Back to the Warring States Period as Zhao Kuo

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As if to reassure Le Jian and King Yan, Le Cheng added: "In fact, the old man already has some plans, you just have to wait."

The joy in Le Jian's eyes became more and more obvious, and he hurriedly said: "Of course this nephew understands, please rest assured, Uncle Zhong, Dayan and nephew will always support Uncle Zhong to defeat Wu Xinjun Zhao Kuo!"

Le Cheng and Le Jian looked at each other and suddenly laughed at the same time.

Wu Xinjun Zhao Kuo, who was far away on the Linzi battlefield, did not know at this moment that a brand new interest group that wanted to kill him had quietly been born.

Chapter 533 Zhao Kuo Doesn't Move Like a Mountain

Time passed day by day, and it was half a month in a flash.

During this period of time, Zhao Kuo was sitting in the camp of the Zhao army outside Linzi City, relying on the two channels of Zhao Guo's official and Nightingale's light and dark channels, continuously receiving information from all directions.

Li Mu led the [-] Zhao Army cavalry to attack the Jiaodong Peninsula of Qi State and achieved great success. In just half a month, he conquered ten large and small cities of Qi State and wiped out more than [-] Qi troops. Gold and silver wealth, grain, grass and military equipment are countless.

Although Qi State in this era has a lot of plains, there are not many cultivated lands, and the most are saline-alkali lands.

So when the country was founded, Jiang Taigong, the first monarch of Qi State, encouraged the people of Qi State to rely on the sea to eat the sea. Men either went fishing or dried sea salt, while women encouraged embroidery at home.

Under Jiang Taigong's wise policy, Qi State quickly opened up the trade market with seafood, sea salt, cloth, etc., obtained a lot of money from trade with many neighboring countries, and quickly became stronger.

Later, on this basis, Duke Huan of Qi, King Wei of Qi, Guan Zhong, Zou Ji and other wise kings and ministers of Qi State continued to advance with the times and formulated various policies to encourage business, making Qi State the most commercially developed country among the Chinese princes. One of the countries with the largest trade volume.

More than 30 years ago, Le Yi led the Allied Forces of the Five Nations to invade Qi State, which brought a catastrophe to Qi State, and a large amount of Qi State's wealth was plundered.

After more than 30 years, the people of Qi finally got over their nerves and accumulated a lot of wealth again. Then Wu Xinjun Zhao Kuo came again with Li Mu and other subordinates.

The wealth accumulated by the people of Qi for more than 30 years fell into the hands of Li Mu, that is, Zhao Kuo, so easily.

More than 3000 pieces of jade, tens of thousands of gold pieces, tens of thousands of sets of weapons and armor, hundreds of thousands of pieces of cloth, millions of stone weapons, and hundreds of millions of money. The numbers recorded in the list sent by Li Mu are just Even Zhao Kuo, who is already one of the top three richest people in the world, couldn't help but gasp when he saw it.

Don't look at Zhao Kuo's ability to make money, but there is really no way to compare with Qi, a country that has been in power for hundreds of years. This is the background.

Fortunately, this background belongs to Zhao Kuo now!Zhao Kuo smiled slightly, and threw the list to Xu Li calmly: "Uncle Xu, please make arrangements, take part of it for our people, and hand over the rest to the Great Zhao State Treasury."

This is Zhao Guo's spoils of war, and Zhao Kuo naturally cannot take it all by himself.

Money is just a number to Zhao Kuo now, and there is no need to be greedy for these things.

But Zhao Kuo doesn't love money, some people love money.

Using the money belonging to the Qi State to buy the hearts of the State of Zhao is simply worthless for Zhao Kuo, so why not do it?

As for the queen mother, it doesn't matter even if someone reports it.

Which general didn't reward his subordinates with a lot of spoils during the war?

From King Wu of Zhou to Duke Huan of Qi, from Bai to Wang Jian, they all did this. Can the Queen Mother still dare to blame Zhao Kuo for this?

This will make the Queen Mother lose the support of the army directly!After Xu Li responded to Zhao Kuo's order, he said, "By the way, my lord, there is one more thing.

I just received a notice from Handan, saying that the Empress Dowager has agreed to negotiate peace with the Yan State at the request of Yan State's envoy, Chang Guojun Lejian. "

Zhao Kuo raised his eyebrows unsurprisingly, and said, "What conditions?"

Xu Li said: "Yan State will cede five cities to Da Zhao, but not including Wuyang City; Yan State will also compensate Da Zhao with a considerable sum of money and property; The ginseng sales agreement will no longer sell ginseng from Yan State to other countries including Qi State."

Zhao Kuo tapped the table with his fingers, and said, "This condition is actually very ordinary. Could it be that Le Cheng has played tricks in it?"

In Zhao Kuo's view, since the Yan State had already been crippled by himself, the cession of the mere five cities was simply too cheap for the people of the Yan State.

If Zhao Kuo were to preside over the peace talks, Yan would have to cede at least [-] cities to start.

Xu Li said: "Your Majesty is really predictable, judging from the feedback from our people in Handan City, Xinjun Lin Xiangru and Da Sima Lecheng played a big role in it.

