Volume 1 The Hidden Movement of the World Chapter 40 Outwitting Bashu
Lizi led Sima Cuo and Gan Mao to victory, and the King of Qin personally set up a celebratory banquet for them. After three rounds of drinking, Sima Coo said to the King of Qin:
"My lord, the minister has a word, I don't know whether to say it or not?"
"Speak!" King Qin said happily.
"After this battle, Wei Chen thinks that with the current strength of my Great Qin, it is not enough to pacify the four seas and conquer the world!" Sima said wrongly.
"Aiqing, please elaborate!" King Qin said.
"This narrow victory over the Sanjin coalition army has the merit of the Mojia chariot, but our army was also defeated by the thunder and fireball of the upper and lower schools! The world is big, there are no surprises, there may not be such strange people or brave men in the Seven Kingdoms, if you want to get the world, I am afraid you must have absolute strength to do it! Everyone in the world says that my Great Qin is the country of tigers and wolves, and now that I have defeated the Three Jins, the edge has been seen, and the world will be more scruples about my Great Qin, and my Great Qin still needs to prepare early!"
"Ai Qing is reasonable! What do you think?" said King Qin.
"Reasonable!" said Saoriko, nodding.
"This is not bad, think about the battle of Sanqiu in the past, Qi Zhi Kuangzhang is indeed the tiger general of the world, not to be underestimated! The battlefield is changing rapidly, if you don't have enough strength, you are passive everywhere, this is the taboo of soldiers!" Gan Mao said.
"Now that the righteous canal has been decided, and the three Jin are decadent, it is the time to compete with Southern Chu, if we can attack the southwest and seize Bashu, we can suppress Southern Chu and wait for an opportunity to attack! If the state of Chu is not good, the world can be decided!"
"Well, this statement is reasonable, but the state of Chu has also coveted Bashu for a long time, but because of the danger of Bashu, it is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it has been in vain several times!
"It's man-made, as long as the king has a heart, the ministers will definitely find a good solution!" Sima said wrongly.
Now that the three kingdoms of Ba, Shu, and Tho are at odds with each other, the king can take advantage of the gap between the three kingdoms to act at the right time and break through each other!"
"What General Gan said is true! If you want to take the land of Bashu, you must fight between the three kingdoms first! The king can first make friends with the two kingdoms of Ba and Tho, and at the same time, the ministers and disciples will send the son to go deep into the country to learn the details, once there is a gap between the three kingdoms, my Great Qin will have a chance to take advantage of it!"
"Come, drink! I, Great Qin, have the assistance of all Aiqing, and the world can be determined!" King Qin said happily.
A month later, Mi Yue had just given birth to a prince, and the King of Qin went to visit her in the Pavilion of Lianyue and named the child "Ji".
"Does Concubine Ai have the spirit to talk to the widow?" asked King Qin with concern to Mi Yue, who was lying on the bed.
"The concubine is very good, but the king says it's okay!"
"King Yiqu sent a letter to ask to enter Qin, only talking about the matter of Concubine Ai and the Ghost Fang Kingdom, not anything else, the widow thinks this King of Yiqu is very interesting!" King Qin said with a smile.
"Oh, why does the king think he's interesting?" asked Miyue with a smile.
"If this is the only thing, then why should the King of Yiqu take the risk of coming here in person! The Yiqu Kingdom has invaded my Great Qin many times, so he is not afraid that I will kill him?"
"I think that the king of Yiqu knew that the king was a person, so he dared to come with confidence! Or maybe he had the heart to make friends with the king, and it was not easy to explain it in the letter, so he came to apologize to the king in person!" Mi Yue understood the meaning of King Yiqu's actions in her heart, but she could only explain it for King Yiqu.
"I heard that the king of Yiqu is also a generation of heroes, it is possible to say that he is sincere to make friends, but if you want to say that he personally came to apologize, I am afraid it is impossible!"
"I'm afraid that the affairs of the Ghost Fang Kingdom are a little tricky, or there are some hidden secrets, so I have to come and discuss with the king and the concubines in person!" Mi Yue explained again.
"Well, that's not for sure, Concubine Ai is now physically inconvenient, would you like to meet him?" asked King Qin.
"The king doesn't have to pay attention to him, just send Mengying to see him!" Mi Yue said.
The two were talking, and a eunuch came to report, saying that Lizi and others had something important to report to the king of Qin and were waiting in the palace. King Qin then resigned from Miyue and returned to the palace to see Lizi and others.
When the King of Qin saw that Lizi and Zhang Yi, Sima Cuo, and Gan Mao were all here, he knew that something big was happening, so he asked:
"What's important to you?"
"The king's plan to divide the world has succeeded! Now that Shu has repelled Ba and intends to take advantage of the situation to destroy Tho, the Tho State has just sent someone to ask for help from my Great Qin!
