"My king." After a short silence, it was Lu Buwei who picked up the conversation, bowed slightly to Zhao Kuo, and then said, "Although what Pingyuan Jun said is reasonable, however, the king has forgotten an important account."

"Oh?" Everyone present immediately looked in the direction of Lu Buwei.

"If you only count the accounts of my Zhao Kingdom, it will naturally not be enough to support the expedition." Seeing this, Lü Buwei immediately explained: "However, the grain returned to Qi and Chu is not to be returned immediately, we can use this grain as military salaries, and after conquering a country, the funds of its treasury and inner treasury will be used by us, so that it will be able to make up for military needs."

"The Qin State has repeatedly fought abroad, but has not seen its weakling, so Gai is also." As if he was afraid that it would not be convincing enough, Lü Buwei also brought out the vivid example of Qin Jun.

"Feeding War with War?" Zhao Kuo said with some frowns.

"Yes, of course." Lu Buwei nodded immediately.

Of course, this is a good way, and whether it is the country of Han or the country of Yan, the exploitation of the people at the bottom is exhausted, although the people of the country have no money and food, but the treasury of the palace and even among the big families, they are still very rich.

If this money and grain can be included in the government treasury, of course, it can make up for the food consumed by the soldiers.

But the premise of this method is that Zhao Guo can have the certainty of victory, and even the certainty of a quick victory.

Although with the national strength of Zhao and the combat power of the Zhao army, they have a great grasp of the Han army and the Yan army. But after all, it was a war to destroy the country, even if it was as weak as the Zhou Dynasty and had almost no army of its own, it broke out with huge combat power in the last battle, and even peeled off a layer of skin on the Qin army.

On the one hand, the Zhao army was obviously in an unfavorable environment compared to the fact that the Zhao army was in an unfavorable environment.

Of course, the strength of the national and military forces can indeed make up for it a little, but in this way, does Zhao really have the certainty of victory?

What's more, although the Qin State had the intention of dividing the territory of various countries equally with the Zhao State.

But if you think about it with your toes, you can also know that the Qin State is bound to make trouble in it, just like the Zhao State cannot let the Qin State easily take the Chu State.

But the difference is that even if the Qin State does not attack well, it can retreat to the land of Yan Ying at any time, and it is enough to stick to the defense. With Yingdu, the Qin State will be invincible.

And once Zhao's gamble fails, its Hejian County and Huaisi County will be hit by revenge, coupled with factors such as lack of food, it is also possible that Zhao's situation will take a sharp turn.

This is not what Zhao Kuo wants to see.

"If that's reluctant?" Zhao Kuo shook his head and said, "The widow would rather not fight, than lead the Zhao Kingdom into danger because of a momentary rush for quick success. In the Battle of Changping, we have to gamble, not bet on the death of the Zhao Kingdom; In the battle of Los Angeles, we are still gambling, and if we don't bet, Zhao will be suppressed by Qin; But now, Zhao Guo has achieved a partial advantage, and it is not cost-effective to continue gambling."

"But." Zhao Kuo's voice fell, and Lian Po on the other side thought for a while, and then said: "My king, in this world of great controversy, it's not that my Da Zhao wants to stop, so he can stop!"

"This year's snow disaster is known to all countries, and so is the Qin country." Lian Po continued: "The Qin army, which had suffered losses in the first battle of Los Angeles, how could it miss such a good opportunity? Regardless of whether our army moves or not, the Qin army is bound to move eastward. Since the Qin army is out, how can our army not come out?"

"Instead of continuing to fight the Qin army, it is better to attack other countries." Tian Dan on the side also helped.

What Lian Po said is not unreasonable, once the war starts, the participants on either side have no right to unilaterally call for a stop, even the initiator of the war.

Of course, at this time, the initiator of the war has actually transformed into a participant in the war.

Just as this year's Zhao State chose to solve the trouble of the Hu people in the north, and then the Qin army began to go east, the Battle of Los Angeles was certainly not what Zhao Guo wanted to fight.

Similarly, although the battle of Los Angeles has come to an end, this is far from the end of the battle between Qin and Zhao.

The Qin people will not be reconciled, especially when the Zhao State suffers a snow disaster

After that, of course, the Qin State would also know the news of the shortage of food in the Zhao State, and this was the opportunity for the Qin State.

"Is there a way to drag the country to the Qin State for a year?" Zhao Kuo obviously still doesn't want to go to war next year.

Things all appeared in a pile, from the displaced people in Zhou to the heavy snow sealing the country, which really caught Zhao Guo off guard, and his five-year savings had bottomed out.

So, sometimes, eating too much is not necessarily a good thing.

Of course, now that I have eaten it, I can only digest it hard. However, as long as there is a one-year buffer period, Zhao Guo can breathe a sigh of relief, and Zhao Guo will be able to completely digest this force, so as to embark on the fast track of annexation.

It's just that the few people who heard the words looked at each other and shook their heads helplessly.

"Within the Zhou Land, the Wei State had just experienced a great defeat, and there were too many troops to defend the Zhou Land for a while. And the state of Chu only has a small area, and I am afraid that it will not be able to send enough troops to defend it." Li Mu, who was sitting at the bottom, was obviously the most aware of the situation of Zhou Di's defense, and immediately analyzed: "If there is no large-scale support from our army, I am afraid that the strength of the two countries will not last for two months."

"Huh?" Zhao Kuo listened to Li Mu's analysis, but his eyes lit up, as if everyone had entered a misunderstanding, it seemed that everyone thought that Qin Guo would choose to come out of Zhoudi.

But Zhao Kuo, who had fought well with the envoys of the Qin State, knew that the intention of the Qin State was not in Zhoudi, but in the Chu State!

