Zhao Weiwang in the Warring States Period

This last question was addressed to several Zhao Guo ministers around.

As soon as Zhao Dan's words fell, Zhao Shengbang, Zhao Guoxiangbang, immediately said: "Yes, I think what the king said is very reasonable. Since the Qi people dare to invade the territory of our Zhao country, they must prepare for the mentality of annihilating the entire army." Prepare!"

The murderous look on Zhao Sheng's face was completely different from that of Lord Pingyuan who advocated peace with Qi State yesterday.

After Zhao Sheng opened his mouth, Si Kou Yuxin also immediately expressed his support for Zhao Sheng's words: "My lord, I think what Pingyuan Lord said is very reasonable. If you let the people of his country get away with it like this, then how majestic is the overlord of the king?" How can you explain to the people of Zhao State who were harmed by the Qi army? Qi State must pay the price!"

After Yu Xin, all the important ministers of the State of Zhao also spoke one after another, and everything they said was about Qi Guo's shouting and killing, which made Hou Sheng break out in cold sweat, and couldn't help regretting this mission.

"It's bitter! If I knew this, I shouldn't have accepted this trip to Handan. Now that Zhao's senior officials insist on going to war, once the news gets back, the king will be furious. Isn't it a dead end for me?"

Chapter 727 Qi Country's Decision (Third Change)

Thinking of this, Hou Sheng suddenly felt that his future was hopeless.

Hou Sheng was very flustered. All along, he had relied on the trust of Qi Wangjian, and at the same time, he made a lot of money as the prime minister of Qi, and he even indulged his followers, relatives and friends to do it. A lot of corrupt practices.

If Qi Wangjian lost confidence in himself because of the unfavorable negotiation with Zhao Guo this time, then Hou Sheng has offended so many people, and there will definitely be many people who are willing to make trouble for Hou Sheng once.

Once the Dongchuang incident occurs, then winning afterward will be a dead end.

So no matter what, for the sake of my own future and life, I certainly can't just give up, so I decided to give it a try.

So Hou Sheng took a deep breath, and said to Zhao Dan in front of him with a trembling voice: "These are all misunderstandings, please listen to Hou Sheng's explanation!"

Looking at Hou Sheng's appearance, Zhao Dan couldn't help feeling a little funny.

The current situation has become like this, naturally Zhao Dan did it on purpose.

Although Zhao Dan has indeed made up his mind to negotiate a peace with the people of Qi, but don't forget that now Zhao has taken the initiative on the battlefield, and Zhao Dan will of course use the current situation to seek more benefits for Zhao.

That's why Zhao Dan specially informed the ministers of Zhao Guo who were present in advance that he wanted these ministers of Zhao Guo to cooperate with Zhao Dan to play a good show, so as to deceive Hou Sheng after a while, so that Hou Sheng mistakenly thought that the center of gravity of Zhao Guo's attack was still in Qi The country's 15 troops forced Hou Sheng and Qi Wangjian to make more concessions in order to keep the 15 troops.

Judging from the current situation, Zhao Dan's strategy has obviously succeeded, and it seems that Hou Sheng has not only been fooled, but the degree of being fooled is not light.

So Zhao Dan coughed pretendingly, and said coldly to Hou Sheng in front of him: "Hou Qing, you still have one last chance to speak, if you can't satisfy the widow, then you should hurry back to Linzi City and let the Qi Wangjian is ready to deal with the army of widows."

When Hou Sheng heard this, it was okay, as long as one bad word was said, the country of Qi would be destroyed in a matter of minutes.

Under Zhao Dan's strong pressure, Hou Sheng finally stopped hesitating, and immediately said to Zhao Dan: "My lord, I have already said before I set off, as long as the lord is willing to cease fighting with the Qi State, let Gaotang City If Kuang Liang leads his army back to the country, then Qi will be willing to cede the land of a hundred miles to the king!"

"A land of hundreds of miles?" Zhao Dan frowned slightly, and then a funny expression appeared on his face: "Houqing, Houqing, it's not that the widow is talking about you. Now that the widow's country is so vast, I'm afraid there must be at least a few Thousands of miles, do you think this mere land of a hundred miles can really move people?"

Although it is true that he wants to take benefits, Zhao Dan really doesn't pay attention to the benefits that Qi Guo offered.

This is like a person taking 100 million to try to bribe a billionaire, this is simply ridiculous!

The cold sweat on Hou Sheng's forehead became more dense, and he hurriedly continued: "Your Majesty doesn't know something, my king has already said, the king of this hundred-mile land can be appointed by himself!"

Hou Sheng was also forced to do nothing, so he wanted to discuss the matter first, and then go back and explain to Qi Wangjian slowly.

Anyway, Hou Sheng at least completed the errand assigned by Qi Wangjian, didn't he?

