[Comprehensive + Sword Three] Wu'an World

Su Yunqing knew that Ying Zhu was dead, and Zi Chu was by no means a monarch who was willing to delegate power as easily as Ying Zhu.

But in any case, Qin State still maintained a superficial calm. After Ying Zhu died, he became King Qin Xiaowen, and then Zi Chu succeeded to the throne. Naturally, Su Yunqing and Mrs. Huayang were both queen mothers, but one was named Huayang. Empress Dowager, one is called Empress Dowager Xia.

Although one of Qin's monarchs just died and another one died less than a year later, it can't help but make people have some bad thoughts.

But in the state of Qin, you can't say random things. If you say something that is inappropriate, you have to bear the responsibility. Therefore, although this matter does not look very good, no one in the state of Qin dares to say something that is inappropriate.

But if Qin doesn't say it, it doesn't mean that other countries don't say it either, especially when Qin destroyed Zhao and South Korea one after another, and then destroyed the royal family of Zhou. Everything they did was not commendable in the eyes of other countries. Especially when Qin destroyed the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, it was really going to be pointed at and scolded by other countries.

So less than three months after Zi Chu succeeded to the throne, Wei State united with Qi State Yan State and Chu State in the south to attack Qin State together.

As for the candidate for the commander-in-chief, it is naturally Lord Xinling who has a lot of followers.

But this time Su Yunqing listened to the reason a little funny, the reason why the four countries jointly attacked Qin was to help South Korea and Zhao Guo restore their country.

...Nonsense is this!

Of course, it doesn’t mean that restoring the country is impossible. Back then, Yan State was destroyed by Qi State for three years, and Qi State was destroyed by Yan State for five years. Didn’t they all succeed in restoring the country in the end?

Restoration of the country, one has the ability and the other has the opportunity, there is nothing that cannot be done.

It's just that Su Yunqing doesn't think that the four countries' joint attack on Qin is really to help Zhao and South Korea to restore their country. If the countries are really so close as a family, why didn't someone send troops immediately when Zhao was destroyed?Why did King Wei hesitate when South Korea was attacked by Qin?

So, Su Yunqing knew very well that the so-called restoration of the country was just an empty slogan hanging on his lips.

But this slogan is very nice, and it can stimulate and mobilize the fighting spirit of the soldiers and civilians of the original Zhao State and South Korea, and it can easily arouse their conflicts with Qin State.

Of course, Zichu couldn't decide on this kind of matter by himself, so he quickly called everyone to a meeting to discuss it.

In fact, there are only two options in this situation, war or peace, if war, how to fight?Can you win?What if you can't win?These are all problems.

As for peace talks... I also know that there must be a price to be paid for peace talks. Gold, silver and beauties, cities and land, these things will never be less, it just depends on how high the other party asks.

Su Yunqing just listened to Zi Chu's discussion with other people, and did not speak rashly. In fact, Su Yunqing knew very well that what she thinks now is one thing, and what Zi Chu thinks is another.

In fact, this matter is not wrong whether it is war or war.

Although it is said that the peace talks are about ceding land and seeking peace, if there is a real fight, the four countries united with Qin will really be unable to fight, and Qi and Yan will be fine, but it will be hard to say if Wei and Chu are also involved.

In particular, the state of Chu has a vast territory and is powerful. It can be said that it is the most powerful country besides Qin.

This is not something that Qin Guo yells "Don't be cowardly" and just do it, and then he can go up and fight.

Therefore, not only Zichu himself could not make up his mind, but all his subordinates were also undecided. Some were talking about war and some were talking about peace.

Zi Chu couldn't help rubbing the center of his brows, just as he was about to say something, he suddenly discovered a problem.

The courtroom was really noisy, but in fact, none of the people who really had the power and ability to help him make a decision or influence his decision did not speak.

Prime Minister Cai Ze did not speak, Lu Buwei did not speak, and Su Yunqing was even more silent.

Zi Chu thought for a while and said to Cai Ze first, "What do you think, Prime Minister?"

Cai Ze seemed to have been prepared for a long time. Instead of directly answering Zi Chu's question, he said, "Why don't your lord ask other people's opinions?"

Zichu was taken aback, thinking that I am not asking this question?

But then Zi Chu heard Cai Ze say: "Pure court disputes are meaningless, why don't your majesty ask the two generals Li Mu, Mengao, Lord Lu Buwei and even the Queen Mother for their opinions?"

