Chapter 640 640
Wei Wuji suddenly had nothing to say, he came to see his uncle and grandson Tong this time, and he didn't bring guests.
Although Wei Wuji is a person with outstanding ability, he is the most powerful in the art of war, but when it comes to playing tricks and nonsense, Wei Wuji is not as good as this uncle and grandson.
And the mouth is the strength of Shusun Tong, Confucianism is about persuading everyone, eloquence is not good, how to convince everyone?
"Childe Jue, am I right? Wei first violated the covenant, and Qi attacked Qi because Wei broke the covenant in anger! ”
"Childe, what's wrong with Qi Guo?" Shusun Tong looked at Wei Wuji and asked.
"This can be negotiated, Qi Guojue's Wei State violated the covenant, this can be negotiated between the two sides, but Qi State entered my Wei land, what does this mean?" Wei Wuji looked at his uncle and asked.
"Childe, how do you negotiate? You have formed an alliance with my Qi country's enemy, Zhao State, which makes my Qi country suffer from both sides, and of course my Qi country has to make a move to defend itself! Shusun Tong looked at Wei Wuji and said.
"Do you know that now the Zhao State is approaching my Yan Land, which has brought a lot of pressure to my Qi State, we are just defending ourselves in advance, can we only use troops when your Zhao Wei coalition army is formed and enters my camp?" Shusun Tong looked at Wei Wuji and asked.
When Qi used troops against Wei, Zhao also gathered 300,000 troops to the north of Qi and prepared to raid Qi, while Qi Jie gathered 300,000 troops to defend the north, and Zhang Zhen also sent 100,000 cavalry to help Qi Jie.
It created a very heavy pressure on Zhao State, so that it did not dare to attack, and could only watch Sun Bin and Pang Juan fight, because once Zhao State entered Qi State, it would drag Zhao State into the quagmire of war.
How strong the national strength of Qi is is obvious to all, with Zhao State alone, it is impossible to fight, and Wei State's Patriotic War, because they know that Qi State does not intend to destroy them, he also left a big hole card, ready to fight to the death with Qi State.
did not take it out for a decisive battle, but hoped that Zhao could help Wei to divide the pressure, but Zhao was not stupid, he was different from Wei, Wei had a very superior geographical advantage, and many places in Zhao were plains, if Zhao was defeated, then Qi could occupy half of Zhao with one horse.
caused very huge losses to Zhao, so although Zhao sent heavy troops to the border of Qi and Zhao, he did not declare or fight, but just waited and watched.
If Wei fell into the Great Patriotic War, he Zhao would definitely prevent Wei from being destroyed and send a large army to support.
But if Wei did not fall into the Great Patriotic War, it only mobilized a large number of troops, defended the line, and then sent elite troops to fight a decisive battle with Qi.
He, the Zhao State, will not participate in it, because the immortal Wei State is beneficial to the Zhao State, and a weak Wei State is more beneficial to the Zhao State.
"Do you think this is negotiable?" Shusun Tong looked at Wei Wuji and asked.
Your allies sent a large army to our border, and we wanted to talk to you, but before we could do so, your allies came in.
Therefore, what Shusun Tong explained to Wei Wuji was that their attack on Wei was a last resort and a war of self-defense.
And Wei Wuji wanted to refute, but he didn't know how to refute it, because theoretically speaking, he Wei State just didn't do it properly, since you have an alliance with Qi State, why do you want to ally with Zhao State, the enemy of Qi State?
No matter how you look at it, Qi attacked Wei to protect itself......
After Wei Wuji talked with his uncle and grandson for a while, he discussed some other academic and philosophical matters, and then the two left and agreed to meet tomorrow for formal negotiations.
The next day, on the tower of Guiling City, Wei Wuji took a group of Wei ministers, and Shusun Tong took the representatives of Qi State, Tian Ji and Sun Bin, to sit down and negotiate.
Shusun Tong looked at Wei Wuji and said: "My Qi country's requirements are not high, Wei country's twenty cities and Jixi County, and there are 10 million gold war indemnities!" ”
Shusun Tong added five cities and 10 million gold from the lowest standard, and Wei Wuji hurriedly said after hearing it: "10 million gold, I Wei State can't take it out, and the territory can only give you one Jixi County!" ”
Of course, Wei Wuji just wants to hand over a Jixi County and understand this matter, although he knows what the bottom line of Qi State is, but all of this is negotiated and fought for, if you don't fight for it, who knows if you can lower the minimum standard of Qi State?
And at this time, Sun Bin stood up: "The elite troops of my Qi country have not been dispatched yet, could it be Your Excellency, and you still want to fight?" ”
And Shusun Tong took a sip of tea, and the big man behind Shusun Tong stood up and snorted: "The Wei people still want to fight?" ”
Wei Wuji looked at the big man in front of him, very strong, his eyes showed a cold glow, and he pulled out the saber at his waist in his hand.
This made Wei Wuji stunned, thinking to himself that this guy again?
Just looking at his appearance, Wei Wuji felt that the person in front of him was a heroic person, and the uncle Sun Tong on the side said: "My Qi country is such a heroic person, I don't think Gongzi wants to fight, right?" ”
Wei Wuji sighed helplessly, if he could fight, who would come here to negotiate with the Qi State?
Although Wei could fight a Great Patriotic War, what would be the consequences of fighting? Wei State should not want to turn over for decades and let other countries bully.
And keeping a low profile of a Jixi County is a harmless thing for the Wei State, although the Jixi County has a strong strategic location, but it is not the core territory of the Wei State.
As long as the salt mines are in the dense areas of the Central Plains, Wei can still rise to become a great power.
In this era, population and money are the most important, with that salt mine, then Wei State controls the salt trade of the Central Plains of Kyushu, and resources will pour in, and Qin, Korea, and Zhao all need Wei's salt.
And the relationship between Chu and Qi is broken, and now the demand for salt has slowly shifted to Wei, it can be said that as long as Wei has this salt mine, he will have money.
The core area of the Wei State is the densely populated area of the empire, with a full population, plus money, it only takes a few years of development for the Wei State to still rise.
And Qi asked for 10 million gold, in fact, it was intended to suppress Wei, although Qi had a lot of money, but it didn't care about more, and more importantly, asking for Wei money, which could suppress the development of Wei.
The Song State was destroyed, and now the vassal states with the most money, except for the Qi State, should be the Wei State.
And the rise of Wei requires a lot of money, and Qi Xiaobai asked for 10 million liquid gold, for Wei, it is impossible to improve the status quo of Wei for more than five years.
If it is just to ask for the city, Wei only needs to close the country, maintain a neutral policy, and can restore its national strength after a year, but if it asks for 10 million gold, then Wei will have to take out the money from the treasury, and to build Wei, it will have to collect the money of the Wei people.
And after a while, Wei will wait for a few years to stop tax revenue, and can only wait until Wei can collect taxes to build Wei and revitalize Wei in a real sense.