Although Le Yi was happy to see the success of Qi, considering that the decisive factor that led to this matter was not because of him, Le Yi felt a little uncomfortable.

When he went to Yan from Wei, outsiders thought that he had parted ways with Meng Zhong and his gang. Only they themselves knew that the reason why Le Yi and Rong Feng went to Yan was to seek other help to Song. After all, because of Xue Gong Tian Wen's suppression, Meng Zhong was not valued in Wei at that time, but Qi, Zhao and Yan had already formed a vague alliance. Qi, Zhao and Yan's three countries were unavoidable. Qi could not attack its own ally Zhao, nor was it likely to attack Yan, which had already surrendered to it. Then the remaining opponents of Qi were Song and Chu.

Compared with the attack on the vast but untapped areas of Chu, the Wuyue region of the State of Chu, naturally the rich Song State was more likely to be coveted by Qi. This was also the reason why Su Qin, a spy sent by Yan State to Qi, could convince King Qi Tiandi to attack the State of Song repeatedly, just because the King of Qi himself coveted the wealth of Song State.

When the Wei State was not successful at that time, Le Yi and Meng Zhong and his gang separated, took Rong Feng to Yan State to look for opportunities, and made an appointment with Meng Zhong to jointly defeat Qi in the future.

To be honest, Song State is not Le Yi's homeland. The reason why he hopes to help Song State solve the threat from Qi State once and for all is that on the one hand, the Le family comes from Song State at least, and on the other hand, it is because he values ​​brotherly friendship with Meng Zhong, Meng Sui, Meng Hu and others.

Even if Le Yi became the Grand Marshal in Yan State later, he never wavered. The only change was only because he was moved by the sincerity of the King of Yan, from "I hope to destroy Qi for the sake of Song State" to "I hope to destroy Qi for the sake of Yan and Song State". That's all.

In the blink of an eye, Meng Zhong, who was not valued in Wei, has now been named the King of Yancheng by Wei for his great military achievements. Not to mention others, even Qin was respected by Meng Zhong and did not hesitate to cede more than 200 miles of land in exchange for Meng Zhong's exile to defend the Hedong Dynasty. Tian Wen, who suppressed Meng Zhong and his gang, was now gradually unable to hinder Meng Zhong.

Even because of fear that the Wei State, which had Meng Zhong, would still regard itself as a potential enemy, Qin State deliberately proposed to jointly attack Qi, instigate Wei State to attack Qi, trying to divert Meng Zhong's attention and Wei State's attention to Qi State. All of this made Le Yi a little confused: If I had known this, what would I do in Yan State?

"Ayi."

Seeing that there was a clear loneliness on Le Yi's face, Meng Zhong persuaded him seriously: "Ayi, don't say that. My brothers and others finally achieved their past wishes today. How could they be the only one of me in the hard work and contributions? Just say that when Qi attacked Song, if it weren't for your mercy, if it weren't for your mercy, the Song Kingdom would have been captured, most of the Song Kingdom would have been captured long ago..."

This is definitely not something Meng Zhong said nonsense, after all, there are indeed no famous generals in the Song State.

Jingzi, if the generals are defeated repeatedly, if the enemy is large, we will be defeated, and if the enemy is small, we will not be able to win;

Dai cannot win, and he is brave enough to lead troops to fight, but he often leaves no way out. The only tactic he is good at is offensive and offensive;

Dai Yingzhi is rumored to be both civil and military, but in fact, this person who led troops to fight was far inferior to his ability to govern cities and towns. In layman's terms, he was actually a civil servant...

Going further down, there are almost no generals.

Ju Xin was Pang Nuan's deputy general at the time. It is said that both martial arts and military strategies were comparable to Le Yi. This person had no feelings for the State of Song. If Ju Xin was the chief general of the Yan army at that time, in order to gain the trust of Qi, he would never mind help Qi to break through most of the territory of Song. Moreover, Ju Xin did have this ability.

But Le Yi was unmoved and said lightly: "Even if Ju Xin and Tian Chu attacked half of the Song Kingdom at that time? At that time, you commanded the coalition forces of Qin, Wei and Song Kingdom, and they would not be your opponent at all..."