Cai Ze's words made Zichu's eyes light up, yes!What's the use of listening to the officials arguing?These people don't know as much as he does, and they don't know the situation better than Li Mu who is in the former South Korea and Meng Ao who is stationed at the Qin-Yan border.

As for Lu Buwei... Ever since Zi Chu became the King of Qin, in order to repay Lu Buwei's kindness in Handan, Zi Chu treated him very well, and his official titles were greatly promoted.

Now that Meng Ao and Li Mu were away, Zi Chu asked Lu Buwei and Su Yunqing for their opinions.

The first one to speak was Lu Buwei. He thought for a while and said: "I don't know much about wars, but generally speaking, the strength of the army and the strength of the country are compared. Qin has not had a war in recent years, and it was nothing more than annihilation of Korea before." A small test of skill, and now the country can be said to have sufficient money and food, and from this alone, it is enough to support the war."

Lu Buwei's words immediately gave Zichu confidence, and his expression relaxed a little: "What about other aspects?"

In Zi Chu's view, if you don't have to worry about money and food, you don't have to worry about other aspects. The Qin army is known to be good at fighting. Coupled with Qin's military merit title system, the country has not fought a major war in recent years. It can be said that the domestic The people are holding back their energy.

After all, if you don't fight, you can't do meritorious service on the battlefield. Without this opportunity, it would be too difficult for ordinary people to become officials and knights. Only war is their opportunity.

This is also the reason why the people of other countries are unwilling to fight, but the people of Qin are happy to hear the war.

Because the opportunity to do meritorious deeds has come.

It is also because of this that Zi Chu has great confidence in Qin's army, but he did not jump to conclusions. After all, he only has a half-knowledge in this regard. He is still a little too young for the outcome of such a big war.

Zichu couldn't make a decision, but he knew that someone could help him decide, so Zichu couldn't help but look at Su Yunqing who was sitting beside him.

In the past, Su Yunqing sat under Ying Zhu's command when Ying Zhu ascended the court, but now Zi Chu was on the throne, and it would be inappropriate for Su Yunqing to sit down, even if Zi Chu was the King of Qin.

... After all, you have seen the king of Qin greet the queen mother, but have you ever seen the rule that the queen mother should salute and say hello to the king of Qin?

But Su Yunqing didn't want to be above Zichu, she never cared about this writing, rather than having a good position in face, Su Yunqing would rather maintain a more friendly and intimate relationship with Zichu at this time.

After all, she doesn't want to bring turmoil to Qin, so no matter what she wants to do, she must do it under the condition of maintaining superficial stability.

In this way, Zi Chu's favorability is very important.

Therefore, Su Yunqing was very considerate at the beginning and said that since it is not suitable for her to sit in a lower position, let her add a seat beside Zichu. Zi Chu above.

Su Yunqing still remembered that when she brought up this matter, Zi Chu stared at her for several seconds, finally smiled and accepted the matter.

At this time, Zi Chu asked Su Yunqing for advice, and Su Yunqing knew that she should not be silent. Of course, after listening to it for so long, she probably knew what she thought in all aspects, especially Zi Chu's.

…The good news is that whether Zi Chu is aware of this or not, the one he has in mind is the same as Su Yunqing.

"Of course we have to fight, not just to fight, there are more things we can do."

Su Yunqing's opening was unexpected. Some people said that peace talks could not be done before, but they were just talking about peace talks. Gold and silver cities are the most basic things. The purpose of the eastern countries this time is to weaken Qin, and they will definitely make more excessive demands. .

They must fight in order not to comply with these demands.

But why did Su Yunqing's words sound a little different?

Seeing that someone was about to speak, Su Yunqing raised her hand and pressed down slightly, signaling them to shut up first, and then she said to Zi Chu, "My opinion is to fight first and then make peace, and use war to force peace."

It is really a bold suggestion to use war to force peace. Someone will immediately refute it. After all, war is not a child’s play. ?

Of course, this is the idea of ​​the peace faction, but it is a pity that Su Yunqing's point of view is not pleasing to the war faction.Obviously, Su Yunqing's so-called war first and peace after war, to force peace through war, requires the war to be moderate and the war to be controlled within a certain range, which means that they cannot let go of the fight.

The morale is weakened by half first of all, not to mention that now that the four countries are united, Qin is weaker in terms of strength alone. At this time, if the morale is not as good as others, then what is the fight? ah!

