The Great Wei Empire in the Warring States Period

Wei State Court Hall

The Marquis of Wei looked at the courtiers below and said,"Everyone, what are you doing today?"

The Prime Minister on the side, Uncle Cuo, stood up and said,"Report to the king, please do some detailed work on the Qi State. The current Qi Gong is already incompetent. After building palaces everywhere and collecting all kinds of rare and rare treasures, I think it’s time to attack Qi!"

When the Marquis of Wei heard this, he finally had the opportunity to attack Qi! He quickly asked Pang Juan:"General Pang, what do you think?"

Pang Juan stood up and said:"Your Majesty, I don't think we can attack Qi State yet. Although the current king of Qi State has become fatuous, they still have several talents in the country to assist him. , and Sun Bin is like a god in his military skills, and I am no match for him!"

After hearing this, the Marquis of Wei asked Wu Tong:"Sima, do you think we, the State of Wei, can send troops to the State of Qi?"

Wu Tong stood up and said,"Your Majesty, I am the State of Wei. The state cannot attack the state of Qi. First, the national strength of the state of Qi has not been completely exhausted. The second state of Qi has not suffered heavy losses in its army. The third state of Qi also has several famous generals. Sun Bin's strategy is unmatched by anyone in the world. I think It's better not to attack Qi!"

The Marquis of Wei was not happy when he heard this. After all, the two military leaders were opposed to sending troops, so he did not want to ignore their advice and ordered:"Young Master Han, you lead an army of 100,000 to attack. Qi State, can you?"

When the Duke of Wei heard this, he stood up quickly and said:"Your Majesty, Sun Bin's troops are not as good as my good brother! Even my good brother can't defeat him!"

When the Marquis of Wei heard this, his own younger brother, the Young Master Xian, didn't want to go either. , was very dissatisfied and said angrily:"You guys are all trying to shirk! Why don't you just go to fight the Qi State? What's the problem? Weiss, can you lead the army?"

Wei Si stood up and said:"Your Majesty, my ministers It’s not that I won’t go, it’s that I can’t defeat him even if I go!"

After hearing this, the anger in Marquis Wei’s heart went straight to the sky. He smacked the case and said angrily:"Isn’t he just a little Sun Bin? Can’t you all defeat him? Gu Gu I give you an army of one hundred thousand, and Qi has already suffered heavy losses in the battle of Chu. How can it be that it can’t defeat the current Qi?"

No one spoke for a moment, and everyone lowered their heads. Sima Wutong looked at Wei Hou Without saying anything more, he stood up and said:"Your Majesty, it's not that I don't want to fight, it's just that the time to fight has not yet arrived! To fight, first, you must seize the opportunity to fight, second, you must ensure that the enemy has no allies to support you, and third, We must ensure that the enemy's army is completely incapable of mobilizing! Fourth, we must have a good reputation! Although the current king of Qi is stupid, the people still obey the king's orders. This shows that it is not the time to fight, and the current Qi State There is also an ally, Qin State. If Wei State goes to attack Qi State, then Qin State will also attack from behind. Moreover, the current combat effectiveness of Qi State's army has not been completely lost. The most important thing is that I send troops to attack Wei State. Qi State has no name for sending troops! Therefore, if Wei State sends troops to attack Qi State, it will definitely be defeated!"

The Marquis of Wei said disdainfully:"We Wei State also has allies, are we still afraid of Qi State?"

Wu Tong said again:"Jun Above, war is not a trivial matter. Although our Wei State also has allies, if South Korea, Zhao State, and Chu State send troops to help me, how will the Wei State divide the Qi State’s territory that it has conquered? What if our Wei State attacks Qi State? , as long as they agree to occupy the land, then these three countries will definitely send troops to help Wei. If Wei does not agree, the land will be distributed to them. Han, Zhao and Chu, the three countries only send troops but do not contribute!"

Wei Hou said:"That's enough. Even if the three countries don't agree to help, we, the Wei State, can still fight one against two!"

Wei Si also stood up and said,"Your Majesty, you can't do it. We will lose in the unknown battle, and if we, the Wei State, attack Qi at this time, If so, the king of Qi will definitely change his mediocre ways and work hard again! The Marquis of Wei did not listen to the two men's advice at all and said:"Rangzhi, you lead an army of 100,000 to attack Qi!"" (Rang Zhan, a general of the Wei State, once defeated the Korean army five times when attacking South Korea!) When Wei Hou was about to draft the imperial edict, suddenly, a messenger hurried up and said:"Report to your Majesty, something happened in Guanzhong County.! When Marquis

Wei heard that something happened in Guanzhong County, he quickly put down his pen and asked,"What's going on?" What happened in Guanzhong County?"

