In the nineteenth year of King Huiwen of Zhao (280 BC), after Le Yi broke the Qi, King Huiwen ordered Zhao Hao to be the general and attack Maiqiu (now northwest of Shanghe, Shandong). Previously, the Zhao army had attacked the lonely city of Maiqiu many times, but because Maiqiu had sufficient food and grass, and the defenders had the help of Mo disciples who were good at defending the city, they failed to capture it. King Huiwen was very angry and ordered Zhao Hao to take Maiqiu within a month.

As soon as Zhao Hao arrived at Maiqiu, he ordered an attack. Zhao Kuo believes that he has attacked Maiqiu City many times before, but he still hasn't captured it, and now if he uses the method of hard attack, it will be difficult to capture Maiqiu within a month. Judging from all indications, although Mai Chu's food has not been completely eaten, it is definitely not much. Zhao Kuo hoped that his father would figure out the situation first, suspend the attack, and avoid unnecessary losses caused by the hard attack.

But a month was too short, Zhao Hao didn't listen to Zhao Kuo's words and ordered the siege of the city. The Zhao army died a lot and did not capture Maiqiu. Zhao Kuo said to Zhao Hao that there were disciples of the Mo family among the defenders of the city, and they were very defensive against the attack of the Zhao army, so that the Zhao army attacked for several years without success. And this time the Zhao army is no different from the previous Zhao army, no better at fighting than them, and the means of attacking the city are not more than theirs, if you attack hard like the previous Zhao army, you will inevitably have to pay the same painful price as before. Moreover, the people in the city often came out at night to attack the Zhao army. Outside the city, there were also many guerrillas composed of Mo rangers who harassed the Zhao army. If this continues, a month will soon pass.

Zhao Hao then asked the captured captives and asked them about the situation in the city, but the captives did not say. Zhao Kuo gave these captives food every day, was very polite to them, and gave them food to take back to the city for their families to eat. So, someone among the captives quietly told Zhao Kuo that there was not much food in the city, and it was all controlled by the Qi army. The people have long been out of food and have begun to eat people. Zhao Kuo asked how long the Qi army could hold out. The captives said they could hold on for a few months. So Zhao Hao followed Zhao Kuo's advice, stopped the attack, and put all the prisoners back. After the captives returned, they said that this Zhao army was very polite, did not insult them, and let them eat and let them bring back food. Some of the people in the city wanted to come out and surrender to Zhao Hao.

When the Qi generals saw that the captives had caused a commotion in the city, they locked them all up. Soldiers and civilians complained about this. Zhao Hao asked the besieging Zhao army to throw grain into the city with a stone thrower. After Zhao Jun threw food into the city every day, he went back to the camp to rest, and he did not say anything to the city. After a few days, the Qi army defending the city sent a representative to send the grain back, and said to Zhao Hao that the Zhao army would attack if it wanted to fight, and should not throw any more grain. Zhao Hao asked him to go back to the city and wait, but he didn't attack, but he continued to throw food into the city after a few days. After a few more days, the Qi generals defending the city sent representatives to fight Zhao Hao on a decisive day, but Zhao Hao listened to Zhao Kuo's advice and refused to meet with him.

A few days later, Maiqiu's men killed the Qi generals defending the city and surrendered. Zhao Kuo's method worked, and Zhao Hao secretly admired that this son was stronger than himself.

King Huiwen was curious about Zhao Hao's ability to capture Maiqiu in less than a month with few casualties. Zhao Hao told him that this was Zhao Kuo's method, and King Huiwen rewarded Zhao Hao and Zhao Kuo.

From the battle of Maiqiu, it can be seen that Zhao Kuo is not just on paper, on the contrary, he is very smart.

And the success of that battle depends on Zhao Kuo's speculation about human nature.

The strategy is not written down on paper, but it is thought-provoking and thought-provoking.

"Looks like it's unremarkable!" Nalan Xin's father has always been a little dull.

And Nalan Zhengde didn't care about this story at all, and he didn't read it carefully from beginning to end.

His eyes are higher than low, and he has long rejected Jiang Cheng in his heart, and he will not change his opinion because of a historical story at this moment.

In the audience, there was only the fourth master of Nalan, with his experience of nearly seventy.

Rao is a little understanding: "I maybe, I understand......

That's right, the inner courtyard is like a tough battle.

The sense of crisis of the power in each house is like an iron wall, and there is nowhere to insert a needle.

