In the palace of Handan, King Zhao's face was extremely heavy, and the ministers sat on both sides of him, and everyone did not speak.

"Jun Yu, I don't know how many soldiers the widow can use at present?"

"Recruitment has begun in various places, and 20,000 soldiers have been recruited." , Yu Qing replied. King Zhao nodded in a trance, and then, he looked at Lin Wujun, Lin Wujun was a little embarrassed by him, and said helplessly: "Shangjun, Yan Guo has come from afar, and the soldiers are tired, if you can give me 10,000 elite soldiers, I can defeat Yan Guo and capture the chestnut belly, but the 20,000 soldiers you gathered are all weak old men, and there are children who have not yet grown... They couldn't draw their bows, they couldn't even walk. ”

"And you don't have enough armor, shields, ge, and swords for 20,000 men, they just carry their own short swords, they wear thin clothes, and you don't even have food to feed them, they have to bring their own food to fight, how can I command them?" , Lin Wujun said excitedly: "You have gathered 10,000 for me... No, five thousand young men, equip them with weapons, distribute military rations, and I will immediately command them into battle. ”

King Zhao was silent for a moment before asking, "Didn't you tell the widow yesterday that the most important thing in the war is the commander?" You are a man who can observe astronomy and arrange your soldiers on favorable terrain, and Chestnut does not know how to fight, so why are you worried that you can't defeat him? ”

Lin Wujun almost pulled off his beard, his eyes widened, and he said: "Even so, it is impossible to take 20,000 old, weak, sick and disabled people who have nothing to defeat the 100,000 soldiers of Yan State, they still have 2,000 chariots, and Zhao Guo doesn't even have one!" How can this be fought?? You just let Bai Qi, General Lian Po, and Ma Fuzi come as my deputies to fight together, and there is no way to win! ”

"Alas...", King Zhao sighed, looked at the ministers, and asked: "The widow has heard that those who are ministers should share his sorrows for the monarch, is there no one in the second and third sons who are willing to fight?" As soon as he finished speaking, Xu Li, who was sitting below, stood up and said seriously: "Shangjun, you don't have to worry, there are still 20,000 elite soldiers in Handan, they can fight, please transfer people from them, I can fight." ”

"These soldiers are guarding the palace, how can they go on the march?!" , King Zhao said angrily. He realized the strange eyes of everyone, and hurriedly said: "The widow is not afraid, it's just that the widow heard that the soldiers of the Yan State are divided into two routes, if the defenders of the palace are sent out, one of the troops of the Yan Kingdom will entangle the defenders, and the other will go straight to Handan, then the Zhao State will not be in danger of perdition?" ”

Xu Li was silent for a moment before he said, "Then please let me command the 20,000 soldiers recruited, and I am willing to lead them into battle." ”

"Alas...", King Zhao sighed again.

Suddenly there was a warrior's cry outside the palace, and there was a commotion, King Zhao was shocked, and hurriedly stood up, at this time, he saw Zhao Kuo angrily breaking into the palace, several warriors surrounded him, wanting to stop, but he didn't dare to stretch out his hand, seeing that the person who came was Zhao Kuo, King Zhao was very happy, he hurriedly walked in front of Zhao Kuo from the top position, and severely scolded those warriors.

"Ma Fuzi is a sage of Zhao State, how can the second and third sons stop such a person? From now on, when Ma Fuzi wants to come to see the widow, no one can stop him! Hearing King Zhao's order, the warriors lowered their heads and hurriedly agreed, and King Zhao kindly pulled Zhao Kuo and let him sit in the front position among the ministers, Lou Chang's eyelids jumped, and he did not speak.

"What's the matter with Mafuko coming here?"

"I really don't understand, why are you recruiting those old men, they go to Changping, it won't do any good for the war, only harm." , Zhao Kuo said with some anger, King Zhao was stunned for a moment, and said with a wry smile: "The widow didn't send them to Changping... It seems that you don't know that the Yan Kingdom has invaded, and has already captured Wusui, Quyang and other places, and is coming towards Handan... The widows must gather an army to repel the Yan Kingdom. ”

Zhao Kuo was stunned and slowly sat down in his seat. At this critical juncture, the Yan Kingdom actually invaded? But he didn't remember what the Battle of Changping had to do with Yan Kingdom, was this the change caused by his arrival? Zhao Kuo was stunned, not knowing what he was thinking.

