So the matter of using the land of wheat to exchange for food and grass was decided, and the meeting began to move to the next topic.

This time, Zhao Dan did not intend to let his ministers speak first. Zhao Dan said, "In my opinion, Zheng Zhu lives in Xianyang now, but only Qin can only give up the Qin army to help us. It is better to send Zheng Zhu back to the country as soon as possible!"

Who is Zheng Zhu? Zheng Zhu is the envoy who Zhao Dan listened to Lou Chang's words not long ago and sent to Qin for peace.

As a result, although the two cunning guys, King Ji of Qin (King Zhaoxiang of Qin) and Prime Minister Fan Sui of Qin, received Zheng Zhu in a grand manner, they did not have any real peace talks with Zheng Zhu. Instead, they invited envoys from other five countries to attend the banquet to receive Zheng Zhu.

This made the other five countries, especially Chu, who originally planned to send troops to aid Zhao, think that Qin and Zhao were going to have a peace talk, so what if we send troops? You two branches of the old winner can play by themselves.

So until the end of the battle, Zhao State did not receive reinforcements from one soldier.

Zheng Zhu was sent to Qin, which was undoubtedly a major defeat in Zhao's diplomacy during the Battle of Changping. Now Zhao Dan brought Zheng Zhu back, which means that I won't have a peace talk with you, Qin, so let's meet on the battlefield.

From a diplomatic perspective, this is a remedy that can be repaired.

Zhao Dan was also helpless. If he had worn it for a month or two earlier, Zheng Zhu would not have been sent to Qin, and Zhao would not have been so passive in diplomacy now.

The ministers present at Zhao did not object to Zheng Zhu's return to the country. After all, Zheng Zhu, the peace talks envoy, has proved that Qin did not want to talk at all, so come back.

At this moment, Yu Xin suddenly looked like a move and said, "Does the king have any follow-up actions?"

Zhao Dan looked at Yu Xin with satisfaction and said with a smile: "Yu Qing knows that I am the king."

The Battle of Changping, a super war that is related to the fate of Qin and Zhao countries and even the unification of the world, can even be said to be a super war that laid the theoretical foundation for the great unification of Chinese civilization in the next two thousand years. Of course, it cannot be determined just from the military and food and grass.

"The Art of War" once said, "The superior army attacks the plan, then attacks the diplomatic relations, then attacks the troops, and then attacks the cities."

The meaning of this sentence is that the most powerful military operation is to use strategy to deal with the enemy, the second most powerful one is to deal with the enemy with diplomacy, the third most convenient one is to deal with the enemy with war, and the fourth and stupidest way is to deal with the enemy by attacking cities one by one.

The strategy here can be understood as a "national strategy", which belongs to the strategy of attacking the enemy from the combination of economy, diplomacy, culture and thoughts in all aspects.

In later generations two thousand years later, the overall strategy of the US empire to kill the Soviet Union for decades can be called a classic case of "striking troops and attacking plans".

In this era of the Warring States Period, "supporting troops and attacking strategies" was not well reflected by any country.

After all, the limitations of the times are here. If you talk to a senior intellectual in the Warring States Period about "the comprehensive application of economic warfare, cultural invasion and public opinion offensives in bilateral exchanges...", then this confused senior intellectual in the Warring States Period will definitely reply to you three words: "Speak human words."

But the land of China is the birthplace of Sun Tzu's Art of War, so there is still a country on this land that is closest to the concept of "striving troops and attacking strategies".

This country is Qin, and the Qin State's quasi-"first-handed plan" is the "far-to-family enemy and attack near and near" proposed by the current Qin Prime Minister Fan Sui.

Zhao Dan, who combines the two identities of time travelers and the king of Zhao, has done two major tasks: "changing generals" and "efficiency of food", of course, what he needs to do next is to find a way to crack this damn "family and close attack".

Why is the priority of cracking the "family intercourse and near attack" so high? This starts with the national strength of various countries at this time.

If the national strength of the Seven Heroes of the Warring States Period is divided into one level, then the Qin State at this moment is SS, Zhao State at S, and the other five countries are basically ABC.

The advantage of Qin State lies in Shang Yang's overall national strength that quickly became stronger after the reforms adopted the farming and war strategy, in the fact that he had an unparalleled general like Bai Qi, and in the stimulation of the military merits and title system to soldiers.

Then does Zhao have no advantage? Zhao actually has it too.

In terms of generals, among the four famous generals of the Warring States Period recognized in later generations, Qin State included Bai Qi and Wang Jian, Zhao State also included Lian Po and Li Mu.

In terms of soldiers, since Zhao Dan's grandfather, King Wuling of Zhao, Hu, the combat effectiveness of the Zhao army has risen sharply, and the two nomadic peoples, Lin Hu and Loufan, defeated almost half of the territory of Qi, and regarded Yan, which had beaten the Huns' elder brother Donghu in the north, as its own RBQ. He even defeated the arrogant Qin army twice in the battle of Yan nine years ago and the battle of several universes six years ago.

The industry and commerce of Zhao were also quite developed. In addition to being a soldier, the people of Zhao also liked to do business. Handan was a famous commercial city and a large population city at that time. Even famous figures like Lu Buwei, who are now doing business in Handan City, are preparing his "strange goods" plan.

And what about Qin? There are no merchants in Qin. In a sense, this statement is really not a joke.

Since Shang Yang's reform, Qin State has adopted "farming and war" as its national policy. What is the strategy of farming and war? Simply put, it is to divide the Qin people into two types: one is farming, that is, farming, and the other is fighting, that is, war.

So the Qin people usually help the men farming women, and in wartime men go to the battlefield to farm women. What? I heard you want to do business? Come on, there are three choices for you now, one is to join the army, one is to farm, and the other is to die. You can choose to do business by yourself. Do business? It doesn’t exist.

In terms of military terms, Qin and Zhao were actually in the 55th century, and Qin won the invincible war god Bai Qi; in terms of agriculture, Zhao was hung up and beaten by Qin; but when it comes to industry and commerce, it was Zhao who hung up and beaten up Qin.

To put it bluntly, Qin and Zhao have their own strengths and weaknesses, but Qin's farming and war policies are obviously more adaptable to the Warring States times such as the Warring States, which has been long-lasting wars, so the national strength of Qin can be said to be slightly better.

But just a little better is probably not enough to win the Qin State from this cruel competition.

Then why was Qin able to "strive for the rest of his life for six generations" to unify the world? The problem lies in this "family and close attack".

In this sense, the Qin Prime Minister Fan Sui, who proposed the strategy of "family and close attacks", is really a talent that is rare.

In Zhao Dan's view, the combination of "farming and war" and "far-distance and near-distance" as the combination of two major national policies, internal and external ones, is the real reason for the Qin State to unify the world.

These two major national policies are like two giant pillars that firmly support the Qin Empire's unborn hegemony and are indispensable.

If Zhao wants to defeat the powerful Qin and unify the world, it must also have corresponding national policies and corresponding strategies.

Does Zhao Dan have such a strategy and national policy?

OK, not yet...

A guy who was just an ordinary history lover before traveling through time. If he wanted to come up with a national strategy, wouldn’t that be the so-called life of eating gutter oil and having a heart of something? Isn’t the protagonist’s halo not so strong?

But this does not hinder Zhao Dan's response.

Comparing the overall situation and comparing to the operation, I, Zhao Dan, cannot compare to you, King Ji of Qin and Fan Sui for the time being, so let's compare to Micro-Foot, right?
Chapter completed!