Chapter Thirty-Seven: The Invasion of the Song Dynasty by the Four Kingdoms

After another month, the results of the negotiations with Qin finally came from the state of Qin.

As a result, Korea exchanged the land west of Yiyang for peace with Qin, and also kept the Han land from Michi to Zhou Wangji, at least avoiding the situation where Hanoi County of Wei was surrounded by Qin.

Moreover, after Qin collected its troops, he began to prepare to help Ba to conquer Shu.

After Ru'er returned to Daliang, Wei Si also met with Ru'er alone in the side hall to inquire about Ru'er's trip to Qin and the negotiation process.

Ru Er also said about Han Xiang Gongzhong's incompetence and cowardice, if it weren't for Ru Er's insistence, I'm afraid Gong Zhong would have already agreed to all the greedy demands of the Qin State.

Wei Si began to change the topic and asked:

"Then is King Qin's determination to cut down Shu great?"

Ru Er nodded:

"According to my observation, this time King Qin should have made up his mind to cut down Shu!"

After Wei Si determined that Qin was going to attack Shu in Ru'er's mouth, he hurriedly summoned Gongsun Yan to return to Daliang, and then asked Su Dai to envoy Zhao State, and Chen Zhen to envoy Chu State to see if he could form an alliance with Chu, Zhao, Wei, and Han again, because Wei Si had to do something of his own when Qin State was attacking Shu.

After Gongsun Yan returned to Daliang, he naturally knew about Wei Si's actions, so he came to the palace to meet Wei Si and ask about his national policy.

Wei Si explained to Gongsun Yan:

"Since the Battle of Guanze, our Wei State hasn't fought a big battle for a long time, so the widows can't sit still."

Gongsun Yan says:

"With your strategy of uniting the four kingdoms, is it not the intention of the Qi Kingdom in the east?"

Wei Si shook his head:

"If we fight the Qi State, I'm afraid that in the end, it will only be our Wei State and Zhao State that can send troops!"

Gongsun Yan asked again:

"That minister knows, it seems that my king, you want to avenge the battle of Guanze in the Song Kingdom? If you want to defend the country, you will not seek an alliance with the Zhao country! ”

Wei Si smiled:

"It seems that Gongsun Xiangguo still understands the widow, and the widow just wants to unite the four countries to attack the Song Kingdom!"

Gongsun Yan asked again:

"Aren't you afraid of Qi State's support for you, Great King?"

Wei Si replied:

"I heard that the Qi State is now transferring its soldiers and horses to the northeast and adjacent to the Yan Realm, if my expectations are correct, the Qi State wants to take advantage of the current civil strife in the Yan State to crusade against it, so it is impossible for the Qi State to send troops to protect the Song State and oppose our four-nation alliance!"

Gongsun Yan said:

"Also, the king, you are right, after all, Chu Nai is greedy for small profits, and he must have long taken a fancy to the richest pottery land in the Song Kingdom, and the Zhao State naturally wants to get a piece of the pie, and the King of Han can use this to defeat the Song Dynasty to relieve the grievances of his people, so your strategy will definitely succeed, the king!"

Wei Si said again:

"But this time, the widow also wants to try a new recruit that the widow has just trained to see how its combat effectiveness is?"

Gongsun Yan asked:

"Could it be that the martial arts students of the common people who were recruited by the martial arts academy opened by General Zhai Zhang near Daliang, the king?"

Wei Si nodded:

"Yes, it just so happens that the first batch of graduating students from Wugong Academy has now, so the widow just let these students go to attack the Song Kingdom to hone and hone their training, so as to prepare for the widow's conquest of the world in the future."

Gongsun Yan also said approvingly:

"Great King, your strategy is good, I believe that these martial artists of the Academy Palace will definitely become the pillars of our Wei Kingdom in the future!"

Then he asked:

"And what about the king, what do you give them?"

Wei Si replied:

"It's less than half of our Wei Wushu's Yulu, but if they make meritorious contributions, the widow will give them a promotion according to their titles, and then increase them!"

Gongsun Yan looked at Wei Si with some puzzlement:

"Great King, do you want to learn from the Qin State's system of soldiers and dukes?"

Wei Si replied:

"It can't be said that it's all because our Wei State originally had its own Wei Wushu system, but although Wei Wu's selection conditions were harsh, the Yulu was too high, which seriously restricted the finances of our Wei State, and the current Wei Wushu was greedy for pleasure, and his combat effectiveness was not as good as before, so the widow wanted to try to cultivate another set of troops with a military merit system, so that it could compete with Wei Wushu, only in this way would the army's combat effectiveness be stronger!"