Lin Wujun opened his mouth and said, "It's better to send an army from Changping to meet the Yan Kingdom." ”

Zhao Kuo shook his head and said: "The Qin people will definitely not let go of this opportunity, presumably they must have spread a lot of news about the invasion of the Yan State in Changping, General Lian Po can stabilize the situation, and the soldiers all believe him, but if Handan transfers troops from Changping, it proves that the news of the Qin people is true, and it will greatly shake the morale of the army, if the Qin people take the opportunity to attack, how can General Lian Po stop it?" ”

Lin Wujun asked again: "Why don't you ask Qi for help?" ”

"They have already captured Quyang, at their current speed, at most, they will be under the city in a month, not to mention whether the Qi people will send reinforcements, that is, if they send reinforcements, will it be too late?" , Yu Qing also shook his head and said.

The ministers fell silent again, and so did King Zhao, who pondered for a moment and said, "The widow is still from Changping...."

"Not necessarily."

Zhao Kuo stood up, the young general's face was full of determination, without the slightest hesitation, he opened his mouth and said:

"I'm willing to fight and repel the Yan people."

"Good!" King Zhao clapped his hands excitedly, his face turned red, and he said: "There is a horse to command the 20,000 army, what else do the widows need to fear?" Invite the second and third sons to prepare a banquet, and the widow will invite Ma Fuzi! Zhao Kuo shook his head and said: "The war is critical, I still want to know more about the war, as for the banquet, it is better to wait until I defeat the Yan people, and then invite Shangjun to reward the army." ”

"Good! Good! King Zhao said, looking at the imperial history on the side, and hurriedly said: "Don't write it down quickly!" Yushi was stunned for a moment, then lowered his head and hurriedly wrote.

Zhao Kuo looked at Yu Qing and asked, "What is the situation in Yan Kingdom?" ”

"Yan Guo is chestnut belly, Qing Qin is the commander, I heard that there are 100,000 soldiers, 2,000 chariots, now chestnut belly should be attacking Quancheng, Qing Qin is attacking Jiumen City, but I don't know if they have captured it." , Yu Qing replied seriously.

Zhao Kuo was stunned for a moment, frowned and said: "War, the most important thing is these news, only by knowing the reality of the other party can we achieve victory, please send more people to investigate the enemy's situation, contact me at any time, be sure to grasp the information about the enemy, this matter is very important!" Yu Qing was a little stunned, it stands to reason that he is a fake appearance of Zhao State, except for Tian Dan and King Zhao, no one is qualified to give him an order like this.

But for a while, he didn't know why, he couldn't help but say, "I will follow your orders." ”

"What about the current situation of Zhao Guo?"

"We have recruited 20,000 soldiers, and there is not much grain in the capital, so we can only give you 50,000 stone millet."

"This?" , Zhao Kuo was a little speechless, he clenched his fists and said, "Okay, I need a map." ”

King Zhao was very happy, he seemed to have decided that Zhao Kuo had won, Lou Chang and several other ministers were congratulating him, as if the Yan people had left, Lin Wujun wiped the sweat on his forehead, his face was a little happy, Xu Li looked at Zhao Kuo quietly, and stopped talking. Zhao Kuo looked at the front with a calm face, however, he was cold, his hands and feet were stiff, and he found that he couldn't control himself anymore.

He wants to lead 20,000 soldiers to face 100,000 Yan State soldiers, these 20,000 soldiers are all old men like Pinggong, and there may be twelve or thirteen-year-old children, he is very afraid. He was afraid that he would die there, he was afraid that he would take these people to die, and he was even more afraid that the Yan people would drive straight into Changping and besiege Changping with the Qin people, hundreds of thousands of soldiers would be killed, and millions of innocent people who trusted him and loved him would lose everything they had.

He was terrified, and he didn't know how he got out of the city, let alone when he returned to Mafu.

Sitting in the room blankly, he saw his mother, Zhao's mother learned from Ge's mouth that Zhao Kuo was about to fight, the doormen in the courtyard cheered, they couldn't wait to meet the enemy with Ma Fuzi, and made meritorious deeds, sitting indoors, you could hear the laughter of those guests, Zhao Kuo just sat blankly in the corner of the room, closed the door, shrunk into a ball, and trembled all over.

"Bracket...", Zhao Mu's eyes were red, and she sat in front of him, "You get up for me." ”

Zhao Kuo seemed to suddenly come back to his senses, looking at Zhao's mother in front of him, he suddenly hugged Zhao's mother, gritted his teeth tightly, but tears kept falling from his eyes, his whole body was trembling, and he hugged his mother tightly. He didn't dare to cry, he couldn't let the doormen hear his cry. He cried silently like that, and tears soaked Zhao's mother's shoulders.

Zhao Kuo burst into tears, he choked, lowered his voice, and said helplessly:

"Mother, I'm afraid."

"I'm so scared."