"Newspaper... Three days ago, General Niu Jian and Gongzi Zhang worked together to sweep the eastern part of Zhongshan Kingdom, conquer the eastern town of Fuliu, and take all the places in the eastern part of Zhongshan. ”

"Okay, great." When Zhao Yong was worried about the peace talks between Qin and Chu, he suddenly heard the news from Niu Jian and couldn't help but be overjoyed: "The overall situation of Zhongshan has been decided, and now, only the lonely city of Lingshou in front of him is left." It's just that the main forces of Zhongshan Kingdom are all concentrated here, and it is not easy for Zhao Jun to conquer Lingshou. ”

While speaking, Zhao Yong thought of the affairs of Qin and Chu again, and couldn't help muttering softly: "The relationship between Chu and Zhao has been relatively close since the beginning of respect, and because the two countries do not border, there are few contradictions, and they often help each other. Until now, although there are some minor contradictions between Chu and Zhao, they are still allies.

When the widows are destroyed in the Zhongshan Kingdom, they will definitely face the threat of the four kingdoms of Qin, Han, Wei and Qi, so that the Chu State, which lives in the south, is an indispensable ally of my Zhao State. However, although the state of Chu is an ally, an ally that is too strong still has a lot of pressure, so the action of weakening the state of Chu cannot be stopped. ”

Then, Zhao Yong was silent for a moment, and then his eyes suddenly lit up: "Now the main task of the widow is to destroy the Zhongshan State, followed by weakening the Chu State. But in fact, these two things are not contradictory. ”

Then, Zhao Yong thought about it seriously again, and after confirming that there were no major mistakes or omissions in what he thought, he immediately began to write a letter.

After writing, Zhao Yong immediately summoned several messengers and instructed: "Immediately go to Yan with the widow's letter, and ask the king of Yan for help, and ask the king of Yan to send reinforcements to attack Lingshou City. ”

"Yui."

"There is Lao Xianqing to sigh Qi for help, ask the king of Qi to send an army to help the widow attack Lingshou, in order to express his gratitude, the widow is willing to thank the land of Fuliu in the south of the river. Also, tell the king of Qi that after the widow has conquered the Zhongshan Kingdom, he will definitely send troops to attack Chu and jointly weaken the Chu State, and ask the King of Qi to attack the Chu State with confidence. ”

"Yui."

After the envoy who went to Qi and Yan for help left, Zhao Yong's heart was slightly relieved.

At this time, it is not really to ask for help, now that the overall situation of Zhongshan has been decided, it is only a matter of time before Zhao Jun destroys Zhongshan Kingdom. This time I went to Qi Yan for help, one was to speed up the capture of Lingshou City, the second was to win over Qi and Yan, and the third was to put pressure on the Wei State that was attacking Chu.

In the past hundred years, the two countries of Zhao and Wei have been at war and continuous, and only in the face of the threat of Qin and Qi can the two countries unite together, once there is no external threat, Zhao and Wei will continue to contradict each other, and the war will not stop.

The most important reason why Wei did not intervene in Zhao's attack on Zhongshan was that Zhao stopped going south and turned north, which had little to do with Wei. Moreover, Wei itself also planned to unite other countries to attack the Huaibei of Chu, and as long as Chen Cheng was conquered, Wei would gain a large territory from the south.

In this way, Wei will naturally not give up the opportunity to strengthen itself and embarrass Zhao State.

However, if the state of Zhao is strong, but the state of Wei is defeated, not only is it not strengthened, but it is weakened, which is extremely unfavorable to the state of Wei.

Therefore, when Wei saw that Qi and Yan helped Zhao to attack Lingshou, Zhao's growth was inevitable, but Wei was bleeding in Chencheng and worked in vain.

In this way, the Wei State will definitely be unwilling.

Thinking about it, Zhao Yong smiled and said, "The widow still has to help King Wei." ”

Saying that, Zhao Yong continued to instruct: "Immediately go to Wei with the widow's letter and tell the King of Wei that the war against Chu will not stop, and when the widow conquers Lingshou, he will naturally send troops to help."

In addition, go and tell King Han not to mess up because of the affairs of the Eastern Zhou Kingdom, and the widow and the Zhao Kingdom will always be on his side. Regardless of whether it was Qi and Wei or Qin and Chu who instigated the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, as long as Zhao and Han joined forces, there was nothing to fear.

Also, tell King Han that Gongzi Zhang's wedding is imminent, and he, as an uncle, can't be absent. ”

Then, after Zhao Yong paused, he ordered again: "Pass the widow's letter to Qin Xianglou, ask him to do his best to prevent the peace talks between Qin and Chu, and tell him that the widow already knows about this, and that it will not be long before things will take a turn for the better." ”

"Yui."

