Chapter 179: The Six Nations Alliance, Jointly Resisting Qin
However, after the news of these two princes spread, it strangely sparked a trend of becoming princes, and many monarchs followed suit and began to claim to be kings.
Regardless of whether you have the strength or not, or whether your country is strong or not, you must become king first.
Those kings who should have been crowned kings have not yet done so, but those small countries could not hold back and emerged first to claim the title of king.
The new prime minister of Wei State felt that since such a trend had already emerged, Yan, Zhao and Qin States would probably also become kings.
Instead of letting them declare themselves kings, why not I take the initiative to recognize your kingdom's status? In this way, wouldn't Wei be the leader?
How can the State of Wei not be revived?
King Hui of Wei agreed and happily started to plan with him.
It was just that King Hui of Wei did not like the State of Qin, so he kicked it out and added the State of Zhongshan, which no one wanted to associate with.
I thought Yan, Zhao and Han would be very happy, but who knew that this move would anger them all. Not only did it anger them, but it also angered the old kingdom of Qi.
Qi immediately sent a letter to Yan and Zhao, expressing its willingness to join them in destroying Zhongshan.
The State of Zhao did not listen to him, but sent troops to attack Huangcheng of the State of Wei.
The State of Yan attacked the State of Zhao from behind.
The State of Zhao came back in a panic to attack the State of Yan.
Zhongshan State took advantage of the chaos to launch a surprise attack on Yan State. Yan State was attacked from both sides and suffered terribly.
That’s not all. The three kingdoms of Han, Zhao and Wei are collectively known as the Three Jins. However, the two good brothers Zhao and Wei started fighting. How could Han bear to watch this?
That was not possible, so he immediately sent people to seize two small cities from the State of Wei. On the way back, he attacked the State of Song and also captured two cities. He returned with a full load and the whole country celebrated.
The State of Song was also not idle. It took advantage of the chaos to destroy a small country, then turned around and attacked the State of Qi. After seizing a city from Qi, it destroyed another small country.
The King of Song became arrogant and wanted to march south to destroy Chu and establish the Shang Dynasty.
The Chu State could not stand it any longer and sent troops to attack the Song State, but they were defeated by this small country.
It must be Wei who is behind this. It must be him! Chu decided to fight Wei to the death.
In this way, the Central Plains fell into its first major chaos since the middle of the Warring States Period.
All this was caused by the five kingdoms that King Hui of Wei appointed as prime ministers. King Hui of Wei felt like he had swallowed a fly.
Not to mention that Chu Yian had a headache organizing this part of the content, even Qin Sheng and Qin Huaishu, who had been on the battlefield, felt a headache just thinking about this chaotic scene.
Qin Sheng: "How can they be so chaotic?"
Chu Yian's eyes were dull: "Yeah, how could they be so chaotic."
Qin Huaishu chuckled, "You two don't have to be like this. Isn't the era of great contention embodied in the word 'contention'? It's already called the Warring States Period, so I'm afraid peace won't last long."
Chu Yian patted his face, ate some fruit to relax for a while, and then continued.
Although everyone disliked the State of Qin, it unexpectedly did not get involved in this dispute.
While they were fighting fiercely, they quietly seized Fangling, the major granary of the Chu State.
The King of Chu was furious and ordered Tian Ji to take back Fangling. Tian Ji was defeated, and when the King of Chu wanted to punish him, Tian Ji disappeared and escaped again.
After capturing Fangling, Qin State then captured Yiyang Tieshan of Han State. This was the second battle fought by Qin State.
In the third battle, they attacked the State of Wei, seized the Yaoshan area occupied by the State of Wei, and fully controlled the Yaoshan area.
Mount Xiao is a very important fortress mountain. Whoever occupies Mount Xiao will truly control the country's borders.
Qin fought the fourth battle in one go and captured Jinyang of Zhao.
In just three years, more than forty battles of varying sizes were fought in the Central Plains. Everyone was extremely busy, and only the Qin State was secretly watching, looking for opportunities to exploit.
This is what happened outside during Su Qin's three years of hard study. It was a mess. Su Qin soon realized that the opportunity he had been waiting for had finally arrived.
Su Qin already had a plan in mind. He planned to unite the six countries to destroy Qin.
The plan to fight against Qin must start with the four countries of Wei, Chu, Han and Zhao.
So he went to Handan, Zhao State, to ask for an audience with Fengyang Jun, but failed.
Then he went to the State of Yan and offered eight words to Duke Wen of Yan: reform internally and unite externally.
Most of the time, the State of Yan closed its eyes and ears and lived in peace in a corner. If it were not located in a remote area, it would have been kicked out of the list of the Seven Kingdoms long ago.
The Qin State has now posed a threat to all other countries. If this alliance against Qin is successful, why should we worry that the Yan State will not be able to prosper?
After persuading Duke Wen of Yan, Su Qin went to Zhao State again, but he heard the news of the palace coup in Zhao State halfway and Fengyang Jun had died.
Fengyang Jun was not the king of Zhao, but he had controlled the state affairs of Zhao for many years. Now someone finally got the chance to kill him.
In order to stabilize the political situation, the King of Zhao immediately announced that Fengyang Jun was plotting a rebellion.
After Su Qin came to Zhao State to meet the king, he also offered him eight words: internal laws and regulations, external diplomatic relations.
The six countries united to resist Qin. Su Qin successfully persuaded the king of Zhao and represented Zhao on a diplomatic mission to other countries to promote the alliance to resist Qin.
By this time, the news had already spread and reached the ears of the Qin State, making Ying Si very angry.
Sima Cuo recommended Zhang Yi to Ying Si, believing that if he could get Zhang Yi's help, the crisis of Qin might be resolved.
When the news reached Han, the whole country celebrated. When Su Qin arrived, they agreed to form an alliance to resist Qin without even saying anything.
When Zhang Yi heard the news, he felt very depressed.
Su Qin wanted to unite the six countries in one go, so wouldn't that leave him with only the Qin State?
You have to know that as a Wei citizen, he himself disliked Qin very much, and Qin was not originally within his consideration. Who knew that he would be forced by Su Qin to choose Qin.
Zhang Yi was extremely helpless and could only secretly go to Xianyang to investigate whether Qin was worthy of his service.
While Su Qin was still in Han, Ying Ji secretly found him, hoping that he would return to Qin.
Su Qin refused and recommended his brother Zhang Yi to him, and also told Ying Ji the whereabouts of Zhang Yi.
After Ying Ji left, Su Qin set off for the State of Wei and negotiated the formation of a coalition.
When the news of the coalition against Qin reached the State of Chu, the king of Chu was still regretting it.
He regretted why he blamed Zhang Yi and Tian Ji for the loss of a battle, and allowed others to punish Zhang Yi, forcing these two talented people to flee for their lives.
If we can keep these two, why would the State of Chu not prosper?
Isn’t it just a lost battle?
Victory and defeat are common in the military. Just fight back.
Why should he...
Just when he was regretting his actions, a young man came to see him and asked him to agree to the alliance to resist Qin.
This young man was Qu Yuan, the Left Sima of the State of Chu.
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