It was not the first time that the envoy of the Qin State came to Sishang, and after Danshui was placed under house arrest by the imperial father and his family on the grounds that "the Song State was in turmoil, and the noble envoy was afraid of being injured", he quickly figured out the situation of the Song State Incident.

Qin and Sishang still do not have any closely related conflicts of interest, originally Qin had disagreements about whether to enter Shu first or attack Wei and Han first, and the direction of Shu was not the only choice for Qin.

In history, because the Shu monarch was obscure, the strength of Shu was not strong, and the Qin State obtained Nanzheng, it was able to calmly destroy Shu.

This is also the most important strategic choice for Qin to unify the world, if you get Shu, Chu will die, and if Chu dies, the world will be decided.

The strategy of Sishang is actually the same as that of the Qin State in history, as the north-south dividing line is the easiest northern expedition and the southernmost suitable area for horse breeding, as long as it can control the Huai River, Dabie Mountain, and Tongbai Mountain, you can win Chu and take the world.

It's just that now the Qin State is still changing the law, Nanzheng was obtained from Shu by the Mo family, and the Wei State has just experienced a Central Plains War and is weakened, and the western trade brings a steady stream of wealth...... For all these reasons, the Qin State directly removed the idea of attacking Shu in its strategy, and still wanted to get the West River, Youhan Valley, and Kun first, and then try the rest.

So far, Hangu Pass is still in the hands of Wei, Wei Zhen has also faced the steepness of the West River and sighed the magnificence of the mountains and rivers, and Wu Qi has also advised that there is no danger in Germany.

The dispute between Qin and Wei was inevitable.

For the Qin people, it didn't matter whether the Song State was a tyrant, a republic, or a Song Duke.

The important thing is to fight around the Song State, and if the Central Plains is in chaos, the Qin State will have a greater chance.

Win or lose, it doesn't matter.

Even if Wei wins, it will also be greatly damaged, with Qin's understanding of Sishang, even if Wei wins in terms of its resilience, a long-term war in Sishang will drag Wei down; If Wei loses, Xihe will be in Qin's mouth.

The important thing is to fight!

Therefore, the envoys of the Qin State did not talk about any righteousness, rules, etiquette and the like.

Before coming, the programmatic advice given by the Qin monarch and ministers to the envoy was that if Sishang hesitated, then he would bewitch, form an alliance, and even give a promise to send troops to Xihe to relieve the pressure, so as to induce Sishang to lean in the direction of sending troops.

If Sishang is ready to fight, then it is even more necessary to give sufficient conditions. Wu Qi believes that all the countries of Wei, Chu and Han are now recuperating, and if Sishang is fully prepared to fight, it is likely to scare the rest of the countries back, which is something to be guarded against.

The envoy was not in a hurry to ask about the Song State, but asked about the changes of the Qin State, the development and trade of the Western Regions, etc., and understood in his heart that Sishang was only afraid that he was ready to fight.

Because if you want to fight, you must first have confidence, and if you don't have enough confidence, the first thing you need to do now is to talk about the fact that the Qin State took the opportunity to seize the West River, in order to reduce the pressure on the Wei and Han directions.

Therefore, the envoy asked: "When I arrived in Danshui by car, the Song Realm suddenly showed a scene of war. The roads are rumored, and Wei Chuhan will take advantage of the civil turmoil in the Song Dynasty to carve up the Song land in case of Sishang. Sishang has been mobilized, the transportation of machinery and grain is on the way, and the crisis in the Central Plains is on the verge of breaking out. ”

"At this time, the alliance is needed to prepare for war. In the past, King Wu was defeated, and his life was in the sky, and he still needed eight hundred princes to form an alliance; Qi Huan is in charge, and the righteousness is in hand, and the princes of the Central Plains of Kwai Hill still want to meet together. ”

"Song and land affairs, related to Wei, Chu, Han, Qi, Si and the country, although the Qin people are far away in the west, but they must also be involved, the Wei people have taken my West River for decades, and the only thing the monarch wants is to recapture the West River."

"Song is the realm of Sishang, Wei Chu Han Ruotun troops in Song, this advance can attack Sishang, retreat can defend Danshui Suishui, this is not to be vigilant."

"Although Qin Chu is close, Qin Wei is hateful. Sishang and Qin, with Wei as enemies, can be an alliance. I don't know what you think? ”

There was no substantive covenant between Qin and Sishang, and no formal written agreement was ever signed and the oath was ever signed.

Qin made the will, and he was still tempting.

Qin and Sishang are geographically natural allies, especially as long as Qin has the heart to win the world, it will inevitably have a common enemy with Sishang temporarily. If the Qin state only wants a corner of peace, then the vassal states that have the heart of a corner of peace and the strength of only a corner of peace are not qualified and cannot choose the foreign policy of distant friendship and close attack.

But there was never an alliance between the two sides, and the reason for this was because of the Yoshiki of Sishang.

Sishang's righteousness, and after the Heze Alliance rejected Zhou Tianzi's canonization four years ago, it was doomed that Sishang could not have a substantive alliance with various major countries.

If there is an alliance, Sishang will lose some of the people's hearts, and in their opinion, Sishang will be no different from the rest of the vassal states, just to compete for a place to dominate the world.

Sishang has always opposed the policies of the Qin state, and Sishang has always pursued the concept of synonymology, and it is impossible to form an alliance with different righteousness.

The temptation of the Qin envoy also stemmed from this.

If Sishang is not fully prepared, or if he is not confident in the upcoming war, then he will definitely find a way to form an alliance with Qin at this time.

Even if you lose some of the righteousness that you have always insisted on, if there is a real crisis ahead, then you may have another choice.

