Back to the Warring States Period as Zhao Kuo

Lian Po was silent for a while, then said calmly: "Actually, I also understand that this kind of thing can't be blamed on others, it means that I lost the battle and deserved it.

If the old man could be as invincible as Wu Xinjun, how could he encounter such a situation today? "

There was silence in the hall for a while.

There is indeed nothing wrong with what Lian Po said. If he can keep winning the battle, then it will be Lian Po and not Zhao Kuo who will be rewarded on stage today.

Lin Xiangru said: "Who can not lose the battle?

It just needs to be summed up well and cheered up. "

Lian Po sighed, waved his hands and said, "Xin Jun, Zhou Qing, I accept your wishes.

Now the old man's mood is very chaotic, please let the old man be quiet. "

After a while, Lin Xiangru and Zhou Shaofen left together in the same carriage.

The triumphant ceremony had just ended, and cheers could still be heard from time to time on both sides of the street.

"Long live Big Zhao!"

"Wu Xinjun is all victorious!"

Hearing such words, Lin Xiangru couldn't help sighing: "In this situation, Wu Xinjun's prestige is really unstoppable."

Zhou Shaofen nodded silently, and sighed: "Wu Xinjun's military talent is really terrifying."

At this moment, Zhou Shaofen secretly rejoiced in his heart.

Sure enough, I still have foresight, and I quietly boarded Wu Xinjun's big ship early in the morning!Lin Xiangru was about to say something when the carriage stopped suddenly.

A voice came: "But Xinjun face to face?

The Queen Mother has an order, please Xinjun and Zhou Qing enter the palace quickly! "

Half an hour later, the palace city of Zhao Kingdom.

When Lin Xiangru walked into the palace, he found that there was only the queen mother in the palace except Zhou Shaofen who came with him, and he seemed to understand something, and a smile flashed on the corner of his mouth.

Sure enough, the next moment the Empress Dowager said: "The reason for calling the two of you here today is actually because of Wu Xinjun's problem."

Lin Xiangru thought that it was so, and immediately heaved a sigh of relief.

Although the queen mother rewarded Wu Xinjun, it was because of Wu Xinjun's dazzling military exploits as a last resort.

Now seeing the feeling of the people applauding Wu Xinjun's return, how could the Queen Mother be able to sit still?

Lin Xiangru didn't talk nonsense, and said directly: "Is it the position of Da Sima?"

The queen mother nodded, and said: "Yes, do Xinjun and Zhou Qing have any candidates for the post of Sima?"

The subtext of this sentence is actually to ask Lin Xiangru and Zhou Shaofen to recommend a "person of their own", lest the person selected by Zhao Kuo occupy this position.

Zhao Kuo is already the general of Zhao Guo, the number one figure in the military, if even the position of the second man in the army, Da Sima, is also taken by Zhao Kuo, then Zhao Kuo's army is really completely covered by Zhao Kuo never mind.

Lin Xiangru was a little embarrassed for a while.

Due to the existence of Lian Po, Lin Xiangru's faction is of course very powerful in the military. It is not a problem to choose three or four candidates, not to mention ten or eight.

But things are not that simple.

If you want to fight against Zhao Kuo, the elected chief Sima must not only have sufficient reputation and qualifications, but also have strong personal abilities.

After such a screening, Lin Xiangru found that there was really no such person in his faction.

Just when Lin Xiangru was in trouble, Zhou Shaofen on the other side was also thinking.

Suddenly, Zhou Shaofen had an idea, and said, "Queen Dowager, I believe in you, I do have a candidate."

Lin Xiangru was stunned, thinking that Zhou Shaofen would not recommend his younger brother Zhou Shaoliang, right?

Although Zhou Shaoliang is the governor of Hedong County, the problem is that he has never fought before, so how could he fight against Zhao Kuo?

Lin Xiangru was about to speak up to object, the more eager Empress Dowager spoke first: "Who is it?"

Zhou Shaofen said with a smile: "Back to the Queen Mother, it is General Le Cheng."

After Zhou Shaofen's words fell, the Queen Mother and Lin Xiangru were taken aback for a moment.

Lin Xiangru coughed, and said lightly: "Zhou Qing may have forgotten that General Le Cheng and Lord Wu Xin had frequent exchanges in the past."

This is actually a subtle reminder.

Le Cheng is Zhao Kuo's man, do you still expect to use him to deal with Zhao Kuo?

The queen mother also looked at Zhou Shaofen with a question mark on her face. Are you kidding me?

Zhou Shaofen was confident, and said with a smile: "Queen Dowager, I believe in you.

Before that, General Le Cheng was only the No. [-] figure in the Zhao army. If he wanted to continue to be promoted, he could only replace General Lian Po and Da Sima, so he made friends with Lord Wu Xin and wanted to get rid of General Lian Po.

