The knights pulled the reins tightly, looking at the Yan country's rout in the distance, and the horses kept their heads down and paced back and forth. The people of Yan finally saw their hometown, with tears in their eyes, and couldn't help but speed up their pace, running towards the territory of Yan Kingdom, Zhao Fu rode a horse, galloping back and forth in front of them, he shouted: "Ma Fuzi is benevolent and righteous, forgive your mistakes!" But if the second and third sons dare to invade my Zhao Kingdom again, they will not be forgiven by Ma Fuzi again!! Remember!! ”

The Yan people did not speak, the moment they rushed into the land of Yan Kingdom, they finally couldn't help kneeling on the ground, putting their foreheads against this land, and some people lay directly on this cold land, deducting the soil to smear their faces, Yan Country is very cold, especially at this moment, most areas of Yan Country have snowed, but the hearts of Yan people are still warm, they finally arrived home, alive to get home.

They had never heard of a general who would release his captives and forgive his enemies, and that defeated armies would often die tragically at the hands of the enemy, even if they surrendered. Because of the military merit system, the Qin State generally did not like to capture the enemy, and the generals of the rest of the princes were all nobles, and they needed to prove their bravery and use the enemy's head to obtain the reward of the king, so they would not let the prisoners go.

Only by standing on the land of their own country did these Yan people wake up, and their feet seemed to really hit the ground. Zhao Fu just looked at them coldly, he still thought that the general was not doing right, if he didn't kill these Yan people this time, the king of Yan would sooner or later recruit them and crusade against Zhao again, the war would be endless, and the war could only end if all the men in Yan were killed.

The soldiers of the Yan State who were able to survive faced the direction of Zhao Guo, lowered their heads, and chanted words in their mouths. Occasionally, a few soldiers raised their hands and strode up and jumped around, the strange tone made the knights of Zhao Kingdom a little afraid, they couldn't understand what Yan was saying, and some knights came to Zhao Fu uneasily, and asked, "What kind of witchcraft are they doing?" Do we need to prepare some mulberries? ”

Zhao Fu was very calm, he shook his head, and said, "They are praying for Ma Fuzi.... It's okay, just go back. ”

.......

Since the reinforcements arrived, Zhao Kuo left Lou Chang by his side, saying that he wanted to ask for advice and not let him leave his side, even Xu Li did not have such treatment, Xu Li took the knights to go around to find out if there were still Yan people's routs, and there was no chance to stay by Zhao Kuo's side.

Ge said to the left and right: Ma Fuzi should ask Lou Chang for advice, Ma Fuzi has made such a military exploit, and the reward he gets is not as good as a few words of flattery from Lou Chang, if he doesn't ask him for some knowledge on how to flatter the king, how can Ma Fuzi invite rewards for the kings?

Lou Chang naturally knew in his heart why Zhao Kuo wanted to keep him by his side, but he was not angry or angry, he was extremely respectful to Ma Fuzi, and treated Ma Fuzi with a humble attitude. Zhao Kuo sat in the inner room, holding a bamboo slip, but he was waiting for news from Zhao Fu and Xu Li, while Lou Chang was sitting beside him, looking at Zhao Kuo, with a fake smile on his face. Zhao Kuo put down the bamboo slip and looked at Lou Chang with a smile.

"I remember Lou Jun's middle father, who was an official in Qin?"

"The middle father is a good friend of Pang Gong and once served the King of Martial Spirits. In order to ease the relationship between Qin and Zhao, King Wuling sent his middle father to Qin State, and his middle father served as the minister of state in Qin State, so that Qin Zhao was like a brother during that period of time, and there was no war. Lou Chang said proudly.

