Night.

Zhao Dan, who was sitting at the top, was in a good mood, and greeted the two ministers sitting at the bottom with a smile: "Yu Qing, Li Qing, eat, eat more." ”

But Yu Xin and Li Bo obviously didn't look as appetizing as Zhao Dan.

Li Bo put down the dagger, and asked Zhao Dan with some puzzlement: "The king, the minister doesn't understand very well, why didn't the king let Naqi Wang Jian make any promises and let him leave?" ”

In Li Bo's opinion, Zhao Dan's behavior is somewhat incomprehensible.

You must know that at that time, Qi Wangjian could be said to be completely a turtle in an urn, as long as Zhao Dan was willing, the armies of the four countries would be able to defeat the Qi army in minutes together, and it would not be a problem to take Qi Wangjian.

Under such circumstances, Li Bo felt that even if Zhao Dan forced Qi Wangjian to cede the land and pay compensation, it should not be too much of a problem, but Zhao Dan actually only put forward three conditions, and asked Qi Wangjian to go back and think about it slowly, and then let the person go.

Just as Li Bo spoke, Zhao Dan was drinking all the Zhao Guomei wine in his hand.

To be honest, although Zhao Guojiu in this year is already one of the recognized spirits in the mainland, in the opinion of Zhao Dan, who has experienced the influence of liquor in later generations, this wine is still quite bland and tasteless.

But in any case, it is more enjoyable to sit in the warm hall and drink in winter.

Zhao Dan put down the wine jue in his hand and said with a smile: "Has Li Qing forgotten what the widow said to Qi Wang Jian when he left?" In the eyes of the widow, this sentence is sufficient. ”

Although Zhao Dan gave an explanation, in Li Bo's opinion, this explanation was somewhat unconvincing.

"If the king is willing, he can capture Qi Wangjian as a hostage, with Qi Wangjian in hand, why worry that Qi Guo can't agree to the king's conditions?"

Zhao Dan laughed, and after a while, he shook his head and said, "Li Qing misunderstood, the widow summoned Qi Wangjian to Luoyi this time, not to hold him hostage. The widow only needs Qi Wangjian to be able to break off diplomatic relations with Qin, then it is enough. ”

In Zhao Dan's opinion, directly capturing Qi Wangjian is actually not a good way.

Even if Qi Wangjian is caught, Qi can directly support Qi Wangjian's children as the new monarch of Qi, even if these children are still very young, but don't forget that after all, Qi still has a queen who can temporarily supervise the regent of the country.

Therefore, Qi Wangjian is not irreplaceable for Qi State.

For Zhao Dan, a Qi Wang Jian with the title of King of Qi was much more useful than a Tian Jian who had been reduced to a prisoner and had lost even the throne of Qi.

Let Qi Wangjian, the mediocre monarch, sit on his throne well.

Li Bo was obviously not particularly satisfied with this explanation: "But even so, the king can make some demands that are not excessive, such as compensation for the cession of land. ”

This time, the person who opened his mouth to answer was replaced by Yu Xin.

"Li Qing, you just didn't understand the king's intentions. In fact, what the king thinks is not only Qin Qi breaking the alliance, but also Wei and Chu! ”

The more greedy people are, the more stingy they are.

Qi Wangjian and Hou Sheng are such a pair of monarchs and ministers who are greedy for money, greedy for pleasure and stingy.

Zhao Guo didn't want to anger the stingy Qi State.

For the money or land that Qi might pay, Zhao Dan valued the strategic value of Qi more than that.

The geopolitical situation of Zhao is actually similar to that of Wei and Korea, and they are all typical places of four wars.

There is the Qi State in the east, the Han Wei State in the south, the Yan State and the Xiongnu and other nomadic herders in the north, and the Qin State in the west.

With the strength of Zhao State, it is impossible to attack from all sides at the same time, so it has become inevitable to choose one direction to focus on expansion.

Under Zhao Dan's leadership, Zhao's chosen strategic focus now was to go westward to attack Qin.

Under the guidance of such a strategy, Zhao Dan mainly implemented a pacification policy for the other three directions, such as winning over Han Wei to form the Three Jin Alliance, and preparing to push Empress Yan and Gongzi Ke to the throne of Yan Wang, which are the specific implementation of this pacification policy.

For Qi Guo, Zhao Dan's thinking is the same, but in terms of specific implementation, some changes need to be made according to local conditions.

It is very necessary to teach Qi State a lesson like today, and let Qi State know that Zhao State is an existence that Qi State cannot afford to provoke at all.

As long as Qi gives up the idea of confronting Zhao, then Qi can only choose other neighboring countries for its expansion.

For example, the state of Wei and the state of Chu.

In Zhao Dan's view, the three countries of Qi, Wei, and Chu are close to each other, and any two countries are mortal enemies.

It's the perfect counterweight.

In such a situation, Zhao Guo only needed to sow discord a little to be able to make Qi Wei and Chu fight each other.

Not only can the Zhao State sit back and watch it come to fruition, but it can also go all out to destroy the Qin State while the three kingdoms consume each other, which is simply the best of both worlds.

Therefore, the Qi State cannot be chaotic, and the Qi Wangjian cannot be captured, because that will weaken the strength of the Qi State.

Only a complete and powerful Qi State will become a big problem for Wei and Chu, and will make this game of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" go smoothly.

Of course, in the implementation of this "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" plan, there will definitely be many variables and unexpected situations that were not foreseen in advance, but the general diplomatic policy has been decided, and when the time comes, it is only necessary to act at the opportunity and adapt to the situation.

