Back to the Warring States Period as Zhao Kuo

"16?"

Wei Wang was not happy with this number, but said coldly: "How many of these 16 li are farmers, and how many are elites who have been fighting for a long time?"

Lord Xinling opened his mouth, but did not speak.

King Wei fixed his eyes on Jin Bi.

Jin Bi swallowed with some difficulty, and said, "Most of the 16 people have received some military training and can be called qualified soldiers. No more than [-]."

Raising an army is a huge expense. It requires a lot of materials, equipment, food and grass. In today's situation where countries are competing for hegemony, these things cannot be bought with money, so there are two types of standing army and reserve.

The standing army is what the king of Wei called the elite army, which is completely divorced from agricultural production and does not care about anything except training and fighting.

Reserves, also known as county soldiers and county soldiers, are the young and strong farmers of the Wei state. They plow the fields and grow vegetables on weekdays. It belongs to cannon fodder or logistics, basically there is only quantity but no quality at all, and it is a little bit better than the mob.

King Wei let out a long breath, and said lightly: "So, we need to use 18 standing troops to deal with Zhao Kuo's [-] standing troops?"

Jin Bi showed a smile uglier than crying, and said: "My lord, Zhao Guo suffered a lot in the battle of Gaotang. This time, among the 18 Zhao army, there should be only about [-] Zhao's standing army. too much."

King Wei said: "Good.

Then you tell the widow, can this battle be won? "

The hall fell into a dead silence again.

If you can win, you will win the battle of Lingqiu. Do you need to wait until Zhao Kuo calls to discuss it?

But looking at King Wei's expression, who would dare to say such a spoiling word?

Looking at the silent Lord Xinling of Jin Bi, King Wei was extremely disappointed.

At this time, Lord Longyang suddenly said, "Your Majesty, I do have some ideas."

King Wei was stunned for a moment, and looked at Lord Longyang in surprise: "What clever plan does Lord Longyang have?"

Lord Longyang said slowly: "Zhao Kuo is very cruel and cunning, so General Jin Bi and Lord Xinling are not his opponents. If Wei confronts him head-on, he may not be able to win."

Every time Lord Longyang uttered a word, King Wei's expression darkened.

It's so heartbreaking!But King Wei still listened patiently, because he knew that what Lord Longyang said must be more than that.

Lord Longyang said: "Since this is the case, why didn't your majesty ask the princes for help immediately?"

Wei Wang was stunned for a moment, and said, "Will the princes really come to help?"

The Five-Nation Alliance had just collapsed during the Battle of Lingqiu. At this time, who would King Wei turn to for help? South Korea and Yan, who were brothers and sisters with him, or Qi and Chu, who retreated early and abandoned Wei?

"The princes should still come to help."

At the same time, Zhao Kuo said these words to Li Mu and Xu Li beside him in the Zhao country's camp that had just been set up.

Xu Li, who was used to being straightforward, suddenly showed a puzzled expression on his face, and said, "Why?

Didn't the princes just break away from virtue in the battle of Lingqiu? "

Zhao Kuo said slowly: "That's true, but the problem is that if no one comes to rescue Wei, Wei will really perish.

The state of Wei is located in an important city in the Central Plains, with a large population, developed commerce and close to Handan, which can play an excellent role in restraining Da Zhao. As long as the princes are not stupid, they will not let the state of Wei perish. "

Li Mu thought about it, and said, "I wonder which countries the lord thinks will come to support?"

Zhao Kuo smiled, and suddenly asked Li Mu: "Which countries do you think will come to support?"

Li Mu was taken aback by this rhetorical question, and after a while he said: "I think Qin, Chu, and Qi are all possible."

Zhao Kuo laughed and said, "Actually, it doesn't matter which country sends troops to support me. Do you know why?"

Li Mu seemed to have grasped something, and suddenly said: "I understand, Junhou didn't think about destroying Wei State at all from the beginning!"

Zhao Kuo nodded in satisfaction and said with a smile: "That's right.

Although Ben Hou did win in Lingqiu, Da Zhao's loss in the battle of Gaotang was still too heavy.

If this Marquis really annihilates Wei State, then the second Five Kingdoms campaign against Zhao will definitely come again, and this time the Five Kingdoms will definitely not be persuaded and alienated by Ben Hou as easily as they were in Lingqiu. "

When he said this, Zhao Kuo was not without regrets.

If Lian Po did not fail in Gaotang, even as long as Lian Po did not lose so badly, Zhao Kuo would be able to take advantage of this golden opportunity to annex Wei State in one fell swoop.

It's a pity that the battle of Gaotang commanded by Lian Po directly caused more than 15 Zhao's elites to permanently lose their combat effectiveness, and directly lost half of Zhao's standing army. But it has lost the power to successfully resist in the inevitable joint counterattack of the princes that will follow.

But no matter what, this time we still have to teach Wei Guo a lesson, a lesson that makes Wei Guoren feel heartbroken!

