Shu Kingdom, Chengdu.

"Prince, Prince, Prince..."

Facing the greetings one after another in the palace, Queen Du, the crown prince of Shu, stepped into the main hall.

As soon as he glanced at it, a somewhat anxious figure fell into his eyes.

"My son, I pay homage to my father."

"Prince, there is no need to be polite."

He breathed a sigh of relief and pulled the prince who finally arrived. Du Shang, the king of Shu, said quickly: "The prince is finally here. My father has something to discuss with you."

King Du Shang of Shu reacted like this, especially when he felt the force coming from his arm, Prince Du and Empress Du had some doubts in their hearts.

As the tenth monarch of the enlightened dynasty of Shu, although Dushan seemed a bit immature in the early days of his succession, he later repaired the state affairs internally and expanded the territory externally.

The Kingdom of Shu became more and more powerful in his hands, and its power even surpassed that of the previous king and the Holy Emperor.

It's just that today's Du Shang is very different from the ambitious and ambitious father in Empress Du's image, and there is clearly a look of fear between his eyebrows.

With this doubt in her heart, Empress Du was pulled by Du Shang to a map, which depicted the geography of the mountains and rivers of Shu and its surroundings.

Raising his hand and pointing to the land of Hanzhong in the north of Shu, Dushan said with a somewhat heavy tone: "Prince, ever since Wei defeated Qin and entered Guanzhong, I have been feeling uneasy in my heart."

"Not long ago, your Uncle Wang had an urgent report from Hanzhong, saying that the Wei army stationed in Chencang was about to make a move and seemed to intend to go south to capture Hanzhong."

"I wonder how the prince thinks we should respond?"

When Du Shang, King of Shu, said this, the doubts that had always existed in the heart of Prince Du and Empress immediately disappeared.

Regardless of how Shu has dominated the southwest over the years, it has repeatedly defeated its old enemy Ba.

But in terms of national strength, compared with a behemoth like Wei, Shu seems a little inadequate.

Not to mention that the Wei State mobilized all its elite troops, the mere mobilization of troops in Guanzhong was enough to frighten the entire Shu State.

With such calculations in her mind, Crown Prince Du and Empress Du couldn't help but look at her father with a bit of resentment in her eyes.

"Since we had expected this day, why did Shu take the risk of offending Wei and take advantage of Qin's inability to take advantage of Hanzhong?"

As if feeling the look in his prince's eyes, Shu King Dushan's eyes immediately began to dodge.

"Prince, didn't I also think that Wei would be unable to digest Guanzhong in a short period of time, and Shu would be able to regain Hanzhong."

"Besides, at that time, there was a secret conflict between Wei and Chu. I thought that Chu State was so powerful, and Wei State must be unable to cope with it."

"Who could have expected..."

"Who could have expected that Chu State would be defeated again and again in the face of Wei State's repeated offensives, and even Ying would soon be under the attack of the combined forces of Wei and South Korea."

Having discovered his father's plan, the look of complaint on Crown Prince Du's face became even heavier.

"Father, in the great war a few years ago, although the victory between Wei and Chu seemed to be undecided, the Wei state that had conquered Qin and Zhao was already in a state of victory."

"Chu State has a vast territory and solid national strength. Wei State will not launch another war to conquer Chu State in the short term."

"But what about my country of Shu? My father really doesn't think that the Wei people are afraid of our country of Shu, right?"

"Father, back then..."

"enough!"

Although he understood that it was his mistake at the beginning, Du Shang, the king of Shu, was obviously a little upset when he was scolded by his prince.

"It was precisely because of the great power of the Wei State that I initially made good friends with the Chu State, but I did not expect that the Chu State would be so vulnerable."

"Now that the Wei army may be approaching the city, I think we should respond early."

Knowing that his father was already on the verge of anger, and thinking about the crisis that Shu Kingdom was about to face, Crown Prince Du and Empress Dowager also stopped thinking of blaming.

Looking up at the map in front of him, staring at the land of Hanzhong in the northern part of the Shu Kingdom, an idea arose in the heart of Prince Du.

"Father, how about exchanging the land of Hanzhong for peace with Wei?"

"The land of Hanzhong?"

Following the prince's gaze, Du Shang, King of Shu, felt a little moved in his heart at first, but then he was filled with reluctance.

Although the Chengdu Plain where the Kingdom of Shu is located was known as the "Land of Abundance" in later generations, today it is mostly a barbaric land with harsh environment.

The surging Minjiang River is like an evil dragon, often bringing floods and droughts to the Chengdu Plain.

In the original time and space, it was not until Li Bing and his son, the prefect of Shu County in the Qin State, built Dujiangyan that this place gradually transformed from a barbaric land into a land of abundance.

At this time, in terms of wealth, the most prosperous place under the rule of Shu was Hanzhong, where Nanzheng was located.

If he hadn't really coveted the wealth of Hanzhong, King Du Shang of Shu would not have risked offending Wei by sending troops northward.

If the land of Hanzhong had not been so rich, Du Shang, the king of Shu, would not have sealed his younger brother Du Jiameng here the year after he captured Hanzhong.

If the land of Hanzhong was not really rich, the territory of Ju State in the original time and space was far less vast than that of Shu State, and it would not be possible to be as famous as Shu State and Ba State.

Duchamp was indeed a little reluctant to spit out such a piece of fat.

Seeing the tangled and painful expression on his father's face, the Crown Prince Du on the side quickly stepped forward to persuade him: "Father, the reason why the Shu Kingdom was at odds with the Wei Kingdom in the first place was not because of the land of Hanzhong."

"If our country, Shu, offers the land of Hanzhong on its own initiative, and the king of Wei can expand the territory without fighting, he will definitely be extremely happy."

"When the time comes that our country of Shu will present some more treasures and beauties, the country of Wei will naturally not care about what happened in the past. From now on, the two countries of Shu and Wei can be on the same page as Qin and Jin."

"Yes." After listening to the words of Prince Du and Empress Du, the balance in Shu King Du Shang's heart gradually shifted, "What the prince said makes sense."

"It's just your Uncle Wang's place..."

Hearing King Du Shang of Shu mention his uncle, a gloom suddenly rose on Crown Prince Du's face.

In fact, Prince Du and Empress Du proposed to sacrifice Hanzhong for another reason, which was to weaken the power in the hands of Uncle Wang.

Du Shang, the King of Shu, and Du Jiameng, the Marquis of Ju, were siblings from the same mother. Needless to say, there was no need to elaborate on the relationship between the two.

This is why Du Shang, the king of Shu, made Du Jiameng the Marquis of Ju and asked him to guard the gateway to the north for Shu.

However, the relationship between the King of Shu and Marquis Ju was irreversible, which did not mean that the next generation of Crown Prince Du, Empress Du, was at ease with her uncle.

Seeing that the opponent controlled the land of Hanzhong and became stronger day by day, Prince Du and Empress Du only felt that the threat was getting closer and closer, and they were afraid that they would be able to ascend the throne of Shu in the future.

At present, the Wei army may be about to move south, and Ju and even Shu are in danger, and Hanzhong will bear the brunt.

If the land of Hanzhong can be dedicated to the Wei State, firstly, it can eliminate the military disaster between Shu and Wei, and secondly, it can weaken the strength of Uncle Wang.

Such a thing that killed two birds with one stone, Crown Prince Du felt more and more that she should continue to do it.

"Father, my son thinks..."

In response to this matter, the prince took the trouble to state the pros and cons to his father, and volunteered to go to Anyi as an envoy to Shu.

Seeing his prince acting like this, King Du Shang of Shu finally relaxed.

"In that case, let's follow what the prince said."
Chapter completed!