Zhao Weiwang in the Warring States Period

Of course Wang Jian could tell that Wei Liao had no confidence in defeating Zhao Guo.

To be honest, facing such a formidable opponent as Zhao Guo, even Wang Jian himself didn't know what the future would hold.

"But there are some things that have to be faced." Wang Jian sighed, and his expression gradually became firm.

Qin's military operations have temporarily come to an end, but Zhao's military operations are still continuing.

In addition to the sporadic resistance that is still mopping up Qi people everywhere, Zhao's main force this time is placed in Chu.

The civil strife in Chu State not only made Chu people lose the opportunity to rescue Qi State, but also gave Zhao Guoren a great opportunity to successfully intervene in Chu State.

What few people know is that the civil strife in Chu State did not happen naturally, but was made by Zhao Dan who was thousands of miles away in Handan, and was personally implemented by Hu Yiwei, the general manager. , A super plan that almost used the entire strength of Zhao Guo's intelligence network.

Behind this plan is that the Zhao State Mission swaggered to appear as a savior, and was able to slaughter the two major political factions of the Chu State without psychological pressure, and squeeze more benefits from them that were beneficial to the Zhao State.

After having a private conversation with Li Yuan and Jing Tong, Yu Xin and Zheng Zhu led the Zhao Guo Mission to leave Yingdu, and rushed back to Zhao Guo day and night.

As soon as the Zhao Guo mission left, Li Yuan, who had already been notified, immediately retracted his defensive line and put on a defensive posture.

Five days later, [-] private troops from the three major families rushed to Yingdu.

Jing Tong hardly hesitated for a quarter of an hour, and immediately led the three major family armies that had gained strength in strength to launch a massive attack towards Li Yuan's control.

The war between the two sides was extremely fierce this time, and each suffered heavy casualties.

Fifteen days later, Zhao Jun's [-] troops, originally stationed on the border of Zhao and Chu, began to march southward at a rapid pace under the leadership of Lian Po, aiming directly at Yingdu.

After the news of Zhao Jun's southward movement came out, the battle in Yingdu City immediately became more intense.

Li Yuan, unable to retreat, had to hold the line before the Zhao army arrived, while Jing Tong, who had the upper hand, wanted to end the war before the Zhao people arrived.

Twenty-seven days later, one hundred thousand Zhao troops arrived at the city of Yingdu.

At this time, it happened to be the time when Li Yuan was about to be unable to support himself and was about to fail.

The arrival of Lian Po brought the war to a temporary standstill.

To the surprise of both parties, Lian Po stood still and did not join either party, as if he was waiting for something.

After three days passed, the three major families finally made a desperate decision. On the one hand, they used a small army to guard Zhao Jun, and on the other hand, they invested most of their troops to attack Li Yuan, trying to kill Li Yuan first, causing established fact.

In addition, Li Yuan's troops began to fall into desperation, and signs of rebellion appeared.

So Li Yuan had to go to Zhao Guojun camp to see Lian Po in person, and met his old acquaintance Mao Sui there.

No one knows how Mao Sui and Li Yuan talked, but the result is well known.

In this conversation, Li Yuan had to make another concession in order to survive.

In addition to the original agreed conditions, Li Yuan also ceded the two cities of Yunyang and Yanling in the south of the Yangtze River and all the territories under these two cities to the State of Zhao in exchange for the people of the State of Zhao to send troops to help Li Yuan. .

On the second day after Li Yuan made this decision, Zhao Jun officially entered the war and launched an attack on the three major families.

The three major families originally came out in full force, and mobilized all their strength to fight Li Yuan for almost a month, and the veterans were already exhausted.

Therefore, under the extremely sharp offensive led by Lian Po, the troops of the three major families were completely irresistible and retreated steadily.

Five days later, Jing Tong had to lead the troops of the three major families to withdraw from Yingdu and head east.

In this way, Ying Du officially fell under the control of the allies Li Yuan and Lian Po.

Due to Li Yuan's heavy losses, the Zhao army's strength in Yingdu has already taken a decisive advantage.

This means one thing, that is, as long as Lian Po is willing, he can seize Yingdu at any time.

