provoked Zhao Guo, anyway, he couldn't use the next piece of land, so he left it to King Qinghe to deal with, and at the same time kept his son-in-law.

Politics is the art of compromise, in order not to turn his face at this moment, cause damage to the power of the country, and let others pick up the cheap, Li Pingyuan can only do this.

King Qinghe swallowed the western realm to face Zhao State, and at the same time his son-in-law took Youguo as the foundation, obviously, Zhuang asked him to restore the original territory of Youguo, and there would definitely be a conflict with King Qinghe.

The western border of Youguo is a high-risk, high-yield land, and if you don't eat it, you can see the ability of the river king.

When Zhuang Xun learned that Li Pingyuan had captured the western border, the whole person was relieved and breathed a long sigh of relief, fortunately, it was his true father-in-law, there was no Hongmen banquet, there were no messy conditions, and he was easily let go.

At the same time, the document requesting submission from the south also arrived, and Siqin Mi mobilized troops and horses to take over the south border, and at the same time captured the remnants of Youwang in the country.

After the husband and wife discussed, He Jung's inspector and Yao Zongwen's deputy inspector were used to clean up the demon clan in the country, comprehensively sort out the official system, streamline the number of officials, increase the inspection of the implementation of the new law, and ensure production and the implementation of the new law.

At the same time, although the father-in-law made a detour, Siqin Mi also had to take precautions, in case he killed Zhuang and asked what to say, take precautions in advance, and don't believe in people's hearts.

Zhuang Xun was in full swing to arrange this arrangement and that, trying his best to digest the territory swallowed by the whale, and fell into a short silence.

The decree runs through the land that has been occupied, and there are occasional sporadic resistances, but there are no large-scale conflicts, and the example of Jingting Sandao has been bloodily placed in front of the newly subdued Daojun, either eat the new law, or meet the king of Hades.

stopped the pace of expansion, and tacitly regarded the western and northern borders as the spoils of the country, and no longer had the desire to fight.

Even if it feels a pity, but just like Si Qinmi said, if you have already made money, you don't want to have Long Wangshu, Zhuang Xun also knows that it is a pity, so I will find Bi Yuewu to be sober and sober, and live a good life.

It's all good news, either the actual control or what has been seized.

Zhao Guo on the other side, but there is no such good attitude as Zhuang Xun, after reading the information, King Zhao angrily overturned the utensils on the table, and the sound made the maid eunuch startled, and saw that King Zhao's temper had dissipated slightly, so he began to quickly clean up the ground, put a new table for King Zhao, and place new utensils.

"Li Pingyuan!" King Zhao gritted his teeth and hated and said, without greeting him, he devoured Zhao's soldiers in Youguo.

Obvious provocation, he really wanted to personally mention the army to touch this Jizhou military god, so that he should not be so arrogant, but trapped in the situation in front of him, it is impossible to clean the back yard with heavy troops.

He himself has a clear understanding that before Jizhou completes the reunification, it is just a disease of scabies, and there is no need for Zhao Guo to deal with it with great fanfare, and he will not send troops if he sends troops, and he is not a faint king, just relying on his own selfishness to raise troops to fight, so his subordinates will not let it go.

Saying that, anger is indispensable, and the fire is burning, and he swore that when he swept Jizhou, he must give Li Pingyuan some color to see, so that he could know what the consequences would be if there was no one in his eyes now.

The maidservant put the table away, and lit an incense, which had not yet calmed his annoyance, and another piece of information had been sent to him.

It was Zhuang Xun's letter asking for help, which said that if Zhao Guo could not show his sense of existence in Jizhou, could not confront Cheng Guo in Jizhou, and let Cheng Guo dominate the situation in Youguo, Zhuang Xun could only be forced to give up the alliance with Zhao State.

In fact, this was written by Zhuang Xun before he didn't know Li Pingyuan's intentions, and he didn't know if this old man would take care of the situation at that time, after all, the army was in hand, if Zhao Guo couldn't stop this old man, then Zhuang Xun could only say that he was going to retreat to the Jingting Sandao in the east.

After all, the army of Youguo has surrendered, so what else is there to say, if you Zhao Guo don't go out to solve the problem, rely on your own hundreds of thousands to fight against the hundreds of thousands of Chengguo, don't be kidding.

But before and after the arrival of the information, King Zhao read it, and felt that it was a mockery of this pair of Weng sons-in-law, even if the date was written, it was Zhuang Xun's letter that was sent first, and King Zhao still felt this way.

