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There are thousands of miles away from the distant Shu Kingdom to the fertile fields in Guanzhong. It is too far away. In addition to the difficulties of the Shu Road, it is difficult to go to the sky. After all the hardships, you have to face the tiger and wolf teachers of the Qin Kingdom. , It is really a loss-making business. Smart politicians all have one thing in common, that is, like a smart businessman, they must compare each other, always calculating gains and losses.

Therefore, after testing Qin's military power, the enlightened dynasty has since completely abandoned its plan to invade Guanzhong, and since then exclusively guarded Hanzhong, relying on its geographical location to closely watch Qin's road to the south. At this time, Qin's understanding of Hanzhong was only at the stage of legend, and his eyes were almost blackened. After that, the State of Qin had to make efforts to advance eastward and began a fierce conflict with the State of Jin.

At that time, Jin was a major power second to none, and Qin was just a medium power that squeezed one side. The two countries were not in the same heavyweight class. Therefore, Jin played very easily, but Qin played extremely hard. Seeing that the road to the east is completely hopeless, there is a feeling of grief, indignation and majesty pervading the Qin Dynasty Hall, and the main fighters are filled with indignation and have expressed their desire to fight the Jin Dynasty to the death.

Qin's monarchs and ministers are all smart people, knowing that this is just talking, so I just made two complaints. It's like people in the market fighting, and if you lose, you still have to put down a few ruthless words, similar to "The green hills will not change the long green waters, and I will visit again at the next day, and I will take revenge today!" In this way, it is a hearty street fight, a duel with beginnings and ends. In this way, the convenience of fighting and duel has been explained, and the spectators who are not afraid of big things are also satisfied and returned.

The Chinese culture has a long history, and the dynasties and the opposition are faintly opposed between the ruling and the opposition. Among the faint oppositions, there is also implicit cooperation. Those who are in power on the stage will act with orders once the power is in their hands, and enjoy their own blessings. Those who watched the theater in the audience watched with cold eyes, and recorded all the actions, words and deeds of the people on the stage in a small book, waiting for the future to be used as a top-shaking account.

Once the pigtails of the people on the stage were caught, the public opinion was mobilized to death, and the people on the stage must be embarrassed and embarrassed. In this way, the people on the stage know how good they are, and they have to make compromises, find an intermediary to make peace, surrender part of the political benefits, and invite those on stage to become officials. This is the secret of the struggle between the ruling and the opposition, and Qin is no exception.

Fighting to the death against the behemoth Jin Kingdom, how much water got into your head? As long as it is a person with a little common sense, it will definitely not make such a deal. Fighting is tantamount to seeking a dead end. If you don't fight, you will be drowned by the spitting stars of the whole country. In the dilemma, Qin's monarchs immediately have a headache. Just when the whole nation of Qin was extremely angry, extremely depressed, but unable to vent, good luck fell from the sky. Qin's ally, Chu, handed over the olive branch and asked Qin to send troops to help together attack the mediocre country in the Eastern Han Dynasty.

For the people of Qin who are determined to compete in the Central Plains, this kind of pie in the sky is definitely not to be missed. In 611 BC, the State of Qin sent out three armies to join the Chu army in Nanyang through the Shangyu territory of the State of Chu, and then marched westward along the Han River against the current and invaded the State of Yong. Pakistan also participated in this operation, and Pakistan sent troops, naturally in order to avenge the former kingdom of Shu.

The Yong State was a vassal of the Shu State at this time, but the war came too suddenly, and the Yong State and the State of Shu were thousands of miles away. Before the State of Shu had received any news, the coalition forces had already reached the State of Yong. Under the full attack of Qin, Chu, and Pakistan, the Yong State collapsed in an instant. Although there was still sporadic resistance in various places, in the face of the thunderous blows of the three major powers, the people of Yong Guo knew in their hearts that Yong Guo was completely finished this time! Now, the country of Yong finally belongs to the country of Chu, and the people of the country of Chu are comfortable, and they named this new city Shangyong.

The Qin army went over the mountains and ridges, and finally came to the Hanshui River. To the west of the Hanshui River is the Western Han Dynasty Zhongnanzheng. If you continue to move westward along the sweat, you can reach Nanzheng under the control of Shu Kingdom. It was a matter of course that the Kingdom of Chu won the Eastern Han Dynasty and the Kingdom of Qin won the Western Han Dynasty as compensation for this troop dispatch. However, Qin Jun finally did not act rashly, but retreated the same way.

Qin's emperor judged the situation, and agreed that to win Hanzhong, two prerequisites must be toasted. One is to understand Hanzhong, maintain good relations with Shu, and let Shu relax its vigilance. The difficulty of the road of Shu is difficult to climb to the sky, even the old bird who has walked many times will still be in fear in his heart. If the Kingdom of Shu guards strictly and keeps watch on the roads of Shu, Qin Jun will never enter Shu.

Second, we must stabilize Jin. The Kingdom of Jin is a behemoth. If the Jin army suddenly entered the void and invaded the Guanzhong when the Qin army was fully committed to attacking Hanzhong, the Kingdom of Qin would face a two-line battle. Fighting on the two fronts is something no military commander wants to face. Qin's military strength is limited, fighting on two fronts, and neither can give up, that would be tantamount to subjugation of the country.

