779. The Meaning of Jingbei
The Jingbei region was once the territory of the Chu State, but later the Chu State was forced to cede to Korea during the war between the Chu State and Korea.
It was also the state of Chu that ceded the Jingbei region that allowed Korea to move towards the road of rise.
For the Chu State, which has a large land and light in the Jingbei region, a huge empty land has been lost, and the Chu State feels nothing.
But South Korea is different, South Korea has gained such a large territory, which gives them a lot of strategic depth, the most basic criterion for a strong country, that is, strategic depth.
With strategic depth, Korea as a whole was improved, and the monarch also had a lot of self-confidence, and Korea began his path of expansion.
Korea's road of expansion was relatively successful as a whole, and he got a lot of territory from Wei, so because South Korea had a great upper hand in several battles with Wei, South Korea had the idea of looking down on Wei and had the heart to swallow Wei.
Although the war against South Korea this time was because of the Qi State, Wei declared war on South Korea, but in fact, Wei already wanted to declare war on South Korea in his heart.
But without the support of a strong force, Wei has never dared to start a war against Korea, which is a very aggrieved thing for King Wei Hui.
During this period when Korea was strong and Wei was weak, King Wei Hui could always remember the scene of Wei being hegemonic and Korea vassalizing, but this was just the previous scene, the times had changed, and King Wei Hui had to accept the reality of the situation.
Since South Korea got the Jingbei area, South Korea attaches great importance to the Jingbei area, and in recent years, South Korea's funds have been vigorously developing the Jingbei area.
After all, it is not easy for South Korea to expand such a large territory at one time, and it definitely does not want to lose it.
However, the Jingbei area is a wild land, and the cost of construction is very high, but for South Korea, it doesn't matter, they vigorously build the Jingbei area, so that the development of the Jingbei area far exceeds the Chu period.
And this has also been recognized by the people of Jingbei, who all recognize themselves as Koreans, not Chu.
This is what South Korea wants, which is to get this territory and take the people here for itself by the way.
In this era of strife, territory is important, but so is population.
And this time to attack Korea, Qi Xiaobai gave Chu a reward, that is, to give a part of the Jingbei region of Chu State, let it be occupied for himself, or return the thing to the original owner.
The Jingbei region is a very important place of strategic depth for South Korea, and with him, if South Korea is in an unfavorable situation during the all-out war, it can retreat to the Jingbei region as the last place to fight to the death.
Because according to Korea's estimates, his enemies are Qin, Zhao, and Wei, but there is no Chu, and these three countries will definitely not enter the land of Jingbei if they want to attack Han.
Although the land of Jingbei belongs to the state of Chu, but the state of Chu that South Korea does not feel is capable of taking it back, after all, after King Huai of Chu, the state of Chu began to decline, and during the period of King Chu mourning, the state of Chu experienced a devastating blow.
South Korea believed that if it weren't for the state of Chu to take refuge in the state of Qi, then the state of Chu might have been torn apart.
After all, there are many families in the Chu State, and their strength has surpassed the central part of the Chu State, and the most representative is the Xiang family of the Chu State.
Therefore, South Korea is not afraid of Chu at all, and does not think that Chu can recapture the land of Jingbei, in fact, for Wei, South Korea is not afraid, after all, Wei is no longer the Wei State of the past.
And the only thing that made him jealous was Zhao and Qin, and the land of Jingbei was the place where Korea dealt with Qin and Zhao, so if it was not defeated, it was used to move the capital.
This territory is the barrier of South Korea's life, although it is a wild place, but under the construction of South Korea, it is still well developed, although for the Central Plains City, it is still in tatters, but it is much better than in the hands of Chu State.
South Korea has a huge arsenal and a certain population stockpile, as long as South Korea's contest command is strong, most of the army retreats to Jingbei, and in the face of the enemy's main army, there is still a certain hope of counterattacking the past.
When there is no Jingbei area, if the enemy wants to destroy South Korea, at least a quick surprise attack, South Korea has no place to concentrate its military strength, or if the troops have not been concentrated, it may destroy the country.
Therefore, the Jingbei region has made Korea stronger, and this region is useless for Wei and Chu.
Although the territory of Wei is not more than before, but the territory of the people is all rich land, and the Qi State also helped him build a huge strategic defensive wall, to say that the strategic depth, Daliang City is far away from the western region, there are walls, and it is far away from the western region, which is an excellent defensive measure for the Wei State.
Getting this Jingbei region will not bring any benefits to Wei, what Wei wants is some military important places, and holding military important places in his hands, Wei can use this as a basis to march westward, and Jingbei region does not cost Wei any military important places.
The strategy of Wei is the strategy of westward expansion, which is the strategic policy pointed out by Xinling Junxin, of course, this is mainly because the original territory of Wei is the western territory, and the eastern territory is only lost to the Qi State by Jixi County.
Therefore, Wei wants to go west and regain the lost territory of Wei, as for Jixi County, although they also want to take it back, but with the current strength of Wei, it is just a matter of thinking about it.
And of course the State of Qi does not want the State of Wei to be strong, the State of Wei has the core area of the Central Plains, and the ability to recover is amazing, if he really gets these important military places, then it is really possible for the Emperor of Xinling, Wei Wuji, to take one step at a time to help the State of Wei regain the lost territory and let the State of Wei move towards Zhongxing.
This is what Qi Guo doesn't want to see, after all, who wants to watch his little brother get stronger and stronger? The younger brother is strong, is there still a need for the eldest brother? I'm afraid that he will immediately turn against the big brother.
However, if the promise gave Wei benefits, Qi must fulfill its promise, and the core military points cannot be obtained by Wei, but it is not relevant to give Wei some irrelevant territory.
The Jingbei region connected the three kingdoms of Qin, Korea, and Chu, and the Wei state got this territory, and it was necessary to garrison a large number of troops here to prevent it from being taken away.
The current Wei State is simply facing the pressure of South Korea, but if it gets the Jingbei region, then the Wei State may also face the pressure of the Qin State.
This is also what Qi Guo wants to see, after all, if he gets this territory, will he not want it with the character of King Wei Hui? Apparently not to.
Maybe Wei Wuji, the king of Xinling, will choose not to, but King Wei Hui will definitely choose to do it, as long as they want this territory, then they will inevitably send troops to guard it.
King Wei Hui lost a large area of the territory of Wei, and the territory that the ancestors of Wei defeated with blood and thunder was basically lost to King Wei Hui.