Chapter 8: Strategy

Tian Jianlang said: "Father's words can't be mentioned! Thinking about the Empress Dowager Huiwen and the queen mother, the father and the king have a very strong friendship, why take Chang'anjun as a hostage, hurt the relationship between the two families, and in the coming year, what face will the child have to see his aunt (Empress Dowager Huiwen). ”

Hearing this, all the palace ministers of Qi State became troubled, and it was you who let the troops go, and you who didn't let them out.

But in the next second, they changed their minds.

Tian Jian said again: "In the past year, the rebellion of Li Ji of the Jin Kingdom, Qin Mugong helped and supported Yiwu, and the two sons of Chong'er inherited the throne, and since then there has been the good of Qin and Jin, and now Zhao Wang Dan is also your uncle and nephew. In addition, even if the Empress Dowager Huiwen is reluctant to give up her parents, but Zhao Guoliang has a dense number of ministers, and she will be able to persuade the Empress Dowager Huiwen to give up the small righteousness and achieve the great righteousness, and the father and the king should send troops to the friendship of the two countries. ”

When the ministers of Qi heard this, they suddenly had an idea in their hearts, indeed, Empress Dowager Huiwen likes her youngest son very much, but can Empress Dowager Huiwen's strength alone withstand the pressure of the government and the opposition? Although the current Zhao State is the regent of the Empress Dowager Huiwen, the power is in the hands of Lin Xiangru, and the military power is in the hands of Ma Fujun, Lian Po and other Zhao royal families, and they will not consider the mother-son relationship between Chang'an Jun and the Empress Dowager Huiwen.

When Tian Fazhang heard this, he took a deep look at Tian Jian and said, "The widow let Zhao Guo take Chang'an Jun as a hostage!" ”

Tian Jian bowed when he heard this: "Thank you father for seeing me." ”

After speaking, Tian Jian turned his head to Zhao Envoy and said: "Please also ask Zhao Envoy to step down first, there is still something to talk with my father and the ministers in this palace." ”

When Tian Fazhang heard this, he naturally wouldn't sweep his prince's face, so he said: "All the ministers and Zhao envoys will wait outside the palace gate first, and An Pingjun, Mink Qing, and Wang Sun Jia will stay." ”

When Zhao envoy and the other ministers heard this, they said, "The ministers will leave first." "The foreign minister will take his leave first."

Seeing everyone retreating, Tian Fazhang was puzzled: "Jian'er, why do you want to resign from Qi to send troops first, and then ask Qi to send troops." ”

Tian Jian smiled when he heard this, and said, "Father, does today's Qi country have the ability to compete with other countries?" ”

Tian Fazhang shook his head and said: "No, since my Qi country was defeated by the five countries, the national strength is now exhausted, and there is no strength left to fight." ”

Tian Jian smiled slightly, walked a few steps, and said: "Today's Qi country cannot compete with other countries, so Jian'er first persuaded his father not to use soldiers, in order to seek the benefits of Zhao State, vertical and horizontal techniques, to determine whether there is or is not true, and follow his desires to see his will." Slightly exclude what he says, and on the contrary, in order to seek truth. It is expensive, and it is closed in order to seek its benefits. ”

(The latter sentence is from "Guiguzi", which roughly means to judge the truth of what he says, indulge his desires and know his mind.) When debating with others, you can appropriately belittle the remarks that will question him, so as to induce him to start the topic, discuss smoothly, and wait until he has finished speaking, and then refute and criticize him, so as to grasp the truth of the matter, and then grasp his true intentions, and use them to seek his own interests. )

"Oh, I wonder what the prince wants to do?" Tian Dan couldn't help but say.

"An Pingjun doesn't have to be in a hurry, listen to the palace." Tian Jian smiled slightly.

Hearing this, Tian Dan brushed his beard with his right hand, smiled slightly, and said, "Your Majesty is willing to listen to His Royal Highness the Prince's words." ”

Tian Fazhang nodded and said, "Jian'er, you can speak freely, and the widow will seriously consider it." ”

Tian Jianyi waved his sleeve robe and said loudly: "This palace wants to be in Yan." ”

"Cutting Yan?" Tian Fazhang frowned deeply when he heard this, and he was puzzled.