"Nope." Zhao Kuo hurriedly interrupted, "The goal of the Qin State is the Chu State, not the Zhou Land."

"This." Everyone's eyes immediately looked at Zhao Kuo.

"Although my Great Zhao was affected by the snow disaster, his strength is still there, and if the Qin State wants to divide the countries, it will definitely not attack Zhoudi again, otherwise it will fight with our army. Although our army is not sure of victory, the Qin army also has no confidence in victory. Therefore, on the way out of the east, the Qin State was elected in the Chu State." Zhao Kuo explained slightly.

"This matter is also noticed by the widow from the words of the Qin envoy." Zhao Kuo continued, "However, what the Qin State wants should not be all of the Chu land, but only a part. Although this discussion may also be deliberately revealed by the Qin State, few people have noticed it, and the possibility of attacking Chu is indeed higher than that of Zhoudi. After all, when attacking Chu, Qin only had to face Zhao Chu, but when attacking Zhoudi, Qin had to face the power of Zhao, Wei, and Chu."

Hearing this, of course everyone would not doubt Zhao Kuo's judgment.

"If it's an attack?" Lian Po, Tian Dan, and Li Mu immediately muttered to themselves, thinking about the possibility of using the Chu State to drag down the Qin army.

If you want to hold back the Qin army, it's nothing more than the terrain and the strength of the troops.

Although there are many mountains and rivers in Chu, but after passing Yanying, its terrain actually does not have too many passes, although there are hills, but only more than ten meters of hills, even the cavalry can gallop a little. It was difficult to stop the advance of the Qin army.

Until today's capital of Chu State, Chen Capital, can be regarded as a fortified city that can be defended.

In other words, if you want to stop the footsteps of the Qin army, you can only gather more troops.

However, can the State of Chu really have so many troops?

After a long while, the three of them still looked at each other, all helpless.

Lian Po immediately clasped his fists and said to Zhao Kuo: "I'm afraid it's still difficult, from Yan Ying to the east, there are almost no strong cities in the Chu State, and it is difficult to delay enough time only by relying on Chen Du."

"What if our army reinforces the Chu army with a small number of troops?" Pingyuanjun on the side suddenly suggested.

Obviously, what Qin Guo could think of, Pingyuan Jun could naturally think of.

As a result, the state of Chu is not the country of Han in the end. The main contradiction of the country of Han is that the land is outnumbered and the soldiers are unfavorable; And the thousands of miles of fertile land of the Chu State, it is obvious that there is no shortage of troops, and because he is in the Southern Barbarians, he often fights with wild beasts, and the benefits of his soldiers are not under Qin and Zhao, even if there is a gap, it will not be as big as the country of Han.

Therefore, although the strategy is the same, it naturally has a different effect on the situation of the country.

"No." Sure enough, listening to Pingyuan Jun's suggestion, Lian Po shook his head without hesitation and said, "The soldiers of the Chu State are not weak, the problem is that the weapons are poor, and the second is that there are many orders. Even if our army sends part of its troops, it will not be able to solve these problems,

On the contrary, it will reduce the combat power because of the addition of one more general."

"Then give them weapons!" Lu Buwei on the side said suddenly.

Slightly saluting Zhao Kuo, Lu Buwei then continued: "There are many orders, and we are inconvenient and unable to intervene in this internal matter of the Chu State, but in terms of this weapon, there is a lot to do. Since we can give it to the State of Qi, why not give some more to the State of Chu!"

"Even." Lü Buwei seemed to have thought of a possibility, and said in surprise, "We can also exchange weapons for the grain of the Chu State!" In this way, the problem of food and straw for our army can also be solved!"

When the words fell, everyone's eyes lit up!

Yes, although the King of Chu didn't say it, it doesn't mean that the King of Chu doesn't want it! Even people like King Qi who don't care about the world are eager to learn about our family's weapons, let alone the Chu State that is about to face the attack of the Qin army.

With the reputation of Zhao's weapons, presumably the King of Chu will not refuse at all.

"This!" Zhao Kuo listened to this suggestion, but was a little hesitant.

The reason is very simple, the king of Chu may not refuse, but Zhao Kuo is afraid that this batch of weapons will eventually fall on the head of his own Zhao army, and it will be worth the loss.

The reason why he easily agreed to Qi State's request was that in addition to the urgent need for Qi State's food, more importantly, Qi State could not even be unified internally, and it was impossible for Zhao State to become an opponent of Zhao State.

Even if he became an opponent, Zhao Kuo had a hundred ways to deal with the Qi State.

But the state of Chu is different, the fertile land is not nonsense, once the state of Qin is held, there may not be a chance to rise again.

There is no need to do too much, as long as you take advantage of the defeat of the Qin army, continue the changes of Wu Qi, and as soon as you collect the rights, you can immediately become the third pole of the Warring States.

Once such a situation becomes a reality, this Sengoku will become a prequel to the Three Kingdoms.

Of course, this change is easy to say, but it is not easy to do at all, especially since the state of Chu has already failed once.

However, increasing the strength of Chu was not in the interests of Zhao.

It's just that the lesser of two evils is chosen. Although giving the Chu State weapons and equipment may make the Chu State rise again, it is better than letting the Qin State swallow up the essence of the Chu State

Even if the Seven Heroes of the Warring States Period become the prequel to the Three Kingdoms, as long as he can take the opportunity to subdue the Yan State and unify the north, then the Zhao State will still be the most powerful one among the Three Kingdoms!

Thinking of this, Zhao Kuo actually had an answer in his heart.

However, Zhao Kuo still faced everyone and asked, "What do you think Lu Qing said?"