"Li Zhuo?" Wu Guang asked suspiciously. Although this is the White Tiger Hall, it is not specially summoned, so it is not qualified to enter. He glanced at Zhao Yong beside him again, only to see him smiling, and said with his chin bowed: "You are Li Yan's third brother, Li Zhuo?"

Li Zhuo saw Zhao Yong call out his name in one breath, and he was overjoyed, so he hurriedly saluted: "It is Your Majesty." ”

"No, no, no, you're not a minister." Zhao Yong said with some evil taste, pointed at Fei Yi and the others and said, "They are the ministers, you are a small official at most." There are many small officials like you in my Zhao Kingdom, and you are only one of them. ”

When Li Zhuo heard this, he immediately broke down in a cold sweat, knowing that he had made a mistake on the first day of his visit to the palace, and it must have been because of his arrogant performance just now, which made this monarch who was similar to himself a little annoyed, so he hurriedly kowtowed, and said again and again, "I hope that the king will forgive your sins." ”

In fact, Wu Guang and Fei Yi and others are also very clear about Li Zhuo's name, because since the victory of Daijun, Li Zhuo has often been mentioned by Zhao Yong, and his heart of cherishing and loving talents has made several old ministers jealous. Therefore, they knew that Zhao Yong had the heart to boil up this young man, so they didn't stop it.

"Alright, get up." Zhao Yong's face was still a little normal just now, at this moment, he was a little cold, he walked in front of Li Zhuo, looking at this young man who was about the same as himself, there was really a blood mark on his head, it can be seen that he definitely didn't pretend just now, he was really afraid of himself, and even if he stood in front of him, he didn't even dare to take a breath, Zhao Yong turned his head and said to the eunuch behind him: "Get him a sweat towel and wipe it." ”

As soon as these words came out, Li Zhuo's heart that he had just mentioned suddenly became puzzled again, which one is true for the gentleman to be serious and tolerant? It's just unpredictable.

Zhao Yong felt that it would be okay to give this young general a small dismount and punish him, and he didn't plan to continue to do anything, so he turned his back to him and said: "You said just now that there is a plan to help me, what kind of strategy is it?" ”

Li Zhuo looked at Zhao Yong's back, feeling apprehensive, but he still said the question he was thinking about just now, "Minister... The kid thinks that he can use the land of Hedong to exchange for the troops of the Qi State. ”

As soon as he finished speaking, Wu Guang took the lead in shouting: "Absolutely not!" Wu Guang's eyes widened angrily and glared at Li Zhuo: "Huangkou child, short-sighted!" The land east of the river is the hard work of my ancestors, and it is also an important town for my Zhao country to resist the Qi country in the east, and it is also an important passage to guard the Yan country and the Qi country, and it is an excellent place to encircle Zhongshan from the east. Wu Guang said, he had already walked in front of Li Zhuo, hated Li Zhuo, and shouted loudly: "In such a place, through your mouth, it seems that you can give away things casually, what are your intentions?" Then, Wu Guang immediately turned around and said to Zhao Yong: "Please push this son out and behead it to show the public!" Set an example! ”

Wu Guang's words were so sharp that he startled Li Zhuo, he didn't expect this uncle to be so angry, he was just a proposal, and there was a follow-up, so the boss was not in a hurry to behead himself to show the public. He was also indignant in his heart, anyway, it's not Zhao Yong, I don't care who you are, and immediately replied: "That's not what the kid meant, don't slander this old man!" ”

"If you don't mean that, then what do you want?" Wu Guang didn't expect this Li Zhuo to dare not say anything, so he directly refuted himself, and his blood pressure immediately increased, and the superior for many years made him unceremonious to Li Zhuo, and immediately reprimanded him.

"What the kid means is that Gaotang is indeed a good town, but for Zhao Guo, it is not necessary. Moreover, in the battle of Pingyi, the Qi State already possessed the land of Pingyi, which was the key point of the Great River, and the Gaotang Dynasty was lonely to the east of the Great River, and sooner or later it was owned by the Qi State. Yes, there is something here, there is nothing to do, if there is not, then it may be exchanged for the dispatch of troops from the Qi State, involving the troops of the Zhongshan State, and creating conditions for our army to go north. ”

Hearing Li Zhuo say that he was a child, Boss Wu Guang was unhappy, and thought, grandma, when Lao Tzu came out to be an official, you Lao Tzu was not bullshit, and you dared to teach me a lesson today, so he said sharply: "Innocent!" The State of Qi is as cunning as a fox, how can you know that if Gaotang is handed over to the State of Qi, the State of Qi will be willing to send troops to attack the State of Zhongshan? Just now, the monarch has clearly said very clearly, the Zhongshan Kingdom has fallen, and the one who has benefited the most is my Zhao State, and the Qi State will definitely not be cheap to the Zhao State because of the Gaotang Dynasty. Such an absurd and uninhibited thing is just what you yellow-mouthed kid said. ”

"The powerful are also controlled by profit. The matter of marching should be guided by the times, and should not be fixed on prejudices and not moved. On the border of Qi State's Chen soldiers, if you can exchange the land of Gaotang for Qi State's troops, of course, it is the best. If not, then troops should be quickly dispatched to raid Zhongshan. As he spoke, he was also unceremoniously, walked straight to the sand table, picked up the baton, pointed to the house in the northwest direction of Shancheng and said, "The house is an important stronghold for our army to go north. This place is owned by Zhongshan, then my supplies and grain and grass transportation, will be controlled by Zhongshan, and if this place is owned by me, it can become one of the passages to the north, to provide supply logistics for the army, second, it can also form a defensive triangle with the towns of Shancheng and Boren, attacking a city, then the other two cities can be quickly rescued, the importance of the place, not comparable to the Gaotang Dynasty. Fortunately, this sand table is more detailed, and many places are marked very clearly, which is explained very clearly by Li Zhuo.

