When the news of the capture of King Zhao came, Zhuang Xun was preparing to cross the river to fight, and he was faced with a very bad news that Cheng's naval army was stronger than Xia's.

The chain reaction of King Qinghe's quick defeat, Chengguo's naval army was almost unharmed, because King Qinghe controlled most of Chengguo's naval army.

Then Zhuang Xun's pressure increased sharply, and he originally wanted to take advantage of the opportunity of King Qinghe and Li Pingyuan to cross the river.

At that time, I planned to take advantage of the two of them to fight, and a part of the army went over to respond, but I was attacked by someone half-crossing, which was not comfortable.

The speed of the defeat of King Qinghe was too fast, and there was almost no loss of naval troops, so Zhuang Xun had to put down the rhythm of the attack and start building ships.

In a confrontation with Chengguo, everything can only be said if you have to cross the river.

Since Chengguo did not lose any strength, and Zhuang Xun's troops did not have an advantage, he planned to negotiate peace with his father-in-law, first clean up and take care of Zhao Guo, and drag Zhao Guo's army in Jingguo over.

At the same time, it accumulated its own national strength, suppressed the remnants of the domestic family, vigorously promoted the reform of the new law, and continued to increase its strength.

Regarding the news of the successive defeats and retreats in the territory of Zhao State, the main force of Zhao State has not been transferred back, Zhuang Xun is not angry, and his strength is insufficient, who can blame him.

Plundered a lot of the population of Zhao State, many craftsmen, can only go to this step, Zhuang Xun has no regrets, King Zhao has taken the royal conquest in person, let him what.

When he discussed with his father-in-law, he called back the army that attacked Chengguo, and then violated the borders of Zhao State, anyway, he couldn't give Zhao Guofeilong a chance to be in the sky.

Then he received the news that He Heng Luo Yuecheng defeated King Zhao in front of him and captured King Zhao and sent him to the capital, he was so inexplicable and full of question marks.

Didn't you just say that you were in decline and dying in the territory of Zhao State?

He suspected that he had read it wrong, or that the information was wrong, was King Zhao so easy to catch?

The information was handed to Li Ruxi, and Bi Yuewu was asked to help verify it, and it was confirmed again and again that King Zhao had really been caught, and Zhuang Xun was even more confused.

With one charge, King Zhao was arrested, when did Luo Yuecheng become such a fierce man.

In autumn, it is also winter, and King Zhao was arrested for such a big matter, Zhuang Xun could only return to the capital to discuss how to deal with King Zhao and a group of captured ministers.

He didn't care about the child who was about to be born, and when he went back, he asked about the situation of Zhao first, because there were prisoners of the family, and he knew that it was the family who gave the order to avoid the war, so it led to the rout.

I feel that I am worthy of being a family, and I can make this kind of flower work, but it is not surprising to think of those outrageous operations in the history of my hometown, after all, ten Japanese robbers provoked a city, and no one responded to the battle, not even more outrageous.

"It's not easy to eat the division of troops on these two roads." Replaced with the map of Zhao State, the two cities that held on were emphatically expressed.

"It seems that we have 10,000 Tiance troops, but in fact, our combat strength is really not necessarily as high as the two sides, and some people are not suitable for armor and have not trained the tactical tactics of this army."

Si Qinmi's hands folded, standing elegantly on Zhuang Xun's side, explaining the current situation, on the surface, the Xia State side took the initiative by annihilating King Zhao, but in fact, the Xia State side was very weak.

The combat effectiveness of the ancient army is not as good as that of modern times, and even if you take a gun and assault training, you need to exercise your body and practice the tactics of forming a formation.

The actual analysis is that the quality of Xia Guo's soldiers is not stronger than that of Zhao Guo, and if Zhao Guo's two teams of men and horses are pressed, the result may not be good.

"Then we have to eat these two people, otherwise how can we force Zhao to retreat, do you rely on King Zhao?" Zhuang Xun is quite resolute, with the meaning of chasing after victory.

It is worth being happy to catch King Zhao, and when I am happy, I find that his role does not seem to be particularly big, and some of them are like King Chu Huai.

Xuannu and Mrs. Jiang are not fools, King Zhao still has the crown prince, and there are many families in the country, it is impossible to exchange King Zhao for a country, you have to do this, the family will jump to support the new monarch first.

If you are afraid of the prince's revenge, then directly support other clans, anyway, the clan that wants to be the emperor is not a good one, there is no need to knock a king of Zhao.

It can be exchanged for things, but it is impossible to exchange major national interests, and it is not a game world, and catching the enemy monarch is equivalent to victory.

The monarch is just the representative of everyone's interests, and there has never been a saying that the country cannot turn around without an emperor.

"Not necessarily, Zhao Guo sent someone to negotiate, and one of the quid pro quo conditions was to promise to withdraw his troops and not attack Jingguo again."

Si Qinmi chuckled and said, her expression was relaxed and happy, this was the strategic purpose of Xia Guo, forcing Zhao Guo to withdraw his troops from Jing State.

This premise can be won, everything is easy to talk about, and letting Zhao Guo, the flying dragon, coil up, is more important than anything else.

