Chapter 575: This King Zhao Is Too Much (First Update)
The capital of Wei, Taoyi.
Through the efforts of tens of thousands of Wei craftsmen, a brand-new palace city has now stood in the Xicheng District of Taoyi.
This palace city is very atmospheric, with high walls of red tiles and cornices, shining in the sun, full of an indescribable majesty.
As the most majestic person in the entire Wei Kingdom, Wei Wangyu was sitting in this newly completed palace at this moment, his face was full of happiness, listening to Duan Ganzi in front of him report the situation.
"Great King, now the city father, Juyang, Xia Cai, Suzhou and other cities have all been occupied by the elite soldiers under the king, and the entire land of Chu north of Yingshui and west of Surabaya is owned by Wei!"
When Wei Wangyu heard the news, he only felt that all the pores on his body were bubbling out with an emotion called happiness.
Twenty years, a full twenty years.
The Wei state finally embarked on the road of foreign expansion again, and seized such a large piece of land from the hands of the Chu state.
The land that Wei now occupies from the Chu State is equivalent to almost three-quarters of the territory of the Wei State today.
In other words, through this war alone, Wei Wangyu almost doubled the territory of Wei.
A big victory, an unquestionable, indisputable, unprecedented victory in twenty years!
Even looking at the entire history of Wei, this big victory is ranked first, only after Wei destroying Zhongshan and seizing Xihe from Qin.
But those victories were all achieved by Wei during its heyday as a hegemon, and since Wei began to decline, there has never been such a great victory as this war.
Needless to say, I also know that after this victory, Wei Wangyu's entire merits and evaluation in the history books will be much higher.
The reason why the kings are so dedicated to governing the country, in addition to passing on their inheritance, is not another reason is to leave a name in history and let future generations remember their great achievements?
This time the war is an out-and-out feat.
The more Wei Wangyu thought about it, the happier he became, and the smile on his face gradually became brighter, and he even said that he was good, and he was so excited that he didn't know what to say for a while.
After being happy for a while, Wei Wangyu suddenly noticed Duan Ganzi's expression of wanting to speak and stopping, so he asked a little strangely: "Duan Qing, aren't you happy?" β
Since Wei Wuji was eliminated, Wei Wangyu's personality has obviously improved, and compared to the previous yin owl temperament, it can be said that it is much better now.
Duan Ganzi paused for a moment and said, "Great King, the Wei State was able to achieve such a major victory, and the ministers were naturally happy and proud of the Great King and the Wei State from the bottom of their hearts, but it was just ......"
Wei Wangyu frowned and said, "It's just what? β
Duan Ganzi sighed, took out a letter from his bosom and handed it to Wei Wangyu: "Your Majesty, please take a look." β
Wei Wangyu glanced at Duan Ganzi with some puzzlement, and then turned his eyes to the letter in Duan Ganzi's hand, and then sighed: "This is King Zhao's letter?" β
Due to the advent of papermaking, Zhao Dan has now begun to use a large amount of paper in his daily work and diplomatic activities, and it is not the first time that Wei Wangyu has received a paper letter from Zhao Guo, so he naturally recognized it at once.
Wei Wangyu unfolded the letter and began to read the handwritten letter from Zhao Dan.
After only a few moments, the happy expression on Wei Wangyu's face began to disappear at an astonishing speed, replaced by a thick anger.
After reading the entire letter, Wei Wangyu finally couldn't bear it anymore, and slammed his fist on the table in front of him, letting out a roar.
"This Zhao Wang Dan is simply unreasonable!"
Duan Ganzi looked at the angry Wei Wangyu in surprise, and asked, "Why is the king so angry, could it be that King Zhao has made any strange requests?" β
Wei Wangyu was so angry that his body trembled, and he took the letter and said to Duan Ganzi: "Duan Qing, Duan Qing, look at this Zhao Dan, he actually directly asked the widow not to continue to march into the rest of the territory of Chu State, and stop the war with Chu State." β
Speaking of this, Wei Wangyu's voice suddenly raised an octave: "Why? Although he, Zhao Guo, is the leader of the Three Jin Alliance, the widow is not a courtier under his Zhao Dan who can call and drink! Whether the widow and the state of Chu will cease war or not, that is not something that he Zhao Dan can decide at will with a letter! β
In the end, Wei Wangyu called Zhao Dan's name, obviously angry by Zhao Dan's letter.
Wei Wangyu's anger was certainly justified.
You must know that now the Wei army has begun to plan to cross Surabaya and take over the eastern part of the Huaibei Land of Chu that was vacated east of Surabaya due to the withdrawal of the Qi people.
If all these territories vacated by the Qi people are in their hands, then the territory of Wei is even almost on a par with the overlord Wei in its heyday.
