The Great Wei Empire in the Warring States Period

Wei Shen and others finally returned to Anyi after a long journey. Jiang Rou looked at Anyi City from the carriage and saw the tall city walls and majestic towers. She said to Jiang Yunsheng:"Brother, look at the Anyi towers. Ah!"

Jiang Yunsheng said:"If the country is not strong, no matter how high the city wall is, it can't stop the enemy's attack."

On the city wall, there were several Wei Yulin troops patrolling. When they arrived at the city gate, a centurion stepped forward and asked the driver Wang Xiao asked,"Stop, we need to conduct an inspection!" Wang Xiao took out his token and said,"This is the order to enter the city, you can't inspect it!" The centurion saw that it was the order to enter the city, and stepped forward to snatch Wang Xiao away. After looking at the entry order for a while and confirming that it was the real entry order, I let them pass.

Entering Anyi, there are tall houses on both sides. The streets are crowded with people. There are many people selling things on the roadside. The restaurants on the roadside are also full of seats. There is only the slightest separation between the carriages. Jiang Rou sees the prosperity of Anyi. Said:"Brother, this city of Anyi is so prosperous!"

Jiang Yunsheng also looked out of the car and looked at the people coming and going on the road, including women, children, the elderly, and scholars from all over the world.

Jiang Yunsheng looked at the scholars and remembered his past. At that time, he was a scholar in the Qi State. He studied under a famous teacher in order to seek an official position in the Qi State's court in the future.

The result was that because his father lost all his family property by gambling, his creditors killed his entire family. He took his sister and fled to the mountains, and finally fell into the mountains and became a bandit! Jiang Yunsheng looked at the smiles on the faces of the scholars, and he seemed to have gone back to the past again!

Prince's Mansion

Wei Shen led everyone to the Prince's Mansion. Jiang Yunsheng looked at the tall house and thought to himself: This house is so gorgeous! Wei Shen said to Jiang Yunsheng:"Brother Jiang, you have just arrived in Anyi and you don't have a place to live, so you can stay with me first!" Jiang Yunsheng cupped his hands and said:"Thank you!" Wei Shen said to Gongsun Fa and Shi Bei:"Two Brothers, please stay temporarily today. I will go to court tomorrow and I will recommend these two brothers to my father!" The two of them cupped their hands and said,"Thank you, Your Highness!" The Marquis of Wei was fishing by the pond in the palace of Wei State. Suddenly,

, Sima Wu Tong ran in in a panic. Seeing Sima Wu Tong running in such a panic, the Marquis of Wei asked:"Sima, what happened?"

Wu Tong calmed down his heart and said:"Your Majesty, Prince His Highness is back!"

As soon as Wei Hou heard the news that Wei Shen was back, he immediately stood up and said,"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is back, please ask him to come into the palace to see me!" Although his face was serious, he was very happy in his heart!

At this time, Wei Shen was playing chess with Gongsun Fa, while Jiang Yunsheng and Shi Fei were watching. After Gongsun Fa placed a chess piece, he said:"Your Highness, pay attention to your chess piece, I want to eat it."

Wei Shen also admired Gongsun Fa in his heart, but he did not expect that Gongsun Fa's chess skills were so good. Jiang Yunsheng couldn't stand it anymore, so he reminded Wei Shen:"Your Highness, pay attention to your upper corners."

Wei Shen did not make the wrong move because of Jiang Yunsheng's reminder, otherwise everything would be lost. Just when the two were enjoying themselves, Sima Wu Tong came in and saw Wei Shen playing chess with someone. Wu Tong said:"Your Highness, Wu Tong is here to pay homage to His Highness. Your Highness, Your Majesty asked you to hurry up." Enter the palace!"

Wei Shen saw that it was Wu Tong and said to Wu Tong:"Master Sima, these three people are the talents I found in Qi State. These three people are very talented!" Gongsun Fa, Shi Bei, and Jiang Yunsheng The three people saluted and said:"I have met Lord Sima!"

Wu Tong saw that these three people were all scholars, and he said happily:"You don't need to be too polite. Welcome to the Wei State. We, the Wei State, will never What chills you all is that as long as your talents can meet the requirements of Wei State, Wei State will give you any reward you want!"

