"Of course, I hope that Pingyuanjun can invite reinforcements, even if he can't invite reinforcements, even if he can mobilize everyone to send some food to the soldiers of Shangdang County, it's okay." , Zhao Kuo said his thoughts, Ge sneered, shook his head, and said, "Shaojun really looks up to Pingyuan Jun. ”

Li Yu also said, "Before I came to serve you, I also went to Tobu Castle. ”

"Then why did you leave again?"

"Because he is different from you, Shaojun, you act benevolently and help others because you are kind and kind, and he helps others, and he loves because he seeks fame."

"Does that make a difference?"

"Pingyuanjun is a selfish person, Pingyuanjun killed the story of the concubine, maybe you have heard it, I left him because of this incident, he originally ignored the crippled man, but that person later found Pingyuanjun and said to him, the world's scholars came to serve you because you love the soldiers, if you don't kill her because she is your concubine, no one will pursue you anymore, how can you allow your concubine to insult a scholar?"

So, he ruthlessly killed his concubine, and at that time, the concubine was even pregnant with his child. , Li Yu said very calmly, but Zhao Kuo was creepy, looking at him in surprise, Li Yu continued: "He can do anything because of his reputation, from beginning to end, what he values is not benevolence, he once drove a carriage into civilians, and he didn't take this matter to heart." ”

Later, a doorman persuaded him that only those who treat the people well can be respected by others, so he hurriedly went to apologize to the injured people, because of this incident, his reputation in Zhao was really greater, and since then, he has treated the people with a smile on his face, and he no longer dares to be rude."

"He connived at his relatives to occupy the farmland and did not pay taxes, after Ma Fujun strictly disposed of his relatives in the past, he wanted to kill Ma Fujun again, Ma Fujun said that only if Zhao is strong, your reputation can be greater, and you will be more respected, he released Ma Fujun with a smile and recommended him as an official."

"He once took in a doorman who was good at swordsmanship, General Le Yi's son Lejian once came to Zhao to visit him, and General Lejian also had a person who was good at swordsmanship, so he had a discussion with the doorman of Pingyuanjun, and in the end, Pingyuanjun's doorman was unfortunately defeated, his hands were cut off, Pingyuanjun was furious, thinking that the doorman had lost his face, and expelled him, and did not heal him, and this person finally starved to death in Tobu City."

"He took in a lot of outlaws, covering up their crimes, he can also take in defectors, regardless of the safety of the country, that's why I will leave him, he seems to love the soldiers, but in fact he cherishes fame, seems to be benevolent, but he is careless about people's lives, seems to be worried about the country, but in fact, after the fall of the Zhao State, his position as the king of the plains does not exist."

"Shaojun, you go this time, if you only persuade him with the safety of Zhao State and the suffering of the people, he will definitely not help, the current Zhao State has not yet reached the brink of destruction, and the life or death of the soldiers naturally has nothing to do with him, unless Zhao State is about to perish, Handan is besieged by the enemy, endangering himself, he will come to help."

Li Yu's words directly shattered all Zhao Kuo's illusions about this famous Warring States prince, Zhao Kuo couldn't believe it, but what Li Yu said seemed to be right, Zhao Kuo couldn't help asking: "Then what should I do?" ”

"Please don't mention the danger of Zhao after you meet Pingyuanjun, and ask Pingyuanjun for help in your private capacity, if you ask him for state affairs, he will definitely not help, but if you ask him for private matters, whether you can do it or not, he will help. Now that you have a great reputation in Zhao Kingdom, please treat Zhao Sheng humbly for the time being, so that he will not embarrass you. ”

"He's so close to my father, is he going to be sorry for me?" , Zhao Kuo asked with some surprise.

"In the past, when I followed the Plains King, someone mentioned your reputation to his face, but he didn't say a word, but his face was very ugly." , Li Yu said a very critical thing again, Zhao Kuo originally thought that for the sake of his father's face, Zhao Sheng would definitely listen to his own thoughts, but fortunately, Li Yu reminded him, otherwise, according to his original thoughts, he would definitely not be able to convince Zhao Sheng.

