The Moon in the Qin Dynasty

Chapter 406: Chu-Wei War
After all, the current Wei State seems to be crumbling and poses no threat, so it is completely fine to send his son.

But he was really hesitant about which son to send. Both of his sons, Prince Han and Prince Fuchu, asked to fight.

After hesitating for several days, he finally decided to send both of his sons to lead an army respectively. After all, the State of Chu was a big country with great ambitions.

Prince Han and Prince Fuchu each led an army of 100,000 to attack Wei.

Then, there was a stalemate.

Of course, it was because the State of Wei had been prepared for a long time, and the preparations were too good.

Wei Yong had already received news of Chu's plan to attack Wei through someone who wished to remain anonymous.

King Jingmin of Wei had no doubt about this news. After all, everyone knew that King Kaolie of Chu was also an insatiable person.

They had just gained such a huge advantage last year, and their morale was high, so how could they stop while they were ahead? King Kaolie of Chu was not that kind of person.

Even if it were me, I would still take advantage of the situation and pursue.

However, even though he knew that Chu was going to attack again, King Jingmin of Wei did not have any better solution, as Wei was now extremely weak.

Facing an attack from the Chu State, which was now considered the second most powerful State in the world, they were truly powerless.

At this time Wei Yong jumped out.

In recent years, Wei Yong has completely gained the trust of King Jingmin of Wei.

King Jingmin of Wei had already forgotten the words of King Anxi of Wei.

The main reason is that he really has no one available.

The State of Wei has been in decline since King Anxi of Wei became bedridden.

And it downloads pretty fast.

Xinling Jun died, General Gongsun Xiu died, the Wei Wuzu suffered heavy losses, the elite were lost, and more than one-third of the country's territory was lost.

Ever since Lü Liao was killed, no one in the Wei court was willing to speak.

Today, even the State of Wei and the State of Qi are no longer afraid of him.

This is when the benefits of living a long life come to the fore.

It has to be said that in politics, living long is itself the biggest advantage.

Wei Yong was originally just a chess piece used by King Anxi of Wei to properly balance the court. When King Anxi of Wei was still alive, he posed no threat at all.

However, today, he has become an important figure in the court.

With enough seniority and high reputation, after Lü Liao's death, the court had already fallen into a power imbalance, and Wei Yong greedily usurped power.

Wei Yong’s disguise was good enough, and he portrayed the role of a traitor who appears loyal to the extreme to the fullest.

However, King Jingmin of Wei had not completely lost his mind, and the military power was still in his hands.

However, when it comes to court affairs, he can only rely more on Wei Yong.

Wei Yong cried and advised King Jingmin of Wei that facing the Chu State's taking advantage of the situation and the current situation, they could only rely on the Qin State to survive this disaster.

He cried and said that he had been against Qin and advocated war in the past because Qin was the biggest imminent threat to Wei, but now the biggest threat was Chu.

They could only ask Qin for help temporarily, even if it was like seeking the skin of a tiger.

At the very least, we must prevent the Qin State from taking advantage of the situation.

King Jingmin of Wei hated the State of Qin the most, but he also knew that Wei Yong was right.

Now that the jackal has pounced on us, we can only rely on the tiger's majesty to intimidate the jackal.

However, Lu Liao, who had the best relationship with Qin, had been killed by him.

This is embarrassing. After getting rid of Lu Liao, there are no longer any pro-Qin people in the court.

Moreover, the relationship between Wei and Qin has always been extremely bad. It is already good enough that Qin does not take advantage of the situation to rob Wei. How easy is it to get support from Qin?
Wei Yong volunteered, saying that his daughter did have some connections in the Qin King's harem.

Although he claimed that he had severed ties with his daughter long ago, how could the blood connection be severed just like that?
He was willing to risk his reputation and go to Qin State to seek help secretly.

If it succeeds, it's fine. Even if it doesn't, it's just his face that's lost. King Jingmin of Wei was deeply moved.

He promised Wei Yong that no matter whether he succeeded or not, he would be appointed as prime minister after he returned from Qin.

He also painted a big pie for Wei Yong, promising to give Wei Yong seven cities, including Fangyu, Huling, Dang, Xiao, and Xiang, as his fiefdom.

Wei Yong had tears of gratitude on his face, but cursed them in his heart. These cities were just taken away by the State of Chu last year. It was good enough that they could withstand the attacks of the State of Chu now. How could they be taken back?
But the position of a prime minister is not bad either. From now on, you will have full control over all the affairs of the court, and whatever you do will be justified.

Wei Yong quietly entered Qin. Wei Liao was very welcoming, but he felt very embarrassed. Qin and Chu were friendly families, and Chu was a strong country. It was not easy for Qin to fight against Chu for the sake of Wei.

Therefore, Wei Liao sold Wei Yong a lot of military equipment and food supplies, as well as Mohist defensive devices that he could not buy even if he wanted to, at a relatively reasonable price.

Although Wei Yong was dissatisfied with this, he could accept it. With these things, defense would be no problem. Anyway, it was not his own money that was spent. As for the fact that more people died, it didn't matter. When would there be no deaths? There were many unruly people.

When Wei Yong came back with the news, King Jingmin of Wei was overjoyed. In his opinion, it was already very difficult to persuade the State of Qin not to take advantage of the situation, and now it was willing to sell some military equipment and food at a low price, which was already an unexpected surprise.

