Another piece of good news came back to Handan.

Perhaps because the defeat of the Qin State was too fast, although they had already stationed troops in the Helan Mountains, the Yue people never advanced eastward, and chose to withdraw their troops after the arrival of autumn.

Regarding this news, Zhao Dan also let out a long breath. In order to deal with the invasion of the Yue people, Zhao mobilized a large number of soldiers and horses from the five northern counties, and now they can finally be disbanded.

The focus of the next work is the annual plan.

After the end of the count, it is New Year's Day, and with it comes winter.

When another spring arrives, the pace of war is slowly approaching.

During the first meeting of spring, Zhao Dan began to ask a question.

Who should be the next target?

The war year after year, day after day, to be honest, sometimes makes Zhao Dan feel a little bored and tired.

But in this situation where diplomacy simply cannot allow other countries to be peacefully annexed by Zhao, war is an inevitable choice.

However, as the saying goes, if you don't advance, you will retreat, and only by constantly expanding the territory and weakening the national strength of other countries can we better and faster achieve Zhao Dan's goal of dominating the world.

Around the question raised by Zhao Dan, the important ministers of Zhao State launched a very heated discussion.

Lian Po took the lead in speaking to Zhao Dan and said, "The king, in the opinion of the ministers, should continue to attack the Qi country. The state of Qi recaptured the land it had ceded from the state of Yan last year, and once occupied a large part of the northern part of the state of Chu, and the grudge between the two countries was difficult to resolve. Therefore, the king only needs to unite Yan and Chu to attack Qi, and he will definitely be able to get twice the result with half the effort. ”

Zhao Sheng obviously disagreed with Lian Po's point of view, only to see this Zhao State Xiangbang speak: "Wu Xinjun's words are wrong, Yan State rejected the king's request last year and attacked Qi State, and dragged Zhao State back in the First Battle of Chu, so the people of Yan State are not trustworthy. The State of Chu only ceded a large area of territory to our State of Zhao last year, presumably the King of Chu was not willing to send troops together. In this way, the matter of cutting Qi is not so simple. ”

Lian Po snorted and said, "Even if there are no Yan and Chu countries, the power of Zhao State alone is enough to break Qi!" ”

Zhao Sheng nodded and said with a smile: "What Wu Xinjun said is extremely true. But please don't forget Wu Xinjun, now Zhao is the strongest in the world, and although the other six countries are superficially subservient, they are actually the enemies of my Zhao country. If you attack rashly, I am afraid that it will attract a joint backlash from the six countries, which will be a bad thing. ”

Hearing this, Zhao Dan suddenly spoke: "Pingyuanjun's words are reasonable. ”

In Zhao Dan's view, the current Zhao State is undoubtedly the strongest Zhao State in history, but at the same time, the situation of Zhao State is actually the most delicate in history.

At the point of Zhao State, any covenant is actually something that cannot be relied on, and it only takes one opportunity to attack Zhao at any time.

How can we restrain this situation of the Six Nations attacking Zhao? The answer in Zhao Dan's mind is not to stand on the opposite side of the other six countries at the same time.

Therefore, Zhao Dan has always attached great importance to diplomacy, and almost every war will unite two or three countries to attack together.

Judging from the current national strength of Zhao State, only two countries need to fight side by side with Zhao State, then Zhao State is basically very safe.

Zhao Dan said to several important ministers of Zhao in front of him: "Every war must have two or more allies, this is the bottom line of the widow. If there were not so many allies, the outnumbered would not have started a war easily unless several other countries were caught in the middle of attacking each other. Okay, do you have any other opinions? ”

The ministers were silent in thought.

After a while, Zhao Sheng broke the silence and spoke: "Great King, it is better to send troops to attack the Qin State. The Qin State suffered heavy losses in the war with the Zhao State last year, and now the national strength is declining, which is a good opportunity to take advantage of the situation to attack the Qin State. ”

As soon as Zhao Sheng's words came out, Zhao Bao and Pang Xuan immediately agreed.

