Chapter 43 The Chess Game
The boy's eyes on the throne seemed to have a substance and looked at him directly. Aristotle IV immediately looked at him and said kindly: "Your Majesty, I think this is something that neither side wants to happen."
"Baktria was unwilling to sell horses to our Chu State before, but now he has interfered again. He is not allowed to buy Seleucid horses. What is the reason for not being honest and not being able to do so?" Xiong Jing's eyes were cold and he was constantly thinking about what consequences would be if Baktria sold horses to Qin State.
The court officials glared at Aristotle IV. The Sogdians had promised not to sell bloody horses to Qin, and of course they would not sell bloody horses to Chu. Now, because of Seleucus, he changed his preface and asked Chu for what he was like, and suddenly felt that he was very rude.
"I just hope that His Majesty will not intervene in the dispute between Seleucus and Bactricia, and has not prevented Chuni from purchasing Seleucus' horses," explained Aristotle IV.
"However, Seleugu only wanted to exchange horses for military armor, but the previous alliance between Chu and your country did not say anything: Chu cannot sell military armor and Seleugu. The previous alliance between Chu and your country was already said something: The great iron of Chu, the military armor is not allowed to be sold with Qin, and the horses of Baktria are not allowed to be sold with Qin." Xiong Jing recalled the original text of the alliance, and he added it specifically to prevent Qin from going west to seek horses. "You should see that the alliance is as if nothing is available, and you will be attacked in the future."
So far, Xiong Jing's courage and decisiveness have been praised by Aristotle IV, but he had long thought of the covenant. After Xiong Jing finished speaking, he immediately said: "Your Majesty should know that there are barbaric Sala people in the north of Bactrica, and several city-states, such as Shiguo and Dayuan. Bactrica can only restrain the merchants of their country from selling war horses to Spartaqin, and cannot restrain them."
"This is the so-called Alexander strategy?" Xiong Jing sneered. There are always loopholes in the covenant. The Shi Kingdom mentioned by Aristotle IV is a loophole. "The Sogdian merchants were unwilling to sell sweat and blood horses, but now they suddenly sold more than a thousand sweat and blood horses. Is this not a force for your country? China and the thousands of miles of merchants in the river were all run by Sogdian merchants. If it were not forcing your country, how could the Qin people get horses? From this, it is not a matter of being forced by your country to fight horses. This is not a matter of being determined that the Qin army would have many sweat and blood horses in the future, which was caused by your country's backing the alliance, and the four countries would have to be punished later."
"King, the Chu army can take a sea boat to Seleugu. If the country is against the alliance, it should send troops to attack Seleugu." Naojiu said with confidence.
"King, twenty-five sea boats will be launched this year, forty next year, and forty more in the next year, one hundred and fifteen sea boats can carry tens of thousands of people." Gong Yin Dao also said. If you really want to go to battle, the number of sea boats will increase.
"King, if you go to Seleucid to attack his country, the people of Yue can stop this." Luo Kai also interrupted.
The congressmen were fierce, and the suggestions of these people were translated by Wu Ji to Aristotle IV. Aristotle IV just chuckled. He knew the distance between Bactricia and Chu, and also knew the distance between Seleucus, India and Chu, and the trans-ocean route was a very dangerous thing. He did not believe that the Chu army could be transported to Seleucus and then attacked Bactricia with Seleucus.
"Why do you have to attack each other by sea?" Xiang Yan said. "I think the cavalry of the four countries should go out of Yunzhong County, give them armor and lead the Di people to attack each other. The Di people did not have such good horses, and if they heard that there were good horses in the river, they would flock to them."
The generals stood in the court and were also in black clothes and white clothes. No general had ever been in the court. And when he went out, he was a general, and when he came in, he was a prime minister. Whether he was a general or a prime minister was just a distinction between positions in different occasions, rather than identity. With this, Xiang Yan's words and deeds still made Aristotle IV feel a strong murderous intent.
At this time, Wu Ji said beside him: "This is Xiang Yan, the best general of Chuni. He has defeated Qinni's army five times in a row and killed more than 200,000 Qinni soldiers. I heard that the Qinni people would run away when they heard his name."
The court was in a mess, and Aristotle IV was carefully observing that he could feel the anger and excitement of these people, just like the often angry members of the Greek 500-man meeting.
"Their city-states have their own army?" asked Aristotle IV, and he heard more and more people say, "This county can send troops" and "This city can send troops". This seems not a country, but a city-state alliance.
"Yes." Although the counties and Greek city-states are different, they are roughly similar. "Now there are four divisions in this city, plus King Chuni's direct army, with about 30,000 infantry and more than 6,000 cavalry. Last year, King Chuni led them to conquer Zini and occupy the capital of Zini, forcing King Chini to cut off friendly relations with Qinni and reached a four-nation alliance."
"How many troops did Chuni have?" Aristotle IV asked this question again.
"There are at least thirty regular divisions, each of which has about 6,000 people, and more preparatory divisions." Wu Ji said. "If a Chuni nobleman wants to become one of the seven consuls, he needs the support of the noble..."
"Vote for?" Aristotle IV said naturally, this is a Greek tradition.
