The Moon in the Qin Dynasty

Chapter 179 ends, a complete win!
King Zhao Daoxiang ordered Guo Kai to go to Qin to discuss the matter.

Ying Zheng was naturally happy to do so and sent officials and soldiers to take over the city. So what if it was an enclave? It was also useful.

If anyone really dares to fight, then come and fight me.

On his way back to Zhao, Guo Kai took another thousand gold coins with him.

King Jian of Qi was even more delighted. He had not planned to gain much in the first place. He just wanted to weaken his opponent and take revenge.

Now there is an unexpected gain, so he naturally agreed readily. Whether he wants the city or not, he and Yan State are mortal enemies, and it will not hinder Yan State from attacking Qi, so of course he wants it.

The enclave was difficult to govern, so King Jian of Qi took a shortcut. It just so happened that Tian Dan was not in Zhao.
King Jian of Qi granted these three small cities to Tian Dan as fiefdom, so Tian Dan had no choice but to pay attention to them.

Of course Tian Dan was extremely happy. How could there be such a good thing?

He was very happy to defeat the State of Yan this time. At his old age, he wanted to show off his power once more. He didn't expect that all the conquered territories would become his fiefdom!
Blood earned!
Only King Xi of Yan was really confused. He couldn't figure it out. Why? Why?!

Is the new king of Zhao so politically cunning? He dragged Qin and Qi into the water.

Let’s not talk about the deadly feud between Yan and Qi for now.

Even if the relationship between Qin and Yan is still good, Qin will never give up the interests it has already gained.

The State of Yan did not have that much face.

Now the State of Yan has also suffered heavy losses. Do we really have to fight again?
King Xi of Yan gritted his teeth and swallowed his anger, and decided to stop the war!

The chaos and war are finally over.

After seven months of chaotic fighting, which involved Qin, Zhao, Wei, Chu, Yan, Qi, Han, as well as many barbarians such as the Xiongnu and the Hu people, it finally ended in the second half of the third year of King Zheng of Qin.

All the princes were licking their wounds, recovering their strength, and preparing for the next revenge.

The war was finally over, and Ying Zheng could finally breathe a sigh of relief.

We carefully built up momentum and planned for two years, and only took action after the momentum was created, while also carefully controlling the intensity. It was extremely time-consuming, but fortunately the results were all good.

After all, once a war starts, it is unpredictable.

Soldiers, the country's major events, the place of death and life, the way of survival, must be observed.

Nothing is trivial in military affairs, and the State of Zhao has proved this this year. If someone is calculating, the scale and intensity of the war will expand rapidly, and the consequences may be unbearable.

Ying Zheng made huge profit this year!
The destruction of countries will naturally proceed from near to far, from weak to strong.

The Qin Dynasty could easily destroy any of the six states in Shandong. If South Korea was included, it could destroy both states.

But the three countries can only be equal at best, and the three countries must include South Korea.

The strategy toward the six countries is still to make friends with distant countries and attack nearby ones.

Among the seven countries today, there is no doubt that Qin is the strongest, followed by Wei, Chu, Zhao, and then Yan, Qi and Han.

The distant countries to be allied with are naturally Yan, Qi, and Chu as well, and the nearby countries to be attacked are naturally the Three Jins.

Among them, Qi had long been forced to lie down, its military affairs were neglected, and it was contained by Yan, Zhao, Wei and Chu. It also had such monarchs and ministers as King Jian of Qi and Prime Minister Hou Sheng, who were truly benevolent and upright, and there was no need to worry.

Yan and Zhao have always been mortal enemies. Moreover, Yan is located in a cold and bitter place with poor and narrow land and a small population. Qin and Yan do not border each other and their relationship has always been good. There is no need to worry, so there is no rush to destroy Zhao.

As for the State of Chu, although it had a vast territory, a large population and strong national strength, due to the political environment of aristocratic rule, the powerful royal family and the strong independence of the aristocracy, to be honest, the overall mobilization capacity of the State of Chu was extremely poor.

In Chu's foreign annexations, the nobles often did not put in much effort and most of the time they could only fight favorable battles and crushing victories. Whenever they encountered a tough opponent, they would often return with heavy losses.

Only when the interests of the Chu State were not enough for the nobles to share, and with a strong monarch, would they have the motivation to attack outward to expand their interests.

