Handan City, Longtai.

A joyful atmosphere permeated the entire hall, and all the ministers present were beaming with joy, each with a rich smile on their faces, and laughter and laughter echoed in the air.

With the great victory outside Suiyang City, all the dark clouds that once shrouded Handan City and even over Zhao Kingdom have all dissipated in an instant, and now the Zhao Kingdom has been completely immersed in joy.

There was a sound of footsteps, and Zhao Dan appeared.

Today's Zhao Dan also had a smile on his face, although a small piece of gauze on his cheek seemed a little disobedient, but this did not prevent him from being accustomed to the majesty.

After seeing Zhao Dan, all the ministers stood up and saluted respectfully to Zhao Dan: "I've seen the king!" ”

Although this has been said countless times, this time, all the ministers are absolutely from the heart.

As important ministers of the Zhao State, they naturally had countless channels to learn about what happened on the day of the decisive battle.

It is precisely because of this that they admire Zhao Dan so much.

Although the strength of the left flank of the Zhao army and the sharpness of the armored cavalry in the battle of Suiyang City were important factors in the victory, the stubborn resistance of the Zhao army was also an indispensable key.

It was precisely because Zhao Dan's presence on the front line inspired everyone's morale that Zhao's central army was able to hold out for so long under the onslaught of the Qin army's elite.

And Zhao Dan did not drop the chain and fled at the critical moment It is also a decision that can be called a change in the outcome of the war, if Zhao Dan really ran away at that time, then the central army of Zhao Guozhong would completely collapse, and no one can say what happened next, but it is very likely that the Four-Nation Alliance Army will be defeated and victorious when the right-wing Wei Chu troops are defeated.

In these days, many important ministers have realized one point when they are thinking in their hearts, or discussing with others, that is, although their own king has not participated in the specific battlefield command, if it is not for the role he plays as the Dinghai Divine Needle, if it is not for him to resolutely choose to conquer in person, then Zhao Guo really can't win this battle!

As a result, the ministers' admiration for Zhao Dan was as surging as the water of the Yellow River, so the heartfelt reverence when saluting was also undisguised.

Zhao Dan obviously sensed this atmosphere, a smile appeared on his face, and said, "You don't have to be polite, you all sit down." ”

After everyone was seated, Zhao Dan spoke: "I summoned Zhuqing here today to discuss how to deal with this post-war matter. ”

According to statistics, in the battle of Suiyang City, the Zhao army beheaded more than 100,000 people in total, captured about 180,000 people of the Four Nations Alliance, and only about 100,000 remnants of the defeated army escaped the pursuit of the Zhao army and returned to China.

The victory in this battle shook the whole world, and the direct result was that the Qi and Yan States, which were still besieging the cities of Zhao State, directly withdrew their troops and sent envoys to Handan as quickly as possible.

After all, the alliance of the four countries together was defeated, and only two little weak chickens were left, Qi and Yan, how could they play with Zhao Guo.

Not only the Qi State and the Yan State, but also the four countries that suffered a great defeat in Suiyang City also sent envoys respectively, sent a large number of gifts to Zhao Danfeng, and asked Zhao Dan for peace with the most humble words.

Zhao Dan coughed and said, "The widow thinks that the question now is, how to make conditions to the six countries?" ”

If you win the war, you will definitely have to take the benefits, and the question now is how to take this advantage and what benefits should you take.

What a blissful annoyance.

Zhao Sheng, as the prime minister of Zhao State, was naturally the first to speak: "King, the minister feels that this time he must not be able to make peace with the countries as easily as last time, and he must slaughter them a few times!" ”

"The minister seconded the proposal."

"Seconded!"

As soon as Zhao Sheng's words came out, he was immediately approved by several other people.

Zhao Dan nodded slightly, and he also agreed with Zhao Sheng's words.

To put it bluntly, in the previous few Zhao alliances, Zhao basically only caught one or two countries and beat them up and then ceded the land, and they have always been relatively lenient for other countries.

This is because the Zhao State at that time was not strong enough to be the enemy of all other countries, so it was necessary to be gentle, and the appearance should not be so ugly, so as not to be vigilant and beaten by other countries.

But now it's different.

The current situation is that the other countries are indeed vigilant, and they also chose to beat Zhao Guo in groups, but they were killed by Zhao Guo!

The decisive significance of the battle of Suiyang City is that after this battle, even if the whole world unites, it can no longer stop the expansion of Zhao State!

Ally? No need. A dozen six? No problem, you guys go together, the widow is in a hurry!

The current Zhao State, just like the Qin State in the late Warring States period in history, doesn't have to worry about anything at all, just needs to keep expanding, expanding, and expanding again!

So Zhao Dan said: "Pingyuanjun's words, the widow also agrees. First of all, what the widow wants to say is that this Wei State must be destroyed! ”

Speaking of which, the origin of this six-nation war against Zhao was because Zhao united the states to carve up Wei under the pretext of crusading against Duan Ganzi, and now that Zhao has won, it is logical to complete the goal of destroying Wei.

For Zhao Dan's words, all the ministers agreed one after another, and there was even a little excitement in their hearts.

Since the division of the three families, although the seven warring states are strong and weak, you sing and I appear, but the situation of the seven heroes standing side by side in the world has never changed. But now, this situation is finally coming to an end!

With one, will it be too late for the second?

