King Zhao's face darkened slightly, and then he said: "Mr. Pingyang."
"Yes." Pingyang Lord Zhao Bao immediately replied.
"Hold my tiger talisman. If Zhao Kuo does not accept the king's order, he will be relieved of his post as general and you will replace him. Return to Handan." King Zhao took out an object like a copper piece from his arms and handed it to Lord Pingyang. Look carefully, what is it if it is not a tiger talisman?
"Take your orders!" Pingyang Jun replied with a surprised look on his face.
"How can this be so!" Mr. Pingyuan on the side saw the situation reversal in the lightning flash, and couldn't help but exclaimed - replacing the general with a person who has no understanding at all, isn't this pushing Zhao Guo into a pit of fire!
Hearing Lord Pingyuan's voice of surprise, King Zhao didn't take it seriously. He just said lightly: "Has Zhao Kuo not done enough to disobey orders and make his own decisions?!" Lord Pingyuan was speechless for a moment after hearing this. Indeed, Zhao Kuo did indeed do a lot of things on his own initiative during the Battle of Changping, and he also resisted a little at the last moment, but all of this was for Zhao Guo!
What's more, just because of this incident, you confiscated Changping's great achievements and gave him a royal staff. Zhao Kuo even went to Daijun to temporarily avoid the sharp edge. You have also punished Zhao Kuo. Kuo admits it, but why can’t he get over this hurdle?
Mr. Pingyuan was a little angry for a moment. Even if he couldn't get over this hurdle, he couldn't use people like this!
Others don't know what kind of character Pingyang Jun is. King Zhao, as your nephew, will not know it. Not to mention defeating more with less, Zhao Bao may not be able to defeat the Yan army even with the same strength, so he will give up the army. Isn't it child's play to hand over the reinforcements mobilized at the expense of the Bendai County to a man who has never led an army?
"My king, I am willing to go with the army." Lord Pingyuan knew that King Zhao had made up his mind, and the thorn in his heart decided that no matter how much he tried to persuade him, it would be useless. The only way might be to go and mediate in person.
Now it seems that Daijun will give up no matter how reluctant he is, and it is already good if he can even keep Handan. Mr. Pingyuan was a little confused. Why did Zhao become so weak all of a sudden?
Just a sneak attack by Yan State that is not a sneak attack, will Zhao State pay such a heavy price?
You know, the Yan State is already the weakest among the seven countries. Although it is restricted by the Qin army, under the current situation, the situation of Qin and Zhao's struggle for hegemony has become clear, and the constraints of the Qin State are almost all the time. It won't stop.
Today, Yan State's backstab caused Zhao State to lose nearly a quarter of its territory and national strength, and even the basic national policy of Ping Hu was disrupted. What if the neighboring countries of Han and Wei also come to backstab it in the future?
How many quarters does Zhao have left to give up? ! In the future, will the Qin army be facing east? How should I, the State of Zhao, respond?
! Is the problem this time really just a matter of a small backstab from Yan State? Perhaps the internal strife within the Zhao State and the distrust between the monarch and his ministers were the culprits!
And all of this... Mr. Pingyuan looked at King Zhao who was sitting at the top with some sincerity and a bit lowly, quietly waiting for his answer.
Unfortunately, King Zhao's answer did not satisfy Mr. Pingyuan. Instead, he felt even more chilled.
"Mr. Pingyuan, you are worrying too much." King Zhao looked calm and then continued: "I believe that the general will make the most correct choice, even if it is for Handan and the country of Zhao, right?!" After hearing this, King Zhao Not to mention Mr. Pingyang, even Mr. Pingyang who was having fun just now was also stunned.
Then Pingyang Jun felt a burst of bitterness in his heart - it turned out that he could never really take over the military power from the beginning to the end.
It's just that being a knife is good, but it's better than not being able to be a knife at all. With the king's trust, who says we won't have the opportunity to fight on the battlefield and make achievements in the future!
Thinking of this, Lord Pingyang held Hu Fu's hand tighter. The subtle changes that occurred in Lord Pingyang's heart were naturally reflected in his every move, and were naturally seen by King Zhao.
King Zhao said: It's not bad. If there is a chance, you might as well let him try it. After all, I have followed Zhao Kuo several times, so I should have learned something.
What's the point of trying. Lord Pingyang's heart was spinning a hundred times over here, but Lord Pingyuan's heart was like falling into an abyss.
Even Pingyang Jun could understand the meaning, and Pingyuan Jun naturally translated it in his mind immediately, but he would rather he had never heard it.
The words "a gentleman can be bullied" almost instantly hit Pingyuan Jun's mind. This is not asking Pingyang Jun to replace Zhao Kuo. This is clearly to force Zhao Kuo to submit with the lives of 50,000 troops and hundreds of thousands of people in Handan City!
King Zhao knew that Lord Pingyang would not lead troops, and Zhao Kuo naturally knew that. The more he knew, the less likely he would let such a thing happen. The only way to prevent this from happening was to follow the king's order and lead the army back to Handan to aid.
