Chapter 108: Battle Clouds
"Felling...... Vawei? In the silent court, King Zhao's heavy voice sounded again. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć info It's just that the slightly stammering tone instantly betrayed King Zhao's still seemingly majestic appearance.
"Exactly, my lord! Recently, the king of Qin has been newly mourned, and the Qin State will not dare to go east to the Han Valley, and this is a good time to attack Wei! Guo Kai did not change his color under the gaze of the ministers, and still looked indignant.
"Wow!"
This time, above the court, it was not the mosquito-like buzzing sound before, but it exploded in an instant. Officials of all sizes were noisy with each other, and they were all red-faced before, but now they were so unanimous that they almost wore a pair of pants.
"Guo Kai! You have to talk nonsense! I, Zhao Guochang, have only been defeated for ten years, how can there be a soldier to fight! The old man surnamed Li blew his beard again, glared at Guo Kai and scolded.
"Handan is only a few hundred miles away from Yecheng, and I have 100,000 elites in Handan, which can be reached in a few days, why can't I fight?"
Without waiting for the old man surnamed Li to speak, someone jumped out and scolded: "How can the 100,000 elites be used without authorization, in case the war is unfavorable, the last bit of elite after the battle of Changping of my Zhao Kingdom will be gone!" ā
As the two men spoke, a large wave of scolding followed.
It's just that the more these people scold, the happier Guo Xingzhong is.
Guo Kai is a favored minister, and if he can climb to his current position, it is naturally indispensable to figure out King Zhao's thoughts. He knows very well that the Changping War ten years ago has always been a thorn in King Zhao's heart, and whoever mentions it is unlucky.
Now, the ministers are all saying that these 100,000 elites are the last battleable soldiers of the Zhao State. Isn't this a disguised way to say that King Zhao buried other battleworthy soldiers of Zhao State?
Sure enough, just when the ministers were scolding endlessly, King Zhao's face above the hall became more and more gloomy.
The first battle of Changping not only lost the status of Zhao as a powerful country. He changed generals on the spot, and he also became the laughing stock of the princes. Therefore, all along, King Zhao has been thinking about how to regain Zhao Guowei's name.
Guo Kai's suggestion certainly moved King Zhao's heart, but as the court argued, there were more and more people arguing, and more and more questions were pointed out. King Zhao, who was originally excited, couldn't help but think of the consequences of failure.
Although the position of the crown prince is important, with his identity as the king of Zhao, he can still forcibly protect Zhao Yan from prison, the position of the crown prince. However, if he loses again this time, then there is no doubt that the prestige he has accumulated over the past ten years will be swept away again.
More than ten years ago, Changping was defeated, and there were people in Zhao who wanted to re-establish King Zhao.
Thinking of the consequences of defeat this time, King Zhao's eyes changed even when he looked at Guo Kai. Although the old Zhao nobles kept talking about the Battle of Changping, it made him extremely unhappy. However, Guo Kai's suggestion was enough to shake his roots.
Although His Royal Highness Guo Kai has been arguing with the same ministers, he also sees King Zhao's expression in his eyes. When King Zhao's gloomy gaze finally fixed on him, Guo Kai knew that King Zhao was dissatisfied with him.
"King! The minister can lobby the Qi State and jointly destroy the Wei State! ā
As soon as these words came out, the entire court was quiet again.
"How sure is Sangkook?" King Zhao's face improved a lot. If it is really possible to unite the Qi country, then the matter of destroying Wei is very promising. In that way, not only can he maintain the face of Zhao Guo, but he can also get some land and sweep away his notoriety as a corrupt owner.
And those ministers don't know how to refute at this time. Although the country of Qi has declined, the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, and the residual power is still there. It should not be a problem for the two countries to join forces to attack a weak Wei state.
King Zhao glanced at His Highness's ministers again, and said slowly: "Since you Aiqing has no objections, then it is decided." Passing on the life of the widow, Guo Kai holds the widow's national festival and joins the Qi Alliance! ā
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In the past few days, King Wei has been in a good mood. The King of Qin, who had always been afraid and hated, died, and the Qin State locked Hangu Pass and did not dare to go east. Yingji, who has accumulated power for a long time, died, leaving behind weak lords and strong ministers. Presumably, in the next few years, the Qin State will be mired in infighting.
And the originally troublesome "overlord", under the suggestion of Xiangguo Gongsun Yi, was also put on the head of his own family. Although the King of Wei knew that King Zhao would be annoyed and angry after knowing this, the King of Wei, who had lived in the court for a long time, also knew that in the court of Zhao, how could several sons who had already performed the crown ceremony watch the precious crown prince position be surrendered to an eight-year-old younger brother.
