"Your Majesty, Zhao Kuo has arrived at the city." The eunuch walked in quickly and reported.
"Uncle Wang, Qing Lin, this matter is out of the way for you two." King Zhao bowed to Zhao Sheng and Lord Pingyuan.
"I hope the king is not deceiving us." Lin Xiangru glanced at King Zhao.
"If it can eliminate a military disaster for the Zhao Kingdom, even I will be willing to abdicate." King Zhao said with great sincerity.
"I will try my best to persuade Ma Fuzi."
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"Crash!"
Outside the city, dark soldiers carried long spears and rushed toward both sides of Handan City with neat steps. The terrifying murderous intent that had just returned from the battlefield seemed to be sweeping around them in real terms.
The defenders on the top of the city had never seen such a scene before, and their faces turned pale with fright.
"General...General, why don't we surrender?" A lieutenant general said tremblingly.
"Speak softly. If those people hear you, be careful with your head." The city guard general patted the back of the lieutenant's head, looked around worriedly, and said only when he found that there was no supervisory eunuch.
"Hey, I just said that when I saw that there were no such eunuchs." The general touched his head and laughed softly. "General, I heard that Ma Fuzi is also the grandson of the king, and Ma Fuzi led us when he was not as young as the weak crown.
Zhao State defeated Qin State, but he is much stronger than the one in the palace."
"Did you call me Ma Fuzi? I want to call you Marshal, but you can't learn it no matter how much I teach you." The city guard glared at him fiercely, and then whispered. "I will teach you another move. Who will be the King of Zhao?"
Who do we owe allegiance to? Before that, we will never take sides, do you understand?"
"But...aren't we already in line now?" The lieutenant general picked up the spear in his hand and asked with a puzzled look on his face.
"Hey, isn't this a last resort? Those people can't deal with the commander, and they can't deal with us?" The city guard sighed deeply.
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Two quarters of an hour later, Yan Ju came from a distance, clasped his fists and said, "Commander, Handan has been surrounded."
Zhao Kuo stepped forward, gathered his strength, and said to the defenders on the city: "Where is King Zhao? Come out and see me."
There was a commotion on the city, and no one answered. Then, two hanging baskets slowly fell from the top of the city to the ground.
Lin Xiangru and Zhao Sheng climbed out of the hanging basket, straightened their hair crowns and clothes, and then walked towards Zhao Kuo.
"I wish Ma Fuzi a triumphant return." Lin Xiangru said with a smile.
"You have grown up." Zhao Sheng said happily.
"When Zhao Kuo went to war, it was Duke Lin and Lord Pingyuan who came to see Zhao Kuo off. Now that Zhao Kuo has returned in triumph, I didn't expect these two people to greet him. I thought that King Zhao would show up. It seems that I have defeated Qin.
King Zhao doesn’t think he deserves much credit.” Zhao Kuo said with a smile.
"I heard that when General Baoyuan returned to Xinzheng, the King of Han went ten miles out of the city to greet him. The same goes for Wei." Pang Nuan said coldly.
Lin Xiangru and Zhao Sheng had sly smiles on their faces, feeling a little embarrassed.
Zhao Sheng stared at Pang Nuan and felt that he looked familiar. He seemed to have seen it somewhere, but he couldn't remember it, so he turned to look at Zhao Guo.
"I know that the two of you who are here today must be lobbyists for King Zhao, but after all, both of you are elders respected by Zhao Kuo, so let's go into the camp." Zhao Kuo stretched out his hand and said.
Lin Xiangru and Zhao Sheng stepped into the camp.
"Should I call you uncle, or Lord Pingyuan?" After Zhao Kuo sat down, he looked at Zhao Sheng and said.
"So you know everything." A bitter smile appeared on Zhao Sheng's face.
"Shouldn't you know?" Zhao Kuo said.
"I'm still uncle." Zhao Sheng shook his head and said apologetically: "I have worked hard for you these years. I am sorry for you and your son. If I hadn't insisted on letting your father stay in Zhao country, these things would not have happened."
"It's not hard for Kuo, it's you and your father who are working hard." Zhao Kuo shook his head. "Without uncle's help, Kuo wouldn't be alive today."
He knew that although Zhao Sheng had not helped them openly over the years, he must have done a lot of work secretly, otherwise their family would have been orphaned and widowed long ago, and King Zhao could use too many methods secretly.
The existence of Zhao Sheng prevented King Zhao from using secret methods and could only get rid of Zhao Kuo openly.
"Your Majesty is not in the city. Did you send someone to pick her up, or..." Zhao Sheng asked.
"I sent someone to pick him up," Zhao Kuo said.
"That's good." Zhao Sheng breathed a sigh of relief, "If something happens to you mother and son, I will never be able to see your father again."
"Master, the old lady is here." At this time, Liu Ping walked in.
"Mother is here." Zhao Kuo stood up quickly and strode outside. As soon as he walked outside the camp, he saw the Yan family hurriedly coming from not far away.
Yan's gray hair has turned into silver threads, her tall and straight body has become hunched, and her whole person is so old that Zhao Kuo can hardly recognize him.
