Back to the Warring States Period as Zhao Kuo

Due to the long distance, the envoys of Qin State did not arrive at Jidu of Yan State until this time.

King Yan sat on top of the main hall, listened to the Qin envoy's words in silence, and then sighed.

"The envoy's words are indeed reasonable, if you ask the widow if he wants to defeat Zhao Guo, the answer is yes.

It's just that Dayan has no soldiers and horses to go to Zhao Guo now. "

King Yan's words were full of helplessness.

A few years ago, Yan State repelled Donghu to occupy Liaodong, forced Jizi North Korea in the northern part of the Korean peninsula to bow down and surrender, and completely wiped out the hidden dangers from the north and east borders. Only then did it start to march south into the Central Plains.

As a result, in just two years, Yan State was defeated by Zhao Kuo in two battles, the Battle of Lingqiu and the Battle of Tanghe. 10,000+ soldiers and horses fell into the sand, and even the capital Wuyang City It was also taken away by Zhao Guo.

After the two wars, the state of Yan State declined greatly, and Donghu, who had been beaten away, and Jizi North Korea, who had surrendered, were now ready to move. The eastern and northern borders of Yan State began to be threatened again.

Under such circumstances, Yan Guo began to have difficulties in self-protection, let alone sending troops south to stab Zhao Guolai in the back.

The Qin envoy was also silent for a moment when he heard the words, and cupped his hands towards King Yan: "The minister understands what the king means."

The country of Yan wants to resist Zhao, but is powerless to return to heaven!In Qi State, things went differently.

King Qi, Prime Minister Hou Sheng of Qi State, and Grand Sima Kuangliang of Qi State sat on the main hall, listening to Qin State's impassioned statement in front of them, their faces were quite serious.

"Has Lord Xinling been captured?" Rather than the defeat of Wei, it is better to say that the captives of Lord Xinling touched the monarch and ministers of Qi more.

Lord Xinling's reputation in the Qi State is very great, because many people think that Lord Xinling is a copy of Lord Mengchang, the famous Prime Minister of Qi State back then.

Although Lord Mengchang finally betrayed Qi State, the people of Qi State never doubted Lord Mengchang's ability.

Even when Zhao Kuo was in the limelight these years, many Qi people still believed that if Meng Changjun was still alive, he would definitely be able to lead Qi to defeat Zhao!Is it that Wei Wuji, the king of Xinling who is famous all over the world and known as "Wu Qi is alive", was defeated by Zhao Kuo again, and was even captured?

Doesn't this mean that if there is still Meng Changjun in Qi State, it will be difficult to withstand Zhao State's attack?

After letting the envoys of the Qin State go to the side hall to rest, King Qi looked at Hou Sheng and Kuang Liang in front of him: "What do you two lovers think?"

Hou Sheng stroked his beard, recalled in his mind the twenty carriages of treasures that had been quietly transported into his house through the side door last night, and immediately said without hesitation: "Your Majesty, I think that the State of Zhao is indeed too powerful now. I am afraid that the policy of neutrality is no longer practical, and a change of position is needed."

King Qi frowned and said, "But Lord Wu Xin is the widow's brother-in-law after all."

Hou Sheng hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, in this country-to-country battle, you can't talk about your feelings.

Please think about it, Your Majesty, when Zhao Guo attacked our Daqi a few years ago, did Wu Xinjun Zhao Kuo consider his in-laws with Daqi?

So, you should fight or you have to fight. "

King Qi said a little worriedly: "Will the ginseng business be affected?"

Hou Sheng hurriedly said: "Back to Your Majesty, I have already ordered some people to secretly stockpile some goods, at least to ensure sales for two months.

And we can completely let Qin, Han, Wei and the Three Kingdoms pay us Daqi for the loss in this area. "

King Qi immediately relaxed a lot, looked at Kuang Liang and said, "Da Sima, tell me, can you win this battle?"