Chapter 268 Lu Buwei's Brilliant Idea

Xianyang City of Qin State, Prince's Mansion.

Lu Buwei looked at the secret letter in his hand, thoughtful, and after a while he raised his head and said to Mao Sui in front of him, "So, Junhou isn't going to destroy Wei State this time?"

Mao Sui said, "I don't know."

Lu Buwei frowned, and said puzzledly: "Have you read this letter?

If I go to Prince Qin according to Junhou's order, what I do will do a lot of harm to Junhou, why would Junhou give us such an order? "

Mao Sui said lightly: "You and I can't guess what Junhou means, please follow Junhou's order, Mr. Lu."

Mao Sui's attitude made Lu Buwei frowned. Fortunately, Lu Buwei and Mao Sui had worked together for a long time, and he was basically used to Mao Sui's temper, so he got up and left the room without saying anything.

Lu Buwei met with Qin Prince Yingzi Chu.

Ying Zichu seemed in a good mood, and smiled at Lu Buwei: "Sir, sit down, what's the matter today?"

Lu Buwei smiled at Ying Zichu and said, "Does the prince know about Zhao Guo's attack on Wei recently?"

Ying Zichu nodded and said with a smile, "How could I not know?

The envoy from the State of Wei arrived a few days ago, and the father seems to have not given the envoy a clear answer yet.

But let's not say, this Wu Xinjun Zhao Kuo is really too scary, he was able to turn the tide of the battle successfully under such circumstances, he is indeed a person who can defeat Wu Anjun Baiqi several times in a row.

By the way, what do you say these are for? "

Lu Buwei said softly: "Didn't the prince always want to take Zhao Ji and Ying Zheng back to Handan?

Now is a great opportunity! "

Ying Zichu was taken aback when he heard the words, and then he was overjoyed: "Mr. Lu, come quickly!"

Due to the ups and downs he experienced since he was a child, as a bastard who was loved by no one, he suffered all the warmth and coldness of the world, so Ying Zichu is very emotional, which can be seen from his attitude towards Lu Buwei.

For Zhao Ji, the "dirty wife" and Ying Zheng, the only son, Ying Zichu has missed him very much during this time, and he has been thinking about bringing the mother and son back to Xianyang from Handan to reunite with the family. The hostile relationship with Zhao Guo failed to go as expected.

Therefore, when he learned that he hoped to see his wife and children, Ying Zichu's joy definitely came from his heart.

Lu Buwei nodded, recalling Zhao Kuo's strange order, he couldn't help but feel emotional.

The same Lord, Ying Zichu's thoughts can be said to be completely detected by Lu Buwei, and there is no secret at all, but the Wu Xinjun Zhao Kuo and Lu Buwei can't even guess what the other party is planning.

How big is the gap between people?

Lu Buwei put away the strange thoughts in his heart, and said to Ying Zi: "The prince just needs to go to the palace now to see the king, and tell the king." Since Zhao Guo's every move is the focus of the whole world, so when he learned that Zhao Kuo brazenly After leading troops southward to invade the territory of Wei State, the princes responded very quickly.

After receiving the request for help from the State of Wei, Lord Yangquan, the important minister of the State of Qin, Lord Yin Chunshen, the Minister of the State of Chu, and Xiangbang Housheng of the State of Qi were sent as envoys by their respective monarchs, and soon arrived in Handan, the capital of the State of Zhao.

The arrival of such three high-ranking envoys is enough to prove how much the Three Kingdoms care about this battle between Zhao and Wei.

The Queen Mother of Zhao Guo Han Ji quickly called several important officials of Zhao Guo to a meeting.

Lord Pingyuan, who is Zhao's prime minister, took the lead in introducing the situation: "The demands of the princes are very unified, that is, they hope that the war between Da Zhao and Wei will cease as soon as possible.

As compensation, Wei Guo can cede certain land and compensate Da Zhao with certain wealth, but Wu Xinjun's conquest must stop immediately. "

The others frowned after hearing Mr. Pingyuan's words.

Pingyang Lord Zhao Bao snorted, and said: "When Da Zhao failed in the battle of Gaotang, I didn't see these princes come to persuade him to make peace. When the battle of Lingqiu was uncertain, I didn't see them want to make peace with Da Zhao. Now Da Zhao Gaining the upper hand, they know how to persuade peace?

Absurd! "

Others spoke one after another, probably meaning the same as Mr. Pingyang.

Thinking about it, everyone has been worried for so long after the failure of Zhao Guo in the Battle of Gaotang. Finally, because of Wu Xinjun Zhao Kuo, he was elated in the Battle of Lingqiu. He was about to beat Wei Guo, the dog in the water, when the princes came here Prevent?

No, have these guys figured out who is the real number one power in the world?

The Empress Dowager's face was also a little ugly, and it took several seconds before she said: "Then what do you think?"

