The Moon in the Qin Dynasty

Chapter 278 The Alliance Will Be Formed
King Zhao Daoxiang felt a little guilty when he thought about how he was communicating with others to break the agreement and attack Qin, while Qin was still concerned about the safety of Zhao.

Of course, just a little bit.

Although King Jingmin of Wei was incompetent, he was not a complete fool. When the Qin army attacked, he immediately summoned a large army to support the defense line, opened the treasury, and promised a generous reward.

The attack was blocked for a while, but it was still in danger.

On the other hand, seeing that the State of Chu stood firm as a mountain and Yan and Zhao were fighting each other, King Jingmin of Wei snorted coldly. He knew clearly what the States of Zhao and Chu were thinking. They just wanted to force the State of Wei to make concessions. Well, I would rather give it to the State of Qin than to you!
It depends on who gets anxious first!
The previous act of sending Lu Liao wasn't real enough, so let's make the fake act real now!
King Jingmin of Wei sent envoys to Qin again with great fanfare to negotiate peace, and was willing to cede Changping, Suanzao, and ten cities along the Shanyang line for peace.

Sure enough, when Lü Liao used these conditions to negotiate peace, Lü Buwei readily agreed, and Ying Zheng also ordered the Qin army to stop the attack. In a short period of time, the Qin-Wei war that lasted just over a month disappeared.

After receiving the news, King Kaolie of Chu had a blank expression on his face. Very good, you are so cruel.

When King Zhao Daoxiang received this news, he was most anxious.

Because Wei had no good intentions in ceding the cities to Qin, it was just diverting trouble to the east!
All the cities ceded by Wei were adjacent to the prosperous hinterland of Zhao.

Originally, Qin had taken over all the land north and south of the Yellow River, which had posed a direct threat to Zhao's heartland. Now it is even better. It is no longer a threat. Zhao is already at the mouth of the Qin army.

Can the threat from Wei be the same as the threat from Qin?

King Zhao Daoxiang was really confused now. He didn't dare to bet whether Wei was sincere or not in this matter.

If the new King of Wei was really a wimp and would rather bow to Qin, then Zhao would be in danger at that moment.

The fierce performance of the Qin army also frightened King Kaolie of Chu and King Daoxiang of Zhao. You know, Meng Ao was attacking the Wei State's base. The Wei army was not comparable to the Yan army, and of course, the Han army was no match for him.

Although Wei Wuzu is far inferior to before, even so, if they are fighting against Yan, Han and Qi, it is not a big problem to tie with three times the number of troops.

And this is defending the city. You have to know that the defending party already has too many advantages over the attacking party.

This time, the Qin army attacked Wei with only 50,000 soldiers and horses, but they were able to crush the enemy with ease.

Before, we could still say that we had the advantage in military strength, but now we can no longer deceive ourselves.

King Kaolie of Chu and King Daoxiang of Zhao sighed inwardly that the Qin army was becoming more and more ferocious. With the help of Qin Mo and Gongshujia's mechanical technology, the Qin army was becoming increasingly powerful and was simply irresistible.

He also became more determined to suppress the Qin State.

Just after the war between Zhao and Yan ended, King Daoxiang of Zhao immediately sent envoys to Chu to ask the King of Chu to be the leader of the coalition. King Kaolie of Chu did not refuse this time and served as the leader of the coalition, with Chunshen Jun in charge. But at the same time he asked Pang Nuan to be the commander-in-chief of the coalition.

Chu cannot be the only country to take the lead. Chu has already taken the biggest lead, and you, Zhao, cannot remain immune. If you do not agree to this, then we can go our separate ways.

King Zhao Daoxiang agreed. Now that things had come to this, they were going to turn against each other. If they hesitated any longer, there would be no chance.

Anyway, Pang Nuan can pass on the blame.

After the two countries reached an agreement, they sent envoys to Wei to ask the King of Wei to join them in attacking Qin.

King Jingmin of Wei agreed directly this time. He was only forcing Chu and Zhao to take the lead. How could he really bow to Qin? Although he had previously sent envoys to Qin to negotiate peace with great fanfare, it was still a delaying tactic. Even if the peace treaty was signed, as long as the city was not actually delivered, it would be nothing more than a piece of waste paper.

As long as you want to delay, there are plenty of ways and reasons.

Now that winter is approaching and the weather is getting colder, it is no longer suitable for sieges and wars, and the Great Wei has gathered a large army to defend the border.

At the same time, the peace treaty had been signed, but the Qin State only found some excuses to temporarily not hand over the cities. It was not likely that the Qin State would easily go to war again.

King Jingmin of Wei had a good idea, and Ying Zheng did have considerations in this regard, but his biggest consideration was that it would be useless to capture the city now.

As soon as the coalition forces arrive, they will have to be repelled. If tough measures are taken now, it will only waste troops and food in vain. The losses from winter wars are too great. This kind of unnecessary loss has no benefit, so it is natural for him to take responsibility.

When Wei breaks the agreement and attacks Qin next year, we can still fight back from the standpoint of justice. After the coalition forces are defeated, we can then take up the peace agreement to negotiate. I don’t believe Wei dare not refuse.

In addition, Zhao State now occupied fifteen cities that originally belonged to Qin State, but Ying Zheng did not care much about it and just sent envoys to negotiate.

Ying Zheng is not a person who will suffer any loss. He has never suffered any loss in his life!
We are turning a blind eye now, in order to open our eyes wide and kill people!
You can dance to your heart’s content now, and I’ll make a list one by one next year!

After the three kingdoms of Wei, Zhao and Chu reached a consensus, this alliance was doomed.

Yan State has been forced to agree. Although South Korea has no say, it does not need to be forced.

Although South Korea appears to be respectful to Qin on the surface, as long as there is a chance and as long as South Korea does not take the lead, South Korea is absolutely willing to work hard to attack Qin.

South Korea was very clear that it must seize every opportunity to weaken Qin.

Because among the six states in Shandong, it is not certain which country was the second to be destroyed by Qin, but the first was definitely Han.

Han was well aware that it was a major stumbling block to Qin.

Therefore, if there is an opportunity, South Korea will definitely be more ruthless than anyone else.

Everyone understands this principle, so there is no need to notify in advance. Just notify when you are ready to take action, and South Korea will be very active afterwards. Making a big fuss now will only make it difficult for South Korea, so just notify quietly will be enough.

In this way, the five countries' attack on Qin was confirmed. Even so, King Jingmin of Wei was still worried that he was not strong enough, so he brought along his younger brother Wei State, which had basically no autonomy. Although Wei State had long been in name only, it was still a country after all.

The six kingdoms attacking Qin sounds stronger than the five kingdoms, and it would be good if it could scare Qin.

Pang Nuan of Zhao State was even more unwilling to give up. After seeing the strength of the Qin army's attack on Wei, he became even more cautious. Despite the winter, he rushed to Qi State and asked Qi State to join the attack on Qin.

King Jian of Qi said haha.

Not to mention the investment Qin had made in Hou Sheng, even without Hou Sheng's slander, King Jian of Qi would not have joined them in attacking Qin.

Let’s talk about Qin first. Our country is located to the east and west of Qin, with no borders between us, yet we have always been on good terms with Qin.

As for Yan, Zhao, Wei and Chu, I have not forgotten that you all took turns to attack me every spring, summer, autumn and winter. Now that you know to look for me, what were you doing before?
And what good is there for me to get involved in this?
(End of this chapter)