Zhao Kuo didn't understand why Wei Wuji tried so hard to drink with him.
When the two of them were half drunk and half awake, Wei Wuji drunkenly told him: If you don't do something, this drink will be unpalatable.
According to Wei Wuji's suggestion, Zhao Kuo issued an order. Bai Qi might cross the river to attack at any time, but Zhao Kuo had no other way. Currently, the Zhao army was seriously short of food. If Wei Wuji didn't have a lot of food and grass, the Zhao army would not be able to fight.
I don't know how many soldiers were about to starve to death, but Wei Wuji could not provide all of the food and grass to Zhao. Zhao Kuo could only keep the elite while the rest went home to work in the fields.
The soldiers of Zhao State couldn't believe it when they heard the news.
After being away from home for several years, they really did not expect that they would have the opportunity to go back. They had only uttered the word "go home" in their dreams. Before Zhao Kuo arrived, the generals did not allow the soldiers to talk about their hometown.
He was afraid that this would affect the morale of the army, but Zhao Kuo didn't think so. Isn't it that they are fighting the Qin people here just to prevent their hometown from being devastated? Why are they still not allowed to mention it?
The soldiers trusted Ma Fujun very much, and they felt that Ma Fujun would definitely take them home.
However, they did not expect that the seemingly unattainable idea would actually be realized in advance.
This day is definitely an unforgettable day for the soldiers of Zhao State. The soldiers cheered excitedly and were in high spirits. Even those who stayed behind looked at their father and brother with excitement.
I bid them farewell and warned them that they were also very happy. They no longer had to worry about their mother, wife, and son being bullied. After all, there was a man in the family again, and everything would slowly get better.
The excitement and excitement of the Zhao people were uncontrollable. On this day, even when they were scolding Qin on the other side of Danshui, their voices were much louder than usual, which made the Qin people confused. Zhao Kuo did not delay
At that time, the soldiers had to go back to farming as soon as possible. This matter could not be delayed any longer. He assigned all his retainers to investigate and verify, and sent farewells to each place in the Zhao Kingdom in turn.
When the soldiers were leaving, their eyes filled with tears when they saw Ma Fujun coming to see him off. They kowtowed in the direction of Ma Fujun again and again, and left one by one. The more Xinling Lord looked at him, the more surprised he was. These soldiers of Zhao State were simply killing Zhao Kuo.
They regarded them as gods and only had fanatical worship in their eyes, not only for the soldiers but also for the generals, except for Lian Po. Wei Wuji had no doubt that they would carry out any order of Zhao Kuo.
This is true even if he doesn't have the Tiger Talisman in his hand.
Wei Wuji felt very incredible. He had a high reputation in Wei State, but without the Tiger Talisman, the soldiers would not obey his orders at all. The soldiers respected him enough, but they definitely did not have such fanaticism, let alone the generals.
, Nowadays, many generals of the Wei State are urging themselves, hoping to return to the Wei State as soon as possible. They are very dissatisfied with themselves and gain the respect of others. Wei Wuji has a good way, but he does not understand why Zhao Kuo can
Make it this far!
This melancholy famous general stood on his military chariot to bid farewell to every departing soldier.
He would bless them, exhort them, and tell them to work hard.
When the soldiers were leaving, they would look back at Ma Fujun after taking two steps, their eyes full of reluctance.
Some soldiers would run up and clean the stones around the military chariot with their hands, chanting: "Stones, stones, please don't trip our beloved Ma Fujun."
Zhao Kuo smiled, and the sorrow in his eyebrows seemed to dissipate a lot. When the soldiers left one by one, Zhao Kuo finally laughed. Wei Wuji had never seen him look so happy. Wei Wuji stood beside him.
, looking at the soldiers disappearing from sight, asked: "You were never so happy when you defeated Bai Qi. How can you be so happy now when you are seeing off the soldiers?"
Zhao Kuo smiled and said: "Being able to take these people home is my biggest wish when I go on the expedition."
"Most of my wishes have come true."
Wei Wuji was stunned and looked at Zhao Kuo beside him carefully. Wei Wuji seemed to understand why the soldiers respected him so much.
Bai Qi soon learned of Zhao Jun's movements. In front of him, Zhao Kuo disbanded most of his troops. Several generals persuaded Bai Qi to take the opportunity to launch an attack, but Bai Qi did not listen. Now Zhao Kuo
It is not a good idea to cross the river at this time when people are most excited and their fighting spirit is high. Moreover, the Chu army is attacking Nanyang and wants to open a direct way into South Korea.
Although Bai Qi didn't want to admit it, he still lost this battle.
Qin's goal was to capture Shangdang at first, but when Qin gathered a large number of troops on Shangdang and made Bai Qi its general, the goal was not Shangdang. He wanted to destroy Zhao. But now
, Bai Qi's soldiers suffered a huge defeat and were unable to regain their strength in a short period of time and launch another attack, and Bai Qi's troops were not enough to destroy Zhao.
