Chapter 300: The Alliance
Guo Kui shook his head and said: "Great King, this is not the case, if our Yan State and Zhongshan Kingdom form an alliance, then we will definitely offend the Zhao State and turn against each other." This is more than worth the loss, after all, the Qi State is the enemy of our Yan State. ”
"What the minister means is that in the past few days, one envoy will be sent every day to ask for help, five days later, two envoys will be sent every day to ask for help, ten days later, three envoys will be sent for help every day, if the reinforcements of various countries do not come out, then half a month later, it will be enough to send one envoy every day, and then the news will come out: Yan intends to make peace with Zhongshan State, as long as Zhongshan State is willing to show mercy to his subordinates, then Yan State is willing to ally with Zhongshan State."
Yan Wangzhi understood this time, whether it was from one envoy a day to three, or from three envoys a day to one, it was all to express that Yan Guo was more urgent.
If this is the case, the countries are still indifferent, then the Yan Kingdom will have no choice but to succumb.
Seeing that King Yan nodded solemnly, Guo Kui continued: "Great King, giving in to the Qi State is the last resort, and now the Yan State still needs to show its attitude and prove to all countries: The Yan State will never give in to the Qi State, so as to show that the Yan State still has value for all countries." ”
Yan Wangzhi bowed slightly, and then stood up: "Sir, the widow will take all the troops in Jidu to Yangcheng, and the widow will fight to the death with the Qi army!" ”
"Yui!"
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Quwo is located in the east of Puyang, Fenyin, and was the capital of the Jin State before, and after the three families were divided into the Jin Dynasty, Quwo belonged to the Wei State.
As the host, and the closest to Quwo, the King of Wei was the first to arrive in Quwo, then Xiong Huai and the King of Han arrived together, and then the farthest King of Zhao arrived the next day.
The kings of the four kingdoms gathered, and Xiong Huai took the lead in speaking: "Three, not long ago, Yan was calculated by Qi and Zhongshan, and 100,000 Yan troops were trapped in Zhongshan Kingdom, and the Qi army invaded Yan Country again, and Yan State couldn't resist it, so they asked the widow for help. ”
"Presumably, the third master received Yan Guo's call for help."
The three of them all nodded.
Seeing this, Xiong Huai continued: "Yan State is not only a member of the Hezong Alliance, but also an ally of Chu State, and now that Qi State has braved the world's condemnation and invaded Yan State again, it is unbearable or unbearable, so the widow intends to support Yan State." I wonder what the three of you think? ”
This time, Xiong Huai did not choose to go around in circles, but directly expressed the views of Chu State.
Seeing that King Wei was about to speak, King Zhao immediately spoke first: "What King Chu said is extremely true, the widow is in favor of supporting the Yan State, I don't know what King Han thinks. ”
Xiong Huai was shocked when he heard King Zhao call himself King of Chu and no longer call himself the leader of the alliance.
It seems that King Zhao already has a different mind...
On the other side, King Han saw King Zhao mention himself, looked at King Wei, and muttered, "This ······"
After a pause, he made up his mind and said: "King Yan has lived in Korea for many years, and the widow has a deep friendship with King Yan, so the widow also plans to support the Yan Kingdom. ”
King Wei: "···"
Three of the four countries spoke to help the Yan State, and the King of Wei suddenly felt a chill.
Now that the Qi and Wei coalition forces are storming Shaoliang, if all countries announce their support for Yan, then Qi will definitely retreat.
After the retreat of the Qi State, the Zhao State does not care, anyway, the Qi army in Shangjun is already resting, and now the Zhao State has been holding on to the Qin State in Yanshui, and the Zhao State cannot help the Qin State in a short time, and similarly, the Qin State will not be able to help the Zhao State in a short time.
This is especially true of Chu and Han, this time the countries invaded Qin, and these two countries were restrained and watched throughout the whole process, and they did not fight with Qin at all.
But Wei is different, now Wei can suppress Qin with the assistance of the Qi army, if the Qi army retreats, then Wei will be pitted.
