So the matter of exchanging the land of wheat mundane for grain and grass was settled, and the meeting began to move on to the next topic.

This time, Zhao Dan didn't plan to let the courtiers speak first, only to see Zhao Dan say: "In the opinion of the widow, Zheng Zhu lives in Xianyang today, but Qin has a mouthful, and Chu Wei is also aiding my army, it is advisable to pass on Zheng Zhu's return to the country as soon as possible!" ”

Who is Jung Joo? Zheng Zhu was the envoy sent by Zhao Dan to Qin to seek peace not long ago after listening to Lou Chang's words.

As a result, although Qin Wangji (Qin Zhaoxiang Wang) and Qin Xiang Fan Sui, two treacherous and cunning guys, received Zheng Zhu with great grandeur, they did not really hold peace talks with Zheng Zhu at all, but invited envoys from other five countries to attend the banquet to receive Zheng Zhu.

This made the other five countries, especially Chu and Wei, who originally planned to send troops to aid Zhao, feel that this Qin and Zhao are going to negotiate peace, so we still send troops to fart? The two branches of your old winner play for themselves.

Therefore, in the end, Zhao did not get a single soldier of reinforcements.

Zheng Zhu sent an envoy to the Qin State, which was undoubtedly a major failure of the diplomacy of the Zhao State during the Battle of Changping, and now Zhao Dan got Zheng Zhu back, which means that I will not negotiate peace with you Qin State, let's see you on the battlefield.

From a diplomatic point of view, this is a remedy.

Zhao Dan was also helpless in his heart, if he had worn it for a month or two, Zheng Zhu would not have been sent to the Qin State, and now the Zhao State would not be so passive diplomatically.

Zheng Zhu's return to China, all the ministers of Zhao State present did not object, after all, Zheng Zhu, the envoy of peace talks, has proved that Qin State does not want to talk at all, so come back.

At this moment, Yu Xin's expression suddenly moved, and he spoke: "Isn't there a follow-up action for the king?" ”

Zhao Dan glanced at Yu Xin with satisfaction, and said with a smile: "Yu Qing knows this king." ”

The Battle of Changping, which was related to the fate of Qin and Zhao and even the unification of the world, and could even be said to be a super war that laid the theoretical foundation for the great unification of Chinese civilization in the next 2,000 years, of course, could not be decided only from the military and grain and grass aspects.

"The Art of War" once said such a sentence, "The first army is to attack and strategize, the second is to attack the enemy, the second is to attack the army, and then the next is to attack the city." ”

The meaning of this sentence is that the most bullish military action is to use strategy to get rid of the enemy, the second is to use diplomacy to get the enemy, the third is to use war to get the enemy, and the fourth and stupidest way is to attack the enemy one by one.

The strategy here can be understood as a "national strategy," which belongs to the strategy of striking at the enemy by combining economic, diplomatic, cultural, and ideological national strength.

In later generations, 2,000 years later, the overall strategy of US imperialism to kill the Soviet Union in a few decades can be called a classic case of "going to war and plotting."

In this era of the Warring States Period, "going to the army and plotting" was actually not well reflected by any country.

After all, the limitations of the times are placed here, if you go to talk to a senior intellectual of the Warring States period about "the comprehensive application of economic warfare, cultural invasion, and public opinion offensive in bilateral exchanges...", then this high-level intellectual of the Warring States period with a confused face will definitely reply to you with three words: "Speak human words." ”

But after all, the land of China is the birthplace of Sun Tzu's Art of War, so there is still a country in this land that is closest to the concept of "fighting and strategizing".

This country is the Qin State, and the policy of the Qin State of quasi-"going to the army to fight and plotting" is the "distant friendship and close attack" proposed by Fan Sui, the current Qin minister.

And Zhao Dan, who integrates the two identities of the traverser and Zhao Guojun, after getting the two major events of "changing generals" and "lack of food", the next thing to do is, of course, to find a way to crack this damn "long-distance and close attack".

