Back to the Warring States Period as Zhao Kuo

But sometimes the truth hurts more than a lie!Yiqu is of course a weak chicken to Qin, but what about Wu Xinjun Zhao Kuo standing behind Yiqu?

After a long time, King Qin suddenly slapped the table and shouted: "If you don't fight, you don't fight, so be it!"

After saying this, King Qin got up directly and left the hall angrily.

Chapter 531 The lord has become stable?

Outside Linzi City.

Zishui flows through the east of this big oriental city, to the west.

Zhao Jun surrounded Linzi from three directions: west, north, and south, and the commander's tent was located in the northern camp.

Linzi City has been fully mobilized, and there are vigilant and fully armed soldiers of Qi State everywhere on the city wall. The equipment did not give these Qi soldiers any sense of security.

"That's Wu Xinjun Zhao Kuo's handsome flag!"

"It is said that Wu Xinjun Zhao Kuo came to the world under the throne of Taiyi, and he was protected by Taiyi's luck. Ordinary generals are not opponents at all!"

"what?

Aren't we finished then? "

"Not necessarily, maybe Daqi's national destiny suppression can beat Wu Xinjun."

"But more than 30 years ago, didn't Daqi's national fortune be destroyed by Le Yi once?"

""Before the news of Zhao Jun's arrival, tens of thousands of people had already fled the city, but there are still hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians in the city.

Whether it's soldiers or people, there is an atmosphere of tension, anxiety, and fear from top to bottom in Linzi City.

On the top of a small hill five miles southwest of Linzi City, Zhao Kuo and Li Mu stood on top of the chariot, watching Linzi City as if it were facing an enemy.

Zhao Kuo said: "Li Mu, the Marquis asks you, if you come to lead the army, can you conquer this city?"

Li Mu smiled, showing his clean teeth: "To tell you the truth, I think conquering Linzi is a very simple matter.

The minister has at least two strategies to attack Linzi. "

Zhao Kuo raised his eyebrows slightly, and asked curiously, "Which two kinds?"

Li Mu said: "The first and the simplest one is to use a large amount of gunpowder to blast open the gate of Linzi City!"

Zhao Kuo nodded, and said: "This is indeed the simplest one, but it is also the least likely to be used now.

Because this Marquis wants to cover up the world of gunpowder. "

Li Mu nodded, expressing his understanding.

Since the advent of gunpowder, Zhao Kuo has asked Li Mu to use it twice.

The first time gunpowder was used in Xianyang City, the gate of Xianyang Palace City was blown up in one fell swoop, and King Qin was captured.

The second time gunpowder was used was in the just-concluded Battle of Luoshui, when the Luoshui Dam was blown up in one fell swoop, thus flooding the allied forces of Qi, Wei, and Yan and winning a big victory.

These two uses have one thing in common, that is, there are no other Zhao soldiers at the scene of using gunpowder, only Chi Youjun is present.

As the Chi You army cultivated by Zhao Kuo, the loyalty of these knights to Zhao Kuo is beyond doubt.

It was not that there were no spies placed by Queen Mother Zhao, Lin Xiangru and others before, but under the vigorous screening of the Nightingale system, these spies were either dispatched by various reasons to leave Chi Youjun to some remote places, or they simply used all kinds of inexplicable cause of sudden death.

So Zhao Kuo is very confident that it is absolutely impossible for Chi Youjun to leak the secret!In addition to the Chi You army, there are also some imperial guards in the palace city of Qin who have also seen the power of gunpowder with their own eyes.

But most of those imperial guards had been slaughtered by the Zhao army led by Li Mu in that battle, and some of the remaining people either chose to keep silent because of fear, or no one believed them even if they spoke out.

The words "there was a loud bang, and the city gate disappeared immediately" sounded like an excuse for ineffective combat.

