"The news I just got today is that the Qin State has set up the newly acquired Han Land as Yingchuan County, and Han Teng will serve as the Taishou of Nanyang, and the Prime Minister Changping Jun Xiong Yao will be stationed in Yingchuan and take charge of the land of Nanyang."

After listening to Li Mu's speech, Gao Yuan asked, "Who is Changping Jun Xiong Yao?" ”

Ning Qi replied: "Changping Jun Xiong Yao is the son of the Duke of Chu, the younger brother of the King of Chu, and was sent to the Qin State by the State of Chu in the sixth year of the reign of the King of Qin (241 BC), and when the rebellion of the Qin Dynasty was in the ninth year of the reign of the Emperor of Qin, Changping Jun had made a contribution to quelling the rebellion with the King of Qin, so after the King of Qin dismissed Lü Buwei, he changed the state to the prime minister and ordered the appointment of Changping Jun as the prime minister. ”

Gao Yuan was also a little curious, and said, "Why would the King of Qin appoint a concubine of the Chu State as the prime minister?" ”

Ning Qi said: "Although Changping Jun is a concubine, but he is also the prince of Chu, so his status is not low, and it is also a common thing for him to be the prince of any other country among the countries, Meng Huijun of Qi has been the minister of Qin, and Xinling Jun of Wei has also been the minister of our Zhao State, and Changping Jun has also made great contributions to the Qin State when he quelled the rebellion of Chang Yu, so it is reasonable that he was appointed as the Xiangguo by Qin Wangzheng. What's more, the position of prime minister is high and powerful, at that time, Lü Buwei dismissed the prime minister, Qin Wangzheng had just been in power, and he had not yet controlled the power of the court, of course, he would not appoint important ministers as prime ministers, and Changping Jun was the son of Chu State, and his identity was enough, and he had no foundation in Qin State, so he was appointed as prime minister. ”

Gao Yuan asked again: "Then why does Qin Wangzheng want Changping Jun to garrison Han Land now?" ”

Ning Qi said: "Qin Wangzheng appointed Changping Jun as the prime minister, which was originally an expedient measure, and now it has been seven or eight years, Qin Wangzheng has been in charge of the government, of course, there is no need to take Changping Jun as the prime minister, and the capital of South Korea, Xinzheng, was originally the place of Chu State, and was later occupied by South Korea, and it bordered Chu State, so Changping Jun was sent to garrison Han Land, as the son of Chu State, he can better pacify the local residents and make friends with Chu State, so that Qin State can be all to attach Zhao and Wei to the two countries. ”

Gao Yuan then figured out that there was such a complex cause and effect here, and Ning Qi was actually able to speak in an orderly manner and with a clear clue, and he was indeed a very good person. It seems that Li Mu is not only surrounded by military generals, but also has excellent other aspects.

Li Mudao: "Now that midwinter is approaching, after the beginning of next year, the Qin army will inevitably launch a large army to attack Zhao again, so the king has ordered me to be fully responsible for the war preparations of Zhao State." He turned to the plateau again and said, "At the same time, the king also agrees with your construction and asks the merchants to come forward and buy grain from the Qi country." ”

It turned out that after the fall of Korea, it also caused a lot of shock in Zhao State. Because since the twenty-third year of King Weilie of Zhou (403 BC), the three families of Zhao, Wei and Han were divided into Jin, which opened the Warring States Period of Qin, Qi, Chuyan, Zhao, Wei and Han and the Seven Heroes, and it has been nearly 200 years now. Despite the rise and fall of various countries, the combination of vertical and horizontal, the reform of the law, and the leadership of each for decades, the situation of the seven heroes of the Warring States has been maintained, so it has also made the impression that the vast majority of people will maintain this situation forever.

Although the current South Korea has been very weak, as long as South Korea still exists, then the situation of the Seven Heroes of the Warring States has not been broken, and South Korea was destroyed by the Qin State, and the Seven Heroes of the Warring States became the Six Heroes, which has completely broken the pattern of the world that has been maintained for nearly 200 years, so it has also alerted many people that the situation of the Seven Heroes of the Warring States Period is not eternal.

Among the six eastern countries, Zhao and Qin have the deepest grudges, and the three kingdoms of Zhao, Wei and Han are one, and they are closer to each other than other countries, so when Korea perished, Zhao certainly had a lot of feelings of death from rabbits and foxes, and cold lips and teeth. Although Zhao Wangqian is a mediocre person, he encountered a matter related to the life and death of Zhao State, and it is also related to the throne of Zhao Wangqian, so he could not be indifferent, so he also recruited Guo Kai, Li Mu, Sima Shang, Zhao Cong and other important ministers into the palace overnight to discuss countermeasures to prevent the attack of the Qin army, and appointed Li Mu to be fully responsible for the defense affairs of Zhao State. He also built a plateau and bought grain from the Qi State in the name of a merchant.

After Li Mu and Sima Shang returned home, they also immediately recruited Gao Yuan, Li Yinghong, Zhao Xuan, Ning Qi and others to announce Zhao Wangqian's decision.

