Zhao Weiwang in the Warring States Period

Zheng Zhu immediately opened his mouth and shouted at Li Si: "Li Qing, how dare you speak so arrogantly in front of the king! If you can't say anything good or bad this time, I will ask the king to punish you for the crime of talking freely!"

Sitting on the throne, Zhao Dan frowned, and said in a timely manner: "Okay, stop arguing, we are all widows and important ministers of the Zhao Kingdom, and they are still arguing here, what a shame!"

After seeing both of them shut their mouths, Zhao Dan said to Li Si again in a deep voice: "Li Qingru has something to say, just say it, don't say anything else."

It seems that he is blaming Li Si, but in fact he is somewhat protective of Li Si. After all, he has quarreled with Zhao Sheng and Zheng Zhu before he said anything. After all, he will offend everyone. Empty?

To be honest, this is also a common problem of legalist officials, that is, they are very, very easy to offend people.

Legalist officials attach great importance to the rules and regulations and the emperor's decrees. In layman's terms, they like to be the emperor's loyal dog, and they even do not hesitate to fight against other Zhao officials who are also in the official class for the sake of the emperor.

As a result, colleagues often have a very bad impression of Legalist officials, and whenever they have the opportunity, they will attack these Legalist officials in groups, trying to bring them down.

As long as you look through the history books, you will find that representatives of Legalism like Li Sichao, Zhang Tang, Sang Hongyang, etc. are basically like this. When they are alive, they are not treated by their colleagues.

Although the conflict between Li Si and Zheng Zhu has definitely not reached that point yet, Zhao Dan doesn't want his minister to make you die, so he specifically warned Li Si, it depends on whether he can understand it .

Li Si responded after hearing Zhao Dan's words, and he didn't know if he understood, and immediately said very respectfully: "My lord, there is actually a reason why I said that just now. The idea of ​​the minister is actually very simple. Although our country is very powerful now, it is not enough to destroy the Wei State independently. But what if the King joins other countries and takes advantage of this rare opportunity to attack the Wei State together?"

As soon as Li Si said these words, the whole hall was suddenly quiet.

Chapter 742 Zhao Dan's real plan (second update)

As soon as Li Si said these words, Zhao Dan could clearly feel the change in the atmosphere present.

Whether it's Zhao Sheng or Zheng Zhu, or the many officials and generals of the Zhao Kingdom present, at this moment, they all had a thought at this moment, "Yes, why did you forget about this before?"

Hasn't Zhao Guo's strategy all along been to unite with other countries to fight more and fight less?If this is the case, then why can't such a strategy be used when facing Wei Guo this time?

Seeing the thoughtful expressions of all the people present, Li Si was also secretly happy in his heart, knowing that his performance was basically a success.

So Li Si took advantage of the situation to add another fire, and said to the people present: "Everyone may wish to think about the story of the five countries' attack on Qi. Since the five countries' attack on Qi can be successful, then now we will unite with other countries to destroy Wei. The country is also entirely possible."

Zhao Dan finally smiled for the first time when he heard this.

The reason is also very simple, because what Li Si said exactly coincided with what Zhao Dan thought in his mind.

The reason why Zhao Dan planned an assassination plot against Wei Wangyu so carefully was of course not simply to assassinate an enemy monarch.

After all, as long as one of the monarchs is killed, there will be another one, which is impossible to kill.

The reason why Zhao Dan took such a big risk to agree to this plan, and let Hu Yiwei initiate the persuasion of Duan Ganzi and the poisonous killing of Wei Wangyu, is to use Wei Wangyu's righteous name of crusading Duan Ganzi and the traitor after his death. To annex Wei.

Why Wei Guo?Firstly, it was because Duan Ganzi completely had the motive to kill Wei Wangyu, and secondly, because of the special situation of Wei State, after Wei Wangyu died, no one would be Duan Ganzi's opponent, and no one would think that a very The year-old prince can deal with Duan Ganzi, who has command of [-] Taoyi defenders.

According to Hu Yiwei's secret report, the reason why Wei Wangyu suddenly attacked Duan Ganzi at the New Year's Day dinner was probably because he was not worried about Duan Ganzi's brother-in-law's military power.

Wei Wangyu originally planned to order someone to capture Duan Ganzi's brother-in-law Chen Lin after capturing Duan Ganzi, but it was a pity that Wei Wangyu was wrong in the end. He did not expect that Hu Yiwei from Zhao Guo was actually helping Duan Gan secretly. Son, this is the final death.

From the beginning to the end, Zhao Dan never thought of occupying Wei State alone.Because history has proved that behavior like Qi's monopoly on Song will only attract other countries to attack, and eating alone can only lead to a dead end.

Is there any way to wipe out a big country in one fell swoop without eating alone?

The answer is yes, this is the Five Kingdoms' attack back then.

During the Five Kingdoms' campaign against Qi, the other six countries, Chu, betrayed its alliance with Qi and made an unprecedented partition of Qi. China, once the most powerful country in the Warring States period, should have died suddenly 30 years ago, completely wiped out.

Of course, Zhao Guo can also take another road, which is the road of Qin Guo back then.

Qin's road is to go east all the way, go east, go east again, and then win.

Considering geographical factors, if Zhao Guo wants to go the way of Qin State, it will be much more difficult than Qin State in history, because Qin State does not need to take into account its own interests in the process of attacking the six countries in the east. For the back road, just go eastward without thinking.

However, if Zhao Guo does this, it will have to face the reality of multi-front combat. Not having one more front means that Zhao Guo's strength will be weakened by one point, which means that the risk of Zhao Guo's failure will increase by one point.

