Chapter 1077 Would Chu State Save Qin State?
After hearing the news of Zhao's troops, it was not only the Qin monarch and ministers led by Ying Zichu. In fact, on the other hand, the Chu monarch and ministers also broke out in fierce quarrels because of this incident.
The content of this quarrel is actually very simple. This is whether the Chu State will send troops to rescue Qin State, which was attacked by Zhao State?
Regarding this, Zhao Kuo's mortal enemy, Jing Yang, can be said to have been directly supported by Chu State without any thoughts. He must send troops to attack Zhao State.
Jing Yang said loudly: "Now there are only three countries left in the world. If Qin is destroyed by Zhao, then there will be only two countries left in Chu and Zhao.
By that time, Zhao had more than 80% of the population and land in the entire world. How could our Chu State continue to confront Zhao State with the power of this country alone?
So this is the real coldness of lips and teeth. We must send troops to help Qin immediately, and at least maintain the independence of Qin and prevent Qin from being destroyed by Zhao."
After Jing Yang said the words, they were immediately recognized by many ministers of Chu.
Some of these ministers of Chu were subordinates of Jingyang, and some of them were because they had various hatreds in the past wars with Zhao, so this time I also wanted to take the opportunity to see if there was a chance to avenge Zhao.
Although Chunshen Jun has left Chu, in the Chu political arena, it does not mean that Jingyang is now the dominant one.
On the contrary, Jingyang has actually increased its opponents in the dark.
First of all, the opponent on the surface is Jingyang's original ally, Zhaozhong, the current Chu State.
Zhaozhong originally worked together with Jingyang to form an alliance to fight Chunshenjun, but after Chunshenjun left, Zhaozhong and Jingyang had a fierce conflict over the position of Lingyin, and the two major families also officially turned against each other.
This is exactly the saying that there are no eternal allies in the world, only eternal interests. When there is a conflict of interests between each other, the original so-called allies relationship is very ridiculous.
Although Li Yuan's appointment as Ling Yin is acceptable to both parties, from another perspective, both parties feel that the reason why they cannot become Ling Yin and were picked up by Li Yuan was the result of the other party's traitor, so the hatred between the two parties was quickly formed, and many conflicts broke out in the past year.
Since he had already made sure to oppose Jingyang, after seeing Jingyang's strong initiative to send troops, Zhao Zhong naturally spoke coldly.
“It’s simply nonsense, extremely ridiculous.
Now our Chu State has just lost a war with Zhao State last year. All the wealth, food and resources in the entire Shouchun City have been moved away by Zhao Kuo. Not only that, we have lost almost all the chariots and cavalry.
Now you tell me how we can recruit soldiers without money.
Without supplies, how can we ensure the supply of food?
Without the chariots and cavalry, how can we fight against Zhao Kuo?
If you can't do all these, you have to send troops. What's the difference between this and seeking death?
If you, Jingyang, really hope that our Chu State will perish so soon, then you can do whatever you should do, so why bother to say such misleading words here?"
The peace between Zhaozhong and Jingyang has long been a thing of the past. After more than half a year of struggle last year, when both sides spoke, it was full of gunpowder, which was not much different from the atmosphere between Chunshenjun and Jingyang.
When Jing Yang heard Zhao Zhong's words, he was immediately unhappy and said coldly: "According to your words, can we sit here and wait for Zhao to destroy Qin and then come to the door?"
Zhao Zhong said lightly: "Is there any other way besides this method now?
We should now prepare for the battle while Zhao is attacking Qin. When the Zhao people really come to the door, we will be more prepared and maybe we can withstand the attack of the Zhao people.
But if you really want to send troops directly to fight Zhao Kuo like you, I'm sorry, I will never agree with this kind of behavior of sending death."
There was a fierce quarrel between the two, and they quarreled for half an hour, but no results were achieved.
This made the King of Chu feel more and more impatient as he listened. Finally, he couldn't help knocking on the table and signaled the two of them to shut up.
Perhaps it was because he was captured last year, in short, the King of Chu's temper has become increasingly irritable during this period.
So after seeing that the King of Chu was already showing signs of being angry, Jingyang and the others obediently closed their mouths.
The King of Chu glanced at the two of them and felt very disappointed.
It seems that the King of Chu is in a very difficult time. As the most important ministers of Chu, these two people should have worked together to find ways to help Chu and overcome difficulties together.
But now these two people are quarreling over political interests and completely ignore the real interests of Chu.
So the King of Chu was in a very bad mood. He was too lazy to pay attention to the opinions of these two guys, but directly looked at Li Yuan.
"Li Yuan, you are Ling Yin, tell me what you think."
Speaking of which, Li Yuan, the ordinator, is actually quite embarrassing. Although he indeed obtained a group of loyal people to Chunshenjun because of pardoning Chunshenjun, no matter what, his power is definitely impossible to compare with Chunshenjun, who had been in the Chu State for decades before.
So in the past six months, Jingyang and the court have been arguing endlessly, but Li Yuan, the real Ling Yin, has a little invisible meaning and has no sense of existence.
Just like this meeting, everyone had already reached this point of argument. Only then did everyone, including the King of Chu, remembered Li Yuan and that there was such a ruling magistrate in the State of Chu.
Of course, Li Yuan himself is very clear about this situation.
For him, he also wanted to find an opportunity to change this point and from the current situation, it is a very good opportunity now.
Li Yuan opened his mouth.
"Your Majesty, I think we shouldn't continue to fight against Zhao this time.
To be honest, Zhao is indeed very powerful now, but when our Chu faces Zhao, does it really have no chance of victory?
I don't think this is the case.
As long as our Chu State is united, we can repel the invasion of the Zhao people."
