Xiong Huai first heard Gongsun Yan's remarks about Qi Guo, and couldn't help but think of Zhaoyang, who had also said this before, and when he thought of Zhaoyang, Xiong Huai's face darkened slightly.

Then when he heard Gongsun Yan's strategy, it seemed that the position of the overlord was in front of him, and he couldn't help but feel hot in his heart. couldn't help but sigh lightly, and said to Gongsun Yan: "What Xianqing said is reasonable. ”

Gongsun Yan then proposed again: "Great King, in order to force the Qin State to send troops as soon as possible, we can also move around the Yan State and the Chu State. Although the Yan State may not agree to our Chu State joining the alliance because of the relationship between the Qin State, as long as the Great King sends someone to send a gift to express his blessings to the prince, indicating that the Chu State is willing to send troops to attack the Qi State, then whether the Yan State will agree or not, the Qin State will hesitate. ”

For Chu State's behavior of showing favor to Gongzi, Xiong Huai also thought of another benefit, as the saying goes, there is no harm if there is no comparison, if even the Chu State that can't fight with Yan Guo's eight poles will have to raise the army and fight Qi, and his grandfather still does not move, then even if Gongzi doesn't say it, he will resent King Qin in his heart.

In this way, even if you can't separate the relationship between Qin and Yan, you can still find a good excuse for Yan Guo in advance when you threaten Yan State by force in the future.

After listening to Gongsun Yan's statement, Xiong Huai asked the ministers, "What do you think?" ”

Gongsun Yan and Chen Zhen's suggestion was, in general, to force Qin to send troops to attack Qi through diplomatic means, which did not do Chu any harm.

Jing Li and the others looked at each other and said, "King, the rhino head strategy is feasible." ”

Xiong Huai nodded and asked Gongsun Yan, "I wonder if the rhino head is willing to send an envoy to Wei as an envoy of Chu?" ”

Gongsun Yan bowed and said: "I am willing to serve the king." ”

Xiong Huai was overjoyed after receiving Gongsun Yan's affirmative reply: "Okay, with the help of Xianqing, Lian Wei's matter will definitely succeed immediately." ”

Once the state of Chu and the state of Wei were allied, then Gongsun Yan's strategy would be half the success.

Xiong Huai then sent an order: "Pass on the order of the widow, and order the general Qu Kuo's department to speed up and join the Zhuguo department." ”

"Summoning the order to the Zhu State, be careful to be vigilant against the movements of the Qin State, and make additional preparations to prepare to move eastward."

Xianyang, Qin State.

Since Sima Cuo got the news that Zhang Yi of Xiangguo was going to cede Ba to Chu, he hurried all the way and rushed back to Xianyang from CD in the starry night.

After King Qin Huiwen learned that Sima had returned to Xianyang, he convened a court meeting again to discuss the matter of Ba State.

"Xianqing, I don't know what the pros and cons of ceding Pakistan you think are there." King Qin Huiwen asked Sima Cuo.

Now Xiangguo Zhang Yi's attitude is obvious, that is, to cede Pakistan to Chu.

Regarding Zhang Yi's suggestion, the attitude of Zhu Li Ji and Gan Mao was opposed.

King Qin Huiwen was noncommittal about these two attitudes, and did not have a clear inclination, as if he was in contradiction in his heart.

And Sima Cuo, as the proposer and implementer of the plan to cut down Shu, and is also the chief general of Shu, his attitude is particularly important.

Sima Cuo heard King Qin's question, and said solemnly: "Great King, Xiangguo's words are reasonable, now the land of Ba and Nanzheng have always been the places that Chu State said to care about, and Chu State will definitely not give up if it can't get these two places." ”

Regarding Sima Cuo's remarks, everyone was expressionless, and the real topic had not yet begun.

