Chapter 8 Confrontation (1)

"Senior brother, when will you teach me how to practice swordsmanship?" Shuli was sleeping on the floor out of boredom, crossing her substandard legs and swaying her little feet.

Seeing that the senior brother didn't answer, he turned around and saw the senior brother reading a piece of silk.

"What are you looking at, senior brother?"

Guigu reluctantly pushed Shuli's head back, and then handed the silk in his hand to Shuli.

"Hmm." Shuli touched her forehead, saw her senior brother hand over the silk, took it and read the content on it.

As she read, Shuli gradually frowned.

Because she saw a familiar name - Mao Sui.

There is an idiom story about this Mao Sui. King Zhao was besieged by Qin. Zhao Sheng, the king of Pingyuan, first went to Wei to ask for help. Although Wei also sent troops and sent general Jin Bi, they did not move and sat on the sidelines.

This made Pingyuan Lord Zhao Sheng anxious, so Pingyuan Lord Zhao Sheng did not hesitate to personally go to Chu State to ask for help. He planned to bring twenty civil and military disciples to Chu, but only ten of his three thousand disciples were selected.

Nine people could not be selected, so there was the famous "self-recommendation" to "stand out", and finally the 20th person was filled with self-recommendations.

So Pingyuan Lord Zhao Sheng took his small team to the Chu State, found the King of Chu, and prepared to send troops to aid the Zhao State and conduct constant bargaining.

It's reasonable to be reasonable, ask others for help, agree on remuneration, and make a good treaty, right? What's more, it's between big countries?

But no one expected that Pingyuan Lord Zhao Sheng and the King of Chu had just been discussing for a long time, but Mao Sui, a fool, couldn't wait any longer. He rushed out with a sword and put it on the King of Chu's neck and asked: "Are you touched?"

Ah no.

It should be: Can you send troops?

Then after Mao Sui went out, he scolded his nineteen colleagues and coined an idiom: "The public waits for me, and the so-called person who makes things happen is because of people!"

But don’t forget that Chu State has a criminal record.

Therefore, it is conceivable that Zhao Sheng, Lord of Pingyuan, must make sufficient commitment to the Chu State, and both parties must reach sufficient consensus - including diplomatic coordination for the Chu Army's passage through the Wei State, logistical support during the Chu Army's march route, and other details.

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However, Hanhan Maosui's reckless behavior led to a rash decision-making commitment.

"It seems that junior sister is a little contemptuous of this problem?" Gui Gu looked at Shu Li, then stood up, turned around, knelt down, and made another gesture towards Shu Li.

Shu Li also knelt down facing Guigu, but she was still a little panicked inside.

My own history is like that. Although I know a little bit about everything, I am not proficient in it!

Try to remember what [self-recommendation] said.

"Brother, look, this guy recommended himself to Mr. Pingyuan first. Regardless of his talent, his temper is definitely unstable. Of course, it was later proven that he is indeed impatient. And it feels like"

"A little too reckless?" Gui Gu continued.

"Yes! Mr. Pingyuan is the younger brother of King Zhao, but he is the envoy of Zhao State and is equal to King Chu. The two of them discussed things. How dare you commit such a mistake? And King Chu actually changed from being furious at the beginning to

Kind and cheerful."

Shu Li was a little puzzled. Although the rituals and music of the Warring States Period had collapsed, the proper etiquette still existed.

In this context of the times, Mao Sui, a regular diner, dared to take such a big risk.

It's really strange.

"Junior sister guesses that he may have received instructions from Mr. Pingyuan?"

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I didn't, I'm not, don't talk nonsense.

Shuli was confused.

Why do I think so?

Gui Gu stroked his beard and nodded slightly, "Maybe he used his life as a threat to force the King of Chu to send troops. Even if the King of Chu later wanted to ask for high rewards, Lord Pingyuan could push Mao Sui out and deny it at all.

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Thinking about it this way, it was indeed possible, and Shu Li became more and more satisfied.

"Uh hehe." Shuli scratched the back of his head awkwardly.

"Then it is not difficult to guess why King Chu respected Mao Sui as his honored guest." Gui Gu continued.

