Chapter 162: Cut the Four Cities of Nanyang for Peace!
For Zhang Ji's arrogant words, most of the people in the hall were shocked.
This sentence was said to Chu Ling Yin Zhaoyang when Zhang Yi, who was the minister of Qin in the past, when he was envoy to Chu State, and he was a joke at the time, but Zhang Yi spent his life "stealing" the land of Chu State.
And Zhang Ji is Zhang Yi's great-grandson...... It's hard not to suspect that Zhang Ji wants to do the same.
If you really want to cut the land this time...... I'm afraid it won't be good.
However, there are people in the hall who are willing to stand up.
"In the past, the State of Chu sent 100,000 troops to invade Korea."
Heavy footsteps landed on the floor, and the owner of the footsteps was majestic, and the scabbard of the strangely shaped treasure knife at his waist swayed slightly with his master.
"The Korean army has been defeated repeatedly, and there are only 8,000 mourning soldiers left, but under the leadership of the general, they counterattacked the 100,000 Chu army and broke it!"
"I don't know, how is the Qin army compared to the Chu army?"
The person who opened his mouth was none other than Ji Wuye, the great general of South Korea.
For Ji Wuye, Zhang Ji used the Qin army to threaten South Korea, which was to slap him in the face, after all, he was the head of South Korea's military generals and the Korean general.
Moreover, Zhang Ji's purpose today is obviously to ask South Korea to cede land and seek peace.
But he has just made an alliance with Chang Yu, and now if Korea loses its cities due to land cession, it will be his Ji Wuye's new Korea that loses its cities in the future, and it is cutting his flesh!
Moreover, since he wants to cooperate with Chang Yu, then Zhang Ji's side is his enemy, even if the relationship between the two is acceptable, he must stand up.
Zhang Ji did not back down at all, it is a fact that Ji Wuye was good at soldiers, but the reason why he was able to break 100,000 with 8,000 back then was, in the final analysis, through the means of assassinating the commander of the Chu army, rather than a real military battle.
What's more, although the Chu army is strong, as a large army composed of noble private soldiers from all over the country, the Chu army is good at fighting but not good at hard fighting, and can only fight a good battle, which is also the main reason why the Chu army suffered a heavy defeat after the commander was assassinated.
"General Ji can try, now General Wang Qi on the border of Chen Bing Qin and Han is a deputy general who has followed Wu Anjun Bai to fight for decades, and the Pingyang Heavy Armor Army also fought side by side with Wu Anjun in the past, and made great achievements in the Battle of Changping."
"Come to think of it, they should be able to remind the countries of Shandong how much the prestige of Wu Anjun was in the past."
Zhang Ji's words made everyone's hearts tremble.
If there is anything more disgusted and fearful than Zhang Yi in the past, it must be in vain.
In the Battle of Yique, Bai Qi defeated the Wei and Han coalition forces and beheaded 240,000;
three attacks on the Chu State, captured the Chu capital Yingcheng, flooded and beheaded 150,000 Chu troops;
In the Battle of Huayang, Bai Qi marched 1,000 miles on the 8th day and beheaded 150,000 Wei and Zhao allied troops;
In the battle of Shencheng, Bai Qilian conquered the nine cities of Korea and beheaded 50,000;
In the Battle of Changping, Bai Qi killed the enemy before and after and killed 450,000 Zhao troops.
These five major battles alone slaughtered more than one million troops, not to mention the rest of the large and small battles, and these battles not only severely damaged the vital forces of various countries, but also planted the myth of the invincibility of Bai Qi and the Qin army under his command in the hearts of all countries.
As Bai Qi's deputy general for decades, Wang Qi naturally has the prestige of being worthy of Wu Anjun's deputy general, and he is also famous.
Ji Wuye was silent.
You must know that before the change of commander in the Battle of Changping, the real commanders of both sides were Wang Qi and Lian Po, even Lian Po was defeated and retreated under Wang Qi's attack, and many camps and barriers were broken, how could Ji Wuye have this confidence to keep more of his land under Wang Qi's attack?
