Chapter 50 Xianyang Palace Discussion (2)
When Fan Sui spoke, he was really confident. If he had a fan and shake it a few times, then he would have a good idea of planning and guidance.
Several Qin ministers on the side were also surprised. After all, everyone discussed it before Fan Sui arrived, but no one could have made three strategies like Fan Sui confidently as he came up.
This is the level gap, otherwise how could Fan Sui become a prime minister?
King Ji of Qin looked at Fan Sui with appreciation. As a king, he liked the most was this kind of minister who had ideas and had many ideas. So King Ji of Qin said, "Since that's the case, Mr. Fan can first make the worst decision."
Fan Sui nodded and smiled, "This is the worst policy to return Yingdu to Chu State, and then bribe Chu State's chief minister Huang Xie with a generous gift. Huang Xie once accompanied King Yuan of Chu as a hostage to our Great Qin. His words and deeds were mostly afraid of Qin. If he could win Yingdu without fighting, Huang Xie would persuade King Yuan of Chu to withdraw his troops."
"Return Yingdu to Chu?" When King Ji of Qin heard Fan Sui's bad plan, he subconsciously frowned.
To be honest, Qin State has done something like returning land.
During so many years of fighting with the six Shandong countries, Qin often used the return of cities and land as bait to destroy the situation of other countries fighting against Qin, and it often worked.
But the words of Yingdu are a little different. After all, this city has been the capital of Chu for nearly five hundred years, and its symbolic significance is extremely important to Chu.
Moreover, Yingdu is located on the Jianghan Plain, a base camp that the Chu people have been operating for hundreds of years. Returning Yingdu to Chu is equivalent to returning all the Jianghan Plain. Wouldn't this allow Chu to regain the land of dragon prosperity and have the capital to revive it?
King Ji of Qin thought for a while and said, "You must be Yingdu?"
Fan Sui nodded affirmatively: "You must not retreat to the Chu army if you are not Yingdu."
King Ji of Qin said again: "If you return to Yingdu to Chu, can the Chu people go north to help our army defeat Zhao?"
Fan Sui said: "I heard that King Yuan of Chu and the envoy of Zhao Yu Xin had a blood alliance. This may be quite difficult."
King Ji of Qin pondered for a while before saying, "Why is Zhongce?"
Obviously, this bad strategy is not too much about King Ji of Qin.
Fan Sui was not surprised by this, otherwise Fan Sui would not have listed this strategy as a bad strategy.
Therefore Fan Sui continued: "The king can send envoys to Yan and order Yan State to send troops to attack Zhao Dai County. Zhao State will be in trouble if it is attacked from both sides. In this way, our Qin Dynasty can take the initiative and use the ability of Wu'an Jun to defeat Zhao first and then defeat Chu, which is not empty talk."
As soon as this Zhongshou was released, King Ji of Qin looked much better.
Today, Qin is located in the southwest of Zhao State and Yan State is located in the northeast of Zhao State. Qin and Yan are just sandwiching Zhao State in the middle. If Yan State can send troops to attack Zhao State and stab Zhao State hard from behind, it will indeed make Zhao State extremely passive.
Besides, Qin and Yan are allies now, so it is reasonable for Qin to send troops to help.
King Ji of Qin thought for a moment and said, "The King of Yan and King Zhao are in-laws, which may be an obstacle."
Fan Sui smiled and said, "The Empress Dowager was the daughter of Chu. Did Qin and Chu get along with each other? Besides, I heard that the Queen Yan was ill and had no son, so I have not been favored by the King of Yan for a long time, so the king has been worried too much."
The mother of King Ji of Qin, Queen Mother Xuan, Mi Bazi, was the princess of Chu, but King Ji of Qin did not frown when he asked Bai Qi to burn the tombs of the former kings of Chu in the past dynasties. In the face of national interests, a mere in-law relationship is nothing.
When Fan Sui said "I am sick but have no son", the prince of Qin, An Guojun, who was standing beside him, looked slightly moved, and a strange expression flashed instantly, but he did not speak.
King Ji of Qin did not notice this small change in his son, but nodded slightly after thinking for a few seconds: "Since this is the case, what about the best strategy?"
Seeing that King Ji of Qin affirmed his plan, Fan Sui smiled a little more, and then said, "The best strategy is to attack Zhao. Wei Daliang and Zhao Handan are only a hundred miles away, and they can arrive overnight. Moreover, the food and grass of Zhao have all come from Handan to Changping. When Handan is besieged, the Zhao army's retreat will be cut off, and there is no food and grass, so it will undoubtedly be defeated!"
Fan Sui's best strategy was also to encourage other countries to attack Zhao. But unlike Yan, Wei is closer to Zhao and the current Changping battlefield.
The food route of Zhao State in the Battle of Changping was from Handan to west along the Zhang River, and went straight to Wu'an, then passed through Zhongmu, the important town of Zhao State, and walked through Yangcai Xing and Fukou Xing among the "Eight Passes of Taihang", and passed through the North Shangdang, which is now controlled by Zhao State, to the Changping battlefield of the East Shangdang.
In history, after the Zhao Kuo army in Changping was surrounded, Qin King Ji "gived a title from Henei County one level, and issued a fifteen-year-old to Changping to block Zhao's rescue and food." The two routes separated were Yangcai Xing and Fukou Xing.
