Chapter Seventy-Four: Stubborn Fan Sui
Negotiate peace with Zhao and go south to attack Chu?
When Fan Sui said this, the eyes of the monarchs and ministers of the Qin State present widened, and even some guys who couldn't hold back wanted to ask if this Fan Sui had taken the wrong medicine.
Since entering the Warring States period, the strategic policy of the Qin State has actually remained the same, that is, I will fight whoever is strong.
According to this strategic policy, the Qin State first overthrew the Chu State led by the faint monarch Chu Huai Wang with two major wars, and then used the stupidity of the King of Qi to actively participate in the Five Kingdoms Expedition to Qi, and defeated the strongest "Eastern Emperor" Qi State in history.
After both the Chu State and the Qi State were defeated, then the next task was obviously the neighbor in the northeast of the Qin State, the newly rising strong enemy Zhao State.
Since the great decline of Qi twenty-five years ago, the strategic center of Qin has slowly shifted to Zhao, and after Zhao became the second boss of the Warring States, it is a natural Zhao national policy to pick off the boss Qin.
Of course, although Qin and Zhao had already regarded each other as thorns in the flesh after the fall of the Qi State, the war did not break out between the two countries immediately, but after a full twenty-five years of brewing, it finally came to the point of life and death in the Battle of Changping.
At the beginning, the two countries of Qin and Zhao were relatively stable for a period of time, and the two sides were generally at peace for about fifteen years.
That's because during this time, Qin and Zhao had the same strategy, both of which were "weak first and then strong".
Therefore, under the strong leadership of Xiangbang Wei Ran, the Qin State placed the main targets of attack on the three kingdoms of Wei, Han, and Chu.
Under the guidance of such a policy, the Qin State has repeatedly conquered and seized a large amount of land in the three kingdoms of Wei, Han and Chu, and Bai Qi has also constantly refreshed his own world record of beheading during this time, becoming a truly invincible killing god who is truly famous in the world.
The main strategic goal of Zhao's side was placed on Qi in the east.
Zhao took advantage of the decline of Qi and the fact that Tiandan could not be trusted by King Xiang of Qi to conquer Qi repeatedly, and won more than 70 cities from Qi State, and completely took away the Hejian Land (a plain in the two main streams of the Yellow River) that originally belonged to Qi State, except for Liaocheng and Rao'an, and made Lian Po's reputation of "eating and sleeping and fighting Qi State" spread all over the world.
In these fifteen years, Qin and Zhao were basically at peace with each other, and the struggle between the two sides was mainly concentrated on the diplomatic battlefield, which also gave birth to familiar allusions such as "Returning to Zhao after Completion" and "The Meeting of Michi".
During this period of time, although the Qin State was stronger, the Zhao State finally maintained a five-five situation with its sharp teeth and sharp mouth.
But this kind of peace is destined to be impossible to last too long, after all, although the Qin and Zhao royal families were one family five hundred years ago, there are fundamental contradictions now, and they all want to annex each other.
The prelude to the battle between Qin and Zhao began with the Battle of Huayang thirteen years ago.
In that Battle of Huayang, Bai Qi and Wei Ran led the Qin-Han coalition army to behead 150,000 Wei and Zhao allied troops in a battle, which not only defeated all the ambitions of Wei Wangyu in one fell swoop, but also ended the short-lived peace between Qin and Zhao.
And the official curtain of war between the two sides opened, which was the famous battle of Yanhe nine years ago.
In the battle of Yanhe, Zhao Hao, with the firm support of King Zhao Huiwen, relied on the incomparable courage of "the brave wins when they meet on a narrow road", annihilated the 100,000 army of the Qin army in a battle, killed Hu Yang, the second general in the Qin army second only to Bai Qi, and severely frustrated the Qin state's attempt to attack the Zhao state.
The defeat in the battle also directly led to the drastic changes in the political arena of the Qin State, and the four nobles and one family headed by the Marquis Wei Ran soon stepped down.
But even after encountering such an unprecedented setback, Qin Wangji still did not give up the grand strategy of "who fights whom", but after pushing out the Marquis Wei Ran as a scapegoat, he changed Fan Sui to power, and continued to compete with Zhao State in the way of "distant friendship and close attack".
This is the reason why Qin did not continue to attack Korea after Korea abandoned Shangdang County, because Qin's priority goal at the moment was to occupy Shangdang County, not to destroy Korea.
As long as Shangdang County is taken, especially after taking the Fukou of the North Shang Party, the Qin State with the Fukou County is equivalent to pinching Zhao Guo's balls, and he can pinch and explode whenever he wants, no matter what kind of east and west out or middle out along the Fukou Sect, in short, he will be confused by Zhao Guo's face.
This is the so-called "Xiang Zhuang Dancing Sword Intention Pei Gong", Qin State's ostensible intention was to attack Korea, but the real target was still Zhao State!
