Almost in a short moment, the originally serious atmosphere in the main hall suddenly became relaxed and lively.

Zhao Dan took the battle report from Mao Sui's hand, and then a smile spread on his face.

What could be happier than the news of a victory?

Two days ago, Lian Po led 200,000 troops and 250,000 Wei-Qi coalition troops to start a major battle outside Gaotang City, and after nearly a day's decisive battle, the Qi army took the lead in retreating and affected the Wei army.

Wei Wuji and Kuang Liang had no choice but to lead the remnants of the Qi and Wei coalition forces to retreat into Gaotang City.

However, Lian Po did not stop there, but did not relax, and led the Zhao army to continue to storm Gaotang City.

After a fierce siege battle for just one hour, the east gate of Gaotang City was lost, the Zhao army entered the city, and the Qi-Wei coalition army was defeated again.

Except for Wei Wuji and Kuang Liang, who led less than 50,000 remnants of the defeated army and finally fled out of the city and returned to Dong'e, the others were all taken prisoner by the Zhao army.

In this battle, the Zhao army killed 60,000 enemies and captured 140,000 enemy troops, achieving an incomparably brilliant victory.

After reading the battle report, Zhao Dan let out a long breath.

Although Zhao Dan thought that it was a high probability event for Lian Po to win before the war, it was not until the news was completely confirmed that Zhao Dan finally settled down.

Won.

"Mao Sui, you quickly ordered someone to summon Zhuqing to come to Longtai to discuss matters!"

Half an hour later, the six ministers of Zhao gathered in Longtai.

The news of the victory had already spread, and everyone had a smile on their faces.

This kind of smile of victory has not been uncommon in the past few years, and the victory of the Zhao army seems to have become the norm.

In fact, when the news spread, the residents of Zhao in Handan City seemed much calmer than before.

There are even many people who think that Zhao Guo should have been on the same side as the word victory.

In a sense, the self-confidence of the people of a great country is slowly cultivated through victory after victory.

In the Longtai Hall, Zhao Dan looked around at the many ministers of Zhao State in front of him, and said slowly: "Zhuqing, now that the Gaotang battle is victorious, what should happen next?" ”

Yu Xin, who was present, suddenly moved in his heart after hearing Zhao Dan's words.

As Zhao Dan's confidant, Yu Xin is naturally very familiar with Zhao Dan's speaking style.

If Zhao Dan wants to continue fighting, then the way he speaks shouldn't be like this.

Yu thought to himself: "Could it be that the king is already preparing to negotiate peace?" ”

Yu Xin looked left and right and found that several colleagues were thinking about something, and had no intention of speaking.

Yu Xinxin knew that the opportunity to perform was rare, and immediately spoke: "King, in the opinion of the minister, it is time to make peace with Qi and Wei. ”

As soon as Yu Xin's words came out, several other ministers of Zhao State present were stunned.

Zhao Dan's gaze fell on Yu Xin's body, and a smile appeared on his face: "Oh? Yu Qing said, why do you want to negotiate peace at this time? ”

The smile on Zhao Dan's face fell into Yu Xin's eyes, which immediately added a lot of confidence to the heart of this Zhao domestic history, and immediately spoke: "Great King, the minister feels that since the Qi and Wei coalition forces have been defeated, and the land to which Gao Tang belongs is in the hands of my Zhao State except for Dong'e, then it will be a waste of soldiers' lives to fight any longer, so it is better to take advantage of this to make peace with Qi and Wei." ”

Xiangbang Zhao Sheng frowned, and said with some dissatisfaction: "Yu Qing, although Gaotang is indeed occupied, but Qi still has a large area of land waiting to be occupied, is Yu Qing satisfied with this?" ”

Yu Xin shook his head and said, "Pingyang Jun doesn't know, now that Qin and Chu have not moved, if General Lian Po continues to attack, then Qin and Chu may react." ”

Zhao Sheng snorted and said, "Could it be that this Qin Chu will still jointly attack my Zhao State?" ”

Yu Xin nodded with a smile on his face and said, "That's right." ”

Zhao Sheng shook his head and said: "Not to mention that this Qin and Chu have fought several times in a row in recent years, and the grudge between the two sides is extremely deep, just to say that now that the elites of Wei and Qi have lost all their losses outside Gaotang City, how can they continue to block the attack of our army?" Yu Qing's words are inevitably too worried. ”

"Worried?" Yu Xin shook his head and said, "Pingyuanjun's words are inevitably overconfident. In the past, the king of Qi also fought in the east and west, defeating many powerful countries one after another, but it was precisely because of the recklessness of the king of Qi that he attracted the jealousy of all countries, so there was a matter of the five kingdoms attacking Qi. Now that my Zhao country is attracting the attention of the world, I should not learn from the time of King Qi, but should accept it when I see it, so as not to be attacked by all countries. ”

Zhao Dan coughed, interrupting Zhao Sheng, who wanted to continue arguing with Yu Xin.

"Yu Qing's words won the hearts of the widows."

As soon as Zhao Dan opened his mouth, Zhao Sheng immediately closed his mouth.

By now, even Zhao Sheng, who was a prime minister, had completely dared not raise a bar with Zhao Dan on any major military affairs, just as no minister in the former Qin State dared to question the decision made by Qin Wangji.

Zhao Dan was indeed a little worried about what Yu Xin said.

From Zhao Dan to the present, in just three or four years, the territory of Zhao has doubled, and it has climbed from a quasi-hegemon-level country to the number one power in the world today.

The momentum of Zhao is too strong.

The wood show and the forest, the wind will destroy it.

The more times like these, the more caution should be taken.

Of course, the goal of unifying the world is here, and it is absolutely impossible to change it.

But if you want to become fat in one bite, this idea is absolutely not advisable.

Piecemeal, cutting flesh from other vassal states piece by piece, while constantly dividing them, weakening and striking at their strength, this is what Zhao Dan is most willing to see.

From the current point of view, the thousands of miles of land between the rivers of the Qi State, including Gaotang City, have fallen into the hands of the Zhao State, and this piece of meat is already not small.

At the same time, Lian Po also annihilated and captured a large number of soldiers of the Qi and Wei coalition forces, and the goal of weakening the living forces of Qi and Wei was also achieved.

Now that both goals have been achieved, it makes little sense to continue this battle.

If he continued to fight, and in the case that other countries would not intervene, Zhao Dan felt that it was possible to defeat and destroy the Qi State.

But—did the other princely states allow this to happen?

Definitely not.

Qi State destroyed a Song State that did not belong to the Warring States Seven Heroes and summoned the Five Kingdoms to attack Qi, and now if Zhao State dares to annex Qi State, which is almost ten times the size of Song State in terms of area and population, it is strange that the princes of the world do not turn their faces with Zhao State.

As long as the Qi State reaches the point of life and death, then the Qin State will definitely make a move first, and the Wei State will definitely go all out to rescue, and even the allies of the Zhao State, the Chu State and the Korean State will directly stand on the opposite side of the Zhao State.

In this case, it is very likely that the matter will evolve into a coalition of Zhao Yan against the other five countries.

If there is another rebellion in the Yan Kingdom, then the whole thing will be the reappearance of the Five Kingdoms.

Fight the other six countries of the world with the strength of one country? No matter how confident Zhao Dan is, he will not make such a choice easily.

Of course, this is only a worst-case scenario.

But it must be admitted that as long as you choose to continue playing, the worst-case scenario is possible.

So, it's better to take it when you see it.

So Zhao Dan made a decision: "Send someone to tell Wei Wangyu and Qi Wangjian, if you don't want to destroy the country, let them go to Gaotang City and the widow alliance!" ”