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Chapter 878 Meeting in the Pool ([-])
Among the countries participating in the meeting, apart from the Mohists who showed the most enthusiastic performance and the loudest slogans, but actually wanted to overthrow the table, Zhao Guo was in the best situation.

Before the Fengchi Meeting was held, Zhao Guo had already received winks from several countries.

At the beginning, Wei and Han divided Zheng, and Zhao Hou was really nervous.

Anyway, he was deeply impressed by Wei Jian's interference in Zhao's succession rights, and even his attempt to divide Zhao into two as Zhao and his replacement.

Zhao Guo was very nervous when Wei and Han shared Zheng's affairs, and when Wei and Han were so close again, Zhao Guo must have been sweating profusely and nervous.

The internal affairs of Zhao State could not be solved overnight, they were in a mess.

After the succession battle ended, the Mohists benefited a lot. They incited Zhao merchants to use the exclusive right to trade in the grasslands as a mortgage to support Marquis Zhao. They paid a lot of taxes every year, but seeing that the merchants became more and more powerful, This is what no king wants to see.

The aristocratic power in Zhao State is still huge, and Zhao Hou wants to use the power of the Hu people to suppress the rest of the aristocrats in the court, and at the same time continue the reform of Gongzhonglian.

Zhao Guo also saw the power of the stirrup cavalry, riding and shooting in Hu clothes is hard to say, but some clothes styles must be changed, chariots and horse riding are not the same thing.

In the past few years, it was easy to stabilize the interior, and Wei Han quietly divided Zheng Guo, and Zhao Guo felt that Wei Han completely blocked Zhao Guo's way to the south.

Although the old minister Gong Zhonglian meant that although the Central Plains is rich, entering the Central Plains will consume Zhao's power, so it is better to accumulate strength and wait slowly for future changes.

For this strategic purpose, Zhao Guo even changed a few enclaves that were originally close to Wei State, and cut off the friction with Wei State.

But after all, Zhao Guo hopes to open up the situation in the Central Plains.

When he was nervous, who would have thought that Wei and Han would fight like this in the battle of Yinyang, leaving almost no mobile field force in the central plains of Wei.

Zhao Guo immediately saw the opportunity.

Qin State also quickly sent people to Handan, the new capital of Zhao State, for a secret talk.

During the rebellion of the Prince Dynasty, the State of Wei sent troops to interfere with the State of Zhao. It was the State of Qin who sent Wu Qi to station in Chongquan, which made Wei State worried that Qin would go out of the Xihe River, so he had to delay the time to mobilize soldiers, so that the State of Zhao reached Nanji River in Qi Mo. In the battle, he straightened his back again and carried it to the end to win in the end.

Qin Guo then told this story, and mentioned the love of the Zhao family back then. It seems that the two families have the same ancestor, and they are not related to intermarriage.

In the end, he provoked a series of things such as Wei Guo eating more and occupying more, Zhao Guo being stuck and not allowed to go south, etc. during the previous Sanjin Alliance.

Qin State hoped to win Zhao State as an ally, and when Qin attacked Xihe, Zhao State could seize the land of Ye.

One is that Ximen Leopard is old and has been seriously ill in the past few years; the other is that the land of Ye is very important to Zhao State, and Handan will be safe if Ye is won, otherwise it will always be threatened by Wei State.

Zhao Guo was also quite tempted by this idea.

In the battle of Jinyang back then, the cold words were because the Zhi family was too aggressive and too powerful; the current state of Qin does not have that kind of ability.

If the land of Ye is captured, in order to defend against Qin, Mo and Chu, the Three-Jin Alliance must be re-formed, but at that time, the Three-Jin Alliance will be respected by Zhao, which will be very different from now.

During Zhao Qin's secret talks here, Wei Guo also sent people to Zhao Guo to present a map of Zhongshan's city walled mountains and rivers, and said that he would cancel the title of son Zhi Zhongshan Jun. This is obviously encouraging Zhao Guo to seek Zhongshan. Go east to Yan and Qi.

The envoy of the State of Wei was a man of eloquence, and talked about the situation in the world with the benefit of his tongue. He only said that Qin had the heart to advance eastward, the Mo family had the intention to shake the sky, and the Chu State had the potential to aspire to the top. The current plan, the Three Jins cannot If we continue to fight, we should work together.

Zhao Hou still had a lump in his heart, so he asked why Wei didn't say anything about the three Jins as one when he wanted to divide Zhao?
The envoy didn't change his face and said that this time and that time, Wei Qiang ruled the world at that time, so he could do this; but at this time Wei Wei and Zhao did not have the ability to rule the world, so it is better to cooperate.No one can tell what will happen in the future, it is better to leave it later.

After Zhao Hou thought about it, he neither agreed nor refused immediately.

Zhongshan faces east and Yedi faces south. These are the only two strategic directions Zhao can choose now.

In Gaoliu, Yunzhong and other places, most of the newly-built cities were slaves who migrated there. The Mohists did a great job there. Zhaohou knew very well that the gains outweighed the losses by attacking them, and it was even a question of whether they could be defeated.

Fortunately, when they moved to Yunzhong and other places, General Qu and Meng Sheng of the Mo family swore an oath with Marquis Zhao, only saying that this move was to resist barbaric invasion of the Central Plains by barbarians. The level is still not as good as those on the grassland who robbed the people and harmed the world, so if you don't mess with me, we don't have to mess with you.

The Mohists still value credibility, Zhao Hou believed in this, especially after the matter was reported to the world.As for whether Marquis Zhao would engage the Mohists if he had the chance, that was another matter.But from the current point of view, Zhao Guo is afraid that he must do his best to completely pacify Yunzhong and other places, and the people he gets are all instilled by a group of "equality, sympathy and love", which is a loss-making business.

