Controlling mountains and rivers since the Warring States Period

Chapter 227 Before the Crossing to the East
"The Chu State, the Chu State is also destroyed!"

When the news of the collapse of the Chu ancestral temple spread throughout the world, King Jian of Qi was in his palace, hugging his brothers and trembling together.

"Is Tian Qi's country really going to be lost in my hands?"

"Can there be another talent like Tian Dan?"

Right now,

King Jian of Qi missed the deceased Lord Anping very much, and prayed that God would have mercy on Qi again and send down a powerful man who could rely on the strength of one city to fight against the five countries and recover the lost territory.

But heroes,
How can it emerge at any time?

Even if there really was a wild Tian Dan who had the ability to fight against the Qin army and save the country,
Given the current chaotic situation in the court of King Jian of Qi, there is no way to employ him and allow him to display his abilities.

Because after the Queen's death,

King Jian of Qi only followed his mother's teachings for a few years, and then he let himself go.

He made use of his uncle Hou Sheng——

Although the Queen had clearly mentioned her brother as a bastard and useless before her death, King Jian of Qi still believed that
Among the living relatives of my mother, only Hou Sheng survived.

How could he ignore his uncle?
As for my mother's will,
In the eyes of King Jian of Qi, it was just like his grandfather's behavior, which was stubborn and inhumane.

After Hou Sheng became the Prime Minister of Qi, he took the King of Qi to banquets every day and had fun all the time, which made the King of Qi feel that promoting his uncle was a very wise decision.

After my mother passed away,
Who in this world could care about me more and make me happier than my uncle?
But in private,
Hou Sheng greedily plundered a lot of treasures and accepted a large amount of gold and jade from the Qin State.

He coveted the wealth of the Qin people, and not only did he ask for it himself, he also sent many retainers over to take advantage of the wealthy.

The Qin State also generously gave Hou Sheng's guests a lot of money and property, allowing them to carry money bags full of gold and jade and become their spies.

The retainers told Hou Sheng about the beauty of Qin, and Hou Sheng told King Qi about the beauty of Qin. As a result, when Qin conquered the four states, King Qi chose to stand idly by and gave up his military preparations.

Because Qin had been trying to please Qi for decades based on its strategy of making friends with distant countries and attacking nearby ones.

King Jian of Qi took this false friendliness as real and believed that Qin would never attack him.

But with the defeat of Chu,
A large number of survivors poured in from the border areas of Qi and Chu, constantly spreading stories about the Qin people's brutality.

Many people couldn't help crying and lamenting after hearing this, feeling that the lips and teeth are in danger.

To the east of Qi is the vast ocean.

To the north, it borders the State of Yan.

To the west, it borders the Three Jins.

It borders the State of Chu to the south.

Now that the southwest has lost its barrier, the State of Yan has been weak except for the time when King Zhao of Yan rose to power.

Not to mention a few years ago,

The brainless Prince Dan of Yan State, resenting the humiliation he suffered as a hostage in Qin State, actually sent assassins to attempt to kill the King of Qin.

After the plan failed, the Qin people naturally put him on the kill list.

The State of Yan was destined to perish.

Qi State can only take a gamble, the Qin people’s friendliness is real!

However, the Qin army was stationed on the border between Qi and Chu, and another army was marching from the Three Jins towards the State of Yan.

No matter how stupid and incompetent King Jian of Qi was, he knew that this gambling game was beyond his control.

His chips are too few.
But the dealer wants too much.
King Qi Jian felt flustered even after taking a look at it, so how could he dare to go to the table to place a bet?

He realized later that he was powerless to change the situation and could only pretend to cry to his brothers about his inner worries and cowardice.

Tian Jia had the same character as his brother and did not have the courage to fight against the Qin people.

But as the two brothers cried, Tian Jia suddenly remembered their mother's instructions.

"Yeah!"

"And the east!"

"We can escape to the sea!"

This was the escape route their mother chose for them in her later years!
But Qi Wangjian said, "Dongying is just an island, a wild and desolate place, how can we live there?"

Over the past few decades,
Through the routes that have been explored, the connection between Japan and Qi is relatively stable, so a lot of information about the situation over there has been reported back and known to the people of Qi.

