As Zhao's "hardcore" ally, since the Battle of Changping, Wei can be said to have almost always followed Zhao's ass, although he still suffered a lot of losses, but at least he did not beg for mercy at every turn as in the past.

Even, in terms of territorial area, Wei also had a positive income for the first time.

It should be said that following such a "good big brother" as Zhao Guo, although it is not a perfect choice, it is always better than fighting alone, and it is better than being a dog for Qin Guo.

But people, after all, still want to go further.

Even if you are used to being a little brother, which little brother doesn't want to be a big brother one day? What's more, Wei Guo also used to be a big brother.

Therefore, it is not surprising that under the conscious planning of the Qin State, the Wei State had an ambiguous defection.

Of course, this seemingly ambiguous defection is actually a betrayal of Zhao State.

Everyone, including King Wei and King Xinling, as well as Fan Sui, understood that from the real betrayal, Wei only needed an opportunity, an opportunity to step on the altar of Zhao and develop Wei State, and that's it.

Naturally, even "hardcore" allies like Wei have mostly started a journey of betrayal, let alone a wall grass like Qi State.

However, because of the particularity of the Qi system, almost what the king of Qi agrees with is bound to be opposed by the ministers, and what the ministers approve is bound to be opposed by the king of Qi.

Therefore, even if Tu Jia received a positive answer from the King of Qi, in fact, it was still of little help to the Qin State.

But no matter what, after months of traveling, Fan Sui and Tu Jia of the Qin State still got the credentials from the two without dishonoring their mission, and they have the sincerity of the alliance.

Of course, the national letter does not represent the mutual alliance, and even the mutual alliance does not mean how firm it will be, and everything has just begun.

At this point, the Qin State has taken the first step to change the national policy from "distant friendship and close attack" to the national policy of "even horizontal resistance to Zhao".

However, Fan Sui, who knew that only interests between countries could be bound, also immediately proposed to the King of Qin to carry out trade reciprocity with the two countries after returning to China.

To put it simply, it is to make comprehensive use of the salt industry of Qi State, the iron ore of Wei State and the military industry of Qin State. Specifically, it is to exchange the finished ordnance built by the Qin State for the ordnance of the Wei State and the salt industry and wealth of the Qi State.

This trick was learned from Zhao Kuo.

Since Zhao could exchange the eliminated ordnance for the grain of Qi and Chu, then Qin could naturally exchange the ordnance and even grain for raw materials such as iron ore and sea salt of Qi.

Once such a transaction is formed, Wei and Qi will not only be able to have a lot of economic exchanges with Qin, but will also rely more on Qin to a certain extent.

The economic base determines the superstructure, and once the Qi and Wei countries rely on the Qin State on the economic basis, it is natural that the two countries will also get closer to the Qin State, and even eventually fall to the Qin State.

However, such a huge move of the Qin State naturally did not hide from the eyes of the Zhao State.

It's just that in the face of Qin Guo's almost impotent move, even Zhao Kuo can't deal with much.

Fortunately, Zhao and Chu are still alive.

The Qin State, which had just annexed the Chen capital of the Chu State, coupled with the grievances and grievances of the past hundred years, it was naturally impossible to reconcile with the Chu State.

In this way, after learning of Qin's actions, Zhao Kuo immediately sent an envoy to Chu.

It's just that Zhao Kuo's side hasn't been able to act yet, but the Chu State over there sent envoys to the Zhao State first.

The arrival of the Chu envoy first expressed his gratitude to the king of Zhao for personally leading the army south to relieve the siege, and at the same time reaffirmed the unwavering purpose of the Chu-Zhao alliance for a hundred years, and most importantly, the Chu envoy brought a great gift to the Zhao state - Zhoudi.

Yes, the king of Chu wanted to give one-third of the land of the Zhou Dynasty that had been divided with the Wei State to the Zhao State.

When he learned the news, Zhao Kuo almost jumped three feet high at the court meeting.

You must know that one-third of the land of the Zhou Dynasty is just a land of chicken ribs for going abroad, but for Zhao Guoer

Words, it doesn't matter too much!

With this one-third of the territory, the Shangdang County of the Zhao State can be linked to the Yingchuan County (the land of Han).

There was no need to attack the Wei State, and the Zhao army could quickly and directly send its troops to Daoyingchuan at any time.

The problem of whether to defend or abandon the land of Han, which had plagued Zhao Kuo for a long time, was easily solved in the hands of the Chu State.

To put it bluntly, the land of more than a dozen cities in this area is almost worth 100,000 troops.

His own allies are so powerful, Zhao Kuo obviously can't be on an errand!

When even a large number of rare treasures in the Korean treasury, along with the entire arsenal of the country of Han, were packaged and sent to the state of Chu.

These things were obviously urgently needed by the Chu State, which had just lost its Chen capital.

Rare treasures can fill the dilapidated Shouchun Palace, while the arsenal can revitalize the Chu army after losing its armor. In particular, Hanokuni's weapons are known for their sophistication.

With this batch of weapons and equipment of the South Korean army, the Chu army can temporarily recover in a short period of time.

Only when the Chu army regained its vitality did the Qin army dare not continue to move south easily.

