Chapter Five Hundred and Thirty-Seven Save the State of Chu?
In April 255 BC, Xianyang City.
This is the third day after the State of Zhao united with Qi, Wei and Han to formally send troops to Chu.
Due to the lag in intelligence transmission, Qin Wangzhu just learned about this news.
After learning the news, King Zhu of Qin immediately summoned all the ministers of Qin to discuss countermeasures.
So in front of Qin Wangzhu, the ministers of Qin State quarreled together.
The one who voiced the biggest was not the Qin prime minister Mi Chen who liked to show himself very much, but came from Cai Ze, the Gangcheng Jun.
"Now that Qin and Chu are allies, how can we not save us? If we sit on the sidelines of Chu, then who can be an ally of the Great Qin when Zhao comes to attack in the future?"
Cai Ze looked excited and even his beard was about to blow up when he spoke.
Obviously, Cai Ze was determined to save the Chu faction.
However, this is actually understandable. After all, the proposal of the Qin-Chu Alliance was originally proposed by Cai Ze in the high-level meeting of Qin State, so Cai Ze of course must strive to protect Chu State.
As soon as Cai Ze said it, he immediately received the approval of many Qin ministers.
The Qin-Chu Alliance fought against a superpower from the Taihang Mountains. This scene has actually been happening frequently in the Spring and Autumn Period in the past few hundred years.
It’s just that the superpower at that time was called Jin State, and now this superpower has become Zhao State.
With such excellent traditions of mutual assistance from ancestors, the Qin people actually did not have much resistance to aiding Chu.
Of course, the most important thing is that in recent decades, Qin has played the role of a nemesis of Chu, so the Qin people do not have much hostility towards Chu.
No matter who it is, he will not be too hostile to a poor person who has been beaten by himself for many years, and he will be willing to help the poor person when he is in a downturn.
But the problem is that among the Qin monarchs and ministers present, not everyone agreed to rescue Chu.
After Cai Ze expressed his opinion, Yangquan Jun Mi Chen, the prime minister of Qin who was sitting on the other side, sneered and said, "Gangchengjun, it is simple for your mouth to open and close. But you don't think about it. This Chu State is so easy to save? The coalition of Zhao, Han, Wei and Qi together has hundreds of thousands of troops. Can the Qin State and Chu State be matched by the Great Qin State?"
Mi Chen's words, including King Zhu of Qin and Cai Ze, the Qin monarchs and ministers in the hall couldn't help but look a little ugly.
Mi Chen's words are actually just a matter of exposing the shortcomings.
But what made Qin monarchs and ministers even more unhappy was that Mi Chen's words were really true.
The combined strength of the four countries of Zhao, Han, Wei and Qi is indeed much stronger than the Qin and Chu alliance.
Cai Ze snorted heavily and said, "How can this war be determined by the number of people? Our great Qin also has famous generals like Wu'anjun, which may not be inferior to those of Zhao!"
When Cai Ze said this, many people turned their eyes to Wu'an Jun Bai Qi on the side.
Bai Qi sat there expressionlessly, and his whole body looked like a sculpture, completely unmoved.
So many of them began to look a little disappointed in their eyes, thinking in their hearts: "I guess Wu'an Jun was afraid of Lian Po, so he didn't dare to fight. But it's no wonder, after all, Wu'an Jun's invincible myth was broken by Lian Po."
As a result, Cai Ze's momentum became much weaker.
Mi Chen saw all this in his eyes, and his smile on his face became a little more, and his tone increased a lot when he spoke: "Guang Chengjun, since you keep saying that the Qin and Chu alliance can fight against Zhao, Han and Wei Qi, then I want to ask you, if you send troops to aid Chu and fail, can you bear this responsibility?"
Cai Ze was immediately speechless when Mi Chen asked this.
If the troops sent to aid Chu as Mi Chen said and failed, then based on past experience, most of the 100,000 people who died or injured were not running away.
Who can bear this responsibility if these 100,000 lives are left here?
Anyway, Cai Ze definitely can't afford it.
But Cai Ze was unwilling to give in to Mi Chen like this, so he thought about it and said again: "Actually, the Great Qin can still contact Yan State again. If it is the Qin, Chu and Yan State Alliance, then I think it should be powered to fight!"
Mi Chen sneered: "Gangchengjun, you think well, but have you forgotten that Yan State is also an ally of Zhao State, and Empress Dowager Yan and King Zhao are still fellow compatriots!"
Cai Ze yelled and said, "So what about a mother? Now that the Empress Dowager Yan is in the position of the Empress Dowager, he naturally has to consider the problem from the position of Yan State! Yan State and Qi State have always had grudges, so he only sent a capable lobbyist to Yan State, so he would not worry about Yan State not sending troops to attack Qi! Once Yan State sends troops to attack Qi, Qi State must be transferred back to aid, and the enemy faced by Chu State will be the three Jins."
Mi Chen laughed and said, "Since that's the case, why don't Gangchengjun go to Yan State and bring this ally for Daqin?"
Cai Ze also expressed his expression without showing any weakness: "I want to hide what Yang Quanjun said, I have this intention!"
At this moment, it was Mi Chen's turn to be a little stunned.
After coming back to his senses, Mi Chen suddenly realized that he seemed to have miscalculated.
Isn’t this old boy Cai Ze a native of Yan?
Therefore, Cai Ze must have a lot of connections in Yan State.
Otherwise, Cai Ze would not have taken on Mi Chen's words so decisively.
If Cai Ze really succeeds in his mission to Yan State, wouldn’t Mi Chen give Cai Ze a great contribution in vain?
When Mi Chen thought of this, she suddenly had the urge to slap herself hard.
It was at this moment that King Zhu of Qin, who had been listening quietly to Cai Ze and Mi Chen, suddenly spoke: "Since Gang Chengjun volunteered, then Gang Chengjun would be responsible for the mission to Yan State."
This immediately blocked all the words Mi Chen still said.
The Qin Prime Minister was very depressed and couldn't help rolling his eyes.
On this issue, Mi Chen was obviously plotted and suffered a secret loss.
But immediately Mi Chen cheered up and glared at Cai Ze fiercely, and said to himself: "Old fox, this matter is not over yet!"
Indeed, although Cai Ze was on a mission to Yan State and asked Yan State to pull Qi State back, the distance between Yan State and Qin State is too far. If Cai Ze arrived at Yan State and came up with a result and then returned to Xianyang, it would be at least one or two months.
After a month or two, I'm afraid the daylily in Chu State will be cold.
So, whether to rescue Chu State or not can't wait for the reaction from Yan State, and can only come up with a charter today.
Chapter completed!