Jin Xian Gong Guizhu's confidence and even arrogance are not unreasonable.

Since his father, Quwo Wugongji, claimed that he destroyed the Jin Aihou of his family and usurped power, he successively annexed seven or eight small countries nearby, causing the population of Jin to rapidly expand to three million and the military strength to two hundred thousand.

Jin State was also promoted from Marquis to Duke State, and the king Ji Cheng was awarded the title of "Duke Wu of Jin" by the Zhou royal family, becoming one of the powerful countries in the world.

After Duke Wu of Jin died, Gui Zhu succeeded to the throne, called himself Duke Xian, and inherited his father's will, vigorously developed the economy, reclaimed fertile land, accumulated grain and raised troops, and successively destroyed the surrounding small countries such as Rui, Jia, and Yi, and expanded their population to six million and armed with 400,000 armors.

The territory almost covers the entire Shanxi Province and central Inner Mongolia before Fang Li traveled through, and dominated the country and looked at the princes.

As the state of Jin continued to expand, the Guoyu Alliance, which blocked its way south, became a thorn in the eyes of the king and minister of Jin, and was thorn in the flesh. Therefore, he spared no effort to attack the two countries, trying to open the way south and extend his tentacles into the Central Plains.

Originally, the State of Jin had the opportunity to cross the Taihang Mountains eastward and incorporate this vast and fertile land into its territory. However, because of Zhao Yong's sudden emergence, the State of Jin dreamed of breaking the Taihang Mountains and was unable to expedition the east.

The State of Zhao was originally a marquis, with a population of only 500,000 and a territory of only more than ten cities. There were few princes in the world taking it seriously.

But twenty years ago, "Zhao Suhou" passed away due to illness, and the sixteen-year-old Zhao Yong succeeded to the throne and became "Zhao Wuhou".

At this time, the Zhao State was filled with strong Jin in the west, Han in the south, Wei State had ulterior motives, and the tenacious Zhongshan State continued to invade, while the Xiongnu, Linhu, Loufan, Xianbei and other minority nomadic peoples continued to harass, which made Zhao State difficult.

Zhao Yongguang recruited virtuous people and recruited Lian Po, Li Mu and Zhao She as generals, and carried out drastic military reforms, implemented "Hu Clothing, Cavalry and Shooting", improved Zhao's military equipment and weapons, repeatedly defeated various ethnic minorities, obtained a large number of horses, and shocked the world.

In the Battle of Yinshan alone, Zhao's general Li Mu and Lian Po killed 30,000 Huns allied forces, captured 50,000 horses, and trained a "Handan Iron Cavalry" with a scale of 50,000, known as the world's number one "Handan Iron Cavalry".

In terms of internal affairs, Zhao Yong appointed Lin Xiangru and his "Pingyuan Jun" Zhao Sheng as the prime ministers of the left and right, recruited refugees from various countries, rented land, distributed agricultural tools, and lighted labor and paid less taxes, making the people of various countries who came to join like crucian carp trees crossing the river.

However, in 20 years, Zhao State had grown from a Marquis to a superpower with a population of 4.5 million, armies and 4,000 chariots. Handan was the capital and was known as the five powerful countries in the world along with Qi, Qin, Chu and Jin.

In order to maintain his position, King Xiang of Zhou, who only controlled Luoyang, deliberately won over Zhao State and issued an edict to promote Zhao State to Duke State and conferred Zhao Yong as "Duke Wu of Zhao". Since then, he is on par with the monarchs of Qi, Qin, Jin and Chu.

"Oh... I really despise Zhao Yong'er. If a large army was sent to the east, where would Zhao be there now?"

Every time I see the Zhao State confronting Jin State across the Taihang Mountains on the map, Gui Zhu would sigh and scold Zhao Yong as a child.

Although the two were almost the same age and had less than a year or two a year or two apart in power, it was difficult for Gui Zhu to accept that the State of Zhao was joined by the Marquis and Jin, and Zhao Yong was both dukes and was on equal terms.

But Gui Zhu chose to forget that Jin State was promoted to Duke State from his father Ji Cheng, but it was only twenty years earlier than Zhao!

The Zhao State had already grown up, and the Jin army crossed the Taihang Mountains and tried to return several times. In desperation, they could only stop the idea of ​​expedition in the east and set the road of expansion on the southward Central Plains.

