"When does the Prime Minister think Wei should send troops?"

When Wei Wang Wei Feng heard the words of his prime minister, he immediately wanted to ask for advice.

In terms of grasping the opportunity, Prime Minister Wei can be said to be second to none in the Wei State and even in the entire world.

Even during the Gongzhongsu Rebellion more than ten years ago, Wei Feng himself suffered a big loss at the hands of Gongsun Qi.

When the two parties were fighting, Wei Feng was still frightened when he recalled Gongsun Qi's move to bring Zhao and Han into the situation.

If it weren't for Han and Zheng's unhappy separation, I'm afraid Wei Feng would still be stuck in the civil war with his brothers, and how could Wei become the most powerful country in the world today.

Of course, the Wei Kingdom's journey of more than ten years was indispensable for the great talent Gongsun Qi.

Whether it was the defeat of the Korean army in the first battle, or the decisive battle against Qin in Xihe, Gongsun Qi used his talents to win battles one after another.

Even though there are many talented people like Sun Boling, Pang Juan, and Gongsun Yang in the Wei court today, Wei Feng, as the king of Wei, values ​​Gongsun Qi's advice the most, just like in the main hall at this moment.

Listening to Wei Feng's questioning words, and then looking at Sun Boling who was looking for advice, Gongsun Qi had a calm demeanor in his figure.

"Your Majesty, Sima, if our country Wei sends troops too early, then the country of Yue may not be too grateful to our country Wei."

After Gongsun Qi said these words, Wei Feng and Sun Boling looked at each other with a look of understanding on their faces.

Although there are no words like icing on the cake and providing help in times of need at this time, Wei Feng and Sun Boling are not stupid people, so they naturally understand this truth.

Although today's Yue State has lost a large area of ​​land north of the river due to Chu's offensive, the Wu and Yue territories south of the river are still firmly in its hands.

It can be said that the current national strength of Yue may have suffered some losses, but it will not be to the point of being damaged.

Chu State has always been on guard against Wei State. Once Wei State sends troops, Chu State's military strength will inevitably be restrained by Wei Army.

By that time, if the Yue Kingdom achieves several great victories and even completely recovers its lost territory, Wei's troop dispatches will be looked down upon by the Yue Kingdom.

Regardless of how the Yue envoy is pleading now, it's hard to say what the other side's attitude will be after the war.

Perhaps the kings and ministers of the Yue Kingdom will still think in their hearts, our Yue Kingdom has taken back its lost territory so easily, so what if we don’t need your help from the Wei Kingdom?

"We, the State of Wei, cannot intervene prematurely in this Chu-Vietnam war."

Nodding gently, Sun Boling changed the subject, "Why did the Prime Minister say that my proposal was too late?"

"Sun Tzu said: If you don't plan for the eternity, you can't plan for a moment; if you don't plan for the overall situation, you can't plan for a region."

After saying this slowly, Gongsun Qi looked at Sun Boling with a profound look for a long time.

In Gongsun Qi's opinion, if we only talk about military strategy, Sun Boling can be said to be an amazing genius.

In the battle against Qin a few years ago, his tactic of using surprise troops to march south from the Yanshi Fortress could be said to be unconstrained.

It's just that today's Sun Boling is more like a long sword, more than sharp but not steady enough, and his tactics are more eccentric.

Take the choice of the timing of sending troops this time as an example. Letting the bloody battle between Yue and Chu until the end before sending troops will certainly make it easier to defeat the Chu army, but is this really a good thing for Wei?

If the State of Wei really acted as Sun Boling said, not only would the State of Yue not be truly grateful to the State of Wei, but it might actually become resentful towards the State of Wei.

Unite as many allies as possible so that they can gain huge benefits, allowing them to choose to follow Wei.

This is the foreign strategy of Wei that Gongsun Qi has been pursuing since the establishment of the Three Jin Alliance based on Wei's status as the world's hegemon.

Facts have also proved that such a foreign strategy is undoubtedly very beneficial to Wei.

In the past ten years, Wei State has united many allies and launched two wars against Qi State, which almost severely damaged the country in the east.

The fact that Wei was able to annex most of Qin's territory without being attacked by a group of people was also due to the implementation of Gongsun Qi's foreign strategy.

Although the suggestions put forward by Sun Boling could help Wei win temporarily, from an overall perspective, they undermined Wei's entire foreign strategy.

Fang today, there are not only the three kingdoms of Wei, Chu, and Yue, but also the other princes, seeing that Wei is treating Yue like this today, won't they worry that the same will happen when they come to aid them tomorrow?

In order to reap small temporary gains, not only did Yue, a powerful ally that could help Wei fight against Chu, become an enemy, but it also caused other princes to alienate Wei.

Such a transaction is undoubtedly very unwise in the view of Gongsun Qi, who has an overview of the overall situation.

Sitting aside and listening to Gongsun Qi express his opinions to Sun Boling like a teacher, Wei Feng couldn't help but have some thoughts in his heart.

In his previous life, Sun Bin, who fled to the State of Qi, once presented to King Wei of Qi two almost identical strategies: to encircle Wei and save Zhao, and to encircle Wei and save Han.

Both times, when Zhao State and South Korea had almost no spare power, the Qi army sent troops to attack Daliang, the capital of Wei State.

In the short term, after the two battles of Guiling and Maling, Qi completely defeated Wei and took its place as the hegemon of the world.

However, King Wei of Qi, the hegemon of the world, was very different from the hegemon of Qi Huangong during the Spring and Autumn Period.

During the reign of Duke Huan of Qi, the State of Qi was able to unite its nine princes and rule the world. However, under the reign of King Qi Wei, which prince of Qi was willing to follow him sincerely?

Everyone is afraid that they will become the next Zhao State, the next South Korea, and become a stumbling block on the road to Qi State's strength.

Not only that, Qi's various actions indirectly brought the three Jin Dynasties, which had drifted apart, back together, and Qi had no major breakthroughs in the Central Plains.

Thinking of this, Wei Feng suddenly thought of Zhang Yi's evaluation of Qi in his previous life: He could have been a thief, but he chose to be a thief.

The State of Qi has the strength to look down upon the princes and the ambition to dominate the world, but it is greedy for immediate small gains and cannot see the future.

When Wei was strong, Qi could have turned South Korea and Zhao into its allies, but it turned them into enemies.

When Yan was in civil strife, the Yan people ate pots of pulp to welcome Qi's troops. Qi could have taken advantage of the situation and incorporated Yan into its territory, but instead burned, killed, looted and plundered, which aroused resistance.

When the Five Kingdoms were attacking Qin, Qi general Kuang Zhang had already invaded Hangu Pass. Qi could have led his army to severely inflict heavy damage on Qin, but he hastily retreated after Qin ceded its territory.

As for the battle to destroy the Song Dynasty, the Qi State finally attracted a group of princes to attack it, and since then it lost the opportunity to dominate the world.

Perhaps in response to Zhang Yi's assessment, Qi Guo was too petty.

Wei Feng was thinking about it here, while Sun Boling on the other side had already stood up and bowed to Gongsun Qi.

"Thank you, Prime Minister, for your teaching. Bo Ling has learned a lesson."

"It doesn't have to be like this. Bo Ling is a great talent in the world. He already understands the essence of it after thinking about it."

When Sun Boling, who was holding the disciple's ceremony, was helped up, Gongsun Qi looked at Wei Feng.

"Your Majesty, I thought that when the Chu State crossed the river, the Wei State would be able to send troops to assist the Yue State."

"Just act according to the Prime Minister's plan."
Chapter completed!