"Then let's fight." Yu Xin nodded. Unless Qi can prove that they did not do this and hand over all the murderers, Zhao will have to fight this battle.
"Let's fight." The civil and military ministers said one after another.
In Zhao's original plan, there was no such battle with Qi, but the plan could not keep up with the changes.
"Send an envoy to tell the State of Qi when all the murderers of the people of the State of Zhao will be handed over, and the King of Qi will issue an edict to worship the people of the State of Zhao who were killed and apologize to them. When will the State of Zhao withdraw its troops? !" Zhao Kuo kicked the table away and held the sword in his right hand.
Asking the dignified king of a country to apologize to the lower-level heads of Guizhou, even if the people were really massacred by Qi, Zhao Kuo's request was extremely excessive in this era.
The nobles and the heads of Guizhou are two different classes. In the eyes of most nobles, the heads of Guizhou are at most half a person, not to mention that the King of Qi is the most noble noble in the world.
To put it bluntly, in the minds of most people, the King of Qi is more noble than the head of Guizhou.
But no one tried to dissuade him. Zhao was a strong country, Qi was a weak country, and Zhao had the confidence to do so.
"Your Majesty, I am willing to lead the army to attack Qi." Pang Nuan stood up again.
Seeing this, other people also stepped forward to ask for help.
"Then take General Pang Nuan as the commander-in-chief and Feng Quji as the military adviser. Qiang Yu will be the vanguard, Qing Qin and Rong Ben will be the deputy generals. Command 30,000 elite troops, recruit 20,000 troops from Handan and Jixi counties, and recruit two more Ten thousand prisoners and a total of 70,000 troops to attack Qi." Zhao Kuo said.
"No." All the generals whose names were called looked happy and said happily.
Lian Po was a little unhappy because he was unable to lead the troops in battle, but he didn't say anything and returned to his seat silently.
"Once this war begins, the domestic development of our Zhao country will inevitably be affected. Therefore...all the losses of our Zhao country must be recovered from Qi." Zhao Kuo glanced across everyone's faces and said solemnly. .
Zhao Kuo has always attached great importance to domestic development. In his opinion, domestic development is more important than conquering cities. In addition, Zhao Kuo's reforms have only lasted for a few years and have not really taken root in the hearts of the people. At this time, any changes will have consequences. May affect the New Deal.
The most important thing to do at this time is to fight slowly and slowly, rather than start a war everywhere.
But Zhao Kuo couldn't bear this, and the people of the entire township were like this!
If it had not been Qi, if it had been the Hu people who did it, Zhao Kuo would have killed ten times the Hu people to repay the debt with blood.
The thoughts from later generations made him treat Qi as one of his own.
But the reality is that Qi is not its own people.
This was something Zhao Kuo felt painful and contradictory about.
"The final general will live up to the king's trust." Pang Nuan said loudly.
"Your Majesty, why don't you unite with Chu and attack Qi together?" Chulong pondered for a moment, then leaned over and said.
Zhao Kuo immediately wanted to attack Qi, but unless Zhao tried his best, it would be very difficult to subdue Qi while dealing with Qin.
If Zhao failed to subdue Qi, then this battle would become a joke, and Zhao would lose both face and dignity.
At this time, Zhao must try to improve its chances of winning.
Chulong was very calm. The 70,000-strong army was not enough. Zhao had to either increase the number of troops behind him or find helpers.
And Chu State is the best helper.
The State of Qin has always wanted to drag the State of Chu into the water, and Chu Long does not want the State of Chu to be idle. The State of Chu with nothing to do is very dangerous to other countries.
"Let Mao Sui go as envoy to Chu." Zhao Kuo nodded.
Although he was angry, he did not completely lose his mind and knew that Chulong's suggestion was right.
"Should we let the Great Wall Army go south?" Zhao Sheng asked.
Le Yi brought 40,000 elite troops to support Han and Wei, and Pang Nuan brought another 30,000 elite troops to attack Qi. There was no sign of the newly recruited soldiers, and there were not many soldiers left in Handan.
"The Great Wall Army should stay in Daijun. Yan State may not always be honest." Yu Xin shook his head.
He always felt that the Qi State's massacre of Zhao State's entire village was full of strangeness. If it was done by the Qin State and the Chu State, there should be someone behind it. The Qi State alone could not stop the Zhao State.
After Zhao Kuo returned to the harem, Tian Shu came over and asked about the attack on Qi.
"You don't need to worry about this matter. When Zhao and Qi go to war, it will be uncomfortable no matter what if you are in the middle. I promise you that I will not kill the Queen Mother of Qi and the King of Qi, now or in the future. For other matters, Just leave it alone." Zhao Kuo patted Tian Shu's head and said softly.
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After receiving the order, Mao Sui traveled lightly and quickly along the chasm to Chen Ying.
Huang Xie, on behalf of the Chu State, personally went ten miles out of the city to greet him.
"I have met Lord Chun Shen." Mao Sui bowed and saluted, saying in a neither humble nor overbearing tone.
