The heat and heat swept across the Central Plains, and the heavy low clouds meant that a storm was brewing, and the dreary atmosphere swept through Jinyang.

The ministers and ordinary people in the city are all complaining about the hot weather, and some are privately discussing the rising Xia Kingdom, as if discussing some kind of taboo, secretly.

There is no help, Zhao Guo suffered a big loss, and the land was ceded and the compensation was paid, isn't talking about this kind of thing just a slap in the face of King Zhao.

With the Empress Dowager Zhao entering the summer to save King Zhao, the entertainment gossip of some low-level people has long been flying all over the sky, because I don't know where to leak the statement that Empress Dowager Jiang is equal to Mrs. Jiang.

Everyone brought the story of Yu Guo, which was thousands of miles away, and said that everyone knew that Empress Dowager Zhao and Zhuang Xun, who was younger than King Zhao, were entangled and in love.

In particular, the story of Empress Dowager Jiang's longevity banquet testimony is real, and everyone is willing to believe that out of affection, King Xia asked Empress Dowager Zhao to accompany him, and finally released King Zhao.

And there is a strong news as evidence, Empress Dowager Jiang gave birth to a prince to Zhuang Xun, some people bless it, and some people dislike it.

It was almost the same group of people, the vast number of poor people, the uprising was too big, and the new laws and policies of the Xia State had long been circulating in the rivers and lakes.

A group of people think that it is good for Zhuang Xun and Empress Dowager Jiang to have children, and they can better attack Zhao State, and everyone will divide the land.

A group of people felt that Empress Dowager Jiang was blowing the pillow wind, and Zhuang Xun would fall into a gentle township, not confront Zhao Guo, shake hands and make peace, and finally stopped.

There are also people who are more pessimistic, afraid that Xia Guo will not be able to defeat Zhao State, and such a good country will be wiped out.

I can't hear the people's discussions, after all, no matter how loud the people's voices are, they can't reach the palace walls, let alone the whispers of the people.

But King Zhao had already smashed the water cup, the porcelain cup was torn apart on the table, and King Zhao's left hand was dripping with blood, and his expression was gloomy and terrifying.

The rumors have been there for a long time, and King Zhao has never believed it, because Empress Dowager Jiang is a cultivator, how can she get pregnant so easily.

He suspected that Xia Guo was deliberately teasing him, hoping to humiliate him, but the exact information just now was confirmed to be true, and the information came from Xuannu.

So King Zhao, who finally couldn't help it, smashed the teacup, bleeding and pain, and couldn't suppress the shame in his heart.

The venerable queen mother has been reduced to the plaything of the king of the enemy country, and since the day he has returned, he has been in great pain, and how humiliating it is to be occupied by someone at the place of birth, or by the enemy.

He couldn't sleep well every night, as if he thought of the queen mother calling for help, and then woke up suddenly, he seemed to see the queen mother's condescending pandering to Zhuang Xun, just like he saw before leaving.

The ordinary Zhuang Xun hugged the beautiful and noble queen mother, he was so ordinary, like a clown next to the queen mother, and the words he said were so annoying, like a proud villain, every time he thought about it, he felt angry.

On the contrary, such a person made his respected queen mother pregnant and gave birth to a boy for him, how can a person like him be worthy of his noble queen mother, how can she let the queen mother, whom she has respected all her life, suffer the humiliation of pregnancy.

Fortunately, he is not Zhuang Xun's only son, otherwise his half-brother has become the so-called King of Xia, and King Zhao no longer knows what to do.

But it was also very humiliating, Empress Dowager Jiang went to exchange him for it, and then the mother of Zhao was humiliated, conceived, and gave birth to a child to the enemy country, just like a defeated country offering a clan for the victor to play with.

"Your Majesty, bandage your wounds, no matter how angry you are, you can't change the facts."

Xuannu looked at the angry King Zhao and sighed, if it were said that your mother had accepted her fate now, maybe King Zhao would be even more angry.

"National teacher, I regret it, if I had died at the knife at that time, and didn't do this act of stealing my life, how could I let the queen mother fall into the hands of Zhuang Xun's child."

King Zhao let the blood drip down, it seemed that the pain in his body could make him feel better, this kind of result was not envisaged, but he knew that there was, he fled under the gaze of Empress Dowager Jiang and Zhuang Xun, he knew that there was such a possibility.

It was also extremely painful, so that King Zhao's brain would not collapse at the moment, not only regretted that he did not succeed in committing suicide, he regretted his decision to drive the expedition in person, he regretted the mistake of dividing the troops at that time, and he regretted everything.

"Your Majesty, the Queen Mother wants to save you, and she doesn't want to see Your Majesty give up on yourself like this, do you? The Queen Mother trusts you and thinks that with your efforts, Zhao Guo can unify the world. ”

Xuannu sighed and said, she understood King Zhao's anger, King Zhao was brought up by the Empress Dowager Jiang, in order to leave a way back for Zhuang Xun, she just saw this, King Zhao couldn't have a black hand on his little father, Zhuang Xun could also have a big backer.

