"The old man has fought for the country all his life, is this the end? Only...... Is it too late to be safe? Zhang Mancang couldn't stop muttering in his heart, and after a while, he burst into tears again.

King Zhao Xiaocheng looked at Zhang Mancang who was kneeling on the ground with some surprise, and then looked up at the two old ministers present, Yiwen and Yiwu, and didn't know what to do for a while. Lao Xiangguo saw that King Zhao Xiaocheng was a little at a loss, and immediately said to Zhang Mancang: "The labor riot must be a matter of time, and General Zhang should blame himself too much. This riot was suppressed in time, thanks to the timely support of General Zhang, from this point of view, you are a great achievement, where does the sin begin? ”

"But ......"

"But the national city defense matter is under the jurisdiction of your Zhang Mancang General Division, and you feel that you have an unshirkable responsibility for this matter, right?" Zhang Mancang was just about to reply, but Fan Cheng on the side quipped.

Fan Cheng's words sounded extremely harsh to Zhang Mancang, and no matter how he felt it, it seemed like he was ridiculing himself.

"Fan Cheng, you old immortal bastard!"

Zhang Mancang turned his head and glared at Fan Cheng viciously, he had already scolded his ancestor thousands of times in his heart.

When King Zhao Xiaocheng saw Zhang Mancang glaring at Fan Cheng angrily, he knew that there was a misunderstanding between the two, and then said: "It is the intention of the lonely king that the Wangcheng guards do not go to reinforce the rebellion in the south of the city, which has nothing to do with the veteran general Fan!" After all, the widow can be prevented! ”

"Just in case? This...... Forgive the sinners for their stupidity! Zhao Xiaocheng's words made Zhang Mancang suddenly a little confused, "I don't know what the king has to worry about?" Zhang Mancang asked.

"I think that at the beginning, my Great Zhao Kingdom was trapped by Qin, and the grain and grass in Handan City were exhausted, and the whole country was in danger. At the last moment, Wang Ming decided and quickly sent someone to ask for help, and then Sun Junshi skillfully calculated that it was to temporarily relieve the crisis of Zhao State. The lonely king is afraid that once all the guards of the royal city are dispatched, they will fall into the way of others! ”

Zhang Mancang was not very satisfied when he heard this, and felt that King Zhao Xiaocheng was a little frightened, "My king doesn't have to worry so much, these labors are all the 20,000 troops of the Qin general Zheng Anping back then, these Qin people who have been detained and enslaved for nearly ten years have no connection with the outside world, they have already become a group of rabble, they can't make big waves!" ”

King Zhao Xiaocheng couldn't help but shake his head when he heard this, and asked, "In this riot, how many casualties did our army and civilians have?" ”

"This ......"

"My king, the specific number is being checked, and it can be seen that there are hundreds of people......"

"Hundreds of people ......"

King Zhao Xiaocheng said with a sad face when he heard this: "The Qin prisoners who are bound and hard-working in the city can still kill our soldiers and civilians, if the royal city guards go out of the city to support, I am afraid that they will disturb the Qin 'Xuan' lurking around!" If Qin 'Xuan' took advantage of the emptiness of the royal city garrison and successfully infiltrated the ......"

Hearing this, Zhang Mancang couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat, King Zhao Xiaocheng looked at Zhang Mancang, who had a frightened face, and sighed: "Hundreds of people...... There are only a hundred people in the outnumbered army, and hundreds of people ......"

King Zhao Xiaocheng's words made Zhang Mancang's heart like a knife, and then kowtowed like a chicken pecking broken rice, "The guilty minister should die...... The sinner will die, and the sinner will take the death to comfort the soul of the dead......"

As he spoke, Zhang Mancang simply collapsed to the ground and cried, completely losing the heroic demeanor that a veteran should have.

