Chapter 40: Conspiracy

Zhao State up and down the army war, Li Si sent people and horses from all over the country to collect grain and grass, thousands of carts from Handan City, the war is imminent, grain and grass material guarantee has become particularly important, Li Si is deeply connected, plus the king appointed, dare not be careless, personally with the escort travel.

When the news of Zhao's victory came out, the people rushed to tell each other, and in order to avoid the disaster of war, the people who hid in the mountains came out and returned to their homes, and when they opened the door, they were so familiar, even the barren grass in the courtyard was a little closer.

An old man was helped to sit down slowly, with a wooden stick in his hand set aside, with tears in his eyes, "I thought I would never be able to live until this day, but I didn't want to really wait." ”

"Grandpa, didn't you say that with the king here, Zhao Guo will definitely not be defeated."

"Silly boy, there is no general in the world who can always win battles, he should believe in our king, who else can he rely on besides the king!"

"Rely on ourselves, if it is really a Qin thief who dares to come, we will fight directly."

"What to fight!"

The old man glanced at it, and several young people suddenly turned red, and their hands were empty, "When we settle down, we will go to Handan and find the king to join the barracks." ”

"Okay, count me in."

Announcements were posted in various places to levy grain and grass, and it was too late to hide in the past, but now it is different, and the people have transported the hidden grain and grass in the mountains, leaving only the rations at home.

The main hall of Handan Wangcheng

"King, the new defeat of the Wei State, it is better to take the opportunity to enter the army!"

Zhao Kuo shook his head, "When the king of Japan promised Xinlingjun, he would never take the war with Wei lightly, and he must abide by what he promised others." ”

"This time is different, the king of Wei did not follow the agreement to cooperate with the Qin State to send troops, and almost caused the Zhao State to fall into the state of annihilation, and it is justified to attack Wei."

Zhao Kuo's eyes fell on the marching map in front of him, Zhao and the four countries are adjacent to each other, the northeast Yan country, Zhao and Yan have been at peace, the Yan country has been recuperating after experiencing civil strife, the Qin country did not send an envoy to the Yan country that day, first, the strength of the alliance army of the four countries is enough, and the second is that Qin and Yan have always been at odds, even if they go to the same benefit.

To the east is the State of Qi, although the State of Qi retreated, the troops still existed, and the momentum of occupying water conservancy, the Zhao army was good at cavalry and crossbows, and the naval army was relatively weak.

Near the southeast position for Wei, southwest for Qin, if a large-scale attack on Qi will inevitably fall into it, but also unable to play its own advantages, the best choice is to attack Wei, and then directly approach Han, so that you have the entire Changping land, and also have the capital to compete with Qin.

"Zhang Liang, what do you think?"

Zhang Liang bowed and saluted, "The king insists on fighting, Zhang Liang can only follow the left and right to do his best!" ”

"What do you think about the attack?"

Zhang Liang stepped forward, "Han, Wei, and Qi can all be mapped, but the most critical of them is Yan." ”

Zhao Kuo nodded, "This matter is also considered, and after seeing the Armory Workshop, I will immediately prepare to leave for Yan Country to discuss the alliance." ”

"The king is wise! This battle will be won. ”

The group went out of the city gate, the city gate was repaired, and the spears and arrows on the city wall left marks, which was the best witness of the war, Zhao Kuo pointed with his hand, "You can see it, one day, the banner of Zhao will definitely be all over the world." ”

After Zhao Kuo finished speaking, he urged the horse to go straight to the new army camp, Mu Chen and others followed behind him, and the sound of beating came out, and the armory workshop was rebuilt, the number was more than double that before, the battle was imminent, the supply of weapons was particularly important, and the loss of arrows and crossbows could not play a role, and the combat power of the Zhao army was greatly weakened.

A person is naked, exposed to the wind and sun all year round, his body is bronze, with the wave of his arm, the white beard shakes with it, Zhao Kuofei dismounted and came to the front, picked up the long sword on the table, shook his wrist, and a piece of wood fell, and the cut was neat and couldn't help but praise: "Good sword!" ”

The man's expression was focused, and the whole world seemed to have only the sound of the bellows in his ears, and the half-beaten iron weapon in his hand, the left hand was skillful, and the right hand kept beating, and he threw it into the wooden box containing water on the side, and a burst of white smoke rose, and a sword was completely beaten.

"King!"

The man put down the hammer in his hand and stood up quickly, his expression was full of awe, his figure moved forward, Zhao Kuo walked a few steps quickly, "Brother Heihu, why did you become like this after not seeing you for a few years!" ”

The man smiled, the years left an indelible mark on his face, and the black beard of the year became the white beard of today, "Old!" I can also fight a few swords for the king. ”

"What Brother Hei Hu did for Zhao Guo is a thing that Zhao Kuo remembers in his heart, and he will not dare to forget it for the rest of his life."

