Chapter 689: Preparations for War (Part 2)
From a safe point of view, of course, it is necessary to listen to the opinions of these ministers in front of them, so that these ministers can have a sense of participation, so as to stimulate their enthusiasm for participating in politics.
In fact, Zhao Dan found himself underestimating the enthusiasm of his ministers to participate in politics.
As soon as Zhao Dan's words fell, Zhao Sheng couldn't wait to speak: "Your Majesty, Pang Qing has always been loyal to the King, and has made many meritorious contributions, and his command ability is excellent, and he has repeatedly expanded the territory for the King. In Yichen's view, Pang Qing was the best candidate for the main general to go to Wei this time. ”
Zhao Dan glanced at Zhao Sheng, who was speaking, and was not surprised at all by what Zhao Sheng said.
After all, Pang Xuan is Zhao Sheng's political ally, and if Zhao Sheng does not recommend Pang Xuan to fight in this matter, it will be a strange thing.
But Zhao Sheng is not the only one who will propose a candidate.
As soon as Zhao Sheng's words fell, Yu Xin on the other side coughed and said slowly: "King, Wuxin Jun Lian has always led the troops well, and led the army to conquer the east and west to seek countless credits, which is the best choice for leading the troops this time. ”
Yu Xin's recommendation of Lian Po is another thing that is not surprising.
From the current political arena of Zhao State, only Lian Po and Pang Xuan are the most capable of competing for the main general.
As soon as Yu Xin's words fell, Zhao Sheng said with a smile: "Wu Xinjun has worked hard and made great achievements, this is something that everyone knows. But after all, Wu Xinjun is old, and it is too hard to go out every year, so I think that this time Wu Xinjun might as well rest in Handan for a while, and then lead the troops when he has the opportunity next time. ”
Lian Po was immediately unhappy when he heard this, and opened his mouth to refute Zhao Shengdao: "Pingyuan Jun, the soldier should be proud of the horse leather shroud, since I am the minister of the king, then I should serve the king, and charge into the battlefield for the king to kill the enemy, this is the true color of the courtier." Besides, compared to Pang Qing, I am not old at all. ”
The two sides quarreled for half an hour without getting any results.
In the end, it was Zheng Zhu, who is now Zhao Guoda, who ended the quarrel.
I saw Zheng Zhu stand up, arch his hands to both sides, and said, "Since you are so arguing, then ask the king to make a ruling." ”
As soon as Zheng Zhu's words came out, everyone immediately nodded in agreement, and then turned their eyes to Zhao Dan.
In fact, every minister of Zhao State present was not a fool, of course they also knew that no matter what they said, the final decision would still be made by Zhao Dan, the monarch.
But the reason why they worked so hard was to show their eager attitude, hoping to make Zhao Dan bias towards their side when making the final decision.
Who will be chosen as the main general of this attack on Wei?
In fact, Zhao Dan himself has been struggling with this problem.
But now it's coming to an end, so no matter how entangled Zhao Dan is, he has to come up with an idea after all.
So after pondering for a long time, Zhao Dan finally spoke: "The widow has decided, last time Pang Qing had an outstanding performance in the battle against Yan State, so this time, the widow decided to still take Pang Qing as the commander and send troops to attack Wei State!" ”
The reason why Pang Xuan is the same as before, Zhao Dan needs a general who can compete with Lian Po in the army.
Zhao Dan even planned that as long as Pang Xuan won a few more games, then he could give Pang Xuan the crown, and then this competitive situation was completely formed.
As soon as Zhao Dan's words came out, it was natural that a few families were happy and a few were sad.
Zhao Sheng and Pang Xuan were naturally full of joy on their side, while Yu Xin and Lian Po on the other side were not so good-looking.
This is the second time that Lian Po has lost in the battle for the main general.
