Although Gongshuzhuo has selfish intentions, this plan is also the saying of the country.

If Wei got Handan, then the east of Taihang Mountain would have nothing to do with Zhao; the enclave of Zhongshan could also become the core territory of Wei. In addition, Ximen Bao himself also had the talent for governance. If he could govern Handan like Ye, then Handan would become the bridgehead of Wei in the east of Taihang Mountain and Zhongshan. No matter how Zhongshan jumped, it would be useless.

Handan is the fief of Gongzizhang, and it is not the capital of Zhao. Gongzichao used this to exchange for the support of Wei, because those who supported him were old nobles. Without the law, Zhongmu, where the nobles gathered together, was not hindered as the capital.

If we can take this opportunity to get Handan, the situation in Wei State will be completely opened.

By then, Handan will be the axis to connect Zhongshan and Wei Zhongyuan.

Going north can attack Yan; advancing east can attack Qi; advancing south can compete with Chu State for hegemony; advancing west can also attack Qin through the Xihe River.

This is actually an expansion choice during the offensive period for a country seeking hegemony and unification.

It cannot be said that this is an enemy from all sides, because if Wei State maintained the momentum that it was twenty years ago, it could be called blooming from all sides. The key is how strong Wei State itself is.

Wei State itself is a place of four battles, and there is no situation where I will defend if I don’t attack. Shu State can do this, Chu State can do this, Yan State can do this, Qin State can do this, but Wei State can’t.

If the Wei State does not attack, it is not defending, but it is destroyed.

However, Gongshuzhu did not understand the situation in the world. The strength of Wei State originated from the earliest reforms and the foundation left by Wenhou; it originated from the cultural advantages and cultural infiltration of the Xihe School.

Now, all countries are seeking reforms, and the cultural advantages of the Xihe School were completely suppressed by the Si Shang Mohist School. In fact, the advantages of the Wei State are not that great.

For example, when Wenhou was in the west, he could draw Qin to the west, attack Chu to seize Daliang in the south, attack Qi to destroy the Great Wall in the east, and destroy the country to the north, and defeat Zhongshan in the north... Wei, Zheng and other small countries were trembling and loyal, but in fact they were following the same strategy as Gong Shuzhu's expansion on all sides at this time. The question is whether the Wei Kingdom now has such strength and starts wars on all sides?

Gongshuzhuo could also realize that the strength of Wei State is not enough to support the war on all sides. In fact, Wei State is not weak, but other countries are strong, and the difference in strength has changed.

So on the Northern Front, Gongshuzhu hoped to give up Zhongshan first and make every effort to plan for Zhao, because on the Northern Front, Wei could no longer withstand a two-line war, so he could only take it and then plan for the second.

If it were Wenhou, there might not be such trouble at all. While interfering in Zhao's internal affairs, Ximen Bao and Leyang would quell the rebellion in Zhongshan, and perhaps Zhongshan would not even think about rebellion.

Wei Ji himself also supported the policy of interfering in Zhao State. This was decided by Wen Hou. From the day Zhao Ji died, Wei Si began to plan for the rise of Zhao Ji's brother. It has been more than ten years, and this is something that Wei State cannot give up.

Wei Ji didn't want to give up Zhongshan, but Gongshu Zhu still convinced Wei Ji to not start a war on the northern line, and to work hard to solve the matter of Zhao first, which would be at your fingertips; if Zhao's affairs were not resolved, Zhongshan would not be able to solve them.

Wei Ji asked again: "So, what should we do if Chu State attacked Chen Cai and Fei State invite me to be the king?"

Gongshuzhuo said: "Based on the Wei Kingdom, Zhao is the north and Zhongshan is the north; Qi is the east and Qin is the west and Chu is the south and Mo is the south."

"Zhao, Zhongshan has a decided plan. Qi Tian's family respects the king and dare not act lightly. The Qin people are about to have civil strife and do not need to be careful. Then we need to consider the affairs of Chu and Mo families."

"If you win the world, you must go south. Jin and Chu compete for hegemony throughout the Spring and Autumn Period. Based on the Chu State, Chu State can be divided into two lines. The eastern line is Chen Cai, Si Shang, and Huaibei; the western line is Nanyang, Fangcheng, and Kunyang."

