Early the next morning, Lu Pheasant took Su Qin to Xiangguo Mansion to ask to see Lu Wang.
Lu Wang, who was over sixty years old and had a gray beard, was reading official documents, and was surprised when he heard Lu Pheasant's words: "Oh, Su Bao, the prime minister of the Western Han Dynasty, actually came to Mulu City to see me."
Lu Pheasant nodded: "Prime Minister Su and his father are good friends, the little girl left him at home yesterday to entertain him, a little bit of the friendship of the landlord, and did not directly bring to see the Lord Xiangguo, and I hope to forgive my sins" Lu Wang stroked his beard lightly, and said with a pleasant face: "This is human nature, why is it strange that since Prime Minister Su is outside the door, the old man should personally go out to greet him."
Although the sparrow is small and has all the organs, not to mention that the Western Han Dynasty had a population of 10 million and an army of 450,000 in its heyday, and its national strength was far above that of Great Xia.
Although the Western Han Dynasty is now precarious and the rivers are declining, the dignified prime minister's personal envoy is also a high-level diplomacy, and Lu Wang still doesn't know the news that Luoyang has been breached, let alone underestimate the prime minister of the Western Han Dynasty.
Lu Wang immediately put down the pen and ink papers, changed into official court clothes, ordered to open the gate of Xiangguo's Mansion, ordered the messenger to welcome him, and personally came to the gate to greet him.
"Hehe, Prime Minister Su came from afar, Lu Wang has lost his welcome, and he hopes to forgive his sins" Lu Wang smiled and gave a salute.
Su Qin hurriedly returned the salute: "Hehe, Lu Xiangguo is very old and busy with official business, how dare Su Jiao come to visit and disturb Lord Xiangguo, I hope don't blame him."
"If you have nothing to do, you will go to the Three Treasures Palace, the dignified Prime Minister of the Western Han Dynasty will come to Daxia from thousands of miles away, there must be something important, please inside" Lu Wang made a gesture of invitation sideways, and respectfully invited Su Qin to enter the mansion.
Su Qin returned the salute: "Lord Xiangguo, please first" The two came to the conference hall side by side, Lu Wang ordered his subordinates to serve tea, and asked straight to the point: "Prime Minister Su Cheng came all the way from Chang'an to Daxia, I don't know why he came."
Su Qin did not beat around the bush, and directly explained his intentions: "Liu Bianzhi is swallowing the world, and the national strength of the Eastern Han Dynasty has developed rapidly, and it currently has 1.5 million male soldiers, thousands of generals, and its tentacles have extended to the Western Regions.
After Wu Qi pacified Guishan, the territory of the Eastern Han Dynasty already bordered the Anxi Empire" Lu Wang bowed slightly: "What Prime Minister Su Cheng said is extremely true, according to the scouts, at present, Wu Qi's vanguard troops have appeared near Lan Clan City, only two hundred miles away from the main battlefield of the confrontation between our army and Babylon, and its heart is already obvious."
Su Qin said with a solemn face: "Since Lu Xiangguo can see the danger that the Great Xia army is currently in, why don't you remind King Xiang to temporarily make a truce with Babylon and aim the spearhead at the Han army."
"Alas, it's not that we can't wait for the way of ministers, it's just that the king has a stubborn personality, and no one can change what he recognizes.
The king was not unaware of Wu Qi's sinister intentions, but he did not take the Han army in his eyes, but planned to destroy Alexander first, and then wave his army to the east to attack the Han army in Kushan.
Lu Wang held the teacup in his hand and explained the difficulties.
Su Qin took a sip of tea and said: "Lu Xiangguo, please forgive me, it's not that I underestimate the army of the Great Xia Kingdom, although King Xiang has the unstoppable courage and is as powerful as the overlord of Western Chu back then, but the population of the entire Great Xia Kingdom is less than three million, and the army is less than 200,000.
If all external factors are thrown away, King Xiang led the army of Great Xia against the 500,000 Han army led by Wu Qi, I am afraid that the chances of victory are not great."
Lu Wang was silent, if he nodded, it would be equivalent to admitting, and if he refuted, he really had no certainty of victory.
Su Qin changed his words and continued: "Of course, although the population of the Kingdom of Babylon is slightly larger than that of Great Xia, and although Alexander's troops are slightly larger than that of King Xiang, if he is allowed to fight against the Han army led by Wu Qi alone, I am afraid that the chances of victory will be smaller. ” Lu Wang still didn't speak, at present, Babylon and Great Xia are on a par, and no one can take advantage, if you admit Su Qin's evaluation of Babylon, it is equivalent to admitting that Great Xia is far inferior to Wu Qi's army.
