"Your Majesty, do you want to take the risk and win, or do you want to wait for death?" At this point, Xuannv had no choice but to take the risk.
"Win the adventure? How do you say this?" King Zhao tried to figure out these four words, and he could feel the terrifying feeling of walking on the cliff.
"We cannot let the Xia State grow up. The grown Xia State's comprehensive strength can be better than that of the Zheng State. However, the Zheng State also has the constraints of aristocratic families, and the Xia State does not. Therefore, the Xia State will be stronger than the Zheng State by then. In addition, If Shou'an Fangyu is lost, it can be said that if we give it to Xia State in four to five years, Xia State will be able to reach the current level of Zhao State."
Xuannv is not being alarmist, she is just stating a fact. The Xia State's Snake Tunxiang grows at an alarming rate after being digested. Taking back Fang Yu Shouan can still slightly restrict the current restrictions. Now that Zhao State has lost Shou'an Fang Yu, it has been damaged again. Without mobile troops, they could only watch Xia Guo gain weight.
"I know, but what can I do? I no longer have the force to stop him. He has no worries. The rear is integrated into an iron plate. I am involved in the two countries of Jing and Zheng. I can only watch him grow bigger."
King Zhao was unwilling and a little helpless. Was he willing to give up Fang Yu and Shou'an? It's not those short-sighted trash who caused the harm. Thinking about it makes me heartbroken and unable to breathe.
"Unite Zheng Guo and let him annex Jing Guo in the north. We will use all our troops to attack Xia Guo. We will completely defeat Xia Guo before it can no longer move."
Xuannv's tone was cold. At this stage, she no longer had any words for being merciless. The situation in the country has now reached a situation where it's life or death for you.
"United with Zheng State, we are feuding?" King Zhao said in shock. Zhao State and Zheng State united, it is better to unite with Xia State, at least Xia State has some kindness.
"The feud lasts for only a few decades. The previous generations were still related to each other. Matters of national interest are not a matter of your emotions."
Xuannv said realistically that consideration of interests is what should be done between countries. People can talk about emotions. Just like when Zhao State conquered Xia State, she could beg for mercy for Zhuang Xun and save his life. However, the hostility between Xia State and Zhao State , she will not favor Xia Guo.
"This..." Queen Mother Jiang also taught King Zhao how to grow up like this. Zhao Guo was invincible in the past and naturally didn't want to think about it. Now that he has been discouraged, it's time to think about it.
"This is our only way. Jingguo must be stable, and Xiaguo must also be stable. Jingguo and Zhengguo alone are enough to make Zhao Guo uncomfortable. Now add Xiaguo. If nothing is done, Zhaoguo will face It just gradually dies out.”
There is no alarmism, this is the naked reality. The Xia State is now growing in an integrated way, and the Zhao State has reached its peak and is waiting to catch up. If the Xia State catches up, it will be trapped to death and cannot break out of the siege of the Three Kingdoms.
Zhao Guo was not panicking before, expecting to recapture Fangyu and Shou'an, maintain its overall strength, and be able to face the two-front battle with ease.
Originally, the strength of the Zhao State could intimidate the Three Kingdoms, and the method of killing whoever attacked me would be the same. After understanding human nature, we were in a relatively safe environment, that is, using soldiers as a barrier and using offense instead of defense. .
In this way, until the opportunity changes, new forces join the fight, or the hostile Three Kingdoms make mistakes, it will give Zhao a chance. Without Shou'an and Fang Yu, Xia's development has reached its limit, and the Tiance army it supports is no more than Zheng's. flat.
The initiative in time and space lies with Zhao State. It can plan, provoke, or oppress. It has a lot of room to maneuver in Yuzhou, and it can take action left and right, and suppress at will.
He can't guarantee that he can conquer the Three Kingdoms, but he can guarantee that life in any one of them will not be comfortable.
Now we can only do one point and five lines of battle. The fault tolerance rate has been greatly increased, and it will also stir up the ambitions of the people around him. Originally, Jing Zheng was unable to win the Zhao State, but now from the perspective of strength, the original Jing Zheng can win the current Zhao State, and he is not thinking. Maybe there is no movement, but a pack of wolves are waiting for you.
Zhuang Xun, who had obtained Shouan Fangyu and consolidated his strength, could unite with any country to launch an army to attack Zhao. Zhao no longer had the deterrent power it once had, and it was even less possible to wait for the situation to change, so it died slowly.
Without the 40,000-man mobile Xuanjia Army and without Shou'an Fangyu, in the eyes of a group of top strategists, the Zhao State was left defenseless.
Queen Mother Jiang was a strategist. She saw it and saw from Shao Guoliang's example that it was impossible to change. Zhao's system was dead and interest groups were crazy. Only then would she feel pain, despair, and finally escape into Xia.
"How can Zheng Guo cooperate with us? Do you know how wary and wary Zheng Guo is about us?"
