Chapter 175: Second Cut

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"Qu people's soldiers instead of fighting, pulling out people's cities instead of attacking them, destroying people's countries instead of long-term people, fighting for the world with a strategy of total victory, so as not to frustrate the national strength and troops, and to obtain the benefits of a comprehensive victory, this is the best way for Sun Tzu to attack, what does Ma Fujun think?"

Zhao Hao listened to Mingyue say so much, shook his head disappetively and said: "Another person who reads the art of war to death, how can he govern the country and diplomatic relations with these two skills?" Chang'an Jun, how can the king and the queen mother rest assured that you will be the envoy into Yan? ”

This scolding was also scolded by his son Zhao Kuo, but Zhao Kuo was not convinced, and immediately said unjustly for Chang'anjun: "Father, Chang'anjun was dealing with the envoys of Qin and the Confucianism of Qi when he was in Linzi, and he didn't fall behind, how could he be a person who didn't know how to make friends?" ”

Zhao Hao scoffed: "In the life of the old man, I have seen a large group of vertical and horizontal families in Lou Xuan, Su Qin, and Su Dynasty, except for Su Qin Shangke, the rest are exaggerated. They preached day and night in front of the king, saying that those who make good use of their soldiers can bring the enemy to their knees without fighting, surrender the enemy without attacking the city, and destroy the enemy country without fighting for a long time, but in the end, if they leave the army to win, all this is empty talk! ”

As a pragmatic general, Zhao Hao hated strategists.

Mingyue admitted: "It is true that the friendship between the two countries must first win the military battle, if the battle cannot be defeated, no matter how good the strategy is, it is empty words." A strong military is a prerequisite for hegemony, but the strategy after defeating the enemy on the battlefield is debatable......"

He gave an example: "What Ma Fujun wants is to devote all his strength to attacking his neighbors, seizing their cities, and accommodating their people, so that the territory of Zhao will become larger and larger, with more and more people, and the national strength will become stronger and stronger?" ”

"Not bad!" This is the goal that Zhao Hao has been striving for all his life: "At that time, the territory of Zhongshan Kingdom had a radius of 500 miles, and King Wuling annexed it alone, and his achievements were completed, his reputation was high, and his interests were in hand, and no one in the world could infringe on Zhao State...... This is the law of a strong country, not three cities today, five cities tomorrow, in the long run, the country is not strong but weak! ”

His words reveal the anxiety of a veteran and his ambition to continue to make a mark.

But Mingyue shook her head: "Ma Fujun, don't forget, when the Martial Spirit King destroyed Zhongshan, he only relied on the strength of Hufu's cavalry and archery?" How much strategy did it take? ”

He looked at Zhao Kuo and said with a smile: "Brother Kuo, can you talk about the battle to destroy Zhongshan?" ”

Zhao Kuo didn't give in, and he didn't give face to his father, so he immediately snapped his fingers and calculated: "Zhongshan is originally attached to the Qi State, extremely arrogant, and has counterattacked Yan and Zhao many times, and has won a lot of cities. King Wu knew that Zhongshan could not be taken by force, so he and the five kingdoms of Zhongshan were kings, making Zhongshan and Qi turn against each other, and then sent Le Chi to Zhongshan to do the phase, insight into the truth of Zhongshan, and also spread Confucianism in Zhongshan, so that Zhongshan did not cultivate martial arts and was good Confucian. In the end, he welcomed the return of King Yan Zhao, and Yan became Zhao's ally. ”

At this time, Meng Weijun united the five countries to attack Qin, and fought a fierce battle with the Qin army at Hangu Pass, and the princes had no time to care about the survival of Zhongshan. Since then, the situation in the world has been extremely favorable to Zhao, and even so, it took 200,000 troops and five years of attacking before destroying Zhongshan. ”

Mingyue bowed his head: "Yes, 200,000 people, five years later, Ma Fujun is a veteran who participated in the battle to destroy Zhongshan, I think I know better than me, how difficult the war was back then." ”

The battle of that year is vivid, how can Zhao Hao forget it? was silent for a moment, but heard Mingyue ask again: "Let me ask Ma Fujun, which is more difficult than destroying Yan and destroying Zhongshan?" ”

Zhao Hao groaned: "Naturally, it is difficult to destroy Yan. ”

