Straight to the end?

Yang Mu was a little different, spread out the thick chapter, and directly saw the last paragraph, and was immediately shocked.

This......

Hongguo, Yueguo, Song, Che, Yuguo, Fengguo......

More than a dozen countries have invited Cangguo to send troops to attack Wei, and said that everything will follow the overlord Jin, hoping that Cangguo will know the righteousness and not break off diplomatic relations with other countries because of bad relations with Jin.

Obviously, it is this threatening letter, although it is not a national letter, but the meaning of its expression is very clear.

Either send troops to attack Wei, or go against the alliance dominated by the Jin state.

If the former is chosen, everyone will continue to be friends, and diplomatic relations and trade will continue normally.

If you choose the latter, then I'm sorry, what should Jin Guo say, what should we all do, Jin Guo said to cut off all contacts with Cangguo, then we all also cut off contacts with Cangguo.

How domineering!

Yang Mu's face is not very good-looking, these obviously grasp the pain points of Cangguo, if you use this method to cut off cooperation with other countries, then the impact on Cangguo's economy must be very big.

Because, the three main commodities of Cangguo - large white paper, books, and clothes, are not essential items, and all countries can operate normally without these things, and the high-level nobles can spend money and buy them from other countries.

In short, in a word, all countries are using economic means to persecute Cangguo, as long as Cangguo does not join the Vawei Alliance, then it will be resisted by various countries and caravans will not be allowed to come and go.

In all fairness, Yang Mu, who currently has sufficient funds in hand, is not very worried about economic losses.

However, these little brothers of the Jin State are not weak in strength, and the military threat to the Cangguo in the future is the greatest.

When the alliance was first met, Hongguo sent 200,000 troops, Yue sent 200,000 troops, Song sent 100,000 troops, Che sent 80,000 troops, and Yu sent 160,000 troops.

It can be seen that the strength of these countries, even if it is not as good as Shengguo, is not far behind.

If you stand on the opposite side of the Wei Alliance, you will have to face the pressure of the entire alliance in the future, and the situation will be like today's Wei State, and you may be dragged to death.

"By the way, what about Ruan Guo? This time in the battle of Wei, in addition to the Jin State, the Ruan State contributed the most, what did the Empress Ruan State say? ”

Yang Mu asked Qin Changfeng, after all, Ruan Guo was a big country, but he was curious about what choice that smart empress would make.

"Our Ministry of Commerce has not received documents from the Ruan State court, and everything is currently operating normally, all kinds of goods are out of the Jin Kingdom, and the Ruan State has the largest transaction volume, and the relationship between the private merchants is very good."

"Yes."

Yang Mu nodded, a little relieved, Ruan Guo did not use the diplomatic relations between the two countries as a threat, which was worthy of the previous alliance between the two countries.

"Your Majesty, how should the minister reply to those letters of state? This is a dilemma for the Ministry of Commerce. Qin Changfeng asked with a bitter face.

"Reply, your Ministry of Commerce is responsible for trade with other countries, so you naturally don't have to worry about such things. As for the Foreign Ministry......"

Yang Mu groaned, whether he was invited to participate in the war or refused, this letter of state was completely two concepts in the past.

Don't go, concentrate on annexing Shengguo.

Go, and also risk breaking with the Jin State and even the entire Vawei Alliance.

Yang Mu couldn't help but sigh, it seems that these countries are confident that they have eaten the Wei State, and they are in a hurry to find the next soft persimmon to start.

Hey?

Why did it have to be the Wei Alliance?

Wei Guo, is there any salvation?

In a flash of inspiration, Yang Mu opened a new line of thought, although the Wei State was defeated and retreated under the strong attack of the countries, but after all, it is a big country that has stood for hundreds of years, with strong strength and profound heritage, and it is a country that has the ability to compete for hegemony with the Jin State and the Chu State.

It is not so much that the Wei State cannot defeat the Jin State, but that the logistics and supplements cannot keep up, and the people in the country cannot quickly transform into soldiers who go into battle to kill the enemy.

Just like the battle of Qin and Zhao Changping in history, was it really because Zhao Kuo talked about the army on paper that it led to the defeat?

Before and after, Zhao died a total of 700,000 troops, the two sides have been tugging for several years, Zhao is a country close to the grassland in the north, productivity can not keep up, grain and grass is a big problem, and logistics are about to run out.

On the Qin side, although the front was longer, it had rectified the Bashu in the south as early as a few decades ago, and the construction of Dujiangyan made the Chengdu Plain a country of abundance.

King Zhao was afraid that it would be more unfavorable to Zhao if it dragged on, so he abandoned the famous general Lian Po, who was biased towards defense, and replaced Lian Po with Zhao Kuo, who followed King Zhao's intentions and changed Lian Po's defensive deployment and military regulations, changed the generals, and organized the attack.

In view of Zhao Kuo's weakness of eagerness to win, Bai Qi adopted the operational policy of feint defeat and retreat, lure the enemy from his position, and then divide and encircle and annihilate him, and finally won the war.

How is this situation similar to today's Wei State?

The north, south, east and west were besieged by the Wei Alliance, and the Wei State could be said to have cut off ties with various countries, and the caravan did not dare to go abroad because it was robbed several times, even if there was more silver hoarded in the treasury, it could not be turned into strategic materials.

The rate of consumption far exceeded the rate of production, and the Wei State could not be effectively replenished in the continuous consumption, so it could only watch the front-line army retreat one after another, without the power to counterattack.

It stands to reason that wars between large countries are not as good as those of small countries, and often a war will take a long time, and the number of citizens is no longer very important, but mainly depends on the productive forces.

Generally speaking, the ratio of the people to the army can reach 20 to 1, even in the 21st century on the earth, the country in the northeast of China has reached this water quality, and during the Warring States Period, the ratio of soldiers to the people has reached 5 to 1, and it is not an exaggeration to say that all the people are soldiers.

The population of Wei must be at least fifty or sixty million, right?

Sixty or seventy million, the number of young and strong people who participated in the battle is absolutely enough, even if the front-line personnel are consumed, the rear can be continuously replenished.

What is lacking is logistical equipment.

Cangguo, is it possible to help it?

Yang Mu had a thought in his heart, if Cangguo could support Wei with some weapons, or something else, would it have any impact on the battle situation?

"Your Majesty, dare to ask me the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, how should I respond to the Jin Kingdom?" Seeing that Yang Mu had not made a decision for a long time and did not say a word, Qin Changfeng asked cautiously.

"In this way, I will reply to the Jin State, saying that the Sheng State has repeatedly violated my Dacang border and violated the original Jincheng Alliance, and I hope that the Jin State will support my Cangguo to severely punish the Sheng State, and then I will send troops to attack Wei."

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