Although he knew that he was too late, Zichu still refused to give up.

Even if he can't capture Hanzhong, at least he has to take down the Dasan Pass, which is the gateway to Guanzhong!

This place is in the hands of Zhao Jun, almost no different from Hangu Pass falling into the hands of the enemy, lying on the side of the couch, how can others sleep soundly.

At all costs, Zichu must also recapture this fateful pass.

Zichu's thoughts are obviously a little naïve, if he can be allowed to overcome the Great Scattered Pass, then Hanzhong will not be able to stop him.

It is said that Li Mu's second round of reinforcements had arrived at Dasanguan when he recruited and transferred troops, and Zhao Wei's 30,000 troops alone were enough to refuse his 100,000 troops outside Sanguan.

Now the question is no longer how he will regain the Great Dispersion Pass. It's about when Zhao Jun is going to get out of the pass and attack the pass.

You must know that with the gradual transportation of prisoners and the gradual collection of various places, the strength of Li Mu's hands is recovering towards 300,000.

The 300,000 Zhao army, which had combat experience and had been pinched together, whether it was going north or south, was almost fatal to the Qin State.

Of course, whether to launch the final battle against the Qin army, and how to launch it, is no longer up to Li Mu to decide.

Without him, attacking Hanzhong has actually greatly exceeded the strategic goal of this battle. If it weren't for the grain reserves of Hanzhong County, I am afraid that Zhao Jun would have had a shortage of food at this time.

After all, it is not easy to transport grain and grass from Yingchuan and cross so many mountain roads.

What's more, if he launched a further attack, he would inevitably be strongly counterattacked by the Qin army, and even if he had already occupied a huge advantage, Zhao Guo had to be careful of the trapped beasts.

As a result, a good news detailing the current situation quickly took wings and flew to Handan.

In Handan City, the snow has dyed the entire city with a layer of snow white.

It's just that the scattered snowflakes still can't hide the enthusiasm of the people of Handan to welcome the New Year.

The laughter and laughter everywhere add a vividness to this ancient city.

However, in the depths of the palace, in the council hall, Zhao Kuo was frowning at the thick pile of grain and grass loss table.

There was no way, Li Mujun's food in the first month of the month was almost twice as much as when the battle was at its fiercest.

Thanks to Zhao Guo's sufficient preparations, otherwise it would not be enough for Li Mujun.

There is so much food to be wasted, which is obviously a bit abnormal. Although Pingyuanjun also absolutely trusted Li Mu, in the face of such a large amount of grain, Pingyuanjun also had to report to Zhao Kuo for a decision.

After all, the battle has just begun, and it is not yet known how long it will be. If this amount of grain is to be maintained, the imperial court will inevitably make policy changes.

Fortunately, just when Zhao Kuo was also a little confused, Li Mu's good news was delivered to Zhao Kuo.

"My king, the front line General Li good news." The eunuch Ling with a happy face carefully held a cloth and respectfully handed it to Ma Yan's hand.

"Huh?" Zhao Kuo was slightly stunned, how long has it been since there was good news?

According to Zhao Kuo's prediction, there should be good news after the beginning of spring.

Zhao Kuo, who was slightly surprised, quickly took the silk book in the eunuch Ling's hand, and when he opened it and looked at it, his frowning brows instantly dissolved.

"This Li Mu has done a lot of things!" Zhao Kuo couldn't help but sigh.

As he spoke, Zhao Kuo handed the silk book to Pingyuanjun on the side, and said with a smile: "Pingyuanjun, you should also take a look, don't worry about that idea of food." When the food is gone, it is enough to plant again. Look at Li Mu, give us a big surprise! ”

Hearing this, Pingyuan Jun also immediately took the silk book, and after taking a closer look, he instantly laughed out loud and said, "This grain is worth it!" ”

"I didn't expect that. Li Mu has actually hit Hanzhong! While looking at the silk book repeatedly, Pingyuan-kun sighed.