King Zhao felt as if he had fallen into this trap, sent troops to cut off the logistics of Youguo's army, and then Li Pingyuan defeated Youguo without much effort, and now he has completely eliminated his own forces, unloading the mill and killing donkeys, he is a donkey.

Living as a stupid donkey, he felt that he had been insulted, and when he saw Zhuang Xunqing's sincere letter asking for help, the whole person felt bad, and anger poured out of his heart and went straight to his chest.

If the strategic goal can be achieved, forget it, the big battle and the small battle that were originally envisaged, the Youguo Nie Xu and Zhuang Xun fight, the Chengguo Li Pingyuan and Dou Zhi fight, and the Zhao State holds the western border, see who is weaker and help whom, and maintain the appearance of the battle.

King Qinghe of Chengguo is weaker than Li Pingyuan, and Zhuang Xun of Youguo is weaker than Nie Xu, balancing each other, and Zhuang Xun can't have the energy to attack Yuguo, the capital of the western border, etc., just like a carrot falling in front of Zhuang Xun, so that Zhuang Xun is constantly far away from Yu and falling into a battle with Youguo.

Now it's over, it's collapsed, Nie Xu's person who can run so much was still caught by Nie Jin, the king of You, and then King Youwang was killed by Zhuang Xun, King Youwang killed the entire clan of Youguo, and the dragons of Youguo have no leader, and they have no power to stop Chengguo and Zhuang Xun from eroding Youguo.

According to the current pattern of two secluded countries, Zhuang Xun is taking a very big advantage, Zhuang Xun must go back to participate in the fight for Yu State, forming a trend of confrontation with the north and south of Chengguo, and then unify Jizhou, with Chengguo as a shield, Zhao Guo even interfered, it is difficult to interfere.

Therefore, King Zhao now feels extremely aggrieved, watching Zhuang Xun take most of the Youguo without a counterbalance, and he wants to change from an ant to a cockroach, plus this letter asking for help, King Zhao wants to kill someone.

Now it is not only necessary to consider the possibility of Li Pingyuan usurping the throne and becoming a country to unify Jizhou, but also to consider the possibility of Zhuang Xun turning back and seizing the Yu State.

But this is impossible, Zhuang Xun is not a fool, Li Pingyuan is not a fool, maybe in the end the confrontation between the north and the south, there must be a war, but now the two sides are natural allies, and they are in-laws.

Even if it was missed last time, Nie Xu and Nie Jin died so happily, although these two Zhao Wang were quite annoying, both of them were wild, in line with the positioning of the tiger wolf in Youguo, but he never expected that Zhuang Xun would be able to break through the Xiongdu City, and at the same time kill Nie Jin who killed Nie Xu, and ask him to fulfill his promise.

I never thought that he could achieve this kind of condition, how could he think of fulfilling his promise, you can't fulfill your promise, so why should Zhuang Xun continue to follow you.

This also represents the failure of King Zhao's strategy, at the beginning of the blank paper to draw cakes, now people come with paper, can not take out the cake, it is conceivable that Zhuang Xun's hostile attitude towards Zhao after the visit, may be similar to the last Youwang.

"Why did Zhuang Xun marry such an in-law, so Jizhou is not his family who has the final say, absolutely, absolutely not like this!" Scabies should not be allowed to develop to the point of being terminally ill.

"Gather all the ministers and national teachers, and say that there is something important to discuss." King Zhao looked at the sky, it was still early, and there was time to discuss.

This matter must be solved today, it can't be delayed and become unsolvable, and if it is not solved, it will be difficult for his heart to be at ease, and he can't sleep at night, if it can be treated, it will be cured now.

The various officials who received the order rushed to the venue, sat down, and circulated the two pieces of information in the hands of King Zhao, and the information returned to King Zhao's hands.

In the middle of the crowd, there is a huge map, the whole picture of Jizhou is clearly marked, and the areas of each force are distinguished by color, and the power of Zhao State is crossed out, indicating that it has been destroyed.

"Now that the king of Youguo is dead, the heir of Youguo is extinct, the army of Chengguo occupies the northwest of Youguo, Yu occupies the southeast of Youguo, Chengguo Li Pingyuan and Yu Guozhuang Xun are in-laws, and if they join forces, they will definitely threaten the eastern frontier of my Zhao Kingdom, you Aiqing, there is a good plan."

King Zhao glanced at his subordinate Wenchen generals, this time he planned to carry the cauldron, but he is not a paranoid person, if there is a mistake, just make up for it, and make more mistakes one after another for one mistake, this kind of person is a real fool.