But Yu Xin obviously didn't agree with Zhao Sheng's opinion, and saw Yu Xin say: "Pingyuanjun's words are wrong. If you want to attack the Qin State, then Hedong County must provide food for the army. However, Hedong County was hit hard in last year's war, and last year's harvest was seriously insufficient, and it was only through the national treasury to transport grain to get through the crisis, so how to supply food for the army? ”

Xiangbang Zhao Sheng thought for a while and said, "You can transfer grain from Jinyang." ”

Yu Xin shook his head and said: "Jinyang has been supplying grain to Hetao and Shuofang counties for the past two years, and the pressure is actually not small. Although there are still about 100,000 stone of grain stored in Jinyang's treasury today, these 100,000 stone of grain are far from enough for the attack of the army. If grain is transported from Handan, it must pass through Shangdang and Hedong before it can be transported to the front line in Guanzhong, which is a long distance and costly, and it is really not a good strategy. ”

Zhao Dan couldn't help but bow slightly when he heard this, what Yu Xin said was indeed quite reasonable, it seemed that he could only wait until Hedong County restored grain production before preparing to launch an offensive against the Qin State.

On the other hand, although a two-to-three year postponement would allow the Qin State to also relax, the Zhao State also had the opportunity to restore Hedong County and take the opportunity to attack the East, and it was not a loss.

The most important thing is actually Bai Qi's guy.

Bai Qi is not dead, Zhao Dan really can't attack the Qin State boldly with confidence.

After all, this is a man who can create miracles in the true sense, and Zhao Danke doesn't want his Zhao Kingdom to become a stepping stone for another miracle of war in vain.

Zhao Dan said: "Okay, since that's the case, then the matter of attacking the Qin State will also be put aside for the time being." Yu Qing, what is your opinion? ”

To be honest, Zhao Dan really dislikes the kind of people who only know how to deny other people's opinions, but never know how to propose any solutions.

When a courtier wants you to come up with an idea, not for you to come and talk to other courtiers, it is not as reliable to say a thousand words as to come up with an idea.

Fortunately, as Zhao Dan's confidant and courtier, Yu Xin obviously already knew Zhao Dan's character, so he said unhurriedly at the moment: "King, in the opinion of the minister, it is better to crusade against Yan Guo." ”

"Yan Guo?" Zhao Dan showed a surprised expression on his face, and after a while, he said, "Why is this?" ”

To be honest, although Zhao Dan was very dissatisfied with Yan Guo's behavior of dragging his feet in the last battle of Chu, Zhao Dan really didn't think about attacking Yan State.

The country of Yan is located on the border, and neither geographical location nor strategic significance is important, so Zhao Dan's need for attack on Yan is not very urgent.

In addition, Yan only has two neighbors, Qi and Zhao, and under the premise that other countries will definitely not participate in the battle of Yan, even if Zhao and Qi form an alliance to attack Yan, it is not in line with Zhao Dan's idea of "every war must have two allies".

Yu Xin cleared his throat and said, "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that attacking Yan State now is a great opportunity for Zhao State. ”

"Qi missed a large area of Huaibei in Chu because of Yan last year, Qi Wangjian hated this after all, if the king sent an envoy to Qi, then Qi Wangjian would definitely agree to attack Yan with the king. As long as Zhao and Qi jointly attack the Yan State, then the Yan State will undoubtedly be defeated. ”

Zhao Sheng was obviously very dissatisfied with Yu Xin's dismantling just now, so he immediately spoke up at this time: "Yu Qing, what if the other four countries take the opportunity to attack Zhao when they attack Yan State?" ”

As soon as Zhao Sheng said this, several other important ministers of Zhao State nodded one after another, this is indeed a big problem.

Yu Xin was obviously prepared for this, and immediately smiled when he heard this: "Pingyuan Jun's words are reasonable, Handan is located in the Central Plains and Yan is located in the northeast, if the army sets out to attack Yan State, then Handan in the hinterland of the Central Plains is indeed in danger of being attacked." Therefore, in my opinion, before attacking the Yan Kingdom, we should find something to do for the Central Plains States. ”

"Looking for something?" The ministers in the hall looked at each other, with puzzled looks on their faces.

