Back to the Warring States Period as Zhao Kuo

It's okay for others, but Zhao Kuo is the real sufferer of the Qin people, and Meng Ao and Wang Jian have been beaten by Zhao Kuo more than once.

So these two people were able to speak hard in front of Li Mu, but after hearing Zhao Kuo's name, they really couldn't speak hard.

Seeing the expressions of Meng Ao and Wang Jian, Li Mu couldn't help laughing: "Strong on the outside, but on the inside!"

After a verbal battle, it was impossible for the two parties to violate the agreement reached by the kings and start exchanging prisoners.

Because of the defeat, there were only a hundred or so Qin people captured by Zhao Jun's side.

On Qin Jun's side, according to the figures given by Qin Jun, there were more than 3 prisoners in total.

However, according to the information passed by the nightingale inside the Qin State, these more than 3 prisoners are actually only half of all the Zhao State prisoners. The Qin government does not intend to return slaves and coolies.

Lian Po, as the chief general, was the first to be sent back.

Li Mu was riding on the horse, looking at Lian Po calmly.

Lian Po also stared at Li Mu, neither of them spoke.

Lian Po's carriage passed by Li Mu and entered the territory controlled by Zhao Jun.

As the general of the Zhao State, Lian Po is the number one figure in the Zhao State's military. It stands to reason that all Zhao State soldiers should salute when they see Lian Po.

However, from Li Mu down, all the Zhao soldiers present remained motionless, and many looked at Lian Po with contempt and even hatred.

You must know that many of the dead souls of Zhao Jun who died outside Yinjin City are relatives and friends of the soldiers of Zhao Jun who were present.

After Lian Po, there was a long line of Zhao Jun prisoners.

Looking at these embarrassed Zhao Jun prisoners, Li Mu's eyes softened a lot.

Although they lost the battle, they had won countless victories for Zhao before.

It's not their fault!Li Mu made up his mind that in the future, he must lead these soldiers of the Zhao army to wash away the shame of this defeat!

Chapter 933: Li Mu Triumphs

After receiving Lian Po, Li Mu had another task.

fortification!For the former Zhao State, Yinjin City was the first line of defense used to confront the Qin army.

But now Yinjin City has belonged to Qin State, so another city is needed as a new line of defense.

Li Mu, as the highest general of the Zhao army in Xihe County, took on this task.

This task can be said to be difficult, yet simple.

The fortification of this era is not the same as that of later generations, and the technology is relatively rough in all aspects.

Except for a few large cities such as Handan, Yecheng, and Jinyang, most of the other small and medium-sized cities in Zhao State were built using the rammed earth method.

The so-called rammed earth method, simply put, is to ram the soil as the main body of the city wall, and then use various techniques to reinforce it.

Such a city wall is relatively vulnerable to damage, but the advantage is that it takes very little time to build it, and it is not too difficult to repair it even during a war.

It took Li Mu only three days to figure out the most basic outline of the city wall, and the next thing needs to wait until the county lieutenant of Xihe County is in charge.

Li Mu originally planned to name this city "Yangjin City", but was stopped by the dumbfounding Xihe County Sheriff.

"Da Sima, this name is actually learned. This city can't be named Yangjin City."

"Why not?"

"The so-called Yin refers to the south bank of the river, and the city of Yin Jin is named after it is located on the south bank of the Wei River.

The word yin corresponds to yang. If the name of a city contains the word yang, it means that the city is on the north bank of the river.

Although the city we built today is to the east of Yinjin City, it is still on the south bank of the Weishui River. Logically speaking, it can only be named with the word Yin instead of Yang. If it is really named Yangjin City, spread the word It will inevitably make others laugh. "

Li Mu: ""Good guy, there are so many rules in the naming of a mere city?

Li Mu coughed, and said, "Forget it, if that's the case, then the general won't care about your little things!"

Therefore, after leaving behind the [-] soldiers and horses that originally belonged to Xihe County and Hedong County, Li Mu also formally brought Lian Po and a group of captives back to the court.

Due to such a small episode, when Li Mu returned to Handan City, Zhao Kuo had already held the triumphant ceremony.

Li Mu's victory ceremony was naturally much smaller than Zhao Kuo's, but Li Mu didn't care about it.

In Li Mu's view, as long as there is a war, he only needs to care about the war, and Zhao Kuo, the lord, will naturally worry about other things.

King Zhao also generously gave Li Mu a huge reward, but compared to Zhao Kuo, this reward was also much smaller.

After these were over, Li Mu returned home.