For the sake of Yingdu, a moderate dispute broke out in Handan.

Chapter 944 Whether to take Yingdu or not, this is a question (second update)

Handan, the main hall of Longtai.

The military briefing has just ended.

Zhao Dan coughed and said: "Zhuqing, the current situation is like this. Wu Xinjun just ordered someone to send it to Babaili urgently, and it was stated that as long as the widow gives an order, Ying Du will immediately belong to the widow. Whether or not Yingdu is to be captured, now the ministers are free to express their opinions."

According to common sense, Zhao Sheng should be the first to speak.

But Zhao Sheng seemed a little hesitant today, and he didn't seem to want to support the decision to win Yingdu.

Yu Xin glanced at Zhao Sheng and decided to speak first.

I saw Yu Xin said to Zhao Dan: "My lord, now that the three major families have been defeated and withdraw from Yingdu, there are only [-] remnants of Li Yuan from Chu State left in Yingdu. It is a great time to take Yingdu! Take the capital of Ying in a difficult situation, and take Chu Wanghan into your hands, then the destruction of the Chu country will be in sight!"

From these words, it can be seen that Yu Xin strongly advocates taking Yingdu.

Zhao Dan was noncommittal, quietly waiting for the inevitable rebuttal.

There is a good saying that the truth always becomes clearer and clearer.

In many cases, the reason why Zhao Dan let the ministers to argue is also because sometimes what the ministers said in the debate really played a role in supplementing Zhao Dan's original ideas.

After all, the three cobblers are better than Zhuge Liang.

Zhao Dan glanced at Zhao Sheng.

Recently, Zhao Sheng and Yu Xin have not been too confrontational. Zhao Dan feels that Yu Xin's statement may immediately change Zhao Sheng's attitude.

Sure enough, the next moment, Zhao Sheng snorted lukewarmly, and then said: "I disagree with Yu Qing's words. If you want to send troops, you should say that it is justified. The reason why Wu Xinjun led the army into Yingdu Among them, it was at the request of King Han of Chu to eliminate the power of the three major families in Zhaojingqu. If King Han of Chu is wiped out after driving away the three major families, then this move will definitely make the king and Zhao Guo The loss of points in the hearts of the people of the world will increase the difficulty of conquering the Chu area in the future, and the gains outweigh the losses."

As Zhao Dan expected in advance, after realizing Yu Xin's intention, Zhao Sheng began to express his opposition.

This gave Zhao Dan a headache. If the Gongzu faction and the commoner faction really developed to the point of brainlessly opposing each other, it would not be a good thing.

The national interest must be the most important thing in everything, how can you oppose it for the sake of opposition?

Zhao Dan pondered for a moment and decided to continue to observe.

Yu Xin snorted, and said: "In the past, there were seven in the world, and now the Zhao State has the fifth. Even if the people of Qin and Chu have so little complaints, why should they be afraid? The people of the State of Chu were originally mostly barbarians. If you don’t occupy Yingdu, these Chu people will also be a problem in the future. If this is the case, then there is no need to take into account the thoughts of Chu people! Yingdu is the core area of ​​Chu, as long as you take this area, then Destroying the state of Chu is as easy as flipping the palm of your hand!"

It is impossible for Yu Xin to back down, at least at this time, he will never back down.

Zhao Sheng frowned, and a look of anger flashed across his face. After all, Lord Pingyuan was the No. 1 under the king recognized by Zhao Guozhong, and Yu Xin was Zhao Sheng's deputy at best.

Now that Yu Xin refuted Zhao Sheng mercilessly in front of many important ministers of Longtai, this naturally made Zhao Sheng feel quite embarrassing, and it was absolutely impossible to tolerate behavior.

It must be resolutely suppressed!

So at the next moment, Zhao Sheng also opened his mouth to retort: ​​"Yu Qing's words are wrong. If you break the contract with Chu now, then all the people in the world will feel that we have no faith in our words. This will not only affect Qin or Chu. The country, but the whole world! People cannot stand without trust, if they don’t even have such a little credit, how will they win the trust of the world in the future?”