It's not a good place.

The land is small and mountainous, and is often swept by strong winds.

But they didn't dare to build the house too tall and solid, because they heard from the local barbarians that the gods in Japan often get angry, causing the earth to shake and erupting into fire. If the house was built too well, it would collapse and crush people to death.

In terms of products, even chickens and ducks had to be imported from the State of Qi!
Therefore, King Jian of Qi disliked that place very much, thinking that he would suffer greatly if he went there.

Even without Japan,
The Tian Qi monarch had some knowledge of the situation on the islands.

The last king of Jiang Qi was exiled to an island by Taigong of Tian Qi and starved to death!

"I'm not going there!"

King Jian of Qi immediately said that he had never encountered any setbacks since he was a child, so how could he seek hardship for himself?
But Tian Jia still hopes to save his life.

He dared not guarantee that he could still enjoy wealth and glory if he fell into the hands of the Qin people.

His elder brother was the King of Qi.
If he takes the lead in surrendering, the King of Qin should give him good treatment no matter what, right?
As for what you can get?
That requires more thought.

So he persuaded his brother, "Toyota is poor now, mainly because there are too many barbarians there and the land has not been developed."

"Besides, the people who occupied Japan before were led by Tian Zhongzhou. If there were treasures among them, how could they really tell us?"

"In my opinion, we can send some people over there first to help the people there to repel the barbarians and expand their territory. On the one hand, we can civilize the barbarians, and on the other hand, we can capture their master and bring power to us!"

"If there is any change in Qi in the future, we can go there and live in peace!"

After all, by that time,
The people in charge in Japan must be their own people, so if they go there, they don't have to worry about being dependent on others.

With savings,
This day won't be too miserable.

King Jian of Qi was still very hesitant.

But he has always been a person who is easily influenced. The more others say something, the more he thinks it makes sense. Otherwise, he would not have ended up in such an embarrassing situation now.

So finally,
He agreed to Tian Jie's suggestion and selected hundreds of young and strong men and women from Qi, as well as some disciples of the royal family, to sail to Japan.

The leader among them was appointed as "General of Conquering the Barbarians" by the King of Qi to show that this action was to follow the example of their ancestors' story of "respecting the king and expelling the barbarians" and to open up new territories for the Xia people.

The general happily accepted the order and was about to take office by picking up the cake from King Qi Jian. He swore that he would make Japan bigger and stronger and live up to the trust of King Qi!

Unfortunately, a young man named Tian Heng was selected and became one of them.

On the day of departure,

He cried and said goodbye to his relatives at the dock.

His father told him, "Your elder brother Tian Rong is my eldest son and needs to stay at home to guard the ancestral temple."

"When you go to Japan, you will be expanding my family, so you must take care of yourself and stop crying!"

"Father knows that you have been smart since childhood and can achieve something."

"If things work out, it's not impossible for me to become the second Shogun."

Tian Heng wiped his tears and accepted his father's request.

He thought to himself:
I must take good care of my health and build a foundation in Japan.

If there were any changes in his homeland, he could go to Japan to meet his fleeing family and monarch.

We might be able to counterattack someday!

The ship then set sail and headed eastward along the ocean current.

He Bo witnessed all this, then touched his head and said with emotion:
"General Zhengyi?"

"Good fellow, this time the Tian Gang is on the opposite side again!"

Who could have thought?
This time, the Japanese have become the barbarians to be conquered!
Now, the opponent can enjoy the authentic beating from the gentlemen of Zhuxia, instead of pretending to be Zhuxia and bullying other barbarians!

"What's the meaning of this title?"

Zhuang Zhou, who was watching the fun nearby, was puzzled.

In his opinion,

This title is pure empty promise, even more dry and powerless than the promise made by the Zhou emperor when he enfeoffed the princes.

After all, the Zhou emperor had just conquered the world, his words still carried weight, and his means were sufficient.

If the princes really asked the emperor for help, the emperor would often lend a helping hand and provide some assistance.

But now the State of Qi is in a state of difficulty, and can offer no protection except for a name.

It all depends on people's self-effort.

He Bo laughed and didn't explain anything to him.

(End of this chapter)