Zhao Kuo was not able to give an accurate answer to Yang Duanhe's question. He said: You should ask these soldiers about this question.
Zhao Kuo looked at the map. Today, he is no longer a rookie who has just arrived here. At least when planning the march route, he will no longer need help from others. However, even so, he is still a young general among the generals.
They gathered together and asked their opinions. The rescue of South Korea this time seemed easy, but Zhao Kuo did not dare to relax at all. After all, he still faced Bai Qi, a terrifying opponent.
In the previous war, relying on the help of Lian Po and Wei Wuji, as well as the Zhao people who outnumbered the opponent and fought with all their strength, Bai Qi was barely defeated, and it was not even defeated. The casualty gap between the two sides was not big, and Bai Qi was defeated.
Zhao Kuo was still the attacker at first, which already allowed Zhao Kuo to see the huge gap between himself and Bai Qi. If Bai Qi's soldiers had not stayed in Changping, and he had divided his troops to attack, I am afraid that Zhao Kuo would have been killed by him.
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In addition, if we include the Wei army that was annihilated by Bai Qi... then the Zhao-Wei coalition suffered a disastrous defeat... After all, the Wei army was defeated and completely destroyed.
Bai Qi, probably the most outstanding general of this era, is the ceiling of today's generals. After the war, Zhao Kuo collected a lot of information about Bai Qi, his achievements, and his fighting style, because he knew that sooner or later, he would still be able to fight again.
Fighting against this opponent again, if he wanted to stop him, he had to understand him. However, the more he understood him, the more frightened Zhao Kuo became. When Bai Chu was entrusted with an important task for the first time, he relied on far less resources than his opponent.
The strength of the troops was so great that they completely annihilated the opponent and killed the 240,000 troops of Han and Wei.
He attacked Chu three times and won three times, killing about 350,000 people from Chu. He attacked Wei and South Korea and killed about 200,000 to 300,000 people. He attacked Zhao and killed more than 30 people.
Wan, he captured more than 70 cities, and never failed... It cannot be said that Bai Qi relied on Qin's strong national power to be so strong, because Qin also had famous generals other than him, but these famous generals
The gains were completely incomparable to his.
It can only be said that Qin's system has created a terrible war machine, or in other words, a general who is most suitable for Qin happens to be in Qin.
Bai Qi's playing style is fast and fierce. He doesn't like confrontation. He often forces the opponent to move, then finds out the flaws, surrounds and annihilates them, and goes straight to Huanglong. His calculation ability, or logical thinking ability is very amazing. When deploying tactics
, he could figure out the opponent's next plan and make arrangements in advance. Lian Po told Zhao Kuo that in the Battle of Yique, Bai Qi fought with 100,000 troops against the 240,000 troops of Han and Wei, and he fought with less than half of the troops.
Attack and annihilate them all.
He predicted the dangers of the opponent's escape route in advance, sent troops to guard key points, and was not afraid of the enemy's deadly counterattack. What kind of confidence is this, and what kind of calculation ability is this?
Lian Po also admired his opponent very much.
Zhao Kuo was very worried, but these young generals under his command were not afraid at all. They believed that if they followed Zhao Kuo, they could capture Bai Qi alive. Zhao Bu got up and said: "Please send troops to Guguan to force Bai Qi to return."
Army, let's set up an ambush halfway..." Zhao Kuo was stunned for a long time before letting him sit down. He shook his head helplessly, and just as he was about to speak, he saw a tall general walking in.
The person coming was Lejian, and Uncle Lejian, who was standing among the surrounding students, his eyes lit up. He was about to say something, but stopped again. Lejian did not look at his son again, as if he had not noticed.
He, Zhao Kuo, stood up in a hurry and wanted to let him sit in the upper position, but Le Jian refused, so he sat next to him. Today, the Zhao State is full of talents. Li Mu is in the clouds, training his soldiers to resist the barbarians.
Sima Shang was in Yanmen, like Li Mu, while Tian Yue was training in Daijun and Lian Po was training in Handan...
Lejian's title was Shangqing, but there was no place for him to train his troops, so he was sent by King Zhao to help Zhao Kuo. King Zhao wanted him to serve as Zhao Kuo's deputy, and he was a little worried that Lejian would
If Le Jian is angry, they can each bring 10,000 elites, regardless of superior or inferior. But King Zhao did not expect that Le Jian agreed, and he agreed very quickly. He was willing to obey Zhao Kuo's order.
Zhao Kuo finally breathed a sigh of relief as he finally had a trustworthy general under his command. He then looked at Zhao Bu and did not answer his suggestion. Instead, he asked: "Why did Qin send troops to South Korea?"
, Zhao Bu was stunned and asked with some confusion: "What does this have to do with our war?"
"Of course it is related. I heard that war is a continuation of politics."
