"In that case, one of them." Tian Dan then continued: "It is a draw with Qin. Whether the Qin army attacked the camp of our coalition army in anger and shame, or temporarily retreated due to lack of food, it was all peaceful. In this way, the Qin army retreated and the land of Zhou Wangji belonged to the three kingdoms of Wei, Chu and Han, so the main army of our Zhao State should not be transferred south, otherwise it will provoke unwarranted speculation among the rest of the countries. ”

"This is indeed the best result of this battle." Zhao Kuo nodded and agreed: "It's just that even if everything is as we think, burning grain and forcing Qin, with the combat strength of the Qin army, it is not easy to defeat the tiger and wolf division of the Qin army with the rabble of the four countries." ”

"Yes, yes." Tian Dan also nodded and said: "Although the strength of our coalition army has a certain advantage, its individual combat power is far lower than that of the Qin army, and it is still strong to defend the city, or it still has the strength to fight." However, even so, it is still not easy to draw the Qin army, and it cannot be done without the cooperation of the four countries. ”

"If you don't think about winning, you should lose first." Zhao Kuo immediately waved his hand and continued to ask: "If it is his next strategy, what should it be." When Tian Dan heard this, he naturally immediately replied: "The next, although our coalition army forced the Qin army to the water poor, but when the Qin army counterattacked, it couldn't parry, and it was broken by the Qin army. Not only will the land of Zhou Wangji be occupied by the Qin army, but Han and Wei will also be under the front of the Qin army. In this way, needless to say, our army in the northern frontier must move south as soon as possible and organize the Qin army to continue to expand eastward, at least to stabilize the battle line near Los Angeles. At this time, Zhao Kuo also understood what Tian Dan meant-in order to ensure that the army in northern Xinjiang still needs to be transferred south, and it needs to be transferred as soon as possible.

In fact, Zhao Kuo also planned this in his heart. Although the long-distance mobilization of troops will cause a large amount of food consumption, and although the army may form a long-term confrontation with the Qin army after being transferred to the south, these losses are not worth mentioning compared to the possible defeat of the Battle of Los Angeles.

Immediately, Zhao Kuo looked at Ping Yuanjun and Yu Qing on the side. Pingyuan Jun immediately said: "My king, it is incumbent on Weichen to ensure military resources and grain, but it is a bit difficult for Weichen to analyze the battlefield situation and decide on strategy." ”

"It's the same with Wechen." Yu Qing also hurriedly said. Hearing this, Zhao Kuo did not embarrass the two, on the contrary, he was a little happy, whether the two took the initiative to avoid suspicion because they didn't want civilian officials to be involved in the military, or because they really didn't understand military affairs, Zhao Kuo was obviously willing to accept what they said.

Nodding slightly, he agreed with the words of the two, and Zhao Kuo immediately fell into deep thought. However, soon, Zhao Kuo made a decision: "Then according to the original plan, let Li Mu quickly deal with the affairs of the northern Xinjiang, and immediately lead the army south after supervising the establishment of the new city." ”

"As for the troops, it is enough to bring 100,000 troops south. In this way, there should be a total of 250,000 horses in the Shangdang County to the south, which is enough to deal with the Qin army and possible Qin reinforcements. Zhao Kuo then continued.

"Still." Zhao Kuo then continued: "Tian Dan, you have to make it clear to Lian Po and Li Mu. ”

"Yes." Tian Dan immediately responded.

"First, we can always trust only ourselves, before the arrival of the main force in the northern Xinjiang, we must treat ourselves as only 80,000 horses, and we can't go head-to-head with the Qin army and cause a lot of losses to our army." Zhao Kuo continued to command.

"Second, even if the main force of the northern frontier arrives, we must remember that the widows do not ask them to give the widows a great victory, but only ask them to hold back the Qin army and force the Qin army to retreat, which is the victory of our army. Third, and most importantly. The overall national policy of Zhao State as a whole is first north and then south, and the overall national policy of first easy and then difficult cannot be changed. Lian Po there, no matter what, every means should be done to delay the time of the decisive battle until the end of the year, preferably after the beginning of spring, so that no matter what the final result is, my Zhao Guo can deal with it calmly. On Li Mu's side, he must build two new new cities as soon as possible, and cooperate with Lü Buwei to settle the Hu people and the people of the upcoming Zhou Wangji, and after the northern Xinjiang is completely stabilized, the grassland will be effectively in the hands of my Da Zhao, and then choose the opportunity to go south. ”

"Yes." When the words fell, Tian Dan on the side immediately agreed.

"Okay, now that everything that should be discussed has been discussed." Zhao Kuo immediately stood up and said to the three people who also followed: "Go over there." ”

"Yes." The three of them responded with their fists clasped together.

"That's right." Just as Pingyuanjun turned around and was about to leave, Zhao Kuo suddenly stopped him: "Pingyuanjun." ”

"Wechen is here." Pingyuanjun immediately responded with his fists clenched.

"The widow remembers, it seems that the book of the Ministry of Rites is still vacant." Zhao Kuo then asked.

"Yes." Pingyuanjun somewhat guessed Zhao Kuo's intentions, but still replied calmly.

"Hmm." Zhao Kuo nodded and continued to ask, "Yu Qing has been this squire for some time. After a pause, Zhao Kuo immediately looked at Yu Qing, who was already a little unable to suppress his joy, and then ordered: "That is the case, Yu Aiqing has always been diligent, and she has been acting for a while, so let's move to the secretary of the Ministry of Rites." ”

"Yes." Pingyuan Jun, who had already guessed, calmly led the order.

