After Zhao Li retreated, the monarchs and ministers of the Qin State no longer had any worries about speaking, and the hall was also lively, and the ministers whispered and exchanged opinions with each other.

King Qin took the lead in speaking: "200,000 Korean troops are coming to Handan City, and there are 80,000 Yan troops to support, what do you think our Qin State should do?" ”

Prime Minister Ying was the first to speak: "Your Majesty! The minister thought that after this battle, our Great Qin would only have 120,000 troops, and put aside the remaining troops, at most 100,000 elites would be sent! If it is used to rescue Zhao Guo, it is tantamount to a drop in the bucket and will not help! And South Korea has millions of troops, and our Daqin is by no means an opponent of South Korea! ”

The implication is that he thinks that the Qin State rescued the Zhao State and even did not measure his own strength and took the way to die.

Zhang Zhou, the regular attendant, also nodded, and said, "Your Majesty! What the prime minister said is very true! With South Korea's national strength, it is not a problem to recruit a million-strong army. The reason why South Korea does not recruit a large army is nothing more than sympathy for the people. Once our Great Qin becomes an enemy of South Korea, South Korea can recruit 200,000 troops in a dozen days! At that time, what will our Great Qin use to resist? ”

King Qin was noncommittal, and in his heart he agreed with Ying Ze and Zhang Zhou's statements. If the Qin State has an army of 300,000, this Zhao State will be saved by saying anything! But it is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice, and the 120,000 army of the Qin State is the last combat force, and it needs to be used carefully! For the sake of Zhao Guo, it is too worthless to fight to the death with South Korea! The key is to be the enemy of South Korea, and for Qin, it is a war with no victory in sight! The gains outweigh the losses!

Lang Zhong ordered Lü Buwei to stand up at this time and said softly: "When the Zhao State encounters such a crisis, it must not only ask our Qin State for help. If the minister's guess is correct, Zhao must have also sent envoys to Chu, Qi, and even Yan! ”

"Yan Kingdom, Qi Kingdom?" King Qin's face was incredulous.

It is understandable that Zhao Guo asked Chu State and himself for help. But asking for help from Qi and Yan is a bit counterproductive! To know. Without the acquiescence of the Qi State, it would be impossible for the Korean army to quietly cross the Jishui and attack the plains! Without the support of the Yan Kingdom, it would be impossible for the Korean army to cross the river west and raid Dongwu Castle. Now, Zhao is asking for help from both countries. Isn't it a game of tigers?!

Lü Buwei saw King Qin's incomprehension, and explained with a smile: "The Yan Kingdom has just lost 100,000 troops on the south bank of Jishui, how can it be willing to lose?!" Now that South Korea and Yan are united, what they are doing is just a 'benefit' word! South Korea needs Yan to contain Zhao in the north, and Yan needs South Korea to attract Zhao in the south, so that South Korea can take Handan at the smallest cost, and Yan can take Julu County at the smallest cost! Yan Guo has coveted Zhongshan Guo for a long time! They're just using each other! ”

King Qin nodded, indicating that he understood the truth. But he still asked puzzledly: "South Korea and Yan Guo are indeed just using each other, and now the situation is very good, I am afraid it is not easy for Zhao Guo to be separated!" ”

In order to save himself, Zhao sent an envoy to Jicheng, which must be to drive a wedge between Han and Yan.

Prime Minister Ying interjected with a smile at this time: "Your Majesty! The general trend of the world, those who are in harmony with the benefit. It will be divided by profit! As long as Zhao Guo can move Yan Guo, let Yan Guo get the benefits he wants, or let Yan Guo understand the crisis of union with South Korea. Yan Guo will inevitably give birth to different hearts. Without the containment of Yan Guo, this Zhao Kingdom would have survived for more than half of its life! ”

King Qin said thoughtfully: "Aiqing means that we Qin State alone cannot rescue Zhao State, and if we want to keep Zhao State, the key to the problem lies in Yan State's attitude. ”

When Lü Buwei saw Ying, he encouraged himself to continue, and said calmly: "What the king said is very true! The South Korean army is menacing. Zhao Guo had no power to parry. What can change the tide of the war in a short period of time is nothing more than three countries. Our Qin country is one, Yan country is one, and Qi country is another. ”

Qin's actions determined whether Lian Po's army could rush back to Handan in time, and even determined the safety of Yanmen and Yunzhong. Nature can change the tide of battle. Yan and South Korea now echo each other, and it is also South Korea's unscrupulous dependence. If Yan remained neutral or even turned its guns, South Korea would be caught off guard. As for the Qi State, it is too close to Handan, and it can threaten the back of the Korean army, and it is also a force that cannot be ignored.

King Qin sighed and said, "This is also where the widow hesitates!" Yan Guoxing is very good, and most of them are unwilling to stop cutting Zhao. Qi has always been weak and unwilling to take risks. Our Qin State wants to rescue Zhao State, it's difficult! ”

"Your Majesty! Since it is not easy to save Zhao, why not fight Zhao together with South Korea and Yanguo? In this way, at least hundreds of miles west of Taihang Mountain, it is not difficult for us to take it! Even if the Yan Kingdom competes with us, we can take the entire Yunzhong County and half of Yanmen County. One of the ministers said impatiently.