When the other six kingdoms are destroyed one by one, the era of Zhao dominating the world will come.

Everyone present will be the founders of the future super empire, destined to become famous figures in history!

Thinking of this, all the ministers of Zhao State became excited.

Zhao Dan continued: "So the next question is what price to make the other five countries pay!" You can express your views on this. ”

If you win the war, then it will naturally be the time to pay compensation for the land ceasion, but what land to cut and how much to pay for this is something that needs to be studied.

After all, although the five countries were defeated, it was impossible for Zhao to swallow all five countries in one go, so the two sides were destined to sit at the negotiating table to study this issue.

Since it is a negotiation, we must first determine the bottom line, after all, there is a back and forth in negotiation, and both sides have a bottom line. Zhao Guo's side must not let the five countries pass the test easily, but he can't ask for too much with his mouth, so as not to let the five countries stop talking about it.

In short, how to cut the five countries the hardest, and at the same time make the five countries able to accept this kind of cutting meat, this is the theme of Zhao Dan's meeting.

When the ministers heard this, they were delighted and began to speak.

"Great King, the minister thinks that the people of Qin should be allowed to cede Shangjun and Xihe County! Anyway, with Xianyang City and King Qin in hand, they don't dare not accept this request. ”

"The king, the minister thinks it's time for the Yan people to return Wuyang City!"

"The king, the minister thinks that he can let the people of Qi cede Jucheng!"

"The king, the minister feels that the Koreans must cede Yiyang to appease the king's anger, or spit out the Wei land occupied in this war!"

"The King's ......"

All in all, all the ministers of Zhao State were already completely excited, and all kinds of demands came out of their mouths like cannons, regardless of whether it was too much or what, anyway, let's talk about it first!

After some discussion, the ministers came up with a lot of ideas, and Zhao Dan also ordered people to record them one by one, and then said to Zheng Zhu: "Zheng Qing, you go back and ask people to sort out these requirements, and then make a plan, and submit it in a few days for the widow and the secretary to consider it." ”

As the foreign minister of Zhao State, Zheng Zhu was naturally in charge of this, so he immediately responded.

To be honest, diplomatic negotiations are meaningless most of the time, so Zhao Dan just plans to set a direction, and then let the envoys of the big banks talk nonsense with the envoys of the six countries.

At this time, Yu Xin on the side suddenly smiled strangely and said, "King, the minister has a plan, maybe he can solve this problem." ”

As soon as Yu Xin's words fell, the faces of the ministers present couldn't help but show a look of surprise, and Zhao Dan also looked at Yu Xin curiously, and said, "What is Yu Qing's plan?" ”

Yu Xin touched his long beard under his chin, a strange light flashed in his eyes, he looked like some dog-headed military advisor with a bad stomach, and said slowly: "Actually, the minister thinks that there is no need for the king and the ministers to study what conditions to propose to the five countries, although they can just put it forward themselves." ”

"Bring it up yourself?" The corners of Zhao Sheng's mouth twitched slightly, his face was somewhat disdainful, and he said, "Yu Qing, if the conditions proposed by the Five Kingdoms themselves are acceptable, then why should the king and us bother to discuss these things so hard?" ”

What Zhao Sheng said was indeed the truth, after all, although the five countries lost the war, no one wanted their own losses too much, right? Therefore, the price paid in the peace conditions put forward by the five countries was very small, as small as the one that Zhao State would never accept.

If Zhao Guo really accepted the conditions put forward by the Five Kingdoms in its entirety, then Zhao Guo could be said to have suffered a big loss, and this big battle would be fought in vain.

Yu Xin smiled and said, "Pingyuanjun misunderstood, in fact, my plan has not been finished yet. The king can ask the five countries to put forward conditions, and then tell them that the Zhao State will evaluate their conditions, and once the price paid by any country is considered the lightest by the Zhao State, then the Zhao State will choose this country as the target of the conquest next! ”

Zhao Dan's eyes lit up after hearing these words, and after thinking about it carefully, he couldn't help but pat his thigh, and praised: "Yu Qing's plan is wonderful." ”

With this condition attached, then the pressure on the five countries is completely different.

Whoever gives Zhao the least benefits will be beaten by Zhao State, and the power of evaluation is in the hands of Zhao State, so that the five countries must pay those benefits that Zhao State desires, otherwise they may face Zhao's troops.

"What if the five countries unite and secretly connect?" Pang Xuan said: "If this is the case, they can also achieve the purpose of making peace at a small cost." ”

"It is impossible for the five countries to be connected in tandem." Yu Xin said with a smile: "Because these five countries do not trust each other, how can they be sure that the price they have agreed in advance will not change their minds when it is submitted?" Besides, if the price offered by the five countries is exactly the same, then any one of them may become the target of our next conquest, how can they take this risk? ”

Under Yu Xin's explanation, everyone understood.

To put it bluntly, the viciousness of this plan lies in the fact that there must be a victim among the five countries, and if you don't want to become this victim, you must pay at least more than the victim.

If the five countries all think like this, then they will have to pay a price that may be even more than what Zhao Guo originally demanded in order not to be the last one!

Zhao Dan laughed and said, "Okay, Yu Qing's plan has won the hearts of the widows, so let's handle it accordingly!" Also, go and tell the kings of the other five countries to let them all come to Handan, the widow has a good show for them to see! ”