Age of mythical princes

Chapter 362 Two Tigers' Strategy to Compete for Food
"No, the State of Yue cannot do nothing. The State of Wu and Dayue are mortal enemies. Wu and Yue are not at odds with each other. The envoys from the State of Chu have come again. Gu decided to take advantage of the decisive battle between the two sides on the front line to directly rob the State of Wu."

When Wen Zhong heard this, he felt speechless: "Then what?"

"After the main force of Wu State comes back, will Chu State help us delay Wu State?"

"How can the main force of the Wu State come back? Even if it does come back, it will definitely be a loss of troops. At that time, the Chu State will have a great victory, and they will definitely take advantage of the situation to attack the State of Wu and weaken the State of Wu."

"What's more, even if Dai Viet does not take action, after this battle is over, Wu State will most likely still send troops to Dai Viet."

The State of Yue attacked the State of Wu, and the State of Wu would retaliate against the State of Yue afterwards.

The State of Yue is honest, and the State of Wu will still attack the State of Yue afterwards.

In this case, it is better to fight with Wu Guo and take the opportunity to sneak attack on Wu Guo's ass.

"Over the years, the State of Wu has robbed the State of Chu and gained countless benefits. We will rob them all this time!"

Seeing Gou Jian who wanted to rob Wu State wholeheartedly, Wen Zhong fell silent. He didn't know what to say.

After thinking for a while, Wen Zhong said: "In this case, it is better for the Lord to ask for help from Yancheng, and at least get some support. Yancheng is happy to see Yue attack Wu."

"And we not only need to start this fight, we also need to think about how this fight is going to end."

Having said this, Wen Zhong bowed to Gou Jian earnestly: "My lord, have you ever thought about it. After the Battle of Yingdu is over and the Wu Kingdom leads the main force to attack the Yue Kingdom, what will the Yue Kingdom do at that time?"

Gou Jian shook his head helplessly: "There is no way, but Dai Viet's strength is insufficient, so this is no choice."

He was so cowardly that he was destroyed by the State of Wu, so why not have a good fight with the State of Wu?

Then, using the ancestral heritage, it is hard to say who will win and who will lose in this battle.As for what to do if the ancestral heritage fails, let’s just leave it alone.

Wen Zhong thought for a while: "I have an idea, what if? What I said is what if."

"If that day comes, when Wu's troops come to the city and Dai Viet is no match, and is retreating steadily, and is in danger of national subjugation, we might as well cede the territory directly."

"It's useless to cut off the land. I can destroy you. Who will cut off your land? Wu Guo won't agree either."

"No, what I mean is to cede land directly to Yancheng. This is a strategy of two tigers competing for food."

"Today, there is no land left in Yancheng that can be developed."

"The north of Yancheng used to be the State of Xu, but now it is the State of Wu. The west of Yancheng has always been the State of Wu. The south of Yancheng is our Dayue. The east of Yancheng is the ocean."

"Today, Yancheng is bordering both the Wu State and our Yue State, and there is no undeveloped forest on the land for Yancheng to continue to develop. Therefore, over the years, Yancheng has been composed of more than 100 counties on the land, but it has been developed on the ocean. There are a total of four hundred counties, all of which are reclaimed from the sea."

"If given the opportunity, Yancheng would definitely be willing to continue to develop on land."

"However, Yancheng has always paid more attention to its image and is not willing to easily start a war and settle the population. After all, this world is the world of princes and nobles, but Yancheng is composed of Qi practitioners. Yancheng is like an alternative, so it has always been , wars are rarely launched on land in Yancheng."

"However, this is not because Yancheng is unwilling, but because Yancheng itself is different, so we must be cautious and cautious in every move we make."

"On the other hand, as long as Yancheng does not open up land, other vassal states are happy that Yancheng has remained neutral. They are not willing to offend Yancheng, but once Yancheng no longer remains neutral, Yancheng's business in various countries will not be able to continue. ”

Today, you have to take sides!

Who you are from and which country you are from determine whether your business in a certain country is good or not.

If there is no one behind you, then no matter how talented you are, your business will not be big.If you want to become big, you must either become a part of the nobility or become the white glove of a great nobility.

In the past, Yancheng did not open up land, and the vassal states on the land were not willing to offend Yancheng. Therefore, Yancheng's business could be done all over the world. Every country and every prince had a store in Yancheng, and Yancheng's goods could be sold. Sold worldwide.

But once Yancheng intervenes in the struggle for hegemony among the princes, its aloof status will be gone, and so will its status as a neutral.

Just like the war between Yancheng and Qi State, after it started, Qi State banned all businesses in Yancheng within its territory.The goods in Yancheng have shifted from the open market to the secret market. Although the prices on the black market are higher, the shipment volume is far less than in the past.

Qi State did this itself, and asked Qi State's subordinate countries to do the same.