When the gorgeous coat slowly fell off, revealing the inner part that made Zhao Kuo despised, Zhao Kuo was not worried, when he met Le Yi, he was very nervous, because he was facing a person who made him ashamed of himself, but now, he was not nervous, he nodded and said, "I know." ”

The pavilion on the way, the post, are the places where you can rest, Zhao Kuo has received great courtesy in these places, when you know that the person who comes is a horse suit, whether it is a post man or a passer-by who stays, they are very frightened, and hurriedly came to meet Zhao Kuo, even if the journey is a little tired, Zhao Kuo is also very gentle to meet them, from the conversation, most of these passers-by are local officials.

They are going to Handan to ask for help, there are disasters in various places, different from the past, this disaster has nothing to do with drought and locusts, but the lack of young and strong people to cultivate, so that the grain production has dropped significantly, and Handan requires them to pay more food, to be sent to the battlefield, they don't even have their own food, where is the paid food? This time, they are going to Handan to ask for exemption from paying food, and they also hope that Handan can provide relief to various places so that more people will not starve to death.

Zhao Kuo was silent, he naturally knew in his heart that they were all useless, the people who cultivated were on the front line, they needed food, and the cultivated land needed them, this was an extremely bad cycle, Handan was now vaguely unable to support it, and could only continue to collect grain from the people, how could it help the people everywhere? The reason why Zhao Kuo wanted to ask Pingyuan Jun for help was also with the idea of being able to reduce some food for the people.

"We heard that what the Qin people are most afraid of is that you will be the general of the Zhao State, why does Shangjun still not use you to defeat the Qin people?"

A townsman asked.

"Don't worry, gentlemen, the Qin people will be defeated soon, Fan Ju of the Qin State wants to be entrenched, and he also has a big complaint against Bai Qi, the general of the Qin State, with him to help us the Zhao people, the war will definitely end soon."

"If that's the case, that's great."

Since discovering that the Qin people's spies are distributed in various parts of the Zhao State, Zhao Kuo has been constantly trying to find ways to promote the close relationship between Fan Ju and the Zhao State, he vaguely remembers that Bai Qi was killed in the end because of the contradictions between him and Fan Ju, he wanted to provoke some contradictions within the Qin State, and he himself didn't know whether it was useful to do so, but it was better than doing nothing.

Dongwu City is not close to Handan, there are Li Yu and Ge on the journey, Zhao Kuo will not be too boring, these two are knowledgeable people, every time they go to a place, they can tell some information about the situation here, as well as some interesting anecdotes, Zhao Kuo listened to it with relish, at the same time, every time he went to a place, he would also climb a high ground, secretly thinking about how to deploy troops in this terrain.

.........

Shangdang County, Light Wolf City.

It used to be an important stronghold for Feng Ting against the Qin army, and after several defeats, Feng Ting had already withdrawn his army to the Changping area, and it became a bridgehead for the Qin attack, where the Qin commander, Wang Di, was stationed.

In a small courtyard in the city, a slender and elegant scribe is looking at the bamboo slips, his face is as gentle as jade, his temperament is like those scholars in the Qi country, on his right side, there is a pair of armor, on his left side, there is a row of different styles of long swords, there are several spears on the wall, he looked at the bamboo slips in his hand seriously, nodded from time to time, with a smile on his face, at this time, suddenly someone walked into the room, bowed to him, and said:

"Wu Anjun, Zhao Guo's secret report." , he slowly put the bamboo slip in his arms in front of Bai Qi.

Bai Qi picked up those bamboo slips with some surprise, and looked at them seriously, the person who came stood in front of him respectfully, not daring to disturb at all, Bai Qi looked at it for a long time, and then grinned and said: "This Zhao Kuo, there is still some meaning, this is to play a trick against me?" Let me take someone to kill Fan Ju? ”

"It's... General Bai Qi's location was originally unknown to the Zhao people, and Fan Ju was alone with the envoys of Zhao and sent his pilots to deliver news to him. Fan Ju, he didn't respect you very much, I heard that he is a person who must be revenged, maybe he really wants to collude with the Zhao people to defeat you, the general? ”

"Don't worry."

"All the day.... No one can beat me. Bai Qi smiled gently and said very humbly.