Zhao Weiwang in the Warring States Period

Wei Wuji cupped his hands and said: "My brother has a strategy, which may be used by the king."

"Oh?" Wei Wangyu's eyes lit up, and he said, "Hurry up and tell me!"

Wei Wuji said: "What the king is worried about is that the Three Kingdoms first defeated Qin and then attacked Wei. But in my opinion, the battle of Changping, in which Qin and Zhao sent millions of troops, is indeed an unprecedented war. If this battle If the winner is divided, the losses for both sides will be extremely heavy. Even if the Zhao State wins, it will be unable to attack our Wei State in a hurry. Why should the king be afraid of it? If there is no Zhao State to participate in the war, Qi and Chu will have nothing to worry about!"

Wei Wuji believed that even if Zhao Guo could win such an epic battle like the Battle of Changping, it would be a tragic victory, and it belonged to the kind of killing one thousand enemies and self-defeating eight hundred.In addition, if Zhao Guo wins, he will digest such a big cake as Shangdang County, so it is basically unlikely that Zhao Guo will start the next war immediately.

If there is no Zhao Guo's participation, even if Qi and Chu attack together, the pressure on Wei Guo will not be so great. After all, South Korea and Yan Guo can unite. easy to say.

After these words, Wei Wangyu was completely silent.

After half a cup of tea, Wei Wangyu said: "I want to send General Jin Bi to lead an army of [-] soldiers to Yecheng, what does Lord Xinling think?"

"Yecheng?" Wei Wuji was stunned for a moment, and then a bitter thought slowly emerged from his heart.

"Your Majesty, you still don't believe me!"

Where is Yecheng?It belongs to an important military town in the north of the State of Wei. It only takes one day to cross the Zhangshui River from Yecheng, and the army of the State of Wei can appear under the city of Handan!

Garrisoning the army in this place can only mean one thing, that is, Wei Wangyu is still inclined to help Qin State attack Zhao State!

In fact, to put it bluntly, it was that Wei Wangyu didn't trust Wei Wuji, and was jealous of his younger brother from the bottom of his heart.With such an internal reason, when Wei Wangyu made a decision, he would subconsciously want to go against Wei Wuji's way.

This is not the first time that something similar has happened to this pair of monarch brothers.

Wei Wangyu paused for a moment, and then continued: "But the envoy of Qin invited me, and I will not accept it for the time being. If Qin really cut Yuanyong and my Great Wei, I will discuss this matter with you."

This is the second reason for Wei Wangyu's decision, he still never forgets Yuanyong City in his heart.After all, if you help the state of Qin, you can hope to get Yuanyong City. If you help the state of Zhao, it seems that you will get nothing. Instead, you will raise an overlord by your side.

Wei Wangyu has been on the throne for so many years, and the territory of Wei State is getting smaller and smaller every day. It is rare to have an opportunity to expand the territory. How can Wei Wangyu let it go easily?Even if Qin Guo's words are likely to be nothing more than a blank check, Wei Wangyu wants to give it a try!

Wei Wuji sighed secretly when he heard the words, knowing that this was probably the limit of what he could do.After all, the reason why Wei Wangyu uttered this last sentence to show that Wei State is still temporarily neutral is obviously a decision made for Wei Wuji's face.

Moreover, Wei Wangyu also said that he would discuss this matter after Qin State really forced South Korea to cede Yuanyong City to Wei State, so this matter is not without a turnaround.

So Wei Wuji pondered for a while, and finally nodded with a somewhat helpless expression: "Just follow what the king said."

Chapter 57 Crisis

"General Jin Bi of the State of Wei led an army of [-] troops to Yecheng?" When Zhao Dan in Handan City heard the news from Miao Xian, it was already a few days later.

The shock of this news to Zhao Dan can be detected just by looking at the incomparably surprised expression on his face.

Due to the memory brought by time travel, Zhao Dan has always regarded Wei Guo as a "quasi-ally" subconsciously.In the previous meeting, they also tended to pay more attention to Yan State, rather than Wei State.

There is no doubt that this was a mistake.

It is absolutely impossible for a true quasi-ally to blatantly station [-] troops in Yecheng, which is one river south of Handan City, the capital of Zhao State, at such a critical moment.

This is simply equivalent to the Wei people sitting at the gate of Zhao Dan's house with a submachine gun, and the muzzle of the submachine gun is pointing directly at Zhao Dan's bedroom!

After a while, Zhao Dan managed to calm down the surprise, anger, confusion and other emotions in his heart, and said to Miao Xian in front of him: "Quickly call all ministers into the palace to discuss matters!"

Seeing Miao Xian leaving in a hurry, Zhao Dan's face gradually darkened.

It wasn't until this moment that Zhao Dan suddenly realized that he had made a mistake that he hadn't noticed all along.

With the butterfly effect that appeared in time travel, the world has quietly changed, and I can no longer simply apply the history in my memory to look at the relationship between Zhao State and other countries.