Looking at the excited colleagues, Mr. Xiangbang Pingyuan smiled wryly, and said: "To tell the truth, the queen mother, I think it's better to negotiate a peace this time."

When Mr. Pingyuan finished speaking, everyone was shocked.

Everyone knows that Mr. Pingyuan is Zhao Kuo's staunch ally. Now that Zhao Kuo has just led his army into the territory of Wei State to make a big show of his strength, Mr. Pingyuan does the opposite and agrees to negotiate a peace?

The Queen Mother was also taken aback, and asked, "Mr. Pingyuan, why is this?"

Lord Pingyuan sighed, and said: "Back to the Queen Mother, the three countries of Qin, Chu, and Qi are the three most powerful vassal states in China besides Zhao.

After the two battles in Gaotang and Lingqiu, the combat effectiveness and morale of the soldiers of Da Zhao has dropped a lot. It is no problem to fight a heavy loss of Wei, but if we reject the peace talks proposal of these three countries and let the three countries form a coalition army If it comes, Da Zhao can't resist it now. "

The main reason is that the defeat of Zhao Guo's Gaotang was too heavy, and a large wave of elites was lost, resulting in the fact that Zhao Guo is actually much weaker than last year.

Zhao State became weaker, but Qi Chu defeated Zhao State in the battle of Gaotang, and Qin State even recuperated for a while, these three countries actually became stronger.

Even if it is number one in the world, it cannot stop the joint attack of the second, third and fourth in the world.

It is not a joke that the seven heroes of the Warring States Period have no weak ones. Otherwise, it would be impossible for the seven kingdoms to love and kill each other for nearly 300 years, and they were not finally unified until Qin Shihuang.

As soon as Mr. Pingyuan's words were laid out, everyone fell silent for a while.

After a long while, the queen mother sighed and said, "In that case, did the three countries put forward specific conditions for peace?"

This is actually the Queen Mother being persuaded.

On the one hand, the queen mother was really worried that Zhao Guo could not cope with the combination of Qi, Chu, and Qin. On the other hand, the queen mother also wanted to limit Zhao Kuo's military exploits.

Pingyuan Jundao: "The conditions for the peace negotiation of the Three Kingdoms are very simple, that is, Wu Xinjun immediately ceases the war on the day the decree is delivered.

At that time, how much land in Wei State Wu Xinjun has occupied, then Wei State will cede all these lands to Da Zhao! "

Chapter 269 Negotiation Conditions

After listening to this proposal, everyone was silent, thinking about the mystery inside.

After a while, Lin Xiangru said slowly: "Queen Mother, this veteran thinks it is feasible."

The queen mother said: "Why?"

Lin Xiangru said: "Mr. Wu Xin has already invaded the territory of Wei State after all. It would be difficult to explain to the soldiers in the army if he got nothing. Now that Lord Wu Xin has captured Wei Guoxiangqiu, Zhuzao and other places, he has gained a lot. He should also I can accept it."

The Queen Mother nodded, and suddenly said: "What if Lord Wu Xin is not satisfied?"

This question seemed very simple, but it made everyone silent at the same time.

Who is Zhao Kuo?

He is the hero who just saved Zhao.

Needless to say, traditional allies like Mr. Pingyuan, even mortal enemies like Lin Xiangru and even Han Xuwei are not willing to offend Zhao Kuo at this time.

The Empress Dowager frowned, and she spoke with obvious dissatisfaction: "Why, when the ministers come up with ideas, they have something to say, but when it comes to Lord Wu Xin, they dare not speak?

Mr. Pingyuan, tell me! "

Mr. Pingyuan felt helpless, so he bit the bullet and said: "Queen Mother, the old minister thinks, why don't you send someone to test Mr. Wu Xin's tone first?"

The Empress Dowager snorted heavily, and said coldly: "Could it be that old women can't take charge of military affairs?

Now, immediately, immediately send someone to inform the envoys of the princes that the contract will be signed tomorrow! "

Facing the angry Queen Mother, no one dared to object.

In other words, this is the result that everyone actually wants to wait for.

On the next day, under the witness of the envoys of Qin, Chu, and Qi represented by Lord Pingyuan, State of Zhao formally signed a contract with the envoy of State of Wei, Lord Xinling.

According to the contract, the State of Wei will compensate the State of Zhao with 500 million yuan and [-] shi of grain. At the same time, the war will be formally ceased ten days later. Owned by the State of Zhao.

After signing the contract, Mr. Xinling, the envoy of Wei State, obviously breathed a sigh of relief, and cupped his hands at Mr. Pingyuan, "Thank you brother-in-law for your help."

Lord Pingyuan is also the brother-in-law of Lord Xinling, and it is because of this level of affection that Lord Pingyuan did not object to the peace negotiation in Zhao's court meeting.

Mr. Pingyuan smiled slightly, and said, "It's okay, when will you return to the Kingdom of Wei?"

Lord Xinling thought for a while and said, "I'll be back tomorrow."