Jin Xiangong's self-confidence and even arrogance are not unreasonable.

Since his father, Qu Wowu Gongji, claimed to have destroyed his own family, the Marquis of Jin Ai usurped power, and successively annexed seven or eight small countries nearby, so that the population of the Jin Kingdom rapidly expanded to 3 million, and the army rose to 200,000.

The Jin State was also promoted from a marquis state to a dukedom, and the monarch Ji was awarded the title of "Duke Wu of Jin" by the Zhou royal family, and became one of the powerful countries in the world.

After the death of Duke Wu of Jin, he succeeded to the throne, called himself the Duke of Xian, and inherited his father's will, vigorously developed the economy, cultivated fertile land, accumulated grain to raise soldiers, and successively destroyed the surrounding small countries such as Rui, Jia, and Yi, and expanded the population to 6 million, with 400,000 armor.

The territory almost included the entire Shanxi Province and the central part of Inner Mongolia before Fang Li's crossing, dominating one side, and the princes were sideways.

With the continuous expansion of the Jin Kingdom, the Yu Alliance, which blocked its way to the south, became a thorn in the side of the Jin monarchs and ministers, so they spared no effort to crusade against the two countries, trying to open the way to the south and extend their tentacles into the Central Plains.

Originally, the Jin State had the opportunity to cross the Taihang Mountain to the east and incorporate this vast and rich land into the territory, but because of Zhao Yong's birth, the Jin State dreamed of the Taihang Mountain and was unable to go east.

Zhao was originally a marquis, with a population of no more than 500,000 and a territory of only more than ten cities, and few princes in the world took it seriously.

But 20 years ago, "Zhao Suhou" died of illness, and the sixteen-year-old Zhao Yong succeeded to the throne as "Zhao Wuhou".

At this time, Zhao Guoxi had a strong Jin Dynasty eyeing the enemy, Han and Wei Ju in the south, and a tenacious Zhongshan State in the north, and a few nomadic peoples such as Xiongnu, Linhu, Lou Fu, and Xianbei were constantly harassed, making it difficult for Zhao to move forward.

Zhao Yongguang recruited virtuous and virtuous people, successively recruited Lian Po, Li Mu, and Zhao Hao as generals, carried out military reform in a drastic manner, implemented "Hufu cavalry shooting", improved the military equipment and weapons of Zhao State, repeatedly defeated all ethnic minorities, obtained a large number of horses, and shocked the world.

In the battle of Yinshan alone, Zhao generals Li Mu and Lian Po killed 30,000 Xiongnu coalition troops, captured 50,000 horses, and trained a 50,000-scale "Handan Iron Cavalry", known as the world's first.

In terms of internal affairs, Zhao Yong appointed Lin Xiangru and his own family, "Pingyuan Jun" Zhao Sheng, as prime ministers, recruited displaced people from various countries, rented land, distributed farm tools, and paid taxes lightly, so that the people of all countries who came to defect were like carp crossing the river.

However, in 20 years, Zhao has developed from a marquis state to a superpower with a population of 4.5 million, 300,000 armor, and 4,000 chariots.

In order to maintain his position, King Xiang of Zhou, who only controlled the Luoyang area, deliberately wooed the Zhao State, issued a decree to promote the Zhao State to a duke state, and canonized Zhao Yong as the "Duke of Zhao Wu", and since then he has been on an equal footing with the monarchs of Qi, Qin, Jin, and Chu.

"Alas...... really despised Zhao Yong'er, if he had sent a large army to the east, where would there be Zhao now? ”

Every time he saw Zhao Guo confronting the Jin State across the Taihang Mountain on the map, Wei Zhu would sigh and scold Zhao Yong for being a child.

Although the age difference between the two is almost the same, and the reign time is less than a year and a half, it is difficult for Wei Zhu to accept that Zhao Guo stood side by side with the Marquis of Yijie and the Jin State, and Zhao Yong and himself were both dukes, on an equal footing.

It's just that Wei Zhu selectively forgot that the Jin Kingdom was also promoted to the Duke's State from his father Ji Cheng, but it was only twenty years earlier than Zhao!

Zhao Guo has abundant wings, and the Jin army crossed the Taihang Mountain several times and returned with feathers, so he had no choice but to break the idea of the eastward expedition and set the road of expansion to the Central Plains in the south.

