Chapter 67: The First Offer
The stars shine like a waterfall, and the lights are swaying.
"Qin State Chen soldiers border, I want to return to Zhao State to deal with the enemy."
The two chatted for a long time, and Zhao Jia suddenly said, a look of worry flashed in his eyes.
Zhao Jia remembered that after the end of the battle of Yan and Zhao, Qin ordered Meng Fu to command an army to attack Zhao and capture a large territory of Zhao.
Now that he has come to this era, Zhao Jia doesn't want to see this kind of thing happen again.
"Childe, don't do this!"
Unexpectedly, as soon as Zhao Jia's words fell, Li Si hurriedly spoke out to advise.
"Why?"
Zhao Jia looked at Li Si with a look of doubt in his eyes.
Li Si Zhengse said: "As Gongzi said before, King Qin Zhaoxiang passed away last year, Yingzhu has not yet fully claimed the king, and the situation in the court has not been completely stabilized. ”
"If it weren't for the last resort, he might not send troops to attack Zhao."
Zhao Jia frowned, but he was a little unsure.
He roughly remembered that Meng Yu led the troops to attack Zhao, and he also knew that it was after the end of the battle of Yan Zhao, and the specific time was not clear.
Even, even during which King Qin this happened, Zhao Jia didn't know.
"That being the case, why is Sir so sure that the kingdoms will definitely fail, is there no one with insight in the countries who can see the situation in the Qin State at this time?"
Li Si shook his head and sighed: "There are so many heroes of the Six Kingdoms, how can no one see the intimidation of the Qin State." ”
"However, the countries have been afraid of Qin for a long time, even if the kings know that the Qin State will not act rashly, in the face of Qin's strong statement, they still dare not take the risk of trying."
"And all countries have ghosts in their hearts, which is why the overall strength of the alliance of all countries far exceeds that of Qin, but the alliance has failed repeatedly."
When Zhao Jia heard this, he was silent.
Although all countries did hate the Qin State, they were all afraid, and if it was not a last resort, no country would dare to completely tear their faces with the Qin State.
The prestige of the Qin State can be seen from this.
"So, is it possible for us to continue to persuade the nations to divide the swallows?"
But soon, Zhao Jia's eyes lit up.
Before this, Zhao Jia didn't have the ability to lobby the countries, but now there is Li Si, a bull, with Li Si's talent and eloquence, maybe he can move all countries and put aside the fear in his heart and unite.
Li Si shook his head and said solemnly: "Fenyan, it was originally a policy. ”
Zhao Jia frowned: "Why did Mr. say this?" ”
Li Si said eloquently: "In today's situation, only the alliance of the six countries can resist Qin." ”
"Even if Gongzi can finally encourage the five countries to divide Yan and be divided into the national strength of Yan country, it is impossible for him to be quickly absorbed by the other countries."
"On the contrary, in order to maintain the enclave of Yan Kingdom, it may even contain a lot of energy from the countries."
"If the situation in the Qin State is stable and takes the opportunity to send troops eastward, what should we do?"
Zhao Jia pondered Li Si's words carefully, and it took a long time to understand the meaning of the other party's words.
Destroying a country does not mean that it can quickly annex its own property and then strengthen itself.
Not to mention anything else, just letting the Yan people attach it will take at least ten years, or even longer.
Therefore, after the division of Yan, not only can the national strength of each country not be able to be improved quickly, if the Yan people riot, or the Qin State sends people to do things in the Yan land, the countries will even be restrained a lot of energy in a short time.
"So what does Mr. think, how should Zhao Guodang act?"
Li Si replied: "I heard that General Lian Po broke the Yan army, and captured countless Yan generals, and when besieging Yan Capital, he also captured many Yan nobles, but so? ”
"Yes, yes."
Li Si showed a smile on his face and said: "Instead of dividing Yan and being restrained by the national strength, it is better to coerce the Yan State to cede the city on the condition of withdrawing troops." ”
Zhao Jia frowned and said: "With the Qin State waving its flag and shouting for the Yan State, I'm afraid that the Yan State will not cede too many cities." ”
Li Si smiled: "Then what does Gongzi think is occupying the city of Yan Kingdom?" What is the most lacking Zhao country in today's country? ”
Zhao Jia's heart moved slightly.
Occupying the city of Zhao was for the city and the surrounding population and land, and Zhao was defeated after Changping, although ten years have passed, the population is still scarce.
"Sir, do you want to take in those captured Yan troops?"
Li Si shook his head: "Let's not say that those Yan troops are difficult to be absorbed, and King Yan will definitely not agree to such harsh conditions." ”
Zhao Jia frowned: "Do you want to put those captives back?" ”
During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the two countries were at war, and if one of the two sides was defeated and the soldiers were captured, the victorious country would basically extort some money and then release the prisoners of war.
Because the families of those prisoners of war are all in the enemy country, it is too unlikely that they will be co-opted.
As for the massacre of prisoners, it was not common during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.
This is also why, Bai Qi killed hundreds of thousands of Zhao soldiers at the beginning, which would shake the world.
In fact.
Bai Qi may not want to slaughter so many people, but Qin and Zhao have been fighting for many years, although Qin has won more and lost less, but every time he defeats and captures the Zhao people, he will basically release the captives back to China in accordance with the past practice.
After those captives returned home, they could form a large army with a little rectification.
Qin Xiang Fan Sui saw this, so he offered an offensive strategy, and ordered Bai Qi to kill all the prisoners of Zhao State.
In his previous life, Zhao Jia watched the TV series "Great Qin Empire", and thought it was just a fantasy at the time.
After coming to this era, Zhao Jia knew that the strategy of killing the prisoners of Zhao was indeed proposed by Fan Sui.
"If you don't put it back, does the son want to learn from Wu Anjun Changping's actions?"
Zhao Jia was silent.
In this battle, Zhao won a great victory, and at least 200,000 prisoners were captured, and if all of them were slaughtered, it would be a great sin.
Killing the enemy on the battlefield, Zhao Jia has no psychological burden.
But slaughtering unarmed captives, and being descendants of the same Chinese race, Zhao Jia is really difficult to do.
This is not pedantry or the Virgin, but the sense of national honor that has been cultivated in later generations.
The Seven Heroes compete, in the final analysis, it is still their own people who fight their own people.
Moreover, even if so many people were slaughtered, it would not be of any benefit to the improvement of Zhao's national strength, but would make the Yan people completely hate Zhao.
In the future, even if the Zhao State overthrows the Yan State, the Yan people will remember this hatred.
Hatred is bound to sow many seeds of instability.
"If it is put back, even if the Yan State is temporarily defeated, it will still recover its national strength after a few years of rest."
Regarding the release of the captives, Zhao Jia was obviously a little reluctant.
"Then, put the part back, and let King Yan exchange the family members of those captives for those who were put back."
"Zhao has no shortage of land and population."
"As long as those people's families come to Zhao Kingdom, even if they miss Yan Kingdom, they are bound to stay forever."
Zhao Jia's eyes lit up, but he quickly said, "King Yan may not agree." ”
Li Si smiled when he heard this, and a cold light flashed in his eyes: "Then tell King Yan that if you don't agree with this method, you will slaughter all the captives." ”
"If the news spreads again, the captive family will inevitably riot, and even if King Yan is unwilling, he will do so."
Zhao Jia was overjoyed when he heard this.
If this is the case, even if 150,000 people are put back, the number of 50,000 captives left behind may be 200,000.