Back to the Warring States Period as Zhao Kuo

This is what Li Yuan wanted to hear. In fact, he already knew the whole negotiation process from Zhao Kuo. He just wanted to know what the King of Chu's attitude was towards this.

After learning about King Chu's attitude, Li Yuan thought about it for a while, and then went to the palace to meet King Chu.

The King of Chu happened to be eating at this time, so he greeted Li Yuan warmly: "Come, come and have dinner with me."

Since Li Yuan is the only elder brother of the Queen of Chu, the King of Chu's attitude towards Li Yuan is quite good.

Li Yuan could not be negligent, and said to the King of Chu respectfully: "Then I will obey the king's order."

Li Yuan began to sit down to eat with King Chu.

While eating and chatting, it was inevitable to talk about the negotiation between Zhao State and Chu State this time.

The King of Chu said to Li Yuan very unhappy: "This Zhao Kuo is really too much, if he can give something, our Chu State is not unable to make concessions.

But the problem now is that he is unwilling to pay anything at all, and just wants to make our Chu State give in. If this matter gets out, how will the princes under the world think about our Chu State? "

Hearing this, Li Yuan fully understood his attitude towards King Chu.

In this war, Chu State was actually persuaded by Zhao Kuo, and it was more inclined to want peace talks. However, this kind of peace talks cannot result in Chu State having nothing to gain.

To put it simply, the state of Chu wants face, and Zhao Kuo's behavior is a way of not giving face to the state of Chu at all.

Li Yuan listened to King Chu's complaints, rolled his eyes slightly, and spoke.

"My lord, the current situation is stronger than others. The Zhao people are getting stronger and stronger. If we really want to fight Zhao, then Zhao may use our Chu as the next opponent. This is absolutely true. It is a very unfavorable thing.

Therefore, the veteran thinks that it is better for us to bear with it for a while, so as not to regret it when Zhao Guo's hundreds of thousands of troops are ushered in in the future. "

The King of Chu was also stunned after hearing Li Yuan's words.

After a long time, the King of Chu said very displeasedly: "Of course the widows know the truth, who stipulated that only the widows make concessions to Zhao Guo?

Besides, even if the widow really gave in this time, wouldn't Zhao Guo continue to attack our Chu State in the future? "

The King of Chu actually thought very clearly. He knew that in order to unify the world, Zhao Guo would definitely continue to wage war against Chu in the future. The reason why he is more inclined to go to war with Zhao Guo.

If it was someone else, the king of Chu had already driven him away at this point, and he didn't have any chance to speak next, but Li Yuan was the king's uncle after all, so the king of Chu held back his temper like this, Patiently explain to Li Yuan.

After Li Yuan heard what the King of Chu said, he also understood what the King of Chu was thinking, so he continued to persuade: "As the saying goes, the king is good, if you keep the green hills, you are not afraid of running out of firewood. For those who are weaker and weaker, there is no way to temporarily endure it.

But, if we don't bear it now, the army of Zhao State will attack immediately, and our Chu State will really have no chance at all. Please think again, Your Majesty. "

Li Yuan's words were indeed very to the point, and the king of Chu was speechless.

After a long time, the King of Chu said very depressed: "Could it be that the widow just watched that Zhao Kuo show off his power in front of the widow?"

In the final analysis, the King of Chu still couldn't let go of this face.

Li Yuan heard the words of the king of Chu, and knew that the king of Chu had actually accepted Li Yuan's proposal in his heart, but there was still a step down before he could agree to the proposal.

So Li Yuan immediately smiled and said: "My lord, as the saying goes, we don't compete for the moment, but mainly look at the future.

The current state of Chu must also look to the future, otherwise it would be impossible to compete with the state of Zhao.

In history, we have not always been the strongest country when we go abroad. When we go abroad, we are definitely the toughest country.

It is precisely because of our Chu State's patience and development when we were weak that Chu State became strong later.

In order to possibly overtake in the future, why not make a little concession to Zhao Guoren now?

If the future of our motherland is ruined for the sake of the current conflict of spirits, then it is a real huge loss. "

Listening to Li Yuan's words, King Chu also fell into deep thought.

I have to say that what Li Yuan said is quite reasonable.

The King of Chu was silent for a moment, but still insisted on his opinion: "What you said is indeed right, but every time the widow thinks that he must make unconditional concessions, he still can't convince himself in his heart."

Li Yuan chuckled, and suggested the last trump card: "Actually, there is no solution, Your Majesty.

The king can go to Wu Xinjun and try to put pressure on him. Maybe Wu Xinjun will give in when he meets the king?

Even if Wu Xinjun did not give in in the end, at least the king has done something hard. After the news is spread, no one can blame the king and the state of Chu, right? "

Li Yuan's words became the last straw that broke the camel's back.

