Wen Chong frowned and asked, "The king wants to go east and annex the princes, but I don't know which country he wants to destroy first?" "This is a question worth pondering.

At present, the vassal states bordering Wu are Qi, Lu, Song, Han, Wei, Dai, and Zhongshan, while Yan is beyond the reach of the whip.

In other words, if Wu wants to send troops and directly launch a war to destroy the country, there are seven options. No matter which country Qingji chooses to destroy, even if the rest of the vassal states have a feeling of dying and cold, they are more than enough and not enough.

"The second and third sons think, which country is better for me to destroy first?"

"This ......" the ministers couldn't help but look at each other and fell into deep thought. Kong Qiu thought for a moment and said: "Great King, the minister advocates that it is difficult first and then easy, first destroy the Qi State, and then sweep away the seven kingdoms of Han, Wei, Dai, Lu, Song, Yan, and Zhongshan in turn. ”

"Because the country of Qi is relatively strong, if Qi is destroyed, the princes will be frightened, maybe before the king arrives, the countries will look down on the wind."

"No." Before Qingji could speak, Fan Li retorted: "It is not easy to destroy Qi. ”

"Han and Wei are located in the Central Plains, and my Dawu is going eastward, and Han and Wei may not stand idly by. Therefore, the ministers advocated that it would be easy first and then difficult, and after destroying Han Wei, they would send troops to destroy Qi, or destroy Song and Lu. "Is it easy before it is difficult, and difficult before it is easy?

Qingji couldn't help but squint his eyes. Even if Wu destroys Qi, the nations may not surrender directly. However, the likelihood of this will increase considerably.

Moreover, Han and Wei were located on the main transportation route of the Central Plains, and if the two countries took advantage of the fact that the Wu army was going east and the fierce battle was in full swing, and suddenly attacked the grain route of the Wu army, wouldn't it make the war of annihilation of the Wu state fall short?

Therefore, the prerequisite for Wu to go east is to destroy Han Wei, which is similar to the Qin State in history.

Of course, Qingji can choose to send troops from Yingdu or Jinling. After all, Wu has three capitals, one is Yingdu, one is Jinling, and one is Xianyang.

It is not a simple matter to relocate the capital and move the main military forces to a national capital.

Why bother to seek the near and far?

"The widow wants to send troops to destroy Han and Wei...... It is not to destroy Han or Wei alone, but to destroy them together. ”

"Shhh Hearing this, the ministers couldn't help but gasp and feel shocked. It is true that Han and Wei have been crippled by the Wu State, and their national strength has declined, and their territory is only equivalent to a county of the Wu State.

However, South Korea and Wei are not without the power to fight back.

"My lord, the minister thinks it's inappropriate." Wen Chong shook his head and said: "Han and Wei are brothers and sisters now, but they still have the strength to fight. ”

"If the king wants to destroy Han Wei in one battle, he must be fully prepared, and there must be no less than 200,000 troops before he can do it." Isn't the language too much to look up to Han and Wei?

However, for the sake of safety, it is not impossible for Qingji to prepare 200,000 horses to destroy Han Wei. Wen Chong is now the Dazai of Wu State, and he deeply understands that it was not easy to plan for him before.

In his position, seek his government. No wonder in the past, when Qingji planned to fight at every turn, Ji Ran would always be the first to jump out and oppose it, and openly contradict Qingji.

It is really that Wu Guo has problems in some places, and Ji Ran has difficulties. If you don't know that firewood, rice, oil and salt are expensive.

The cost of a big war at every turn is enormous.

"The king, the minister used to be the minister of Wei, and he knows the predicament of the Wei country now." Wen Chong said slowly: "In the past two years since the Mengjin Meeting, Wei and Korea have not only been forced to cede large areas of city land, but also have been burdened with heavy debts. ”

"As a last resort, in order to repay the debt owed to my Great Wu, Wei Jun passed on the debt to the people, and he set up a clever name, imposed additional taxes, and all kinds of harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes made Li Shu complain and flee one after another."

"South Korea is also average. Therefore, among the low-level people, whether it is Han Jun or Wei Jun, they are all unpopular. ”

"In order to earn money to pay off debts, the Han and Wei people can be said to do everything."

"The minister has a strategy, which may enable my Great Wu to destroy Han and Wei at the lowest cost." Hearing this, Qingji asked with interest: "Will the plan be released?" After all, Wen Chong is the Wei Xiang of the past few years, and he knows the situation of the Wei State very well.

It can be said that it is very handy to let the literary genre deal with Han and Wei specifically.

"King, spring ploughing hasn't started yet, but it's all in the preparation stage."

"The king can follow the Hengshan strategy of Guan Zhong in the past, so that the Li Shu of Han and Wei will waste farming in order to make money, and then there will be no rations, Han and Wei will not be able to fight again, and the people will not fight for their own monarch."

"In desperation, Han and Wei can only surrender to our Great Wu, or fight to the death hungry." Hengshan's scheme?

Qingji, Fan Li, Sun Wu and others all bowed slightly, very much in agreement. They are familiar with ancient classics, and they are naturally no strangers to Hengshan's strategy.

When Duke Qi Huan wanted to attack Hengshan Kingdom, he asked Guan Zhong. Guan Zhong did not answer how to use troops and how to do diplomatic work, but asked Qi Huan Gong to buy swords and weapons made in Hengshan Kingdom, and he had to buy them in large quantities and at a high price.

The equipment built by Hengshan was excellent, and it was purchased by all countries at that time. After Qi bought a large number of them, the price immediately went up, and the rest of the countries hurried to buy while the price was not too high.

When the people of Hengshan saw that the creation of equipment was so popular, no one wanted to engage in agricultural production, so they all went to build equipment.

Then, Guan Zhong ordered people to go to various countries to buy grain, and it was purchased at a high price. As a result, the grain of the nations flowed to the country of Qi.

Seeing that the time was ripe, Guan Zhong immediately stopped purchasing equipment and food, and sent troops to besiege Hengshan Kingdom. Hengshan has money but no food and grass, and the grain of other countries has also been purchased by Qi State, so Hengshan Country cannot find anyone to ask for help at all, so it has to surrender to Qi State.

In addition to the Hengshan strategy, the trade wars launched by Guan Zhong also include classic trade wars such as buying deer to make Chu, buying fox to descend to the generation, and serving silk to reduce Luliang.

Every time, you can draw a salary from the bottom of the kettle, and you don't need to subdue the enemy without a single soldier! With the current national strength of Wu, it has crushed Han and Wei in all aspects, and it is very simple to start a trade war.

"Dazai's words are wrong." Wu Zixu frowned and said: "It only takes 200,000 troops to destroy Han Wei, Dazai is painstakingly using this kind of treacherous plot to trap Han and Wei, but I am afraid that it will take too long, and it will make my Great Wu's treasury empty." Wen Chong shook his head and said: "Da Sima, at this time, send troops to destroy Han and Wei, and my Dawu will at least have tens of thousands of soldiers die, why bother?" ”

"If you can make Han and Wei tired of making a living, and finally reap the consequences, how can they fight without food?"

"Half a year, half a year is enough, my Great Wu has half a year to prepare for the destruction of Han Wei, and in the end, he may surrender without a fight, even if he wants to die, Han and Wei will resist stubbornly, and the soldiers of my Great Wu will die only thousands."