The Qin army had already withdrawn, and the envoys of the two trips had also completed their missions, and they also asked to return to Handan, but the Zhao army, especially Zhao Kuo, was in a dilemma. Enter, the domestic autumn harvest is imminent, the army is alone, and the autumn harvest is bound to be delayed; If you retreat, the handover in Hanoi will continue, and if the Qin army repeats, it will be in danger of being overhanged.

In the night when the moon and stars were scarce, in the Jiepai Ling Guan Tower, the big figures of the entire Zhao Kingdom court were almost gathered.

Above the main seat, Zhao Kuo still sits on it, although there are still two royal envoys in the camp, but obviously, no one dares to compete with Zhao Kuo for the main position in the military camp.

Pingyang Jun and Pingyuan Jun, as the king's envoys, sat on both sides of Zhao Kuo.

Pingyuan Jun's start, General Lian Po sat behind, and Pingyang Jun's start was naturally Dr. Lou Chang, which can be described as a clear distinction. As for Xu Li and other generals, they are naturally not qualified to enter Zhao Jun's decision-making level.

In the face of today's situation, in fact, everyone already knows it in their hearts.

As far as the country is concerned, Zhao Kuo should continue to stay in Shangdang, at least until Hanoi County successfully completes the handover, so as to deter the Qin State and ensure the smooth handover, and it is even best to complete the arming before leaving, which is the safest.

However, personally, it is best for Zhao Kuo to turn back to Handan immediately.

Although Zhao Kuo has made great contributions, he has repeatedly disregarded and disobeyed the king's orders, causing King Zhao's trust to be reduced again and again. It has always been taboo to be in charge of a large army without the trust of the king. What's more, Zhao Kuo still has too many things to explain to King Zhao.

After a not-so-warm exchange of greetings and explanations of the situation, there was a discussion of the question of whether the army would stay or not. The result was not unexpected, as was customary, and it was only a matter of taking turns to return home, but there was a little discussion about dividing them into several batches, and the two sides quickly agreed.

But after talking about the key issue of Zhao Kuo's stay and stay, the scene immediately fell into a cold scene.

Naturally, the three of them on Pingyuanjun's side were entangled between reasonableness and reason, and they couldn't choose at all, at least on the bright side, they couldn't persuade Zhao Kuo to leave;

As for Pingyangjun, he naturally hopes that Zhao Kuo can follow him back to Handan, so that he can deal with King Zhao, but Pingyangjun also knows that his thoughts are not important at all;

As for Dr. Lou Chang on the side, he even hoped that Zhao Kuo would continue to postpone. The more Zhao Kuo delayed, the heavier King Zhao's suspicions would be. Coupled with Fan Sui's money offensive, Lou Chang is also very willing to vent his evil anger for the injuries behind his back.

After a long silence, Zhao Kuo finally made a decision: the food problem had been alleviated after receiving supplies from the Qin army, and in order to deal with the possible war in the future, the defense of Hanoi and Shangdang could not be lost.

The first is the arrangement of the army: among the 190,000 troops, 50,000 young and strong will return to Handan, be relieved of forced labor, and put into the autumn harvest; The remaining 140,000 troops were divided into three batches and turned back to Handan for repairs.

As for Zhao Kuo, because of the decrease in front-line soldiers, Zhao Kuo, as the main general, continued to stay in Shangdang County for the time being in order to ensure the safety of the front.

Of course, in fact, the battlefield is inseparable from Zhao Kuo, it is false, and it is true that Zhao Kuo wants to leave a secret layout.

It's just that under Zhao Kuo's reason, no matter whether it is Pingyangjun or Doctor Lou Chang, he can't say anything more. But in this way, Pingyuan Jun and General Lian Po couldn't help but sweat for Zhao Kuo.

After Pingyang Jun and Dr. Lou Chang left, Lian Po hurriedly persuaded Zhao Kuo: "General! Why don't you lead 50,000 troops back to Handan first? Hanoi and Shangdang County are still guarded by General Tian Dan and 90,000 troops, and the Qin army is newly defeated, so there should be no problem."

Zhao Kuo was speechless.

"Yes!" Pingyuan Jun also hurriedly continued: "Pingyang Jun is fine, Lou Chang will turn around first, I'm afraid...... After all, it's hard to explain it if you have a preconceived idea."

It can be seen that both of them are for Zhao Kuo's sake. But Zhao Kuo is waiting for the word "explanation".

Zhao Kuo smiled slightly and said, "What do I need to explain? Explain why the 500,000-strong army of the Qin army was defeated in Shangdang? Explain why Qin Guowu Anjun was forced to die in the party? Or do you want to explain why you want to occupy this strategic place in Hanoi?"

When Pingyuan Jun heard this, he suddenly felt speechless and shameless.

Oh, yes! What does Zhao Kuo need to explain?

Is it wrong to do anything in order to win this life-and-death battle of the Zhao State?

Is it wrong to force the enemy's invincible commander to death on the battlefield?

Is it wrong for King Kuang Zheng's negligence to occupy strategic places and lock up the development route of the enemy country?

Since that's right, what do you want Zhao Kuo to explain?

Pingyuan Jun sighed in his heart: The king wants to be a minister, what can he do about it!

Seeing that Pingyuan Jun was ashamed and retreated, Zhao Kuo immediately turned to Lian Po and said, "The old general thinks so, does An Zhi Qin Jun think the same way? I'm afraid that the general has just left here, and the Qin army over there already knows about it, if it were you, the old general, would you let go of such an opportunity?"

When Lian Po heard this, his face also changed. Obviously, he also understood what Zhao Kuo's words meant, and there was no need to think about it, if it weren't for this person to play right and wrong in front of the king, the Qin army had already been wiped out by himself at this time, where were there so many things.

In the face of such an unreasonable king, and even more so a minister who eats inside and out, Lian Po is also quite frustrated in his heart.

With a soft sigh, the two immediately retreated, leaving Zhao Kuo alone in the big tent.

Zhao Kuo didn't know about his embarrassing situation, but the matter had come to this point, even if he wanted to be a general in An'an, I was afraid that neither Qin Guo nor Zhao Guo would let him be satisfied.

It can even be said that since he stepped on this party battlefield, he has been doomed to no good end.

Defeated, lost and humiliated the country, even if it was not a battle death, how could there be a good life when he returned to Zhao State?

Victory, even if he does everything according to the king's orders, not to mention whether he can win this epic battle, even if he wins, can he avoid King Zhao's suspicion? Can you avoid the exclusion and framing of Qin Nugan Lou Chang?

As strong as Bai Qi and died in the hands of the wise King Qin, the Changlin Palace, which is full of loyal martyrs, is inevitably forced to stay away from the court, not to mention himself?

Rather than leaving your destiny to others, it is better to hold it firmly in your own hands.

Of course, if you want to take it, you must first take it.

Zhao Kuo's current power is still very weak, even if the whole army supports it, it is just support, if Zhao Kuo wants to rebel, Zhao Kuo doesn't know how many people will follow, it should be only half! At least General Lian Po won't.

Because, it's not enough!

King Zhao didn't do enough! It's not enough to hook everyone's anger!

And what Zhao Kuo has to do is to let Lou Chang belittle himself while accumulating military morale and popularity in Shangdang and Hanoi.

As for the military spirit and popularity, it starts here, Zhao Kuo looked at the sketch in his hand, and his heart was very determined.