Seeing that King Zhao had accepted his advice, Lin Xiangru immediately withdrew. His goal had been achieved, and it was natural to hide his merit and fame.
As for sending an envoy, it is definitely not the current Lin Xiangru's turn. No matter his rank or body, Lin Xiangru is not allowed to be an envoy anymore, even though Lin Xiangru was once the most outstanding envoy in the Zhao Kingdom and even the Seven Kingdoms.
Soon, with the heavy reward from King Zhao, the candidate for the envoy was quickly decided.
However, slightly different from what Zhao Kuo imagined, King Zhao sent envoys not only from Qi and Chu, but also from Han, Wei, Qin and even Yan. King Zhao sent envoys to ask for help and for peace. Sum. It's quite a bit like seeking medical treatment in a hurry.
Of course, the focus of the strategy is still on the two countries Qi and Chu. To be honest, King Zhao's behavior is understandable, and it has little impact on Zhao Kuo's plan.
Because it is foreseeable that the effect of this request for help will not be very good.
Let’s talk about the State of Yan first, not to mention whether the State of Yan can send troops. Even if it agrees to send troops, the envoys will set off from Handan and rush to Jicheng of the State of Yan. The State of Yan will then gather troops and horses from Jicheng and set off. When the Yan soldiers arrive at Shangdang, Huanghua The dishes are cold. What's more, Handan is now empty and there are no more than 10,000 guards. Do you really dare to let the Yan soldiers pass through Handan? What if Yan Bing accidentally carries Handan?
What's more, today's Yan State has always regarded itself as the younger brother of Qin State. In history, it even took the initiative to attack Zhao State after Qin State's troops. Although in the end, it was beaten severely by Lian Po with his broken army and never again. Dare to show your teeth to Zhao Guo. At this time, facing Zhao Guo's request for help, it would be a good idea not to add insult to injury.
As for why you didn’t create chaos in Zhao’s backyard and respond to Qin at this time? The people of Yan are not stupid either. Although they are younger, they can't afford to be too early. Now that Zhao is in chaos, Zhao is in danger of being destroyed at any time. And once Zhao is destroyed, the next person in danger will not be himself. Qin The country has gained too much, and its own risks have also been too great.
This is true for the State of Yan, and even more so for the State of Han. The territory that your State of Zhao and State of Qin are fighting now is the Shangdang County of our State of Han! Why did you have the nerve to ask me to send troops to help? If I have that ability, should I hand over to Shangdang County?
Remove the two weakest countries, what about the rest? I'm afraid it won't be easy either.
What about Qi? Although it is still known as a great country, since the Five Kingdoms attacked Qi, especially after Tian Dan was driven away, the entire country has fallen into decadence from top to bottom. The people of the country only know how merchants barter, and enjoy the blessings of bustling music and music in the court, but they don't think about the way to strengthen the country and strengthen the army. They almost live a happy life for one day, and the Qi martial arts, which were once known as the four powerful soldiers of the Warring States Period, are completely exhausted. disappeared from the stage of history.
How can it be saved, and how can it be saved?
On the other hand, the Chu State has always been an ally of the Zhao State, and it has a generational hatred towards the Qin State, which is almost irreconcilable. This is also the reason why Chu State was willing to send troops to rescue Zhao State at the beginning of the war.
But King Zhao's own head was twitching. The King of Chu was preparing to raise troops, but King Zhao, under the instigation of Lou Chang, engaged in peace talks or even an alliance with the Qin State, and sold the Chu State out of nowhere. Nowadays, Guizhou Donkey has no skills and needs help from others. Nothing in the world is so easy!
Even if the King of Chu is willing, the ministers below are not willing! Who knows if he will be stabbed in the back by Zhao Guo again!
But, even so, in Zhao Kuo's plan, he never thought that these countries could come to the rescue. As long as one or two countries are vague, or even the moment Zhao reaches Handan, Zhao Kuo's goal has been achieved.
Sure enough, in the afternoon, with the scorching sun in the sky, all four gates of Handan City were opened. Several envoys carried all the hopes of King Zhao and the courtiers, and carried countless gold, silk and jade, and went to other countries.
Before many envoys left, several white pigeons were released over Handan City. They were emergency carrier pigeons released by guests from Qin State. Before the edict was conveyed, they already knew that Zhao State was about to ask for help. The message was sent back to Xianyang before Zhao's envoys went out.
It has to be said that the Qin State was able to dominate the Warring States Period, and the guests of Heibingtai were indispensable.
In less than a day, while the envoys of the State of Zhao were sleeping in the open air and rushing to other places, the King of Qin received the latest news from the guests from Handan in the Xiangyang Palace. Also arriving at the palace was Bai Qi, Lord Wu'an, regarding the siege. Live the latest battle report of Zhao Jun’s main force.
"Xiangguo, what do you think?" After Fan Sui finished looking, King Qin Ying Ji asked.
Fan Sui put down the silk book in his hand and put it back into the tray alongside Bai Qi's battle report. He pondered for a moment before replying: "Congratulations to my king, you got what you wanted!"
When the King of Qin heard this, he was not happy. Instead, he asked: "Why did the Prime Minister say this? If other countries come to help, I am afraid that the success will be ruined."
"Your Majesty, you are wrong." Fan Sui laughed and said, "If it were ten days ago, our country, Qin, might have been afraid of other countries coming to help, but now Zhao State has been besieged by our army. Due to the shortage of food and fodder, in less than ten days, its combat power will be reduced. The Zhao State has just asked for help. Even if a foreign country comes to help, it will take ten or twenty days to assemble and travel. By then, our army has already collected the corpses for the Zhao army, so why should we fear the armies of other countries?"
"The only thing to be feared is for all the countries to attack together!" Fan Sui added.
"What can the Prime Minister do to defeat this?" King Qin continued to ask.
Fan Sui nodded and said: "Why do we, the Qin Dynasty, need to contribute? Han and Wei are weak and have no troops to send out; Yan State is attached to Qin and will not send troops; Qi State is good alone and will not send troops; the only one we can worry about is the Chu State. However, with the power of the Chu State, standing at this point, it is no longer able to overthrow it."
"What if Chu sends troops to Yan Ying, and Han and Wei unite to go north?" King Qin deserves to be the king for decades. He obviously has his own thoughts on the development of things, and did not just listen to Fan Sui's words. Arrogant, but put forward a hypothesis that is most possible and most unfavorable to Qin.
Indeed, Han and Wei are close at hand, and it may not be possible to form an army alone, but it is very possible to send troops jointly and with the coalition forces of Chu. Once the alliance of the four countries is reached, Han, Wei and the remnants of Zhao will hold back the main force of the Qin army. , Chu's army then marched westward to regain Yanying's lost territory, and the Qin army would be attacked from the north and south, thus completely falling into a dilemma.
But such a question did not faze Fan Sui, and he replied: "The alliance of the four countries does have its advantages, but it is easy to break it! The countries of Han and Wei have been afraid of Qin for a long time, so they can send envoys to threaten it. Therefore, we do not ask him not to go to the alliance agreement, but we ask him to delay his advance. If we can get more than ten days, our army can sweep across Zhao Jun's headquarters. By then, Zhao Jun has been lost, and the battle With more than half of our strength lost, even if Han, Wei and Chu come to attack, our army only needs to send a partial division to hold off one side, and use the main force to fight one side, defeating them one by one, and we will not worry about being unable to defeat the three-party coalition."