Wu Tong said again:"His Royal Highness, follow me into the palace quickly!"——good! Wu Tong pointed to a room and said quietly to Prince Wei Shen:"Your Highness, I didn't expect that you would come back with a woman when you were away from home. But it's okay, we are worried that you are too naive and can't find a woman!" Wei Shen whispered:"Master Sima, don't be joking, how could I bring a woman back!" Wu Tong laughed loudly after hearing this!

The Marquis of Wei kept walking around the palace. Finally, a guard came in and said,"Your Majesty, the Crown Prince is here!" When the Marquis of Wei heard that the Crown Prince was here, he was very happy, but he still said seriously:" Ask him to come in!"

After Wei Shen and Wu Tong came in, Wei Shen saluted and said:"I have seen my father!" Wei Hou said expressionlessly:"Oh, you are back, I thought you died outside.! Just come back."

Wei Shen understood that Wei Hou still cared about him and said:"Father, I went to Qi this time to do two important things." Wei Hou asked:"What important things did I do?"

Wei Shen replied :"First, in order to cause chaos in the court of Qi, I used a honey trap to confuse the king of Qi. Second, I brought three talents to Wei. These three people are no less talented than Pang Cong, Pang Maomao and others.!" When the Marquis of Wei heard that Wei had used a beauty trick to confuse the monarch of Qi, and brought three talents to Wei, he smiled and said:"As expected of my son, Wei? Well done!"

Wei Shen Then he said:"This time I went to Qi State and asked people to carefully explore the national conditions of Qi State. I found that Qi State's commerce is very developed, but most of their people cook salt first and farming secondarily. Therefore, The grain output of Qi State is not high! And I found that Qi State trained another hundred thousand martial arts soldiers with General Tian Ji this time, and Qi State started a new development policy under the leadership of Sun Bin. Their future development direction is based on The State of Yan is the master! Therefore, we, the State of Wei, have to defend ourselves against the State of Qi. I think that we, the State of Wei, should secretly help the State of Yan to resist the State of Qi!"

When the Marquis of Wei heard this, he was shocked, because not long ago, Wu Tong followed He said that the future expansion direction of Qi State might be Yan State, but he did not expect that Wu Tong really guessed it, and said to Wu Tong:"Sima, you quickly send an envoy to Yan State and secretly form an alliance with Yan State!"——Yes!

Early the next morning, in the court hall of Wei State, everyone saw the Crown Prince coming again. The Marquis of Wei sat in the hall and asked:"Everyone, now that Qi State has begun to train 100,000 elite soldiers, what should we, Wei State, do?

" The prime minister Gongshu Cuo stood up and said:"Your Majesty, I thought that while the vitality of Qi State was seriously injured, I should immediately send a large army to attack Qi State. Now, our Wei State has 150,000 elite soldiers. Why should we be afraid of Qi State? I once thought General Pang Juan should be sent to lead an army of 200,000 to attack Qi State, and Qi State should not be allowed to recover!"

Duan Qianpeng, the senior official, also stood up and said:"Your Majesty, I think you should attack Qi State immediately, before Qi State's vitality has recovered. Before, attack Qi State immediately. If Qi State's vitality recovers, it will be more difficult for Wei State to attack Qi State!"

Wei Hou did not speak after hearing the words of the two people, but looked at the others. Pang Mao stood up and said:"Your Majesty, I thought that we could not attack Qi. The king of Qi was short-sighted and was not worthy of fear. Now our biggest enemy of Wei should be Qin. Although Qin is poor and weak, it has the ambition to dominate the world. We must be on guard, and the State of Qin is like a wolf lurking in the dark, we must be on guard!"

The Marquis of Wei asked Pang Juan again:"General Pang, what do you think?" Pang Juan stood up and said,"Your Majesty, you think I am Wei's biggest enemy now is Qin. I have three strategies that can give Wei the ability to annex the world!" The Marquis of Wei asked,"Which three strategies are they?"

