In May, Zhao Kuo led the Four-Nation Alliance to reach outside Xianyang.

This is the first time that the Qin State has been beaten to the national capital since it moved its capital to Xianyang, and the whole country was shocked.

"This is Xianyang, which was built under the auspices of Shang Ying, and it doesn't look very majestic." Zhao Kuo stood on the chariot, looking at Xianyang City not far away, emitting an orange-red light under the reflection of the setting sun, integrating with the distant Zhishan Mountain, like the most beautiful picture scroll between heaven and earth. ap..

In fact, the scale of Xianyang City is not small, it is a big city in any country, but if it is compared with the capital, it is indeed not a big city, whether it is Handan of Zhao State, Liang of Wei State, or Linzi of Qi State are much more majestic than Xianyang.

"The king doesn't know that Xianyang was founded in the period of Qin Xiaogong, when the Qin State had just undergone the Shang Dynasty reform, and although the national strength had improved, it still could not be compared with the eastern countries, so the scale of Xianyang City was very ordinary. Later, the Qin State continued to deepen the reform of the law, and its strength increased step by step, but all the money was put on external expansion, and did not expand Xianyang City, making Xianyang a little inconspicuous in the capital." Xunzi said.

"The monarchs of the Qin State were indeed more keen on external expansion, and did not pursue much of some face and material things." Zhao Kuo said.

Like King Qi Xuan, raising 300 musicians to play the flute for him to listen to, this kind of thing is impossible to happen in the Qin State. Zhao Kuo estimated that he couldn't afford to raise it when the Qin State was poor in the past, but later it became prosperous, and he found it more interesting to attack the city and seize the land.

"Though the kingdom is great, the warlike will perish, and the forgotten war will be dangerous. There is tension and relaxation, and the right way is the right way." Xunzi said.

Zhao Kuo nodded, Xunzi didn't just say this about Qin Guo, but also about him.

"Is there a map around Xianyang?" Zhao Kuo asked.

"Here, King." Liu Ping took out a worn-out map, opened it and put it in front of Zhao Kuo.

Zhao Kuo frowned, the map simply marked the names of the cities, rivers, and mountains around Xianyang, not even the range, let alone the terrain.

"Where did you get this map?" Zhao Kuo asked in a deep voice.

"In ...... Searched in Lantian City." Liu Ping said.

"Throw it away, go find the nearby civilians and ask about the surrounding terrain, then draw a new map and set up a sand table." Zhao Kuo said that this map is not even marked with the terrain, so it is useless at all.

"No." Liu Ping hurriedly said.

"Order the whole army to set up camp and make every effort to build siege equipment." Zhao Kuo ordered.

"That's what I'll do." Le Yi said.

"How's the grass going?" Zhao Kuo asked.

"King Yu, the grain and grass of my Zhao Kingdom are already on the way, the King of Han and the King of Wei have sent letters, and they are making every effort to requisition the grain and grass, and the Qi Kingdom is far away, and there is no news yet." Lees said.

Han and Wei had always wanted to withdraw their troops before, but since the news of the victory reached Daliang and Xinzheng, the two countries never spoke again.

Qin's Nanjun, Shangyong, Shangyu and other places are far away from Zhao, and it is impossible for Zhao to occupy them, and in the end they are all from both of them, and South Korea also took advantage of the situation to take back Sanchuan, which are all real benefits.

Even if Zhao Guo is given some compensation afterwards, it is worth it.

No matter how iron the relationship is, there is no profit and reliability!

The two countries are now requisitioning grain and grass to fully support Zhao Kuo's invasion of Qin, and at the same time sending people to take over the city, and the territory is expanding almost every day.

"My lord, the art of war is cloudy, and the wise general eats the enemy, eats the enemy for one hour, and serves me for twenty minutes; One stone, when I am twenty stones. At this time, the summer grain of the Qin State was just ripe, and it was the harvest season, and the last general thought that he could send a large army to collect the summer grain of the Qin State to serve as the military ration of our army." Tian Dan clenched his fists and said.

"Remember, don't slaughter the people of Qin for no reason." Zhao Kuo said in a deep voice.

"The last will understand." Tian Dan said.

"Your Majesty, the envoy of the Qin State asks to see you!" At this time, a personal guard came over and reported with a fist.

"The Qin State finally couldn't hold it anymore, and the widow thought that the Qin State would send an envoy to sue for peace a few days ago, but he didn't expect to wait until today to send it." Zhao Kuo said with a smile, turned around and walked towards the big tent.

What he didn't know was that the Qin State was indeed in a few days

The requirements were determined before, but there was no discussion about what price to pay, until the Zhao army came to the city, and the Qin State really had no choice but to send envoys.

"The foreign minister has seen the king in the middle of the period." The envoys of the Qin State stepped into the camp in the middle of the year and bowed down.

"Your Excellency, isn't it the middle stage that King Qin called my mirror?" Zhao Kuo asked.

In the middle of the Qin State, he was known for his outspokenness and uprightness, just like Wei Zheng beside Tang Taizong, but it was far less famous than Wei Zheng.

