For Shang Wen's stubborn opinion, the advisors of the Qin State had no way to move him, in their opinion, this was not a civil war, it was just a battle between countries. And this kind of battle is normal, and Shang Wen always deliberately avoids something. In terms of his policy-making, Shangwen has always been like this.

This made it very difficult for his advisors. Because this problem is difficult to deliberately avoid the past. Now more than 300 people in the Qin State are being surrounded by heavy encirclement, and the Qin State side cannot do anything.

"Prime Minister, that's what I mean. We ・・・・・・". Before the military adviser's words were finished, Shang Wen began to shake his head and refuse. Shang Wen's bottom line is to send troops to the ground to intervene, because the final form of the current war, and the ultimate criterion of victory, is the ground war. Air warfare is far from reaching that point. Therefore, in Shang Wen's view, once the Qin State intervenes in the ground war, then the situation will be difficult to control.

"If a ground war is involved, it will be very difficult for us to control the scale of this war. Ground warfare costs countless amounts of money, countless resources, and countless lives. The price is too high. Moreover, the benefits gained from the war of the Yan Kingdom and the losses lost are a loss-making business with a huge gap, and I don't think this kind of thing will be allowed to happen. Shang Wen said firmly.

In fact, Shang Wen's opinion is correct, although the use of volunteers, that is, according to the needs of the Qin State, in the Qin State Concession Area of the Yan State, the construction of mercenary volunteers, and the use of these volunteers to assist the Qin State in the Yan State besieged by the Qi army. On the face of it, nothing. Even reasonable.

But if you think about it carefully, it is easy for the Qin State to fall into a misunderstanding, that is, the use of volunteers is not the regular armed force of the state, and this kind of armed force is only a kind of national reserve force, but this is a private act, which has nothing to do with the state. Moreover, the object used by the volunteers can be either the Qin State or the Yan State. In short, this kind of freedom is relatively large.

But in fact, this kind of volunteer army relies on a strong backing, and this backing is the Qin State. If Qin was willing to see this situation, it would be happy to see its national reserve forces intervene in this war, but the current problem is that Qin is unwilling to intervene, and even intends to limit the war behavior that may expand to a certain range.

"If volunteers are sent, then who will be responsible for the logistics, who will be responsible for fighting this war, and what about the diplomatic problems that will arise at the same time?" Shangwen asked.

"Moreover, you also understand that it is impossible for the Qin State to start a war in the next year, and there is no budget for military spending. The state is not yet capable of challenging future wars. The biggest thing that our Qin State is doing at present is to avoid large-scale wars and try to use diplomatic means to solve the war problem. Shang Wen said.

"But, Prime Minister, we are only sending a small part of the volunteers, and this part is only to solve the current crisis, which is different from our long-term strategic plan for the future." said the military adviser.

"What you mean, I understand, I understand very well, we are all for the safety of the front-line soldiers. But don't forget that our country, he is a whole, it's like this is a ship, and this ship needs more than just how to sail, it also has a big way forward, especially when the ship will dock, when it will be rereplenished, when it will be repaired. How much are we going to go? We have to think about all of this, we don't just solve the current problem, but also the long-term, you know? Farsighted. Shang Wen tried his best to share his views with his military advisers. Shangwen thinks about the long-term, not the present, and what happens today is likely to affect the future, the future. Do you understand?

Although the military adviser tried his best to make his point, Shang Wen always insisted on his opinion. Military advisers were unable to convince Shangwen to adopt the practice of recruiting volunteers on an ad hoc basis to solve the current problem. In this way, the problem is still not solved.

"So what about our problem? We can't watch these 300 people being wiped out, if they all surrender, then the media will scold us to death, and public opinion will be extremely unfavorable to us, so our influence will be greatly impacted. We, we're in a dead end. The military adviser asked.

"That's true, the most important thing for us at the moment is to solve the safety of our 300 people." Shang Wen said.

"But there's one thing we don't seem to notice." Shang Wen said suddenly.

"We seem to be focusing too much on military methods and ignoring other methods. For example, we can use diplomacy to resolve this matter. There are other ways. For example, economic sanctions, as well as arms export bans, and so on. Shang Wen said.