Le Cheng has even been revoked by the queen mother of all previous punishments because of his meritorious service in negotiating peace. "

The sound of Zhao Kuo's finger tapping on the table increased significantly, which was a sign of his unhappiness.

The results of the bloody battles that this Marquis and many great Zhao soldiers fought on the battlefield are actually sold by these bastards casually as political achievements?

After a while, Zhao Kuo said: "Then the rumors made by Le Cheng before, has anyone spread them recently?"

Xu Li said: "It's gone."

Zhao Kuo was silent for a few seconds, then suddenly said: "Then mobilize our people and let those rumors spread in Handan again."

"what?"

Xu Li was obviously stunned, and it took several seconds before he said: "But aren't those rumors all about you, my lord?"

Zhao Kuo smiled slightly and said, "That's right.

The current Le Cheng must be very proud, so Ben Hou doesn't mind making him more proud and letting him fly higher. "

If you don’t fly higher, why will it be heavy when you fall, and why will it hurt when you hit your face?

Only then did Xu Li suddenly realize, and he cupped his hands and said, "My lord, I'll arrange it now!"

So soon, another rumor that was the same as before slowly spread in Handan of Zhao State.

After hearing the rumors, Le Cheng was a little puzzled: "The old man didn't ask others to do such a thing, did he?"

So Le Cheng asked his allies Lin Xiangru and Zhou Shaofen, who also said that it had nothing to do with me.

When Le Cheng was speechless, Zhou Shaofen suddenly raised a possibility: "You said, could this rumor be spread by Lord Pingyuan and Lord Pingyang?"

Le Cheng was taken aback, and said in disbelief: "This is impossible, isn't the relationship between Lord Pingyuan and Lord Wu Xin well known?"

Lin Xiangru changed his expression, stroked his white beard and said: "Zhou Qing's words are correct, there is really such a possibility.

Didn’t Lord Pingyuan support Da Sima before the Battle of Luoshui to seize the position of Lord Wu Xin?

Wu Xinjun's loyal ally Pang Nuan and Pang Qing quarreled with Mr. Yuan at the gate of the main hall because of this incident. We also witnessed this incident with our own eyes.

Mr. Pingyuan and Mr. Pingyang, I have worked with them for many years, so I know their tempers well.

They are the younger brothers of Prince Hui, and they have always been proud and arrogant, and they are not willing to put the old man and Wu Xinjun in the eyes of people from common background. Although Wu Xinjun is very happy when he cooperates with them, as long as he finds Wu Xin Jun has signs of leaving them, and they are proud that they will definitely start to suppress Wu Xinjun.

Isn't spreading such rumors the best way to attack Wu Xinjun? "

Le Cheng suddenly realized, slapped his thigh, and said with a smile: "It turns out that even Zhao Kuo's allies abandoned him, well, that's great!"

Chapter 534

Four months have passed since the siege of Zhao Kuo.

During these four months, Linzi can be said to be peaceful.

Zhao Kuo tried to siege the city for a few days at the beginning, but it was obviously impossible to succeed in the initial siege, so after suffering some losses, Zhao Kuo "naturally" switched to another one. Long-term siege is the most common method in the cold weapon era.

Linzi is calm, but the land of Qi is full of wars.

Li Mu led [-] cavalrymen of Zhao State, relying on the advantage of coming and going without a trace, they roamed around the border of Qi State, as if entering a land without people.

Since Linzi City, the command center of the entire Qi State, was completely unable to communicate with the outside world, there was no way for the many cities of the Qi State to combine together to fight against Li Mu.

There were also a few cities that tried to join forces to fight against Li Mu, but the soldiers and horses of these cities encountered Li Mu's [-] cavalry when they walked halfway, and the end was naturally defeated by Li Mu.

As a result, the cities within the Qi State, which were already extremely empty, could only choose the most conservative way, which was to close their cities and leave.

But this is not enough to stop Li Mu. This general of the State of Zhao used various methods, such as surprise attacks, alienation, instigation, or bribery. In four months, he conquered a total of 28 cities in the State of Qi, making the world Shake again.

The name Li Mu has also begun to be known by more and more people besides Zhao Guo.

King Qi is very clear about these situations.

In the palace city of Linzi, King Qi's roar was echoing.

"Great Sima of Kuangliang, now that damned subordinate Li Mu of Lord Wuxin Zhao Kuo is looting the city, people and wealth of the widow, don't you have nothing to do?"

King Qi waved a battle report that had just been freshly sent into the palace city, with a look of anger on his face.

It is very interesting to say that Zhao Kuo sent this battle report to King Qi by means of archery. The purpose is also very simple to hit the morale of King Qi and the soldiers and civilians of Qi State.

Whenever a city is conquered, Zhao Kuo will write a very detailed battle report, which clearly records how many Qi troops Zhao Jun killed, how many people were captured, and how much Qi’s supplies, money, and weapons were obtained. , and then stamp a seal with the seal of the city guard on it as proof of token.

This is the clear mentality of getting the king of Qi.