Hearing his words, the following important ministers began to think about how to deal with this situation, accusing the policy pursued by King Zhao last time of making a big mistake and being meaningless, and saving the existing situation was the top priority.

According to the information in her hand, deducing the possible future, a beautiful girl smiled bitterly, she didn't know that Li Pingyuan could have this ability, seize such a good opportunity to go south, according to the covenant, what she thought was that Zhuang Xun wanted to maximize his own interests, and he must reject Chengguo in the north, and split his face with his father-in-law.

The situation when she left the capital was not like this, and now she had to consider the issue of the two merging, because Li Pingyuan had beaten down, and it was no longer the kind of confrontation between the armies that it had at the beginning, and the Youjun army had already surrendered.

Speaking of which, he still boasted in front of Zhuang Xun and asked him not to hit the stone with an egg, but he didn't expect the retribution to come so quickly, and now Zhao Guo is going to have a headache to monopolize the big power of a state.

"National teacher, what do you think?" King Zhao saw the appearance of the Xuannu with a wry smile, and took the initiative to ask, he was swept away by the Xuannu last time, but he has the generosity of the monarch.

"In this situation, I am worried that Chengguo and Youguo will unite, and Zhuang Xun will return to Youyu Country to compete for Yu Land." Xuannu frowned and said that she couldn't understand the changes in Jizhou, and she still unfolded according to the existing background.

"What the national teacher said is right, especially if Li Pingyuan completes the usurpation of Chengguo, it is good that the two sides continue to fight, if they unify to the east, it will be regarded as an enemy on all sides for us."

Prime Minister Xu Hongwen's words resonated with several important ministers present, it was uncomfortable enough to be stuck by Jing and Zheng, and then threatened by Cheng You's two countries with knives behind their backs, Zhao Guo would really be trapped in the shallows, and there would be no flying dragon in the sky.

"I also know what the national teacher has planned." It was in anticipation of this possibility that King Zhao summoned these people to discuss.

"Then take back the northwest of the Youguo." Xuannu's words were amazing, and immediately aroused the opposition of several people.

"Go to war with Chengguo, what should Jing and Zheng do, you must know that the enemy in these two directions is the focus of our defense." Imperial Doctor Tian Zhan immediately said.

"That's right, don't put the cart before the horse, digestion, it takes a lot of time to rule, and it will create opportunities for Jing Zheng Erguo." Xu Hongwen also expressed his opposition, Zhao Guo did not have extra soldiers to do this kind of thing.

"Let's listen to the national teacher." Taiwei Ren Xusheng faintly had a feeling that he was thorough, and he always felt that something was missing.

"Why don't we let Zhuang Xun's soon-to-be-established Xia Kingdom be trapped in a secluded place, and let Cheng Xia hate each other." Xuannu first said broadly, directly cutting a path, as simple and transparent as if you were hungry and want to eat.

"How can it be done, Li Pingyuan and Zhuang Xun of Chengguo are Weng's sons-in-law, unless they are really fighting for the unification of Jizhou, this time I have seen it, Li Pingyuan did keep his hand on Zhuang Xun, and their relationship will only be like Jing Zheng, and they will be jointly hostile to us when the time comes."

Taiwei Ren Xusheng cited the example of the two countries that Zhao hated to the bone, the unity of the two countries of Jing and Zheng is unimaginable, and there may be a common pressure on the Zhao State, so foreign affairs go in and out together, but the mutual in-laws of the two sides are also one of the keys to the existence of this alliance.

"So why do you assume that if Li Pingyuan wins, can't it be Dou Zhi, the king of Qinghe? Didn't we support Dou Zhi in the first place? Why don't you support him to win? If he wins and kills Li Pingyuan in the struggle, Zhuang Xun's Xia Guohe will have no natural alliance with him. Xuannu changed her thinking and pointed out another way.

"It's a way, the national teacher is right, it's more difficult to support Dou Zhi, the king of Qinghe, and it's too exaggerated to send troops to support, and he has the energy to send troops to sweep Jizhou." Xu Hongwen agreed, but he still disagreed with the dispatch of troops.

"Why are we sending troops? Everyone, look at the map, Li Pingyuan's forces occupy the northeast of Chengguo, and the forces of Dou Zhi, the king of Qinghe, occupy the southwest of Chengguo, who is more likely to control the northwest of Youguo? The Xuannu smiled charmingly.