Pang Juan replied,"The best strategy is to destroy Qin, and the middle strategy is to destroy Qin. , the next step is to destroy Qin! Only by destroying Qin can our Wei State have the ability to annex the world! If Qin is not destroyed, our Wei State will not conquer the world in one day!"

Wei Hou asked Wu Tong again:"Sima, what are you doing? Look." Wu Tong stood up and said:"Your Majesty, I have the same intention as the general, which is to destroy Qin!" The

Marquis of Wei did not say, but asked the prince:"Shen'er, what do you think?" Wei Shen stood up Said:"Father, my son and I think that the biggest enemy of Wei State is Qin, but Wei State still has to beware of Qi State!"

After hearing this, Wei Hou said:"Let's discuss this matter later!" Wei Shen said again :"Father, I have brought you three talents from Qi State. I would like to recommend these three people!" Wei Hou said:"Let the three of them come in!" Gongsun Fa, Shi Bei and Jiang Yunsheng Entering the court, he saluted the Marquis of Wei and said,"I have met the Marquis of Wei!"

The Marquis of Wei first asked the three of them:"Sir, what are your strategies for governing the country?"

Gongsun Fa replied:"Your Majesty, I think I Wei's biggest enemy now is Qin. Although Qin is a desolate country, Qin occupies the foundation of the founding of the Zhou Dynasty. The place where the Zhou Dynasty was founded was the 800-mile Guanzhong of Qin. The land is fertile. As long as it is taken care of carefully, it will be able to bring continuous national power to Wei in a few years! Although Qi to the east has the advantage of fishing and salt, Qi has a very big shortcoming, that is, it is easy to If you are greedy for small gains, as long as you give them a small advantage, Qi will forget about it. Such a country will not pose any danger to Wei!"

After hearing this, Marquis Wei nodded. Jiang Yunsheng also said:"Your Majesty, the villain thinks that a country The management of the state depends on the laws. If the laws are not flourishing, the country will not be governed. The villain believes that the most important areas of the Wei State now are the land of Hexi. The land of Hexi is also very fertile, and the most important strategic location here is also It is very important. You can attack Qin and Yiqu to the west, and deal with Zhao to the north. Therefore, the strategy of Hexi is very important. As long as Hexi is connected with Shangdang and Taihang, then Wei can Secondly, by annexing Qin, you can annex Zhao and Han. Therefore, the land west of Hexi cannot be lost!"

The mayor said:"Your Majesty, I am only good at leading troops to fight, but not good at observing the general trend of the world. I want to conquer Wei. Become a deputy general under General Cuo!"

Wei Cuo asked:"What are you good at?"

The city guard replied:"Cavalry, I am good at leading cavalry in battle! Cavalry is also very important on the battlefield. First, cavalry can conduct reconnaissance for our army. Regarding the enemy's situation, the second is that the cavalry can hunt down the enemy for our army, the third is that the cavalry can weaken the enemy's morale by interfering with the enemy, and the fourth is that the cavalry can harass the enemy's rear, making the enemy's combat power unsustainable! And if there are a lot of cavalry, one cavalry can be worth ten infantry. As long as the cavalry is used flexibly, only 30,000 cavalry can annihilate up to 100,000 infantry! The cavalry can also protect the two wings of our army and prevent the enemy's chariot troops from attacking the two wings of our army!"

Wei Cuo stood up and said:"Your Majesty, if an army wants to win, it requires the cooperation of multiple arms, and cavalry is also very important. I think this person can serve as a partial general, and I also found out that he has great influence on cavalry. He is also very familiar with combat usage. I am willing to let this person serve as my deputy general!"

Wei Shen said after listening to the words of the three people:"Okay, I will serve as the deputy general under Wei Cuo. Gongsun Fa will serve as the governor of Guanzhong County. I will transfer Prince Ang back to the capital to continue to serve as the general of Zhonglang. Jiang Yunsheng assumes the post of governor of Hexi County! And the captain of Guanzhong County asked Mr. Ang to choose someone to take the position! After hearing this, the ministers quickly said:"Your Majesty, you are wise!" After hearing this, the three people quickly bowed and said,"Thank you, Your Majesty!""——Retreat!