si-mexico Chapter 771 Qianguo’s Response
Chapter 771 Qianguo’s Response
Xiong Ren thought for a moment and said,
"That makes sense. Send someone quickly, eight hundred miles away, to deliver a letter to Yugui, requesting that the Qian Kingdom send reinforcements to the border to help our country resist the Yan army.
Forget it, it's too slow, let's send a letter by carrier pigeon."
"As ordered!"
The first court meeting after the destruction of the Chu navy ended in such a hasty manner, and the entire Chu State placed its hopes on the Qian State.
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The carrier pigeon sent the message very quickly. It took off that day and arrived at Yugui in Qian Kingdom the next day.
After receiving the letter from Emperor Chu, Emperor Qian thought for a moment and decided to ask the court officials for their opinions.
When he told the court officials about this matter during the morning court session, the court immediately exploded.
Gongyang Ge's uncle, Prime Minister Gongyang Chun, immediately stood up and said,
"Your Majesty, absolutely not! The people of Chu are all rats, ungrateful and treacherous.
Have you forgotten the message that Gong Yangge delivered?
At the beginning, we, Daqian, sent 400,000 elite soldiers to aid the State of Wei. In the end, the State of Wei was destroyed, so we helped the State of Chu to guard the border.
But when our Daqian warriors were fighting bloody battles, what were the Chu people doing?
Our Daqian soldiers were surrounded by 600,000 enemy troops. Their 300,000 Chu troops fought against 150,000 enemy troops, but they insisted that they could not win and just stood by and watched our army being surrounded.
If the Fourth Legion hadn't come to our rescue, we would have been completely wiped out."
The Taiwei also stood up and said,
"Yes, Your Majesty, whether they are truly unable to defeat us or are deliberately betraying us, we cannot aid them anymore.
If they can't win, it shows how weak the Chu people's fighting power is. That would be a big pit. It would be of no use at all and would also bring trouble to our army.
If it's a backstab, then if they can backstab once, they can backstab a second time.
If our army aids them, then when the time comes, our army will fight bloody battles while they stand by and watch, and when our main forces are exhausted, they, who have only their main forces left, will they try to usurp our throne and occupy our capital city of Daqian?"
The Imperial Censor also said immediately,
"Your Majesty, you must not cooperate with the Chu people. They first caused the annihilation of our army and the capture of Gongyang Ge.
Aren’t the Chu people known for their infantry being inferior to the navy and their naval ferocity being as fierce as tigers?
But in the end, their navy was completely wiped out by the Yan people, a group of landlubbers.
Weren't they so brave when they stabbed us in the back? Now they're asking for our help.
The Chu people are two-faced and cannot be trusted!"
Today, the court of Qian State was surprisingly unanimous, saying that they must not agree to the request of Chu State and must not let the wolf into the house.
Emperor Qian sighed and said,
"So what do you think? Just let Yan destroy Chu? Then the next step will be for Yan to attack Qian.
Don't forget that what we have to face now is not only the 800,000 main force of the Yan army, but also the 400,000 western troops that destroyed the Sichuan Kingdom.
"Can we defeat an army of over a million men, armed with firearms?"
Upon hearing this, Gongyang Ge's father, Gongyang Zhan, the Internal History of Grain, stood up and said,
"Your Majesty, there is still hope. We can send envoys to Yan State to deliver a letter and negotiate peace with them.
After all, our Qian Kingdom has never done anything to harm Yan Kingdom.
All we have to do is to renew our alliance with the State of Yan, sign a non-aggression treaty, and promise that our army will never leave the homeland of the State of Qian and invade the territory already occupied by the State of Yan.
And the State of Yan must also promise not to invade our territory."
Hearing this, everyone felt a little bit unbelievable.
Emperor Qian frowned and said,
"You say this... is too unreliable, right? The Yan State is clearly aiming to unify the world. Our Daqian is their last strong rival, and they are just one step away from victory. Will they give up?"
Gong Yang Zhan immediately said,
"Your Majesty, look, have we decided not to aid the State of Chu?"
"Hmm... more or less. I do not like Chu's behavior and do not trust Chu."
"Your Majesty, since we no longer intend to aid Chu, regardless of its fate, we will have to fight the Yan army sooner or later.
Just send someone to the State of Yan as an envoy. If it succeeds, then both sides will naturally be at peace.
Even if we fail, what loss will it cause to us?
We were originally going to fight to the death with the State of Yan. Even if we fail, we will still fight to the death. The result will not change.
So I thought, I should give it a try. What if it works? Wouldn't we be able to save Daqian from the suffering of war?"
As soon as Gongyang Zhan's logic came out, all the ministers thought it made sense and agreed with it.
There are not many opportunities to try, what if it works? If it fails, just keep trying.
Emperor Qian, under the persuasion of the crowd, also felt that it made sense and said,
"Okay, then who should we send as an envoy to the State of Yan? We need to send someone with real weight and authority to show our respect. After all, Yan is a great power, and we are the ones who initiated the peace talks, so proper etiquette should be observed.
The Three Dukes are powerful and busy with government affairs, so I won't consider them. Choose one from the Nine Ministers."
Dianke Wenbo stood up and said,
"Your Majesty, the reception of diplomatic envoys has always been the responsibility of our officials. I wish to go as an envoy to the State of Yan and negotiate with the Yan army."
Another minister stood up and said,
"Your Majesty, the Minister of Foreign Affairs is only in charge of foreign affairs and does not have much real power. If we are sent as an envoy to the State of Yan, I am afraid that the State of Yan will think that we are neglecting them.
I believe that we should send Lord Gongyang Zhan, the Minister of Grain, to go there.
First, Gongyang Zhan was the Minister of Grain, in charge of the country's money and grain. He held a high position and had sufficient weight.
Secondly, Gongyang Ge was captured by the Yan army. In order to preserve 100,000 surrendered soldiers, he had to surrender to the Yan army. But I believe that Gongyang Ge's heart is still with us in Daqian.
His family is still in Daqian, and I believe he was forced to do so.
Gongyang Zhan is Gongyang Ge's father. How could a son not listen to his father?
Send Gongyang Zhan forward. Firstly, we can ask Gongyang Ge to speak for our Daqian. After all, he is now the commander-in-chief of the Yan army.
Even if the peace talks fail, we can still have Gongyang Zhan persuade Gongyang Ge to stay with the Yan army. When the Yan army engages our army, we can suddenly attack them from behind and inflict a crushing defeat on them!"
Hearing this, Emperor Qian immediately said,
"Okay, this is good, it's the best of both worlds. It seems that after Gong Yangge surrendered, I personally wrote a letter to appease him, saying that I don't blame him. This move was right. Gong Yangge must be grateful to me.
You can ask him to help negotiate peace. If that fails, you can also use him as a nail in the Yan army.
This plan is brilliant!"
However, just as Emperor Qian was rejoicing, the Court Justice stood up and said,
"Your Majesty, have you forgotten what happened to Yuan Chu of Kun State and Huang Tao of Wei State?"
These words poured a bucket of cold water on Emperor Qian and all the civil and military officials in the court, completely extinguishing all their joyful emotions.