And after Yancheng also begins to compete for hegemony, any country that wants to compete for hegemony will respond to Yancheng.

Banning the sale of goods in Yancheng is just one of the most common methods.Assassination, robbery, and war are all options.

As for doing this, it will result in the inability to buy many cheap goods and affect the quality of life of the common people in the country. This is not important to the princes and nobles.

For them, their dominance is the most important thing.Nothing else can compare to this.

As for the common people’s objections?What's the objection?Power was in the hands of the great nobles and monarchs. "Coupled with the Three Saints, the princes were happy to see Yancheng remain neutral in the past."

"However, the princes never expected that in the blink of an eye, in just a few decades, Yancheng would grow from a small country that was harmless to humans and animals to such a powerful place today."

"Many princes are probably regretting it now. They just can't worry about Yancheng for the time being."

For powerful countries like Jin, Chu, and Qi, they have quite a lot of experience in how to torment small countries and how to torment nearby small countries to death without developing.They have done all kinds of conspiracies and conspiracies, everything imaginable and unimaginable.

It’s just that I never expected that Yancheng did not respect martial ethics and developed so fast that when many methods were used, they were no longer of much use.

Now, the Jin State is about to be divided, and each country has its own top priority, so there is no time to take care of Yancheng.

For the Jin State, civil war was a top priority.

For the Chu State, driving away the Wu State was a top priority.

For Wu Guo, the most important thing is to find a way to end the game with dignity or win another game.

For the Qin State, the most important thing was to find a way to steal the chicken and get it to Hangu Pass.

For the Tian family of Qi State, the most important thing is to seize the time to usurp the country and be justified.

Compared with these top-level issues, suppressing the development of Yancheng has become a secondary issue.Suppressing the development of Yancheng is certainly important, but it is not as important as what we are facing now.

Although the future is important, everyone still values ​​the present more.

At this point, Wenzhong sighed: "Yancheng is developing too fast, and the timing is really good."

"After the civil war in Jin, all countries in the world have more important things. No country will suppress Yancheng at all costs. If the Jin State is not divided, and if the Jin State is still the overlord, then the Jin State will indeed do whatever it takes. Suppress Yancheng at a high cost. Just like Jin used to suppress Chu in the south, Qin in the west, and Qi in the east."

Only the overlord has the strength and willingness to suppress other princes who may challenge the overlord's position.

However, after the civil strife in Jin State, Chu State, Qin State, Qi State and Yancheng all wanted to be the overlord. At this time, who has the time and energy to suppress Yancheng?

With such an external situation, Wen Zhong sighed once he thought about it, "There are some experts in Yancheng!"

"So, for today's Yancheng, an opportunity to reasonably and legally expand its power on land and continue to develop is very important."

"This reason must be so convincing that no one can fault it."

"For Yancheng, they need to maintain their past reputation and continue to attract talents from all over the world, but they also need to expand on land. This is both a need and a need."

"Reclamation sounds great, but the cost is frighteningly high. Nowadays, almost all the mountains in the Wu and Yue states have been moved away. There are also a thousand mountains in the Chu state that have been moved away. , were filled into the sea, and then there were these four hundred counties."

“In the future, it will only become more and more difficult to reclaim land from the sea.”

"So, when the troops of the State of Wu are approaching the city, and when Kuaiji may not be able to defend it, we might as well try to directly cede all the territory bordering the State of Yue and the State of Wu to Yancheng. We can even give the counties in the south that border the jungle, Also give it to Yancheng."

"In this way, Yancheng is equivalent to taking on the pressure of Wu State for us. At that time, Yue State became an ordinary vassal state with only more than 100 counties."

"Although there is no possibility of fighting for hegemony, at least safety can be guaranteed."

"There is a high probability that Yancheng will not refuse such a deal."

"After this transaction, the Yue Kingdom avoided the danger of national subjugation. Yancheng gained at least a hundred counties, and also had the opportunity to continue to expand to the south. There are countless jungles, mountains, and countless tribes in the south. Demon, for Yancheng, these are resources, and the difficulty of reclaiming them is much less than reclamation of land from the sea."

"The most important thing is that this move is our initiative to request Yancheng, so it will not damage Yancheng's reputation."

"The only bad thing is that from now on, we may be completely surrounded by Yancheng."

"Although we will no longer directly face the Wu State and will no longer be in danger of annihilation, there is a high probability that it will not continue to grow and develop from now on."

As for the decline of Yancheng, Wen Zhong feels that at least while Jiang Hua is still alive, Yancheng cannot decline.

By the time Jiang Hua died, he would have been dead long ago. He couldn't see that far and couldn't control that far.

Besides, losing the war with Wu State, and finally being able to maintain the inheritance and ensure the immortality of the country is already a good result.

Gou Jian thought for a long time, his face was red, his eyes were wide open, and his expression was extremely complicated. Even in the end, he did not say whether he agreed or disagreed.

(End of this chapter)