warring states careerist

Chapter 662 The Loyal Man

The restoration of the Zhongshan state, the state of Wei means that the current state of Wei is no longer the state of Wei in the time of Marquis Wen. If we can't win a multi-front war, we might as well let it go and solve the state of Zhao first.

As long as the country of Zhao is resolved, the country of Zhongshan can take it back and cede the land near Juluze, so that the country of Zhongshan and the country of Wei can be connected together in essence, completely reversing the strategy of the northern line.

I don't want the Mohists in the southeast line to be too fast to solve Qi State so quickly, threatening Wei State to form an alliance with Chu State if they dare to do anything.

I wanted to reap the benefits, but I didn't want the Mo family to move too fast, exposing the flanks of the southern line. If I dared to carry on with the Mo family, I turned around and formed an alliance with Mo Chu, cutting off the main beam directly. The 40 years of painstaking efforts in the Wenhou era will be All in vain.

Looking forward to the stars and looking forward to the moon, it was so easy to hope that the nobles of Qin State expressed their dissatisfaction with Wu Qi's entry into Qin and the reform, but Handan City could not be captured, and the Mo family continued to stir up troops.

If the previously planned strategy fails, then the next best thing is to deal with Zhao Guo first. I don’t want the Mo family to cease fighting in the south and send troops to the north. By the way, I mean that you continue to fight, and we will not rescue Zhongmu. This is no longer a matter between Wei Guo and Zhao Guo , In essence, the Zhao-Mo alliance has been formed.

Retire soldiers... eliminate soldiers.

Of course, strength can be preserved.

However, what kind of situation is left to Wei Guo?
The foundation laid by Marquis Wen is gone.

Zhongshan was lost.

Si Shang made no progress.

Daliang Yuguan is facing the threat of Chu State.

When Wu Qi entered Qinxi River, he had to garrison [-] troops at any time to prepare for any eventuality.

Zhao Guo turned his face, and it was impossible to trust Wei Guo again.

South Korea always thought about Zheng Guo's one-acre three-point land, and South Korea must have no work to go north.

The Mohist family rose up in Sishang, and the Qi state was weakened. With the consistent behavior of the Mohist school who is good at mixing, the Mohist family must send troops to attack the Qi state.

Enemies on all sides.

It seems that in the current peace talks, Wei State only lost Zhongshan, Chengyang Linqiu and Daliang could still be kept, but the whole situation made Wei State completely lose the initiative to seek hegemony, and also completely lost the diplomatic environment left by Wen Hou.

The momentum of offense and defense is easy.

Except for defense, he dared not take the initiative to mobilize troops in any direction.

At this time, the state of Wei may never return to the prosperity of the time of Marquis Wen.

It's not the scariest.

The most terrifying thing is that Ximen Bao knows Wei Jian's character, knows that Wei Jian trusts the nobles more than those scholars, and knows that Wei Jian does not have the capacity to accommodate people like Marquis Wen.

Forced away Wu Qi and forced Le Yang to death, the overall contraction of the Wei State will inevitably lead to the overall conservatism of the Wei State. I can't beat it anymore.

The Zhongshan Kingdom is lost, so many princes, how to deal with it?Where to settle?

Wu Qi, Beimenke, Ximenbao, Duan Ganmu, Tian Zifang, Leyang, these cattle thieves, second-hand dealers, wife-killers, horse-traders, and people who have eaten their sons, even if they are talented, Where would there be a chance to make a name for himself in Wei State again?

Uncle Gong is indeed talented, but if he can force Wu Qi away, can he promote those who are more talented than him?At that time, Gong Shucuo will be the peak of talents in the entire Wei Kingdom. Even if there is a character like Wu Qi, how can he be able to stand out?

Wu Qi's flight to Qin, the blow to Wei is not that a person who is a general and a prime minister leaves, but that Wei Hou will have extreme distrust of talents of scholar's background: scholars are proud, they want to go wherever they want, nobles at least If there is a fief family, it is definitely not easy to defect.

Tian Zifang's words of admonishing Wei Jian all those years ago, combined with the situation of Wu Qi's defection, are completely counterproductive.

