This is not to say that the conditions given by Zhao Kuo are so generous.
In fact, most of the economy of Han State now relies on the capital Xinzheng. Excluding Xinzheng from the distribution, Zhao State has actually occupied absolute interests.
But the tempting conditions are often not the most favorable conditions, but the most likely to be realized.
From the perspective of the King of Wei, Zhao had already suffered a loss in the distribution of Zhou's land, and it would be impossible to give him an equal share in the distribution of Han's land. What's more, if you want to attack South Korea, the Zhao army must be the main force, and the Wei State will even be dispensable. If under such circumstances, Zhao State will give nearly half of its interests to Wei State, and the King of Wei will doubt Zhao even more. The king is attentive.
In this way, less than a quarter of the Korean land is barely a few cities. Although it is not too much, it is more cost-effective!
As long as you send 50,000 troops, you can get several cities. This business will not be a loss no matter what! Moreover, judging from Zhao Guo's attitude, it is obvious that he is quite sincere.
Almost immediately, King Wei agreed.
Fortunately, at the last moment, King Wei calmed down a little.
He told the envoy Zhao that he wanted to think about it, and then ordered the eunuch to respectfully send the envoy Zhao out of the palace.
And just after the Zhao envoy said goodbye and left the palace, a handsome figure walked out of the side hall.
"My king." The person who came clasped his fists and raised his hands, who was it not Lord Xinling who had just left with everyone? (Well, it’s not Mr. Long Yang!)
"What do you think, Your Majesty?" King Wei didn't waste any time and immediately asked Lord Xinling for his opinion.
Since Lord Xinling took back the land of Zhou, King Wei obviously trusted Lord Xinling more and more, otherwise he would not have agreed to refuse to transport grain to Zhao.
Lord Xinling, who had been hiding in the side hall, naturally heard all the words of the Zhao envoy.
After thinking for a moment, Lord Xinling immediately replied: "In my humble opinion, there seems to be nothing wrong with it. What Zhao wants is not an attack by our army, as long as our Wei State stands by his Zhao State." One side is enough."
"This is normal." King Wei nodded and said, "With the tens of thousands of soldiers and horses of the Korean army, it is impossible for them to be Zhao Jun's opponent."
"It's just." Lord Xinling said with a slight frown: "Zhao is so eager to attack Korea, isn't it worried that Qin will send troops to rescue Korea? Or, Zhao and Qin have reached some kind of agreement?"
"Your Majesty, is it possible that the State of Zhao exchanged the State of Wei for the State of Qin?" King Wei obviously also thought of a terrible possibility.
"It's impossible." Lord Xinling heard this, but he shook his head and said, "It is said that the land of Wei is twice as large as that of Han. The benefits of the Zhou Dynasty alone are far greater than those of Han. It is impossible for King Zhao to be so unfair. Wisdom, exchange the rubble for beautiful jade. Moreover, if the Qin army is allowed to capture Zhou, if Zhao wants to control Han, he will have to borrow a road from Qin, which is impossible."
Listening to Lord Xinling's analysis, King Wei felt that it was reasonable. He nodded silently, then frowned and asked, "What about the Kingdom of Zhao?"
"Maybe Zhao is not afraid of fighting Qin!" Lord Xinling then said a reason that even he didn't quite believe.
"But." King Wei shook his head and said, "Zhao just experienced a snowstorm last year and accepted the land of Huaisi. Logically speaking, this year should be a good time to rest and recuperate. Why rush to attack Han?"
"There is another possibility." Listening to King Wei's words, Lord Xinling seemed to have thought of something, and said with enlightenment: "What if Zhao Jun was also forced?"
"What do you mean by this?" King Wei didn't understand.
"Everyone in the world knows that the State of Zhao was forced by a snowstorm, and this year is the time when it is weak." The more Lord Xinling thought about it, the clearer his thinking became, and then he continued: "How could the King of Qin not know this? Since the King of Qin knew it, how could he let it go? To live up to such a rare opportunity?"
"Your Majesty." King Wei seemed to understand what Lord Xinling meant, and immediately said, "Qin is bound to attack Zhao, and Zhao's move is to pre-emptively pull Wei into a boat?"
"Of course." Lord Xinling nodded and continued: "Not only that, King Zhao may have to move the battlefield from Shangdang to the Kingdom of Han. That's it.
First, if Zhao wins, he will be able to expand his territory. Even if he loses, he will just retreat to Shangdang. Several months of fighting in Han were enough to tide over Zhao's final period of weakness. "
It should be said that Lord Xinling's analysis is very close to the truth.
Zhao Kuo's approach, to put it bluntly, was to divert domestic crises through external war. Its essence is almost exactly the same as Lord Xinling guessed.
It's a pity that Lord Xinling is not a king after all, nor does he have the courage to look down on the world like King Qin and King Zhao.
Perhaps Lord Xinling knew that there were no eternal friends between countries, but he did not understand that even if two countries were not friends or even enemies, they could still cooperate.
What's more important is that Lord Xinling is obsessed with the gains and losses of one place and forgets about the vastness of the world. In the eyes of King Qin and King Zhao, the gains and losses of one city and one pool are actually not that important.
Zhou Di is indeed a miracle elixir to Wei, but to Qin and Zhao, it is at best a tonic pill that can make their strength slightly stronger.
Only seeing the immediate benefits, naturally, Lord Xinling could not imagine that the two superpowers had actually reached a tacit agreement secretly and began to count the power of each country one by one.