"The condition is to change King Zhao? Is King Zhao that valuable? "It's not political at all, my own country, I was arrested, Si Qinmi would be so willing to give up capital for himself.

Empress Dowager Jiang fainted? Or do you love your son and don't even care about the interests of the country? Can the families agree?

"Of course not, we talked about it, it's the issue of these two armies, we hand over these two armies, retreat, and they will withdraw the army in Jingguo."

Siqin Mi pointed to the map marked in red, the two lonely cities and Jinyang.

"Zhao Guo is afraid that we will take these two armies and go straight to Jinyang, and now I am afraid that we have begun to withdraw our troops."

Si Qinmi laughed, her shy smile made people feel like a spring breeze, and the victory of a war brought the dead to life.

"Luo Yuecheng's merits, it's time to be crowned." Si Qinmi also praised that in this battle, Luo Yuecheng completed his joke at the beginning, captured King Zhao alive, and turned the tide of the battle, which made great contributions.

"Yes, since they have withdrawn their troops and returned to help, they still want to use this as a condition, it's too shrewd."

Zhuang Xun also agreed, and then said speechlessly, is Zhao Guo an empty glove white wolf?

"Huh? The concubines naturally saw it, did not agree, and after some bargaining, Zhao agreed to cede Shou'an and Fangyu in the east, gave us 20,000 sets of secret armor, a number of gold and silver treasures, and asked us to let go of the besieged Zhao army, withdraw from the rest of the occupied land, and return the monarchs and ministers of Zhao State. ”

Si Qinmi enumerated and said, Zhuang Xun frowned, and he didn't know whether it was good or bad.

"We really can't afford to fight a big battle with Zhao State now, half of Zhao State's Xuanjia Army is transferred over, we are enough to choke, Lang Jun, you also know that there is a gap between us and Zhao State."

The Western Xia fought the Northern Song Dynasty to cut the land and pay compensation, almost got it, and the situation of the Xia Kingdom was not easy, it was a sneak attack in itself, and now the body and bones of the giant Zhao State have turned around, and it is almost time to stop, otherwise will the Tiance Army that has just been formed be sent to death?

Zhao Guo just cares about Jingguo, when he gives up Jingguo, Xia Guo should worry about his own problems, find his own positioning, and not be blindly arrogant because he won.

It's not unacceptable to spit out the land you get, and you don't plan to get the land under the Xuanjia Army who came back.

It's nothing to let go of these troops, because the damage from attacking yourself won't be low, so it seems that your side just put some hostages to get these things.

Especially 20,000 sets of armor, how much time does it take to accumulate?

"Lady, you're too powerful, I just don't know if they will keep their word, the Xuanjia army on the border is defending back and forth, it seems that they have the advantage."

Zhuang Xun no longer believes in such an alliance of Zhao Guo, and it is normal for countries to violate the agreement at any time.

"It's good to get the armor, the problem of land, what about retreating to Taiyun Pass, the strategic goal has been achieved, and the rest is just an addition, this kind of talk just shows that we are full of confidence, if we show cowardice, not only can we not get the land, but also the armor."

Siqin Mi is well versed in the principle of negotiation, grasps the bottom line of herself, and at the same time explores the bottom line of the other party to make the greatest exchange.

"And if you want to fight us, will Zheng Guo agree, the envoys of Zheng Guo and Jing Guo have also arrived, and Lang Junling will receive it tomorrow."

Distant friendship and close attack, the so-called cooperation, these countries are consciously fighting against Zhao State, Xia Guo shows its value, Jing Zheng will win over, even if Jing Guo is now divided.

"Okay, are you alright?" After talking about the matter, he hugged Si Qinmi from behind, and Zhuang Xun hadn't seen his own Da Mi Mi for several months.

"There is another thing, which was also talked about by the concubine, I don't know if Lang Jun will like it." Breaking free from Zhuang Xun's embrace, Siqin Mi leaned into Zhuang Xun's ear and said until Zhuang Xun's pupils dilated.

On the other side, Empress Dowager Jiang, who was dressed in formal clothes, saw the decadent King Zhao, he had a scruffy beard, and he no longer had the heroic posture of a generation of heroes, and he was ashamed to see Mrs. Jiang behind.

"Queen Mother, I, I ......" choked up and couldn't speak, seeing the Empress Dowager Jiang in this scene, I had a feeling of wanting to find a crack in the ground to get into.

"The mourning family knows, and you can't be blamed all." The reason for the army's rout was tried from the remnants of the fleeing army, and Empress Dowager Jiang already knew it.

King Zhao's only mistake is that he didn't find out that the family army is tired, this can't be blamed on him, no matter how Shengming's son of heaven is, he will be deceived by his subordinates, at least he has made decisions along the way, and King Zhao has not done anything wrong.

Seeing King Zhao like this, Empress Dowager Jiang's original annoyance also dissipated, she is not the kind of woman who loses her temper for no reason, let alone the master who will take the nameless fire to burn others.

