Chapter 575 This King Zhao is simply too much
The capital of Wei State, Taoyi.
After the efforts of tens of thousands of Wei craftsmen, a brand new palace city has now stood in the Xicheng District of Taoyi.
This palace city is very grand, with red eaves and high tiles and high walls, shining brightly under the sun, full of indescribable majesty.
As the most majestic person in the entire Wei Kingdom, King Wei was sitting in this newly completed palace at this moment, with his expression full of joy on his face, listening to Duan Ganzi in front of him reporting on the situation.
"The king, now Chengfu, Juyang, Xiacai, Suzhou and other cities have been occupied by the elite troops under the king. The entire Chu land north of Yingshui and west of Sishui is owned by the Wei State!"
When King Wei heard the news, he felt that all the pores on his body were venting an emotion called happiness.
Twenty years have passed, and it has been a full twenty years.
The State of Wei finally embarked on the road of external expansion again and seized such a large piece of land from the State of Chu.
The land occupied by Wei State from Chu is equivalent to almost three-quarters of the territory of Wei State today.
In other words, through this war alone, the King of Wei almost doubled the territory of Wei.
A big victory is unquestionable and undisputed, an unprecedented big victory in twenty years!
Even looking at the entire history of Wei, this time the victory was ranked first, second only to Wei's destruction of Zhongshan and seizing Xihe from Qin's hands.
But those victories were achieved by Wei during his heyday as the overlord. Since Wei began to decline, he has never achieved such a huge victory as this war.
Needless to say, after winning this victory, the achievements of King Wei and his evaluation in history books will be much higher.
The reason why kings have devoted themselves to governing the country so thoroughly is not only to pass on their foundation, but isn’t another reason that they can leave their reputation in history and let future generations remember their great achievements?
This battle is a great achievement.
The happier the more the King of Wei thought about it, the smile on his face gradually became brighter. He even claimed to be good, but for a moment he was so excited that he didn't know what to say.
After being happy for a while, King Wei suddenly found Duan Ganzi's expression of desire to speak but stopping, so he asked strangely: "Duan Qing, are you unhappy?"
Since Wei Wuji was eliminated, King Wei's personality has been significantly improved. Compared with his previous sinister temperament, it can be said that he is much better now.
Duan Ganzi was stunned for a moment and said, "King, if Wei State can achieve such a major victory, I naturally feel happy and proud of the King and Wei State from the bottom of my heart, but..."
King Wei frowned and said, "It's just what?"
Duan Ganzi sighed, took out a letter from his arms and handed it to the King of Wei: "Please look, king."
King Wei looked at Duan Ganzi with some confusion, then turned his eyes to the letter in Duan Ganzi's hand, and then exclaimed: "Is this the letter from King Zhao?"
Due to the emergence of papermaking, Zhao Dan has now begun to use a lot of paper in his daily work and diplomatic activities. It is not the first time that King Wei has received paper letters from Zhao State, so he naturally recognized it all at once.
King Wei unfolded the letter and began to read the handwritten letter from Zhao Dan...
After only a moment, the happy expression on King Wei's face began to disappear at an astonishing speed, replaced by a strong anger.
After reading the entire letter, King Wei finally couldn't bear it anymore and punched the table in front of him, roaring.
"This Zhao Wangdan is simply outrageous!"
Duan Ganzi looked at the angry King of Wei in surprise and asked, "Why is the king so angry? Could it be that King Zhao made any strange requests?"
The King of Wei was so angry that his body was trembling. He held the letter and said to Duan Ganzi: "Duan Qing, Duan Qing, look at this Zhao Dan. He actually asked me not to continue to march into the rest of the Chu territory and stop fighting with Chu."
Speaking of this, the King of Wei suddenly raised the voice by eighth: "Why? Although Zhao State is the leader of the Three Jin Alliance, I am not a minister under Zhao Dan's command who can call and drink! Whether I will cease to fight with Chu State is not something that Zhao Dan can decide at will with just a letter!"
In the end, King Wei called Zhao Dan the name directly, and was obviously very angry by Zhao Dan's letter.
Of course, there is a reason for the anger of King Wei.
You should know that the Wei army has now begun to plan to cross Sishui and take over the eastern part of the Chu State Huaibei area that was vacant because of the withdrawal of Qi people.
