Yingdu.

Xiong Huai gave great attention and courtesy to the arrival of Zhao envoy Wang Ben, and when Chu was besieged by various countries, Zhao came to Chu to discuss the marriage of Chu and Zhao, which was undoubtedly a great support for Chu.

At the very least, Xiong Huai can also tell the elders in the country with confidence that Chu has not been isolated by all countries in the world, and Chu still has allies.

So, after Xiong Huai met with Wang Ben, he immediately responded and sent Dr. Sanlu to be the envoy to escort the daughter of Zhao to Zhao to marry Gongzi Zhang, and asked Qu to go to Handan as his envoy to preside over Gongzi Ziqing's wedding.

Not long after he left, the news of the alliance between Qi and Wei came.

"Chen Qing, is the news true? Did the King of Qi and the King of Wei really break up in Adi? When Xiong Huai heard the news, he looked incredulous.

Qin and Chu made peace, Chu and Zhao married, Qi and Wei had contradictions, and Han and Song were unstable.

This series of news seems to indicate that the dissolution of the Lianheng Alliance is imminent, and the state of Chu will once again win the defense war.

At this time, Chen Zhen in the audience heard the words and arched his hand and said: "King, this news should not be fake, Qi and Wei have a conflict because of the problem of Qi assisting Zhao State, and they cannot reach an agreement on the issue of Qin State, so the matter of Qi and Wei will be closed in the end, and the King of Wei has left Adi without swearing an oath with King Qi."

In addition, the information we received from Qi and Wei shows that the alliance between Qi and Wei did not reach an understanding until the end. ”

Xiong Huai smiled and nodded: "Okay, good, good, the two countries of Qi and Wei have contradictions, which is excellent good news for our peace talks with Qin."

Summoned to Zuo Yin and asked him to speed up the progress of the talks with Qin and reach peace talks as soon as possible. It is better to let the Qin state ally with us. ”

"Yui."

The other side.

In Xianyang, Qin, Gan Mao couldn't help but be surprised when Qi and Wei broke up unhappily, and when they were surprised, the doorman Feng Xi came to report: "Prime Minister, Wei envoy Zhai Zhang is visiting. ”

Gan Mao was stunned for a moment, and immediately responded: "Please." ”

"No."

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Following.

Qin Wangdang looked at Gan Mao, who came to report, and said in surprise: "Prime Minister, I heard that the widow's attitude has softened somewhat, and today his attitude has become resolute again. ”

Gan Mao nodded and said: "King Mingjian, in the previous talks, it was roughly decided that the Chu State would cede half of Hanzhong to the Qin State, but Zhao Chang resolutely disagreed with the Chu State's request to give up the two countries, and planned to send a prince to the Qin State as a hostage.

Originally, with the pressure exerted by my Qin State during this time, Zhao Chang's attitude was not as resolute as before, but after the news of the unhappy breakup of Qi and Wei yesterday, Zhao Chang's attitude became resolute again, and in today's meeting, Zhao Chang didn't even mention the matter of hostages. ”

King Qin sighed: "It seems that the marriage between Chu and Zhao and the conflict between Qi and Wei have given Chu a lot of confidence." ”

Saying that, Qin Wangdang hesitated and said: "Prime Minister, now the situation is constantly tilting in the direction of the Chu State, do you say that my Qin State should reach peace talks with the Chu State as soon as possible, lest after the Qi and Wei countries withdraw their troops, my Qin State will not even be able to get half of Hanzhong." ”

"This..." Gan Mao did not answer, but showed a hint of concern.

When Qin Wangdang saw this, he knew that Gan Mao also intended to negotiate peace with the Chu State, but it seemed that he was unwilling because he didn't get what he wanted.

Seeing this, King Qin let out a long sigh, and was about to open his mouth to agree, when a waiter reported outside: "Great King, Zhai Zhang, the envoy of Wei, asks to see." ”

"Zhai Zhang, what is he doing here?" A wisp of doubt appeared in Qin Wangdang's heart, and he responded: "Please invite the Wei envoy in." ”

"Yui."

Soon, Qin Wangdang looked at Zhai Zhang, who came in a hurry, and asked curiously, "Where did your envoy come from?" ”

Hearing this, Zhai Zhang looked at Qin Wangdang, and then looked at Gan Mao on the side, his heart was relieved, and he arched his hand and said: "The king, on the orders of the widow, I have come to ask the king to give an order, so that the Qin army outside Chen Cheng can attack Chen Cheng with all his might. ”

King Qin was stunned and looked at Zhai Zhang inexplicably.

He was going to accept the conditions of Chu and make peace with Chu, but now the king of Wei asked him to attack Chen Cheng with all his might.

Why, is it just a sentence from King Wei?

"Your honor, the King of Wei is asking for this, is this a threat and intimidation of the widow?"

"No, it's not threats or intimidation." Seeing that Qin Wangdang had misunderstood what he meant, Zhai Zhang immediately explained: "What the widow means is that if the king can help Wei capture Chencheng this time, then the next time he attacks Chu, Wei will be the wings of Qin, and he will attack Wanye Fangcheng of Chu State to respond to Qin's attack on Chu.

Moreover, after the matter is completed, our country will not take an inch of land in the north of the Han Dynasty of Chu. ”

When King Qin heard this, he inexplicably remembered the Qin army outside Chen Cheng, and sneered: "If you don't take an inch of land, why should the widow believe in King Wei." ”

"Just rely on the widow's ability to move the king of Han, and let the king of Han cede the remuneration of the Qin State in advance, and the seven cities east of the Jiaodi to the Qin State."

King Qin was stunned.

Said that King Han cut the land in advance!

I'm afraid I didn't plan to persecute King Han.