Zhao Kuo knelt on the ground with a "pop" sound.
"Mother, the child is unfilial."
"My son..." Yan hugged Zhao Kuo, her eyes red.
"Brother." Zhao Mu and Zhao Tong saluted.
After experiencing great changes, the two of them have matured a lot and are no longer as out of touch as before.
"My child knows everything. Don't worry, mother. Blood debts are repaid with blood. My child will definitely make King Zhao pay the price." Zhao Kuo said solemnly.
"When my son grows up, everything will be decided by my son." Looking at her son with a determined look on his face, Mrs. Yan swallowed back her words to persuade Zhao Kuo to return to the country of Yan.
Zhao Sheng and Lin Xiangru came out. Yan just bowed and said nothing.
Zhao Sheng looked apologetic. He knew that the Yan family had always been resentful towards him and complained about him taking Zhao She to see King Zhao.
Returning to the camp, Zhao Kuo looked at Lin Xiangru and Zhao Sheng and said coldly: "No more gossip. Just say what Lin Gong and uncle want to say."
"The king wants you to withdraw your troops." Lin Xiangru said.
"This is impossible." Zhao Kuo said directly.
"Our State of Zhao can no longer withstand the hardships. Your Majesty does not want Zhao State to suffer another military disaster. If you are willing to retreat, he can abdicate the throne to you." Zhao Sheng sighed.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "Do you think I will believe it?" Zhao Kuo said.
"Let's do this. Even if you don't retreat, you can first lift the siege of Handan. As for other things, we will talk about it after we enter the city." Zhao Sheng said.
"Okay, you ask King Zhao to open the city gate, and I will lead the army into the city." Zhao Kuo said.
You have already led the army into the city, so what else can you talk about? Zhao Sheng thought to himself, and then said: "The king has made it clear that the army is not allowed to enter the city."
"Does that mean I am the only one who can enter the city?" Zhao Kuo sneered. He would only enter the city if he had a problem in his head.
"It's okay to have a few more people, if you're worried..." Zhao Sheng said.
"Uncle, there is no need to say any more. If Zhao Dan really wanted to take the Zen position, he would have opened the city gate long ago and welcomed me in. Now he is just trying to trick me into entering the city." Zhao Kuo interrupted Zhao Sheng directly.
He didn't believe that Lin Xiangru and Zhao Sheng couldn't guess it, it was just that they didn't want to believe it.
They always hope that problems can be solved peacefully, but they don't know that some things can only be solved by force.
"Is there no room for easing this matter?" Zhao Sheng sighed.
"The hatred for killing my father is irreconcilable." Zhao Kuo said firmly.
"Can't our Zhao country be stable? Why is it the result like this every time?" Zhao Sheng looked up to the sky and roared.
Two hundred years ago, after the death of Zhao Xiangzi, the throne was not passed on to his son. Instead, the throne was passed to his elder brother's grandson Huan, which led to the Huanzi Rebellion and ruined the good situation that Xiangzi had defeated.
After the death of Hengzi, Gongzi Huan returned to the throne. There was another turmoil, and the national power of Zhao was greatly damaged.
After Liehou's death, the ministers supported Liehou's younger brother Wuhou to succeed him. After Wuhou's death, they supported Liehou's son Zhang to succeed him. Wuhou's son started an army and started a rebellion. Finally, Jinghou Zhang stabilized the situation.
After Jinghou's death, another feud broke out between Gongzi Sheng and Chenghou Zhong.
After Chenghou's death, Prince Sui and Prince Suhou competed for the throne, and civil strife broke out again.
In the third year of Suhou's reign, Prince Fan attacked Handan, and Suhou defeated him.
Originally, the three families were divided into the Jin Dynasty, and the Zhao State gained the most and was the strongest. As a result, it lost its national power in repeated internal fights. It was once invaded by other countries, and even the royal city was breached. It was not until the period of King Wuling of Zhao that it began to rise.
As a result, after King Wuling of Zhao abdicated, another uprising broke out in the Sand Dune Palace in Zhao State, which once again stopped Zhao State's upward trend.
Let the Qin State, which was originally suppressed by the Zhao State, quickly catch up with the Zhao State.
In the generation of Zhao Wangdan, the throne was finally transferred from the hands of Zhao Wanghe to Zhao Wangdan safely, and the Qin State was defeated again. There was a trend of revival again, and now the Zhao Kuo Rebellion broke out!
"Since the general does not agree, it is better to send us back to report to the king." Lin Xiangru said while looking at the soldiers outside the door.
"Since you two are already here, let's stay here. In a few days, we will be able to enter Handan. There happens to be a miracle doctor in the army. He was the imperial physician in the palace at that time. Later he followed me to Changping. Now he has great medical skills.
With a large increase, we can treat Lin Gong, and Zhao will need Lin Gong in the future." Zhao Kuo said.
"Then I'll trouble you, General." Lin Xiangru had no choice but to say. When he saw the soldiers outside the door, he knew that they could not leave the camp without Zhao Kuo's permission.