The remaining three kingdoms are Qi, Lu and Chu.

Among these three countries, the State of Lu is probably not far away from being annexed by the State of Wei. After all, even Ji Wu and Huan Hu, the two generals in charge of the army of the State of Lu, have secretly defected to the State of Wei. Even if the current incumbent

So what if Prince Shu Xing of Lu holds objections?

Like Qi and Chu asking for help?

Oh, the State of Qi is still being attacked by Zhao Jiang's army. Although there is no danger of overthrow in a short time, there should be no spare power to support the State of Lu. And the Chu State's attack on Wei State was defeated, at least

Hundreds of thousands of soldiers were lost, and even two generals, Xiang Mo and Xiang Kuan, died on the battlefield. It is believed that the Chu State was also severely damaged.

Under such circumstances, even if Qi and Chu realized that the Wei State would take advantage of the situation and annex the Lu State, they might not be able to do anything.

In early May, the Chu-Vietnam allied forces fled to Song County. Wei Shao, Wei Yun, and Wei Zhen led the Wei army, together with Ji Wu, Huan Hu, Chen Shou and others from the Lu State, to assist the Wei general Wei Jiao to regain Song County.

At this time, Chu Shouling Jun Jingyun, who had stationed troops in the southern part of Yingshui County, also learned the news that the coalition forces of various countries suffered a disastrous defeat in Yongqiu. He was shocked and immediately led his troops to evacuate. Unexpectedly, he was

The merchant navy of Wei State seized the opportunity and pursued and killed them fiercely.

At this time, in the southern part of Shangshui County, the troops under the command of Lord Pingyu Xiong Hu had been defeated by the Shangshui army.

At this point, Chu State was completely defeated.

In fact, at this time, the Shang Shui Army still had the ability to counterattack Chu Dong. However, considering that the Wei State also suffered heavy losses in this war, and was still facing Qin's offensive in the west, the Shang Shui Army did not take advantage of the situation to attack Chu State, but instead devoted its efforts to

Yu cleared, expelled the stragglers of the Chu army in Yingshui County, recovered the counties, restored farmland, water canals and other facilities in these counties, and at the same time stepped up spring planting to see if it could still catch up with spring plowing.

After all, even if Wei won this battle, if it delayed farming for a year, it would be an immeasurable loss.

As far as this year is concerned, farm work in Song County's fields has basically been delayed. Even though the local Song people still planted some crops despite being occupied by the Chu army, I believe the harvest is not enough to compare with previous years.

The same is true for Yingshui County.

In addition, the spring plowing situation in several other counties was affected by the war to varying degrees. This made the Luoyang court of Wei State have to take precautions, count the domestic surplus grain as soon as possible, and distribute it to each county, so as not to use it when the time comes.

Although Wei won the war, a large number of people died of starvation due to the lack of food in the counties after the war.

In mid-May, the armies of Wei, Wei and Lu successively recaptured Dingtao, Chengshi, Jishi and other counties. After that, the Allied Forces of the Three Kingdoms divided into two groups. The Lu army led by Ji Wu, Huan Hu and others helped Wei generals.

He Miao, Zhu Gui and others regained the lost land in the direction of Changyi and Rencheng, while Wei general Wei Jiao led the army to regain Suiyang and other counties adjacent to Chu State, and left garrison troops in these counties to heavily

Build defense facilities.

As for pursuing Xinyang Jun Xiang Pei, the remnants of the Chu-Vietnam coalition led by Yue general Wu Qi and others, Wei State can't take care of it at the moment - mainly because chasing the remnants of the Chu-Vietnam coalition army will do more harm than good. After all, Wei State's current top priority is

Recover the lost land as soon as possible, restore the farmland, and see if we can grow some food to slightly make up for the losses caused by missing spring plowing. How can we worry about chasing the defeated Chu-Vietnam coalition.

As June approached, Lu generals Ji Wu, Huan Hu, Chen Shou and others assisted Wei generals He Miao and Zhu Gui to recover "Rencheng".

At this time, General Ji handed over the army under his command to Huan Hu, Chen Shou and Chen Shou took charge, and returned to Qufu with a group of guards.

To be honest, Ji Wu never thought of defecting to the Wei State at first. He was just tricked by Huan Hu, so that the army he led accidentally fell to the Wei State in the crucial decisive battle.

The Chu-Vietnam coalition dealt a fatal blow.

But now that the big mistake has been made, Ji Wu can only make mistakes. After all, even he can see that after the defeat of the coalition of countries, no country will be able to restrict Wei from becoming more powerful.