Kuang Liang said with a serious face: "Your Majesty, I have never fought against Wu Xinjun Zhao Kuo, but judging from the previous situation, I think the chance of defeating Wu Xinjun Zhao Kuo should not be too high."

King Qi frowned again and said, "What should I do?"

King Qi didn't mind fighting, but he would definitely mind if he was defeated.

Kuang Liang said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, I do have an idea.

What Qin wants now is to let Daqi share part of the pressure, and does not require Daqi to go to Pingqiu to help in the battle.

In that case, instead of confronting Wu Xinjun head-on, Da Qi could attack Chu, Zhao's ally, and force Chu to withdraw from the Pingqiu battlefield. "

"The Chu army has as many as 10 people. Once they retreat, the pressure on the Qin and Han coalition forces will be greatly reduced. Moreover, I am sure that I can defeat the Chunshen Lord of Chu, Huang Xie. Isn't it the best of both worlds?"

King Qi snorted, and couldn't help but slap his thigh: "This idea is good, so let's do it like this!"

Qi Guo's actions were unexpectedly quick this time.

Just five days later, Qi State immediately assembled a 10 soldiers and horses. Under the leadership of Da Sima Kuangliang, they set off from Linzi and headed for the Chu State in the south.

Of course, it is impossible to hide such a huge movement from Zhao Guo's spies, so the news spread to Handan as soon as possible.

The Empress Dowager Zhao sat upright, with frost all over her pretty face: "This king of Qi, when the old woman invited him to send troops to attack Qin, he hesitated, but now he secretly tripped the old woman and the ambassador of Zhao behind his back. son!"

Mr. Pingyuan's face was also a bit ugly, and he said: "And the people of Qi State cleverly made a name, saying that it was for taking back the area occupied by Chu State, and did not mention Da Zhao at all, as if this war really had nothing to do with Da Zhao Same."

The Queen Mother sneered and said, "How could it have nothing to do with Da Zhao?

Now Wu Xinjun is leading the Chu army to confront the Qin and Han coalition forces. If the Chu army retreats here, wouldn't Wu Xinjun lose a hundred thousand soldiers out of thin air? "

Lin Xiangru, who was silent for a long time, said: "Although this trick of the people of Qi is suspected of cheating, but on the surface, it is true that Qi did not start a war against Zhao, and the target of Qi's looting is only Chu.

If we send envoys to Linzi to ask questions, the king of Qi must have said the same thing. "

The queen mother snorted and said: "Sooner or later, I will discuss with Qi Guo!"

Taishi Han Xuwei stood aside, but his heart was secretly refreshed.

Zhao Kuo, Zhao Kuo, you are in big trouble right now!Some time ago, Zhao Kuo suddenly attacked Lord Xinling, and Han Xuwei was in a very good mood when he surrounded Pingqiu for many days and was unable to attack.

It's just that Han Xuwei has learned his lesson after being slapped in the face by Zhao Kuo many times, so he has been secretly forbearing, wanting to wait for the Qin and Han coalition forces to successfully rush to Pingqiu City before jumping out and mocking Zhao Kuo.

It's a pity that later it was reported that Pingqiu City was conquered, Lord Xinling and Jin Bi were captured alive, which undoubtedly disappointed Han Xuwei.

Now the news of Qi State's sudden dispatch of troops undoubtedly gave Han Xuwei another shot in the arm.

Maybe because of this, Wu Xinjun Zhao Kuo will be defeated?

Thinking about it, Han Xuwei couldn't help showing a slight smile at the corner of his mouth.

Han Xuwei actually didn't care about the impact of Zhao Kuo's failure on Zhao Guo. Lian Po also lost in Gaotang City before, did it affect Zhao Guo's number one in the world?

Therefore, Han Xuwei is looking forward to Kuang Liang, the famous general of Qi who once defeated Lian Po, can create a miracle in this battle, and find a way to defeat Zhao Kuo as well!

