The southwest place, also known as Huayang, because it is named after the sun of Huashan, the area is equivalent to the south of the Qinling Mountains, that is, the current Baguo Shu State, in Yugongli, it is called Liangzhou......

Hearing that Zhao Wuxian ordered the Western pawn Liu Xia Yue to ask about Huayang, Zhao Jia perked up and asked, "Ziqian, is the prince going to do something to Bashu!?" ”

Liu Xiayue shook his head and denied: "No, no, this time the prince ordered me to come to Chencang, and when I came, I wanted to send the envoy of Shu out of the country; Second, it was to take this opportunity to send an envoy to pay a return visit to collect information about Huayang. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info that's all. ”

"I see." At this moment, Zhao Jia completely understood.

The Kingdom of Shu, which was Chencang's neighbor, was also a country very different from the Central Plains, full of mystery and unknown, with its own lineage and culture.

In a few words of communication, the people of the Central Plains learned that the Shu Kingdom seemed to be founded by a tribe called the "Silkworm Cong Clan", and the time was probably in the Xia Dynasty. After that, it experienced the rule of the Yu clan, and had contact with the Yin Shang and Zhou people, and the war and uncertainty were engraved on the oracle bones of the Yin Zhou. The relics of civilization left by the Shu Kingdom of the Yu clan should be the Sanxingdui culture of later generations.

In the era of King Wen of Zhou, the Zhou people attacked Shu, which caused civil strife in Shu, Du Yu replaced the Yu clan, and the Yu clan ran south, and the Jinsha culture is probably their relics.

After the establishment of the Shu State of Du Yu, he had a close relationship with the Zhou people, and once sent troops to take advantage of the Bao State, joined the army of King Wu of Zhou, and participated in the Battle of Muye together with Ba Shi, as an ally of the eight southwestern countries of Zhou......

For hundreds of years after this, Shu had been the nominal princes of the Zhou Dynasty, and had liaison with Zhou to pay tribute, but Du Yu also claimed to be the king in Shu, and even called "Emperor Wang", until after King Ping moved east, Shu and the Central Plains were completely cut off.

By the time Shu was re-known to the Central Plains through the Qin people, it had unknowingly changed another dynasty, and now Shu is ruled by the Kaiming family.

The enlightened Shu kingdom is already a major power in Huayang, the southwest Rong Di is long, and the enlightened Shu monarchs of the past dynasties have mythical themselves, called the "emperor" internally, that is, the incarnation of Haotian God. Starting from the first generation of "Emperor Cong", Shu conquered the east and west, and the national strength increased greatly, and the nearby Qingyi Qiang, wing, and Yu tribes surrendered one after another, and the east expanded to the adjacent regions with Chu. Even, the Shu State also destroyed the Bao State, controlled the Southern Zheng established by the remnants of the Zheng people, divided Hanzhong equally with the Ba State, and bordered the Qin State at the same time, across the Qin Mountains.

Now, Zhao has ruled Qin's homeland, and Zhao Jia has made him a feudal monarch in Chencang, so he will naturally have a relationship with the Shu people in Southern Zheng. Although Shu was the chief of Rong Di in Huayang and was domineering, he had also heard of the strength of Zhao from the Ba people who had participated in the Huangchi Meeting from the east.

Now that Zhao has replaced Qin and become the northern neighbor of Shu, the Shu people are naturally a little worried and afraid, so they sent an envoy to meet the lord of the Central Plains last summer, and by the way to see how strong and big Zhao is.

However, Zhao Wuxian did not agree to the Shu envoy to go to Yecheng, but only asked Yongjun Taishou to meet on his behalf, seemingly disapproving of Shu, but in fact, he quickly appointed Liu Xia Yue as a Western pawn and asked him to come to Chen Cang to see Zhao Jia.

"As a Western pawn, I have the duty to usher in the send-off, in the spring of next year, the envoy of Shu will go back to Nanzheng, when the time comes, I will be mixed in the team of the envoy of Zhao State, mixed into Shu State, and investigate its internal situation."

