The Great Wei Empire in the Warring States Period

After several months of turbulence, Zhao Xixie, the Prime Minister of Chu State, finally arrived in Anyi of Wei State. As soon as Zhao Xixie arrived at the city gate, he saw a large number of Wei troops guarding the gate, and an official of Wei State was waiting at the gate of the city. he.

Zhao Xixie got out of the car, stepped forward and said with cupped hands:"I am Yin Zhaoxixie, the commander of Chu State!" The Wei official also cupped his hands and said:"I am Wu Tong, Sima of Wei State!"

Zhao Xixie heard that it was Sima Wei of Wei State. He saluted and said,"I have met Lord Sima of Wei!" Wu Tong also saluted and said,"I have met Lord Lingyin." Wu Tong then said,"Lord Lingyin, let me take you to the post house!""Okay, then. Thank you very much!" Zhao Xixie said.

Arriving at the post house, Wu Tong said:"Master Ling Yin, the accommodation here is a bit bad, so I will temporarily let you stay here for the next few days."

Zhao Xixie looked at the tall post house and said,"It's okay. I'll stay here this time." The main reason I came here is to make good friends with the State of Wei!"

Wu Tong said with a smile:"Since Lord Ling Yin came here to make good friends with the State of Wei, I will report to our monarch later, and I will probably see the monarch tomorrow!""Then! Thank you very much, Master Sima!" Zhao Xixie said with a smile.

Wei Palace

The Marquis of Wei was reviewing memorials in the study. Looking at the bamboo slips piled up like a hill, he thought to himself: How long will it take to finish reviewing them? The waiting guard on the side said:"Your Majesty, you have reviewed 113 volumes of memorials. It's time to rest. It's better to keep the dragon body!"

Wei Hou looked at the memorials that had been reviewed and had just filled a box, and looked again. Look, the memorials that have not been reviewed are piled up like a mountain. He sighed and said:"There are still so many memorials and I won't rest. Go get me a bowl of red date soup!""——yes!

A guard outside the door came in and said:"Report to your Majesty, Lord Sima is asking to see you!" Wei Hou put down the pen in his hand and said:"Please come in, Lord Sima!""Yes."

After Wu Tong came in, he saw that Wei Hou was still working hard. After reviewing the memorial, he saluted and said:"Your Majesty, the Chu State's Ling Yin Zhao Xixie has arrived at the post house."

Wei Marquis put down his pen and asked:"Sima, what's the matter with the Chu State's Ling Yin?"

Sima Wu Tong said :"I inspected the Chu State's Ling Yin, and I determined that the Chu State must be on friendly terms with our Wei State this time. I also want to find out whether our Wei State helped Qi State in the battle of Huaisi!" The

Marquis of Wei continued. Asked:"Sima, do you think that my country must form an alliance with the Chu State?"

Wu Tong replied:"Your Majesty, I think that my country must form an alliance with the Chu State. If our Wei State does not form an alliance with the Chu State, , then the Chu State will form an alliance with the Qi State to deal with the Wei State together. Therefore, the Chu State is an ally that we, the Wei State, must seize! And in order to stabilize this ally, we, the Wei State, must give some good benefits!"

Wei Hou thought for a while and said:"You can discuss it with the other party of Chu State later and see if you can get something out of him!"——yes.

In the post house, Zhao Xixie wanted to go out for a look, but was stopped by Wei soldiers guarding the outside. One soldier said:"According to the order of Lord Sima, no one can come out!"

Zhao Xixie became angry when he heard this. No, the dignified Ling Yin of Chu State has a status that is inferior to one person and superior to ten thousand people. He was actually caught in a difficult situation by a soldier from the Wei State, who said:"I am the commander of the Chu State, please let me go out for a walk!" The soldier said:"No, we can't let him go without Sima's order!" The scholar said when he met the soldiers, he was right. Unsure, Zhao Xixie had to return to the post house. He kept cursing in the room! But people under the eaves have to bow their heads!

After an unknown amount of time, a guard came over and said,"My lord, Sima of the State of Wei, has come to ask for an audience!" Zhao Xixie felt angry in his heart when he heard this, but he had to suppress it and said,"Then please invite Sima to come in!"

After Wu Tong came in, Zhao Xixie said:"It turns out to be Lord Sima. What's the matter with your coming this time?"

Wu Tong said:"Actually, it's nothing. The main thing is that I want to discuss it with Lord Ling Yin. The problem of the country!"

When Zhao Xixie heard that they were talking about the problem of Qi, he said:"Master Sima, you don't know something. Qi has turned defeat into victory under the leadership of Tian Ji. It can be said that it is a strong enemy and may threaten Wei. The country is the most powerful country in the world!"

Wu Tong said with a smile:"We, Wei State, are not afraid of Qi State. As long as Qi State dares to come, we will never come back!" When Zhao Xixie heard that Wu Tong was so confident, he was heartbroken. Thinking: It is estimated that Qi State can turn defeat into victory this time, Wei State should have told them!

Zhao Xixie asked:"Lord Sima, you are here to discuss the issue of Qi this time. I wonder which issue of Qi you are discussing?"

