"Great King, as Gongsun Yan said before, now the alliance of countries is only temporary, after defeating the Qi State, the situation in the world will change again, and the strategic goals of each country will be re-established."

"If we only ally with Qin at that time, then we will be isolated, and once Qin comes to attack us, then we will have no reinforcements. Therefore, it is extremely important for us to make friends with Chu and even form an alliance with Wei State, because those who can come to the rescue of Wei are either Han and Zhao or Chu. But the only one who can fight against Qin is Chu. ”

Over the past few decades, in the face of increasingly powerful pressure from the Qin state, the three kingdoms of Zhao, Wei and Han have formed alliances against the Qin state several times, but each time they have ended in failure.

Now Wei has serious doubts about whether the Three Jin Alliance can defeat Qin.

King Wei Hui nodded and said, "That is to say, if Gongsun Yan is here to form an alliance with our Wei State on behalf of the Chu State this time, then we will promise him." ”

Tian Xu shook his head and said: "The king can befriend the Chu State, but the alliance still needs to be cautious, for the time being, our Wei State cannot immediately form an alliance with the Chu State." ”

King Wei Xiang asked, "Why is this?" ”

Tian Xu replied: "Great King, because Qi and Qin, Qin and Chu are still wary of each other, once our Wei State and Chu State form an alliance with Chu State alone, then Qin State will be hostile to Wei State." ”

Tian Xu paused and continued: "Great King, the main purpose of the current countries is the Qi State, and the same is true for our Wei State, as long as Qin and Chu send troops to attack Qi, then it will be a good thing for Wei State, if Qin and Chu attack Qi at the same time, it will be even better." ”

"However, if only one country of Qin and Chu sends troops, and the other country stands by and watches, it will be a huge difference for our Wei State."

King Wei Xiang was stunned for a moment, and asked puzzledly: "Xiangguo, please elaborate on one or two." ”

Tian Yu nodded and said: "King, if the State of Chu stands by and watches, once the war is in full swing, if the State of Chu wants to raise a division and sneak attack, then the State of Chu will attack that country?" ”

King Wei Xiang didn't think about it and said: "Since the State of Chu did not take the opportunity to attack the State of Qi, then the direction of sending troops is nothing more than the three kingdoms of Qin, Wei and Han, but in the big war, the battlefield must be extremely close to our Wei State, so excluding the State of Wei, it will only be the two countries of Qin and Han." As for which of the two countries is Qin and Han, I'm afraid that the chances of Qin are even higher. ”

Tian Xu said: "What the king said is very true, and Weichen also thinks that the possibility of the Qin State is higher. But if the Qin State was going to carry out a sneak attack, then which country did the king think had a high chance of being sneak attacked? ”

King Wei Xiang thought for a moment and said, "Maybe it's all there, right?" ”

Tian Xu lowered his head and saluted: "The king is right, if the Qin State sends troops to attack, whether it is Wei or Chu and Han, there is a chance that they will be attacked by the Qin State. ”

"Great King, this is the difference that Wei Chen said, in the face of the choice of Qin and Chu to send troops to sneak attack, if we let Wei choose a country to send troops to Qi, then choose Qin."

"Do you refuse Chu's request for an alliance?" King Wei Xiang asked.

Tian Xu shook his head and said: "Great King, we can't refuse the Chu State, now our Wei State is fighting with the Qi State, and the ally Qin State is also unreliable, and we need the support of the Chu State." ”

“···” King Wei Xiang looked at Tian Xu blankly, and he was confused by him.

Tian Yu replied: "Great King, if the Chu State is here to form an alliance, then we will agree to the request of the Chu State to form an alliance, but in order to avoid the anger of the Qin State, we will delay it for a while. ”

During this period of time, with the minister Zhai Qiang as an envoy, he went to Qin to ask for help, asking Qin to immediately send troops to Qi State, and to tell Qin State the good news that Chu State intends to join the alliance. If Qin still does not send troops, then tell Qin that our Wei State will not be able to withstand it, and let Qin State take care of it himself. ”

King Wei Xiang asked with some doubts: "Xiangguo, although the minister Zhai Qiang is close to the Qin State, he is also close to the Qi State, is it a little bad to send him to the Qin State?" ”

"Minister Lou Su is not only close to Qin, but also close to Chu, if Lou Su is used to envoy Qin, maybe Qin and Chu can be urged to jointly send troops to Qi. Isn't this exactly what Xiang Guo said, the most beneficial thing for Wei is that Qin and Chu jointly send troops to Qi State? ”

Tian Xu shook his head and said: "King, although it is possible for Lou Su to let Qin and Chu jointly send troops to Qi State, there is one thing he will do more, that is, let Qin, Wei and Chu form an alliance, although the possibility of success in this matter is very rare, but it cannot be guarded against, once Qin and Chu form an alliance, then the direction of their Qin and Chu troops, in addition to our Wei State, then there is only South Korea, and now Wei and Han are cold, and the weakening of South Korea is also the weakening of Wei." ”

"So for our Wei State, the alliance between Qin and Chu is far less good than that of Qin and Chu."

After King Wei Xiang understood, he asked again, "Then how can we delay the alliance with the Chu State?" ”

Tian Yu thought for a while and said, "Great King, we can make a request to the Chu State and ask for a further step in the alliance with the Chu State. ”

"Further?" King Wei Xiang was a little surprised at first, and then nodded.

To take the alliance a step further, that is, to become in-laws.

Although this is very unreliable, it is common for countries to turn their faces and fight to death immediately after they become in-laws, but at the national level, I always feel that after getting married, I feel more at ease.

The most important thing is that after getting married, the next generation born to both parties may become kings.

And the monarch of another country who was born and raised by his own daughter or sister will be unnaturally influenced by his own mother in diplomacy.

Of course, if the two countries are at odds with each other, then how to fight or how to fight, and if the two countries want to form an alliance again, then it will be more convenient to have natural closeness at the level of kinship.

Thinking of this, King Wei Xiang shook his head abruptly and said, "Could it be that the widow still wants to give his daughter to the King of Chu?" ”

Obviously, Wei Meiren's nose was cut off in the past, which had a serious impact on him, and the King of Wei is still haunted by it, even if the news of the King of Chu that the King of Chu favored Wei Meiren again came out of the Chu State, King Wei Xiang did not believe it.

As soon as Tian Xu saw that King Wei was not happy, he immediately said: "King, Weichen does not mean to let the princess marry the king of Chu, but the prince of Chu. ”

King Wei Xiang was stunned and said, "Prince Chu? ”

Tian Yu nodded and said, "The king, it is the prince of Chu." Now that the prince of Chu is about to come of age to perform the crown ceremony, and there is no marriage contract, if the king marries the princess to the prince of Chu, then the two countries of Chu and Wei will inevitably be close to each other and become in-laws. ”

King Wei Xiang was overjoyed when he heard this: "Good! ”

A few days later, Gongsun Yan led a delegation of envoys from the state of Chu to the state of Wei.

"The foreign minister Gongsun Yan paid a visit to the King of Wei." On the main hall of the Wei Palace, Gongsun Yan called himself a foreign minister and saluted King Wei Xiang.

At this time, the hearts of Gongsun Yan and King Wei Xiang were extremely complicated.

Not long ago, in this hall, Gongsun Yan was still a courtier of Wei, and now, still in the main hall of this Wei Palace, Gongsun Yan has become a courtier of Chu State, calling himself a foreign minister.