Huang Xie replied, "King Zhao also thinks that the Qi State is the black sheep of my Shandong countries, and if you don't get rid of it, you can't attack Qin with peace of mind!" ”

Han Wangran was silent, and Huang Xie's words revealed two points, one is that King Zhao is very interested in attacking Qi, and the other is that after destroying Qi, the five states of Shandong should join forces to attack Qin.

Han Wangran never doubted Zhao's suppression of Qi State, and when the Four Nations Alliance was formed last year, King Zhao triumphantly sketched a map of the expansion of the alliance. According to the original agreement, Zhao took Qi, Wei attacked Chu, Korea took Hanzhong, and Yan took Donghu in the north. It's just that he knows very well, and King Yan and King Wei also know very well that no one will be stupid to follow King Zhao's ideas.

The State of Qi is undoubtedly rich, and the State of Zhao has the ability to eat it. The state of Chu can support the state of Wei, as for Hanzhong and the grassland, these are difficult bones, and the country of Yan and South Korea will not put fat meat and gnaw bones. Now listening to Huang Xie's words, Zhao Guo actually kindly wanted to carve up Qi State with Chu State, and even pulled South Korea.

"Conspiracy! There's definitely something in it! Han Wangran quickly made a judgment in his heart.

But on the surface, Han Wangran pretended to be very interested and said, "Does King Zhao really want to unite your country with the widowed Korea to attack Qi?" ”

Huang Xie trembled in his heart, and secretly said that Han Wangran was really cunning. Just now, he secretly changed his concept, "truthfully" showing the attitude of King Zhao, but concealed the fact that King Zhao only wanted to attack with the State of Chu. thought that Han Wangran would readily agree under his own temptation, but when the time came, Zhao Guo said that he could not take into account his feelings with South Korea and agreed to South Korea to join in.

How could I have thought that Han Wangran's mind was so meticulous and he saw through his own cleverness. In this way, the strategy of forcing South Korea to make mistakes is useless. If you lie, you will only annoy Zhao Guo and South Korea, and the gains outweigh the losses.

Thinking of this, Huang Xie smiled unhurriedly: "When I went to Handan, King Zhao expressed his willingness to fight Qi with the Chu State. But. After returning to Yingdu, my king felt that with the constraints of the Qin State, my country could make very little effort in the matter of destroying Qi. Only then did I come to Xinzheng, hoping that your country could help me or two. ”

In the face of Huang Xie's clever argument, Han Wangran knew that he almost fell for the other party's way. But he wasn't annoyed, he just nodded. smiled: "It turns out that King Zhao wants to fight with your country!" In that case, it's hard for me to interfere in Korea! ”

The word "your country" in Han Wangran's mouth bit deeply, and Huang Xie knew that the other party was a little complaining about being clever. But as a politician, not changing your face, or being thick-skinned, is the most basic requirement. Huang Xie pretended not to understand, and replied: "Your country and Zhao are both allies, and they don't distinguish each other!" Everyone is here to attack the great cause of Qin. Besides, the country of Qi is rich, and I don't think that cutting Qi will be beneficial to your country! ”

Han Wangran sighed silently in his heart, Chu Guo's mind should have been known. It's nothing more than the fear of making too many sacrifices and not getting enough benefits. In terms of strength. Zhao Guo can barely eat Qi State, and if there is a big wronged person like Chu State, it should be even more effortless. For the fat meat of Qi State, Zhao Guo is afraid that he is unwilling to share it with any of the three kingdoms of Han, Wei, and Yan. It has nothing to do with Chu State, on the one hand, Chu State is not an ally of Zhao State, and Zhao State can turn his face at any time; The two Chu States are always facing the threat of the Qin State, and the Zhao State can use this to make the Chu State throw a rat trap.

By heart, if not the geographical location. Han Wangran was also very tempted by Qi Guo. Well, though, the ass decides the position. Location determines ideas. Even if Zhao Guo took the initiative to woo himself to fight Qi together, he would pass the buck. The reason is very simple, even if the Qi State is destroyed, he will only be a piece of enclave. On the contrary, if you keep Qi Guo, you can also disgust Zhao Guo from time to time, so that their hands don't stretch too deep.