After Zhao Dan heard Hou Sheng's words, his face moved slightly, and he showed a serious expression for the first time. After thinking for a while, he said: "In this case, only King Qi is willing to cede Pinlu City to the widow. , this time I will make peace with the Qi State.”

"Pinglu City?" When Hou Sheng heard Zhao Dan's words, his whole body couldn't help shaking again.

As we all know, the political system of Qi State is different from that of other countries.

This country especially likes the auspicious number five. In addition to the unique "Five Officials of Qi State", Qi State also has another system, which is the system of five capitals.

The so-called five-capital system means that Qi State divides the whole country into five parts, and each part is governed by a capital city. Among them, Linzi, as the capital of King Qi, is naturally the highest, while the other four capitals can be regarded as four military districts.

The highest officials in these four capitals are the highest officials in the four capitals, that is, the four capitals are equivalent to the supreme commanders of a military region. They are usually responsible for governing the local area, and when wartime comes, they will become commanders and gather the troops in their own military regions. Get up and follow the order of King Qi to fight.

However, apart from Linzi, the five capitals are not fixed, and they are mainly designated according to the situation faced by Qi State at that time.

The current five capitals of Qi State are the capital Linzi, and then there are Jucheng, Jimo City, Gaotang, and the Pinglu City that Zhao Dan just mentioned.

Among these five capitals, Gaotang City has now become the land of Zhao State, and Pinglu City happens to be the closest to Gaotang City among the other four capitals.

If this city is also ceded to Zhao State, it will definitely be a very serious weakening for Qi State.

From the point of view of the State of Zhao, as long as the city of Pinglu can be obtained, the Hejian Land of the State of Zhao and Qufu, the hometown of the State of Lu, will be connected.

In fact, the reason why Qi State established one of its capitals in Pinglu City was that it hoped to use Pinglu City as a base for attacking Lu State.

It is precisely because this Pinglu City is so important, so after hearing Zhao Dan's conditions, Hou Sheng couldn't help changing his face, and after a while he said to Zhao Dan: "My lord, this Shouldn't this matter be discussed again?"

"This matter is not discussed at all!" Zhao Dan waved his hand decisively, interrupting Hou Sheng's words: "Didn't Hou Qing just say that? As long as I want to, I can take away a hundred miles from Qi State at will." Land, now the widows have decided to cede this Pinglu City and its land with a radius of a hundred miles."

After Zhao Dan's voice fell, the expression on Hou Sheng's face became even uglier.The whole person looked extremely hesitant, unable to say a word for a long time.

Although preparations were made to cede land for peace from the very beginning, Hou Sheng was naturally very hesitant at the thought of ceding such an important city.

After all, the price is still too high. If King Qi is not satisfied with this condition, then if Hou Sheng agrees, it will be tantamount to courting death.

After a long time, Hou Sheng still has not made any decision.

Zhao Dan showed a smile on his face when he saw this, and said: "Houqing can go back and think about it first, but I only give you five days, if you don't get any response within five days, then continue to fight!"

Seeing Hou Sheng's back disappear from sight, Yu Xin couldn't help but said: "My lord, will the people of Qi agree to such a condition?"

Zhao Dan smiled confidently: "Now Yan's army is still raging in Qi's territory, if there is no army of Kuangliang, the remaining troops of Qi's army can't be the opponent of Yan's army at all! So nothing to worry about, just sit back and wait for news."

The real core issue of this negotiation is the 15 Qi army led by Kuang Liang in Gaotang City.

As long as the 15 Qi troops are in hand, no matter whether it is to deal with Yan's attack or to counterattack Zhao in the future, the people of Qi will still have a little bit of confidence in their hearts.

However, if the Qi army was eventually wiped out in Gaotang City by the Zhao State because the peace talks could not be reached, the Qi State would lose far more than just one Pinglu City in the future.

Zhao Dan felt that as long as the monarch and ministers of Qi State were not fools, they should agree to their conditions.

Sure enough, four days later, Housheng begged to see Zhao Dan again and informed Zhao Dan of Qi's final decision.

Qi State will cede Pinglu City and the surrounding hundreds of miles to Zhao State in exchange for the truce between Qi and Zhao this time.

Chapter 728 The Somewhat Desperate Wei Wangyu (Fourth Change)

Wei State Taoyi, Miyagi.

There are many trees planted in the palace city of Wei State. Every time in the middle of summer, cicadas will scream on the trees. The noon sun shines directly on the earth, casting shadows of the trees, and occasionally a gust of wind blows in. , all the still shadows seemed to come alive all of a sudden, swaying gently with the wind.

At this moment, a shout suddenly came from the palace: "Idiots, they are all a bunch of idiots! Get out of here!"

Accompanied by Wei Wangyu's scolding, several Wei ministers ran out of the palace in disgrace. It was obvious that Wei Wangyu's anger just now was directed at them.

But the departure of these ministers does not mean that there is no one in the palace.