"The minimum price is to only besiege and not attack, but it will take a long time, I don't recommend this, because our enemies are not only the king of Zhao, but also the states of Yan, Qi, Chu, Qin, including Korea and Wei, we must fight quickly."

Le Yi said.

"In this battle of Changping, the vitality of the Qin State has been greatly damaged, but my Zhao State has a tendency to become the hegemon, and the Six Kingdoms will not give up this opportunity to weaken my Zhao State." Pang Xuan said.

"The soldiers of Handan are also the soldiers of Zhao State, and I don't want everyone to kill each other. Moreover, there are also many Handan people in the army, and once they attack, they will inevitably cause casualties. Zhao Kuo said.

Handan is the royal city of Zhao, the city wall is tall and strong, and there is a moat, if it is attacked, the casualties will not be small, Zhao Kuo does not want to let the soldiers who finally come back from the battlefield die in the civil war.

"It's not that there is no way, since there are many Handan people in our army, then they must have acquaintances in Handan, and the marshal can send them to stand outside the city gate to talk to the soldiers in the city and break the soldiers' fighting spirit. Then tell the soldiers in the city that the reward for the first surrender is 100 gold, the reward for the second surrender is 50 gold, and so on. ”

"If you are willing to open the city gate, you will be rewarded with a thousand gold, and the official will be promoted to three levels. Even if the soldiers defending the city don't believe it, they will be panicked, worried that others will surrender, and King Zhao will not sleep well at night. When the time comes, as long as the commander announces that someone has surrendered, the rest will inevitably compete for the reward. ”

"And this method is not only useful for the soldiers defending the city, even for those nobles, as long as one nobleman surrenders, it can lead a group of nobles to surrender. We can also shoot letters to the city, the wrong things that King Zhao has done, the truth of what happened back then, and so on. Tian Dan said.

"Du Pingjun is talented." Zhao Kuo said with great admiration.

Since the Battle of Changping, Tian Dan has been at his fingertips on all kinds of conspiracies and tricks, which is unguardable, and Tian Dan is not a simple strategist, and leading troops to fight is also the top in the world.

Such a talent was actually driven away by Qi State.

Zhao Kuo really wanted to open King Qi's little head melon to see what was inside.

"However, I still recommend storming for a day before persuading you to surrender, which will be more effective, even if you don't send a large army, just use catapults. It is easier for the strong to win the respect of the weak by being kind to the weak. Tian Dan took a sip of tea to moisten his throat, and then said.

Zhao Kuo thought for a moment and nodded, "Just do what Du Pingjun said." ”

……

In the palace, King Zhao was anxiously pacing back and forth, and in addition to the eunuchs in the main hall, there were only Lou Chang and Jianxinjun.

"It's been so long, why haven't Lin Qing and Uncle Wang come back." King Zhao didn't know how many times he stretched out his head to look outside, but unfortunately he was disappointed every time.

Outside the main hall was empty, and there was no one except the approaching night and the cold wind blowing.

"Wait, King." Lou Chang said.

"Wait! Wait! It's going to be dark soon! King Zhao said angrily.

"King, do you think it is possible for Pingyuanjun and Lin Gong to surrender to the rebels......" Jianxinjun whispered.

When King Zhao heard this, he suddenly stopped, then shook his head and said, "This is impossible, it is absolutely impossible." Uncle Wang is the widow's own uncle, and Lin Gong is the old minister left by his father to the widow. Even if everyone betrays the widow, they will not betray the widow. ”

"Light the lamp, and the widow will continue to wait for Uncle Wang and Gong Lin to come back." King Zhao ordered.

After a while, an oil lamp lit up in the palace, and King Zhao continued to pace.

However, as time passed, Jianxinjun's words took root in his heart like a seed, growing bigger and bigger, and he couldn't shake it off.

As night fell, King Zhao sat on the throne decadently, "It seems that Uncle Wang and Gong Lin have really betrayed the widow." ”

"You still have us, King." Jian Xinjun said.

"I didn't expect that it was the two of you who accompanied the widow in the end, what a hardship to see a loyal minister." King Zhao said movingly.

……

"My lord, the catapult has been erected." Mo Feng walked over and said.

If you want to say who supports Zhao Kuo the most in the entire army now, it must be Mo Feng.

Originally, he just wanted to casually take refuge in a nobleman of the Zhao Kingdom and continue the lineage of the Mo family, but he didn't expect that now he would take refuge in this nobleman and immediately turn into the King of Zhao.

The Mo family can not only continue smoothly, but may even flourish.

Is there anything better for Mofeng than this?

"So quickly, all four walls have been erected?" Zhao Kuo was a little surprised, it hadn't been even half an hour since he gave the order, and Mo Feng had already set up the catapult.

"The four walls, each with twenty-five catapults, have been erected. The parts are all built before, just reassemble them, and it's very fast. Mo Feng said with his fists clenched.

"Then let's attack." Zhao Kuo ordered.

"No."

Soon, the catapult threw the stones high and smashed them towards Handan City from all directions.

The catapult built by the Mo family is different from that of the Wei army, almost every stone can fall on the top of the city, and even if it can't hit people, it will cause a huge shock to the defenders of the city.

Once you hit someone, the shock is even greater!

"General, we ...... Let's surrender. A lieutenant said tremblingly.

He saw with his own eyes that a soldier with a large shield was hit by a stone, and then embedded in the city wall with the large shield, and even the eunuch who was watching by him was stoned to death.

