Back to the Warring States Period as Zhao Kuo

As soon as he got off the carriage, Ying Zichu saw Lu Buwei who was in a hurry, so he stopped him: "Fu Lu, where did you come from?"

Lu Buwei's expression changed slightly, but he returned to normal immediately, and said with a smile, "I have something to explain, so I just went to Sima's place."

Prince Sima, also known as Mao Sui.

Ying Zi sighed, and didn't take this matter to heart, but said to Lu Buwei: "Fu Lu, you and I go to the study, I have something important to discuss with you."

As soon as he entered the study and closed the door, Ying Zichu bent down and made a long bow to Lu Buwei.

Lu Buwei was taken aback, and hurriedly said: "Prince, why is this?"

Ying Zichu straightened up, and said with a wry smile, "I regret not listening to Lu Fu's words at the beginning! Now Zhao Guo sent Lord Wu Xin to Xihe County to preside over the battle, and my father scolded me severely after hearing the news.

Lu Fu, I was wrong! "

Lu Buwei's eyes flickered, and he hurriedly said: "The prince is joking. The old minister's suggestion is just a suggestion. Of course, it is up to the prince to decide whether to adopt it. How can the old minister have any complaints?"

The prince grabbed Lu Buwei's hand and said earnestly: "Lu Fu, please teach me what to do now!"

Lu Buwei cursed inwardly, you didn't listen to me when I asked you to be quiet, and Mao Sui complained to the old man, now Wu Xinjun sends troops, do you know that you are wrong?

However, Lu Buwei actually knew this situation in advance, because Lu Buwei just met with Mao Sui and got instructions from Zhao Kuo from Mao Sui.

Lu Buwei's eyeballs rolled a few times, and said: "To tell you the truth, the prince, I really have an idea, maybe it can solve the prince's current troubles."

Chapter 634 Lu Buwei's Good Idea

Lu Buwei looked at Ying Zichu's expectant face, and was secretly satisfied.

All the princes of a country bowed their heads to the old man, and the old man died without regret.

If he could take the opportunity of controlling the prince to completely control Qin, when Lu Buwei's thoughts began to flutter, a young but majestic face with wise eyes that seemed to see through everything appeared in his mind. It was Zhao Kuo.

Lu Buwei was shocked, and all the thoughts he shouldn't have were instantly dissipated like fireworks.

No, you can't fight against Wu Xinjun, otherwise you will definitely die a miserable death!Lu Buwei restrained his mind and said to Ying Zi: "Prince, in the current situation, how high do you think Da Qin's chances of winning are?"

Ying Zichu didn't know that so many dramas had gone through in Lu Buwei's mind in just a few seconds. The Prince of Qin was still immersed in the political crisis he was facing right now. After thinking about it, he said with some uncertainty : "About [-] to [-]%?"

Lu Buwei shook his head: "The prince is too optimistic.

Prince, please think about it, how did Bai Qi and Wang Yan, who led the army in the Great Qin Dynasty, compare with Meng Ao and Wang Jian now? "

Ying Zichu said without hesitation: "Then Wu Xinjun and Wang Lu must be stronger."

Lu Buwei nodded and said: "Bai Qi was dismissed from office by Zhao Kuo and retired, and Wang He was directly beheaded by Zhao Kuo. Since Meng Ao and Wang Jian are far inferior to Bai Qi and Wang He, how can they defeat Wu Xinjun Zhao Kuo?" ?

If you want to tell the old minister, Daqin's chances of winning this battle are zero at all! "

Ying Zichu's body trembled, and it took him a long time to ask, "Is Daqin really that weak?"

Lu Buwei said solemnly: "It's not that Qin is too weak, but Zhao Kuo is too strong! Prince, this war can no longer be fought, and the only way out is to seek peace!"

Ying Zichu's beard trembled slightly, and after a while he said, "Is it too early to ask for peace?"

Ying Zichu didn't want to seek peace, because Ying Zichu was the most steadfast advocate of the main battle faction before, and if he sued for peace before the official start of the fight, he would inevitably be questioned a lot, which would be very detrimental to Ying Zichu's political reputation.

Lu Buwei naturally knew this well, and continued to persuade: "Prince, please think about it, if you don't ask for peace, you will start a fight, and you will fail after the fight, and who will bear the responsibility for this failure?

Although the decision to go to war is made by the king, the king will definitely not take this responsibility, and only you, the crown prince, will be responsible at that time!Do you know what the consequences of taking responsibility are?

At the least, he was reprimanded for losing the trust of the king, and at the worst, he couldn't even keep the position of the prince!The two evils are the lesser of the two evils. Instead of being responsible for the deaths and injuries of tens of thousands of Daqin soldiers and the cession of land compensation, it is better to seek peace with Zhao Guo now. "

Lu Buwei's meaning is also very obvious, just like speculating in stocks, if Ying Zichu cuts his flesh now, he will lose a little, if he hesitates, he will be completely locked up, and even go bankrupt.

Ying Zichu was originally a very soft-hearted person, and Lu Buwei's alarmist words really scared him, he hurriedly said: "Then ask for peace, just because I'm afraid that Fan Sui will disagree."