Of course, Lord Xinling couldn't see through it, let alone King Wei.
"My love for you makes sense!" King Wei took a deep breath after hearing this and sighed, "King Zhao is really good at calculating."
"The name of the best general among all countries is not in vain." Lord Xinling couldn't help but sigh.
Having "understood" Zhao Guo's intention, the next question is what to do.
After thinking for a while, King Wei still had no choice but to say, "Then how will our country, Wei, deal with itself?"
Lord Xinling listened to King Wei's question, but he already had some wisdom in his mind, and he immediately answered: "Five words: send troops, but don't use force."
"What do you mean by this?" King Wei then asked.
"Now the situation of the struggle between Qin and Zhao has become clear. As the so-called two tigers fight, one of them will be injured." Lord Xinling said immediately: "The fight between these two powers is also an opportunity for our country, Wei, to rise again."
"Please elaborate." King Wei continued to ask impatiently.
"Without him, it's just to support the weak and attack the strong." Lord Xinling said confidently: "That is to choose the weak side, attack the strong side, and then take advantage of it. When the next battle comes, help the weak side and attack the strong one. , and gain profits again. Then the two powers will gradually weaken, and I will always be strong. When we accumulate strength, we can become the third pole and absorb all the small countries to form a tripartite."
"Support the weak to attack the strong?" King Wei obviously lost his mind: "Shouldn't we be on the side of the strong? Support the weak, what if we lose?"
"My king, Rongzhen." Lord Xinling was not impatient with King Wei's somewhat slow mind. Instead, he explained in detail: "Today, the relationship between Zhao and Qin is no longer the same as the battle of Changping. The gap between national power and military power is only a few millimeters. It can be said that whichever country we, the Wei State, helps, the chance of winning will be greatly increased."
"Of course, in order to ensure that Wei will always win, our army will only send troops at the most critical and final stage. While turning the tide of the war, we can also take the opportunity to gain the most benefits." Lord Xinling continued: "This is what I am As I just said, now our army wants to send troops, but it cannot do so. We have to wait for Qin and Zhao to fight to the death and fight to the last soldier, then our army can take advantage of the situation to attack. In this way, how can there be any It’s unreasonable?!”
"Your Majesty, can our Wei army follow the example of fishermen and watch the fight between snipe and clam?" King Wei asked thoughtfully.
"The fisherman will get the snipe and the clam." Lord Xinling shook his head and continued: "We in Wei are just duckweeds and weeds. We eat a little bit of their residue and waste and slowly grow stronger. The key is that we can always take action at the last moment. Every time you take action, you will hit the target. Although it is easy to hear this, it is difficult to do it."
After hearing this, the King of Wei finally understood. Feeling that the mighty Wei State could only seek for scraps in the cracks between the two countries? How much leftovers are needed to feed the huge Wei State! How long will it take for Wei to stand up again?
In spite of himself, King Wei also felt a little sentimental.
Once upon a time
When did the Wei State dominate all other countries, and was the leader among all the other states?
Now, I can only...
"My king." As if he could see the sadness in King Wei's heart, Lord Xinling immediately persuaded him: "Although the road is far, you will reach it if you travel. Besides, Qin, a small country in the west, was able to work hard and achieve what it is today. , I am a great Wei Dynasty, with outstanding people, why worry about not being able to rise again!"
"Moreover, the war between Qin and Zhao is becoming more and more fierce. Last year, our Wei State captured the Zhou Dynasty. This year, we can capture the Han Dynasty. In the near future, we can capture the land east of Hedong and Hanoi." Xinling Junyue said. As he looked, his eyes became brighter and brighter: "My king must not be discouraged. He should have the ambition to carve out mountains and swallow the volume of rivers, and take small actions and keep walking, so that he can be rewarded by strengthening the country!"
Hearing this, the King of Wei was also deeply moved. He immediately took Lord Xinling's hand and said with tears streaming down his face: "Thank you for your good advice, I will act accordingly. I will not give up until the country is strengthened. Your Majesty." Walk with me."
"It's my wish, but I dare not invite you!" Lord Xinling just held his brother's hands.
At this moment, in the eyes of the two brothers, they seemed to have seen the re-emergence of Wei State:
Thousands of people, shoulder to shoulder, followed them back to the former capital of Anyi; the feared Wei soldiers once again stood proudly on the battlefield, their long swords dripping with blood and stabbed heavily into the ground in Hexi; Above the ancient Hangu pass, what was flying was no longer the black flag of Qin, but the bright red flag of the Wei army...
But what they don't know is: you stand on the bridge and look at the scenery, and the people watching the scenery are looking at you upstairs. The bright moon decorates your windows, and you decorate other people's dreams.
In the end, who is whose food, who is whose dream, may only be revealed at the moment when the city is destroyed and the country is destroyed.
.......
The next day, early in the morning, King Wei secretly received Zhao's envoys again, and readily agreed to the request to send troops.
Of course, although the King of Wei verbally agreed to come to the Kingdom of Zhao, in fact, the Kingdom of Wei made no move to organize troops, let alone send troops or conduct detailed exploration of the route to the Kingdom of Han.
Obviously, King Wei planned to take Xinling Lord's words of "sending troops but not using force" to the extreme!
It's a pity that the State of Zhao or Zhao Kuo has no intention of sending troops to the State of Han.
And just when the envoys from the State of Zhao received a reply from the King of Wei that was "good words but not real" and returned to Handan with satisfaction, another group of envoys made substantial progress in the State of Chu.
