Unlike the Central Plains city that was repeatedly destroyed by war, Linzi still maintains the structure of Qidu during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, with internal and external connections between large and small cities. Among them, the small city in the southwest corner was used as a palace by Zhang Bu. The main hall is located on the rammed earth platform called "Huan Gongtai", which is as high as twenty feet.

It is said that Zhang Bu has a hobby. Those scholars who made Zhang Bu feel unwilling to be often thrown off the stage, and they were so lucky that they died, and had a broken leg and escaped the death penalty.

Today, the two heroes who were specifically responsible for carrying the scholars to throw them down, staring at the guests summoned in the hall. If they say something that made the King of Qi unhappy, Fang Wang could taste the experience of taking off.

Zhang Bu sat arrogantly in his seat, playing with the copper bottle filled with wine in his hand, and his words were sarcastic: "I am so confused. Is Mr. Fang an envoy of Emperor Gongsun or an envoy of Emperor Liu?"

Fang Wang saw many big scenes and smiled and said, "It's all."

He patted his waist and said, "I hope the two emperors have met each other well and have worn the seals and ribbons of the two Han dynasties at the same time."

It was not entirely bragging. After Fang Wang left Wei Xiang, he relied on his own good words to make great progress in the Cheng and Han dynasties. Using information gaps, he used his common means to blackmail the other side, and he really formed an alliance between the two countries.

But there was a difference between Gongsun Shu and Liu Xiu: Gongsun Shu gave his younger brother and son the king, but Fang Wang was only willing to let him be a mere doctor, and even the nine ministers were deserving of him. Liu Xiu was generous and directly gave Fang Wang the seal of "big conduct", which was equivalent to the "foreign minister" of the Eastern Han Dynasty and was on par with his rank with his lord Feng Yan.

Compared to Gongsun Shu, who was a petty family, he was like a person who did big things. Fang Wang gradually felt that the banner of resistance to Wei still had to be carried by Liu Xiu.

Considering that the attack on Fang Wang and Duke Huan might offend the two emperors at the same time, Zhang Bu waved his hand to let the vicious hero retreat, and asked someone to give Fang a seat: "Who is Mr. Fang coming to Linzi, what advice do you have?"

Fang Wang smiled and said, "In the past year, Qi has been peaceful, as if it is outside the war. Seeing that Linzi is still rich and happy, this is a blessing! However, Fang Wang thought that in times of peace, someone should come to inform the king of war in the south."

Zhang Bu is indeed very concerned about the war in Jingxiang. Since January, he has been married, the Eastern Han Dynasty, Wei Kingdom, and the local King of Chu Li, and the four forces have fought in Nanjun. The situation is so chaotic that even the generals who are close to him are dazzling, let alone Zhang Bu who is thousands of miles away.

The strategist is very similar to pyramid schemes. The biggest advantage is that he has poor information. He doesn’t care about whether he scores or not. Fang Wang only told Zhang Bu confidently: “In the battle of Jingxiang, the Wei army has been defeated!”

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The second trick of the strategist is to speak halfway.

When facing potential customers, they cannot tell all lies, as they will be easily exposed, but they cannot tell all the truth. Otherwise, the dismal business will be missed and they can only mix true and false. The balance between this, the art of speaking, such as "The Warring States Period's Letter", will never be taught in detail, and can only rely on yourself to grasp it.

Fang Wang had been walking in the princes for many years and had indeed developed a skill. He told Zhang Bu vividly about the war that took place in Jingzhou, and thoughtfully "helped" Zhang Bu clarify the situation.

"Now Deng Feng, Jia Fu, Ma Wu and others entered Nanyang to rebel against Cen Peng's rear; and the Han Emperor ordered the Grand Tutor Deng Yu to lead tens of thousands of troops to support Feng Yi, and Chengjia Zhou Army has also captured Jiangling and will soon go north to help. Cen Peng has already advanced and retreated, and Xiangyang has been delayed. Once he is in the middle and outside, he will be not far from being destroyed!"