Gongsun Yan showed a hint of worry:

"Great King, if you are like this, it will indeed improve the combat effectiveness of Wei Wushu, but it will also lead to a fight between the two armies, which may lead to unpredictable consequences in the end?"

Wei Si's attitude is very firm:

"I know Gongsun Xiangguo, you are worried, but the widow thinks it is feasible, and the widow has his own way to solve this contradiction."

Gongsun Yan saw that King Wei seemed to have decided, and it was not easy to stop him, after all, he had already felt that the combat effectiveness of Wei Wushu was low now, and it was best for King Wei to have the heart to change it, so he no longer cared about this matter, but asked:

"King, who do you want to send to lead the army this time?"

Wei Si said directly:

"Zhai Zhang, after all, General Zhai Zhang is more steady, not frivolous, and can suppress those newcomers, this time the Song Kingdom will definitely be defeated by our four countries!"

Gongsun Yan nodded:

"It's still the king, you are thoughtful, then Gongsun Yan can rest assured to go and do a good job for the king to defend the Qin State in Hedong and other places!"

A month later, the armies of the Four Kingdoms began to attack the Song State from three sides.

Song Wangyan naturally also received the news that the countries had come to crusade against him, and he was a little panicked in an instant, and looked at the ministers in his main hall for a while, and became at a loss.

And among the ministers, a courtier named Hui Ang came out at this time and said to Song Wangyan:

"Great King, now the princes and the four kingdoms have come to crusade against our Song Kingdom, in fact, they have their own purposes!"

King Song set his sights on Hui An:

"Doctor Hui, what is the purpose of them?"

Hui Ang continued:

"Chu State, this time he must have taken a fancy to the pottery land of our Song Kingdom, but even if he wants it, I'm afraid he may not be able to get it, and the purpose of South Korea's attack on my Song Kingdom this time must be its King of Han, in order to transfer domestic contradictions in order to cut the land to Qin not long ago!"

King Song asked Hui Ang curiously:

"Doctor Hui, why do you say that the Chu State can't get our Song State pottery land?"

惠安 says:

"Wang, think about it, the pottery land is now located in the place adjacent to our Song State and the Wei Kingdom, the Qi State, and the Wei State, and it is far away from the Chu land, and the Tao land is the most pitiful piece of land for our Song State by all countries, will Zhao and Wei be willing to give up the fat of the Tao land to the Chu State?"

King Song nodded:

"Yes!"

Hui Ang continued:

"The purpose of this Zhao State to send troops this time is just like what Chen Gang said, it should be for the pottery land of our Song State, and this time the Wei State of Song is the main attack, although it is to revenge the enemy of Guanze last time, but its purpose is probably also for the land and pottery land in the upper reaches of Suishui of our Song State, so if we want to avoid this danger, we have to quickly find someone to persuade these generals who led the troops to come to the Tao Land, on the grounds that the Tao Land cannot be divided, and then take out all the gold and silver in the treasury, or cede part of the territory to bribe the countries to persuade them to withdraw their troops. lest you suffer the curse of the country! ”

King Song showed a helpless expression:

"However, now that we are in the Song Kingdom, can anyone still take on this great task to be a lobbyist?"

Hui Ang replied:

"The minister is willing to go to the generals of various countries to lobby for the king!"

Song Wang Yixi:

"Okay, then that's it, Doctor Hui, we have to count on you this time!"

Wei Si naturally received the conditions that the Song State wanted to negotiate peace from Zhai Zhang in the Wei Palace for the first time, which was nothing more than gold and silver, plus the return of the land of the two cities of Wei occupied by the Song State during the Battle of Guanze.

How could Wei Si covet these small profits and promise the Song State, so he proposed not only the two cities of the Wei State that were occupied by the Song Dynasty before the gold and silver fineness, but also the pottery land of the Song State, plus the ten cities in the upper reaches of Suishui.

The king of Song saw that all countries had already begun to open their mouths to the small country of Song, if they agreed to the conditions of each country, wouldn't there be only one piece of Shangqiu, the capital of the Song Kingdom, left in the future? Naturally, he couldn't agree to the requests of various countries, so he had to urgently prepare for war and ask for help from the east to the Qi State, so that the Song State could be saved.