As the Great Sima, Li Mu now also has a mansion alone, which is quite beautiful.

It's just that Li Mu has devoted all his attention to the war, so now he only has one wife and one concubine, which is an outlier compared to other ministers of Zhao who have many wives and concubines.

In addition, Li Mu's lord, Zhao Kuo, only had one wife and two concubines, so many people ridiculed that Zhao Kuo's faction was not close to women, which is why they were able to achieve such great achievements in the political arena.

The next day, Li Mu received a summons from the court, so he got up early, washed up and went to the palace by car.

As soon as he got off the carriage, Li Mu saw Zhao Kuo and Pang Nuan laughing and chatting under the steps of the main hall.

According to past experience, it should be that the two of them were deliberately waiting for Li Mu.

Li Mu didn't dare to be negligent, and hurried forward: "Your Majesty, Elder Pang."

Since they are all from their own family, they are addressed with affection.

Zhao Kuo patted Li Mu's shoulder with a smile: "Look, our great Sima is back!"

Li Mu chuckled, and said: "Your Majesty is just joking, this time I am not able to deal with the people of Qin, I will definitely work harder next time."

Pang Nuan also laughed, and said, "Don't worry, Da Sima, we still have more chances to defeat the people of Qin in the future."

The three talked and laughed, and climbed up the steps.

Li Mu said curiously: "Your Majesty, what are you going to discuss in today's court meeting?"

Zhao Kuo smiled lightly, and said to Li Mu, "Today's discussion is about General Lian Po."

When speaking, Zhao Kuo's eyes also unconsciously flashed a gleam of brilliance.

Li Mu also gasped when he heard the words, and said, "Isn't this Lian Po just dismissed from office?"

Pang Nuan sighed, and said: "If it was someone else, he would be dismissed from office directly, but Lian Po hehe, his luck is good."

Why do you say that Lian Po was lucky?

This is because Lian Po received strong support from Zhou Shaofen.

Don't look at Zhou Shaofen and Zhou Shaoliang brothers who have already occupied two of the six important ministers, but if the other four places are occupied by Zhao Kuo's faction, Zhou Shaofen will actually be able to do nothing next to the four-to-two suppression.

Therefore, in Zhou Shaofen's various activities, he directly used Queen Zhou to intercede with King Zhao in person.

Although Zhao Wang is more fond of Concubine Li now, after all, Queen Zhou is the harem master in the true sense of the world, and she also gave birth to Prince Zhao Qian to King Zhao. It is impossible for King Zhao to completely ignore Queen Zhou Opinion.

So after going back and forth, Zhao Wang's original intention to deal with Lian Po became more and more unsteady. Finally, he simply gave up and held a court meeting to see who could persuade Zhao Wang to do as he said.

Li Mu was also a little speechless after hearing this: "This is originally the king's power, but he actually used it to discuss with us?

It's simply "In Li Mu's view, this is equivalent to a chief general handing over the most important decision-making power to many ordinary generals below, it is completely stupid.

Zhao Kuo patted Li Mu on the shoulder in time, interrupting Li Mu's words: "So, our goal this time is also very simple, that is, we must let Lian Po step down!"

For Zhao Kuo, Lian Po's past will not be mentioned. Just from the perspective of the present and the future, after getting rid of Lian Po, it is impossible for the Zhou Brothers to bring out another person with sufficient qualifications and prestige to fight against him. Zhao Kuo raised the bar in the military.

By that time, Zhao Kuo's faction would dominate the entire Zhao army.

As the saying goes, "Government grows out of the barrel of a gun". Once Zhao Kuo's army is completely controlled by Zhao Kuo, is it still far from being completely controlled by Zhao Kuo's political arena?

This time, Zhao Kuo is determined to win!

Chapter 934 The Moment That Determined Lian Po's Fate

Palace Hall.

The Zhou brothers were already seated, looking at Zhao Kuo, Li Mu, and Pang Nuan who entered side by side, Zhou Shaofen's eyes also involuntarily flashed a glimmer of gloom.

Today's meeting itself involves Lian Po, so Lian Po is not qualified to participate.

In this way, there are only two Zhou brothers, while Zhao Kuo has three, which is at a disadvantage.

"No, this situation must not be allowed to continue!"

Zhou Shaofen secretly made up his mind.

On the other side, Zhao Kuo glanced at Zhou Shaofen, feeling a little pity in his heart.

If Zhou Shaofen can follow Zhao Kuo's previous routine, then five of the six important ministers in Zhao Guo's current political arena belong to Zhao Kuo's faction, and today he can kill Lian Po casually, completely emptying King Zhao up.

