"PS: I'm still uncomfortable today, but it's much better than yesterday, and book friends should also pay attention to the problem of cold and flu in the current season."

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In view of the decisive progress made in the negotiations with the Qin state, Meng Zhong immediately sent someone to invite Zhai Zhang, Gongsun Zhu, and Storm Kite to come to the Wei camp in the south of Weishui.

At this time, Gongsun was erected in Hedong, and the violent kite was in Zheng County, but the boss Sima Zhai Zhang was in charge of Yin and Jin, so Zhai Zhang was the first to rush to the Weishui Southern Wei military camp.

After Zhai Zhang arrived at the Wei camp, Gong Zhong said the situation of the negotiation with the Marquis Wei Ran, and Zhai Zhang was stunned.

Negotiation?

What kind of judgment to talk about?

Didn't they all decide to meet each other by force and make a quick decision?

Facing the puzzled look on Zhai Zhang's face, Gong Zhong smiled and explained: "That's probably true, but Ah Zhong has never given up peace talks with Qin...... In view of the disadvantageous situation of our side at that time, and the Qin State could wait and see what happened, Ah Zhong decided to 'put pressure' on the Qin State......"

Zhai Zhang thought for a while, and asked with a strange expression: "The 'pressure' that Mr. Gongzhong said is not a few battles in which our Wei and Han coalition forces stormed Weishui and Heshui a while ago......"

Gong Zhong nodded extravagantly, and said with a smile: "Actually, the main purpose of Ah Zhong at that time was to persecute the Qin State, no, Wei Ran of the Qin State couldn't sit still, and mistakenly thought that my Wei and Han armies were preparing to ...... Hehe, that's why I'm in a hurry to negotiate with us. ”

Zhai Zhang suddenly realized, and immediately asked Meng Zhongdao: "Boy, why didn't you tell the old man about this matter in advance?" ”

Meng Zhong heard the words and explained: "Please forgive the Great Sima, just because at that time, even Zai Xia could not be sure that the Qin State would not back down because of this, so Zai Xia could only prepare for the worst in advance...... That is, to meet with the Qin State by force, to fight quickly, and ...... Lose both. ”

Zhai Zhang nodded suddenly, then stroked his beard and said with a smile: "I see, so to speak, the onslaught of my Wei and Han coalition forces in the past few days is actually used by you kid to scare the Qin State?" ”

"It's not all scare." Meng Zhong said with a wry smile: "The art of war, put it to death and then live, it is exactly like this, first put our army in the 'death' place, force the Qin State to retreat, and fight for the only glimmer of life...... But if this trick doesn't work, then there is no other way but to sit and watch the outcome of both sides. ”

"But you won the bet." Zhai Zhang laughed, and then pointed at Meng Zhong and joked: "Not to mention, the way you have used your troops in the past few days is similar to the way you used to judge the two of you, the old man feels that the Qin people are also afraid, and I am afraid that you will sprinkle your hatred for the Qi State on his Qin State...... Hahahaha. At this point, he asked again with great anxiety: "What about the outcome of the negotiation?" ”

Glancing at Gong Zhong, Meng Zhong Zhengse said: "First, unload the river to the east and guard it, and return it to Yin Jin; The Qin State ceded several cities such as Dali, Linjin, Yuanli, Heyang, Shaoliang, and Jigu, and in the future, the border between Wei and Qin was bounded by Luoshui and Weishui......"

"W-really?!"

Zhai Zhang's eyes widened in shock.

You must know that in view of the fact that Qi attacked Song, Wei was actually very passive in the war situation, on the one hand, it was worried that Qi would annex Song and then pose a huge threat to Wei, and on the other hand, it was also worried that Qin would join Qi to attack Wei.

