In the past three years, Zhao Kuo was responsible for coordinating the transportation of grain and grass, and he could go back and forth between Handan and the Shangdang once a month.

With this convenience, whenever Zhao Kuo went to Shangdang, he took advantage of the leisure time to hand over the grain and grass to go to various Zhao army fortresses to survey one by one, and draw the terrain of each barrier into a map. In just two years, Zhao Kuo completed the survey of all the 46 barriers in the two major defense areas of the Shangdang, and drew 46 topographic maps of the barriers.

At the same time, the Qin government and the opposition were not idle.

The three-year standoff was expected. But now three years have passed, but Lian Po's Zhao army is still as stable as Mount Tai, there is no commotion in the army with insufficient food and grass, and there is no opportunity to take advantage of the rash battle, let alone wait for the Zhao army to be more handsome.

After all, King Qin Zhao was in a hurry, so he summoned Fan Ju overnight: "The army has been facing each other for a long time, but the Zhao army has no chaos, what does the prime minister think?" ”

Fan Ju was thoughtful, but he was silent for a long time.

"What do you think?" Seeing Fan Ju like this, King Qin knew that he must have a clever plan.

"The minister has a countermeasure, and the name is made out of nothing." Fan Ju smiled leisurely.

"What does it mean to make something out of nothing?" King Qin's eyes lit up suddenly, and he stared at Fan Ju and never moved away.

"Everything in the world is born from being, and some are born from nothing. Nothing is revealed, and nothing is revealed. Something out of nothing, from the false to the true, from the virtual to the real. With Fan Ju's words, a smile gradually appeared on the corner of King Qin's mouth.

After thinking for a moment, King Qin said word by word: "The intention of the prime minister, Zhao has no intention of changing the general, so I will force it to be easy?" ”

Fan Ju smiled with relief: "The king is wise. ”

"Can you succeed?" After all, King Qin was still a little worried.

Fan Ju nodded his head and arched his hand: "The scouts have been scattered around the world, and there will be news soon." ”

The monarch and the ministers were discussing, and suddenly a secret report came. After reading the secret report, King Qin couldn't help but be overjoyed, and whispered to Fan Ju, who nodded and agreed, and left.

In the dead of night, Xianyang City was quiet, only the dim candlelight flickered in the study of Wu'an Jun's Mansion, and the figures of Bai Qi and Fan Ju were reflected in the window lattice.

In the autumn of that year, an astonishing news quickly spread among the Shandong states: Qin State Wu An Junbai got up and fell seriously ill and had left the army and returned home.

With the spread of rumors, the situation in Shandong underwent subtle changes in an instant, and various countries sent secret envoys to urge Zhao to go to war, and at the same time, in front of the Baiqi Mansion in Xianyang, the envoys of various countries who wanted to explore the reality were in an endless stream, all day long.

In the near future, King Zhao also got a secret report from the scout, and he was riddled with strange diseases, unable to speak, and his hair fell out, and his eye sockets were sunken like black holes, which was really not good. After receiving this news, Zhao Guojun's ministers couldn't help but feel a shock in their hearts, and the heavens opened their eyes, and the wicked finally had evil retribution. For a while, the government and the opposition were even more begging for war, after all, without Bai Qi, who could be the enemy of Zhao's 500,000 army?

Just when the monarchs and ministers of Zhao were triumphant, another news spread in Handan City: Qin was afraid, and only Zhao Kuo'er was the son of the horse; Lian Po is dying, why be afraid. ”

When King Zhao heard it for the first time, he just smiled and didn't take it seriously. But in just a few days, more than 20 ministers reported the news to him, and King Zhao was finally moved. Lian Po has suffered defeats over the years, and the soldiers have suffered heavy casualties, which has made King Zhao angry, but Yi Shuai is a taboo for soldiers after all, and at this critical juncture, King Zhao thought of Zhao Sheng, the king of the plains.

Without hesitation, King Zhao immediately sent someone to announce the arrival of Pingyuan Jun.

"This king heard that the market said that the Qin army was afraid of Ma Fujun, does Uncle Wang know?" Before Ping Yuanjun sat down in front of the study case, King Zhao couldn't wait to ask.

Pingyuan Jun pondered for a moment and said: "The minister has also heard of it, but he is afraid of fraud, so he does not dare to disturb my king." ”

King Zhao sighed: "That's right, but there is a reason for it, if you bury a good general, wouldn't you be a sinner in Zhao State?" ”

Pingyuan Jun then got up and said: "Since it is a rumor, the minister should deploy the investigation to hear and hear from the government and the opposition." ”

In the following days, the gate of the Plains Monarch's Mansion was closed, but at night it was brightly lit, and mysterious figures came in and out from time to time.

