Back to the Warring States Period as Zhao Kuo

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Well, this time, I let the king have a way out, and I hope that in the future, the king will be more straightforward when he surrenders next time for the sake of letting you go today. "

King Chu: "" At this moment, it can be said that [-] horses of some kind of animal are galloping past in King Chu's heart.

Why don't you just surrender next time?

Listen, is this something that people can say?

The King of Chu really wanted to get angry, but in view of the fact that he was still a prisoner of Zhao Kuo, the King of Chu still swallowed his anger and chose to shut up, not to continue arguing with Zhao Kuo.

Zhao Kuo laughed and left.

After Zhao Kuo left, King Chu slammed heavily on the ground with a bang, gnashing his teeth.

"This Zhao Kuo, dare to bully the widow like this?

Very good, you wait for the widow!Mr. Chunshen, right? After the widow goes out, I want to see whether this Mr. Chunshen is helping the widow or Zhao Kuo! "

Zhao Kuo left the tent, and Li Si who was beside him was thoughtful, and suddenly said, "Could it be that the lord did this to stimulate the king of Chu?"

Zhao Kuo paused slightly, and looked at Li Si with a smile on his face: "Why do you deliberately provoke the King of Chu?"

Li Si took a deep breath and said, "Because of Li Yuan! Since the lord has already promised Li Yuan to let him be Ling Yin, then Chun Shenjun is the one who must be brought down.

In order to achieve this, the lord first used negotiations to force Lord Chunshen to sign an unequal treaty, and then deliberately made King Chu feel that Lord Chunshen was deliberately helping the lord.

In this way, King Chu must be very angry with Lord Chunshen in his heart, and he will start to liquidate Lord Chunshen after King Chu is free.

At that time, coupled with the support of the three major families that were originally hostile to Chunshenjun, Chunshenjun will definitely not be able to stay in the position of Lingyin! "

After Li Si finished speaking, Sima Shang was stunned.

In Sima Shang's view, this wave of Zhao Kuo's may have been simply to humiliate the King of Chu. Why did Li Si say such a thing, but there are several layers of deep meaning in it?

Zhao Kuo smiled.

"Li Si, you really deserve to be Li Si."

Zhao Kuo praised Li Si.

In this wave, Zhao Kuo's thoughts were indeed plotting Chunshen Jun as Li Si said.

Why do you want to count Chun Shenjun?

Because Chun Shenjun is very upright and loyal.

If such an upright and loyal person is in the position of Ling Yin of Chu State, it will undoubtedly bring a lot of trouble to Zhao State to destroy Chu State.

But if Mr. Chunshen is gone and replaced by an incompetent guy like Li Yuan, it will undoubtedly be much easier for Zhao to destroy Chu.

Since everyone is Chinese, this kind of unification war is simply a civil war, and of course the fewer people who die, the better.

As for the king of Chu being so easily fooled, it can only be said that he deserved to be fooled.

After Li Si was praised by Zhao Kuo, he was naturally very excited, and at the same time he had admiration and admiration for Zhao Kuo.

Although Li Si could see Zhao Kuo's layout, it actually belonged to the category of hindsight.

Like Zhao Kuo, he was able to accurately discover the contradictions between the monarch and his ministers of Chu State from the very beginning, and use the loopholes in their human nature to trick them layer by layer. This is the real plan in the invisible, and this is what a real politician should Some wrists!Li Si said sincerely: "My lord is absurd.

I still have a lot to learn from my lord, and it is the greatest honor in my life to be able to serve my lord! "

Sima Shang watched this scene from the side, and after being silent for a long time, he sighed.

Forget it, forget it, this kind of intrigue is not suitable for me, I'd better just fight for the lord with peace of mind.

Within the time agreed by both parties, Chunshen Jun finally arrived with the rest of the Chu army.

The two parties formally signed the covenant in the temporary camp outside Shouchun City.

With a bang, Zhao Kuo stamped the Jade Seal of the State of Zhao on top of the covenant. This move made Chu people, including Mr. Chunshen, look a little weird.

But at this time, no one would be stupid enough to accuse Zhao Kuo.

There were two copies of the covenant, and Zhao Kuo took one away and handed the other to Chun Shenjun.

Chunshen Jun took over the covenant and asked Zhao Kuo, "Can we start the handover now?"

Zhao Kuo said with a smile: "Of course, the camp of the captives is over there, and I will leave now with the troops.

After the soldiers and horses of this Marquis leave, you can take over the camp. "

After saying this, Zhao Kuo stood up and was about to leave.

Suddenly, Jingyang's voice came from behind: "Wu Xinjun, next time, you won't be able to win so easily!"

The speaker was Jingyang.

Jingyang was actually very unconvinced. In Jingyang's view, Zhao Kuo simply took advantage of the explosives this time, which caught the Chu people off guard and suffered a big loss.

