Li Zuoche was neither humble nor arrogant: "Liu Bang wants to defeat Xiang Yu, it will be very difficult to carry Xiang Yu head-on, he needs to win the northern region in order to gain an advantage over Xiang Yu." If you don't occupy my Zhao country for a day, Liu Bang will not give up. This strategy is to actively respond to Liu Bang's offensive. We have strengthened military training internally, rectified the government and government, and if necessary, we can recruit another 100,000 soldiers; Xiang Yu can be contacted externally, and the two sides will cooperate to jointly crack down on Liu Bang. ”

In ancient times, when all the people were soldiers, two million people could mobilize more than 300,000 troops, but they could not be mobilized for a long time, and if too many adult men were in the army, it would lead to a shortage of agricultural production labor.

Zhao Xie nodded in affirmation and said, "It sounds good, but it seems too conservative." ”

Hearing what the monarch said, Li Zuoche felt that there might be a play, and he was a little happy, and said tentatively: "If the king just wants to keep the existing territory of Zhao State, he can only adopt a conservative strategy. ”

At this time, Zhao Xie was even more interested, and said with a faint smile: "You say the middle strategy and the upper strategy together, don't hide it." ”

Li Zuodao: "This middle strategy is to actively expand strength, expand territory, and achieve one of the three points in the world, and take the vassal states in the northern region that have not yet been occupied by Liu Bang and Xiang Yu as the goal." The national strength of Yan is not as good as that of our country, and it will not be too difficult to take it, and after annexing Yan, we will appropriately use strategies to annex Qi. In this way, our side has a population of more than 6 million, a vast territory, and has the capital to compete with Liu Bang and Xiang Yu alone. Liu Bang and Xiang Yu, whoever is strong, we will unite the weak side to fight together. ”

"Well said! You can say that again! Zhao Xie laughed happily, "Go on." ”

Li Zuodao: "This best policy is to become the master of the world as the goal." On the basis of achieving one of the three points in the world, first unite one side to destroy the other, and then go all out to deal with the remaining side. King, which of the three strategies to adopt depends on your ambition. ”

Zhao Xie nodded in approval, and when he studied the history of Chu and Han in modern times, he concluded that Li Zuoche was talented, and now it seems that it is true, and he is in a happy mood.

Observing the monarch's reaction, Li Zuoche was happy in his heart, King Zhao really did not disappoint him again, and speculated based on King Zhao's reaction, it was impossible to choose the next strategy, and it was estimated that it should be the middle policy. He hoped that King Zhao would take the world as his goal and take the best policy, but this could only be an extravagant hope.

Zhao Xie put his left hand on Li Zuoche's shoulder and said with emotion: "Li Aiqing, it is a blessing to have your assistance. Liu Bang intends to defeat Xiang Yu and win the world, he can have this ambition as the head of the Surabaya Pavilion, why can't the widow? ”

He clenched his right fist and raised it, vowing to say, "I should aim to dominate the world!" ”

This is Zhao Xie's cry from the bottom of his heart, and it is the ideal that he must strive for after coming to this world.

In the past, Li Zuoche was disappointed by King Zhao's weakness and often sighed about it. He never imagined that King Zhao had such ambitions, and excitement welled up from the bottom of his heart, and he immediately knelt down.

"The minister will never fail my king for the rest of his life!"

This was Li Zuoche's heartfelt oath, and he was so excited that he almost burst into tears.

In the past, King Zhao was relatively weak and lacked assertiveness, and listened to Chen Yu for most things. And the King of Zhao in front of him is ambitious, can judge Chen Yu's mistakes in time, and rushed to the camp with all his might, and the King Zhao he saw today is very different from before.

Li Zuoche didn't understand why King Zhao had suddenly changed so much, but no matter what, this was a change for the better, and it was something he was happy to see.

Zhao Xie helped Li Zuoche up, looked at this excited talent, and said very firmly: "From today on, the widow will say goodbye to his former self, and the future King Zhao will definitely be Mingjun." ”

It was getting late, and after the two talked for a while on the military side, Zhao Xie asked Li Zuoche to go back to rest.

After the Zhao soldiers returned, the generals all had a good meal, and the wounded soldiers were all treated intensively. These are only minor injuries, and those who are seriously injured on the battlefield cannot follow the retreat at all, and can only die of serious injuries.

That night, Li Zuoche couldn't fall asleep after tossing and turning in bed, and the huge changes in King Zhao made him always excited, and he didn't fall asleep until midnight.

Zhao Xie was lying in the warm quilt, he couldn't sleep either, thinking about something that couldn't be discussed with anyone.

Today, he has successfully seized military power, but Chen Yu's influence is too great, and he must do everything possible to weaken Chen Yu's prestige in the army and in the hearts of the people, and enhance the prestige of King Zhao himself.

After thinking about it for a long time, I finally thought of another feasible strategy, that is, public opinion, to spread the news unfavorable to Chen Yu as much as possible.

Early the next morning, the fast horse came out of the camp of the Zhao army, which was sent by the king of Zhao to inform the civil and military officials at all levels in the capital of the news of the battle of Jingcheng.

Du Zhen and Meng Tong led the soldiers to cross the Jingcheng Post Road and came to the east bank of the Mianman River, where the remains of more than 30,000 Zhao soldiers were all here, just the remains, all the weapons were gone, and they were all taken away by Han Xin.

On this day, Zhao Xie visited the wounded soldiers and greeted the soldiers with cold and warmth.

There is a certain tent in Daying, this is Chen Yu's residence, Wen Shidi, Lu Tian, and Gong Zhi came here together.

Since last night, Chen Yu has been depressed.

Lu Tian said: "General, today the king went to visit those wounded soldiers, as if he were a family member, asking this and that, and making a look of concern." ”

Although Chen Yu has been dismissed as a general, in the minds of the three, Chen Yu is still the commander.

Gong Zhi said: "He is buying the hearts of the army." ”

Wen Shidi said: "I didn't expect that King Zhao would be so powerful. ”

Chen Yu said impatiently: "Okay, okay!" Without me, there would be no king, and I did make a small mistake, and in a few days, the king would naturally resume my position as a general. ”

His vigilance is not as high as that of those who follow him.

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The capital of Zhao State, Xiangguo.

On October 16, it had been three days since King Zhao left the capital.

Yesterday afternoon, a fast horse came back to inform the officials about the situation of the battle of Jingcheng. In the briefing, the combat situation, the mistakes made by Chen Yu, and the removal of Chen Yu as a general.

Today, the news began to spread in the capital.

In the southeast of Xiangguo City, there is an inn called "Xinglong Inn", which is one of the most famous inns in Xiangguo.

The inn is doing good business, and at noon, half of the tables in the inn hall are occupied by diners.

At a certain dining table, there were two chiefs of the Zhao army, who were complaining while eating and drinking.

Shi Changjia said: "I thought that the general would definitely be able to defeat the Han army, who knew that he would suffer a big loss in front of the Han army, if it wasn't for the king rushing to the camp, the Zhao army would have been wiped out." Such a general should be replaced! ”

Shi Changyi said: "With the king himself in charge of the army, I hope it will be fairer." ”

The two of them asked themselves that their abilities were good, but the promotion and promotion of middle and low-level officers in the army had always been in charge of Lu Tian, who had a good relationship with Chen Yu. Lu Tian's rewards and punishments were unfair, and the two of them began to join the army at the end of the Qin Dynasty and made a lot of contributions, just because they didn't curry favor with Lu Tian, and they are still just a chief.