Chapter 54: Wei Wangyu's Worries
Although Wei Wangyu likes to engage in a hobby of double plugs, and has all kinds of shortcomings such as greed for pleasure, short-sightedness, and narrow energy, the most basic judgment is still there.
Among the seven heroes of the Warring States period today, South Korea has been crippled by the Qin State, which belongs to the penultimate one, the Yan State is gone, and after Le Yi was restored by Tian Danguang, the Qi State is also not as good as a year, and now it is the penultimate one, and the next third to last is the Wei State under the rule of Wei Wangyu now.
It's also miserable to say, since the relocation of the capital to Daliang, the Wei State, the former Central Plains leader, is not as good as a year, and now it has finally fallen to the point of being on a par with the weak chickens of South Korea and Yan...
When Wei Wangyu first ascended the throne, he still had a little ambition to restore the hegemony of his ancestors, but not long after he ascended the throne, he suffered a blow from the Qin people in the Battle of Huayang, and was directly killed by Bai Qi in the first battle, which greatly damaged the vitality of Wei.
This stick instantly knocked out all Wei Wangyu's ambitions, and made him degenerate into a mediocre king who played with men every day except for playing with women, and then spent the rest of his time suspicious of his brother Xinlingjun.
But even a mediocre king is a king, and as long as he is a king, it is impossible to be indifferent to the crisis of his country's demise.
So when Long Yangjun said that Wei might face the crisis of national destruction, Wei Wangyu was almost instinctively vigilant and immediately began to think.
Wei Wangyu mainly pondered the following questions.
The first question, can the three kingdoms of Zhao Chuqi unite and defeat the Qin State?
This issue has also been discussed within the high-level of Wei, and the conclusion is that Zhao's side has a better chance of winning.
The current predicament faced by the Qin State reminded Wang Wei of the battle that broke out between Qin and Chu decades ago with 800,000 participants-the Battle of Lantian.
In the previous battle of Qin, Chu and Danyang, the Qin State won a great victory, and the unwilling to lose the Chu State launched the Battle of Lantian in the next year, and the 500,000 Chu army broke through the Wuguan Pass and entered the Guanzhong from the place of Shangyu, and started a big battle with 300,000 Qin troops in Lantian dozens of miles southeast of Xianyang City.
But just when the two sides were inseparable, Han and Wei suddenly formed an alliance with Qin and dealt a heavy blow to Chu from the belly of Chu.
Gongsun Xi, a famous general of Wei, led an army to conquer Zhaoling, an important town in the north of Chu, and the famous Korean general Storm Kite led 120,000 Korean troops directly into the core hinterland of Chu, successively captured Dengcheng and Wancheng, and approached Yingdu and Yandu of Chu.
Under such circumstances, the state of Chu, which was attacked on three sides, was finally forced to sue for peace, resulting in the loss of a large amount of land, soldiers and horses.
It was also after this battle of Lantian that the once powerful Southern Heavenly Hegemon Chu State officially turned from prosperity to decline, even if it annexed the Yue State a few years later and returned a little blood, but the Qin and Chu hegemony changed from the original Chu attack on Qin to Qin on Chu Defense, and the situation on the whole overall situation completely changed.
The predicament faced by the Qin State today is so similar to the Chu State in the Battle of Lantian back then!
Qin's 600,000 troops, and the 500,000 Chu army of that year, also took the initiative to attack, and they were also firmly pinned down in the frontal battlefield and could not move, while Zhao's ally Chu played the role of Han and Wei back then, frantically exporting Qin on the side.
What's even more ironic is that the place where the Chu State is attacking now is the three cities that the Koreans attacked back then, and now Danyang, Dengcheng and Wancheng, which have become the territory of the Qin State!
According to the outcome of the final defeat of the Chu State in the Battle of Lantian to the three kingdoms of Qin, Han and Wei, now that the Qin State has lost to the three kingdoms of Zhao, Chu and Qi, there is hardly any big suspense.
This script is going in the same direction, can the ending be reversed?
The current Qin State, like the Chu State back then, is a well-deserved Warring States overlord.
How many battles does it take for a Warring States hegemon to turn from prosperity to decline?
Judging from the past history of the Warring States period, only one or two major wars were needed.
The first overlord of the Warring States Period, the Wei State, was wiped out by the Qi State twice in a row in the Battle of Guiling and the Battle of Maling, and the general Pang Juan was killed in battle, and the Wei State officially declined into a second-rate country.
Another overlord in the Warring States Period, the State of Qi, after the destruction of the Song Dynasty, encountered the rare Five Kingdoms of Qi, and after the First World War, the State of Qi declined, and even almost destroyed the country.
The overlord Chu State, which had been strong for most of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period for a total of several hundred years, was defeated in two major battles, the Battle of Lantian and the Battle of Danyang, and since then the Chu State has turned from prosperity to decline.
Feng Shui takes turns, and now that the Qin State has risen to become the hegemon of the Warring States, will the Battle of Changping become a super turning point for the overlord Qin State to turn from prosperity to decline?
