"Bai Qi can be the deputy general of the guard Li Mu, but this matter should not be publicized! Otherwise, if Zhao Guo knows, he will definitely be even more jealous, which will not be conducive to our strategy of Handan! Fan Sui said softly.

Zhang Ping looked at Fan Sui with a surprised expression, obviously not expecting Fan Sui to support King Han's idea. Zhang Ping wanted to speak out again, but was stopped by Fan Sui's eyes. After such a stunned effort, King Han immediately made a decision, and decided to take Li Mu as the main general and Bai Qi as the deputy general, and made a detour to Qi to attack Handan.

Considering that Zhao's troops south of the river must not be many, Handan is where Zhao's troops gather, and the 300,000 troops are divided into two routes, so there must be some focus. The 200,000 army was naturally assigned to the command of Li Mu and Bai Qi, after all, it was a vicious battle under the city of Handan; The 100,000-strong army was led by Meng Fu and Wang Qian.

King Han struck while the iron was hot, summoned Li Mu, Meng Fu, Bai Qi, and Wang Jian into the palace and announced his decision! Wang Jian and Bai Qi are grateful to King Han for his trust in him, and Li Mu and Meng Qi are also deeply relieved to have capable assistants, after all, Wang Jian and Bai Qi are only deputy generals, and the greatest meritorious service has always been the main general, and the two of them cannot threaten their status!

Only under Zhang Ping's calm expression, there was a hint of worry. Although he admires King Han's generosity and ignores his previous suspicions, Wang Jian and Bai Qi, especially Bai Qi, use them heavily, for fear that they will cause criticism. Now no one knows that the two of them are deputy generals, and when the war is over, the paper can't contain fire, and King Han's benevolence and righteousness are damaged! South Korea is not without available talents, why did it choose Bai Qi and Wang Qian, two sensitive generals? !

Not to mention that Li Mu, Meng Fu, Bai Qi, and Wang Jian happily parted ways, preparing to pack their bags and go outside the city to integrate the army, Zhang Ping grabbed Fan Sui's hand after King Han left, and inquired about the reason. Why did Fan Sui stop himself from admonishing King Han.

Fan Sui sighed and said, "The prime minister knows." Wang Shang has always regarded Bai Qi and Wang Jian as South Korea's henchmen? ”

Zhang Ping nodded, admitting that he knew about it. Bai Qi's military achievements are impressive, and he can be called the great enemy of South Korea. But Wang Jian had not yet become the guard of Qin, and when his reputation was not obvious, he was asserted by King Han that he wanted to destroy Qin. This child must be removed. Otherwise, in time, Wang Jian will definitely grow into the next white rise!

Zhang Ping knew that King Han had the wisdom to know people. Whether it is Fan Sui, Wei Zhe, or Li Mu and Meng Fu, they were all entrusted with important tasks by King Han at the beginning! It turns out that King Han's vision is really good. Even Wang Qian, who was just a school captain at the beginning, grew up to be the guard captain of the Qin State, and after defecting to Korea, he used only 20,000 troops to expand the territory of Korea for hundreds of miles. But both of them are talents. But the identity is a little awkward.

"The prime minister must have felt that Bai Qi once led the Qin army to defeat our Korea at Yique, which humiliated Korea and ceded Sanchuan County, and the subjects were angry about it? Or feel that Bai Qi accepted the Qin State, but abandoned Qin and ran to Han, if the king reused. Will it fuel disloyalty? Fan Sui asked with a smile.

Zhang Ping replied: "Yes! Wang Jian and Bai Qi are both in high positions and are relied on by the King of Qin. Such a disloyal person, reusing it hinders the name of the king's benevolence! If this goes on for a long time, I'm really worried that the atmosphere in the court will deteriorate! ”

Fan Sui shook his head and said with a smile: "General Le Chengnan was defeated and captured, and surrendered to our Korea, didn't the king give him the same high position as a county lieutenant?!" On the position. At the beginning, he was only under Lian Po and Zhao Hao in Zhao State, and there was no shortage of wealth and nobility, but after the defeat, Lecheng did not save his name with death, is he also a disloyal and unrighteous person? ! ”

Zhang Ping was speechless. After a long time, Fang Cai strongly argued: "General Zhengnan was excluded everywhere in Zhao State, talented but abandoned by King Zhao, high power but light, there is nothing wrong with abandoning Zhao Benhan!" ”