But. It's good to keep it in your heart. Han Wangran will never take the initiative to say it, this is politics. Han Wangran quickly vetoed Huang Xie's mention in his mind, but showed an embarrassed expression and said, "The widow has long heard that the Qi country is rich, but it's a pity that I haven't seen it!" Now the Qin State is ready to move. The army of the widows is gathered on the front line of Wuguan and Yiyang, and they cannot be transferred. For the Qi country, the widow is more than enough but not enough! ”

After speaking, Han Wangran looked very depressed. It seems to be disappointed that this great opportunity was missed. However, in his heart, he was secretly sarcastic about the King of Chu, "If you want to pull me to cushion your Chu country, no way!" ”

The Korean ministers in the main hall also echoed one after another, and now that the new Korean law has just been implemented for less than a year, it is time to deepen the development. At this time, if you don't send an army of more than 100,000, you can't do it. The whole plan of the country will be disrupted.

Confidants like Zhang Ping, Fan Sui, and Li Mu know even more that Han Wangran once told him when he chatted privately that what South Korea needs now is peace and development. If you can not use the sword soldiers, you will not use the sword soldiers, and if you really want to send troops, it cannot exceed 30,000. Recuperation is the only way to enhance national strength!

As soon as Huang Xie saw the reaction of the ministers, he knew that it was probably useless to win over South Korea. Han Wangran's next words also confirmed his conjecture.

"The widow thinks that the Wei State and the Yan State should be very interested in Vaqi. If Lord Zuo is free, he might as well go to Daliang or Jicheng, maybe there will be unexpected gains. Han Wangran said 'selflessly'.

Huang Xie nodded, and before leaving, Xiong Heng, the king of Chu, explained that if South Korea had no intention of cutting down Qi, then he would lobby Yan State, and if Yan State could not do it, then Wei State, and if Wei State did not agree, he could only agree to Zhao State.

"It's a shame to do that. Xie thought that King Han would be interested in this! After Huang Xie was rejected, he quickly hid the loneliness in his eyes and said with a smile.

"The widow is interested! It's just that the Qin State is more interested in the widowed Nanyang and Sanchuan! The widow has to be guarded against! Ha ha! ”

Seeing off Hwang Xie and the end of the court meeting did not take long to show how efficient the South Korean government is now. The implementation of the accountability system has tightened the strings of each official, and the usual phenomenon of passing the buck to each other has not occurred.

"Your Majesty! I didn't expect Zhao Guo to be unable to settle down so soon, and he was going to make a move on Qi Guo! Fan Sui, who stayed to report to Han Wangran on some of the latest developments of the new law, said with a smile.

"Yes! It's just that Qi Guo is not so delicious. What Han Wangran said was very profound.

Fan Sui nodded, smiling very proudly.

In October, the first snow fell in Jicheng. Although it is a light snow, it also signals the official arrival of winter. Huang Xie's car came to Jicheng on the first snow at the end of October.

This year's days in Yanguo are not smooth, and the four-month drought has more or less affected Yanguo's harvest this year. Fortunately, the farmers worked hard and got a lot of food back. At the beginning of the year, Donghu hated it. Invade Liaodong County. You must know that more than ten years ago, Liaodong was still the chassis of Donghu. Donghu has more reason than usual to come to Grass Valley. South Korea sent reinforcements at the first time, 10,000 people were no more or less, but it was enough to share the pressure of Yan State. King Yan is deeply grateful for this, of course, if King Yan knows that his "brother-in-law" is thinking about military training, it will be a different matter.

For the Korean people. The only good news was that because Queen Yan was pregnant, King Yan ordered the tax to be halved. If there is one more thing, it is that Korean caravans are buying good horses on a large scale. There are very few others in Yan Country, but there are still many good horses. exchanging horses for food made many people in Yan see a new way out.

After arriving in Jicheng, Huang Xie first went to visit the "troika" of Yan State - Prime Minister Jiangqu, Changfu Ju Xin, General Rong Worm, and King Yan's henchman Jicheng Ling Libelly, Zhonglang General Wang Fang. Then he handed over a greeting post to King Yan.

Of course, Huang Xie will not ignore the general situation of Fa Yan's plan. In fact. Except for euphemistically revealing his intention to Jiangqu, Huang Xie only paid a courtesy visit to the others, and Yu Vaqi did not say a word about it. However, Huang Xie believed that the skillful Jiangqu would definitely report the news to King Yan.