Chapter 367 Zhao Kuo's Prediction (4/35)

Pingqiu front.

As Wang Yan and Meng Ao said during the discussion, whether it is the Qin-Han coalition army and the Chu army that are on their way continuously, or the Zhao army that has been besieging the city for a long time, they all need a period of rest.

Therefore, in the next few days, there was a long-lost calm on the entire battlefield.

In the past few days, nothing happened at all. Zhao Kuo ordered the gate of Pingqiu city to be opened, and all the people of Wei State in Pingqiu city were allowed to leave.

In this regard, many generals of Zhao State raised objections.

In the view of these Zhao generals, since Pingqiu City has been occupied, the tens of thousands of people in the city have become the property of Zhao Jun, and Zhao Jun should be allowed to dispose of it at will.

How to deal with it?

That, of course, is to turn them all into slaves, hard labor and the like.

As for how many people died in this process, it doesn't matter, who cares about the life and death of slaves?

Zhao Kuo's answer was also very simple: "This Marquis can't watch them starve to death!"

As the commander in chief, it is impossible for Zhao Kuo to feed these people with military rations, nor is it possible to watch these people starve to death and turn Pingqiu City into a dead city, let alone massacre these people directly, so releasing them is the only way. choose.

This is the fairness in Zhao Kuo's heart.

There is another small detail worth noting, that is, among the people who left Pingqiu City, hundreds of Nightingale's spies were quietly mixed in.

From then on, these nightingale spies will formally integrate into Wei State as refugees from Pingqiu City and become real "Wei State People".

After this matter was done, the name of Wu Xinjun Zhao Kuo's benevolence spread slowly, whether it was in Zhao Guojun or the people of Wei Guo nearby.

Of course, the soldiers at the bottom of the army can take the opportunity to rest for a few days, but as the coach, Zhao Kuo naturally has to strategize and discuss with his confidants.

Li Si, Han Fei, and Guo Zong now belong to Zhao Kuo's internal affairs team and are responsible for sitting in Handan and contacting all parties.

Therefore, Zhao Kuo was negotiating with Xu Li, Li Mu, and Le Cheng, the deputy general of Zhao Jun.

Zhao Kuo reached out and tapped the map on the table, and said in a deep voice: "Judging from the current situation, the possibility of Da Zhao's destruction of Wei State in one fell swoop exists, but it is not high."

The so-called plan did not change quickly. At the beginning, Zhao Kuo thought of fighting all the way from Wei State to Qin State, but suddenly found that Wei State had been slaughtered to death, and it seemed that Wei State could be swallowed first. .

As soon as Zhao Kuo said this, the expressions of the other three people shook at the same time.

Lieutenant General Le Cheng couldn't help but asked, "Mr. Wu Xin, can you really destroy Wei?"

Although Wei State is weak and its area is not large, Wei State occupies the veritable Central Plains, the most fertile plain between the Yellow River and the Huai River, and its grain output and population rank among the upper reaches of the Seven Kingdoms.

If Wei State can be annexed, it will definitely be very good news for Zhao State.

Moreover, the situation where the seven heroes stand side by side has lasted for more than 200 years. If the people present can really destroy the Wei State for the Zhao State, it will definitely be an unprecedented contribution, and it is no wonder that Le Cheng is so eager.

Facing Le Cheng's question, Zhao Kuo smiled and said, "Of course, but to achieve this, two prerequisites must be fulfilled at the same time."

Le Cheng hurriedly said: "Excuse me, sir, what are the two prerequisites?"

Zhao Kuo said: "First of all, Yan and Qi cannot send troops to support Qin, Han and Wei. If these two countries send troops to support, our current military strength is not enough to achieve this goal.

Secondly, we must defeat the Qin and Han coalition forces in the next decisive battle, and at the same time, we must not pay too much.

Do these two points, then we can easily sweep the entire Wei country. "

It is not unreasonable that the seven heroes can stand side by side for nearly 300 years, and it is far from easy to destroy any of them.