"It's Dou Zhi, because it's too far away from the area controlled by Li Pingyuan, and our support for Dou Zhi needs to be exchanged between the two places, if you are Dou Zhi, do you agree?"

There is one thing that I didn't say, even if it was Li Pingyuan's, Dou Zhi stuck Li Pingyuan and didn't let him go south, and sat back and watched the two places being annexed, but with Li Pingyuan's political wisdom, he wouldn't do such a stupid thing, and the biased teacher would be stuck here.

"The old man understands the meaning of the national teacher, and because it is Dou Zhi's land, Li Pingyuan is not even willing to raise troops to recapture it, Dou Zhi will definitely agree to Zhao's conditions in order to obtain the support of Zhao State in all aspects, because it is difficult to rule across the big river, and the north and south are attacked by Li Pingyuan and Zhuang Xun." Xu Hongwen looked at the map, his frowning brows loosened and added.

"The prime minister is right, let Li Pingyuan for the time being, when his class teacher returns to the dynasty, he can trade with Dou Zhi, as long as the weapons and equipment and other kinds of support, you can exchange it for the northwest of Youguo, Dou Zhi and Li Pingyuan are in an endless relationship, and they will agree to use the two places where the rule is not reliable in exchange for supporting smart people." Xuannu affirmed, and Dou Zhi also thanked them for their help.

Dou Zhi only thinks about one point now, that is, to stop Li Pingyuan from rebelling, as long as he fights Li Pingyuan, he is willing to pay whatever the price, no matter how vast the northwest of Youguo is, no matter how much grain is produced, if he can't fight Li Pingyuan, it will be just a cloud of smoke, and he will be able to escape from these two places if he fails.

Impossible, the natural dangers of these two places can not stop Li Pingyuan and Zhuang Xun, and he will get the support of Zhao Guo in exchange for these two places, weapons, silver taels, armor, etc., win Li Pingyuan, and become a king with peace of mind, this is his most important purpose.

"After getting the northwest of Youguo, at this time we can take the next step, using the northwest as a bait to lure Zhuang Xun into the trap we prepared, solve the first problem we are worried about, and he will go back to Yuguo to compete for the throne."

Xuannu has no intention of showing mercy to her man, she works diligently, and being able to protect Zhuang Inquire is her best effort and the greatest affection.

"Use the Northwest Lands to lure him not to attack the Yu Kingdom? Will he say yes to this? Ren Xusheng thought about it and thought it was unlikely.

It can be seen which side has the lion's interests, and there is no threat if he captures the back of Yu State, on the contrary, he just takes it to the northwest and occupies the entire secluded land, and he is still an enemy on all sides, and Zhuang Xun is not a wine bag and rice bag around him, so he will not be able to see this situation.

Unless there are no cultivators around, and they don't know the mystery of fighting for the dragon, Zhuang Xun has raised his sword to slash the bird demon, how can there be no cultivators around.

This temptation is too low, Zhuang Xun will not agree at all, but will detect Zhao Guo's ill intentions and guard against it.

"What if it's a free gift? No, what about helping to resist Chengguo's attack, wasn't the original covenant for Zhuang Xun to obtain the entire Youguo, and then he helped resist Chengguo's attack on Zhao? Xuannu talked about the previous strategy of supporting Zhuang Xun.

"That's right, but just give it to him for nothing? Why do you want to give it away for nothing, isn't it to ask him not to go back and seize the Yu country? "Tai Lieutenant Ren Xusheng can't accept it.

"If this is the case, they will definitely not agree to the direct conditions, so we have to use the next means, such as inviting him to come over for inspection, and we want to send these two places for nothing, complete the delivery, and split with Li Pingyuan." Xuannu said with a trick, listening to this step, a group of old foxes have already reacted one by one, and their eyes are shining.

"When he arrived in Zhao State, he was placed under house arrest, and at the same time he instigated the princes of Yu State to launch a coup d'état, kill King Yu, and grab the throne.

Sure enough, it was this strategy, and everyone had a clear look, and they could guess the end from the beginning, which was very despicable and very useful.

"As for putting back what hatred he has for Zhao State, don't worry about it, because Jizhou has returned to the dynamic balance, and there are three forces, Yu Guo plus Dou Zhi has been fostered together, two forces hostile to him, they are entangled with each other, and they can keep the rear of my Zhao State safe."

Xuannu didn't show any mercy to Zhuang Xun, because she was the national teacher of Zhao State, and this was her path to ascension.

"Will he come?" King Zhao is not confident.

"Yes."

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