King Qin said: "Now that Zhao has officially issued an edict recognizing Li Mu's autonomy in Daijun, and once my Great Qin army is pressurized, Zhao is under pressure, and it is difficult to guarantee that it will not fully support Li Mu to resist my Great Qin." ”

Li Si also came out and said, "King, the minister thinks it won't." Zhao recognized Li Mu's autonomy in Daijun, but it was still a last resort, because Li Mu was well-known in Zhao State, and he had a heavy army, he was autonomous in Daijun, and the Zhao court was helpless against him. But the court of Zhao will inevitably be very jealous of Li Mu again, otherwise Li Mu should be recruited back to Handan and worshiped as Xiangguo, but now Zhao State only recognizes Li Mu's autonomy in Daijun, and it can also be seen that Zhao State is not responsible for Li Mu, so as long as we do some more work from it, we will definitely not be able to make Handan support Li Mu. ”

Qin Wangzheng nodded, playing sowing discord has always been Qin Guo's forte, not to mention that now there is a crack between Li Mu and Zhao Guo, just by taking advantage of the trend, it is not difficult to make this crack expand again. Then Qin Wangzheng said: "So what is the preparation of our Qin State now, there was a drought in Longxi and Beidi counties last year, how is the disaster handled now, will it have an impact on this dispatch of troops?" ”

At this time, Prime Minister Wang Juan came out and said: "Your Majesty, please rest assured, now the disaster situation in Longxi and Beidi counties has been controlled, and the victims have been pacified, and the disaster victims who have been displaced to other places have either settled down or returned to their hometowns, and this successive heavy snowfall is also very beneficial to alleviate the drought, so after the beginning of the year, the fields in Longxi and Beidi counties can start farming, and the ministers have made a plan to distribute seeds to the disaster areas to cultivate cattle, so that they can start farming immediately." As long as the troops are not recruited from the two counties of Longxi and Beidi, it should not have any impact, and in addition, the king is asked to reduce the taxes of the two counties of Longxi and Beidi, which can be guaranteed. ”

King Qin pondered for a moment and said, "Okay, the taxes of the two counties of Longxi and Beidi will be reduced by half this year. ”

Wang Juan hurriedly said: "Thank you, king." ”

Now the Qin court is full of civil and military ministers, including Li Si, Wei Yi, Dun Weak, Mao Jiao, Yao Jia, Feng Zheng, and Wang Jian, Wang Ben, Meng Wu, Meng Tian, Li Xin, Qiang Qi, Xin Sheng, etc., and the prime minister Wang Juan is not very conspicuous in this group of people, and the previous prime ministers of the Qin State, such as Shang Ying, Zhang Yi, Fan Sui, Lü Buwei and others or change the law and innovate, or vertical and horizontal, or open up the glory of the territory, Wang Juan's political achievements are even more lackluster. But Wang Juan's advantage lies in his diligence and dedication to public service, and he is good at doing practical things, such as the handling of this disaster, although it is relying on the strong national strength of Qin, but Wang Juan's work has also played a great role.

At this time, Qin Wang Zheng said: "Wei Qing, this time to attack Zhao, is it feasible not to recruit troops from Longxi and Beidi counties?" ”

Wei Yu and Li Si discussed a few words, and Wei Yu came out of the queue and said: "Hui Wang, even if we don't recruit troops from Longxi and Beidi counties, my Qin State can also recruit 600,000 soldiers, which is enough to kill Zhao." It's just that during this period of time, heavy snow fell and the roads were difficult to travel, so the soldiers and horses were assembled and the grain and grass were raised later than expected, and it may be delayed until February before the expedition can be carried out. ”

Qin Wangzheng said with a smile: "Heaven's will is like this, it is not human to violate, February is February." After a pause, Qin Wangzheng said again: "Now that South Korea has been destroyed, and the six countries of Shandong have gone to one of them, but Zhao has always been the fierce enemy of our Qin State, for decades, the only one who can defeat my Qin army with the army of a single country is Zhao State, if Zhao State is destroyed in one fell swoop, then the remaining four countries are not to worry, but now Li Mu is still here, this person has defeated my Great Qin twice, so this time to attack Zhao, how to proceed." ”

