In the Kingdom of Jin, in the royal city of Jiangyi, the former young master Xiaoque has become the first king of the Jin Dynasty. He is said to be alone and one of the few. He himself does not feel much about this.
It's just that in the past, the public family had been in continuous decline, then continued to expand, and then continued to decline. This kind of turmoil was not something that I felt when I was in a low position before. Now that I am in a high position, it can even be said to be condescending, the scenery I see is completely different.
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"Your Majesty, the envoy has crossed Heyang."
"Chengzhou really tolerates this?"
"Although the officials in Yanshi protested, they still treated each other with courtesy and welcomed the envoy from Heyang to Chengzhou."
"Zhou Shi...has already made plans."
If you change your identity, you will naturally look at problems differently.
Especially among the powerful ministers in the Jin Kingdom, the Wei family is now the dominant one. Although the Zhao family, Han family and other ministers and officials have their disagreements, generally speaking, they know who is weakening and strengthening whom.
Many people were watching Wei Cao's actions due to the previous operations of Zheng Guo Zheng Chengzi.
After the Battle of Jingyang, all the cities of the Qin State on both sides of the Ju River fell into the hands of the Jin State. Now the Qin State could only rely on Zhongshan and the Jing River to resist the invasion from the east, and the effect was very bad.
It is precisely because of this that Wei Cao's reputation is extremely strong, completely different from that hapless loser Zheng Chengzi.
The powerful ministers do not care about the size of the country. Wei Cao went to the battlefield in person and wiped out one-third of the best land of Qin. The city of Xianyang stood on the bank of the Wei River like an isolated island.
The escape route of the Jingyang Fox clan is not representative, because the Jingyang Fox clan is very weak. The Qin family, which is much stronger than the Jingyang Fox clan, all fled to Wucheng, Huashan, and even directly to Dongshan and Hangu.
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The power mobilized by the Jin State was not limited to the old nest. From all around Zhuoze, with Shimen Mountain as the benchmark, the number of troops drawn from "fertile soil" of all sizes was unprecedented.
Drawing Ding in winter was something Jin had never done before. Which overlord has never looked like a minion?
When you are a minion, you can only risk your life.
At this time, it was time to risk their lives again, and Jin's elite group clearly understood this.
The biggest "fertile land" of the Jin State in Henan is the fortress with Quwo and Hangu Pass as the core, guarding the east and west, and controlling the north and south. Whether it is dealing with Qin, Chu, Zhou, or Zheng, if you control this place, you can
The connection between the once rich land and Chengzhou was strangled.
If we want to form an alliance to fight with the Chu people, we can go south to Xiong'er Mountain after swearing an oath.
This was how the land of Shangban was originally captured, but now it has become the eastward passage for the Qin people.
It feels a bit like changing homes, but not to that point yet.
Wei Cao decided to recognize Qin's interests in Shangban. Similarly, Jin was able to withdraw from Jingshui and withdraw its troops to Gaoling. The battle for Fenghao land was not rushed for a while.
There was a very bad misjudgment in the previous international situation, and now it is time to correct it.
However, others did not know what Wei Cao was thinking, but as the king of Jin, the King of Jin himself was not optimistic about Wei Cao's behavior.
After the war between Qin and Jin, they must quickly stop their troops and then join forces to deal with Han.
It sounds reasonable. We can't let one family become the dominant one, and eventually they all die.
But the problem is that Qin and Han are not bordering each other. When the Qin army goes east to deal with the Han army, the first thing they have to face is that they have to become guest armies and pass through the four kingdoms of Jin, Chu, Zhou and Zheng.
What about logistics? What about maintenance? What about conscription? Who directs? Who is the vanguard, who is the general, and who is outflanking?
In terms of long-term interests, the high-level elites of the Qin and Jin countries have a consensus, and they can also realize how terrifying the current strength of the Han Dynasty is.