Therefore, Su Yunqing's words must be refuted no matter whether it is the main battle or the main peace. Seeing that they are about to open their mouths to quarrel, Cai Ze made a decisive decision before everyone spoke: "Can the Queen Mother explain in more detail?"

As soon as Cai Ze spoke, the others had no choice but to hold back. They couldn't go up and make a scene when Cai Ze, the prime minister, was chatting with Su Yunqing, the queen mother, that would be too rude.

Su Yunqing took a look at Cai Ze and of course knew that he was not questioning but good intentions, and she really needed to make this matter more clear.

Su Yunqing only asked one question: "If there is a war, I mean an all-out war, can Qin win?"

Of course not.

In fact, Qin's army, logistics, and all aspects are all right, and the money and food for the war and the army are sufficient, but this does not mean that Qin can win, because this is only a relative term.

The power of Qin as a single country is no match for the alliance of the four countries. Not to mention other things, the combination of Chu and Wei is enough to pose a threat to Qin.

Therefore, if you simply fight hard to the end, you will definitely not win, and you will even suffer heavy losses.

"If we lose, what kind of conditions will countries put forward?"

Needless to say, I know that it will definitely be more harsh than it is now, and it is best to drive Qin Guo back to Hangu Pass.

Therefore, it is definitely not acceptable to just go up and roll up your sleeves. People have to consider the consequences of doing things.

But what about direct peace talks?

That doesn't seem to be much better than losing, the difference is that losing both consumes the enemy and oneself, and then gives a lot of compensation, directly summing up means that neither the enemy nor oneself loses, and then gives a lot of compensation.

Su Yunqing didn't think there would be much difference, anyway, they were all equally bad in terms of badness.

Well, in fact, directly suing for peace is worse than suing for peace after a fight. After all, from a mentality point of view, if you fight, you will tear it up. It's better, but it's just a lose-lose ending, so at least there will be some restraint when negotiating conditions.

It's different to directly seek peace. People immediately feel that as soon as they unite with Qin, they will be afraid immediately. They even think that Qin is a soft guy who can be manipulated. In addition, their own strength is intact, and their self-confidence may be even stronger. , in this case, it will not be too surprising what kind of conditions will be put forward by Qin.

Therefore, Su Yunqing's method is actually a compromise method. The fight should be fought, but the fight must be done with a degree. It must not only show strength, but also not cause too much loss, let alone develop into a full-scale war.

Then, taking the results of the war as a condition and bargaining chip, Qin State will indeed have to pay some price at that time, but this price will be completely acceptable and will not bring much loss to Qin State.

It's just that if you want to do this, how to fight, and to what extent, it is really a technical job, and ordinary people really can't do it.

If the fight is light, the four eastern countries will definitely ignore it. If the fight is severe, everyone will turn red-eyed and directly develop into an all-out war. That would be too wronged.

Zichu thinks about it and thinks so. Su Yunqing's method sounds pretty good, and it is more suitable for the current situation than simple fighting or fighting, but the difficulty of the operation is many times higher, and even this is not only Those who are testing the decision-making and commanding people in the rear are also testing the generals on the front line.

After all, no matter how good a plan is, it depends on people to implement it, and those who are on the front line of implementation directly determine the success or failure of the plan.

No matter how good the plan is, if it is handed over to a bunch of pig teammates to do it, it is probably not much better than a bad idea.

Therefore, Su Yunqing thought about it and gave Zichu some suggestions. The first is to prepare for a full-scale war. Although they do not plan to fight a full-scale war, they must be well prepared for the war. Forced to be helpless.

The other is to immediately increase troops for Li Mu, Meng Ao.

"It is not necessary to change generals. The two generals are capable enough to take on this task, but it is very necessary to increase troops, especially for Li Mu. He must send heavy troops. It is not an easy task to face Wei Guo directly."

Especially now that armies from all over the world are gathered in Wei State, so Li Mu's side is even more worrying. The only thing that makes people feel at ease is that Li Mu has always been steady and is famous for his good defense. Since there is no bad news from him at this time, it is natural The situation is fine.

...After all, Li Mu is a real person, especially when it comes to wars, he is not sloppy. He never plays the game of reporting good news but not bad news, or making false reports. He will report the situation on the front line no matter whether it is good or bad, and then attach his own Responses and ideas are left to the superior to decide.

But Su Yunqing knew that the peace in Li Mu's place was only temporary, and the current peace was only because the war had not officially started. Presumably even if she didn't mention this matter, Li Mu's letter requesting more troops would be sent to Xianyang soon.