"Politics? What is politics?" Zhao Bu continued to ask, and the surrounding generals also looked at each other. Only Lejian, with a different color in his eyes, stared at Zhao Kuo attentively, while the surrounding students,
Standing on tiptoes, Yang Duanhe subconsciously felt that he should pick up the bamboo slips. Just as he was about to look for it, he saw Han Fei on the side raised his pen and stared at Zhao Kuo in front of him.
Yang Duanhe was stunned for a moment... He really deserves to be a senior brother...
Zhao Kuo thought for a moment and then said seriously: "Politics is a country's strategy and the goal a country wants to achieve. It is very complicated to say. What is the purpose of Qin's sending troops to South Korea?
Is it to avenge King Qin? Or for something else?" Zhao Kuo asked, and Lejian suddenly answered: "Their goal is Chu State."
"Yes, the purpose of their sending troops to South Korea is to disintegrate the alliance, mainly to deal with Chu State. If Chu State does not send troops to rescue, the alliance will collapse. If Chu State sends troops, then they will give Chu State a huge blow.
.So, now that the Chu State has sent troops, how will they choose to attack the Chu State?"
"Wipe out Xiang Xian's elite troops, or send troops to attack Chu's cities."
It was Lejian who answered. Zhao Kuo nodded, then looked at everyone and said: "What we have to do is to prevent Xiang Xian from being annihilated and force Qin to fail to achieve its strategic intentions. As long as we can achieve it, we will be
Victory, if we cannot achieve it, no matter how many people are killed, we will be defeated. This is war. However, I do not want to cause a large number of casualties. It is best if we can avoid fighting and let Bai Qi retreat.
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There may not be many people who can realize this, but Zhao Kuo is the only one who can sum them up and form a system. At this moment, the disciples remembered that they came to Zhao Kuo to learn the art of war.
Is this Ma Fujun's art of war? To destroy the enemy's strategy? To achieve his own strategy? They seemed to understand, but Le Jian only had approval in his eyes, nodding his head from time to time.
Soon, he and Zhao Kuo formulated a strategy for sending troops. Because of the Battle of Changping, Qin State occupied Shangdang, and Ye Wang had long been captured by Bai Qi, so Zhao State and South Korea were captured by Qin State.
Separated, there are two ways to send troops, through Shangdang and through Yewang. Le Jian suggested that it is better to rush from Shangdang to Xinzheng. Although the journey may be longer, going from here can reduce the chance of being ambushed.
, because on this road of Yewang, you will encounter Hanoi Qin people.
Shangdang has just been captured by the Qin people. Not many Qin people have migrated here yet. The troops that Shangdang commanders and lieutenants can recruit are not too many. However, Hanoi is different. There were hundreds of thousands of Qin Zhuang who followed Bai Qi in the battle.
, most of them are from Hanoi. Now they are farming in Hanoi. If Zhao Kuo leads the army to pass by them, these farmers can transform into elite Qin warriors at any time. It is impossible for these 20,000 elites to reach South Korea alive.
Already.
The road to Shangdang is not smooth, but Yewang is a plain. On the plain, if the Qin chariots are dispatched... even harassment can make the Zhao army collapse.
Zhao Kuo seriously discussed with Le Jian how to deal with Bai Qi, and several Qin disciples standing beside them were even more embarrassed at this moment, especially Yang Duanhe. He felt that he should go out, but again
I don’t want to miss the teacher’s teachings, but I am afraid that the teacher will suspect that I have passed the marching plan to Qin. So should I pass the teacher’s marching plan back to Xian?
Before Yang Duanhe hesitated for too long, Zhao Kuo discussed the strategy of sending troops with Lejian, and then made all the troops prepare for the march.
While Yang Duanhe was still struggling, the army had already set off. This time Zhao Kuo went out, and King Zhao did not come to say goodbye. It was not that King Zhao no longer loved him, but that King Zhao was entangled by Wei Wuji. Previously,
Wei Wuji finally decided to implement the local official system issues mentioned by Zhao Kuo, as well as the provincial governor's supervision system. After thinking about it for a long time, Wei Wuji finally decided to implement it. If it succeeded, it would be Ma Fujun's credit. If it failed, it would be a villain like himself who hindered it.
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What's more, if such a supervision system is to be implemented, many people will be offended. Just the hatred looked at him by the ministers and nobles now made Wei Wuji make up his mind and never let Zhao Kuo participate in these things. He
It is inappropriate and should not stand on top of such filth. King Zhao helplessly listened to Wei Wuji's suggestion. He really didn't want to monitor his talents. This was an insult to the talents and would force him to do so.
Let them go?
Wei Wuji was very determined. He said: "If your Majesty wants to accept talents, it is inevitable that there will be villains among the talents to fool the king. Han Fei, a disciple of Ma Fujun, once told me a story. He said: King Xuan of Qi likes
Listening to Yu, more than 300 people were invited to play for him. Mr. Nanguo asked to play for him. King Xuan was very happy. This gentleman was mixed among hundreds of people and received a reward. After King Xuan died, King Min liked to listen to the solo.
