Zhao Jia's words can be described as a clear distinction between public and private, sonorous and powerful, and everyone present looked solemn.

Everyone asked themselves, when they encountered Zhao Jia's situation and were almost killed, would they not be willing to anger the people of Yan because of the rescue of a few Yan people, and even give up the results of the low-hanging fruit of exterminating Yan.

The answer is almost always no.

Although Zhao Jia's behavior seems pedantic, it also shows his noble and open-minded character, and even the commander of the Qin State is moved by it.

"Pingqi Jun is noble, and he is ashamed!"

The words of the commander of the Qin State are not only sincere, but also to exonerate the Yan State, and the existence of the Yan State is somewhat beneficial to the Qin State.

If it was possible, the Qin State would definitely not be stingy in protecting the Yan State.

"Since Pingqi Jun has a clear distinction between public and private, he might as well stop his army, and it doesn't hurt to bypass Yan Guo for the time being!"

Now that the Wei State has withdrawn from the Yan Coalition Army in advance due to the death of the King of Wei, now that Zhao Jia is not dead, and he is not ready to launch a war to destroy the country, and with the full support of the Qin State, it is naturally difficult to say anything about the small transparent South Korea.

The purpose of Chu State's trip is to avenge Zhao Jia, Zhao Jia is alive, so the premise of Chu State sending troops is gone, and the commander of Chu State is only Zhao Jia's head, since Zhao Jia opened his mouth, the commander of Chu State did not say anything more.

In this way, only Qi Guo still did not express his position.

If it was ordinary, Qi Xiang Zhou Zi would definitely support Zhao Jia's proposal, but this time the battle to destroy Yan was almost overwhelming, and he was ready to take the opportunity to expand the territory of Qi State.

If the army is stopped at this point, Zhou Zi may not have a way to explain to the king of Qi.

"Yan Guo has repeatedly backtracked, how can he easily spare the other party? And in this war, my Qi country sent a huge army, and the grain, grass, and baggage were consumed innumerable, if the war is stopped, even if I can agree, I am afraid that my king will not give up! ”

Zhao Jia looked at Zhou Zi and frowned slightly.

Previously, due to the existence of Zhou Zi, the State of Qi could be said to be Zhao Jia's strongest ally besides the State of Chu, but unfortunately the situation in the world was always changing.

After this battle, even if the Yan Kingdom did not perish, it had been completely defeated, and it could only be located in the bitter cold land of Liaodong, and there was almost no possibility of a comeback.

In that case, the relationship between Qi and Zhao, which was once relied on as an ally of Zhao, became delicate.

Although the Qi State sent troops this time under the banner of revenge for the Zhao State, anyone with a discerning eye could see that the Qi State was to seize the ownership of the land of the Governor, and even to occupy a broader territory.

Zhao Jia has been planning for a long time, and he is about to get a huge spoils of war, how can he watch the Qi Kingdom get a piece of the pie?

What's more, if the Yan State really ceded Shangjun, Yuyang County, and the land of Du Kang to the Zhao State, then the land of Du Kang was almost in the heart of the Zhao State, how could it be allowed to be occupied by the Qi State?

However, after all, Qi is an ally of Zhao State, and this time it is even more for Zhao Jia's revenge, if Zhao State gets all the benefits, but let Qi State return empty-handed, the relationship between the two countries, which were originally close friends, will inevitably fall to the freezing point.

Even, when the rest of the countries saw that Zhao Guo was so ugly, I am afraid that they would also feel guilty.

It is not to give up the land of the governor to the Qi State, nor is it to not give it to the Qi State, after thinking about it for a long time, Zhao Jia felt a little headache if he appeased the Qi State.

Fortunately, before the plan appeared, Zhao Jia had already roughly thought of a countermeasure.

He looked at Zhou Zi and nodded slightly, although he didn't say anything, Zhou Zi had already understood what Zhao Jia meant, and immediately began to be silent.

After the meeting dispersed, the two tacitly went to a secluded camp.

"If the Yan Kingdom dies, where will Qi go?"

Looking at Zhou Zi, who had already appeared with a little gray hair, Zhao Jia sighed slightly, without being too polite, and asked straightforwardly.

When Zhou Zi heard this, he couldn't help frowning slightly.

