Xianyang, Xiangguo Mansion.

"Xiangguo, the envoy of Yan Guo asks to see you."

Lu Buwei, who was looking at the military situation, couldn't help frowning slightly when he heard the report from his subordinates.

Since the start of the war, Lü Buwei has felt that everything is not going well.

Originally, Meng Fu was allowed to attack South Korea, but without the intervention of other countries, Lü Buwei thought that this battle would definitely be able to win a big victory.

Unexpectedly, the Qin army worked hard to attack the wild king and contain the main force of the Han army, but in the end, Zhao Jia picked the peach.

At this time, Yewang had been conquered by the Qin army, but most of the Shangdang was occupied by Zhao Jia, and Meng Fu sent a letter asking whether to go south to attack Nanyang, South Korea, or to tear up the alliance with Zhao and attack Shangdang, which was occupied by Zhao Jia.

This incident also made Lu Buwei distressed.

If the alliance is tore up at this time and the cities occupied by Zhao Jia are attacked instead, the alliance that the Qin State has so hard to destroy is very likely to reappear.

At that time, not only could the Qin State not take advantage of it, but it might even be locked in Guanzhong, making it difficult to advance eastward.

As for attacking South Korea's South Gun, Lü Buwei did not think about it.

It's just that in today's South Korea, there is only the land of Nanjun left, and if Qin attacks Nanjun, it will be equivalent to launching a war to destroy the country.

The Seven Heroes stood side by side for a long time, and the Kwantung princes could tolerate the Qin State seizing the territories of other countries, but they could not tolerate the Qin State destroying a country.

Unless, the Qin State is already capable of facing the union of the countries.

Today's Qin State is in a bit of a dilemma, and Lü Buwei is also worrying about what to do.

This is not the only thing that worries Lu Buwei.

Li Mu and Jing Ji's attack on Yan was originally the basis for the existence of the alliance between Qin and Zhao, but Lü Buwei did not want to see that Zhao captured a large number of Yan territories and then strengthened itself.

Today's Zhao State has won many battles, the momentum of Zhongxing is extremely fierce, coupled with the relationship with Chu and Qi, even the Qin State is somewhat difficult to suppress the Zhao State.

If it is allowed to continue to develop and grow, Zhao will definitely become the biggest stumbling block to Qin's unification of the world.

"The envoy of the Yan Kingdom?"

Lu Buwei, who was feeling upset, suddenly heard an envoy from Yan Guo asking to see him, and his eyes couldn't help but light up slightly.

"Who's coming?"

The subordinate hurriedly replied: "It is Cai Niao, the younger brother of the Cai Ze clan." ”

"Brother Cai Ze?"

After Lu Buwei learned the identity of the visitor, he immediately stood up and shouted, "Please!" ”

It didn't take long for the rookie to enter Xiangguo's Mansion and see Lü Buwei.

"The foreign minister meets Lu Xiang!"

Lu Buwei stepped forward, grabbed Cai Niao's arm, and said enthusiastically: "I have been working with your brother Cai Ze for many years, and seeing Mr. today is like seeing an old friend." ”

"I'm going to let people put on a big feast, and I will definitely get drunk with my husband today!"

Lu Buwei's enthusiasm also made Cai Niao feel flattered, but he kept in mind his purpose for coming, and he also knew that Yan Guo had reached the point of life and death, so he didn't dare to continue to delay.

He bowed his head and said: "Brother Lu often talks about Xiang Xiang, Cai also admires Xiangguo for a long time, and thanks to Xiangguo for his love." ”

"It's just that compared to having a drink with Cai, presumably Lu Xiang should be more concerned about the purpose of Cai's trip."

Lu Buwei smiled: "Then why is Mr. here?" ”

Cai Niao took out a map from his bosom, spread it on the desk, and pointed to the ten cities in the river that were marked.

"This is the ten cities between the rivers, and King Yan is willing to dedicate these ten cities to Lu Xiang, thinking that Lu Xiang is a fief."

Then, Cai Niao carefully took out a piece of beautiful jade from under his armpit, put it on the desk, and took out a rune from the side of his thigh.