"But you can't deny that you have made the State of Song lose a lot of sacrifices." Meng Zhong interrupted.

"..." Le Yi was stunned for a moment, and the expression on his face became a little better.

Indeed, if Ju Xin led the Yan army to help Qi attack Song, Song would probably have killed hundreds of thousands or even more people. Of course, this number does not refer to the army of Song, but to the civilians of Song. Looking at the actions of Qi army in Yan during the Zizhi Rebellion, you will know that once a country's country is compromised, the civilians of the country will definitely be seriously injured.

Le Yi's release at that time made Tian Chu unable to break through Tancheng, and naturally saved countless Song people in disguise.

"... Let's talk about Qin Qihudi's incident."

Seeing that Le Yi's expression improved, Meng Zhong said again: "If you hadn't informed me of this amazing news, I would have immediately informed it to the Song and Wei countries, so that the Three Jins could seize the opportunity and discuss countermeasures immediately. How could they force Qi to destroy the alliance with Qin on their own? If it weren't for you, maybe Qin and Qi would act together, one country attack Wei and Han, and the other country attacked Song, the Three Jins were still disorganized and panicked in the face of the alliance between Qin and Qi."

Le Yi sneered, shook his head and said, "That's Su Qin's strategy, not mine..."

"But Su Qin will not send someone to inform me of the news in advance." Meng Zhong said with a chuckling.

"How dare he..."

Le Yi couldn't help but mutter in his heart.

Seeing that Le Yi had no denial, Meng Zhong smiled and said, "Okay, don't belittle yourself. Today, we will promote the attack on Qi. You and I will both contribute, regardless of front or back, whether it is high or low. Instead of considering these, you and I might as well discuss how to destroy Qi once and for all, for the sake of Song and Yan..."

When Meng Zhong mentioned "for the sake of Song and Yan countries", Le Yi was stunned for a moment and looked up at Meng Zhong's eyes that seemed to have a smile. He knew that there was actually something that the brother in front of him had already seen.

Therefore, Le Yi did not deny or correct anything. After acquiesced to Meng Zhong's statement, he said: "I am going to go back to Yan State first, report this matter to the King of Yan, and ask him to make all preparations to send troops to attack Qi State. You don't need to worry about the King of Yan's attitude. In the matter of "destroying Qi State", the King of Yan has never changed his mind..."

"Of course I know this." Meng Zhong nodded with a smile.

Immediately, he seemed to think of something and said to Le Yi: "By the way, I have something to communicate with you in advance. I want it in Dongjun of Qi."

“…”

Le Yi looked at Meng Zhong in surprise, without any dissatisfaction on his face, but instead was a little surprised: "It's just Dongjun?"

"It's just Dongjun, how about?" Meng Zhong asked.

Hearing this, Le Yi frowned deeply.

Don't doubt that he was not stingy and did not allow Wei to annex the Dongjun of Qi. On the contrary, he felt that Wei had "requested" a little less land, and there were too many things left for him...

You think, this time the five countries of Qin, Wei, Han, Zhao and Yan attacked Qi, and Qin was just to bring disaster to the east, and it never thought about asking for land from Qi.

There are similarities with South Korea, which simply occupy a number of the coalition forces, sell Wei and Meng Zhong for a face. What does South Korea want Qi's land to do after a Wei State?

Therefore, the only ones who really have ideas about the land of Qi State were actually Wei, Zhao and Yan.

Zhao State...How to say it, although Meng Zhong and King He had an unclear relationship, Le Yi had no special relationship with Zhao State under King He of Zhao State. As a minister of Yan State, Le Yi certainly knew that after the fall of Qi State, the biggest hidden danger of Yan State was his neighbor Zhao State.

Even from the standpoint of the ministers of Yan State, Le Yi would be prepared to deal with Zhao State in advance. How could he share the land of Qi State to Zhao State?

To put it bluntly, he originally planned to join Meng Zhong, at most, the State of Song, and the three parties jointly divide the land of Qi.

But unexpectedly, Meng Zhong told him that Wei State only had one Dongjun, which would be a little troublesome. Could it be that the remaining Qi State territory was swallowed by Yan State in one bite?