, sir, he ran away because he was afraid of being exposed."
"Nowadays, there are many talented people in the State of Zhao. The music that your Majesty hears is also played by those who can play. But among them, there are inevitably people like Mr. Nan Guo. Do you want to allow such people to hang around?
In the State of Zhao? What he has to do is not to play, but to govern the place. If such a person comes to govern the place, how can the State of Zhao become strong? A person who sincerely plays, seeing such a villain being caught,
They will be happy and not angry."
After listening to Wei Wuji's persuasion, King Zhao hesitated for a long time and finally agreed to Wei Wuji. However, he still wanted Wei Wuji to promise that he would not deal with officials at will without going through him, and that the supervisors could not openly interrogate those talented people.
He wanted to pay more attention to their political achievements so that he could host a banquet to entertain them. Wei Wuji agreed to these requests of King Zhao. When the two of them discussed the matter, King Zhao hurriedly walked out of the palace.
However, it was too late, Ma Fujun had already left.
King Zhao looked at Wei Wuji who came out and wanted to scold him. After hesitating for a moment, he walked back to the palace angrily.
Wei Wuji smiled casually, then got on the carriage, took a sip of wine, and said, "Go home." The carriage drove slowly toward the courtyard. There were many diners around. When he met these people,
The common people on the road are avoiding Wei Wuji one after another, just because of Wei Wuji's bad reputation. Common people who have not read books do not know who is right and who is wrong. However, as long as the noble disciples tell some rumors about Wei Wuji, they will soon know.
accepted by these people.
Of course, this also depends on the person. Wei Wuji is from Wei, and the people don't know much about him. If someone maliciously insults Ma Fujun like this, he will probably be arrested and sent to prison by the people. And those who are eager to become friends with Ma Fujun
Officials would not easily let go of evildoers who spread such rumors. Wei Wuji didn't care about these hostile or fearful looks. He just drank his wine comfortably and thought about the implementation of the policy.
"Bang~~", the carriage suddenly made a strange noise. The driver was startled and hurriedly tried to rein in the horse. At this moment, the wheel on the left side of the carriage broke instantly, the carriage rolled over, and Wei Wuji also fell down.
Several diners rushed over in a hurry. Pedestrians on the road shouted and gathered around. The diners anxiously lifted the carriage and dragged out Wei Wuji who was pinned down by the carriage. Wei Wuji looked like his whole body was still shaking.
, his face is also a little pale.
The driver stood in front of him uneasily, picked up the dagger and was about to commit suicide. Wei Wuji hurriedly persuaded him and ordered him to check the carriage. The driver stopped and carefully checked every part of the carriage.
Then he angrily said to Wei Wuji: "Master, someone sabotaged the carriage! They want to kill you!!" Wei Wuji asked for a drink from the guest, took a sip, shook his head, and returned with everyone.
Mansion.
Wei Wuji returned to the courtyard, and did not mention the carriage. He just smiled and drank wine with the guests, as if he had forgotten all the things that had just happened. In the dead of night, a carriage drove into Wei Wuji's courtyard, and the people on the carriage secretly
He walked down and looked around. Under the leadership of Hou Ying, he walked into the inner room. Wei Wuji had already set up a banquet and was waiting for him. The man walked into the inner room and only then could he see his face clearly.
This person is Zhao Hui, the censor of the State of Zhao.
"Censor..."
"Mr. Xinling!" Zhao Hui smiled and hurriedly bowed to Wei Wuji. Wei Wuji asked him to sit in front of him. The two of them chatted as if they were old friends. After talking for a long time, Wei Wuji just took out the
A treasure box was placed in front of him. Inside the box was an exquisite jade. Zhao Hui picked up the jade and looked a little embarrassed and said, "You just have to tell me something. Why do you need to give me a gift?"
Wei Wuji laughed and said, "You have helped me a lot since I arrived in Zhao. This is just my gratitude to my friend. Please accept it."
Zhao Hui then accepted the treasure and asked: "You suddenly called me here. Is there something important?"
"Today, someone deliberately damaged my carriage and wanted my life..."
"What? There is such a traitor?!" Zhao Hui stood up angrily, bowed to Wei Wuji, and then said: "Please rest assured... I will definitely find this person within three days.
", Wei Wuji didn't speak, just smiled. The two chatted for a long time, and then Zhao Hui returned. Wei Wuji also gave other gifts and asked Zhao Hui to give these gifts to other friends, and Zhao Hui agreed.
After sending Zhao Hui away, Wei Wuji narrowed his eyes and smiled.
Compared with an upright person like Yu Qing, he prefers a money-hungry villain like Zhao Hui. After all, villains can be bribed, and Wei Wuji has never been short of money.