Regarding Su Qin's plan, Tian Bibi thought about it again and again, and felt that it was still very feasible. Now that Han, Zhao and Wei are allied, and Yan and Zhao are too close, it is also a good move to form an alliance with Chu and fight against Qin. It's just that the Chu State destroyed its alliance before, and this time the Qi State rushed to form an alliance, which always hurt the self-esteem of the King of Qi a little.

However, those who make big things are informal, and the King of Qi finally agreed to the matter.

"In that case, Su Qing, you will be the envoy for this matter."

"No." Su Qin responded.

Soon, Su Qin, as a special envoy of Qi, sent an envoy to Chu, and under the persuasion of Zhao Sui and Qu Yuan, the king of Chu finally made up his mind and formed an alliance with Qi.

However, when Su Qin proposed that he hoped that Chu and Qi would send troops together to help Korea fight against Qin, the king of Chu vetoed it.

"In the battle of Qin and Chu, the strength of our Chu State was greatly damaged, and Wuguan was in the hands of Qin State, if it was easy to send troops at this time, it might not be retaliated by Qin State." Qu Yuan argued.

"What's more, the State of Qi is far away in the East, and the land of Chu is accessible to the Qin army. If so, then the Chu army would inevitably be regarded as hostile by the Qin state. In any case, the state of Chu will not send troops. ”

Of course, Su Qin knew that the words of the two were not afraid of the Chu State, but in fact, they hoped that through this matter, they would blackmail South Korea to return the Wan and other places that were previously occupied by South Korea. In Qu Yuan's words, at this moment, it is already very good that the Chu State does not fall into the ground. How can it help Korea against Qin.

"Then in the doctor's opinion, how should it be handled, and the state of Chu will send troops to help South Korea?"

Qu Yuan and Zhao Sui glanced at each other, and Qu Yuan said: "First, Korea will return the occupied land, including the two cities of Dengyi and Wanyi. ”

Su Qin nodded, this is what it should mean. It's not that Chu doesn't have the ability to take it back, but if you can do it, don't waste money in vain.

"Second," Qu Yuan slowed down, "Against the Qin State, it is certainly possible for the Chu State to bear it alone, but if it provokes anger and retaliation, I am afraid that the Chu State will also be caught off guard." Therefore, this matter of fighting against the Qin State should not be the matter of the Chu State's family. ”

Su Qin's eyes flashed, he already knew what Qu Yuan meant, and he still pretended to be stupid: "How can there be only one Chu State?" Naturally, my Qi country is willing to send troops to help. ”

Zhao Sui shook his head, "I have already said just now, the Qi State is too far away from the Qin State, even if the Qin State wants to retaliate, the Qi State will have enough time to stop it." And my Chu State does not have enough strength to resist the thunderous wrath of the Qin State. Such a risky thing, a certain Duan Ran did not dare to agree to this. ”

"What do you mean?"

"Please send troops from Zhao State." Qu Yuan replied solemnly.

"I know." Su Qin nodded, it seems that this time, I still have to go to Zhao State.

Just when Su Qin was running back and forth, some changes were quietly taking place in Xianyang of the Qin State.

"Xiangbang walks slowly, there is something going on!"

As soon as he left Xianyang Palace, he heard someone calling him behind him, and when he turned around, he saw Gongsun Zheng walking briskly towards him.

"Xiangbang walks slowly, and there is something to discuss with Xiangbang." Gongsun Zheng looked at Zhu Li Ji with a straight face, he knew that although Zhu Li Ji was the right minister, he didn't like others to call him in person, so he directly called him Xiangbang. Anyway, if Gan Mao is not here, there will be nothing wrong.

"What?"

Gongsun Zheng looked left and right, and there were indeed no outsiders, so he walked side by side with Zhu Liji to the outside of the palace.

"I don't know if Xiangbang has heard any rumors recently?" He said with a mysterious expression.

"The wind? What wind? He looked at him suspiciously, not knowing what he wanted to say, "Could it be that there is something interesting?" ”

Gongsun Zheng knew that he sometimes acted a little witty, so he followed his words and said with a smile, "It's not unreasonable to say that it's an interesting thing." After all, it's interesting for you and me, but not necessarily for others. ”

Zhu Liji's face changed, "What the hell is going on?" ”

"About Ganmao." He whispered.

"Him?" Zhu Liji's face tightened, "What's wrong with him?" He saw that Gongsun Zheng was squirming and pinching, which should be a more important secret, so he pulled him into his ox cart and discussed it inside.

"Coincidentally, I happened to hear that Gan Mao has a self-respecting army in Yiyang, and it seems that he has close contacts with the Wei State."

His heart jumped, and he asked urgently, "Is the news accurate?" ”

Gongsun Zheng shook his head, "Hearsay, but it may not be true." Imagine, since the autumn Gan Mao led the troops to go out, it has been more than four months, but there is no battle report from the front, seeing that winter is approaching, the army will definitely have little effect, if the stalemate continues, I am afraid that even if Yiyang is defeated, it will be until the autumn of next year. This is not only a demoralization setback for the entire unit, but I am afraid that even if it is a logistical reserve, it will be a big test. ”

He frowned. If there is no definite evidence, he is not worried that Gan Mao will rebel. First, Gan Mao was not from Qin, and even if he had the intention of rebellion, his generals might not follow; Second, if Gan Mao rebelled on the Yiyang front, he would not shake the foundation of the Qin State, and only one Hangu Pass would be enough for the Qin State to counterattack. As for whether the six eastern countries will obey, it is unknown. It was precisely based on this that he felt that this rumor must have been deliberately instigated by some people to target Gan Mao.

