Chapter 333 Domineering and tough
As soon as Zhao Dan said this, the entire hall became quiet instantly.
Everyone knew what the Luoyi meeting represented this time, but what they didn't expect was that Zhao Dan, who was a strong side, even made his request without even being polite as soon as he came up!
Domineering, too domineering.
Looking at the domineering Zhao Dan, Qin Wang Ji felt quite complicated.
Once upon a time, King Ji of Qin sat high above the main seat like Zhao Dan today, facing the guests' monarchs of various countries without slandering them and asking for help.
However, in just two years since the Battle of Changping, the entire situation has completely changed.
Zhao Dan, who is only the grandson of King Ji of Qin, is now able to make such ruthless requests to King Ji of Qin in front of the kings of the other four countries!
To be honest, if King Ji of Qin had known that Zhao Dan would have summoned so many other kings after Qin proposed the alliance, then King Ji of Qin would not have suggested any alliance.
After all, it is one thing for King Qin Ji to be humble in front of Zhao Dan, and it is another thing for the monarchs of other countries to watch King Qin Ji to be humble in front of Zhao Dan.
But it's too late to say anything now.
Everyone in the hall, including the monarchs of the four other countries, was waiting for the answer from King Ji of Qin.
The reply of King Ji of Qin will determine the attitude of these monarchs towards Qin in the future!
A powerful Qin State is undoubtedly the object that everyone must curry favor with, and the Shandong countries have always done this. Otherwise, Su Dongpo's father Su Xun would not denounce in the "On the Six Kingdoms": "The destruction of the six countries is not bad for the army, but the war is not good, and the disadvantage is bribing Qin."
But if a Qin State was far less powerful than before, then there was no need to curry favor with him, and we should even consider whether we would take the blame.
Judging from the current situation, Qin Wang Ji is not just worried that the guys in front of him will be hurt by him because this is even what most of them are doing now, but that they should be worried whether these guys will do their best to hurt him.
Countless thoughts flashed through King Ji's heart like lightning, but to outsiders, King Ji of Qin had spoken in just a few breaths: "What King Zhao said, what does it mean?"
Zhao Dan yelled, and there was a flash of spirit in his eyes: "King Qin, you have ordered the envoy to come to Handan a few days ago to tell me that he would ced the land of Hedong to me in exchange for a ceasefire between Qin and Zhao. Have you forgotten?"
King Ji of Qin laughed, and the expression on his face was not fluctuating: "King Zhao was joking, when did I ever talk about this?"
As soon as King Ji of Qin said this, a low scream of exclamation immediately sounded in the hall, followed by a buzzing discussion.
For some reason, before the peace talks, every member of the delegation in all countries was very aware of the fact that "King of Qin Ji sent an envoy to ask for peace from Zhao at the cost of ceding Hedong land."
However, this matter was directly denied by King Ji of Qin in front of everyone.
Inadvertently, the eyes of several other monarchs who cast their eyes at Zhao Dan began to become playful.
Obviously, there must be one of Zhao Dan and Qin Wang Ji who is lying.
Zhao Dan looked at King Ji in Qin deeply, and a glimmer flashed in his eyes: "So, the King of Qin is planning to break his promise and is not going to cede Hedong to me?"
King Ji of Qin smiled calmly, with no impatience on his face, and said slowly: "I just feel that war is a disaster. It is better to make the two countries cease to make the people of Qin and Zhao cease to fight. How could there be any cedes of Hedong?"
The smile on the corner of Zhao Dan's mouth became even stronger: "The King of Qin is indeed a man who once used Zhang Yi. His words and deeds are quite like Zhang Yi's style when he was sent to Chu State."
King Ji of Qin smiled and said, "Su Qin also held the seal of Zhao and ordered the five countries. I wonder what King Zhao thinks about this?"
"View?" Zhao Dan shrugged and said, "In my opinion, Su Qin used his eloquence to convince the six kings to be given the seal of the six kings. This was an immense talent. Zhang Yi was just a lie and a lie who deceived the king and was disregarded. How could he compare with Su Qin?"
When Zhao Dan said this, King Yuan of Chu suddenly spoke: "The words of King Zhao have won my heart and great kindness!"
The King Huai of Chu who was fooled by Zhang Yi until he died was the grandfather of King Yuan of Chu.