Wei Yu said: "Back to the king, the minister has discussed with General Wang the strategy of cutting Zhao, my Qin State used to cut Zhao, were divided into two roads, north and south, all the way to Taiyuan County as the foundation, east into Jingcheng, and then south; The other road was based on Hanoi and went north to cross Zhangshui and attack Handan. Although these two roads can form a north-south flank attack on Zhao State, they also disperse the forces of our Qin army, and among the two roads, as long as one road fails, the other road has to be forced to retreat. And Zhao has the advantage of geographical advantages, so it can concentrate its forces, and only need to attack our Qin army all the way, and it can win. The previous time Li Mu defeated the Qin army twice, he used his troops like this. And Zhao built the Great Wall on the north bank of Zhangshui, Handan City is thick and thick, easy to defend and difficult to attack, last year I attacked Zhao in Great Qin, Sima Shang only with 30,000 troops, can hold Zhangbei, the enemy and our Qin army of 100,000, and Li Mu can concentrate the main force of the Zhao army, and resist the northern line with all his might, only then can there be the defeat of General Fanwu of Huan Qi. Therefore, this time to attack Zhao, such a tactic must not be adopted again. ”

Qin Wangzheng nodded and said with a smile: "Then the two Qing discussed, how to use troops this time to attack Zhao?" ”

At this time, Wei Yi showed Wang Jian with his eyes. Wang Jian immediately came out of the queue and said: "Returning to the king, the ministers and the lieutenants thought that this time to attack Zhao, my Qin State only used a small number of troops on the southern front, set up doubtful troops, contain Handan's troops, and then concentrate the forces of the Qin State, go east out of Jingcheng, and fight a decisive battle with the main force of the Zhao army, as long as the main force of the Zhao army is defeated, Handan can also go down without a fight." ”

Qin Wangzheng said with a smile: "Dongchu Jingcheng, that is going to be a decisive battle with Li Mu, Wang Qing, are you sure to defeat Li Mu?" ”

Wang Jian straightened his waist and said, "Yes." ”

King Qin laughed and said, "Okay, you are going to talk about it, how do you plan to defeat Li Mu?" ”

Wang Jian said: "Li Mu has always been resourceful and elusive in his use of soldiers, and the minister is ashamed of himself, but the minister has an advantage that Li Mu does not have." ”

Qin Wangzheng said: "What an advantage." ”

Wang Jian said: "It is my Great Qin's national strength and strength, far better than Zhao, so the minister and Li Mu are at war, first to stick to the main, ignore Li Mu's small group of men and horses to challenge, strictly guard the passes, and the Zhao army, and when the Zhao army is exhausted and the grain and grass are exhausted, then raise the army to fight with Li Mu." If Li Mu raises an army to attack in advance, I can set up an ambush to retreat, lure the Zhao army to pursue, and then make a surprise attack to cut off the retreat of the Zhao army, encircle and annihilate it, and can break the Zhao army. ”

Qin Wangzheng nodded, and was very satisfied with Wang Jian's answer, Wang Jian's plan was to rely on Qin's strong national strength and Li Mu to fight for consumption, and consume Li Mu to death step by step, in fact, it was a copy of the Battle of Changping.

In the later stage of the Battle of Changping, Zhao replaced Lian Po with Zhao Shi, although it was recognized as the biggest defeat of Zhao's defeat, but it also had a certain amount of hardship, because at that time, the two armies of Qin and Zhao added up to nearly one million men and horses, and they held each other for up to three years. The national strength of Zhao was not as good as that of Qin, and King Zhao Xiaowen felt that he could not support it, so he had to appoint Zhao Shi, who advocated attack, to replace Lian Po, who advocated defense. As a result, as soon as Zhao Shi attacked, he immediately fell into Bai Qi's ambush, surrounded Zhao Jundao zhì more than 400,000 Zhao troops, and the entire army was annihilated.

In fact, the situation of Qin at that time was not better than that of Zhao, because the battlefield was close to Zhao and far away from Qin, so Qin's consumption was far greater than Zhao's. Later, the Qin State incorporated all the men and children over the age of fifteen and under the age of fifty in Hedong into the army, and even the King of Qin Zhao personally went to Hanoi to supervise the war, which also shows that the national strength of the Qin State at that time had also reached the limit. After the Battle of Changping, the Qin army attacked Handan three times, all of which were defeated, and the land east of Hangu Pass was almost completely lost, which shows that after the Battle of Changping, Zhao still had some strength. If Zhao Guo could hold on a little longer at that time, the outcome of the Battle of Changping would be as good as the future, and it is indeed difficult to say.

