"Stimulate the power of the soldiers' qi and blood, connect the aura of heaven and earth, echo with it, and unify the faith...... It turns out that this is the battle formation, and it is really exquisite. ”

Zhao Kuo's palm bloomed with golden fluorescents, slowly condensing into a crescent moon in mid-air, and after only a few breaths, it collapsed like fireworks.

The predecessor had learned the battle array, and there was more than one kind, although Zhao Kuo had not fully mastered the knowledge learned by the predecessor, but he should have understood everything, and after reading it once, he mastered the core of the glaive array.

But mastering the core and learning the entire battle formation are completely different things, Zhao Kuo felt that even if he was talented, he didn't want to learn it without ten days and half a month.

"Lord, you're looking for me." Uncle Zhao, the housekeeper, walked in.

Uncle Zhao is the old man of Mafu Junfu's mansion, and he has followed Zhao Hao for decades, from Zhao to Yan, and from Yan to Zhao, and has never left.

The three brothers and sisters of Zhao Kuo grew up under the watchful eye of Uncle Zhao, and Uncle Zhao's two sons also worked in the house.

Won the trust of Zhao Kuo.

"Uncle Zhao, how much grain and grass do we still have in our house?" Zhao Kuo asked.

Zhao Bo pondered for a moment and said, "In addition to daily consumption, you can take out about 37,000 stones of grain and grass. ”

"It's not enough." Zhao Kuo sighed.

More than 30,000 stones is a lot for the Mafu Monarch's Mansion, but it is just a drop in the bucket for the 400,000 soldiers in Changping.

The Qin State held the two granaries of Guanzhong and Bashu.

In history, after the Battle of Changping and then the Battle of Handan for three years, the grain and grass were never used up.

On the other hand, Zhao State did not even have the grain and grass to support the Battle of Changping......

"Gather 40,000 stones of grain and grass and send them to Changping." Zhao Kuo said.

"Lord, in this case, we ......," Zhao Bo hurriedly said.

"When the time comes, I will take away most of the private soldiers and doormen in the house." Zhao Kuo waved his hand.

The Zhao family has a total of four people, plus no more than twenty people, and the largest number of people are private soldiers and doormen, hundreds of people, and it will continue to increase during this time.

As long as he took most of his family's private soldiers and doormen with him when he went out on the expedition, the remaining grain would be enough to last until the autumn harvest.

"No." Uncle Zhao had no choice but to respond.

Other generals used to take their rewards and booty to their homes when they went to war, but the lord was good, but he emptied his home before he went out on the expedition.

Not long after Uncle Zhao left, he came in again to report: "Lord, Liu Ping and Ben are back." ”

"Come in, please." Zhao Kuo said.

After a while, two doormen walked in.

A doorman who is more than two meters tall and has muscles like a hill is called Ben.

He was originally a wanderer in Yan Kingdom, and Zhao Hao saw his pity when he was an official in Yan Kingdom, so he adopted him.

This name was given to him by Zhao Kuo's father.

Ben was born with divine power, and among Zhao Kuo's many disciples, he was the most skilled in martial arts, in charge of the private soldiers of the Ma Fu Jun's Mansion to protect the safety of the mansion.

Another doorman is named Liu Ping, a down-and-out aristocrat.

His ancestors used to be broad, but this did not affect his later poverty, and he could only rely on others as a doorman to make a living.

Ben and Liu Ping are the two highest-ranking of the guests, one literary and one martial, assisting Zhao Kuo.

"Lord, I rushed to Changping overnight, after General Lian Po learned my identity, he did not hide it, he told me that there was only less than a month's grain and grass left in the army, and he sent people to ask the court for support of grain and grass many times, but the king did not respond."

Ben hummed, his voice like thunder.

"My lord, I visited several big cities around Handan, and the people were so hungry that they could only gnaw on tree bark and eat grass roots. And since the men are fighting on the front lines, only women, children and the elderly are left in the family, the farmland is uncultivated, and most of the fields are deserted. In other words, even if our Zhao State wins this war, we will not be able to feed so many people in the country. ”

Liu Ping said with a gloomy face.

The time for the Qin army's attack on Changping was chosen too well, and it was chosen in April.

And May is the time for Zhao to plant millet.

Qin's attack just caused Zhao to miss a season of farming.

Missed farming, the whole country has no food to eat for a year, even if this war is won by Zhao in the end, countless people will starve to death in the country, and the national strength will be greatly weakened, and it can no longer pose a threat to Qin.

- This is the conspiracy of the Qin State.