Needless to say, this is a great temptation for Wei Wangyu.
As a result, now Zhao Dan has a letter coming over, saying that Wei must cease war with Chu.
If so, then forget it, but the problem is that Zhao Dan still clearly wrote in his heart that the state of Chu had ceded all the territories that Wei Wangyu was going to seize to the state of Zhao.
How could this convince Wei Wangyu?
Obviously, there is not even a soldier of Zhao State on those lands! Just because of Zhao Dan's letter, Wei Wangyu has to obediently back down?
Wei Wangyu was the first to fire, while Duan Ganzi, who was sitting at the bottom, had his own different opinions.
Regarding the anger of his own king, Duan Ganzi shook his head after thinking for a moment, and said to Wei Wangyu a little helplessly: "Great king, the minister thinks that otherwise, according to what this King Zhao said, he will stop fighting with the Chu State." β
"Truce?" Wei Wangyu gritted his teeth and said: "Today's Chu State does not have any strength to resist the army of the widows, even if Zhao and South Korea are willing to stop war with the Chu State, the widows can rely on the strength of the Wei State to destroy this Chu State!" Now it is a once-in-a-century opportunity for the Wei State, and you want to make a truce for the widows? β
When Wei Wangyu said this, his whole eyes were filled with an incomparable desire, as if a vicious wolf who had not eaten for a long time had suddenly discovered incomparably fresh food, and there was almost no reason at all.
Wei Wangyu glared at Duan Ganzi so fiercely, it seemed that if Duan Ganzi couldn't give a satisfactory answer to Wei Wangzi, Wei Wangyu didn't even mind letting Duan Ganzi appreciate the true majesty of the monarch.
Duan Ganzi sighed and said, "What the king said is extremely true, the current Chu State does not have any capital that can confront the king. But what the minister wants to remind the king is that Zhao, Korea and Qi must not want the king to annex Chu alone! β
Duan Ganzi's words made King Wei pause for a moment, looked at Duan Ganzi with some hesitation, and said, "What does Duan Qing meanββ"
Duan Ganzi said: "The minister can guarantee that if the king wants to continue this war, then the king will not only face the weak Chu State, but the three-nation alliance from the Zhao State, the Qi State and the Korean State!" β
Zhao, Qi, and Han were all neighbors of Wei. In the Warring States Period, everyone liked to pull each other's hind legs, once the Wei State obtained so much land out of thin air, then the three kingdoms of Zhao, Qi and Han would definitely not agree, and the war was the inevitable thing to happen next.
Wei Wangyu said angrily at Duan Ganzi: "Now that Zhao and Han are still fighting against the Qin State, and the Qi State is still fighting against the Yan State, how can they have time to interfere with the attack of the Widows on the Chu State?" β
Duan Ganzi said: "Lian Po has led the army to the west, and he will soon be able to separate the victory and defeat with Bai Qi, Linzi has just received news that the Qi army has broken the Yan army, and now in the case of the defeat of the Yan army, the Qi army may go south again at any time to attack the northern land of Chu Guohuai." β
After a pause, Duan Ganzi continued to persuade: "The king must not repeat the mistakes of King Qi back then!" β
The name King Qi was like a basin of cold water, which instantly poured Wei Wangyu from head to the soles of his feet, and finally made Wei Wangyu, who had fallen into some inexplicable frenzy, begin to slowly become sober.
After a long time, Wei Wang Yu said: "If the widows continue to attack the Chu State, will it really attract the countries to attack Wei?" β
Duan Ganzi said with great certainty: "Absolutely! In the opinion of the ministers, the king might as well stop there, not only to give the king of Zhao face, but also not to attract any enemies for the Wei state. Next, the king only needs to develop the land he won this time for a few years with peace of mind, and then Wei will naturally become one of the powerful countries, and then Xu Tu will develop, so there is no need to rush for a while. β
Wei Wangyuan sat there in a daze, his face changed uncertainly, and he looked extremely hesitant.
After a long time, Wei Wangyu finally let out a long sigh, waved his hand very unhappily, and said to Duan Ganzi: "That's it, that's it." Since this is the case, then Duan Qingru will give the order to go down and let the front line stop the army. β
After saying this, Wei Wangyu waved his sleeves very irritably and left the hall directly.
Although Wei Wangyu himself admitted that Duan Ganzi's opinion was indeed a good opinion, but when he really let him do it himself, Wei Wangyu couldn't help but feel extremely irritated from the bottom of his heart.
Such a large piece of fat in the eastern part of Huaibei Land was placed in his mouth, but he couldn't swallow it in one gulp, this taste was obviously too uncomfortable for Wei Wangyu.
"Zhao Wangdan, you are waiting for the widow, in the near future, you will definitely pay the price for this matter!" Wei Wangyu thought very resentfully.