However, at the time of the Battle of Changping, it was also the peak of Zhao's national strength, so it took three years to fight against Qin, but now Zhao's national strength has declined, and Li Mu is autonomous in Daijun, and Qin has become fertile due to the opening of Zhengguo Canal, and the entire Guanzhong region has become fertile field, and the national strength is stronger than back then. Of course, this is also the best tactic of the Qin State.

Wang Jian said again: "But this time, this battle will also be long-lasting, and the Qin army may have a few small defeats during this period, so please don't have the heart to win, let alone change your tactics because of a small defeat." ”

Qin Wangzheng pondered for a moment before he said, "Wang Qing, if you follow your tactics, how many men and horses do you need." How much time will it take to defeat Zhao Jun. ”

Wang Jian said: "The minister needs 400,000 horses? The time should be at least one year. ”

Qin Wangzheng slapped his palm on the table and said, "Okay, the widow will order you to be the chief general of Zhao and give you a year." It depends on whether my Great Qin's warriors can defeat Zhao Guo this time. He turned his head and said, "Captain Guo, Captain Ting." ”

Wei Yu and Li Si went out together, and said busily: "The minister is here." ”

Qin Wang Zheng said: "The two secretaries immediately requisitioned and transferred 400,000 troops in the country, handed them over to Wang Qing to lead, and raised troops to attack Zhao. ”

Wei Yu hurriedly said: "The minister's order." ”

King Qin said: "Yang Duanhe." ”

Yang Duanhe also came out and said, "The minister is here." ”

King Qin said: "You led 50,000 horses and horses to set up a formation along the south bank of Zhangshui, thinking that the army was suspicious, bluffing, and containing the forces of Handan." ”

Yang Duanhe said: "The ministers respect the king's order." ”

Qin Wangzheng said again: "Meng Wu, Li Xin, Xin Sheng, Qiang Qi." ”

When the four of them heard this, they also hurriedly came out of the queue and said together: "The minister is here." ”

Qin Wang Zheng said: "The four of you will go out with Wang Qing to attack Zhao and assist Wang Qing in breaking Zhao." ”

The four of them said in unison: "The king's order." ”

After the four of them returned to the column, the other civil and military ministers were also secretly surprised, these six people are the main generals of the Qin State, any one of them can be alone, and only to attack the Zhao State, and it can even be said that in order to deal with a Li Mu, these six generals were asked to be dispatched together, which can also be seen how much Qin Wangzheng attaches great importance to this attack on Zhao.

Knowing that this was not the end, Qin Wangzheng said again: "Wang Ben, Meng Tian." ”

When Wang Ben and Meng Tian heard this, they also came out together and said, "The minister is here." ”

Qin Wangzheng said: "By your second secretary's transportation and escort, so that the grain, grass and equipment and military service with the army are continuously transported to the front of the army, and the civilian service that needs to be requisitioned is discussed with the court lieutenant and the national lieutenant, and the military aircraft before the battle must not be delayed." ”

The two also said: "The ministers respect the king's order." ”

Only then did the ministers understand that they had to add these two people, and this time there were eight generals, and it could be said that the generals that the Qin State could use, and almost all of them were sent out this time.

Qin Wangzheng said again: "Yao Jia, suddenly weak. ”

The two also came out together and said, "The minister is here." ”

King Qin Zheng said: "Yao Qing was responsible for Handan affairs, so that Zhao could not support Li Mu, and Dunqing immediately sent an envoy to Wei, Chu, Yan, and Qi to lobby his country, so that other countries could not aid Zhao. ”

Yao Jia and Dun Liang also hurriedly said: "The ministers respect the king's order." ”

With the passing of Qin Wangzheng's orders one by one, the plan to kill Zhao was also fully formed. Qin Wangzheng smiled and said: "Zhongqing, if you can destroy the Zhao State in a battle this time, the widow should go to Handan in person and celebrate with Zhongqing in Handan." ”