After Wei was successively defeated by Qin, the land west of Hexi was lost, and a large amount of arable land and population were lost, Wei was no longer able to form Wei Wushu.

What's more, it takes a lot of time to form Wei Wushu, and the countries of the world will not give Wei this opportunity.

The decline of Wei led to a problem, that is, the loss of talent, this kind of problem occurred between Chu and Jin in the past, although Chu had materials, Jin was practical, and now it has become although Wei has materials, Qin is practical.

The talented people of the Wei State went to the Qin State one after another, and the Qin State vigorously promoted and reused the talents of the Eastern States, which also exacerbated this phenomenon. At the same time, because of the strict system in Qin, the room for growth was narrow, and the vast majority of the upper class of Qin were from the Six Kingdoms of Shandong.

Since all the lands west of the river were lost, Wei did not have so many officials to give these talents, so the talents of Wei left Wei and flowed to Qin.

It was at this time that Zhang Yi traveled to the state of Qin, and was soon reused by the king of Qin.

Qin State, Xianyang, Xianyang Palace.

"Great King, the Wei State is declining, Korea is weak, the Zhao State is implementing the law, this is the best time to advance eastward, the army breaks the Wei State, captures Anyi, crosses the river to the south to threaten the Hangu Pass, and at the same time the army goes out of the Wuguan Pass, the Hangu Pass, and the three-way attack, will definitely be able to break the Hangu Pass."

"At that time, there is a confusing letter in the east, Wuguan in the south, Dasan Pass in the west, Xiao Pass in the north, four plugs in the hand, the solidity of the pass, rare in the world, this is the basis, you can swallow the Shandong countries, retreat can protect yourself, and the Qin State deserves the destiny of heaven!" Zhang Yi pointed to a map and told the King of Qin.

After hearing this, King Qin also felt that what Zhang Yi said was very reasonable, and at this time, another minister next to him retorted: "King, this strategy is not feasible!" ”

"What is Sima Qing's good plan?" King Qin asked.

Sima Coo arched his hand and said: "King, which country is the most prosperous among the countries in the world?" ”

"It should be Huaiguo!" King Qin said.

"The prosperity of the Huai State is known to the whole world, in the past years, the Central Plains countries have attacked Huai several times, but they have not been victorious, can I Qin State do it?" Sima asked in the wrong place.

King Qin shook his head slowly and said, "If the Six Kingdoms attack Qin, it will be difficult for Qin to resist. ”

Sima Cuo continued: "According to Zhang Yi's policy, the army will attack the Central Plains, and it will inevitably be against the Huai State, with the prosperity of the Huai State, it is difficult for the Qin State to win, and the Huai State is two thousand miles away, rich in products, and the Qin State is not as good!" ”

King Qin was silent for a moment, and then asked: "The prosperity of the Huai State, the Qin State is not as good as it!" ”

"The monarch does not have to be depressed, although the Huai State is strong, but it is not invincible, the monarch should first annex the land of Hanzhong and Bachu, and then the Qin State will all occupy the land of Bashu and Hanzhong, there are fertile fields for thousands of miles, Tianfu governs the country, and after recuperation, then send troops to attack Huai."

"After occupying the land of Bachu at that time, the army of my Qin State can advance eastward from Jiangzhou, Shangyong, and Wuguan, and can unite the Three Jin and Qi Kingdoms, and even cut down Huai, and Huai will be unstoppable at that time!"

"On the other hand, attacking Wei and Han, although the two countries are weak, it is easy to cause the princes to jointly attack Qin, which is not advisable!"

"In addition, if you capture the land of Bachu and Hanzhong, you can also invite Huai to send troops to contain Western Chu."

Zhang Yi said: "The king can't, if the Huai State occupies Western Chu, then my Qin State will be even more dangerous!" ”

"King, although the Huai State is strong, but Shangyong and Jiangzhou are all difficult to attack, on the other hand, my Qin State can attack from Shu, although there are dangers, but it is much easier than the Huai State, as long as everything goes well in my Qin State, I can occupy Western Chu first, and then I only need to send a large army to defend the pass."