"Now the power of Wei State is not enough to attack the entire line. The east and west advance together to destroy the Chu State, so we must plan."

Wei Ji laughed and said, "I know this. The ancestors seized Daliang, Yuguan, and asked Chen Cai to restore the country. This is to seek the eastern front of Chu. The land of Nanyang Luguan... Well, it is not easy to capture."

In the rebellion of Prince Ding, Wei Ji became the commander and defeated Luyang, which made the plan of breaking Nanyang into Prince Ding bankrupt, and Wei Ji was unwilling to mention his failure.

After Wei gave up the strategy of Wu's destruction of Qin first and then planning the Central Plains due to various factors, the lands such as Central Plains, Si Shang and Huaibei became the best expansion direction for Wei.

Including the matters about Zhao State and Zhongshan State that Gongshu Zhu just mentioned, they were all formulated for this strategy.

To weaken Zhao State, rather than to attack Zhao State with all its might, is to make the stability of Wei State's "rear".

Since the direction of Zhao is regarded as the rear, then there must be a front line if there is a rear and a convenient way to have a front line. The front line of Wei is Chu, and the direction that Wei wants to expand is Si Shang.

Gongshuzhuo divided the Chu State into the East and West Lines, and said that the current national strength of Wei State is not enough to support the two-line battles on the southern line, so he could only choose one from the East and West Lines.

It was originally very easy to choose.

Before the Mohist school appeared, it was an academic organization and a Ranger organization, and its strength was not very strong.

Before the Mohist family occupied Si Shang, Si Shang was a concentrated area of ​​weak chickens.

The State of Song, Wei and Lu are all plain areas, which are extremely rich. Even in later generations a thousand years later, they will abandon the factors of population increase. Without considering the flooding of the Yellow River, southwestern Shandong, Henan and northern Jiangsu are all prosperous places in the agricultural era.

If the Mo family had not appeared, Si Shang would be the competition between Qi, Wei, Chu and other countries, a standard gunpowder barrel for the Xia.

The Nanyang area on the western front is the foundation of the Chu State. Once Nanyang is captured, from Luyang to Xiangyang, which is called Yanying, at this time, will be a great plain and there is no danger to defend.

The direction of Nanyang is the foundation of Chu. The advantages of Wei in Daliang and Yuguan are still tolerant of Chu. However, once it breaks through Luyang and enters Zhumadian Great Wall, it is equivalent to directly threatening the core of Chu. This is the inevitable counterattack of Chu.

On the other hand, the same is true for the Wei State. Either they will break through Nanyang and attack Yanying, and separate Xiangyang from north to south. Otherwise, a plain will be defeated after a few years. The Chu people will fight back again. This will be meaningless. Now the Wei State does not have the ability to fight from Luyang to Xiangyang, which makes the Wei State completely give up the Western Front and instead devote their energy to the Eastern Front.

The issue on the Eastern Front became quite complicated after the Mohist school began to arm the separatist regime.

The state of Song is said to be strong or not, and it has a foundation and foundation. When it rises once, it can be able to maintain equal status and control Chu. Once it rises too far, it will be besieged from all sides. The two war breakers in the Spring and Autumn Period were concluded in the Song Dynasty. The doctors of Song left many stories as ministers from small countries in the troubled times of the Spring and Autumn Period.

Except for Song, Lu was not strong. Small countries such as Fei, Xue, Teng, Pi, Zou, and Ni were all seeking to survive in the cracks of big countries. The forces of Chu, Yue, Qi, and the Three Jins meet here, and they are the farthest points of the sphere of influence of various countries, just like the Balkans in later Europe, which moves the whole body.

This place is rich, especially after the emergence of iron ox plowing, ridges and rotations, coal and iron Xuzhou, without the Yellow River flooding and salinization of southwestern Shandong, and the Yellow River did not capture Huaibei from the sea. This is simply the most suitable land for farming in the Iron Age.

When they entered the Mo family, they were just in time for the battle for hegemony between Jin and Chu, and the internal chaos of Qi, the internal chaos of Chu, and the collapse of the Three Jins. No one had the energy to devote all their strength to Si.

