Handan.

"King, Chen Cheng Victory, Chen Cheng Victory!"

The cheers that came from outside the hall suddenly made Zhao Dan and several ministers of Zhao who were discussing in the hall stand up at the same time.

Obviously it was just an ordinary piece of paper, but Zhao Dan turned over and over the paper several times, and his smile was about to overflow his face.

Under the careful design of Lian Po and others, the monarchs and ministers of Chu finally fell for it, rashly went out of the city, and then suffered a big loss in the field battle, and were defeated by Lian Po, and captured 100,000 people just by taking prisoners.

In addition, Lian Po also took advantage of the victory to march and completely captured Chen Cheng, which had been besieged for two months, from the Chu people in one fell swoop.

Good news, uncompromising, heart-warming good news!

The only thing that made Zhao Dan feel a little pity was that Chu Wang Yuan and many important ministers of Chu State, including Chun Shenjun Huang Xie, were nowhere to be found, and they had obviously fled, and even Shangzhu Guojingyang, who led the Chu army to battle, also ran away successfully.

If Chu Wangyuan can be captured, the outcome of this battle really can't be more perfect.

Although the Zhao army also paid a heavy price of 30,000 casualties in this battle, this battle completely defeated the main force of the Chu army, which was completely worth the money.

After the first battle of Chencheng, the entire Chu State was like a piece of fish meat on the chopping board for Zhao Dan, he could cut it as he wanted, and cut it as he wanted!

At this point, the overall situation of the southern battlefield has been decided, and the state of Chu can no longer turn over.

Zhao Dan let out a long breath and threw the battle report in his hand to Zhao Sheng, who had been waiting for him for a long time, and let other important ministers of Zhao State circulate it.

Needless to say, it was naturally another wave of sycophants, but Zhao Dan had obviously been used to it for a long time, so he laughed at it.

"Okay, Zhongqing, since the battle report of the Chu State has been read, then it's time to continue to discuss the next things."

Zhao Dan said here for a deliberate pause, and then continued: "The widow is ready to negotiate peace with the State of Chu, and then let General Lian Po lead his troops back to Hedong, I don't know what Zhu Qing thinks?" ”

Zhao Dan's proposal did not surprise the ministers of Zhao State.

Judging from the current situation, it is obvious that the loss of Hedong County cannot be allowed by Zhao State.

After all, the strength and durability of the Qin State are well known, and once the Qin State is allowed to recapture Hedong, then the situation of the two strong Qin and Zhao will reappear, which is definitely not what the Zhao State wants to see.

Compared with the re-rise of the Qin State, the Chu State really has to be put second.

The reason why he had to wait until Lian Po attacked Chen Cheng to negotiate peace with the people of Chu was also very simple.

If Chen Cheng is not breached, then the people of Chu will definitely not make peace.

It's as if five years ago, Changping didn't lose Zhao and Zhao definitely didn't make peace.

"Who can be outnumbered?" Zhao Dan asked.

This time, Zhao Dan didn't plan to convene any alliances, although it was indeed refreshing to see other monarchs come to see him every time he met the alliance, but no matter how cool it was, it was more important to solve the problem of the Qin State.

As soon as Zhao Dan's words fell, Zheng Zhu and Yu Xin spoke in unison: "The minister is willing to be the king!" ”

Zhao Dan glanced at Yu Xin, pondered for a moment, and said: "Now that the army is fighting outside, Yu Qing, as an internal history, should not leave Handan...... This diplomatic matter is already in the hands of Daxing, so let Zheng Qing go. ”

The affairs of the Chu State can be put aside for the time being here.

But in this chaotic war, the affairs of Chu are actually only part of it.

The envoy sent to the Yan Kingdom also returned, and at the same time, the Yan people also brought back the euphemistic refusal.

Obviously, this time, for the sake of the interests of Yan State, Empress Dowager Yan does not plan to give face to Zhao Dan, her biological brother.

"How's the battle between Yan and Zhao going?" Zhao Dan asked.

"The Yan army has occupied all the land north of Linzi, and now it is facing off against the Qi army that has returned to the aid under the city of Linzi, and a big war may break out at any time."