Coincidentally, these things are chicken ribs for Zhao Kuo and Zhao Guo.

Needless to say, Zhao Kuo has no interest in these, even if he is known as the world's most beautiful jade, it is not too much in Zhao Kuo's opinion, and it is said that there are other so-called rare treasures.

is accustomed to seeing the gorgeous plastic products of the "National Treasure Gang", these simple and unpretentious things really can't get into Zhao Kuo's eyes.

As for Han Zhiguo's weapons, they are excellent, but firstly, they are different from Zhao Jun's system, and they are not suitable for Lao Jun, who is accustomed to standard equipment, and secondly, the Shangdang arsenal and mining field have already been able to meet the self-sufficiency of Zhao Gonggong, and these things of Han Jun, Zhao Kuo is not uncommon.

It's just that his arsenic, my honey.

The envoys of the state of Chu were also overjoyed after hearing the generous gift of the king of Zhao. Not only that, Zhao Kuo also promised to think about it every year

Of course, in addition to these substantial supports, Zhao Kuo secretly promised the king of Chu that he would wait for an opportunity to launch an attack on the Qin State, recapture the Chen capital for the Chu State, and even if possible, take back the former Yanying land for the Chu State.

If the gift just now only made the envoy of Chu ecstatic, then Zhao Kuo's promise at this time undoubtedly drew a huge pie for the king of Chu.

Of course, it is impossible for Zhao Guo to attack Chen Du.

If you want to take the Chen capital, Zhao Guo must use at least one or two hundred thousand troops, and the labor expedition is already taboo in the army, not to mention making wedding dresses for others.

With this force, isn't it good to clear the obstacle of the Wei State? Even marched directly east to the east of the river and west of the river, and arrived outside the Hangu Pass, isn't it?

Even if Zhao Kuo is warm-hearted, it is impossible for the soldiers below to let Zhao Kuo mess around.

However, the huge benefits still blinded the envoys of the Chu State.

Of course, this is inseparable from Zhao Guo's consistent reliable promise, after all, Zhao Kuo went to the rescue of Chu Guo in person.

And with the return of one-third of Zhoudi to Zhao State, Zhao Kuo included these more than ten cities into Yingchuan County with a wave of his hand.

At this point, the situation in the Warring States period has changed quietly again unconsciously.

First of all, from a military point of view, Zhao had actually blocked almost all the way out of the Qin army's eastward exit.

In other words, apart from continuing to attack Chu in the south, Qin actually had no possibility of starting a war to avoid Zhao.

What's more, in almost all the borders, except for the border between Qi and Chu, there is not much gap between the two countries, and in other places, almost all of them are Zhao You and Qin Inferior.

From the top of Hedong and Shangdang, Zhao State occupies the Shangdang on the roof of the world, and if the Qin army wants to attack, it is a feint, and it needs to face the natural danger of empty warehouse collar.

From Hedong to Zhou or Handi, not to mention, Zhao Guo occupies the key position of the Cuihan Channel, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack, that is certain;

If Zhao wanted to attack Qin, it would be almost unimpeded at least until it encountered Hangu Pass

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It can be said that just from the perspective of this military form, the Zhao State has suppressed the Qin State to the point that it is not in shape.

Fortunately, with the envoys of Fan Sui and Tu Jia, Qin surpassed Zhao at the level of political allies.

On the bright side, the entire Warring States has presented a confrontation between the three kingdoms of Qin, Wei, and Qi on the one hand, and Zhao and Chu on the other.

Of course, under the surging private current, in fact, the three kingdoms of Wei, Qi, and Chu also reached a consensus to unite against Qin and Zhao.

Even, before the start of the Battle of Xinzheng, the envoys of the Qin State discussed with Zhao Kuo the proposal of "dividing the world and deciding it".

The Seven Heroes of the Warring States Period became the Five Heroes, which not only did not make the situation clearer, but made the situation confusing, and also made more countries jealous.

There are quite five people and eight groups in it.

The good news is that in such a confusing situation, it is destined that everyone will choose more carefully, and at the same time, it is also doomed that future wars will not start easily.

It is clear that the Warring States period began to enter a stage of development in which the flags were silenced.

Of course, this time is not too long.

The old Qin people obviously also realized that the current Zhao State was no longer in the Zhao State during the Battle of Changping, and just by virtue of the vast territory and continued to develop, the Qin State would only suffer more and more losses.

Therefore, the Qin State must launch an attack before the Zhao State has completely developed the Han Land and the Yan Land.

As for this time node, Zhao Kuo's guess is very simple - the day when the heavy cavalry training is successful, it is the time when the war begins.

Even on the battlefield, Zhao Kuo was already ready for the Qin army.

It is impossible to go to the party when it is mountainous, and the surrounding area is long and narrow, so naturally it is not a gallop with the cavalry.

Only the land of Han in the past, now Yingchuan County, is vast, and the terrain is most suitable for cavalry to charge.

More importantly, the Qin army was defeated by the heavy cavalry of the Zhao army here, and when the day of their own heavy cavalry was successful, of course they wanted to be ashamed before the snow......