Sima Shang said: "It is now the end of September, Qin State will attack Zhao State again, at least until the beginning of spring in February next year, there are still more than four months, if the Qin army attacks Zhao State again, it will inevitably be a north-south attack, and I think the strength of the army will never be less than 400,000, so the Great Wall of Zhangshui line, as well as Jingjing and Fanwu's positions must also be further strengthened, and now our Zhao State's troops are insufficient, we should recruit some more, at least 300,000 troops must be ensured, and 100,000 troops should be arranged on the Zhangshui line, and Jingjing and Fanwu line, It will take 200,000 troops, and in the course of a few months, these things will have to be resolved. ”

Li Mu nodded and said, "Sima Shang, the matter of building a defensive position will be left to you, but it will make you work harder." ”

Sima Shang said with a smile: "Don't worry, general, even if you leave these things to Cheng, to be honest, I don't want to stay in Handan, and I feel more comfortable in the barracks." ”

Li Mu turned to the plateau again and said, "Plateau, during this time, you are still training cavalry, I want to expand the new-style cavalry to three thousand people, what do you think?" ”

Gao Yuan said: "As long as the new horse furniture manufacturing can keep up, it is completely okay to train 3,000 cavalry, but I want to ask the general, what is Guo Kai's attitude when the general meets the king today?" ”

Li Mu was stunned for a moment, and said: "Guo Xiangguo didn't say much, and he neither agreed nor opposed to my proposal. After a pause, he said: "But after we left, the king still left Guo Xiangguo to discuss alone, as for the content of their discussion, it is unknown." ”

Ning Qi said: "Although Guo Kai is treacherous, he is also the Xiangguo of Zhao after all, and the fate of Zhao is closely related, one is prosperous, one is lost, now it is a matter of life and death of Zhao State, if Zhao Guo is destroyed, Guo Kai's power will be difficult to preserve, I think Guo Kai will not obstruct this matter more." Therefore, he didn't say much on this matter, and it is estimated that he didn't want to interfere more, and let the general be in charge of the defense of Zhao State, only in this way can Zhao State be preserved. ”

Gao Yuan shook his head and said, "Mr. Ning, I don't think so, if Guo Kai has reached an agreement with the Qin State, once the Zhao State is destroyed, the Qin State can guarantee Guo Kai's powerful position, do you think Guo Kai will still take care of the interests of the Zhao State?" ”

After everyone heard Gao Yuan's words, they were all shocked, what Gao Yuan said was not unreasonable, Qin Guo was good at using anti-intermediary schemes, so it was completely possible to buy Guo Kai. And although Guo Kai is a little cunning, he is still a short-sighted, greedy for money and profit, and has no faith at all, as long as the king of Qin buys him with a lot of money, and then allows him to retain high-ranking officials in the Qin state after the fall of the Zhao State, Guo Kai will certainly not see that the Qin State is just using him, and he does not really value it, on the contrary, he will be complacent about it.

Ning Qi also turned his head to Li Mu and said: "General, what Gao Yuan said is very reasonable, we can't help but guard against it, if Guo Kai really has secretly surrendered to Qin, then the first thing to get rid of for Qin is the general, so Guo Kai must have a backhand, and the general has to guard against it." ”

Gao Yuan's heart was very impressed Ning Qi's reaction was really fast, as soon as he said that Guo Kai might surrender to Qin, Ning Qi could immediately think that Guo Kai might harm Li Mu, of course, this is also the result that Gao Yuan wants to see, so that he can save himself a lot of words. I hope to be able to remind Li Mu to be careful, to be able to change Li Mu's fate and Li Yinghong's heart is another feeling, when she was in the Fanwu camp, she heard Gao Yuan say that Li Mu's lifespan is only one year, and it is very likely that he was framed, not the end of his life. is saying that he will try his best to protect Li Mu, and now Gao Yuan is fulfilling his promise.

Although Li Mu is not very familiar with the intrigue and gladiatorial battles between the DPRK and China, he is also a person with outstanding intelligence, and he is not blindly pedantic and foolish. Therefore, after being silent for a long time, Li Mucai said: "Then according to your opinion, what should we do?" ”

Gao Yuan thought in his heart that the easiest way was to kill Guo Kai and then control the government of Zhao State, but in this way, it would be equivalent to a direct rebellion, and with Gao Yuan's understanding of Li Mu in the past few months, the possibility of Li Mu rebelling against Zhao State is very low.

Ning Qi said: "General, in my opinion, the top priority is to send more soldiers and horses to the mansion in case of accidents." The rest is something that can be waited and seen. ”

Li Mu pondered for a while before he said, "If you transfer troops and horses to the mansion now, won't you give Guo the truth again?" It's better to wait and see for a while before making plans. ”

Ning Qi shook his head and said: "The general is proficient in the art of war, it is so difficult that he doesn't know the reason that he strikes first and is subject to others, Guo Kai is temporarily forbearant now, he must be accumulating strength in secret, once it starts, it will inevitably be a thousand equals, so if he doesn't immediately transfer troops to station, when Guo Kai strikes first, I'm afraid it will be too late." ”

Li Mu was still silent and silent, noncommittal.

Gao Yuan's heart moved, and said: "General, Mr. Ning's construction is indeed reasonable, but the general's concerns cannot be ignored. ”

Li Mu said: "Let's talk about it." ”

Gao Yuan said: "Today's banquet, didn't the king give me a mansion?" I think it is better to mobilize a thousand soldiers and station them in my new mansion, and we will agree on a signal between the two prefectures, and we will support each other as soon as something happens, which can not only strengthen our strength in Handan City, but also not let the general give the king and Guo Kai a truth. ”

Before the others could speak, Sima Shang slapped his thigh and said, "Okay, this move is really clever, what about the general?" ”

Li Mu also nodded and said, "I also think that what Gao Yuan said is feasible. Ning Qi, he moved into the new mansion, and he is waiting for the new, you can arrange it for the plateau. ”

Although Ning Qi was a little unwilling, Li Mu spoke, and he didn't want to object anymore, so he had to say: "Okay, I'll go to his new mansion with Gao Yuan tomorrow." ”