Chapter 180: The Great Alliance
After staying in Chu for a while to persuade the King of Chu, Su Qin set off for other countries.
It is not easy to form an alliance of six countries. There are often frictions among the six countries, and some countries even have deep blood feuds.
There was no problem with forming an alliance to resist Qin, but they could not tolerate being united with a country with whom they had a deep blood feud.
Su Qin finally came to Qi State and took a lot of effort to convince King Wei of Qi to agree to the alliance.
But soon after he came out of the palace, he received news that King Wei of Qi had suddenly appointed Tian Wen as Mengchangjun.
He keenly noticed the changes and immediately sent people into the palace to investigate the situation.
King Wei of Qi died.
Fortunately, King Wei of Qi knew that he would not live long, so he left a will before his death, telling Su Qin not to delay important matters because of his death. The alliance to resist Qin was imperative, so he immediately set out to prepare to preside over the alliance meeting ceremony.
Su Qin did not stay in Qi any longer and left soon.
All six countries had been persuaded, and he began to prepare for the ceremony.
But just as he was writing the document and preparing the text of the alliance, bad news suddenly came from Yan State: the Duke of Yan had passed away.
While Su Qin was still worried about the affairs of Yan State, he received news that the King of Wei had also died of illness. Wei State postponed the alliance meeting on the pretext of national mourning.
This made Mengchangjun very angry. King Hui of Wei reigned for 51 years, more than ten years longer than King Wei of Qi. Even when King Wei of Qi died of illness, he asked Su Qin not to delay important matters. However, Wei postponed the ceremony on the grounds of a happy funeral. How could he explain this to the court and the people of Qi?
The alliance of the six nations is no small matter, how can it change so easily?
Su Qin discussed the matter with him and sent letters to all the states, explaining the pros and cons involved.
The ceremony had to go on no matter what, so he went to Wei in person. However, while on the way, he received urgent letters from Chu and Zhao.
Su Qin was so busy that he became like a spinning top, but he did not dare to stop and hurried to Daliang to persuade the Prince of Wei.
He knew that if there was any mistake, the alliance of the six countries would be declared a failure. The successive deaths of the three monarchs made the alliance, which was not stable to begin with, become precarious in an instant.
This is not only about the six kingdoms, but also about his achievements.
It can be said that this is a critical moment for the survival of Su Qin's life. If he cannot resolve this crisis, all his hard work and plans will be in vain.
If he could turn the tide and bring about an alliance, he would be able to establish his own immortal achievements.
When things developed to this point, Qin Sheng was really worried about Su Qin.
Everything went smoothly at first. Although Su Qin encountered some setbacks in persuading other countries to join the alliance, everything was moving in a good direction and did not deviate too much from his expectations.
Even if there is, it is within the controllable range.
Obviously everything was successful, and all that was missing was a grand alliance ceremony to declare the coalition complete, although it was not stable.
Who knew that things would take a turn for the worse at this point?
The death of the Three Kingdoms monarch made the situation unpredictable.
Although the State of Wei postponed the alliance ceremony, the postponement already meant that something unexpected had happened. If it was really postponed, who knew whether the alliance could be successfully concluded?
The celebrities of this era valued achievements and reputation more than their own lives. Su Qin worked hard for this all his life. How could he be willing to let the situation he had worked so hard to achieve go to waste?
Not only Qin Sheng, but Qin Huaishu also frowned slightly.
If Su Qin had not facilitated the alliance, his description in history books might have been glossed over.
But after writing so much, Su Qin was undoubtedly successful.
How should Qin resist in such a situation?
What exactly was Zhang Yi's strategy of uniting the states?
If he were Zhang Yi, how would he deal with it?
The current situation can be said to be a matter of life and death for the Qin State.
If the six countries launched a large-scale military operation, including several old kingdoms, Qin would be forced to retreat continuously under such circumstances, and the final outcome would definitely be its destruction.
However, the six countries were not united as one, and the alliance was fragile and vulnerable.
Qin Huaishu thought for a moment, and a word appeared in his mind: differentiation.
If a country can be persuaded to withdraw from the alliance, whether by coercion or inducement, the already fragile alliance will almost collapse in an instant.
It is unclear what Zhang Yi would do from the Qin Huai Shu, but the Qin State has always been upright and martial, and it is such a critical juncture. In addition to Zhang Yi traveling around, the Qin State will definitely also go to war.
Threaten one country to withdraw from the alliance and make peace with Qin, and then attack other countries.
It was difficult to send troops to fight at will in Dashun, but it was not a difficult task in this war-torn era.
The Qin State seemed to be in crisis, but in fact it had great potential.
Fortunately, after Su Qin arrived in Daliang, he quickly persuaded the prince of Wei and stabilized the situation in Wei.
After stabilizing the situation, he rushed to Zhao and Chu without stopping for a moment, and finally completely consolidated the trend of the coalition.
After resting for a while, Su Qin didn't even stay for long and immediately took his people back to preside over the alliance.
In the late autumn of 333 BC, the kings of the six countries gathered at Hulao Pass as agreed and held a grand alliance ceremony.
They offered sacrifices to heaven and earth, informed their ancestors, and regarded Qin as their only enemy. The six countries would unite to resist Qin and each send out a large army to form an alliance.
Since the beginning of the alliance, all commercial relations with Qin have been severed.
If the six countries send people to discuss the matter of forming an alliance, the other countries shall not refuse.
Su Qin, who facilitated this great alliance, was appointed prime minister of the six countries and was in charge of the overall situation. For a time, he was in the limelight.
In addition to Su Qin who was in charge of the overall situation, the monarchs of various countries also appointed special envoys to assist Su Qin, including Xinling Jun, Mengchang Jun, Pingyuan Jun, and Chunshen Jun.
These four are the four famous... but not particularly famous gentlemen of the Warring States Period in history.
Subsequently, the countries decided to form a joint force with a total of 510,000 troops and horses.
From then on, the trend of the coalition was fully formed, and it all depended on how Qin would face the 510,000 troops of the six countries.
Su Qin held the golden seal in his hand, but he was surprisingly calm.
He thought of Zhang Yi. Was Zhang Yi still in mourning for his mother or had he already gone to Qin?
If he went to Qin State, how would he solve the situation?
Chu Yian paused here, picked up the tea Qin Huaishu handed over and took a sip.
She really enjoyed writing this part tonight.
It was not easy for Qin to unify the country. In an era when talented people emerged in various countries, the influence of one person on the entire situation of the Warring States Period was too great.
When Su Qin first arrived in Qin, how could Ying Si have imagined that he had such great talent and could bring about the current situation?
By the time they knew about it, Su Qin had already persuaded the two countries to unite to resist Qin, and it was too late to pull him to Qin.
Qin Sheng stopped writing and frowned tightly.
As a military general, Qin Sheng knew very well how far the Qin State had been pushed. If Zhang Yi could not resolve this crisis, the Qin State would be in danger of extinction.
But at the same time, the alliance of the six countries, which is as thin as window paper, really makes people have no confidence in them.
Qin Sheng just wanted to know how Zhang Yi would respond?
He felt as if his heart was being strangled into several pieces by an invisible thread.
Although there were several crises of national destruction in the history of Dashun, none of them was like the Qin Dynasty, when it was attacked by so many countries.
If such an alliance were to attack Dashun, would Dashun still exist?
But even in this situation, the Qin State was still able to unify itself... Qin Sheng became more and more curious about the rest of the story, and he also wanted to know how many generations of kings the Qin State had to go through before it could achieve unification.
How many more alliances will there be to resist Qin?
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