Fan Sui is a big problem.

I don't know if it's because of King Qin's deliberate connivance. Although Fan Sui has been quite respectful to the crown prince Ying Zichu on the surface in the past few years, Fan Sui has demolished Ying Zichu a little bit in many important military and state affairs of the Qin State. There are many.

No need to think about it, but once Ying Zichu proposed a peace agreement, Fan Sui would definitely stand up and fan the flames again.

I saw Lu Buwei smiled confidently, and said lightly: "Prince, since Fan Sui is so in the way, why don't you think of a way for the king to remove him directly?"

Ying Zichu was stunned when he heard the words, and then said with a bit of helplessness: "I want to remove him too, but the problem is that my father just doesn't want to remove him. What can I do?"

In fact, the King of Qin had thought about replacing Fan Sui more than once, but he never implemented it in the end.

There are many reasons for this, but the most important point is actually Fan Sui himself.

Fan Sui's talent is very outstanding, and he can't find fault in the management of internal affairs. Moreover, there are a large number of loyal subordinates in Qin State, so it is very difficult for the King of Qin to replace him.

In fact, Ying Zichu and Lu Buwei had discussed these before, but they didn't think of any good solution.

But today is different, because today Lu Buwei just came back from Mao Sui and got Zhao Kuo's teaching from Mao Sui.

Lu Buwei chuckled lightly and said, "Prince, in fact, we can change our thinking.

Fan Sui himself may indeed be very powerful, but are those people who have a close relationship with Fan Sui really invulnerable? "

Ying Zichu was taken aback by this sentence, and said, "What does Lu Fu mean by that?"

Lu Buwei said with a smile: "The prince should have heard of the name Wang Ji, right?"

Ying Zichu nodded and said, "I've indeed heard that Wang Ji was not the former governor of Hedong County?"

Lu Buwei smiled and said: "Yes, Hedong County was lost, and Wang Ji also surrendered to Zhao State. As Wang Ji's leader, Fan Sui has no responsibility at all?"

"Juzhu" refers to a person who recommends a person to be an official.

At this time, there was no imperial examination system to select talents through examinations, so recommendation became a very important system.

Wang Ji was originally just a guest of the Qin State, equivalent to a low-level official of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. After being recommended by Fan Sui, he soared to the sky and became the prefect of Hedong County.

It is also like Lin Xiangru, the current important minister of Zhao State, was also recommended by Ling Miao Xian, the last eunuch of Zhao State, and Miao Xian was Lin Xiangru's sponsor.

In order to prevent the sponsors from randomly recommending cronies to become officials, the recommendation systems of various countries have the same regulations. Once the recommendee makes mistakes when he is an official, the sponsor, that is, the recommender, must also bear joint and several liabilities and be punished.

Wang Ji recommended by Fan Sui actually surrendered to Zhao Guo, which is undoubtedly a very bad event.

Ying Zichu thought about it, and said: "Isn't this matter already over?" Lu Buwei said with a chuckle, "Indeed, it's already over, Fan Sui escaped by relying on the king's admiration and his own political ability.

But what if something like this happens again?

At that time, Fan Sui must not have been so lucky. "

Ying Zichu cheered up, and said: "What Lu Fu said is true." Lu Buwei said softly: "The old minister heard that Zheng Anping, the prefect of Bajun recommended by Fan Sui, was extorting money in Berkshire. The local Bajun people are miserable. There were even riots from time to time.

If the crown prince can let people check this Zheng Anping carefully, maybe there will be surprises! "

After a while, Lu Buwei walked out of Ying Zichu's study in satisfaction, but he was thinking about two questions.

"Why did Wu Xinjun choose Zheng Anping, an unknown official, to attack?"

"How will Wu Xinjun manipulate this Zheng Anping to knock down Fan Sui?"

After thinking for a moment, Lu Buwei gave up and sighed.

"How can the idea of ​​a genius be understood by ordinary people?"

Chapter 635 King Qin fainted again

"Do you know what a genius is?

Genius is [-]% hard work, plus the last bit of sweat. "

This is what Zhao Kuo said to Li Mu.

When he said this, Zhao Kuo was standing on the city wall of Yinjin City, and was inspecting the city defense of Yinjin City.

In such an era of cold weapons, siege and defense are a pair of eternal topics, and it is also a skill that every general must master.

Although it was once reduced to ruins due to the war, the location of Yinjin City is really important, so after occupying this place, Zhao Kuo wrote to Handan hoping to rebuild Yinjin City, and obtained the approval of the Queen Mother.

At that time, this was criticized by Lin Xiangru and others as a waste of money and people, but now it is praised as Zhao Kuo's genius prophecy.

Then there was what Zhao Kuo said just now.

After saying this, Zhao Kuo pointed to the camp of the Qin army outside the city, and smiled at Li Mu, "Li Mu, how long do you think it will take for the Qin people to conquer this Yinjin city?"

At this moment, Zhao Kuo has a total of 6 soldiers and horses in his hands, and according to the arrangement before departure, Zhao Kuo's soldiers and horses should be able to reach about [-] at most.

