After a burst of noise from the people, they were suppressed by the palace guards. Faced with the shining steel swords, the people dared not speak out in anger.
The eunuch's order here was also unambiguous, and he immediately announced King Zhao's order to Zhao Kuo.
"King's order!" A cold and high-pitched voice immediately sounded in front of the Zhao Mansion.
Zhao Kuo immediately knelt down on one knee with the support of his guards to obey King Zhao's order, and the people behind him also knelt down.
"The king said: Daibei is in danger, and the Hu people may go south at any time. He ordered Zhao Kuo to set off to Daibei as soon as possible to take over the army of Daibei, and he must stop the Hu people from going south!" The eunuch's order repeated King Zhao's words expressionlessly. Order.
A simple statement that seemed reasonable and reasonable, but not all the people present were stupid. Even if someone raised doubts:
"What happened this year? The barbarians attacked more than a month earlier than in previous years!"
"That's right! And isn't Daibei's army strong enough to resist? Do you want the general to go?"
"My relatives are doing business in Daibei, but I have never heard of any barbarians going south!"
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Everyone was talking a lot, but they didn't dare to judge the purpose of King Zhao's order. It's just that others don't know it, but Mr. Pingyuan knows this very well. As the number one person in the court today, if there was a war in Daibei, how could he know nothing about it? But in recent days, let alone the war reports, I haven't even seen the memorials asking for military rations. How could Daibei become critical overnight?
What's more, the time is wrong. Autumn has just begun now, so the barbarians should be hoarding autumn grass. It will take at least a month before they are ready and can launch an attack. If we come at this time, regardless of victory or defeat, the harsh winter will cause heavy losses to the herdsmen who have not stocked up enough forage, so heavy that the Hu people cannot bear it.
When all impossible options are eliminated, the last thing left, no matter how difficult it is to accept, can only be the truth. The truth is: King Zhao lied. In order to allow Zhao Kuo to make his trip as soon as possible, he compiled the so-called news that the Hu people would go south in advance.
After Mr. Pingyuan came to this conclusion, his head exploded with a bang. Although the sun was still shining brightly, Mr. Pingyuan's eyes were filled with darkness, and he almost fainted on the spot.
King Zhao, King Zhao, how unwise you are!
How can a major military matter be such a child's play? ! Can news like "Hu people are heading south and the North is in danger" be fabricated at will? It was announced in such a public place. Once the news inevitably spreads, it would not be as simple as letting Zhao Kuo go north.
Military reinforcements, corvee expeditions, grain shipments, and even the military layout of Hanoi County and Shangdang County all needed major adjustments. It can be said that the entire Zhao Kingdom was going to war for King Zhao's words.
How could Zhao, who had just experienced the Changping War, withstand such a torment? Apart from anything else, the tens of thousands of troops who are taking turns to rest need to be reconvened, right? Can the armies still in Shangdang County and Hanoi County not be moved? What to do with the autumn harvest that has just begun? What to do about the morale of the people?
King Zhao's move was tantamount to kicking Zhao Guo down hard again after he finally managed to get out of the pit.
Of course, you are the king! You can leave everything as usual, as long as Zhao Kuo goes to Daibei. In this case, there are only two possibilities:
First, King Zhao, you want General Zhao Kuo to die. Even during the Battle of Changping, there were few soldiers in the country, and you asked Zhao Kuo to bring tens of thousands of young men to Shangdang. Now, no matter how you talk about the country, There were hundreds of thousands of troops, but they didn't attack a single soldier. Zhao Kuo was allowed to go alone. What else could it mean if he didn't let Zhao Kuo die?
Secondly, there was no such thing as "the barbarians went south and were in danger in the north" from the beginning. Such military and national affairs were trivial. How is this behavior any different from King You of Zhou who played with the princes by beacon fire?
Even if all of this is forgotten, what would Zhao Kuo think? Didn't you ask Zhao Kuo to go to Daibei in advance because you were afraid that envoys from other countries would come into contact with Zhao Kuo? But now Zhao Kuo is still injured, and it is difficult to even move. You are forcing him like this, and you want him to rush to Daibei even with his injuries. Isn't this adding fuel to the fire? Who can accept the change?
What's more, Zhao Kuo was afraid that you would misunderstand, so he hung a sign at the door saying "Closed Doors and Thank You", and several envoys didn't even let in. Zhao Kuo is like this, you
Don’t worry yet, you still want to be aggressive!
This can no longer be described as stupid!
You should learn from King Qin! Changping was defeated and Bai Qi died. What did King Qin do? He personally carried his coffin and ordered all the officials to kneel down to greet him. He also exempted Shangdang's army from all culpability and generously provided compensation. After this combination of punches, any Qin soldier would not have tears in his eyes and swear to wash away the shame with blood! Who doesn’t love King Qin like this! Can you not die?
If it were his own king, not to mention personally carrying the coffin, and not raising Bai Qi's ashes, even if it was good, the remaining hundreds of thousands of troops would want no compensation, and they would all be punished with hard labor!
It’s really annoying to compare people to each other! For such a meritorious general, even the envoys from Qin and Wei, who had suffered great losses at his hands, came to fawn over and persuade him. It was clear that he was poaching at the right time, and he had to take advantage of this opportunity. King Zhao, can’t you understand the operation that will kill you and kill you?
understood? ! Then why when you see someone trying to poach someone, you don't want to drive away the poacher and protect and strengthen your own wall, but you want to destroy it directly!
Hey, sometimes I really want to strangle our king to death! Forget it, change the king!
Who should I replace? Own? It doesn't seem appropriate. It's not safe to do it without military power...
Waves of despair came from the bottom of Mr. Pingyuan's heart, but in the end it could only be reduced to a long sigh.
Not to mention Lord Pingyuan was desperate, Zhao Kuo, who was kneeling on one knee, was also confused. I originally thought that King Zhao was a nasty visitor, but Zhao Kuo never thought that King Zhao would be such a nasty visitor!
Since you are no longer worried, why don't you close the net quickly? Even if you can't kill him immediately, you will still be imprisoned! Just slowly concoct your own crimes!
What's the matter with urging yourself to go to Daibei to take up a post? What's more, he found such a lame and extremely easy to falsify excuse. Are people in the world really blind or stupid?
Just when Zhao Kuo was speechless, the eunuch Ling in front of him lost his expression and said coldly: "Master Ma Fu, if you still don't accept the order, are you going to disobey the king's order again?!"
One sentence not only woke up Zhao Kuo, but also made Lord Pingyuan behind him furious.
Just when he was about to stand up and do something, a voice suddenly sounded next to him.
"The general has just been punished by the imperial staff, and his movement is inconvenient. How can he go to Daibei?!"
"That's right, that's right!"
"I, the State of Zhao, have no generals?! I rely on the general for everything, but the bird is gone and the bow is hidden. I only see the general fighting bloody battles, but there is no reward from the court!"
It turned out that not only Lord Pingyuan was angered by the eunuch's words, but so were the surrounding Handan people.