The rise of the Han State was more exaggerated than that of the Jin, Chu, and Wu states. They both destroyed the country for dozens of times and then expanded. However, the way the Han State destroyed the country was obviously fundamentally different from that of the Jin, Chu, and Wu states.
The Cai Kingdom, the Wei Kingdom, the Song Kingdom, the Xi Kingdom, the Chao Kingdom, the Six Kingdoms... Taken individually, they are not considered the lowest.
In addition, when the Han State challenged the regional hegemony, it directly dismembered the Chu State and classified the Chu State as Western Chu and huddled in the area west of the Han River. This made it difficult for the Chu State to muster up the courage to challenge the Han State. , unlikely.
From the perspective of Qin, instead of provoking Han, why not take advantage of the time when Qin, Jin and Han were fighting each other to directly steal Qin's Dongchu land and trade six hundred miles away?
Only by abusing the food can you develop.
Whether the experience level increases or not, it doesn’t mean much now.
Even the state of Chu is now focusing on the state of Ba and Shu so that it can make up for its losses.
In particular, the Ye family of Chu State went directly south and chose to develop in the land of Yangyue. The chaos in the heart of their mother country was beyond their control.
The Dou family has been ruined, so why should they, the Ye family, pretend to be cool?
A hasty alliance is bound to fail.
The King of Jin himself was very touched by this point. Not everyone in the Jin Kingdom wanted to unite various families to overthrow Wei Cao, and then use the name of the King of Jin to legalize it.
But when they join forces many times, they often start thinking about how to divide the spoils before taking action.
Seeing with his own eyes how a once wise man could be so stupid shocked the young King Jin greatly.
It’s not just Zhuzi who is lacking in resources and plans, but also old men.
A map placed in the Jiangcheng Palace shows that originally the Han Kingdom only existed on both sides of the Huai River, but now, the King of Jin silently combined all the areas east of the Han River and the hometown of Wu.
Plus Cai Guo, Chen Guo, Song Guo, Wei Guo, Lu Guo...
"Strike an egg against a stone."
"Your Majesty."
The inner vertical column reminds King Jin that such words can be kept in the heart. Saying them out will only increase worries.
However, the King of Jin did not care, and pointed to the direction of the eastern section of the Yellow River: "If we send troops early, we can still restore the hearts of the people of Henan, and at least we can keep the Weihou."
At this time, the lower reaches of the Yellow River were running in a northeast-southwest direction. It was also because of this direction that Hebei of the Yellow River was called Hanoi.
Henan, strictly speaking, is Hedong.
In such a vast area, the density of cities is not much worse than that of Jin.
If the people's hearts were not with the Han State, the Jin State would still have taken the lead, but now, a major disaster would be followed by a major disaster relief effort from the Han State.
Frankly speaking, the King of Jin himself felt that the Han people acted as if they were coming from heaven.
It's not like he hasn't experienced great floods. He witnessed with his own eyes how many people died in the "Wu-Jinhui Alliance" and the great flood in Huai River.
He also saw plagues, droughts, and military disasters. It was precisely because he personally experienced this kind of disaster that the King of Jin admired the behavior of the Han army even more.
"What is Master Wang?"
The King of Jin stood with his hands behind his hands and looked at the Han State, which had completely overwhelmed Jin and Chu in terms of territory. "At that time, the Han State spoke of 'a mighty army' and 'a civilized army', and the princes ridiculed them. Now it seems that the Han army is considered 'civilized'" Two words, yes."
If the young master Xiaoque had been rescued by the Han army at the most dangerous time, he believed that if a war between Jin and Han really happened, he would remember this kindness and why not retreat? Let alone three homes, thirty homes.
, my heart is also willing.
"If Wei Gong has a military and political memorial, just stamp it."
"King?"
"Um?"
"Hi!"
He would not do anything like obstructing Wei Cao. The young King Jin didn't know much about anything else, but he knew that he only needed to be a puppet now, because Wei Cao would definitely lose.
There is no point in worrying about such troubled matters as reorganizing the clan or reviving the clan.