Xiong Biao, the king of Chu State, has been very nervous recently. He neither wants Qin to win the war against Shu, nor dares to pray for Shu to win... This is a quite contradictory state, which makes him hardly have a night. Can have a good sleep.
There was no other way. The Tang Empire took a fancy to Chu State's Nanshan Port and hoped to exchange some places in Shu State for Chu State's largest port city.
Listen, listen! Is this human language? By exchanging the land of a third country for the land of Chu, the Tang Empire really didn't have to pay any price.
Chu State itself does not want to change. After all, Nanshan Port is the largest port in Chu State, and a pipeline has been built that connects to the oil production area. Chu State is not willing to give up such an important port easily. This is really one of the richest areas in Chu State, and Chu State is not willing to trade with it.
But the Tang Empire wanted it, and the Chu State had to carefully consider the attitude of the Tang Empire. If they don't agree to each other's request, are they likely to suffer retaliation from the Tang Empire?
Moreover, Xiong Biao, the king of Chu, also knew very well that the Tang Empire would definitely find ways to get what it wanted. If Chu was unwilling, the Tang Empire might take action himself.
Chu State is a small and weak country, and the entire Chu State has been almost infiltrated into a sieve by the Tang Empire. The prince even served as a hostage in Chang'an, and the country's economic lifeline was in the hands of the Tang Empire.
In such a situation, what could the Chu State do to resist the Tang Empire? Maybe if the Tang Empire uses the method it used to deal with the Great China Empire once again in Chu State, the price Chu State will have to pay will be really too high.
Who doesn’t know that the Tang Empire supported Prince Zhao Yu within the Dahua Empire, which eventually led to the outbreak of the civil war in the Dahua Empire. Others don't know about this kind of thing, so why don't Chu people know about it?
So after hearing that the Tang Empire was interested in Nanshan Port, Xiong Biao, the king of Chu, knew that Nanshan Port could not be saved.
Since it can't be kept, it can only exchange the maximum benefit: isn't the Tang Empire guaranteed to exchange part of the land in the northern part of Shu with Chu? At least in terms of land area, Chu can get more.
Xiong Biao agreed to the request of the Tang Empire, and then prayed in his heart that Qin could not defeat Shu, so that in exchange for the land of Nanshan Port, it would not fall into the hands of the Tang Empire.
But then he thought about it carefully. Since the Tang Empire was interested in Nanshan Port, would it be a problem whether there would be a land exchange with Shu?
If the Qin State cannot obtain the land of the Shu State, and the Tang Empire has no bargaining chip for land exchange, will it get angry and directly demand Nanshan Port?
If such a thing really happened, wouldn't the Chu State not even be able to get the land of the Shu State?
So these days, he began to dream that Qin could win, so that he would at least have a chance to get part of Shu's territory to make up for the loss of Nanshan Port.
In fact, the special envoy sent by Shu State to Chu State for help had been in Chu State for several days. He had not been able to see the king of Chu State, so he probably guessed what Chu State meant.
It is estimated that the State of Qin has persuaded the King of Chu to remain neutral in the battle between Qin and Shu. This is not good news for the State of Shu, because the State of Shu needs to use the Chu State to import materials from the State of Tang.
Like the Chu State, the Speaker of the Shu State, Liu Jing, has also been very anxious recently. His Shu State was unable to obtain enough supplies from Chu and Tang, so it was not as powerful as it appeared.
The Qin State was worried that the Shu State would obtain enough resources, but the Shu State was unable to obtain enough support because of the Chu State's vacillation.
Both countries are very guilty, and the war consumption of both countries has made each other extremely uncomfortable. Qin lost more than 400 aircraft, and Shu was actually not much better. They also lost more than 370 aircraft.
It was difficult to replenish pilots, and subsequent troop replenishment could not keep up. Shu suffered more losses than Qin because their ground troops did have lower combat effectiveness.
In the two months since the war began, almost 200,000 of them have been killed. Qin's ground troops were so powerful that they beat Shu's ground troops so hard that they couldn't even raise their heads.