"It's just a false praise from the first king." Said in the middle of the term.

"Give the Qin envoy a seat." Zhao Kuo said.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." In the middle of the year, he bowed again, swung his sleeves after he sat down, and said with a fist, "The minister is sad for the king, although he sits on thousands of miles of rivers and mountains and has hundreds of thousands of troops, he is confused by the prosperity of the moment, and he ......does not know that the catastrophe is coming."

Speaking of this, there was a pause in the middle of the day, and Yu Guang looked at Zhao Kuo.

This is also the most common trick used by lobbyists, first to exaggerate, to attract the attention of the other party, to take the initiative to ask themselves, and then to achieve their own goals in the conversation.

However, this time he miscalculated in the middle of the term, he waited for a long time, and Zhao Kuo did not take the initiative to ask him......

"Gone? Qin Envoy prepared such a short paragraph as a lobbyist?" After a long time, Zhao Kuo looked at the middle stage and asked with a puzzled expression.

In the middle of "......", a mouthful of old blood almost sprayed on Zhao Kuo's face, did anyone answer like that? What do you mean to prepare such a short paragraph?

If you take it like this, what else will I say about the rest of it?

"King Mingjian, there is still Han Wei between my Zhao and Qin, even if Zhao captures the territory of my Qin State, it will not be able to occupy it for a long time, and in the end it will only cheapen Han and Wei. Although Han and Wei are now led by Zhao State, after they become strong in the future, they will definitely turn against Zhao State. What is the difference between Zhao attacking Qin and losing his own strength to strengthen the enemy?" Mid-term took a deep breath, calmed down, and continued.

"What is the good solution for the Qin envoy?" Zhao Kuo asked with a smile.

"As long as King Zhao withdraws his troops, I, the State of Qin, am willing to be a vassal to the State of Zhao, always at the disposal of King Zhao, and give Shaoliang City to the King as Tang Muyi. With my Qin State threatening Han Wei in the West, Han and Wei will not dare to betray the king." Said in the middle of the term. Look at the book

"Anything else?" Zhao Kuo asked.

"Is there anything else?" I didn't understand what Zhao Kuo meant in the middle of the term.

"A Shaoliang City, or Tang Muyi, is called Huazi. Someone come, send the Qin envoy out." Zhao Kuo waved his hand and said coldly.

"Please." Ben stepped forward, his tall body stood in front of the middle stage, and the thunderous sound exploded in the middle stage's ears, and the middle stage of the earthquake took several steps back.

"Wait, the minister still has something to say." Zhongzhong hurriedly said that if he went back like this, his future career would be over.

"It's better to say something useful." Zhao Kuo said in a deep voice.

"I, the State of Qin, am willing to cede Sanchuan, Nanjun, Qianzhong County, Shangyu, Shangyong and other places to the State of Zhao, and declare myself a vassal to the State of Zhao, give Shaoliang to the king as Tang Muyi, and send the prince to the State of Zhao as a proton." Zhongzhong said quickly, for fear that Zhao Kuo would drive him out.

At this time, Zi Chu, who was still at war with Lejian in Longxi, did not know that Qin Guo was discussing selling him, and he was also selling it to Zhao Guo, who had left with great difficulty.

"Sanchuan, Nanjun, Qianzhong County, Shang Yu, Shangyong, hehehe, are you really a fool when I am Zhao Kuo? Come on, fork the Qin envoy out." Zhao Kuo said impatiently.

Ben didn't hesitate to grab the middle stage, no matter how hard the middle stage struggled, he couldn't break free from Ben's arm, and was dragged out of the camp and thrown to the ground.

"The Qin State wants to take the opportunity to provoke the contradictions between the Three Kingdoms of Han, Wei, Chu and my Zhao State." Li Si said in a deep voice.

Sanchuan, Nanjun, Qianzhong County, Shangyu and Shangyong, although the area is vast and larger than the entire Qi State, most of them are mountainous, the degree of development is not high, and it does not border the Zhao State.

Qianzhong County is thousands of miles away from the Zhao State, and even if the Zhao State occupies it nominally, it cannot be managed.

Sanchuan is the hometown of Korea, and Nanjun and Qianzhong are the hometown of Chu.

As long as Zhao occupies, there will definitely be a conflict with the two countries.

These territories look big, but in fact, they are of no use to Zhao State.

"I really don't know what Qin Guo thinks, I know that it is impossible for my Zhao State to agree, so I have to bring humiliation on myself." Gongsun Long said disdainfully.

"The Qin State has no choice, there are only two places bordering the Qin State and my Zhao State, one is Shangjun and the other is Longxi. The cession of Shangjun means that Guanzhong is always facing the threat of our Zhao State, and the cavalry of our Zhao State may go south to Guanzhong from Shangjun at any time."

"The cession of Longxi means that the Qin State loses the Hexi Corridor and half of the horse breeding land. Both of these were losses that the Qin state could not afford. On the contrary, it is almost impossible for Nanjun and Qianzhong to hold, so it is better to throw them out. As for ceding a few cities and wanting my Zhao State to withdraw its troops, the Qin State also knows that it is impossible." Xunzi said.

