The simulation continues.
There are no worries for the time being, and the development speed of Yan State has greatly increased.
At this time, Yan State faced another problem.
Because of the previous poverty and weakness of Yan State, there were very few talents in Yan State. If ranked according to the card level, the former General Qing Bai and Prime Minister Li Fu of Yan State were not even considered gold cards, but only five-star purple cards.
The only golden card is Guo Guang, but he is an assassin and is now old and of little use in running the country.
After Zhang Beichen opened the martial arts hall, he trained some junior and intermediate generals, but at this time, Yan State needed high-level talents, and they would not be able to train them for a while.
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Yan Qingwu came to Zhang Beichen to discuss recruiting talents.
She said: "I have issued an order to recruit talents for several years, but there are only a handful of scholars coming to Yan State. Is there anything you can do, Prime Minister?"
Zhang Beichen thought: "The Yan State has been poor and weak for a long time. Although it is gradually getting stronger, it is still far behind the surrounding Wei State, Zhao State and others."
"The kings of Wei, Zhao, and Qin all offered generous rewards to recruit talents. In comparison, Yan has no advantage."
The more times you simulate, the higher the difficulty. Because the monarchs of other countries have become "virtuous monarchs", they know how to reform domestic shortcomings and value talents.
In this way, strong countries will become stronger and weak countries will find it difficult to stand up.
Zhang Beichen continued: "If Yan State wants to recruit talents, it can only offer more generous rewards to attract scholars from all over the world!"
Yan Qingwu said: "Then I will double the salary of officials!"
"More than that!" Zhang Beichen said, "The most critical issue now is that we must convince scholars from all over the world that the king can indeed give them preferential treatment!"
"Then what should we do?" Yan Qingwu felt that she had tried many methods, and now the conditions she offered were much better than those of King Wei.
"Of course we must establish trust!" Previously, Zhang Beichen moved to establish trust in the Qin Dynasty and gained the trust of the people.
Now, he needs to let King Yan gain the trust of the scholars.
Zhang Beichen said: "Do you remember, Your Majesty? You once spent thousands of gold to buy a thousand-mile horse."
"Yeah, didn't you buy it?" Yan Qingwu nodded. These days, the Chollima is the standard equipment for kings, and almost every king has his own BMW.
Because Yan State was too poor before, Yan Qingwu did not have good horses. After Zhang Beichen carried out economic reforms, Yan Qingwu also became rich, so he spent a lot of money to buy a thousand-mile horse.
It's just that such a good horse is rare, and I haven't been able to buy it yet.
Zhang Beichen said with a smile: "I remember that one of the ministers went to the Western Regions to buy a thousand-mile horse. He bought a thousand-mile horse, but because of the long journey, the thousand-mile horse died. The king can pay for the horse bones."
"Is there such a thing?" Yan Qingwu didn't remember it at all. Zhang Beichen smiled and said, "Of course I made it up."
"The king only needs to perform a play, go forward and buy horse bones, and the world will see that the king is true to his word, and the scholars will naturally come to the Yan Kingdom."
"What a routine! Zhang Beichen, you have so many clever ideas!" Yan Qingwu said with emotion.
She did it anyway.
On this day, Yan Qingwu went to court, and an internal minister came to the palace with horse bones and reported to her: "Your Majesty, I went to the Western Regions to buy a thousand-mile horse. Although I had already bought it, the thousand-mile horse died of illness on the way, and now I only brought back one pair. Horse bones, please punish me, your Majesty!”
The ministers thought that Yan Qingwu was punishing him, but Yan Qingwu said: "I said that a thousand pieces of gold buys a horse. You have completed your mission. As for the death of the thousand-mile horse, it is unpredictable. I will do what I say, I’ll still reward you with a thousand pieces of gold!”
"Come here, get the reward!"
Yan Qingwu asked people to bring thousands of gold rewards to the minister. The ministers were envious, and at the same time they admired King Yan for his heroic spirit and keeping his promise.
[With Zhang Beichen’s intentional spread, the news of your daughter’s purchase of horse bones quickly spread throughout the world. People praised King Yan for keeping his promise. 】
At this time, the simulator prompted Zhang Beichen to unlock a purple skin.
[Qianjin City Horse: Yan Qingwu] Purple four stars.
On the screen, there is a scene of Yan Qingwu rewarding his ministers, and the ministers are praising him.
Zhang Beichen looked at the original painting and compared with the relatively immature Yan Qingwu before, now Yan Qingwu already has a bit of the queen's coercive air.
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The advertisement has been put out, and the next step is the operation.
Yan Qingwu built a golden platform in Jicheng as a place to recruit talents. All the scholars who were hired would be given titles and rewards.
[The news that Jintai was recruiting talents spread, and scholars from all over the world heard about it and came to Yan State to apply for jobs. 】
Zhang Beichen personally sat at the Golden Stage to select talents for the Yan Kingdom.
