Zhao Guo calmed down internal and external troubles, and the dragon and tiger were prosperous. And his enemy opponents were naturally not so happy.

The first to receive news of the defeat was the Southern Han Kingdom in Lingnan. This is not because their espionage is transmitted quickly, but because the Southern Han Navy was the first to fail, and almost all the troops were wiped out. Only a few big ones finally escaped by diving into the river because of their excellent water quality. It was they who ran back in the stars and the moon and reported the bad news to the king of the Southern Han Dynasty.

Lu Qi, the king of the Southern Han Dynasty in Guangling City, has been full of ambition recently. He had an ambition many years ago, there was no big country in Lingnan, and he really wanted to rely on his own strength to truly become the overlord among the dozen or so vassal states in this vicinity.

The Han army is the best in the world! This is not just an exaggerated boast, but a real power. With the strength of more than 40,000 naval troops under his command, plus more than 100,000 land troops, even the two powerful countries of Wu and Yue are far inferior. Not to mention the other weak princes.

In terms of military strength, after years of preparation, Lu Qi has a great deal of confidence. And what he feels lacking now may be that he still lacks some financial resources. Vigorously developing the navy and building warships extensively, of course, they can show off their might on the rivers and treat other princes as nothing. However, at the same time, a lot of manpower and material resources are also consumed. The pros and cons are unavoidable, and there is no way around it.

What a lack of money! Lu Qi, the king of the Southern Han Dynasty, tried everything to increase the country's financial resources. But because of the special geographical location, coupled with the lack of various resources within the territory, he felt powerless. Over the years, the monarch and his ministers have made countless efforts, even if they are desperately squeezing taxes and making the people miserable, but they have achieved little success, which makes him distressed. This made him realize more and more that it is difficult to succeed without ambition and financial support.

Perhaps, the only way to get it is through war. Therefore, when he was summoned by Nie Feng, the king of Qin, he immediately agreed to the strategy of jointly sending troops to the Zhao State. And in the shortest possible time, the preparation was completed, and the entire 20,000 sailors almost took out half of his family funds!

I still remember the day when the Han army set out, it was very grand. Lu Qi, the king of the Southern Han Dynasty, personally gave the general Bai Chu the sword armor, and promised in public that if he returned from the victory in this battle, he would be crowned a knight and entrusted with a great responsibility.

Ever since he stood at the head of Guangling City and watched the mighty warship leave the river, Lu Qi began to wait for the good news to come. In his opinion, the frequent good news is just a matter of sooner or later. The armies of the five powerful countries in the world jointly attacked Zhao, and if Zhao could survive, it could only be said to be a miracle. Especially not long after, the news of the death of King Chulie of Zhao spread all over the world, and Lu Qi and his ministers and generals were even more overjoyed. Chu Lie was dead, and even the last trace of their worries was completely eliminated.

During this time, Lu Qi, the king of Han, had even planned in advance with the royal court's ministers for the expansion strategy that was about to begin. With the aftermath of this great victory over Zhao, he believed that he would definitely be able to bring the two neighboring small vassal states to their knees in one go. And as long as he takes this first step, his ambition to dominate Lingnan will definitely succeed. As long as the hegemony of the Southern Han Dynasty among the Lingnan vassal states was established, it would lay a good foundation for the next step of the struggle for hegemony with the great princes of the world. People's ambitions are always endless, as a king, how can you be satisfied with the status in front of you?

Whistling wind and clouds, across the world, across the four seas, galloping rivers...... Truly establishing a dynasty of his own is the ultimate dream in the heart of this king of the Southern Han Dynasty.

However, God often seems to like to give the arrogant person a blow to the most. Just when the king of the Southern Han Dynasty and his civil and military ministers had formulated a plan to conquer the world, more than a dozen embarrassed people stumbled into Guangling City.

The defender of Guangling City personally led them to the palace and asked to see the king. The first general to know the real situation completely lost his former composure. Not long ago, he used to stand in the send-off procession, watching with envy the proud General Bai Chu leave. But now, these remnants of the defeated generals who fled back said that General Bai Chu, who was famous in Lingnan, had been defeated and died, and even his head was cut off by the enemy and hung outside Zhao Guolong City!

Such news is really shocking and unexpected. The general defending the city did not dare to be self-conscious, and personally brought them to meet the king of Han. If this incident is true, it will undoubtedly be a bolt from the blue for the entire Southern Han Kingdom.

And soon after, these people who fled back with only half their lives left saw Lu Qi, the king of the Southern Han Dynasty, outside the main hall. The king, who ruled the territory of the 3,000-mile southern kingdom, ran out without even wearing shoes. He stood barefoot on the steps, and listened to all the passage from beginning to end with a grim face.

"More than 20,000 elite sailors! And he ran back to you guys...... All the others are dead? ”

Lu Qi felt that his head was a little dizzy, and his ears were buzzing. If it weren't for the attendants next to him who immediately supported him, I believe he would have hit his head down the steps.