It is precisely because of such a mission that Liu Xia Yue went through the classics of the Zhou Chamber and the Qin State, and he looked at everything about the Shu State and let people copy it in the book, but after all, it was still not enough, after all, the Central Plains knew too little about Shu.

Zhao Jia thought so: "Bashu in Hanzhong, the terrain is dangerous, and the ravines are born. After I came to Chencang, I heard that there is no clear sky and no three feet of flat land. Whether it is the path from Chencang to Hanzhong, or the road from Hanzhong to Shuzhong, it is a mountain range that is difficult to overcome. The Qin people knew no more about it than they did about the Western Regions of Hexi. ”

Speaking of which, Zhao Jia still felt that Zhao Hou made a special trip to let Liuxia enter Shu, definitely not for the purpose of establishing diplomacy, and it was not as simple as communicating with each other, and there must be a corresponding backhand.

So he said: "Ziqian, the prince and the prince have never been without a target, as the so-called knowing oneself and knowing that the other side can win a hundred battles, does it mean that you want to find out the situation of Shu before you can try to find out Shu?" ”

"There is some truth in your thoughts."

Liu Xia Yue smiled mysteriously: "But compared to Shuzhong, the prince is more interested in Hanzhong." He also instructed me that this time I entered Shu, I didn't have to go deep into the capital of Shu, and first explored the mountains, rivers, roads, dangers, races, and products in Hanzhong one by one. ”

"Hanzhong ......" Zhao Jia glanced at the map, but saw that it was sandwiched by the Qinling Mountains and Shu Mountain, the western half of Hanzhong is South Zheng, the north looks at Yongzhou, and the south covers Shu. The eastern half is occupied by the feud of the Shu State, and along the Han River, you can go directly to Wan and Deng.

He suddenly woke up: "After going around for a long time, it turns out that the purpose of the prince is still the state of Chu!" ”

"Haha, Ziwei is right, the prince said that Hanzhong is in the upper reaches of Chu State, if there is a land in Hanzhong, the local Bashu group will be brutalized for his own use, 30,000 soldiers, take a boat out of Ba, and go straight to Jianghan along the Han River, then although Chu is big, its heart will suffer a heavy blow! In this way, the state of Chu can be destroyed, and the southern country can be taken into the arms! ”

Zhao Jia took the case: "This plan is a plan to cut off the belly!" Wonderful! Wonderful! ”

However, Liu Xiayue shook his head in amazement: "It's a pity, the prince said again, that is a matter for the future, and now we can only make peace with the Shu people." As for Pakistan, it is even more necessary to try its best to win over Pakistan. ”

"Why is that?"

As soon as the words came out, Zhao Jia already understood, and said to himself: "It is certain that the prince wants to make a move against Bashu and seize Hanzhong. But now that Zhao has just pacified Qindi, the Qin people have not yet completely surrendered, and it will take about five to ten years to run Yongzhou, so that Qinchuan will become a continuous granary, and the men of Qindi can be used by the king, and after that, they can expand outward. Therefore, the timing of the attack on Hanzhong may be five or ten years from now......"

"However, although this belly cutting strategy is wonderful, it can't catch up this time."

Liu Xia Yue let Zhao Jia get closer, and whispered in his ear: "Bai Gongsheng, a traitor of the State of Chu, has occupied Yingdu for a year and a half, and at first he was not majestic in attacking the city, forcing the King of Chu to flee north continuously. However, as Ye Gong gathered the army of the county princes of Chu State to the south, Bai Gong was outnumbered and defeated in Yandi, so he had to retreat to Jianghan. Seeing that the defeat of Bai Gong has been revealed, the civil strife in the Chu State is only afraid that it will end. But the prince will not let the Chu people have a chance to breathe...... Next year, Zhao Guo will go on a big scale! ”

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"Huayang Heishui is Liangzhou." - "Shangshu Yu Gong"

"In the second year of Li Gonggong (475 BC), the Shu people came to bribe." - "Qin Benji"