As soon as Li Si's words came out, Zhao Dan could clearly feel that the atmosphere present had changed.

Whether it was Zhao Sheng, Zheng Zhu, or other Zhao State generals present, they all had a thought at this moment: "Yes, why did you forget about this before?" ”

Hasn't Zhao's strategy always been to unite other countries to fight more and less? In that case, why can't you use such a strategy when facing Wei this time?

Li Si saw that all the people present had thoughtful expressions, and he was secretly happy in his heart, knowing that his performance was basically successful.

So Li Si took the opportunity to add another fire, and said to the people present: "You might as well think about the story of the Five Kingdoms Expedition back then, since the Five Kingdoms Expedition can succeed, then it is completely possible to unite the rest of the countries to destroy the Wei State now." ”

When Zhao Dan heard this, a smile finally appeared on his face for the first time.

The reason is also very simple, because what Li Si said is completely in harmony with what Zhao Dan thinks in his mind.

The reason why Zhao Dan planned an assassination plot against Wei Wangyu so carefully was, of course, not just to assassinate an enemy monarch.

After all, as long as you kill one, there will be another such thing, and you can't kill it at all.

The reason why Zhao Dan took such a big risk to agree to this plan and let Hu Yiwei start the persuasion of Duan Ganzi and the poisoning of Wei Wangyu was to use the righteous name of Wei Wangyu to crusade against Duan Ganzi's traitor after his death to annex Wei.

Why the State of Wei? First, because Duan Ganzi had the motive to kill Wei Wangyu, and secondly, because of the special circumstances of Wei, no one would be Duan Ganzi's opponent after Wei Wangyu's death—no one would think that a ten-year-old prince would be able to deal with Duan Ganzi, who had the command of 20,000 Taoyi defenders.

According to Hu Yiwei's secret report, the reason why Wei Wangyu suddenly attacked Duan Ganzi at the New Year's Day dinner was because he was not worried about Duan Ganzi's brother-in-law's military power.

Wei Wangyu originally planned to order someone to take down Duan Ganzi's brother-in-law Chen Lin after capturing Duan Ganzi, but unfortunately Wei Wangyu was poor after all, and he didn't expect that there was actually Hu Yiwei of Zhao State who was secretly helping Duan Ganzi, so he finally died.

From beginning to end, Zhao Dan never thought of annexing Wei alone. Because history has proven that an act like the Qi State annexing the Song State alone will only attract other countries to attack it, and eating alone can only be a dead end.

Is there a way to destroy a big country in one fell swoop without eating alone?

The answer is yes, this is the Five Kingdoms of the year.

In the five kingdoms of Qi that year, the remaining six countries (Chu betrayed the alliance with Qi halfway) came to an unprecedented division of Qi State, if it weren't for the fact that Tian Dan had this guy to renew the life of Qi State, then Qi State, which was once the first power in the Warring States, should have died suddenly and completely wiped out thirty years ago.

Of course, Zhao Guo can also take another road, that is, the road of Qin back then.

The road of the Qin State was to go all the way east, east, and east, and then win.

Considering geographical factors, if Zhao wants to take the path of Qin, it will be much more difficult than the historical Qin State, because Qin State does not need to take care of its own back road in the process of attacking and destroying the Six Kingdoms to the east, and it can just move eastward without thinking.

But if Zhao does this, it will have to face the reality of multi-front warfare, and not having one more front means that Zhao's strength will be weakened by one point, which means that the risk of Zhao's defeat will increase by one point.

Therefore, Zhao Dan felt that even if the current Zhao State already had the world's first force, he should not copy the path of the Qin State in history.

Even if history is used as a mirror, we must pay attention to adapting measures to local conditions, and we can't blindly copy them, which will only make Zhao Guo fall into a dead end.

To take the road of unification of China with the characteristics of Zhao State, this is the conclusion that Zhao Dan has reached after five years of thinking after crossing over to the present.

And uniting other countries to destroy Wei was Zhao Dan's first attempt at this path.

If the country is not destroyed, how can we talk about unification?

