When King Qin Huiwen heard this, the joy on his face suddenly froze, and he reacted.

Gan Mao nodded solemnly, seeing that Wei Zhang and the others hadn't figured it out yet, he opened his mouth to explain: "What Xiang Guo said is reasonable, although the matter of the Chu State moving to the east is to a certain extent a gesture of goodwill to our Qin State, and the sincerity of the Chu State and the Qi State is ostensible. However, Chu's move is also forcing our Qin State to send troops to Qi as soon as possible. ”

"Otherwise, even the Chu State has sent troops to attack it, and the Qin State, as the leader of the alliance, still does not move, and such an act will cause the reputation of our Qin State to plummet. At that time, I am afraid that not only Zhao and Wei will have different hearts, but even Han and Yan will be dissatisfied with Qin. ”

"Therefore, the action of Jing Cui of Chu State, the second step of action after the Chu State, is still to unite the Three Jin Dynasty and drive a wedge between our Qin State and other countries, and at the same time, Jing Cui's action has made Chu State's diplomatic actions more beneficial."

After thinking about it, he said angrily: "The state of Chu used the matter of transferring troops to the east to force our Qin state, aren't you afraid that our Qin state will be angry and attack Chu?" ”

Zhang Yi smiled bitterly and said: "I'm afraid, of course the Chu State is afraid, so Qu Kuo is building fortifications, intending to strictly defend and prevent our Qin State from attacking the Chu State." ”

He was dumbfounded.

Then there was silence in the main hall, and no one spoke for a while, thinking about how to crack the second move of the Chu State.

King Qin Huiwen was silent for a long time, and suddenly said to Wei Ran: "The general can go and investigate Jing Cui's movements again, and report back to the widow as soon as there is news." ”

Wei Ran saluted and said, "Only." ”

After Wei Ran left, King Qin Huiwen said to the ministers in the palace: "The state of Chu persecuted the state of Qin so much, and few people were worried. If the Qin State is forced by the Chu State to attack Qi, even if our Qin State wins, this is also the victory of the Chu State, and the widow is deeply ashamed, and I don't know how the ministers teach the widow. ”

After everyone was silent for a while, Gan Mao persuaded: "Great king, the monarch has been disgraced, and as a courtier, he should wash away the shame of the monarch with blood, but the art of war is cloudy, and the lord cannot be angry and raise a division, and he will not be discouraged and cause war." Move in line with the profit, and stop at the point of not the benefit. At this time, the goal of the world is still the Qi State, and the action against the Chu State needs to be postponed for the time being. ”

Zhang Yi said worriedly: "King, the Qin State wants to dominate the world, and the Qi State has given us a good opportunity. Originally, after the five kingdoms invaded Qi, and then raised troops to attack Chu, they would inevitably be able to weaken Qi and cut Chu, and let the king achieve hegemony. ”

"But now that the State of Chu has been actively contacting the Three Jin Dynasty and trying to join the alliance, in this way, it is unknown whether the Three Jin Dynasty can send troops to attack Chu after attacking the State of Qi."

"As long as the Three Jin Dynasty, especially the Wei State, does not send troops to attack Chu, then even if our Qin State defeats the Qi State, then it will be difficult to defeat the Chu State, and the Chu State is not prepared to weaken, and the hegemony of the king will naturally be difficult to achieve."

King Qin Huiwen nodded, he also thought of this layer just now, and he would exert his emotion.

Zhang Yi continued: "Great King, if our Qin State wants to achieve hegemony, the obstacles we face in the Qin State are nothing more than the Qi State and the Chu State. ”

King Qin Huiwen agreed: "What Xiangguo said is good, it is exactly so. ”

Zhang Yi continued: "Great King, the Qi State has already provoked the anger of the world because of the great disapproval of the world, so it is no longer a problem to weaken the Qi State with the power of the world. ”

"King, for the Chu State, Weichen has three strategies to choose from."

King Qin Huiwen's eyes lit up, and he said to Zhang Yi with a smile: "I would like to hear about it." ”

Zhang Yi said: "Great King, the best policy is to cede Ba State, and then before Chu State wins over Wei State, immediately send troops to Qi State, and join the troops of Qin, Zhao, Wei, Han and Yan to save Yan." ”

"For this situation, the state of Chu has two options, one is to take the opportunity to sneak attack, and the other is to stand still and wait and see what happens."

