Suiyang City.

Zhao Dan sat in the study, intently correcting many movements.

Although he is on a mission at the moment, many things in the Zhao Kingdom still require him, the king, to make a decision.

A burst of footsteps suddenly sounded, and Zhao Dan's face moved slightly, knowing that this was Lian Po coming.

Sure enough, a moment later, Lian Po's voice sounded outside the study: "Minister Lian Po asks to see the king!" ”

Zhao Dan breathed a sigh of relief, sat up slightly straight, and said slowly, "Come in." ”

Lian Po entered the study, although his hair had a tendency to be all white, but the old general still looked energetic, his waist was straight, and his every move was vigorous.

Zhao Dan watched Lian Po sit down, and said with a smile: "What is the movement of the enemy army?" ”

This question is almost every time Lian Po arrives, Zhao Dan will ask it again, and every time Lian Po's answer is the same.

But this time, Lian Po gave a different answer.

I saw Lian Po take out a silk book and hand it to Zhao Dan: "King, this is a war book sent by Wang Di. ”

"War book?" Zhao Dan couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this.

To be honest, in the Spring and Autumn Period hundreds of years ago, it was actually quite a common behavior to write wars.

But in this Warring States era where "soldiers are not tired of cheating", it is already very rare to write a war letter, after all, the behavior of undeclared war in this era is too common, who still has a war letter.

Zhao Dan took the battle book from Lian Po's hand and read it carefully.

In fact, there is not much new in this battle book, it is nothing more than to condemn Zhao Guo and Zhao Dan, say some righteous nonsense, and then tell Zhao Guo that if Zhao Guo is willing, then a decisive battle will be held in three days.

After Zhao Dan read this war letter, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but show a smile, pushing the war book to Lian Po.

"The general should take a look, too."

Lian Po took the war book in Zhao Dan's hand and carefully read the content of the war letter.

Zhao Dan asked Lian Po, "What does the general think?" ”

Lian Po raised his head and thought for a while before he said: "Great King, the minister thinks that something must have happened within the Four Nations Alliance, otherwise, with their character, they should not take the initiative to fight." ”

Zhao Dan nodded and agreed with Lian Po's opinion, after all, this battle has been fought so far, everyone's intentions are actually obvious, Zhao Guo wants to delay, the coalition forces want to wait, if there is no change, there should not be this kind of situation where the coalition forces take the initiative to seek war.

Zhao Dan sighed and said, "If only I could know what problems are going on within the coalition forces." ”

In Zhao Dan's opinion, if you can really find the problems within the coalition and use them, maybe you can get miraculous results.

The two talked about it, but still nothing came to fruition.

At this moment, a report from Mao Sui came in from outside the room in time: "King, Guanzhong 800 miles urgent secret report!" ”

Zhao Dan's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he raised his voice: "Don't hurry up and bring it in!" ”

After a while, this urgent report was delivered to Zhao Dan, Zhao Dan let out a sigh of relief after reading this urgent report, and smiled at Lian Po: "General, the widow already knows the reason for the internal changes in the Four Nations Alliance. ”

"Oh?" Lian Po's eyes also lit up, and he said, "Please also ask the king to inform." ”

Zhao Danyang raised the urgent report in his hand and said with a smile: "The good news that has just come from Guanzhong, Li Mu has led the army to break through Xianyang City and capture alive many ministers of Qin including Qin King Chu and Qin Prime Minister Lu Buwei. ”

Due to the distance, the messenger of the Qin State who was able to pass directly from the Hangu Pass was obviously the messenger of the Zhao State who was farther away than the messenger of the Zhao State who traveled farther on the road to Suiyang, which is why Zhao Dan received the information a day later.

When Lian Po heard this, he also showed an expression of surprise on his face, and subconsciously asked: "King, did Li Mu really break through Xianyang City?" ”

This is not to say that Lian Po doubted Zhao Dan's words, but this matter was too unexpected for Lian Po, so the general of Zhao Guo asked this question.

In fact, in Lian Po's opinion, if Li Mu can make the Qin people restless in Guanzhong, it will actually be a great success.

Lian Po never thought that Li Mu would make such a big deal and directly break through the capital of other people, and even completed the great feat that was not achieved when he broke through Xianyang City last time - capturing Qin Wang Chu alive.

In the current situation, this is definitely a much-needed victory for Zhao State!

As soon as he thought of this, Lian Po couldn't help but think a little more highly of Li Mu, a young colleague, in his heart.

If before, Lian Po only thought that Li Mu was indeed a small generation of generals who were qualified to be his successor, then at this moment, Lian Po was already admitting from the bottom of his heart, Li Mu didn't even need to fight for Lian Po's successor, because Li Mu had now become a famous general of the same level as Lian Po.

Thinking of this, Lian Po couldn't help but arch his hand at Zhao Dan and said, "Congratulations to the king, from now on, there will be another immortal general in the Zhao Kingdom." ”

Zhao Dan laughed loudly, and the smugness on his face couldn't be hidden.

After a while, the laughter finally stopped, and Zhao Dan said to Lian Po: "General, the widow feels a little strange, you said that since this Wang Di already knows the news that Qin Wang Chu was captured by the widow, then why doesn't he immediately return to Guanzhong, but still have a decisive battle with the widow here?" ”

Lian Po thought for a while and said: "Great King, the minister thinks that Wang Yi may feel that if he retreats to Guanzhong now, there will be no hope of defeating the Great King and Zhao State, and if he fights hard under Suiyang City and defeats the main force of our army, then he will naturally have a bargaining chip to be able to bargain with us." ”

When talking about the word chips, Lian Po's eyes paused slightly on Zhao Dan's body, intentionally or unintentionally.

As soon as Lian Po said this, Zhao Dan immediately understood.

