At this time, Fei Yi spoke: "Great King, the Zhongshan Kingdom has more than enough self-preservation and is not enterprising, and King Lou Fu and King Lin Hu are just a group of robbers, and these three parties will easily retreat." At the same time, the minister thought that at this time, he could not just look at the three forces on the surface. Not long after Yan and Zhao Huimeng, not long after Yan transferred the army to the south, the Donghu people attacked the northern part of Yan on a large scale, so that all the pastures in the north of Yan fell and the Donghu people came too quickly.

Moreover, not long after King Lou Fu returned to the tribe, Zhongshan Kingdom immediately contacted King Lou Fu and persuaded King Lou Fu to attack Daidi, which was too fast. Chen was worried that since the last time Zhongshan was attacked by Zhao and Yan, had it long been in contact with the Hu people in the north?

There is also the question of whether other countries are involved in this matter. ”

Saying that, Fei Yi guessed: "It's hard to say about other countries, but the matter of Zhongshan State sending troops, Qi State must be behind it." ”

King Zhao nodded with a heavy face.

Not long ago, the state of Qi was seriously weakened by the state of Chu, and at the same time, the state of Zhao defeated the state of Qin, which could not be said that the state of Qi was not nervous. If it is said that the State of Qi secretly instigated the State of Zhongshan to attack the State of Zhao and took the opportunity to weaken the State of Zhao, the King of Zhao believed it.

Because Qi has both this motivation and this strength.

Not only the State of Qi, but also the King of Zhao also wondered if the State of Wei was also playing some dirty role behind the scenes.

At this time, Lou Yan bowed and said: "King, the minister is guilty." ”

King Zhao was stunned and hurriedly asked, "Sir, what do you mean by this?" ”

Lou Xuan explained: "Great King, the last time the minister was ordered to send an envoy to King Lou Fu, he had already discovered that some of the leaders of King Lou Fu's tribe were hostile to our Zhao State because of the fact that our Zhao State recruited Hu people to fight.

However, his ministers persuaded King Lou Fu to assist us in fighting against Qin, and King Lou Fu himself was not hostile to Zhao, so in order to prevent problems in the cooperation between Zhao and King Lou, the minister concealed the dissatisfaction of some leaders with Zhao State, and planned to mention it later. As a result, because of the large battle losses, King Lou blatantly turned against Zhao Guo. ”

King Zhao froze, then shook his head.

He had also heard about the affairs of King Lou Fu and King Lin Hu.

The wealth of the Hu people, compared with pastures and livestock, is the most important use. The Zhao State recruited the Hu people, which was the foundation of the Hu tribe directly, especially these small tribes close to the Zhao State.

Thinking about it, King Zhao was relieved: "This matter has nothing to do with Mr. Not only is it a matter of King Lou, but for King Lin Hu, our Zhao State also has precautions, they have already promised to send troops to the county to help the widows, and the widows will make peace with the Qin State immediately after they leave, and they don't want to be a step slower. ”

At this time, Fei Yi arched his hand and said: "King, maybe we should first deal with King Lou Fu and King Lin Hu before attacking Zhongshan Kingdom." We used property and food as bait to recruit Hu people to fight, and ordinary Hu people couldn't withstand the temptation, and they dragged their families to our Zhao State, which was a great loss for the King of Lou and them, and they must be dissatisfied with us. If it doesn't happen now, it will happen in the future.

Therefore, in order to avoid the fact that when Zhao fought abroad, King Lou Fu and King Lin Hu attacked Daidi in order to retaliate against Zhao, and asked the king to solve Daidi's worries first. At the same time, if you subdue King Lou Fu and Queen Lin Hu, you can also get elite horsemen from them. ”

When King Zhao heard this, Feiyi's words went to his heart.

The strength of King Lou Fu and King Lin Hu is not weak, and the warriors in their hands are all cavalry soldiers who are good at riding and shooting, and the combination of the two can easily take out tens of thousands of cavalry, this force, Zhao Guo must not be able to ignore.

If they can be used by Zhao, this will be a great help to Zhao Guo.

Thinking about it, King Zhao nodded and said, "What Mr. said is very true. However, the matter of attacking the king of Lou Fu is not in a hurry at this time, and what the widow wants to know now is how to drive them out of Zhongshan Kingdom.

The widow has ordered the general Niu Jian to lead the army to reinforce the land, but in the face of the attack of the Zhongshan Kingdom, I am afraid that he can only protect himself. ”

Zhao Wen responded when he heard this: "King, now we can rescue military aid, only our Zhao State itself in Shangjun and the army of Weiguo. In order to prevent the Qin State from tearing up the alliance and attacking Shangjun again, the minister asked the king to immediately give an order and order the general Zhao Cheng to lead the army to the Daidi reinforcements. ”

Fei Yi continued: "King, it is the right time to transfer the general back to China at this time, and it is my Zhao State that will not lose its trust in Chu and Wei. ”

King Zhao nodded.

In the current situation, it is no longer appropriate to continue to let Zhao Cheng stay in Weiguo, and it is time to withdraw from the army.

It's just that King Zhao still has some worries in his heart.

If Zhao Guo retreated by himself, would Chu and Wei be unhappy.

Thinking about it, King Zhao asked: "The matter of withdrawing troops is imperative, but how can the two sides of Chu and Wei explain it?" ”

Zhao Wen said indifferently: "Great King, Zhao Guo is too busy to take care of himself, it is natural to withdraw at this time, just send an envoy to inform Chu and Wei, even if the benevolence and righteousness are exhausted." ”

For Zhao Wen's words, King Zhao did not have any reaction.

Previously, Zhao had already paid a huge price in order to befriend Chu and Wei, and now that he has withdrawn his troops, Chu Wei may understand, but that's all.

On the other side, Fei Yi heard the words and said: "Great King, if our Zhao State retreats, then there is a chance that the siege of Wei by the Chu State will be aborted, so the Chu State will inevitably be dissatisfied with the Zhao State in its heart." In addition, Wei Guo will also think that Zhao Guo only took the initiative to retreat because of his own problems, and he will not be too grateful to my Zhao State.

Therefore, in the opinion of the ministers, why not order a retreat on the one hand, and send envoys to various countries to mediate on the other. Once the mediation is successful, then Wei will inevitably be grateful to us, and Korea will also breathe a sigh of relief, and there is no need to worry that Qin will send troops to attack Korea after retreating from Shangjun, so that Zhao can become the head of the Three Jins, and Wei and Han will only look forward to Zhao. If Wei wants to send troops to attack Zhao next, he must also think carefully about one or two. ”

A smile appeared on King Zhao's face when he heard this.

Although the state of Chu is strong, it is difficult to threaten the state of Zhao, if the state of Chu is unhappy, the state of Zhao does not matter, for the state of Chu, the state of Zhao is to make friends as much as possible.

Wei is different, if Zhao can establish its position in the Three Jin Dynasty at this time, it will be a great thing.

Thinking about it, King Zhao smiled and said, "Mr.'s words are very incomprehensible. ”

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Outside Teng City.

Xiong Huai told everyone about Zhao Guo, and then asked with a relaxed expression: "Zhu Qing, Zhao Guo has now withdrawn its troops and sent envoys to mediate with various countries, I don't know what Zhu Qing thinks." ”

Jing Cui was the first to speak: "King, we should have gone back a long time ago. ”

Tang Yu responded: "King, since King Zhao has come forward to mediate, then let's take advantage of the situation and withdraw our troops." ”