After the Battle of Changping and the Battle of Patriotic Defense, the population of Zhao State was greatly reduced, and suddenly learned that the old Zhao people had been folded early in the morning, and King Zhao Xiaocheng couldn't help but feel a heartache. He didn't blame or ridicule Zhang Mancang, nor did he expect that the veteran Shuai, who was known for his iron and blood, would howl in the hall regardless of his face, but King Zhao Xiaocheng did not open his mouth to comfort Zhang Mancang, but let him cry unscrupulously in the hall. The old Xiangguo on the side squinted his eyes and said nothing like Mount Tai, while on the other side, the veteran Fan was handsome and looked at Zhang Mancang with interest. After a long time, the cries of vicissitudes gradually stopped echoing in the main hall.

King Zhao Xiaocheng saw that Zhang Mancang was no longer crying, but just lying on the ground trembling and sobbing.

"Don't be so sad about the veteran handsome, the widow doesn't mean to blame the veteran handsome, don't think too much!" King Zhao Xiaocheng hung the sword on his waist, and then helped Zhang Mancang up, "In the past two days, King Gu has not had a morning meeting with the court, and only talked about the city defense with Lao Xiangguo and Fan Lao Shuai. Originally, the lonely king did not dare to make a rash decision because of his concerns, but today there was such a thing, and the widow had to make up his mind to reconsider the matter of city defense. ”

Zhang Mancang's old face flushed when he heard this, and he couldn't help twitching, turned his head to look at Fan Cheng, who was still smiling, and said unwillingly: "The sinner...... The criminal minister is willing to hand over his authority to General Fan......"

As soon as Zhang Mancang's voice fell, King Zhao Xiaocheng and the two old ministers laughed together. The three of them suddenly had a smile on their faces, which made Zhang Mancang couldn't help but be confused, he didn't know what the three of them were laughing at at this time, and the old face that was already full of wrinkles added a bit of solemnity.

"Hey......

Fan Cheng laughed twice, then stood up and walked to Zhang Mancang's side, and then the withered old hand slapped heavily on the blood-covered armor and quipped: "Old Zhang Touer, I didn't expect you to have so many thoughts, why didn't the old man notice it before?" ”

After finishing speaking, Fan Cheng's old eyes suddenly showed a hint of cunning.

"Isn't it funny?"

Zhang Mancang didn't think how funny his words were, and his dark old face sank and scolded in a low voice: "My king hasn't made up his mind yet, you old boy is a proud fart!" ”

King Zhao Xiaocheng shook his head when he heard this, and said with a wry smile: "Don't be angry, the old general, both of you were born and died for Zhao Guo, and you are both loyal old ministers." A few years ago, the two of you were estranged due to the disagreement of the city defense strategy, and the widow judged the situation and felt that the veteran commander had a more appropriate and practical strategy for you, so he worshiped you with full authority to be in charge of the city defense. Facts have also proved that the veteran commander's strategy is very good! However, ......", King Zhao Xiaocheng paused and continued: "However, things have changed, after the Battle of Handan, although there is no dispute between Zhao and Qin in the open, but in fact, the undercurrent is surging and dangerous, and you know more about this than the few. In this secret meeting, the widow originally decided to let the veteran general Fan take charge of the city defense, but the veteran commander suggested that the widow 'combine the two generals'! The widow was originally indecisive in comparison, afraid that the two generals would regenerate the gap due to incompatibility in strategy, which would ruin the widow's big thing, but today's riot made the widow have to make up his mind and adopt the advice of the veteran commander! ”

"The two generals will be combined...... Zhang Mancang muttered.

"Well, yes, the two will be combined!" King Zhao Xiaocheng nodded slightly.

Zhang Mancang bowed his head and was silent when he heard this, and after thinking for a while, he arched his hand and asked: "Forgive the sin and be stupid, I don't know what this 'combination of two generals' is?" ”

King Zhao Xiaocheng smiled slightly when he heard this, returned the sword at his waist to Zhang Mancang's hand, turned his head to look at Fan Cheng and said, "It's better to bother Veteran General Fan to give Veteran General Zhang a specific explanation!" After finishing speaking, he motioned for Zhang Fan and the others to take their seats according to the class, and then turned around and returned to the throne.

"Hey!"

Fan Cheng received the king's order, and after Zhang Mancang sat down separately, they started talking......