Zhao Weiwang in the Warring States Period

Almost in a short moment, the originally serious atmosphere in the hall suddenly became relaxed and active.

Zhao Dan took the battle report in Mao Sui's hand, and then a smile spread across his face.

Is there anything more joyful than the news of victory?

Two days ago, Lian Po led 20 troops and 25 Wei and Qi allied forces to fight outside Gaotang City. After nearly a day of decisive battle, the Qi army retreated first and spread to the Wei army. .

Wei Wuji and Kuang Liang had no choice but to lead the remnants of the Qi Wei coalition army into Gaotang City.

However, Lian Po did not stop at this point, but did not relax, leading Zhao Jun to continue to attack Gaotang City with all his might.

After just one hour of fierce siege battle, the east gate of Gaotang City fell, the Zhao army entered the city, and the Qi Wei coalition army was defeated again.

Except for Wei Wuji and Kuang Liang who brought less than 5 remnants of defeated generals and finally fled out of the city and returned to Dong'e, everyone else became prisoners of Zhao Jun.

In this battle, the Zhao army killed 14 enemies and captured [-] enemy troops, winning an extremely brilliant victory.

After reading the battle report, Zhao Dan let out a long breath.

Although Zhao Dan believed that Lian Po's victory was a high-probability event before the start of the war, it was not until the news was fully confirmed that Zhao Dan finally felt at ease.

Won.

"Mao Sui, hurry up and send someone to summon the ministers to come to Longtai to discuss matters!"

Half an hour later, six Zhao ministers gathered in the Dragon Terrace.

The news of the victory has spread, and everyone has a smile on their face.

This kind of victorious smile was not uncommon in the past few years, and the victory of Zhao Guo's army seemed to have become the norm.

In fact, when the news spread, the residents of Zhao State in Handan City seemed much calmer than before.

There are even many people who think that Zhao Guo should have been on the same side as the word victory.

In a sense, the self-confidence of the people of a big country is slowly cultivated through victory after victory.

In the Great Hall of the Dragon Terrace, Zhao Dan looked around at the ministers of Zhao State in front of him, and said in a slow voice, "Masters, now that Gaotang has won the battle, what should we do next?"

After hearing Zhao Dan's words, Yu Xin who was present felt a sudden movement in his heart.

As Zhao Dan's confidant, Yu Xin is naturally very familiar with Zhao Dan's speaking style.

If Zhao Dan wants to continue fighting, then the way of speaking should not be like this.

Yu confidently thought to himself: "Could it be that the king is ready to negotiate a peace?"

Yu Xin looked around and found that several colleagues were thinking about something and had no intention of speaking.

Yu Xinxin knew that the opportunity to perform was rare, so he immediately said, "My lord, in my opinion, it's time to make peace with Qi and Wei."

As soon as Yu Xin said these words, the other Zhao Guo ministers present were taken aback.

Zhao Dan's eyes fell on Yu Xin, and a smile appeared on his face: "Oh? Yu Qing said, why are you negotiating peace at this time?"

The smile on Zhao Dan's face fell into Yu Xin's eyes, which immediately gave Zhao Guoshi a lot of confidence in his heart, and he said immediately: "My lord, I feel that since the Qi and Wei coalition forces have been defeated, and Gao Tang belongs to The land except Dong'e is already in the hands of Zhao Guo, so if we continue to fight, it will waste the lives of soldiers, so why not make peace with Qi and Wei."

Xiangbang Zhao Sheng frowned, and said with some dissatisfaction: "Yu Qing, although Gaotang is indeed occupied, but Qi still has a large area of ​​land waiting to be occupied. Could it be that Yu Qing is satisfied with this?"

Yu Xin shook his head and said, "Mr. Pingyang doesn't know something. Qin and Chu haven't made any moves yet. If General Lian Po continues to attack, then Qin and Chu may react."

Zhao Sheng snorted and said, "Could it be that Qin and Chu will jointly attack our country of Zhao?"

Yu Xin nodded with a smile on his face, and said, "Exactly."

Zhao Sheng shook his head and said: "Not to mention that Qin and Chu have fought several times in a row in recent years, and the hatred between the two sides is extremely deep. Just say that now that the elites of Wei and Qi have been lost outside Gaotang City, how can they continue to stop me? The army's attack? Yu Qing's words are too much to worry about."

"Worried too much?" Yu Xin shook his head and said, "Mr. Pingyuan's words are too self-confident. In the past, King Qi Min also conquered from east to west and defeated many powerful countries one after another. It is because of the fear of the other countries that the Five Kingdoms attacked Qi. Now my country of Zhao is attracting the attention of the world. We should not learn from the time when King Min of Qi was in power. .”

Zhao Dan coughed and interrupted Zhao Sheng who wanted to continue arguing with Yu Xin.

"Yu Qing's words won the hearts of the few."

As soon as Zhao Dan opened his mouth, Zhao Sheng immediately shut his mouth.

Up to now, even Zhao Sheng, who is the Prime Minister, has completely dared not argue with Zhao Dan on any major military affairs, just like no minister in the former Qin State dared to question the decision made by Qin Wangji Same.

Zhao Dan was indeed a little worried about what Yu Xin said.

From Zhao Dan's crossing to the present, in just three or four years, Zhao's territory has doubled, and it has climbed from a quasi-hegemonic country to the most powerful country in the world today.

Zhao Guo's momentum is really too strong.

Wood show and forest, the wind will destroy them.

The more it is at this time, the more cautious you should be.

Of course, the goal of unifying the world is here, and it is absolutely impossible to change it.

But if you want to become fat with one bite, this idea is absolutely not advisable.

Bit by bit, cutting flesh from other vassal states piece by piece, while constantly dividing them, weakening and attacking their strength, this is what Zhao Dan would like to see the most.

Judging from the current point of view, the thousands of miles of land between Qi State and Hejian, including Gaotang City, have fallen into the hands of Zhao State, and this piece of meat is already not small.

At the same time, Lian Po also wiped out and captured a large number of soldiers of the Qi-Wei coalition army, and the goal of weakening the vital forces of Qi and Wei was also achieved.

Now that both goals have been achieved, there is little point in continuing this battle.

If the fight continues, and under the condition that other countries will not intervene, Zhao Dan feels that it is possible to destroy Qi.

But will the other princely states allow this to happen?

Certainly not.

In the past, Qi State destroyed Song State, which was not one of the seven heroes of the Warring States Period, and they all summoned the Five Kingdoms to attack Qi. Now if Zhao State dares to annex Qi State, which is almost ten times the size and population of Song State, the princes of the world will not be together with Zhao State. It is no wonder that the country has turned its face.

As long as Qi State is at a critical moment, then Qin State will definitely take action first, Wei State will also do its best to rescue, and even Zhao State's allies, Chu State and South Korea will directly stand on the opposite side of Zhao State.

In this case, it is very likely that the matter will turn into a coalition of Zhao and Yan fighting against the other five countries.

If there is another rebellion in the Yan Kingdom, then the whole thing will be a reappearance of the Five Kingdoms' attack on Qi.

Against the other six countries in the world with the power of one country?No matter how confident Zhao Dan is, he will not make such a choice lightly.

Of course, this is only a worst-case scenario.

But it must be admitted that as long as you choose to continue fighting, this worst-case scenario is possible.