Back to the Warring States Period as Zhao Kuo

If a decision like this is successful, it's okay, but if it fails, whoever insists on starting a war will instantly bear the biggest scapegoat.

Losing one's reputation or ruin is the second thing, and the real worry is the family raid.

No matter how loyal Mr. Chunshen was, he was still not at the point where he would directly risk the lives of his entire family for a war that seemed to not affect the fate of the Chu state.

After listening to Jun Shenjun's words, King Chu was also speechless.

At this moment, the King of Chu actually wanted to curse people a little bit, because he felt that Mr. Chunshen actually put his family and personal interests above the interests of the country, which is really a very cheating idea.

But the problem is that the king of Chu is also very clear in his heart, in fact, in this war, the king of Chu is sorry for Lord Chunshen.

During the current war, the King of Chu followed Jingyang's suggestion, but now that the war in Chu State was in a difficult situation, the King of Chu thought of Lord Chunshen again, and turned to ask Lord Chunshen.

From which point of view, this approach is actually very unfair to Chunshenjun. At this time, Chunshenjun refuses to make a judgment for the King of Chu, which can be regarded as justifiable.

The King of Chu pondered for a long time. On the one hand, he was thinking, and on the other hand, he was also waiting for the ministers of Chu State present to see who could stand up and share the worries of the King of Chu.

Not to mention, the king of Chu actually waited for such a person.

This person is none other than Li Yuan, the uncle of the state of Chu.

Li Yuan stood up and said, "My lord, with the current situation, our country of Chu must not continue to be entangled in the quagmire of this war. The first thing to attack next is our state of Chu.

So we should immediately send envoys to Handan to tell them that this war is just a misunderstanding.

After all, Zhao Guo still has not completely occupied the entire territory of Qi State, so Zhao Guo must not be willing to continue fighting on multiple fronts like this, so our peace is likely to be agreed by King Zhao.

If it is delayed a little longer, it will be too late for us to seek peace when Zhao State is basically about to destroy Qi State.

Because at that time King Zhao already had strength and was able to continue to attack our Chu State. "

Ren's words sounded quite logical, so the King of Chu immediately listened to them.

King Chu couldn't help heaving a sigh of relief, and thought to himself: "I didn't expect that it was Li Yuan who helped the widow."

You have to know that although Li Yuan was the uncle of the country before this, because of the relationship between Li Yuan and Chunshenjun, the king of Chu has always regarded Li Yuan as Chunshenjun's faction, not I trust Li Yuan very much.

But today when Lord Chunshen was silent, Li Yuan stood up and solved the urgent need of the King of Chu. This undoubtedly made the King of Chu's favor towards Li Yuan rise sharply immediately.

The King of Chu thought for a while and said, "What you said is very reasonable, how about this, I will appoint you as an envoy, and immediately go to Handan of Zhao State to be in charge of negotiating peace with Zhao State.

On the way, I will tell Sima Jingyang to try not to have any conflicts with Xu Li during this period of time. We will definitely focus on peace negotiations this time, understand? "

After Li Yuan heard King Chu's words, he immediately nodded and said loudly: "Please rest assured, Your Majesty, this time I will be able to successfully complete the task assigned by Your Majesty."

Chunshen Jun looked at the scene in front of him with a complicated expression, but he didn't say anything after all.

Not only the monarchs and ministers of the Chu Kingdom, but when the news spread to the direction of the Qin Kingdom, the political arena of the Qin Kingdom also exploded all of a sudden.

Qin Wang Yingzi Chu's eyes widened, and he exclaimed in disbelief: "Is the 15 soldiers and horses of the Qi Kingdom wiped out by Li Mu just like that?

How is this possible? "

The point that Ying Zichu was shocked was actually exactly the same as the others, that is, he didn't think Li Mu could have such a powerful ability at all.

But the facts are in front of us, Li Mu does possess such a powerful ability.

Fan Sui, Prime Minister of the State of Qin, said worriedly: "According to the previous information, the reason why Li Mu was able to break through Chang State City so quickly was mainly because the people of State Zhao possessed an unknown powerful weapon.

This kind of weapon can directly blow up the city wall in an instant. If the Zhao people use this kind of weapon to deal with us in the future, then we may be very difficult to resist. "

After listening to Fan Sui's words, Ying Zichu felt more and more depressed, and couldn't help but ask, "Then what should we do now?"

As soon as Ying Zichu asked these words, the whole hall was suddenly silent.