Wu Tong smiled and said:"Of course we are suppressing Qi together. Now there is such a person from Qi. A ruthless general, naturally we need our two countries to work together to suppress him!"

Zhao Xixie looked at Wu Tong's face carefully and was a little surprised: This Sima of Wei seems to have no trouble on his face. Could it be that Qi State turned defeat into victory this time? ? He was not told by Wei Guo. Zhao Xi asked again:"I wonder what the Wei State thinks of Qi State?"

Wu Tong said:"Qi State is just a short-sighted country. As long as it is given a little benefit, it will forget about it. But this time Qi State has A man with extremely high vision, that man's name is Sun Bin. Let me tell you, Master Yin, why was Qi able to turn defeat into victory this time? Mainly because of this man named Sun Bin!" When

Zhao Xixie heard that it was a man named Sun Bin, he said:"According to what Sima said, the reason why Qi State was able to turn defeat into victory this time was because of the advice given by this man named Sun Bin!""Exactly, this man uniquely mastered Sun Tzu's art of war and used troops like a god, so we must guard against him! Sun Bin's skills He can be more than ten times stronger than Pang Juan!"

When Zhao Xixie heard that he was so powerful, he quickly said:"Why don't we, the Chu State, join forces with the Wei State to deal with Qi State?" Wu Tong smiled and said,"Of course!"

The next morning, he went to court , Zhao Xixie entered the court, Zhao Xixie bowed and said:"Greetings to the Marquis of Wei!" The Marquis of Wei asked:"Your Majesty, what are you doing here this time?"

Zhao Xixie said:"Now that the Qi State is powerful, we only need to Two strategies will defeat our Chu army. Now the Qi State has Sun Bin planning for it. The Qi State is formidable and invincible. The foreign officials hope that the Wei State can form an alliance with our Chu State and deal with the Qi State together!"

After hearing this, the Marquis of Wei asked the ministers:"Everyone, do we, the State of Wei, want to form an alliance with the State of Chu?"

Duan Qianpeng stood up and said,"Your Majesty, I think that our State of Wei wants to form an alliance with the State of Chu, and it is better to form an alliance with the State of Chu to deal with the State of Qi. Since Qi State has Sun Bin, I, I believe I don’t believe that Sun Bin can stop the armies of our two countries!"

Pang Cong also stood up and said:"Your Majesty, now that Qi has Sun Bin, our Wei is indeed a bit difficult to defeat. If we form an alliance with Chu, we can reduce the pressure on the east of Wei. I think It would be better to form an alliance with Chu!"

Wu Tong also stood up and said:"Although Qi has Sun Bin, if Wei and Chu join forces, Qi will not be our opponent at all!" The ministers looked at Sima Bian. Support alliances.

After hearing this, all the ministers agreed one after another! Seeing that most people in the court supported Duan Qianpeng and others, the Marquis of Wei ordered:"I am willing to form an alliance with Chu!"——Your Majesty, Your Majesty! Zhao Xixie was overjoyed and formed an alliance with the state of Wei, so that the state of Qi could disappear from the world!

Tian Ji's Mansion

Tian Ji said:"Mr. Sun Bin, Your Majesty has not gone to the morning court in recent months. What should we, Qi, do?"

Sun Bin smiled and said,"Brother Tian Ji, don't worry, just calm down and wait for the opportunity!"

Tian Ji looked at it Sun Bin looked confident and asked again:"Mr. Sun Bin, how strong do you think Wei is?"

Sun Bin thought for a while and said:"Wei is indeed the most powerful country in the world. First, Wei's national strength has greatly increased under the governance of Wei Wenhou, and secondly, Wei has become the most powerful country in the world. Wei State implemented the second reform, and Wei State's national power reached a new level. Now Wei State's national strength far exceeds that of other countries. Wei State owns Xihe County, Hedong County and Hanoi County, which are large grain-producing lands, with abundant food. There is also Shang County , Shangjun provides Wei with good war horses, so Wei is so powerful. Third, Wei has the strongest army in the world, and Wei's soldiers are famous all over the world. These three points are important reasons why Wei is stronger than other countries!"

Tian Ji added Asked:"Then how to defeat Wei?"

Sun Bin said:"To attack Wei together, only six countries can attack Wei together to completely defeat Wei. It is impossible to rely on Qi alone!"

Tian Ji heard this He murmured:"Is Wei so powerful that it needs the combined strength of the six countries to completely defeat it?"

"Yes, after the second reform of Wei State, its national power has far exceeded that of Wei Wenhou and Wei Wuhou. Now Wei State has the ability to annex a country. Now the most important thing for our Qi State is to prevent Wei State from annexing Qin State. But if Qin is annexed, then the whole world will be annexed by Wei soon!"Sun Bin replied.

Tian Ji felt very sad after hearing this. Why is Wei so powerful that it has the ability to annex a country? Tian Ji thought: No matter what, he must defend the territory of Qi.

And in the palace of Qi Here, Qi Gong Tian Wu has forgotten the threat of Wei and has completely sunk into the gentle countryside!