Because the Western overlords can't afford to offend them even more!

On the west side of Jin are Liang and Ji, one marquis and one Count. Liang has 800,000 people and Ji has 400,000 people. It is not difficult to destroy them with the strength of Jin.

But the reason why Liang and Ji were at ease was that they had a peaceful and prosperous era for more than ten years was because they found a good backer and the vast Qin Kingdom stood behind them.

The monarch in Qin State at this time was Duke Mu of Qin, Ying Ren was good at knowing people and servicing people, diligent and loving the people.

The prince Ying Dang was able to hold a tripod and had the courage to be inappropriate for thousands of men.

The second son Ying Zheng was able to be civil and military, he could hold a spear on his horse, and he could govern the country with a dismount. He was of great prestige in Qin, second only to the monarch Duke Mu of Qin.

The Qin State tiger lies in the land of Guanzhong, with natural dangers in Hangu Pass in the east, and the vast Qinling Mountains in the south, facing the Wei River Plain. It has a vast territory and abundant resources.

The capital of Xianyang is majestic, densely populated and developed economy.

Duke Mu of Qin used Bai Qi as the general, Meng Ao and Wang Jian as the general, supplemented by Wang Ben, Meng Tian, ​​Sima Cuo, Zhang Han, Fan Yuqi, Li Xin and others, and trained a strong iron-blooded army.

In terms of internal affairs, Duke Mu of Qin appointed Shang Yang as prime minister, supplemented by three political geniuses including Li Si, Fan Sui, and Su Qin, which made the Qin national strength flourish, the people live and work in peace and contentment, and the country's cohesion was unprecedentedly high, and they were determined to win the world.

After years of accumulation and training, the Qin Dynasty currently has a population of 8 million and a soldier of 500,000. It is second only to another superpower in the East in terms of population and military strength - Qiang Qi.

Liang and Ji were not worth mentioning, but Qin was not dared to provoke easily.

In desperation, I had to set the path of expansion to the south and lock the targets of destruction into the state of Yu and Guo. Who made you not have a good backer?

After the words of Gui Zhu, the ministers agreed in unison: "What the lord said is very true. Except for Qi and Qin, which country dares not take our Great Jin seriously?"

"Ahem..."

After the voices of the ministers fell, Chong'er coughed and held the tablet in his hand and said in a solemn voice: "Father, the strength of our Jin State is naturally known to the world, but we cannot be blindly arrogant, so as not to be reaped the benefits of other countries. If we can quickly destroy Yu, it is best for Guo to do so. If we cannot fight quickly, we must beware of the sneak attack of Zhao State."

Gui Zhufuxu snorted coldly: "He dares this boy Zhao Yong!"

He paused and continued: "Although there were several conflicts between Jin and Zhao in the past few years, they were not worth mentioning. The destruction of Yu in our Jin State this time is a national plan, which is related to the future development of the Jin State. If Zhao Yong dares to take the opportunity to attack, he will declare war on our Jin State. I vow to fight him to the end!"

"Lord, what the young master said is extremely true!"

Xun Xi also stood up to support Chong'er's suggestion, "To attack Guo and Yu, we must first do the aftermath and beware of the invasion of Zhao. We can send people to Wei to join forces with Wei, make good use of Wei, and make profits, so that Wei will restrain Zhao, so that it will not dare to act rashly, so that we can attack Yu without any worries!"

Although Gui Zhu was arrogant, he was not as stupid as Ji Chan. He nodded and agreed immediately, and glanced at the ministers under his feet: "Who would like to go to the State of Wei?"

Emperor Taizong Zhao Shuai took a step forward and said: "I am willing to go on a mission to Wei State, go to Yecheng, and convince Weis to reach an alliance with us."

Gui Zhu nodded and said, "Then please ask Zhao Qing for this matter, and take a gift from Keri to leave immediately."

He also said to Xian Zhen, Wei Chou, and Xun Xi: "I ordered Xian Zhen to be the main general, Wei Chou as the deputy general, and Xun Xi as the supervisor, gather 200,000 troops and horses to prepare for the destruction of Yu!"

"Here!"

The ministers took the order together, and the sound echoed in Xuanwu Palace for a long time.
Chapter completed!