Fan Sui pointed to the direction of the Qin State in the northwest with great meaning, and sneered: "When General Zhengdong broke into Guanzhong and conquered Xianyang, the Qin State was afraid. The king sent an envoy to ask the Qin State to send the crown prince as a hostage and hand over Bai Qi and Wang Qian, and the king of Qin followed. When the army was in the alliance, the king offered a hundred miles of land in Pingyang in exchange for the Qin State giving up Bai Qi and Wang Qian, and the king of Qin followed it! Since then, the righteousness of King Qin, Bai Qi and Wang Jian has been severed! This matter was the fault of the Qin State first, the King of Qin first took Bai Qi and Wang Qian, and the two defected to the king, and it was not inappropriate for the king to use them! The prime minister is obsessed! ”

"Obsessed?" Zhang Ping muttered.

"Only talent is used, only talent is lifted! Didn't the prime minister see that the king did everything he could to recruit talents? Bai Qi and Wang Jian are both talented, how can the king bear to bury the talents of the two? If Bai Qi and Wang Jian are willing to die for the Qin State, they are not willing to be used by the king! Now Bai Qi and Wang Qian's families are all in Luoyang, and the king is rich, and not reusing it before is just the sincerity of the two of them! Now that the two have gained the trust of the king, if the prime minister obstructs them, he will not only offend Wang Jian and Bai Qi, but also make the king unhappy! ”

Seeing that Zhang Ping bowed his head and was silent, Fan Sui continued: "The prime minister thinks that among the countries in the world, who has the most hope of dominating the world? ”

"Naturally, we are Korea!" Zhang Ping replied without any hesitation. If it was placed ten years ago, it was naturally the most likely state of Qin, and the state of Zhao and Chu also had a lot of hope. But with South Korea's successive annexation of Wei, Guanzhong, and Huaisi, as long as South Korea does not make big mistakes, the trend of dominating the world is absolutely unstoppable!

"There are many talented people among all the countries, and every time we annex a country in Korea, we will abandon those who are willing to take refuge in our Korea and are willing to use it for our Korea, just because they feel that they are not loyal enough, and the prime minister thinks, can we still rule steadily?"

"This" Zhang Ping was speechless.

Everyone knows that after Korea destroyed the Wei State, it spent a lot of energy to distinguish the loyal and traitorous, properly deal with the Wei subordinates, and with their help, they quickly sat down to rule. In the future, whether it is to destroy Zhao or Chu, South Korea will still focus on winning over famous clans, and killing can only play a temporary role, and it will also damage benevolence and righteousness.

Fan Sui sighed: "How big the world is! Sui thinks that it is easy to level the world, but it is difficult to govern the world! If you want the people not to miss their homeland, the scholars and wealthy families are willing to be used by the king, and they care about the word fairness. Regardless of country, regardless of background, anyone who is talented and willing to work for South Korea can get it! This world. There are no Wei people, no Yan people, no Qin people, no Chu people, all of them are the king's people. If we don't have a tolerant heart, how can we help the king to rule the world?! Bai Qi and Wang Jian were originally important ministers of the Qin State. The king can put their hearts into their hearts and reuse them, isn't it just to let the world know that our South Korea is not based on origin and background, but only for talent? ”

Zhang Ping was silent for a long time, and finally spoke: "It's Ping who is obsessed!" Since Bai Qi can defeat my South Korea in Yique, and now it is used by my South Korea, it is very lively to come to Zhaodang this time. The implication is that Fan Sui's statement is acquiesced.

But looked at Zhang Ping, who left in a hurry. Fan Sui knows that there is still a long way to go if he wants the other party to fully accept his ideas.

Ten days later, the king of Qi met with the Korean envoy Tang Ju, and also learned about the Korean hope to use the channel to defeat Zhao. In this regard, the king of Qi asked the queen for instructions, and the queen seemed to intend to delegate power and let the king of Qi decide for himself. This made the young King Qi surprised and delighted.

But. King Qi still barely restrained his excitement and summoned the left prime minister Tian Dan, the right prime minister Hou Sheng, and the middle doctor Mink Bo (yes. You read that right, Mink Bo was demoted because of the defeat and let the Yan army cross the Jishui defense line) and other courtiers came to discuss, although the king of Qi wanted to act arbitrarily, and he thought that what he thought must be what the queen thought, but. The necessary forms and cutscenes still need to be walked.