"Thank you, my king!" Yu Qing on the side heard the news, but she was excited, and immediately clasped her hands into fists to the end.

From a squire to a book, this is not just a simple matter of being promoted from a deputy position to a regular position.

This is more like Director Qi's ascension to the deputy provincial level, and when he is up, he has broken away from the sequence of provincial management cadres, and has crossed over to the central government directly management cadres, not only can he participate in the decision-making of various affairs in the province, but his ceiling will also be raised again.

The same is true for Yu Qing. From Shilang to Shangshu, although it is only a short step, there is a completely different difference in the size of power and status.

The simplest point is that when he became a scholar, his direct reporting object was no longer the cabinet, but Zhao Wangkuo.

Of course, everyone knows that no matter how diligent he has always been and how long he has been acting in charge of the ministry, it is not the reason why Yu Qing was promoted to Shangshu, and it is not even a necessary condition.

The key is not your usual hard work and hard work, but your obligation to be able to go up at a critical time, so that your superiors can look down on you.

Obviously, Yu Qing's few words today are the most incisive expression of his old age, wit and strategy, and naturally enter Zhao Kuo's eyes.

Naturally, promotion has become the proper meaning. Of course, Yu Qing's promotion is not a big deal for Zhao Guo's court, and it can't stir up any waves at all.

Not only because of the Battle of Los Angeles, nor because it was really eventful in the court, but more because of Yu Qing's ascension, it was a matter of time.

In terms of ability, among the two things that won the enthronement ceremony of the doctor Lou Chang and Zhao Kuo, Yu Qing has already shown his ability very well; In terms of connections, from the late Shangqing Lin Xiangru to the current Shoufu Pingyuan Jun, they all praised him, and even because of the enthronement ceremony, Yu Qing did not brush his face in front of Zhao Wangkuo.

What's more, in the Ministry of Rites, there is just such a waiter as Yu Qing, and he has not been transferred to the waiter for five years, which is obviously to pave the way for Yu Qing's superiority.

After five years of experience, Yu Qing has already arranged enough of his own people in the Ministry of Rites, and arranging people to come in as waiters will not affect Yu Qing's authority, let alone compete with Yu Qing.

According to Pingyuan Jun's original plan, he was to arrange a highly respected person, such as Tian Dan, to go to the Ministry of Rites to serve as Shangshu.

Of course, a person like Tian Dan, who is not busy with the affairs of the cabinet, how can he take care of the trivial affairs of the Ministry of Rites, so it is more about putting up a name, and the actual person is still Yu Qing.

And when Yu Qing's age gradually comes up, he can justifiably correct it. Obviously, Pingyuanjun still attaches great importance to this talent left by Lin Shangqing.

Zhao Kuo's approach today is just to slightly disrupt the process of Pingyuan Jun, several years in advance.

And this is also what Yu Qing's ability deserves. It's just that there are thousands of people with lofty ideals in the world, those who are more talented than Yu Qing don't know how much, and those who are more competent than Yu Qing don't know how much, Yu Qing can come to the center of Zhao State with less than forty, and his ability is not questioned, but the road he has traveled is almost impossible to copy.

The so-called master knows his fate, and the gentleman sees the opportunity, so it is. With the departure of Pingyuanjun and the others, Sun Gu of Yulinwei and Zhao Ping of the Dark Guard were finally brought to Zhao Kuo.

"There's only one thing." Zhao Kuo said to the two straight to the point.

"Yes." The two people sitting in front of Zhao Kuo straightened up and listened attentively.

"The coalition forces are not going well on the front at the moment." Zhao Kuo continued: "The front line is preparing to burn the autumn grain near Zhou Wangji, forcing the Qin army to take the initiative to attack due to lack of food. Hearing this, the two looked at each other and seemed to be a little confused.

Obviously, neither of them knew the king's intention of telling them this, did he want them to find out where the autumn grain was?

It seems that the scouts in the army are enough for this matter, and there is no need to do it yourself at all. Zhao Kuo didn't sell it, and immediately continued: "The matter of burning grain is carried out by its own coalition forces. However, it is easy to burn grain, and it is not yet known whether the Qin army will be short of food, but the way of life for hundreds of thousands of people in Zhou Wangji is broken. ”

"Arrange for your people to go to the city of Zhou Wangji, whether it is to build an inn or to be a businessman, in short, you must enter the people in the city near Zhou Wangji as soon as possible." Zhao Kuo continued to instruct: "After the coalition army burns grain, when the people's hearts are in turmoil, guide the people to come to our Zhao State Shangdang County. Listening to Zhao Kuo's words, the two of them were even more shocked.

Sun Gu swallowed a mouthful of saliva slightly, and said: "My king, according to Weichen's knowledge, although Zhou Wangji is not a big place, it is in the world, it is a rich land, the people are afraid that hundreds of thousands, our army is still in the middle of the war, if it is ......" Without waiting for Sun Gu to finish speaking, Zhao Kuo waved his hand and said: "These widows have already discussed with Pingyuanjun and others, and your task is to bring the people to Shangdang County. ”

"Yes." Hearing this, Sun Gu naturally didn't dare to say more, and then agreed with Zhao Ping.

"My king, I don't know how many people I want to bring?" After agreeing, Zhao Ping didn't seem to fully understand Zhao Kuo's intentions, and then asked again.

"The more the merrier." Zhao Kuo immediately replied: "Tell the people who were affected by the disaster that they are from Zhao when they come." ”

"Yes." The two looked at each other again, and then they both took orders.