Because it is related to the interests of each room, for several years, there has been nowhere to insert a needle in the fourth room.

Think about it, who in each room will abandon their own interests? Shall others be allowed to rule? Everyone was tense, and the spearhead was always aimed at the four rooms, under high alert.

Let the four rooms be at a loss, Zhao

The success of the bracket is due to the trend of interests and the rickets of human nature.

Gradually, the fourth master of Nalan showed a deep smile: "I am beginning to understand why Jiang Cheng is appreciated by the old lady......

"Why?" Everyone was stunned, even Nalan Xin was no exception.

But the reason for this cannot be said, and it cannot be said, because it is not clear, and it is not clear...... The fourth master of Nalan is just faintly peeping, just like Zhao Kuo mentioned at the moment.

It seems that there are many things that the fourth master of Nalan has not thought through.

We have to go back and think about it slowly...... For now, at first glance, "It's human nature!"

"Humanity!?" The crowd grew more and more stunned.

And the fourth master of Nalan is very sure: "It's like the incident of the firefall flying corpse the night before, if it is really Jiang Cheng's layout, then he is unfathomable, not so much that he is full of tricks...... It's better to say that he is clever in people's hearts! Since ancient times, it has been said that playthings lose their minds, but as everyone knows, which of the wise men left over from history is not a fool?"

The fourth master of Nalan couldn't explain the power of it, but he became more and more appreciative, and he also showed his praise to Nalan Xin: "Being able to recruit Jiang Cheng into the fourth room is really a blessing for the Nalan family, and with this good son-in-law, the position of the head of the family where my fourth room is located can be extended for fifty years!"

Speaking of this, the fourth master of Nalan did not forget to smile at Nalan Xin: "Good Xin'er!"

"This," Nalan Xin was embarrassed, and her heart was full of sorrow.

Even for her grandfather, Jiang Cheng stayed in Chen Anran's boudoir overnight, this kind of outrageous thing, Nalan Xin didn't dare to mention it.

Just a feigned smile: "It's nothing...... It's all thanks to Jiang Cheng's insight!"

"Let's go," Fourth Master Nalan immediately got up and signaled: "No matter whether you approve of it or not, I plan to do what Jiang Cheng said, today's words must not be spread, Jiang Cheng has a clumsy intention, and it is not enough to mention it to outsiders!"

"Yes," Nalanxin's father was naturally pleased with this.

And Nalan Zhengde, even if he is dissatisfied, is hindered by the inheritance of the family, and the concept of seniority cannot be overcome, so he bows down to answer, suppressing his inner dissatisfaction.

Just as they were stepping out of the villa.

On the side of Lord Nalan, it is a more and more profound analysis: "For the later fiasco in the Battle of Changping, we must objectively evaluate that a battle buried the elite of Zhao State, which not only made Zhao State collapse, but also made Zhao Kuo scolded by the world......

The nanny and servant at home were confused. After all, culture is limited, and a woman's family has no more curiosity about historical celebrities.

"That's it," Mrs. Nalan waved his hand at the right time, "It's useless to talk to you about this!"

The nanny was embarrassed, but she glanced at it and noticed the time: "It's already eight twenty, old lady, you should go to the morning meeting!"

"Yes," Mrs. Nalan replied, stepping out the door with a cane.

But in his mind, because of Zhao Kuo's name, he thought of the Battle of Changping, after all, Zhao Kuo has been associated with the infamy of talking on paper for thousands of years.

Especially just now, Mrs. Nalan also said that the fiasco in the Battle of Changping should be objectively evaluated......

Therefore, he couldn't help but think deeply and rethink the most famous Battle of Changping in the history of the Warring States Period.

In fact, both Zhao and Qin tried their best to defeat each other, so both sides invested almost all their vital forces in this war, which can be said to be a gamble on the national fortunes of the two countries.

In this situation of endless death between the two sides, King Zhao Xiaocheng will not be satisfied with blindly garrisoning, he wants to truly defeat the Qin State, so that the Qin State is powerless to attack the Zhao State.

And the most important thing is that Zhao is the defender, and the proportion of their investment in the war is even more terrifying, but they can only defend the city, so they can't effectively attack the Qin State at all, in order to prevent future troubles, and to completely defeat the Qin State. Zhao Guo could only attack, not blindly defend, so he changed generals on the spot and replaced Lian Po with Zhao Kuo......