Qin's territory is very large, but most of it is strategically important and cannot afford to lose anything, and the places that can be given up are completely unbordered by Zhao, which makes it difficult for Qin and Zhao to negotiate their interests.

"What does Xunzi think Qin will choose?" Zhao Kuo asked.

"There are only three ways, one is to continue to sue for peace and cede more land until my Zhao Kingdom is satisfied. The second is to fight hard with my Zhao State to the end, to see if it is my Zhao State that the grain and grass can't support it first, or whether Xianyang is broken first. The third is to ask for help from the state of Chu......" Xunzi said.

Not to mention the state of Qi, Han and Wei have gained a lot of benefits from following the state of Zhao, and at the same time they are afraid of the strength of the state of Zhao, and they also have an enmity with the state of Qin.

The only one who could help Qin was Chu.

The most important thing is that Nanjun, Qianzhong, Shangyong, Shangyu and other places that Zhao State looks down on are the past that all Chu people cannot forget, and they are the obsession of their lives.

Nanjun, Qianzhong, and Shangyong are the homeland of Chu State, and the ancestral tombs of Chu nobles, including the Chu Wang Temple, are all in Nanjun, and most of them have been burned or destroyed, or looted.

So much so that they can't even raise their heads when they worship their ancestors, and they often dream that their ancestors point at their backbones and scold, and they can't refute it.

For decades, they have dreamed of reclaiming their homeland.

Although Shang Yu was not the homeland of Chu, Chu caused several major wars, and even King Huai of Chu died in Qin.

Since then, the state of Chu has been in a slump.

If these places can be recovered, the state of Chu will wash away all the shame, and when they worship in the temple in the future, they will be able to straighten their backs and report to the ancestors.

"Xunzi means...... The state of Chu supports the state of Qin?" Zhao Kuo frowned.

"The minister thinks that whether it is from the perspective of recovering his homeland or from the perspective of containing my Zhao State. The possibility of the union of Qin and Chu is very high." Xunzi nodded solemnly.

After the First World War, although the state of Zhao rose, the threat felt by various countries was not particularly strong.

In contrast, the remnants of the Qin state still existed, and the threat to all countries was greater.

So the states of Chu and Zhao united to counter the state of Qin.

But after this battle, the Qin state completely declined, and the Zhao state became the undisputed and strongest overlord in the world, and if the Chu state was not stupid, it would definitely unite with the Qin state against the Zhao state.

"It seems that we must take Xianyang as soon as possible and end this war." Zhao Kuo said in a deep voice.

This war has dragged on for a long time, and if it is counted from the time the Qin State attacked the Wei State, it lasted for a year and a half. Whether it is the Qin State or the Three Jin Dynasty, it is not comfortable.

On the contrary, there was no major war in the Chu State, and even if it attacked the Qi State, it did not contribute much strength, and it has been recuperating.

If Zhao is dragged into the quagmire of war by Chu, it is very likely that it will turn from a big victory to a miserable victory, and make wedding clothes for Chu.

"Xianyang City is high and deep, and the people in the city are quite supportive of the Qin State, I'm afraid it's not so easy to fight." Le Yi glanced at Wei Wuji and Storm Kite and spoke.

If you want to capture such a big city, you can almost only fill it with your life, but no matter which country's soldiers' lives are used, everyone will not be willing, and if there are too many losses, the soldiers will break and flee.

"What about water attacks?" Tian Dan said.

"Xianyang is built in the north of Weishui and south of Zhishan, and the terrain is higher

Even if it rains heavily, it will be difficult to flood the city." Wei Wuji shook his head.

The capitals of various countries were built next to rivers for the convenience of obtaining water, so they were at risk of being attacked by the enemy, but Xianyang was a little different.

The terrain of Xianyang is high in the north and low in the south, and there are large rivers passing through it, so it is difficult to flood Xianyang unless the Weishui water overflows.

"What if the water of the water is diverted?" Tian Dan tapped his fingers on the armrest of the seat and said lightly.

When everyone heard this, their eyes lit up.

Weishui can't flood Xianyang, but there is not only Weishui near Xianyang, but also a Jingshui.

Jingshui is in the northwest-southeast direction, passing through the northeast of Xianyang, and finally joins Weishui, if a river is drawn out from Jingshui, flowing from north to south, it is just able to flood Xianyang.

The disadvantage is that Jingshui is a little far away from Xianyang, and there will be a lot of manpower that needs to be used, but compared with the capture of Xianyang, this difficulty is not a matter at all.

"Without further ado, Du Pingjun, you immediately take someone to survey the terrain and preside over the digging of the ditch." Zhao Kuo said that there is no room for any mercy at this time. Look at the book

The Qin people who did not surrender were all enemies, and the kindness to the enemy was cruelty to themselves.

"The last will bring people over." Tian Dan clenched his fists and said.

"Carts and catapults are also being built, and we are doing a multi-pronged approach." Zhao Kuo said.