In fact, the reason why Wang Di did not return to Guanzhong was mainly because Suiyang City was thousands of miles away from Xianyang City, and when Wang Ji returned to Guanzhong, Li Mu had already taken Qin Wang Chu and didn't know where to go.

It is definitely impossible to rescue Qin Wang Chu from the hands of Zhao Jun, rather than this, then Wang Yi might as well have fought with Zhao Jun in Suiyang City.

As long as the battle of Suiyang is won, then the state of Zhao will collapse directly, and then Wang Di, as the victor, will have 10,000 ways to get the Qin king Chu back, but it is really not possible for Wang Di to set up a Qin king by himself, in short, as long as he wins, Wang Di will not lose.

Thinking of this, Zhao Dan couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "This Wang Di really dares to fight." ”

Wang's strategy was actually quite risky. If you win, you will naturally win everything, and you may even become the general minister of the four nobles of the Qin State back then, if you lose, then the charge of refusing to return to the teacher will be on your head, and the life of Wang Di and the Wang family may be very sad in the future.

This is actually a big gamble, one of the bets is the life of Qin Wang Chu, and the other side is the future of Qin and Wang Di.

Lian Po shook his head and said in a deep voice: "King, if the minister is in Wang Di's situation, the minister will do the same as Wang Di." ”

Zhao Dan couldn't help but be dumbfounded when he heard this, and then remembered that the general opposite him, when his father King Zhao Huiwen went to the meeting with Qin Wangji, Lian Poke at that time said to King Zhao Huiwen: "If the king does not change for 30 days, please make the prince the king to stop Qin Wang." ”

Decades have passed, and the personality of the old general Lian Po has not changed much, so it is really not surprising that he can say such a thing now.

If you choose between the future of the king and the country, Lian Po will definitely choose the future of the country.

Zhao Dan coughed a little embarrassed, and said to Lian Po: "Since this is the case, then in the opinion of the general, should the widow accept the decisive battle mentioned in this war book?" ”

Since it has been decided that he will not interfere in this battle, then Zhao Dan naturally wants to hand over the decision to Lian Po, thinking about the situation that the blind command of the captain of the transportation brigade led to the collapse in the civil war that year, Zhao Dan, who has seen more of the three major battle series since he was a child, is definitely familiar with it.

Lian Po thought for a while, and then said: "King, in the opinion of the old minister, this battle still has to be fought. “

Zhao Dan glanced at Lian Po noncommittally and said, "Why? ”

Although the decision is handed over to Lian Po, Zhao Dan must also want to hear the reasons for Lian Po's decision.

Lian Po said: "King, now that the four countries are combined, the strength is actually slightly better than our army, but after all, our army is all elite, and there is no worry that each is not under the command of the subordinates. ”

"Is there only a 50% chance of winning?" Zhao Dan's brows raised slightly, obviously a little dissatisfied.

Lian Po said with a straight face: "King, although our army has been defeating countries over the years, all countries are also growing with the battle with our army. This time, all the troops they sent were the main forces, and the strength was not much weaker than our army in terms of the same number, so the minister felt that they should not be taken lightly. ”

Zhao Dan glanced at Lian Po and found that the old general's face was full of solemn expressions, without any pride or naturalness at all.

Obviously, the defeat of Qi Guo under Gaotang City made Lian Po, the general of Zhao Guo, who was originally very arrogant and did not look at the other six countries in his eyes, had a certain change.

This kind of change is obviously very happy for Zhao Dan.

Lian Po continued: "And if Wang Di insists on not leaving, then he can at least block this news for one to two months, but Dong'e City may not be able to support it for that long." Once Dong'a is breached, then ......"

Zhao Dan nodded, picked up the pen and wrote on the battle book, "If you want to fight, I will fight!" Six big words, and then handed it to Lian Po's hand: "Okay, hand over this war letter." ”

Lian Po took the battle book, and it was worth talking about it.

Zhao Dan saw all this in his eyes and said, "The general has anything to say?" But it doesn't hurt to say it. ”

Lian Po shook his head and said to Zhao Dan: "King, the minister has a reluctance. Please stay in the city at the time of the decisive battle, and if the battle is unfavorable, then ask the king to immediately retreat north and return to Handan. ”

Talking about defeat before the big war is actually a very unfortunate thing in the eyes of many people, but Lian Po is calm.

Zhao Dan looked at Lian Po and couldn't help laughing: "General, are you so unconfident in yourself and the 350,000 Zhao Guoerlang under your command?" ”

Lian Po shook his head and said: "No, the old minister just thinks that the king is a thousand jun, and it is really inappropriate to ......."

Zhao Dan waved his hand to interrupt Lian Po's words and said, "The general's kindness is understandable, but the widow will not adopt this opinion." The reason why the widow came to Suiyang City was to let all Zhao Guoerlang know that the widow would stand with them to meet the final victory, not to come here to be a deserter! ”

"You will remember to inform the whole army that when the decisive battle is held, the widows will be under the banner of the king of the Chinese army, watching these warriors who swept across the Central Plains once again sacrifice their victories to the widows!"

Zhao Dan's words were categorical and non-negotiable.

Lian Po was silent for a long time, sighed softly, then lowered his body and bowed deeply to Zhao Dan, and turned to leave.

What Zhao Dan didn't see was that after turning around, the corners of the old general's mouth suddenly lightly raised a trace of arc.

Although it is the duty of a courtier to fight to the death for the king, what courtier wants his king to be the kind of person who will abandon him and flee when he sees a bad situation?

When he walked out of the door, the old general's waist was extremely straight, his steps were extremely vigorous, and even his voice was extremely loud and full of confidence.

"Tell everyone that it's time to teach those puppies south of Suiyang City a lesson!"