Qingji, who was poured a basin of cold water by Ji Ran, was not annoyed at all.

What is the "Technique of Connecting Horizons"?

In this era, there is no concept of vertical and horizontal.

In the historical "joint vertical", Gongsun Yan first initiated, and Su Qin lobbied the six countries to promote the six countries to finally complete the joint anti-Qin war.

Qin is in the west, the six countries are in the east, so the land of the six countries is connected to the north and south, so it is called "Hezhong", and the Hezong is opposite, after the Qin State from west to east and the princes are friendly, from west to east is horizontal, so it is called "Lianheng".

To put it simply, "joining forces" is the strategy of uniting the weak to attack the strong.

"Lianheng" is the strategy of attacking the weak with one thing.

Qingji originally planned to join forces with the Qi State in order to deal with the invasion of the princes' coalition army.

However, Qi people don't seem to eat this set.

"Ji Ran, you need to know that people's hearts are separated from their stomachs."

Qing Ji said with a surging smile: "And today, the princes are all afraid of the strength of my Wu State, so they take advantage of the fact that the elite troops of Wu State are all in Qindi, and plan to jointly send troops to invade our borders." ”

"Even if there is no battle against Qin, the princes will also join forces to attack Wu."

"It's a matter of time."

"Throughout the ages, the coalition has been a large number of troops, but it may not be successful. He Lu Pestle is not the king of Zhou Wu, and the widow is not the king of Shang! ”

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"If the alliance of the princes is unfavorable to Wu, or the spoils are unevenly divided, they will inevitably stop and disperse their alliances. It is foreseeable that the northern countries will usher in a new round of pattern. ”

The ass decides the head.

Qingji, as the king of Wu and the monarch of the overlord of Wu, is also a traverser, who has been on the top for a long time and is far-sighted, how can he not realize that after this war, the northern countries will usher in a new round of "big reshuffle"?

The stronger the strong country, the weaker the country is, it has no value in existence, and will definitely be swallowed up by the strong country.

This is exactly what Qingji wants to see.

In this world of great controversy, for Wu Guo, the more chaotic the better!

Regarding Qingji's deduction, Ji Ran, Fan Li and other ministers couldn't help but bow their heads slightly and agreed.

If the war against Wu does not go well, the alliance of princes who are already full of contradictions and intrigues may not dissolve the alliance like this, or even fall into the war, and in the end they will fight each other and be benefited by the "fisherman" of Wu......

When Prince Heng heard this, his eyes couldn't help but light up, and he looked at Qingji in admiration: "Father Wang Shengming." ”

"More than a dozen vassal states of my Wu country, Chen, Xu, Cai, Teng and other countries, small countries and widows, are like a piece of fat meat, thrown out by my father, so that the countries fight each other like dogs, and then when they are all killed and injured, Da Wu can get it back with interest!"

Qingji smiled slightly: "Fat? Dogs? Wu Heng, your analogy is quite vivid. ”

After a pause, Qingji folded his hands in his sleeves again, changed to a more comfortable posture and knelt on the throne, and then said slowly: "Second and third sons, now the battle against Qin has been frustrated. ”

"Sun Wu led the main force to fight with the Qin people on the front line of Weishui, repeatedly broke its camp, and had already achieved remarkable results, but the eight countries of Xirong, such as Yiqu, Wushi, Dali, and Shuyan, have sent troops to help Qin, and their numbers are no less than 100,000 people."

"Sun Wu reported that only on both sides of Weishui, Gaoling, Jingyang and other places, with the continuous increase of troops by the Qin people and the participation of the eight countries of Xirong, the soldiers and horses of the two armies of Wu and Qin are basically equal, and the total strength of the two sides may exceed 500,000 people."

"Shhh

Hearing this, the ministers and doctors present couldn't help but gasp and feel shocked.

That's an army of 500,000 men!

From ancient times to the present day, how can there be a war of this scale?

"On the Qinzhong side, Gongzixi could not lead the army to conquer Yongcheng, so he could only retreat to the area of Yuxian and Beibanshan, and was besieged by the Qin army."

"However, Gongzi Xi's troops and horses are backed by Beiban Mountain and hold the newly opened Chencang Road, so the soldiers of Shu can continue to gallop to help, and they will be safe for a while."

"The two armies are still fighting fiercely in the area of Yuxian and Beibanshan, and they can't hold each other."

Hearing this, Ji Ran, Fan Li, Bo Biao and other ministers couldn't help but look at each other.

Even the elite soldiers led by Gongzixi couldn't drive straight into the Qin capital Yongcheng in one fell swoop?

You must know that so far, in order to win this war, only in the battle of Qin, Wu has invested 250,000 troops.

"Father, I don't know how many people there are in the Qin people?"

Gongzihong asked suspiciously.

"Probably no less than 300,000."

Qing Ji said unhurriedly: "Qin State, all the people are soldiers. Now the men from 60 to 14 have gone into battle. ”

"Moreover, some of the able-bodied women even helped to escort the grain and baggage, or directly defended the city......"

Such a war is very cruel.

Qingji thought that Qin Guo was a hard bone to gnaw, but he didn't expect it to be so hard to gnaw!

"Sun Wu's intention is to let the widow continue to increase the army, I don't know what the second and third sons think?"

"No!"

As soon as Qingji's words fell, Ji Ran hurriedly said: "King, now the soldiers in the country are already overstretched. In order to deal with the invasion of the alliance of princes, how can the king recruit troops at every turn? ”

"The king, in the opinion of the ministers, since this war against Qin is unfavorable, why doesn't the king retreat and seek the second, only make the Qin people submit and cede the land of the city, instead of trying to destroy Qin?"

When Qingji heard this, he just shook his head and said, "Impossible." ”

"Once the war to destroy Qin begins, there is no possibility of stopping. As the saying goes, if you fight a snake, you will not die, but you will be bitten by it. ”

"If you can't succeed in a war, you will do endless harm."

Wu Guo paid such a big price for this battle, how could he let Qingji give up halfway?

Besides, the battle situation has not yet reached that level, and it is necessary to make Qingji stop the war against Qin.

"Father, if you don't increase your troops, I don't know what will happen to the war in Qindi?"

Gongzihong asked tentatively.

"Confrontation."

Qingji just replied with two words.

The results are obvious.

One blow of strength, then decline, three and exhaustion.

For the Weishui defense line of the Qin State, the army of the Wu State led by Sun Wu was unable to break through for a long time, which would naturally lead to demoralization and slackness.

In this level of national warfare, the commander's personal talent is not actually the key to victory.

Although Sun Wu is known as the "Saint of Soldiers" in history, he uses soldiers like a god, and he has no last resort.

However, the Qin people adopted a defensive war, just like hiding in a turtle shell, avoiding without fighting, so that the Wu army could only conquer its strongholds one by one.

In this case, no matter how powerful Sun Wu is in his army, it is difficult to show his strengths.

"The king, the minister has a word, I don't know whether to say it or not."

Dazai muttered.

In this regard, Qingji just waved his hand and said, "Ji Ran, the widow knows what you think in your heart. At this time, it is absolutely impossible to let the widow withdraw his troops from Qindi! ”

Qingji's attitude is very resolute.

The matter of withdrawing troops is not negotiable!

This is not Qingji's stubbornness, but the battle to destroy Qin, if it falls short at this time, how can Qingji be worthy of the soldiers who died and the tens of millions of Li Shu of Wu?