43. Diplomacy is another continuation of war
With the news of Zhao Kuojun's arrival, more details of Zhao Kuo and Bai Qi's second fight were also revealed.
Although the Qin army was under much greater logistical pressure than before, it even ceded several pieces of Wei homeland east of the river to the king of Wei in order to obtain grain from Wei.
In addition, forcing Korea to cede Yuanyong to Wei in exchange for the Qin army was a stroke of genius.
burned the baggage of the Zhao army under Shu Qi, and pulled the Zhao army into the logistics quagmire again.
Changping Pass, which looked very fragile, could not be attacked for a long time, and the good situation created by Zhao Kuo with courage, perseverance and a trace of luck was completely resolved by Bai Qi and the King of Qin after Bai Qi.
If it weren't for Sima Shangchao's level of performance, Lian Po would have arrived in time, and the Zhao army outside Changping Pass would have even been wiped out!
However, God helps those who save themselves. Zhao Kuo seemed to have expected Shu Qi's defeat for a long time, so before this battle took place, he personally took a little elite and imitated Bai Qi's long-distance attack on the black tiger's anus, and also achieved brilliant results.
Repelled more than 100,000 Qin troops in the Changping battalion, and nearly 70,000 or 80,000 Qin troops were either killed by the Zhao army or killed by their own people, in short, they were all counted as Zhao Kuo's military exploits.
also captured the deputy marshal of the entire Qin army, Zheng Anping, which made Handan City directly decorate with lights, just like the New Year.
The Zhao people rushed to tell each other, beaming with joy and very proud.
Except for the families of those who died in the war.
Looking at the entire Warring States, this is a very dazzling record.
After this war, Zhao Kuo's courage and vision spread to all countries.
The Qin army didn't even dare to enter the Changping camp in a big way, and only dared to transport logistics to Changping Pass in small groups, obviously being scared by Zhao Kuo.
For the Changping camp, Zhao Kuo still has no interest. History has proven that it was the place of death.
So on the battlefield of Changping, there was a scene that everyone didn't expect.
On the one hand, relying on the barriers on the store, the Qin army launched countless attacks on Zhao Kuo, and even laid two more barriers.
It's just that every time after conquering the barrier, it is found that there is a barrier behind it, which makes the morale of the Qin army very weak.
On the other hand, the area around Changping Daying has long been a blank field. The cavalry of the Zhao State repeatedly searched there, harassing the Qin army's grain transportation team, and the logistics of the Qin army in Changping Pass were very difficult.
At the same time, the previous order of Bai Qi to scatter the baggage and weigh more than the whole army made the Changping battalion a treasure house of the Zhao army, and the harvest was huge.
If it hadn't been for the successful burning of Zhao Jun's baggage outside Changping Pass, knowing that Zhao Jun's situation was equally difficult, Bai Qi, who was seriously ill, even wanted to return directly to Light Wolf City.
He's holding on with illness.
But in Handan City, the envoys of the Qin State still held their heads high, as if the peace talks were their gift to the Zhao people.
The envoy to Zhao for Qin was called Lou Xuan, which made the diplomats of Zhao very resentful.
Lou Huan is a Zhao person, and he was an official in Zhao State when he was King Wuling of Zhao. At that time, the state of Zhao was strong, and in order to control the state of Qin, King Wuling of Zhao sent Lou to the state of Qin. The back floor was slow and even made it the prime minister of the Qin State.
At the beginning, he had been committed to the friendly relationship between Qin and Zhao, but when King Zhao Huiwen, the father of the current King Zhao, ascended the throne, Li Dui, the Fengyang Jun of Zhao, actually sent someone to Qin to lobby and wanted to remove Lou and Qin from his position.
It's all because Lou Xuan is an old subordinate of King Zhao Wuling, and King Zhao Huiwen was forced to starve to death Queen Zhao Wuling officially ascended the throne.
It was Wei Ran who took over from Lou Yan, Bai Qi's Bole.
However, Lou Xuan chose to continue to stay in the Qin State, and with his understanding of the Zhao State, he went crazy to damage the interests of the Zhao State, and sent Zhao Guo to take the opportunity to humiliate the Zhao State and became his greatest joy in life.
It's a pity that this time the Qin State did not win completely.
But Lou Yan is still as always, with a rebellious face.
He didn't look at Yu Xin, the secretary of Zhao who was negotiating with him, and played with the wine in his hand.