Sima made a mistake to arrange Zhang Yi's strategy, and finally said that the king of Qin would attack Western Chu from Shu and Guanzhong.

After Zhang Yi saw that the King of Qin had decided to attack Qin first, he immediately stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, there is an alliance between Western Chu and Wei, although Wei is weak, but if you take advantage of my army to attack Chu and sneak attack, it will also be a troublesome matter, please send an envoy to Western Chu to destroy the alliance between Western Chu and Wei." ”

The king of Qin agreed to Zhang Yi's strategy, so Zhang Yi sent an envoy to the Western Chu State, and after seeing the king of Western Chu, he said to the king of Chu: "Qin's eastern letter to Guguan was blocked by Huai, and Chu was forced by Huai, leaving only Badi and Hanzhong, and Qin was willing to make friends with Chu and attack Huai together." ”

The king of Chu was very happy to hear that Qin was willing to form an alliance with Chu to attack Huai, over the years, the successive kings of Chu wanted to recapture the land of Chu, but several attacks on Huai failed to break through Huai, and now he heard that Qin was willing to form an alliance with Chu to attack Huai, and he was immediately overjoyed.

"Zhang Qing, the Qin State is willing to form an alliance with the Chu State to attack the Huai State, the widow is very happy, is the Qin State ready to go out of the Wuguan?" King Chu asked.

Zhang Yi said: "King of Chu, you are willing to form an alliance with Qin to attack Huai, and the foreign minister is willing to believe it, but the foreign minister heard that Chu and Wei have an alliance to attack Qin, if my Qin State goes out of the military pass, and the King of Chu and Wei State join forces to attack my Qin State, then my Qin State will be in danger, and I also ask the King of Chu to break off the alliance with Wei State to show sincerity." ”

After thinking about it for a while, the attraction of Qin and Chu to attack Huai was big enough, and he finally decided to break off the alliance with Wei and attack Huai with Qin.

He immediately said: "Your envoy's doubts are known, and the widow will break the alliance with Wei. ”

Zhang Yi said with a smile: "That's really good, when the time comes, the Qin State and the Chu State will be allied, and then the Qin State will send troops to Wuguan and Hangu Pass, and then the King of Chu will be invited to send troops together to attack Huai from Shangyong and Jiangzhou,"

"My king also ordered the foreign ministers to contact the Qi State, and the Qi State will also send troops together at that time. With our tripartite team, Huaiguo will be defeated! ”

"When the time comes, the State of Qi will take the land of Huaisi, the State of Qin will take the land of Nanyang of Hangu Pass, and the State of Chu will take the land of Xiangyang and the Han level."

Zhang Yi's mouth bloomed with lotus flowers, depicting an extremely attractive prospect for the king of Chu.

The King of Chu couldn't help but think about the scene described by Zhang Yi. As soon as he thought of being able to return to the Han Plains again, the king of Chu was excited.

So he said: "Your envoy can rest assured, the widow will send an envoy to Wei to sever relations with Wei." ”

The king of Chu sent an envoy to Wei and broke off the alliance with Wei, and the king of Wei was very angry and immediately broke off relations with Chu.

After the envoy of Chu came back to give a message, the king of Chu did not care about the attitude of Wei, but happily formed an alliance with Qin.

Zhang Yi and the King of Chu discussed the details of the alliance, and then returned to Qin with the envoys of Chu. Just when the king of Chu was bent on forming an alliance with Qin and then joining forces to attack Huai, Qin directly rejected the alliance with Chu and drove out the envoys of Chu.

When the king of Chu learned the news, he was immediately furious, directly pulled out the sword at his waist, and slashed it on the table: "Shameless Qin Rong, you dare to bully my Chu country like this!" Today, we must send troops to attack Qin to avenge today's humiliation! ”

He immediately ordered troops to prepare for the attack on Qin.

(End of chapter)