But who's doing it? Why did he target Ganmao? Is the other party friend or foe?

Gongsun Zheng obviously didn't notice the gaffe of Zhu Liji, and was still talking to himself. "Now he is the general and left minister of the Qin State, and he holds the military power, if he really rebels, it will be unfavorable to my Qin State, and I am afraid that it will be too late to regret it. It is in the opinion that Xiangbang should take action to prevent this from happening. ”

"Take action?" Yu Li sneered, "What action?" ”

Gongsun Zheng obviously underestimated the disease, although he was a little jealous of Gan Mao, but he was not necessarily willing to do the thing that fell into the ground.

"Xiangbang, although this matter is a rumor, it is groundless, and it may not be without cause. National affairs cannot be so rash. Gan Mao has a heavy army in his hands at this time, and he is not from my Qin. If you really have a wrong thought, but you and I don't curb it now, I'm afraid that when the time comes, it will really be too late to regret it. ”

It is very clear that there are too many false elements in this news, and it is simply impossible to resist scrutiny. However, what Gongsun Zheng said is not entirely unreasonable. I'm afraid of anything, just in case, if it's really as the rumors say... What's more, this news, whether it is true or false, the purpose is Gan Mao, at best, the other party saw the contradiction between himself and Gan Mao, and knew that he and the new monarch who had just succeeded to the throne had different opinions, so he intended to take a walk in Xianyang City The purpose is not to instigate King Qin to withdraw his troops from Korea?

This matter is a clear conspiracy, it depends on whether you can take the bait, if you don't take the bait, naturally there are others to do it, if you take the bait, then it will be a complete break with Gan Mao.

"Xiangbang, Xiangbang?" Gongsun Zheng shook his thoughts.

"Tomorrow in the court, a certain is willing to report to the king with this and ask him to decide." Zhu Li said helplessly.

"That's great!"

Sure enough, the next day, Zhu Lijian and Gongsun Zheng took the lead in suggesting to Qin Wangdang on this matter that the chief general be replaced, and the Qin army withdrew from the Yiyang front. Gongsun Zheng also told him the rumors he had heard, crying bitterly, as if the Qin State was about to die.

I have to say that Gan Mao pulled the Qin army to Yiyang, but he only besieged it but did not attack it. In this way, from the time of the expedition to the present, he has not heard the battle report for four months, and even Qin Wangdang is very anxious.

More importantly, the reason why he used Gan Mao was to check and balance other clans and consolidate his position at the same time, but now it is obvious that Gan Li Ji and others have begun to oppose Gan Mao, and if they support him again, I am afraid that Lu Li Ji and others will also be against him. So, at least tell Gan Mao about it and tell him about the pressure he is facing.

So, King Qin pretended to be helpless, and with a piece of order, he floated from Xianyang to the front line of Yiyang, and floated to the front of several cases where he was trying to find a way to break the enemy.

Gan Mao sat in front of a few cases for a long time, and read the orders of King Qin several times. He knew that the order seemed harsh, but in fact it had been defending himself. King Qin really didn't worry that he would rebel, but he was also a little angry that Gan Mao had no results in his four-month expedition. This is the reason why Zhu Lijian sued in front of King Qin, and he was reprimanded like this. At this moment, he was a little glad that he had made an alliance with King Qin at that time, so that he would not fall into passivity. Otherwise, this would not have been an order to reprimand, but an order to transfer him to Ganmao and Xianyang.

But how can others understand the reason for his refusal to go to war? He put the order aside, stood up again, and looked at the map in front of him.

From the map, the location of Yiyang is very important, almost the throat of the choke point of Hanguguan, and because of this, although Yiyang is a county, its importance is no less than a county. South Korea has turned this place into a strategic location, and almost all the supplies of Shangdang and Nanyang are hoarded here.

Why did Gan Mao delay attacking Yiyang. The reason is very simple, fighting against a city like Yiyang, which has strong defenses and hoards heavy troops and a large number of supplies, is definitely a pure war of attrition, and the result may be a lose-lose situation.

Now the Koreans are not afraid of the strength of the Qin people and dare not send troops, but at this time, if they send troops, they may be eaten by the Qin people first, and then turn around and besiege Yiyang again, and the gains outweigh the losses. It's better to win over some other people's strength first and try it slowly. The worst is that it can also involve the energy of the Qin army, so that it cannot take care of each other.

It was based on this worry that Gan Mao asked everyone to besiege Yiyang on the one hand, and from time to time he had a small fight with the South Korean army inside, paralyzing the vigilance of the South Korean army, making them think that they were acting on orders and might not attack Yiyang City, and on the other hand, he was looking for a breakthrough point to solve this battle.

"It can't be delayed any longer." He muttered, "It's time to settle the matter, too." As he spoke, he looked at the upper left corner of the map, where a city named Wusui appeared in his field of vision.

It's really hard to update recently, mainly because of this period of history, and there is a time confusion in the "Historical Records" and other materials, which makes me confused. Fortunately, there is also a copy of "Warring States Policy"

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