"Yes! Your Majesty! We can pretend to agree to Zhao's request for help, so that Zhao will not be on guard against us, and mobilize the armies of Yunzhong and Yanmen to support Handan in the south, while we will take advantage of the emptiness of the two places and drive straight in. Yanmen and Yunzhong are all where horses are produced, and the water and grass are abundant. The east can pass through the Yan country, and the south can compete with South Korea! Someone immediately chimed in.

The facts are already obvious, South Korea is too powerful, and it is by no means something that Qin can offend lightly. If the Qin State wants to rise, it can only fight the idea of the Zhao State. Occupying Yanmen and Yunzhong was the first step in the rise of the Qin State. After gaining a firm foothold in these two places, passing through the Yan State and then going south to plot against the Qi State is a good development path for the Qin State.

Indeed, Yanmen and Yunzhong can be called vast and sparsely populated, far less prosperous than Taiyuan County and Hedong County, but the land of nearly 1,000 miles leaves a lot of room for Qin State to manipulate. To put it mildly, if South Korea senses the danger of Qin and sends troops to attack Qin, Qin will lose Taiyuan and Hedong, and there will be a place to evacuate, right?!

But Lü Buwei said loudly: "Your Majesty! The minister thought that Yan Guo was very likely to be persuaded by Zhao Guo, even if Yan Guo was unwilling to turn around and deal with South Korea, most of them would not fight to the death with Zhao Guo! ”

Lü Buwei's remarks were obviously shocking, and they directly strangled the impulse of a large number of ministers who wanted to jump out and support Zhao.

King Qin was even more puzzled, looked at Lu Buwei very suspiciously, and asked, "Didn't Aiqing just say that Yan Guo has coveted Julu County for a long time?!" Now with South Korea's help, how could Yan Guo give up such a good opportunity?! ”

"Whoever South Korea wants, Handan also! Whoever Yan wants is also a giant deer! In this regard, there is no conflict of interest between South Korea and Yan. However, the king should not forget that once Han takes Handan and Yan takes Julu, most of the Zhao Kingdom will re-establish the banner in Daijun. South Korea and Yan will be adjacent to each other at that time, and the conflict will inevitably be big! With the current national strength of Yan Kingdom, I am afraid that it is invincible! As far as South Korea is concerned, it doesn't want Yan to capture Julu County, and its strength will soar! Therefore, the two countries have different intentions in the attitude of the two countries. ”

"Yan Guo wants Han and Zhao to fight to the death, and then reap the benefits of the fisherman himself, and take Julu County all! At that time, the state of Zhao will be divided into two and controlled by the state of Yan, and the state of Yan can win over the state of Zhao against Korea! South Korea doesn't want Zhao and Yan to fight to the death, Yan attacks Julu County, and the threat to Zhao is no less than South Korea's attack on Handan, if Julu County is captured by Yan, Zhao is bound to be divided into two. For the current Zhao State, if you want to save Handan, you must ensure the smooth flow of the north-south arteries of the Zhao State, and Julu County is the key! In this case, does Wang Shang think that Yan will work so hard?! ”

King Qin shook his head, the more Yan Guo worked hard to attack Julu, the more Zhao Guo would take Yan Guo as his main opponent. After all, after hundreds of years of operation, Handan is already a solid fortress, and it will definitely not be conquered by the South Korean army in a short time, even if the South Korean army has 200,000 horses. On the contrary, it is the gain and loss of Julu County, which is related to the safety of Zhao State. Presumably, South Korea must be happy to see it happen, and let Yan State consume Zhao's vital strength. This is exactly where Zhao Guo can take advantage of!

"Then in Aiqing's opinion, most of the Yan Kingdom will not pose a threat to the Zhao State?" King Qin asked.

At present, Zhao State only captured the three cities of Wuyuan, Raoxian, and Anping, although the soldiers besieged it, but there was no follow-up action. If Yan and Han have no disagreement, the two countries can join forces, or at least Yan can capture the sand dunes and Xingxian and cut off the road for Handan reinforcements to go south, instead of attacking Julu County, which has many cities, more than two hundred miles north of the sand dunes! Plunge yourself into a war of attrition.

Lu Buwei nodded, and said with a determined face: "For the sake of his own interests, Yan Guo will definitely be a villain to Zhao Guoxu. At most, the Yan State will capture Kucheng, Guxian, Zhongren, and Yangcheng, and it will inevitably die down. When Zhao Guo realizes this, if the Korean army is in a hurry, the elites of Yanmen and Yunzhong will inevitably go south! ”

The ministers in the main hall were silent for a moment, if this scene like what Lu Buwei said really happened, then Yan Guo's attack on Zhao was just a slight worry that could arouse Zhao Guo's attention. The great enemy of Zhao is still South Korea! At this time, it makes no difference whether Zhao Guo is rescued or not.

However, did you just let go of the invading Zhao army in vain?! If you do this, wouldn't it seem that Qin Guo is too easy to bully?! How not to affect Zhao and Korea to fight to the death, but also to allow Qin to profit from it, has become a difficult problem in front of the monarchs and ministers of Qin.

Lu Buwei already had an opinion on this, and said with a smile: "No matter how we respond, Zhao Guo will not believe us lightly!" If the Fenshui is forced, the casualties will inevitably be large! Why didn't the king show that our Great Qin could remain neutral, but only if Zhao ceded a piece of land east of Fenshui, or mortgaged it with livestock, grain, and grass? In this way, when Zhao Guo is transferred back to the army, we will cross the river by surprise and seize Zhao Tu?! (To be continued......)

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