Why is the priority of cracking the "long-distance and close attack" so high, this has to start from the national strength of each country at this time.

If the national strength of the Seven Heroes of the Warring States is divided into a level, then the Qin State at this moment is the SS level, the Zhao State is the S level, and the other five countries are basically the ABC level.

The advantages of the Qin State lie in the overall national strength that quickly became strong after the Shang Dynasty changed the law and adopted the strategy of cultivation and warfare, in the presence of an immortal general like Bai Qi, and in the stimulation of soldiers by the military merit title system.

Then Zhao Guo doesn't have any advantages? Zhao Guo actually has it.

In terms of generals, among the four famous generals of the Warring States recognized by later generations, the Qin State had Bai Qi Wang Qian, and the Zhao State also had Lian Po and Li Mu.

In terms of soldiers, since Zhao Dan's grandfather Zhao Wuling Wang Hufu cavalry shooting, the combat effectiveness of the Zhao army has risen sharply, defeating the two major nomads of Linhu and Loufu, defeating the once invincible Qi State to the loss of almost half of the country, and taking the Yan State in the north, which had beaten the Huns' big brother Donghu, as his RBQ, and even defeated the invincible Qin army twice in a row in the Battle of Yanhe nine years ago and the Battle of Jiyi six years ago.

The industry and commerce of Zhao are also quite developed, Zhao people in addition to love to be soldiers also like to do business, Handan is a famous commercial city at that time, a large population city, and even Lü Buwei such a famous figure in later generations is now doing business in Handan City, while preparing his plan of "strange goods to live".

And what about the state of Qin? There are no merchants in the Qin State, this sentence is really not a joke in a sense.

Since the Shang Dynasty changed the law, the Qin State has taken "ploughing warfare" as its national policy, what is the strategy of ploughing warfare? To put it simply, the people of the Qin State are divided into two kinds, one is farming, that is, farming, and the other is fighting, that is, war.

Therefore, the people of the Qin State usually farm the land with men and help with women, and during the war, men go to the battlefield and women farm the land. What, I heard you want to do business? Come, now there are three choices for you, one is to be a soldier, one is to farm, and the other is to die, you choose. Trade? Inexistent.

In terms of military affairs, Qin and Zhao are actually five or five open, and Qin will win the invincible god of war Bai Qi; In terms of agriculture, Zhao was hung up and beaten by Qin; But when it comes to industry and commerce, it was Zhao who hung Qin up and beat him.

To put it bluntly, Qin and Zhao have their own strengths and weaknesses, but Qin's farming and warfare policy is obviously more suitable for the troubled times of the Warring States period of long-term war than Zhao's industry and commerce, so Qin's national strength can be said to be slightly better.

But just a slight victory may not be enough for the Qin State to emerge victorious from this brutal competition.

So why was the Qin State able to dominate the world in the end? The problem lies in this "long-distance and close-range attack".

In this sense, Qin Xiang Fan Sui, who proposed the strategy of "long-distance friendship and close attack", is really a talent who is not born in the world.

In Zhao Dan's view, the combination of "ploughing warfare" and "long-distance friendship and close attack", which is the combination of the two major policies of internal and foreign, is the real reason why Qin State dominates the world.

These two great policies are like two giant pillars of optimus, firmly supporting the immortal hegemony of the Qin Empire, and both are indispensable.

If Zhao wants to defeat Qiang Qin and dominate the world, he must also have a corresponding national policy and a corresponding strategy.

Does Zhao Dan have such a strategy and national policy?

Well, not yet...

A guy who was just an ordinary history lover before crossing over, and if he wants to come up with some national strategy, isn't that the so-called life of eating gutter oil, and the heart of what he does, and the protagonist's aura is not so fierce.

But this did not prevent Zhao Dan from responding.

Compared with the overall situation, compared with the operation, Zhao Dan can't compare to you Qin Wangji and Fan Sui for the time being, so let's compare micro, okay?

Zhao Dan's micro-manipulation here is to compete with this damn "long-distance and close attack" at the level of diplomacy!