If you are shot by an arrow, you still have a way to live, and if you are hit by a boulder, you will definitely die.

"The other party didn't even persuade him to surrender, it's obvious that he is planning to attack, or defend the city." The lieutenant sighed.

……

In the afternoon of the next day, the Zhao army outside the city stopped the attack.

"General, they don't seem to be fighting." A soldier said in surprise.

Although the catapults under the city were only smashed for one night and half a day, the soldiers in the city had a feeling of living like a year, and now if they closed their eyes, they would see the shocking scene of their companions being hit by a boulder and turned into bloody mud.

"Listen to the soldiers in the city, our marshal said that everyone is from the Zhao country, and there is no need to kill each other. Now give you a day to surrender the city. The first soldier to surrender will be rewarded with 100 gold. The second reward is fifty gold...... If anyone is willing to open the city gates, he will be rewarded with a thousand gold medals and promoted to the third rank. The same is true for the nobles in the city. ”

Immediately afterwards, there was a rain of arrows shooting towards the city, but these arrows had been removed, and bamboo slips were tied to the arrow shafts, writing Zhao Jun's promise, and why Zhao Kuo wanted to besiege Handan, and some of Zhao's bad words, even including that Zhao Wang didn't like women and secretly raised male pets.

"You say it's true or false?"

"What's really fake?"

"The king's matter of raising male pets."

"And this kind of thing? Hey, mine and yours don't seem to be the same, come on, let's swap looks. ”

……

Soon, another large group of people came over, looking for acquaintances in the city, and began to persuade the other party to surrender.

"Erniu, I'm your eldest brother......"

"Sanwa, I'm your middle father......"

……

The eunuch who was watching suddenly realized that something was wrong, and while reporting to King Zhao, he ordered a ban on conversation.

However, how could only a few dozen eunuchs stop thousands of soldiers.

The soldiers are not afraid of the eunuchs, they are just afraid of the king of Zhao behind the eunuchs, now that there is a way out, Lao Tzu is a big deal to surrender, why listen to you.

"General, let's surrender." One of the soldiers pulled his spear out of the eunuch's chest, and a stream of blood sprayed onto his face, making his expression look a little hideous.

"Wait for the evening, find some more." The general said calmly.

……

Night.

Liu Ping opened the camp tent, nodded to Ben who was guarding beside him, and then walked in and said excitedly: "Dashuai, someone has surrendered out of the city." ”

"How many?" Zhao Kuo hurriedly asked.

"Not a few people, it's a big group, at least a few hundred." Liu Ping's voice trembled a little.

"So much!" Zhao Kuo got up from the couch all of a sudden.

"There's more to come, but no one has opened the gates yet." Liu Ping said.

"Don't worry, as long as someone starts to surrender, within three days, Handan City will be captured." Zhao Kuo said. "By the way, the reward should not be less."

"The reward has already been distributed, because there were ten people in the first batch to surrender, so a hundred gold was divided equally among them, and no one had an opinion." Liu Ping said.

Zhao Kuo nodded.

……

Early in the morning of the third day.

"My lord, something is wrong, the soldiers defending the city have fled." Lou Chang rushed into the palace in a panic.

"Isn't it just a few soldiers who fled, what's the fuss." Zhao Wangdan waved his hand and said indifferently: "Lou Qing, don't worry, the widow has already sent a eunuch to announce it, as long as someone dares to escape, the whole family will sit together." ”

"King, it's not one or two, it's a small number of soldiers. Lou Chang paused with his hands down.

"What! A small half is missing. That's how it can be good. King Zhao panicked instantly.

"Minister...... Let's think about it. Lou Chang glanced at King Zhao deeply, leaned over and said.

"The safety of the widow depends on Lou Qing." King Zhao said with great sincerity as if he was grasping a life-saving straw.

……

"Lord, news has come from the rear that all the grain and grass of the Qin State have been transported to Hedong, and General Feng Ting is arranging for the people to be sent to Shangdang." Liu Pingyu reports.

"Well, let Feng Ting release Hu Yang and Sima Jin." Zhao Kuo nodded.

Qin Guo didn't play tricks, and he wouldn't play tricks in this regard.

"But...... Qin said that he would also return Meng Fu to them. Liu Ping said.

"Mengfu? Hehe, when he was in Weinan, Qin Guo didn't mention it, but now that I think about it, it's too late. Leave them alone, just send Hu Yang and Sima Jin back. Zhao Kuo waved his hand and said.

Hu Yang and Sima Jin forget it, how could Meng Fu be returned to Qin State, this is a famous general of three generations of ancestors and grandchildren, if it wasn't for the accident later, maybe the fourth and fifth generations are all famous generals.

Even if Qin gave one million grains and grass, it was impossible for Zhao Kuo to exchange it.

"My subordinates will inform General Feng Ting." Liu Ping leaned over and retreated.

"Lord, Lou Chang asks to see you." At this time, there was a sound of Ben outside.

Liu Ping's footsteps suddenly stopped.

"Lou Chang?" Zhao Kuo frowned, Le Yi had just reminded him yesterday that eighty percent of the people who cooperated with Qin Guo to spread rumors in Handan were Lou Chang.

Lin Xiangru and Zhao Sheng also said that Lou Chang is also a villain.

"Invite him in." Zhao Kuo decided to see each other.

"Chen Louchang, meet the king." As soon as Lou Chang entered the camp tent, he leaned over and bowed.