The military use process of the four sides in the past few months was generally quite good, but Fang Wang exaggerated the predicament of the Wei army, and made the alliance he established with one hand unbreakable, and regarded Cen Peng's intentional release of water as his arrogant and stupidity.

The most important thing, Fang Wang didn't know at this time that the Fifth Lun had already run to Wancheng to protect Cen Peng's adventure. He is now like a rock of the country. This move will completely invalidate all the disturbed small actions...

"This is what foreign ministers heard in Huaibei before they came to Qi."

Fang Wang said: "At this moment, perhaps Cen Peng has been awarded the title of head, and the Wei army's southern expedition army has been overthrown in one fell swoop, and the Han countries are ready to attack Nanyang!"

He deduced the possible situation that follows: "Although Wei is strong, he is attacked from all sides, and his huge master brigade is scattered to various states. In fact, it is not much. The fifth relationship will definitely lose Nanyang of Jingzhou. This is the biggest setback since the establishment of the Wei State!"

Fang Wang hoped that this would be the myth of the Wei army's invincible situation would be ended and the world would return to a balance of power.

He stepped forward, looked at Zhang Bu, who was thinking, and tempted, "Was the King of Qi indifferent at this time?"

Zhang Bu was not so easy to be deceived, and shook his head and said, "Even if it is successful, what if Han wins and Wei loses? Gu and Emperor Wei have made an alliance and have paid tribute. How can they rashly violate the righteousness of faith?"

This matter has to be traced back a year ago. The Fifth Reun had just fought with the main force of Chimei. The soldiers were resting and had no strength to conquer Qi in the east. So he ordered his confidants Zhang Yu and Fu Long to enter Qingzhou and made an alliance with Zhang Bu: Qi existed as a prince outside the Wei Emperor, and at the same time, the border was determined. Qiancheng and Jinan counties north of the Jishui River were all divided into Wei. The reason was that Qiancheng County, Di County, was the hometown of the Fifth Reunion ancestor.

Zhang Bu was also afraid of being attacked by the Fifth Religion, so he did as he did to seek peace. The two countries took the power as the boundary and had peace for the past year.

Even if it is defeated by Jingxiang, Wei is still the strongest in the world, so it is better not to mess with it.

Fang Wang laughed out loud when he heard this: "Hahaha, the King of Qi is going to talk about Xinyi with the Fifth Reunion?"

"As a new minister, Di Ren suddenly rebelled and destroyed the new house before Wang Mang gave him an axe and attacked the green forest in the south. This is unfaithful."

"Wei was weak at the beginning, fearing that the whole world would be concerned about the Han Dynasty. The fifth reunification went to Longyou, Hebei sent envoys to lobby the Wei family, and the King of Zhao established emperors separately. In this way, the two Han people in the west and the north were established together, and the Green Han people fought in a melee, and the Wei Kingdom took the opportunity to grow stronger."

Fang Wang's original plan was destroyed by the fifth monarch and ministers. He scolded from the bottom of his heart: "The fifth monarch is like a tyrant Qin, and it is the most betrayal country. How can he trust it?"

"What's more, after the foreign minister arrived in Linzi, he saw that the city was very rich and solid, and the people were full of ambitions. The ancients said that Linzi had a household registration of 100,000 yuan, and the city rented a thousand yuan, and the people were rich and rich, which was so great that Chang'an was so rich. Now Chang'an and Luoyang were all destroyed, and the number of households was reduced by half. Linzi can be said to be the largest city in the world! Foreign ministers secretly saved it. Even if one family had only one man, just one city could produce 100,000 troops! In addition to the Qingzhou counties, it would be no problem to spend another 100,000!"

Good guy, when the strategist talked, Zhang Bu had an army of 200,000 in his hand, twice as many as Liu Xiu. Although Linzi was indeed the first-class city as he said, most of the residents in the city were merchants and craftsmen, and they were the most disliked soldiers of the generals. They were mixed thoughts and had low combat power.

