Chapter 498: Each Mind (Part 2)
Hou Sheng is really a headache now.
If he had learned the news before the war, then it was very likely that Hou Sheng would not have appeared in Handan City and appeared in front of Zhao Dan.
After all, in Hou Sheng's opinion, with Qi and Wei joining forces, how could he be able to fight with Zhao Guoren for a while, right?
But this Wei people don't take the usual path!
So it's a little embarrassing now.
Hou Sheng sat there, his face turned from red to white, and he couldn't say a word for a long time.
Zhao Dan saw that Hou Sheng was holding there, and his whole face was like a prawn, and he didn't feel a little funny in his heart, so he waved his hand and said to Hou Sheng: "Hou Qing, the widow is not embarrassed, as long as you can make the Wei people withdraw from the territory of Qi immediately, then this peace talk can continue." If not, there is no need to talk about it. β
After Zhao Dan finished saying this, he didn't give Hou Sheng any chance to defend himself, and directly raised his voice: "Send off!" β
Hou Sheng wanted to continue to persuade, but after hesitating for a while, he could only stand up helplessly and salute Zhao Dan.
"In that case, then the minister will retire."
For Hou Sheng, at this time, he really needs to contact the Qi side as soon as possible, so as to find out what kind of attitude Qi Wangjian has towards the sudden appearance of Wei reinforcements.
In this way, Hou Sheng can decide whether to continue to stay in the Zhao State to seek peace, or leave directly and arrogantly.
Looking at Hou Sheng's departing figure, Zhao Dan showed a smile and said to several important ministers of Zhao around him: "What do you think, what is the sincerity of the people of Qi to negotiate peace?" β
Yu Xin thought for a while and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, in Yichen's opinion, if nothing else is in this list of gifts, just He's Bi is already extremely valuable. β
The relationship between Yu Xin and the deceased Lin Xiangru has always been quite good, not just that kind of political ally, but also has a lot of personal friendships in it.
Therefore, Yu Xin can be said to be happy from the bottom of his heart that He's Bi, a treasure that has a great relationship with Lin Xiangru, can return to the Zhao Kingdom.
On the other side, Zhao Sheng was thinking about another question: "King, now that the two countries of Wei and Qi have merged again, won't this Qin State also intervene?" β
To tell the truth, if the three countries of Wei, Qi, and Qin continue to fight to the death with Zhao State, and let Zhao State fall into a two-front war situation again, it will be a big trouble for the current Zhao State.
After all, the last time Zhao only defeated the Qin State on the Western Front, the armies of Wei and Qi suffered some losses when attacking Handan City, and on the whole, they were still vigorous.
This time, Zhao Guo has to face the Wei Qi coalition army with basically complete strength again, and the situation is really not optimistic.
Zhao Dan smiled slightly when he heard this, and waved his hand disapprerovitly: "Don't worry, Pingyuan Jun, then Zhao Zhu has just signed a contract with the widow, and the Qin State has also suffered heavy losses in the last battle, so there will be no spare strength to make trouble for the widow." β
Regarding the fact that the Qin State will definitely not send troops, Zhao Dan's heart can be said to be nine out of ten.
After all, Zhao Dan has the existence of Lu Buwei, a super spy who has entered the highest level of the Qin State.
Of course, LΓΌ Buwei's identity is now absolutely secret, and even these important ministers of the Zhao State have no way of knowing.
And Zhao Dan didn't just pin all his hopes on Lu Buwei, after all, once something like the covenant changed, it could be torn up at any time.
Therefore, Zhao Dan also arranged for two generals, Ji Xin and Li Mu, to guard the southwest and northwest of Zhao State, which is adjacent to Qin, respectively, and also prepared some small "surprises" for the people of Qin.
In this way, no matter what the Qin people can do, Li Mu and Ju Xin can cooperate with each other to restrain the Qin people and ensure that the Qin people will not make trouble for Zhao Dan behind their backs.
And if the Qin people really sent troops, then of course Zhao Dan would also send an envoy to Chu State, the sworn enemy of the Qin people, and I believe that Chu Wang Yuan would definitely be very interested in revenge.
Li Bo on the side also spoke: "Great King, I heard that the army of the Yan Kingdom has also begun to assemble, and it will enter the territory of the Qi Kingdom in ten days at most. β
Zhao Dan smiled and nodded, "Exactly." β
"Why didn't the king inform him of this? If the latter had only learned about this, it would have probably succumbed immediately. β
Zhao Dan laughed: "Li Qing doesn't know, the reason why the widow didn't tell Hou Sheng about this matter is to give Hou Sheng a chance to regret it." If Hou Sheng and Qi Guo suddenly regretted and didn't want to continue talking, then Yan Jun's southward movement would be a mysterious bargaining chip for the widows. As long as you use this bargaining chip, you can not only force the Qi people to return to the negotiation table, but also make the rebellious Qi people pay more price. β
"So...... How could the widow let Hou Sheng know about this? Zhao Dan's words were somewhat smiling.
Although this plan may not necessarily be successful, this feeling that it may succeed in tricking others still makes Zhao Dan's heart unconsciously produce a sense of pleasure of bad taste.
After a pause, Zhao Dan continued to ask: "How is the South Korean side doing now?" β
"Back to the king, although Han Wangran promised with his mouth, but the Han army is delayed now, I'm afraid that the Koreans have some intention of sitting on the mountain and watching the tiger fight."
Zhao Dan's face immediately sank, and he sneered: "Okay, Han Wangran, it's just that he has won a few battles behind the widow, so he doesn't know the southeast and northwest?" Who is the messenger in Xinzheng now? Immediately write a letter to this messenger and ask this messenger to tell Han Wangran that if the widow does not hear the news of the Korean army within five days of the arrival of the letter, then Han Wangran will wait to meet the expedition of the widowed army! β
Zhao Dan is indeed a little angry.
In the last battle of Guanzhong, South Korea's reaction was already grinding, and it was not until after the decisive victory of the Zhao army in Guanzhong that it was willing to send troops to cooperate with Zhao.
But after the war, Zhao Dan considered that South Korea was also one of the Three Jin Dynasty after all, and the relationship between Zhao and Wei was already very tense, so Zhao Dan didn't want to get too stiff with South Korea, so Zhao Dan didn't punish South Korea in any way, not even a verbal warning, but just quietly took away all the spoils that South Korea should have obtained, as a small punishment.
Unexpectedly, Zhao Dan's eldest brother Han Wangran really remembered whether he ate or not, and completely forgot who single-handedly helped him and South Korea from the brink of the imminent destruction of the country, and even now he dares to be the first rat at both ends, how can this not make Zhao Dan angry?
"If it really doesn't work, I will follow the example of the Qin State in history and destroy the second and fifth boys of South Korea first!" Zhao Dan thought very angrily.