is completely a vassal of Wei State, so

, Qi State borders Wei State, which is equivalent to bordering Wei State.

However, if the State of Qi is willing to temporarily hand over Dongjun to South Korea, then there will be no possibility of bordering between Qi and Wei. At that time, the State of Qi can completely hide behind South Korea. As long as South Korea has not fallen, the State of Qi will

There is almost no possibility of facing Wei directly.

In exchange for trust, Han Wangran was willing to send his eldest son Han Yu to Linzi as a hostage, so as to prevent the people of Qi from misunderstanding that South Korea was taking the opportunity to seize Dongjun.
To be continued...