The ministers of Chu immediately expressed their agreement. For a moment, the Chu delegation in the hall was excited and condemned Qin King Ji and Qin. There were also a few words of Jingchu dialect that other countries could not understand. It was probably a kind of swearing like Chu.
Of course, the ministers of the Qin delegation could not remain indifferent to the scolding of the people of Chu. So the hall was filled with elegant words with Guanzhong and Jingchu accents, and there were many dialect swear words that popped up in desperation, which could be said to be quite lively.
During this process, neither Zhao Dan nor Qin Wang Ji had any changes in expression on his face.
After half a quarter of an hour, Zhao Dan raised his hand with a smile.
The hall quickly became quiet.
Zhao Dan looked at King Ji of Qin with a smile: "So the King of Qin is unwilling to return Hedong to my Three Jins?"
Zhao Dan specially made the word "return" very seriously.
But it is true that Hedong County was the base camp where the overlord of the Spring and Autumn Period made his fortune. As the nobles of Jin State, Zhao, Han, Wei and Jin were indeed from here.
Although Hedong County has been occupied by Qin for almost forty years, the Three Jins can indeed shout out the slogan of asking the Qin people to return their hometown with confidence.
As soon as Zhao Dan said this, the expressions on Han Wangran and Wei Wang's faces changed a little, and their eyes were also staring at Qin Wangji's face, waiting for Qin Wangji's answer.
King Ji of Qin snorted and said, "The words of King Zhao are very wrong. Today, Hedong is the land of the Great Qin. No matter what the plains and mountains are all the people of the old Qin people. Jin is unrighteous and cannot guard this place. I take it as a matter of heaven and public opinion. How can I easily cede it!"
King Ji of Qin directly pushed Zhao Dan back with a hard time, which made the expressions on the faces of King Han and King Wei on the side look very good, especially King Wei who was determined to take back the old capital Anyi.
"Oh?" Zhao Dan raised his eyebrows and looked at King Ji with interest: "Don't the King of Qin know that the Three Jin coalition forces have occupied Taiban of Hedong, and the Anmen and Puyang are all in my hands. Now the 200,000 Qin King's army in Anyi is nowhere to go to the sky, and I don't know where the confidence of the King of Qin comes from, and dare to boast about it in front of me?"
After these words were said, the face of King Jian of Qi who had been silent changed slightly, turned his head and looked at Hou Sheng beside him, and exchanged glances without any trace.
When Zhao Dan said this, King Ji of Qin felt a sudden slap in his heart.
The fall of the Anmen Gate was something that King Ji of Qin had known for a long time. Given that the land of Hexi was obviously not as important to Qin State as Guanzhong, King Ji of Qin was actually more concerned about Puyang (Pujin Pass), the portal of Guanzhong.
But now Zhao Dan actually said that Pujin Pass has fallen?
impossible!
King Ji of Qin had a conspiracy in a short moment and said with a smile: "The words of King Zhao are exaggerated. In my opinion, not only Puyang, but also Anyi is a place that the Zhao army cannot conquer!"
Zhao Dan laughed and said, "So the King of Qin is planning to fight to the death with me?"
"No." King Ji of Qin shook his head seriously and said, "I have already said that this time I hope to negotiate with King Zhao to calm the war between the two countries."
"No, not bad." Zhao Dan couldn't help laughing. This Qin Wang Ji was indeed a model of not being trustworthy. He spoke one by one.
So the expression on Zhao Dan's face became more and more interesting: "So according to the Qin King's intention, how can we achieve peace between the Three Jin and Qin?"
King Ji of Qin remained unchanged, and his tone was quite calm when he spoke: "As long as the coalition forces of the Three Jins withdraw from Hedong County, peace will come naturally."
This time, not only Zhao Dan, but even the other kings who heard this began to look a little strange.
I'm afraid that King Ji of Qin was so angry that he was so angry?
Although King Ji of Qin looks quite tough today, everyone is not a fool. Yesterday’s flagpole incident has long proved that the Qin State today does not have the strength to confront Zhao State.
Under this situation, where did King Ji of Qin get the courage to ask the Sanjin coalition forces to withdraw from Hedong and return most of the Hedong county that had been occupied by the Sanjin coalition forces?
As soon as King Ji of Qin finished speaking, there was silence in the hall.
After a while, Zhao Dan shook his head and stared at King Ji of Qin and said word by word: "It seems that King Qin really wants to fight me this time?"
Chapter completed!