Um?

oh!

"The King of Chu originally wanted to send troops, just to get a bigger reward from Lord Pingyuan. But the sudden rush of Mao Sui disrupted the promise that King Chu had intended. Then he thought about it, and he wanted to send troops in the first place.

Why not follow Mao Sui's advice and send troops now, then not only can you gain the reputation of a courtesy corporal, but you can also ask for whatever price you want after rescuing King Zhao's capital."

Shuli figured it out immediately.

This is killing two birds with one stone.

Sure enough, anyone who can become a king is not an ordinary shrewd person.

"Junior sister, is she three years old this year?" Gui Gu suddenly asked.

"Ah, yes, what's wrong, senior brother?"

"The King of Chu has already sent out troops." Gui Gu turned around and said.

Although I was surprised that my senior brother suddenly asked me my age, and then suddenly returned to the topic in such a jumpy way, I still followed my senior brother and said: "Then King Wei may be panicking, King Zhao will be in danger, and King Qi will be in a hurry."

"Oh?" Gui Gu was a little interested in Shu Li's strange statement, "Why do you see that?"

"Ahem." Shu cleared her throat, "A hundred years ago, the State of Zhao was besieged, and the State of Chu sent troops to rescue them. Then the State of Chu occupied the Suishui River and the large land between the wading rivers.

But if the Chu army sets out from Chen to rescue the capital of Zhao, if they want to go quickly, they must pass through the heart of Wei and cross the Yellow River at Baimajin, which is only a hundred miles east of Daliang, the capital of Wei."

Shu Li spread her hands and said, "For a country like Chu with extremely low credibility and a criminal record, how can the King of Wei not panic? The army must be sent to be on guard, but the main force of the Wei army is watching the show now, so the King of Wei will definitely

Evacuate them."

Gui Gu stroked his beard and nodded, feeling novel about some of Shu Li's strange words, and then motioned for Shu Li to continue.

"Brother, you see, originally the Qin army did not dare to attack with all its strength because the Wei army was nearby. After all, it had to defend against the Wei army, but now the Wei army suddenly withdrew. Although I don't understand why, as long as I send scouts to check if the Wei army is true

Withdrew. Then if I were the general of the Qin army, I would definitely not miss this opportunity and would definitely take the opportunity to attack. Then King Zhao in the capital would be in danger."

Gui Gu looked at Shu Li's calm expression, as if she had nothing to do with the defeat of King Zhao, the capture of King Zhao, or the demise of Zhao. He asked a little strangely: "Isn't Junior Sister from Zhao? Why is the king in danger?

, but junior sister is not worried at all."

Forehead.

Should I say that I come from the future, and whether the Zhao Kingdom is destroyed or not has nothing to do with me.

Seeing that Shu Li didn't answer, Gui Gu then thought that his junior sister came to Gui Gu Ridge when she was more than a year old, which explained why she didn't have much memories of Zhao Guo.

"Then why is King Qi anxious? Qi is still far away."

Seeing that her senior brother didn't dig deeper, Shuli secretly breathed a sigh of relief. She really didn't know how to answer.

"The Qin army is so brave that the Zhao army cannot stop it. Then the King of Zhao must be thinking about how to show weakness and what conditions to satisfy the King of Qin."

As Shu Li was talking, she suddenly understood why He Lu Zhonglian of Qi State had appeared in the capital of Zhao so coincidentally.

"The Qin army is about to attack the capital of Zhao. What conditions will enable them to withdraw?"

"Emperor Qin."

"Emperor Qin?"

"Yes." Shu Li nodded, "The original reason for the siege of HD was that King Zhao broke the contract and angered King Qin. Originally, after the Battle of Changping, Qin also suffered heavy losses. It attacked Zhao again in such a short period of time, and for a long time

Unable to attack, we are already exhausted. The state of Wei is watching from the side. If the Chu army had not appeared on Wei territory, the king of Wei would have doubts and withdraw his troops. The king of Qin is now in a dilemma, but ordinary conditions cannot impress the king of Qin."
Chapter completed!