In the end, Zhao Yong looked at Wang Ben, the important minister in front of him, and said with a smile: "Xianqing, there is Lao Qing who went to Chu State, went to Chu State with great fanfare, and told the King of Chu that the widow has always been very worried when he learned about the Five Kingdoms to attack Chu, and he has always wanted to help mediate at this time." However, because of Zhongshan, it was not possible.

However, now that the overall situation of Zhongshan has been decided, the widow will solve Zhongshan later, and he will inevitably intervene in the war of the Five Kingdoms against Chu.

In addition, the two countries of Chu and Zhao were about to get married, but because Gongzi Ziqing and Gongzi Zhang had not yet performed the crown ceremony, they were temporarily put down, and now the two have reached the age of marriage, and it is time to officially get married.

Therefore, the widow asked the king of Chu to send the daughter of Chu to Zhao to marry Gongzi Zhang as soon as possible, and asked the king of Chu to send important ministers to Zhao to preside over the marriage of Gongzi Ziqing and the widow princess. ”

Wang Ben responded: "Only." ”

On the other side, the king of Qi and the king of Wei were shocked when they got the news that Qin and Chu were negotiating peace.

Soon, the king of Qi and the king of Wei will meet in Acheng.

After the two met, the King of Wei took the lead in complaining: "King Qi, the widow heard that the King of Zhao asked you for help, and you sent troops to Zhongshan to help Zhao attack Lingshou?" ”

Seeing that King Wei didn't talk about Qin and Chu first, anyway, he talked about the affairs of Zhao first, so he couldn't help but be stunned, and then nodded and said, "Yes, there is such a thing." ”

"Confused!" King Wei complained greatly: "Why is the King of Qi so confused, Zhao Guo has solved the threat of Hufu in the north before, and now King Qi, you have helped Zhao Guo solve the worries of Zhongshan State, and Yan State has always been the only Zhao State to look ahead." In this way, when Zhao Guo solves Zhongshan State, where should Zhao State attack next? ”

As he spoke, the King of Wei asked himself again: "Is it really like Zhao Yong said, will he give up the two countries of Qi and Wei, which are close at hand, and instead cross my Wei State to attack the State of Chu, which is marrying him?" ”

“···” King Qi froze slightly.

Why, he sent 50,000 Qi troops to aid Zhao State, is it for the sake of supporting the willows.

Of course not, he is for the Wei State. As long as Zhao State destroys Zhongshan, the next step, the direction of Zhao's troops, nine times out of ten, is to defend the country, Zhao has been coveting to defend the country for hundreds of years, but it has been stopped by Wei. In addition to Weiguo, the biggest possibility is Yecheng, an important town of Wei, to solve the southern threat.

Yecheng is rich, and it is also next to Handan of Zhao State, and Wei State besieged Handan several times, all from Yecheng.

Since the retreat of the Qin State from Hedong, in the past twenty years, the Wei State has not been weakened, and its vitality has gradually recovered, and it has the strength to challenge the Qi State.

If this attack on Chu is successful, Wei will gain the rich Huaibei land of Chu, and it will be even more powerful.

A strong Wei State, this is not in the interests of Qi State, Qi State needs a force to contain Wei State, and a strong Zhao State is just in line with the requirements of Qi State.

Only by making Zhao and Wei hostile to each other and fighting each other can Qi control Zhao and Wei.

Of course, these words cannot be said to the King of Wei, who is now black-faced.

Thinking about it, King Qi's gaze moved away from King Wei's face, then coughed lightly twice, and said in a sincere tone: "The widow did this, of course, for our plan to defeat Chu."

Now the Zhao State has swept away all the Zhongshan Kingdom territory except for Lingshou. For Zhongshan Kingdom, whether there are other forces or not, Zhongshan Kingdom is no longer powerless.

When the widow received the news of Zhao, there was also the news of the marriage between Chu and Zhao, and the widow was shocked at that time. You must know that now that Qin and Chu are in peace talks, if the widow does not meet the requirements of Zhao State, so that Zhao State is dissatisfied, and uses this as an excuse to stand on the side of Qin and Chu, then our operation to attack Chu will be completely over. ”

Saying that, Qi Wangdi's tone became more and more convincing: "Therefore, stabilize the Zhao State, show the deep friendship between Qi and Zhao to the world, ensure that the Zhao State will not throw itself into Qin and Chu, and use the Zhao State to deter the Qin State that is about to rebel, this is the reason why the widow sent troops to aid Zhao." ”

When King Wei heard this, he looked at King Qi with a pair of old eyes for a long time, and then nodded slightly as if he believed in King Qi.