After a long period of contemplation, the King of Chu finally nodded and agreed with Li Yuan's words.

"It is true.

Then pass the order, and let Wu Xinjun enter the palace to have an audience tomorrow. By the way, didn't Jingyang still have a few shows that were not performed in front of Wu Xinjun?

Let him get to know him tomorrow. "

After hearing King Chu's decision, Li Yuan smiled.

Now, the jade pendant from Heshibi that Li Yuan received was definitely something he could feel at ease.

Later that day, a secret letter was quietly delivered to Zhao Kuo by someone sent by Li Yuan.

Looking at the secret letter in front of him, Zhao Kuo couldn't help but smile.

"It seems that Li Yuan's role is indeed greater than what we imagined before."

Before Zhao Kuo thought about it, if Li Yuan could persuade the King of Chu and Zhao Kuo to meet each other so that Zhao Kuo could deal with the King of Chu alone, that would actually be enough.

Then what Zhao Kuo didn't expect at all was that he didn't even need Zhao Kuo to get the King of Chu. Li Yuan had already got the King of Chu by himself first. This was definitely something that saved Zhao Kuo a lot of effort.

Li Si also showed a surprised expression on the side, and said: "I didn't expect that Li Yuan is just a minister on the edge of Chu, but it is really surprising that he can influence the opinion of the King of Chu in this way."

Zhao Kuo chuckled, glanced at Li Si, and said meaningfully: "Actually, sometimes it doesn't mean that only in his position can he manage his affairs.

Even if it's not in that position, as long as it can be operated well, it can play a role of four or two. "

Zhao Kuo's words immediately made Li Si fall into deep thought, because Li Si suddenly felt that this sentence was also common to Li Si.

Sure enough, the order from the palace of the Chu king arrived the next day, and the king of Chu hoped to meet Zhao Kuo.

Zhao Kuo, who had already made mental preparations, got into the carriage with a smile and began to enter the palace.

The news quickly reached Jingyang's ears.

For Jingyang, being severely slapped in the face by Zhao Kuo at the welcome banquet a few days ago was absolutely embarrassing and thrown home, so he has also sent people to keep an eye on Zhao Kuo's whereabouts.

After knowing that Zhao Kuo had already entered the palace, Jingyang thought for a while and decisively issued an order: "Hurry up and prepare the carriage, the old man will also enter the palace to see the king."

This is actually an excuse for Jingyang, and the real reason is of course very simple, that is, Jingyang wants to see if there is any chance to get back the place he lost from Zhao Kuo.

Jingyang soon came to the palace of Chu State in a carriage, and met King Chu and Zhao Kuo.

When King Chu saw Jingyang, he was somewhat surprised: "Da Sima, why are you here?"

Jingyang also showed a surprised expression on his face: "The old minister actually wanted to report some things to the king, but he didn't expect that the king was still meeting Wu Xinjun, or should I retire first?"

The King of Chu waved his hand and said, "There's no need for that. Since you've already come, then you can sit down and listen."

This sentence was exactly what Jingyang wanted, so he immediately agreed.

Looking at Jingyang, Zhao Kuo was also a little speechless.

All the people present were not fools, of course they could understand what Jingyang said just now, in fact, they were only advancing in order to retreat. Naturally, it was impossible for the king of Chu to just drive him away like this, and he wanted to save him some face.

After Jingyang sat down, the King of Chu smiled and said to Zhao Kuo, "This is Mr. Wu Xin. I just got a swordsman recently. It is said that he is one of the most famous swordsmen in the world.

The widow wants him to dance a sword for Wu Xinjun, but what does Wu Xinjun think? "

After hearing the words of King Chu, an 8-character idiom suddenly popped up in Zhao Kuo's mind.

Xiangzhuang's sword dance is intended for Peigong.

The King of Chu should not just want to kill Zhao Kuo directly at this banquet, right?

However, after Zhao Kuo thought about it, he immediately smiled: "But the warriors the king recruited must be quite powerful.

The foreign minister also wants to see what kind of level this world-famous swordsman is. "

On the other side of Jingyang's face, there was also an expression of expectation.

You must know that this so-called swordsman was actually recruited by Jingyang. According to Jingyang's plan, this swordsman should have appeared in the last reception banquet with Zhao Kuo.

It's just that it was too miserable for Jingyang to be slapped in the face by Zhao Kuo at the banquet, so the king of Chu directly canceled the follow-up plan, and it was not until today that the swordsman appeared again.

Seeing that Zhao Kuo had no objection, the King of Chu waved his hand immediately and said, "Come on, let that swordsman come up."

After class, a swordsman appeared in the hall with a shining sword in his hand.