To achieve these two points at the same time, you must not only be fully prepared, but also wait for the opportunity. Since entering Shu was so difficult, Qin's emperors had no choice but to hold back the restlessness in their hearts, accompany the smiling faces, and deal with Jin and Shu with all their strength, sending and welcoming them every day. With a charming and elegant smile on his face, blood was dripping in his heart, cursing mother.

In the second half of the Spring and Autumn Period, Qin and Shu maintained a good relationship, there was no war on the southern front, and there was much less friction with Jin. It's just that the sky has never followed people's wishes. Shu has always been on guard against Qin, and Jin has always looked at Qin. The days went by, day after day, year after year, cold and hot, Lao Qin was sick and dying, and entering Shu was still just for obscenity.

The Spring and Autumn Period came to an end, and the Warring States Period came quietly. After waiting for a long time, there was finally hope for entering Shu.

In 476 BC, Qin Mourning, who had been Qin Gong for 14 years, finally died, and his son Qin Ci Gong took the throne. In the thirty-four years of the reign of Emperor Gong Gong, the Qin Dynasty was strong, and he was a powerful man in the west and attacked the righteous canal in the north. In the first year of his ascension, he immediately dispatched several large envoys to Shu, Jin, Chu, Yue, and Yiqu to inform the new emperor of Qin to ascend to the throne and present heavy gifts. This move is a common practice among the Warring States, and on the surface, there is nothing unusual.

Qin State indicated that Shu and Jin were expected by all countries. Jin was strong, and Shu once frightened the people of Qin. But contacting Yue Guo, which is far away in the sky, has a strange smell from how to look at this matter. This shows that Qin has never given up its plan to march into the Central Plains. It is hoped that when Qin rises up, the distant Yue State can hear the song and know its elegance, dragging Jin's hind legs behind it. The purpose of winning over the North's Yiqu is that it will remain neutral when the Qin State uses troops to eliminate the worries of the future.

At this time, the national power of the Jin country is already inferior to the past. The monarch is empty and internal friction is serious. The Zhi family is in power alone, and the contradiction with the other three Zhao, Wei, and Han is prominent. Among the big Jin country, the four of you will let the battle go and I will appear on the stage. It is like a smoggy squad. It's like thirty-six tricks. I try my best and fight hard. When used for internal fighting, naturally there is no time to fight externally, and Jin's military pressure on Qin has dropped sharply. The kings and ministers of the Qin Kingdom saw it in their eyes and were happy in their hearts, holding their fingers all day long, waiting for the day of chaos in the Jin Dynasty. According to this situation, sooner or later Jin Kingdom will have a big trouble, and then the Qin army can go south to herd horses.

In the second year of Emperor Gong Gong, Qin Ci came to the throne, people from various countries came to congratulate Qin's new emperor, including the delegation sent by the King of Shu. This attitude of Shu state shows that the exchanges between Shu and the Central Plains have not ended. Shu does not intend to shut up and defend itself. In the eyes of Shu people, Qin may not be able to commit to the south. Furthermore, with the natural dangers of Hanzhong, as long as you keep a few roads into Shu, you are not afraid of the Qin army.

Hanzhong, which Qin has coveted for a long time, is already a different scene at this time. Compared with the Guanzhong Plain and the Sichuan Basin, the territory of Hanzhong is much smaller. Seventy-eight of the land in Hanzhong is full of high mountains, poor mountains and bad waters. Only a small floodplain along the Hanshui River provides food for Hanzhong to live on. Such a geographical environment has led to one result, that is, the population that Hanzhong can feed is too sparse to have a huge army. Because of this, Hanzhong cannot exist as an independent vassal state. Between the Qin state in Guanzhong and the Shu state in the Sichuan Basin, he can only completely fall to one side.

If Qin wants to go south to Shu, he must go down to collect Hanzhong, and then use Hanzhong as his base to go south to Shu. Similarly, if Shu wants to go north, it must use Hanzhong as a springboard and enter the Guanzhong Plain through several roads. The enlightened dynasty's raid was only a special case. The reason why Yongcheng was besieged for dozens of days was only due to the suddenness of the raid and the panic of the Qin people.

This is not only the case of Qin and Shu, but also the dynasties of subsequent generations. As long as they are a regime that separates Shuzhong, without Hanzhong in their hands, they will definitely not be able to go north. They can only spend peaceful years in Shuzhong quietly and see the tide of the Central Plains. Ebb and flow, the head of the city has changed. After the Central Plains dynasty flattened the crowds, and after the disaster of Yiyi, if you want to enter Shu, you must first obtain Hanzhong as a springboard.

In this way, the military and political status of Hanzhong is clearly revealed. Hanzhong is a battleground between the Guanzhong Plain and the Sichuan Basin. This is clear to Qin and Shu. However, there is one advantage of the State of Shu. The Western Han Dynasty, that is, Nanzheng is in its hands. Even if the Kingdom of Chu invades from the Eastern Han Dynasty, the journey is difficult and long, and there is enough time to respond.

In this round of chess, Shu was the first to take the lead. Whether Qin could get what he wanted was up to the thief.

But, can Qin really get what he wants? How can it deceive the Kingdom of Shu?