King Ji of Qin led more than 100,000 farmers to do what he could do. If the 100,000 elite army of Wei State could do it, it would definitely be able to do it better and thoroughly.
Once Handan is surrounded and Yangcao Xing and Wukou Xing are blocked, the food routes and retreat routes of the Changping Zhao army will be cut off in an instant. It can be said that the Zhao State will basically be defeated.
But Fan Sui's best strategy actually has a problem that cannot be ignored, and someone immediately raised this problem.
The prince of Qin, An Guojun, who has always acted well as a mascot, finally couldn't help but speak at this time: "Fan Jun, Zhao and Wei are both the Three Jins and are allies, but with a lobbyist, it is difficult for Wei to defeat the alliance and attack Zhao."
This is the biggest problem. Although Wei State hesitated for various factors during the Battle of Changping, the choice that Wei State hesitated was never to help or not Zhao State, and never to help Qin State.
Due to the developed intelligence and spy network of Qin, the Qin monarchs and ministers present knew this well.
Therefore, the idea of the Qin monarch and ministers is that it would be good if Wei State could be neutral. He never thought that Wei State would join Qin.
Fan Sui saw the doubts of everyone and couldn't help but smile and said, "Mr. An Guo is not aware of this, and that is the same as that. At that time, Wei State was afraid that our Great Qin would seize the Shangdang and advance eastward, so it was intended to help Zhao. However, at this moment, the three kingdoms of Qi, Chu and Zhao were all powerful neighbors of Wei State, and they had long had a grudge with Wei State. The three kingdoms joined forces to attack Qin. Although our Great Qin was difficult to stop, how could Wei State be at ease? The King of Wei must be a trouble!"
Fan Sui said this and paused and continued: "So, in the opinion of his ministers, he only needs to send a capable lobbyist to Daliang and bribe the male favorite of the King of Wei to King Longyang, and then the Wei State will definitely send troops to attack Zhao. In such a long and peaceful way, I, the Qin Dynasty, will have no worries!"
Fan Sui's best strategy is actually to look at the problem from a diplomatic perspective.
Wei State is located in the Central Plains, with Qi State to the east, Chu State to the south, Zhao State to the north, Qin State and Han State to the west, and it is an unforgettable place for four battles.
Such a border was beneficial when Wei State became the first hegemon of the Warring States period, that is, Wei State could beat everything in the southeast, west and north, suppress all kinds of dissatisfaction.
But after the decline of Wei State, the original benefits were bad for Wei State, because now Wei State has become the target of being beaten from all directions from east, west, south, north and north...
Previously, Wei State was afraid that Qin would continue to advance eastward after occupying Shangdang, so he wanted to send troops to support Zhao, which was alone and alone to prevent Qin from advancing eastward. From the standpoint of Wei State, this was obviously very reasonable.
But the situation is different now. Now Zhao and Chuqi have joined forces to deal with Qin. If Qin is defeated by the Three Kingdoms, will these three countries take advantage of the situation to destroy the Wei Kingdom, which was just sandwiched between the Three Kingdoms, and divide it up? This is what Wei must be vigilant about.
In fact, it is not just Wei State, but even Yan State in the north is actually afraid of being divided up by Qi and Zhao State.
To put it bluntly, the three-country alliance of Zhao Chuqi is now the alliance between the second, third and fourth among the seven heroes of the Warring States Period. Such an alliance is really too powerful! It is enough to arouse the concern and fear of other countries.
With this worry and fear, there is a possibility of turning enemies into friends and fighting side by side between Qin and Wei, and this possibility is actually quite large.
After Fan Sui's analysis, the Qin monarchs and ministers present suddenly realized and all looked at Fan Sui with admiration.
This is Fan Sui's ability. This famous prime minister of Qin was always able to keenly analyze the key to the situation through various intelligences in the turbulent and complex diplomatic situation, so as to correctly adopt the response policy and customize plans that are beneficial to Qin.
Once Fan Sui's plan is realized, the original situation where Qin State fought against Zhao Chuqi alone would turn into a six-country war between Qin Weiyan and Zhao Chuqi.
If we consider that the main battlefield at this moment is actually within Shangdang County, South Korea, then in fact, this battle is a super war where all the seven heroes of the Warring States Period are involved in it!
King Ji of Qin took a deep breath. Even though he was now 65 years old, the king of Qin was still excited by the plan that Fan Sui said.
So King Ji of Qin nodded vigorously and said in a deep voice: "Mr. Fan's plan is great! According to Mr. Fan's words, he immediately sent envoys to Ji and Daliang to send troops to help our Qin Dynasty! This battle is of great importance, and all ministers need to do their best. If there is any erratic disobedience and affair with the enemy country, I will definitely be killed!"
When talking about "involving into enemy countries", a strong murderous intent flashed in Qin Wang Ji's eyes. It is obvious that the incident of Wu'an Jun Bai Qi being the general was leaked and the incident of rumor in Handan, Zhao State made the Qin King extremely dissatisfied and had already had some doubts about these ministers.
If it weren't for not finding who leaked the secret, or even there weren't even a few people who were suspicious at the moment, King Ji of Qin would have started a massacre.
As soon as King Ji of Qin spoke, the ministers present immediately leaned over and spoke in unison: "No." Then they all left one after another.
Chapter completed!