If all the territories vacated by the Qi people were taken into their hands, then the territory of Wei would be almost comparable to that of the overlord Wei in its heyday.
There is no doubt that this is a great temptation for King Wei.
As a result, Zhao Dan came here with a letter saying that Wei must cease war with Chu.
If this is the case, then that's fine, but the problem is that Zhao Dan still clearly stated in his heart that the State of Chu had ceded all the territory that King Wei was preparing to seize to Zhao.
How could this convince King Wei?
There is obviously not even a soldier from Zhao State on those lands! Just because of Zhao Dan’s letter, King Wei would have to give in obediently?
The King of Wei was getting angry, but Duan Ganzi, who was sitting at the bottom, had his own different opinions.
Duan Ganzi shook his head after thinking for a while and said to King Wei helplessly: "King, I think otherwise, according to what King Zhao said, "
"Armation?" King Wei said gritted his teeth: "The Chu State now has no power to resist my army. Even if Zhao State and Han are willing to truce with Chu State, I can destroy the Chu State with the power of Wei State! Now is the opportunity that Wei State is rare in a century. Do you actually want to truce me?"
When King Wei said this, his eyes were filled with an unparalleled desire. He looked like a wolf that had not been full for a long time suddenly discovered extremely fresh food, and there was almost no reason.
King Wei stared at Duan Ganzi so hard. It seemed that if Duan Ganzi could not give a reply that satisfies King Wei, King Wei would not even mind let Duan Ganzi appreciate the true majesty of the king.
Duan Ganzi sighed and said, "What the king said is that the State of Chu does not have any capital to fight against the king now. But what I want to remind the king is Zhao, Han and Qi, and they must not be willing to the State of Chu alone!"
Duan Ganzi's words made King Wei stunned for a moment, looked at Duan Ganzi hesitantly, and said, "Duan Qing means"
Duan Ganzi said seriously: "I can guarantee that if the king wants to continue this war, then the king will face not only the weak Chu State, but the three-nation coalition forces from Zhao, Qi State and South Korea!"
Zhao, Qi, and Han were all neighbors of Wei. In the Warring States Period, everyone liked to pull each other's hindrance. Once Wei obtained so much land out of thin air, then the three countries of Zhao, Qi, and Han would definitely not agree. War is what will happen next.
King Wei said angrily to Duan Ganzi: "Now Zhao and Han are still fighting against Qin, and Qi is still fighting against Yan. How can they have time to interfere with my attack on Chu?"
Duan Ganzi said: "Liang Po has led his army westward and will soon be able to decide the victory and defeat with Bai Qi. The Linzi side has just heard news that the Qi army has defeated the Yan army. Now, when the Yan army is defeated, the Qi army may go south again to attack the Huaibei area of Chu State at any time."
After a pause, Duan Ganzi continued to persuade: "Master, don't repeat the mistakes of King Jin of Qi back then!"
The name of King Qi Mon, like a basin of cold water, instantly poured King Wei from his head to the soles of his feet, and finally made King Wei, who had fallen into some inexplicable fanaticism, slowly become awake.
After a long time, the King of Wei said, "If I continue to attack Chu, will it really attract other countries to attack Wei?"
Duan Ganzi said with great certainty: "Absolutely! In the opinion of the minister, the king might as well stop here. He would not only give King Zhao face, but also not attract any enemies to Wei. Next, the king only needs to develop the land he seized this time for a few years. By then, Wei will naturally become one of the strong countries, and then the development will be done again, so there is no need to rush for a while."
King Wei sat there in a daze, his face changed and he looked extremely hesitant.
After a long time, King Wei finally sighed a long sigh, waved his hand in dissatisfaction, and said to Duan Ganzi: "Forget it, forgot. Since that's the case, then Duan Qingru will send an order to let the front line stop the troops."
After saying this, King Wei waved his sleeves very irritatedly and left the hall.
Although King Wei himself admitted that Duan Ganzi's opinion was indeed a good idea, when he really let him do this himself, King Wei still couldn't help feeling extremely irritable from the bottom of his heart.
Such a large piece of fat in the eastern part of Huaibei was placed beside my mouth, but I couldn't swallow it in one bite. This taste was obviously too uncomfortable for King Wei.
Chapter completed!