Ten days passed, and Pingyuan Jun entered the palace again to meet King Zhao.

"The scout reported to the party, and the rumors of Ma Fujun's father and son in the Qin army are indeed widely circulated, but there is no fear of Ma Fuzi." Pingyuan Jun looked up at King Zhao, who had no expression, and said, "Xianyang also has a secret report, and the people of Xianyang say that although Wang Yi is not as good as Bai Qi, it is more than enough to deal with Lian Po, and only Ma Fuzi is on par with him. ”

King Zhao touched his head that was a little swollen and painful, and thought about it again and again, but he didn't know how to decide. He admires Zhao Kuo very much, and his military talents are also numerous, but after all, Zhao Kuo is young and lacks combat experience, and whether he can control the 500,000 heroes of Huanghuang is bottomless in his heart. However, three years have passed, and the long-term defense has put a heavy burden on Zhao Guo's back, and it is not a way to go on like this. Now that Bai Qi is about to die, if he repeatedly makes indecisive moves and misses the opportunity, how will the confrontation between the two armies end?

King Zhao waved his hand and asked Pingyuan Jun to retreat for the time being, and at this moment, the inner servant reported that Lin Xiangru came.

So King Zhao asked Pingyuan Jun to wait on the side for a while, and smiled at Lin Xiangru, who was walking quickly: "Shangqing came in a hurry, what happened?" ”

"Handan rumors, ministers also heard about it. This must be used by the Qin State! Zhao Kuoyan is exaggerated and unavailable! ”

"Why?" King Zhao's face showed a look of displeasure.

Lin Xiangru said calmly: "Zhao Kuo only knows how to talk on paper, take ideas out of context, and don't know how to deal with them, how can he be like this?" ”

King Zhao said silently: "Shangqing's argument is biased. ”

"The old minister talks about talent, but with a public heart, my king is Mingjian." Lin Xiangru was halfway through speaking, looking at King Zhao's increasingly gloomy face, he consciously stopped, and pondered for a moment and said, "Li Mu is the general, why does the king think so?" ”

At this time, Pingyuan Jun, who had not spoken on the side, suddenly interjected: "Although Zhao Kuo is not as bold as Li Mushen, let alone Li Muzhi joined the army at the age of ten, but Li Mu is only eighteen, and there is no prestige of Zhao Kuo in the army, how easy is it to deter the army?" Most of the soldiers in our army were the late generals of the horse service, and everyone was in awe of the horse service. If my king still hesitates, he can announce Zhao Kuo's entry into the palace. ”

King Zhao's heart was in chaos, so he waved his hand and said, "You wait and retreat first, and wait for this king to think about it." ”

Pingyuanjun and Lin looked at each other, and had no choice but to leave.

Not long after the two left, Zhao Kuo, who had just returned from transporting grain from the party, entered the palace with an angry face.

"Ma Fujun has been driving all the way, why is he in such a hurry?" King Zhao looked at Zhao Kuo in front of him with some puzzlement.

Zhao Kuo spread out the map of the party barriers that he had carefully drawn in the past few years in front of King Zhao, and then said loudly: "Lian Po once said to Kuo, but there is a fighter, so he should attack Qin." That being the case, it should be prepared to attack the enemy. However, in the past three years, our army's barriers have not changed at all, so why attack Qin? ”

Looking at the barrier maps, King Zhao secretly said in his heart: "The battlefield survey is so solid, how can it be said to be frivolous and arrogant?" ”

Thinking of this, King Zhao looked up at the dark and emaciated Zhao Kuo in front of him, and couldn't help but feel sour in his heart: "Ma Fujun, it's hard work." ”

I didn't want Zhao Kuo to sigh, but he arched his hand and said: "My father has despised me all his life, and the world knows it. ”

At this moment, King Zhao finally made up his mind.

The next day, another news spread in Handan City: Lin Xiangru had a close relationship with Lian Po, and intended to slander Zhao Kuo in order to seek the selfishness of his friends.

The rumors spread in a few days, and almost everyone knew about it. Seeing this strange incident, Pingyuan Jun hurriedly entered the palace and reminded King Zhao that he had to make a decision immediately, otherwise not only would the party and the army be unstable, but the hearts of the people would also fluctuate.

Pingyuan Jun originally wanted King Zhao to give up using Zhao Kuo, with a heart of peace and integrity. But he didn't want King Zhao to have his own decision at this moment, as soon as Pingyuan Jun urged, King Zhao no longer hesitated, and immediately issued an edict: worship Ma Fujun Zhao Kuo as a general, command the Shangdang army, and fight a decisive battle with Qin.