Persecution of King Han... This... Slightly persecuting the king of Han, this is undoubtedly to Qin and Han, Wei is on the side of Qin between Qin and Han, Wei does this, Korea will inevitably alienate Wei and fall to Qin again.

This is a guarantee for the whole of Korea.

Although Wei did not have any actual loss in doing this, it only hurt South Korea, but Wei was able to do so, which is enough to see its sincerity.

Moreover, why did Qin make peace with Chu, isn't it because of South Korea, now that Korea has been regained, is it still necessary for Qin to negotiate peace with Chu?

King Qin was stunned for a moment, then cleared his throat and asked in surprise, "I wonder if King Qi also means this?" ”

"Nope." Zhai Zhang shook his head and said, "This is just the meaning of our country." Moreover, if the king can promise to the kingdom of Qi, then the widow means that in the next battle of Chu, the three kingdoms of Qin, Han and Wei will attack Hanbei, and as for the state of Qi, the two countries of Qi and Song will be allowed to determine themselves. ”

Qin Wang Dang was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly glanced at Gan Mao. Then he saw Gan Mao glance at Zhai Zhang, bowed his head slightly, and responded: "The widow already knows what the king of Wei means, but this matter is very important, and the widow can't make a decision easily, so please give the widow some time." ”

"The minister understands, and I am willing to wait for the king's good news."

After Zhai Zhang left, Qin Wangdang hurriedly asked Gan Mao, "Prime Minister, what do you mean by Wei Guo?" ”

Gan Mao immediately responded: "Great King, if the minister's expectations are correct, it should be that King Zhao is about to destroy Zhongshan, and the matter of Qi and Yan sending troops to aid Zhao has put great pressure on King Wei. ”

"Zhao Guo?"

"Exactly." Gan Mao nodded and said: "Great King, as we all know, the generations of Zhao kings before Lord Zhao's father have always been fighting the idea of defending the country, so that there have been frequent wars between Zhao and Wei, and even Handan has been besieged by Wei many times. It was not until after Zhao's father ascended the throne that he shifted his attention to the north and eased the contradictions with Wei.

Now the Wei State has solved the problem of the Hu people in the north, the west is across the river from our Qin State, and the east is friendly with Qi and Yan, and more importantly, whether it is my Qin State or the Qi State, the strength is above the Zhao State, even if the Zhao State annexes the Zhongshan State, it is still the case, so the next goal of the Zhao State is the south, and the exact one is the Wei State in the south of the river.

As long as Zhao attacked Weiguo, he could break through the blockade of the river and extend his tentacles to Henan and even the Huaisi region. Therefore, the deliciousness of Zhao's attack on Weiguo is obvious, and even huge. ”

As he spoke, Gan Mao swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and then continued: "It is precisely because of the threat of the Zhao State to the Wei State that the Wei State urgently needs to defeat the Chu State, not only to obtain the Huaibei land from the Chu State to strengthen itself, but also to remove the serious threat of the Chu State to the Wei State.

Otherwise, when Zhao solves Zhongshan and Chu is not weakened, then Chu and Zhao will unite, Chu will attack Wei Liang along the chasm, Zhao will cross the river to attack Wei, and Qi will wait and see, and even join Zhao and get a piece of the pie. In this way, this is definitely a disaster for the Wei State. ”

Saying that, Gan Mao arched his hand and said: "Great King, the minister wants to come, or it is precisely because the people of Wei also see this extremely unfavorable situation for Wei that Wei will attack Chu at all costs, and alienate Qi to move closer to our Qin State." ”

Qin Wangdang thought about it carefully, and what Gan Mao said was indeed very reasonable.

In the past two years, Qi and Zhao have become closer and closer, and Qi has deliberately given up Zhongshan for Zhao.

Now, Zhao attacked Lingshou and invited the Qi army over again.

At the same time, as the strength of Wei continued to recover, the contradictions between Qi and Wei became bigger and bigger.

In this case, even if Qin Wangdang himself was in the position of the king of Wei, he had to worry that Qi and Zhao would be unfavorable to Wei.

Thinking about it, Qin Wangdang looked at Gan Mao and asked, "I don't know what Cheng meant by Wei Guo's invitation?" ”

Gan Mao pondered for a while, looked at Qin Wang Dang and said slowly: "Great King, what the minister means is to promise the Wei State to first unite the five countries to break the Chen City, and then let Wei and Han seize the Huaibei land of Yingshui and Rushui of the Chu State, and then the three kingdoms of Qin, Wei and Han will besiege Hanbei, once the matter is completed, then my Qin State and Korea will share Hanbei."

In this way, our Qin State can weaken the Chu State greatly, form an alliance with Han Wei, and win over Chu and Zhao to deal with the Qi and Song alliances, and also seize a large number of lands such as Chu State, Hanzhong, Shangyong, and Hanbei.

This strategy, which can not only strengthen oneself but also gain hegemony, is far better than the strategy of letting go of Chu and forming a three-nation alliance of Qin, Chu and Han to fight against the four kingdoms of Qi, Wei, Zhao and Song. ”

When King Qin heard this, he nodded thoughtfully.

In an alliance with the state of Chu, the state of Qin gained only half of Hanzhong, and in alliance with the state of Wei, the state of Qin gained more than half of Hanzhong.

As soon as Qin Wang Dang thought that Hanzhong Shangyong Deng Wan and other places of the Chu State would all fall into the hands of the Qin State, the greed in his heart suddenly came to his mind.

As long as he obtains these territories, especially the anointed land and strategic place of Hanbei, then his achievements will surpass all the previous kings of the Qin State, even if he expands the land for thousands of miles and the former king of Bashu, he cannot compare with him.

Thinking about it, Qin Wangdang's whole body was hot, he swallowed a big mouthful of saliva, nodded and said, "Okay, do what the prime minister wants." ”

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