The swordsman first saluted King Chu, Zhao Kuo and others, and then began to dance his sword amidst the sound of music.

This made Zhao Kuo somewhat unexpected. In Zhao Kuo's mind, it seemed that there should be no such thing as music at this time.

But in any case, since there is already music, Zhao Kuo can only watch it patiently.

I have to say that this swordsman is indeed very capable, no matter what his movements are, he is very chic and powerful, and his gestures reveal the demeanor of a master.

Moreover, this swordsman danced his sword in the center of the hall from beginning to end, and had no intention of approaching Zhao Kuo to assassinate him.

After a while, the music of the song gradually came to an end, and the swordsman stopped slowly, put away the sword in his hand, and saluted King Chu, Zhao Kuo and others again.

Zhao Kuo smiled, raised his hands, and clapped his hands.

"very good."

Seeing Zhao Kuo's cooperative applause, the King of Chu smiled, and said to Zhao Kuo, "Mr. Wu Xin, what do you think of a swordsman like this?"

Zhao Kuo replied immediately: "He is indeed a warrior."

The King of Chu said to Zhao Kuo proudly: "There are at least 10 such warriors in our Chu Kingdom.

Wu Xinjun, do you think your country of Zhao can really win against such a hundred thousand warriors? "

This is what the King of Chu wanted to say to Zhao Kuo with the help of this swordsman.

Chapter 986 Zhao Kuo Convinced the King of Chu

Zhao Kuo naturally knew what the king of Chu was thinking, and he just wanted to use this method of demonstration to suppress Zhao Kuo, so that Zhao Kuo could make concessions in this negotiation.

Zhao Kuo chuckled, and said to the King of Chu very calmly: "Your Majesty, the foreign ministers have heard a saying, that is the wrath of a man, which can splatter five steps of blood.

Now if this swordsman could really display his full strength, it would be no problem to kill the foreign minister on the spot. "

After hearing Zhao Kuo's words, the expressions of King Chu and Jingyang both changed in unison.

Frankly speaking, the reason why they specially arranged for this swordsman to dance swords here is that they had the idea of ​​forcing Zhao Kuo to make concessions through Zhao Kuo's hint in their hearts.

Now Zhao Kuo was so direct that he broke the thoughts in their hearts, but it made them feel at a loss for a while.

Zhao Kuo laughed and continued, "However, the real war does not mean that it can be changed by individual efforts.

Presumably Your Majesty should also know that wars in our era are always full of thousands of troops, and the power of one person is really too small.

If you really want to win, you must unite and cooperate with thousands of people to form a steel-like army, and then you can truly win.

If the emphasis is only on personal bravery, but not on cooperation with other comrades-in-arms, then the final outcome of this person fighting alone on the battlefield is bound to be miserable, and there is no other way out except death.

Even if such a person dies, maybe everyone will think he is a warrior, but can it change the outcome of the war?

impossible.

Instead of emphasizing the so-called personal bravery here, it is better to think about how to change and improve the combat effectiveness of the entire army. This is the best way for us to keep the country strong in this era. "

After hearing what Zhao Kuo said, the expressions of King Chu and Jingyang changed again.

Of course, they could also hear what Zhao Kuo meant. Zhao Kuo felt that the personal bravery of the Chu people was actually quite ridiculous.

If you really want to change the situation of the battle, you still have to look at the thousands of troops and see if an army can be integrated into one. Everyone can cooperate with other parts as flexibly as a part of a machine. It can exert the greatest strength of the army, a war machine.

Therefore, the king of Chu sent this swordsman to perform here to promote this kind of personal heroism, which is to take a wrong path.

Since it is a wrong path, it will undoubtedly become very ridiculous for the king of Chu to use this kind of mistake to pretend to be coercive in front of Zhao Kuo.

But what made King Chu very speechless was that after thinking about it, he found that what Zhao Kuo said seemed to be true, and King Chu seemed to really have no way to refute Zhao Kuo.

Thinking of this, the King of Chu couldn't help but give Jingyang a hard look, because the idea itself came from Jingyang, and even the swordsman came from Jingyang's mansion.

Jingyang felt the gaze of King Chu, and his old face blushed.

At this time, Jingyang suddenly had a feeling that if he didn't enter the palace today, maybe it would be better.

Now that he is sitting here, the plan has failed, and the king of Chu wants to find a scapegoat. Isn't this directly on Jingyang?

Jingyang bit the bullet and said: "Wu Xinjun, what you said is wrong. We in Chu State really advocate individual bravery, but at the same time, we also pay great attention to military discipline.

If this is not the case, then how could our Chu State have been strong for hundreds of years? "

Zhao Kuo chuckled, but didn't speak.