Speaking of this, Zhao Dan swallowed the last piece of meat in his mouth into his stomach with great satisfaction, and burped with great satisfaction: "Now, Li Qing should understand the meaning of the widow, right?" ”

Li Bo finally understood, and saluted Zhao Dan with joy and sincerity: "The king's foresight is really convincing. The minister's humble view is really not as good as the king's case! ”

Compared with the laughter and laughter of the monarchs and ministers of the Zhao State here, the atmosphere in the camp of the Qin State on the other side is much more depressing.

Qin Wang Ji sat on the top, and his bottom was the current Qin State Prime Minister Fan Sui.

The expressions on the faces of the two people were cloudy, and it was obvious that they were not in a good mood.

Although the food is in the first place, neither of them seems to have the slightest desire to move.

Qin Wangji was the first to speak: "Fan Jun, in your opinion, what should we do now?" ”

Judging from the expression on his face, the monarch of the Qin State seemed to have been a little out of proportion.

Fan Sui frowned slightly when he heard this, opened his mouth but immediately closed it again.

In Fan Sui's opinion, Qin Wangji's decision to escape from the battle today was a little unwise.

At that time, the State of Qi actually needed an ally like the State of Qin to stand on the platform.

However, with such a concession from Qin Wangji, I am afraid that Qi will no longer be on Qin's side in the next war.

Fan Sui finally spoke: "Great King, the minister heard that today's Zhao Wang Dan and Qi Wang Jian seem to have reached some conditions before the battle, and in the minister's opinion, the Qi State may be about to tear up the alliance with the Great King." ”

The haze on Qin Wangji's face became even thicker.

Today's Qin State has only the ally of Qi left, and once Qi also breaks off the alliance with Qin, then Qin will be truly isolated.

Qin Wangji's gaze glanced at Fan Sui deeply, and said slowly: "Fan Jun, it is impossible for a widow to start a war with Zhao State at this time. ”

After all, at the beginning, the purpose of the Qin State was to delay time through the Luoyi Alliance, if Qin Wangji fought with Zhao Dan as soon as he came to Luoyi, then how could he delay time?

It's not that Qin Wangji suddenly coaxed, but he had to coax it.

Fan Sui's eyes flickered a few times, the expression on his face relaxed a little, and he said slowly: "But in this case, Qi Guo can't count on it." For today's plan, there may only be a way to secretly negotiate peace with the Chu State. ”

"Secretly negotiate peace with the State of Chu?" Qin Wangji raised his eyebrows, looking quite surprised.

"Exactly." Fan Sui said: "If the Qi State betrays the alliance, then Qi Wangjian will definitely negotiate peace with Zhao, Chu and other countries." At that time, the allied forces of Zhao, Chu and Wei on the eastern front will definitely march west to reinforce the Wancheng battlefield in Nanyang County, so it is the best policy to negotiate peace as soon as possible. ”

In Fan Sui's view, the battlefield of Chu State today has actually become a big pit, a big pit that is difficult to get rid of in a short period of time.

The longer the Qin State is trapped in this big pit, the more unfavorable it will be for the Qin State.

In order to enhance the persuasiveness of his words, Fan Sui continued to persuade: "King, although the two counties in the southeast and southeast are good, they are far inferior to Hedong, please think about it." ”

Qin Wangji listened to Fan Sui's words and was silent for a long time.

Obviously, Fan Sui plans to give up the two southeastern counties and go all out to return to Hedong County.

Fan Sui's judgment is also reasonable, after all, after the Qi State betrays the alliance, the Qin State can only face the alliance of Zhao, Han, Wei, and Chu alone.

As soon as he thought of this, Qin Wangji hated Zhao Dan so much.

This yellow-mouthed kid actually relied on a few flagpoles to make the Qin State even more passive than before!

It is impossible for the Qin State to fight on two fronts with one enemy and four at the same time, the Qin State that was the first in the world before the Battle of Changping is not good, and the current Qin State is even worse.

Then one of the fronts must be abandoned.

The truth Qin Wangji understands very well.

But to be honest, he was very unwilling.

Now the advantage of the Qin State in the Wancheng battlefield of Nanyang County is very great.

Moreover, since Qin Wangji gave the order, Wang Ji and Wang Ling also launched a fierce attack on the Chu army in the direction of Wancheng.

Under such circumstances, it was undoubtedly a very difficult decision to let Qin Wangji withdraw his troops from the Wancheng battlefield.

After Qin Wangji was silent for a long time, he finally shook his head and said, "No." ”

Originally, this time the alliance was to delay time for the Wancheng battlefield, if the Wancheng battlefield was abandoned at this time, then what was the point of the alliance this time?

Looking at Fan Sui, who looked surprised and seemed to want to say more, Qin Wangji waved his hand and said very firmly: "Fan Jun doesn't need to say much, the widow believes that Wang Ji and Wang Ling will definitely be able to defeat the Jingyang Department of the Chu State before the reinforcements arrive!" ”

Qin Wangji's words were categorical and unequivocal, and there was no room for any doubts.

Fan Sui was silent for a long time, and finally saluted Qin Wangji: "Huh." ”

Looking at Fan Sui who had exited the room, a trace of dissatisfaction gradually appeared on Qin Wangji's face.

Although Fan Sui tried his best to cover it up, how could the kind of disapproval and dissatisfaction with Qin Wangji's decision in his heart escape Qin Wangji's keen insight?

Perhaps, it is really time to change the state of Qin to a prime minister.