The southwest area is also called Huayang, because it is named after the sun in Mount Huashan.

Hearing that Zhao Wuxi ordered Liu Xiayue, a guest from the west, to ask about Huayang, Zhao Jia was refreshed and asked, "Ziqian, are you going to attack Bashu!?"

Liu Xiayue shook his head and denied: "No, no, this time the prince ordered me to come to Chencang, firstly, to send the envoy of Shu State out of the country; secondly, to take this opportunity to send envoys to return to visit and collect information on Huayang. That's all. That's it."

"So it is." This time, Zhao Jia completely understood.

Shu Kingdom, which is Chen Cang's neighbor, is also a country very different from the Central Plains, full of mystery and unknown, with its own lineage and culture.

In a few words of communication, the people in the Central Plains learned that the Shu Kingdom seems to have been founded by a tribe named "Silk Cong Clan", probably during the Xia Dynasty. After that, it experienced the rule of the Yufu clan, and it had contact with both the Yin Shang and the Zhou people. The war and uncertainty were engraved on the oracle bones of the Yin and Zhou Dynasties. The relics of civilization left by Yufu's Shu Kingdom should be the Sanxingdui culture of later generations.

In the era of King Wen of Zhou, Zhou people attacked Shu, which caused civil strife in Shu. Du Yu's family replaced Yufu's, Yufu's Lamphun, and Jinsha culture is probably their relic.

After Du Yu's Shu Kingdom was established, he had a close relationship with the Zhou people. He once sent troops to praise the country and joined the Zhou army of King Wu of Zhou. Together with Ba Shi, as allies of the eight southwest countries of Zhou, they participated in the Battle of Muye together...

For hundreds of years after this, Shu has always been the nominal prince of the Zhou Dynasty, and has contact with Zhou to pay tribute, but Du Yu's family also called himself the king in Shu, and even called himself "Wang Emperor", until after King Ping moved east, Shu and the Central Plains Just completely cut off contact.

When the State of Shu passed through the Qin people and became known to the Central Plains again, it had unknowingly changed to another dynasty. Today, Shu is ruled by the Kaiming family.

The Shu Kingdom of the Kaiming Clan is already a great power in Huayang, the leader of the Rong and Di in the southwest, and the Shu monarchs of the Kaiming Clan in all dynasties have called themselves "Emperor" internally, which is the incarnation of the God of Haotian. From the first generation of "Cong Emperor", the Shu Kingdom went east and west, and its national strength increased greatly. The nearby Qingyi Qiang, Liao, Bo and other tribes surrendered one after another, and the east expanded to the area adjacent to Chu. Even, the State of Shu destroyed the State of Bao, controlled Nanzheng, which was established by the remnants of the Zheng people, and divided Hanzhong with the State of Ba.

Now, Zhao Guo has ruled Qin's hometown, and Zhao Jia has been appointed as the emperor in Chencang, so he will naturally have a relationship with the people of Shu in Nanzheng. Although the Shu Kingdom was the leader of the Rong and Di in Huayang and was domineering, he also heard about the strength of the Zhao Kingdom from the Ba people who had attended the Huangchi Meeting from the east.

Now that Zhao has replaced Qin and has become the northern neighbor of Shu, the people of Shu are naturally a little worried, so it is convenient for them to send messengers to meet the uncle of the Central Plains last summer, and by the way, to see how powerful Zhao is.

However, Zhao Wuxi did not agree with the envoy of Shu to go to Yecheng, and only let the prefect of Yongjun meet him on his behalf. He seemed to disapprove of Shu, but in fact, he quickly appointed Liu Xiayue as a guest of Xidian, and asked him to come to Chencang to see Zhao Jia.

"As a Western Dian guest, I have the responsibility to welcome and send it to the country. In the spring of next year, the envoys of the Shu Kingdom will go back to Nanzheng. At that time, I will join the team of the envoys of the Zhao Kingdom, join the Shu Kingdom, and investigate their Internal situation."