"What a cunning fox" Seeing that Lu Wang didn't say a word, Su Qin couldn't help but curse secretly in his heart, and continued to talk eloquently: "Even the people of the entire Anxi Empire add up to only about 10 million, and the combined strength of all the vassal states in the territory is only about 600,000, even if the strength of the whole country is gathered, it may not be able to defeat the Wu Qi Corps, let alone defeat the entire Eastern Han Empire."
Lu Wang just didn't speak, with an expression that you can blow casually, and I will listen to you.
Su Qin continued to talk like a river: "It's not that Su Zhu underestimates you rest in peace, it's just that nine times out of ten, the princes from all walks of life will have their own ghosts, and they can't form a cohesive force, even if they have a slight advantage in troops, it is not enough to defeat the united Wu Qi army." ” Although Lu Wang didn't speak, he still agreed with Su Qin's analysis in his heart, in addition to Great Xia and Babylon, there are five or six princes of all sizes in the rest of the country, even if they are united, they are afraid that they will have different dreams in the same bed, each with a ghost, although it has a geographical advantage, it may not be able to win the battle.
Su Qin continued to use his incorruptible tongue: "Don't say that you are resting in peace, let's talk about the more western Roman Empire, although it has 40 million people and more than 1 million troops, it may not be able to defeat Wu Qi's army." why First, the Roman Empire now also has a situation of vassals, although the court led by Zai Heng Liu Bang can still control most of the military power, but Pope Constantine also has enough right to speak, won the support of many powerful generals, and has a considerable number of troops.
Other princes such as Napoleon and Mero were on the rise, and the Roman Empire could not devote its whole country to fight Wu Qi.
Second, the army led by Wu Qi are all veterans who lick blood with knives, and many of them came from the Jiaozhou Battle and participated in the Jiaozhou Battle of Annihilating Meng Tian.
After that, they swept all the way to the indigenous people of Indochina, wiped out the Kushan, and even many people participated in the battle to quell the Yellow Turban Rebellion.
Therefore, even if the Roman Empire fought against Wu Qi's army alone, it was not certain that it would win."
Lu Wang finally spoke, took a sip of tea, and said: "There is no certainty of victory in the world, and there are countless battles in which fewer victories can be won.
The king's ancestor, Xiang Yi, the overlord of Western Chu, once defeated Liu Bang's more than 500,000 horses with 30,000 cavalry in the Battle of Pengcheng, and Han Xin also once fought against the water and defeated the Zhao army ten times his own.
Therefore, when there are many soldiers and there are few soldiers, no one dares to boast of victory."
Finally waited for Lu Wang to speak, and Su Qin hurriedly explained his purpose: "It's not for nothing to say so much, but to show that there is no empire in the whole world that can compete with Liu Wei alone, so I plan to persuade King Xiang and King Alexander to turn their rivalry into a jade silk."
Then unite Liu Bang of the Roman Empire, Cao Wei of our East, Li Tang of the Goguryeo Peninsula, and Oda Nobunaga of the Wa Kingdom to form an anti-Liu alliance to jointly fight against Liu Wei's hegemony."
"Lao Yu deeply agrees with Prime Minister Su Cheng's analysis, there is indeed no force in this world that can compete with Liu Wei's Eastern Han Dynasty alone, but Lao Yu can't convince King Xiang, I'm really ashamed" Lu Wang put down the teacup with a helpless expression.
Su Qin smiled: "It's okay, it's okay, as long as Lu Xiangguo doesn't object, it's up to me to convince King Xiang." ” Lu Wang said with emotion: "Through this conversation, the old man has heard Prime Minister Su's iron teeth and copper teeth, and his tongue is full of lotus flowers.
If Prime Minister Su can persuade the king to unite all countries to fight against Liu Wei, the old man will definitely support it."
The two discussed for a long time, and Lu Wang set up a banquet to entertain Su Qin, including Zhong Liwu, the general who guarded the city, and Yelu Chucai, a civil official, all attended and gave Su Qin the highest standard reception.
Early the next morning, Lü Wang sent a small force of soldiers and horses to escort Su Qin to the southern battlefield to meet Xiang Yu, hoping to persuade Xiang Yu to use Su Qin's incorruptible tongue to temporarily put aside the hatred with Alexander, and first target the Wu Qi Corps of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the most threatening enemy.
Just before Su Qin left, Lu Pheasant asked Lu Wang to accompany him: "I have been separated from my sister for nearly a year, and I am very worried in my heart, so it is better for me to accompany Prime Minister Su Cheng to the front-line camp and go to see King Xiang together."
Lu Wang did not stop him, and Lu Pheasant followed Su Qin to leave Mulu City and go to the southern battlefield.
The group quickly stepped up, and within three days, Xiang Yu's camp was already in sight. t1706231537: