Chapter 299: Lobbying the Princes
After leveling South Korea, Zhao Huang sent another envoy to the country of Qi.
Qi and Qin, separated by Wei, Han, Lusong and other vassal states, in their opinion, the ambition of forcing Qin to annex the world has been revealed, but so what? They are separated from themselves by several countries, and the hearts of the people of Qi determine their attitudes. The affluent life makes them very stingy with their lives, and there is no need to take corn from other people's fires.
As for Zhou Tianzi's call, in the hearts of the people of Qi, it is a piece of waste paper, he is the king, and he will soon make an appointment with Qin to be called the Eastern Emperor, one level higher than Zhou Tianzi, I didn't overthrow you directly, it is already considered kind, and it is not easy to point fingers at me.
At the same time, because in the matter of salt and iron, the Tang Kingdom gave a huge competitive blow, and the princes of the Qi State have long hated it.
With such emotions, of course, Zhao Huang was not warmly entertained, but was left to dry for a few days before he was perfunctory to meet him.
Zhao Huang faced the king of Qi and said with a smile: "There is no country in the world that is more powerful and rich than the country of Qi, and the minister and his father and brother are prosperous, rich and happy. However, those who advised the king did so for the sake of temporary pleasure and disregarded the long-term interests of the country. Now Qin and Chu married women and formed brotherly allies. If Korea loses Yiyang, Wei has already sacrificed Hewai. 在这样的局面下,假如大王不臣事秦国,秦国就会驱使韩国、魏国进攻齐国的南方,燕国的军队全部出动,渡过清河,直指博关、临菑,即墨。 Then this world will no longer be owned by the king. Once the country is attacked, even if it wants to serve the Qin State, it will be impossible, so I hope that the king will consider it carefully. ”
King Qi was silent in thought, because what he had the most headache now was not what Zhao Huang said above, but that the Yan Kingdom was eyeing the Qi State and preparing to crusade against the Qi State. Coupled with the previous reasons, he is powerless in principle.
Zhao Huang said: "If the other princes respond to the call of Zhou Tianzi, it means that the world will continue to recognize Zhou Tianzi as the co-lord of the world, as long as the king of Qi also joins sincerely, it is equivalent to recognizing the inherent rules of the world, weakening the Qin State, which is equivalent to helping Korea and Wei and Lu and Song States, so that they can hold on longer and make a barrier for Qi to block Qin." And if Yan State attacks Qi State, you can accuse Yan State of being unkind like Zhou Tianzhi's request, and you can take this world principle and occupy the moral high ground, why not do such a thing? ”
King Qi suddenly said: "The doctor is right, why didn't I think of it, then I decided to participate in this matter and send 40,000 troops." ”
Zhao Huang arrived in the Wei State.
The King of Wei was already extremely weak, and in the face of the powerful Zhao State, the King of Wei had actually decided to unite with the Qin State to deal with the immediate trouble.
Zhao Huang said to the king of Wei; "The real henchmen of Wei are not Zhao but Qin, think about it, originally, every time Zhao attacks are attracted, isn't it because of Wei's active provocation? As a result, now that Wei is threatened by Zhao, the King of Wei has gone to seek Qin, which is far away in the sky, I think it is really unwise. Heaven is too far away, and evil neighbors are nearby, how can this survive for a long time? According to the advice of the foreign ministers, I, the monarch of Tang Guo, sincerely serve the Son of Heaven, and my monarch is the teacher of the monarch of Zhao Guojun. If the King of Wei can respond to the meaning of our monarch to support the Son of Heaven, my monarch will naturally suppress the Zhao State and no longer oppress the Wei State. ”
King Wei always thought that this truth was very correct.
Zhao Huang continued: "Our monarch is very grateful to you for giving us the rewards of Hexi and Sitongguan, so as long as Wei sends troops to respond to the call of the Son of Heaven, our Sitongguan will become Wei's first line of defense against Qiang Qin. With us separating Wei and Qin, what else do you have to worry about? If, let's let go of the four clearances—"
"Don't say it, we'll send troops." King Wei's firm promise.
Zhao Huang is right, as long as Zhao Xing does not give up the four clearances, the four clearances are actually the barrier of the Wei State, and this matter must not offend Zhao Xing.
After a circle, Zhao Huang successfully completed his task, and in two months, Zhao Xing gathered 200,000 princes for Zhou Tianzi. The "army" of the Son of Heaven, who let Zhou Tianzi produce 5,000 old and weak women in history, really lives up to its name this time.
Under Zhao Huang's rain of money and military aid, the princes of various countries finally sent chariot armies of different numbers to respond to the call and gather at Hangu Pass.
Zhou Tianzi was able to regain his past glory and temporarily became the co-lord of the world again, under the leadership of Zhou Gong and Le Yi, he gathered an army of 200,000 to crusade against the Qin State.
This time Zhao Xing made a bloody investment, he knew that before Zhou Tianzi, Su Qin had united the princes of the five kingdoms of the world to attack Hangu Pass, but before the official battle, everyone scattered in a hurry and ran away.
This must never happen to me again.
Although he didn't expect to destroy Qin this time, with the funding of his own grain and grass materials, he had to make Qin disgraced. I can't let my money of more than 100 million yuan go down the drain, at least, I have to be able to listen to the sound.
So, Zhao Xing prepared to send Le Yi to take his 10,000 iron cavalry and 3,000 Poxi troops to command the Seven Nations Alliance. At the same time, Zhao Xing also returned the historical story of Le Yi as the commander of the Five-Nation Alliance.
Of course, Zhao Xing also knew that although he could use materials to coerce Zhou Tianzi and the coalition army to recognize Le Yi as the commander, after all, Le Yi was inconvenient and could not convince the public.
So, he wrote to Zhao Yong to recommend Le Yi, and he was walking around with Zhou Gong's support, and things were much better.
Zhao Yong this time, under the instigation of Zhao Xing, sent 30,000 iron cavalry to participate in Zhou Tianzi's coalition army, he was originally going to send the general Le Qian as the commander, but when he heard that Zhao Xing sent Le Yi, he was overjoyed. He had seen Le Yi's ability and used him to be his own general for a while, but later the ministers forced Zhao Xing to leave, and Le Yi did not hesitate to give up his feudal monarchy and military power, and ran away directly with Zhao Xing. At that time, Zhao Yong also regretted that he had lost the handsome talent of Le Yi.
Now it's okay, Zhao Xing sent Le Yi, which is exactly what Zhao Yong thinks, and Zhao Yong, who originally sent 30,000 cavalry to Hangu Pass and came back with a bottle of soy sauce, changed his mind and directly handed over his 30,000 horses to Le Yi, hoping that in this war, he can give his old enemy Qin State a head-on blow, consume his strength, let himself delay for another three or five years, and let himself completely restore Daijun and digest Zhongshan.
At the same time, Le Yi was originally the commander of the 30,000 army, and the soldiers also deeply loved Le Yi, and Le Yi would not use his Zhao army as cannon fodder.
Coupled with South Korea's 30,000, Le Yi has 70,000 troops in his hands, and among the seven countries, it can be regarded as the largest troop dispatcher.