If you can't stand it, you might as well do what Huan Hu said, take advantage of the fact that Wei King Zhao Run has such a good impression of him, and decisively defect to Wei State.

The only embarrassment is that his father, Uncle Ji, was a loyal minister of the Lu State and had devoted his life to serving the country. However, Ji Wu, as Uncle Ji's second son, committed the act of "turning his back on the country and surrendering to the enemy", which would definitely harm the country.

The reputation of the Ji family.

In this regard, Huan Hu gave Ji Wu an idea: If you and I defect to the Wei State, we will certainly be called traitors by the Lu people, but if we can persuade the monarch Gong Shuxing to defect to the Wei State, then Ji Wu and Huan Hu will not be able to do anything without him.

Wrong.

Ji Wu believed this, so after assisting the Wei army to regain Rencheng, he immediately embarked on a journey back to Qufu to persuade the monarch Gong Shuxing to join the Wei state.

As for whether the monarch and his father would submit obediently, Ji Wu was not worried. After all, the coalition forces of all the countries were defeated, and Qi and Chu could only protect themselves for the time being. If the Wei State was determined to overthrow the Lu State, the Lu State would not be able to resist it - as long as

Starting from this aspect, I believe Gongshu Xing will still listen to his persuasion.

After all, Gongshu Xing was not the kind of ambitious monarch with lofty ambitions.

On the second day of June, Ji Wu returned to Qufu.

At this time, the State of Lu had already learned the news of the defeat of the coalition forces of various countries. The whole country was afraid of Wei's revenge, and people were panicked.

Compared with the people of the country, Prince Lu knew more about Shu Xing. After all, he also sent people to pay attention to the battle situation of the coalition forces. Moreover, Tian Dan of Qi State passed by Lu State when he withdrew his troops and returned to Qi State. He sent "Huan Hu and Chen Shou" to Lu State.

"Betraying the Allied Forces and defecting to Wei" sent someone to inform Prince Lu of Su Xing and advised him to take precautions in advance, although even if he took precautions in advance, it would not be of much use.

When meeting Ji Wu, Duke Shuxing of Lu asked about the specific process of the coalition's defeat, and asked Ji Wu whether he and Huan Hu had betrayed the Lu state.

Ji Wu did not hide anything, so he told Gongshu Xing what Huan Hu had done, including that he believed in Huan Hu, but was kidnapped by Huan Hu and Wei Shao and others during the decisive battle. He was forced to have no choice but to watch his subordinates helplessly.

The army defected to the Wei State and dealt a fatal blow to the coalition forces.

Gongshu Xing sighed sadly after hearing this. In fact, whether Ji Wu or Huan Hu had defected to the Wei State at this time, for the Lu State, the difference was not very big, because they would not be able to withstand the Wei State's revenge in the future.

Seeing the monarch shaking his head and sighing, Ji Wu took the opportunity to say: "Although it was a wrong move, there are mistakes. The King of Wei really appreciates our Lu army's move to abandon the dark and surrender to the bright. Why don't you take advantage of the situation and join the Wei Kingdom?"

Gongshu Xing shook his head and said, "I'm afraid I won't be able to protect our ancestors' inheritance."

Ji Wu heard this and advised: "At present, all the countries have been defeated miserably, and no one can stop the power of Wei. The king has taken refuge in Wei at this time, and can still keep Qufu as a fief in the future. But if the king insists on continuing to fight against Qi,

The Wei State may die without a burial place in the future... Not to mention the Wei State's Zhao Jiang, Qu Cheng and others are currently in Shandong (east of Mount Tai). Just Huan Hu and Chen Shou, our Lu State

It’s overwhelming.”

Gongshu Xing thought for a long time, and finally gritted his teeth and said: "At the very least, I must be allowed to keep Qufu as a food town."

Ji Wu was overjoyed when he heard this, and said repeatedly: "The King of Wei is a generous man, and he will definitely allow the king's request."

On that day, Gongshu Xing wrote the letter of credence and asked Jiwu to send someone to Luoyang, the capital of Wei.

After receiving this letter of credence, Wei King Zhao Run was very happy and immediately ordered the court to send an envoy to reply to the Duke of Lu.

Compared to annexing the state of Lu without any bloodshed, what does it mean to grant Qufu to Prince Shuxing as a fief?

Just when he was extremely happy, he received news from Zhang Qigong sent by someone from Jicheng, the capital of South Korea.

After seeing the letter, Zhao Run let out a long sigh.

"As expected..."
Chapter completed!