In Wuyang, the capital of Qin, there was a joyous scene in the palace. The State of Qin achieved a staged victory in the war against the State of Shu, and at the same time the trade route between the Tang Empire and the State of Qin was restored. This was definitely a double blessing for the State of Qin.
But Qin Duo, the king of Qin, was not in a good mood because he was affected by two things. The first thing was that the Tang Empire clearly had the ability to solve the problem of transportation lines, but it just let Qin take the risk of attacking Shu. This It made him feel that things were not as simple as they seemed; the second thing was that the border dispute with Chu in the northern part of Shu did indeed lay some hidden dangers for Qin.
The first thing was what Qin Duo and several of his confidants reacted afterwards: the civil war in the Great China Empire cut off the trade route between Qin and Tang, but in fact the Great Tang Empire had always been able to solve this problem.
As long as the Tang Empire is willing, it can launch missile attacks on the city in advance and then force the Great China Empire to resume railway transportation lines - just like it did a while ago.
But the Tang Empire did not do this in advance. Instead, it pretended to be deaf and mute and let Qin solve the problem of transportation lines by itself. In the end, it directly promoted a series of decisions by Qin to declare war on Shu.
This is equivalent to saying that the Tang Empire forced Qin to declare war on Shu, and it is equivalent to saying that the Tang Empire participated in Qin's strategic decision to conquer Shu.
Decision makers in any country will be afraid of this kind of thing happening: other countries can deeply influence their own country's strategic decision-making. Doesn't this kind of thing mean that they are being led by others?
What worried Qin Wang Yingduo even more was the various meanings behind this incident: Why did the Tang Empire let Qin invade Shu?
What did the Tang Empire want to gain from the war between Qin and Shu? Although the Tang Empire later demanded Nanshan Port, which seemed to reveal its intentions, King Qin Yingduo always felt that things were definitely not as simple as they seemed.
He suspected that the Tang Empire must have some shady secrets hidden in the war that forced Qin to go to war with Shu.
Another thing related to this war was that Qin's frontline commander Zhang Xuan, greedy for credit, actually advanced about 70 kilometers further than expected and occupied a large area of Shu territory that should have belonged to Chu.
Yingduo's first reaction was to order Zhang Xuan to withdraw from these areas immediately, but Zhang Xuan sent maps of these areas and his own explanation.
From the report, it seems that these areas should not be given up, because the area occupied by Zhang Xuan is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it is a good barrier.
If we want border stability, we should really keep these areas in our hands. The Chu State does not have any serious strength to retake these areas. The Qin State's troops are stationed in the mountains. Even if the Tang Empire troops attack in person, it will take a lot of effort, let alone the Chu State with low combat effectiveness?
It would be difficult for the Chu State to regain these lands from the Qin State's tiger and wolf armies. In theory, the Tang Empire must come forward to do so.
Ying Duo was also mentally prepared. If the Tang Empire really came forward to scold Qin, he would take the initiative to withdraw from these areas and calm down the matter.
But what Qin Duo didn't expect was that the Tang Empire pretended to be deaf and dumb on this matter and had no response to Qin's provocation.
High-level analysts from the Qin State believe that it may be because the Tang Empire was unwilling to get involved in the war for the slave country and was not strategically prepared for war, so it adopted an appeasement policy in this matter.
Although Ying Duo felt that this analysis was reasonable, he still believed that the occupation of Chu State's land was like laying a mine for himself, which might explode at some point.
But the victorious situation is in front of us, and the Qin State has indeed achieved an unprecedented victory: not only has it completed the first stage of the strategic goal of invading Shu, but it has even restored trade ties with the Tang Empire.
This series of great victories also gave birth to Qin's ambitions. They were familiar with the decline of the Great China Empire and immediately connected the Tang Empire and the Great China Empire.
A newly rising empire began to corrupt and degenerate. They thought they were invincible, but they began to hate the cruelty of war from top to bottom.
The powerful empire began to avoid war and hide in its own huge territory to divide its interests... Frankly speaking, this script is too familiar. Whether it is Zheng State or Qi State, which one is not the most typical Great China Empire? How can it prosper and flourish, and how can its demise be sudden?
As bystanders, many people in Qin feel that they are still bystanders, watching the rise and decline of the Tang Empire: watching him build tall buildings, watching him entertain guests, and watching his buildings collapse.
The Qin State is completely different. Because their country's economy is not good and its geographical location is not superior enough, they have a sense of crisis from beginning to end, and they are in a state of destruction if they do not strengthen themselves.
Therefore, they have always been vigilant and worked hard, so Qin will be the victor in the end!
