When he read the secret letter sent by Lecheng, King Zhao was shaken again.

At the beginning of Changping's victory, the whole country was boiling, but Lecheng hurriedly entered the palace. King Zhao summoned Le Cheng in the study, looking at King Zhao's expression full of spring breeze, Le Cheng couldn't wait to say coldly: "Ma Fu Jun has always had prestige in the army, and now he has a heavy army, and he is in danger of the party, if he stands on his own, the country is in danger!" ”

These words were like a basin of cold water, and they immediately washed away King Zhao's previous excitement. King Zhao was silent for a long time, and secretly said in his heart, after all, Zhao Kuo grew up with this king, and he still knew him. But Lecheng's words are reasonable, the lesson of the martial spirit king is in front of him, Zhao Kuo has repeatedly defeated the Qin army, and the achievements of the sky have already overshadowed the king, that is, there is no dissent, it is difficult to ensure that there is no fear, but it is necessary to guard against it!

When King Zhao was undecided, Zhao Kuo asked to send a deputy general to replace Zhao Zhuang's letter, so Lecheng volunteered to go to Zhao Kuo's army, Ming was a deputy general, but he was actually a supervisor.

"Your father and Zhao Hao are world friends." King Zhao looked at Le Cheng noncommittally, and a hint of an inscrutable smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Lecheng was anxious to make meritorious contributions, and hurriedly arched his hand and said: "The ministers are for the country, and they don't show favoritism!" ”

"That's great!" King Zhao suddenly laughed, then turned around and left the study with his hands behind his back.

The next day, King Zhao ordered Lecheng to replace Zhao Zhuang as Zhao Kuo's deputy general, and immediately went to his post, and at the same time secretly gave Lecheng the right to kill the golden sword, which can be arbitrary and cheap.

Not long after he didn't want to take the ride, a secret report came: Zhao Kuo did not move, intending to support the army and respect himself.

King Zhao read the secret book, was silent for a long time, and then ordered: "Spread the edict, tomorrow the court will meet." ”

The next day, the important ministers of the court gathered in the main hall of the palace, it is common to have no dynasty in winter, everyone is talking about it in the palace, I don't know what King Zhao is doing today.

At this moment, I saw King Zhao walking into the throne with a worried face, but he stood upright, waved his hand, and walked under the throne with a bamboo piece in his hand.

"This is a secret report of pleasure, and you have read it." King Zhao said coldly.

The ministers quickly circulated and browsed it, but the only twelve words on the bamboo slice stunned the audience.

Suddenly, Pingyang Jun Zhao Bao stood up from the front seat, arched his hand and said loudly: "The minister thinks that Zhao Kuo has lived in the army for a long time, and there will be disaster, whether it is true or not, he should be a general!" ”

"Pingyang Jun's words are misleading! The so-called employment is not suspicious! The general has repeatedly defeated the Qin army, and the Qin people are frightened when they hear it, how can it be easy? When King Zhao heard the prestige, it was Le Yi who spoke with a sick face and white hair, "The old minister thinks that what Ma Fujun is planning is at the right time!" Although Qin suffered a great defeat, the people's morale was still there, and it would not completely collapse. After a long war, our country's grain and straw were also empty, with more than half of the soldiers killed and wounded and insufficient soldiers. At this time, it is advisable to recuperate, but it is not a rush for quick success! ”

"Lecheng is the son of Qing." King Zhao couldn't help but be stunned when he heard Le Yi's old and hoarse voice.

"Ignorance! The old minister is a capital crime! Le Yi said that, he knelt in the center of the hall with difficulty, sighing.

"This ...... What is the crime of Chang Guojun, please get up quickly! King Zhao panicked for a moment, and hurriedly stepped off the throne and helped Le Yi up.

It was easy to appease Le Yi, King Zhao looked around at the ministers, and finally his eyes fell on Zhao Sheng, the plain monarch who had been thinking silently: "What does Uncle Wang think?" ”

Pingyuan Jun then got up and said, "This matter is big, and we must not guard against it, and we must not go too far." In the opinion of the old minister, Zhao Kuo and Le Cheng can each lead an army to contain it. ”

"You're all ministers, what do you think?" King Zhao asked again.

"I'm Wang Mingjian!" All the ministers shouted in unison.

King Zhao frowned, then walked back to the throne, and seemed to have an idea in his heart.