The soldiers of Daijun were not the Shangdang group of soldiers who had experienced life and death with Zhao Kuo. Between Lord Pingyang who was holding the royal tiger talisman and the general who was disobedient, they were most likely to turn to Lord Pingyang instead of the general. General Zhao Kuo.
Even if there was only a small part, Zhao Kuo could only obey his order in order to prevent the Daijun army from splitting. This is a naked conspiracy, but it is a conspiracy in the wrong place!
Mr. Pingyuan looked at King Zhao in front of him and felt a wave of strangeness. Is this still the King Zhao who emptied the treasury and insisted on fighting Qin Guogang to the end?
Is this still the same King Zhao who wanted to replace Zhao Kuo in a desperate fight against all odds? With deep disappointment and sigh, Mr. Pingyuan raised his arms high, clasped his fists and said: "My king is wise, and no humble minister can match him." That's right, Mr. Pingyuan compromised!
Even before compromising, he deeply flattered King Zhao. It's just a temporary compromise for the sake of a long future. Silence may be Mr. Pingyuan's best choice.
Because Lord Pingyuan is very aware of the current situation, Lin Shangqing is now ill and spends more time sleeping than awake. Zhao Kuo, Lin Xiangru and other generals are out of town.
It can be said that in Handan City and the center of Zhao State, he is now supporting it alone. He cannot fall, not only for himself, but also for the State of Zhao. Once he falls, the court will be completely reduced to the court of Lou Chang and other sycophants, and then the Zhao State may not be far away from being destroyed.
The prerequisite for not falling down is that he cannot completely offend King Zhao. Especially when facing such a situation that is irreversible, obeying King Zhao may be the only way.
But what happens after this is the only way? Mr. Pingyuan knows very well that a compromise will never result in mutual understanding, but will only result in a step-by-step retreat. This is a cruel political struggle.
But, even so, Mr. Pingyuan could only endure it. Tolerate... Listening to Mr. Pingyuan's words, King Zhao was obviously very satisfied and even stroked his beard, which was not long.
"In this case, Lord Pingyuan still needs to take responsibility for the defense of Handan City. The recruitment of troops must also be started immediately." King Zhao then gave him half a sweet date.
"Wei Chen accepts the order." Lord Pingyuan replied immediately. Mr. Pingyuan knew very well that this was nothing more than the so-called balancing technique of King Zhao, but if the city defense was not given to him, who could it be given to?
Lou Chang? But even though Lord Pingyuan knew that this was a slightly helpless balance for King Zhao, he still happily accepted it. Without him, Zhao State needed him to take over this arduous task, and if he had to recruit one more soldier and build one more bow and arrow, perhaps Zhao Kuo's chance of winning is just one point better.
As a result, a small-scale court meeting came to an end with all parties satisfied. Lord Pingyuan and Lord Pingyang immediately became busy.
In fact, whether it is King Zhao, Lou Chang or Ping Pingjun, they all obviously have some
"Worrying too much". For Zhao Kuo today, there is no possibility of disobeying the king's order. Zhao Kuo even wanted to express his gratitude to Lou Chang for his suggestion - to assign him to lead the county army to return reinforcements instead of asking Tian Dan to lead the soldiers of Hanoi County to return reinforcements.
Otherwise, his farming affairs in Hanoi will be greatly affected. Of course, because of Xu Li's farming, nearly half of the troops in Hanoi County were actually in the hands of Xu Li, and the other soldiers were obviously more willing to listen to his words as a general.
Therefore, even if King Zhao wanted to mobilize Tiandan's troops to return reinforcements, it would be almost impossible in a short time. The current situation is obviously the result that Zhao Kuo wants to see most.
If Zhao Kuo had issued the order to return reinforcements, he might have been displeased by the generals, but if there was King Zhao's order in front of him, especially if Lord Pingyang brought the tiger talisman to force him, everything would be easy.
Not only did Zhao Kuo not need to bear the bad reputation of having a stab on his back, he could even transform into a
The suffering owner who "has the intention to kill the thief but is unable to save himself". It can be said that King Zhao took this blame firmly on his back, but it happened that King Zhao took it very happily.
It can only be said that Zhao Kuo's preliminary work was so good that everyone thought he was going to take advantage of this year when the Hu people went south in large numbers to completely solve the problem of the Hu people, so that he could return to the court with the victory of destroying the Hu people.
Even his ally Lord Pingyuan thinks so. In fact, Zhao Kuo did have this plan before leaving Handan and arriving at Dai City. Fortunately, Lu Buwei revised Zhao Kuo's strategic goals in time, which allowed Zhao Kuo to take the lead step by step.
Who would have thought that Zhao Kuo could really endure what others couldn't endure, and actually planned to blow sand in Daibei for several years to completely solve the problem of Beihu.
Who can understand that in their eyes, the so-called rights and the so-called checks and balances in the court are just illusory lofts in the sky in Zhao Kuo's eyes. There is only one sentence in Zhao Kuo's heart - political power comes from the barrel of a gun!
In Hanoi, Xu Li took control of the field soldiers, and the Shangdang retained a large number of troops by smelting military industry. When Zhao Kuo collected the soldiers and horses of Dai Di again, it might be time to change the world and take on a new look.
And the premise of all this is...