What's more, Zhang Bu is actually a native of Langya, Xuzhou. Although he was lucky enough to take over Qi, he still had to rely on the Qingzhou surname to gain a foothold. How could he have the ability to recruit such soldiers? Even if he strongly recruits men, the whole country would be fine.

But under Fang Wang's praise, Zhang Bu felt a little light and felt that he was too timid in the past.

However, Fang Wang changed his voice: "The overlords of Qi have repeatedly emerged. There was Duke Huan of Jiang Qi, who had nine combinations of princes and one of them to help the world. He was the chief of the five princes. No prince dared to disobey them."

"As for Tian Qi, there are also King Wei of Qi, King Xuan of Qi, who swallowed Song, defeated Yan, surrounded Wei and saved Zhao, and Bao Si's twelve princes, and once ranked alongside the East and West Emperors with Qin."

"Even if the Tian Heng brothers restore Qi, they are independent of Chu and Han. When Han Xin was the King of Qi, if the right shot was the King of Han, if the left shot was the King of Han, if the left shot was the King of Xiang, if the world was won, just one thought, it would be possible to divide the world by three points."

Fang Wang glanced at Zhang Bu, and said something that made him feel ashamed: "Now, with the wise king and the wealth and strength of Qi, the strength of Han, he was not called emperor, but he was the little king, and served Wei Wu from the west, bowed his head and gave him a minister, and the foreign ministers were embarrassed by the king!"

In short, since ancient times, there are so many forces in Qi, who are more cowardly.

If it were someone else, Zhang Bu would definitely wave his hand and asked the hero to throw it off the platform and smash it to death, but Fang Wang's next words made Zhang Bujing sweat in a cold sweat.

"Does the king think it's safe to surrender to Wei for the time being?"

"Tian Qi's king of the fallen country, King Jian of Qi also had this idea! He was respectful to Qin. Qin Shihuang attacked the Three Jins, Yan, Chu, and the five countries each rescued Qi day and night, but Qi refused to be outside the country. He had not received troops for more than 40 years, did not prepare for attacks and battles, and did not help the five countries to control Qin. Qin Shihuang was able to slowly conquer the five countries. The five countries had been destroyed, and Qin's troops entered Linzi, and the Qi people dared not resist..."

Fang Wang pointed to the banquet in front of Zhang Bu: "After King Jian surrendered, he would end up being between pine and cypress and starved to kill him! Does the king want to have that day?"

Zhang Bu was unhappy: "I am the lord of the entrepreneur, how can I compare with the king who lost his country?"

Fang Wang continued to stimulate Zhang Bu: "Otherwise, the territory of the kingdom is not as good as Tian Qi!"

"In ancient times, there was Mount Tai in the south of Qi, Langya in the east, Zhuohe in the west, and Bohai in the north. This is the so-called country of four barriers, so there was a saying of "East and West Qin". As long as there is enough food and elite troops and armor, they are indeed enough to defend one side."

"But now, Mount Tai is owned by the remnants of the Red Eyebrows, and the king slaughtered Di County and other places to Wei, and only used the Ji River as the boundary with Wei. The Ji River was shallow and small. The Wei State's Youzhou cavalry advanced like a sharp arrow, fighting like thunder, and resolving like wind and rain. Even if there is military service, you can cross the plains, cut off the Ji River, and your troops will be under Linzi!"

Fang Wang's original intention was to scare Zhang Bu, let him join the Union Alliance, put pressure on the fifth reunion from the East, and let Wei be attacked from all sides, and finally split into pieces.

However, for some reason, as soon as he finished speaking, Zhang Bu's subordinates climbed up to the platform and reported shocking news to the King of Qi.

"King, Wei State fought undeclaredly, Youzhou suddenly rode through the Ji River and attacked Jinan!"

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In the western part of Qi, there is a limit of clear and turbid rivers.