So Zhao Dan felt that even though the current state of Zhao already had the most powerful force in the world, it shouldn't copy Qin's path in history.

Even if you use history as a mirror, you must pay attention to adapting measures to local conditions, and you can't just copy them mechanically. This will only lead Zhao Guo to a dead end.

To take the road of unifying China with Zhao's characteristics, this is Zhao Dan's conclusion after five years of thinking after crossing.

And uniting other countries to destroy Wei State is Zhao Dan's first attempt on this path.

If the country is not destroyed, how can we talk about unification?

Zhao Dan knocked on the table, drawing everyone's attention to himself, and then slowly said: "What Li Qing said won the hearts of the widow, and the widow plans to send troops to Wei Guo together with South Korea's Chu State to punish Wei Guo. In the name of Duan Ganzi, the traitor of the minister who destroyed the chaos, he is actually dividing up the Wei country!"

Due to the continuous victories of Zhao State and the continuous expansion of its territory to the southeast, the Wei and Qi countries that originally bordered each other have now been separated by the territory of Zhao State. The only three neighboring countries of Wei State are Zhao State, South Korea and Chu State. , That's why Zhao Dan set the goal of cooperation in South Korea and Chu.

After hearing Zhao Dan's words, the ministers of Zhao State who were present fell silent for a while. Although they knew very well in their hearts that after Zhao Dan's words were spoken, the final decision was basically made, but after all, these ministers I still have some ethics, and I still have to speak out some worries in my heart.

Zheng Zhu said: "Your Majesty, it's not that I want to raise the bar on purpose, but haven't you thought about it, even if you combine the power of South Korea and Chu, it may not be able to destroy Wei. After all, there is Qin State." State, Qi State, Yan State, and the Three Kingdoms will certainly not stand idly by."

This is actually a problem. Although Zhao Guo is indeed very powerful now, considering the reality that South Korea and Chu are not actually strong countries, if the Zhao, Han and Chu Three Kingdoms Alliance is against the other four countries, although it seems that they will win. It is indeed not small, but as long as it is a protracted war, even if it wins the war, there is no guarantee that Wei will be annexed.

Zhao Dan nodded, agreed with Zheng Zhu's opinion, and then made his own answer.

"Zheng Qing's concerns are also clear to the widow, but Zheng Qing, don't forget, what is the name of the widow's sending troops this time? The widow's sending troops is to kill the rebellious ministers and thieves, Duan Ganzi, and return Wei Guo to a bright future! Kill the rebellious ministers The thieves in the world should do it together, so I decided to invite the kings of all countries in the world to jointly send troops to attack Duan Ganzi!"

After Zhao Dan finished speaking, he smiled and said to Zheng Zhu in front of him: "Now Zheng Qing should understand what the widow means?"

Zheng Zhu showed a surprised and suddenly enlightened expression on his face, and said: "I really understand, Your Majesty really appreciates it!"

To put it bluntly, what Zhao Dan wants to organize this time is not a Three Kingdoms Conquest of Wei, but a Six Kingdoms Conquest of Wei including all the other six nations among the Seven Heroes of the Warring States Period!

Zhao Dan nodded to Zheng Zhu, and said with a smile: "This is why the widows want South Korea and Chu to join the group. If Zhao is the only country that wants to occupy Wei, then the six-nation coalition will gather It is very easy to be seen by others. But if South Korea and Chu State also occupy the land of Wei State at the same time, then the remaining three countries will feel that "

When Zhao Dan said this, he paused deliberately, and glanced at Zheng Zhu.

Zheng Zhu hurriedly continued: "In this way, Qi, Yan and Qin will feel that the king, like Han and Chu, is taking advantage of the opportunity to conquer Duan Ganzi to quietly seize some of Wei's territory. It actually happened quite often in the past, so you wouldn’t be overly vigilant about such behavior.”

"In this way, as long as the whole thing goes smoothly enough, when Qi and Yan and Qin find out that the situation is wrong, Wei's territory will basically be divided up. At that time, even if the three countries intend to send troops to help, they will not It can no longer change the fact that Wei State will be destroyed!"

After such an explanation, all Zhao Guo ministers present have completely understood.

Lian Po arched his hands, and said to Zhao Dan in admiration, "Your Majesty's strategy is really brilliant, and I admire you! I am willing to be the chief general of this expedition and conquer the territory of Wei State for the King!"

Now that the matter of dispatching troops has been determined, the next key issue is naturally to decide who will be the lead general in this dispatch of troops.

After losing two consecutive competitions for the position of the general, Lian Po's desire for the position of the general is obviously very strong.

Moreover, Lian Po has just experienced another defeat, so he eagerly hopes that he can win another victory to wash away his shame.

On the other side, as soon as Lian Po's old enemy Pang Nuan saw this situation, he knew that this time he couldn't argue, so he immediately stood up and said to Zhao Dan: "Your Majesty, although I am not talented, I am willing to relieve your worries." .Please ask the minister to let the minister lead the army to march against Wei!"

After a pause, Pang Nuan seemed to be worried that his words were not convincing enough, so he added a special sentence: "My lord, the last war against Wei was directed by the minister, and the minister knows Wei very well. , this time I will definitely not disappoint the king."

Regarding Pang Nuan's statement, Lian Po's ally Yu Xin immediately expressed doubts: "Pang Qing, if I remember correctly, it was precisely because Pang Qing was unable to break through the defense line of the main force of the Wei army in the last war that led to The entire battle situation was at stake and there were signs of failure. If it weren't for the bravery of the soldiers and civilians in Shangdang County, the entire war situation would be unpredictable."