Chapter 9 Clever countermeasures: Tian alone saves all

After King Min of Qi fled from Linzi, he first went to the state of Wei. At that time, Wei Pinghou, the monarch of Wei State, gave Qi Min Wang and his party an extremely gracious reception.Marquis Wei Ping called himself a minister, and let King Qi Min live in his palace, offering wine and food, and providing expenses. The ridiculous thing is that Marquis Wei Ping's timely help did not make King Qi Min feel guilty at all.Not only did he accept the contribution of the Wei people with peace of mind, but he also unconsciously put on the airs of the head of a great country, and even bossed around Wei Pinghou.

Then he was kicked out of Weiguo. Then they hit a snag in Lu and Zou. At the time of the dilemma, King Chu Qingxiang sent General Nao Chi to lead the army to rescue Qi (God knows whether to rescue or rob), so King Qi Min returned to Ju County under the protection of the Chu army. In order to thank the king of Chu for his kindness and at the same time attempt to use the power of Chu to restore the country, King Qi Min appointed Nao Chi as the prime minister in Ju County. However, the good times didn't last long. Nao Chi weighed his strength and thought that he was not strong enough to compete with Le Yi. He wanted to make a deal with King Qi Min and Le Yi, so he quietly arrested King Qi Min and listed several of his crimes in person. Go to a small place called Guli and kill them.

Before Nao Chi had time to send someone to find Le Yi to collude, a young nobleman named Wang Sun Jia in Juxian County, who was only fifteen years old, discovered Nao Chi's plot.He ran to the market and shouted, "Naochi made trouble and killed the king. Whoever wants to follow Naochi, tear off the right sleeve and follow me!" Although King Qi Min is unpopular, at this moment, he is the symbol of the existence of Qi State!The crowd in the market was furious, and hundreds of people followed Wang Sunjia to besiege Guli.Nao Chi was caught off guard and was beaten to death on the spot.

As soon as Nao Chi died, the Chu army fled.The people of Ju County found Tian Fazhang, the son of King Min of Qi, and made him King of Qi, that is, King Qi Xiang. Under the leadership of King Qi Xiang, the army and the people of Ju County united as one, relying on the strong city wall to resist the attack of the Yan army, and even defended it for several years. While attacking Ju County, the Yan army also surrounded Jimo.Here, they met an opponent named Tian Dan. According to "Historical Records", Tian Dan is a branch child of the Qi royal family, and the family status is mediocre.When King Qi Min was in power, Tian Dan was just a market administrator in Linzi, doing some odd jobs in obscurity to collect management fees.If it hadn't been for the Yan army's invasion, he might have continued to be unknown and would not have left his name in history.

When the Yan army broke through Linzi, the royal family and nobles rushed to flee, and Tian Dan also fled to Anping with his family.Everyone else was resting, but he asked his family to cut off the overlong part of the axle and wrap iron hoops around the axle head.Soon after, the Yan army moved to attack, Anping City was destroyed, and people fled out of the city. Many people collided with each other in the crowded street because the axles were too long, causing the cars to overturn.Only the members of Tian Dan's family broke out easily because they had modified their vehicles a long time ago, and fled eastward to Jimo.

Because of this incident, people said that Tian Dan had a brain and understood military affairs, so he was elected as a general to defend Jimo and resist the Yan army. Tian Dan really lived up to expectations.He used his ability to manage hawkers in the market, assigned tasks to everyone in an orderly manner, and quickly repaired the city wall and deployed defenses.The Yan army attacked Jimo many times, but they were all defeated because of Tian Dan's well-managed maneuvers. For Le Yi, the two cities of Ju County and Jimo became the key households for his great cause of destroying Qi, but he could not forcibly demolish them.Le Yi knows that Qi State is a country with a long history and has its own sense of cultural identity. It is difficult to completely surrender to a foreign conqueror like Yan State in a short period of time.Juxian and Jimo's persistence in the war of resistance can better explain the mentality of the Qi people at this time.It is not difficult to conquer the city, but the difficulty is to conquer the hearts of the people.He hoped to infiltrate the last bastion of Qi State in a silent way, so that they would automatically open the door and surrender.

The days passed.Compared with the perseverance of Ju County and Jimo, King Yan Zhao, the main messenger of this war, is getting old day by day.He didn't wait until the day when Le Yi's class teacher returned to court, and died in Jicheng in 279 BC.The prince came to the throne, that is, King Yanhui in history. It turned out that King Yanhui had some issues with Le Yi.There is no record in the official history of the festival.Only Feng Menglong of the Ming Dynasty fabricated it, saying that when King Yanhui was still the prince, he listened to other people's slander, and once said to King Yanzhao: "Le Yi can go to more than 70 cities in June, why can't he go to Juxian and Jimo for several years?" , I’m afraid he wants to establish himself as King of Qi.” King Yanzhao was furious: “My Yan Kingdom’s enmity can only be avenged by King Chang. Such a great kindness, even if he really wants to be King of Qi, shouldn’t he? ” He ordered people to take down the prince and beat twenty sticks.Then he sent people to the state of Qi to worship Le Yi as the king of Qi.Le Yi swears to God, but dare not accept it.King Yan Zhao said triumphantly, "I knew Le Yi was not that kind of person!"

Judging from this description, it seems that King Yan Zhao is a very thoughtful person.In fact, this possibility is not ruled out, and readers will leave it at that. When King Yanhui came to the throne, there were a few treacherous ministers around him who were jealous of Le Yi's achievements and often spoke ill of Le Yi in his ears, which made him even more dissatisfied with Le Yi. Tian Dan received this information and sent people to Yan to spread rumors, saying: "The king of Qi has been dead for several years, but the mere Jimo and Juxian counties are standing still. It's all because of Le Yi's thoughts!"

The so-called idea in Le Yi's heart is to establish himself as the king of Qi.But at that time, the people of Qi State had not yet completely surrendered, so he had to spend more time and energy on buying people's hearts, so he deliberately relaxed his attack on Ju County and Jimo, so as to have an excuse to stay in Qi State until the time came— — This coincides with King Yanhui's suspicion. The spies sent by Tian Dan also spread the word that the Qi people are not afraid of a meek general like Le Yi, but if King Yan sends such a vigorous general like Qi Jie, then Jimo and Ju County will be miserable.

Qi Jie happened to be Yanhui Wang's confidant, and he was a man of great success. When King Yanhui heard these rumors, he didn't hesitate too much, and decided to send Qi Jie to Qi to replace Le Yi. Le Yi handed over his military power and did not return to Yan State, but changed his way to Zhao State halfway.King Huiwen of Zhao received Leyi, as if joy fell from the sky, and he was named Wang Zhujun, and he lived in the city and watched Tianjin.And he intends to spread it widely so that everyone in the world knows that Le Yi is serving Zhao Guo. The widow has Le Yi in hand, let's see who of you dare to bully the widow!King Zhao Huiwen probably had such thoughts.