"So, what's the benefit of abandoning Gao Tang?" After Zhao Yong was silent, he finally asked.

"Gao Tang is equivalent to my Zhao country, which is equivalent to a wide border, stretched out a fist, Qi country is naturally uneasy, it is best to cut off this fist. The monarch once said that the current Zhao State is not determined to compete for hegemony in the Central Plains, but in the heart of the mountain. We used Gao Tang as a bait to show that we had no intention of advancing eastward, and asked Qi to go north, or continue to maintain the posture of large troops pressing the border, and continue to put pressure on Zhongshan. Why not help our army reduce the resistance to the offensive? ”

Li Zhuo paused and continued: "Besides, since Gao Tang can be defeated today, he can also fight tomorrow, but at this moment, Zhongshan and Qi are at odds, which is a godsend. It's not always an opportunity. Therefore, the kid suggested that the king should abandon Gao Tang in Qi in exchange for Qi to maintain pressure on Zhongshan. ”

After listening to Li Zhuo's words, Zhao Yong walked to the sand table, looked at Gao Tang, and then looked at the house, nodding for feeling unavoidable, in fact, he had already decided in his heart just now that no matter whether the Qi State sent troops or not, he would send troops to attack the house. Its purpose is simple, that is, to fall into the well. In the end, the charge of marching was transferred to Qi State, and he also wanted to know what the combat effectiveness of Zhao State's army was, so it was naturally very good to kill three birds with one stone.

"What does Master Fat think?" Zhao Yong thought for a while and asked Feiyi behind him.

Fei Yi had just seen Zhao Yong's face, and knew that this monarch had already made up his mind to fight this battle, and what he had to do now was to strengthen his determination. Speaking from facts, Fei Yi is also in favor of sending troops, firstly, it can sweep away the record and decline of Zhao Guo's long history against Zhongshan, and secondly, it can also establish Zhao Yong's authority, so that the people feel that he is a very great king. Compared with these two, the others are also considered add-ons.

The old minister thought that this plan was feasible. However, it is not possible to ensure that it is complete, and the king should make people secretly interact with Zhongshan, especially the important ministers of Zhongshan. It is even possible to spread the news of the attack of the Qi army in the capital of Zhongshan, so that the ruler of Zhongshan will be restless, and I will take this opportunity to send troops to the house and take this town. ”

Zhao Yong nodded, and glanced at Wu Guang again, "What does the national lieutenant think?" ”

Wu Guang was actually disheartened and decided not to dissuade the troops anymore, he stood there with a look of disappointment on his face, waiting for Zhao Yong to issue instructions, but he didn't expect that Zhao Yong even asked his thoughts, it seems that Zhao Yong is still a little grateful to himself, and said to Zhao Yong with words: "If this is the case, of course it is good, but the king must do a good job of defense to avoid Zhongshan dogs jumping off the wall." ”

"That's for sure." Zhao Yong often breathed a sigh of relief, "Then next, we can consider the route of the march and the candidate for the envoy to Zhongshan." With that, he walked over to the sand table. Li Zhuo saw him coming, the arrogance just now disappeared immediately, and he respectfully handed the baton to Zhao Yong, Zhao Yong looked at the baton, smiled slightly, and said to Li Zhuo: "If it is really after the door, there is nothing to be afraid of." However, you must not be so reckless in the future, otherwise, one day, you will definitely suffer from it. ”

"Minister... The little one must keep it in mind, and dare not forget it. ”

Zhao Yong looked at Li Zhuo, smiled and said to Wu Guang: "Hasn't the national captain been busy handling military affairs recently?" What kind of position do you think our little general should be awarded? ”

Wu Guang didn't expect that Zhao Yong was going to give Li Zhuo a reward, but when he suddenly asked about this topic, he didn't know how to answer for a while, so he said to Zhao Yong: "There is a precedent for rewarding." With Li Zhuo's merits, he is not on the list for the time being. ”

"Then let's owe it first." Zhao Yong smiled heartily and said to the driver: "After I attack the house, I will reward it." Zhao Yong said with a laugh.

"So, who does the gentleman think should attack Zhongshan?" Zhao Bao asked.

Zhao Yong pondered for a while and said: "Pang Cong has been in Gaotang for a long time, since he wants to return Gaotang to Qi State, let him come back." In addition, Lone is going to go to the house together to see how my Zhao Jun's combat strength is? ”

"Uh, yes."

"In addition, let Fu Ding send an envoy to Zhongshan Kingdom, we must stabilize the monarchs and ministers of Zhongshan Kingdom, prepare for our army, and provide opportunities." Zhao Yong thought for a while and added: "In addition, the defender of Shancheng Lian Wu has reorganized his armament and is ready to assist our army and attack the house!" ”

"Yes!"