In the end, Zhuang Xun made his royal way clear, went back to fight against Zhao Guo, and formed a bond with the Empress Dowager Jiang, and finally got the Empress Dowager Jiang in an unimaginable way.

"I know, so I've been working hard, the family's soldiers have almost been collected, and if there are more, they will rebound, and it is time to go back and get back the two ceded ones."

King Zhao clenched his palms into a fist, blood dripped, thinking of the conditions of the last time, sending gold and silver, ceding land, and giving armor, in addition to ceding gold and silver to feel painless, the other two actions can be said to have slightly injured a wave of Zhao Guo's vitality.

Zhao Guo naturally couldn't swallow his anger so much, the first thing to do was to bring the two back, so he gathered superior forces, including snatching troops from the family, just to regain the lost territory in one fell swoop.

This is also the reason why the family can compromise and engage in troops, because Shou'an and Fangyu are also the land of the family, and the local big family has already made trouble in the court.

The family is like a net, woven and connected to each other, and now that there is such a big hole, everyone's idea is to repair it, and it is also the same expectation to regain the land that has been ceded.

Beware of Jing and Zheng, the standing army can't be used too much, and at the same time it has to deal with the Xia State, so it conscripted troops from the family, plus the last defeat, the family was temporarily suppressed and contributed military power.

"It's good at this time, if it's just to recover two." Xuannu also nodded supportively, if the target is just to lose ground.

King Zhao did not directly attack the Xia Kingdom regardless of reason, which made Xuannu breathe a sigh of relief, because the window period given to the Xia Kingdom at this moment was only for a period of time.

From King Zhao gathering the soldiers of various families to recovering the lost territory, it was before the civil strife in Jingguo was pacified.

After all, Jing Zheng Erguo's hostility towards Zhao State is currently very large, and if he does not recover Fang Yu Erdao during this time, when he reacts, it will become a de facto situation where the three families attack Zhao, and Zhao Guo will also fall into an embarrassing situation where they don't care about each other.

"The national teacher's worries, I understand, I won't do such a stupid thing, the queen mother finally let me come back, I will refrain from it, although I really want to save the queen mother."

King Zhao said calmly, the bitter fruit is swallowed by itself, national affairs, don't change because of personal preferences, he is the perfect emperor cultivated by the Empress Dowager Jiang, and he will not make this kind of mistake of not being able to distinguish between public and private.

"King Xia also really likes the Queen Mother, the Queen Mother used to be kind to him, and she won't do anything to her."

Xuannu still persuaded that she was not good at revealing the recent situation of the Empress Dowager Jiang, and she couldn't say that your mother was very well-behaved to Zhuang Xun now, and Zhuang Xun was also good to your mother, and she brought me to see me.

"That's his attitude towards his benefactor?" Zhuang Xun's triumphant attitude has become a lingering shadow for King Zhao.

Some people feel lucky if they survive secretly, but King Zhao only feels boundless shame, and he just wants to exchange the humiliation he suffered for upward motivation.

"Because the Queen Mother later intended to assassinate him, I have also seen Zhuang Xun, and it should be much better for the Queen Mother to have a child."

The key information was omitted, and in order to prevent King Zhao from thinking too much, she took the initiative to ask: "Who will lead the army this time?" ”

"I, alas, ......" Although he didn't want to be as broken as the resentful woman, the last failure had become his shadow.

"Your Majesty, don't go, the domestic turmoil needs Your Majesty to stabilize the situation, it's better to choose a respected and experienced general to lead the troops."

Xuannu gave a ladder, understanding King Zhao's embarrassment, King Zhao is not a person with an iron head, and he will not find face like a certain Tianhu bureau accumulated by his father, and he hastily buries the emperor of pleasure in three battles, and is angry.

"The national teacher is right, you don't have to take care of my majesty, I really don't have any military talent, let's let the courtiers go on the expedition."

King Zhao went down the ladder and decisively admitted a mistake, he didn't mean that he couldn't afford to lose, he made a mistake, just change it next time, and shaping himself perfectly is a defect in itself.

"Interested candidates?" Participating in it, Xuannu is not at ease, and now Zhao Guo can't afford to be wrong, and he wants to choose an existence that can take the lead.

"Old General Shao Guoliang, Shou'an is the place where the Shao family is the mainstay, and he will do his best to fight, he is the old general of the Xuanjia Army, and he is highly respected, and now he is expected to go on the expedition."

Speaking of the candidate in his heart, King Zhao explained the reason for choosing Shao Guoliang, there were almost no shortcomings, and it perfectly met the requirements of this expedition.

Before, it was because the other party needed to attack Jingguo as a commander, and most of the generals of Zhao State at that time either followed to attack Jingguo or to guard against Zheng Guo, but now that they have shrunk their strength, they can free up one hand to clean up Xia Guo.

