Chapter 264
A strange combination of circumstances
South Korea and Yan are the last two countries among the Seven Heroes. Who is stronger and who is weaker?
Perhaps the other five countries have different views, or they think both countries are about the same weakness.
But in terms of the Yan-Korean phase, South Korea's potential is far greater than that of Yan.
In terms of territorial area, Yan State is much larger than South Korea, so Yan State seems to be superior in terms of land area.
However, South Korea is located in the Central Plains with fertile land, while Yan State is located in Liaodong, a bitter cold land, so in terms of land utilization, South Korea is far better than Yan State.
At the same time, due to its geographical location, South Korea has a high population density, while Yan State is vast and sparsely populated.
Especially after South Korea annexed Zheng, the population was greatly replenished, and the two countries were on par.
In terms of economic strength, South Korea is definitely better than Yan.
South Korea is located at the throat of the Central Plains, with fertile land, convenient transportation, and prosperous industry and commerce.
However, Yan State is located on the border, with cold weather and many hills. Most of the areas are undeveloped, and the degree of industrial and commercial development is far lower than that of South Korea.
Moreover, South Korea also had the largest Yiyang Iron Mountain at that time, and its smelting technology was unparalleled among the other six countries. It was known as "all strong bows, powerful crossbows, and sharp swords came from Korea" in the world.
The prosperity of the military industry has also stimulated the great development of South Korea's economy, which is unmatched by the Yan Kingdom outside the Great Wall.
In terms of military strength, South Korea's military might be better than that of Yan.
Perhaps in foreign wars, South Korea has suffered defeats for many years and has basically never won.
The Yan State is located in the northern border and needs to resist the invasion of nomads, so its military strength should be stronger than that of South Korea.
Although it cannot be denied that the Hu cavalry of the Yan State are powerful in combat, they have to resist the invasion of nomads for many years, so it is difficult for them to escape from fighting with other countries.
In addition, judging from the performance of Yan's several foreign invasions, except for the five kingdoms when they conquered Qi, they basically suffered defeats.
Especially after the Zhao State was seriously injured in the Changping Battle and the Handan Battle, the Yan State dispatched 100,000 troops to attack Zhao. As a result, the commander Li Fu was killed and the entire army was annihilated.
Even in the war with Zhongshan Kingdom, it was suppressed for many years.
Although the Korean army often suffered defeats, it was still able to destroy the Zheng State, attack the Song State and capture the Song king, and hold on to its territory for hundreds of years even though it was in the land of the Four War. Moreover, the Korean army was equipped with extremely advanced weapons, and its strength was comparable to that of the Yan State army.
Only strong, not weak.
So generally speaking, South Korea has considerable potential, which is why Han Fei is able to strengthen South Korea.
Back then, South Korea dared to let Qin cede territory.
But times have changed, and now Qin is the only strong one, while Han is pitifully weak.
Although South Korea has huge potential, just like a genius who grows up is called a genius, it is still only bullied.
"You are very smart, I know." King Han stared closely at Han Fei standing in front of him, as if he wanted to see through him inside and out.
Han Fei quoted a large number of sages' works to him and explained his vision for the future of Korea.
In short, I just want to tell King Han one thing: According to what I said, it is absolutely correct.
But to King Han, this was almost like pointing at his nose and teaching him how to do something.
Who is the king?
Even though the King of Han knew that all Han Fei's ideas were beneficial to South Korea, Han Fei's various attitudes always made him feel: If you can't do it, step down quickly and I will be the king.
Therefore, King Han's heart was subconsciously full of resistance and disgust.
By the way, he was also full of disgust towards Han Fei.
Now, King Han just wants to send Han Fei away quickly and never come back again, which is simply an eyesore to him.
Han Fei also saw King Han's thoughts from his eyes, so he lamented secretly and said: God is going to destroy Han.
"I must bear in mind what my father said, so I will leave." Han Fei finally bowed deeply to King Han.
King Han said "Yeah" and said nothing else. He didn't want to see Han Fei anymore.
A few days later.