By the time the countries woke up after a breath of relief, the Mohist families had already taken root in the Si like the alfalfa brought back from the West by Solu ginseng, and it was unlikely to be removed in a short period of time.

As soon as Yue State left, Qi State coveted Si Shang, Wei State coveted Si Shang, and Chu State actually coveted.

However, the conflict between Wei and Chu was used to split the Chu State, which led to the fact that the King of Chu had not yet recovered Chen Cai, let alone Si Shang.

Yue was strong and strong, and the battle of the storm revealed its true colors. Only then did the people in the world realize that Yue was no longer the fierce tiger of the Goujian era, but it was too late, and the Mo family took the lead.

Wei finally got Linqiu and Chengyang, a hundred miles away from Taoqiu on Si, but Shi found a way to make Wei face the pressure from Zhao, Zhongshan and Qin, which made Wei now only greedy and unable to really seek it.

When Gongshuzhu talked about the east and west lines of Chu, Wei Ji also had plans in his heart.

On the western front of Nanyang, Chu State can go to Yi and Que directions and attack Luoyang and South Korea's essence.

When Chu State is strong, then South Korea must rely on Wei State, with Daliang Yu Pass in hand, and the passage from Henan to the Central Plains was locked. If you want to go north, you can only pass by the territory of the royal family of South Korea and Zhou. In the end, the one who is most defensive about Chu State is still South Korea, and South Korea has to rely on Wei State to fight against Chu State. Wei State and Chu State's Nanyang Western Front are not bordered, but South Korea is used as a buffer. This is a favorable situation for Wei State.

If the State of Wei and South Korea work together to attack Nanyang, the benefit will be South Korea. After all, Wei will have to go through South Korea's land to attack Nanyang. If the situation is really opened up in Nanyang, it will be a wedding dress for South Korea. The power of Chu in Nanyang is weak, and the alliance between South Korea and Wei will collapse in an instant.

The strength of Chu State is the most reliable cornerstone of the Wei-Han alliance. In addition, even if the connection between Wei-Han and Wei-Han is not as effective as the threat of Chu State.

Although there was a Mohist on the Eastern Front, the princes of various countries believed that there was something wrong with the Mohist.

If you choose the giant among the Qi Wulai, who will choose? Who will not choose? Who will not choose? Who will have the final say? Now that Mozi has passed away, the prestige of the bird is high. Once the bird is dead, it may be able to be stable. Will it be inevitable that civil storm will be sturdy afterwards?

The current strange situation in Si Shang originated from the fact that the Mo family has been mainly engaged in infiltration and spreading morality in recent years. If we tied the countries of Song, Lu, Fei and other countries together, they may not be the opponent of the Mo family. However, the Mo family seemed to not care about the size of the land at all, and they really formed a non-aggressive alliance with them, which made these princes quite puzzled, but also ensured the stability of Si Shang.

The strongest one, normally, would have to be reborn everywhere. In recent years, even a finger could be used to destroy Xue, Zou and other countries, but they did not take any action, which led to the stability of the Si Shang situation.

This is like the Wei Kingdom during the reign of Wenhou. It suddenly decided that the world would not attack, and the world would be stable. This would be the same as the situation on Si.

In this situation, no one in Qi, Chu, Wei, Han and other countries can take the lead. Whoever takes the lead will suffer.

However, the greed of various countries towards the Si Shang Huaibei was always conspiring to carry out. Qi State attacked the most, Chu attacked Chen Cai, and Wei State exchanged for Zhao State Linqiu to capture Chengyang, all of which were preparing for Si Shang.

In the world, except Qin, Zhao, and Yan, whoever gets Si Shang is the overlord of the world.

Now that the matter between Fei Guo is viewed from the perspective of fighting for dominance, the problem is much less than what the senior leaders of the Mohist school are worried about.

If the affairs of Feiguo were caused by old rules and new cultures, it would be very troublesome for the Mohist school.

If we only compete for the world to dominate, then the Mohist school can continue to take advantage of the contradictions between the princes.

Gongshuzhu talked about the eastern front of Chu, and was actually talking about what happened in Fei's country now, and it was from the perspective of fighting for the world to dominate the world.
Chapter completed!