"No. Support the soldiers they have." Wuji said in detail the difference between the Chu political system and the Greek political system. "If a member of parliament or host wants to support who becomes a consul, he must hand over his army to him to command. Whoever commands the largest number of soldiers will become a consul.
To prevent cheating, Chuni's Ten Generals Committee established strict soldiers standards and reviewed every year whether the number of soldiers in each city-state is consistent with the number declared by the city-state. In the words of the Chuni, this is called a one-one vote (Jane).
"Gods." Aristotle IV never thought that democratic elections could be closely linked to naked violence.
"What else do the envoy have to say?" Aristotle IV did not answer immediately just now. Naojiu took the lead in making suggestions. After a while, Xiong Jing let them stop.
"Your Majesty, I only hope that Bactricia and Chuni can enjoy peace forever." Aristotle IV's tone had changed, but the meaning of Tong Qin as a threat has not changed at all.
"Entertainment remembers that for Chu, whether the Qin people have good horses is not fatal, but for Baktria, Seleucid and the grassland tribes are all fatal. If your country is against the alliance, there will be a reply later!" Xiong Jing immediately signaled to the guest and asked them to see him off.
Aristotle IV withdrew from the courtiers with a glare of his courtiers. As soon as he left, the courtiers were in a noisy mood. It was actually a loss to start a war against a country thousands of miles away. But this country has mastered high-quality war horses that are no less than Nisama. So what if it is not threatened?
Xiong Jing gradually felt that he had suddenly entered the world chess game from the world chess game, and a country that was thousands of miles away began to influence or even influence the situation of the world. It seems that a certain compromise should be made for Bactrica, but this kind of compromise is not to not sell troops to Seliugu, but to increase the horse price of Bactrica.
"I don't think that I should buy all the horses of the Hu people so as not to be obtained by the Qin people." Xiong Jing said in the eyes of the ministers.
"King, the Hu people want to exchange thirty sets of soldiers with one horse, this is a mistake!" Zhao Shu said, feeling that the Hu people were completely a lion.
"So what?" Xiong Jing said. "I don't have a horse, the Qin people will definitely get a horse."
"I think so." Naojiu, Xiang Yan and others said. "If the Qin people get horses, it will be very unfavorable for me. Today, it would rather use more than 30,000 sets of military armor to prevent the Qin people from getting horses."
"However, does the country have trust?" Cheng Jie was silent all the time. The question he thought was the same as Xiong Jing. Chu was no longer the Chu State in the world, but the Chu State in the world. Qin State was on the west and had a natural advantage on land. "If the country had no trust, it would be useless to sell more soldiers and armor."
"What can I do if I have no use?" said the King of Luyang. "If you see that the Qin army has sweat and blood, it will not be too late to attack the country again. You can only buy horses at the moment to stop Qin's hope. Moreover, this matter should not be allowed to be learned by the Seleucid envoy. If you know, there will be twists and turns in the purchase of horses."
"King, I think the horses of Seleucid should be transported back quickly," said Gong Yin. "This year, the sea boats that were launched are easy to transport horses. Twenty-five new sea boats and ten sea boats last year all went west, and 3,800 horses can be transported."
The sea boats that were launched last year unloaded the two wooden decks directly above the horses and could transport horses, but there were not many horses like this, one was only eighty, and seven sea boats were transported back to Nissa horses in total. This year, the sea boats that were launched this year were higher, and one could transport 120 horses. In order to prevent the nights from getting too long and dreams, it is necessary to transport them back early.
"No." Xiang Yan opposed Gong Yindao's proposal. "The sea boats all went west, and the war between Zhao and Qin has not yet ended. If Qin attacked Zhao again next year, what would it be?"
"If Qin attacks Zhao again next year and Zhao will suffer a disaster, I will send troops to rescue Zhao." Naojiu said loudly.
After he said this, many people followed suit. "The State of Zhao must not be destroyed. If the State of Zhao is destroyed, our State of Chu will be in danger."
"If Zhao State is destroyed, Qin State will gain the land of Zhao State, and there will be three of the world's capitals, and the world will perish."
"If Qin attacks Zhao again next year, the three kingdoms of Chu, Qi and Wei will need to save Zhao..."
The importance of Zhao State is beyond doubt. Saving Zhao is also a topic of debate between Zhengchao from time to time. But some people agree to save Zhao, so naturally some people disagree, and at least they disagree to save Zhao now.
"Zhao is a great country, how can one die if it dies?" someone said loudly.
"If the Qin army turns to attack me, what if I can't do anything? "Do you have to do something lightly?" Dongye Gu said. "If the Qin army turns to attack me, what can I do if I don't have enough to last three years?"
"If Zhao is saved, Qi will not send troops." Zhaoshu is not optimistic about saving Zhao, and the four countries have not yet truly united.
"King, whether the Qin people attacked Zhao next year depends on the victory or defeat of the war this month. If the Qin army wins a great victory, we will attack Zhao again next year. If the Qin army is defeated, I will show my intention to save Zhao again. The Qin people will not dare to attack Zhao again." The King of Luyang said: "I think that if the Zhao army wins a great victory, our Chu State will summon soldiers and make an act of saving Zhao and attacking Qin next spring."
Chapter completed!