Now he is no longer the Mao Sui who had never seen the world before. During his mission to the Western Regions, he had met not only a hundred but also dozens of monarchs, and he was all respectful to them.
"The envoy has come a long way. It's been a hard journey. May I ask how you are doing, King Zhao?" Huang Xie returned the greeting.
"Well done, Your Majesty. Before coming, Your Majesty specially told me that Lord Chunshen is one of the few great sages in the Chu Kingdom. The current situation of Chu Kingdom is all thanks to Lord Chunshen. I must respect Lord Chunshen as much as I respect the King." Mao Sui said.
"The King of Zhao is so complimentary, how can I compare with the King of Zhao?" Huang Xie waved his hands and said with a smile on his face. Under his governance in the past few years, the Chu State's national power gradually increased and he destroyed the Yue State. Huang Xie still felt a little proud after almost wiping out the State of Lu.
"This is the gift that the king asked his ministers to bring to Lord Chun Shen." Mao Sui pointed to the carriage behind him and said, all of which were gifts for Huang Xie.
"Thank you, King Zhao." Huang Xie bowed to the north and accepted the gift happily.
During the conversation, the two entered the city smoothly, and the King of Chu had prepared a banquet in the palace.
"The foreign minister sends his greetings to the King of Chu." After Mao Sui saw the King of Chu, he bowed and saluted.
"I am well, I am." The King of Chu was very happy to see Mao Sui. He stood up and pointed to the main hall and said, "I heard that there is a Jinshan Mountain in Zhao State. Every day, King Zhao pulls a cart of gold from the Jinshan Mountain. The envoys come all the way. I think it is me, Chu." The country is rich, or the country of Zhao is rich?"
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "The Chu country is rich." Mao Sui said calmly, "Chu people use tortoise shells to make hairpins, and use pearls and jade to decorate their scabbards and scabbards. , the shoes on his feet are decorated with pearls, the jade belt hooks on his waist are inlaid with emeralds, and even the tables are decorated with exquisite colored glazes and jade. The wealth of Chu State is incomparable to that of Zhao State."
"Our Chu country has a lot of pearls and jade, so the envoy can take some back." Hearing what Mao Sui said, the King of Chu became even more happy, and with a wave of his hand, he was rewarded.
"Thank you, Your Majesty. We, the Zhao people, don't like pearls and jade." Mao Sui leaned over and said.
"Oh? What do the people of Zhao like?" King Chu asked curiously.
"I, the people of Zhao, don't have that much money. Most of them can only buy pens, inks, paper, inkstones and books, and send their children to academies. Those who are a little richer can afford war horses and hire teachers to teach their children to ride and shoot. Your Majesty.
It has been said that if young people are strong, the country will be strong, and if young people are wise, the country will be wise." Mao Sui said neither humble nor arrogant.
"..." King Chu's face turned white and then black. If he had known better, he would not have asked this question.
"Can everyone study in the academy?" Huang Xie heard some differences.
"Anyone from our Zhao country can do it," Mao Sui said proudly.
Huang Xie took a breath of cold air. This matter seemed simple, but the money consumed and the resistance encountered were unimaginable. Without great courage, this matter could not be accomplished.
Huang Xie had no doubt that if the King of Chu dared to do this, the college would be burned down by 'bandits' the next day, and even the palace might be on fire.
"Why did the envoy come to my country of Chu this time?" King Chu coughed twice and returned to the topic.
"The foreign minister is here this time to invite the Chu State to jointly attack the Qi State on behalf of the Zhao State." Mao Sui leaned over and said.
After hearing this, the civil and military ministers below all focused their attention on Mao Sui.
Attacking Qi is no small matter, and I heard that Zhao is still fighting Qin. What gives Zhao the confidence to start a war on two fronts?
"What mistake did Qi make that caused King Zhao to send troops to attack?" King Chu and Huang Xie looked at each other and asked in confusion.
These days, you need a reason to attack a country, and you cannot attack it casually, except for Rong and Di, although no one will take this reason seriously.
"It seems that the Chu State did not do it." Mao Sui saw the expressions of King Chu and Huang Xie and thought in his mind that if it was the Chu State that did it, the two of them would look too similar.
"A soldier is a murderous weapon. One move will bring death to life and cause countless casualties. We are trying to make a living for the people of the world. I hope King Zhao will think twice." Huang Xie also pretended to say, completely forgetting that the Chu State was still attacking the Lu State.
"The State of Qi massacred the entire village of our State of Zhao. It was extremely cruel and inhumane. The whole State of Zhao was furious and vowed to send troops to attack Qi State. The State of Chu is a big country in the south, and the King of Chu is the lord of benevolence and righteousness. He should uphold justice for the people of the world.
Fight against the unjust." Mao Sui said loudly.
"Qi State actually did such a thing. It is worse than a beast and has no humanity!" King Chu slammed the table and said angrily.
"The King of Qi and the Queen Mother of Qi are both benevolent and righteous people, and they cannot do such a thing." Zhuang Xin was a little doubtful.
"This matter is absolutely true. Foreign ministers dare not deceive the king." Mao Sui leaned over and said.