After a long time, he spoke: "My king is merciful, and he does not want to see me and your two countries continue to fight each other, so I am willing to call off the army and sue for peace." ”
Yu Xin sneered and ridiculed each other: "Why didn't you say peace before, but now you are talking about the war." Hmph, isn't it just that I was subdued by our horse clothes, and I was afraid of it, so I didn't dare to fight. ”
Lou slowly put down the wine, stared at Yu Xin, and said, "Your baggage was burned to the ground by our army in Changping Pass. ”
"Your Changping camp was trampled by our army's horses and burned to the ground." Yu Xin sneered at each other.
"Your general, Shu Qi, was scared away by our army and fled back to Handan overnight."
"Your deputy marshal Zheng Anping was captured by our army's horse and was on his way to Handan. Our king is going to crown this person as Wuyang Jun. ”
The two are-for-tat and do not give in to each other.
Yu Xin only felt that he had a big bad breath, before the Qin and Zhao negotiations, because most of the Qin army had the upper hand, even the diplomats of the Qin army were very hard to speak.
As Yu Xin, who is in charge of diplomacy, he is very aggrieved.
God bless Zhao Guo. Zhao Kuo was born. Let the diplomats of Zhao State speak with full confidence.
"That's not to talk about, let's see you on the battlefield." Lou Xuan didn't have the upper hand in his mouth for the first time, and he was annoyed in his heart, so he immediately wanted to leave with his sleeves up.
Lou Chang, another secretary of Zhao Guo who was in charge of pretending to be red-faced, hurriedly took Lou Zhuan's hand and said with a smile: "Negotiation, just talk about it first, and then let the respective kings judge." ”
Lou Chang has always advocated peace talks with Qin, so he is extremely enthusiastic about Lou Zhuan.
Lou Xuan was originally making a gesture, wanting to gain the initiative in the negotiation by scaring Yu Xin, after all, this time, Zhao Kuo won the battle again.
If it weren't for King Qin and Bai Qi's big moves, now the Qin State would have to consider cutting the land.
Lou slowly got off the donkey, sat down again, and said: "Now the shop barrier is in the hands of our army, in order to show sincerity, our army can give you the number of times." Everyone went their separate truces. But neither side can garrison the Changping camp, and your army cannot attack our army's grain transport team to Changping Pass! ”
"What do you mean. How? You still want to keep it for a long time. Yu Xin slapped the table and said angrily.
Lou Xuan looked disdainful, tapped the wooden table with his fingertips, and said slowly: "Changping Pass is now in the hands of our army, so naturally it will continue to be guarded by our army." ”
"Under the power of our army's horses and soldiers, you can hold on to Changping Pass for a few days, and sooner or later it will be in our army's pocket." Yu Xin's face turned red, his neck was bulging, and he said angrily.
"Hmph, isn't Changpingguan just lost on that Zhao Kuo. Your Shu Qi, who is known as no less than Zhao Kuo, led an army of more than 200,000 to attack my Changping Pass, what was the result? It is not yet directly repulsed by our troops. ”
"Now Lian Po is in charge personally, he and Ma Fuzi work together, and it is easy to win Changping Pass."
"Lian Po? Hmph, if Lian Po is powerful, why was he beaten alive by our army from Kongcang Ridge to Hanwang Mountain, and his subordinates died several times General and Du Lieutenant. I heard that Zhao Ru, the nephew of your King Zhao, was also killed by our army in Kongcangling. ”
The two of them quarreled with each other, and once again entered a state of tearing each other apart.
Lou Chang had the intention to promote peace talks, but when he saw Yu Xin's appearance, he knew that this matter was difficult, so he hurriedly came out and said: "Why don't I report your conditions to the king, and my king will make a decision, how about it." ”
The purpose of Lou Chang saying this is not only to play a round, but also to accept bribes from the Qin State in the future. Persuading King Zhao to accept the conditions was also one of his ideas, as long as Qin Guo gave enough money.
Before Lou Shu agreed, Yu Xin on the side said angrily: "Bring this kind of condition to the king, then what is the difference between us and the microphone." Such a humiliating condition, I cannot convey. ”
Lou slowly sneered, ready to leave.
Outside the door, King Zhao's henchmen hurriedly rushed in and said, "The king has an order, don't talk about it." ”
"Why?" Yu Xin, Lou Zhuan, and Lou Chang spoke at the same time.
"General Zhao Kuo, three days after the victory of the Changping camp, he broke through the Changping Pass again!"
"We can discuss the conditions again." Lou Shu was the first to react, and pulled Yu Xin to speak.
Yu Xin didn't look at him, flicked his sleeves, and walked out of the courtyard by himself, bursting into tears.
He has been engaged in diplomacy for many years and has never been so proud as he is today.
He Yu Xin swore to the heavens that in this life and this life, if anyone is unfavorable to Zhao Kuo, he is the enemy of his Yu Xin.