"General Shao?" Xuannu's expression was soothing, she was indeed a good candidate, and it was reassuring to recapture the two lands this time.

Shao Guoliang's status is similar to Li Pingyuan of Chengguo and Siqin Shengjing of Yu State, both of which are the same existence as Zhuguo, and they all represent the will of the king when they go to war.

"General Shao Lao has also been training the Xuanjia Army for a long time, this time the family sent 20,000 troops to cooperate with the defense, to prevent Zheng Guo's sneak attack, and not let them make trouble, our Xuanjia Army sent 60,000 troops, taking advantage of the fact that Xia Guo has not yet unified and sorted out the internal affairs, reorganized the army, and it should not be a problem to get back the two ways."

Thinking that Xuannu had doubts, King Zhao further explained that this is indeed a good move, and it is also the best solution for the current environment, except for General Shao, no one can provoke this big beam.

The 20,000 army of the family is going to hollow out the family, if it were not for touching the interests of the family, and at the same time, the defeat last time was too tragic to achieve the current effect.

Regardless of the exchange of the last battle of the Shijia army last time, now King Zhao can get so many soldiers and horses, and break up and not let the tandem be connected, and directly supplement the reserve army to prevent Zheng Guo and Jing Guo.

And the 60,000 iron cavalry of the Xuanjia Army, proficient in training and actual combat experience, is more than enough to recover the lost territory, and it is foolproof.

Zhuang Xun assumed that he brought 10,000 armor, even if he took 20,000 armor, he had the training in the early stage and the Tiance army that barely managed to gather 30,000 people in the previous reserves.

However, the 30,000 people who were not well trained and cooperated enough, in the face of twice the number of troops, could only rely on the terrain of mountains and rivers to resist.

There are very few mountains and rivers in Shou'an and Fangyu, most of them are still plains, Zhuang Xun can't stop them, and there are veterans in the plains.

I can't think of how to lose, but King Zhao won't be on it.

Don't think about finding face for yourself, because the face of the monarch is the country, and only when the country is strong can you have face, and using the strength of the country to change face is an extremely stupid thing in the eyes of King Zhao.

"It's really a good candidate, let's discuss it after summoning the three dukes tomorrow, I believe they won't have any objections."

Xuannu can also appreciate the benefits of this decision, and even expand it.

"If you can wipe out all the Tiance troops of the Xia Kingdom in Shou'an Fangyu, then maybe you can really destroy the Xia Kingdom in one go."

"That's right, it depends on whether Xia Guo can accept this move, if we don't accept it, we will take back our homeland, and if we take it, we will take advantage of the situation to destroy the Tiance Army."

King Zhao smiled slightly, he could destroy the Xia Kingdom, that would indeed relieve hatred and take revenge, but he was looking forward to the actions of the Xia Kingdom.

The army is not a short-term training, Xia Guo is reluctant to unite Jizhou at the moment, if he can be hit hard, Xia Guo will not be able to get up for a long time.

The next day, when these important ministers heard that it was Shao Guoliang going on the expedition, they all expressed their support, and they knew each other best.

"General Shao is well versed in the art of war, but there is also a lack of young adjutant generals, General Tang Yunfu was born in Fangyu, understands the local situation, and the minister recommended General Tang as a deputy general to assist General Shao in recovering the lost territory."

Prime Minister Xu Hongwen recommended, King Zhao was slightly silent, did not agree, just briefly thought.

This is the standard version of the family's balance configuration, the Tang family is Fang Yu's big family, this is because he is afraid that Shao Guoliang will expand the interests of his own Shao family in the process of recovering the lost territory.

"Fangyu is the eastern barrier, there is the Taihang Yu vein, General Tang has a local network base, can have the hearts of the people, and the minister also thinks that General Tang should be sent as a supplement, so as to better recover the lost territory."

Tian Zhan, the imperial historian, also emphasized that he recommended Tang Yunfu that his last life as a prisoner did not wear out the instinct of his family.

"What do you think, national teacher?" King Zhao wanted to get advice from Xuannu.

"The minister heard that the Shao Tang family had a gap with each other, and they were arguing endlessly, whether this arrangement was inappropriate."

Xuannu said what she was most worried about, these two great families are not united with each other, they are political enemies who are hostile to each other.

"But it takes two generals to recover the two places, so it's better to divide the troops into two ways......"

"Don't divide the troops, just go all the way." Hearing the word Tai Lieutenant Ren Xusheng dividing his troops, King Zhao hurriedly interrupted as if he was stimulated by something.

"Then it's better to let the two generals come here and be a witness, willing to work together to recover their homeland, which is also their hometown."

The prime minister came up with a restraining method to oppress people with his name, and these people sometimes want to be embarrassed.

"Good ......" The three dukes all have this opinion, and after the last time he insisted on driving the royal expedition, King Zhao had insufficient confidence to speak.

(End of chapter)