It's not that these Qin ministers are unwilling to share the worries of Ying Zichu, it's just that the current situation is too difficult, and these ministers don't know what to do.

At this moment, Lu Buwei spoke slowly.

"Your Majesty, at this point, we must either let Meng Ao Wang Jian attack Zhao Kuo, or we can only retreat."

Lu Buwei was quite calm when he spoke, after all, he has always been known as the "Peacemaker".

Isn't it normal for a peace advocate to speak out for peace when the situation is unfavorable?

And this sentence may be suspected of surrender to others, but what Lu Buwei said is really the most appropriate.

After Lu Buwei finished speaking, Ying Zichu frowned, and after a while he said, "Is there no other way?"

Ying Zichu's words are actually asking other ministers except Lu Buwei. If these ministers can come up with a solution, then Ying Zichu can think about it again.

However, what Yingzichu was waiting for was still silence.

Now, Ying Zichu understood.

Feelings, these ministers dare not speak, or in other words, they are all empty-headed, a bunch of waste!Ying Zichu took a deep breath and said slowly: "Since this is the case, let's forget it.

Pass down the order to let Meng Ao and Wang Jian in front retreat. "

Fan Sui spoke at this time: "Your Majesty, if you just retreat like this, will you be attacked by Zhao Kuo?"

Lu Buwei chuckled, and said calmly: "Now Zhao Guo has dispatched a total of 60 soldiers and horses. The pressure of so many soldiers and horses on logistics is huge. Don't you know how to respond?

You were also a person who experienced the Battle of Changping back then.

Moreover, Zhao Guo's focus this time is obviously on Qi State's side, so even if Wu Xinjun wants to fight, King Zhao can't let him fight to ensure the destruction of Qi State.

Otherwise, Lord Wu Xin had already challenged King Meng Ao to fight, so why wait until today? "

I have to say that although Lu Buwei's words sound harsh, they are indeed very reasonable.

Fan Sui was speechless, unable to refute.

When Ying Zichu saw this, the last hope in his heart was extinguished.

Unlike the Chu State, since the Qin State was facing Wu Xinjun Zhao Kuo himself, the Qin State's monarchs and ministers never considered a decisive battle as an option from the beginning to the end.

Are you kidding me, haven't you been beaten by Zhao Kuo enough times in the past few years?

Ying Zichu said helplessly: "Okay, well, since this is the case, then send someone to inform Zhao Kuo, saying that the widow is going to withdraw his troops, and let him go back to his Handan quickly, and stop harassing the eastern part of the widow Daqin The frontier!"

Chapter 1021 Zhao Kuo's memorial to King Qi collapsed

Ying Zichu's orders had not yet reached Meng Ao and Wang Jian at the front, but Zhao Kuo, Qin's opponent, was not idle either.

Looking at the battle report from Handan in front of him, Zhao Kuo showed a meaningful smile on his face.

"It seems that this battle report should be handled by the king himself, right?"

The reason for saying this is because Zhao Kuo discovered a very different point from this battle report, that is, Zhao Wang did not mention the existence of explosives in the battle report at all.

Beside Zhao Kuo, Su Li nodded and said: "According to what we have learned from our contacts in Handan, this battle report was indeed revised by the king himself, and then sent to rewrite it before it was published."

Zhao Kuo laughed: "It seems that the king is really ready to move."

For Zhao Kuo, Zhao Wang's move was also within his expectation.

Su Li said: "Then what should we do now?"

Zhao Kuo stretched out his hand with a smile, and clicked on a recently written memorial on the table: "Su Li, please send someone to send this memorial to our lovely king as quickly as possible."

Since Zhao Kuo said that he wanted the fastest speed, it must be the fastest speed.

Three days later, Zhao Kuo's memorial appeared on King Zhao's table.

When Zhao Kuo's memorial was delivered, King Zhao was in a good mood.

Because Zhao Wang just received the news from the eunuch Ling from the front line, that is, the eunuch Ling has controlled three alchemists who can configure explosives, and at the same time eliminated all other insiders.

In King Zhao's view, after such a treatment by the eunuch order, the powerful new weapon "Shocking Thunder" has been completely controlled by King Zhao.

This made Zhao Wang full of confidence, and gave him a little more confidence in the next action to get rid of Zhao Kuo.

"Very well, let the widow see what kind of tricks you, Wu Xinjun, are going to do."

With such confidence, Zhao Wang smiled and picked up the memorial from Zhao Kuo in front of him.