[Five years later, Yan State is full of talents and prosperous. 】
…
By this time, Yan's national strength was enough to rank among the top seven countries.
Zhang Beichen opened the world's general news. After so many years, Zhongshan, Song, Lu, Bashu and other countries have been annexed.
Among the seven countries, South Korea was swallowed up by Wei due to its inherent deficiencies.
The State of Zhao has been trying to attack the State of Yan, but they have all been defended.
Chu, Qin, and Wei are still strong.
Only the State of Qi has reduced its territory by nearly half due to internal strife and external enemies!
"We must conquer Qi quickly, otherwise Qi will be swallowed up by Zhao and Chu!" Zhang Beichen thought.
At the beginning of the simulation, Qi's strength was not weak.
In the initial strength ranking, the strength of Qi is even higher than that of Zhao! Its strongest point is that it has many famous ministers, especially military disciples, so it has strong military strength.
But in many simulations, Qi has never become a hegemon.
This is because there are forces within Qi State vying for the throne. Zhang Beichen has met at least five different kings of Qi!
The same is true for this game. The King of Qi at this time is not the original heroine in the simulator game, but the original Prime Minister of Qi, Tian Heng.
[You write to the King of Yan, requesting to send troops to attack Qi, and the King of Yan agrees. 】
Zhang Beichen had been training his troops for a long time. He directly recruited 300,000 troops to attack Qi.
[King Zhao learned that Yan State was attacking Qi State and ordered Xinnan to lead 200,000 troops to attack Qi State. 】
[The King of Chu learned that Yan was attacking Qi and ordered Xiang Mu to lead 200,000 troops to attack Qi. 】
Several monarchs had a tacit understanding and did not rescue Qi.
Because Qi State is backed by the sea, even if it supports Qi State, Yan State may still steal Qi State's retreat through waterways.
Zhang Beichen's situation was in Yan State, which was very powerful. She felt like she couldn't protect Qi State, so she might as well take the opportunity to get a piece of meat.
[The three kingdoms attacked Qi together, and the Qi army tried their best to resist, but to no avail. 】
[After Qi State resisted tenaciously for two years, the Yan army broke through the capital of Qi State, killed Qi King Tian Heng, and Qi State was destroyed. 】
The Three Kingdoms began to carve up the land of Qi State. Yan State was the fastest to take action and naturally divided the land the fastest, followed by Zhao State, and Chu State also received more than a dozen cities.
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The seven countries have already destroyed two countries, and the competition among the next few countries will become even more intense. It can be said that every country is staring at the other. Once anyone falls behind, it will be quickly annexed.
Qin State, Ying Yin is not having an easy time in this round.
According to the usual practice in the past, she will first change her ways to become stronger, then regain the surrounding land, and then attack South Korea and Zhao to compete in the Central Plains.
But because of Zhang Beichen's arrogant operation, Qin's development unexpectedly happened.
Because Zhang Beichen donated supplies to Maotai for the sake of Yan State. Maotai's development speed has increased many times compared to before.
Although Maotai failed to annex Donghu, he quickly annexed the grassland tribes.
When the Yan State and other countries attacked the Qi State, Maotai defeated King Zuoxie of the Monan Royal Court, and King Zuoxie surrendered!
As a result, the Xiongnu Empire actually appeared in advance before the Central Plains Empire was formed!
Although the Xiongnu Empire at this time was not as powerful as previous simulations, the Qin State did not unify the world and was unable to go north to the grasslands and defeat the Xiongnu.
After the Huns became strong, their main goal became to go south and attack the Central Plains.
The two countries it is best to attack are Yan and Qin.
According to the custom of previous simulations, the Huns would attack Yan State first and break through from the direction of Shanggu County.
However, this time, Yan State not only annexed Donghu, but also trained many Donghu cavalry. This made Maotai feel that attacking Yan was not cost-effective, so he targeted Qin.
As a result, the Yingyin people had no choice but to resist the invasion of the Xiongnu Empire.
[Qin and the Xiongnu fought successively, and both sides had their own victories and defeats. 】
Qin was not defeated, but its development was delayed.
The neighboring states of Wei, Zhao, and Yan were watching with eager eyes.
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In Yan State, Yan Qingwu is receiving the envoys who came to Wei State. Gongsun Yan.
Gongsun Yan said to Yan Qingwu: "Wei sent Gongsun Yan to pay homage to King Yan."
"Gongsun Yan, what brought you here?" Yan Qingwu asked.
Gongsun Yan said: "King Yan, my king has decided to send troops to attack Qin, and specially sent ministers to invite King Yan to send troops together. If Qin is defeated, my king is willing to divide Qin with Yan in five to five parts."
Yan Qingwu thought, if Yan State joins forces with Wei State at this time, it will definitely be no problem to attack Qin State.