The strategic goal could not be achieved, and Bai Qi failed. Even though the Zhao people paid a very heavy price, the entire Handan County was almost slaughtered, and they paid far heavier casualties than the Qin people. After the two sides fought, the most likely outcome was the death of soldiers.
Instead, it is not the battlefield, but the wounded soldiers after the battle. The Qin State has supporting doctors who can treat the wounded soldiers, but on the Zhao State's side, the injured soldiers have almost no way to survive.
Even the slightest scratch could kill them.
This is the crushing brought about by the system.
But the fact is this. No matter how many Zhao people Bai Qi killed, he could not destroy the Zhao country. This was his disastrous defeat.
Bai Qi cannot be satisfied just by being in the party.
However, although Bai Qi did not press heavily, he still made several tentative attacks. Sure enough, just as Bai Qi thought, the soldiers Zhao Kuo left behind had no worries anymore, their fighting power was amazing, and they easily attacked
After repelling the Qin attack, Bai Qi even wanted to counterattack. Unable to attack on a large scale, Bai Qi could only continue to confront Zhao Kuo and wait for Wang Ling from Xianyang.
Qin State, Xianyang.
In the courtyard, there was a violent splash of water. After a long time, Fan Ju walked out of the courtyard wet. He was red all over. He put on his clothes, got on the carriage and rushed to the palace. Sitting in the carriage, Fan Ju frowned.
Frowning and almost biting his teeth into pieces, Zhao Kuo actually repelled Bai Qi's attack. How is this possible? Could all of this be part of Zhao Kuo's plan?
He deliberately pretended to be incompetent just so that he could foolishly praise a great enemy??
The more Fan Ju thought about it, the more uncontrollable the anger in his heart became.
King Qin was very calm. The old King of Qin was sitting on his knees, looking through the letters sent by Bai Qi. There was no trace of anger at all. Fan Ju walked up to him, immediately bowed down and bowed, lowered his head and said: "Please punish me severely, your Majesty."
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"What's your crime?" King Qin looked at him in surprise.
"I shouldn't have let Zhao Kuo succeed Lian Po."
"No, none of us have seen that Zhao Kuo has such a talent. I agreed to your suggestion at the beginning. This is not your fault."
"My reinforcements didn't work."
"No, your arrangements in the State of Zhao made King Zhao very dissatisfied with Zhao Kuo's behavior of violating the king's order. Your arrangements in the State of Wei made the King of Wei believe that Wei Wuji had the intention to rebel, and recruited soldiers in the name of support.
You have made plans to deal with Wei Wuji, but your arrangements in Chu State have made it impossible for the Chu army to obtain supplies of food and grass, making it difficult for them to move forward. How can you say that your strategy did not work?"
Fan Ju slowly raised his head and looked at King Qin, somewhat unsure of what to say.
King Qin suddenly frowned, threw the bamboo slips in front of Fan Ju, and said angrily: "Your crime is that after Zhao Kuo disrupted your plans several times, you made a hasty decision out of anger.
!Your crime is that you have not thought highly of your enemy until now! Even if he defeated Bai Qi, you still did not think highly of him! Your crime is that after the defeat, you did not come up with a suitable strategy, but instead came to me to ask for treatment.
sin!"
Fan Ju gritted his teeth and suddenly stretched his hand to his waist and grasped the hilt of the sword.
He was the only minister who could come to see the King of Qin with a sword. The King of Qin looked at his hand, sighed, shook his head and said: "Who would have thought that a mere child of the Zhao Kingdom could force to death the most beloved person of the people?"
The confidant..." Fan Ju slowly put down his hand and raised his head. His eyes were bloodshot, making him look extremely ferocious. He said: "Your Majesty, I have a plan to defeat all the countries for you!
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King Qin looked at him without saying a word.
Fan Ju just looked at King Qin like this. After a long time, Fan Ju just calmed down, exhaled, looked at King Qin calmly, and said: "Your Majesty, I have a plan." King Qin then laughed, stood up hurriedly, and walked away.
When he arrived at Fan Ju's side, he grabbed his hand and pulled him enthusiastically in front of him. Then he asked him to sit down and asked him about countermeasures. Fan Ju was full of confidence and no longer looked as angry as before.
He said seriously: "Nowadays, among the countries, South Korea is not a concern. It is a small country with few people. As long as the king sends an elite army, South Korea can be destroyed. However, judging from the rescue of Zhao by the countries, if Qin insists on
If Korea is destroyed, other princes will join forces to conquer it. Therefore, I ask you, the king, to send an envoy to Korea and ask the king of Korea to surrender to Qin and not destroy his country."
"When Qin is not afraid of the alliance of other countries, it can quickly destroy South Korea."
King Qin smiled and nodded.
Fan Ju added: "In the Wei Kingdom, the people who need to worry most are Longyang Lord and Xinling Lord. However, now that Xinling Lord has violated King Wei's decision, he does not dare to go back. As for Longyang Lord, he only needs someone
If he keeps sending people to publicize his close relationship with Wei Wuji, the King of Wei will definitely hate him."