This is good, I'm afraid I can't swallow it...

“No more… huh?”

Le Yi gestured to indicate that Meng Zhong could raise the "request".

Of course, Meng Zhong could understand Le Yi's gesture, shook his head and said with a smile: "No, as the saying goes, people are not in a good mood, and it is enough to take this opportunity to occupy Dongjun. I think it is enough... I believe you can see that Qin State took the initiative to propose that all countries jointly attack Qi this time, which is a trap against our Wei State. If our Wei State is not greedy, it is very likely to fall into the quagmire of Qi State, then..."

"The quagmire of Qi?" Le Yi's face showed a little confusion.

Seeing this, Meng Zhong reminded: "Don't forget why the Qi army, which almost destroyed Yan State after the Zizhi Rebellion, withdrew from Yan State again... Zhao Zhufu's intervention was certainly the reason, but on the other hand, wasn't it the atrocities of the Qi army in Yan State that completely intensified the hatred of the Yan people against Qi people?"

After a pause, he said to Le Yi again: "If Yan State intends to annex Qi State, I advise you to care about the people of the people. I will learn from the words Meng Shi advised the King of Qi back then. If your Yan army eventually made everyone hate Yan people, then your Yan army's life in Shandong will not last long..."

Hearing this, Le Yi showed a bit of solemn expression on his face and asked, "Do you mean to treat Qi people with lenient politics?"

"Of course!" Meng Zhong said with a smile: "I think you can take the time to go to Fangcheng. On the other side of Fangcheng, I mean Yeyi. Almost 70% of the people in the country moved from Chu and fled. But under Xiang Liao's governance, you never saw that there were Wei people in Yeyi. The disputes between the people of Chu are the same, they are all Yeyi people... I think you can refer to it. If you can make the people under your rule in the future, it will be good to be ruled by the King of Yan, and your country of Yan can have a land of Shandong for a long time."

"It takes a long time..." Le Yi said with a frown.

"But this is the least problematic way."

"Um..." Le Yi nodded thoughtfully, then asked Meng Zhong again: "Why, if there are people from Qi who are unwilling to obey our Yan Kingdom? According to your wishes, you can't kill them all?"

Meng Zhong smiled and said, "The rabbit died and the fox was sad, and the things hurt their species. If your Yan State wants to govern the people of Qi for a long time, you naturally cannot create slaughter in Qi, especially those Qi people who are unwilling to obey... but you can expel them."

“Exit?”

"Yes, leave one or two Qi cities, secretly drive the Qi people who are unwilling to obey to these two Qi cities, and vigorously develop the remaining cities they conquered during this period to create differences. After a few years, those Qi people who are unwilling to obey will find that obeying the rule of Yan can obtain better living conditions. By then, even if some Qi troops still resist stubbornly, the people's hearts of Qi people have been broken by you. Military tactics are the best, and the attack is the first priority. Secondly, as long as you have enough patience, you can finally dismantle Qi's last resistance without bloodshed, so that Yan will completely annex Qi."

"Sighted!"

Le Yi nodded repeatedly, stroking his hands to praise, and then said half-jokingly: "I never felt it when I was by your side, but now... I am really worried that you and I will confront each other in the future..."

"Are you afraid of losing to me?" Meng Zhong joked.

However, Le Yi nodded: "I'm afraid!"

Meng Zhong was stunned for a moment, so he stopped joking. He thought for a while and said, "I think you and I should not be able to meet each other in a short time. If you Yan State, the land of Qi will be digested for a while. You should basically not have any other thoughts within ten years. And our Wei State's main target of defense is Qin State... What's more, the Wei State is too far apart. Even if there is friction, you must occupy Shandong. It will only happen after our Wei State occupy Dongjun. And I think even if there is friction, our Wei State is unlikely to cross the river... After all, the Qin State's threat is even greater."

This guess was quite pertinent. Le Yi nodded convincingly, but he immediately asked, "What about ten years later?"

"I have no idea."

