The bright moon of the Qin Dynasty was March, the sixth year of the Yuan Dynasty.
At this time, everything revives, the grass grows luxuriantly, and the ice and snow melt. It is the spring of the year.
Now six full years have passed since Zhong Yu came to this world.
During these six years, the imperial state defeated Donghu in the north, conquered North Korea in the east, conquered the Xiongnu in the west, and attacked Yan in the south. He also led a six-nation alliance and defeated the most powerful country at the time, Qin.
Since then, the name of Yuguo has spread all over the world, and its popularity has increased greatly. There is no place in the world where Yuguo's name has not been heard. Even Baiyue, which is so remote that it is in the 100,000 mountains, has heard about it and knows that there is a powerful country called Yuguo in the far north.
However, after completing such a series of great achievements that took other countries decades to achieve, Yuguo did not stop there. Instead, it launched a new round of offensive.
In the spring of the sixth year of Emperor Yuan's reign.
Under the Daliang City of the Wei State, Daliang City at this time was still more prosperous than in the past, with more than 300,000 Wei people living and thriving here. More than 100,000 business travelers traveling from north to south stopped here, and it was extremely wealthy in the world. Only Linzi City, the capital of Qi State, could compare with it.
However, outside of Daliang City today, in addition to these ordinary people traveling for business, there are also larger armies gathering here, with drums and fortresses, and military trumpets, which are famous all over the world.
The military forces of six powerful countries in the world, including Yu State, Yan State, Zhao State, South Korea, Wei State, and Chu State, were gathered here. The number of troops exceeded 1.5 million, and more than two-thirds of the world's power was gathered, which can be said to be extremely terrifying.
Their opponent is the most powerful country in the east of the Central Plains, Qi.
The State of Qi has been the most powerful country on the coast of the East China Sea since ancient times, starting from their founding ancestor Jiang Ziya. When Duke Huan of Qi used Guan Zhong, the state of Qi became more powerful.
Duke Huan of Qi united the nine princes and made all princes in the world submit.
After that, Qi State rose and fell several times. Now, the original king has also changed his surname.
However, no matter what, even when Qi was at its weakest, his strength was still among the top three in the world.
Up to now, the six eastern countries have been exhausted due to the war. Their domestic population is withering, industries are in ruins, and their strength is less than half of what it was before the war.
But Qi State, because it was hiding in the east, far away from the war, closed its doors and watched the clouds of the Six Kingdoms rise and fall, and I stood still.
Therefore, the strength of Qi State is the most intact, with almost no damage. On the contrary, due to the war, it absorbed many refugees from the six eastern countries, enriching Qi State's population.
Nowadays, Qi State has a population of more than 4.5 million, reaching more than 1.2 million young people. Its strength is the highest among the princes, even the northern imperial country cannot match it.
Such a powerful force will naturally cause people to panic.
Therefore, based on this point of convergence, Yuguo launched the second joint vertical alliance, with the target being Qiguo.
Under Daliang City, on the long-standing general commanding platform, the last commander-in-chief of the coalition forces, Prince Jing of Yuguo, gathered the kings of the six kingdoms here to form a blood alliance.
After the etiquette was completed, as expected, the new alliance leader was His Majesty the Emperor of Yuguo, and Prince Jing, as the commander-in-chief of the alliance, continued to lead the alliance's offensive affairs.
Although the King of Chu felt that his strength had greatly increased and he was already at the top of the alliance, he was determined to compete for the position of leader of the alliance.
It is a pity that under the firm resistance of South Korea and Wei, coupled with the die-hard support of the dog-legged Yan State, and the Zhao State, seeing that people yearned for the Yu State, they also voted in support. Therefore, Chu's ambitions could only be extinguished helplessly, and he could sit back and watch the position of alliance leader taken away by Yu Guo again in front of his ordinary members.
"Then, let's go!"
On the high platform, King Jing sat upright, pulled out the long sword from his waist, and gave the order to set off the army towards the direction of Qi State in the east.
Then, like a tide, the army pressed overwhelmingly towards the Qi State, stretching for hundreds of miles. As far as the eye could see, they were all neatly armored.
Three days later, the Eastern Qi Kingdom.
At this time, Qi State was still immersed in singing and dancing.
They didn't know yet that the coalition's target was Qi. They also believed the smoke bombs released by the coalition and thought that the coalition was going to attack Qin.
Therefore, they relaxed and enjoyed themselves, chatting a few words about the current war at the banquet, laughing at those reckless men who only knew how to fight and kill, and then continued to recite poems and rhymes, laughing about the past and present.
Changle Hall of Qi State.
As the place where the King of Qi usually held banquets with his ministers, there was always singing, dancing, and laughter. Today, this is no exception.
Groups of palace maids shuttled between the ministers' seats, serving them delicacies one after another. There are also beauties one after another, serving the powerful and powerful, bringing them joy with their laughter. In the center of the hall, there are pairs of dancing girls singing and dancing, constantly dancing with their beautiful grace.
What a feast at home.
Suddenly, outside the palace gate.
"Report—"
A rich male voice came, and the voice outside was a bit anxious.
"Who -" King Qi, who was sitting at the head of the hall and was enjoying the beautiful scenery at this moment, was interrupted and became furious. Before he could finish speaking, the originally closed door of the palace was pushed open, stopping him. Want to continue talking.
The door of the main hall was suddenly pushed open, and fell to both sides with a bang, making a squeaking sound.
A soldier stumbled in outside the door. The soldier's face was full of panic, his figure was swaying, and he fell several times on the way. After entering the palace, he met several ministers and dancers, looking like they were extremely frightened.
In the main hall, there was great chaos due to the intrusion of the soldiers. The originally harmonious singing and dancing banquet suddenly lost its interest.
The soldier didn't pay much attention, and went directly to King Qi and knelt down. However, he did not speak immediately, but slowed down for a moment.
"You are a killer, you ruined the lonely king's banquet and disrupted the order of the hall. Do you know what crime you deserve?" Before the soldier could speak, King Qi sternly asked.
The soldier was stunned for a moment, but he didn't explain anything, but replied directly.
"Your Majesty, there is news from the front line. The 150 troops of the United Vertical Alliance are pressing on the border. Now they have broken through the border of our Qi State and captured four cities in a row. Our Qi State is in danger. I hope your Majesty will follow your decision and quickly send reinforcements to support the front line!"
After such a series of events, King Qi was stunned, unable to react.
"Oh, you said that the alliance has breached the border of Qin..., but even so, your crime cannot be punished..." At this point, King Qi couldn't say any more.
"Why do you say that the alliance has broken the border of our country, and they did not attack Qin, but Qi? How is this possible? How is it possible? I don't believe it!" King Qi said to himself, his words were full of fear, he didn't dare Confidence.
(End of chapter)