Thinking about it, King Wei spoke: "It is indeed not a good thing for the Qi State to attack the Yan State, and the widows also agree to support the Yan State." It's just that now our four kingdoms are attacking Qin with Qi, and the widow only announced an alliance with the king of Qi not long ago, which seems inappropriate. ”
Saying that, King Wei looked around and proposed: "Why don't we mediate first, if King Qi doesn't listen, then formally support Yan Guo." ”
Xiong Huai was silent for a while when he heard this, he had already prepared for both ends of the first rat of the King of Wei, as long as Zhao and Chu agreed to support Yan, then Korea would agree, and the rest of Wei would have to agree if they didn't agree!
Thinking about it, Xiong Huai looked at King Zhao, glanced at King Zhao, and then both of them bowed slightly.
Chu Zhao agreed...
However, the affairs of the Three Kingdoms of Qi Yan and Zhongshan are closely related to Zhao State, so Xiong Huai smiled and did not take the lead in refuting King Wei.
Seeing that the King of Chu did not speak, King Zhao was in a stalemate for a while, scolded secretly, and had no choice but to speak: "King Wei, the widow thinks that this is inappropriate, but now the envoys of Yan Kingdom who came to ask for help have blocked the road, and the roadside is full of fast horses of Yan State envoys running to death, which shows the eagerness of Yan Kingdom." ”
"When things come to this point, I'm afraid it's too late to send messengers to mediate."
The situation of the Yan Kingdom King Zhao naturally knew that now that the 100,000 Yan troops were trapped in Zhongshan, it was already an extremely urgent matter, and there was no room for delay.
If the Yan army is completely annihilated, then the next time Zhao State attacks Zhongshan, will Yan State still be able to contain the Qi army?
A Yan State that is too weak is not in the interests of Zhao State.
Xiong Huai saw that King Wei was silent after King Zhao finished speaking, so he smiled and said: "What King Zhao said is good, saving an emergency is like fighting a fire, and it should be urgent rather than slow." ”
Hearing this, King Zhao smiled and said, "What does King Han think." ”
King Han had already finished standing in line before, and now when he heard King Zhao's inquiry, he immediately spoke: "The widow thinks that what King Zhao and King Chu said is polite. ”
King Wei: "······"
King Wei opened his mouth, his heart was full of anger, and then King Wei said coldly: "It's just that we are now at war with the Qin State, and we can't get out in a short time, and when the army is transferred to the east, I'm afraid it's too late." ”
"It's okay!" Xiong Huai said with a smile: "As long as our four countries issue a statement to the Qi State, officially announcing their interference in the Qi State's attack on Yan, and asking the King of Qi to withdraw from the Yan State, then the Qi State, which has already experienced a joint attack by various countries to save Yan, will definitely agree to withdraw the army." ”
Saying that, Xiong Huai asked King Zhao, "King Zhao, what do you say?" ”
King Zhao's eyes narrowed, and he immediately agreed: "The widow can be sure that the Qi State will definitely retreat!" ”
The reason why Xiong Huai and King Zhao were sure was because there were still nearly 90,000 Qi troops in Shangjun, and if Qi did not agree, then Zhao could completely control the grain routes of the Qi army.
This is a last resort, once Zhao Guo does this, then it will completely lose credibility and become a mortal enemy with Qi State.
This kind of thing can't be done or spoken, but it can be thought that King Qi must consider the possibility of this kind of thing happening.
King Wei was stunned when he heard this, and when he saw that King Zhao had already put his face out, he had no choice but to say loudly: "What about the problem of the Qin State?" If the Qin State attacks later, then our efforts to weaken the Qin State this time may be in vain. ”
Saying that, the eyes of the King of Wei were staring at the King of Chu and the King of Zhao, if which country spoke first this time, which country would be in trouble with the State of Wei.
Xiong Huai saw that the King of Wei had already widened his eyes at this time, and immediately fell silent, if he opened his mouth to make peace with the Qin State first, maybe the Wei State would fall to the Qi State or the Zhao State, so that the gains outweighed the losses.
King Zhao had the same concerns at this time.
Seeing that King Zhao of Chu did not speak, King Wei took another breath and said solemnly: "King Chu, King Zhao, I don't know what we should do with the State of Qin. ”
"This..." When Xiong Huai saw King Wei's name, he knew that he couldn't hide this time.