The messenger quickly handed the bamboo slips to the Marquis of Wei. The Marquis of Wei took it, opened it, threw the bamboo slips down in the hall, and said angrily:"The people of Qin actually used such a treacherous trick!

Wu Tong on the side asked:"Your Majesty, what happened?" Seeing that the Marquis of Wei did not want to speak, Wu Tong hurriedly walked over, picked up the bamboo slips, opened it and read it, and the Marquis of Wei said again:"This Qin State dares to cause trouble in my Guanzhong County, which makes Gu unable to send troops to attack Qi." country! Wu

Tong was very happy at this time, because if the Qin State did this, the Marquis of Wei would not be able to send troops to attack the Qi State!

Pang Juan on the side also took the bamboo slips and read them again. Pang Juan immediately stood up and said:"Your Majesty, now We can no longer attack Qi. We must first resolve the chaos in our country. Otherwise, once a big chaos occurs in Guanzhong County, our rear will suffer great losses!"

The Marquis of Wei also understood at this time that he could not send troops to attack the State of Qi. Once the group of arsonists from the State of Qin entered Xihe County or Hedong County, it would be even more troublesome! The Marquis of

Wei asked:"General Pang, what are you doing? Is there any way to resolve this matter? Pang

Juan stood up and said:"Your Majesty, I have to do the following four things for the country. First, seal off Guanzhong County and strictly prohibit people from Guanzhong County from entering Xihe County and Hedong County. No one from Guanzhong County is allowed." Reach Xihe County so that this kind of chaos will not happen in other places in our Wei State! Second, immediately send a large army to Guanzhong County to help Guanzhong County arrest the person who set the fire! Third, the Qin people are not allowed to reach Guanzhong County, and the Qin people are locked up in their territory. Anyone who enters Guanzhong County will be punished as a spy! The fourth is to immediately allocate funds to help build houses in the burned villages in Guanzhong County, and transfer food from the central government to solve the people's food ration problem! After hearing this

, Marquis Wei said:"Well, this is a good idea, just follow what General Pang said!" General Pang is solely responsible for this matter!

Wu Tong asked again:"Is your Majesty still attacking Qi?" Marquis

Wei said helplessly:"There is no need to attack Qi. If we attack Qi now, there will be greater chaos in the country. Immediately send a large army to Guanzhong County to arrest these Qin people who set fire!""——Your Majesty, Your Majesty!

After going to court, Wu Tong walked much more briskly. Fortunately, Qin had done this. Otherwise, if the Wei army attacked Qi, Wei would be at risk of defeat!

Pang Juan stopped Wu Tong and said,"Master Sima, how many do you think it would be better to send to Guanzhong County?"

Wu Tong smiled and said,"General, your Majesty asked you to take responsibility, not me. This matter is entirely up to you. You solve it!"

Pang Juan said helplessly:"No, the main thing is how many troops should be sent. If more troops are sent, there will be fewer soldiers left to guard other places!"

Wu Tong thought for a while and said:" Then mobilize troops from Xihe County. Don’t there still be 50,000 troops in Xihe County? Ask them to help Guanzhong County, and Xihe County is only separated from Guanzhong County by a river, so they will be here in no time!" Pang Juan thought about it! Thinking about it, he felt that it was true, and he quickly raised his hands and said,"Thank you, Lord Sima, for reminding me! Why don't you come to my house for dinner tonight?" Wu Tong smiled and said,"Since the general said it, then I'd better obey him with respect!"

Pang Juan Wu Tong had already arrived in front of Pang Juan's mansion. Suddenly, he saw the prince's carriage arriving here. When he saw His Royal Highness coming down, he quickly saluted and said,"I have met His Royal Highness!" Wei Shen waved his hand and said,"Sima There is no need for you to be polite, Lord Sima is also here as a guest.""Exactly, General Pang invited us to be our guest!"Wu Tong said. Wei Shen said:"Then let's go in together! Wu Tong said quickly:"How dare you enter with His Highness the Crown Prince!" Just follow me from behind!"

After Wei Shen and Wu Tong came in, they saw Wei Si and Gongzi Yan there. Wei Si and Gongzi Yan immediately made a mistake and said,"I have met His Highness the Crown Prince!""At this time, Pang Juan also came out. Seeing them all coming, he quickly said:"I have prepared a banquet for you, please come from afar!"-Okay, please!