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"In any case, we must not relax in the country. Although it is only due to the pressure and suitability of the war, I hope that everyone will be ready for a full-scale war and fight to the death. Zhao Guo's lessons from the past are not far away."

When Zhao Guo took over the Shangdang, he knew that there would be a battle with Qin, but Zhao Guo only regarded it as an ordinary land and city battle. Although at the beginning, his attitude was considered solemn because the opponent was Qin, but in fact No one in Zhao State thought about how the war would develop in the later period, or even how to deal with it if the war expanded further. This made Qin State able to destroy Zhao State in one go after the Changping War. With the strength of Zhao Guo, it is absolutely impossible to be wiped out by Qin Guo so easily.

Su Yunqing now mentions the matter of Zhao State to tell everyone that if there is a mistake in this battle, if the fight is not good, then the situation of Qin State may not be much better than that of Zhao State.

You must know that the eastern countries have always threatened Qin, but because of their internal conflicts and disputes, they have not been able to jointly suppress Qin, but now Qin has destroyed Zhao and South Korea one after another. A huge threat to survival, and after the death of King Zhaoxiang, the people who suppressed them for an entire era no longer existed. After Yingzhu succeeded to the throne, he only became the king of Qin for three days and then he was taken away.

Qin lost two monarchs in a row, which was a huge blow to a country, but it also gave a huge encouragement to the opponent. Taking this opportunity, Lord Xinling immediately mobilized his forces to facilitate his long-planned joint vertical attack on Qin.

Su Yunqing's words really made Zi Chu vigilant, he nodded: "Don't worry, mother."

He is not King Zhao, and he will never do such a foolish thing.

Su Yunqing thought for a while and then looked at Cai Ze: "Next, I have something to trouble the Prime Minister."

Cai Ze cupped his hands, expressing that he was ready for orders at any time.

Su Yunqing thought for a while and said: "To be honest, I don't really understand this matter. What I talked about before was only military, but military is only war and coercion. As for how to use this as the premise to achieve the goal of 'peace', I'm afraid it's still difficult." Ask the prime minister to work hard."

Because the rest is politics such as diplomacy and negotiations.

Su Yunqing is very clear that force alone cannot achieve her goal. In her plan, military means is a key point but not a decisive factor. It can only provide a condition and premise. The real decision whether Qin can achieve peace depends on the negotiations. How to talk, and how to talk is also a technical job, which is obviously Cai Ze's specialty.

To be honest, Fan Ju is the kind of person who is skilled in tactics and good at strategy. Cai Ze is naturally not bad in these two aspects, but Su Yunqing has heard of it. Cai Ze's mouth is no better than the strategists and famous scholars in Xianyang Academy. Worst of all, it was his eloquent mouth that first attracted Fan Ju's attention back then.

In terms of diplomatic ability alone, Cai Ze is probably even higher than Fan Ju.

After all, Fan Ju's strengths are his strategic level and overall view, and other strategic means are actually small ways. Just look at Fan Ju's four words of "distance and near attack" to know his strategic level.

At a time when everyone was busy occupying more territory regardless of distance, Fan Ju jumped out of the limitations of this framework for the first time, and put forward the general foreign policy of Qin State from a strategic perspective.

You must know that the Ranghou Wei Ran back then was a typical example of skipping the neighboring country and not fighting, and ran to fight a country that was separated.

...From now on, I may think that the reason is very simple, Wei Ran's actions are stupid, right?But at the time, this was actually the norm in various countries, and it was not a particularly rare or incomprehensible thing.

From this we can see how difficult it is for Fan Ju to come up with the four characters of long distance and close attack.

But far-distance and near-attack are just a big general strategic policy. Specifically, how to make far-distance and how to attack near-by, Fan Ju can do these things, but obviously he is not the best at it.

And this distantly-acquainted handwriting is exactly what Cai Ze is good at, or something that he is very good at.

At this time, Su Yunqing entrusted this matter to Cai Ze, which is considered to be the right person.

Compared with the previous wars, when talking about diplomacy, Su Yunqing didn't mention any details. She just briefly talked about the goals to be achieved and some simple ideas, and she didn't need to intervene in other things.

After all, Su Yunqing felt that it would be better for Cai Ze to handle this kind of thing by herself than she, a layman who is a blind BB.

Zi Chu obviously meant the same thing.

Now that the monarch and the queen mother have both spoken, Cai Ze naturally has no reason to refuse to refuse, let alone he did not intend to refuse.