After Li Mu occupied the palace city of the Qin State, he specially asked Chi Youjun to clean up the scene at that time, and used the captives to demolish the nearby palace walls of hundreds of feet to ensure that the Qin people could not determine the mystery.

So obviously it has been used twice, but gunpowder is still a non-existent thing to the whole world.

Li Mu regained his composure and said, "I also know that gunpowder cannot be used, so I have another method.

My lord, please see that Linzi is next to Zishui, and the flow of Zishui is not low.

As long as the design is proper, the flow of Zishui can be used to wash down Linzi in one fell swoop, directly flooding the entire city! "

Zhao Kuo was stunned for a moment, and then he couldn't help laughing: "Your idea, I think I've heard it somewhere?"

Li Mu chuckled, and said: "To tell the truth, this is actually the inspiration from the master's plan for flooding Daliang City."

Zhao Kuo nodded slightly, and said: "This plan is indeed a good plan, and it can indeed be successful, but this Marquis still won't use this plan."

Li Mu was stunned: "My lord, why is this?"

Zhao Kuo sighed, and said: "What the Queen Mother and Lin Xiangru hope most is to damage the reputation of the Marquis. If the Marquis drowns hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians in Linzi City at one time, wouldn't it just give them the opportunity to do something to the Marquis?" Excuse?"

After all, it is still a matter of reputation.

If you want to directly overthrow Zhao Guo's rule by violence, then prestige doesn't really matter.

It's not that Zhao Kuo can't do it, but doing so will inevitably lead to internal turmoil in Zhao Kuo, which will greatly prolong the time for Zhao Kuo to unify the world.

A good reputation is necessary for Zhao Kuo's "moisturizing things silently" and gradually realizing the way of seizing power by doves occupying magpies' nests.

For example, the current Qi royal family, the Tian family, is not actually the royal family when Qi was founded. The royal family when Qi was founded is the Jiang family, the direct descendants of the grand master and grandfather Jiang Shang of the Zhou Dynasty.

The Tian family was originally just a courtier of the Jiang family, but they continued to use their power to buy people's hearts and gradually emptied the Jiang family of Qi, and finally replaced them, turning the Jiang family into the current Tian family Qi country.

Tian's road is actually the road Zhao Kuo wants to take.

With each victory, Zhao Kuo has been getting closer to his goal of seizing power. The huge prestige brought by each victory, as well as the constant public opinion propaganda in the Zhao Guoxue Palace and the scholars in the academy continue to serve as local officials , Let Zhao Kuo keep gaining the hearts of the people.

But the closer we get to the end, the more we must pay attention not to fall short. At this time, we should not do anything that may blacken Zhao Kuo's reputation.

It is said that no one is perfect, but what Zhao Kuo has to do is to make all Zhao people feel that Wu Xinjun Zhao Kuo is a perfect leader!Li Mu's two strategies were rejected by Zhao Kuo, he couldn't help being a little stunned, and said: "If the lord is not willing to adopt these two strategies of the minister, how can we break through this city of Linzi?"

Zhao Kuo smiled slightly, and patted Li Mu on the shoulder: "The key to breaking this city is not in this barracks.

Well, the Marquis has given you a mission. You will set off immediately with [-] cavalry, and continue to attack other cities in Qi State to the east.

Your goal is very simple, that is to eliminate all the vital forces of Qi who dare to resist, so that the people of Qi cannot organize any troops to reinforce Linzi.

In addition, you must search for all the food, grass, military equipment, money and wealth that you can obtain to the greatest extent, destroy Qi's war potential to the greatest extent, and let the people of Qi deeply feel the fear of our Great Zhao to the greatest extent. Understand? "

Li Mu stood at attention subconsciously, and said loudly, "I take orders!"

After Zhao Kuo returned to the commander's account, Xu Li appeared: "My lord, this is the information on all the personnel of the Nightingale's Linzi branch that you asked for earlier."

Zhao Kuo nodded, took the thin book in Xu Li's hand, and began to read it.

