Rebirth of Wu Ba Spring and Autumn

Chapter 926
"..."

Fan Li kept his mouth shut and fell silent.

Just relying on his empty talk and white teeth, he urged Qingji to give up half of the old Zhao land and distribute it to the princes. This will naturally cause dissatisfaction among the people.

Especially the generals and soldiers of the Wu army, who had suffered huge casualties in the battle to destroy Zhao, were even more reluctant.

"Fan Li, continue talking."

"Your Majesty..."

Wu Zixu wanted to persuade Qingji, but was interrupted by the latter's wave of his hand, so he had no choice but to retreat.

Wu Guo, don't be guilty of words.

Fan Li's proposition would indeed cause displeasure, especially among the generals in the army.

However, Qingji is the king of a country, and he must consider the interests of all parties, not just for the soldiers of the army.

Just to take care of the feelings of the lieutenant and the soldiers, and cause the Wu country to suffer even greater losses, this is definitely not something Qingji would do.

Fan Li looked at Qing Ji who was still speaking for himself, finally heaved a sigh of relief secretly, and said, "Your Majesty, to gain an inch is to plunder, and to plunder is to show the state of a tiger and a wolf."

"If you gain five inches, how about two inches back? Do the math, and you still get three inches. This is called encroachment."

"On the eve of the battle to destroy Zhao, the king discussed with the ministers that this battle is a battle of weakening Zhao and encroaching on Zhao's land. Unexpectedly, the world is changing, and the weak Zhao has become the destroying Zhao."

"In order to unify the world, your majesty has already set a national policy of long-distance friendship and short-term attack."

"Specifically: Dongyi land, weak princes."

"After this battle, regardless of whether Wu wins or loses, the previous national policy will be overthrown and restarted, and it will no longer exist."

After a pause, Fan Li sighed, "This is not a good thing."

"Nibbling becomes devouring, distance and near attack become far and near attack!"

"If you can use half of the old Zhao's land to make peace, this transaction, in my opinion... is worth it!"

Hearing this, Wu Zixu snorted, and said disdainfully: "What Fan Zi said, Da Miao!"

"How can state affairs and military affairs be equated with merchants? Land in cities and towns should not be traded casually."

"Although there are many coalition forces, in the eyes of this old man, they are all chickens and dogs, not worth mentioning."

Fan Li said indifferently: "Mr. Wu Xin, you are so arrogant. I don't know if you are in command of the battle, whether you are sure to win the battle against the allied forces of the princes?"

"Soldiers are impermanent, water is impermanent!"

Wu Zixu raised his neck, blew his beard and stared, and said stubbornly: "Although the enemy army is numerous, it may not be able to win. In contrast, although our army is small, it may not be defeated!"

Wu Zixu still gave an ambiguous answer.

Fan Li said slowly: "Since Mr. Wu Xin is not certain of winning, you should listen to me."

"Please."

Wu Zixu said angrily.

In fact, no one, including Qingji, Sun Wu, and Wu Zixu, was sure of winning this battle.

In the battle of destroying Zhao, the state of Wu lost [-] to [-] soldiers.

For Wu Guo, who has many soldiers and generals, this does not seem to be a serious injury.

However, the Wu army is strong, so are all the armies of other countries vegetarian?
Obviously not.

The five countries of Qi, Lu, Song, Wei, and Yan did not carry out reforms, but they implemented the New Deal for many years, and their national strength has been significantly improved.

Especially in terms of military affairs, all countries basically followed Wu.

Countries have reformed their military systems one after another, established reward and punishment systems that suit them, and trained strong troops.

In this battle, they brought out elite divisions and well-trained standing troops.

In view of this, anyone can imagine that the coalition of princes in front of them is a tough nut to crack.

If you are not careful, even Wu's "tooth mouth" may jump off.

"Your Majesty."

