"Don't be in a hurry, as a messenger, you must be steady. The landslide is in front of it, and it will not change color, otherwise other countries will threaten two sentences, and they will say surrender, isn't it a joke! Sima Qian waved his hand and asked Su Qin to sit on his knees.

Leaving from Yewang City, Han Zhao's envoys merged two pairs of chariots and horses into a team, arrived at the Korean border under the escort of Korean soldiers, and walked for a few days before arriving at the Liangliang of the Tianxia Jiancheng.

The city of Daliang is square, the city wall is tall, and all kinds of defensive equipment are complete. In addition, the Wei warriors themselves are extremely defensive warriors, so if Daliang City is truly armed, it is indeed not easy to be breached.

"Guanzi" Zeng Yun: Where the country is established, it is not under the mountains, but above the Guangchuan. The construction conditions of Daliang City also meet this point. The girder is surrounded by openness, almost no natural danger, rivers are vertical and horizontal, there are many lakes, easy to attack and difficult to defend. Later, King Hui of Wei opened up the chasm and connected all the waters, so that the ships of the Wei State could sail into the Han, Chu, Wei, Qi, Lu, Song and other countries through the dense river network, and trade exchanges, and the surrounding land was rich in water sources and could be cultivated.

Such a tall and square city, surrounded by rich farming areas, and its own water network criss-crossed, it is not suitable to start a military formation, any country that wants to fight, has to think twice, headaches. Therefore, the fortification of Daliang City is not only because of its high city and strong defense, but more importantly, the terrain is complex, and the city is rich in reserves and sufficient soldiers.

After the envoys of the two countries parted ways outside the city, they entered the city one after another, and the guests who received the envoys of Zhao arranged for them, and left after two orders. And Su Qin, who couldn't help it for a long time, hurriedly grabbed Fu Ding and Sima Qian, who were about to rest, and told the two of them his analysis, but he didn't expect Sima Qian to give an answer that surprised him.

"As you said, your lordship has asked me to join the party, which shows an attitude, that is, Zhao is a friendly country to Korea, and if it is invaded by other countries, it will never sit idly by. Right? Sima Qian asked.

"Not bad.".

"Then who do you think your lord's statement should be?"

"Qin State!" Su Qin said.

Sima Qian shook his head and said, "The country of tigers and wolves in the Qin State, the King of Qin is also a decisive person, if the King of Qin really decides to use troops against Korea, he will naturally be thoughtful, and as for the help of other countries, it must also be in his calculations, how can he stop the army because of this to give others a laughing stock?" ”

"Uh......" Su Qin seemed to have some truth when he heard Sima Qian's explanation. What does the king mean? ”

"The gentleman's meaning, of course, is to show South Korea. One is to shock the king of Han and tell the Koreans that the people of Zhao are willing to fight the enemy with the Koreans and fight against the Qin State; Second, it is deterrence. Fu Ding took Sima Qian's words and continued.

"Deter what?"

"You don't know that, but you can say it in the past." Fu Ding said, "Although South Korea is related to our Zhao State by law, not all of them are on the side of Zhao State, especially Xiangguo Gongzhong Luxury, who is ambiguous about Qin, sometimes agrees with the crusade against Qin, and sometimes is committed to relying on Qin, swaying from side to side. It's really hard to be guarded against. ”

Zhang Kaiqi, on the other hand, hoped to rely on the strength of the Six Kingdoms to fight against Qin and lead Korea to a strong country. The two of them have been secretly fighting. Gong Zhongxuan is a Korean nobleman, and Zhang Kai is also a big family in South Korea, and the two are arguing, which is also the reason why the political situation in South Korea is unclear today. ”

"Therefore, Zhang Kai went to Yewang City to greet us in person, which is actually a thank you to Zhao Guo, and it is also a last resort." Speaking of this, Su Qin completely understood why Dongyang Pass notified the envoys of Zhao State to enter the country, and Zhang Kai was waiting here for his companions. It turned out that he was also forced to do so, if he couldn't greet him in person, I was afraid that Zhao Guo would be unhappy.

"Not bad." Fu Ding nodded, although Su Qin is not very experienced, he is very sensitive to the insight of people's hearts.

"However, the kid still doesn't understand, why isn't the king ready to participate in the affair?"

"Why don't you join the group?" Zhao Yong returned to his place and filled his teacup with water. Although the White Tiger Hall is not Zhao Yong's office, it is also a concentration of Zhao Yong's "small inventions", not only Zhao Yong's promotion tables, chairs and stools, but also teacups and tea sets and other things, although it is only daily necessities, but Zhao Yong is still comfortable.

But this is a pain for the ministers, they originally had no objection to this kind of thing, but here they have just gotten used to the office environment, and when they get home, they have to face a few cases of cups at home, not to mention how uncomfortable it is. If you want to build a set yourself, your family also knows that they are suffering. Finally, under the "suggestion" of Zhao Cheng and Fei Yi, Zhao Yong only kept the things he used, and the others were cleaned aside.

This is also a rare time for Zhao Cheng and Feiyi to unite the front.