Sure enough, as soon as King Yan and Huang Xie met, they went straight to the door and asked Huang Xie about his intentions. "Lord Zuo Tu trekked through mountains and rivers, and he must have a mission! Don't know what's going on? ”

Huang Xie smiled. Yan said: "Come for the great plan of Yan Kingdom!" ”

"Oh?" King Yan looked interested and asked, "What's the plan?" ”

"I heard. Yan and Qi are feuds! The rebellion of the son of Yan, the Qi country ravaged the Yan country for three years and returned. King Houzhao built a golden platform and endured for more than ten years to repay the great revenge. Qi State, when it is strong, the princes dare not stop it, but Yan State can enter Qi State. If you are in a no-man's land; When it is weak and small, there is a great danger of losing the community, but the country of Qi can enrich the country with two cities. ”

King Yan nodded with a flat face, Qi State had three years of humiliation for Yan Kingdom. But. When King Yan Zhao was king, Yan Guo also took revenge. It's a pity that the stupidity of the robbery or the carelessness of the previous king made the fire bull plan of the Qi State take effect. The only opportunity for Yan to dominate the Central Plains and command the world was completely lost. Such a great feud seems to be deeper than the humiliation of three years.

Huang Xie then asked, "Dare to ask King Yan, are you willing to destroy the Qi State and take revenge?" ”

"I didn't make it!" King Yan replied very simply.

Huang Xie nodded with satisfaction and offered advice: "I, the Chu State, am willing to help your country and hunt for Yu Qi!" As long as King Yan agrees, hundreds of thousands of elites of Dachu will go up from the north. The two-way attack is bound to be invincible! ”

Faced with the bright prospects depicted by the State of Chu, King Yan did not agree lightly, but asked cautiously: "The widow still doesn't know that the King of Chu is such a warm-hearted person. "At the beginning, the five kingdoms were divided, and only the state of Chu remained neutral. After the group beat the Qi State, the Chu State went north to grab the territory. In this matter, the impression left by King Chu on King Yan was not very good!

Huang Xie smiled noncommittally and said: "The wolf ambition of the Qi State has invaded my land of Surabaya, and my Chu State has long wanted to eliminate this hidden danger." It's just that I haven't had a good chance! Now that King Zhao intends to cut down Qi, why don't you and my Chu State work together to cut down Qi and share their land! ”

King Yan pondered for a moment and admitted that this temptation was not ordinarily big for Yan Guo. After all, the whole Yan Kingdom knew very well that after building the Great Wall in the north to defend it, the Yan Kingdom would only have a threat in the south. But this threat is very small, after all, with the support of Zhao and Wei, unless Qi is crazy, he will not deal with himself! However, Yan Guo's hatred for Qi Guo is indefatigable. Which Yan people have no relatives and friends who died at the hands of Qi people, what Yan Guo wants to do most is to destroy its temple and society to eliminate the hatred in his heart.

At the beginning of last year, when the four countries were allied, Zhao proposed that the power of Yan should not extend to the south and not expand in the direction of the Central Plains. The subtext is to develop to the north and the cold land to the east. King Yan scoffed at this. Yan Country is already vast enough and sparsely populated, what is the use of more land, let alone those grasslands that can only grow pastures.

Now that Yan Guo has married Zhao Guo, Yan Wang has always wanted to try to test Zhao Guo's bottom line. After all, with the matchmaker of Princess Zhao, King Yan has more or less a bottom line.

Therefore, King Yan did not agree to come down immediately, but smiled meaningfully, and said, "Share the land?" Sounds good. But how exactly is this land divided? ”

Huang Xie thought that King Yan was very interested, so he held back the excitement in his heart and said, "Naturally, whoever captures it will belong to whom!" ”

King Yan smiled and asked, "King Zhao thinks so too?" ”

Huang Xie was stunned for a moment, and explained euphemistically: "Your country and Zhao have already married. Presumably if you put forward this, King Zhao will definitely not have an opinion! ”

King Yan nodded, but secretly scolded in his heart: "I want the widow to be a shield for you, I really don't know how thick the sky is!" Not to mention that Zhao Guo has made it clear that he hopes that Qi State will be swallowed by themselves. It is true that he and King Zhao are in-laws, but in this year, family affection is not as good as the interests of the country after all! ”

"King Yan, what do you mean?" Huang Xie was forcing King Yan to make an early decision.

"King Zhao shouldn't have agreed to this matter, right?" Yan Wang said amazingly.

Huang Xie broke out in a big cold sweat in his heart, and said: "King Zhao said that he would attack Qi with the national strength of Zhao. Even if it is won, it will be a heavy loss. That's when the idea of union arose. It's just that in order to guard against the Qin army, the main force of the army is all in the west, and it cannot be mobilized in a moment! Therefore, if you agree to unite with Zhao to destroy Qi, I am afraid that you will be a little powerless. Your country and the country of Qi are enemies of life and death, and they have the best relationship with the state of Zhao! My king believes that the cooperation of the three kingdoms will be beneficial. Divide is harmful! ”

For the other party's quibbles, King Yan didn't take it to heart, and the position determines the attitude. This attitude of the state of Chu is actually not wrong. I was thinking about whether it was worth fighting for this benefit.