Not long after Zhang Liang returned to South Korea, the Qin envoy also came to Xinzheng with an armistice agreement.
"A good man has failed the public." Zhang Liang bowed deeply to everyone as an apology.
As soon as Zhang Liang returned to Xinzheng, he truthfully informed the King of Han of Ying Zheng's request. After receiving a few words of encouragement from the King of Han, he was taken back to the Prime Minister's Mansion with open arms and asked about the history of Xianyang and his party.
After communicating with Kaifangdi, another day had passed since Zhang Liang finished writing his report, and then he had time to come to [Purple Orchid Pavilion] to meet with everyone.
Han Fei patted Zhang Liang's shoulder and said seriously, "I hope the ovary can come back safely. It's been a hard journey."
Zhang Liang was quite moved, "I'm sorry to bother you all, Liang."
Saying that, he bowed again.
"Okay, you two should sit down." Zi Nu said, ending the greetings.
"Zifang, how are you doing in Xianyang?"
"Brother Han, the situation in Xianyang may be different from what the outside world has rumored." Zhang Liang said in a deep voice.
Han Fei frowned slightly.
Bang~
Wei Zhuang walked into the room with a murderous look on his face, holding the shark's teeth, then sat down in the corner and began to wipe the sword in his hand.
"Brother Wei Zhuang, what is this?"
"Resolved a tail." Wei Zhuang raised his eyes and looked at Zhang Liang, "It came from [Luo Sheng]."
Wei Zhuang wondered whether Zhang Liang had been instigated by Luo Wang in Xianyang to rebel.
Zhang Liang saw the suspicion in Wei Zhuang's eyes, so he explained, "When I arrived in Xianyang as an envoy, I was put under house arrest in the post house. I knew almost nothing about the outside world and could only travel sporadically through the post house.
The drinker got news of the war between Qin and Han."
What Zhang Liang meant was that as the grandson of the Prime Minister, he had no reason or possibility to rebel.
Wei Zhuang withdrew his gaze. He had just put away his suspicion temporarily, but that didn't mean he was completely relieved of Zhang Liang.
Zhang Liang smiled helplessly.
"I believe in Zifang's character." Han Fei looked at Zhang Liang with a smile, "There is absolutely no chance that Zifang will rebel against [Quicksand]."
Zhang Liang looked at Han Fei gratefully.
So he continued, "There are rumors from the outside world that Prime Minister Lu Buwei controls the political affairs of the Qin State. As Brother Han said before, the power of the prime minister is strong but the power of the king is weak."
Han Fei nodded towards Zhang Liang.
This is also his advice to Li Si: the higher you climb, the harder you will fall.
He asked his junior brother Li Si to plan an escape route early and disembarked Lu Buwei's dangerous ship that was on the verge of capsizing.
He wanted to support a chess piece in the Qin State so that he could ask Li Si to mediate and protect South Korea in the future, just like the strategist Su Qin deliberately sent his junior brother Zhang Yi to the Qin State.
"But according to my observation, although Lu Buwei acted strong and domineering, he was actually full of fear of Ying Zheng?" Although Zhang Liang couldn't explain why, he could tell from the look in Lu Buwei's eyes at Ying Zheng that it was fear.
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"So the government of Qin was ostensibly controlled by Lu Buwei, but in reality it was always under the control of Ying Zheng. Liang guessed that this was a strategy jointly planned by Ying Zheng and Lu Buwei to paralyze and mislead the six countries."
Han Fei smiled bitterly after hearing Zhang Liang's guess.
"I have to say that the Qin State's hiding and planning in the past ten years has indeed deceived all of us."
After a moment of silence, Han Fei released another bombshell, "I will follow the Qin delegation to Qin. Tomorrow is the deadline given to me by my father."
Wei Zhuang's action of wiping the shark's teeth was also a slap in the face.
Others looked at Han Fei in surprise.
Especially Zhang Liang, who looked at Han Fei in shock.
He remembered that he had never been prepared to mention to Han Fei that the King of Qin had asked him to enter Qin as a condition for truce.
Chapter completed!