"These methods can also achieve our own goals, and the current multinational forces are constantly being mobilized intensively. We really need time to get this done, and we can prepare for the mobilization of troops through diplomatic negotiations. What do you think? Shang Wen asked.

"I think it's okay, and I agree with it very much." said the military adviser.

"This approach gives us more ways to do it. I think it should work. Military Gu said.

"Well, let's immediately convene other consultants for preliminary discussions, and then we will report the results to the king, as well as other departments for reference." Shang Wen said.

Subsequently, Shang Wen quickly gathered a large number of consultants for a heated discussion. The consultants, on the other hand, compiled a report on what could happen and what they could do about it.

The main content of this report is that the Qin state will solve the problem through diplomatic means, especially diplomatic negotiations. It is better to be in a state of relative peace when negotiating, which can be said to be the golden time for those three hundred people. They could keep the rest while the Qin could mobilize forces from all sides, and finally form a huge advantage at the last minute of the negotiations.

This change in strength could easily allow the Qin State to complete the withdrawal of troops without bloodshed. This is of great benefit to the Qin state, as well as to the control of future wars. In order to achieve this goal, the Qin State constantly used the resource advantages in its hands to exert various advantages to oppress the Qi State.

For example, with the advantage of military mobilization, the Qin State can take advantage of the developed railway mobilization. and soldier armament to suppress the opponent. Militarily, the people of Qi had to consider the great threat of Qin in this regard. This is a very important principle of seeking advantages and avoiding disadvantages. This is a very important criterion to consider in the negotiations of the Qin State.

In addition to military mobilization, Qin could also use its vast commercial network to achieve its goals, such as the use of material sanctions and commercial trade sanctions.

The first thing that came to Qin's mind was weapon sanctions, and most of the weapons and ammunition of Qi came from Qin's arsenals, such as trap rifles, as well as the production and processing of Zhila. These all came from the arsenals of the Qin State, and a large number of old-fashioned rifles were transformed in the warehouses of these arsenals, and these rifles were dumped to the Qi State on a large scale, not only for the rifles, but also for the logistical aspects of bullets. The Qin State is still producing this old type of bullet. And as the war expanded, the demand for war bullets increased day by day. Not a day goes by that the factory does not produce such bullets.

If the Qin State suddenly stops the supply of bullets now, then it will not be long before the Qi front line will be left without bullets to launch an attack. And their soldiers could only launch a futile attack with rifles loaded with bayonets.

Not only the supply of bullets, but also other supplies, such as grain, logistics supplies, Qin and Chu are currently the two largest exporters of commercial grain, Chu's grain is mainly rice, but he is mainly transported by Yangtze River ships to Qin, and Qin uses railways to transport a large number of free exports, meat products. In particular, the Qin State developed the technology of cryogenic storage. The Qin State had a great advantage in food exports, while the Qi State had a certain impact on agricultural production due to the huge consumption of the war and the transfer of human resources, mainly in terms of labor. If part of the young and middle-aged labor force is transferred, the remaining labor force can only barely complete agricultural production, and the barely completed agricultural production will lead to a decline in agricultural and food production. It's not just a drop in production. On the other hand, the amount of grain in Qi itself will also decline.

War is a huge expense. The cost comes from the huge logistical supply support, which mainly comes from the country's ability to stock grain. Especially in ancient times, this situation was particularly important.

For this reason, the Qi State purchased a large amount of grain from the Qin merchants through trade, and this grain not only provided for war, but also stored most of it in order to deal with other emergencies such as war.

If Qin suddenly stopped exporting grain now, then Qi's food supply would not be affected for the time being, but in the long run, his inventory would decline rapidly. This would then lead to massive food shortages on the front lines and in the country.

The emergence of a food crisis is likely to trigger a volatile situation in the country. The Qin State not only has food, but also another resource is also in the hands of the Qin State. That is the steel of the Qin State. Qi also has its own initial military workshops, these workshops are copying Qin's weapons in large quantities, but their materials come from Qin, if Qin stops the supply of steel, not only steel, but also the supply of iron ingots can also affect the production of weapons in Qi, and the cessation of the supply of this resource is likely to cause a direct decline in weapons. If the supply of weapons is insufficient, it will be impossible for Qi to fight again. Because there are no resources left to support it. Even if the purpose of the Qin State was achieved.