Zhao Dan knocked on the table, attracting everyone's attention to himself, and then slowly said: "What Li Qing said won the hearts of the widows, and the widows plan to send troops to the Wei State together with the Korean Chu State, and in the name of destroying the rebellious ministers and thieves Duan Ganzi, they will carve up the Wei State!" ”

Due to the continuous victories of Zhao and the continuous expansion of its territory to the southeast, the two countries of Wei and Qi, which were originally bordering, have now been cut off by the territory of Zhao, and the only three neighbors of Wei are Zhao, South Korea and Chu, so Zhao Dan will set the goal of cooperation in Korea and Chu.

The ministers of Zhao State present heard Zhao Dan's words and there was a brief silence, although they also knew very well in their hearts that Zhao Dan's words were basically the final decision, but after all, these ministers still have some ethics, and some worries in their hearts must be said.

Zheng Zhu opened his mouth and said: "The king, it's not that the minister wants to deliberately raise the bar, but hasn't the king thought that even if the forces of Korea and Chu are united, it may not be able to destroy the Wei State." After all, there are still Qin, Qi and Yan, and the three kingdoms will definitely not sit idly by. ”

This is actually also a problem, although it is said that Zhao is indeed very powerful now, but considering the reality that South Korea and Chu are not actually considered to be strong countries, if it is the Zhao, Han and Chu Triple Alliance against the other four countries, although it seems that the winning chance is indeed not small, but as long as it is a protracted war, even if it wins the war, it is not guaranteed that it will be able to annex Wei.

Zhao Dan nodded, agreed with Zheng Zhu's opinion, and then made his own answer.

"Zheng Qing's concerns about the widow are also clear, but Zheng Qing should not forget, in what name did the widow send troops this time? The widow sent troops to kill the rebellious ministers and thieves Duan Ganzi, and return the Wei State to a bright and prosperous country! It is natural for the world to kill the rebellious ministers and thieves, so the widow decided to invite the kings of all countries in the world to jointly send troops to fight against Duan Ganzi! ”

After Zhao Dan finished speaking, he smiled and said to Zheng Zhu in front of him: "Now Zheng Qing should understand what the widow means, right?" ”

Zheng Zhu showed an expression of surprise and sudden realization on his face, and said, "The minister does understand, the king is really high!" ”

To put it bluntly, what Zhao Dan wants to organize this time is not a Three Kingdoms attack on Wei, but a Six Kingdoms attack on Wei, including all the other six countries in the Seven Heroes of the Warring States!

Zhao Dan nodded at Zheng Zhu and said with a smile: "This is the reason why the widow wants to let Korea and Chu State join the gang, if Zhao State is the only country that wants to occupy Wei State, then it is very easy for others to see when the Six Nations Alliance Army gathers." But if Korea and Chu also occupy the Wei lands at the same time, then the remaining three countries will feel ......"

When Zhao Dan said this, he deliberately paused and glanced at Zheng Zhu.

Zheng Zhu hurriedly continued: "In this way, the three kingdoms of Qi, Yan and Qin will feel that the king, like Han and Chu, are taking the opportunity of conquering Duan Ganzi to quietly seize some Wei territory, this kind of behavior is actually a common occurrence in the past, so they will not be too vigilant about such behavior." ”

"In this way, as long as the whole thing goes smoothly enough, then by the time the Qi State, the Yan State and the Qin State find out that the situation is not right, the territory of the Wei State will basically be divided. At that time, even if these three kingdoms intended to send troops to help, they would no longer be able to change the reality that the Wei State was about to be destroyed! ”

After such an explanation, all the ministers of Zhao State present had thoroughly understood.

Lian Po arched his hand, and said to Zhao Dan convincingly: "The king's plan is really wonderful, the old minister admires it!" Lao Chen is willing to be the main general of this expedition and conquer the territory of Wei for the king! ”

Now that the matter of sending troops has been decided, the next key issue is naturally to decide who will be the main general in this dispatch.

After two successive failed competitions for the position of the main general, Lian Po's desire for the position of the main general is obviously very strong.