The four of them entered the hall and sat down among the guests. Pang Juan said:"Everyone, Pang Juan invites you to come here this time to discuss matters about Sun Bin! Young Master Yan asked,"

General Pang, does Sun Bin have any treacherous plans?" Pang

Juan said:"According to my detailed work in Qi State, it was Sun Bin who used this strategy in Qin State. Now this Sun Bin is also constantly causing trouble for our Wei State. We have to find a way to get rid of him." Just drop it!

After hearing this, Wu Tong thought for a while and said,"It's better to send an assassin to kill him!" Wei

Shen said:"Master Sima, no, Sun Bin has dozens of people protecting him now, and there are more than a hundred soldiers protecting him when he goes out. It's hard to assassinate him!""

A few people fell into silence. Wu Tong also found it a bit difficult, because although he also knew the art of war, he was not good at conspiracy. If he played conspiracy with Sun Bin, he would not be able to defeat him!

At this time, the five people were discussing how to do it. The matter of assassinating Sun Bin was discussed for several hours, but in Tian Ji's Mansion in Qi State, Sun Bin was completely unaware of the determination of these five people to get rid of him! In

Tian Ji's Mansion, Tian Ji raised his glass and saluted:" Mr. Sun Bin, your plan is really effective. Guanzhong County in Wei State is already in a state of distress because of the arson incident!

Sun Bin laughed and said,"It's just a little trick, it's not worth mentioning!"

Tian Ji asked:"Mr. Sun Bin, what should we do in Qi now?" Sun

Bin took a sip from the cup and said,"Now we in Qi State should wait for the opportunity!" Tian Ji said:"But Mr. Sun Bin." Your Majesty wants to order us to attack Yan State! Sun

Bin thought for a while and said:"The attack on Yan State can be delayed as long as possible. If we attack, our Qi State will be in crisis!""

In the Qin court, Qin Gong Yingshi Xi received the bamboo slips and laughed and said:"Everyone, the Guanzhong County of the Wei State is already in a state of distress. The arson in Guanzhong County has caused irreparable losses, and the Wei State has already caused irreparable losses. There are more and more crimes of theft, and it seems that they can no longer support it. It is time to encourage our old Qin people in Guanzhong County to launch a rebellion!"

The doctor Qian Long on the side said:"Your Majesty, it is true that our Qin State has a good opportunity. We should send people to Guanzhong County to encourage rebellion!"

Suddenly, a messenger came and said:"What's wrong, Your Majesty, the government over there in the Wei State does not allow people from the Qin State to enter Guanzhong County, and has blocked all official roads, and all the people who arrive in the Wei State are blocked. The Qin people in the territory are treated carefully! The State of Wei does not allow our people from the State of Qin to enter the territory of the State of Wei! When Qianlong heard this

, he quickly said:"Your Majesty, it seems that our Qin State is no longer able to instigate rebellion over there!" After hearing this ,

Ying Shixi said:"It seems that the response of the Wei State is very fast. If we, the Qin people, cannot enter the territory of the Wei State, then we, the Qin people, will have to stay in the territory of the Qin State. We, the Qin people, must think All countries in the world doing business must pass through the territory of Wei! Doctor, what should we do? Qianlong thought for a while and said:"Your Majesty, if our Qin State only relies on its own strength to develop slowly in the future, it will be very slow!" Because if our merchants from the Qin State want to do business in various places, they must pass through the Wei State. If they cannot go to other countries, our Qin State's economy will gradually decline! I think it would be better to go to the State of Wei to apologize and compensate for the losses. And we must also point out that Qi State asked us to do this!"

Qin Gong Ying Shi Xi said angrily:"No, his Wei State has a blood feud with our Qin State. Our Qin State will never bow to Wei State. If his Wei State wants our Qin State to compensate for the losses, there is no way.Come on!"

Qianlong had no choice but to give up after seeing that he couldn't persuade Duke Qin!

Since Qin's merchants could not reach Wei's territory, they could not go to other countries to do business. As a result, Qin's merchants could only stay in their own country to do business!

And Wei's merchants could not do business in their own country! On the border with Qin, all official roads were blocked by the Wei army, and even watchtowers were built on some mountains!

Qin was already relatively poor, and merchants from all over the world rarely came to Qin. While doing business, if Qin's merchants want to do business with other countries in the world, they must go through Wei to reach all the countries in the world to do business. Since Wei does not allow Qin people to reach Wei's territory, Qin people can only be locked up here in Qin's territory. Within the territory!