Regarding the matter of South Korea borrowing from Qi State, the reaction of the ministers was surprisingly unanimous, that is, to agree. Not to mention that South Korea is kind to the Qi country, and South Korea cannot be offended, only South Korea has assembled a large army south of the Great Wall. Obviously, this time, Qi Guo has to agree if he agrees, and he has to agree if he doesn't agree.

It's just that for South Korea's proposal to invite Qi to fight Zhao together, the ministers of Qi have ambiguity. Zuo Prime Minister Tian Dan thought that the Qi State had just lost 80,000 soldiers and its morale was low, and if it was to reluctantly defeat Zhao, although there was a Korean vanguard, it would inevitably attract the resentment of the people. What the country of Qi suffers from is not land and population, but the recuperation of the people. Qi Guo's kind invitation to South Korea should be politely declined.

The right prime minister won the latter with the opposite view, and South Korea has won many battles over the years, but has rarely been defeated. Now that Zhao has mobilized half of its elite to attack Qin, the number of troops that can be used to defend against the Korean army must not be many! The State of Qi only needs to send tens of thousands of horses to cheer for the Korean army and support from the side, and it can easily take several cities and even hundreds of miles of land!

This time, the Qi State suffered a sullen loss, and the Yan State took away the land on the north bank of Jishui. One of the important reasons for the defeat of the Qi State was that the strength of the Qi State was limited. In this era, there is a direct relationship between military strength and population, which is why countries are keen to wage wars frequently, in the final analysis, for the land and population.

There is an opportunity to follow South Korea for profit, why should Qi take the initiative to give up? If according to Tian Dan's idea, how many years does Qi need to recuperate before it can recover? How could Yan Guo give Qi Guo such time? The best way is to feed the war with war.

Represented by Tian Dan and Hou Sheng, the officials of the two factions of Qi insisted on their own words, and neither could convince the other. Those who want to send troops accuse the other side of being conservative, and those who want to recuperate accuse the other side of being radical.

King Qi had obviously never seen such a scene, and he was a little irritable. It is certain to borrow from South Korea, whether to send a large army to support South Korea, King Qi did not think clearly. South Korea has said it will use 200,000 troops to attack Zhao. If the State of Qi sends 10,000 or 20,000 soldiers and horses, it will have no sense of retention, and if it wants to seek certain benefits, it should be at least 50,000 troops.

As for sending so many troops, the profit is certain, but which piece of land it can get, South Korea did not guarantee itself. The land north of the river is not too interesting to the Qi State, because it is not easy to defend; The land south of the river is not easy to get. Since South Korea wants to cross the river from Lixia by the way, it must be to catch Zhao by surprise, and presumably Zhao's Henan land has been determined by South Korea. If so, there will be little point for Qi to send troops! It is even possible that it will be used by South Korea to consume the living force of the Zhao army!

King Qi remembered that the queen had said that governing the country should not care too much about temporary gains and losses. If the Qi State hastily sent troops in order to make a profit, it would have fallen behind. If Zhao is weaker and South Korea is stronger, what benefits can Qi get?!

Thinking of this, King Qi interrupted the disputed ministers, and pretended to be angry and said: "The widow has made up his mind, the summer harvest is imminent, and it is not appropriate to use troops!" It's okay to borrow the way, and send troops to attack Zhao will be exempted! An Pingjun, this matter is up to you to negotiate with the South Korean envoy! After saying that, he brushed his sleeves and left.

"Obey the order!" Tian Dan looked at King Qi who turned around and left, and was greatly relieved in his heart. Looking at Hou Sheng again, Hou Sheng was obviously a little depressed about Qi Wang's nephew, and the loneliness and disappointment on his face were self-evident. It seems that Tian Dan is watching him. Hou Sheng turned around, shook his head to Tian Dan in a muttering to himself, and left first without saying hello!

Although there are some disputes in Qi State, Qi State knows his own catties and worries about being used by South Korea, so. The invitation from South Korea to send troops was quickly responded. Although Qi Guo refused, it was not rude, and South Korea did not blame! On the contrary, it was Yan Guo who quarreled extremely fiercely about the bait thrown by South Korea.

