"What should we do now? If Zhao Kuo really rebels, how can Handan be able to block an army of 300,000 people." King Zhao said in panic.
"Your Majesty, Zhao Kuo's family is still in Handan." Lou Chang reminded.
"Yes, yes, Zhao Kuo's family is still there. Immediately send people to arrest Zhao Kuo's family. Don't let any of them escape." King Zhao said quickly.
"Your Majesty, why don't you leave this matter to your subordinates?" Lou Chang said.
"Then it's all thanks to Lou Qing. Fortunately, there is Lou Qing, otherwise we wouldn't know what to do." King Zhao looked happy.
"The king's words are serious, these are what subordinates should do." Lou Chang leaned over and said, and then immediately led his soldiers outside the palace.
After a while, Lou Chang rushed in from the outside in a panic, "Your Majesty, it's not good, Zhao Kuo's family members are all missing."
"Missing?" King Zhao simply couldn't imagine it.
How could such a big living person go missing!
"Your Majesty, it seems that Zhao Kuo has rebelled a long time ago, otherwise his family would never disappear at this time!" Jian Xinjun said.
"What should we do now?" King Zhao looked at Lou Chang.
Lou Chang pondered for a long time and then offered his advice: "The king can secretly order Lian Po to capture and kill Zhao Kuo, and then lead the army back to Handan."
"Okay, Ai Qing, this is a good idea. I will give Lian Po an order now." As if grasping a life-saving straw, King Zhao quickly wrote the secret order and handed it to the eunuch next to him.
The eunuch received the secret order and walked outside.
"stop."
At this time, Pingyuan Lord Zhao Sheng walked in from outside with a gloomy face.
"I heard that your Majesty just ordered troops to surround your palace and conquer it?"
"Not bad." King Zhao said.
"Are you still planning to let Lian Po capture and kill Zhao Kuo?"
"Yes." King Zhao nodded.
"Why?"
"Jun Pingyuan, Zhao Kuo wants to rebel." Lou Chang stepped forward.
"Want to rebel? Haha, I have only heard of the crime of rebellion, never heard of the crime of wanting to rebel? What kind of crime is this?" Zhao Sheng walked up to Lou Chang, his tall body almost completely covering him .
A terrifying aura emanated from Zhao Sheng's body, and his mental power was concentrated to the extreme. There seemed to be lightning flashing between his eyes, and Lou Chang felt the breath of death from it.
"You...you will die if you do this..." Lou Chang quickly took a few steps back and said tremblingly.
"Death? It's better than losing the country." Zhao Sheng sneered.
"Uncle Wang, does he think that I am the king of subjugation?" King Zhao asked in a deep voice.
"May I ask if your Majesty knows Zhao Kuo's identity?" Zhao Sheng said.
"Queen Mother died before telling me." King Zhao said with a solemn face.
"That's why you let him go to the front line to die? Ma Fujun has put aside the grudges of the past and didn't even tell Zhao Kuo. Why can't you mother and son let it go?"
Zhao Sheng walked up to King Zhao and stared at King Zhao with his sharp eyes.
"I..." King Zhao turned his head and was speechless.
"Who is Zhao Kuo? Mr. Ma Fu? King Zhao? Are the rumors from more than thirty years ago true?" Lou Chang's eyes widened and he wanted to leave here immediately.
"If your Majesty does not want the Sand Dune Palace Incident to happen again in the Kingdom of Zhao, please withdraw your order immediately." Zhao Sheng leaned over and said.
"Uncle Wang is going to side with Zhao Kuo?" King Zhao asked in a deep voice.
"I won't help him." Zhao Sheng shook his head, and King Zhao's expression softened. Then, Zhao Sheng said again: "I won't help you either. I just hope that there will be no more turmoil in Zhao country."
"Uncle Wang, there's no need to say any more. I can't look back." King Zhao waved his sleeves: "I'm tired, Uncle Wang, please come back."
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The coalition's attack went very smoothly, and they reached the river in just two days. Except for the defenders of Anmen and Puban who were still holding on, other cities surrendered one after another.
Then Zhao Jun arrived. Three days later, with the help of Zhao Jun, the coalition forces finally captured Anmen and Puban.
Since then, all the land east of the river and south of Fenshui has been captured by the coalition forces.