"Yes, even if there is no strong enemy outside the Zhao State, even if the Qi State assists, if you want to destroy the Yan with a radius of 2,000 miles, a population of 2 million, and a voice of 200,000 people, I'm afraid it will take a whole generation? If King Yan fled to Liaodong, the time may be longer. Therefore, it would not be a wise move to completely make enemies with the Yan State, after all, the strong Qin in the west is eyeing the tiger, and the Zhao State can put very few troops in the east. If this time I am desperate, I will want Yan to cut more land and cities, even if King Yan agrees, he will hold a grudge afterwards, repair armor day and night and prepare for troops, and wait for Qin and Zhao to fight in the west, Yan will raise troops to the south again, let me ask at that time, will the several cities cut this time be lost? If it's not good, under the enemy on the back of the abdomen, Zhao Guo will still be in danger of losing the country! ”

This is a real problem, with Zhao Hao's talent, it is impossible not to see it, but he will not give up the appeal of the military general because of this.

He laughed and said: "The old man once heard that there are people who choke to death and want to forbid the food of the world, and they are talking about Chang'anjun." Because he was afraid that Yan Guo and Zhao Guo would be completely evil, they simply didn't even dare to cut the city? What's the difference between this and choking? You don't see, Qin is gradually ceding the land of neighboring countries, only to become half of today, Zhao wants to compete with Qin, in addition to following the example of Qin to open up the territory, strengthen the army and strengthen the people, what is the best way? ”

Mingyue was already completely involved in the play, and he retorted: "Not so. Qin, known as the country of the four stops, has Ganquan high mountain and valley mouth dangerous pass in the north, surrounds Jing and Wei Ershui in the south, Longshan and Shu Road on the right, and Hanguguan and Yanhan Mountain on the left. With such a favorable location, if the situation is favorable, it will attack, and if the situation is unfavorable, it will be retreated, and it will be difficult for the six countries to attack Hangu Pass anyway, which is the advantage of Qin, so it can slaughter neighboring countries at will. ”

"Qin Xiaogong first cut Hexi; When King Qin Huiwen was king, he cut off Hewai, Shangjun, and Hanzhong; King Wu of Qin got Yiyang, opened up the road to the Central Plains, to this day, Hedong, Yanying fell into the hands of the King of Qin, the banner of the Qin army appeared in Hanoi, Nanyang, this is really a lot, dripping water through the stone, relying on a city, a pool, a place and a county, gradually formed a great victory, it is really terrifying. ”

"But even so, when the Qin State attacked the enemy country, it also considered strategy extremely much, and would never be the enemy of two great powers at the same time, so there was Zhang Yi to make Chu absolutely unified!"

"For Zhao, this situation does not exist, Zhao is the country of the center, the enemy is in all directions, there is a strong Qin in the west, if it is aggressive towards the two countries in the east, resulting in the enemy on the back, it is a disaster of the country."

Now it was Zhao Hao's turn to groan: "Then what does Chang'anjun think?" ”

"The kid thought ......"

Mingyue thought for a while, and then looked at Zhao Kuo, no matter what kind of fate Zhao Kuo had in history, in this life, he and Zhao Kuo had a lifelong friendship, which is undoubtedly trustworthy, and Zhao Hao, Mingyue respects him as an elder, and in that plan, he also needs Zhao Hao's support, so it is very important to convince him.

He was about to say it, but Zhao Hao made a gesture and asked Zhao Kuo to go out.

"This matter is a matter of national policy, how can you be a little lieutenant and go out!"

Zhao Kuo had nothing to say, and left stupidly, Mingyue was amused in her heart, and said frankly to Zhao Hao: "Zhao Guo should now pick up the set of Zhang Yi, Su and Qin, and must divide the enemy through strategy and win allies, instead of blindly seizing land." Conquering cities and conquering cities cannot increase national strength in a short period of time, but instead make enemies. The state of Qi during the reign of King Min of Qi is an example, with the strength of the state of Qi at that time, once it is attacked on all sides, it will collapse in one day! ”

"Vertical and horizontal strategy?" Zhao Hao sneered in his heart, he has never been interested in the Zongheng family, but Chang Anjun's analysis is indeed reasonable, which makes him a little impressed, it seems that Chang Anjun has thought a lot along the way.

"Then Chang Anjun thinks that how to use a vertical and horizontal strategy against Yan Guo?"

"Ma Fujun still remembers the story that Su Dai told the first king? Sandpipers and mussels compete, fishermen profit! I hope Zhao is a fisherman, and the sandpiper is Qi Yan! ”

Zhao Hao groaned: "Qi Yan is a feud ......"

