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Yan State, Jidu. .
Empress Dowager Yan sat on the head, holding the letter that the envoy of Zhao had just sent, and her pretty face was covered with frost.
"It's outrageous. King Zhao is too much!" Although he tried his best to suppress the anger in his heart, Empress Dowager Yan couldn't help but in the end and directly launched a fire on the envoy of Zhao in front of him.
The envoy of Zhao State smiled slightly and said respectfully to Empress Dowager Yan: "Return to the Empress Dowager, this is my king's decision. It is better for the Empress Dowager to obey."
"Compare?" Empress Dowager Yan sneered and said, "With this condition of King Zhao, how can people comply?"
Lejian on the side also spoke: "What the Empress Dowager said is good, the conditions of King Zhao are really too excessive!"
What conditions did Zhao Dan offer?
In fact, the conditions for Zhao Dan to offer were very simple, that was, he wanted a city in Yan State to be a city that was to be a compensation for the Yan State's sudden alliance in the last war, which led to the compensation for Zhao State.
To be honest, if it was a small town, then Yan might have been ceded to Zhao.
But the problem is that the city Zhao Dan wanted this time was called Wuyang, which was the Xiadu of Yan State, and the largest city in Yan State, with the largest population and the most economic development.
How can such a city be cedeed?
Empress Dowager Yan snorted heavily and said to the envoy of Zhao in front of him: "If Yan wants to cede Wuyang City, this matter is absolutely impossible! There is a letter here, so you can go back to Handan and hand it to King Zhao."
The envoy of Zhao State stood up, took the letter from Empress Dowager Yan with a smile, and then bowed and said, "Since that's the case, then the foreign minister will surrender."
Looking at the departure of the envoy of Zhao State, Empress Dowager Yan sighed softly, and a sad face appeared on her face: "June Chang, is Zhao State planning to go to war with Yan State this time?"
The face of the music room sitting in the lower head was not very good-looking. After a while, he nodded slowly: "I guess this should be the case when I go back to the Queen Mother."
Empress Dowager Yan shook her head and said, "If this is the case, we shouldn't have sent troops to Qi State rashly last year."
As soon as this sentence was said, Lejian's face immediately turned a little red. After all, the matter of attacking Qi was led by Lejian, and then he was led by Lejian after defeat.
Lejian hurriedly said, "Please be content with the Queen Mother. I will send envoys to the Central Plains countries. Now that Zhao is in great power, the countries will definitely not be able to tolerate Zhao's unscrupulous attack on other countries. Only by joining forces with the princes, it may be an opportunity to take the opportunity to counterattack Zhao!"
Empress Dowager Yan nodded slowly, looked at Lejian deeply, and said, "That's all."
The capital of Qi State, Linzi.
"King Zhao plans to join forces with me to defeat Yan?" A surprising expression appeared on King Jian of Qi's face. After a while, he said to Housheng and Kuang Liang, the leader: "Houqing, Kuangqing, what do you think?"
After successive victories, Kuang Liang has now been promoted to the Grand Marshal of Qi and is an absolute core important official of Qi. Hearing this, he said to King Jian of Qi: "King, I am willing to be the king and lead my army to attack Yan State!"
Hou Sheng's eyes rolled for a while, and then he said, "King, I think Zhao is a powerful country in the world and an ally of the Great Qi. If Qi and Zhao jointly attack Yan, it must be a success. I naturally have no objection to such a thing."
Neither Housheng nor Kuangliang had any objection to this matter.
What a joke, who would object to such a sure win?
Zhao is now the most powerful country in the world. It can be said that it is absolutely targeting and attacking Yan State with Zhao State. This is simply a waste of land from the sky to Qi State.
King Jian of Qi had obviously figured out the joints long ago, and squinted his eyes and said to the envoy of Zhao in front of him: "Empress, I would like to ask, how should the land be allocated in this battle of attacking Yan?"
The envoy of Zhao State said respectfully: "Return to the king, in this battle of attack on Yan, all the land conquered by the Qi army is owned by the king, but Wuyang City must be obtained by Zhao State."
King Jian of Qi thought for a while, then laughed happily.
"Very good, then you will go back and tell the King of Zhao that I will agree to the joint attack on Yan this time!"
The capital of Wei State, Taoyi.
"Wei and Han jointly attack Chu?" King Wei sat in front of him with great interest, looking at Zheng Zhu, the leader of Zhao State in front of him: "Zheng Qing, listen to your opinion, isn't Zhao State going to send troops this time?"
Zheng Zhu bowed to the King of Wei and said, "By the king, Zhao State fought against Qin and Chu last year, and now the teacher and veterans are exhausted, so naturally they do not want to go out to fight rashly."
King Wei looked at Zheng Zhu for a few seconds, then sneered: "Zheng Zhu, don't use these words to fool me! Zhao State is well-known to everyone. What kind of teacher and veteran soldier are tired, it's just nonsense!"
Duan Ganzi, the prime minister of Wei State, also said: "Is it possible that King Zhao intends to lure Wei State to go to war and then stab Wei State in the back?"
Obviously, although they were allies on the surface, in fact, the kings and ministers of Wei still had a deep sense of fear of Zhao.
Looking at King Wei and Duan Ganzi in front of him, Zheng Zhu couldn't help laughing.
"King, Zhao Wei is an ally, why is the king so wary of Zhao?"
King Wei snorted heavily, and did not answer Zheng Zhu's question.