King Zhao did not hold out hope. There was a basis for provoking Zheng and Jing to fight each other, but it was nonsense to form an alliance with Zhao.
"I know, but that was in the past. In the past, Zhao Guozhuang was powerful. No matter how great the conflict between Zheng and Jing was, they would always face Zhao Guo. But it is different now. Zhao Guo is weak."
Xuannv smiled bitterly. In the past, she was arrogant and had no friends, only subordinates. Now that Zhao Guo is lame, it is time to bend down.
"No matter how weak we are, we are still stronger than Zheng Guo. Zheng Guo will not allow us to attack Xia Guo and deal with the sword hanging over our heads."
King Zhao will step in. Unless King Zheng is a foolish king and cannot see the danger, he will not agree to it.
Unfortunately, Yuzhou is not Jizhou. This is a high-end bureau. There will not be such dim-witted monarchs as King You and King Cheng, otherwise they would have been killed long ago.
Each of these individuals is more accurate than the other, and they are involved in each other. Many of them are even willing to sell their interests but are not willing to make their opponents have an easy time.
"So Zhao State needs to be weaker, so weak that Zheng State feels there is no danger, and it will not have the power to crush Zheng State."
Xuannv's words were beyond King Zhao's expectation, and for a moment he wondered if Xuannv was as mad as him.
"Become weaker?" King Zhao asked with doubts, with all kinds of thoughts, knowing clearly that the person in front of him was a god.
"That's right, so what your Majesty said is to take risks to win. We have to break our bones to survive. Only by bringing us down to the same level as Zheng Guo will Zheng Guo not worry about cooperating with us and losing himself."
Understanding human nature, Xuan Nu said coldly, this time, it was either life or death, it was already a trap, so she would cut off her tail to survive.
"I don't understand very well, please enlighten me!" King Zhao looked at Xuannv's expression and she was not joking, so he bowed down to ask for advice.
"Lost Shou'an and Fang Yu, and lost 40,000 Xuanjia troops. How is Zhao stronger than Zheng Guo?"
Xuannv first asked, in what direction could a Zhao State be stronger than Zheng Guo, so that Zheng Guo could be so jealous that he did not dare to cooperate with him and was afraid of seeking skin from a tiger.
"The first is the land and population. The land and population of the Zhao State are still far more than any other country. The second is the aristocratic family system. Compared with the Xia State, the aristocratic families of the Zhao State are slightly decadent, but they are better and more proactive than those of Jing and Zheng. The third is the army. Zhao’s Xuanjia Army still has more than 100,000 troops, which is stronger than Zheng’s.”
King Zhao is very good at comparing national data. He is very clear about the advantages and disadvantages of Zhao and other countries, and will not be blindly arrogant or consider himself weak.
"The current Zhao State has been deprived of Fangyu and Shou'an, but it is still stronger than the Zheng State. But what if Zhao State loses the Yunshan and Tianqing Roads that captured Jing State? Zhao State will clean up the domestic aristocratic families at this time, resulting in The strength is weakening.”
Xuannv's tone was cold and frightening, and what she said shocked King Zhao. He was also a smart man, and he understood it immediately.
"Is the Imperial Master going to use these two methods to provoke Zheng Guo and Jing Guo?"
King Zhao guessed, and in exchange for Xuannv nodding, Xuannv spoke in a low tone and told her plan.
"That's right, it's just to provoke them. If the two captured roads are exchanged for attacking the Xia Kingdom, Zheng Guo will not take action but let him deal with Jing Guo. Do you think King Zheng will agree?"
"How could King Zheng agree..." King Zhao laughed dumbly, but soon realized something.
"It is really possible to agree. If we go to war with the aristocratic family and weaken the power of Zhao, King Zheng will not feel so much pressure. It is possible to form an alliance with us, but, just..."
"It's just that the Kingdom of Zhao wants to make a big effort, so you can't bear to leave, right?" Xuannv looked directly at King Zhao. King Zhao had nowhere to hide. It was true that King Zhao couldn't bear to leave.
"Does the land, population and resources of the two realms have to be given away in vain?"
King Zhao had lost Shou'anfangyu. Thanks to Jingguo's land replenishment, it was better. Now that he had to hand it over as bait, King Zhao felt heartbroken.
"You can see the benefits. If these two roads are handed over to Zheng Guo, the alliance between Jing Guo and Zheng Guo will immediately be in vain. As Zhao Guo's strength becomes weaker, Zheng Guo will no longer carry out encirclement and suppression, because at this moment Zheng Guo is even more hostile. It’s against Jing Guo who is in civil strife, because he can’t defeat us, and this is the only way we can solve the trapped dragon situation.”
Xuannv calmly calculated that this was a conspiracy that could not be solved. She believed in people's greed and fought for dragons. There was only one dragon. The two countries of Jing and Zheng could rely on each other because of the persecution of Zhao. They all knew it. No matter how big the contradiction is, it will not antagonize Zhao Guoda.