But what does Zhao Guo think? Will King Zhao form an alliance with King Qin?
If King Zhao joins, things will be difficult to say. There is also King Chu. Although he has less interaction with them, King Chu will definitely not miss this opportunity.
"At this time, I still need to think about something. You can stay in Yan Kingdom for the time being." Yan Qingwu said.
Yan Qingwu asked the officials for their opinions.
Qing Bai said: "Your Majesty, now that our Yan army has strong soldiers and horses, we can send troops to Qin, but there is something we can do!"
Li Fu suggested, "Your Majesty, conquering Qin is not a problem. The key is how to divide the land after conquering Qin."
"Your Majesty, please think that the northern border of the Qin State will face the invasion of the Huns. And most of the land that King Wei promised to allocate to us just now will face the attack of the Huns."
"Not only is it not a harvest to acquire such land, it will become a burden for us!"
Yan Qingwu said: "I also know this truth, but if our Yan country does not agree, Wei and Zhao will divide the Qin country, which will be detrimental to our Yan country."
Zhang Beichen said: "In this case, why don't we agree first. After the war between Wei and Qin, we will divert to attack Zhao."
"At this time, both Wei and Qin are constrained by war and unable to assist. The King of Chu will not assist Zhao at this time, but will stab Zhao in the back. If it works properly, we will have a chance to defeat Zhao."
Yan Qingwu nodded and said: "The Prime Minister's words are very good, so just follow the Prime Minister's words. Pretend to agree to King Wei first, but actually attack Zhao!"
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[The King of Yan agreed to King Wei’s invitation to form an alliance and decided to send 300,000 troops to attack Qin with the Wei army. 】
[The State of Qin requested assistance from the States of Chu and Zhao. Chu State rejected Qin’s request, and King Zhao agreed to send troops to assist. 】
The situation was better for Yan State now, because Zhao State promised to assist Qin State, so Yan State's attack on Zhao State would not be regarded as breaking the alliance, and it could preserve the reputation of King Yan as "trustworthy".
[The Wei army and the Qin army began to fight. At this time, the Yan army left 30,000 men to garrison, and the rest of the troops turned to attack Zhao. 】
Zhao Yun was also prepared for the Yan army's attack.
At this time, Zhao State had become the world's granary after agricultural reforms, and it also had strong soldiers and horses.
[The two countries Yan and Zhao were at war. The battle was tense and it was impossible to tell the winner for a while. 】
Zhang Beichen also felt a headache now. The Tiger and Leopard Cavalry he had previously simulated training for Zhao had now become his enemy.
But this time, the Yan State did not have a heavy infantry phalanx similar to the Wei State, and they could only draw a draw against the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry.
Zhang Beichen used tactics to cross the Taihang Mountains to attack, but Zhao Yun was prepared and directly fortified the border.
"These queens know me too well!" Zhang Beichen had no choice but to fight for half a year before he captured a few cities in the Zhao Kingdom, which was insignificant.
And Zhao Guo is justified in continuing to fight. After all, they have enough food.
Although the Yan State was also economically prosperous, after entering the war, various countries began to control the sale of food, and the continued war put great pressure on the Yan State.
Just when Zhang Beichen felt that it was difficult to conquer Zhao State, King Chu finally took action.
The King of Chu had many choices at this time. She could attack Qin with Wei, or attack Zhao with Yan. Or help Qin and Zhao.
[The State of Chu sent 300,000 troops to attack the State of Zhao. The King of Chu personally led the army and led an army of 30,000 overlords. They were invincible and unstoppable! 】
Zhang Beichen looked at the information and said, "Hey guys, King Chu has reached the peak of the Holy Realm again!"
You know, at this time, Zhang Beichen's cultivation level could only reach semi-saint! This is already the result of practice after many simulations and experiences.
In the past, it was often necessary to unblock the power of dragon veins after a great unification to reach this realm.
King Chu, on the other hand, simulated it many times and always focused on his practice.
The current combat effectiveness can only be described as - invincible!
She and her overlord army must have more than 100,000 elites from each country to resist them. And the Chu State also has the military strategist and semi-sage Fan Lue, and the general Xiang Mu is also a military strategist and monk at the pinnacle of the Nine Realms.
As a result, the southern part of Zhao State was quickly conquered by the Chu army and occupied a large area of territory.
Zhao Yun had to mobilize troops to defend the south, and Zhang Beichen once again recruited troops from Yan State to increase his offensive against Zhao State.
Zhao State was in trouble and wanted to ask for help, but Qin State's situation was not right at this time. Seeing that Wei State had begun to attack Qin State, the Xiongnu also took advantage of Qin State's lack of defense in the south and began to attack.
[Zhao Guo was unable to receive rescue and began to retreat steadily! 】
[The Yan army and the Chu army reached the capital of Zhao at almost the same time. The three forces converged here, and the war was about to break out! 】