Isn’t this nonsense? Now that country in this world is not wary of Zhao? It’s just that due to the identity of allies on both sides, there is no need for King Wei to make the statement directly.
However, Duan Ganzi said, "Zheng Qing, it is not impossible to send troops to attack Chu. But on the one hand, Zhao must send troops together, and on the other hand, Zhao cannot make his own decisions to make peace with Chu. Three, Zhao cannot intervene in the territory obtained by Wei. As long as these three points are met, I believe that the king will not oppose the attack on Chu."
King Wei nodded and expressed his agreement with Duan Ganzi's opinion.
Zheng Zhu hesitated for a while, and finally made up his mind and said to King Wei: "Your Majesty, I am not hiding it. The reason why Zhao did not participate in the battle against Chu this time was not that Zhao wanted to sit in the mountains and watch the tiger fight, but because our king planned to conquer Yan."
"Attacking Yan State?" King Wei showed surprise on his face, and after a while, he nodded slowly and said, "So that's it. No wonder Zhao State is unwilling to participate in the battle against Chu. Is King Zhao planning to destroy Yan State directly?"
The reason why I asked this is because the current King of Wei feels that Zhao State actually has the ability to directly destroy Yan State.
Zheng Zhu shook his head and said, "The king is joking. Although Yan State is weak, it is also one of the seven heroes. How can it be destroyed at will? This time, Zhao State sent troops just to punish Yan State so as not to cause trouble behind Zhao State again the next time."
King Wei nodded and said, "It makes sense. Let's go back and tell King Zhao that as long as King Han agrees, I will send troops to attack Chu with Han!"
After the envoy of Zhao State left, Duan Ganzi said with some concern: "King, Wei State is not as good as Zhao State. Zhao State is now strong and has a large population, so it can support the years of war. Wei State just fought with Chu State last year, and now it is going to war with Chu State again, which seems inappropriate."
The so-called inappropriate statement is actually a more euphemistic statement.
Although Duan Ganzi is indeed a flatterer, he still has basic ruling ability, otherwise he would not have been promoted to the position of Xiangbang.
In Duan Ganzi's view, the current Wei State is actually a bit reluctant to do so.
The supply of military rations is a problem, and another problem is that the Wei State's military source has begun to show signs of insufficient troops. If it fails again in this war, it will be a big trouble for Wei State.
King Wei waved his hand and said to Duan Ganzi: "Of course I know Duan Qing's worries. But Duan Qingru also thinks that the area of Chu is several times larger than that of Wei. Now it is the time when Chu is extremely weak. If you don't take advantage of this time to attack Chu, then I will not have such a good opportunity after Chu recovers."
In fact, the King of Wei has not said one thing, that is, if he does not seize a large area of territory from Chu, how can Wei achieve the goal of revival and how can he confront the powerful Zhao State?
Duan Ganzi hurriedly said, "The king is wise, I will prepare for all matters now."
King Wei smiled and said, "Go, I think King Han should not refuse such conditions."
South Korea, Xinzheng.
King Han sat on his head and looked at the envoy of Zhao in front of him with a calm expression: "King of Zhao wants me and King Wei to send troops to attack Chu together?"
The envoy replied respectfully: "It is true that the king is. Now that Chu is in decline, it is a good opportunity for Han and Wei to take advantage of the situation. The king is extremely wise, and I think he must have noticed this opportunity long ago."
King Han laughed and said, "Stop flattering me, but you will tell me, why is King Zhao unwilling to send troops this time? If I can't find a reason to convince me, then I will not send troops."
The envoy of Zhao State replied: "Go back to the king, my king has sent people to contact Qi State and is ready to send troops to attack Yan State together."
"National State of Yan?" King Han frowned and said for a while: "So King Zhao is planning to destroy Yan?"
The envoy of Zhao State replied: "The king is joking. The Yan people are fierce, not easy to do."
"Strong?" King Han laughed and said, "I have never seen anyone as strong as the Zhao people. By the way, what if Qin took the opportunity to send troops?"
South Korea and Qin are now bordering. If South Korea was stabbed through the back door by Qin when attacking Chu, it would not be a matter of comfort to King Han.
The envoy of Zhao State replied: "Go back to the king, my king is ready. Once the Qin people go south to aid Chu, then the 50,000 cavalrymen from the two counties in Henan will also go south to Guanzhong to restrain Qin State at the same time."
Han Wangran thought for a moment, Zhan Yan smiled and said, "Since that's the case, why should I miss this opportunity to expand my territory? Let's go back and tell King Zhao that I will agree to this joint attack on Chu!"
After the Zhao envoy left, Jin, who had been silent, spoke: "The king wouldn't really think that the Zhao people would send 50,000 cavalry to station in Hetao counties just to restrain Qin."
"Fifty thousand cavalry?" Han Wangran pulled the corner of his mouth slightly, revealing a sarcastic smile: "The cavalry stationed in Hetao and Shuofang now is probably less than 20,000, right? But it doesn't matter. The Guanzhong of Qin was destroyed in the war last year, and it will take a certain amount of time to recover. As long as Zhao is preparing to move south in the Hetao two counties, the people of Qin should not act rashly."
King Han stretched out his finger and tapped the table, saying, "This time is a good opportunity for South Korea. I want to make my South Korea a powerful country among the Chinese countries before Qin and Chu recover their vitality! I think that King Zhao can make Zhao the overlord in just a few years at such a young age. No wonder I can't compare to King Zhao?"
Chapter completed!