Tian Zifang himself meant to tell Wei Jian that the scholars should be treated well, and the nobles would not run away if they were properly squeezed by the nobles, and the scholars would easily go elsewhere.

All Wei Jian can think of now is to treat the scholars well and they will run away at that time, and they will be greedy. It is better to treat their own base, those nobles who are not easy to run away.

Even if there are talents from the scholar class, Wei Hou has to think about it. Isn't this another Wu Qi?

No matter how bad it is, when Marquis Wen can throw Wu Qi to Xihe and distribute Le Yang to Lingshou, there will always be an explanation.Now turning to strategic defense, even if you have talent, where should you arrange it?Compete with the entrenched nobles?Does Wei Jian have such courage?
Ximen Leopard is not only thinking about the current situation, but also thinking that after the complete failure of the strategy of the Wei State, the spirit of the entire Wei State will no longer be the same as the previous Wei State.

20 years ago, Wei State seized Xihe, destroyed Zhongshan, defeated Qi and captured Qihou, Daliang beheaded Chu Zuoyin, four rulers of Guigui, and took half of Zheng State's territory. The emperor encouraged it. What a scene?

In just 20 years, it has become like this. Where did this change come from?
In the tent, the arguments of the generals became more and more irritable. Ximen Leopard closed his eyes and tilted his head back, tears could not help but fall from the corners of his eyes——Wenhou’s exhortations and expectations before his death may never be realized in this life , if it wasn't for Marquis Wen, how would he be where he is today?Knowing the kindness and repaying it, the kindness of knowing the situation, everything makes Ximen Leopard feel limp and weak.

Repay with death?Bringing the folks from Ye to fight to the death in the city of Handan, defeated and killed himself to protect the favor of the king?

Lead the troops to retreat, organize the autumn harvest, continue to manage Ye, and take the blame for Wei's failure to interfere in Zhao's succession war?
As long as he retreats, he has to bear the blame.

If not, who will carry it?

If the strategy is wrong, Wei Jian will have to take the blame. With Wei Jian's temperament, will he tolerate others saying that he has made such a big mistake?

If the situation of the battle is wrong, Uncle Cuo will take the blame. With Uncle Cuo's shrewdness and influence, and Wei's current situation and situation, Uncle Cuo will take the blame, and the whole Wei State will be in chaos.

Ximen Leopard can only be blamed for this blame.

The strategy is correct, the king is wise and mighty.

The battle situation is correct, Xiangguo is strategizing.

Handan retreated, causing the flanks to be exposed. Wei Jun had to make peace with Zhao, but Ximen Bao was guilty.

The Mohists calculated the time very accurately. Fifteen days, fifteen days is the shortest time for Xihe pawns to advance to the city of Handan. If you don't withdraw for five days, then kill Ximen Bao's Yecheng army first.

But what can you do in fifteen days?
How many days will it take to send someone back to Anyi?How many days will it take for the ministers to argue and discuss?

The Mohist envoy said, who made him a loyal minister?For the sake of the state of Wei, someone has to take the blame.

Thinking of taking the blame, Ximen Leopard somehow thought of his own son.

It is said that everyone in the Mohist school dies for the benefit of the world. It seems that everyone is a sage and there is no struggle within the Mohist family. But if there is really no fight, and it is really not a group of people, they will think of weakening a powerful Wei state overnight. A poisonous scheme of war on all sides?Would you think of using people's hearts to talk to Ximen Leopard about letting Ximen Leopard take the blame instead of directly talking to Gongshu Cuo and Wei Jian, two people who can't take the blame?
The Mohist’s intention is not only to have a place in Zhao State, but also to fundamentally make Wei State completely cut off the spirit of talented people entering the court, and use this pot-sharing meeting to force Wei Jian, the scholar faction and the aristocratic faction, to pick one of two.

Why did you talk to him first?Because he is the one who is most likely to endure humiliation for the benefit of Wei, and because he can be regarded as the last representative of the star-studded scholar class in the Wenhou era, it is necessary to drive him away to make the world's scholars despair of Wei.