Thinking of this, King Yan smiled even more, "Lord Zuo has worked hard all the way. It's better to have the right and rest at the post station, this matter is too heavy, and the widow has to discuss it with the ministers! ”

"The minister retired first!" Huang Xie, who had fulfilled his duty, withdrew.

After Huang Xie went out, King Yan looked around at the ministers. Only then did he say unhurriedly: "All of you Aiqing are the henchmen of the widow, and now there are no outsiders, what do you think of the conditions of Chu State?" ”

Prime Minister Jiangqu took the lead in replying: "The minister thinks that the current Shandong countries are headed by Zhao State. My Yan country has the name of an ally, so you should pay attention to Zhao Guo's attitude. Since Zhao Guo wanted to cooperate with Chu State at the beginning, then it was best for our Yan State not to get involved in it. ”

King Yan nodded in his heart, this was also one of his considerations. The eldest husband Ju Xin shook his head and said: "There is no eternal friendship between countries!" Now my Yan State is on good terms with Zhao State, but who can guarantee that our two countries will not part ways due to interests in the future? If you join the Zhao State and annex the Qi State as you wish, then the connection between our Yan State and the Central Plains countries will be completely severed! If Yan wants to develop, it can only go north or east into the wilderness! ”

King Yan nodded yes, this is also his own worry, and it is the key to his hesitation. Speaking of military affairs, King Yan naturally asked General Rong Yan, a military master: "General Rong! If you want to destroy Qi, how many troops will you need? ”

Rong Yan quickly estimated it in his heart, and quickly replied: "At least 400,000 to 450,000 troops!" ”

"That is to say, if we, Yan, Zhao, and Chu want to attack Qi, each country will have to send an army of about 150,000! How can there be so many? King Yan asked with some confusion. Now that the strength of Qi is less than 300,000, why do you need more than 400,000 troops to destroy Qi!

Rong Xuan explained: "If the Three Kingdoms attack Qi, the Qi Kingdom will definitely realize that this is a battle to destroy the country!" On the basis of relaxing the conscription conditions (such as reducing them to men between the ages of 15 and 60), the strength of the Qi State should be 350,000! As the besieging side, the losses are large, and the troops must be divided to defend the captured cities! Four hundred thousand is already the most conservative estimate! ”

King Yan nodded, indicating that it was clear. In this way, if Yan and Chu want to participate in it and make a lot of profits, they can only contribute half of their troops! Unless each country sends 50,000, 60,000, 70,000 or 80,000 troops to accept the reality that Zhao State occupies a large share of interests, it can only distribute troops like this!

"Dr. Li, what do you think?" King Yan asked the doctor again.

"The minister thinks that now that my Yan Kingdom and Zhao Kingdom are on good terms, it will be too much to suffer if I don't take advantage of this opportunity to seek some benefits!" Chestnut belly is very practical.

King Yan was very happy after hearing this, the world is bustling for profit, if everyone is indifferent to fame and fortune, then the times will not need to progress. For this henchman at the time of telling the truth, Yan Wang was very generous.

"General Wang Zhonglang, do you agree with the mention of the Chu State?" Since the Jicheng Incident, Wang Fang has been promoted to decision-making power. Zhonglang, who is in charge of the guard of King Yan, who knows the name of Wang Fang!

"The minister thinks that although the Chu State has selfish intentions, for my Yan State, it is really meaningful to cut Qi. One is for military training, and the other is to expand the living space. If the Qi State is not removed, my Yan Kingdom will have to be distracted from the south. On the contrary, after obtaining the land of one county or even half of the county of Qi State, we can retreat to the general trend of the world and enter the Central Plains! ”

In fact, this is also the ambition of King Yan. It's just that he usually hides it well. After all, Yan Guo is too weak to keep a low profile. However, this time, he could completely push the Chu State to the front, and let the Hou bribe the ministers of the Zhao State to complain that the Qi State was too big, and the Zhao State could not swallow it in one go.

After analyzing the pros and cons of the whole matter again, King Yan finally raised his head and said confidently: "The widow has made up his mind to send an envoy to visit Handan!" If King Zhao agrees with my Yan Kingdom to join it, it is best, if not, my Yan Kingdom does not have to tear up with Zhao Guo! Did you hear me clearly? ”

"Wait for you to understand!"

King Yan laughed with satisfaction, "Scatter the dynasty!" (To be continued......)