But now?

General Lian Po has already abdicated. If we support General Le Cheng to the second position of Da Sima, then only Wu Xinjun will be on top of General Le Cheng.

In other words, once General Le Cheng becomes the Great Sima, he must replace Wu Xinjun if he wants to continue to be promoted.

In this way, doesn't it give us a chance to win General Le Cheng?

Moreover, this time we obeyed the Queen Mother's order. Could it be that General Le Cheng would rather choose Wu Xinjun than the Queen Mother?

You must know that the Queen Mother is the real master of Da Zhao! "

After hearing these words, the Empress Dowager was overjoyed: "That's right, what Zhou Qing said is very reasonable.

Without further ado, Xinjun and Zhou Qing, hurry up and find General Le Cheng to finalize this matter! "

The queen mother was very happy, because another person who could restrain Zhao Kuo appeared!

Chapter 482 Le Cheng's Attitude

The next day, Lin Xiangru and Zhou Shaofen visited Lecheng.

Two important ministers of Zhao Guo came at the same time, Le Cheng was naturally flattered, and welcomed them into the lobby.

Lin Xiangru stroked his beard, smiled at Le Cheng, "I will tell you the truth, the old man came today with the Queen Mother's mission."

Le Cheng was taken aback for a moment, then seemed to understand something, and asked cautiously: "I don't know what the queen mother means?" Lin Xiangru said indifferently: "The position of Da Sima is vacant. The queen mother wants to seek the opinions of the old man and Zhou Qing. After comprehensive consideration After that, the old man and Zhou Qing recommended you to the Queen Mother."

Le Cheng was overjoyed, and suddenly got up: "Thank you Queen Mother for your kindness, and thank you Wen Xinjun and Zhou Qing for your appreciation!"

Lin Xiangru laughed, and said, "General Le Cheng, please be at ease and wait for the old man to finish speaking."

Le Cheng calmed down, and looked at Lin Xiangru expectantly.

Lin Xiangru coughed, and said: "I heard that General Le Cheng and Lord Wu Xin had a close relationship, the Queen Mother is actually a little worried."

Only then did Le Cheng understand, and fell into deep thought.

Lin Xiangru's meaning is obvious, the Queen Mother does not want a big Sima who is very close to Wu Xinjun Zhao Kuo to take office!Coupled with the fact that Lin Xiangru and Zhou Shaofen, two important ministers who obviously did not deal with Zhao Kuo, came this time, this is no longer a hint, but an explicit indication.

Le Cheng hesitated for a moment.

He knew that if he didn't stand on Lin Xiangru's side, he couldn't get this position, but did he really want to be hostile to Wu Xinjun?

Lin Xiangru saw that Le Cheng was hesitating, so he added anger immediately: "General Le Cheng, to tell you the truth, you are not the only candidate this time.

If you really can't satisfy the Queen Mother, then the position of Da Sima can only be replaced by someone else. "

The tangled expression on Le Cheng's face became more and more obvious.

Since the death of Ma Fujun Zhao She, Le Cheng has been regarded as the No. [-] figure in Zhao Guo's military after Lian Po for several years, but at that time, he still had no way to enter the list of Zhao Guo's important ministers.

Later, in the Battle of Changping, Zhao Kuo suddenly emerged, and he was directly promoted to Da Sima and became an important minister of Zhao Guo, which made Le Cheng secretly envious.

Le Cheng also has self-knowledge. There is indeed a big gap between him and Zhao Kuo or Lian Po, so he has no objection in front of the number three.

But everyone wants to make progress, want to be promoted, and Le Cheng is no exception.

If you want to continue to climb to become an important minister of Zhao Guo, you must either replace Lian Po or Zhao Kuo.

After comprehensive consideration, Le Cheng felt that Zhao Kuo was stronger and younger, and he was more worthy of being an ally, so he chose to side with Zhao Kuo.

What Le Cheng didn't expect was that Lian Po was indeed defeated by Zhao Kuo as he guessed, but he also had to face a new choice because of this.

Zhou Shaofen's eyes flickered, and he said softly, "General Le Cheng, it's time to make a decision."

Le Cheng took a deep breath, came back to his senses, and said in a deep voice to Lin Xiangru and Zhou Shaofen in front of him: "Please tell the Queen Mother that since I, Le Cheng, is a minister of the Great Zhao, I should be loyal to the Queen Mother! The Queen Mother's order is Le Cheng From now on, I will definitely keep a good distance from Wu Xinjun!"

Le Cheng finally made a choice and betrayed Zhao Kuo for the position of Da Sima!Compared with official positions, political alliances are obviously not that important.