After seeing Wu Zixu's retreat, Fan Li once again said to Qingji, "You once said that if you lose the people who save the land, all people will lose their land; if you save people and lose their land, everyone will save their land."

"In the battle to destroy Zhao, all the men and women of Zhao State were lost, and the rest were old and weak women and children. The land was also riddled with holes. It was urgent to restore people's livelihood. So Zhao Zhidi calmed down."

"The current Zhao land is nothing more than a mess, devastated and in a mess."

"Why can't Your Majesty let go?"

"Furthermore……"

With a sinister smile on the corner of Fan Li's mouth, he lowered his head and said, "Your Majesty gave up half of the land of the old Zhao, and divided it among the five kingdoms of Qi, Lu, Song, Wei, and Yan."

"It's like throwing out a piece of delicious venison, and let five vicious dogs fight and bite. The five dogs are bound to fight, and the king will profit from it. Isn't it beautiful?"

Hearing this, Qing Ji smiled and said, "Fan Li, your metaphor is good, it's very vivid."

"If the nations are unwilling to accept these conditions, they still have to push forward, so what can they do?"

Qingji prepared for the worst.

"This……"

Fan Li was silent.

If the countries do not accept this condition, it will only be the result of an all-out war.

Qingji put his eyes on Sun Wu who had been silent all the time, and asked, "Sun Wu, do you have a good plan?"

"Reporting to the king, I have no good strategy. However, there is a strategy that may work."

"please say."

"My lord, why don't you split up and attack the nations just like the Huai River battle in the past?"

Sun Wu said meaningfully: "The princes have mutual filth, they are not monolithic."

"My Great Wu's national policy is to make friends from afar and attack shortly. Then the king might as well make friends with Qi Yan from afar, and attack Song, Lu, and Wei from a short distance."

Qing Ji frowned and asked, "Specifically, how to implement it?"

"Not to mention Yan, Qi has coveted the land of Wei and Lu for a long time, and has long wanted to get involved. Therefore, in recent years, wars have often broken out in the east."

"Wei Duo is a gentleman, rich in wealth and rich in land, but his military strength is relatively weak, and he has always been at the bottom of the nations. If Qi Guo is falsely destroying Wei, relying on the strength of the Qi people, it will not be difficult to win in one battle."

"..."

Weiguo is indeed a weaker country.

Among Qi, Lu, Song, Wei, and Yan, the weakest state is actually Yan, followed by Wei.

Don't look at the vast territory of Yan State, but in fact it is vast and sparsely populated, and the land is barren and some are poor, so Qi people don't like it at all.

Weiguo is different.

Wei State is located in the Central Plains, with the benefits of merchants, prosperous culture, fertile land, large population, and military strength has never been strong, so it is not difficult for Qi State to annex such Wei State.

"Will Qi people do this?"

"uncertain."

Sun Wu shook his head and said, "Your Majesty, at this time, at that time. The fall of Zhao State and the strength of Wu State have made all countries feel a great crisis."

"In the state of Qi, there are many people of insight, especially Qi Xiang Tian Heng, how can they not know the truth of the cold lips and teeth?"

"This battle is a great opportunity for all countries. It may also be the last chance for all countries."

"Whether we can seize this opportunity is up to the people of Qi."

Qing Ji nodded slightly and said, "I might as well give it a try. Fan Li, you are in charge of going to the court on behalf of the widow, meeting the princes, and privately lobbying the monarch and ministers of Qi."

"If nothing can be done, return to Yecheng immediately."

"promise!"

　Readers, don't worry, Wu's original national policy was "Eastern benefit land, weak princes", and now it is in full-scale war with other countries.After this battle, it is probably equivalent to entering the period of Qin Wangzheng from the period of King Zhaoxiang of Qin to the period of King Qin.In terms of population ratio, more than [-] million to more than [-] million, Wu is almost twice that of other countries, and it is not difficult to swallow it, but Wu has always taken care of people's livelihood. . . .

　　
　
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