Chapter 754: Diplomatic solution

Regarding Shang Wen's stubborn view, Qin's advisers had no way to move him. In their opinion, this was not a civil war, it was just a battle between the country and the country. And this kind of battle is normal, and Shang Wen always avoids something deliberately. From the aspect of policy formulation, Shangwen always does this.

This made his consultant very difficult. Because this problem has been difficult to deliberately avoid the past. At present, more than 300 people of Qin State are under heavy besieging, and Qin State can't do anything.

"Prime Minister, I mean this. We...". Before the military adviser's words were finished, Shang Wen began to shake his head and refused. Shang Wen's bottom line is to send troops to the ground to intervene, because the final form of the current war and the ultimate victory criterion is ground war. Air warfare is far from reaching that point. Therefore, in Shangwen's view, once the State of Qin intervenes in a ground war, it will be difficult to control the latter situation.

"If ground war intervenes, it will be difficult for us to control the scale of this war. Ground war will cost countless money, countless resources, and countless lives. This price is too great. The benefits and losses gained in the war between China are a huge gap in loss-making business. I don't think this kind of thing will be allowed to happen." Shang Wen said firmly.

In fact, Shangwen’s view is correct. Although the use of volunteers means that according to the needs of the Qin State, a voluntary army for hire is built in the Qin Concession Area of ​​the State of Yan, and these volunteers are used to assist the troops of the State of Qin who are besieged by the Qi Army in the State of Yan. . On the surface, nothing. It is even reasonable.

But when you think about it, it’s easy for Qin to enter a misunderstanding, that is, the use of volunteers is not a regular national armed force. This type of armed force is only a kind of national reserve force, but this is a private act, which is incompatible with the state. It doesn't matter. Moreover, the targets used by the volunteers can be the Qin State or the Yan State. In short, this kind of freedom is relatively large.

But in fact, this kind of volunteer army relies on a strong backing, and this backing is the State of Qin. If Qin is willing to see this situation, he would be very happy to see his national reserve forces intervene in this war. However, Qin is unwilling to intervene in the current problem, and even deliberately limits the possible expansion of the war. Within a certain range.

"If volunteers are dispatched, who will be responsible for the logistics and who will be responsible for fighting this war? What about the diplomatic problems that arise at the same time?" Shang Wen asked.

"Furthermore, you also understand that it is impossible for the Qin State to launch a war within the next year, and there is no budget for this aspect of military expenditure. The country does not yet have the ability to challenge future wars. Our State of Qin is currently the biggest. The approach is to avoid large-scale wars and try to use diplomatic means to solve war problems." Shangwen said.

"But, Prime Minister, we only send a small number of volunteers, and this part is only to solve the current crisis, which is different from our long-term strategic plan in the future." said the military adviser.

"What you mean, I understand, and I understand it very well. We are all for the safety of frontline soldiers. But don't forget that our country, he is a whole, just like this is a ship, what this ship needs It's not just about how to navigate, it also has a big way forward, especially when the ship will dock, when will the ship be resupplied, and when will the ship be repaired. How much do we have to go? We have to consider all of these, we are not just solving The current problem still has a long-term perspective, do you understand? Long-term.” Shang Wen tried his best to express his views to the military adviser. Shangwen considers the long-term, not the present. What happens today is likely to affect the future and the future. Understand?

Although the military adviser wanted to explain his point of view, Shang Wen always insisted on his point of view. The military adviser could not persuade Shangwen to recruit volunteers temporarily to solve the current problem. In this way, the problem is still not solved.

"Then what should we do about our problem? We can't watch these three hundred people be lighted up. If all of them surrender, the media will scold us to death. Public opinion is extremely detrimental to us, so our influence will be greatly affected. Impact. We, we have entered a dead end." the military adviser asked.

"This is indeed the case. The most important thing for us at present is to solve the problem of the safety of our three hundred people." Shang Wen said.

"But there is one thing we didn't seem to notice." Shang Wen said suddenly.

"It seems that we have focused too much attention on military methods and neglected other methods. For example, we can use diplomatic methods to solve this matter. There are other methods. Such as economic sanctions and weapons. Restrict export bans and so on." Shang Wen said.