If Yan is dead, then if Qi wants to continue to expand, it must oppose the three kingdoms of Zhao, Wei, and Chu, all of which are the main forces to resist Qin, and no matter which country Qi is targeting, it will inevitably cause a backlash from the rest of the countries.

At that time, the country of Qi was either in a corner of peace and continued to live a muddy and nightmare life in the past; Either they can only be isolated by various countries and eventually go to the old road of the destruction of the Yan State; Or unite Qin with Zhao, Chu and other countries as enemies.

No matter which way it is, it is not the result that Zhou Zi wants to see.

Zhao Jia continued: "Although Qin has suffered repeated defeats, its national strength should not be underestimated, if it destroys Yan at this time, it will inevitably cause trouble to the Hezong Alliance, if Qin takes the opportunity to sow discord and let the countries of Kwantung attack each other, the result must be predictable." ”

"What Yan needs is nothing more than the land of superintendents."

"However, this time King Yan is ready to cede the land of Du Kang and the other two counties to the State of Zhao, if I cede the land of Du Kang to the State of Qi, with the wealth and importance of the land of Du Kang, my father and the civil and military forces of Zhao State may not agree."

"At that time, Zhao and Qi will inevitably fight each other."

Zhou Zi said in a deep voice: "How can I not know the difficulty of the prince's situation, but this time the king ordered me to attack Yan with the whole country's army, if I return without success, how can I explain to the king?" ”

"And the six countries are cutting Yan, and Zhao has the sole benefit, I am afraid that it will also attract jealousy, dissatisfaction and vigilance from the rest of the countries."

Zhao Jia bowed his head and said: "Xiangguo is very good, you and I have a very personal relationship, and I don't say much else, it is not impossible to give up the land of Qi to the State of Qi, but the State of Qi must pay a sufficient price, only in this way can I appease my father and the civil and military forces of Zhao State." ”

Zhou Zi frowned slightly when he heard this, and said, "What does the son want?" ”

Zhao Jia said in a deep voice: "Zhao is not a big grain producer, and under the continuous war, the grain and grass in the treasury have almost been exhausted. ”

"On the other hand, if the Qi State occupies the grain production land in the east, if I can provide enough grain and grass for the Zhao State, I think I can also use this as an excuse to persuade my father to hand over the land of the governor to the Qi State."

Zhou Zi pondered for a long time, and then nodded and said: "The country of Qi has been silent for many years, and there are indeed a lot of grain and grass reserves, and the king may not agree to exchange grain and grass for the land of the governor, but the specific amount still needs to be discussed." ”

Zhao Jia was overjoyed when he heard this, and said: "I must also report this matter to my father first, so that I can discuss the exchange with Qi State." ”

"Now that the army is gathered outside Jixian County, it consumes countless amounts of money and grain every day, it is better to negotiate peace with Yan State first, and after getting the territory ceded by Yan State, Zhao and Qi will discuss the exchange of grain and grass for land, I don't know what Xiangguo wants?"

Zhou Zi was silent for a long time, and then said solemnly: "I believe in Gongzi!" ”

Since Zhao and Qi reached a secret agreement, Qi naturally agreed to negotiate peace, and now King Yan was terrified, and after learning the news that Zhao Jia was not dead and was willing to negotiate peace, he was immediately overjoyed.

He didn't dare to have any tricks, and very happily ceded Shangjun, Yuyang County and the land of Dukang to Zhao State, and moved the capital to Yangle, Liaodong.

It didn't take long for Zhao to hand over the land of Du Kang to Qi, and then a steady stream of grain and grass was transported from Qi to Zhao.

At this point, the territory of Zhao State extends to the Lingzhi Fortress in the east, the Pingzhou Fortress in the west, the Mobei in the north, and Changping in the south.

Compared with the same period in history, the territory of Zhao has more than doubled, although it is still not as small as Qin and Chu, but not much smaller than Qi, Wei, and Han combined.

The most important thing is that the territory expanded by the Zhao State, except for the land of Shenqi, was a place of rich and dense population.

Today's Zhao State really has the confidence to compete with the Qin State.

PS: I'll take the time to see if I can make a new map and post it to the book review area, but I don't know if I'll get it, so I don't guarantee it.