Zhao Kuo stopped in his tracks, and laughed: "Sima Jingyang, it's meaningless for you to say such things. You have fought so many battles with me, have you won even once?"

Zhao Kuo's rhetorical question directly made Jingyang's face flush, but there was no way to refute it.

Zhao Kuo shook his head, and said mockingly: "Da Sima, you'd better think about it carefully. When we meet again next time, will you be able to save your own life?"

After saying this, Zhao Kuo ignored Jingyang, but turned around and strode away.

Jingyang looked at Zhao Kuo's leaving figure, his face was blue and white, and his teeth were about to be gritted.

Chun Shenjun glanced at Jingyang, but he was also speechless: "You know that the opposite is a peerless murderer, but you still want to provoke him, isn't it just for fun?"

But at this time, Chunshen Jun didn't bother to pay attention to Jingyang, but said to many colleagues around him: "Everyone, let us go to meet the king."

Everyone responded in unison, stood up one after another, surrounded Chun Shenjun and left.

On the same day, Zhao's [-] cavalry army slowly withdrew from Shouchun City, and Chu's soldiers and horses re-entered Shouchun City.

After returning to Shouchun City, Jingyang immediately took the newly released members of the Jing family back to his Jing family mansion.

Then, Jingyang was dumbfounded.

The original Jing's mansion was very grand, and the current Jing's mansion is still very grand from the outside, but the scene inside is not only all kinds of treasures, but also the large number of expensive tables, chairs, and beds in the Jingyang mansion. , and even the silk used as curtains were all removed by Zhao Kuo.

The current Jing's mansion is like an empty shell, with nothing inside!The members of the Jing clan behind Jingyang looked at this scene, and they were also dumbfounded. Soon, many people couldn't bear the stimulation and cried bitterly.

"Our baby, it's all gone!"

Jingyang's face was livid, and he slammed his fist heavily on the pillar beside him: "This damn Zhao Kuo, the old man and you are at odds!"

Jingyang was really so angry that he almost vomited blood!

Chapter 1065

Zhao Kuo had 10 people when he came, and there were still 10 people when he left, but there were [-] more carriages than when he came.

Of course, these [-] carriages could not have been conjured out of thin air, but Zhao Kuo directly had all the carriages in the entire Shouchun City confiscated in order to hold the spoils of war!Yes, the spoils of a total of [-] carriages are what Zhao Kuo gained after conquering Shouchun City this time.

Compared with other countries, in addition to the national treasury, Chu State also has the wealth of various officials.

Since the officials of the state of Chu have private troops and can independently collect taxes, the officials of the state of Chu are richer than the officials of other countries, and this is also reflected in the amount of wealth.

This time, Zhao Kuo can be said to be truly rewarding!So much so that Zhao Kuo felt a little regretful: "I took so much this time, and I'm afraid I won't have such a good chance when I come back to destroy Chu next time."

After hearing Zhao Kuo's words, Li Si beside him couldn't help laughing: "The lord is joking, do you still care about the money?"

Zhao Kuo laughed loudly: "I said I don't care, but this is a total of [-] carriages!"

Zhao Kuo is in a really good mood.

The gold, silver and jewels of [-] carriages are enough for Zhao Kuo to reward a wave of soldiers who participated in the war this time.

At this time, the most important thing is the army.

When the soldiers of the army were allocated a lot of money and land, it goes without saying that they must be wailing for their loyalty to Zhao Kuo.

With the army's allegiance to the death, no one in this world can shake Zhao Kuo's rule.

As for the people, don't forget that the soldiers of the army are themselves members of the people, and they are also the backbone of the people.

To use an analogy, you can know that if a person joins the army alone, makes contributions, and after returning home, he has a field and a house. What will his neighbors think?

In addition to envy and jealousy, these neighbors and villagers will definitely work hard to raise their own children, and they will also go to the army to fight and make more contributions, so that they can get a lot of land and houses in the future.

As for rebellion?

Excuse me, why did you rebel at the risk of beheading?

Let's go to fight for Wu Xinjun and make meritorious service, isn't he good?

You must know that Wu Xinjun is victorious in all battles. If you fight with Wu Xinjun, victory is inevitable. As long as you can survive the battle, you will be credited.

Conversely, if you want to rebel, you have to betray Wu Xinjun and fight Wu Xinjun.

This risk is too great, it is almost a life of death, no, ten deaths and no life.

Although most of the common people are illiterate, they are not fools. They know very well whether many things are worthwhile or not.

Therefore, this wave of Zhao Kuo not only dealt a heavy blow to Chu State, but also wiped out the domestic rebel forces in one fell swoop.