"In the face of the first situation, our Qin State only needs to defend the Hanzhong Wuguan of Shu State with heavy ministers and be careful to be on guard, so with the favorable terrain that is easy to defend and difficult to attack, it is difficult for Chu State to take advantage of our Qin State, so it will choose other countries."

"In addition to our Qin State, whether Chu chooses to send troops to Korea or Wei, it will be beneficial and harmless to Qin. Once the state of Chu sends troops, then our alliance will have an excuse to attack Chu. ”

"At that time, with the support of the Qin State and the Yan State and the country that was attacked by the Chu State, it is completely possible to force the Zhao State and another country to send troops to attack Chu in the same way. In this way, no matter how much Chu eats, then it needs to be spit out twice. ”

King Qin Huiwen asked, "What if the state of Chu does not move?" ”

Zhang Yi replied: "Great King, if the state of Chu does not move, then judging from the current situation, it is inevitable to contact other countries, and Zhao and Wei are the main targets of the state of Chu. ”

"Once the war is over, then our Qin State may lose one of the two countries of Zhao and Wei, or it may lose all of them."

"In this way, then our Qin State and the Korean Yan State will inevitably fall into a long-term struggle against the alliance led by the Chu State. If this happens, then Qi and Yue will also be involved. ”

King Qin Huiwen frowned and said: "In the past few decades, the Chu State has only taken the initiative to attack other countries on a large scale three times, one of which is that the Wei State and the Qi State respected each other's kings, and the former King of Chu sent troops to attack Qi in a fit of rage, and the troops surrounded Xuzhou, and the hegemony of Qi was interrupted. ”

"And the second time is because Wei entangled the other five countries to respect each other's kings, and the current king of Chu sent troops to attack Wei in a fit of anger and seized Xiangling and other eight cities of Wei in one fell swoop."

"A few years ago, the five countries attacked our Qin State, although the Chu State was the leader of the alliance, but our Qin State only fought with the Three Jins, and after the defeat of the Three Jins, the two countries of Chu and Yan fled in despair, and they did not fight with our Qin State at all."

"And the third time that the Chu State sent troops, it was last year that the Qi-Chu coalition army attacked us, and as a result, we were defeated and lost the Qudi captured from the Wei State."

"Therefore, the widow is worried that with the consistent practice of the Chu State, he may not send troops to sneak attack, but will choose to win over Zhao and Wei, so that the struggle for hegemony will inevitably be protracted."

King Qin Huiwen paused, sighed, shook his head, and said to Zhang Yi, "May I ask the middle strategy." ”

Zhang Yi replied: "Great King, this middle strategy is that our Qin State made the appearance of attacking Qi State, and then secretly sent troops to attack Chu State. ”

"Sneak attack on Chu State!" The others were taken aback.

is different from the previous policy, Zhang Yi's plan to attack the Qi State just now, the Qin State occupies the moral high ground, pays attention to overwhelming people with force, and there is naturally no pressure to implement it.

And once this central policy is implemented, the Qin State will inevitably have a bad reputation in the world, especially the three kingdoms of Zhao Weiyan, who are now holding on to the Qi State and waiting for the reinforcements of the Qin State, will definitely be disappointed.

Zhang Yi nodded and said: "Yes, for example, all the people today want our Qin State to attack the Qi State first, and the Chu State is also frequently active, forcing us to attack the Qi State, this is an opportunity, an opportunity to sneak attack the Chu State." ”

Zhu Liji was puzzled: "Dare to ask Xiangguo, now that Qu Kuo of Chu State is already building fortifications to defend us, how can we sneak attack Chu State?" ”

Zhang Yi said with a smile: "The art of war has clouds, the virtual is real, and the real is virtual." If you want to sneak attack the Chu State, you must first let the Chu State relax its vigilance. And to make the Chu State relax its vigilance, there is only one way for our Qin State, and that is to send troops to attack Qi. ”

"Attack the troops!" King Qin Huiwen was thoughtful.