Chapter 619: Attack it and save it
Zhao Kuo was not very happy, not because of Wei Wuji, but because he saw the resistance to unifying the world from Wei Wuji.
The Qin State attacked the Wei State, and Wei Wuji gave up his life to rush to Daliang.
If there was a war between Zhao and Wei, or even if Zhao wanted to annex Wei, what should Wei Wuji do? Is it to sit idly by and even help Zhao to annex Wei?
None of them.
Zhao Guo is not only one Wei Wuji.
There are also Tian Dan, Han Fei, Tian Shu, and ministers that Zhao Kuo doesn't know, they will also not watch the destruction of Qi and Korea.
It's not just Wei Wuji who is working hard these days, Han Fei is also running for South Korea, it's just that others are soft-spoken and their power is too small to influence the court's decision-making.
The princes of the world have been established for hundreds of years, the people's hearts have been determined, and the foundation is solid. At the same time, you have me, I have you, and there are many talented people in each country who have sat in other countries to sit in high-ranking officials, and even to the country.
They may usually put their home country aside, but it doesn't mean that they have forgotten their home country, and at a critical moment, these people may jump out to stop Zhao Guo.
Not everyone is Cai Ze, Cai Ze is not the Yanguo Office, and he cannot be reused by Yanguo, he has no feelings for Yanguo, and he can use Yanguo to realize his ideals and ambitions without scruples.
But others can't.
In history, in order to prevent Qin from destroying Han, Han Feizi constantly ran between Qin and Han, and even wanted to use Zhao to attract Qin's firepower.
Xiong Qi, the prince of Chu, served as the minister of Qin and assisted the Qin monarch for decades, and finally gave the Qin army a fatal blow at a critical time, and was embraced as the king of Chu, resulting in the failure of Qin's first attack on Chu.
When the two countries are at peace, even if it is a royal office, it is normal to serve in other countries, and once a war occurs, the royal offices of these other countries will become a factor of instability.
In the past, Zhao Kuo always felt that as long as Zhao was strong enough, he could crush the past and annex the Six Kingdoms.
But this time he realized that the stronger Zhao Guo was, the greater the internal resistance, and unlike the external resistance that could be crushed, it was impossible for Zhao Kuo to kill Wei Wuji, Tian Dan, and Han Fei, let alone kill his own daughter-in-law and expel the virtuous people from other countries.
"It's a bit of a hassle!" Zhao Kuo sighed, the particularity of the Warring States Period was unprecedented, and the difficulty of unification was far greater than that of other eras.
But fortunately, there is still time, at least Zhao State annexed Yan State, and there is no internal resistance.
Whether it is Cai Ze, or the chestnut belly sold by Yan Guo, or Le Cheng, they don't have much affection for Yan Guo.
Moreover, Zhao Guo did not have the Yan State Office as an official.
This is a very good start for Zhao Guo.
However, the top priority is how to rescue the Wei State, and as for the annexation of the Yan State, it can only be put later.
After returning to Handan, Zhao Kuo immediately gathered all the ministers to discuss how to support Wei and Korea.
Although he promised Wei Wuji that he would support Wei, because Qin was involved in it, and Zhao had been watching from the sidelines before, Wei not only distrusted Zhao, but also had resentment.
At this time, if Zhao Guo boldly intervenes in the battle, it is very likely to be self-defeating.
Therefore, it is necessary to negotiate a proper plan, and the soldiers cannot be sent to death in vain.
After receiving the order, the ministers came to the political hall one after another, and when they saw Wei Wuji sitting in front, they were immediately a little unhappy, and at the same time a little admired, after all, not everyone can give up everything for the sake of the mother country like Wei Wuji.
Zhao Sheng was very pleased, his brother-in-law didn't have to go to death, the family could finally be stable for two days, and his wife didn't have to quarrel with him every day.
"Xinling-kun is a good means." Lin Xiangru walked over to Wei Wuji and sat down, snorting coldly, his face gloomy.
He and Cai Ze had almost prepared a plan for the battle against Yan State, and after waiting for Xia Geng, the troops divided into two routes and went straight to Jicheng, the capital of Yan.
As a result, he didn't pay attention, and Wei Wuji gave them a salary from the bottom of the kettle.
Who can stand this.
If it weren't for the fact that the relationship was not bad at ordinary times, and Wei Wuji was also forced to do so, Lin Xiangru and the others would have turned their faces a long time ago.
"I'm sorry." Wei Wuji got up, bowed solemnly, and said extremely apologetically, this was the first time in his life that he bowed his head to others.
"Okay, it's a decision made by a widow, don't blame Xinlingjun." Zhao Kuo beckoned, attracted everyone's attention, and said in a deep voice.
"The widow is young, and he has no city or endurance. The Qin State dares to calculate my Zhao State, and the widow must take revenge and go back. In addition to supporting the Wei State, the widow also had to leave 200,000 Qin troops in the Wei State, completely break one of the Qin State's arms, and let the Qin State be unable to go east within ten years. If I can't cripple the Qin State, no matter what my Zhao State does in the future, I will be constrained by the Qin State, which is intolerable to the widows. ”
"The ambition of the wolf son of the Qin State will not die if the heart of the Zhao State dies. If it can't be disabled, after our Zhao State breaks through the Yan State, the Qin State will inevitably unite with other countries to attack our Zhao State. We must be prepared for a rainy day. Kong Bin said.