But in such a situation, it can only be bitter for Zhao Kuo, so that Zhao Kuo can only choose to attack, the war is ever-changing, if there is only one choice in strategy, then the first has been lost

To take the initiative, which is extremely hasty for a war that will decide the fate of the two countries. Even if Zhao Kuo is not an incompetent person, it is still a fool's dream to really defeat the tiger and wolf division of the Qin State. Even Lian Po, one of the four famous generals of the Warring States, chose to defend, and it can be seen that Zhao Guo can only be passive in this war, and if he wants to turn defense into offense, he will definitely lose.........

"Wait."

Thinking of these, Lord Nalan suddenly realized that the failure of the Battle of Changping was, in the final analysis, because of King Zhao Xiaocheng's policy of turning defense into offense, if he hadn't let Zhao Kuo attack, but chose to defend, maybe Zhao would not have lost at all, and there would not have been 400,000 Zhao troops who were killed later......

The defeat of the Battle of Changping, Zhao Kuo was only ordered by King Zhao Xiaocheng, and he, King Zhao Xiaocheng, had an unshirkable responsibility for the Battle of Changping.

Because the Battle of Changping was the largest and earliest large-scale war of annihilation in the history of the Warring States Period, and it was also the largest war of attrition. The armies of both sides were nearly more than one million, Zhao sent 450,000, and Qin sent 600,000, and the daily consumption of such a huge army was simply astronomical.

In this way, the two countries have been in a stalemate for nearly three years, and the national strength of both sides is almost exhausted. Zhao State was first unable to support it and asked Qin for peace, but Qin was unwilling to give up and did not agree to King Zhao Xiaocheng's request for peace.

King Zhao Xiaocheng was furious and demanded that Lian Po must defeat the Qin State, but Lian Po still hoped to hold on until the Qin State could no longer support it.

King Zhao Xiaocheng did not listen, he hoped that a quick battle would allow the Qin army to taste defeat, so that the Qin State would inevitably retreat under heavy economic pressure and defeat. It's a pity that Lian Po didn't support him, so he chose Zhao Kuo, he thought that Zhao Kuo was from a famous family and would definitely bring him a victory, as long as he hit the Qin army, even if it was a small victory, it would make Zhao Guo stand in a more favorable situation.

It's a pity that Qin Guo is even more desperate, they also change generals on the spot, and they face Zhao Kuo in Baiqi, and the ending is actually doomed.........

"Jiang Cheng's words really have another meaning!"

Mrs. Nalan was shocked, Rao is an old fox as witty as him, and it was only at this moment that he came back to his senses: "The failure of the offensive and defensive conversion, this is the situation in the fourth room of the situation, he is persuading the fourth master of Nalan not to seek change!"

Good boy, the connotation is so vague......

This guy is not afraid of the fourth child, can't he see the Tao in it?

But soon, Mrs. Nalan hooked his mouth and smiled, instantly relieved, presumably this was also Jiang Cheng's temptation.

If the fourth master of Nalan is really mediocre and talentless, he can't even see this connotation.

I'm afraid that Jiang Cheng will not be in the fourth room in the future...... After all, the position of the head of the family is related to the future of the Nalan family, and it is also related to the well-being of thousands of people in the inner courtyard.

If he didn't be tempted, he just blindly helped, in case the fourth master of Nalan was really a mediocre master who did nothing, then Jiang Cheng wouldn't harm the Nalan family.

With this in mind alone, temptation is indispensable.

And thinking about it like this, Mrs. Nalan also became more and more appreciative of Jiang Cheng's actions.

As for the deep meaning contained in Zhao Kuo, Master Nalan believes that although the four sons under his knees are not outstanding, they are not confused, as long as he is given some time, he will soon be able to understand.

And Jiang Cheng's words showed that according to the news conveyed by the family, Nalan Xin's original words were that if the fourth master of Nalan still had doubts, he reminded him that there was a famous general named Zhao Kuo in ancient times, who was Jiang Chengting's favorite Jiang Jun.

The emphasis is already obvious......

At the moment, I only hope that the fourth master of Nalan will understand as soon as possible.

With his thoughts, Mrs. Nalan walked into the Great Hall in the inner courtyard.

It was half past eight, but there was a blank space in the huge hall.

A whole room of forces did not participate in the reorganization this morning......

This also made the rest of the forces present talk about it.