Hei Hu stretched out his arm, Zhao Kuo stepped forward, chose a clean place to sit down, and sighed when he talked about the past.

Zhao Kuo looked at the black beard, "How is the brother of the Bing Alliance now?" ”

Hei Hu said: "Thanks to the blessing of the king, now that he has taken root in Zhao Kingdom, he no longer has to live a frightened life, many people have married their mothers-in-law, and they have a family to rely on, these things have never dared to think about it." ”

"That's good!"

"The king is making weapons on a large scale, so he wants to go on an expedition?"

Zhao Kuo nodded, "Others have already hit their noses, if you endure it and don't fight, I'm afraid it will really chill the hearts of the brothers, no matter what the result is, Zhao Kuo insists on fighting." ”

Black Hu smiled indifferently, "From the day Black Hu saw the king, he has already decided that he will definitely be invincible in the world one day, this is not sycophancy. ”

"Zhao Kuo believes that he will have to bother the black Hu brothers."

"The king can rest assured, the brothers of the military alliance will work day and night to complete the construction of arrows and weapons."

Zhao Kuo's body bent down, "The construction period remains the same, and the number of arrows and bows and crossbows is doubled, can it be done?" ”

"Double!" Black Hu couldn't help frowning when he heard this, the loss of arrows in the previous battle was close to seventy percent, and weapon smelting was the most energy-consuming, and it was also a huge test for the body.

"The king can rest assured, even if he fights for this old life, he will complete what the king has explained." Black Hu shook his fist and stood up, as if he had returned to the old days again.

"If there is anything you need, just mention it, as long as Zhao Kuo can do it, there is no other thing."

Hei Hu smiled: "These are enough in front of you!" After speaking, he turned around, "Brothers, the king has come to see us in person, cheer up the spirit, show the courage of our soldiers, and fight a tough battle!" ”

"The king is at ease."

A group of craftsmen put force on their hands, sparks splashed everywhere, and the bellows pulled more urgently.

After seeing the weapon manufacturing, the group rushed back to Handan, confessed, and prepared gifts on the second day and went straight to the border of Zhao and Yan.

Single-table Yan State, Yan State Prince Dan succeeded to the throne as king, determined to revive Yan State, with the support of Gongsun Cao and others, the implementation of new policies, the retirement of the army to support the people, the recruitment of talents to accumulate strength.

The news came, Qi and Qin retreated successively, Han and Wei coalition forces were defeated and returned, the four countries jointly attacked Zhao and ended in failure, Yan Wang's eyes fell on the scout in front of him and passed back to the bamboo slips, which recorded that Zhao defeated Han and Wei coalition troops and marched into Handan to fight with Qin, the most surprising thing is the death of Bai Qi, mentioning the name of Bai Qi, who is not afraid, and finally died in the hands of Zhao Kuo.

King Yan sighed, "I originally thought that the strongest man in the world was none other than Bai Qi, but now everything has changed, just because of Zhao Kuo, if I could, I really wanted to see this person." ”

Gongsun Cao said with a smile on the side: "I was fortunate to deal with Zhao Kuo back then, this person is thoughtful, bold and careful, and decisive, and he is indeed a difficult opponent, as for Bai Qi's death, the above record is inevitably vague, the situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly, although Bai Qi is brave, he is not invulnerable!" ”

"What do you think about this?"

Gongsun stroked his beard, "It is a good thing for Qin and Zhao to fight each other, and there must be an injury when the two tigers fight, so it is beneficial to the Yan State, and you can rest assured that the new policy will be implemented, the only regret is that this time the Zhao army defeated only Han and Wei, which does not include the Qi State!" ”

King Yan said: "Xiangguo intends to attack Qi? ”

Gongsun Cao said: "If you want to leave the bitter cold land and achieve great things, the only way to do it is to destroy Qi, and with the wisdom of the king, you are fully equipped with the conditions to compete with Qin and Zhao." ”

"Destroy Qi, yes, if it weren't for Tian Dan's strategy, the Qi country would have been destroyed by Yan long ago, this king attaches the most importance to talents, but unfortunately there are no good generals!"

King Yan couldn't help but sigh after speaking, it is easy to get a general in a thousand armies, especially those who are good at attacking and mastering strategy.

Gongsun Cao said: "The king's thirst for talent has already spread all over the world, and I believe that people with lofty ideals must be on the way at this time. ”

"Borrowing the auspicious words of the prime minister."