There is indeed a huge gap in the combat effectiveness of the two sides. Qin made detours in some areas and even surrounded more than 50,000 Shu troops, forcing them to surrender.
If it weren't for the deployment of a new line of defense based on Huaishan, Shu would have even collapsed. The Shu Kingdom, which itself was not good at fighting, was forced to expand its army by 1 million in one breath.
But these troops themselves have not received much training, and their combat effectiveness can be imagined. Counting on these later conscripted troops may not be as good as counting on the mercenaries that the Orc Empire might lend to Shu.
Yes, because of the outbreak of the war, Shu's export of orc slaves to the Tang Empire seems to have been affected. Now these slaves are not easily transported to Tang and can only stay in Shu.
But no matter how many orcs the empire has, they are willing to export some slaves, so many orc slaves are willing to stay in Shu, and are even willing to pay to fight for Shu.
The combat effectiveness of these orcs is much more reliable than the Shu Kingdom's own second-line troops, so there are calls from all over the Shu Kingdom to allow the Orc Empire to send troops to help them solve Qin's troubles.
But the top leaders of the Shu Kingdom are not fools. They are afraid that after the war, these orc slaves will not lose their tails and will become a serious problem.
Their idea is definitely not unfounded, because the combat effectiveness of the orcs is not low. If these guys are equipped with good guns and cannons, it will not be so easy to handle.
If these orcs don't leave and they still have weapons in their hands, the Kingdom of Shu may be annexed by the orcs at once. The people below may not think so much, but as the speaker, how could Liu Jing not consider the long term?
What the Shu State can do now is to appease and guard against the Orc Empire, communicate with the Chu State, and then go all out to fight against the Qin State.
Although it is very passive on the battlefield, it is a fact that the Qin State lacks stamina. As long as the Shu State can continue to persist and then have a good talk with the Tang Empire, there should be a solution after all.
Yes, Liu Jing feels that the key to solving the problem lies with the Tang Empire. As long as the Tang Empire clearly supports Shu, Qin will have no chance.
I have to say that Liu Jing's vision was actually very accurate, but to satisfy the appetite of the Tang Empire, the Shu Kingdom had to pay a certain price.
Judging from Qin's attack, this price is probably not small. In this regard, Liu Jing was reluctant to hand over his interests to the Tang Empire.
This is the intuition of a superior, a survival instinct of being a prey: in Liu Jing's view, compromising with the Tang Empire is even worse than suing for peace with Qin.
Because the appetite of the Tang Empire cannot be easily fed, instead of handing over the interests to the Tang Empire and raising a sky-swallowing beast that no one can compete with, it is better to hand over the interests to the Qin State, at the critical moment Always let the Qin State be at the front to resist the huge pressure of the Tang Empire.
Of course, it is okay for Liu Jing, a politician, to think so, but the people and businessmen of Shu definitely don't think so.
Because in the eyes of these people, they would rather join the Tang Empire, which could bring them benefits, than deal with the poor Qin people.
This idea is very similar to the European Union before Tang Mo crossed over. They would rather be trapped by the surveillance and control of the lighthouse country than believe that the poor and capable furry bear really poses no threat.
In short, the country and family destroyed by the lighthouse are all internal conflicts that can be reconciled by the Anglos. Even if the Slavs laugh without harming humans and animals, they must have some shady conspiracy...
As for rabbits... in the eyes of these old Europeans, they are not of my race, and their minds are full of distrust.
Therefore, it is actually completely unimportant whether the senior officials of Shu have political vision, because they are no longer able to structure and shape international relations according to their ideas.
International relations have been smashed to pieces by the invisible giant hand extended by the Tang Empire. Now all that is left for Shu is war!
In fact, even the war is no longer within the control of Shu. Whether it will be a defeat or a victory, a draw or destruction all depends on what the Tang Empire thinks.
At this moment, Liu Jing felt humiliated and filled with sadness. If he had a choice, he really didn't want to accept his fate being arranged by others.
Because this is really, really uncomfortable!
