Just when the Xiongnu were preparing to attack many small countries in the north, Wei and Zhao in the Central Plains also took action at this time.

Wei Wangyu accepted the suggestion of Shangqing Zhou Xin and sent an envoy to Wei Guo, wanting Wei Gong, the monarch of Wei Guo, to come to Wei.

After receiving the envoy of Wei, the monarch of Wei Gongqi, he knew that Wei Wangyu had bad intentions towards him, so he politely declined Wei Wangyu's suggestion on the grounds that there was something to do.

This can make Wei Wangyu angry, and bring Shangqing Zhou Xin to discuss the matter.

Murderously said to Zhou Xin: "Zhou Qing, you said that this monarch of the country is now relying on the power of the Yan country, and he doesn't take the widow in his eyes, and he is unwilling to come to me to defend the country." If the widow wants to send an army to attack him, can he do it? ”

Zhou Xin saw that Wei Wangyu had made up his mind, and knew that he couldn't block it too much at this time.

He bowed down to Wei Wangyu and said, "King, now the Yan country is powerful. Defending the country is just like what our king said, taking advantage of the power of the Yan country, and not taking my defense of the country in his eyes. But if my Wei State sends troops to defend it alone, it is not very appropriate. ”

After listening to Zhou Xin's words, Wei Wangyu said to Zhou Xin very angrily:

"Zhou Qing, according to what you said, will my Wei State swallow my anger this time?"

Zhou Xin hurriedly bowed down and replied to Wei Wangyu:

"Your Majesty, no. The previous Zhao State sent an envoy to our Wei State, seeing that it wanted to form an alliance with our Wei State and jointly conquer and defend the country. If I want to send troops to defend the country, I can send an envoy to Zhao to meet Zhao Wangdan's request. ”

"Since then, it is the Yan State that wants to interfere in the matter of defending the country, and the Zhao State has also helped the Wei State. In this way, my Wei State will not face the Yan State alone. Even Yan Wang Kang was angry in his heart, and he Yan Guo was helpless against my Wei State. ”

Wei Wangyu thought about it and knew that Zhou Xin's plan was feasible.

smiled and said to Zhou Xin: "Zhou Qing's words are very true, so let's follow this strategy." ”

The country of Weiguo, when King Wu of Zhou was divided, could be said to be much stronger than Yan and had a good place.

Zhaogong, the ancestor of the Yan Kingdom, and Uncle Kang, the ancestor of the Wei Kingdom, although they are both the younger brothers of King Wu of Zhou.

But Uncle Kang, the ancestor of the Wei Dynasty, was younger than Zhaogong, and he was not in charge of affairs in the court of the Zhou Dynasty.

Yan Zhaogong, the ancestor of the Yan Kingdom, had great power in the Zhou Dynasty at that time. For the stability of the Zhou Dynasty, he took the initiative to take up the burden and asked to be divided into the northern frontier of the Central Plains to resist the invasion of the Central Plains by the northern nomads.

However, Uncle Wei Kang, the ancestor of the Wei Kingdom, had no concerns in this regard, and was divided into the land of Chaoge, the capital of the Shang Dynasty (now Hebi City, Henan), by King Wu of Zhou. This place can be said to be the richest place in the Central Plains at that time.

During the Western Zhou Dynasty, Wei Guo lived much better than Yan State, and once became a great power among the vassal states of the Zhou Dynasty.

Uncle Wei Kang abided by the teachings of the Duke of Zhou and the Duke of Zhao, "enlightened by business and government, and Xinjiang by Zhou", and used merchant politics to implement the Zhou law, and governed very successfully, and Weiguo became an important pillar of the Pingbo Zhou Dynasty.

But after entering the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, Uncle Wei Kang's descendants were very unhappy, and the country gradually declined.

During the period of Wei Yigong, the desolate and extravagant Wei Yigong was killed by the Di people, and Wei also lost the country, leaving only 5,000 remnants to live in Cao State (now Dingtao, Shandong) under the support of Song State, Zheng State and other countries, and the people of Wei Guo also moved to Cao Land.