He never let his guard down against the Qin State.
"It's just...... It's not easy to send reinforcements. Dare to ask the right minister, but you can be sure that Wei and Qin did not secretly form an alliance. And are you willing to believe me Zhao Guo? Cooperate with me Zhao Guo to act together? Cai Ze looked at Wei Wuji.
"I'm sure that Wei and Qin definitely didn't have a secret alliance, but whether Wei would believe me Zhao Guo, this is not easy to say, I will do my best to convince Brother Wang." Wei Wuji didn't hide it.
"Wei doesn't trust us, how can we support Wei?" Cai Ze's two eyebrows are locked together, and it is not such a way to stick a cold face to someone's hot buttocks, with this kung fu, how good is it to attack Yan Guo?
"What about South Korea?" Zhou Zi asked.
"The situation in South Korea is not as urgent as that of Wei, Zhang Ruo of the Qin army and the violent kite of the Han army confronted each other in Huayang, although the Korean army was at a disadvantage, but it occupied a favorable location, and Zhang Ruo could not capture Huayang in a short time." Liu Ping said.
"Maybe we don't have to directly support Daliang, the Qin State has a long front, and attacks Han and Wei at the same time, the troops are scattered, and the pressure on food and grass is huge. Instead of supporting Daliang, it is better to attack it and save it, cut off the rear road of the Qin army, and implement a counter-encirclement of the Qin army. In this way, it was possible to avoid fighting side by side with the Wei army, and there was a chance to inflict heavy losses on the Qin army. Le Yi looked at the map behind Zhao Kuo and said slowly.
"Where is the place where the Qin army must be saved?" Zhao Sheng asked.
"Xingyang." Le Yi said, "Xingyang is the place where Qin must pass through when going east, whether it is to transport troops or grain, it must pass through there. And Xingyang has convenient transportation, and the Qin State can directly use the chasm to transport soldiers and grain and grass to the outside of Daliang City. As long as Xingyang was occupied, the Qin army would have to take hundreds of miles of detours to transport grain and grass, and could not use the waterway. The loss of grain and grass will increase several times. On the other hand, our Zhao State can use the Yellow River to transport soldiers and grain and grass to Xingyang to reduce the loss on the road. ”
"What about Wei and Korea? Leave it alone? Zhao Sheng asked again.
"No, I can't. I can't keep the Qin army by relying on my Zhao State alone, and we must unite the three kingdoms of Zhao, Wei and Han to have a chance. Therefore, the military orders of the three countries must be unified, and there must be no mistakes. Our Zhao State needs to send two people to Wei and Korea respectively to serve as commanders, to ensure that the two countries are not broken by the Qin army, and to give our army cooperation after our army cuts off the Qin army's rear route. Le Yi said solemnly.
The Qin State is not the Qi State, and Wu Anjun Bai Qi is not the commander of the Qi Army. Even if the combined strength of the three armies of Zhao, Wei and Han has surpassed the Qin army, Le Yi still does not dare to be sloppy in the slightest.
The top commander can catch you on a small oversight, and then continue to amplify, turning your negligence into a flaw, into a weakness, and then defeating you mercilessly.
As for whether Wei and Korea will agree, as long as they want to defeat the Qin army, the possibility of agreeing is very high.
It is normal for guests to be guests this year, Zhao Guoyan Ju, Wei State Xin Yuanyan, and Qin State Hu Yang are all guest generals at the beginning.
Moreover, as long as the soldier is his own, the military power can be removed at any time, and the monarch does not have to worry that the guest will do something harmful to the country.
"The minister is willing to go to the Wei State." Wei Wuji said directly.
Zhao Kuo nodded, Wei Wuji couldn't be more suitable to go to Wei State, although the King of Wei was jealous of Wei Wuji, but after all, he was a father, and he still had to rely on his own brothers at a critical time, and outsiders couldn't be relied on.
But it is difficult to decide who will go to South Korea, not only to have enough identity to convince South Korea, but also to be able to lead troops to fight and cooperate with Le Yi.
It's not easy to choose.
"Go and call Han Fei." Zhao Kuo suddenly thought of someone, turned around and said to the guard next to him.
After more than half an hour, Han Fei ran over panting, and at this time, everyone had already discussed the details, and it was almost time to determine the candidate to go to South Korea.
"Minister...... Ministers do not lead troops into battle. When Han Fei heard this, he hurriedly waved his hand.
He actually wanted to say that he neither had enough identity nor would lead the troops to fight, although King Han was his father, he didn't like him, and even hated him a little, so he wouldn't listen to him at all.
"Du Pingjun, how about you go to South Korea with Han Fei?" Zhao Kuo looked at Tian Dan.