The mountain wind in the middle of the night howled in the valley road, and from time to time it beat the tents of the camp, making a strange sound of hula and hula.

A north wind struck, and Zhao Kuo couldn't help but shiver.

The lights in the tent flickered in the wind, and the guards had already tied up the thatched bundles to block the gap in the door of the tent, but this could not withstand the bitter cold of the winter night. Zhao Kuo got up and left the case, paced slowly in the tent, rubbed his hands vigorously, stretched his muscles and bones, and then sat down again, and continued to read the "Sima Law" left by his father on the desk.

The bamboo pieces on the book of war have been rubbed through for two generations, and they have long been polished to a bright and shiny color, but the handwriting on it is still very clear.

"There is nothing to gain, there are many deaths, there are many suspicions, and there is no ......victory in death," Zhao Kuo read in a low voice, but he was a little uneasy in his heart. Tomorrow, King Zhao's envoy is coming, and when the scout commander Zhao Yanmi reported that Lecheng sent his cronies to Handan, Zhao Kuo had faintly noticed King Zhao's intention to use Lecheng as his deputy general, but Zhao Kuo thought that he had a deep relationship with King Zhao, so he didn't take this matter to heart, but from today's point of view, King Zhao was already suspicious of himself.

Meng Fu is not as good as Sima Terrier, and the Zhao army has not had a rest for several months since the bloody battle of Changping, so it can be said that the soldiers are tired and old. The bitter cold of winter is even more unfavorable for conquest, and the only way to do this is to be trapped in the pass, slowly drawing it, why doesn't King Zhao know?

This night Zhao Kuo spent in extreme boredom, he lay down for a while, and then got up and paced back and forth in the tent. In the second half of the night, Zhao Kuo simply put on his clothes and armor and walked straight out of the big tent.

"General, it's snowing!" When the guards saw Zhao Kuo out of the tent, they hurriedly followed behind him and reminded in a low voice.

"Oh?" Zhao Kuo suddenly raised his head, huge snowflakes were falling in the sky, and several night watchmen were surrounding the bonfire, excitedly pointing to the heavy snow and laughing.

"General!" When all the soldiers saw Zhao Kuo coming over, they all stopped laughing, got up in panic, bowed their heads and bowed their hands.

"Haven't you seen snow?" Zhao Kuo looked at the night sky from afar, asked with a blank face, the cold snowflakes hit his cheeks, and as far as the eye could see, the vast military camp was actually white. It seems that this heavy snowfall will not be able to stop in three or two days.

When he came back to his senses, Zhao Kuo saw that the soldier did not answer, but just stood stunned, and suddenly laughed: "You don't have to be so nervous when you wait." ”

Although he smiled, Zhao Kuo's heart was like the night sky at this time, covered with thick dark clouds.

In the evening of the next day, King Zhao's envoy came to Zhao Kuo's army. After reading the edict, Zhao Kuo smiled faintly, and then arched his hand: "Please ask the envoy to report to my king, Zhao Kuo will lead the edict!" ”

"Take care, General!" The envoy bowed deeply to Zhao Kuo, then turned around and hurried away.

Seeing off the envoy, Zhao Kuo looked at the triumphant Le Cheng on the side with cold eyes and said, "The division of troops is!" General Lecheng led 100,000 troops to the front and is still stationed here. Ben Shuai moved to the Yique Pass, a hundred miles away from the front army. ”

"The north bank of Luoshui is only more than 30 miles away from here, and the terrain is open and suitable for garrisoning. Lecheng asked with a dissatisfied expression.

"The general doesn't know, Yique goes to Hangu and Pingchuan, and if there is a war, he will arrive immediately. The north of Luoshui is a mountain plain, which is not conducive to the galloping of cavalry, and it seems to be close to the real far? ”

"That being the case, Lecheng takes the command!" Lecheng answered, and then walked out of the tent happily.

Zhao Kuo looked at Le Cheng's back with a pale face, and turned his head to Sima of the Chinese army and said: "Order, transfer 100,000 troops, and move to Yique Mountain Pass overnight." ”

"General......" Sima of the Chinese army wanted to speak and stopped.

"Needless to say, let's go!" Zhao Kuo sighed heavily, and slammed his fist on the handsome case, but he was speechless.

The moving camp army was quickly reorganized, so Zhao Kuo took advantage of the snowy night to lead the army to rumble out of the Mianchi garrison and go straight to the Yique Pass.