"Boom..."

Along with this clear and lively sound, the thrown fishing rod fell straight into the water, and ripples suddenly appeared on the water surface.

Watching the ripples on the water surface expanding outward in circles, a faint smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, Zhao Xixie slowly moved his eyes to the side of King Xiong Liangfu of Chu.

"Your Majesty, do you have any intention of going north to the Central Plains?"

"Of course I admire the prosperity of the Central Plains in my heart, but didn't the teacher say that it's not the right time yet and suggest that I go east first and pass through Huaisi?" Faced with Zhao Xixie's question, Xiong Liangfu replied with a puzzled look on his face.

"Exactly." After a gentle agreement, Zhao Xishe continued to reply: "Although the previous kings of our Chu Kingdom never forgot to go north to the Central Plains, they were repeatedly blocked by the Jin Kingdom. Why is this? It's nothing more than our Chu Kingdom.

The national power is just not as good as that of Jin."

"Now that the Jin State is divided between Wei, Zhao and South Korea, it seems that it is divided into three. Our Chu State has lost a big enemy. In fact, after the alliance of the three kingdoms, its strength is even stronger than the original Jin State.

"

After analyzing the situation after the three families were divided into the Jin Dynasty, Zhao Xixie immediately paused and then directed Xiong Liangfu's attention to Wei, the most powerful among the three families.

"Not to mention the Three Jin Alliance composed of Wei, Zhao, and Han, let's just talk about the Wei State. Its strength cannot be underestimated."

"Has your Majesty received news from the northwest in recent days?"

Zhao Xixie's question made Xiong Liangfu fall into thinking. After frowning for a while, a bright light flashed in his eyes.

"Teacher, are you talking about how Wei general Pang Juan defeated Qin's 110,000 army with 60,000 elite troops at the gates of Shaoliang City some time ago?"

When he asked Zhao Xixie this sentence, Xiong Liangfu couldn't help but sigh softly, "With 60,000 soldiers, he can defeat an army twice his size. General Pang Juan has a skill in using troops!"

"The king should pay attention to more than just Pang Juan's military talent."

His eyes moved from Xiong Liangfu back to the fishing rod in front of him, and he heard Zhao Xixie continue to say: "Everything in the world is like fishing. What is exposed above the water is not so important. What is hidden under the water is

That’s often the key.”

"For example, the Hexi War seems to be a battle between the generals of Qin and Wei, and the soldiers of the two armies, but it is actually a contest of national power between the two countries."

"The State of Qin has been working hard to govern the country since Duke Ying Shixi succeeded to the throne. Its national power and military strength are no longer comparable to those of more than twenty years ago."

"For this battle in Hexi, the Qin State was united as one and had accumulated national strength for twenty years. The original result should have been a great victory over the Wei army and the retaking of the lost territory."

"And what is the result now?"

"In the first battle of Shaoliang, the Qin army was defeated. Its original advantage was completely lost. Even Qin's capital, Yueyang, was in danger of falling."

After revealing what might have happened after Shaoliang's defeat, Xiong Liangfu seemed to have thought of something in his mind, and a glimmer of understanding flashed across his eyes.

"What the teacher means is that even if the Qin State has been saving for twenty years, its strength can no longer compare with the powerful Wei State."

"And if the country is weak, even if it can achieve a temporary victory, it will ultimately be difficult to confront a powerful enemy head-on?"

"That's exactly the truth." After hearing Xiong Liangfu's answer, Zhao Xixie's eyes immediately moved back, "Don't you think that the current battlefield of Wei and Qi is somewhat similar to the previous battlefield of Hexi?

"

As Zhao Xixie's question echoed in his ears again, Xiong Liangfu's thoughts began to flow at high speed again.

Is it similar? It is indeed somewhat similar.

One of the parties in the two wars was the State of Wei, and the other party in the two wars was not as powerful as the State of Wei. The other party in the two wars seemed to have an advantage in the early stages...

When everything he had seen and heard resurfaced in his mind, the pensive look on Xiong Liangfu's face became more and more apparent.

After an unknown amount of time passed, Xiong Liangfu looked at Zhao Xixie beside him with a solemn look, "Teacher, what you mean is that in this battle between Wei and Qi, Chu State should side with Wei State?"

Facing the question asked by Xiong Liangfu, Zhao Xishe nodded slightly, "Your Majesty, I think that Wei is now stronger than Qi, and Qi's advantage is simply that the main force of the Wei army is in the west."

"And don't forget, Your Majesty, that Wei is not fighting alone. He has two allies, South Korea and Zhao, standing beside him."

As he spoke, the fishing rod in Zhao Xixie's hand reacted again, and a joyful look appeared on his face.

"Your Majesty, I have you."

After pulling back and forth for a while, he put the big fish with the hook into the wooden barrel aside, and Zhao Xixie looked at Xiong Liangfu beside him again.

"Now that we know that Wei's fishing pole has a fish biting the hook, and Chu wants to take a piece of that fish, what choice does the King think Chu should make?"

Hearing what Zhao Xixie said, a look of understanding immediately appeared on Xiong Liangfu's face, and the original doubts and confusion disappeared at this moment.

Slowly standing up from where he was sitting, Xiong Liangfu bowed solemnly to Zhao Xixie beside him, "I would like to thank you for your advice."

"Report..."

Just as Xiong Liangfu and Zhao Xixie were talking by the stream, a loud voice appeared in their ears accompanied by footsteps.

When the messenger arrived in front of the two of them, he heard him report loudly: "Your Majesty, I have come from Yecheng to report that the Prime Minister of Wei, Duke Cuo, left Yecheng the day before yesterday and came to the capital of Ying."

Upon hearing the news, a smile appeared on Xiong Liangfu's face. He looked at Zhao Xixi and said, "Teacher, there are also fish in Chu State that have taken the bait."

…

In order to deal with the invasion of Qi this time, Wei Hou Wei Feng sent three envoys to the six countries: Prime Minister Gong Shu Cuo, Sima Gong Sun Qi and Shang Dafu Duan Qianjie.

Either because of the respective plans of the six countries, or because of Wei's reputation, or because of the bad relationship between Qi and its neighboring countries...

All in all, the trip of these three envoys can be said to be very smooth, and all the monarchs of the six countries agreed to send large armies to join the coalition army to attack Qi.

Among them, Chu State, the most powerful southern overlord, decided to send 60,000 troops to join the coalition to help Wei State attack Qi State;

Zhao State and South Korea, which were slightly weaker in national power, decided to send 40,000 troops respectively to assist their ally Wei State in attacking Qi State;

Song and Lu, which were slightly weaker, decided to send 20,000 troops each to follow Wei and attack Qi in retaliation for Qi's repeated violations over the years.

As for the Wei State, which is the weakest among the Six Kingdoms, it also stated that it would send 10,000 troops to join the Wei State in resisting the offensive from Qi State.

As a result, the total strength of the Seven Kingdoms Alliance to Defeat Qi, initiated by the Wei State, has reached a full 230,000.

If you look at the entire world situation from the map, you will find that the seven-nation alliance organized by Wei to conquer Qi is threatening Qi's territory from the north, west and south.

It can be said that with the hard work of Wei State, a large net against Qi State has been slowly opened.

Now it’s up to Qi, who is besieged by the seven countries, how to resist the attacks from three directions?
Chapter completed!