Because of the hegemons of the West, they can't be provoked even more!

On the west side of the Jin State are the Liang State and the Ji State, a marquis state and an earl state, the Liang State has 800,000 people, and the Ji State has 400,000 people, and it is not difficult to destroy them with the strength of the Jin State.

But the reason why Liang and Ji Guo sat back and relaxed, and after more than ten years of peace and prosperity, was only because they found a good backer, and behind them stood the vast Great Qin Kingdom.

The reigning monarch of the Qin State at this time was Qin Mugong, who was good at his duties, knew people well, and loved the people diligently.

The prince is vain, he can lift the crown, and he has the courage of ten thousand people.

The second son, Yingzheng, can be civil and martial, can cross the horse, and can govern the country when he gets off the horse, and has a high prestige in the Qin State, second only to the monarch Qin Mugong.

The tiger of the Qin State is located in the land of Guanzhong, there is the natural danger Hangu Pass in the east, the vast Qinling Mountains in the south, facing the Weihe Plain, the land is vast, and the products are abundant.

Xianyang, the capital of the country, is majestic, densely populated and economically developed.

Qin Mugong took Bai Qi as the general, Meng Fu and Wang Jian as the generals, supplemented by Wang Ben, Meng Tian, Sima Cuo, Zhang Han, Fan Yuqi, Li Xin and others, and trained an iron-blooded army with strong combat effectiveness.

In terms of internal affairs, Qin Mugong appointed Shang Ying as prime minister, supplemented by Li Si, Fan Sui, Su Qin and other three political wizards, which made the national strength of Great Qin thriving, the people lived and worked in peace and contentment, and the national cohesion was unprecedentedly high, aiming to win the world.

After years of accumulation and training, the current Great Qin has a population of 8 million and 500,000 armor soldiers, second only to Qiang Qi, another superpower in the east in terms of population and military strength.

The Liang State and the Ji State are not worth mentioning, but the Qin State is something that the Jin State does not dare to provoke easily.

In desperation, I have to, and can only set the road of expansion to the south, and lock the objects of destruction into the Yu Kingdom and the Yu Kingdom, who makes you have no good backer!

The words fell, and the ministers echoed in unison: "What the lord said is extremely true, except for Qi and Qin, which country dares not to take our Great Jin in his eyes?" ”

"Ahem......"

After the voice of the ministers fell, he coughed with heavy ears, and said solemnly with a wat board in his hand: "Father, the strength of our Jin Kingdom is naturally known to the world, but we can't be blindly arrogant, so as not to be reaped by other countries." If we can quickly destroy the two countries of Yu and Yu, it is best, if we can't fight quickly, we must guard against the sneak attack of Zhao. ”

Wei Zhu stroked his beard and snorted coldly: "Zhao Yong, this kid, he dares!" ”

After a pause, he continued: "Although there have been several conflicts between Jin and Zhao in the past few years, they are not worth mentioning. If he Zhao Yong dares to take the opportunity to make trouble, it will declare war on our Jin Kingdom, and the widow will swear to fight him to the end! ”

"Lord, what the son said is extremely true!"

Xun Xi also stood up to support Chong'er's suggestion, "If you want to attack the two kingdoms of Yu and Yu, you must first do a good job of dealing with the aftermath and beware of the Zhao Kingdom." But send someone to envoy Wei State, make a good alliance with Wei Si, promise benefits, and let Wei State contain Zhao State, so that it does not dare to act rashly, so that we can have no worries! ”

Although Wei Zhu was arrogant, he was not as mediocre as Ji Yan, so he immediately agreed, and his eyes swept over the ministers under his feet: "Who wants to send an envoy to the Wei State?" ”

Taizong Zhao Yu took a step forward and said, "The minister is willing to send an envoy to Wei to go to Yecheng and persuade Wei to reach an alliance with us." ”

Wei Zhu said: "Then this matter will be entrusted to Zhao Qing, and he will set off with a gift immediately." ”

He also said to Xianzhen, Wei Chou, and Xun Xi: "The widow ordered Xianzhen to be the main general, Wei Chou as the deputy general, Xun Xi as the supervising army, gather 200,000 soldiers and horses, and prepare to destroy the Yu Kingdom!" ”

"Whoa!"

The ministers received orders together, and the sound echoed in the Xuanwu Palace, and it was heard for a long time.