Xu Shuchang is such a person, in Xia Huan's opinion, a lot of rhetoric, but when it comes to facts, it is like a castle in the air, which can be seen but not available.

However, such people are not useless. Especially when he is a lobbyist, he can show his talents even more.

Before Xu Shuchang left, Xia Huan instructed him that if someone from the Prime Minister's Mansion quietly received him, then he would take the initiative to anger Zhao Shu and force him to say the words of defecting to the Han Kingdom.

Of course, this plan is easy to say, but it is extremely difficult to actually do. After all, Xia Huan had never been in contact with Zhao Shu himself, so he didn't know what this person's habits were.

It's just that with some things that Zhao Yu inquired about, he judged a little bit.

It is obviously extremely difficult to unconsciously control a person's will, but Xu Shuchang has done it.

This alone also shows that Xu Shuchang is indeed outstanding in terms of words.

From the study to the main hall, this shows that Zhao Shu has already made his attitude clear, and he is justified in negotiating conditions with the king of Chu Zhou.

Moreover, although Xu Shuchang is not good at focusing on reality, it does not hinder his knowledge.

Today, among the hundreds of schools of thought, he is proficient in the most widely spread Huang Laoxue and Confucianism.

Similar to the "Analects", "Tao Te Ching", and other two masterpieces, they are even more backwards. Therefore, if you don't know how to communicate with him, you will only think that this person is a great talent.

And Zhao Shu, as I have said before, is not a person with outstanding talents. Even if he has been in the position of Zhao Xiangguo for so long, he can only be regarded as skillful in government decrees.

Xu Shu often cited from the sidelines to analyze the goodness of Chu, the disadvantages of Qi, and the threat of Han to Zhao. Zhao Shu was stunned.

In the end, it was even hinted to Zhao Shu that as long as he was willing to face King Zhou, then not only could he keep his current glory and wealth, but he might be able to go further in the future.

And Zhao Shu himself is not stupid, since the defeat of the Qi State, he originally had the idea of wanting to move closer to the Chu State.

It's just that he once vigorously opposed the state of Chu, and suddenly fell to the state of Chu, worried that he would offend the state of Qi and not get the good of the state of Chu. In the hearts of the people of the world, leave an image of two faces and three knives.

Second, it was also difficult to have no one to be a guide and could not get in touch with the high-level officials of the Chu State.

Now, Xia Huan is here, in fact, Zhao Shu is not only disgusted, but extremely happy.

However, Zhao Shu still understands the truth of being happy and waiting for the price to sell. If he takes the initiative to find Xia Huan, it will be a bit cheap, and in the future, Zhao Guo will rely on Chu State, and he may not be able to sit firmly in Xiangguo's position.

This is also the reason why he persuaded King Zhao to place all Xia Huan's soldiers and horses outside the city and give Xia Huan a dismount.

If Zhao Shu really didn't want to contact with the Chu State, then how could he let Xia Huan's people into the mansion?

The previous steward may have a good status among the subordinates, but he would never dare to make such a big proposition privately. Obviously, he had already received instructions from Zhao Shu.

Now, Xu Shuchang easily took the initiative in his hands, and there was no need for Zhao Shu to continue to pretend to be cold.

The banquet was served with good wine and meat, and he blatantly told Xu Shuchang that he had a heart.

came and went, and the two chatted quite happily.

Especially Xia Huan's promise to him made Zhao Shu more grateful to Xia Huan.

The two chatted until midnight, and Xu Shuchang got up and left under the pretext that he was too drunk to drink.

When leaving, Zhao Shu personally saw him off and walked out of the main gate.

However, although Zhao Shu had already negotiated the conditions with Xia Huan in private, he did not immediately persuade King Zhao.

After all, a few days ago, he was constantly saying bad things about the Chu State, but today he suddenly changed his tone, and it is impossible for people not to doubt it.

And Xia Huan was not in a hurry, so he lived in the post house arranged by Zhao Guo.

That's five or six days.

On this day, before dawn, in front of King Zhao's palace, a carriage hurriedly stopped at the main entrance.

"Quick! Let Benxiang enter the palace! ”

Zhao Shu, who looked anxious, didn't even wear his clothes neatly. Hurriedly got out of the carriage, Zhao Shu ignored the strange eyes of the palace guards, and went straight to the palace.

As the prime minister of Zhao for 20 years, King Zhao obviously still trusts Zhao Shu very much.

not only gave him the right to enter and leave the palace, but also allowed him to report things to King Zhao at any time.

Therefore, Zhao Shu directly bypassed the obstruction of the eunuchs and broke into King Zhao's bedroom.

"Your Majesty, it's not good, after Kan Yu finished repairing, the Han army opened again and is already coming towards Handan!"

In the dormitory, King Zhao, who had also been worried about Daijun's affairs in the past few days, couldn't sleep at all.

Therefore, when Zhao Shu pushed the door in, King Zhao had already woken up.

Before King Zhao had time to get angry, he heard Zhao Shu's shouting, and immediately broke out in a cold sweat.

King Zhao is now old, as an old man, he does not have the ambition of Chu Emperor Xia Ze, and it is his greatest wish to live the rest of his life in peace.

Unfortunately, it backfired, and a year ago, the Zhao army was defeated in Puyang and offended the state of Chu. And now, the battle of Yan and Zhao has provoked the Han State again.

In the past year, King Zhao has been frightened more than in the previous twenty years.

Therefore, as soon as he heard that the Han army was coming towards Handan, King Zhao didn't even have time to put on his clothes, so he ran out of bed.

"Xiangguo, it's true at this time!"

King Zhao's eyes widened, but he expected to hear a different answer from Zhao Shu's mouth.

However, Zhao Shu looked even more nervous than King Zhao and said, "Your Majesty, how dare Weichen deceive you!" The 40,000 Han troops had already come straight to Handan. ”

When King Zhao heard this, he almost didn't stand firm, but fortunately he was supported by Zhao Shu.

"So, how many soldiers are available in that city?"

"Counting the ones in the palace and those brought back by Dingyanghou, it's only 40,000."

40,000 against 40,000, it seems that Zhao Guo is still cheap, but it is not.

"What a good thing that is!" King Zhao jumped to his feet anxiously, "Or, let the soldiers of Daijun withdraw, yes!" Withdraw to Handan and must be able to hold it! ”

"Your Majesty, if the soldiers of Daijun are withdrawn, there will be more than 40,000 of them!"

Only then did King Zhao remember that Daijun had resisted nearly 100,000 Han troops with 50,000 people.

"That's good!"

"It's really not good, I'm afraid I can only ask for help from the Chu State."

"Chu State, Chu State Ken?" King Zhao asked with some concern.

"Poof!" When Zhao Shu heard this, he immediately knelt down and said silently: "It was because of the ministers that Zhao Guo couldn't get close to the Chu State, and the ministers were willing to go to the Chu State in person, if the Chu Emperor did not agree, the ministers were willing to die to apologize!" ”

After hearing this, King Zhao was moved in his heart, and at the same time, he couldn't help but be relieved: "Xiangguo doesn't have to be like this. Even if Emperor Chu was unwilling to aid Zhao, Xiangguo was still a widowed Xiangguo. ”

"Minister, you will be smeared with liver and brain!"