One or two cities is nothing, and ten or eight cities is not unbearable, but the total of 28 cities in the past four months still makes King Qi's mentality inevitably go to the brink of collapse, and there is today's roar .

Facing King Qi's roar, Kuang Liang also looked helpless, saying: "Your Majesty, I also want to defeat Lord Wu Xin, but I really have no choice.

Now that there is a shortage of armaments in the city, food is also insufficient, the morale of the army is fluctuating, and various rumors are secretly born, I have really tried my best. "

Qi State implements the system of five capitals, which are equivalent to five military regions, which are located in the west, south, and north directions of Qi State.

Armaments and supplies have always been stored in the five capitals nearby. As the head of the five capitals, Linzi had exhausted all kinds of supplies as early as the Battle of Luoshui, and after several months of siege the city was in short supply .

There are indeed a large number of military supplies in the other four capitals, but either they cannot be transported to Linzi at all, or they simply fall into the hands of Li Mu sent by Zhao Kuo. In short, they have nothing to do with the Linzi defenders.

With a bang, King Qi slammed his fist on the table and said word by word: "Could it be that you let the widow just watch Zhao Kuo doing whatever he wants in the widow's land?

Didn't Tian Dan use the fire cow array before, you can try it too! "

Kuang Liang hesitated for a moment, but couldn't help but said: "My lord, all the cattle in the city have been eaten up two months ago."

King Qi was furious: "Why don't you report this kind of thing to the widow?"

Kuang Liang said: "The minister has already reported to the king."

King Qi: "" King Qi suddenly remembered that two months ago Kuangliang did report the problem of insufficient military rations, and also reported some people's request to slaughter cattle and sheep in the city to supply military rations, and King Qi did approve it.

King Qi coughed heavily and said angrily, "Then why did Tian Dan have hundreds of cows back then?

One must know that Le Yi has surrounded Jimo City for several years! "

Kuang Liang had no choice but to say, "Your Majesty, Mr. Wu Xin is not Le Yi."

According to historical records, Le Yi besieged Jimo at that time, and it was actually possible to capture it, but at the last moment, Le Yi chose to relax the encirclement and did not continue to attack the city.

Why?

Because before Le Yi, King Xuan of Qi once sent Kuang Liang's father Kuang Zhang to take advantage of the "Zi Rebellion" to attack the State of Yan and directly annexed the State of Yan.

Qi State’s blatant annexation of Yan State caused the people of Yan State to desperately resist, and directly attracted strong opposition from the other five countries. The five countries formed a coalition force to attack Qi State, forcing King Xuan of Qi to let Kuang Zhang lead the Qi army to retreat from Yan State .

Le Yi learned the lesson from King Xuan of Qi and left the isolated city of Jimo to Qi State. In this way, no one can say that Yan State annexed Qi State, and Yan State could slowly digest most of the Qi State that had already been occupied. country land.

On the other hand, the presence of Jimo also made those Qi people who wanted to resist the rule of the Yan State rush to join them, which virtually reduced the rebellion in the land occupied by the Yan State.

So Le Yi chose to relax the encirclement, and even allowed Jimo soldiers and civilians to go out of the city to farm.

If it continues like this for ten or eight years, until Yan State completely establishes order in the occupied land, Qi State, with only the isolated city of Jimo left, will really be finished.

In the end, when Qi State was about to be wiped out by Le Yi, the newly appointed King Yan Hui, who ushered in the dawn, dismissed Le Yi from his official position and made Qi Jie the general of the Yan Army.

Then, there was the story of Tian Dan's fire bull formation defeating the Yan army and taking advantage of the situation to recover the entire territory of Qi.

But the situation in Linzi now is completely different from what it was more than 30 years ago.

The current Zhao Guowu Xinjun Zhao Kuo led the Zhao and Han coalition forces to surround Linzi City so tightly that even a bird could not fly out.

Do you still want to plow the fields and have cattle?

I just want to fart.

Moreover, apart from Linzi, there are still many territories in Qi State that are not occupied by Zhao State. Zhao Kuo can break Linzi without any psychological burden. Anyway, breaking Linzi does not mean the demise of Qi State.

Therefore, Le Yi and Zhao Kuo are two completely different opponents, and these two wars cannot be compared at all.

Kuang Liang actually didn't want to say these things, because saying these things made people feel very hopeless.

But King Qi was already so angry that Kuang Liang had no choice but to tell the whole story.

After listening to Kuang Liang's words, King Qi really felt as if he had been hit hard, and he was instantly dumbfounded.

After a long time, King Qi said in a daze, "Then Linzi is hopeless?"

No one answered King Qi's question, even though everyone in the hall knew it well.

The sun had already set, and the earth was plunged into darkness. A few crows landed on the cornices of the main hall, screaming.

That's really unlucky.

Chapter 535 Zhao Kuo Wants to Be the Second Le Yi

Handan, the palace city of Zhao State.

As usual, the young King Zhao was having lunch with the Queen Mother.

Although there were delicacies from mountains and seas that ordinary people would never eat once in a lifetime, the Empress Dowager obviously had no appetite today. After picking up a few chopsticks, she stopped and started to ask questions.