"What do you think, Prime Minister?" King Chu looked at Huang Xie. He was very happy that Mao Sui praised him as a benevolent and righteous man and wanted him to uphold justice for the world.
Huang Xie's eyes were deep. He was not interested in whether the matter was true or not, and he was not interested in the reason why Zhao State attacked Qi State. What he was interested in was whether and how much benefit Chu State could gain from this.
During the war between the Three Jins and Qin in the north, Wei sent envoys many times to ask for help. Qin also sent two groups of envoys to Chu to request Chu to send troops to attack the Three Jins.
They were all rejected by Huang Xie.
Neither Qin nor the Three Jins are soft persimmons, and Chu has no guarantee who will win. If you attack them, let alone take advantage, you might even get your teeth knocked out.
Chu State has always been cautious, even timid.
But Qi is different.
Since the Five Kingdoms conquered Qi, Qi has been a sick cat. If it were not too far away, Chu would have wanted to take action against Qi.
Now that Chu State has moved its capital, Chen Ying is not that far away from Qi State.
The State of Lu was already in danger under the iron cavalry of the State of Chu. After the destruction of Lu, the territory of the State of Chu had expanded to its limit. If it wanted to continue to expand, it could only attack the powerful princes.
Neither Qin to the west nor Han and Wei to the north are easy to fight. Han and Wei also have Zhao as their allies.
Chu's only target is Qi, but Qi is also very powerful, and Chu has no confidence that it can seize land from Qi.
Therefore, Chu State was waiting for the war between Qin State and the Three Jin Dynasties to end to see if they could take advantage of it.
But with the arrival of Zhao Guo, Huang Xie saw new opportunities.
The strength of the Zhao-Chu alliance is not something that Qi can contend with.
Qin and the Three Jins are still fighting, and no one can get involved in this war.
The Yan State and the Qi State in the north are no longer bordering each other. Even if it supports the Qi State, it is the Zhao State that bears part of the pressure and has nothing to do with the Chu State.
For Chu State, it is difficult to have a better opportunity than this.
If we send out troops, we don't even need to withdraw the army that attacked Lu. After destroying Lu, we can just go north!
Huang Xie's talent is to see the essence through phenomena. Soon, he sorted out the whole thing, and his eyes became brighter and brighter!
"The country of Qi is unruly, and if anyone finds it, it will be punished." Huang Xie said in a deep voice.
"Okay, I have decided to form an alliance with the State of Zhao and join forces to attack Qi." What Huang Xie said is not wrong. This is the belief of the King of Chu.
The next day, with Jing Yang as the chief general, Xiang Pei as the deputy general, and Huang Xie as the military advisor, the King of Chu raised an army of 100,000 to attack Qi. In addition to Xiang Yan's 50,000 troops, the total army was 150,000.
Although the Lu Kingdom has not been defeated yet, it will only happen sooner or later.
If Chu had not been in constant war and had insufficient supplies of food and grass, Chu could have even mobilized an army of 300,000 men.
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"The State of Zhao has sent troops, does the Queen Mother of Qi still insist on it? In troubled times, no one can stay out of it. Even if you are hiding in the palace, someone will find a way to attack you. The State of Qi is rich, but its military strength is weak. For the State of Zhao,
It's just a piece of fat meat. The massacre of the countryside was just an excuse made by Zhao to attack Qi."
This time, the Qin envoy successfully met the Queen Mother of Qi.
Queen Mother Qi did not speak.
"Sister, the envoy to Zhao Kingdom is back." Hou Sheng walked in, leaned over and said.
"What did the State of Zhao say?" Queen Mother Qi asked quickly. She was still hoping that this was just a misunderstanding and that the State of Zhao could withdraw its troops.
"The State of Zhao drove our envoys out and said that unless our State of Qi hands over all the murderers, the king issues an edict and goes to the tomb to apologize to the deceased, he will not retreat," Hou Sheng said.
This time he did not add fuel to the fire by accepting Qin's money. This was indeed Zhao's response.
"It's too much to bully someone." Empress Dowager Qi gritted her teeth and her almond-shaped eyes widened. If it was Qi Guo who did it, she would admit it through gritted teeth.
But Qi State didn't do this, so how could it admit it.
Think about Qi, which was one of the most powerful countries in the world at that time. At that time, which country dared to humiliate Qi like this?
Now that Qi has declined, even the second-rate country Zhao dared to act arrogantly in front of Qi.
The clay figurine is still very angry, and what he has gained by giving in step by step is not peace, but Zhao Guo's advancement.
The Empress Dowager of Qi became more and more angry and wished she could immediately raise an army to destroy the State of Zhao.
"The State of Zhao is attacking our State of Qi. What does it have to do with the State of Qin? The envoy came all the way to our State of Qi just to watch our State of Qi's jokes?" The Queen Mother of Qi raised her head and looked at the envoy of Qin and said coldly.
"Well, of course not. The Zhao State is immoral and massacres the people in the country and puts the blame on the Qi State. It is not allowed by nature. The king sent foreign ministers to form an alliance with the Qi State and jointly attack the Zhao State." The Qin envoy leaned over and said.