The Yellow River is turbid, which means a turbid river; the Ji River is clear, which means a clear river. Generally speaking, when the Qi land is strong, the boundary can expand to the turbid river, but when it is weak, it can only resist the Qing River and Ji River.

The Jishui River was the first line of defense for Zhang Bu's forces to counter the Wei army, but now, this line of defense has been broken, and the battle to break through the Jishui River has long ended. The south bank is full of corpses, and the weak prisoners are ordered to dig a hole on the ground and bury the dead robes or burn them.

Many of these corpses died miserably. Their heads were smashed by blunt weapons and their brains burst. When the prisoners deal with them, they had to endure the sour water in their throats. Their eyes looked at the "giant" who was cleaning weapons in the water not far away. The body of a pair of iron vertebrae danced with great force and no one could join them. The heavy armor and giant helmet on their bodies made him almost invulnerable to swords and guns, and thus became the biggest contributor to seize the tidal flats and force the subsequent troops to cross the Ji River.

"This is a good thing for this Ju Wuba to take the lead."

The commander of the Wei army, Geng Yan, the general of the chariot and cavalry, stepped across the Jishui River on the shaking floating bridge. He was originally a person with high demands on his subordinates, but he could not find any fault in this quick and neat forced battle, so he praised Ju Wuba.

Ju Wuba was Wang Mang's most loyal guard. Before Wang Mang was executed by Di Wulun, he didn't know what last words he left for Ju Wuba, which made the rage surrender to the Emperor of Wei. However, Di Wulun did not dare to leave this human-shaped weapon by his side, because Ju Wuba was from Donglai, Qingzhou, so he sent him to Geng Yan's army. Geng Yan was transferred from Bingzhou and visited Di Wulun in Luoyang in winter. After receiving the appointment, he secretly traveled eastward and led the Youzhou soldiers stationed between the Yellow River and the Ji River.

This military operation to force the Ji River was planned half a year ago, and the one he chose was that the main force of the Han army was dragged in Jingxiang and had no time to aid Qi.

Breakthrough of the Ji River was just the beginning. Although Zhang Bu nominally surrendered to Wei, when the military was indeed declining, Zhu A and other places stationed troops in Jinan County, supporting each other and making the second line of defense.

Just as Geng Yan marched into Jinan and approached Lixia City, Zhang Bu sent his brother Zhang Lan as an envoy and arrived in Wei Camp urgently to pay homage to Geng Yan.

As soon as they met, Zhang Lan questioned Geng Yan in a very aggrieved way.

"General Geng, the king of Qi is respectful and he will not delay the tribute. He also ceded the land north of the Ji River to the Emperor of Wei. Now Qi is not guilty, how can he attack me?"

After all, it is a "Celestial Kingdom", so it is really not easy to say "I am a barbarian", and the fifth reunion's catchphrase, "How can you allow others to snore on the side of the bed?" is not easy to say clearly.

Geng Yan then looked at his fellow travelers. Fu Long, the Guanglu doctor who was on an envoy to Linzi last year, signed the alliance: "Doctor Fu, let me tell the Qi envoy the reason and let them die clearly."

Fu Long is an honest man and likes to be upright in his work. Although he also engages in diplomacy, he is definitely different from those of Fang Wang and Feng Yan.

But this time, Fu Long could only blush and told him the reason why Zhang Yu had thought of turning against Emperor Wei when he decided to make an alliance!

"In the first month of the year, Zhang Bu's abalone tributed by him and the 'sea man', eating with dogs, and the dog died; eating with death row, and the prisoner died!"

Since it was approved by the fifth replies, Fu Long was shameless and took out a small can of white powder in a small glass and swayed in front of Zhang Lan:

"The imperial doctor in the palace extracted this object from it, which is a highly toxic medicine! Zhang Bu's thief was intended to murder His Majesty the Emperor of Wei, and it was obvious! This move is even more vicious than Jing Ke's dagger. How can such a disobedient person not be punished! How can such a heinous crime not be punished?"
Chapter completed!