"What does Zhang Zi think?" asked King Qin.
"What the Marquis of Yuan said is very true, and the minister also has this meaning!" Zhang Yi said.
"What do you two think?" King Qin asked Sima Cuo and Gan Mao. King Qin Huiwen was calm and calm in trouble, and was good at taking everyone's opinions, and under his leadership, Qin's national strength was also increasing day by day.
"The king only needs to give the last general 100,000 horses, and the last general will be the king to obtain the land of Bashu!" Sima said wrongly.
"Since the Tho country has sent people to ask for help, the king can take the opportunity to send troops into Bashu, take advantage of the left and right, and reap the benefits of the fisherman!"
"This battle must be able to be resolved quickly! The land of Bashu is vast, and the roads are dangerous, if you fall into it, the war will last for a long time, I am afraid it will not be appropriate!" King Qin hesitated.
"The minister has a plan, but he can break Bashu!" Zhang Yi said. Zhang Yi actually had an idea in his heart, and deliberately let others say it first, so that he would appear superior.
"What is Zhang Zi's clever plan, come quickly!" King Qin said happily.
"Now that the Kingdom of Tho has asked for help from my Great Qin, if Great Qin sends troops to save Tho, the King of Shu will be nervous! The King can immediately send troops into Tho, and at the same time deliberately release the news, the King of Shu will come to beg the King not to help Tho after learning about it, and the King can pretend to promise the King of Shu, saying that the Great Qin sent troops just for show, and will not seriously interfere in the internal affairs of Shu. The king then put forward conditions to the envoy of Shu, saying that after the king of Shu destroyed the kingdom of Tho, he would ask the king of Shu to give him gold, horses, and grain, so that the king of Shu would be convinced! If the king of Shu wants to destroy Tho, he will naturally have to open the way for the army, and the minister has already planned to 'open the way for the golden bull', and when the time comes, he will take the two countries of Tho and Shu in one fell swoop, and the country of Ba will also be at his fingertips!" Zhang Yi said, obviously determined that the king of Qin would adopt this plan. Tho was originally a fief of Shu, so Zhang Yi said that the destruction of Tho by the king of Shu was the internal affairs of Shu.
"Zhang Zi is really resourceful!" This king sent Sima Cuo as the main general, and Zhang Ruo as his deputy, immediately led 150,000 troops to attack Bashu!"
Zhang Ruo is the son of Zhang Yi, and the King of Qin sent Zhang Ruo as a deputy general, which promoted Zhang Yi's father and son. Gan Mao listened to Zhang Yi's words, and was unhappy, thinking that Zhang Yi didn't say anything when King Qin asked before, but waited until he and Sima Cuo couldn't come up with a way to say a detailed plan, obviously intentionally inviting merit and deliberately showing off his cleverness in front of King Qin. Gan Mao was recommended by Lizi, who had just been reused by King Qin at this time, although he didn't want to compete with Sima Coo, he had the heart to be a deputy general and get a share of the pie in the destruction of Bashu. King Qin gave the position of deputy general to Zhang Ruo, Gan Mao was unwilling, but he had no choice but to wait for everyone to resign from King Qin, and said Zhang Yi's in front of Lizi.
Soon after Sima Cuo and Zhang Ruo led the army to set off, Du Lu, the king of Shu, heard the news and sent someone to Xianyang to ask for a meeting with the king of Qin. The king of Qin acted according to the plan, and the envoy returned to Shu to reply to the king of Shu, and the king of Shu was overjoyed.
Soon Sima Cuo's army arrived in Tho, and the Marquis of Tho was very happy when he saw the reinforcements from Daqin. Sima Cuo took five stone oxen, quietly inlaid the gold under the ox's tail, and Du Ruo escorted it all the way to the kingdom of Tho, ready to give it to the Marquis of Tho as a gift. Du Ruo told Hou Hou that this was the "golden bull" of Great Qin, and what was eaten was grass, and what was pulled out was gold. The Marquis of Tho was suspicious, and after learning that Sima Cuo would help Tho and Shu, he didn't think much about it, and happily accepted the gift. On the second day, someone came to report that there was gold under the ass of the golden bull, and Hou Hou was overjoyed, and he was very grateful to the king of Qin, and he was not wary of Sima Cuo and others.
Sima Cuo and others placed 50,000 troops outside the city of Tho Kingdom, and hid 100,000 troops in the mountains, and only said to Hou Hou that there were 10,000 men and horses escorting grain and grass, and Hou Hou was convinced. Du Ruo personally led a team of men and horses to the junction of Tho and Shu, and trumpeted that the Tho Kingdom had obtained five golden oxen, and secretly told the king of Shu that these five golden bulls were originally intended to be presented to the king of Shu by the king of Qin, but they were intercepted by the Marquis of Tho halfway.