The prime minister broke through the tricks of South Korea with one word, and said without hesitation: "Although Julu County is rich, it is not owned by South Korea. Now South Korea lures us with Julu County, which is clearly the generosity of others! We take Julu County. I don't know how many more people will be lost! The minister thinks that he should still plot against the country! Although we lost 100,000 troops this time and only gained less than 200 miles of land, the casualties of the Qi State were also quite few. As long as we send troops from time to time to pretend to cross the river, the Qi country will inevitably panic. It won't take three or five years, the country of Qi will be tired, and when the time comes, the army will go south with all its might! ”

Chestnut shook his head. Apparently unimpressed by Jiangqu's rhetoric. However, for the prime minister. Chestnut still showed enough respect, bowed slightly and said: "If there is no Korean obstruction, our Yan army will definitely be able to do our best this time when the army of Yan Kingdom goes south!" Qi is the eastern barrier of South Korea, no matter what, South Korea will not let our Yan State easily annex Qi State! Three or five years later. Even if the Qi State is weak, South Korea will continue to send troops to rescue the Qi State, and even, South Korea may take the lead and destroy the Qi State before we do it! When the time comes. Didn't we spend our time and energy in vain?! Therefore, the minister thought that Qi was profitable, but the premise was that South Korea had no time to rescue Qi! If you want to do this, you must make Han and Zhao enemies. Han and Zhao are both big countries in the world, and if the two countries go to war, it will be difficult to distinguish the winner in a short period of time! Even if South Korea wins, it will inevitably suffer too many casualties! At that time, Fang is a good opportunity to complete the battle and annex the Qi State! ”

Jiang Qu nodded in agreement with Li's statement, and preemptively said: "If you want to destroy Qi, Korea is indeed the biggest obstacle to our Yan Kingdom!" That's why we should take it slow and not rush it! If we attack Julu County in Zhao State, won't we be dragged into the water by Korea? With the strength of our Yan and Han countries, plus half of the elites of Zhao State are fighting against Qin State, even if Zhao State is preserved, it will be greatly damaged! Without the restraint of Zhao State, South Korea is even more unscrupulous, and the pressure on our Yan State will be great! ”

"The prime minister's words are wrong!" Chestnut said with a smile, "The prime minister thinks that if there is no support and containment from our Yan State, how much price will South Korea pay if it wants to take down Zhao State?" ”

"There are still two or three hundred thousand troops!" The canal was quoted with a number.

In Jiangqu's view, once South Korea defeats Zhao, Zhao will definitely mobilize the elites of Yunzhong and Yanmen to support Handan as soon as possible, and strictly defend it in the east and south directions of Handan. Even the army of Qin will be forced to return to the country! If Korea wanted to take Handan before the reinforcements led by Lian Po arrived in Handan, or in other words, force Zhao to sign an alliance under the city, then it would have to fight quickly. At that time, Zhao Guo should be able to piece together an army of no more than 200,000, because Zhao Guo was on the defensive side, the figure of 200,000 or 300,000 was still the conclusion after amplifying the effect of the Korean army's trebuchet and Han crossbow.

"Yes! Two or three hundred thousand troops! How many troops did the South Korean army send this time? That's the number at most! After all, South Korea has summoned too many young people to build the Zhengguo Canal, such as Xuzhou and Qingzhou, which are newly harvested places, and South Korea still implements the strategy of lightly paying for the poor! Does the prime minister think that South Korea will be willing to sacrifice so many men and horses in exchange for a heavy blow to Zhao? Chestnut asked rhetorically.

"Of course not!" Jiang Qu did not hesitate in the slightest. If South Korea is so selfless and hits Zhao State hard, Yan State will definitely annex Yanmen, Yunzhong, Daijun, and Julu as soon as possible, leaving only one Handan County for Zhao State, so that Zhao State can attach itself to itself and act as a buffer between himself and South Korea!

"South Korea is not stupid, King Han is not stupid, think about it, has King Han ever made a loss-making transaction? Even several adventures to start a war, but also a big victory? Expecting us to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, it is impossible for Han and Zhao to fight and lose both! The reason why South Korea wants us to send troops to Julu County is to make our Yan State contain the idea of Zhao State! If we refuse, South Korea will inevitably thunder and rain a little, and instead of fighting with Zhao to determine the winner! ”

Jiang Qu asked rhetorically: "If we agree, won't we be playing into the hands of South Korea?" ”

"What South Korea wants is just a statement from our Yan country, a statement that our Yan country will not stay out of the matter, nor will it help Zhao Guo! As for whether we can capture Julu County and how much we will lose, South Korea doesn't care! Therefore, the minister thought that if he wanted Han and Zhao to consume each other and let us Yan Kingdom fishermen benefit, we had to send troops to Julu! It's an attitude! As for whether it is really attacking Julu or feintting, it depends on the battle situation between Han and Zhao! Chestnut said with a smile. (To be continued......)