Qin State, Qi State...

Secretly repeating these two familiar names several times in his mind, a dangerous light suddenly appeared under Wei Feng's calm eyes.

Wei Feng in his previous life hated the Qi State of Tian family located to the east of Wei State.

In this unforgettable hatred, there is not only the personal grudge of the Qi army for killing the crown prince Wei Shen in the Battle of Maling, but also the national hatred of Qi's defeat of Wei.

It is no exaggeration to say that in the previous life, it was precisely because of the two wars with Qi State at Guiling and Maling that the Wei State, which lost most of its elite combat power, gradually fell from its position as the hegemon.

After that, despite the actions of Wei and Qi, the Prime Minister of Xuzhou, the power of Wei was still irreversible like the setting sun.

If Wei Feng's hatred for the Qi State was unforgettable, he was mostly resentful towards the Qin State to the west.

After several battles with Qin, Wei not only lost all the land west of Hexi, but the Wei army in the west also suffered heavy losses.

Not only that, along with the loss of the land west of Hexi, Anyi, the original capital of Wei State, was directly exposed to Qin's military front.

This situation was something Wei Feng and even the State of Wei did not want to see. Therefore, even though the country's national power was gradually declining, the State of Wei did not fail to unite its princes to attack Qin.

It's a pity that the princes have different hearts after all, and the alliances and diplomatic relations often ended on bad terms.

It was also during the repeated confrontations with the Qin State that the Wei State gradually reduced itself from the center of the stage of the Warring States Period to a peripheral supporting role.

Such a situation of ups and downs will inevitably make future generations sigh and sigh at this once most powerful country in the world.

However, everything in the past life has become a cloud. With Wei Feng, the butterfly, returning to his thirties, everything has changed.

And relying on this battle to attack Qin and Qi, Wei temporarily solved the two former enemies of Qin and Qi.

When the troops of the Hexi army have arrived on the east bank of Jingshui River, and when the offensive of the Qi coalition forces descends on the Great Wall of Qi, what Wei, the victor of this battle, needs to consider is how to pocket the fruits of victory in front of it.

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As his thoughts flowed here, Wei Feng's eyes retracted from the fishing rod in front of him and slowly moved towards Gongshu Cuo and Gongsun Qi beside him.

"Prime Minister, Sima, since the participating countries can be said to have their own agendas, and even Qin and Qi have chosen to stand together, what strategy should we, the Wei State, adopt in this war?"

Facing this question raised by Wei Feng, Gongshu Cuo and Gongsun Qi looked at each other again. This time it was Gongsun Qi, a Sima, who stood up and spoke.

There was a look of contemplation on his face at first, and after a while, he heard Gongsun Qi slowly say in a calm voice: "I would like to report to you, your Majesty, what I think our Wei State should do on Pinglu this time."

The strategy can be summed up in sixteen words."

"The land of Qin will be taken by Wei and Han each; the territory of Qi will be divided among other countries."

"Wei and Han each take the land of Qin..."

After repeating Gongsun Qi's words several times, a look of surprise suddenly appeared on Wei Feng's face, and he looked sternly at the Sima of Wei State who always had a keen eye.

Facing Wei Feng's gaze towards him, Gongsun Qi simply organized some words in his mind and then spoke out his thoughts.

"Before the war, I once told your Majesty that Wei's strategy at this moment should not be to advance eastward into the Central Plains, but to go west to compete with Qin."

"During this war, the reason why Wei State transferred its elite main force to Hexi is to fight an unprecedented national war with Qin State."

"With the glorious victories from Hexi to Qindong, I can definitely say that our Wei State has already accomplished all the strategic goals planned before the war."

"And when the frontline of our Wei army reached the east bank of the Jing River, and when Qin's capital Yueyang fell into the hands of our army, an important and urgent problem was placed in front of us."

"This question is what method should our country, Wei, use to preserve the fruits of victory that our country Wei has gained in the war against Qin?"

After Gongsun Qi's words, Gongshu Cuo on the side immediately responded: "Your Majesty, what Sima said is very reasonable. The most urgent task for our country at the moment is how to conquer the territory occupied by the Battle of Hexi.

Pocket it."

"I already know about this." After lightly nodding to Gongsun Cuo, Wei Feng looked at Gongsun Qi again with a somewhat pleading look, "There are only three of us here, Sima might as well look at it carefully.

Let me tell you."

"I obey the order."

As soon as the order came down, Gongsun Qi's analytical words rang out between the three of them again.

"Your Majesty, I believe that if we, the State of Wei, want to take all the occupied lands of the State of Qin into our hands, we must pay a certain price."

"There is no doubt that this price is the territory of Qi that Wei, together with the other six countries, gained in this battle against Qi."

"Although Wei is the most powerful country in the world, the princes of the world will never sit back and watch Wei take a piece of Qi's flesh after seizing such a large area of ​​land from Qin.

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"In other words, if your Majesty intends to advance westward, you must provide sufficient benefits to the other princes in the east."

After listening to what Gongsun Qi said, Wei Feng already had a clear understanding of the strategy to be adopted in this Pinglu meeting.

In fact, all that can be said in the final analysis is just four words, which is nothing more than "exchange of interests."

Wei used the land it obtained from Qi in exchange for the support of the princes in the world for Wei's occupation of Qin's land.

Since it is an exchange of interests, we must consider whether the interests to be exchanged will be beneficial to the Wei State under Wei Feng's rule?

If ordinary people look at this issue, they may say that this kind of exchange is not worth it.

Everyone knows that the western territory of Qi State is located in the Central Plains. It is not only prosperous in commerce but also densely populated.

If it can be captured, the national strength will definitely be greatly improved, which is why so many princes are flocking to this piece of land.

On the other hand, although the eastern territory of the Qin State is located in Guanzhong, which is famous for its Tianfu, the thick salt-alkali cover on the land makes the output here far unable to compare with that of the western Qi State.

No matter from which perspective, exchanging the land of Qixi for the land of Qindong cannot be called a cost-effective exchange of interests.

However, in Wei Feng's view, the importance of the land east of Qin was far greater than the land in the west of Qi.

Because Qin Dong represents not only Qin Dong, but its western part is the entire Qin State, and it is also an opportunity for Wei State to escape from the Four War.

On the other hand, the territory in the west of Qi is indeed very rich, but it also makes the princes from all over the world salivate.

If the Wei State were to participate in the fight for this piece of land, it would undoubtedly repeat the mistakes of its previous eastward advance and fall into the quagmire of attacks by the princes.

This is what Wei Feng never wants to see.

So without much thought, Wei Feng nodded gently and said slowly: "We, the Wei State, can give up most of the land in Qixi."
Chapter completed!