Du Lu, the king of Shu, was a young and vigorous king, who had just defeated the country of Ba, and it was when he was proud of himself, when he heard that the country of Tho had intercepted the golden ox in private, he did not think much about it, and immediately ordered five groups of laborers to open up the road, one was determined to cut down the Tho, and the other was intended to seize the golden bull and welcome the five golden bulls into Shu.
Originally, the Marquis of Tho should obey the orders of the King of Shu, but the Marquis of Tho secretly colluded with the Ba State, intending to be the king independently, so the King of Shu had already had the intention of cutting Tho, but because of the narrow road and the inconvenience of the march, he was afraid that the Ba State and the Qin State would block it. Now that the king of Shu has defeated the country of Ba, and has obtained the promise of the king of Qin, coupled with the temptation of five golden bulls, he decisively ordered the "five Ding Lux" to rush to work day and night, open up the road of the Sword Pavilion, and prepare to lead a large army to attack Tho.
Tho was a small country and could not resist the powerful Shu State, and after learning that the King of Shu had opened the way and was preparing to lead a large army to defeat Tho, the Marquis of Tho immediately asked Sima Cuo for help. Sima mistakenly won the trust of Hou Hou and proposed to Hou Hou that the Qin army of 50,000 horses be divided into two, 20,000 horses enter the city to defend the city, and 30,000 horses go to the border to meet the army of the king of Shu. Hou Hou immediately agreed to Sima Cuo's proposal and opened the gates of the national capital to Sima Cuo.
When the Qin army saw that the city gate was wide open, 50,000 horses rushed in, and the whole country of Tho was defenseless and resistant. Sima Coo easily seized the capital of Tho, and the king of Tho regretted it when he learned about it, so he had to surrender to Qin to save his life.
The king of Shu opened up the road of the Sword Pavilion to defeat Tho, and personally led the army to defeat the Marquis of Tho. Sima Coo let the king of Shu enter the territory of the kingdom of Tho all the way, and ambushed the elite soldiers and strong generals halfway, just waiting for the king of Shu to come. Dulu's army entered a valley, and the Qin soldiers swarmed down from the mountains on both sides and defeated the Shu army. In the chaos, the king of Shu was killed, and the remaining Shu army surrendered to Qin.
Sima Cuo led the army along the sword pavilion road opened by the king of Shu himself to kill the capital of Shu, the army in Shu was empty, unable to resist, the prince of Shu fled when he heard the wind, and went to the area of Pengxiang, where he was caught by the soldiers of Qin.
Sima Cuo easily won the two kingdoms of Tho and Shu, so he led his troops south, preparing to take the country of Ba in one fell swoop. Later, in order to warn future generations, the Shu people named the Jiange Road as "Shiniu Road", which was intended to remind the world that they should not be greedy for money, and only because of unnecessary money and the country was destroyed.
After Ba Guo learned that the Qin army had destroyed Tho Shu and came to attack Ba, he had no choice but to ask Chu for help. The king of Chu asked the ministers above the court, and the Chu general Jing Cui said:
"Last year, Ba Guo listened to Qin's words and attacked Chu, and today he came to ask Chu to resist Qin, it can be seen that Ba Wang has no faith, such a capricious villain, why should the king care about him!"
Jing Cui is Jing Li's cousin, and after the same King of Chu Ping, he is a nobleman of the Chu State clan, at this time Jing Li is the commander of Chu State, and Jing Cui is a general. Qu Yuan was anxious after hearing this, and immediately spoke to the king of Chu:
At this time, the state of Chu has already won the two kingdoms of Tho and Shu, if the country of Ba is obtained again, the state of Chu will no longer have a balance against the state of Qin, and it will be humiliated by it in the future!"
Jing Cui was unhappy after hearing this, and felt that Qu Yuan's words were too harsh, so he glanced at Jing Li, wanting him to help and reproach Qu Yuan. Jing Li understood what Jing Cui meant, and when he saw King Chu's frowns, he seemed to feel that Qu Yuan's words were too harsh, so he said:
"Since the Qin State has won the two kingdoms of Tho and Shu, the country of Ba naturally refuses to let go, if the king intends to save Tho, he must have the heart to fight a fierce battle with the Qin army! Now my Chu State spans the east and west, and there are dozens of counties, even if the Qin State wins Bashu, it may not be able to overwhelm my Chu State, what Dr. Qu said is an exaggeration!"
At this time, Qu Yuan had already reached the rank of middle doctor, and he had a place in the court, and when he heard Yin Jingli say this, Qu Yuan was even more anxious, so he said:
"The more determined the Qin State is to get the Ba State, the more the king will not be able to fulfill his wish! Once Qin gets the Ba State, he can send troops to Jiangzhou and go east at any time, how can my Chu State not be in danger! Shu is rich, and the Qin State has gained the grain, grass, soldiers and horses of Shu, and the national strength has greatly increased, and the Chu State will be burdened by it, if you don't believe my Qu Yuan's words today, he will regret it in the future!"
