April 3, 259 BC.

In the Xianyang Palace, King Ji of Qin sat upright on the throne with a serious expression and asked several ministers in front of him: "Are you ready for the expedition?"

As the saying goes, before the troops move, food and grass take the lead, logistics is actually very important for war. Of course, King Ji of Qin could not ignore this point.

The person who answered Qin King Ji was Fan Sui: "Return to the king, everyone is ready."

Although the failure of the Battle of Changping caused some rift between the golden partners of King Ji and Fan Sui, at least until now, Fan Sui is still sitting in the position of Prime Minister of Qin, so the domestic government affairs are still led by General Fan Sui, and logistics are no exception.

King Ji of Qin looked at Wang He next to him: "How is the progress of the recruitment of troops?"

Wang Yan was actually not qualified to attend such a meeting, but because Wang Yan's position as the general in the last meeting was confirmed, King Ji of Qin promoted Wang Yan to the commander of the guardian army and became the actual top leader of the Qin army today, so he was naturally qualified to attend.

When Wang Yan saw King Ji of Qin, he quickly replied: "The assembly has been completed, and we can go to the expedition just by waiting for the king's order."

King Ji of Qin nodded, expressed his approval of Wang He's work, and turned to look at Fan Sui: "What reply does Qi State have?"

Since we are going to attack Chu, we still need to do a good job in diplomacy.

The alliance of the Three Jins has spread all over the world. Although the envoys and spies of Qin have tried a lot of effort to destroy them openly and secretly, they have not succeeded.

After all, the story of Zhao's defeat of Qin was here. Even King Wei, who was inclined to Qin, had to go to Zhongmu to sign an unequal treaty to recognize Zhao Dan as his elder brother. What would Qin Wang Ji do?

Unless King Ji of Qin is willing to fight with Zhao people again, and then use victory to find the face lost in the Battle of Changping, it will be impossible for the fence-branded countries such as Wei and Han to return to Qin's arms in a short time.

Under such a reality, the focus of Qin's diplomatic work is not only to maintain the alliance of Yan, but also to win over Qi.

Fan Sui replied: "I have sent envoys to lobby for the Grand Secretary of Qi State Housheng, and Housheng has responded to the envoy's request, but King Jian of Qi is still hesitant."

King Ji of Qin frowned again, obviously not very satisfied with Fan Sui's work.

Seeing this, Fan Sui was shocked and said hurriedly: "King, if you wait for a while, I think I will be able to convince King Qi when I come."

"Wait for a while?" King Ji of Qin looked at Fan Sui with a bright look: "Mr. Fan, do you know that what I lack most now is this time!"

What King Ji of Qin said is nothing wrong.

Although the two consecutive defeats damaged Qin's vitality, Qin's foundation was still here. Qin's current state is still the most powerful country in the world.

However, the second-largest Zhao State in the world has also caught up, and the gap with Qin State is only a slightest.

In addition, there is also a Chu State that has just been recaptured from Yingdu and may become stronger again at any time.

Don’t forget that most of the two southeastern counties of Qin are still under the control of the Chu people.

Considering that Shangdang County was not originally a territory of Qin, the loss of the two southeastern counties was the biggest loss of Qin in the Battle of Changping.

Since the two southeastern counties were originally the territory of Chu, the Chu army received a lot of support during the battles of the two southeastern counties, otherwise it would not have been a miracle of three consecutive cities in three months.

This shows that the Chu State still has a broad mass base among the two southeastern counties, which is not a good thing for the Qin State.

This mass base represents that the State of Chu can quickly restore control of the two southeastern counties and achieve revival faster.

From the perspective of Qin, if you can't handle Zhao now, you can only take a step back to curb the rise of Chu.

Considering that Zhao and Chu are allies, once Chu is revived, Qin is likely to face the pressure of joining forces from the two overlord countries of Zhao and Chu.

Time is endless.

Fan Sui was not panicked when facing the Qin Wang Ji's questioning, but said, "Don't forget, the King of Zhao is swearing to calm the disputes in the world with the alliance of the Three Jins."

The corner of Qin Wang Ji pulled the corner of his mouth slightly, revealing a hint of sarcasm that was obvious: "Children with yellow mouth, ignorant words! The world's disputes have been around for a long time, so how can he calm down alone!"

Fan Sui said: "No matter whether King Zhao Dan can calm down or not, the Three Jins are an alliance at this moment. If the king sends troops to attack Chu and the Three Jins come to rescue him, this battle may be difficult to win."

As soon as Fan Sui said this, everyone in the hall was silent.

When it was agreed to attack Chu at the beginning, there was no intention of Qin to compete with one goal, but the monarch and ministers of Qin at that time did not know that Zhao Dan would suddenly create the alliance of the Three Jins.

So the Qin State is a bit passive now.

King Ji of Qin snorted and said, "I have already agreed with King Zhao Dan. Zhao attacked Yan and Qin attacked Chu!"

This is true.

Fan Sui said: "Just write in detail, the alliance between the Three Jins is actually to destroy Qin!"

King Ji of Qin's face became more and more gloomy.

Qin Wang Ji is still very clear about the source of information from Zhao State in Qin.

Things seem to have reached a dead end now.

Once the Three Jin Alliance led by Zhao and Chu colluded with each other to join forces with the four countries, the pressure on Qin would be too great and he would not be able to move at all.

King Ji of Qin took a deep breath and looked at Fan Sui with some distraction.

"How can we make Qi State unite?"

If Qi State does not join, it will be impossible to play and can only stay in Guanzhong.

Fan Sui said: "Now the Three Jins are an alliance, and their power is strong and powerful. Although King Jian of Qi is dull, there are also many capable ministers in Qi. The king only needs to wait for a few days and there will be good news."

King Ji of Qin knocked on the table irritably, but in the end he did not scold the swear words in his heart.

Seeing that King Ji of Qin was unhappy, Fan Sui hurriedly said, "I have two more strategies, please ask the king to take a look."

"explain!"

Fan Sui said: "I heard that Zhao is divided into two factions, one is the main attack on Qin and the other is the main attack on Qi. If someone spreads rumors about the King of Qi and says that Zhao wants to attack Qi, then the King of Qi will definitely rebel against Zhao!"

Of course, the Qin monarch and ministers also heard about the matter of the Huaxia Academy. However, that incident only caused Qi to cut off the supply of food, and its relationship with Zhao was irrelevant, and it was not yet at the point of turning against one another.

If you do this now, it is possible that Qi State really rebel against Zhao State.

Don’t think that this rumor is clumsy. In this era of underdeveloped information, it is difficult to refute rumors.

King Ji of Qin nodded in agreement, and then asked, "Why is there another plan?"

Fan Sui said: "After the Changping War, Yan State occupied Zhao State Wu Huan and did not return, Zhao State would hate it. If he sent more and more troubles on the Yan and Zhao border and spread rumors, the King of Zhao would be young and energetic, he would be angry and attack Yan. In this way, the king could also take the opportunity to attack Chu."

After hearing Fan Sui's words, the expression on his face finally looked much better.

Although the two opinions put forward by Fan Sui fall into the category of conspiracy, Qin was originally the country with the most outstanding conspiracy. Otherwise, Lian Po and Li Mu would not have stepped down in despair because of the rumors that Qin had taken a walk in detail.

For King Ji of Qin, this was impossible. After the Battle of Changping, Qin had only one younger brother, but Zhao won over three countries: Wei, Han and Chu. In terms of overall strength, Qin was already at a clear disadvantage. How could it be if it didn’t do some tricks?

King Ji of Qin pondered for a while and said, "I will do it according to Mr. Fan's plan."
Chapter completed!