Moreover, Lian Po had just experienced another defeat, so he was eager to clean up his shame with another victory.

On the other side, Lian Po's old opponent Pang Xuan saw this situation and knew that this time it would not be possible to fight, so he immediately stood up and said to Zhao Dan: "The king, although the minister is not talented, he is also willing to relieve the king's worries. Please ask the minister to let the minister lead the army to the Wei State! ”

After a pause, Pang Xuan seemed to be worried that his words were not convincing enough, so he specially added a sentence and said: "King, the last war against Wei was commanded by the minister, and the minister also knows Wei very well, and this time he will definitely not disappoint the king." ”

Regarding Pang Xuan's statement, Lian Po's ally Yu Xin immediately expressed doubts: "Pang Qing, if I am not mistaken, it was precisely because Pang Qing was unable to break through the defense line of the main force of the Wei army in the last war that the entire battle situation was in danger for a while, and there were signs of defeat. If it weren't for the soldiers and civilians in Shangdang County fighting bravely, the whole war would be unpredictable. ”

Obviously, when this kind of bayonet is red, everyone will no longer have any politeness, and they will start a bit of rhetoric.

This position of the main general represents countless military exploits, and it is also the military exploits of destroying such a powerful country as Wei, at this time, it would be stupid if anyone did not fight.

Of course, Pang Xuan's only ally, Zhao Sheng, naturally spoke: "Yu Qing's words are also very interesting, if I remember correctly, Pang Qing defeated the Wei people victoriously, and then surrounded the Qi people to force the Qi people to sue for peace, and then went south to conquer Taoyi." In this case, it shouldn't be too much to say that Pang Qing is a winner, right? If you don't use the winner to take the position of the main general, do you still need to use the loser to serve as the main general? ”

Seeing that the smell of gunpowder was getting stronger and stronger when the two sides were talking, Zhao Dan finally coughed and tapped the table with his fingers, ending the quarrel between the two sides.

"Alright, don't keep arguing. The main general and deputy general who will play this time have already made up their minds, and they will not change it. ”

Hearing Zhao Dan say this, everyone immediately quieted down, moved their eyes to Zhao Dan's body, and waited for Zhao Dan to announce his final decision.

Zhao Dan's gaze moved on the body of the ministers in the main hall, and finally fell on Lian Po's body, and said: "Wu Xinjun, the widow can understand your desire to fight very well, and the widow can also assure you here that you will definitely be the main general in the next foreign expedition." But this time, in order not to let the Yan State of Qin and the State of Qi detect that the widow has the intention of annexing the Wei State, you, the number one general under the widow, should not fight. ”

Lao Lianpo's face was obviously stunned for a moment, revealing a look of disappointment.

But soon Lian Po was relieved, saluted Zhao Dan, and said, "Since the king has made a decision, the minister naturally will not have any objections. ”

After all, Lian Po had just heard very clearly the reason why Zhao Dan did not send himself to fight, not because he was afraid of himself or anything else, but simply because he was worried that several other countries would be suspicious.

Moreover, Zhao Dan has already promised the position of the main general of the next battle to Lian Po, and with Zhao Dan's status, it is absolutely impossible to lie in such a situation where everyone is present.

Therefore, although Lian Po is unwilling, it is quite acceptable.

"It's just cheaper, Pang Xuan, this guy ......"

On the other side, Zhao Sheng and Pang Xuan glanced at each other, and their faces were full of uncontrollable joy.

They have actually overwhelmed Lian Po again, and snatched the position of the main general from Lian Po's hands for the third time in a row!

Could it be that the king has really become jealous of Lian Po and no longer intends to let Lian Po take an important position?

As for the promise of the main general of the next battle, it sounds very unhearted. To put it mildly, in the current situation, who can guarantee that Lian Po will still be one of the seven ministers when the next war starts?

Then the next moment, everyone heard Zhao Dan say: "The widow is going to take the Southern Army Zhonglang General Le Cheng as the main general this time, and the Northern Army Zhonglang General Ji Xin as the deputy general, and jointly go to the Wei State!" ”