Chapter 178: Great Wei is in Critical Strait, Zhang Yi returns to Wei
After listening to Su Qinzhi's words, Wei Si became even more suspicious in his heart, so he asked:
"Then it seems that Qin Guo wants to be a praying mantis to catch cicadas, and the yellow finch is behind?"
Su Qin replied:
"Yes!"
Wei Si asked again:
"Then if we Wei and Han lose to Chu this time, what will happen to Qin?"
Su Qin replied:
"If I were the King of Qin, I would definitely move back to Qin this time, and take the opportunity to attack our Wei State Yin Jin, Shangluo and Sanchuan in Korea, and regain the lost territory before!"
魏嗣 says:
"Then if Chu is defeated, this Qin State will inevitably take the opportunity to go south to attack its Yingdu, it seems that the King of Qin at this time, he actually gave us Wei, Han and even Chu to play this game, it is really an old fox!"
Su Qin also said:
"Isn't it? Originally, our Han and Wei were defeated this time, so it was a big deal to abandon the Chu land they had occupied before and retreat, but the King of Qin's interference caused us to lose the battle with Chu, and we may not be able to afford to lose! ”
Wei Si smiled lightly:
"Since you can't afford to lose, don't you just stop fighting?"
Su Qin said:
"Great King, what you think is too simple, it is impossible for the Chu State to make a truce with us after losing so much land, unless we Wei and Han can withdraw from all the Chu lands they occupy, and withdraw from these lands, have you and the King of Han accepted it again? After all, the land that our Great Wei and Korea got this time in the invasion of Chu has cost countless soldiers' lives and hard work. ”
Wei Si hesitated:
"Then since this battle is very important, there is no room for loss, then drag it out, see who can drag it out for a long time, tomorrow Ji Zi and I will return to Daliang, after all, the widow has stayed outside for too long this time, if he doesn't go back to Daliang to preside over state affairs, my Dawei will be chaotic, and it will be handed over to Mo Shang and Gongsun Xi here, what do you think of Ji Zi?"
Su Qin nodded:
"Yes, that's all there is to it now!"
So Wei Si and Su Qin also returned to Daliang and discussed with the ministers how to confront the Chu army.
In recent years, the harvest in the western part of Wei has not been satisfactory, and it has experienced the danger of Qi attacking Daliang, so the problem of money and grain has also become a difficult problem at this time, and it is placed in front of Wei Si who has just returned to Daliang.
I only heard the doctor Li Qi say first:
"The king, this time I confronted the Chu State in the weesha sand this time, I am afraid it will not be a few months of boiling, and my Wei State is now tired in the country, so if it drags on like this, our Wei State can't afford to drag it out, so the minister suggests that the king stop this battle against Chu!"
Sudai also came out and said:
"Yes, Lord Li Qi is right, our Wei State is now empty, and the people's food is scarce, if we continue to confront Chu State for such a long time, our Wei State is indeed dangerous!"
Chen Zhen came out and said:
"Two adults, you may not know the importance of the battle between our Wei, Han and Chu now, if we withdraw our troops, then the blood of our Wei soldiers in the past few months will be in vain, and in this battle, we have an ally in South Korea, and South Korea is not much better than our Wei State, but the King of Han is also insisting on fighting this war, how can our Wei State retreat first?"
Li Qi immediately said to Chen Zhen:
"Lord Chen, you may not know about the Korean harvest in the past two years, right? I heard that South Korea has a bumper harvest around Xinzheng this year, and it is the case in both the Eastern Zhou and Western Zhou Dynasty, and the king of Han even forced the two Zhou dukes to dedicate half of their harvest to South Korea, so the food of the Korean army is enough to hold on to Chu for a year, so there is no need to worry! ”
Then continues:
"But our Wei State is different, now there are more than 500,000 troops everywhere, all need the treasury to supply and demand, now with pottery, can barely make up for some, and now we have to fight against Chu for a long time, then the waste will only be more, will Korea be willing to provide its grain and grass to our Wei State?"
Wei Si glanced at Ru'er, who had not spoken on the side:
"Mr. Ru'er, what do you think about this?"
