Obviously, Zhao Kuo's answer was actually half truth and half false.
It's true, Zhao Kuo is indeed afraid of fighting Bai Qi again.
Because Zhao Kuo only took advantage of the time-travelers, he had a thorough look at Bai Qi's deployment. If it were a different battlefield, Zhao Kuo would not be so amazing at all, and his plans would not be so precise at all. At best, he would be okay. He's just a general, even worse than Lian Po.
The lie is that Zhao Kuo's losses were not as huge as Bai Qi and others seemed.
Even Zhao Kuo himself is more willing to be hidden for a while, and even Zhao Kuo has planned where to go. This period of being hidden is the best time for Zhao Kuo to re-examine himself and continue to improve to become a truly outstanding general. opportunity.
But obviously, Bai Qi believed it.
To be honest, Bai Qi was very pleased to have such respect from his opponent.
Logically speaking, by this time, all the doubts have been solved. Bai Qi already knows what should be known and what should not be known. He is full of wine and meat, and it is time to drink the last glass of wine and say to the world Bye now.
However, Bai Qi did not do this because he had one last thing, a very important thing!
"Hi..." Bai Qi sighed softly, looked at Zhao Kuo slowly, and said, "After today, there will no longer be Qin's Wu Anjun in the world, but what about Zhao's Ma Fujun? What scene will it be? ,Kuo, have you ever thought about it?"
"The pretentious edicts and edicts to deceive the State of Wei first harmed the country's credibility; they also disrespected the king's orders and exchanged land for land; and finally, they used Yang to force you, the general of the Qin State, to kill you, which suddenly deepened the grudges between Zhao and Qin. "Zhao Kuo counted what he had done in detail, and shook his head as he spoke.
"Fortunately, the Shangdang battle was finally won no matter what. Killing me probably won't happen, and all that's left is to go to jail and face charges. Due to the turbulent public opinion and the pressure from the army, it may be difficult to hold him accountable. The best way is to be demoted out of Handan and out of sight. Of course, you can’t come back from Shangdang. Daibei might be a good place." Zhao Kuo concluded calmly, as if the person who was demoted was an irrelevant person. generally.
"If this is really the case, King Zhao is too narrow-minded." Bai Qi frowned, not surprised by this result. After all, the king who can stop the Shangdang war can be very wise. Obviously, Bai Qi's words were provocative.
However, Zhao Kuo didn't say anything when he heard this, he just shrugged helplessly. Perhaps from the beginning, when Jiao Zhao went to Wei to ask for help, Zhao Kuo had already thought that he would eventually end up like this.
"If so." Bai Qi looked at Zhao Kuo, whose expression remained unchanged, and finally said what was in his heart: "If Zhao Kuo cannot tolerate generals in the future, why not come to our great Qin."
Immediately afterwards, as if he was afraid that Zhao Kuo would misunderstand that he wanted to save his life, Bai Qi then explained: "I have left a message to my king, each of you is his own master in this battle. You are a general of Zhao and fighting for Zhao. This is I will do my best. With the wisdom of my king, I will not be angry with you because of the results of this battle. I will also entrust the entire army of the country to trust you and take it seriously."
"With the tigers and wolves of our Great Qin, matched with the generals and talents, everything will be disadvantageous! By then, when we leave Han Valley and head east, no princes will dare to compete with them, and the unification will be achieved." As he said that, Bai Bai Qi Qi actually became a little excited, as if the person who led the Qin army to attack the city was not Zhao Kuo, but himself.
Who doesn’t have a unified dream?
It's a pity that Bai Qi is destined to be disappointed.
With the wisdom of King Qin, if you tell others this, you may still believe it. Talk to Zhao Kuo from the 21st century? That's not a joke? !
Zhao Kuo wanted to tell Brother Bai Qi: Historically, after you won the Battle of Changping and laid the foundation for the unification of Qin, if you changed hands, the King of Qin would let you commit suicide. This is still wise, and you still believe in it, but I think it is worse than King Zhao. At least King Zhao did not dare to kill himself due to various pressures.
Well, I probably wouldn’t dare!
Of course, you can’t tell this to Brother Bai Qi directly! You can’t say you can predict the future, right? What's more, this is not the future in this time and space.
Fortunately, few of the kings of Qin were good.
Zhao Kuo shook his head with disdain
He said: "There is Shang Yang in front and Zhang Yi in the back. Which one does not use his time and power to rule the country and throw it away like a pair of worn-out clogs when not using it? Shang Yang's chariot breaks up and Zhang Yi walks away. Birds use all their good bows to hide, cunning rabbits die and are cooked by lackeys. Which one is better? What’s the end?”
One sentence made him blush for a while. To be honest, the State of Qin has been pretty good to its heroes, otherwise it would not have been attracting talented people from the six countries to seek refuge, let alone the so-called "Expulsion Order" and Li Si's "Expulsion Order".
It's just that the examples Zhao Kuo cited were a bit too extreme. Shang Yang really suppressed the old clan so miserably that even people like Gongzi Qian who devoted themselves to Qin were offended. If he didn't die, who would die?
As for Zhang Yi, although he left Xianyang and no one knew where he went, he still returned home with a full load and was finally a rich man. But when Zhao Kuo arrived, he felt infinitely lonely after traveling far away from home.
But unfortunately, what he said was true. Bai Qi couldn't refute it yet. Isn't it annoying?
Naturally, Bai Qi would not argue with Zhao Kuo about whether all those who entered Qin would have a good end. He knew that this argument was meaningless. What he wanted to do was not to argue for the sake of Qin, but to let Zhao Kuo put aside his grudges. , see the light.
"Although Shang Yang is dead, Shang Fa still exists; although Zhang Yi has gone, Lian Heng has not left. With the ability of a general, he will lead the army of the Qin Dynasty to end this troubled world, and make unparalleled achievements. His fame will last forever, so what if he is buried in a corpse? ?!" Bai Qi said quite ambitiously.
"Liu Fang is not my intention, I just want the people to be peaceful!" Zhao Kuo shook his head and said calmly: "If I just want credit and the so-called reputation, why should I take the risk myself, join the king's network, and put myself in danger? Among them, it is better to hide in the Daliang Mountain with the army and wait for the opportunity."
"What's more, if you have some meritorious deeds and good reputation, why would you disobey my king's order, forcibly change the land with Hanoi, and be trapped here?" Zhao Kuo continued: "The so-called, it is just to make the people of Zhao country a little better. Well, the people of Shangdang will just shed less blood."
After hearing this, Bai Qi also sighed in his heart: Zhao Kuo is a true gentleman.
Of course, Zhao Kuo's words came from the bottom of his heart. As a time traveler, even if he was forced by the situation and had no choice but to go to the Changping battlefield, he was not totally without lazy ways to survive.
The simplest way is to lead Lian Po to attack the fortress, and after the failure, withdraw to the defense line of the Baili Stone Great Wall, and then return to Handan to plead guilty. He may be criticized, but he will never go too far. Even if he is shocked, he will secretly do so. Get some compensation.
But Zhao Kuo chose the most difficult and dangerous path.