"Dare to ask where the prince's killing of Yan came from, although King Yan Zhao is dead, and the national strength of Yan is declining, but Yan still has a thousand miles of land, and the national strength is not weaker than my Qi country, and Yan is brave in nature, and it is difficult to cut down Yan!" Mink Bo couldn't bear to say.

Tian Jian said with a smile when he heard this: "What Doctor Zhong said is extremely true, Yan is weak, and the Qi Kingdom is also weak, but this palace is not fighting Yan Country this year, nor next year, and it may not be fought the year after tomorrow." ”

"What Jian'er said, the widow is very confused, if he wants to fight Yan Guo, but he doesn't want to fight, what do you want?" Tian Fazhang was puzzled.

"Father, now Yan and Zhao, Qi are adjacent to each other, but Yan has always been good with Qin, and Zhao is also an enemy, my Qi and Yan have always had a three-generation enmity, Yan has no foreign aid, if my Qi and Zhao meet to fight Yan, then Yan will be difficult to protect Sheji." Tian Jiandao.

When Tian Dan heard this, he was displeased: "Prince, although my Qi State can meet with Zhao State to fight Yan, but the four kingdoms of Qin, Wei, Han, and Chu will definitely block each other, so what can I do?" ”

"Yes! The Qin State will definitely send troops to the rescue. Tian Fazhang echoed.

"Uncle Wang's words are wrong! Although the Qin State will send troops to rescue us, I have another plan to ensure that Fa Yan succeeds. Tian Jian said confidently.

"What's the plan? But let the Qin State not send troops to the rescue. Tian Fazhang asked eagerly.

Tian Jian shook his head and said, "Definitely? It is difficult to cut down Yan, it is not a day's work, and this plan is a plan for the Yanhu family, although it cannot be guaranteed that the Yan country will be destroyed, but the Yan country has been sluggish since then It is indeed promising. ”

When Wang Sunjia heard this, he was very interested and said: "Dare to ask the prince, what is the plan?" ”

Tian Jiandao: "The plan of desperation, the bitter cold of the Yan country, the corn is ripe once a year, and the difference between the harvest day of the Qi country, if my Qi country and the Zhao country gather troops on the Yan border, meet to cut down the Yan, Yan will shake, and meet the enemy with the soldiers of the whole country, but we are just bluffing, only confronting the Yan country, Yan will not dare to retreat, so under the hold, the Yan country must be short of grain and grass, because my Qi Zhao is only adjacent to the Yan country, the Yan country can not borrow grain from the other countries, a year later, if this plan is carried out, the Yan country will definitely confront my Qi country Zhao again, and another year, the Yan country must be unstable, At this time, my Qi country is cutting down Yan, and it must be unstoppable. ”

The source of Tian Jian's sentence is the strategy used by the Sui Dynasty when it attacked Southern Chen during the Northern and Southern Dynasties.

(In 587 A.D. (the seventh year of the emperor's reign), Shangshu Zuo's servant shot Gao Gong proposed: "In the harvest season in the south of the Yangtze River, with a small number of troops, he claimed to attack, forcing Chen to gather troops to defend the palace, so as to miss his agricultural time; As soon as he gathered troops, I disarmed, so many times, that the Chen army was accustomed to it, paralyzed and slack, and then raised troops to cross the river, landed and attacked, sent people to infiltrate Chen's realm, repeatedly set fires, burned his reserves, and exhausted its financial resources. ”)

Tian Jian's strategy at this time, although there is a discrepancy with the strategy proposed by Gao Ying, but this is a naked conspiracy, no matter what, it is impossible for your Yan country not to gather troops to resist the two countries of Qi and Zhao, if you gather troops, then the grain output of your Yan country will definitely decline, then the will of the soldiers will definitely decline, and the two countries of Qi and Zhao will attack Yan with superior forces, if they can't destroy Yan State, then Tian Dan and Lian Po, Zhao Hao, Li Mu and other famous generals will not blow out, as for Zhao State to destroy Yan State, is it more powerful, hum, Just wait for Tian Jiankeng to you!