Pingyuanjun sighed here, but Yu Qing, who was sitting there, had already stretched out his head and tried to read the contents of the silk book.

It can only be said that the word "Hanzhong" is so magical, everyone knows what it means to occupy Hanzhong. Not only Yu Qing, but even Le Yi and others, who have always been in the ancient well, also showed eagerness.

The opportunity to dominate the world is ahead, and no one can remain indifferent!

After reading it twice, Ping Yuanjun passed the silk book to Yu Qing's hands.

Immediately afterwards, after reading it in a hurry, the silk book was almost taken away by Le Yi on the side.

Before long, everyone present finally read Li Mu's silk book one by one.

A deep sense of joy instantly filled the entire council hall, and everyone couldn't help but look in the direction of Zhao Kuo.

The meaning couldn't be more obvious—Command, Lord!

What is ordered?

Dominate the world!

Yes, everyone tacitly believes that the opportunity to dominate the world has arrived. Even with Zhao Kuo's order, the remaining Three Kingdoms could be swept away in an instant.

Fortunately, Zhao Kuo, who has experienced the beating of Big A, remembers a sentence: I am calm when everyone is crazy, and I am crazy when everyone is calm.

Taking a deep breath, Zhao Kuo gradually calmed down.

Indeed, today's form has fallen in the direction of the unification of the Zhao State. But the enemy is not completely incapable of fighting.

Although the Qin State was cut into two pieces, the former Qin State had less than 100,000 soldiers, and even the Hangu Pass was occupied by the Wei State, so it was not a resurgence?

Not to mention that there are hundreds of thousands of armored people in the Qin State today. Once, if your own side is unfavorable in a battle, it is very likely to give Qin a chance to start over.

There is also the state of Chu.

In history, the Qin State destroyed Chu, and still mobilized 600,000 troops across the country, although the current Chu State has lost a lot, but Yun Mengze is still there, and it is not so easy to destroy Chu.

Thinking about it, maybe the only thing that is relatively simple is the Qi State.

Therefore, although Zhao Guo has an advantage, it is far from a time when he can squander it at will.

Tapping lightly on the table, Zhao Kuo slowly opened his mouth: "The ancients said: Those who travel a hundred miles are half ninety. Today's great cause of unification seems to be close at hand, but it is still more than ten miles away. The more this happens, the more we need to be cautious and not rushed. ”

"Be taught." Everyone agreed in unison.

Looking at everyone's positive colors, Zhao Kuo also nodded slightly. It's just that Zhao Kuo also knows that it is difficult to judge how much people under him can listen to his words.

Not to mention that after they passed on this spirit to the grassroots level, it was even more difficult to say that the officials and soldiers below still had a little bit of awe for the next war.

Fortunately, the rudder is still in your own hands, as long as you don't deviate from the course, you can always reach it.

"My king, what should we do next?" Pingyuanjun on the side immediately asked.

When everyone heard this, they also looked at Zhao Kuo again.

In this regard, Zhao Kuo already had a draft, and then ordered: "First, let Lu Qing receive the surrender of the Qin army, and prepare to use this as a basis to launch tuntian in Wei County and Chen County to supply the war." ”

"Second." Zhao Kuo swept over everyone lightly and continued: "In the direction of Hangu Pass, leave 100,000 people to maintain pressure on Qin, and the rest of the army will withdraw and prepare for spring ploughing. ”

"My king."

When this remark came out, some people immediately objected. Everyone wants to speed up the progress of unification, but Zhao Kuo wants to slow down, how can this be acceptable.

It's just that Zhao Kuo waved his hand lightly, not giving others a chance to oppose at all.

"There are also the prisoners in Lu Qing's hands, stop the training, and all of them will be turned into Tuntian soldiers to prepare for spring ploughing." Zhao Kuo continued to command.

"This." This time, even Pingyuan-kun was surprised.