The capital of the country was also moved several times in succession, first from the land of the song to Chuqiu (now the site of the ancient city of Weiguo in Huaxian County, Henan), and then from Chuqiu to the current Diqiu (now Puyang, Henan).

Up to now, the countries of the Central Plains have been annexed frequently, and the country has not been annexed by the foreign powers, so it can only be said that it is lucky. In this era when many once famous vassal states were destroyed one after another, Wei Guo miraculously escaped countless disasters.

The reason why Wei Guo is now taking the initiative to become a vassal state of Yan State. is because he knows that this time Wei Guo has been targeted by the surrounding Zhao and Wei, and he has to do it.

After the envoy of Wei came to Handan, the capital of Zhao, he met with Zhao Wangdan.

After Zhao Wangdan knew the intention of the envoy of Wei, he called Zhao Sheng, the king of the plains, and asked for countermeasures.

"Uncle Wang, this time Wei Wang Yu sent an envoy to my Zhao State, the implication is that he wants to form an alliance with my Zhao State, jointly attack the Wei State, and divide the Wei Guo equally, will my Zhao State agree or not?"

Zhao Sheng, the king of the plains, pondered for a moment, bowed down and said to Zhao Wang Dan:

"Your Majesty, it seems that Wei Guo wants to annex Wei Guo, this is to pull me Zhao Guo into the water together! The current Wei Guo is a vassal state of the Yan State. If we agree to Wei's request, we will definitely offend Yan. ”

"Your Majesty, my king discussed with Weichen and General Lian Po before, to let Wei offend Yan and see the aftermath. However, if now that my Zhao State agrees to the request of Wei State and divides Wei State equally, Yan State will inevitably be angry with my Zhao State first. ”

"Since then, if I Zhao Guo can't do it well, I must first bear the anger of Yan Guo. Your Majesty, my Zhao Kingdom is fully bordered by Yan Kingdom! If you repeat the mistakes of the past and go to the party, please think twice. ”

The words of Zhao Sheng, the king of the plains, completely woke up Zhao Wangdan at once.

Yes! At the beginning, it was for the Shangdang region to offend the Qin State, which eventually led to the tragedy of the Battle of Changping.

So that Zhao Guo has not completely recovered his vitality until now.

If this time it really allied with Wei, it divided the Wei State equally. Yan State can't get it, and instead of crusading against Wei, he will send a large army south to attack Zhao. Zhao State may be just like Zhao Sheng, the king of the plains, said, and will once again face the situation of the Battle of Changping.

Zhao Wangdan clicked on the picture and said to Zhao Sheng, the king of the plains:

"Uncle Wang, then how should I, Zhao Guo, face the situation of Wei Guo?"

Zhao Sheng thought for a while, and said to Zhao Wang Dan: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that I, Zhao Guo, should still adhere to the countermeasures set a few days ago, that is, wait and see what happens." My king can form an alliance with Wei, but don't promise to send troops with Wei to defend the country. ”

"At present, it seems that the determination of Wei to attack Wei has been made, but Wei is a vassal state of Yan, and Wei's occupation of Wei will inevitably anger Yan. I, Zhao Guo, still watch Yan and Wei compete, and then make a final decision. ”

After listening to the words of Zhao Sheng, the king of the plains, Zhao Wangdan laughed: "Uncle Wang, let's deal with it like this." ”

Subsequently, Zhao Wangdan received the envoy of Wei and agreed to an alliance with Wei.

However, he did not promise to send troops to defend the country together with Wei.

Zhao Wang Dan said to the envoy of Wei: "You go back and tell the King of Wei that I, Zhao, have no thoughts about Wei Guo. If Wei Wangyu wants to occupy the Wei Kingdom, I, the Zhao State, will not have any opinions. ”

After the envoy of Wei returned to Daliang, he told Zhao Wangdan's attitude to Wei Wangyu.

It's coming and going, and it's the end of March.

Wei Wangyu was above the court and said to the ministers:

"Since, this Zhao Wangdan doesn't want the city of Weiguo, then the widow will laugh at Weiguo."

At the beginning of April, the king of Wei issued an edict ordering the Wei general Jin Sui to lead an army of 100,000 and prepare to attack the country.