If the State of Zhao were not so big and powerful, the basis for the alliance between the two countries would be gone, and there would be no tolerance for each other. With the State of Zheng holding Jing State's land, the escalation of conflicts between the two parties is already a certainty. .
As for why Zheng Guo would not return Jing Guo's land and resolve this conflict, this is a false proposition. Who would spit out the swallowed land or give it to future enemies?
Not to mention that the two sides had their own conflicts. King Jing, who was about to ascend the throne, was not supported by Zheng Guo. They had made many small moves with each other. They already disliked each other, and now there was a land dispute.
In a feudal kingdom, what could be more provocative than land? Zheng Guo, who had obtained two laws, wanted to destroy Jing Guo. Jing Guo, who had lost his land, would not only blame Zhao Guo but also Zheng Guo. This is human nature.
As long as the two sides fight, Zhao will escape, and he can use superior forces to attack Xia and completely eliminate Xia.
"In this way, the State of Zheng will become bigger. We will replicate the process of the State of Xia obtaining the State of You. Even if we capture the State of Xia, we will still have to face a difficult opponent." King Zhao was still hesitant.
"This country belongs to your Majesty. If your Majesty is not willing, I can only watch the country of Zhao perish."
Xuannv firmly said that it was only for the sake of King Zhao that he was not faint, that she made this suggestion that required great courage to implement. If King Zhao was stupid, she would have given up.
"National Master, I didn't mean that. What I meant was, what I meant was that there are other ways?"
King Zhao explained with some embarrassment that he had lost a lot of energy and did not have the courage to swallow up the world before.
"Your Majesty knows that this is a trapped dragon situation. It would be too good of a thought to escape without paying the price, and it is not completely useless to Zhao Guo."
Xuannv maintained her cold face. She was a god, but she could not directly use meteorites to destroy enemy armies. As a national advisor, what she actually had to do was to coordinate the gods to prepare for natural disasters and rain, and then manage the practitioners and solve supernatural aspects. thing.
Giving advice was really deeply tied to Zhao Guo. It was her hope for ascension. She wanted to find a way out for Zhao Guo.
"What's the benefit? Attack the Xia Kingdom?" King Zhao also wanted to attack the Xia Kingdom to avenge his humiliation, but the Xia Kingdom had given him too much humiliation.
"Cleaning up the aristocratic families, as part of the self-surrender forces, we have to solve the problem of being big but not unified, big but not strong."
Xuannv was as cold as ice, and she had emotions after seeing the two failures caused by the aristocratic family, and could not remain indifferent.
"Clean up the family?" King Zhao became excited. The word was like bread when he was hungry. He would stuff it into his mouth regardless of his thirst.
"What do you think is the problem with losing to Xia Guo?" Xuannv asked, squeezing the hand of Yu Jing Ping tightly.
"Needless to say, the aristocratic families are not united. Everyone only cares about their own family affairs and ignores the affairs of the country."
King Zhao will never protect the family. He just sent out this evil fire, which goes straight to the core issue.
"So, if we just raise another army to attack Xia, we will not solve the problem of the family. No matter how many troops we have, it will not be enough to cause such harm to the family. They will only send armor and horses to the Xia Kingdom. We should have seized power with the family, lowered our military strength, and made The military is more united."
Xuannv reminded King Zhao that he was in a daze. Indeed, a family that does not rectify will never win, and an army that is not united will lose anyway.
"Take advantage of this opportunity to pull out the hands of the aristocratic family that has penetrated into the army. The Queen Mother should have taught you the principle of recruiting a group of people and beating a group of people. Keep those who are loyal to you and understand the overall situation, and deal with the arrogant ones, triggering an outburst. The problem is that the decline in the military's combat effectiveness is short-lived, but in the long run the upper echelons are more united."
Xuannv planned and said that after two consecutive failures, Xuannv had lost her patience. Both times, it was an aristocratic family that pulled her crotch. What happened?
"Taking risks, you have a 40% chance of winning. If you don't take risks, you have no chance of winning. If you lower yourself to the level of Zheng, that is fighting for the dragon. After fighting with Xia, fight with Zheng. If you want to wait and seek stability, then It’s the trapped dragon. Let’s watch the Zheng Kingdom and the Xia Kingdom fight for the dragon. Your Majesty, you can choose for yourself.”
Xuannv stopped talking and gave King Zhao time to think. King Zhao frowned and thought a lot, a lot.
There was the humiliation inflicted by the Xia Kingdom, the anger of the aristocratic family backstabbing, and the indescribable regrets. There were many things he should have insisted on, such as not appointing Tang Yunfu as his adjutant.
"I want to fight. Imperial Master, I will listen to you. I want to fight."
(End of chapter)