But knowing that he knew, Ji Wuye couldn't retreat, and he snorted coldly and still had a-for-tat posture with Zhang Ji, but it could be seen from the hand he let go of the hilt of the sword that his heart was no longer as firm as just now.
Han Wang'an, who was sitting on the throne, took out a sweat towel from his sleeve and wiped the cold sweat from his sideburns, and glanced at Ji Wuye with a sad face, with a rare hint of blame in his eyes.
In Han Wang'an's opinion, since you Ji Wuye can't beat Wang Qi, why are you so arrogant, let the family say a few words and won't die, maybe Zhang Ji is angry, and South Korea can cut a few fewer cities.
"Since South Korea has made a mistake, it should make amends accordingly!"
"This envoy, please ask King Han to cut Nanyang and make amends to the Qin State!"
Zhang Ji's words reverberated in the hall, causing a group of Han Chen to whisper.
It's just that what they whispered and discussed was not Zhang Ji's domineering request for South Korea to cut the land of Nanyang, but ...... Zhang Ji actually wanted this broken place in Nanyang.
Yes, broken places!
Nanyang is a place, the land is fertile, the water network is dense, east to Han Wei, south to Jingchu, west to Bashu, north to Qin Zhao.
Therefore, the forces of various countries were intertwined in Nanyang, and Nanyang was in constant turmoil and was divided by the four countries of Qin, Wei, Han and Chu. After years of fighting, Wei sacrificed his city in Nanyang to Qin to sue for peace, and the Nanyang city occupied by Chu was also captured by Qin, leaving only eight cities occupied by Korea in Nanyang.
But even these eight cities often led to battles between the three kingdoms of Qin, Han, and Chu.
If it weren't for the fertile land and abundant products of Nanyang, the Korean ministers would have long wanted to throw the land of Nanyang, which was prone to wars.
But this year is different.
This year, there was a famine in South Korea, and because of the sudden drought and locust plague in Nanyang, there was almost no grain harvest, and the people of the eight Nanyang cities occupied by South Korea were starving everywhere, which even raised the price of grain in South Korea to several times or even dozens of times the original.
"If Hanoi is fierce, move its people to the east of the river and move its millet to Hanoi."
This sentence is not a lie, in fact, throughout the thousands of years of Chinese history, it is basically this way of immigrants to allocate food to disaster relief, and no one will jump out of this circle to think about other disaster relief methods.
Therefore, Nanyang suddenly became a hot potato.
If you don't help the disaster, South Korea's reputation will be damaged, and the people's hearts and minds will be lost in the land of Nanyang; Disaster relief, how much money needs to be invested?
Besides, Han Wang'an's birthday is imminent, and he also needs to invest a lot of money to hold a birthday banquet, how can he be willing to spend money on those untouchables?
Therefore, Han Wangan was also a little anxious about this matter, and he just forgot about it for the time being because of Qin Guo's questioning.
And Zhang Ji's proposal in the ears of Han Wang An had some meaning of solving problems, his face was happy, and he was even hesitating whether to give the other four cities to Qin State, just to throw out this burden, so that Korea could not only solve the problem of famine, but also avoid the battle with Chu in the future.
Han Wangan was also in a hurry to throw out this burden, and the Qin State represented by Zhang Ji also happened to be willing to accept it.
It can be said that Zhang Ji's proposal can be regarded as a great joy for all.
So Han Wang'an hurriedly arranged for the chamberlain to send the map of Nanyang, outlined the location of the four cities of Lushan, Baofeng, Jiaxian, and Xiangcheng on the map, and drew circles with vermilion pen, and finally stamped the Korean national seal, symbolizing the official entry into force of the edict of land cutting.
And as the red seal on the seal fell on the covenant, Han Wangan finally breathed a sigh of relief.
He could finally get a good night's sleep.
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