Based on this, in fact, the bottom line in Zhai Zhang's heart is to reach an armistice agreement with Qin on the premise of continuing to maintain the current situation in Xihe County, so that Wei can mobilize troops to prevent Qi from annexing Song - to put it bluntly, as long as Qin does not take the opportunity to cause trouble, Zhai Zhang thinks that he can give up seizing the city from Qin's side.

Unexpectedly, Meng Zhong forced Wei Ran to compromise, so that Wei Ran agreed to cede the cities of Dali, Linjin, Yuanli, Heyang, Shaoliang, and Jigu to Wei, and also promised to raise troops with Wei to attack Qi, and the condition that Wei had to pay was only to return Yin and Jin, and by the way, let Meng Zhong relieve himself of the post of Hedong Shou.

In fact, this in itself was the original request that Meng Zhong made to the Qin State, and the entry and exit was only in a Yin Jin city.

At the beginning, the Qin State strongly refused, but now in the situation of the Qi State attacking the Song State, and the Wei State was very passive, the Qin State agreed to this condition......

It can be seen that the 'abnormal Yuncheng Jun' in the near end of time has indeed brought great pressure to the Qin State.

No, Zhai Zhang's eyes when he looked at Meng Zhong immediately became strange.

On the side, Gong Zhongxuan obviously noticed Zhai Zhang's expression, so he couldn't help but smile and said: "The ancients said, blessings and misfortunes depend, misfortunes and blessings lurk, and sincerity does not deceive me!" …… Who would have thought that because Qi attacked Song, it made Qin make concessions. ”

Hearing this, Zhai Zhang also smiled and said: "But if you are a normal person, who will follow a ...... Right? ”

Listening to Zhai Zhang and Gong Zhong extravagant two people teasing themselves, Meng Zhong couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed, after all, during this period of time, especially when he met Wei Ran yesterday, most of his emotions were indeed pretending to scare the other party, and the ugly thing was to tell the other party: My country is being attacked by the Qi State, I am already crazy, once I am red-eyed, I don't recognize my six relatives, you Qin Guo will weigh it yourself.

Just like Zhai Zhang just said, as long as he is a normal person, who would be more serious than a 'madman'? What if this 'madman' really does something to break the net?

So, Wei Ran, a 'normal person', finally compromised.

“…… Tut-tut, it's really amazing, one ruthless let the Qin State give up nearly two hundred hands, this kind of thing my generation can't learn. ”

may be in a good mood, Gong Zhong continued to tease Meng Zhong.

And Zhai Zhang also cooperated with Gong Zhong because he was in a good mood, and he said to Meng Zhong: "Yun Chengjun, why don't you be ruthless again and let Qin Guo send the other half of Xihe County over?" ”

Seeing that Zhai Zhang and Gong Zhong were ridiculing themselves one by one, Meng Zhong smiled bitterly and begged for mercy: "Don't make fun of you two anymore...... Both of them are older than the next generation, so why make fun of the juniors? ”

Zhai Zhang laughed, and then asked: "You only said 'one of them', so you can see that there is a follow-up?" ”

"Hmm."

Seeing that Zhai Zhang was asking about business, Meng Zhong also put away his smile, and said: "In addition to cutting the land, the Qin State also decided to unite with our Wei State to crusade against the Qi State, and sent troops to help our Wei State crusade against the Qi State for free......"

"Crusade against the Kingdom of Qi?" Zhai Zhang didn't understand for a while.

Seeing this, Meng Zhong explained: "Da Sima, I personally guess that there are two main reasons why the Qin State wants to unite with our Wei State to crusade against the Qi State, one is to take revenge on the previous treacherous behavior of the Qi State; The second is to direct the attention of our Wei State to Qi State and instigate our Wei State to annex the land of Qi State,...... In Wei Ran's opinion, the Qi State is a huge country, and if our Wei State wants to annex it, it will inevitably take several years or more than ten years, not including any changes, and during this time, the Qin State can take the opportunity to recover and see if there is a chance to attack our Wei and Han countries......"