"Together, vertically, and vertically, it is useful to have 'together'. How can the six countries of the East be 'united' now? Unity is to be one, integration means unified command, unified action, but also need a person of high moral standing to preside over the 'unity', other participants must abide by the rules of the alliance, can not arbitrarily override the alliance, nor can they challenge the authority of the chief, in order to be profitable. To put it bluntly, the so-called cooperation is really just an alliance. ”

"However, the six countries of the Kanto region, each arrogant and arrogant, each concerned about his own interests, is really not like a conniving person. Why? Profit is also caused. From the point of view of the Central Plains, if it can be achieved by merging vertically, among the six eastern countries, the three kingdoms of Han, Zhao and Wei have the greatest profits, which are actually the land occupied by the Qin State, and most of them are owned by these three countries. ”

"That being the case, then the three kingdoms sent troops to contribute, what they asked for was just a false name, and even strengthened the strength of the three kingdoms of Han, Zhao and Wei, in case the alliance broke down one day, Han Zhaowei turned the gun and threatened Yan Qi Chu, and the three kingdoms lifted a stone to shoot themselves in the foot, so why did they come. Instead of doing so, it's better to join in and be a spectator. ”

Zhao Yong's remarks broke the essence of the alliance and also reflected a kind of political balancing technique. From a broader regional point of view, Gongsun Yan's original intention of promoting the Five Kingdoms Prime Minister was to put everyone's identities on the same level, so that the six countries could communicate on an equal footing and jointly deal with the Qin State.

However, he was too naïve, because even if the six countries all claim each other's kings, the difference in strength cannot be changed by one title. For example, there are more than 20,000 chariots in Qi and more than 15,000 in South Korea, although both sides are kings, but the difference in strength determines that South Korea does not dare to easily challenge the authority of Qi. Naturally, he hoped to bring Qi Guo down to the same level as himself and compare it again.

And the state of Qi thinks that if he sends troops to help Korea or Wei win the land, but for me, he is just called the king, the land has not increased, the soldiers have spent a lot of money, and the neighbors will threaten themselves when they are strong, so why bother?

"The so-called 'Lianheng' is different from this." Zhao Yongqing cleared his throat and continued: "Lian Heng has no requirements for the country where he is located, but he just hopes that when the interests of both parties are involved, they can be resolved through negotiation. If it is said that the alliance is a kind of covenant, then the combination is actually an agreement. The essence of the agreement is the encroachment of strong countries on weak and small countries. Not only do the countries of the agreement not need to pay, but they demarcate their own spheres of influence for you to obtain. ”

"One needs to pay unconditionally, and the other needs to be taken according to your ability, if it is you, how to choose?"

After listening to Zhao Yong's words, the three of them fell into deep thought. I have to say that Zhao Yong's use of people's hearts to evaluate the matter of combining vertical and horizontal, although it is novel, but it has a different reason, which makes people think about it carefully.

"What's more, from a geographical point of view, if the six countries stand side by side in the west, the Qin State will definitely not be able to defeat it, and it will definitely retreat to Hangu Pass."

"Hangu Pass is a place where the north is a big river, the south is connected to the mountains, the east is bordered by a stream, and the west is a place that is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it is by virtue of this place that the Qin State can live in the west and avoid the scourge of war. Qin State defends on the spot, and we wait for the labor division to go on an expedition, how to dispatch the logistics baggage? How is the troop march arranged? If the Qin army counterattacks, what should I do? If our army leaves, what will happen next? It's all things that need to be coordinated, and who do you think can do this? ”

"If everyone elects the rhino head as the head of the longitudinal covenant, maybe it will ......," Pang Cong said after hesitating for a while.

"No, it won't." Zhao Yong shook his head and said with a little regret, "Gongsun Yan won't be the head of this longitudinal appointment." After that, he sighed slowly, in fact, in his eyes, Gongsun Yan is definitely the best candidate for the longitudinal chief, although it may not be said that he can win or lose in a battle, but he can fight with Qin State, it should still be possible. But it's a pity that in Zhao Yong's opinion, the possibility of Gongsun Yan coming out as the chief of this longitudinal contract is very low.

Why is that? Gongsun Yanqi is very suitable for the position of longitudinal governor in any way. Su Qin couldn't help but ask, in his opinion, Gongsun Yan has been famous for a long time, famous all over the world, and the matter of the prime minister of the five kingdoms was proposed by him, and everyone would naturally not be unconvinced; In terms of ability, he used to be a great good man of the Qin State, and he was the first person after Shang Ying, and he personally led the troops, so his natural ability was not weak; In terms of status, the prime minister of Wei, although the strength of Wei is not as good as before, but the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, and the influence is still there, so it can naturally suppress the opposition. In Su Qin's opinion, Gongsun Yan was the best candidate for the appointment at that time. However, Fu Ding and Sima Qian both said that it was unlikely that Gongsun Yan would be the chief of the longitudinal contract, so Su Qin was naturally unconvinced.

"It's because he's so perfect that he won't be the longitudinal chief." Sima Qian said, feeling a pity in his heart.

(End of chapter)