After discussing with Pang Juan that day, Xia Yangjun brought the former to persuade the King of Wei to return to Daliang day and night.

At this time, Daliang had already received news that Lin Hukou invaded Xihe County. Recently, the King of Wei has repeatedly summoned ministers to discuss countermeasures. After all, Lin Hu is a powerful foreign force, and even as the overlord of the Central Plains, Wei State must be treated with caution.

When he learned that Xia Yangjun Xingye had returned to Daliang, the King of Wei hurriedly sent someone to recruit him into the palace.

After a while, when the tired Xia Yangjun came hurriedly and was about to salute, the King of Wei waved his hand to signal to quit the etiquette and asked urgently: "What is the situation in Hedong?"

However, Xia Yang Jun still saluted the King of Wei and replied seriously: "Return to the King, before I return to Daliang, Qin has agreed to a temporary ceasefire. Although the Qin people are cunning and changeable, Qin should not dare to betray his faith in this matter..."

"Um."

King Wei nodded slightly.

In fact, the King of Wei did not believe that Qin would dare to take advantage of the situation at this time, and even he wished Qin would do this. After all, if Qin had a conviction of "collusion with foreign tribes" in this way, Wei could justify the alliance to conquer Qin, and the situation would be beneficial to Wei.

But unfortunately, Qin State is not that stupid either.

"What's the situation in Xihe?" he asked again.

Seeing that the King of Wei asked about the situation of Xihe, Xia Yangjun's expression became even more serious: "I dare not hide the situation of Xihe. To be honest, the situation of Xihe is not optimistic. In late July, the county magistrate Pang sent Long Jia to lead 20,000 troops and 10,000 soldiers to support Xihe. However, after Long Jia led his army to Xihe, he could not expel Lin Hu in the territory..."

As he said that, he took out Long Jia's battle report from his arms and presented it to the King of Wei.

King Wei frowned and looked at the battle report, and his face showed a deep dissatisfaction with Long Jia. Fortunately, he also knew Lin Hu's power and did not accuse Long Jia of being incompetent. Instead, he asked Xia Yangjun: "In your opinion, how many troops do you need to send to repel Lin Hu?"

Xia Yangjun bowed and said, "At least 100,000, it may cost 200,000..."

"Twenty-hundred thousand?" King Wei looked slightly surprised.

Seeing this, Xia Yangjun explained: "King, in fact, Lin Hu's army is not strong, but they use horsepower to come and go without a trace. This is the most difficult thing. If our country's army cannot catch up with Lin Hu, it is naturally impossible to repel him. Unless a large number of troops are sent to advance step by step from Xihe to Shangjun, it is possible that Lin Hu will retreat."

After hearing this, the King of Wei remained silent, and seemed to be no surprise to Xia Yangjun's suggestion.

After all, Xia Yangjun's strategy of "building heavy troops and advancing step by step" was the stupid way of Wei's country to deal with foreign tribes such as Lin Hu over the years. Although the effect was not very good, at least it was able to expel foreign tribes that invaded the territory in the end.

The problem is that this stupid method takes a long time, from at least one year to two or three years. Although Qin may not cause any damage during this period, how can the Wei army, which was exhausted to expel Lin Hu, be sure to defeat Qin and retake Hedong in the future?

Thinking of the headache, King Wei rubbed his forehead and asked Xia Yangjun: "You and Pang Juan are on the front line, have you ever thought of any good idea?"

"Well..."

Xia Yang Jun took a breath and said to the King of Wei quietly: "King, in fact, before I returned to Daliang, Qin State sent Wei Yang to see me..."

"Wei Yang?"

The King of Wei showed obvious hatred and even a look of regret. He thought that he regretted that he had not listened to the advice of the former prime minister Gong Shuzhuo and killed Wei Yang. After Wei Yang fled to Qin, he helped Qin to reform and strengthen his strength, so that Qin has now become a major concern for his Wei State.

"What did he say?" King Wei asked with a calm face.

Seeing this, Xia Yang Jun informed the King of Wei Yang of the negotiations that day: "... When he saw me, he said that if our Wei State was willing to ced the fifteen counties of Shangjun to Qin, then Qin State would send troops to help our country expel Lin Hu."

"ha!"

The King of Wei laughed in anger and slapped the table and scolded: "Crazy and evil man, delusional!"

Xia Yang Jun lowered his head and lowered his hands, waiting for the King of Wei to vent his anger. When he felt that it was almost done, he bowed and said, "Of course I will not agree to his rude request and immediately ordered someone to expel him. However, Wei Yang's incident also made me have an idea. Since it is not appropriate for our great Wei Dynasty to transfer 200,000 troops to expel Lin Hu, why not ask for help from other countries?"

King Wei was stunned and asked in surprise: "Are you talking about... to South Korea?"

"No, Xiang Shaoliang."

"Shaoliang?" The King of Wei once again showed an awkward expression on his face, and he said with a strange expression: "Shaoliang... is willing to help our country?"

Xia Yangjun smiled and analyzed: "Although the Mo people in Shaoliang advocated not attacking, this is targeting the countries in the Central Plains. For foreign tribes, the Mo family has always advocated a plan to prepare for the imperial decree. Now Lin Hu invaded our Xihe County, killing and looting people and looting women and children, is a bad act. If the king sends people to Shaoliang for help, the Mo people in Shaoliang will definitely agree to send troops to support... As for Li He, I believe that as long as my Wei transfers one or two cities in Shangjun to him, it is enough to stimulate his troops to send troops. Shaoliang does not have as much appetite as Qin."