Whether it is an ally or an enemy country, from now on, everyone should reassess and think about the relationship between Zhao Guo and them from the status quo, instead of copying history.

After all, the idiom "Chao Qin and Mu Chu" was originally used to satirize the vassal states of the Warring States period for forming an alliance with one today and another alliance tomorrow.

But what made Zhao Dan a little relieved was that at least Wei Guo hadn't officially launched a war against Zhao Guo, so there should be a turning point for this matter.

What should be done to resolve this crisis?

Zhao Dan sat there quietly, his face constantly changing, and fell into long-term contemplation.

Due to the distance, it was already half an hour before the ministers of Zhao State gathered in front of Zhao Dan.

There were four ministers who came this time. Apart from Lian Po who was absent as usual at the front line, Lin Xiangru who was bedridden again due to an attack of illness did not appear.

But that doesn't matter, because the few people in front of Zhao Dan are enough to decide the military and state affairs of the entire Zhao country.

Mr. Liang Qichao once said, "If you want to be competitive abroad, you must serve as a military citizen. Among the seven heroes, only Qin and Zhao are militarists. The king of martial arts is Zhao Zhida Peter. I thought it was a place where I learned to ride and shoot; to teach the people to ride and shoot, it is said that all the people are soldiers.”

In Liang Qichao's view, King Zhao Wuling, who practiced "Hufu riding and shooting", is a national leader comparable to the best emperor in Russian history, Peter the Great.Among the reforms carried out by these two emperors, apart from restoring the country and strengthening the army, the most important thing is to centralize power.

Today's Qin State and Zhao State are the two countries with the highest degree of centralization among the seven heroes of the Warring States Period. The degree of centralization of power is led by Qin and followed by Zhao.

The status quo of the two countries is in line with the trend of the times and the law of historical development, which is why the Qin and Zhao countries were able to stand at the end in the extremely cruel world of the Warring States War, and compete against each other on the stage of the final finals. The reason for the superiority.

In the Dragon Terrace, Zhao Dan looked at the ministers in front of him who were still a little confused, and finally turned his attention to Pingyuan Lord Zhao Sheng, and said slowly: "Wei Wangyu ordered General Wei Jin Bi to lead the army a few days ago. [-], have now entered Yecheng."

As soon as Zhao Dan said these words, the four ministers present showed shocked expressions at the same time.None of the people who can sit here are fools, so of course they understand what Wei Guo's stationing troops in Yecheng represents.

Handan is in danger!

Once the State of Wei turns against the water and cooperates with the State of Qin, the army of the State of Wei can cross the Zhangshui River and enter the territory of the State of Zhao at any time.

After entering the territory of Zhao State, the Wei army could not only besiege Handan City, the capital of Zhao State, and carry out beheading tactics, but also attack Wu'an and Zhongmou, the other two important towns of Zhao State, and even further invade the Beishang Party's Tunliu, completely cutting off Changping. The food road and rear of the army.

No matter what kind of situation happened, it would be extremely fatal to Zhao Guo.

Of course, the previous monarchs of Zhao State were not defenseless against attacks from Wei State.Don't forget that although the protagonists in the idiom "besiege Wei and save Zhao" are Qi and Wei, the country besieged by Wei is Zhao, and the besieged city is Handan!

Although the result of besieging Wei and saving Zhao was that the Qi army defeated the Wei army in Guiling, before the Battle of Guiling broke out, the general of Wei State Pang Juan had led the Wei army to break through Handan, forcing Zhao Chenghou, the then monarch of Zhao State, to flee in embarrassment.

It was also because of the defeat in Handan that Zhao Chenghou was forced to sign an unequal treaty with King Wei Hui in the Zhangshui Alliance.

For Zhao Chenghou and Zhao Guo, this is undoubtedly a great shame and humiliation.

So Zhao Chenghou and subsequent monarchs of Zhao State built a Great Wall on the north bank of the Zhangshui River, the boundary line between Wei and Zhao, to prevent the Wei State's army from going north again. This Great Wall is also the Zhao State South Great Wall.

With the South Great Wall, Zhao State's defense ability against Wei State was significantly enhanced. Although there have been many wars between the two countries in the past hundred years, Handan has never been breached by Wei State.

Yu Shi Louchang forced a smile, and said: "My lord, don't worry, my state of Zhao has the fortification of the southern Great Wall, and even the state of Wei cannot overcome it in a hurry."

Hearing this, Yu Xin let out a hey, and looked at Lou Chang with an idiot's eyes: "Today, all my Zhao soldiers are gathered on the front line of Changping to fight against the Qin people. Even if there is the Southern Great Wall, who will guard it?"

As soon as Yu Xin said these words, the temperature in the palace seemed to drop several degrees all of a sudden.

This is the embarrassment of Zhao Guo now.

No soldiers!

Today's Southern Great Wall has mobilized a large number of soldiers and horses originally stationed here due to the Battle of Changping, but now there are only two to three thousand soldiers stationed here.