It's just that Cai Ze thought for a while and said, "It's fine if I'm allowed to go, but I can't do this alone."

Zi Chu nodded. Of course he understands this. You must know that this time you are facing four countries, and Cai Ze has only one person. My family would be making a joke, so how could Cai Ze not be able to do this well by himself.

"Which other people do you need, feel free to bring them up, even the ones in the Xianyang Academy will be dispatched by you."

Regarding Su Yunqing's strange combination of a strategist and a famous expert, after several years of experimentation, everyone found that it was quite reliable. Zi Chu felt that it was time to use it to test the actual results.

But Cai Ze shook his head: "Your Majesty, it's not just these things. I need someone with status and status who can represent Qin to win the trust of other countries, but such a person..."

Such a person is really hard to find.

Both Zi Chu and Su Yunqing understood Cai Ze's meaning at this time. He not only needed assistants but also "symbols" or "sincerity". go.

What better way to show Qin's sincerity than the son of Qin going there in person?

But the problem is that Zichu has two sons now, one is Yingzheng and the other is Chengyu. The oldest Yingzheng is only ten years old this year, and he is still a child. A piece of it.

Besides, it’s fine with Cheng Yu, even if Yingzheng was young, he was still a noble prince. Although it was not uncommon during the Warring States Period that princes went to other countries as hostages, but that was completely different from the current situation. Well, the countries that can send the prince to basically maintain a certain degree of good relations, and they are carefully selected, not just any country can send the prince there.

Can the current situation be compared?

This situation is far more dangerous than being a hostage!

After understanding what Cai Ze meant, both Zi Chu and Su Yunqing were silent.

Su Yunqing thought for a while and said, "It must be the young master? What if I go?"

For a king and queen mother to go in person, it can be regarded as full of sincerity and trustworthy, right?

However, when Zi Chu heard this, he exclaimed, "Mother!"

Although he was thinking about how to limit Su Yunqing's power in the future, he still didn't want Su Yunqing to risk his life to do such a dangerous thing.

Especially Su Yunqing is his mother, so it's fine to let his son do this kind of thing. Anyway, it has become a common practice in the Warring States period, but let his mother...

Zi Chu objected without even thinking about it.

Su Yunqing was about to say something, but Cai Ze over there also spoke.

"I don't agree with the queen mother going either."

Seeing that Su Yunqing was about to speak, Cai Ze continued: "It's not because I don't believe in the Queen Mother's ability, nor is it a matter of identity, it's just..."

Speaking of this, Cai Ze was a little hesitant, and Su Yunqing frowned: "Just what? Tell me!"

"It's just, Queen Mother, have you forgotten that you smashed the gate of Zhao Kingdom with three hammers back then?"

Bring your old man, let alone enter the city, it is a question of which country dares to let us approach the city gate, okay? (╯‵口′)╯︵┻━┻

#City Gate Killer Queen Mother#

Su Yunqing: "..."

Baby wronged!My baby is suffering!Why did the baby rush to the prisoner at the city gate! QQ

【……hehe. 】

But no matter what, everyone felt that what Cai Ze said was very reasonable. In fact, think about it, if they were the monarchs of other countries, they would not like Su Yunqing approaching their own city gates.

... What if it gets smashed again?

City gates are expensive, aren't they?

But no matter how weird the reason was, it was true that Su Yunqing couldn't go.

So the question goes back to the original point, who to send?

Just when Zichu was distressed, he only heard a slightly childish voice below: "Father, let me go!"

—— Ying Zheng!

Compared with Zi Chu's sudden expression, Su Yunqing's first reaction was actually...

"Emperor Shi did not take the road of socialism, but became a diplomat instead?"

【How do you know that he is not fighting to let the light of socialism shine throughout the land of the Warring States Period and to spread socialism? 】

Su Yunqing: "..."

【...Okay, I'm just kidding. 】

...Your joke is too scary! (╯‵口′)╯︵┻━┻

Well, no matter how Su Yunqing complained about the system's convulsions, the most important thing at this time was that Ying Zheng said that he would follow Cai Ze.

Compared to Zichu who was going to object when he opened his mouth, Su Yunqing only asked two questions: "Why? Why?"

No matter how mature and intelligent Su Yunqing thought Ying Zheng was, he couldn't deny the fact that Ying Zheng was only ten years old and still a child.

Let Ying Zheng go, what do other countries think?Would it really be useful if he went?