There are no factions in the party, not to mention that several sons of Zhao Guo each have their own henchmen. There will be endless arguments and fights to the death. At the beginning, King Zhao forcibly drove the ducks to the shelves, and the bitter fruit of setting up the "overlord" Zhao Yan as the prince finally came.
"The Great King......" Just as the King of Wei was lying in the warm dormitory, enjoying the service of several beautiful maids, and fantasizing about the rise of the Wei State in his hands again, a voice shattered the dream of the King of Wei.
"Huh?" King Wei opened his eyes a little unhappily, and the person who came was Longyang Jun Jingtian.
King Wei immediately sat up straight and asked with a smile, "Long Yangjun is here, why is it here?" ā
Longyang Jun Jingtian's face was slightly sad, as if she was a resentful woman who had been wronged and had nowhere to speak. King Wei, who had just woken up from the gentle township, lost his mind again in an instant.
"King! Why did you decide to claim that Gongzi was a tyrant, this is a big mistake of both Zhao and Qin! Long Yangjun asked with a little anxiety.
Long Yangjun's voice was not small, and the intention of reprimanding King Wei was already obvious. If it is an ordinary minister, let alone a reprimand, it is a little louder. provoked the displeasure of the King of Wei, with the narrow-mindedness of the King of Wei, the demotion is a trivial matter, and maybe there is a possibility of losing his head.
However, King Wei turned a blind eye to Long Yangjun's rebuke and turned a deaf ear. Instead, he smiled happily and said: "Longyang Jun is not disturbed, Xiangguo and the widow have said that the Qin State is now weak and strong, so there is no need to worry." As for Zhao Guo, hum, if the widows don't trouble them, they should be secretly happy! ā
Long Yangjun was happy in his heart, King Wei actually sold Gongsun Yi's old fox by himself, but he also saved himself from spending a lot of effort to lead the topic to Gongsun Yi.
"Your Majesty, you are confused! Do you know that the lord of Qin is weak and the minister is strong, doesn't King Zhao know? King Zhao was the first to override public opinion and set up the crown prince, how could he easily give the reputation of this overlord to our Wei State! Long Yangjun's tone couldn't help but become "anxious".
King Wei waved his hand and said indifferently, "What are you afraid of?" His Zhao State is now only about 200,000 combatable soldiers, even if there is no threat from the Qin State, and the full battle is full, and the number that can be called up is only 100,000. ā
"Hey." Long Yangjun sighed deliberately and continued to say "bitterly": "Zhao State now only has two enemies, the Xiongnu and the Yan State. But our Wei State is located in the Central Plains, surrounded by enemies on all sides, how many soldiers can be used? ā
"Ugh." Wei has been peaceful for many years, and the only major battle was when Xinling Jun seized military power to support Zhao eight years ago. Now, even the King of Wei himself does not know how many combatable soldiers he can use.
However, King Wei likes to save face, and he refuses to let go easily, and continues to quibble: "Even if Zhao State comes with 100,000 soldiers, I am a great Wei, is it possible that I can't even put together tens of thousands of people?" ā
"Great King......" Before Long Yangjun could continue to speak, a sharp and impatient voice suddenly shouted from outside the door: "Great King! Big things are wrong! Big things are wrong! ā
"Bang!"
Then, I heard a man rushing into the palace of King Wei with a rolling belt.
"Bastard, what kind of body is frizzy and irritable!" When King Wei saw the disheveled appearance of the eunuch who came to report, he immediately shouted. King Wei can tolerate Long Yangjun, but it doesn't mean that he will tolerate others.
More than 100 years ago, when the Wei State was at its strongest, it boasted that it had inherited the fire virtue of the Zhou Dynasty, which was orthodox. Therefore, the monarchs and ministers of Wei have always paid special attention to etiquette.
The little eunuch who was out of order hurriedly dressed and said in a trembling voice, "Big ...... The king, Ye County 800 lijia...... Urgent. Zhao ...... Zhao Guo began to raise food everywhere today, and I am afraid that there will be ...... I'm afraid there will be ......"
The little eunuch's voice became lower and lower, until at last the small one was like a mosquito.
King Wei's face also turned pale, he had previously despised Zhao Guo in front of Jing Tian, but in a blink of an eye, Zhao Guo had already begun to mobilize grain and grass. King Wei, who has always attached importance to face, can imagine his mood at this time.
"Huh." Long Yangjun smiled lightly in his heart, such important news was actually sent by the Yejun scouts, it seems that the losses of the Wei State's military guards in the north are really large.
"The house leak happened to rain overnight, Gongsun Yi, Gongsun Yi, no one can protect you this time......"
PS: I read the book review today, and a reader pointed out the error of "Great Confucian Guiguzi". Regarding this, it may be that the author did not notice the clerical error, and I hope that readers who know will greatly remind which chapter it is in.