Looking at it, Zhao Wang's expression slowly changed.

In Zhao Kuo's memorial, apart from the routine congratulations on the victory of Zhao's army on the battlefield of Qi, another thing was mentioned.

"I heard that on the battlefield of Changguo City, a weapon called Zhentianlei appeared. This weapon is so powerful that it can blow up the city wall in an instant. It is really a sharp weapon for the country.

The veteran believes that this kind of sharp weapon of the country should be properly preserved, otherwise, if it is discovered by people with ulterior motives, it will definitely be detrimental to our Zhao country! "

Seeing this, Zhao Wang's expression was completely stiff, and countless question marks appeared in his mind.

How did Zhao Kuo know about this?

Obviously, in the battle report sent to Zhao Kuo, there was no mention of Zhentianlei at all!But immediately, King Zhao understood.

"Zhao Kuo has spies in Li Mu's army! No, it's Han Fei!"

It wasn't until this time that King Zhao suddenly realized that he had made an extremely huge mistake.

This mistake is that, for the sake of the so-called "checks and balances", King Zhao appointed Han Fei, Zhao Kuo's confidant, as the supervisor of Li Mu's army.

Han Fei is not blind. Once he saw the situation in Changguo City, he must have written to Zhao Kuo immediately.

Since this is the case, then what is the point of King Zhao's deliberate attempt to conceal the news of Zhen Tianlei from Zhao Kuo?

Zhao Wang's face turned blue and white.

The clown turned out to be the widow himself!What a shame, what a shame!After a long time, Zhao Wang slammed his fist directly on the table, gnashing his teeth.

"No, Zhao Kuo must be eliminated, the sooner the better!"

Since losing face is inevitable, then just kill Zhao Kuo, the person who made King Zhao lose face, so it can be treated as if nothing happened?

Thinking of this, Zhao Wang suddenly became happy again.

King Zhao was very happy, but now King Qi, who was an enemy with King Zhao, was not happy at all.

In front of the main hall of King Qi's palace, Hou Sheng probed his head, his face full of hesitation and entanglement.

Beside Hou Sheng, there were several other important ministers of Qi State, and all of these important ministers were worried at the moment.

Hou Sheng coughed, and said to an old minister with white beard and hair beside him, "Master Tian, ​​you are the royal family of our Qi State, why don't you come and tell the king the news?"

Mr. Tian was startled when he heard this sentence, he waved his hands again and again and said, "You are the prime minister of our state of Qi, and you are the most important confidant of the king. You should tell me about this matter." Your Majesty is better."

A few people you refuse to come and I refuse to go, but no one dares to tell King Qi the news.

what news?

Of course, it was the news that the city of Changguo had been breached, and that the country of Qi was now in imminent disaster.

In fact, Hou Sheng and others had received this news a few days ago, but they dared not tell King Qi.

Why?

Because this news is so devastating that all the main forces of the Qi State have been wiped out. If the King of Qi hears this news, will he be able to withstand it?

Under such circumstances, whoever tells King Qi the news will become a punching bag for King Qi to vent his anger.

It was precisely for this reason that Hou Sheng and the others had obviously received the news for so many days, but they dared not tell King Qi the news.

But the problem is that as time goes by, the Zhao army led by Li Mu has begun to approach Linzi City.

At this time, a general of the Qi State suddenly walked over quickly, and Xiang Housheng and the others heard a piece of news that they absolutely did not want to hear.

"My lords, according to the news I just received, the main force of Zhao's army led by Li Mu is less than two days away from Linzi City."

This news directly shocked everyone present.

"Did Li Mu come so fast?

Why is there no news at all? "

"Without Da Sima's army, can our city still be defended?"

"If you don't tell the king, then we will be finished when the king finds out."

Amidst these discussions, Hou Sheng finally gritted his teeth and said, "It's alright, alright, don't argue.

How about this, all of you go in with me, and tell the king about this matter together, if the king wants to blame, then all of us will bear it together.

how about it? "

Up to now, everyone can't find a better way than Hou Sheng's proposal, so they can only follow Hou Sheng very nervously and enter the main hall of Qi State together.

At this moment, the sound of music is flying in this hall, and there are many dancers dancing in it.

In addition, the aroma of delicious food and wine is also indispensable. King Qi is sitting on the top throne, admiring your dance with great interest, with a happy smile on his face.

After seeing Hou Sheng and others coming, King Qi was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said to Hou Sheng: "Come, come, sit down and have a drink with me."