What's more, Le Cheng will gain new allies as a result.

Lin Xiangru smiled, and stretched out his hand towards Le Cheng: "Le Cheng Da Sima, please give me more advice in the future!"

On the other side, Zhou Shaofen looked at Le Cheng and showed a meaningful smile.

A while later, Lin Xiangru and Zhou Shaofen left Le Cheng's mansion in a carriage.

Lin Xiangru smiled and said, "Zhou Qing, this time we have a new ally."

Lin Xiangru was in a good mood, and Lian Po would definitely not be able to come back for a while, but now with Le Cheng on top, there were only three people on Lin Xiangru's side, and he could still continue to deal with Lord Yuan and Lord Wu Xin.

Zhou Shaofen smiled and nodded: "Yes, yes, it is a surprise that General Le Cheng would betray Lord Wu Xin."

Lin Xiangru said: "By the way, I wonder if Zhou Qing has heard of one thing?"

Zhou Shaofen said: "I don't know what Wen Xinjun is talking about?"

Lin Xiangru's eyes flickered, and he said softly: "I heard through some channels that when attacking Xianyang City, Li Mu, a retainer of Lord Wu Xin, blasted down the city gate with a powerful weapon, and was able to capture King Qin alive."

Zhou Shaofen was stunned: "A powerful weapon?

What is that, a battering engine? "

Lin Xiangru shook his head and said, "Of course it's not a siege engine. Li Mu's troops are cavalry. How could he bring a siege engine to raid Xianyang City temporarily?"

Now Zhou Shaofen was really curious: "What exactly is that?"

Things like gunpowder are top secret, so Zhou Shaofen really didn't know about it.

Lin Xiangru took a deep breath and said, "I don't know. I hope Zhou Qing can also activate your channel to inquire about it."

Zhou Shaofen's eyes flickered, and he said with a smile, "No problem."

Pingyuan Junfu.

Zhao Guo Xiangbang and Pingyuan Lord Zhao Sheng are entertaining Zhao Kuo, while Pingyang Lord Zhao Bao is on the sidelines.

After drinking for three rounds, Mr. Pingyuan smiled at Zhao Kuo and said, "Mr. Wu Xin, there is a vacancy for the position of Chief Sima. I wonder what Mr. Wu Xin thinks?"

Zhao Kuo looked at Mr. Pingyuan, thinking that it was because of this, why did I suddenly ask Benhou to drink.

Zhao Kuo put down his wine glass and said with a smile, "To tell you the truth, Mr. Pingyuan, it is impossible for me to have any thoughts."

Zhao Kuo was very aware of the empress dowager's fear of him.

The reason why the queen mother is happy because of Zhao Kuo's victory is because Zhao Kuo's victory is also Zhao Guo's victory.

Many wars in the past have proved that the Queen Mother has always wanted to find someone who can replace Zhao Kuo as the leader, or at least be able to fight against Zhao Kuo in the military.

Under such circumstances, it is absolutely impossible for the queen mother to agree to the candidate proposed by Zhao Kuo to be the great Sima, so Zhao Kuo didn't want to waste that effort.

Regarding Zhao Kuo's attitude, Mr. Pingyuan obviously did not take it seriously: "Mr. Wu Xin, you are doing something wrong.

If we can take down the position of Da Sima, we can completely suppress Lin Xiangru and the others. "

Zhao Kuo smiled and said, "I also want to take it down, but to tell you the truth, if I speak about this matter, I'm afraid it will only backfire."

Mr. Pingyuan's face changed, obviously quite unhappy, but he soon recovered his smile, and said: "Mr. Wu Xin is right, so let's not talk about this matter. Come, drink and drink!"

Half an hour later, the banquet was over, and Zhao Kuo naturally left, leaving only Lord Pingyuan and Lord Pingyang.

Lord Pingyang said: "Brother, Lord Wu Xin is unwilling to support us in the position of Chief Sima, so what should we do?"

Mr. Pingyuan's face was gloomy, and it took a while before he said: "Actually, what he said is also reasonable. The Queen Mother is afraid of him, so it is probably useless for him to speak."

Lord Pingyang was stunned: "Then we won't fight for the position of Grand Sima?"

Mr. Pingyuan snorted heavily, and said, "How can it be possible not to argue?

It would be better without Mr. Wu Xin. We will bring our own people up. In the future, there will be three people on our side, Lin Xiangru will only have two, and Mr. Wu Xin will be alone!At that time, whether it is you or me in Da Zhao's court will have the final say! "

Lord Pingyang's eyes lit up, and he said with a smile: "This is the best, otherwise I would have been tired of asking this Lord Wu Xin for everything."

The two smiled at each other.