Chapter 21: You Are a Villain
Before Zhao Kuo could speak, Li Mu on the side hurriedly said: "When Zhao Guo was in the most crisis, Ma Fuzi and I came to visit you to ask you about the knowledge of defeating the enemy, you have been treated well by Zhao Guo, at this time, why can't you even let go of personal grievances?" In the face of Li Mu's questioning, Tian Dan's face became even more ugly, and he didn't even want to look at Zhao Kuo's face.
"Isn't it his father who is in danger now?" Tian Dan said unhappily: "In the past, I talked to him about the military of Zhao State, and I repeatedly persuaded him that the country has 30,000 elite soldiers, and thousands of cars are enough, if you ignore the household registration of the people and blindly collect a large number of troops, it will definitely cause the weakness of Zhao State, but he has to say that without 300,000 soldiers, Zhao State cannot subdue the rest of the states." ”
"Over the years, Zhao Guo has been reckless and has not paid attention to agriculture, until now, there are many soldiers, but they have no food to fill their stomachs, and there are no young people in the countryside who can farm, you don't complain about Zhao Hao, why do you come here to question me?"
Tian Dan's words were very polite, which made Li Mu even more worried, for fear that Zhao Kuo couldn't help but have some disputes with Tian Dan, but unfortunately Zhao Kuo was not angry, he could understand Tian Dan's meaning, the ratio between the soldiers and the total population of the country, this must be controlled, Tian Dan's words are not unreasonable, he didn't come here to fight with Tian Dan for these things, Zhao Kuo said calmly:
"We are not here to be held responsible, I heard that Tian Xiang used to rely on less than 10,000 troops, he was able to block the attack of Yan for several years, relying on more than 20,000 soldiers, he recovered the territory of Qi State, I came this time, I want to ask Tian Xiang for advice on how to break the Qin people, and I hope you can let go of your grievances, the Emperor of Zhao loves you, the scholars all admire you, the common people are praising your name, Zhao has never treated you badly, in this time of crisis, shouldn't you do something?"
Tian Dan's expression was a little dazed, and he muttered in a low voice: "What if you do something... They admired me even more, and the Emperor was jealous of me again... And then sell me like a cargo? ”
"Zhao people are not like Qi people." , Zhao Kuo said slowly.
This sentence hurt Tian Dan, and Tian Dan was all angry, and shouted: "Then you go to find Zhao Ren, I am a Qi person!" Zhao Kuo looked at him helplessly, not knowing how to persuade him, Tian Dan became more and more annoyed, and said: "I heard that you are familiar with the art of war left by your father, didn't your father leave you a way to defeat the Qin people?" ”
Zhao Kuo smiled, raised his head, and said arrogantly: "Of course he said, I came this time to see how the famous generals of the Qi people compare to the famous generals of the Zhao people, but now it seems that the famous generals of the Qi people are not worth mentioning." ”
Li Mu was dumbfounded, but Tian Dan was so angry that he almost jumped up.
"How dare the shaft insult me?"
Zhao Kuo said proudly: "In the art of war left by my father, it is said that if the Qin people attack and the two sides face off in Changping, they can send cavalry to continuously attack his grain road. ”
"Hehe, Zhao Hao is at such a level, he doesn't even know the terrain of Changping, the place leading to Zhao is a plain, but the place leading to Shangdang is a hill and a ravine, and the cavalry robs grain?? It is reasonable for the Qin people to do this, how can the Zhao people do it? Oh, even a fool who doesn't know how to fight would never come up with such a ridiculous plan! Tian Dan said disdainfully, Li Mu's face turned red, and he slowly lowered his head.
Zhao Kuo continued: "My father has a strategy, and he also said that when the Qin people launch an attack, they can light the enemy's heart, feint and retreat, sprinkle their baggage, and wait for the Qin people to snatch it, and then counterattack again!" ”
"Hahaha! Zhao Hao has been at war with Qin all his life, but he has even forgotten Qin Fa? Tian Dan smiled arrogantly, and Li Mu's head lowered.
"Then borrow troops from the Hu people, launch an attack on Xianyang from the territory of the Hu people, and force the Qin people to come back!"
"Zhao Hao wants to use the cavalry of the Hu people to attack the city level??"
