Chapter 916: The Magnificent Power of Han (Forty)

Listening to Yan Shenghao's report, Gao Yuan, who had always been unhappy, finally showed a rare smile on his face. He looked at the other party and said: "Yan Yizheng, you are becoming more and more skilled in this extortion. It's almost there." It’s so invisible that I admire it, I admire it!”

Yan Shenghao shook his head repeatedly, "Thank you, Governor. Wu Qi is a smart man. He won't understand what I mean. It's just that they are asking for something from us now, and they are afraid that we will really give up. He is a sensible person. But then again, , this rip-off is raw once, cooked twice, and becomes handy after the third time.”

The two looked at each other and smiled. From the time he blackmailed the two young masters of the Tian family in Qi State, Yan Shenghao had been doing this kind of work, and he was indeed very skilled at it.

"Captain, Lu Chao was captured by King Wulie of Qin. Fan Sui arrived in Fengcheng and asked to see the governor and start negotiations with him. How is the governor prepared to respond?" Yan Shenghao asked.

"Delay." Gao Yuan sneered: "No matter what, I have to get what Wei Guo promised before I can meet him."

Yan Shenghao was silent for a moment, "Then after we start negotiations with the Qin people, how are we going to explain to the Wei people?"

Looking at Yan Shenghao, Gao Yuan suddenly laughed, "Yan Yizheng, do we need to explain to them? If we don't explain to them, they will still have to rely on us to contain the Qin people's forces, and they will still need our sophisticated weapons. They are afraid of the Qin people." , is it possible that you are not afraid of us?"

Yan Shenghao nodded silently, obviously still a little confused in his heart. This was a typical betrayal.

"Yan Yi Zheng, you remember, a weak country has no diplomacy, the truth is only within the range of the crossbow, and only where the soldiers arrive." Gao Yuan stood up and paced back and forth in the big tent, "This Once Naha died in battle, our Eastern Conquest Army suffered unprecedented losses. If I don't get enough benefits with the help of this incident, how can I be worthy of Naha and those five thousand heroes?"

"The Governor is right, I am pedantic!" Yan Shenghao also stood up and said respectfully, looking at Gao Yuan with a look of fear in his eyes.

"You should deal with Wu Qi and Fan Sui first. There will be no war in the direction of Fengcheng. I am going to go back to Jicheng. When everything is ready, I will negotiate with Fan Sui in Jicheng." Gao Yuan said.

"yes!"

In Fengcheng, Ying Ying walked into the room where Fan Sui rested.

"How is it? When did Gao Yuan promise to meet?" Fan Sui asked.

Ying Ying looked at Fan Sui with a depressed look on his face: "Chief Assistant, the messenger I sent to the tea shop has returned. He did not see Gao Yuan at all. He only saw Yan Shenghao, the deputy councilor of Zhengdong Mansion."

"Zhengdong Mansion doesn't want to negotiate?" Fan Sui felt nervous.

"That's not true, Yan Shenghao said, because Naha and the five thousand Eastern Marching Army died in the battle, Gao Yuan was extremely sad. Now the entire Eastern Marching Army is preparing various ceremonies to commemorate these five thousand people, and the person who presided over this matter is Their commander-in-chief is Gao Yuan, so now Gao Yuan has no time to receive the chief minister!" Ying Ying felt very depressed. Who is Fan Sui? He is the chief minister of the Qin State. No matter which country he is on a mission to, It was treated personally by the king, and the standards were frighteningly high. But it suffered such a setback here in Zhengdong Mansion. The key is that Zhengdong Mansion is now, in name, just a subordinate force of the Yan State.

Fan Sui didn't show much surprise, but turned around and picked up a page of paper from the desk behind him and handed it to Ying Ying, "Look at this!"

Yingying read the contents on the paper at a glance and said in surprise: "Wu Qi is here too?"

"Not only are we here, but I estimate that we have already arrived at the military camp of the Eastern Conquest Army!" Fan Sui said with a smile.

Ying Ying was a little worried and said: "Master Chief Assistant, this Wu Qi can be regarded as a famous prime minister. If the Wei State did not have this person, it would have been captured by our country long ago. This person came to the Eastern Expedition Army and should have persuaded Gao Yuan to become enemies of our Qin people. , if Wei, Zhao, and Zhengdong Mansion really form an alliance, it will be very detrimental to our country."

"It's possible." Fan Sui nodded, "But I think Gao Yuan will definitely not agree to Wu Qi."

"Why is this?" Ying Ying said in confusion: "Gao Yuan has put up such a big battle now. If we can form an alliance with Zhao Wei, even if our army is undefeated, it will be difficult to win. And for the overall situation, it will be very difficult for us to win." It’s very bad for our country, so why doesn’t he agree?”

"Then think about it, if you really do this, what will Gao Yuan gain? What benefits will he gain?" Fan Sui smiled and said: "If you really do this, Wei will benefit, followed by Zhao, but Zhengdong Mansion will gain nothing. I can’t get it either. Is Gao Yuan a person who tries to draw chestnuts out of others’ fire?”

"But this time, after all, we killed more than 5,000 people from each other." Ying Ying sighed.

"Hmph!" Fan Sui said a few times: "Gao Yuan is a great hero. The casualties of five thousand people will make him dizzy. He knows what he wants very well, otherwise you would think that his army has gathered in Fengcheng. , but did not launch an attack, but instead went to pay homage to the fallen soldiers with great fanfare. Hundreds of thousands of troops gathered in the direction of Shannan County, and Jiuyuan County was about to attack, but they only focused on looting all over Jiuyuan County and ignored Wang Jian. Thousands of remnant troops?”