It is precisely because he received such a mission that Liu Xiayue rummaged through the classics of the Zhou family and the Qin state. He read everything about the state of Shu and let people copy it in the book, but it was not enough. After all, the Central Plains knew about Shu. , it is too little.

Zhao Jia took it seriously: "Bashu in Hanzhong is a dangerous terrain, and ravines are born. After I came to Chencang, I heard people say that there is no clear sky for three days, and there is no level of three feet. Whether it is the path from Chencang to Hanzhong, or the The road from Hanzhong to Shuzhong is full of mountains and mountains, which are insurmountable. The Qin people know no more about it than the Hexi Western Regions.”

Having said that, Zhao Jia still felt that Zhao Hou made a special trip to let Liu Xia Yue enter Shu, definitely not for the purpose of establishing diplomacy. It was so simple to communicate with each other, and there must be a corresponding back-up.

So he said: "Ziqian, the lords and lords never aim at nothing. As the saying goes, knowing oneself and knowing the enemy can lead to a hundred battles and a hundred victories. Do you want you to find out the state of Shu before you can plan for Shu?"

"You think so, there is some truth to it."

Liu Xiayue smiled mysteriously: "But compared to Shuzhong, Junhou is more interested in Hanzhong. He also told me that when entering Shu this time, I don't have to go deep into the capital of Shu. , properties, we must explore them one by one.”

"Hanzhong..." Zhao Jia glanced at the map, but saw that it was sandwiched between Qinling Mountains and Shushan Mountain. The western half of Hanzhong was Nanzheng, overlooking Yongzhou in the north and Shu Kingdom in the south. The eastern half is occupied by the feud of the Shu Kingdom, Ba Kingdom. Along the Han River, you can reach Wan and Deng directly.

He suddenly woke up: "After walking around for a long time, it turns out that the purpose of the prince is still Chu!"

"Haha, Ziwei is right, the lord said that Hanzhong is upstream of the Chu State, if there is a place in Hanzhong, the local Bashu group will be savaged for their own use, with 30,000 armored soldiers, go out of Ba by boat, and go straight along the Han River. Jianghan, even though the state of Chu is big, its belly will be severely damaged! In this way, the state of Chu can be destroyed, and the state of the South can be embraced!"

Zhao Jia slapped the table and stood up: "This plan is a coup! Brilliant! Brilliant!"

However, Liu Xiayue shook his head in disappointment: "Unfortunately, Junhou said again, that will be in the future, and now we can only make peace with the people of Shu, and keep peace. For the country of Ba, we must try our best to win over."

"Why is this?"

As soon as the words came out~lightnovelpub.net~ Zhao Jia already understood, and said to himself: "It is certain that Junhou wants to attack Bashu and seize Hanzhong. But now that Zhao State has just pacified Qin, the Qin people have not yet Complete surrender, it will take about five to ten years to manage Yongzhou, making Qinchuan a continuous granary, and the men of Qin can be used by the emperor. Five, ten years from now..."

"Of course, that's why this plan of mediating belly is excellent, but it can't catch up this time."

Liu Xiayue let Zhao Jia approach, and whispered in his ear: "Bai Gongsheng, a traitor of Chu State, has been occupying Yingdu for a year and a half. At first, the attack on the city was so imposing that it forced the King of Chu to flee north continuously. The Dukes of the various counties marched south, and Duke Bai was outnumbered. He was defeated in Yan and had to retreat to Jianghan. Seeing that Duke Bai's defeat was already evident, the civil strife in Chu was only about to end. But the princes would not let the people of Chu have any A chance to breathe... Next year, Zhao State will be attacking Chu!"

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"Huayang Blackwater is Liangzhou." - "Shangshu·Yugong"

"In the second year of Li Gonggong (475 BC), the people of Shu came to bribe." - "Qin Benji"