But Zhao Kuo's order did not stop there: "Third, send an order to Li Mu to adopt the strategy of defending the north and attacking the south, and on the premise of ensuring the safety of Dasanguan and Hanzhong, send troops south to take Shuzhong." In addition, the troops of Yicheng and Luocheng were merged into Li Mu's dispatch, waiting for the opportunity to counterattack Shuzhong from the land of Yanying, and respond to Li Mu's main force. ”

Fortunately, there was a battle in the end, which allowed the ministers to settle down a little.

Seeing that everyone was a little calm, Zhao Kuo explained slightly: "I know that everyone hopes to dominate the world tomorrow, and I also hope." It's a pity that the rice has to be eaten bite by bite. ”

"As I just said, we must accomplish the great cause of unification step by step. What does it mean to take one step at a time? To put it simply, it is to give up the idea of fighting everywhere and quickly unifying, and instead concentrate forces on one point, and clean up the mountains and rivers one area after another with the momentum of thunder. Zhao Kuo continued.

"It seems that such a method is quite time-consuming, but in fact, if our army is dispatched with all its troops, how many troops need to be used, how much grain and grass is consumed, and how can the people suffer? Even if reunification is completed, how many years will it take for the country to recover? Once there is a rebellion, it is not impossible to fall short. Zhao Kuo's words gradually became serious: "Reunification is not the goal, making the people's lives better is our goal, understand?" ”

"Be taught." The ministers agreed again.

"The reason why the battlefield is placed in Shuzhong." Zhao Kuo nodded and then continued to explain: "Its purpose is very simple, it is to solve the problem of grain and grass for my Hanzhong army. With the back of Shuzhong, our Hanzhong army can have enough supplies, and there is no need to transfer them from Yingchuan. Only when Hanzhong had enough grain and grass could it further attack the Qin State on both sides. ”

Hearing this, the ministers couldn't help but nodded.

Indeed, for example, today there are only four parts of land hanging alone, one for Qi and Chu, and two for Qin. If you want to choose one of these four lands, it must be the best in Shu.

After all, the Qin State is the biggest potential threat to the Zhao State.

Of course, in order to achieve the goal of attacking Shuzhong, Zhao Kuo also needs stability in the rear.

"Fourth, the diplomatic aspect." Zhao Kuo immediately looked at Yu Qing and said, "To appease the State of Chu and the State of Qi, we must tell them that this battle is all the problem of the State of Qin, and I, the State of Zhao, will not trouble them." ”

"This?" Yu Qing looked at Zhao Guo with some embarrassment.

No one is a fool, the reason why Qi and Chu will attack Zhao together with Qin is that they see the possibility of Zhao dominating the world.

Now that Zhao has become a big deal, he wants to tell the two countries that he has no idea of unification.

Fools don't believe it!

Of course, Zhao Kuo understood Yu Qing's thoughts.

"People often find ways to numb themselves, especially when they are already desperate." Zhao Kuo continued to speak lightly: "And what we have to do is to send them a reason, and they will complete the rest." ”

Hearing this, Yu Qing's eyes lit up instantly.

Obviously, he immediately understood what Zhao Kuo meant: although the other party knew that his unstoppable footsteps were unstoppable, but after all, the blade had not arrived, as long as he told him that he would not come for the time being, out of luck, the other party was very likely to deceive himself into thinking that he really would not come.

Of course, what if the other party knows that he is lying to him?

Being able to sleep peacefully overnight is already lucky for Qi Chu. And what I want is just for the two countries to be able to keep to themselves for the time being.

Yu Qing, who understood this, also immediately clasped his fists and agreed: "Weichen takes orders." ”

As a result, as Li Mu broke the battlefield deadlock again, Zhao finally embarked on the road of dominating the world.

It's just that, unlike everyone's imagination, under Zhao Kuo's restraint, Zhao Guo walked this road very carefully.

It was also the caution of the Zhao State that made the process of unification much faster than that of the Qin State in history......