"My Chu country has a great king and all the virtuous ministers here, when will it be the turn of Doctor Qu to take responsibility for the country alone! Although the country of Naba has the effect of buffering and blocking Chu, it does not mean that it can be saved, and the king of Ba is capricious, if you save him today, can you guarantee that he will not attack Chu in the future?" Jing Cui retorted.
"Does Doctor Jin have a high opinion?" The king of Chu saw that several people were fighting each other, so he asked Jin Shangdao. Jin Shang was the chief of the doctors and Qu Yuan's superior leader, so the king of Chu asked Jin Shang's opinion.
"Although Doctor Qu's words are harsh, but the country of Ba does have the function of buffering Chu, once the country of Ba is taken away by the state of Qin, not only Wujun and Qianzhong are in a tight situation, but Yingdu is also within the scope of its troops! Ling Yin's words are also reasonable, the state of Qin is determined to destroy Ba, I am afraid that it will be difficult to save it for a while!" Jin Shang did not offend both sides in his words, but the meaning was obviously biased towards Qu Yuan.
"Doctor Qu said that he could save the country of Ba, but there is a good plan?" King Chu Huai listened to Jin Shang's words and felt that the country of Ba should be saved, but he also felt that Erjing's words were good, and he might not be able to save them easily, so he asked Qu Yuan.
"The king can give his ministers 100,000 soldiers and horses, and if the ministers can't save the country, they are willing to be dealt with by the king's military law!" Qu Yuan said awe-inspiringly.
The king of Chu was silent after hearing this, and Jing Cui said when he saw this:
"Sima mistakenly used soldiers all over the world, now he led 150,000 troops, plus no less than 200,000 soldiers of Bashu, how can you fight with 100,000 soldiers and horses?
"You┄┄You have misled the country and the people, and you have been a minister in vain!" Qu Yuan didn't know how to refute for a while, and was so anxious that he scolded Jing Cui.
"You are just a doctor in No. 1 Middle School, why are you so arrogant!" Jing Cui also said angrily.
"Don't fight anymore, listen to me!" Chen Zhen said when he saw this:
If the king sends 200,000 troops to save the country, the price is too great and unacceptable! Why doesn't the king send people to the country of Qin and make an appointment with the king of Qin to take the land of the country of Ba, so wouldn't it be the best of both worlds!
"What Aiqing said is reasonable, just follow Aiqing's words!" King Chu said happily.
Qu Yuan was dissatisfied when he heard this, but he had no choice but to give up. The king of Chu then sent Chen Zhen to the state of Qin to lobby the king of Qin, intending to get a piece of the pie in the affairs of the state of Ba. Zhang Yi heard this and said to King Qin:
"The king and promise to come down, don't hesitate, wait for Sima to take the country of Pakistan truthfully, and then make a plan!"
The king of Qin understood in his heart, so he promised Chen Zhen, and Chen Zhen returned to the king of Chu, and the king of Chu did not send a single soldier, and waited to share the land of Ba with Qin.
Ba had just lost the battle with Shu, at this time Sima Cuo led a large army to attack Ba, Ba Wang was difficult to resist, and did not see the Chu rescuers, so he had to lead the remnants of the defeated army to flee to the southwest. Sima mistakenly won Bashu, stationed troops in Jiangzhou, and sent people to report to the King of Qin. When the king of Chu learned about it, he sent someone to ask the king of Qin for the land of Ba, and the king of Qin promised to divide the area around Yunyang to the state of Chu, but Sima Cuo did not hand over the land to the state of Chu, and the king of Chu had no choice but to break off diplomatic relations with Qin and threatened to send troops to attack Sima Cuo.
In 314 BC, Ji Yan of the Zhou Dynasty succeeded to the throne, and later generations were called King Yu of Zhou, and was the last monarch of the Zhou Dynasty. In the same year, a boy was born to the Yin family in an old county in Jiangxia, Chu State, named Huang Xie, who later became Chun Shenjun. King Qin Huiwen got the land of Ba and Shu, and then changed to Ba County and Shu County of Great Qin, and then the national strength became more and more powerful, and the intention of winning the world became stronger and stronger, causing tension among the six countries. Sima Cootun troops in Jiangzhou City, relying on the manpower and material resources of Shuzhong, continued to expand eastward, striking at the Wujun of Chu and the land of Qianzhong, Chu was tired of fighting, the king of Chu regretted in his heart, began to reuse Qu Yuan, and soon after Qu Yuan was promoted to the doctor.