Chapter 150: Looking for Trouble?
In the hall at this moment, King Wei Hui had already read the secret letter in his hand. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
But as he read word by word, the look on his face was already indescribably ugly, and when he read the last word, he grabbed the secret letter and slapped it on a few cases: "The deception is too much!" ”
With the sound of a clapping sound, the corners of King Wei Hui's mouth twitched slightly, and his face was hideous: "Do you want the six border cities of the widow to be reconciled between Zhao and Wei?" This is the sincerity of your King Zhao! ”
At this moment, Wu Ming had already hurried over.
"General." The eunuch guarding outside the door was shocked when he saw Wu Ming's arrival, and hurriedly greeted him to salute, as if reminding him in a low voice: "Right now, the envoy of Zhao State is talking with the king, and that envoy is Zhao Yuan, the general of Zhao State." ”
"If you want a fertile field within a radius of 200 miles on the border of my Wei State, you really dare to open this mouth. Go back and tell your family King Zhao, if he wants to fight, the widow will accompany him to the end. Why bother acting like this, without the slightest sincerity of reconciliation. ”
At this moment, the angry voice of King Wei Hui came from the main hall.
"Two hundred miles of land?" Wu Ming, who heard the words clearly, couldn't help frowning, there were not many mountains and rivers in the Wei Kingdom, and the land was fertile and the yield was high. Originally, because he was unwilling to negotiate peace, King Wei Hui insisted until now. But at this time, Zhao Guo actually came to reconcile, and asked for a land radius of 200 miles.
Originally, Wu Ming thought that Zhao Guo would need two or three cities at most, and it would not last more than a hundred miles of land. After returning from the withdrawal a few days ago, Wu Ming had already told King Wei Hui his thoughts.
Strengthen the country and consolidate the foundation, and try to give the current Wei State an opportunity for a quiet time.
This period of time may not be too long, but it must be had, and Wu Ming promised to build the army of Wei into a brave army in the world again in a short period of one year, or as much as three years.
To be stable, only the current efforts of the Wei State are not enough, so Wu Ming means to pull the Qi State, at least not to let the Qi State hate the Wei State, so Chen Zhen went to the Qi State, and in addition to asking for help, what he brought was a secret letter sent by Wu Ming related to the general trend of the world.
And if Zhao came to reconcile, King Wei Hui also promised Wu Ming that if the other party only wanted two or three cities, he could shirk and say that the land was a major matter, and it needed to be decided after consulting with the courtiers. I'll reply in two or three days.
Of course, these two or three days were not actually discussed with the courtiers, the real purpose was to wait for news from the Qi State, and if the Qi State sent troops, then the problem would have been solved.
But if the Qi State does not send troops, then after this period of time, Wu Ming will lead all the defenders of Daliang, that is, 17,000 soldiers, and the 5,000 soldiers temporarily withdrawn from Xincheng, a total of 22,000 troops to fight against the Zhao army.
Of course, Wu Ming didn't think about how to fight, because in his opinion, Zhao Guo would not ask for too much, after all, the qi was already out, and they should have self-knowledge and know that they couldn't destroy Wei State.
And Qi Guo's side is reasonable. If Wei is defeated by Zhao and Wei is even stronger, it will be no good for Qi State, and Wu Ming has also made it clear in the secret letter about the Qin State, he feels that King Qi Wei should be able to understand what to do.
As for the benefit given to Qi Guo, it is not for nothing. It's just that it depends on whether the Qi Congress will accept it.
But now, Zhao Guo directly opened his mouth and sent a military attache to come, or a general fighting in Wei State, whether it was out of exaggerated intimidation or King Zhao really wanted so much. But what he did about this had already made Wu Ming very annoyed.
At this time, I only heard Zhao Yuan in the main hall say unhurriedly: "This is what my king did after thinking twice." Hehe...... It's not that the foreign ministers are talkative, aside from the fact that Daliang is already under the nose of our army, more than a dozen cities in Wei have been captured, and these places are not less than 600 miles in a circle. My king is willing to reconcile if the king of Wei dedicates only 200 miles of land, which is enough to see the sincerity of our king. In addition, the king of the six cities can let the king of Wei decide. Is it not sincere enough for my king to be like this? ”
Zhao Yuan's words sound reasonable, but if there is a real fight, even if Zhao destroys Wei, in the end, he Zhao will still be destroyed by other vassal states.
Since the beginning of the Warring States period to the present, although there have been continuous wars between the major vassal states, to put it bluntly, you can beat me today, and tomorrow I will beat you again when I am injured. In the final analysis, it is nothing more than a name, a competition for honor. But there is no such thing as a country destroying any country.
It was only when Wei withdrew from the stage of the Central Plains hegemon, and other countries competed for the king, and the combination of vertical and horizontal began to be staged in a big way, that the countries really launched a war of annexation.
Therefore, at this time, the Zhao State just took advantage of the disapproval of King Wei Hui to claim the throne alone, and there was a matter of Wei State breaking Handan twelve years ago, so the reason for attacking Wei State stood on the righteous word.
Attackable and annexed, to put it bluntly, these are two meanings. It's like Wei Guo paying tribute to Wei for peace, this is Wei Guo is willing to attach to Wei State, but it is clear that Wei Guo is still a country, so the major vassal states cannot reach a consensus on this matter, and if a country rashly attacks Wei State, and on this ground, it is nothing more than an admission that Wei Guo already belongs to Wei State, and once this kind of thing is made, it will definitely cause a lot of public anger.
So now Zhao seems to have contributed a large number of cities to Wei, but it is a dilemma to really occupy it, and the rest of the countries will not let Zhao cut off a piece of meat on Wei like this. And Zhao State does not have the strong strength of the Wei State during the Wei Wenhou period and the dominant family in the Central Plains. Therefore, at the risk of the world's disapproval, he Zhao Guo can't do it, and he doesn't dare to do it, and he doesn't have the strength to do it.
But if there is a letter of reconciliation from King Wei Hui, that is, Wei voluntarily cedes the city and the Zhao state, and this kind of voluntary thing is not controlled by other major vassal states at all. Therefore, Zhao State could only send people to ask for the city in the name of reconciliation at this time.
But the nature of King Wei Hui will not agree to this matter at all, and this situation in this era cannot be agreed, if you promise him today, maybe another one will come again tomorrow, so no matter what, this matter cannot be relaxed. Of course, it is possible to delay with a little stratagem.
On the main seat in the hall, King Wei Hui's face was already pale, and the courtiers were already pointing at Zhao Yuan, who was holding his head high.
At this time, before King Wei Hui could say anything, Wu Ming's voice was already heard outside the hall gate: "Hahahaha...... Of course, not sincerely. Ben Jiang felt that General Zhao was begging! ”
After that, the eunuch outside began to report aloud: "The general has entered the Hajj to see—"