No solution!

Zhao Kuo rubbed his head, his face full of sorrow.

"Is there anything you can do?"

"Lord, although the people of Zhao have no food, the nobles have food. This is a war between the two countries, there is no reason for the people to starve to death, but those nobles are singing and dancing in the palace. There's no reason why we're going into battle to kill the enemy, those people are in the rear to have fun. ”

Liu Ping gritted his teeth and said.

He knew that once Zhao Kuo forced the nobles to donate food, he would inevitably offend all the nobles of the Zhao Kingdom.

Even he will be held with a grudge, and may even be killed by the nobles who send the dead.

But he knew better that if there was no food, the Zhao State would be defeated.

As the coach, Zhao Kuo's best ending is to endure the abuse of millions of people in Zhao until he dies.

It will even be recorded in the history books, leaving a stench for thousands of years.

The lord humiliated his ministers to death, and Liu Ping would rather be killed himself than let Zhao Kuo bear the infamy of the ages.

"I'll think again." Zhao Kuo was a little irritable.

Le Yi and Liu Ping both persuaded him to make a move to the nobles, and he also knew that the nobles had food, but the question was why did the other party send the hard-earned food?

In all fairness, if Zhao Kuo was not the coach, if it wasn't for saving himself, he would not have been able to go bankrupt to support the front line.

Human nature is inherently selfish.

"I am willing to donate food and grass to save myself, and I want others to be willing...... I know! ”

……

The next day, Lin Fu.

"I don't know what Ma Fuzi is looking for the old man?"

Lin Xiangru's voice was a little hoarse, his face was sallow, his skin was loose, and with the movement of leaning over, the crown on his head swayed from side to side, and the sparse gray hair seemed to be difficult to restrain the heavy crown.

Only those eyes are still bright, and it seems that Zhao Kuo can be seen through at a glance.

"Kuo knows that Mr. does not want me to replace him as the coach of Zhao Jun, but the king's order is difficult to disobey, Kuo has to obey, and I ask Mr. to forgive."

Zhao Kuo first saluted and said sincerely.

"It's not your fault." Lin Xiangru shook his head.

He was indeed dissatisfied with Zhao Kuo before, but now it has become sympathy: Zhao Kuo is afraid that he will take the blame.

The cause of the Battle of Changping was the struggle between the upper parties.

Zhao took over the Shangdang that Qin had planned for many years.

Did King Zhao do the right thing?

Right.

The party was actually divided into two parts, one in the hands of South Korea and the other in the hands of Zhao Guo.

However, the part of Zhao State is not in danger to defend.

As long as the Shangdang of Korea is occupied by the Qin State, the Shangdang of the Zhao State will also be gone.

And the position of the party is extremely special.

Behind the Shangdang is Handan of Zhao, and after Qin occupies Shangdang, it can threaten Handan, the capital of Zhao, from top to bottom.

Moreover, Shangdang is the channel between Taiyuan and Handan.

Once Shangdang is breached, the connection between Taiyuan and Handan will be severed.

So Zhao Guo had to keep the party no matter what.

But the mistake is wrong: Zhao Guo has never fought!

Now not only is the party lost, but Zhao will also be beaten by Qin.

The people in Zhao State are not able to make a living, and the people can't even eat.

The whole country hated this war very much, believing that it was because of the land of Korea that led to the war with Qin, and the gains outweighed the losses.

The people were full of grumbling.

So who will they blame?

Who received the party?

There are two people, one is King Zhao, and the other is Zhao Sheng, the king of the plains.

But will King Zhao let himself take the blame? Apparently impossible.

It is even more impossible for Zhao Sheng, the king of the plains, his fame in Zhao is very big, not only the nobles and scholars love him, but even the ordinary people respect him very much, how can he take the blame.

Therefore, it can only be carried by Lian Po, who has been defeated repeatedly, lost his troops, and lost his land.

But Lian Po is the pillar of Zhao State, King Zhao is a Ming monarch, and he understands that no one can lose Lian Po if Zhao State loses.

So, who will carry this pot?

Just when King Zhao hesitated, Qin sent spies to Zhao and began to spread rumors: Lian Po was too good to come out, and Qin Jun was only afraid of Ma Fujun's son Zhao Kuo.

When King Zhao heard this, someone gave him a pillow when he dozed off! So he calculated and replaced Lian Po with Zhao Kuo.

won, Zhao Guoduo is a general, and he will be worry-free for the next thirty years.

If you lose, you only need to punish Zhao Kuo to calm the people's anger.