After hearing this, the others present were actually a little confused, because on the one hand, Li Yuan said that he should not confront Zhao State, and on the other hand, he said that he could defeat Zhao State. Isn’t this a contradictory thing?
Li Yuan obviously understood the doubts of others, so he continued to explain: "It is true that we can defeat Zhao State, but if we send troops to help Qin State, it will not work.
Because for our Chu soldiers, they can have infinite motivation to defend their families, but it is difficult for them to understand that they do not seek any passion for Qin, and they cannot sacrifice their lives because of this matter.
This is why I said we should not help Qin. We should develop ourselves well and wait for the people of Zhao to come to us and defeat them at that time. This is the reason why our Chu State can truly survive in this chaotic world."
After Li Yuan finished speaking, a silence suddenly fell into the hall.
When it sounded just now, I felt that Li Yuan's words seemed a bit funny, but if I think about it carefully, the Chu king and minister present suddenly felt that it made sense.
The King of Chu slowly spoke, "Does anyone else have any other opinions on this matter?"
Everyone knew that this was the decision that the King of Chu was going to make, but no one asked for any other opinions.
After all, to put it bluntly in this matter, there are only two choices, one is to help Qin, and the other is not to help.
Both choices have been finished just now, so what else is there to say?
The King of Chu waited for a while and was sure that no one spoke, so he continued to speak.
"I think what Ling Yin and the court said is very reasonable. Our Chu State was beaten like that by Zhao State last year. Even if we really want to send troops, our finances are not enough to support us.
So this time we only need to send 20,000 troops to the border to look like it. Whether the Qin people can defend it can only depend on themselves. I really have no other way."
This is the final decision of the King of Chu and the final decision of the State of Chu.
After saying this from the King of Chu, even if Jing Yang felt dissatisfaction in his heart, he could only accept this decision quietly.
The State of Chu has decided not to send troops to support Qin, and this news is undoubtedly very good for the State of Zhao.
After all, everyone knows that if you can avoid it, try to avoid it. Otherwise, there will always be more operation on multiple lines, and occasionally some big mistakes may occur, resulting in a global collapse.
Just as the Chu monarch and ministers were fiercely arguing over whether to send troops to rescue Qin, Zhao Kuo had already led an army of 300,000 across the Yellow River.
This time, in order to ensure that the Qin State could be absolutely wiped out, Zhao Kuo directly dispatched 400,000 troops in one breath.
This is also the historical record of Zhao's sending troops to a single country since the destruction of many countries.
Looking at the clear Yellow River behind him, Zhao Kuo also felt a little moved.
At this time, the Yellow River was actually very clear, so people are used to calling it a big river.
As for later generations, due to various reasons and soil erosion, the Yellow River eventually turned yellow, which also led to a huge decline in productivity in the Central Plains.
Not only that, after the Yellow River turns yellow, it triggers more frequent flooding of rivers, causing the people of the Central Plains living on both sides of the Yellow River to encounter the risk of being destroyed by flooded floods and even losing their lives for years.
In addition, the Central Plains was the most frequent place for war, which led to the gradual rise of Jiangnan. In the Song and Ming dynasties, Jiangnan replaced the Central Plains where the Yellow River was located and became the most prosperous place.
Of course, Zhao Kuo did not say that he did not want to develop Jiangnan, but for Zhao Kuo, among the land in China, the more prosperous places, the better.
If possible, Zhao Kuo actually hopes that the Central Plains, Jiangnan, Lingnan and other places can advance together and form a three-legged pattern, so that the development of Zhao can gain more powerful impetus and the Zhao State can become stronger quickly in a shorter time.
Zhao Kuo withdrew his thoughts and said to Su Li beside him: "Have the two people in Xianyang City contacted him?"
Of course, the two people Zhao Kuo mentioned are Lu Buwei and Mao Sui.
Due to the existence of these two people, the power of the Zhao Nightingale system in the Qin State is very powerful, which is why Zhao Kuo brought Su Li, the supreme leader of the Nightingale system this time.
Su Li nodded when he heard this and said to Zhao Kuo with confidence: "Please don't worry, lord, we have already arranged it here.
Everyone has started the nightingale system in the entire Qin State. As long as the lord leads his troops into the Qin State, we can see the achievements of the nightingale operating in the Qin State over the years."
Looking at Su Li who was full of confidence, Zhao Kuo nodded slightly and smiled.
For Zhao Kuo, he actually had a headache, because after Lu Buwei and Mao Sui returned to Zhao State, it was actually a bit difficult for these two people to arrange official positions.
If the arrangement is too low, it seems a bit sorry for these two people's contribution to Qin State over the years, but if the arrangement is too high, it seems to cause dissatisfaction among others.
"Forget it, let's talk about this question later."
Zhao Kuo shook his head and got rid of this happy trouble.
Finally, two days later, Zhao Kuo officially led his troops into the Qin land.
The Qin people obviously had already prepared. The villages passed by the Zhao army along the way were almost empty, leaving only some old, weak, sick and disabled people inside.
Zhao Kuo did not abuse these old, weak, sick and disabled people, but directly told them that from now on, they will be people from Zhao. I hope that these old, weak, sick and disabled people can quickly call back their families who are hiding in the mountains or other places.
Of course, you don’t have to think about it and know that these old, weak, sick and disabled must not believe Zhao Kuo’s words, but Zhao Kuo doesn’t care. Anyway, the facts will always prove everything.
Soon, Zhao Kuo received a very accurate information.
"The 200,000 troops of Qin State are already outside Lantian County, ready to defend."
After hearing this name, Zhao Kuo couldn't help but think of an ancient poem.
The moon is bright in the sea and the pearls have tears, and the sun is warm in the blue field and the jade produces smoke.
Thinking of this, Zhao Kuo couldn't help laughing.
Chapter completed!