After a pause, Sima Cuo continued: "However, if the Chu State is outside the battlefield and can obtain the Ba State that the Chu State also obtained in the battlefield, the Chu State will be extremely happy. ”

Zhang Yi asked puzzledly: "Has Keqing forgotten the current situation in the world, now that the Qi State has annexed the Yan State, it has become extremely powerful, if you can't take advantage of the unstable foothold of the Qi State and the Yan State to force the Qi State away from the Yan State." So when the Qi State thoroughly digests the Yan State, try to ask which country can balance the Qi State even though the world is big. ”

"Is it the Three Jins, or the Chu State, or our Qin State? The Three Jin Dynasty is getting weaker, and now it is not the opponent of the Qi State, let alone in the future. The State of Chu and the State of Qi face each other across the river, and they only need tens of thousands of elite soldiers to defend more than enough. And our Qin State and Qi State are separated by the Three Jins! ”

"If Qin and Chu continue to make difficulties with each other, they will inevitably contain each other, can Zhao and Wei alone help Gongzi to restore the country?"

"You must know that the current son-in-law has been in Zhao for almost a year!"

"If our Qin State can exchange the Barren Land of Ba for the support of the Eastern Power Yan State, it will naturally be very beneficial to the Qin State."

"Besides, ceding Pakistan to Chu is just a tired strategy, and it can continue to consume Chu's manpower and material resources."

After Zhang Yi finished speaking, Sima Cuo objected: "King, Xiangguo's words are wrong. ”

"It is true that it is beneficial for Qin to exchange Pakistan for the support of Yan. However, the land of Ba is related to the great cause of Chu, and once Qin loses Ba, then Qin also loses its own geographical advantage to Chu. If you lose an opportunity to annex Chu because you want to gain the support of Yan and fall into a confrontation with Chu again, then this will be extremely disadvantageous for Qin. ”

"Besides, Xiangguo's words about fatigue are wrong, the Chu State has millions of people with armor, Su Zhi for ten years, and just one Pakistani country, which is really a drop in the bucket for the Chu State, and it is not worth mentioning at all."

"And the loss of Pakistan is not only the loss of our Qin State's geographical advantage to Chu State, but also a flaw in Qin State."

When King Qin Huiwen heard this, he asked, "I don't know what the flaw Xianqing said is?" ”

Sima Cuo replied: "My lord, Weichen has carefully inspected the road from Ba to Wu County of Chu, and the most convenient way to walk is along the river. ”

"It is very simple to attack Wujun from this road downstream from Ba, but it is very difficult to attack Bajun from Wujun upstream, so if you want to defend against the attack from Wujun of Chu in Ba, you only need thousands of elite soldiers to be stationed in Yangguan, then Chu is helpless."

"And if Pakistan loses, then attack Shu from Jiangzhou in Pakistan, then there are three ways to choose. That is to say, if our Qin State loses the Ba State, we need 20,000 elite soldiers to prevent the Chu State from prying eyes on Shu. ”

"Great King, the State of Chu is a big country, with millions of soldiers, and there are many soldiers, our Qin State is not as good as the State of Chu."

"In terms of the abundance of grain and grass, the Jianghan, Yunmeng, and Huaisi regions of Chu are all rich places for grain production, so the abundance of grain and grass in Chu is not comparable to that of Qin State, which is only one Guanzhong region."

"Besides, Shu is barren and lacks grain, once the army gathers, with Shu's own grain production capacity, I am afraid it will be difficult to support the consumption of the army, and then our Qin State will also have to transfer grain from Nanzheng, so that the consumption of our Qin State will reach three points."

"In this case, I don't know who the king thinks that with the three-point consumption of the Qin State to fight the five-point consumption of the Chu State, who will not be able to support it first. And now the state of Chu is also coveting Nanzheng, so we are also stationed in Nanzheng and heavy troops, I am afraid it will be difficult to support Shuzhong, if it is necessary to transfer grain from Guanzhong at that time, it will be dangerous, and the difficulty of transporting grain from Guanzhong to Shuzhong is not weaker than the difficulty of Chu transporting grain from Wujun to Bazhong. ”

King Qin Huiwen nodded thoughtfully, if the situation that Sima Cuo said really happened, it would be a disaster for the Qin State, no matter whether he won or lost, it would hurt people.