In terms of locality, there were originally two county guards who immediately announced their rebellion against Zhao Kuo after hearing of the changes in Handan, wanting to "side the Qing emperor". One of the county guards was so frightened that he fled to North Korea, and the other was arrested by his subordinates that night and sent to Handan for trial.

So far, Zhao Kuo's goals in this war have all been successfully achieved.

The first and most important goal is to consolidate Zhao Kuo's rule over Zhao after he seized power.

This can be regarded as 120%, or even [-]% overfulfilled.

Secondly, Zhao Kuo also attacked Chu State by the way, which severely damaged the morale and national strength of Chu State, and directly occupied more than one-third of Chu State's land.

It seems that the state of Chu has not been destroyed, but the land area occupied by Zhao Kuo this time has actually surpassed the territory of the state of Qi, and the population obtained is only two or three million less than the population of the state of Qi.

Chu State originally had three most affluent areas, namely the Yingdu Yandu area, the Central Plains area, and the Jiangdong area where Kuaiji County is located.

Now the Yingdu and Yandu areas are occupied by Qin State, and the Central Plains area was ceded to Zhao State, leaving only the Jiangdong area.

In the current state of Chu, the national strength is only one-third of the previous most prosperous period, no more.

Qin State is also at least half abolished than when it was the strongest before.

And what about Zhao Guo?

Compared with the time of the Changping War, the population of Zhao State is more than five times larger, and the area is nearly seven times that of Zhao State at that time. The overall national strength is not known how much stronger.

One ebbs and another, the current state of Zhao is really strong, very strong.

Zhao Kuo said without exaggeration that in this world, no one can be stronger than Zhao Guo!With this happy mood, Zhao Kuo's army arrived in Handan.

This time, it was also greeted by hundreds of officials, and it was also empty by thousands of people, but what is different from before is that Zhao Kuo is no longer a courtier, but has become the master of this country!Feeling the cheers of the people, Zhao Kuo opened his arms with a smile.

At this moment, Zhao Kuo suddenly felt that his efforts to unify the world were really not in vain!The people of Zhao State are now living and working in peace and contentment.

The next thing Zhao Kuo has to do is to make the whole of China live and work in peace and contentment like the people in Handan in front of him, so that their descendants can proudly say: "I am a Chinese, I am proud, I am proud!"

King Zhao's car was still at the front, but King Zhao, who was supposed to appear on the car, was nowhere to be seen.

This is also a matter of no choice. Originally, King Zhao could come out as a puppet to greet him, but this King Zhao is unwilling to give up, and what kind of restoration is going on, so he can't be allowed to come out.

Otherwise, if the King of Zhao shouted in public: "People of the Zhao Kingdom, quickly follow the widow to kill Zhao Kuo, the traitor!"

Although no one would listen to King Zhao, the atmosphere would become very awkward, wouldn't it?

Zhao Kuo has already made up his mind. Before Zhao Wang deeply realizes his mistakes and becomes a puppet willingly, he must not be allowed to show his face.

Anyway, Zhao Kuo doesn't need King Zhao to be on the throne for too long.

Back in the ancestral temple, Zhao Kuo's new grand patriarch, Zhao Mo, Zhao Kuo's uncle, accompanied Zhao Kuo to return the ax and sacrificed to Zhao's ancestors.

Since Zhao Kuo's own ancestors came from Zhao Xiangzi Zhao Wuxie, many of the ancestors of Zhao Guo present were indeed Zhao Kuo's ancestors.

Zhao Kuo thought for a while, and said to Zhao Mo: "Uncle, we were originally a branch branch, but now we are the main branch. Some of the tablets here are no longer suitable for us to worship here."

The meaning of Zhao Kuo is also very obvious. Some people are my ancestors, and it is normal for me to sacrifice them, but some people are just my relatives, and my own ancestor tablets have not come in. Why sacrifice these guys?

Zhao Mo immediately understood when he heard this, and said, "Your Majesty, don't worry, the old man will arrange it now, go back and look at our genealogy, arrange for our ancestors' spiritual seats, and then invite some other spiritual seats out."

Zhao Mo is the half-brother of Zhao Kuo's father, Zhao She, who has always been taken care of by Zhao Kuo. It couldn't be more appropriate.

Zhao Kuo smiled slightly and said, "Then I will trouble Uncle."

Zhao Mo was panicked when he heard the words, and said: "Your Majesty is joking, it is my honor to be able to do something for you."

From Zhao Mo's point of view, although following Zhao Kuo has experienced many thrilling and frightening moments these years, even Zhao Mo was imprisoned several times, but because Zhao Kuo can become the winner every time, Zhao Mo's fate is naturally always bright and dark.

Seeing that Zhao Kuo was about to ascend to the throne, Zhao Mo was naturally determined and obedient.

Zhao Kuo smiled and walked out of the ancestral temple.