It can only be said that the plan cannot keep up with the changes!Both sides had their own thoughts, and all five Zhao Guo's important ministers were seated.

After a while, Zhao Wang walked in.

The monarchs and ministers greeted each other, and then started this court meeting.

King Zhao said: "Everyone must know that today is mainly to discuss the matter of General Lian Po.

If you have any opinions, feel free to speak up, and the widow will make his own decision when the time comes. "

He said it was his own decision, but everyone present knew very well that King Zhao was giving everyone a chance to persuade him.

As soon as King Zhao's voice fell, Zhou Shaofen immediately stood up and said, "Your Majesty, Lian Po is very loyal, and has always devoted himself to the King and Zhao Guo with all his strength, for decades.

Although he was indeed defeated, the veteran thought that just because of his loyalty, he should be given another chance to make a contribution. "

Zhao Kuo looked at Zhou Shaofen who was trying to excuse Lian Po, and felt a little speechless.

No, it's okay if you want to speak for Lian Po, but you can't forget the order, right?

Logically speaking, after Zhao Wang finished his speech, of course Zhao Kuo, Zhao Guoxiangbang, should speak first, and then other people should speak!From this we can see how eager Zhou Shaofen was to excuse Lian Po.

What's the use of your haste?

With this faint disdain, Zhao Kuo also spoke.

"Your Majesty, I feel that what Zhou Qing said is completely absurd! In this world, there are many people who are loyal to the King and Zhao Guo, and Lian Po is not the only one.

Our country of Zhao is now the most powerful country in the world, and our goal is to unify the whole world and bring them all under the rule of Da Zhao.

And what about Lian Po?

In the past so many years, Lian Po has fought so many defeats, and the casualties of Zhao Guo's soldiers due to Lian Po's failure alone exceeded 50!My Majesty, please think about it, if there were more than 50 soldiers, would our country of Zhao have been able to sweep the world long ago, would we have already unified the six countries?

It is precisely because of Lian Po's mistakes that at this time, there are still four other vassal states in the world.

Therefore, Lian Po must be dismissed.

Because a mediocre person like him continues to stay in the political arena of our Zhao country, and will cause more harm to our Zhao country in the future, and will further slow down our unification of the world, and even make our process of unifying the world forever Stagnation.

In order for the king's progress of dominating the world not to be hindered by this kind of mediocrity, we must remove him and investigate. We must let everyone see that to serve the king requires not only loyalty, but also ability! "

Zhao Kuo's words can be said to be sonorous and powerful, echoing in the hall.

After Zhou Shaofen listened to Zhao Kuo's words, his expression changed immediately.

Zhao Kuo's words hit Lian Po's and Zhou Shaofen's weaknesses every single word.

But even so, it is impossible for Zhou Shaofen to admit defeat at this time. He immediately said: "Wu Xinjun, it is meaningless for you to say these things. If you don't allow people who are loyal to Da Zhao to do things, are you going to let those who are loyal to Da Zhao go?" Unfaithful people come to work and steal high positions?"

Zhao Kuo smiled a little: "Zhou Qing, you are really good at changing the subject, didn't I already say that?

Not only must he be loyal to Da Zhao, but also be able to handle affairs, which are indispensable.

And what about Lian Po?

It's hard to say whether Lian Po is loyal or not, but he can't handle affairs, and the loss of hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses brought to Da Zhao is a fact that everyone can see! "

There was already cold sweat on Zhou Shaofen's forehead, and he continued to grit his teeth and said, "Wu Xinjun, you have said so much to attack General Lianpo, just to push General Lianpo away and make your power stronger. .

You did this only to satisfy your personal desire for power, not for our Da Zhao, for the sake of the king at all! "

Zhao Kuo laughed loudly and said: "This sentence is interesting.

I proposed to dismiss a sinner who caused the loss of hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses to Da Zhao, so it was not for Da Zhao's sake?

Then let me ask you, you have been trying to protect Lian Po, the sinner who caused the loss of hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses to Da Zhao. Could it be that you want him to cause more losses to Da Zhao in the future, so that Da Zhao will continue to lose tens of thousands of soldiers? Can't a million soldiers and horses do it?

Then I have to ask, Zhou Qing, what is your intention? Did you never think about Da Zhao's interests at all, just to keep the official position of your so-called ally? "

In the end, Zhao Kuo was already stern, and his aura was overwhelming towards Zhou Shaofen like a lion, which made Zhou Shaofen stunned by Zhao Kuo for a while, speechless.