"Then what does he want?" Ying Ying asked.

Fan Sui looked at Ying Ying and shook his head slightly. King Wulie of Qin was getting worse and worse, and the next successor was almost imminent, and that was Ying Ying in front of him. King Wulie of Qin started planning very early. Ying Ying first followed Li Xin to fight in all directions, and then came to Lu Chao for several years. There were several generals in Qin. Wang Xiao was convicted and dismissed, Meng Tian guarded the Chu territory, and the other two, Ying Ying served under them for a long time. With the support of these two generals, in a country like Qin that relied on military power, his succession was almost a foregone conclusion.

"General Ying, after things here are settled, I'm afraid I'm afraid you will be transferred back to Xianyang!" he suddenly said.

"Ah?" Ying Ying didn't react for a moment, "Transferred back to Xianyang, the war here hasn't been over yet?"

"When the Qin Dynasty has not unified the Central Plains, the war will never end, but you can't stay on the front line forever. You have been immersed in military affairs and battlefield strategies for nearly ten years. It's almost time. Next, you have to learn how to govern." Fan Sui smiled. "For you, the prince, this is the left and right arms, and neither of them can be missing."

In the army, Ying Ying is just a general with a special status. He is not respected as a prince. In the army, he still needs to be great. Generals are respected, but Fan Sui suddenly changed his words and called him prince, and the meaning was naturally clear.

Ying Ying was silent for a moment, "My father is in his prime, I hope to stay on the front line longer."

"Prince's filial piety is commendable, but everything is prepared, otherwise it will be abandoned. The king fought in all directions in his early years. At that time, the Qin Dynasty was not as strong as it is now. The king also had scars on his body. Now that he is old, his body can't withstand it. Taking himself as a lesson, the king naturally does not want the prince to repeat the same mistakes. There is no perfect thing in the battlefield? Besides, what you need in the future is just understanding, and you don't need to command the battle personally."

"I have learned a lesson. !”Ying Ying nodded. “But for the current matter, please give me some advice, Prime Minister Fan.”

“The most important thing for Gao Yuan right now, in Fan’s opinion, is nothing more than three things. First, to fix the internal affairs and improve people’s livelihood. In the past few years, the Zhengdong Army has been fighting year after year. They are not our Great Qin. They are weak and their finances must have reached a dangerous juncture. After Li Shi came back from his last mission to Jishi City, he talked about the national debt issued by Zhengdong Mansion. It is guaranteed by credit. If it cannot be repaid on time, it will lead to credit bankruptcy, and the consequences are extremely serious. Gao Yuan is leading this matter, and he must know that he is walking a tightrope. Second, the civil war in Qi is spreading, and Gao Yuan is instigating it. Gao Yuan wants to swallow up Qi State. If he takes over Qi State, Gao Yuan's strength will increase exponentially. The third is to establish himself on behalf of Yan State. Before these three things are done, Gao Yuan will not rashly go to war with our country. Because he has no chance of winning."

"Why is he putting up this battle now?" Ying Ying asked.

"It's just blackmail." Fan Sui sneered: "He wants to use this matter to get the most benefit."

"Then we give it to him?"

"Give it, why not?" Fan Sui smiled, "This time the king is a little eager for quick success, and the reaction of the Eastern Expedition Army also forced our Great Qin to change its strategy. Next, our The main attack direction is no longer Wei."

"Zhao!" Ying Ying jumped up suddenly, "Give up the easy and take the difficult?"

"What is easy and what is difficult?" Fan Sui shook his head. "Here in Wei, we will give half of the territories we have swallowed to the Eastern Expedition Army in exchange for peaceful coexistence between the two sides. Prince, tell me, we have given these lands to Gao Yuan, will Gao Yuan return them to Wei?"

"Of course not, how can you spit out the meat you have eaten!" Ying Ying said decisively.

"Yes, Gao Yuan will not spit out these benefits! If he does not retreat, he will be at odds with Wei. There is something dirty between them, and it is impossible to form a solid and unbreakable Alliance, and the Zhao people, except for Jing Rufeng, now have any generals who can lead troops to fight? Zhou Changshou, Wu Zeng? Compared with Zhao Mu and Jing Rufeng, they are not on the same level at all. We don't fight Wei, give them time and space, let them fight with the Eastern Expedition Army, and we concentrate our forces to attack Zhao. Gao Yuan will save Wei, but not Zhao."

"Why is that?"

"Wei is vulnerable!" Fan Sui laughed: "If we completely take down Wei, Gao Yuan will feel greatly threatened, but Zhao is not easy to take down, so he must be looking forward to us fighting to the point of both losses, so that he can profit from it! So , he won't save Zhao."

"So that's it!" Ying Ying suddenly realized, "The Prime Minister is a great talent."

"This is a strategy that Master Li has re-formulated, not something I can do!" Fan Sui shook his head. "So since Gao Yuan wants us to wait, then let's wait."

"But if he drags it out like this, we will suffer heavy losses in the direction of Jiuyuan County."

"That little loss is nothing. Jiuyuan County was originally sparsely populated and extremely poor. The Eastern Expedition Army only wanted population. After the initial success, now the people of Jiuyuan County have fled in large numbers, and the local troops recruited by the king have also gathered and are ready to fight. They can't get anything." Fan Sui said indifferently. (To be continued)