Hearing this, Zhai Zhang nodded slightly, stroked his beard and said, "This Wei Ran is really cunning. ”

Suddenly, he asked Meng Zhong, "Meng Zhong, what do you think?" ”

Meng Zhong was stunned, and said with a somewhat strange expression: "It's a Song person below, so it's naturally inclined to ......"

"The old man didn't ask you this." Zhai Zhang scolded with a smile, and then asked, "Do you think you can defeat the Qi State in a short period of time?" ”

Meng Zhong and Gong Zhong glanced at each other when they heard this, and said in their hearts that listening to Zhai Zhang's meaning, it seemed that they were also inclined to cut Qi?

As if he had guessed the thoughts of Meng Zhong and Gong Zhong, Zhai Zhang stroked his beard and said to himself: "Meng Zhong, the old man knows that Hui Xiang is your famous teacher, and the old man has always respected Hui Xiang...... I don't mean to speak ill of Hui Xiang, in fact I must admit that Hui Xiang has handled this matter extremely well, but it cannot be denied that the 'King of Xuzhou' is still a disgrace to my Wei State...... Do you know what I mean, Monzhong? ”

Meng Zhong nodded slightly.

Of course, he can understand Zhai Zhang's words: Wei State, a powerful country that once dominated the Central Plains for nearly a hundred years, only because of the weakening of the national strength and the repeated defeats of the army, had to win over the Qi State through the method of 'Xuzhou Xiangwang' and respect the Qi State as the leader of the alliance, this is not a shame and what is it?

Seeing Meng Zhong nodding, Zhai Zhang continued: "In the old man's opinion, in the next few decades, the Qin State will still be the most powerful potential enemy of our Wei and Han countries, and even the entire Central Plains...... Qi State, I have never trusted this country, if this time I can use the power of Qin State is other countries to take the opportunity to annex Qi State, I myself approve of it, you think, after my Wei State captures the land of (Mount Tai) Shandong, I will have greater confidence to fight against Qin State...... It is the old man who asked you, according to you, whether my Wei State has the strength to annex the Qi State, and how long it will take. ”

Looking at Zhai Zhang with a serious face, Meng Zhong was a little surprised, he didn't expect Zhai Zhang to have such a big appetite that he wanted to annex the entire Qi Kingdom.

However, if you think about it carefully, in the case that Qin has already annexed Shu County, if Wei can annex Qi and occupy the rich land of Shandong, if a full-scale war breaks out with Qin in the future, it will really increase a lot of chances of victory.

The problem is that in the case of Qin's eyesight, Wei wants to annex Qi, which is too difficult and difficult, don't look at Wei Ran's good words, what to say to help Wei to fight Qi, Meng Zhong bets that this battle is halfway through - for example, until Qi loses the ability to resist, then Qin will definitely find various reasons to withdraw its troops.

What will Wei do then?

Should the land of Qi be garrisoned?

Transfer troops from the Western Front to the Eastern Front? Isn't this a disguised lowering of vigilance against the Qin State? If the Qin State tears up the agreement and starts a war against the Wei State, will your Wei State defend the Western Front or the Eastern Front?

Thinking of this, Meng Zhong said to Zhai Zhang: "Da Sima, according to the following opinion, even if the situation of this crusade against Qi is smooth, it is best for my Wei State not to think about swallowing Qi State in one gulp, otherwise the garrison alone is a problem, in order to invade Qi State, the army on the western front is transferred, so that Qin State has a chance, isn't this just tearing down the west wall and making up the east wall?" I suggest that we only take the eastern counties of Qi State, and give the rest to Zhao State, Yan State, and of course, Song State, as long as Song State still has the ability...... Annexing the State of Qi alone, I think that even if our Wei State bites the underground, it may not swallow the underground, so it is better to draw all countries together to carve up the State of Qi. ”

"Hmm." Zhai Zhang thought for a while, frowned and asked, "But Zhao and Yan ...... the two countries"

Meng Zhong lowered his voice and said: "As far as I know, King Yan still deeply hates the collapse of Qi State, as long as Wei and Qin call for a crusade against Qi, Yan will inevitably defect, but on the side of Zhao State, Fengyang Jun Li Dui may not agree, but as long as he can convince King Zhao, at least Zhao State will not stand on the side of Qi State......"