After a while, Zhao Kuo closed the book and let out a sigh of relief.

"Very good. Starting today, the army is going to besiege Linzi for a long time. Not a single bird is allowed to leave Linzi!"

Xu Li hesitated for a moment, and said in a low voice: "My lord, we obviously have the hope of capturing Linzi immediately, so why do we have to besiege Linzi for a long time?"

Zhao Kuo smiled, and a cold light flashed in his eyes: "If the war of this Marquis is too smooth, how can some people in Handan City dare to jump out and continue to make trouble?"

Chapter 532

A very special mission quietly entered Handan, the capital of Zhao State, without attracting many people's attention.

The country Yan represented by this mission had just fought to the death with Zhao Guo in the Battle of Luoshui not long ago, but now, as the defeated country, Yan Guo no longer has the confidence to challenge Zhao Guo, so it can only be obedient Come and ask for peace.

After staying in the post office, the chief envoy of the Yan State Mission, Chang Guojun Le Jian, immediately went to the residence of Sima Lecheng, the great minister of the State of Zhao, to pay a visit.

In the study, Le Cheng met Le Jian.

Le Jian cupped his hands towards Le Cheng and said, "My nephew has seen Uncle Zhong."

Le Cheng is the father of Le Jian and the younger brother of Le Yi, a general of Yan State. Later, Le Yi was dismissed by King Yan Hui and fled to Zhao State. He was also taken in by Le Cheng and strongly recommended to King Zhao Hui. Le Yi looks at you all alone.

From this point of view, Le Cheng is undoubtedly the benefactor of Le Yi and Le Jian father and son.

Looking at the young Le Jian, Le Cheng couldn't help showing a bit of emotion on his face: "Nephew, when your father passed away, you were still a teenager when you left Da Zhao to inherit the title of Lord Chang. big."

Le Jian smiled and said: "Yes, Uncle is as handsome as ever, he doesn't look old at all."

After some polite words, the pair of uncles and nephews who hadn't seen each other for many years also seemed to warm up a lot, Le Cheng smiled and said: "Nephew, I have ordered someone to prepare a banquet in the lobby, let's chat while eating."

Le Jian smiled wryly, and said: "To be honest with Uncle Zhong, in Dayan's current situation, my nephew came here with the royal mandate, so I really don't have the heart to enjoy fine wine and food."

Le Cheng was silent for a few seconds, and said, "What does King Yan think?"

Le Jian hurriedly said: "My king means that five cities can be ceded to Zhao Guo, and at the same time, we will continue to abide by the ginseng agreement we made with Wu Xinjun Zhao Kuo."

Zhao Kuo's name made Le Cheng's brows twitch slightly, and said, "Is there any more?"

Le Jian's expression changed slightly, and then he took out a small box from his arms and gently placed it in front of Le Cheng: "This is the deed of fifteen shops in Wuyang City, and there are five shops selling ginseng in total." , Wujia iron ore smelting and Wujia Liangzhuang.

As long as Uncle Zhong is willing to help Dayan, these shops will belong to Uncle Zhong from now on. "

Le Cheng was immediately moved when he heard the words.

There are only fifteen shops in the area, which does not seem to be a big deal.

But ginseng selling is definitely a lucrative business, and iron weapon smelting is also making money every day. Although Liangzhuang is far less profitable than the above two, it is still an indispensable industry.

As long as Lecheng agrees, it will be easy to earn 1000 million yuan without saying 800 million yuan a year.

Le Cheng is not Zhao Kuo, this money is definitely a huge sum of money for him.

Le Cheng pondered for a moment, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: "King Yan and his nephew are interested."

Le Cheng opened the box, took a quick glance at the neatly stacked fifteen deeds written on silk paper, and then put the box away.

Seeing Le Cheng accept the box, Le Jian also heaved a sigh of relief, and said with a smile, "Then there will be Uncle Lao Zhong."

