Chapter 411 411. Wang Xuan is in charge
"Okay, then the widow will make you the generalissimo of Chu, commanding my Wei State and 500,000 standing troops!" King Wei Hui said to Wang Xuan.
The ministers of the court looked at Uncle Gong and Wang Xuan, and shook their heads helplessly, in fact, the ministers of the court agreed very much with their proposal, but they did not agree with Wang Xuan to take command.
Wang Xuan's ability, they admit it, but Wang Xuan's military ability, they don't recognize, of course, if there is no general in the court, this Wang Xuan is not impossible, but Wei is a fierce general, and there is a military talent like Pang Juan in the military.
Don't let Pang Juan take command, but let Wang Xuan be the marshal, the ministers have some opinions, after all, Wang Xuan's military talent is far worse than Pang Juan.
Although everyone has opinions in their hearts, no one has raised them, mainly because Uncle Gong and Wang Xuan's influence in the court is very large.
And Pang Juan is away all the year round, guarding the frontier of Wei, he has no power in the court at all, and there is basically no place for him in the court.
If it weren't for the fact that he had made great contributions to the Wei State, and the frontier of the Wei State still needed him to guard, perhaps he would have been squeezed out by his uncle Acne and Wang Xuan and returned to his hometown.
Regarding the situation in the Wei dynasty, he Pang Juan wanted to make a difference, but politics was not Pang Juan's strong point, even if he had ideas in his heart, his political ability was limited.
Of course, this is also because Uncle Gong and Wang Xuan are not mediocre people, although they seize power, are good at telling right and wrong, and play with power, but they are also really capable, and their military ability is also a little.
Uncle Acne led the Wei army to conquer Zhao State, and he also made some achievements, although the fight was not good, but he was not defeated, and Uncle Acne also pressed Zhao State to fight when he led the troops.
Although Wang Xuan has not made any military contributions, his political merits are still very considerable, and Wang Xuan has also written some military theories, which Pang Juan has read and recognizes.
However, there is a certain difference between military theory and actual combat, and you may have a very high theoretical ability, but in actual warfare, your military ability may be no different from that of a small soldier.
War is not about theoretical ability, but on the real on-the-spot command and the ability to arrange formations, and although Wang Xuan is good in theory, he has never personally commanded the army.
And Wei Hui Wang also knows that Wang Xuan's military theory is good, and he thinks that his military theory is good, and his actual combat ability will not be bad, and Wang Xuan is also a person who is familiar with military books.
After adding Uncle Acne's recommendation, King Wei Hui agreed to Wang Xuan taking command and leading the troops, as for Pang Juan, King Wei Hui actually considered Pang Juan after listening to Uncle Acne's plan at the beginning.
However, because Uncle Gong recommended Wang Xuan, and Wang Wei Hui affirmed Wang Xuan's ability in his heart, he didn't mention Pang Juan.
Pang Juan's prestige in Wei's army was too high, and King Wei Hui actually intended to weaken Pang Juan's prestige in his heart.
If this wants to weaken Pang Juan's prestige, someone needs to replace Pang Juan, and Wang Xuan just can.
If Pang Juan led the army to the state of Chu and made military exploits for the state of Wei, this Pang Juan's prestige would be even better, which was not conducive to the reign of King Wei Hui, which was already very high, and it would be a high achievement in Gaogao.
And Wang Xuan is different, Wang Xuan has no prestige in the army, if he has made military merits in this matter, he will get prestige, and he Wei Hui Wang is promoting Wang Xuan, and it is not difficult for Wang Xuan to contend with Pang Juan in the army.
In this way, there is no need to worry that Pang Juan's prestige is too high, and his merits are too high, which will threaten his rule when the time comes.
As for whether Wang Xuan would fail in the Chu State, he Wei Hui King did not think about it, this is mainly because the Chu State is now in civil strife, and it has just experienced a great battle of Zhaoling, and the aristocratic forces of the Chu State are still ready to move.
His Wei State attacked in this weak period of Chu State, and his Wei State held the Wei warrior who was the only one in the world, so what reason was there for defeat?
King Wei Hui had absolute confidence in his heart, and he believed that Wei would definitely be able to defeat Chu at this opportunity.
Of course, King Wei Hui also has self-knowledge, knowing the strength of the Chu State, although there is a hole in the Chu State now, but it is also extremely difficult to destroy the Chu State, King Wei Hui does not want to destroy the Chu State, only asks him to capture a large area of the territory of the Chu State, so that the Chu State can sign a treaty of loss of power and humiliation of the country.
Hit the majesty that his Wei State has lost, and let the princes see that his Wei State is not a weak country, and the majesty of the overlord is still alive.
Weaken the state of Chu, seize the territory of the state of Chu, make up for the losses in the fierce battle with the state of Zhao, and then restore the majesty of the state of Wei.
At this time, King Wei Hui also realized the importance of the Three Jin Alliance, and King Wei Hui sent diplomats to Zhao to lobby for another alliance with Zhao.
Zhao did not agree immediately, and Wei wanted to use this war to make Zhao realize that Wei was still very strong, and only an alliance with Wei was the way out for Zhao, and secondly, let Zhao give up peeping at Wei.
After Wei experienced a war with Zhao State, Zhao Guojue's Wei State was just a paper tiger, so Zhao Guo was very peeping at Wei State, and this peep made King Wei Hui very worried.
He didn't want to start a war with Zhao Guo, because Zhao Guo was strong, and he also saw that he was not simply something to eat.
And he won the state of Chu, just in time to deter the state of Zhao, so that it no longer has such thoughts, and it is just in time to sign an alliance with the state of Zhao.
As long as the Three Jin Alliance made an alliance again, the Qin State, the Chu State, and the emerging overlord Qi State would not dare to hit their attention casually.
Then King Wei Hui handed over the talisman to Wang Xuan, Wang Xuan knelt on the ground and took the talisman, and Wang Xuan was also looking forward to meritorious service in his heart.
In the eyes of others, Wang Xuan and Uncle Acne are on an equal footing in the court, but he, Wang Xuan, knows that his status is not as good as Uncle Acne at all.
This is mainly because he Wang Xuan has no achievements, and his uncle acne has conquered Zhao and made some achievements, so he has been appreciated by King Wei Hui, although his uncle beat Zhao Guo, and the fight was actually a mess, but in the eyes of King Wei Hui, this uncle's acne is good, the reason is that Uncle Acne is pressing Zhao Guo to fight, if it weren't for Qi State's back to make it bad, Qin State attacked, this uncle acne would have already destroyed Zhao State.
Moreover, Uncle Gong also won several battles in the war against Zhao State, which is also an achievement.
Therefore, in the eyes of King Wei Hui, Uncle Acne is more useful than him Wang Xuan.
And this expedition to the state of Chu is an opportunity for Wang Xuan to surpass Uncle Acne, who did not win the State of Zhao, and signed a treaty that is not beneficial to the State of Wei, and can get such respect from King Hui of Wei.
If he, Wang Xuan, defeated the Chu State, won the war, and won a large area of territory and a lot of compensation for the Wei State, how should the King of Wei Hui view him Wang Xuan?
will definitely value him Wang Xuan more, and his Wang Xuan's status will also grow.