He doesn't need Han Fei to lead the troops to fight, Tian Dan is enough in terms of strength and fame, but he needs someone to reconcile the relationship between Tian Dan and South Korea, and this person can only be Han Fei.
"No." Tian Dan clenched his fists and said.
After the discussion, Zhao Kuo did not immediately order. Instead, he sent a letter to Wei and Korea, first telling about the friendship between the three countries, and then saying that Zhao had something going on in the country some time ago, and he couldn't spare manpower, and now that the country had just stabilized, he immediately convened his ministers to discuss the matter of supporting you.
However, the military orders of the three kingdoms must be unified, and our Zhao State will arrange for the generals to temporarily serve as the commanders of the Wei army and the Korean army until the end of the war, do you agree?
After receiving the letter, the two countries were overjoyed, and did not dare to delay time, and immediately agreed to Zhao Guo.
Although they knew that Zhao State was not a good thing, and eighty percent of what they said in the letter was a pretext, they were still more willing to believe Zhao State than Qin State, after all, Qin State was not a good thing.
"The generals obey orders. With Le Yi as the main general, Jia Yan, Yan Zhou, Le Cheng, Yan Ju, Ju Xin, and Yan Xiong as the deputy generals, Xun Zi, Gongsun Long, and Li Si as the military divisions, led 40,000 elite soldiers to attack Xingyang, and be sure to cut off the rear road of the Qin army. In addition, 50,000 strong people were selected from the Hu captives as auxiliary troops, and those who made meritorious contributions could be cut off from slavery and given houses and fields. ”
After Zhao Kuo received the replies from Wei and Korea, he immediately summoned the ministers of civil and military affairs.
In order to keep the Qin army, Zhao Kuo pressed half of the soldiers and horses outside Handan City, including Zhao Feicai, the Shooting Sound Battalion, and the newly formed Youyun Iron Cavalry and other military soul legions and super elite legions.
It can be said that nearly half of Zhao Guo's family background is here!
"No." All the ministers of civil and military affairs who were named stepped forward and said with their fists clenched.
"Send Wei Wuji to Wei to command the Wei army. Tian Dan and Han Fei went to South Korea to command the Korean army. Zhao Kuo ordered again.
"No." Wei Wuji, Tian Dan, and Han Fei said loudly.
"Alright, let's go down and prepare." Zhao Kuo waved his hand.
The next day, Wei Wuji, Tian Dan, and Han Fei hit the road.
Although Wei Wuji did not lead the army, he still brought a thousand recruited guests, including Zhu Hai and Li Tong, two transcendent realm generals, and Hou Ying, a top strategist.
Although the number of people is small, it can be called the essence.
Tian Dan and Han Fei didn't have any visitors, and only brought five hundred soldiers as escorts.
As for the army, it will have to wait until the auxiliary army is selected before it can be pulled, and it will take more than half a month at the earliest, but the soldiers and horses have not moved the grain and grass first, and the grain and grass have already been transported to Hanoi from the waterway.
When the auxiliary army arrives in Handan, they will take a boat to Hanoi with the army.
"Why didn't the king levy strong men, but instead recruited soldiers from among the Hu people?" Ben asked puzzled.
As a noble Chinese person, Benda looked down on these Hu people in his heart.
"Save money. If the strong man dies in battle, the court needs to pay a pension. Meritorious service. The court needs to reward money. If the Hu people die in battle, they will die in battle, and if they make meritorious service, they will only be given a piece of land. Moreover, the separation of some Hu people from slavery can also inspire other Hu people, and at the same time increase the population of our Zhao State. Zhao Kuo said.
The motivation to kill an enemy for oneself is completely different from that for the imperial court.
The reason why the Qin people fought bravely was because they were killing the enemy for themselves, and Shang Ying used the military merit system to mobilize all the subjective initiative of everyone.
"And these Hu people can ride horses, as long as they are given a horse, their combat ability will not be too much inferior to my Zhao army, and their strength is much stronger than the strong men who have just been recruited." Zhao Kuo continued.
Now Zhao can be called a 'country on horseback'. But in terms of horsemanship, if you throw away the blessing of equipment, you are still far from the Hu people.
For the Zhao people, horseback riding is an advanced skill, but for the Hu people, horseback riding is a survival skill, the grassland productivity is limited, the competition is far more fierce than the Central Plains, and those who are not proficient in riding skills will die early in danger again and again.
"As a result, the pressure on grain and grass has increased greatly." Zhao Sheng said worriedly.
War horses all have to eat fine food, and they don't have much combat power by eating grass.
"Don't worry, will I, Zhao Guo, still worry about grain and grass?" Zhao Kuo waved his hand disapprerovingly, and thought that the current Zhao State was the Zhao State ten years ago? "By the way, Uncle Wang, you will select two people to go to Qi and Chu, and invite the two countries to attack Qin together. If you don't agree, forget it. ”
"Okay." Zhao Sheng nodded.
"In addition, send an order to Feng Ting, pay close attention to the situation in Hedong and Hanoi, and once the Qin State shows signs of attacking the two places, it can send troops to intervene first and then report it." Zhao Kuo said.