Yu Xin turned his face to Zhao Dan and said to Zhao Dan: "Great King, the minister remembers that last year, the Great King promised the King of Han and the King of Wei to allow them to attack the State of Chu freely, I don't know if there is such a thing?" ”

Zhao Dan nodded and said, "This is indeed the case, could it be that Yu Qing wants to persuade Han and Wei to attack Chu?" ”

Yu Xin said with a smile: "The king is really wise, and the minister has this intention." The capital of Chu was conquered last year, and a large area of territory was seized, which was the weakest time. If Han and Wei joined forces to attack Chu, the odds of victory would be quite large, so the king of Han and Wei should agree to join forces to attack Chu. As long as there is a war between the three kingdoms of Han, Wei and Chu, then the king can rest assured that he will unite with Qi to attack Yan in the north. ”

Pang Xuan on the side interjected: "Has Yu Qing forgotten that Chu State still has such an ally as Qin State, if Chu State is attacked by Han and Wei, Qin State will probably not stand idly by, right?" ”

Yu Xin said: "Pang Qing's concern is justified. But Pang Qing should not forget that the Qin State also suffered a heavy blow last year, and it is very likely that the people of the Qin State are powerless to rescue the Chu State. What's more, if the Qin State also joined the battle group, it would actually be a good thing for my Zhao State. ”

After listening to Yu Xin's words, Zhao Dan thought about it and felt that it seemed to be the case.

As long as Han, Wei, Qin, and Chu are involved in the chaos of the Four Kingdoms, Zhao Guo will naturally be able to go north with confidence and have no worries about future troubles.

So Zhao Dan no longer hesitated, and soon made a decision.

Yu Qing's words won the hearts of the widows. Zheng Qing, you quickly arranged for envoys to go to Yan, Qi, Korea and Wei, and implement what Yu Qing said just now! ”

Zheng Zhu, a pedestrian from Zhao Guoda, bowed down and said, "Oh! ”

Zhao Dan paused, and then said: "As for the selection of the main general who attacked the Yan Kingdom......

As Zhao Dan spoke, his gaze swept over Lian Po and Pang Xuan's bodies, obviously a little hesitant.

But soon Zhao Dan made a decision: "This time, Pang Xuan will be the main general, and Li Mu will be the deputy general, and when everything is ready, he will lead 150,000 troops north to attack Yan State!" ”

Lian Po's face immediately showed a dissatisfied look, and he was about to speak, but Yu Xin on the side threw a look at him in time, and the old general gritted his teeth and closed his mouth.

In a moment, several important ministers left the main hall of Longtai one after another, and Lian Po deliberately slowed down, waiting until Yu Xin came up and walked side by side before saying, "Why did Yu Qing stop Yu Wu?" ”

Although the current cloth faction is nominally headed by Lian Po, Yu Xin, as a think-tank figure, often speaks with a very heavy weight.

Yu Xin touched the beard under his chin, and smiled at Lian Po: "The general has already attacked the Chu State last year, and it is not impossible to rest this year. ”

"Rest?" Lian Po shook his head and said, "If I can, I really hope to be able to go out every year!" ”

This veteran general is obviously the same as Bai Qi, an out-and-out war maniac.

Yu Xin sighed and said, "Hasn't the general seen it yet?" If the general has been leading the troops, then let alone Pang Xuan, I am afraid that even Ji Xin, Li Mu and even Yu Lecheng and others will complain about the general. So this time, the king did not let the general lead the troops, not only from the perspective of balance, but also to appease the hearts of the generals in other armies. ”

After listening to Yu Xin's words, Lian Po pondered for a while, and then nodded: "Listening to what you said, the king didn't let me go on the expedition this time, but it was for my good?" ”

Yu Xin smiled: "This is nature. The general was a little impatient, thinking that even if Pang Xuan defeated a Yan country, the weakness of the Yan country was actually not a big merit. What's more, this time Pang Xuan went to conquer the Yan Kingdom, so when the next real war comes, he will have no reason to compete with the general for the position of the main general! ”

Yu Xin's analysis made Lian Po's unhappy look disappear completely, and a smile appeared on his face: "Since this is the case, then I will wait for his good news in Handan!" ”