In the battle of Qimo back then, when Lu did not surrender the army, everyone in the world thought that the people who were on the ink were all characters like Song Xianggong.

But I don't want to understand afterwards that the countries did not surrender the troops to lure the enemy into depth, so that the strategy of dividing the troops of the Qi State to break each one is the same as the retreat back then.

The Mo family in Sishang is not Song Xianggong, and it has always been utilitarian, if Sishang really feels extremely pressured, it can be seen that Qin State took the initiative to form an alliance.

Anyway, there can be no peace between Qin and Wei, there is Hexi there, and there can be no trust between the two sides.

If Qin formed an alliance with Sishang, it would be beneficial and harmless.

A covenant is a covenant, whether or not to send troops, when to send troops, and the scale of troops...... This initiative was in the hands of the Qin State.

Just like the battle of Wei and Chu Daliang twenty years ago, the Qi-Chu Alliance, the Qi State sent troops to save the Great Liang, but the time of sending troops was very late, and the halfway way heard that the Great Liang City was broken and turned back, but the Chu State still thanked the Qi State and the princes thought that the Qi Guotian clan could be trusted.

The envoys of the Qin State were eager to know the bottom line of Sishang, what the final result of Sishang's preparations around the Song State would be, and whether the Song State would be able to break out into the Second Central Plains War to weaken Wei Han again.

While listening to the envoy of the Qin State writing on the bright side of the alliance policy of impassioned proposal for distant friendship and close attack, he pondered the attitude of the Qin State in his heart.

The Qin State has begun a vigorous reform, but if the Qin State wants to form the combat effectiveness of the Warring States Period after the change, it will take at least another three or five years.

The interior was not stable, the suppressed aristocracy was ready to move, and the western expansion benefited the people but their numbers were still small.

The Xihe region, as the territory that Wei snatched from Qin, was unscrupulous in land reform, because there was no nobles. Although Wu Qi is gone, the military soldiers in the Xihe area still exist, and most of them are homesteaders, and in recent years, because of the serious damage to the Wei State, they have begun to increase taxes, but it is not yet to the point where the people's hearts are towards Qin.

How do you look at the Qin State now, it is also a bluff, and it may be a flag and shout to attract Wei Han's attention, but it is difficult to say that it is really to send troops to seize the West River and completely weaken the Wei State.

And Shi also hopes that the Qin State will get the West River, at least not now, the hegemony of the Wei State is declining, internal struggles are rising one after another, and the two sons of Wei are not good at stubble, and the Wei State at this time is not to be afraid.

It can be defended, but the ability to take the initiative to attack is not strong.

The reason why the Three Jin Dynasty was broken up so easily five years ago was because the Wei State was too strong before, but the threat from Sishang never appeared, and the Qin State lost the West River and was unable to advance eastward, so there was no external pressure that the Three Jin Dynasty were separated.

If the Qin State recaptures the West River and directly oppresses Han, Zhao, and Wei, coupled with the rise of Sishang, the Three Jin Alliance will be established soon.

Moreover, the reason why it is not appropriate to formally form an alliance with the Qin State, in addition to the fact that the general righteousness does not allow it, once the formal Lianheng alliance between Sishang and the Qin State is formed, it will force the alliance of Wei, Chu, Han, Yan, and Zhao, which will make it difficult to continue to take advantage of the contradictions between the countries.

Judging from the information from the Qin State, the Qin State was not ready to participate in a big war at all, but the slogan was loud and fanned the flames, wanting to take advantage of the fisherman.

The affairs of the Song State, in fact, from the current point of view, are really related to the vital interests and their respective hegemony, and only Wei Chusi is the three parties.

South Korea is staring at Zheng Guo, eating when there is meat, and staring at what is in his bowl if there is no meat.

And the three parties of Wei, Chu, and Sishang actually don't want to fight, of course, this is to replace Wei and Chu with the Marquis of Wei and the King of Chu, and the nobles of Chu are looking forward to war.

The most enthusiastic about the possible war of the Song State was the Qin State, which was simply a little too enthusiastic, fanning the flames, sending envoys, and making promises, for fear that the fight would not start.

The envoy's words were mostly unbelievable, and he believed in the news and judgment from Qin's hidden details, Qin didn't think about fighting a big war at all, and he didn't cross Weishui to seize the material foundation of the West River at this time, so what the envoy said was so passionate and tempting, it made it easy for Shi to guess Qin's thoughts.

So he also said something similar to what the envoy of Chu said, to the effect that the affairs of the Song State Sishang would respect the choice of the people of the Song State, and would not regard the Song State as invaded by other countries, but would definitely not annex the Song State.

Exactly, those who are good at fighting, the soldiers who surrender without a fight, are to show the attitude of Sishang through general mobilization, but if there is a real war, Sishang will not be afraid.

And repeatedly reiterated to the envoys of Qin: If the Song State was invaded by other countries, Sishang sent troops, not because the Song State was on the side of the couch in Sishang and did not allow others to sleep peacefully, but simply because the Mo people were fulfilling the covenant of the year and fulfilling the obligations of benefiting the world.

In other words, unlike you imperialists, we do not see the Song Kingdom as our sphere of influence, and we only send troops to fulfill our internationalist obligations.

Therefore, if you Qin take advantage of the Central Plains War to fight the West River, we will oppose it, but it is useless for us to send it right, we can only shout verbally, if you are willing to fight us and oppose it, you can't stop it.

However, if you want to formally form an alliance, you must do the same as Sishang's rhetoric: the government of Kyushu is determined by the people of Kyushu, and the government of the Song land is determined by the Song people, respect the choice of the people of the Song Kingdom, and choose to send troops in order to help the people of the Song Land resist the slaughter and aggression of the unjust king.

Otherwise, the matter of a formal alliance is not to be discussed.

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