Under the current situation of the seven states, the Chu nobles have little motivation to annex other states. The King of Chu is not equal to the Chu State, and the interests of the King of Chu and the nobles are not necessarily the same. There is only one situation in which the Chu monarch and nobles will unite, and that is to fight a defensive war of annexation. In this war, all the nobles are full of enthusiasm. Of course, they are motivated to rob their own home.

Therefore, if you want to annex the State of Chu, you have to wait until the later stage. There is no rush now. Anyway, the State of Chu cannot cause any major chaos now.

The highest priority is to destroy the Three Jins. There is no other choice but to do this.

South Korea is now under the knife's edge at any time and should serve Qin respectfully. Unless Qin wants to completely destroy South Korea, it can just nibble away at it slowly. There is no need to force South Korea, as it is very good at pretending to be confused anyway.

The most important enemies now are still Wei and Zhao, and Wei and Zhao are also the strongest enemies. As long as Wei and Zhao unite, Daqin will be helpless.

It would be difficult to conquer without provoking civil strife in the Central Plains, or there would be no chance of conquering at all.

The only way is to stir up civil strife in the Central Plains, weaken their national strength, increase their hatred, and make it impossible for them to unite, even to unite against a powerful enemy. Then, it will be time to completely annex them.

Fortunately, they never unite, and their interests are too great to be in conflict, so they will start fighting at the slightest provocation.

This also does not give them a chance to recuperate. A major war every few years is necessary. As soon as they recover a little strength, we must find a way to get rid of them immediately. We cannot let them sit idle.

This is what Ying Zheng did this year and he was very satisfied with the results, as both strategic and tactical goals were achieved.

Qi and Han are just extras, it doesn’t matter, every bit counts.

The State of Chu is not included in the strategic plan for the time being, so there is no rush.

Although the national strength of Qi, Han and Chu was not greatly consumed this time, as long as they participated in this kind of looting, hatred would be formed.

And the hatred is huge. As we all know, taking advantage of someone's misfortune is much more hateful than fighting directly.

As for Wei Zhaoyan, they suffered heavy losses this year and their vitality was seriously damaged. They won’t be able to recover in three to five years.

A war in a year of great disaster would cause at least three times more losses than a war in a normal year!
The State of Wei was besieged successively by the four states of Qin, Chu, Zhao and Han, and lost ten cities and suffered countless casualties.

The State of Zhao used five cities in exchange for a marriage alliance with the State of Qin to jointly attack Wei. As a result, it was stuck in the quagmire of war between Wei, Yan and the Xiongnu, and almost couldn't get out.

The country had to endure a war of this intensity despite the major domestic disaster. The damage to the country's national strength was already horrific. People in Handan even starved to death.

All they got in return were five cities of the State of Yan.

The only consolation is that there will be no more barbarians in the northern border.

As for the State of Yan, Yan wanted to take advantage of the fire, but the situation changed too quickly and the fire burned to its own home. It lost more than 100,000 soldiers and eleven cities. King Xi of Yan once again exposed himself to the world.

If he had joined the battlefield as soon as Wei asked for help, Wei would not have tricked him in the end. With Wei's help, at worst he would not have lost so many cities.

I can only say that it's all my own fault.

As for the Qin Dynasty, although Ying Zheng provoked this war, it did not harm the country at all. He captured eight cities, gained a good reputation, made friends with many countries, and greatly improved the external environment.

Provoking hatred among the vassal states makes it difficult to unite, and it is also a big profit.

He also made friends with the State of Zhao, which reduced the hatred between Qin and Zhao and laid the foundation for future rule. If this hatred had not been eliminated, it would have been difficult to stabilize the rule in the future.

He also completely destroyed the largest barbarian force, the Xiongnu. They would not be able to attack the Central Plains for another twenty years, so he could sweep across the six kingdoms without any worries.

As for defeating the Qiang and Hu peoples and obtaining countless livestock, these were all small matters.

As one gains, the other loses, and we make a lot of money, and we're winning!
In the next few years, while the Three Jins are weak and their national power is exhausted, it won't take too much effort to gradually nibble away at them.

Take it slow for now and don't provoke them anymore. The situation is too tense right now.

(End of this chapter)