Qin State, Xianyang.
Under the protection of dozens of soldiers, Sima Cuo flew back to Xianyang. Although he was nearly sixty years old, the Da Qin captain's horsemanship had not diminished at all.
When passing through the main road of Xianyang, Sima Cuo threw out a token, causing the Qin soldiers who wanted to intercept them to give up their thoughts and salute together: "Greetings to the captain! Great Qin will be victorious!"
A group of people rode their horses into the city. The Qin soldiers behind them were still praising in a low voice: "The captain is really good at riding!"
"I don't know what it is that can make the usually mature and prudent Guowei gallop on his horse..."
Sima Cuo went straight into the palace, and then gathered together with Empress Dowager Xuan, Wei Ran and others, closed the door tightly, and held a secret meeting.
At the door, dozens of Miyagi Qin soldiers armed with sharp swords were waiting.
Obviously, the confidentiality of this meeting was very high. Even some Qin ministers who came to see Empress Dowager Xuan were stopped by the Qin soldiers guarding the door.
These Qin soldiers couldn't hear clearly what was being discussed in it - they could only vaguely hear the excited laughter of the big shots, and a few words that appeared very frequently - such as 'Chu State', 'Mi'. Liang'wait...
A full day later, two groups of envoys disguised themselves and left Xianyang.
The direction to go is Xinzheng, the capital of South Korea, and Daliang, the capital of Wei.
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A few days later.
King Wei Si of Wei finished the day's court meeting and was refreshed and ready to go to the harem to "quell the fire", but he was respectfully stopped by the chamberlain: "Your Majesty, someone asked to see you, saying that they have a plan to revive the Wei Dynasty. They want to see your Majesty." Segmentation said.”
ZTE the Wei Dynasty?
Wei Si raised his eyebrows and a smile appeared on his face: "That person has given you a lot of benefits, right?"
The old chamberlain's white eyebrows twitched, not daring to hide anything: "The king indeed sees things thousands of miles away."
Wei Sihe laughed a few times. He originally wanted to ignore it, but in the end he could not resist the temptation of the four words "Zhongxing Dawei". In the end, he still summoned the outsider with the idea of "right for entertainment".
The visitor strongly suggested that everyone should retreat... Wei Si also nodded in agreement with interest.
The door to the study room was closed, and a moment later, Wei Si's exclamation could be faintly heard inside: "What? You are actually..." Then, the voice quickly decreased.
The Wei soldiers outside were shocked and were about to rush in to protect their king, but were stopped in time by Wei Si inside.
It is said that the person who came to Wei Si was the Qin envoy who came from Xianyang.
This envoy was very eloquent, briefly describing the historical grievances between Qin and Wei, and then spent a lot of eloquent words to elaborate on the threat of Chu -
First of all, the Chu State is unprecedentedly powerful.
Moreover, the Chu State's strong need for expansion is enough to put any neighboring countries on alert - within a few years, the Danyang land that was recovered will not be ignored. The Chu State's expanded territory alone includes the territory of the old Yue State. The land, the land of the old Song Dynasty, and the large land of Qinnan...
The Qin envoy dropped another bombshell news - the Bashu Rebellion that shocked the world was also caused by Chu people secretly behind the scenes!
"Please think about it carefully, King Wei - the land of Bashu will soon be owned by the Chu people. When the time comes, our Qin State will be helpless and will probably surrender to Mi Huai... By then, the expansion of the Chu State will Which direction will it go in?"
Wei Si's expression was very exciting and he remained silent for a long time.
"The King of Wei is still obsessed with currying favor with Chu... In fact, Chu's ambitions are growing day by day. If we don't stop him, no one will be able to stop him!" The Qin envoy said in a very rude tone.
"The Chu people are sitting on the Huainan Plain, and in a few years they will take over the Bashu granary... By then Chu will have endless grain and grass, and with Chu's huge population... who can stop these people? Nanman’s chariot?”
"Qin is certainly going to be destroyed...can Wei, Han and other countries be able to survive alone?"
The Qin envoy exaggerated and described the Chu State as extremely powerful and ambitious... and also described the Qin State as if it was about to be destroyed.
Sure enough, King Wei Si's face showed uneasiness.
This is the normal state of the Warring States Period!
There are no permanent allies and no permanent enemies.
Maybe two years ago, everyone had a common enemy, but in the blink of an eye, they would draw swords against each other again.
Whoever is strong will have to bear the joint attack of the coalition forces of various countries - this is already a common practice.
Qi Guo must be deeply impressed by this...
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In short, Qin's envoy had the same idea - Chu had already become hegemonic, but it still had not stopped its expansion (it was still marching towards Bashu). Obviously its ambitions had not been fully satisfied.
The Chu State is too strong now. If we don’t unite to beat them, sooner or later we will all be done with it!
This is exactly what Sima Cuo came up with out of desperation - instead of fighting a tug-of-war with those rebels in Bashu, it is better to temporarily abandon Bashu and unite with several surrounding countries to attack Chu!
In the past, the State of Chu often organized and gathered brothers to attack the State of Qin... Don't think that we, the State of Qin, can't learn this trick.
Anyway, Bashu is in chaos and will not calm down within a year or two - first call the brothers and beat up the Chu State, and then turn around and go to Bashu to quell the chaos, it is completely too late!
Obviously, Wei Wang Wei Si was also quite interested in this proposal...
Don't look at the old enemies of Qin and Wei. There are deep hatreds and old grudges one after another... But when it's time to form an alliance, these sordid things will be selectively forgotten!
In the end, the State of Qin promised various benefits, which made King Wei Si excited...
On the other side of South Korea, a similar scene was happening - the Qin envoy to South Korea even promised to return [Yiyang] to South Korea, which made King Han Cang's heart beat...
The old-fashioned Sima Cuo used the world as a chessboard and all the countries as pawns... A huge conspiracy against the Chu State is gradually taking shape!
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Another year has passed in a blink of an eye.
Time has quietly arrived in 303 BC!
A full five or six years have passed since Xiong Wuliang just crossed over... Xiong Wuliang has grown taller, and the beard around his mouth has grown a bit, making him look more mature.
In the past year, Qu Yuan, Le Yi, Shen Dao, and Zhao Hua worked together. Under the leadership of these four talents, the reform in the fiefdom has been basically completed——
In the four county fiefdoms, the centralization of power to Quyang Hou Xiong Wuliang has been completed!
The students exported from the academy shined brightly and completely eliminated the monopoly of local wealthy families on official titles.
Although these wealthy families are still allowed to retain some private military units, a strict upper limit is set on the overall number based on the number of people from each tribe.
No one dared to offend Qu Yuan's new laws - those who once dared to resist were dealt with with an iron fist.
Due to the unprecedented concentration of power in the fiefdom, the power that Xiong Wuliang can use has become even more terrifying. Coupled with the increase in the overall population and the accumulation of wealth, Xiong Wuliang has the capital to launch a new campaign by Qu Yang's new army. Expand the army.
Unfortunately, this exciting resolution was vetoed by Xiong Wuliang, who had no ambition for a long time.
In the past year, Xiong Wuliang’s life can be described as carefree and unrestrained——
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