"The State of Zhao is the great enemy of the State of Qin. There are Yu Qing, Zhao Kuo, Lian Po and others. Yu Qing is not favored by King Zhao. Zhao Kuo has done too much and has too high a reputation. Lian Po does not know how to govern..."
On this day, Fan Ju once again analyzed the current situation in detail for King Qin. He believed that the war with Zhao could be ended. Qin had gained Shangdang and severely damaged Zhao and Wei, especially Zhao.
The country suffered a very serious loss of national power, and the only general that Wei could use was killed in the battle. In fact, Qin still took a lot of advantage, and the most gratifying thing is that it can reduce Bai Qi's
A title.
It is possible to use titles and food as compensation.
Originally, there were two tigers fighting each other. The one who failed would die, and the one who won would die.
But now, those who win will not die, and those who fail will not have to die again.
When King Qin heard Fan Ju's words, he couldn't help laughing. He was not a mediocre monarch. He was also very reluctant to get rid of a general like Bai Qi. Now that he is better, he can be kept. No.
Thinking that it was Zhao Kuo who saved his life.
Fan Ju believed that the war should end now, but it could not end like this. He wanted to have peace talks with King Zhao and let King Zhao agree to return Shangdang to Qin. As for why he did this, Fan Ju hoped to delay Zhao Kuo's soldiers for a while.
, so that they cannot go back to farming immediately. In addition, it is a strategy to attack people's hearts. Of course, it is also indispensable to use a strategy of alienation. When Fan Ju does something, he must get more results.
The conspiracy between the two of them in the palace was not known to anyone else.
At this time, two people rode horses and came to Xianyang. Surprisingly, there was no interrogation by soldiers when entering Xianyang, because to reach Xianyang, you need to go through more than ten interrogations, so here, there is no
The exhausted Ying Yiren sat on his horse, which was very tired and had its head lowered. Lu Buwei, who was beside him, was not much better.
After a long journey, the two finally arrived in Xianyang. If they had not been helped by Qin people along the way, they would not have been able to reach Xianyang alive.
Seeing the soldiers pushing wheelbarrows passing by, Ying Yiren smiled and said: "Sir, it seems that the wheelbarrows you reported have been manufactured on a large scale." Lu Buwei nodded. They had gone to the horse service.
When visiting Zhao Kuo's mother, Lu Buwei saw this strange cart. At that time, a blind man who couldn't see anything was pushing the cart back and forth on the most uneven place outside the horse suit.
Lu Buwei was very curious, so he went to ask. The blind man told Lu Buwei that this was what Ma Fujun asked him to do. It can drive on various terrains and facilitate transportation.
As a result, Lu Buwei got everything he wanted from this unsuspecting blind man, and then naturally, the report about the wheelbarrow came to Xianyang through internal agents from various places.
Lu Buwei originally wanted to pass the credit to Ying Yiren, but Ying Yiren did not ask for it, and instead reported it truthfully.
Ying Yiren rubbed his eyes, looked at Lu Buwei beside him, and said, "Sir, please go to the inn to rest. I'm going to visit my mother."
Of course Lu Buwei knew who the mother Ying Yiren was talking about. He hesitated for a moment and then asked: "Why don't you go take a bath first and get ready before meeting her. I'm afraid she will think you are disrespectful if you look like this."
She." Ying Yiren smiled and said, "You don't know my mother. Not only will she not be unhappy, but she will also reward me." Lu Buwei didn't want to say anything else, so he took the first step and left.
However, Ying Yiren dragged his exhausted body to the palace and told the warrior that he wanted to see his mother, Mrs. Huayang.
The samurai did not recognize him. They checked him repeatedly and confirmed his identity. They just put on a respectful look. Just because his identity was different from other young masters, a samurai quickly went in to report. Ying Yiren was standing at the door.
Chatting cordially with the warrior, the warrior was flattered, and the person who went in to report quickly came out and took Ying Yiren into the palace.
"Mother!" When he saw Mrs. Huayang for the first time, Ying Yiren bowed his head respectfully and bowed to see her. But Mrs. Huayang was a little moved by his title and hurriedly stepped forward.
He helped him up, looked at his tired appearance, and said with some distress: "You just came back? Why don't you rest for a few days and come to see me again?"
"I am in the Kingdom of Zhao. I miss you and your father very much. I just returned to Xianyang and I can't wait to come to see you. Please don't blame...me..." Ying Yiren looked at his somewhat damaged body bitterly.
Mrs. Huayang's eyes turned red and she said, "Don't say that. I'm very happy that you can come to see me as soon as possible. Come and sit down."
The two sat down, and Ying Yiren greeted his mother respectfully, and told some anecdotes about what he saw along the way. He was neither humble nor overbearing, and his words were funny. Mrs. Huayang immediately fell in love with her son. He was indeed a talented person, and he was very close to her.
The other young masters are different, Ying Yiren said, and took out his own gift and gave it to Mrs. Huayang. His gift was still the clothes of the Chu Kingdom.
"You don't know, I am in the Kingdom of Zhao, and because I claim to be the son of the Chu people every day, they all call me Zi Chu."