King Jingmin of Wei gladly fulfilled his promise to Wei Yong and appointed Wei Yong as prime minister. However, he was the left prime minister, and another distant relative of the royal family was arranged to serve as a check and balance on the right prime minister.

Then he asked Wei Yong to take a large amount of money and rush to Qin to complete the transaction.

This led to the fact that when the State of Chu attacked Wei, it immediately realized that something was wrong.

I can’t beat him. I can’t beat him at all. It’s even harder to beat him than last year.

Moreover, your city defense mechanism and weapons are too powerful. This is not like the level of your Wei State.

Hasn't your shabby house been on the verge of collapse for a long time? Why doesn't it fall down?

Prince Han and Prince Fuchu were eager to make achievements and their attack was extremely fierce. However, these two armies of Chu suffered heavy losses and gained nothing.

Seeing that the two sides were in a stalemate and unable to make any progress, the two young masters, eager to make a contribution, ignored the dissuasion of the generals in the army and ordered a violent attack.

I don’t believe I can’t kick down this shabby house of yours!

When Yan and Zhao launched a fierce siege in Wusui, Wei and Chu also launched a fierce siege.

Although the State of Wei has suffered a lot in recent years, it is still the overlord of the Central Plains after all. It has not been in decline for a few years. Even a broken ship still has three pounds of nails.

Although the Wei Wu soldiers were no longer as strong as before, they were still the elite in the world and could not be compared with the soldiers of Chu.

Although the territory of Wei State is not large now, it is located in the heart of the Central Plains, with prosperous cities, abundant supplies and a large population. Now it has been forced into a situation where it has no place to retreat and is forced to fight to the death.

As for the State of Chu, the two armies were competing for merit separately, which was not in harmony to begin with. In addition, the military system of Chu was already relatively decentralized, so the advantage of more manpower could not be fully utilized, and the morale was also worrying.

The State of Wei had the advantage of geographical location and the support of people, and also had the support of food, fodder and military equipment provided by the State of Qin. Even though the State of Chu had a large number of people, it was unable to attack it.

This situation is not suitable for a strong attack. At least you have to confront it for a while and wait for an opportunity to attack again.

However, in order to win the throne, these two princes chose to attack by force, all for the sake of grabbing the credit.

Under the strong pressure from the two princes, the Chu army suffered extremely heavy losses, with tens of thousands of casualties in more than ten days, and morale was extremely low.

The opinions of many nobles and generals who led troops became increasingly louder, and the two men dared not ignore them anymore. They stopped the attack one after another, and fell into a stalemate again.

The State of Chu has now figured out why the State of Wei is so difficult to defeat.

Damn it, Qin has given us support! No wonder Wei was so well prepared, no wonder it was so difficult to defeat!
Now the State of Chu is really in a dilemma.

If we drag our feet, wait for the right opportunity, and prepare for a protracted war, it will really be a waste of time and effort.

The State of Chu could not afford to delay at all. Two armies of 200,000 people would have to provide food and fodder for their horses every day. What a huge loss that would be!
But a forced attack was also highly inappropriate. No one was willing to take part in such a brutal siege. All the generals and soldiers were unwilling to die. The Wei State was too well prepared. If they fought hard like this, I didn't know how many people would die before they could win.

But if they withdraw their troops, that will be even more impossible. The two young masters are here to show their faces, not their butts.

He mobilized a large army to attack the seemingly crumbling Wei State, but suffered heavy casualties and no military achievements. How could he have the face to go back?

During this time, Wei and Chu were in a stalemate. Gongzi Han and Gongzi Fuchu launched several tentative attacks and tried every possible means, but were still helpless.

The Wei army is of extremely high quality. In addition, this was originally a defensive war. The Wei territory had been compressed to the extreme in recent years and there was no place to retreat. Victory could not be achieved by any small means.

With the help of Qin, the Chu army was completely unable to defeat the enemy.

The two princes cursed in their hearts, "Damn Qin! You and Wei are mortal enemies! How can you secretly support Wei?!"
For a time, the Chu and Wei states were in a stalemate.

At this time, King Zhao Daoxiang, who received the news from the front line in Handan, was extremely furious.

But he forced himself to calm down.

King Zhao Daoxiang knew very well that siege warfare was extremely brutal and the losses were extremely heavy. It was not worth fighting just to gain some cities. Things that were not worth the loss should not be done.

But the same logic applies: the fighting has already begun, and if we can't gain any advantage and only suffer heavy casualties, it would be shameful to just stop like that.

Moreover, King Zhao Daoxiang was also very unwilling.

He gritted his teeth and decided to give it one more try. He ordered Li Mu and Le Cheng to continue the offensive, but not to make a meaningless siege. Instead, they should launch a tentative attack and wait for an opportunity.

As for the late envoy from Yan State, King Zhao Daoxiang did not see him and threw him into the guesthouse first.

Let's see how the situation develops. We can't have it end so anticlimactic.

The two people who received the king's order knew very well that the king was still unwilling to give in and needed a way out.

But it's not easy to get down this step. It would be best if we could get a small victory.

But siege is different from field battle. There is only victory or defeat. How can there be such a thing as a small victory?
The two men were not idle during this period. They tried every possible way to launch tentative attacks many times and used countless methods to lure the enemy, but the Yan army refused to come out.

(End of this chapter)