"If Xiangguo agrees, he can receive jade, runes, and maps, and the ten cities between the rivers will be privately owned by Xiangguo from now on."

When Lu Buwei heard this, he looked at the three items on the desk, but his eyes narrowed.

It didn't take long for Lu Buwei to shake his head with a smile and said: "The Ten Cities of Hejian are not barren land, they are extremely rich, and Yan and Zhao have fought many times over this land. ”

"Lu Mou is useless, how dare he rashly accept such a generous gift."

Cai Niao looked at Lu Buwei with his sword, and asked rhetorically: "Jun is useless, Hu Bu understands the seal of Jun to Peimeng Aoye." The king of Qin regarded the king as a virtuous, so he added the king to the top of the army. ”

"Today's Yan dedicates the land, this is not the land of Qin, Jun Fu suffers, and he is disloyal."

When Lü Buwei heard this, he immediately said: "This is not a trivial matter, I should ask the King of Qin." ”

Lü Buwei settled Cai Niao, and then entered the palace to see the King of Qin and inform him of this matter.

At this time, King Yingzheng of Qin, fifteen years old, although his face was slightly immature, but with a mature and majestic temperament, he already had the demeanor of a king.

According to the historical development, the king of Qin should agree to this matter, and then a series of subsequent major events will occur.

But now, due to the appearance of Zhao Jia, history has become different, and Zhao is far more powerful and difficult to deal with than in history.

After pondering for a long time, King Qin suddenly said: "In the opinion of Xiangguo, can you accept these ten cities?" ”

Lu Buwei bowed his head and said: "The minister hesitated, so he came to ask the king for advice." ”

King Qin got up, walked to the map hanging on the wall with his hands behind his back, and his eyes fell on the ten cities between the rivers.

"According to the battle report sent back by Jing Ji, this land has been captured by Li Mu, and now the Yan army has retreated to Yicheng."

"Yan Guo took out the land that had been lost, in a vain attempt to divide the alliance between Qin and Zhao, and it was really a good idea to fight."

Historically, the Yan State only lost two cities, and then took out the ten cities between the rivers and gave them to the Qin State.

But now, the ten cities in Hejian are all occupied by the Zhao State.

If Qin accepted those cities, he would have to break his alliance with Zhao and instead seize the land between the rivers.

In the current situation, the possibility of Qin taking those ten cities by force is very small, even if he can barely get those ten cities, if he can't weaken Zhao, he will be taken by Zhao sooner or later.

Lu Buwei sighed slightly in his heart, and said, "The minister will go back and refuse the envoy of the Yan State." ”

I didn't think about it, but King Qin stopped him by saying: "Xiangguo can refuse to accept those ten cities, but he can't refuse Yan Guo's kindness." ”

Lu Buwei looked puzzled and asked, "What does the king mean by this?" ”

Ying Zheng's slightly immature face showed an inexplicable look.

"Over the years, the Zhao State has won many battles and victories, and its national strength has expanded dramatically, which has become the biggest obstacle for my Qin State to go east."

"This time the alliance between Qin and Zhao, the Zhao State took advantage of the momentum of our Qin State to successively seize the ten cities between the rivers of the Yan State, as well as the Korean Shangdang, and the territory expanded dramatically."

"However, Zhao has made enemies with Wei, Yan, and Han, and has shown such a strong aggressiveness, which will inevitably make the neighbors fearful."

"Since General Meng Fu failed to seize the Korean Shangdang, he simply gave up Yewang directly, made friends with Korea, and took advantage of the opportunity of Yan State's land sacrifice to betray Zhao Mengyan."

"Yan and Zhao have the hatred of seizing the ten cities between the rivers, and Han and Zhao have the hatred of seizing the party, as long as they promise to defeat Zhao, they can help them regain their homeland, and the two countries will inevitably ally attack Zhao."

"Wouldn't it be beautiful to send strategists to Wei again, promising heavy benefits, and attacking Zhao with the alliance of the three kingdoms?"

Jinling is not a thing in the pool, a dragon that changes in the wind and clouds.

Lu Buwei looked at Yingzheng who was talking eloquently, and suddenly felt that the person in front of him was no longer an existence that he could control.

Qin Shi Huang finally began to show his fangs.