Meng Zhong shook his head and said, "When Qi State falls and Song State depends on Wei State, there should be no hidden dangers in this generation, and my greatest wish has been achieved. Originally, Gongsun Jun gave me the position of Hedong to defend and asked me to fight Qin State. This is a goal, but Qin State paid a great price to drive me away from Hedong this time... Well, after Qi State falls, I want to see two masters first, especially Master Zhuang, who was by Master Zhuang when I was ten years old. Now he is getting older and older, and I want to spend more time with him..."

"What should you do with your fief? Besides, can Wei State allow it?"

"Faith? Haha, you don't know that I have never cared about this matter. The matter of fiefs has always been governed by Xiang Liao and Lexu. As for the Wei Kingdom, Asui, Ahu, Huahu, and others can gradually be blocked alone, so there is no need for me to come forward every time, right? By the way, I forgot to tell you that Asui has been appointed as Fangcheng Order by the King of Wei..."

Le Yi was stunned for a moment, unable to tell what he was feeling.

After all, if he had not left Wei and went to Yan State back then, then today's Fangcheng Order would definitely be him...

Although he was a small Fangchengling, his status was not as good as that of a country's Grand Sima, for some reason, Le Yi was still a little jealous.

After thinking about it, Le Yi touched his jaw and said, "Think about it carefully, when I got married, you didn't come, and didn't even give me a gift. I asked you to make up for it later. I haven't seen it yet... Now you are all in high positions and powerful, one in Yanchengjun and the other in Fangcheng. We should also talk about the issue of this gift..."

"Huh?" Meng Zhong was stunned.

It was a good chat, why did you get the money? It hurts so much love...

In short, Meng Zhong and Le Yi chatted for a long time that night.

The next day, Meng Zhong set up a private banquet and called Meng Hu, Hua Hu and Le Jin to drink with Le Yi.

Given Le Yi's concealment at the beginning, Hua Hu had the greatest opinion of Le Yi among the few people. However, under the current situation of uniting to attack Qi, and Meng Zhong repeatedly mentioned that Le Yi had made a lot of contributions to this, Hua Hu's attitude towards Le Yi has also changed.

Another day later, Le Yi led the Yan army to evacuate from Yin Jin and returned to Yan State first to prepare for the joint attack on Qi State.

Before leaving, Marquis of Rang, Wei Ran, asked Le Yi to discuss the issue of attacking Qi in Handan, Zhao State in autumn - why it was set up in Handan, Zhao State. To put it bluntly, Wei Ran was preparing to jointly put pressure on Zhao State with Wei and Han, and force Zhao State to join the ranks of attacking Qi State. After all, Zhao State is now an ally of Qi State.

During this period, Fengyang Jun Li Dui also led the Zhao army to evacuate from Yin Jin and return to Zhao State.

By the way, Li Dui did not positively express his support for Qi, and only ruthlessly refused to follow the promise of King He of Zhao. However, from his approach of asking his second grandson Li Ke to Wei Ran, Meng Zhong believed that Li Dui must have seen the ending of his about to lose power in Zhao State.

When the minister sent Li Dui and Zhao Jun to leave, Hua Hu privately asked Meng Zhong and the others, "Do you think King Zhao will kill him?"

Hearing this, Meng Hu opened his eyes wide and said, "It shouldn't be possible? This time, Li Dui can lead the coalition forces to win the battle. How could Zhao He kill him?"

Hua Hu rolled his eyes: "Of course not the moment!...I asked a few months later, or a year or two... After all, on the surface, Zhao Cheng and Li Dui are the ones who attacked Master Zhao's father. In order to conceal the truth, Zhao He might kill Li Dui to silence him..."

“Not to that.”

Meng Zhong shook his head and said, "First of all, Zhao He is not that kind of person. When I went to Zhao State two years ago, I asked him that he did not regret to force Zhao's father to avenge Fei Xiang. Perhaps in his eyes, Fei Xiang is more like his father... Therefore, he doesn't care about the rumors and kill Li Dui to silence him, but Li Du's position is probably not long. If Li Du knew about the appearance, he should pave the way for his son Li Ji and ask for a title or something. He will hand over the position after a while. In this way, Zhao He will not deal with him again..."

Beside him, Meng Hu sneered inappropriately: "Xiao Zhao He, is finally going to completely take back his power? But are there anyone available around him now?"
To be continued...