"These methods can also achieve our own goals, and the current multinational forces are constantly mobilizing. We need time to complete these. We can prepare for the mobilization of troops through diplomatic negotiations. What do you think?" Shang Wen asked.

"This, I think it's ok, and I very much agree with it," said the military adviser.

"This method provides us with more methods. I think it should work." Military Gu said.

"Well, we immediately convene other consultants to conduct preliminary discussions, and then we report the results to Wang, as well as to other departments as a reference." Shang Wen said.

Subsequently, Shangwen quickly called a large number of consultants to conduct fierce discussions. The consultants compiled a report on what might happen and the measures to be taken.

The main content of this report is that Qin will solve the problem through diplomatic channels, especially diplomatic negotiations. It is best to be in a relatively peaceful state during negotiations. This state can be said to be prime time for the three hundred people. They can keep resting and Qin can mobilize forces through all parties, and finally form a huge advantage at the last minute of the negotiation.

This kind of power change could easily allow Qin to complete the withdrawal of troops without a bloodbath. This is of great benefit to the Qin State and the control of future wars. In order to achieve this goal, the State of Qin continued to use the advantages of resources in his hands to exert various advantages to oppress the State of Qi.

For example, with the advantage of military mobilization, Qin can use the developed railway to mobilize. As well as soldiers' weapons and equipment to suppress opponents. In the military, the people of Qi had to consider the great threat of Qin in this regard. It is a very important principle to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages. This is a very important criterion for the Qin State negotiations.

In addition to military mobilization, Qin can also use its huge commercial network to achieve its goals, such as using material sanctions and commercial trade sanctions to achieve its goals.

The first thing Qin thought about was weapon sanctions. Most of Qi's weapons and ammunition came from Qin's arsenal, such as valve rifles, as well as the production and processing of Zhila. These all come from Qin's arsenal. The warehouses of these arsenals have transformed a large number of old-fashioned rifles. These rifles are being dumped to Qi on a large scale. Not only rifles, but also logistical bullet issues. Qin State is still producing this old-style bullet. And with the expansion of the war, the demand for war bullets is increasing day by day. There is no day when the factory does not produce such bullets.

If Qin suddenly stopped the supply of bullets, it would not take long for the front line of Qi to launch an offensive without bullets. And their soldiers can only launch a futile attack with a bayonet-mounted rifle.

Not only bullet supply, but also other supplies, such as grain and logistical supplies. Qin and Chu are currently the two largest commodity grain exporters. Chu's grain is mainly rice, but he mainly adopts Ship transportation on the Yangtze River is provided to Qin State, and Qin State uses rail transportation to transport a large amount of free meat products. Especially Qin State's frozen storage technology is developed. This gave Qin a great advantage in food exports, and Qi, because of the huge consumption of war and the adjustment of human resources, had a certain impact on agricultural production, mainly in terms of labor. The young and middle-aged labor force is partly transferred, so the remaining labor force can only barely complete agricultural production, and the barely completed agricultural production will lead to a decline in agricultural food output. It's not just a decline in production. On the other hand, Qi's own grain stocks will also decline.

War is a huge expense. Expenses come from huge logistical support, this support mainly comes from the country's ability to stock grain. Especially in ancient times, this situation was particularly valued.

For this reason, Qi State purchased a large amount of grain from the merchants of the Qin State through trade. These grains were not only used for wars, but most of them were reserved in order to deal with wars and other emergencies.

If Qin suddenly stops exporting grain now, then Qi's grain supply will not be affected for the time being, but in the long run, his inventory will drop rapidly. Then it will lead to a large number of food shortages on the front lines and in the country.

The emergence of a food crisis is likely to trigger a turbulent situation in Qi. Qin State not only only has food, but also another kind of resource is also in Qin State's hands. That is Qin's steel. Qi State also has its own original military workshops. These workshops are imitating Qin’s weapons in large numbers, but their materials come from Qin State. If Qin stops the supply of steel, not only steel, but the supply of iron ingots can also affect Qi. China’s weapons production, the cessation of the supply of such resources is likely to cause a direct decline in weapons. If the supply of weapons is insufficient, it will be impossible for Qi to fight again. Because there are no resources to support. Even if Qin's goal was achieved.