Zhao Weiwang in the Warring States Period

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To be honest, Zhao Dan was quite conflicted about Lu Buwei.

On the one hand, Lu Buwei is indeed a capable person, which can be seen both from historical records and from Lu Buwei's performance over the years.

But Zhao Dan is also very clear that Lu Buwei is actually a very ambitious person, an out-and-out careerist.

If such a person is managed well and his ambition is used for the sake of the country, then it is definitely a good thing for the country.

But if he doesn't control it well and let his eyes completely fall on the struggle for power, then such a person will be a very big challenge to the imperial power.

Although he doesn't know what happened in Xianyang now, Zhao Dan has a vague premonition that if he really wants to help Lu Buwei, then it is undoubtedly a better way to fight Qin.

Zhao Dan tapped lightly on the table with his fingers, somewhat hesitant.

After a while, Zhao Dan suddenly couldn't help laughing.

It's not that there are famous ministers and generals like Pingyuan Lord Zhao Sheng, Yu Xin, Lian Po and Li Mu under his command. Aren't these people all subdued by him?

Even if he is Lu Buwei, no matter whether Lu Buwei is willing or unwilling, the name of a Qin surrendered minister will definitely be placed on Lu Buwei in the future.

With this name there, what Lu Buwei wants to do is actually subject to many restrictions.

Besides, the widow is much younger than Lu Buwei. Even if Lu Buwei has some ambitions, can the widow not be able to suppress him?

Thinking of this, Zhao Dan finally had the answer.

Zhao Dan coughed lightly, and interrupted the ministers of the two factions who were arguing: "Okay, since your families are so arguing, let's vote according to the past practice."

After a while, Yu Xin looked at Zheng Zhu and Li Si, unable to hide the surprise in his eyes.

These two guys are obviously enemies, how could they hold the same position on the same thing?

Yu Xin's eyes suddenly fell on Li Mu who had been extremely quiet and had never spoken except for voting.

Could it be that

Zhao Dan spoke slowly: "This time, Li Mu Dadudu will be the chief general, and Pang Qing will be the deputy general, and lead the widow's army to attack Qin in the west."

Chapter 953 Great Soldier Attacks Qin (Third Change)

Spring has come.

This year, Zhao Guo started the war earlier than any previous year.

Winter has just passed, and the snow in many places has not even completely melted, and a large number of Zhao's troops have already assembled in Hedong County.

Being used to the rhythm of this kind of war, Zhao Guo's war machine started very smoothly, and everything was so step-by-step.

It is naturally impossible to hide such a large-scale deployment of troops from the Qin State. Qin State is very vigilant about this. Zhao Guo's attack.

It is precisely because of this that Cai Ze's intensive investigation was forced to stop, and the royal censor of Qin had to devote all his energy to the upcoming battle of Zhao Guo's defeat of Qin.

So Lu Buwei's difficulty was finally passed temporarily.

But Lu Buwei's psychology is very clear, this is only temporary.

Because when the army was first mobilized, everything was complicated, and it required a lot of manpower and material resources to invest.

After the army has been fully mobilized, there are basically rules to follow in all matters. At that time, Cai Ze will be able to free up his hands again and continue to investigate Lu Buwei's case.

Although the rope around Lu Buwei's neck was loosened a little, it was far from being completely loosened.

At this time, Lu Buwei finally got in touch with the new leader sent by Zhao Guo Hu Yiwei to Xianyang.

It wasn't until this time that Zhao Dan finally understood what happened in Xianyang City in the past winter.

The leader of Hu Yiwei in Xianyang City left with a secret letter after meeting Lu Buwei for the last time, but was suddenly attacked by Cai Ze after that.

During this attack, the head of Hu Yiwei of the Xianyang City branch was killed, and the secret letter written by Lu Buwei was also searched.