Ru's expression is also very solemn:
"What several adults said is reasonable, but now this supply and demand is indeed a big problem, a big problem!"
Ru'er's eyes suddenly lit up, and he said:
"Great King, the minister remembers, didn't the Qin State agree to give us half of the Bashu grain and grass in the Wei State before? The last time Chu attacked Qin, Bashu did not encounter a war, according to the time, Qin should have already obtained new grain and grass from Bashu, why don't we ask Qin for grain and grass, right? ”
Su Dai said:
"This time, the Qin State has just experienced a great disaster, I'm afraid that he will not be too busy to take care of himself, and he will not give us any more grain and grass for the Wei State, right?"
Wei Si looked at Su Qin on the side:
"Ji Zi, have you inquired about the current situation in the Qin State?"
Su Qin replied:
"The minister went to inquire, this time the Qin State had already obtained a large amount of Bashu grain and grass before the attack on Chu, and the King of Qin actually looted a batch of people's grain in the country, it seems that the King of Qin is very determined to take revenge on the Chu State this time!"
Chen Zhen said at this time:
"If Qin wants to cut down Chu, Bashu grain and grass are enough, and this time Qin State sits back and watches the main force of the Chu army confront us Wei and Han in Chuisha, and would rather miss such a good opportunity to cut down Chu, it seems that it is not simple!"
Wei Si responded to Chen Zhen:
"Yes, Chen Qing, Ji Zi and I have privately concluded this time that the Qin State must have secretly negotiated with the Chu State, so I just watched in Danyang, but I don't know if the Qin State is waiting for us Wei, Han and Chu to lose before waiting for the opportunity to move?"
Chen Zhen said:
"Great King, in that case, why don't we send someone to Qin State to test it?"
Wei Si asked:
"Then who does Chen Qing think he should use to test the Qin State and in what name? If you go directly to Qin to ask for food and grass, I'm afraid it's not appropriate, right? ”
Chen Zhen replied:
"Great King, have you forgotten the last time Wei Jun fled from Qin? Now Qin Guo didn't even hand over Wei Jun! ”
As soon as Wei Si thought of Wei Jun, he was furious and clenched his fists:
"Chen Zhen, don't mention it, the widow almost forgot about this animal, this time we must let the Qin State send back the animal of Wei Jun, and the widow will cut it with a thousand knives!"
However, a few people discussed it again, but they couldn't choose someone who could send an envoy to Qin, after all, Chen Zhen had served Qin, and he had offended the Qin State, Su Dai and Ruer were not suitable to go to Qin, and Wei Si was not worried that Su Qin would go to Qin.
Suddenly, Zhang Xiao hurriedly ran in and said to Wei Si:
"King, there is a gentleman named Zhang Wei outside the palace, who said that Mr. Nie Xian recommended him to send an envoy to the Qin State on behalf of the king!"
Wei Si has always been curious:
"Who is this Zhang Wei, why haven't you heard of it?"
Su Dai laughed on the side:
"King, why don't you just call in and have a look?"
Wei Si hurriedly motioned for Zhang Xiao to invite.
After a while, a gray-faced man, dressed in rags, like a beggar, stepped into the hall with his head bowed, and then knelt on the ground and saluted Wei Si.
After the ceremony, Wei Si motioned for the man to get up, but he didn't expect the man to get up for a long time.
Wei Si was a little puzzled and asked:
"You're Zhang Wei, right? Why don't you get up? ”
Suddenly, a familiar voice replied:
"Zhang Yi, the criminal minister, ask for my king's forgiveness!"
Wei Si, Chen Zhen, Su Qin, Ru Er and others were all shocked, only Su Dai seemed very natural.
After all, although this Zhang Yi is a Wei person, but the once famous Qin Xiang, he also did Wei Xiang, and he did not do anything to damage Wei Li Qin earlier, but he didn't expect that today he would come to ask for Qin to be made on behalf of Wei.