Like this time, if you want to destroy the Wei State, you need to succeed both diplomatically and militarily.

Le Cheng thought for a while, and said, "What about Chu State?

Didn't Chu come here for Nanyang and Nanjun? "

Zhao Kuo said with a smile: "Chu State did come here for Nanyang County and Nanjun County, but Chunshen Jun, the commander of Chu State, came here essentially for military exploits.

We can definitely give a small part of Wei State's territory to Chu State, so that Mr. Chunshen will have the credit for expanding the territory, how could he disagree? "

Le Cheng was convinced and was about to say something when he suddenly reported from outside the tent: "My lord, there is an urgent military situation!"

After a while, Zhao Kuo looked at the urgent military situation in front of him, and couldn't help sighing: "Everyone, the goal of annexing Wei State may not be realized.

Qi State sent troops. "

Qi Jun's actions were really swift and violent.

In just a few days, Kuang Liang led the Qi army into the territory of Chu State and surrounded Langya City, an important coastal town in the northeast of Chu State.

Langya City used to be the capital of the Yue Kingdom, and it was also the top five largest cities in the Chu Kingdom. It was also the largest city on the eastern coast of the Chu Kingdom, and was extremely important to the Chu Kingdom.

Le Cheng took a breath, and said in surprise and anger: "How dare the Qi State and the Qi State oppose Da Zhao?"

Le Cheng was really angry. That was such a great contribution to the destruction of the Wei State. Who would not be angry because of the sudden backstab of the Qi State?

On the contrary, Zhao Kuo didn't have much anger, but sighed: "The battle of Gaotang the year before last gave the Qi people confidence."

In the battle of Zhao Guo's attack on Qi led by Lian Po, Zhao Guo was defeated by Qi Guo in Gaotang, and then Lian Po retreated into Lingqiu, and then the queen mother of Zhao Guo had to recall Zhao Kuo to save the field. The subsequent battle of Lingqiu.

Due to Zhao Kuo's flexible diplomatic strategy, Qi State had already withdrawn its troops with Chu State before the decisive battle of Lingqiu broke out, leaving only the three younger brothers Wei Hanyan who were beaten violently by Zhao Kuo.

So Qi State won Zhao State, but did not lose.

Of course, victory can give people confidence, so King Qi went against the norm in history and sent Kuang Liang to intervene in this war.

Le Cheng said: "Then what should we do now?"

Zhao Kuo took a deep breath and said lightly, "For now, just wait for Chunshen Jun to come and bid farewell to the Marquis."

"Farewell?"

Le Cheng immediately sensed something was wrong, and said, "Could it be that Jun Hou thinks that Chun Shen Jun is going to withdraw his troops?"

Zhao Kuo nodded and sighed: "Of course he will withdraw, because Langya City is the fief of Lord Chunshen!"

It has to be said that this move of the people of Qi is so close to Langya, it is really good.

It can only be said that although Zhao Kuo is very strong, not all the princes in the world are fools, and there are also smart people.

As soon as Zhao Kuo finished speaking, a report came from outside the big tent: "Your Honor, Lord Chunshen is here!"

Chapter 368: Lord Chunshen Wants to Withdraw His Troops? (5/35)

Jun Shenjun looked at the tent of Commander Zhao Jun in front of him, with a very disturbed expression.

Just now, Chun Shenjun got a piece of news that made him completely unable to calm down.

The Qi army went south and suddenly launched an attack on the Chu State, and it was the city of Langya, the fief of Lord Chunshen who attacked!Langya City is adjacent to Qi State, and it is the only way for the economic and trade exchanges between Chu State and Qi State.

Coupled with the fact that Langya is far away from the Central Plains, it has been a rare and clean area in Chu State for many years, which has even imperceptibly boosted the development of this city.

Lord Chunshen also valued these advantages, so he proposed to the King of Chu to make Langya City his fiefdom, and put most of his wealth and family in Langya City.