Fortunately, Cai Ze was not able to decipher the code composed of Arabic numerals on the secret letter, and no one saw that the leader of Hu Yiwei had indeed walked out of Lu Buwei's mansion, so Cai Ze still lacked sufficient and decisive information. Evidence to convince Qin Wangchu to attack Lu Buwei.

It is precisely because of this that Lu Buwei was able to survive this winter very hard until the moment when Zhao Guo defeated Qin.

Half a month later, the assembled army of Zhao State started from Pujindu, crossed the Yellow River, and approached Qin State.

And the Qin State obviously knew that this was the time of life and death, so Qin Wang Chu also frantically raised the combat readiness of the entire Qin State to the highest level, and recruited almost all the adult men in Qin State who were still able to act. , formed an army of 25, with Wang Jian as the main general, and confronted Li Mu's troops in Yuanli City in Hexi.

But Zhao's military strength is not limited to the 30 troops formed by Li Mu.

Pang Nuan, the deputy general of this war, has already begun to gather [-] cavalry from Zhao State's Frontier Cavalry Corps. He is going to go south from Hetao and Shuofang counties, and go straight to Guanzhong from Yiqu, and stab the people of Qin in the back.

However, unlike the Central Plains at this time, the ice and snow in the north have not yet melted, which will have a great impact on the march, and it will take a long time to mobilize the soldiers and horses of the northern counties, so Pang Nuan's cavalry cannot launch an attack like Li Mu's main infantry. It will take at least one month before it can be activated.

The news of Zhao's war against Qin soon spread to the territory of Chu.

Today's Chu State has basically been divided into two parts. The eastern part is mainly the territory of the three Zhaojingqu families headed by Jing Tong, while the western half of Chu State centered on Yingdu is under the influence of Li Yuan.

In the past autumn, although there was no major war between the two sides, the small-scale frictions never stopped.

With the arrival of winter, both sides of the Chu State had to stop their military operations, and each had some time to recuperate.

To be honest, before this, the two factions in Chu State were actually very worried.

After all, anyone can see that the current state of Chu is actually the weakest state of Chu in history, and it has been divided into two halves. If the Zhao people take advantage of it, then this matter is really difficult to handle.

But now the State of Zhao did not send troops to attack the State of Chu. On the contrary, the people of the State of Zhao went to attack the State of Qin.

This undoubtedly made Li Yuan and Jing Tong both heave a sigh of relief.

Sitting on the main seat of the palace, Li Yuan looked at the humble envoy of Qin State in front of him. Although his face was expressionless, there was some satisfaction in his heart.

Weren't you Qin people very awesome back then, didn't you take our big Chu seriously at all?How about it, why don't you obediently come to Da Chu for help now.

Yes, at the first moment of the war, Qin State had already sent envoys to contact Li Yuan and Jing Tong, hoping that the two could temporarily put aside their grievances and unite with Qin State to resist Zhao State.

I saw the envoy of the state of Qin say very earnestly: "Mr. Kuaiji, if the state of Qin dies, then there will be only the state of Chu in the world. I don't need to say the fate of the state of Chu at that time. If you want to come to Kuaiji Jun should also be able to understand. So I ask Kuaiji Jun to let go of his prejudices and take resisting Zhao as his top priority."

Li Yuan couldn't help snorting softly when he heard the words, and said: "Even if I am willing to stop the war, that person Jing Tong is definitely not willing to stop the war. You may not know, but Jing Tong has already sworn to the sky that he will use my flesh and blood to fight Worshiping the spirits of Jingyang and his clansmen in heaven."

Because of the resentment towards Zhao Guo in his heart, Li Yuan is willing to let go of the hatred temporarily, but the problem is that Li Yuan knows in his heart that the three major families are not willing.

Speaking of which, Li Yuan's massacre in Yingdu really angered the three major families.

Including Jingyang, the heads of the three major families and many core members died in Li Yuan's mansion. Jingyang's sister who married Li Yuan was also executed by Li Yuan.

It is completely understandable for Jing Tong to make such an oath when his relatives were killed at the hands of Li Yuan.