Zhao Dan glanced at Lian Po and found that the old general's face was full of unhappiness, and he knew how much he wanted to give the old general some comfort, so he said: "Wu Xinjun, the widow listens to Hu Yiwei's report, and recently the territory of Qi is also being transferred to the army, horses, grain and grass, and it seems that there is a sense of uniting the Wei State to wage war against the widows. The widow is ready to order you to lead a partial division to be stationed in Gaotang City to guard against the possible attack of Qi State, I don't know what Wu Xinjun thinks? ”
After a pause, Zhao Dan said again: "If Wu Xinjun is unwilling, then the widow will let Le Cheng guard." ”
As soon as Lian Po heard Zhao Dan's words, he immediately came to his senses.
For a general like Lian Po, who is eager to fight, although he has no position as the main general, it is still very good to have a battle.
After all, Lian Po has been idle for more than a year, and if he misses this time, he will have to be idle for at least another year, and he will come and go for two years, which is too wasteful for a veteran in his fifties and almost sixty years old.
So Lian Po hurriedly said to Zhao Dan: "If the king is attacked by the Qi army, will the old minister be able to counterattack?" ”
Of course, Lian Po's meaning is not just a simple counterattack, Lian Po's meaning is actually that if the Qi people come over, then Lian Po can continue to enter the territory of Qi after defeating the Qi army and counterattack the territory of Qi.
I have to say that with decades of experience in eating and sleeping and fighting the Qi country, Lian Po is really full of confidence in the matter of fighting the Qi country, and he doesn't even know the number of enemies and me, so he first thinks about how to occupy the territory of the Qi country.
Zhao Dan said with a smile: "As long as Wu Xinjun thinks it's okay, then the widow naturally has no opinion." ”
Only then did Lian Po completely turn his anger into joy, and saluted Zhao Dan and said, "The old minister obeys orders." ”
Zhao Dan paused for a moment and continued: "In addition, the direction of the Qin State may also send troops together with the Wei State, so the widow is ready to send Paile to take the Zhenhedong County to guard against the possible attack of the Qin State. ”
In the last war, it was Ju Xin who sat in Hedong County to prevent Qin from attacking, but Ju Xin obviously did a very bad job in this matter, so that Zhao Guo once lost almost the entire Hedong County.
After the war, although Zhao Dan did not send Ju Xin to prison for questioning, he also held him accountable and demoted Ju Xin, and let Ju Xin become the county lieutenant of Shangdang County.
Zhao Dan's order continued.
"Then send an order to Li Mu to the widow, let Li Mu quickly gather troops, once it is found that the Qin State has begun to join the war, then Li Mu will give the widow to immediately go south to Guanzhong to contain the attention of the Qin people. The widows don't believe that there is Li Mu, this time the Qin State still dares to advance eastward with great fanfare like before, unless they don't want Xianyang City again! ”
As soon as Zhao Dan's voice fell, there was a burst of laughter, and obviously everyone present remembered the happy time when they conquered Xianyang City last time.
In this burst of laughter, Zhao Dan turned his gaze to Zheng Zhu again: "Zheng Qing, you must also be prepared on your side, if you are sure that the Qi State does have the intention of starting a war against the widows, then you will immediately send an envoy to the Yan State to tell the Empress Dowager Yan that as long as the Yan State is willing to send troops to help the widows this time, then after winning this battle, the widows can return all the land that the Qi people captured the Yan State last time." ”
"Send someone to inform King Han again, and tell him that as long as King Han is willing to send troops to help the widow this time, then after the war is over, all the Wei lands west of Yingshui, such as Luyang, Kunyang, Xiangcheng and Zhaoling in the west of Wei, will belong to him!"
Zhao Dan's orders were assigned one by one, and the ministers naturally received the orders in unison, and then returned to their respective residences one after another and began to implement many of Zhao Dan's orders just now.
Later that day, countless orders began to be distributed from the official residences of the ministers to all directions of the Zhao State, and the entire Zhao State's war machine began to act in an intense and orderly manner under this urgent order.
Another big war is about to break out, and the people of Zhao State, from Zhao Dan to Pingtou, are full of confidence in winning this war.