It can be said that in the past few years after the battle of Yan He, in addition to solving the political turmoil caused by the fall of Fan Sui Sigui and his family, Qin Wangji was planning how to take revenge on Zhao and get back the face lost in the battle of Yan and He.
In fact, what Qin Wangji wants to get back is not only the lost face, but also the general trend of Qin State to dominate the world!
As long as the final hegemon-level strong enemy of Zhao State is overturned, the wheel of Qin State's unification of the world can be regarded as truly rumbling and entering the unstoppable fast lane.
For these, which of the important ministers of the Qin State present did not know it?
Under such circumstances, Fan Sui proposed to negotiate peace with Zhao to fight Chu State, which was even more nonsense than Qin Wangji's proposal to transfer 200,000 troops to the south just now!
Qin Wangji also frowned, and glanced at Fan Sui with some dissatisfaction.
The widow has waited for nine years, just to wait for this opportunity, the widow is not to prove anything, but to tell the world that what the widow has lost, then he must get it back!
Seeing that the widow is about to get back the face lost from Zhao Guo through a Changping War, but you, Fan Jun, want to negotiate peace with Zhao Guo at this time?
Monkey business!
Qin Wangji snorted and said coldly: "Fan Jun's words are too much. Thinking about Xiong Yuan's child's Chu country, how can it be compared with Zhao Dan'er's Zhao country? It is necessary to defeat Zhao first and then take Chu, which is the best policy! ”
Obviously, Qin Wangji did not agree with Fan Sui and Zhao's strategy of negotiating peace and then attacking Chu.
Now negotiate peace with Zhao Guo, unless Shangdang County is given away for nothing, how can Zhao Guo agree?
If Shangdang County was sent in vain, wouldn't Qin Wangji have planned for nine years in vain, fought for the Zhao people for five years in vain, and then killed tens of thousands of Qin soldiers in vain.
Only an idiot would negotiate peace with Zhao Guo at this time!
It stands to reason that since Qin Wangji has obviously expressed his opposition, then Fan Sui should shut up, right?
Fan Sui is not.
I saw that this Prime Minister of the Qin State had a solemn face, and said solemnly: "The king's words are false!" ”
As soon as Fan Sui's words came out, several important ministers of the Qin State on the side, including the crown prince An Guojun, all looked at Fan Sui with idiot-like eyes.
This Fan Sui took the wrong medicine today, right? Even if the king is extremely fond of you, you can't kick your nose in the face again and again.
I saw Fan Sui saying: "Qin State, the strongest in the world." The king, the overlord of the world! The power of the king is all over the world, and Zhou Tianzi is not as good as the king. Xiong Yuan'er is just a barbarian, relying on the weak country of Chu and vainly trying to offend the power of the king of strong Qin, if he does not severely punish the state of Chu, how can he show the power of the king! In the opinion of the ministers, we should devote the strength of the country to Chu, and set an example! ”
Fan Sui's words were really righteous words in one go, whether it was the anger on his face or the swing of his arms when he spoke, it was just right, highlighting an anger and exaggeration.
Qin Wangji looked at Fan Sui's performance and words, and his face gradually became strange.
If Qin Wangji didn't know what Fan Sui actually meant at this time, then Qin Wangji would really be Alzheimer's.
Is it possible for the Qin State to put the number one enemy of the Zhao State aside, and let the Zhao State expand, but attack the Chu State, which is even weaker than the Zhao State?
Of course, this is impossible, it is not in line with the national policy of Qin and Qin Wangji, and it is completely wrong!
Since this is completely wrong, why does Fan Sui still have to go one after another, and even intensify his efforts to desperately mention "and Zhao attacking Chu"?
The reason is actually very simple, that is, because Fan Sui wants to let Qin Wangji know that this is wrong by constantly emphasizing "attacking Chu with Zhao", and Qin should go to kill Zhao State now, and then think about the affairs of Chu State.
To put it bluntly, Fan Sui reminded Qin Wangji in this euphemistic way - King, you are wrong! It is actually not feasible to divide the troops equally from the long.
But the beauty of Fan Sui's method is that when Fan Sui said the above words, the wrong person was not Qin Wangji, but Fan Sui.
After all, the person who vigorously advocates "attacking Chu with Zhao" is Fan Sui, everyone has seen it with their own eyes, what is wrong with Qin Wangji, isn't this wise king going to immediately open his mouth to deny Fan Sui's wrong method and pull Qin back to the correct path of "Zhao first and Chu later"?
Qin Wangji couldn't help but shake his head, and his voice became a little softer: "Fan Jun's words are not advisable for the time being. In the opinion of the widow, Wu Anjun should stay in Changping for the time being. ”
Since Bai Qi stayed in Changping, the matter of transferring Changping's troops to the south will naturally be nullified.
Although Fan Sui's opinion was denied, not only did this Qin State Prime Minister not have any frustrated expression on his face, but instead showed a smile, and then respectfully saluted Qin Wangji, and said in a loud voice: "The king is wise!" ”
The king, he's always wise, isn't he? As for this kind of thing, let me Fan Sui come!