King Qin Huiwen was silent when he heard this, and asked Gan Mao, who had been silent, "I don't know what Keqing thinks about this matter?" ”

Gan Mao replied: "Great King, what Xiangguo said is very reasonable, and now Ba is the worry of my Qin State. ”

Seeing that King Qin and Zhang Yi were noncommittal, they then paused, and then continued: "However, Weichen thinks that a country has a vast land, so there must be many troubles!" As soon as there is a disaster in the world, the king, you will cede the country of Ba to seek peace, and the state of Chu will definitely turn its back on the country of Qi and the king to be friendly. It's just that the king took out the country of Ba to ask for peace with the state of Chu today, if there is any more trouble in the world, what will you do to make a deal with the state of Chu? ”

When King Qin Huiwen heard Gan Mao's answer, he couldn't help but nodded, it is indeed difficult to buy peace by cutting land and suing for peace. Wei and Korea often did this kind of thing to Qin, but once Qin wanted to attack these two countries, they didn't care if they were their allies or not.

Zhang Yi saw that the King of Qin had some intentions, and immediately explained: "Great King, it is the strategy of exhausting Chu to cede the State of Ba to the State of Chu. The country of Chu in Ba is close, but far away from the state of Qin. Chu State attacked Ba State, using boats to transport military rations, as long as it passed through Yunmeng Daze, you can go directly to Wu County, only one point of strength, you can cause three points of threat, and from Guanzhong to Ba State, the path is far and difficult, my Qin State faces a point of force of Chu State, and needs to use five points of force to deal with it, in order to keep Ba State. ”

"However, once the country of Ba is ceded to the state of Chu, it is not the case, from Wujun to the country of Ba, the water transportation is extremely difficult, and if the state of Chu wants to defend the country of Ba, it must accumulate a large amount of military rations, otherwise it will be easy for my Qin state to attack the country from Shu to the country of Ba.

"Because Pakistan does not produce grain, it is difficult to maintain the consumption of the army, and every time Chu State transports a penny of grain to Pakistan, it needs to consume three to five cents of grain, although Chu has a lot of grain, it is difficult to last."

After listening to Zhang Yi's words, King Qin immediately felt that there was some truth and it was difficult to make up his mind.

Seeing this, he said to King Qin Huiwen: "King, now that Keqing Sima Coo is on the way back to Xianyang, he will come back in a few days, why not wait for a while, and wait for Keqing to come back, and then consult the situation in Bachu and Chu in detail, and decide whether to give up Ba and Chu to Chu." ”

When King Qin heard this, he said: "What you said is reasonable, so let's wait for some time." ”

The Qin State had no plans to cut the land for the time being, and Sima Cuo didn't know that Shi Meng would come back, so Zhang Yi had no choice but to go down, and when he got off the carriage, the whole person fell down, claiming to have broken his leg.

When the envoy of Chu saw this, he could only go to the king of Qin on his own and ask Qin to let go of Ba's defenses and let Chu's army send Ba's younger brother back to China.

As a result, King Qin Hui used this matter as an excuse for Zhang Yi's promise, and asked Feng Houchou to go to Zhang Yi.

Zhang Yi broke her leg and closed the door to thank the guests, but did not see the guests.

After waiting for two days, he couldn't see Zhang Yi, so he had to prepare for a protracted war while sending people back to China to report the changes in Qin.

On the other hand, the state of Chu broke off diplomatic relations with the state of Qi, and the news of the peace between Qin and Chu spread to other countries, the upper echelons of Zhao and Wei celebrated each other, and the boulder in their hearts finally fell, and began to prepare for the arrival of Qin reinforcements, and support the restoration of Yan by force in all directions.

Wei State Liang.

At this time, a messenger sent by Zhaoyang from the state of Chu found Zhaohua in the capital of the Wei state, Daliang.

The messenger said to Zhaohua: "The king has an order, the state of Chu has officially broken off diplomatic relations with the state of Qi, and your mission in the state of Wei has ended, this is the letter handed over to you by Ling Yin." ”

Zhao Hua took the wax-sealed box handed by the messenger and asked the messenger, "What is the matter with the severance of diplomatic relations between our Chu State and the Qi State. ”

The messenger replied: "Not long ago, Zhang Yi, the prime minister of Qin, came to visit and asked us to break off diplomatic relations between Chu and Qi for six hundred miles. ”

Zhao Hua immediately realized that now that the state of Chu and the state of Qi had broken off their relations, it was no longer of much use for him to continue to stay in the state of Wei to deal with the state of Chu, and the mission was officially over.

After the messenger left, Zhao Slip opened the wooden box and took out a piece of silk book from it.

In the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, when there was no paper, bamboo slips were the most used writing carriers, but the most convenient was indeed silk scripts. However, due to the high price and low reuse rate, silk books are rarely used.

Zhao Slip read the contents of the letter and got three pieces of information from it.

First, the general Qu Kuo led his troops into Ba and sent the brother of the king of Ba back to China, which is very likely to obtain the country of Ba for the state of Chu.

Second, let him send an envoy to Yue Guo, drag Yue Guo into the water, and let Yue Guo make a little noise, so as to facilitate the actions of the Chu army.

Third, enter the Yue country to investigate, see if the king of Yue is really incorrigible, if the Yue country is not saved, find out the situation of the Yue country, and relieve the future troubles for the Chu country.

After reading the letter, Zhao Slip pondered in the room for a long time, thinking about how to complete the task quickly and conveniently.

According to Zhaoyang's request, the main purpose of this time is to mobilize the Yue country to fight against Qi, and it is not difficult to do this.

In the past, after the destruction of the Wu Kingdom, the Yue Kingdom was located in the southeast and sent troops to the Central Plains.

Unfortunately, the north of Yue is a powerful Qi State, and the west is a powerful Chu State, as long as there is a movement in Yue State, it will either damage the interests of Qi State or damage the interests of Chu State, so the relationship between Yue State and Qi and Chu is not very good, and there is friction between the three parties from time to time, and there is constant filth.

Now that the Qi State has destroyed the Yan State like this, the Yue Kingdom also wants to intervene.

It was only because the king of Chu vigorously built Guangling City a few years ago that the canal connecting the Yangtze River and the Huai River was jammed, and the army of the Yue State could no longer pass through the waterway, and it was extremely difficult to quickly enter the Huai River from the Yangtze River through the ditch and the road to the north.

Therefore, Yue Guo could only stare dryly in the south, watching the Central Plains surge, but he could only sigh at Guangling City.

Therefore, it is not difficult for Yue Guo to make some movements, it is rare that it is just how to control the size of Yue Guo's movements and the direction of Yue Guo's troops.

If the Yue State took the opportunity to attack Guangling City on a large scale and prepared to pull out the nails nailed by the Chu State in the northern part of Hangou, it would be more than worth the loss. Not to mention whether Guangling City can be conquered, at least it will contain many of the main forces of the Chu State.

Soon after, Zhao Hua had a preliminary plan and walked towards the Wei Palace.

At this time, the Wei State had also received the news that the Chu State and the Qi State had broken off diplomatic relations, and the King of Wei Xiang had already gathered his ministers to discuss the next actions of the Wei State.

At this time, the king of Wei and the ministers of Xiangguo Tian Xu, ministers Gongsun Yan, Zhang Shou, Chenglingjun and other ministers were also discussing the matter of making friends with the state of Chu and Qin and breaking off relations with the state of Qi.

King Wei Xiang said with a sense of relief: "The battle of Qin and Chu is finally over, Zhongqing, what should we do next in Wei." ”