"Cut the city?" King Wei frowned, and his face showed an unhappiness.

To be fair, even at the heyday of Wei, there may not be no examples of cede land to other countries, such as Chu and Qin, but cede land to a small country is unprecedented.

So far, the State of Wei has already lost three cities, Heyang, Yuanli and Pi in Shaoliang. Although the State of Wei has not yet planned to settle the score after the autumn, it is undeniable that the King of Wei has a deep grudge in his heart.

Xia Yang Jun also guessed this, so he said in a joke: "I have talked to Pang Juan about this. I suggest transferring Dingyang to Shaoliang. However, General Pang laughed at me for being too explicit. I might as well transfer Diaoyin together."

While speaking, he took out Pang Juan's letter and handed it to the King of Wei.

After reading the contents of the letter, King Wei suddenly realized.

Not to mention, this is really a good suggestion.

"Can you ask Shaoliang for help..."

He closed his eyes and began to ponder.

Seeing this, Xia Yang Jun persuaded again: "King, Shaoliang is no longer a small country that is insignificant, but a powerful country that can influence the situation in Hexi and Hedong. It is stronger than Lu, Wei and Song. If our Wei Kingdom always treats it indifferently, one day it will push it to the side of Qin... I think it would be better to use this matter to ease the relationship with Shaoliang..."

The King of Wei slowly opened his eyes, frowned and said, "Ko Shaoliang has an alliance with Qin..."

Xia Yang Jun bowed and advised: "The alliance between Shaoliang and Qin is nothing more than the Hexi alliance. We simply gave up Hexi temporarily and used the Dahe as the national border between Wei and Qin. In this way, Qin will no longer have any name to pull Shaoliang against our Wei... I think that since Qin can form the Hexi alliance with Shaoliang, why should we also form the Hedong alliance with Shaoliang?"

Giving up Hexi is a pretty bold suggestion, but it is not unreasonable to think about it carefully. Does Wei really have to take back Hexi? Reclaiming Hexi is just to support the royal family of Herong, abandoning Herong and forming a Hedong alliance with Shaoliang to jointly control Qin. Is this really effective damage to Wei?

Yes, but it is very small, far less than the benefits brought to Wei bypassing the "Qinliang and Hexi Alliance" - bypassing the "Qinliang and Hexi Alliance" so that Shaoliang could establish a Hedong alliance with Wei without burden. In addition, Han, wouldn't this form a solid "Little Three Jin Alliance"?

It can be said that Xia Yangjun’s eyes are very far-reaching when he put forward this suggestion.

In the quiet palace, the King of Wei closed his eyes and thought about Xia Yang's suggestion. After half a stick of incense, he suddenly ordered the guards and said, "Come on, please come."

"..." Xia Yangjun licked his dry lips, but said nothing. After all, it was difficult to bypass Gongsun Yan's foreign policy related to his Wei State.

Soon, Gongsun Yan came hurriedly and saw Xia Yangjun sitting in the hall, and frowned slightly.

"King."

"Well." King Wei nodded. While signaling Gongsun Yan to take his seat, he repeated Xia Yang Jun's suggestion just now, and then asked Gongsun Yan: "What do you think of Xiangbang?"

I have to say that putting aside personal grievances, whether it is Xia Yangjun's strategy of "save Herong and build Shaoliang" or Hui Shi's "Missive Three Jin Alliance", in Gongsun Yan's opinion, they are the suggestions that are most in line with his current interests in Wei State, which are more than the "Three Jin Alliance" he advocates, but he just doesn't want to admit it in his heart.

But whether he admits it or not, he can no longer stop Xia Yangjun. After all, his "Three Jin Alliance" has failed, and he cannot think of a better strategy that can be comparable to the strategies offered by Xia Yangjun and Hui Shi.

"I... have no objection." He said proudly with a little embarrassed.

Seeing this, Xia Yang Jun sneered quietly and bowed with a bit of mocking, "Xiangbang finally made a wise judgment."

Gongsun Yan was angry and a few traces of yin flashed in his eyes.

"alright."

The King of Wei stopped Xia Yang from laughing at Gongsun Yan and said in a deep voice: "Since that's the case, Xia Yang will be the envoy and go to Shaoliang... and ask for help."

"As for your order!"

Xia Yangjun bowed and retreated. After leaving the palace, he felt refreshed.

Because he had already felt that since Gongsun Yan failed to advocate the Three Jin alliance and turned against Wei, the relationship between the two countries became particularly tense, and the status of this Xiangbang in the heart of the King of Wei has dropped sharply. As long as he could persuade Shao Liang to send troops to support Xihe this time and take this opportunity to promote the "Missive Three Jin alliance" advocated by Hui Shi, then Gongsun Yan's life as the Xiangbang in Wei will almost come to an end.

"Sangbang..."

While walking towards the carriage, Xia Yangjun thought to himself with a little self-deprecating.

To be honest, as the guardian of Hexi in the past, he had never thought of becoming the prime minister of Wei before, because it did not conform to his personality. But now, if he had become the prime minister of Wei, he might not have been worse than Gongsun Yan.

At least it can give Wei a relatively favorable external environment.

"Let's go back home first."

"yes!"

On that day, Xia Yangjun returned to his mansion to rest for a night. The next day, he returned to Hedong with the authorization of the King of Wei, and then served as an envoy to Shaoliang on behalf of the State of Wei.
Chapter completed!