The Moon in the Qin Dynasty

Chapter 260 Chu: I will step forward?

"It just so happens that the King of Wei has just ascended the throne, I am also young, and the Kingdoms of Yan and Han are also young. Only the King of Chu is highly respected and virtuous. The position of the leader of the alliance should belong to the King of Chu, haha."

Guo Kai bowed and smiled, "Your Majesty is wise."

"There is one more thing. Even if we unite to attack Qin, we can only fight next year. Last year and this year were both disasters, so it is not appropriate to start a war. Fortunately, it will take time to make this happen. If we really want to start a war, we have to wait until next year."

King Zhao Daoxiang nodded repeatedly. Guo Qing was indeed very thoughtful.

Guo Kai: "I hope that Qin can digest the Hedong area during this period of time, and also make good defense measures for the city."

King Zhao Daoxiang immediately sent a secret envoy to the State of Chu, saying that both Wei and Zhao agreed to form an alliance to attack Qin, but modestly stating his young age, he asked the King of Chu to be the leader of the alliance.

On the other hand, he sent back news to the State of Wei.

When King Jingmin of Wei received the reply from the State of Zhao, he became more determined in his idea that he could pick fights but he could not be the leader.

Faced with the Qin State at its peak, the newly enthroned King Jingmin of Wei was still afraid.

The last time the coalition attacked Qin, it was Wei that initiated it. It has only been a few years and Wei has become like this. The coalition must not start now.

As for Zhao State, Zhao State also wanted to fight anyway. For Zhao State, the threat from Qin State was imminent.

It's a pity that the King of Zhao and I have the same idea. In this case, I can only try to provoke the King of Chu to step forward. After all, among all the countries at present, the King of Chu is the most suitable one in terms of strength and qualifications.

If it was Chu who started it, then there is nothing to be afraid of. My Great Wei has always been at odds with your Qin State, but this time it was Chu State, which is on good terms with you, who started it. King Jingmin of Wei thought about it and thought that with the character of the King of Qin, in this case, the one that would definitely attract the most hatred would definitely be Chu State.

It might be possible to take back the lost territory by taking advantage of the opportunity of the coalition. If Qin and Chu fight again, Wei will have a chance to catch its breath and recuperate, and it may not be impossible to regain its strength.

Yes, Qin and Chu must fight each other. Chu has always been eyeing Wei. Qin and Chu are both fierce tigers. It is most advantageous to provoke the two tigers to fight each other. As long as Zhao participates, the relationship between Qin and Zhao will be destroyed. Chu and Qin will have no cooperation, and Wei will have a chance to breathe.

But King Jingmin of Wei still had some brains. He believed that it was better to let others ask for help than to ask for help from others.

On the one hand, he sent secret envoys to persuade Wei and Zhao to agree to form an alliance to attack Qin, and invited the King of Chu to be the leader of the alliance.

On the other hand, he secretly sent lobbyists with large sums of money to bribe the favorites of the King of Chu and to instigate the King of Chu to join forces to attack Qin, hoping that the King of Chu would take on this burden.

The King of Chu had originally sent secret envoys with this intention, and now Wei and Zhao have agreed. They just want the King of Chu to be the leader, which is a good thing to greatly enhance their prestige.

Wei and Zhao unanimously agreed and strongly recommended the King of Chu as the leader of the alliance.

When King Kaolie of Chu understood the intentions of the two countries, he was both happy and worried, and his mood was both good and bad.

It’s good that everyone has the idea of ​​defeating the Qin State, but now the Qin State is too powerful and too scary.

The bad thing is that everyone wants to attack the Qin State, but no one wants to be the leader that attracts the most hatred.

And now you all want to be the first to speak out, you bastards, the Qin State is a closer and greater threat to you!

King Kaolie of Chu sighed in his heart. He firmly believed that he was not wrong, but he was still extremely angry at the shamelessness of the two countries.

He was also worried because since the King of Qin ascended the throne, he had maintained good relations with the State of Chu. His daughter and niece were married to the King of Qin, and his son was the second prime minister in the Qin court. The relationship between Qin and Chu was so good that there had been no friction over the years.

As the highest-ranking and most favored lady in the Qin King's harem, her daughter had a high probability of becoming the queen as long as she gave birth to a son. Now, she suddenly fell out with the Qin State for no reason. It was very likely that her daughter's position as queen was gone. Was it worth it?

Now Chu was not damaged, but Wei and Zhao suffered heavy losses. It is not easy to say that Chu was the first to attack its allies. Judging from the behavior of the King of Qin in recent years, whoever is the first to attack will be severely retaliated in the future.

But we can't just leave it alone, the Qin State is too strong now!

Once Qin swallows up the Three Jins, there will be no chance for an alliance.

No, there is no need for the Three Jins. As long as we swallow up the two countries, Qin's power will be unstoppable.

It has to be said that King Kaolie of Chu had a long-term and accurate vision.

King Kaolie of Chu hesitated for several days, but finally made up his mind to ignore the children of the enemy country as their lives were not in danger anyway.

You must fight.

And be quick!

There is no time.

Qin's speed of annexation was too fast, especially after it swallowed up the Hedong area, there was no time to delay any further.

You have to fight, but you can't take the blame on yourself.

Weakening Qin is beneficial to the world, but Chu has suffered the most losses as its relationship with Qin has deteriorated. It would definitely not be acceptable to have Chu bear the subsequent hatred and revenge.

After thinking about it for several days, King Kaolie of Chu still had no good idea, so he called Chunshen Jun over, and the king and his ministers discussed what to do.

Chunshen Jun, Huang Xie, is one of the four surviving princes of the Warring States Period.

Chunshen Jun was famous for his outstanding eloquence, broad knowledge, courage and strategy, wisdom and loyalty, generosity and love, respect for the virtuous and valued scholars, and for assisting two kings of Chu in governing the country.

The number of his retainers was the largest in the country, reaching as many as three thousand, and Chunshen Jun treated his retainers very well and generously, which made many of them aggressive, extravagant and ostentatious. Pingyuan Jun's retainers once showed off their wealth with his retainers, but ended up feeling ashamed and sighing that they were not as good as him.

Moreover, although Chunshen Jun was kind and benevolent to his people, he always advocated war and expansion externally. He was the one who led the annexation of Lu and the rescue of Zhao, which showed his wolfish nature.

When King Kaolie of Chu summoned Chunshen Jun to discuss the issue of forming an alliance to attack Qin, Chunshen Jun agreed without hesitation.

Now that he was summoned again, Chunshen Jun could probably guess what King Kaolie of Chu was worried about.

Sure enough, when he met King Kao Lie of Chu, what King Kao Lie said was the same as what he thought: "Prime Minister, the alliance to attack Qin can be accomplished. All the countries are willing to curb the momentum of Qin's annexation of the Central Plains."

"But both Wei and Zhao want me to be the leader of the alliance. Wouldn't that draw Qin's hatred to Chu?"

"It's just an empty title of leader of the alliance, it has more disadvantages than advantages."

"What has the Wei Kingdom become now? It has been targeted by the Qin Kingdom for so many years, year after year. The King of Wei died with regrets, and Wei Wuji was assassinated. If we draw all the hatred to the Great Chu, it will not be a good thing."

Chunshen Jun replied: "Your Majesty is right. The actions of the King of Qin since he ascended the throne are enough to prove that he is not insignificant. If all the hatred is directed to the Great Chu, Wei and Zhao will have a rest and recuperation. This is indeed inappropriate."

"Wei has always been at odds with Qin, so it is best for Wei to take the lead."

"There's something even better, that is, Zhao is the leader."

(End of this chapter)