Zhao Kuo continued: "Your middle father is indeed a talented person, I heard that he has offered a lot of useful strategies for the Qin State, and the Zhao State wants to let him come back, but he refuses, so the hatred liquid enters the Qin Dynasty and says that the King of Qin deposes him from the phase and takes Wei Ran as the phase. Since then, many of Qin's strategies against Zhao seem to have been proposed by your middle father. As a Zhao person, but helping the enemy to damage his own country, what kind of person do you think your middle father is? ”

Lou Chang laughed, he shook his head, and said, "I think the middle father is a talented sage. Qin Xiang Fan Ju is a Wei person, Yan Xiang is a Qi person, and Zhao Xiangtian is a Qi person... Birds choose wood, how can wood choose birds? Like the soldiers, if you don't follow someone like you who regards them as a confidant, do you still want to follow a villain like me? Isn't it the same with those who are courtiers? ”

Zhao Kuo didn't speak, in this period, it is generally to serve the individual, not to serve the country, under the feudal system, from top to bottom, there are their own feudal monarchs at all levels, and all everyone has to do is to find a feudal monarch who can reuse himself and treat himself with courtesy. Of course, this kind of thinking seems to be gradually changing, after all, the local areas are now counties, directly under the rule of the king, and the feudal system has collapsed.

In the past, there were smaller vassal states in the vassal country, you may live in the Jin country, eating corn and singing Tang Feng, and suddenly a doctor sealed a city with you, you changed your nationality, and the doctor sealed a certain scholar again, then you had to continue to change, so this concept of serving the king instead of the state was formed. At this time, the feudal monarch, like Ma Fuzi, did not have the power of administration and re-division, and of course did not have his own feudal state.

Lou Chang saw that Zhao Kuo didn't answer, and said, "I know your talent, and you haven't accepted a favor worthy of your merits, why don't you find a suitable tree to perch on?" ”

Zhao Kuo glanced at him deeply and said, "I have never fought for one person, I am for millions of people. ”

Lou Chang was silent for a moment, and then said: "Actually, I have followed my middle father since I was a child and learned a lot of principles of governing the country...", suddenly, he stopped, smiled bitterly, shook his head, and said to Zhao Kuo seriously: "My middle father, he asked me about your situation some time ago, the King of Qin knows your reputation and is very jealous of you, you better be careful, there are many Qin spies in Zhao State, I am worried that they will murder you." ”

"Thank you for the reminder. I would also like to remind you of one thing, I have heard that no one can tell the difference between the bird and the bird's nest in the forest, and only when they spread their wings and soar into the sky, can the bird leap into the sky. Because the dense forest hides its own figure, it is okay to cut down the forest that inhabits it, and kill the finches that will join the army? ”

Lou Chang just smirked and said no more.

A soldier came to tell him that Zhao Fu had rushed outside the city, and Zhao Kuo said goodbye to Lou Chang and left the inner room.

Lou Changmu saw Zhao Kuo leave, and then muttered: "If you haven't had the opportunity to spread your wings, even if you cut down the perch, what's wrong?" When the perch falls, all the finches and birds have to spread their wings and fly high, and those who can't fly can only be killed by falling to death. ”

Zhao Fu came back, he brought good news, the soldiers of Yan State have been sent back to the territory of Yan State by him, which also means that this war is over, as long as King Yan has not gone crazy, he will not start a war in winter, not to mention that these soldiers who have just failed have completely lost their combat effectiveness, if Yan Wang organizes another attack, I am afraid that the moment they see Zhao Kuo's banner, the whole army will be defeated, and maybe there will be another plot to kill the general and ask for surrender.

The news of the end of the war swept through the whole of Bairen.

The people shouted Ma Fuzi, ecstatic, and the soldiers were also wiping their tears and hugging each other, they didn't think they could survive at all, after all, their enemies were too many, and they were just a group of old and weak people who were temporarily recruited, but they didn't expect that Ma Fuzi was relying on such an old and weak army, which completely wiped out the army of the Yan people, and Yan Xiang died in the belly, which was the biggest blow to the Yan country.

The city was boiling, Dong Chengzi brought many old people from Bairen to thank Zhao Kuo, but Zhao Fu helplessly told them that Ma Fuzi was not in the city.

In the dense forest outside Songzi City, Zhao Kuo knelt on the ground, holding the bad wine given by King Zhao, he didn't know how to drink, and after seeing what happened to the people, he was even more resistant to drinking, but at this moment, he was pouring wine into his mouth, and in front of him, there were many graves.

"I'm going back... I'm sorry, but I wasn't able to bring my second and third sons back with me. ”

"I will take good care of your parents and raise your children, please rest assured."

"I've killed Chestnut, and I wanted to hang his head here, but I'm afraid I'll attract wild beasts and defile your resting place."

"I'm sorry.... I'm so sorry. ”

Zhao Kuo raised his head again, and a tear stain crossed his face.