Emperor Qin Ba Shi

Chapter 278 If the long-term strategy is successful, expand the soil for three thousand miles. (first update)
Since the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, although Pingyang was not the capital of the Wei State, it was not as famous as Daliang and Anyi, but its status was not low.

As the third largest city in Weidi, Pingyang has always enjoyed the prestige of deep ditches and high fortifications, and Jincheng Tangchi.When the Wei State moved its capital from Anyi to Daliang, Pingyang was considered.

If Daliang was not the richest, King Wei would never have chosen Daliang, but would have chosen Pingyang instead.Because of the deep trenches and high fortifications in Pingyang, it will be extremely safe to face the sharp edge of the Qin army.

At this moment, Longdu was unscrupulous, relying on Pingyang's strengths in the fertile fields, which are easy to defend and difficult to attack.Now the Great Qin Empire has suffered heavy losses, and its national strength and military strength have been greatly weakened.

In particular, the state of Wei had an army of 20. Although it was impossible to attack other countries, it was obviously more than capable of defending itself.This is where Longdu's confidence lies.

Even though he is aware of the difficulty of Qin Emperor Hu Hai, and the reputation of Tong Wu Hou Wang Ben.But standing at the head of Pingyang City, Longdu is the most arrogant.

It’s just that the prime minister, Wei Yue, didn’t think so. Since the founding of the Western Wei Dynasty, Longdu had forcibly recruited soldiers and brought them under the jurisdiction of the imperial court.

[-] were distributed in the surrounding fortresses, [-] were stationed outside Pingyang City, and [-] were stationed inside Pingyang City.At the same time, [-] troops were stationed in Daliang, [-] in Taiyuan County, and [-] in Shangdang County.

Wei Yue knew well that in the reorganization and training of the new army, Long Du always did everything by himself.Although he did it himself, he also knew that within a year, the weak state of Wei could not train an elite force of 20.

What's more, because of the forced conscription, the livelihood of the people in Wei State is sad. Moreover, Shangdang and Taiyuan belong to the old State of Zhao, and the people living there are all Zhao people.

Although it belongs to one of the three Jin Dynasties, the influence of hundreds of years of regional culture has already existed in name only.On the land of the Central Plains, Wei people are Wei people, and Zhao people are Zhao people.

It is impossible for the people of Zhao to easily return to the state of Wei. In the entire state of Western Wei, only Hedong County is the foundation of the Western Wei Dynasty. It truly belongs to the state of Wei and supports the king of Wei.

With flickering eyes, Wei Yue believed that there would be many difficulties for Wei to rise up, and the people of Shangdang County and Taiyuan County must be completely returned to their hearts.

Afterwards, the army will be mobilized, swallowed up by several small princes, and the country will be developed to strengthen its strength, and then it will be able to compete with the great powers.

At present, Wei State is too small after all, and it is sandwiched between Qin, Zhao, Chu, and Qi, so there is no depth to maneuver.In this regard, Wei State is not even as good as the Great Qin Empire.

Because the Daqin Empire has a vast depth of Longxi, the country will not be destroyed if it is lost in Guanzhong.

However, the state of Wei is different. Once Pingyang is lost, the Qin army's iron cavalry can travel all over the hinterland of Hedong overnight.

Because Shangdang County and Taiyuan County have not yet returned.It is impossible for the Zhao people to fight for the king of Wei unless there are great rewards and long-term influence.

The depth of strategy has a great impact on whether a country can persist in a protracted war.Especially in such a chaotic world, even more so.

For a while, Wei Yue had a lot of thoughts and thought of too much.

……

Seeing that Wei Yue's thoughts were not in his favor, Wei Wangbao smiled leisurely, and said: "Prime Minister, regarding Qin's army coming to the east, and our life and death in the Western Wei Dynasty, facing such a predicament, how dare you ask Ji Jiang to come out?"

Hearing this, Wei Yue looked at the great rivers and mountains and sighed: "All the countries in the Central Plains coexist, and the kings of the world want to compete. Western Chu occupies nine counties, Great Qin occupies eight counties, and Zhao State occupies six counties."