Mingyue said: "There is no fixed master, there is no fixed relationship between the state, no matter how big the hatred is, if it faces a real threat, it will be forgotten." And what Zhao Guo has done in recent years is to constantly use swords on Yan Qi's old scars, so that there will be new rifts between the two countries. Previously, I advocated the return of Jibei, which was the decision of Lin Qing and Pingyuan Jun, in order to make Qi Yan more bordered and conflicted, and I strongly advocated Qi and Zhao to cut down Yan together when I was in Linzi, which was also for this purpose! Therefore, I think that this time it is necessary to cut the city of Yan Kingdom, and it must make Yan Guo pay the price, but it must not be excessive, and it must not make Yan Guo feel the threat of Zhao State, and even Qi ......"

"It's so hard." Zhao Hao shook his head: "Chang'anjun is sure?" ”

"It's worth a try."

Mingyue explained: "Brother Kuo has already told me that Ma Fujun plundered the suburbs of Wuyang with suspicious soldiers, which caused a great earthquake in the Yan Kingdom, and the return of the Yan army is really a stroke of genius. Through this matter, the kid realized that within the Yan Kingdom, it is not monolithic, and there are also countless factions, some are pro-Zhao, and some are pro-Qin, but how complicated the relationship is, this time, the kid is trying to let Ma Fujun write a handwritten letter and introduce me to Changguo Jun Lejian! ”

Zhao Hao flatly denied: "I am even friends with Chang Guojun, and Lejian is also my son and nephew, but the two families are their own masters, and they have no contact during the war." ”

"Isn't the battle over? Lejian is the key to the peace talks between Yan and Zhao this time. ”

Mingyue did not relent, he knew very well that the friendship between Mafu and Changguo Leshi was by no means so simple, I heard that the two families also made an appointment with their children and daughters, and he had asked for a letter from Zhao Guo's Lecheng before he came, but he also wanted Zhao Hao to give him a copy and a double insurance......

"I can write the letter, and the relationship between the generals of the Yan Kingdom is intricate, and I can also inform you of all of them."

Zhao Hao's eyes gradually changed from questioning to scrutiny, but he didn't agree: "Before that, I want to know what Chang'anjun has planned for Qi Guo?" ”

Mingyue did not hesitate: "On the one hand, Qi Yan will attack each other, and Zhao State will take advantage, and on the other hand, we must find ways to weaken Qi State, so that it has to rely on Zhao State and balance Yan State." ”

Zhao Hao sighed: "Gaotang, Maiqiu, Pingyi, and Changcheng have been returned to the Qi State, and the Qi State is gradually regaining its strength, how to weaken it?" ”

"The strength of the Qi State does not lie in those cities."

Mingyue laughed: "Ma Fujun, don't forget, although Gaotang, Maiqiu, Pingyi, and Changcheng promised the Qi State to return them, aren't the Pingyuan Yi and the all-important Pingyuan Ferry still in the hands of the Zhao State?" If there is something going on in the east, and An Pingjun is not in the Qi country, the old general and General Lian Po will lead the army to the east alone, with the weakness of the Qi country and the limit of the mountains and rivers......

"Chang'anjun really thinks so?" Zhao Hao glared at Mingyue, and looked at him differently.

"I thought that Chang'anjun was the same as Pingyuanjun, and he was a ...... of pro-Qi"

"I am the son of Zhao State, and now I am the envoy of Zhao State, everything is in the interests of Zhao State, I am not close to any country!"

"Good, great good!"

Zhao Hao smiled: "Chang'an Jun said that the strength of Qi State does not depend on the number of cities, so what?" ”

Mingyue blinked: "It's one person." ”

Zhao Hao was stunned: "People? Could it be ...... Tiandan? ”

Mingyue lowered her head: "It is Ma Fujun's old opponent An Pingjun, although the two gentlemen are incompatible, but Ma Fujun should know that just as Ma Fujun is the pillar of Zhao State, An Pingjun is also the pillar of Qi State, without him, Qi State is not to be afraid." ”

"Although the words are good, can Tian Dan stay in Zhao Country for the rest of his life?" Zhao Hao waved his hand: "After this battle, he will go back." ”

"What's so hard about that?"

Mingyue showed a harmless smile from humans and animals: "Let An Pingjun have a country that is difficult to return to, and a home difficult to return, isn't it okay!" ”