Wei Si then questioned:
"Zhang Yi, you used to be the Prime Minister of Qin, and you have caused countless injuries to my Great Wei, and today you still have the face to recommend Qin? Don't you want to use the name of Qin to go back and continue to be loyal to King Qin? ”
Zhang Yi explains:
"King, can't you wronged me Zhang Yi like this, although I, Zhang Yi, have done some things that have harmed my Great Wei a long time ago, but I, Zhang Yi, have also regretted it later, and the king, you have succeeded to the throne for many years, can you imagine that I, Zhang Yi, have done anything that harmed the Wei State?"
Wei Si glanced at Chen Zhen, who was glaring at Zhang Yi angrily:
"Chen Qing, can you help the widow count the sins of this Zhang Yi over the years!"
Chen Zhen first said:
"In the forty-first year of King Xianhui, Zhang Yi surrendered to Qin and led Qin soldiers to invade the east of my Wei State!"
"In the forty-third year of King Xianhui, Zhang Yi was Qin, and once again instigated the Qin State, led troops to invade our Wei State, and took all the Xihe and Shangjun, and Zhang Yi was named the Prime Minister of Qin by the King of Qin!"
"In the forty-fifth year of King Xianhui, Zhang Yi recommended Zheng Anping and Wei Zhang to the King of Qin, and the two of them followed the illness in the bar, and once again led the Qin soldiers to invade the east of the Hedong of our Wei State, and broke the old capital of our Wei State, Anyi!"
"In the forty-eighth year of King Xianhui, Zhang Yi took advantage of the defeat of my Wei State in Xiangling to Chu, and lured my first king to Yin Jin to ally with the King of Qin, and forced my first king to cede ten cities outside the river of Qin!"
When Zhang Yi heard this, he saw that Chen Zhen didn't say anything, so he asked:
"Mr. Chen Zhen, could you please tell me about what I, Zhang Yi, have done to damage my Great Wei during the reign of the current king?"
Chen Zhen recalled, and really couldn't find anything unfavorable to Wei in the past few years, so he replied:
"Zhang Yi, I, Chen Zhen, think that these are enough to condemn you Zhang Yi to death!"
Zhang Yi defended herself:
"Now that the king has succeeded to the throne for two years, the five kingdoms have invaded Qin, although I, Zhang Yi, as the prime minister of Qin, have gone to Michi, I wanted to persuade my king to suspend his army and not to participate in the invasion of Qin, but my king did not stop, I Zhang Yi had to speak in front of the king of Qin, and let him pursue the Han and Zhao armies, but did not attack my Great Wei army!"
"The king of this year succeeded to the throne for three years, the Qi State united with the Song State to attack the Great Wei, and the King of Qin was going to order the Emperor to take the opportunity to crusade against the Great Wei and occupy the land east of the Great Wei River.
"Now the king has been on the throne for four years, the king invaded Qin to Hexi, I, Zhang Yi, already knew that the king was feinting to attack Hanguguan, but I, Zhang Yi, did not make a statement to the king of Qin, so the king successfully recovered the land of Hexi, and then the king of Qin wanted to take revenge on the Great Wei, it was I Zhang Yi who persuaded the king of Qin to attack Han again, and the king of Qin canceled the idea of revenge, and instead listened to Sima Cuo's crusade against Bashu."
"In the fifth year of the king, the state of Qin was set in Bashu, and the relationship between the three Jin and Jin was tense according to the Han Shang Party, and the king of Han intended to unite with the king of Qin to take revenge on the Great Wei, it was I Zhang Yi who persuaded the Qin state to seek Chu, and I Zhang Yi was even more alone in Chu, making Qin and Chu become enemies from now on!"
"In the seventh year of this king, the battle of Qin and Chu tended to ease, Qi, Song, Lu and Great Wei were at war, the King of Qin did not want to aid Wei, but I Zhang Yi personally persuaded the Queen of Qin to lead the troops to aid Wei, although there was no great success, but I Zhang Yi at least helped Great Wei block the armies of Lu and Song."
Then he said with a wry smile:
"Isn't what I, Zhang Yi, have done all these years for the sake of Dawei and the king?"