When he said this, Meng Zhong had a feeling in his heart: Fengyang Jun Li Dui was afraid that he was about to lose power.

"Hmm."

Zhai Zhang nodded, and immediately said to Meng Zhong: "Since this is the case, the old man can return to Daliang and inform the king of this matter." ”

Speaking of this, he emphatically told Meng Zhong: "Meng Zhong, the old man knows that you are anxious to help the Song State, but you can't leave this place at the moment, after all, except for others, no one else can suppress the Qin State, you must ensure that the Qin State keeps its promise, cedes those cities, and then forms a coalition army to crusade against the Qi State...... You don't have to worry, after the old man returns to Daliang, he will pay attention to the Song Kingdom for you, and by the way, send someone to your brother-in-law Hui An, tell him about the joint war, and tell him not to worry. In addition, the old man will make you another promise, as long as the Song State is captured by the Qi State, my Wei State will definitely help the Song State recover it! ”

As he spoke, he saw Meng Zhong's hesitant expression, so he persuaded again: "You have to think carefully, just my Wei State sent troops, at best, it can only hit the Qi State hard and help the Song State take back the lost city, but if you can promote the countries to attack Qi, we can get rid of the Qi State once and for all, this matter is beneficial to the Wei State and the Song State." ”

Meng Zhong pondered for a moment, nodded and said, "What Da Sima said is extremely true, keep it in mind below." ”

Zhai Zhang patted Meng Zhong on the shoulder, and left Yin Jin that day and returned to Daliang.

That night, Storm Kite and Gongsun Zhi came to the Wei camp in the south of Weishui, and Meng Zhong and Gongzhong told the two of them the results of the negotiations with Wei Ran.

Just like Zhai Zhang, the two of them were also dumbfounded, obviously they didn't expect that things would have such a turn for the better - not to mention it, Wei and Qin are actually going to join forces to fight the Qi State, do you dare to imagine?

Wait, how does this feel like it's happened......

Yes, in the battle of Wanfang that year, this was the case, the Wei and Han coalition forces and the Qin army were fighting, because the Qi State had made peace with the Song State, and the two sides joined forces to support the Song State.

And this time the situation is also the same, because the Qi State crusaded against the Song State, the Wei and Han coalition forces and the Qin army fought and made peace, and the two sides were ready to join forces...... But this time it's not just about supporting the Song State, but about crusading against the Qi State and completely destroying the Qi State.

seems to be such a turnaround, no wonder Storm Kite and Gongsun Zhu didn't react for a while.

Think about it, such a bizarre thing, it happened once, it didn't matter, it happened twice?

This Qi country can be regarded as unlucky.

During this period, Meng Zhong also conveyed to the storm kite that Wei Ran wanted to return the land of Huakun and Hangu Pass, and he said to the storm kite: "Wei Ran hopes that your country will return Hangu Pass, he said that Hangu Pass is the face of Qin, if South Korea is unwilling to return, even if he agrees to the armistice agreement with South Korea, there will inevitably be people who will obstruct it and try to provoke the relationship between Qin and South Korea...... Of course, I knew that most of his words were threats, so I bit the bite and didn't let go, and asked him that Qin Guo would send someone to negotiate with King Han in the future. If the king of Han is unwilling to return Hangu Pass, then we will not return it, and we will personally meet with the king of Wei in the next meeting, and ask the king of Wei to advance and retreat together with Korea in this matter. ”

Meng Zhong has said everything about this, what else can the storm kite say?

