In the end, Wanyan Shang's plan was put into doubt because of a question from the Crown Prince of Zhao; although it sounded good and reasonable, even perfect, it was still changed.
For example, everyone agreed with Wanyan Shang's doubts about the Shang Dynasty's insufficient military strength; but everyone had another idea - since the Shang Dynasty's military strength was insufficient, why don't we take the initiative to attack
Attack, attack, and attack again until the Shang State is unable to fight back.
Just then, the representative of Guzhu State in the south of Yingzhou, Ling Yin (Prime Minister) Ji Sheng, said loudly: "We should give full play to the advantage of strength in numbers and isolate Shang State. Now, our countries still have prosperous business exchanges with Shang State, and even war has not been able to sever this relationship. And we know that as long as commercial circulation is carried out, it can bring a lot of benefits to Shang State and even its allies. Therefore, I think that commercial exchanges should be cut off first. Although cutting off commercial exchanges will also cause great losses to us, the impact on Shang State and its allies will be even more immeasurable. As the saying goes, choose the lesser of two evils; after comprehensive consideration, I, Ji Sheng, on behalf of Guzhu State, suggest cutting off Shang State's commercial channels, etc., which is equivalent to cutting off the roots of Shang State. We block Shang State's aviation, transportation, and teleportation arrays, imprison Shang State's merchants, seize Shang State's items, and expel Shang State diplomats. We must completely disrupt Shang State's commercial deployment."
Some people nodded, but others objected.
For example, the Crown Prince of Zhao expressed his opposition: "I admit that this method will be very effective, but too drastic measures may sometimes backfire. As the saying goes, too much is as bad as too little, and this has been the case since ancient times. I think that the merchants of Shang State should be expelled rather than imprisoned; otherwise, the fate of Yang State in the past may happen to us. Everyone, don't forget that Shang State has Sky Fire Bombs and Sky Punishment Bombs. The wise king promised not to use Sky Punishment Bombs inside the fairyland, but he didn't say not to use Sky Fire Bombs. The reason why Shang State didn't use Sky Punishment Bombs before was because Shang State didn't have a good excuse; throwing Sky Fire Bombs randomly would make Shang State stand on the opposite side of the entire fairyland. But what if we give Shang State an excuse?"
Everyone was stunned, their faces were a little heavy. The powerful skyfire bomb was like a sword hanging over everyone's head, and many times forced everyone to act according to the rules of Shang State.
But after a moment's silence, everyone made a decision - cut off the passage to Shang State, expel the merchants of Shang State, and freeze all the wealth of Shang State (and take it for themselves).
The discussion was very heated. Finally, when the meeting was over, the representative of Changlin Kingdom spoke weakly: "Changlin Kingdom can no longer withstand the attacks of Shang and Tang Kingdoms. Please support us."
Ji Sheng, the representative of Guzhu State, shouted, "We have just discussed that we should trade space for time. Changlin State is in a very bad situation now, and it is too late to provide support. You try your best to delay the attack of Shang State, and the royal family members should retreat first."
Everyone immediately said: Let’s do it!
On the screen, the representative of Changlin was stunned for a while, and finally sighed, then slowly picked up the small flag in front of him and inserted it in front. It was a flag with bright yellow on the upper half and dark blue on the lower half, with a purple Big Dipper pattern on it. This was the flag of Shang State!