The four kingdoms of Han, Zhao, Wei and Qin launched a large-scale tug-of-war over a hundred miles from Fenshui to Puban.
Bai Qi, the commander-in-chief of the Qin army, and the main generals were Wang Lu, Sima Geng, Wang Jian, Wang Ling, Huanjue, Zhang Tang, and Xin Wu, with an army of 350,000.
The coalition commander Zhao Kuo and the main generals were Lian Po, Le Yi, Tian Dan, Wei Wuji, Bao Yuan, Jin Bi, Li Mu, Meng Ao, Yan Ju, Jia Yan, Feng Ting, and Jin Ao. After excluding the garrison from various places, there were a total of 500,000 troops.
The Qin army spread beacon towers throughout Hexi, built countless fortresses, and established three defense lines.
The coalition forces launched many attacks, but were blocked by the Qin army.
The Qin army did not blindly defend, but constantly looked for counterattack opportunities during the defense. Bai Qi even personally led an army to attack the coalition camp at night, causing thousands of casualties and then left in style.
Zhao Jun camp.
Zhao Kuo, Lian Po, Le Yi, and Tian Dan gathered in a circle, with a big cauldron in front of them. There was no chili pepper, so they had to put more ginger. Zhao Kuo found wild peppercorns in Hedong, and it finally tasted a little better.
"This Bai Qi is not easy to fight. Three attacks have not been successful. Do you have any good ideas?" Zhao Kuo raised his glass and said.
"The Qin army was too vigilant. Even General Baoyuan used his natural skills to sneak attack on the Qin army's camp, but Bai Qi caught him. If I hadn't asked Zhao Fei to respond in time, Baoyuan might have died there." Tian Shan said.
The innate skill of Baoyuan is to make the enemy ignore itself. The fewer people it covers, the better the effect. The effect is even better when combined with the Xu Lin Formation.
Seeing that he could not attack for a long time, Bao Yuan volunteered to lead an army to sneak attack Bai Qi, but he happened to be caught by Bai Qi. Almost all the 20,000 troops were wiped out, and Bao Yuan was also severely damaged.
"Qin's army is 350,000, and our three Jins have a total army of 500,000. If we attack by force, even if we can defeat them, we will probably suffer heavy losses." Lian Po said.
"If we have no choice but to attack by force in the end." Zhao Kuo said in a deep voice, "But that is the last choice."
"It would be great if the Chu army could break the situation." Le Yi said.
"Hahaha, if you don't tell me, I forgot that the four kingdoms of Zhao, Wei, Han and Chu were united." Lian Po said with a smile.
It is true that the Chu army has no sense of existence, and not even a message has been sent.
"Commander, urgent report from Nanjun." At this time, Liu Ping walked in with the battle report in hand.
"Nian." Zhao Kuo said.
"I just talked about the Chu army, and there is news. Let's see what's going on." Lian Po was a little excited.
"Qin generals Sima Cuo and Wei Ran burned the Chu camp, defeated 300,000 Chu troops, and then... pursued them for 300 miles, causing numerous casualties to the Chu army. Sima Cuo and Wei Ran led 50,000 troops northward..."
"How is this possible! Are all the Chu troops pigs? Three hundred thousand people cannot even defeat the fifty thousand Qin troops." Lian Po cursed.
"When did it happen?" Tian Dan asked.
"Five days ago." Liu Ping said.
"Aren't Sima Cuo and Wei Ran dead? Why are they in Nanjun?" Zhao Kuo said doubtfully.
He remembered that Sima Cuo and Wei Ran were already dead at this time in history.
"Sima Cuo and Wei Ran are both extraordinary warriors. They can live to at least 120 years old, and the long-lived ones can even live to 150 years old. How could they die so young? Where did Ma Fuzi get it? News of their death?" Lian Po said strangely.
Sima Cuo is only eighty or ninety years old now, and Wei Ran is only seventy years old, and still has several decades to live.
"One hundred and twenty years old? Won't you get sick?" Zhao Kuo suddenly thought of something and his expression changed.
"How can a warrior in the extraordinary realm get sick if he is immune to cold and heat?" Lian Po said.
"Then how did my father die?" Zhao Kuo asked in a deep voice, a terrifying chill emanating from his body, his face extremely gloomy.