Zhao Dan snorted: "It seems that this Le Jian is really confident in himself, but the widow wants to see if he inherits his father Le Yi's ability and can defeat the army of the Qi people!" ”

To be honest, Zhao Dan's heart was somewhat annoyed.

Empress Dowager Yan and Le Jian are both out-and-out Zhao people, but now they are on the opposite side of Zhao because of the interests of Yan State.

Although he knew that the actions of these two people were actually understandable, Zhao Dan was still very unhappy in his heart.

What kind of family affection and what motherland, for the people of this era, especially the magnates of this era, I am afraid that it is not much different from straw paper.

Interests, this damn interests!

Zhao Dan let out a long breath and decided to put the affairs of Yan Kingdom aside.

Originally, he dragged the State of Qi to fight the State of Chu together in order to prevent the State of Chu from forming an alliance with the State of Qi against the State of Zhao, but now that the State of Chu has been defeated, then the State of Qi is no longer important to Zhao Dan.

Anyway, it is impossible for the Qi State to send troops all the way to Hedong to help Zhao Dan fight the Qin people, right? So let Yan Qi's two sworn enemies fight into a pot of porridge by themselves.

The most critical issue to be solved at the moment is still Hedong, or the Qin State.

"By the way, what is the situation from Li Mu's side?" Zhao Dan slapped his thigh, and suddenly thought of this confidant of his own favorite general.

After all, Li Mu was alone in the enemy's rear, and the transmission of information was quite inconvenient.

Therefore, Zhao Dan only knows that Li Mu plans to attack Liyang according to a plan formulated by the General Staff and Hu Yiwei before, but in the end, where the plan has progressed, and whether the result is successful or not, Zhao Dan really doesn't know anything now.

This is the biggest backwardness of this world compared to future generations, and the transmission of information is too inconvenient.

Zhao Dan shook his head, gave up his attempt to continue to explore Li Mu's information, and instead asked the most important question at present: "How is the war in Hedong County at the moment?" ”

According to Zhao Dan's order, the news of Hedong County must be reported three times a day, and the second piece of information today should also arrive.

Mao Sui walked out and soon brought back another piece of information.

Zhao Dan looked at the information in front of him, his brows gradually furrowed, and there was no tendency to let go.

Although the army of Zhao led by Pang Xuan had arrived in Hedong County a few days earlier, this did not have an immediate effect.

Before Pang Xuan arrived, Qu Wo had already fallen under Bai Qi's extremely sharp offensive.

Now the two sides are facing off on a plain between Jiangcheng and Pigao Pass, and a big battle could happen at any time.

This made Zhao Dan's heart inevitably a little dissatisfied, the previous order was to let Pang Xuan drag Bai Qi's footsteps, why did he go to the plains to confront Bai Qi?

However, Zhao Dan quickly figured it out, if Pang Xuan wanted to retreat, then he could only retreat to the Leather Prison Pass, not to mention whether the narrow Leather Prison Pass could facilitate the activities of the Zhao army, and then the Qin army only needed to have a glimpse of the pass, then all the Zhao troops would not be able to get out of the white gate, and Hedong County would be completely gone.

Zhao Dan sighed lightly and said in his heart: "It seems that this battle situation is still not optimistic." ”

However, in the current situation, Zhao Dan is not as anxious as before.

The state of Chu is finished, and the worst case is that the state of Qin recovers Hedong, and then the state of Zhao takes a large piece of land from the state of Chu to make up for the loss of Hedong County, which is barely a profit or loss for the state of Zhao.

Moreover, Zhao Dan's defense of the Qin State has always been there, in addition to the Hedong defense line led by Ju Xin, Zhao Dan also made a plan in advance, laying out two lines, one bright and one dark, to defend the Qin State.

Now that the bright line Li Mu has been activated, he is still very confident in Li Mu and Zhao Dan, after all, this is the famous god of cavalry in the Warring States Period, even if he can't cut a few pieces of meat from Qin Guo, there is still no problem in running smoothly.

The most important and critical thing is actually another dark line that Zhao Dan had laid five years ago.

Lü Buwei ...... I hope Lü Buwei can succeed. But then again, according to the records of the history books, it is very likely that this guy has done this once in history, so if he does it now, the success rate should be very high, right? ”