He said with emotion: "Of course I can trust my brother, and I also understand that my brother has done his best." …… If Yin Jin must return to the Qin State, the land of Huakun really can't be defended, and it's not bad to exchange this for some benefits with the Qin State, as for Hangu Pass...... In fact, it is not that Hangu Pass cannot be returned to the Qin State, but it is just ...... Brother, you also know that even if our country occupies Hangu Pass, it is not capable of posing any threat to the Qin State, right? I'm worried that after returning to Qin, Qin will ...... again In this way, according to what the elder brother said, first look at the conditions given by the Qin State, if the price given by the Qin State is appropriate, Hanguguan is not unable to return to the Qin State, even if it is not on the face of the Qin State, it must be on the face of the elder brother, right? ”

As soon as the words fell, I heard Gong Zhong say with a smile: "Yun Chengjun's face? Yun Chengjun's face is worth more than two hundred miles of the West River! ”

Hearing this, the storm kite suddenly couldn't help laughing.

Also, due to the current embarrassing situation of the Wei State, in fact, even if the Qin State does not cede the land, but simply cedes the war with the Wei State, and makes a joint crusade against the Qi State or something, in fact, the Wei and Han countries are also acceptable, but the Qin State still ceded several cities such as Dali, Linjin, Yuanli, Heyang, Shaoliang, and Jigu, just to let Meng Zhong, a fierce tiger, unload the east of the river and go back to Fangcheng County honestly, don't wander around at the gate of his Qin State.

Therefore, Gongzhong said with a smile that this time, Wei was able to obtain nearly 200 miles of land in Dali, Linjin, Yuanli, Heyang, Shaoliang, and Jigu, completely relying on Meng Zhong's 'deterrent power'.

On this point, Meng Zhong immediately explained: "Is this my personal credit? …… The Qin State was not afraid of a single Mongol Zhong, but of the united Wei and Han countries. ”

Meng Zhong's explanation is still very objective, and of course it is also very reasonable-if it weren't for Wei and Han's determination to fight with Qin State this time and fully support Meng Zhong, relying on Meng Zhong alone, how could Qin State be afraid of him to such a point?

Just like Gongsun Yan back then, this person organized the Five Kingdoms to join forces to attack Qin, which once made Qin very afraid, but later Gongsun Yan was forced to leave Wei by Tian Xu and went to Korea to serve as the minister of state, Gongsun Yan at this time is still the same Gongsun Yan in the past, but Qin's fear of him has been greatly reduced.

In the same way, what Qin really feared was Meng Zhong, who had the full support of Wei and Han, and Meng Zhong's decision-making power, coupled with the strength of Wei and Han, was what really made Qin feel afraid.

The two are mutually reinforcing.

The fear of Zhang Yi in the Central Plains back then, was it really just the fear of Zhang Yi himself? No! What the countries of the Central Plains are afraid of is the Qin general Wei Zhang behind Zhang Yi, and even the entire Qin State!

At the end of July, Wei Ran, the Marquis of Sui, returned from Xianyang to Yin and Jin with good news, indicating that Qin Wangji had accepted the results of the negotiations previously drawn up by Wei Ran and Meng Zhong.

In early August, Wei Daliang and Han Zhengcheng successively sent the attitudes of the King of Wei and the King of Han, and they all agreed with the negotiation results drawn up by Wei Ran and Meng Zhong.

At this point, the war between the Qin State and the Wei and Han coalition forces stopped.

Next, the two sides will exchange cities, and after the cities are delivered, the Wei and Han armies must immediately withdraw from the land of Qin.

During this period, Wei Ran would hold a preliminary 'joint expedition' meeting in Yin and Jin, inviting not only the generals of Wei and Han, but also Li Dui of Zhao and Le Yi of Yan......

I have to say that the 'two-person peace discussion' between Wei Ran and Meng Zhong may change the current pattern of the Central Plains and have an extremely far-reaching impact on the entire Central Plains.