"Is the queen mother saving the child out? If you want to sacrifice the interests of Zhao State, then you don't have to, the child would rather die than harm the interests of Zhao State. ”

King Zhao's tone was resolute, Zhao Guo was not only his Zhao State, but also his mother's Zhao State, and he devoted his whole efforts to it, if he exchanged him for the major interests of Zhao State, he would rather be imprisoned for the rest of his life and would rather be killed by a collision.

"No, it's a normal exchange, Zhao Guo needs to preserve his strength......"

said the conditions of the exchange, but from the direction of Zhao State, what they have to do is to preserve their strength, the strategic expansion fails, and they turn into strategic contraction, and they must preserve the strength of Zhao State as much as possible, waiting for the next fist.

There is a surplus of armor manufactured, but there is no superfluous person, especially the carefully selected palace guards, the family of Zhao State is entrenched in a large number of people, although after all these years of struggle, the family has also paid taxes, but these soldiers who can become the Xuanjia Army are very precious.

It took her a few months to defeat a second prince in Jingguo, essentially to reduce the damage of this elite class.

In the besieged Zhao army now, there are 6,000 palace guards, which are the best of the best, and the best of the best elites.

was eaten by Xia Guo, not only lost 10,000 armor, but also lost 6,000 elites, which was almost lame to the point of lameness for Zhao Guo, and it could not be regarded as a loss in exchange for 20,000 armor.

Gold, silver, jewelry, materials, items, and two land exchanges, these ministers, there is no way, the ministers are all the families of the Zhao State, and now all the families are pressuring the ministers to change back.

Moreover, defeating the second prince of Jingguo, they also occupied the two lands of Jingguo, which is not a loss, and this series is still in the bottom line of Zhao State.

The loss is that a lot of people were moved away by the Xia Kingdom, and it took many years for the east to recover, but it was also the local family that was hit hard.

"It's my fault, it's my fault that I have buried such a good situation." Listening to these quid pro quo, King Zhao didn't feel anything.

What made him feel the most painful was the withdrawal of troops from Jingguo, the biggest momentum that Zhao Guo had ever waited for, covering the clouds in the sky of Zhao Guo, this time Zhao's retreat represented the failure of the attempt to intervene in Jingguo, which was the most hurtful point for Zhao Guo.

The reason why Zhao had to retreat was that Xia defeated him and now blocked the eastern border of Zhao.

"Less self-pity, more focus on the future, and learn lessons, is this the case for the monarch of Zhao State?"

Being able to accept King Zhao's failure, she couldn't accept that King Zhao had become so depressed after his defeat.

"Queen Mother's ......"

"Have you already given up, do you think that Zhao Guo has no hope of competing for the world, have you forgotten that Zhao State still has 150,000 Xuanjia heavy riders and millions of armored people? Zhuang Xun is facing Zhao Guo and Cheng Guo at this moment, both of whom have the ambition to dominate the world, so you admit defeat? ”

The willow eyebrows were upside down, and the Empress Dowager Jiang thought of her own quid pro quo, just to exchange a decadent King Zhao back, so much was not necessary.

"The child is not, these days, the child is always vigilant, lying on the salary and tasting the courage, looking forward to the day when he can take revenge."

King Zhao's spirit is uplifted, indeed, even if this opportunity is lost, Zhao is still the strongest country in Yuzhou, and even in Kyushu, there is no need to feel sorry for himself, as long as he goes back, he is still the monarch of this most powerful country.

"This is my Jiang Xianqi's son, after I go back, I must work hard to wash away the shame, my mother can't help you anymore, remember that Zhuang Xun can endure your ridicule during the banquet, and my mother hopes that you can also endure his insults to you and your mother."

Empress Dowager Jiang said foresightfully, and it was also a reminder to King Zhao.

King Zhao shook his spirits, did not understand the deep meaning, but just swept away the decadent response and said, "The child understands." ”

Empress Dowager Jiang's smile disappeared as she walked out of the cell, and she saw Lan Qiu coming over.

"Madame, long time no see." Saluting Mrs. Jiang is still like before, when they were still masters and servants.

"I haven't seen you for a long time, but I made you see the joke, is King Xia back?" I can't tell what feelings are, some of them feel like butterflies in a spider's web, and they can't break free because of fate.

After all, the mother loves her son, and King Zhao has nothing to exchange with him at all, national interests cannot be exchanged, and the gold, silver and jewelry Xia Guo can't look down on.

"I'm back, I'm waiting for my wife in Yakult Palace, and my wife will come with my slave." Lan Qiu looked at Empress Dowager Jiang worriedly and led the way.

"Yakuragong, good name......" Madame Jiang muttered to herself, following Lan Qiu.

When she saw Zhuang Xun, she was still like that, dressed in a brocade robe, loose and in shape, like this in the family, unlike being cleaned up by women like Si Qinmi or Li Ruxi outside.

Zhuang Xun also saw the Empress Dowager Jiang, the flowing clouds and glow, the gold ring ornament, the precious peony, the pride of the phoenix eyes, the nose and lips, the pink cheeks are like color, the jade neck hook jade, the face of the goose egg is rich and graceful, the beauty is indescribable, the noble and elegant lady is the best in his heart.

"Get down on your knees and lick me." It's a beauty, but it's not Mrs. Jiang he respects.

Update on the 30th

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