Driven by this kind of thinking, Qin State has been immersed in an optimistic atmosphere recently: they believe that occupying some lands of Chu State is a beginning, the beginning of the rise of Qin.
They should continue their efforts and push Da Qin to the top. The Great Qin Empire... Frankly speaking, it was a dream that even Yingduo was excited about.
How many people in Qin have fought for this all their lives, and now it is really happening before their eyes. Who can not be moved?
Who can resist such a temptation? Qin Duo couldn't, so he acquiesced to Zhang Xuan's greedy advancement and did not take the initiative to return Chu's territory; so he sat back and watched Qin's troops move south and continued to attack the Shushan defense line.
These matters actually went beyond the scope of the previous negotiations between Qin and the Tang Empire. Qin told the Tang Empire at that time that it only needed a freight route bordering Chu, but now Qin’s expansion has exceeded got this guarantee.
But more than two months have passed, and the accountability from the Tang Empire has not yet come, as if the Tang Empire does not know what Qin is doing.
In fact, the Qin State also tried it. They asked their domestic newspapers to report the victory in some areas to test the reaction of the Tang Empire.
But the Tang Empire still didn't interfere with this matter, and even the trade between them was not cut by half.
Sometimes, courage and ambition are indulged in this way: the Qin State regards this kind of compromise as the cowardice and incompetence of the Tang Empire.
Of course they know that the Tang Kingdom is powerful, but they generally believe that it is precisely because the Tang Empire is rich and wealthy that they are unwilling to continue fighting, just like the Great China Empire back then!
Wuyang City was decorated with lanterns and decorations today because the main force of the Qin State that went south surrounded a Shu Army that fled south in front of the Shushan Formation. Fifty thousand troops fell into the encirclement of the Qin State. These Shu people did not struggle too much. After a long time, I honestly surrendered yesterday.
So far, the Qin army has almost wiped out all the Shu troops south of Shu Mountain. They have gone further and faster than planned!
Because Shu's defense line collapsed too quickly, many supplies were not taken away in time, and all were left to Qin.
It can be said that Qin made a lot of money and basically managed to support war with war. In this state of mobile warfare, the Qin army suffered very little losses and gained a lot of supplies. Therefore, the whole Qin State was naturally more rejoiced, and the calls for continuation of the war were even louder.
Only Yingduo knew that every step they took towards the south might cause dissatisfaction with the Tang Empire.
Such dissatisfaction must exist even if it is not expressed. In the future, even this future is today's afternoon, or tomorrow morning: the anger of the Tang Empire will come to the Qin State, and maybe the entire Qin State will be overthrown.
Therefore, Yingduo was not in high spirits at the banquet celebrating the great victory. He casually said a few words to his confidants, then returned to his palace and sat in a daze.
Only he knows how much pressure is on his shoulders now. He is really afraid that in the process of repeatedly testing the bottom line of the Tang Empire, he will wake up and hear the news that the Tang Empire has declared war on Qin.
At this moment, the door was pushed open from the outside, and a woman walked in. The maid behind her was holding a food box in her hand.
"Father." The woman has a graceful figure, walks like a fairy, and has a gentle and pleasant voice. The sound of "Father" made Yingduo feel a little better.
Seeing his daughter, Ying Duo immediately showed a smile on his face, pointed to the place next to him, and said in a very kind voice: "Yue'er is here? Sit down!" As the only princess in the Qin Kingdom, Ying Yue is really A collection of all kinds of love.
She is very outstanding in her own right, and her status is even more precious. Because the Qin State is located on the border, it has always been known for its strong military strength. Therefore, the King of Qin has always been valued by the Dahua Empire, and most of the time he is the marriage partner of the princess of the Dahua Empire.
The mother of Princess Ying Yue was the daughter of a prince in the Dahua Empire. She was named a princess and married to Ying Duo.
In terms of seniority, Ying Duo was even the uncle of the Emperor Zhao Kai of the Great China Empire, but no one dared to use this relationship casually.
It was precisely because of this relationship that the Qin State sent troops to help the Great China Empire fight the Tang Empire.
Of course, no one expected in that war that the mighty Qin army would be pinned to the ground and beaten wildly by the Tang Empire.
Ying Yue took the food box from the maid, then took out the dishes one by one and placed them in front of her father: "Yue'er heard that your father was not full in the front hall, so she brought some It's delicious. It's not good to be hungry, otherwise you will feel uncomfortable at night." Glancing at his daughter's face, which looked exactly like her mother who died young, Ying Duo sighed, grabbed the tachyon, and pretended He looked nonchalant and asked, "How are you thinking about it?"