"Then send someone to Wei, Qi, and Chu, and ask them for reinforcements!"
"The last time the Emperor sent a messenger for help, one came back, and three died."
Li Mu looked at Zhao Kuo in surprise, Zhao Kuo and Tian Dan fought continuously for more than half an hour, it was Zhao Kuo who proposed a way to repel the Qin people, and Tian Dan pointed out its absurdity and infeasible place, looking at Tian Dan talking about the Qin and Zhao wars, Li Mu looked at Zhao Kuo's eyes with more and more admiration, since Tian Dan came to Zhao State, who had ever let Tian Dan say so many words???
Zhao Kuo gradually couldn't say any strategy, but he was still unconvinced, and said disdainfully: "Even so? You just said the shortcomings of the strategy, in exchange for me, I can still say your strategy, Qi people are not remarkable, my father can still say a few strategies, and you, but you can't even say a decent strategy, your biggest merit is only to defeat a Le Yi, my father defeated the powerful Qin army back then! ”
"You deserve to tell me about my plan? Scold! Tian Dan stood up abruptly and said loudly: "Now the Zhao people are retreating again and again, the reason is because the Zhao people are not willing to fight, the Qin people are all eager to fight because of their military exploits, and what about the Zhao people?" Not to mention the military merits, Shangdang County was originally the territory of Korea, and the Qin people did not invade the Zhao State, so the Zhao people fought with the Qin people for the land of Korea, how could they have the determination to fight? ”
"Therefore, they treat the war passively, even if they are cheap, they can only retreat again and again."
"I was able to defeat the Yan people back then, relying not on strategy, but on the unity of the Qi people, the resentment of the Yan people, the love of the Qi country, if you want the Zhao people to be able to repel the Qin people, you must make the soldiers willing to fight, either promise the title of money and land after the war to motivate the morale of the army, or increase the hatred of the soldiers by telling about the tyranny of the Qin people...", Tian Dan suddenly realized that something was wrong and stopped.
"Agitation?" , Tian Dan asked with squinted eyes.
Zhao Kuo suddenly laughed, "Tian Xiang really gave a good plan...", slowly stood up, Zhao Kuo bowed his hand, and said: "I will tell General Lian Po these words of yours, thank you for your advice." ”
Tian Dan's face suddenly became ugly, and he pointed at Zhao Kuo and scolded angrily: "You are a hundred times more cunning than your father!" ”
"Tian Xiang, I want to tell you three things, the first thing, those strategies are just my personal opinion, not my father's proposal, if my father was still here, I would not put on such a humble appearance to meet you, the second thing, my father debated with you about the number of soldiers, I think he is right, if Zhao State maintains an army of 30,000 people according to your ideas, I am afraid that Zhao State will not be able to hold on to now, and it will be destroyed by the Qin people long ago."
"The third thing, I said it, please don't be angry, the king of Qi is jealous of you and sent you to Zhao State, but Zhao State has not treated you badly, Shangjun named you king, this is the treatment you have never received in Qi State, Zhao Guoshi doctors, I saw you so respectful, and I didn't sarcastically mock you because you were not Zhao people, but you were unwilling to come forward when Zhao State was so in danger, you admired you very much in the past, but today I know that you are not the hero in my mind, you are a villain."
"Farewell!" , Zhao Kuo bowed towards Tian Dan, turned around and walked out.
Li Mu hurriedly followed him and left together.
After the two left, Tian Dan's ugly face instantly calmed down, he sat down, picked up the bamboo slips on the ground, smiled slightly, and opened the bamboo slips, but the bamboo slips were a map of Changping, which recorded Changping and the surrounding terrain in detail.
When Zhao Kuo walked out of Tiandan's mansion, he only felt very happy in his heart, and took a long breath, Li Mu stood beside him, and asked with some curiosity: "How did you think of asking Tian Xiang to give a strategy through the method of agitation?" ”
Zhao Kuo turned his head, the sun shone on his face, it was very good-looking, and he said with a smile:
"A young man once told me that there is no general in the world who can win a battle and cannot observe carefully and adapt to the situation. When you implement a strategy, you naturally have to adjust it because of the changes in the other party, and that's exactly what I did. ”
"Hahaha!"
In Handan City, in front of Tianfu, two young people laughed knowingly.