Le Yang is dead, Wu Qi is gone, if Ximen Bao is punished again, what will the scholars of the world think of Wei Guo?Who would want to make a big deal in Wei Guo?
Looking around, those who are beneficial to the world all ran to Sishang; those who wished for prosperity and wealth ran to Xiqin;
With the influence of the Mohists in the market, there is no need to spread rumors, just state the facts, who among the scholars in the world still have confidence in Wei Guo?But isn't the fact of this statement concealing evil intentions?
Is such a group of people really as sincere and innocent as the son imagined?No fights like that?So there is only one heart to die?
With his son on Sishang, will he make a name for himself?

Will you know that there is no paradise in this world where there is no struggle?

Will it grow up?

Perhaps, the son is now hating himself for launching an unjust war and becoming a sword that harms the people in the hands of an unjust king?

Perhaps, when he was punished by the lord, his son would applaud and say that this is the end of working hard for an unjust war?
Maybe, I will soon receive a letter from my son about a fatherless home full of resentment and blame?

Tears swirled between the corners of his confinement eyes, but they didn't fall in the end, trying to force a wry smile from the beard on his lower lip, Ximen Leopard sat up straight, and sighed: "Prepare to retreat."

The generals were stunned, and then someone praised: "This move is beneficial to the country. If you don't retreat, the land of Ye will be barren, and Zhao people will be even more difficult to control. The momentum has become..."

When the man was still talking about the wisdom of Ximen Bao's decision to retreat, Ximen Bao shouted helplessly: "Retire! Send people to the Mohist camp and make an oath with them. Let them not pursue! Go!"

The generals did not dare to speak again, and there was silence. After the task was assigned, Ximen Bao picked up the pen, dipped it in ink, and wrote a few lines on a piece of clean white paper.

"Chen Leopard said: Marquis Wen's foundation will be completed and he will die. Today, the next few minutes, all countries will compete for hegemony, and Wei will be in the world..."

After writing a few lines, he heard cheers coming from outside. No need to ask, he knew that it was the cheers of the soldiers who knew to retreat, knew that they could go back to meet their parents and wives, and knew that they could go back to plow and harvest their own fields.

Ximen Bao stopped writing, listened to the cheers outside, and couldn't help but think of the words Mohist said about him in the book... A hundred years later, the people in Ye may not know Marquis Wen, but they especially remember the irrigation of the Zhang River, which benefits the world Immortal...

Those reviews are good.

Ximen Leopard is a bit bitter.

If the people benefit, the people will appreciate and remember, but compared to the responsibility that I will bear, the responsibility for the failure of Wei Guo to defeat Zhao, can I really be praised instead of scolded after a hundred years?

Seeing that Marquis Wen's career is ruined like this, and seeing that he is about to bear the name of quitting without permission, when he gets old, what face will he have to meet Marquis Wen who has the kindness of knowing him?
Even if he retreated his troops, what he got in exchange was a situation where Wei State was more likely to survive, and the offensive and defensive momentum was also changed. Yedi would no longer be a wedge to prevent Handan Zhongmou from inserting into Zhao State, but would become the first fortress for Zhao State to defend in the south ... What can I do?How can I reverse the situation in this world?
For a while, Ximen Leopard developed some will to die. Maybe after he died, the emperor would know that he was not greedy for life and afraid of death, but really only for the community of Wei State...

Thinking of this, he picked up the pen, but his hands kept shaking, not because he was afraid of death, but because he was unwilling and sad.

The cheers outside continued to clamor, Ximen Leopard, who had been contemplating for a long time, was trembling because of sadness, slowly firmed up with the cheers of retreating.

He thought: "Twenty years ago, when I built water conservancy projects, all the villagers complained. I said that the people can succeed and not worry about it. A hundred years later, all the villagers will think about what I said today."

"Isn't it the same thing today? The prince blames me, punishes me, and punishes me today. After a hundred years, the world will give me an evaluation!"

After struggling to write the last word, Ximen Bao got up and said to himself: "Ximen Bao, Ximen Bao, don't repay him with death. You are dead, although you are a big brother, but you are not killing the son entrusted by Marquis Wen. Shang Zhou? Go on, go on...be this sinner!"

(End of this chapter)