Anyone else would probably feel uncomfortable. All the hundreds of thousands of troops who were in good shape were taken away like this, and a hundred thousand were captured. You know, these are all King Zhao's family assets.
Money no longer matters to King Zhao.
Only the army is the trump card in the king's hand.
As long as there is an army, you can have as much money as you want. If there is no army, any amount of money can be taken away.
Zhao Guo has completely given up attacking Youzhou City.
The repeated defeats made King Zhao feel that he could not afford to lose.
"Your Majesty, the state of Wu is holding one hundred thousand of our soldiers in custody." Prime Minister Right stepped forward slowly and said, "This one hundred thousand army is not a small sum of money. We must find a way to get it back."
"Yes." King Zhao nodded and said, "This is my trump card. After several wars, half of Zhao's property was destroyed. These 100,000 people must be brought back."
"Your Majesty is wise!" everyone bowed.
"You Prime Minister, I have decided to send you as an envoy to the Kingdom of Wu." King Zhao looked at Right Prime Minister and said, "I wonder what the Prime Minister wants?"
"I will obey all your Majesty's orders." The right prime minister nodded hurriedly.
"Okay!" King Zhao nodded and said, "Then tomorrow you will go to the Kingdom of Wu and convince King Wu Cheng to return 100,000 soldiers to us. We can guarantee the friendship between the two countries for thousands of years. If not, we will suppress the border with a large number of troops."
"Yes!" Prime Minister Right nodded.
The next day, Prime Minister You set out with a group of people.
Youzhou City.
This victory greatly inspired the soldiers of the Wu State, and also gave the Chu State an explanation. If this war was lost, the Chu State would probably not be able to sit still. No one knew that the Chu King was fickle.
Will his character change at any time and seek refuge with Zhao?
Now, the victory of this battle has completely established the status of Wu State. Moreover, the King of Chu also sent people to deliver news. First, he expressed his congratulations to Guo Nian, and secondly, he would send people to Wu State. The two countries must not only reach a military agreement
A political alliance, and a complete political alliance.
"Father, you have contributed a lot to this victory." Guo Nian said with a smile.
"In military warfare, you must make use of your own advantages and restrain the opponent's weaknesses." Guo Yi whispered softly, "However, I killed too many people this time. I would not do it unless I had to."
"Father, you will die or I will live on the battlefield. If we don't burn more than 100,000 of their soldiers to death, we may lose more than 100,000 horses." Guo Nian said seriously: "Maybe the whole country of Wu will be destroyed."
At this time, soldiers came in outside the door.
"Lord Commander, an envoy from the State of Zhao wants to see you." the soldier said hurriedly.
"Envoy from the State of Zhao?" Guo Nian raised his eyebrows and said, "You are sending an envoy now? Our battlefield has not been tidied up yet, but their envoys came very quickly. It's good, now that they are here,
Then let’s meet.”
It doesn't take much time.
The right prime minister of Zhao State came in with two servants.
In the hall, Guo Nian was at the head, followed by Guo Yi, Chen Mo and others.
Prime Minister Right stepped into the hall.
A group of people all showed a smile, not a welcoming smile, but an indifferent smile, a smile that looked like a fat goose. Everyone was sitting and did not stand up. The group of people seemed extremely excited and excited.
When Prime Minister You saw this scene, he understood somewhat.
However, when people are on other people's territory, they more or less understand some things.
He walked in, bowed and said, "City Lord Guo."
"It turns out to be the Right Prime Minister of Zhao State. Tsk tsk. I didn't expect that King Zhao would really think highly of me." Guo Nian laughed and said, "He actually sent his most valued Right Prime Minister here. But, I didn't know that King Zhao would do this.
What’s the intention?”
"Lord Guo, King Zhao wants you to release the 100,000 Zhao soldiers you have detained." Prime Minister Right was not polite and went straight to the point.
"The one hundred thousand troops of Zhao State?" Guo Nian heard this and grinned: "Did Prime Minister You misunderstand something? These are no longer soldiers of Zhao State, but prisoners of our Wu State. According to the usual practice, these people will quickly
They will be pushed to the beheading stand, and a large number of them will be buried alive."
"How dare you!" Prime Minister You said without anger, "These soldiers are the wealth of the State of Zhao and the subjects of the State of Zhao. If you dare to kill them, the State of Zhao will definitely not let you go. When the time comes...
"
"How about then?" Guo Nian stood up.
"The King of Zhao will definitely lead the army in person, and it will not be fun when the troops come to the city." Prime Minister You sneered.
"Okay then." Guo Nian smiled and said: "Then I will wait for King Zhao to lead the expedition in person. When the time comes, I will capture King Zhao as well. Haha, the Zhao Kingdom has no leader, that would be interesting
Already."
Ha ha!
The soldiers present laughed heartily.
Prime Minister Right was furious. He said angrily: "You... you bastards."
"Go back and tell King Zhao that I will definitely not let go of these 100,000 soldiers," Guo Nian replied.
The Prime Minister You also recovered from his anger.
It seems that he has not yet come out of the superiority complex of the Zhao people. He hurriedly bowed and said: "City Lord Guo, I don't know what conditions are required before you are willing to release these 100,000 Zhao soldiers?"
"First, let King Zhao send you one million gold. Secondly, if you fulfill your promise, I can consider releasing these 100,000 Zhao soldiers." Guo Nian sneered.
The Prime Minister on the right was stunned for a moment and flicked his sleeve: "So, you have nothing to talk about?"
"I have already stated the conditions." Guo Nian replied.
"You, your conditions are too high." The right prime minister was angry.
"A hundred thousand soldiers, on average each one is only worth ten gold coins?" Guo Nian smiled faintly and said: "In addition, if King Zhao does not keep his word, why should we expect Wu to keep his word? When Wu and Zhao allied themselves, King Zhao
I promised that as long as we capture Chen State, we will give the thirteen cities of Youzhou of Chen State to Wu State. I wonder if King Zhao still remembers it?"
The right prime minister was dumbfounded.
The Thirteen Cities of Youzhou are the thirteen important cities outside the gorge pass. They have fertile land and a prosperous economy.
It was just a deliberate attempt to deceive the King of Wu. How could he actually cede these places to the King of Wu?
The Prime Minister You could only return in despair.
The negotiation ended here.
Guo Nian seemed to have already expected that the other party would not agree. Moreover, he had already screened the 100,000 troops according to Guo Yijiao's method, and all the old, weak, sick and disabled were picked out. The remaining ones were basically strong and powerful.
They were dispersed and reorganized into the more than 200,000 troops in Youzhou City.
According to previous rules, prisoners were absolutely not allowed to go to the battlefield.
However, Guo Yi's method made everyone put aside their grudges, because after these prisoners were broken up and reorganized, they no longer had any cohesion. And their fighting power was also quite strong. At least it can be seen from the battle a few days ago.