"Liaodong King Liu Ji pointed his sword at Yuyang County, Qi King Tian Rong is challenging the hegemony of Western Chu Overlord Xiang Yu, and Western Wei is located in the Central Plains, surrounded by various countries..."

"I, the Western Wei Dynasty, was trapped among the great powers. It can be said that there is only one way to die." At this moment, Wei Yuecheng thought about it, paused every word, and said: "Resist the Qin army going east, and unite all countries in the world to severely damage the Great Qin Empire."

"Make it unable to go east for several years, and then our country will speed up the digestion of Shangdang County, Taiyuan County, and the entire three counties will return to their hearts and work together to help Wei."

"In this way, destroy Yin in one year and take the land of Hanoi; destroy Henan in one year and annex the Sanchuan area; destroy Han in one year and annex the mountain fortress on the north bank of Weishui."

"In the next few years, we will take the opportunity to snatch Linjiang and any one or two small countries in Hengshan from the gap between the three major kingdoms of Qin, Chu and Zhao. At that time, Wei will become a big country with an area of ​​three thousand miles. .”

This is the great strategy of Wei State that Wei Yue has been thinking about for more than a year, but before it was put forward, it encountered a huge crisis of Qin's army going east.

Thoughts were churning, Wei Yue was furious, and gave a generous policy to Wei Wangbao: "At present, the Qin army is going east, and I, the Western Wei, will bear the brunt. Therefore, our country has to give up the plan of destroying Yin and Henan first, and unite the three kingdoms of Qi, Zhao and Chu to resist the Great Qin Empire with all our strength."

"It's just that after the victory, our great Wei took advantage of the victory and went south to destroy Yin and Henan, and it went more smoothly. From this point of view, it is not a bad thing for our great Wei to see Qin's army going east."

Speaking of this, Wei Yue sighed quietly: "The key here is that our country must withstand the powerful offensive of the Qin army from the east. As long as Pingyang does not fall, and Hedong County is in my hands, then Wei's hegemony plan will be more than half successful!"

Wei Yue's high-spirited remarks naturally attracted Wei Wangbao's nods frequently, as if the Wei army had expanded its territory for three thousand miles and became the overlord of the Central Plains.

"General, how is our army's defense?" After a long silence, the joy and excitement in Wei Wangbao's heart had also been suppressed.

Hearing this, General Long Du bowed solemnly to Wei Wangbao: "Daliang's [-] troops can support Pingyang at any time, plus Pingyang's [-] troops are enough to last until reinforcements from other countries arrive."

"Ah."

Slightly nodding his head, Wei Wangbao said, "Qin's army is no less than [-] in the east. This is the limit that the Great Qin Empire can dispatch at the moment."

"Relying on the deep ditch and high fortification in Pingyang, there are [-] troops in Hedong, which is enough to last until reinforcements from various countries arrive." Wei Wangbao sneered at this point: "It's just that there is no absolute in everything."

"The future of our Great Wei must not rely on reinforcements. We must make all preparations. Even if there is not one reinforcement, our Great Wei can defeat the Qin army."

"Shangdang County has [-] troops, leaving [-] to defend the city, and the rest of the army immediately went south, hiding in the daytime and going out at night, trying to avoid leaking whereabouts. The same is true for Taiyuan County."

"Wei." Nodding in agreement, Long Du took a deep look at Wei Wangbao.

Wei Wangbao's behavior at this moment is definitely not a faint-hearted person, which made General Long Du feel more careful.

Because he knew in his heart that Wei Wangbao would never be satisfied with just being a puppet.Once the time is right, it will inevitably launch a brazen attack.

"Prime Minister, is there any news from the Shandong kingdoms?" Wei Wangbao, who was unaware of what Long Du was thinking, said to Wei Yue word by word.

"Your Majesty, the emissary has only been dispatched for a day, and it is not enough to go back and forth." Wei Yue smiled bitterly, and said: "So far, there has been no news -!"

(End of this chapter)