After analyzing Wei Wangyu and a group of high-level think tanks of Wei State, they felt that it was not impossible, and there was a great possibility.
After all, in the battle of Yan and Yan a few years ago, the Qin army also suffered a once-in-a-few defeat at the hands of the Zhao army.
If there is another defeat of Changping after the defeat of Yanhe, then wouldn't it just be in line with the inevitable law of many hegemons above turning from prosperity to decline?
Isn't the decline of Qin a good thing for Wei?
That's certainly a great thing!
The rise of Qin had two biggest victims, and the other victim besides Chu was Wei.
Almost all of the land lost by Wei from the founding of the country to the present, except for the Zhongshan State, which successfully restored the country, was seized by the Qin State.
Under such circumstances, the Qin State was still expanding eastward, so how could this not make the Wei State feel like a pins and needles about it?
It is precisely because of this understanding that although Wei's position in the Battle of Changping has been neutral so far, this neutral attitude is quite ambiguous, and in fact, Wei has the possibility of sending troops to support Zhao at any time.
But as the saying goes, this time, that time. Under Long Yangjun's reminder, Wei Wangyu suddenly found that the situation had changed again, and he could no longer look at the problem with old eyes.
Once the three kingdoms of Zhao Chuqi joined forces to defeat the Qin state (in the eyes of Wei Wangyu, this is a high probability event), then the Qin state will no longer be a disaster for the Wei state, and the Wei state will have to worry about the Zhao Chuqi Three Kingdoms Alliance.
The three kingdoms of Zhao Chuqi were all neighbors of Wei and surrounded Wei from three directions: southeast, south, and south.
Needless to say, after defeating Qin, Zhao is likely to rise to become the fifth Warring States overlord. Whoever is on the side of the overlord will be beaten, this belongs to the common sense of the Warring States, how can Wei not panic?
Qi and Wei also did not deal with each other, the cause of the Five Kingdoms was the destruction of the Song by Qi, and after the Five Kingdoms invaded Qi, two-thirds of the original Song territory fell into the hands of Wei, and Qi must have a grudge against it.
Not to mention the State of Chu, the State of Chu and the State of Jin were old enemies in the Spring and Autumn Period, and the State of Wei was born from the State of Jin, one of the "Three Jins", and has always regarded itself as the heir of the State of Jin.
Moreover, in the territory of Wei now, a whole half of the territory of Wei, including Daliang City, the capital of Wei, was taken from Chu, and the decline of Chu also has the "credit" of Wei.
Therefore, Zhao Chuqi's Triple Alliance has common natural interests in dealing with Wei.
Once the Qin State is defeated, who else in the world can stop the Zhao Chuqi Triple Alliance from carving up the Wei State? Relying on South Korea, which is the last of the seven heroes? Or the second-to-last Yan Kingdom?
At that time, Wei Wangyu may really be the king of the Wei Kingdom!
The more Wei Wangyu thought about it, the more frightened he became, his back was soaked with cold sweat, and he didn't even know when the fishing rod in his hand would fall off.
Longyang Jun Gaoji looked at Wei Wangyu's gaffe expression from the side, and secretly rejoiced in his heart.
Just a few days ago, the secret envoy of the Qin people quietly found Gao Ji through secret channels and presented many treasures and generous gifts, hoping that Gao Ji could speak for the Qin State.
Regarding the request of the Qin people, Gao Ji agreed without much hesitation.
The main reason for this is not actually because of any Qin State or Zhao State, but because of another person.
This person is the current important minister of the Wei State, Xinling Jun Wei Wuji!
In Gao Ji's opinion, it was the fox girl Ruji that Wei Wuji sacrificed that made Gao Ji now show signs of falling out of favor with Wei Wangyu, so Gao Ji can be said to be quite hateful to Wei Wuji.
Now that Wei Wuji is strongly advocating Lian Zhao to resist Qin, then Gao Ji must let Wei stand on the opposite side of Zhao and let Wei Wuji's calculation fail!
So Gao Ji lost no time in persuading: "King, although the Qin State is a country of tigers and wolves, the Zhao State is also a wolf ambition, so I have to guard against it!" If the Qin State is defeated today, then our Great Wei will be in danger. Only by connecting with the Qin State can we choose above the Wei State! ”
After Gao Ji's successive words, Wei Wangyu was really shaken.
Don't underestimate the power of the pillow wind, how many major events and how many heroes have turned their fates throughout the ages, isn't it because of the three words in the ears of some pillow people?
Just when Wei Wangyu was still struggling, a eunuch suddenly appeared on the shore and shouted at Wei Wangyu on the boat: "King, Xinling Jun asks to see!" ”
As soon as the name Xinlingjun came out, Gao Ji's face immediately became ugly.
"Xinling-kun?" Wei Wangyu was stunned for a moment, and then nodded after a few seconds: "Let's go and summon him." ”