Chapter 459: The Widow Has Decided! (4th Update)
Lian Po was stunned for a moment, and suddenly found that he really couldn't refute Zhao Sheng's words.
As a famous general who has left a name in history, Lian Po certainly knows very well what Wei Wuji's level is.
If it is to fight the Qi country, then Lian Po can say so, and now there is no one in the Chinese countries who can be compared with Lian Po, after all, for so many years, "Lian Po will defeat Qi Guo" is almost equivalent to an iron law.
Wei Wuji is different.
As the so-called master makes a move, he knows if there is one.
Therefore, after carefully studying the Battle of Yewangcheng and the Battle of Taoyi commanded by Wei Wuji, Lian Po knew that Wei Wuji's level was probably not much different from his own.
If the two sides really fight, Lian Po is confident that he will win, but even Lian Po himself must admit that Wei Wuji's chances of winning are actually not small.
So Lian Po didn't want to fight Wei Wuji.
Of course, this is not to say that Lian Po is afraid of Wei Wuji, but after successive victories, the old general has unknowingly carried a burden, a burden called "a hundred victories in a hundred battles".
And Wei Wuji is precisely the person who is most likely to break Lian Po's undefeated golden body in the entire Chinese world today.
With the combination of these factors, it is very natural that Lian Po hopes to conquer Qi but not Wei.
But don't look at Lian Po being said by Zhao Sheng, but Lian Po also has allies, so Yu Xin immediately opened his mouth to save the scene.
"Pingyuanjun, then Wei Wangyu and Wei Wuji are both related to Pingyuanjun by marriage, is Pingyuanjun really going to kill his relatives so righteously?"
Yu Xin's words have a strong hint of implication.
Zhao Sheng let out a sneer when he heard this, glared at Yu Xin fiercely, and said: "Yu Qing doesn't have to be so yin and yang weird when he speaks, although Wei Wuji does have a blood relationship with my wife, but my wife has been a person of Zhao since she married into my mansion, and what she did was for Zhao Sheng and Zhao Guo, and there was absolutely no private collusion with Wei Guo!" β
Saying that, Zhao Sheng arched his hand towards Zhao Dan and said in a loud voice: "If the king is willing, then the minister is willing to lead the army to conquer Wei this time to prove to the king that the minister is loyal to the king!" β
As soon as Zhao Dan heard this, the corners of his eyes jumped slightly, shook his head and said: "As the right-hand man of the widow, Pingyuan Jun should assist the widow in Handan City, how can he easily lead the army?" Matters like these leading troops should be left to generals like Wu Xinjun and Pang Qing. β
Of course, Zhao Dan has no doubts about Zhao Sheng's loyalty.
But for Zhao Sheng's ability to lead troops, Zhao Dan thinks - forget it.
In Zhao Dan's opinion, if Zhao Sheng really wanted to lead the army of Zhao to conquer Wei, then he would most likely suffer a super defeat under Wei Wuji's men.
Isn't this a giveaway?
Although Zhao Guo is strong now, it has not yet reached the point where he casually took out 108,000 troops to send them.
Lian Po on the other side was immediately happy when he saw Zhao Dan rejecting Zhao Sheng, and hurriedly said to Zhao Dan: "King, just give the minister 100,000 soldiers and horses, and the minister can definitely take Gaotang City for the king!" β
Gaotang City is one of the five capitals of Qi State, and it is also the most important Qi city on the border of Qi and Zhao today, so Lian Po's military order can be regarded as full of confidence.
Zhao Sheng was even more unhappy when he heard Lian Po's words, and immediately retorted: "Great King, although it is said that the State of Qi is indeed the enemy of the State of Zhao in this war, but the State of Qi is now weak and does not pose any threat at all, but it is the betrayal of the State of Wei that almost made Handan City fall into the hands of the people of the Wei State. Therefore, the minister felt that Wei was the greatest threat, and he should attack Wei first. β
Lian Po laughed and said to Zhao Sheng: "Has Pingyuan Jun forgotten that the Wei State has just ceded Yecheng?" Without Yecheng, how could Wei threaten Handan? Pingyuanjun's words are too alarmist! β
After the two quarreled this time, you came and went, and they were already arguing with real anger.
Therefore, Zhao Sheng was also very polite when he spoke this time: "Wu Xinjun's words are wrong, you must know that Wei Wuji of Wei State is a talented person, even if he has Yecheng, how can he know that Wei Wuji can't come up with other ways to use other tricks?" Wei Wuji and Wei should be eliminated as soon as possible, at least not to allow Wei to pose any more threats. β
When Zhao Dan heard this, he finally understood why Zhao Sheng had been advocating war against Wei.
To put it bluntly, after these wars, Zhao Sheng has realized Wei Wuji's talent and the importance of Wei Wuji to the Wei State.
Therefore, Zhao Sheng hopes to be able to directly overturn Wei when the current momentum of Wei State is not good, so that even if Wei Wuji has the ability to reach heaven, it will be difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice if he stays in a weak chicken Wei State.
The quarrel between Zhao Sheng and Lian Po immediately triggered mutual cannons among several ministers of Zhao present, and Zhao Bao, Yu Xin, Li Bo and others joined the quarrel one after another, each supporting their allies.
There was a lot of noise in the entire Longtai hall, and Zhao Dan was also upset by the quarrel of these ministers.
It was at this time that the corner of Zhao Dan's eyes suddenly swept to a person who had not spoken all along.
This person is none other than Zheng Zhu, a great pedestrian of Zhao State.
Zhao Dan thought for a while, and asked Zheng Zhu: "Zheng Zhu, in your opinion, which country should the widow attack?" β
Zheng Zhu is also a professional diplomat anyway, and he may be able to say something that inspires Zhao Dan from a diplomatic perspective.
The rest of the crowd also closed their mouths when they heard Zhao Dan speak, and turned their eyes to Zheng Zhu.
After Zheng Zhu thought for a while, he said: "Great King, in the opinion of the ministers, it is better to attack the Qi State." β
Zhao Dan asked, "Why is this?" β
Pearl said to Zhao Dan: "There are two reasons why the minister suggested attacking the Qi Kingdom. β
"Although the Qi State is nominally one of the powerful countries in the world, Wu Xinjun has always won a hundred battles against the Qi State, so if Wu Xinjun is ordered to lead an army to attack the Qi State, it must be very easy to win, this is one of them."
"Qi Wangjian, the monarch of Qi State, and Xiang Banghou, are both mediocre people, with these two people in power, Qi State will definitely be difficult to defeat the army of my Zhao State. On the other hand, although Wei Wangyu is also a mediocre king, Wei has a talent like Wei Wuji, which may lead to variables. Therefore, it is easy to win by attacking Qi, and it is difficult to win by attacking Wei. This is the second one. β
"Based on these two points, the minister thinks that it is still the best policy to attack the Qin side."
After hearing this, Zhao Dan nodded slightly.
To be honest, Zhao Dan's heart is actually more inclined to attack the Qi State, and in addition to what these ministers said just now, Zhao Dan has another reason.
Before this, Zhao Dan had already planned a plan against Wei Wuji, and if he sent troops to attack Wei at this time, then Zhao Dan's plan was likely to fail.
Now with the addition of Zheng Zhu's vote, the number of people who agree to attack Qi has become the majority.
So Zhao Dan no longer hesitated, and made a decision logically.
"Since this is the case, then pass on the order to pay more attention to and collect information on the direction of Qi Kingdom! The staff also needs to come up with some plans, which should come in handy by the beginning of spring next year! β
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