Under such circumstances, there are only two options: going south and going east.

If you go south, you must continue to make good friends with Zhongshan, weaken the Wei State, become the boss of the Sanjin Alliance, and then slowly climb the mountain.

The advantage is that Qin State will definitely attack Xihe by taking advantage of the aftermath of the Battle of Yinyang, and the field army in the central plains of Wei State will be destroyed. As long as Zhao State cooperates with Qin State, it will be able to obtain great benefits.

If you go eastward, you must immediately make good friends with Wei and Han, re-form an alliance, stop the civil war in the Three Jins, first divide the remaining land of Jin into three families, everyone is happy, get rid of it, and then abolish it as a commoner, and then engage in peace under the premise of peace in the Three Jins. Zhongshan.

The advantage is that if you do it this way, you don't have to worry about being attacked by the enemy for the time being. At the same time, you can solve the serious problem of Zhongshan Kingdom and open the way to the east of Taihang Mountain.

The disadvantage is that if Qin really wants to fight Xihe, Zhao Guo has to send troops to support it. Even if he sits on the ground and waits for Wei Guo to use land as a bribe in exchange, then he should send troops and he must send troops.

Of course, the choice between the two still depends on the situation of this Fengchi meeting. Although Zhao Guo is now on two sides, he is also quite worried that this time Fengchi will really succeed in eliminating soldiers. If the treaty organizes the coalition forces of all countries to conquer, just like Qi Huan conquered Chu back then, it would be very bad.

Originally, Zhao Guo was still waiting to see what the Fengchi meeting would be like. Besides, it was impossible for everyone to trust Wei Guo.

But after the Mohist publicized the Mohist's strategy of eliminating soldiers in Dayi, a huge city in the world, rather than attacking the country and uniting the world, Zhao Guo began to panic.

In the current situation, if the Qin, Chu, and Mo clans were to come forward and say that Xihe was Qin's territory since ancient times, and force Wei to return it, Wei would have no choice but to return some of it.

In that case, the situation will be quite unfavorable for Zhao Guo.

Qin State can choose to fight west; Sishang can choose to manage the land of Manyue; Chu State can attack Cangwu Dongting; forcing the central plains to stop fighting, where will Zhao, Wei, Han, and Qi expand?As long as it expands, it will violate the covenant of eliminating soldiers. If Zhao attacks Qi, Qi will call on Zhao to violate the alliance of eliminating soldiers, and Mo, Qin, and Chu will send troops to interfere.

What Zhao Hou is most worried about now is that Wei Guo is cowardly. Under the pressure of Qin, Mo, and Chu, he really surrendered some cities in Xihe, confessed his cowardice by handing over the land, and turned to suppress soldiers and non-attacks to breathe.

So just before the Fengchi meeting was about to be held, Zhao Guo finally made a decision: he secretly sent people to express his support for Wei Guo, and greatly agreed with the decision of the Three Jin Dynasty to go outward unanimously.

In short: don't be shy!Qin Guo wants Xihe, I will support you behind the scenes, and I will not take the opportunity to stab you.

This side appeased the Wei State, and the other side sent people to have secret talks with the Chu State.

Talk about all kinds of things that the Mohists did in Zhao State. The princes of all countries are in danger of subjugation and extinction. The Mohism is powerful. At this time, they should unite to prevent Qin and Mohism.

He also said that the speed of the Mohists’ operations in the South China Sea and other places was far faster than that of the previous countries when they expanded and colonized. Mohist expansion.

At the same time, the implication is that they agree with Chu's division of Zheng, and imply that if Chu really wants to force Wei Hanchu to release the annexed Zheng to become a neutral state, Zhao will definitely oppose it.

After talking with Chu State, he went to talk with Qi State again, only saying that Qi and Zhao should be neighborly and friendly, otherwise, once the Mohists got the land of Qi State, then Zhao State could feel the danger of death.

The reason why Chu State did not go to war with Wei and Han and seized the opportunity to recapture Daliang was due to various internal and external factors. Among them, worrying about the Mohism becoming bigger was also a large part, so they hit it off.

Qi Guo was bullied by the Mohists and had nowhere to cry. Hearing Zhao Guo's words, he dared to move and wept freely.

The matter of combining vertical and horizontal, which appeared at this time, was really forced out by the Mohists.

Qi State is very aware of his current level, and the reform has not yet been completed. After more than 20 years of Tian's civil war, the respite that was so easy to win was interrupted by the Mohists.

Naturally, Qi State did not have the idea of ​​forming an alliance with Qin State, and it did not have that strength. Even though Wei State had the defeat of Yinyang, Qi State had not regained its vitality from the defeat a few years ago, and the internal strife in the Tian family had not yet completely stabilized.

But Qi State did not dare to openly form an alliance with Wei Hanchu and Zhao, as long as it formed an alliance, it would violate the treaty with the Mohists. Under the fierce attack of the Mohists, Qi State worried that Wei Hanchu would not be able to rescue in time.

Many things discussed in secret cannot be brought to light.

Since Zhao Guo chose to join forces to destroy the army, he could only choose the strategy of going east to Zhongshan.

As a result, this meeting in the pool will become even more chaotic.

The Mohists, who chanted the loudest and most righteous slogans, wanted to overthrow the table; the Qin State, which was sitting and watching the Central Plains War, wanted Xihe; To rest and recuperate; Chu State, who got the desired city, wants to truce and reform to guard against the Mohists...

Only the tens of millions of people in Zhuxia are still looking forward to the success of this time, the nobles will take a step back, there will be no war in the world, and they will benefit from each other.

Or, this is their last fantasy after countless disappointments.

But it's a good thing.If there is never hope, where is the disappointment?
(End of this chapter)