Le Cheng's face suddenly became serious, and he said in a deep voice, "Nephew, since we are all a family, then Uncle Zhong will not hide it from you.

Although Uncle Zhong could speak to the Empress Dowager, Uncle Zhong couldn't guarantee whether the Empress Dowager would listen to Uncle Zhong. "

Although Le Cheng is an important official of Zhao State, he is only the most junior official of Zhao State, and his influence on Zhao State's great politics is far from that of the three giants of Zhao State, Zhao Sheng, Zhao Kuo, and Lin Xiangru.

Le Jian smiled slightly, and said softly: "If the clan uncle can help introduce Xinjun Lin Xiangru, my nephew may be able to persuade him."

This sentence made Le Cheng's eyes flicker again, a little surprised.

Although Lin Xiangru fought fiercely with Zhao Kuo, Lin Xiangru has always considered issues from the interests of Zhao Guo. Le Jian actually said that Lin Xiangru can be dealt with, which is really surprising.

But Le Cheng didn't ask any further questions, after all, the [-] stores have received millions of benefits every year, so he nodded immediately and said: "Okay.

Uncle Zhong will contact you, and he will reply tomorrow or the day after tomorrow. "

Le Cheng is not worried about spreading the reputation of his private association with other countries. These days, the royal families of various countries have a lot of relatives, and the relationship between Le Cheng and Le Jian is not a big deal.

Didn't Zhao Sheng, the Prime Minister of the State of Zhao, marry the younger sister of the King of Wei and the sister of Wei Wuji, the Lord of Xinling? No one said that Lord Pingyuan had secretly communicated with the State of Wei.

After agreeing to this matter, the atmosphere in the study room naturally became more and more enthusiastic.

Le Jian said with a smile: "Actually, my nephew has one more thing to ask Uncle Zhong."

Le Cheng was a little curious, and said, "What else is there?"

Although he knew that he was in the secret room of the study, when Le Jian opened his mouth, he looked around subconsciously, and then said softly: "Nephew wants to ask Uncle Zhong for help, get rid of Wu Xinjun Zhao Kuo!"

The study suddenly fell silent, and the smile on Le Cheng's face disappeared instantly.

After a while, Le Cheng said calmly: "Nephew, Uncle Zhong is a minister of Great Zhao after all, how could he help your country of Yan to do such a thing?"

Le Jian chuckled and said, "Uncle Zhong, the story of you being humiliated by Lord Wu Xin on the banks of the Luoshui River has spread all over the world, so why talk like that?"

Le Cheng's face changed drastically, and he slammed the table: "Enough!"

Le Cheng was really angry.

Full of confidence, I went to Luoshui to take over, but witnessed Wu Xinjun Zhao Kuo's surprise victory, and was slapped in the face in front of 10,000+ soldiers of the Zhao-Han coalition army. This kind of experience really makes people want to dig a hole. go underground.

In this music room, it is simply a matter of which pot is not opened and which pot is lifted.

Looking at Le Cheng who was full of anger, Le Jian didn't have any fear on his face, but still said in extremely sincere words: "Uncle Zhong, my king and nephew just say a word, if Uncle Zhong is going to bring down Wu Xin in the future The power of Dayan is needed in the process of Jun, just contact Dayan!"

After saying this, Le Jian took out a token and placed it in front of Le Cheng with great care.

This is a token that can enter the palace of the Yan Kingdom and the Yuejian Mansion of the Lord of the Chang Kingdom for the first time.

Le Cheng looked at the token, and the anger on his face gradually disappeared and turned into a heartbeat.

Under the current situation, it is obviously very difficult to defeat Wu Xinjun Zhao Kuo in Zhao's internal political arena.

But with Yan Guo as foreign aid, maybe things will be much easier.

Le Cheng pondered for a long time, finally picked up the token in his hand, and said slowly: "Uncle Zhong will not give you any guarantee on this matter."