One of the cadets wiped the sweat and blood from his face. He got up from the ground, and after a solemn salute, replied with a heavy expression.

"No doubt, my lord, it's all true. General Bai Chu and all the sailors who entered the Zhao State have all been killed. And the reason why a few of us escaped with our lives was just to tell the king the truth about this matter. Now that the mission is complete, we will never live alone! But there is one last word to say to the king...... King Zhao Chu Jiangmian is very powerful, it is likely to be even more above Chu Lie, if he is an enemy in the future, he must not be taken lightly! ”

After that, these dozen people drew their swords together and killed themselves in front of the main hall! They used their lives to prove that they were by no means deserters, but still fighters.

Lu Qi's face darkened, looking at the scene in front of him, and he didn't say a word for a long time. He felt that his heart was dripping blood, of course, it was not just for these dozen warriors, more than 20,000 elite sailors were wiped out, and the death of the famous general Bai Chu, these weights were superimposed, so that he couldn't hold back anymore, a mouthful of blood spurted out, and he stomped his feet and beat his chest on the spot, feeling remorseful.

There was chaos inside and outside the palace. The generals and ministers who got the news rushed over, and everyone was relieved to see that Lu Qi was just angry and angry, and there was no big problem. First of all, he ordered the sergeants who died by suicide to be properly restrained. Then they whispered a few words to each other, all of them frowning and at a loss.

"Don't just lament those losses now, my lord. The most important thing at the moment is, first and foremost, to appease the mood of the people in the country so as not to cause unnecessary panic. Second, we should immediately send envoys to Zhao and Qin respectively to negotiate! ”

The prime minister of the Southern Han Dynasty calmed down first. Messy hatred and swearing will not solve anything, and the things that need to be done must be done immediately.

Lu Qi, the king of the Southern Han Dynasty, was not a mediocre person. After calming down the emotions in his heart, he quickly discussed with the ministers and decided that Gongzi Jia, who had always won the popularity of the people, would come forward to preside over the compensation of the families of the soldiers who died on the expedition to appease the people. At the same time, send a powerful minister as an envoy to go all the way to Zhao State, no matter what, to get back the head of General Bai Chu. On the other hand, he went to Feng'an of Qin State in the starry night, so as to listen to the attitude of Qin State, according to the meaning of the Southern Han monarchs, they couldn't let them suffer such heavy losses in vain, right? After all, this is in response to the call of the King of Qin to raise troops together, if the Qin army wins, the Southern Han will want to get a piece of the pie!

It's just that Lu Qi, the king of the Southern Han Dynasty, who wanted to be a dead horse as a live horse doctor, didn't expect that just a few days after the envoys set off, even more shocking news spread to Guangling City one after another.

The 130,000 army of Qin and Wei was also defeated by the Zhao people. Although it was not wiped out like the Southern Han Naval Army, it also suffered heavy casualties. And most of them became prisoners of the Zhao people. Immediately, the Yan army was defeated and lost ground, and it was difficult to protect itself. The army of Qi did not fire a single arrow, and all of them retreated. At the beginning, the seemingly perfect plan of the Five Kingdoms to attack Zhao was a complete failure.

It is said that Lu Qi, the king of Han, vomited blood continuously in the past few days, and was extremely angry and anxious, and he was directly sick on the couch and could not get up again.

But I don't know that he is miserable, and someone is worse than him! Thousands of miles away in the north, King Yan, who was trapped in Jicheng, was simply sitting on pins and needles, spending his days like a year. The loss of 50,000 or 60,000 troops in the first war is not an exaggeration to say that it is an unbearable burden for the Yan State, which only has about 200,000 troops. What's more, hundreds of miles of land on the border with Zhao have been occupied, including the strategically important Yanling Pass.

If compared with these losses, the deaths of the generals Xiang Yan and the crown prince are secondary. King Yan didn't like this eldest son in the first place, he died, just let the youngest son born to Ai Ji ascend the throne, even Queen Yan couldn't say anything this time.

As for the headache of the invasion of Hu Qi, it will not lead to the disaster of the country. Over the years, the Hu people have come and gone to loot like the wind, and it seems to have become commonplace. At most, some people and wealth will be lost. Although this time it seemed to be more serious, after mobilizing a large army to defend it tightly, Hu Ren Wanqi finally bypassed Jicheng and continued south.

King Yan now regrets very much that he hurriedly gave the order for Xiang Yan to withdraw his troops, in a sense, it was this royal order that he was in a hurry to lose the lives of tens of thousands of troops. And even if he regrets it, he will never admit his mistake publicly. There is nothing wrong with the king, but only the ministers who are at fault. For this reason, there have been five or six important ministers of the royal court who have been scapegoats for carrying the black cauldron.

They were all beheaded in Jicheng South City, raiding their homes and destroying their homes, and they would never be soft! It seems that only in this way can the fear and resentment in the heart of this Yan King be alleviated.