Without hesitation, Li Mu said confidently: "Return to the lord, the Qin people will not be able to break through our city in this lifetime!"

Zhao Kuo laughed loudly and clapped his hands: "So, we should train the army well now, maybe we will need to enter Guanzhong again at that time!"

General Meng Ao of the Qin Kingdom didn't feel that he would never be able to break through Yinjin City in his lifetime, but he still had a headache.

"General Wang Jian, do you think we have clashed with Lord Wu Xin and kept meeting him?"

Regarding this question, Wang Jian could only show a helpless wry smile and a slight sense of powerlessness in his heart.

Regardless of whether it is Meng Ao or Wang Jian, they are all defeated by Zhao Kuo's veteran subordinates.

Wang Jian stroked his beard under his chin, and after a while, he made a suggestion: "Or, we should go around Yinjin City and attack other Zhao Kingdom's cities?

The border between Qin and Zhao is also very long. If one or two cities can be conquered, it would be enough to pay the king. "

Looking through the history books, we know that Wang Jian's way of using troops is actually very stable.

In history, when Zhao was destroyed, Wang Jian couldn't penetrate Li Mu's line of defense, so he chose to hold on.

Wang Jian first confronted Li Mu for a few months, and then sent someone to bribe the cronies of King Zhao at that time, which directly made King Zhao suspicious of Li Mu, and killed Li Mu and Sima Shang.

Then, to destroy the Chu State, Wang Jian also took the lead. First, he asked Qin Shihuang to give all the 60 soldiers and horses of the entire Qin State, and then confronted Xiang Yan for more than half a year. Only then did he make a big attack and win firmly.

Under the effect of this "steady" tactic, it is not surprising that Wang Jian proposed to avoid the enemy's edge.

Meng Ao rubbed his temples with some headaches, said: "This is a way, but what if Wu Xinjun finds out?

Even if Lord Wu Xin didn't find out, the prince is the main fighter, if we bypass Yin Jin, I'm afraid it won't be easy to explain to him. "

Wang Jian was also stunned. Although he pursued stability, it was undeniable that Wang Jian was still a rookie in politics.

Wang Jian asked: "Then there is nothing we can do now?"

Meng Ao thought for a while, then suddenly smiled and said: "Actually, we have already occupied the three cities of Xihe County, haven't we?

There are results, so you just need to continue to confront Wu Xinjun. "

Wang Jian thought for a while and found that he was speechless.

Meng Ao patted Wang Jian on the shoulder, and emphasized his tone: "In these years, if we can draw with Wu Xinjun, you and I are enough to be called the first-class famous generals in the world!"

At this moment, a messenger arrived quickly, Meng Ao opened the letter, and then laughed.

"General Wang Jian, take good care of yourself, the palace is already arguing over the news of whether to negotiate a peace!"

The quarrel in Xianyang Palace City was indeed very intense.

When Lord Yangquan suddenly proposed peace at the court meeting, one can imagine the shock of Qin's monarch and ministers.

Everyone knows that Mr. Yangquan is Prince Yingzichu's answering voice. Doesn't this mean that Yingzichu also agrees to negotiate a peace?

Sure enough, Ying Zichu stood up under the roll call of the King of Qin, and talked eloquently: "Father, my son thinks that Da Qin has now occupied the three cities of Xihe County, which can be regarded as a small victory. It can be seen That's fine, take it."

Faced with Ying Zichu's words, King Qin was speechless for a moment.

Three small cities with a combined population of no more than [-] can satisfy Daqin?

Fan Sui blinked his eyes, and said lightly: "A while ago, the prince advocated sending troops, but now he advocates peace talks. Isn't this change too sudden?"

Ying Zichu glared at Fan Sui, and said coldly: "Before, I advocated sending troops because Wu Xinjun and Zhao Kuo would not fight, but now that Wu Xinjun has already played, the conclusion is naturally different.

If Ying Hou feels dissatisfied, he can go to the front to defeat Wu Xinjun Zhao Kuo in person, and I will definitely cheer for Ying Hou in front of my father. "

Fan Sui was obviously choked, but immediately counterattacked: "I don't agree with the prince's words.

It is true that Wu Xinjun is really strong, but if Daqin wants to regain the lost ground, the hurdles that Da Qin must not be able to avoid are Zhao Guo and Wu Xinjun Zhao Kuo.

Now Zhao Kuo has only tens of thousands of county soldiers, so why can't Daqin find a way to defeat Zhao Kuo?

I heard that Zhao Kuo is actively training the local county soldiers during this time. If he trains an army into a stronger combat force, wouldn't Daqin be even more invincible? "

Fan Sui deserved to be a quick-witted person, although he only raised it for the sake of raising it, but what he said was really self-contained, and it was hard to refute.

Seeing the quarrel between Fan Sui and Ying Zichu below, King Qin was also a little bit embarrassed, not knowing what choice to make for a moment.

Afraid of Zhao Kuo?

Afraid!Want to regain lost ground?

think!This is the embarrassing situation of Qin's monarchs and ministers today.