"Wei Chen thought that." Lou Chang was determined, and he immediately bowed to King Zhao and said, "My king, the war is not yet decided, so it is reasonable for General Li not to go to the banquet."
As soon as he finished speaking, Lou Chang looked at Pingyuan Jun and Li Mu who were standing aside, revealing a rather intriguing smile.
Everyone was a little confused when they heard Lou Chang's repeated words. Only Lord Pingyuan and Li Mu seemed to notice something from Lou Chang's strange smile.
But before the two of them thought about it carefully, Lou Chang had already solved the conspiracy on his own.
"It's just that Wei Chen thinks that what our army needs to go to immediately is not Yanyu City, but to quickly pursue the remnants of the Yan army!" Lou Chang paused again, and then continued: "My king is the general in charge, and the pursuit To perish and drive north."
"What?!"
"This is absolutely impossible!"
"How can the son of a rich man be easily implicated?"
As soon as Lou Chang's words came out, there was an explosion under the city tower.
Not only Lord Pingyuan and Li Mu found this statement ridiculous, but many ministers also scorned Lou Chang's proposal. Even many of Lou Chang's direct relatives and allies expressed different opinions on Lou Chang's proposal.
Of course, more courtiers were just concerned about the risk of King Zhao's attack. Only Li Mu and Lord Pingyuan were keenly aware of Lou Chang's sinister intentions - the pursuit of the Yan army in this battle was false, and the only way was to put the general to death. real.
Now the general was guarding Yanyu City with a small number of troops, blocking the attack of the Yan army's 60,000 elite soldiers. Needless to say, it must have been extremely critical at this time. If Handan's troops were to pursue the remnants of the Yan army instead of relieving the siege, the general would almost be killed.
But it is a pity that no one in the entire court seems to have considered such consequences. In other words, the general who fought bloody battles in Yanyu City has long been forgotten by these ministers standing in the clouds. .
Faced with the opposition of almost the entire court, Lou Chang didn't care at all, because Lou Chang knew very well that whether it was the opposition of his colleagues or the angry rebuke of his opponents, these were not important.
What was important was that there was only one person from beginning to end - King Zhao.
As long as King Zhao agrees, no matter how many obstacles there are, it will not be an obstacle. If King Zhao does not agree, no matter how small the risk is, it will become a huge obstacle.
Coincidentally, when King Zhao heard this, he didn't look timid and worried, but looked eager to try.
Obviously, the scene of just watching the battle on the city tower gave King Zhao a lot of confidence, and the pressure of Zhao Kuo's superior skills also secretly exerted force behind King Zhao.
Lou Chang knew very well that King Zhao was very willing to engage in such a pursuit battle.
First, it would allow him to enjoy the pleasure of leading troops on the battlefield. After all, that young man had never dreamed of riding a horse and galloping across the battlefield!
Secondly, facing Zhao Kuo, whose military exploits were getting higher and higher, King Zhao needed to use his military exploits to ensure his status;
Thirdly, King Zhao also slightly noticed some possibility of solving Zhao Kuo's trouble from Lou Chang's outrageous proposal.
In this case, what Lou Chang had to do was to set up the ladder for King Zhao.
"My lords." Lou Chang said with a smile: "You seem to have forgotten what General Li Mu just said. In this battle, the Yan army has lost more than half of its troops. With the current strength of our troops in Handan City plus the strength of General Li Mu, I think Defeating the Yan army is not a problem at all!"
With a simple sentence, more than half of the objections disappeared almost instantly.
The reason is simple: people seek advantages and avoid disadvantages. Faced with possible life dangers, people always try to escape as much as possible, but once they are out of danger, their desire for profit instantly takes over the high ground.
And what Lou Chang said was telling the ministers that there was no danger in pursuing them. This was undoubtedly a shot in the arm for the ministers who were afraid of death.
Seeing that the opposition voices had dissipated a lot, Dr. Lou Chang immediately continued: "If the main force of the Yan army can be completely retained in this battle, then the thousands of miles of Yan country's territory can be returned to our country, Zhao. Even if the entire territory is not needed, At least half of its territory is needed."
After hearing this, the remaining half of the opposition gradually dissipated.
If the facts just now clearly told the courtiers that the water was so clear that no one could drown, then Dr. Lou Chang's words at this time were undoubtedly talking about buckets of big fish being poured into the pond.
Is there anything more exciting than land? !
Of course not, land means population, taxes, but also hats and money. If we follow the king to conquer the Yan Kingdom, not to mention everyone will be granted titles, at least they will be promoted to one level, and the rewards will be useless. That kind of thing!
Involuntarily, everyone was heartbroken. King Zhao, who was already looking forward to it, wished he could immediately agree to Lou Chang's suggestion.
Fortunately, there are still many honest ministers in Zhao's court, especially Lord Pingyuan and Li Muchang are present. Naturally, it is impossible for Lou Chang's plot to succeed so easily.
Lord Pingyuan stood up without hesitation and pulled Lou Chang away from King Zhao.
To be able to provoke a gentleman to take action directly in public, Lord Pingyuan is obviously very angry!
"Report it to my king." Lord Pingyuan glared at Lou Chang, and then said sternly: "I, my humble servant, please kill this man who is deceiving the public with his monstrous words!"
As soon as Mr. Pingyuan's words came out, everyone was shocked to the ground. I thought that Mr. Pingyuan would object, but I didn't expect that Mr. Pingyuan's objections would be so fierce.
Even Lou Chang looked at Mr. Pingyuan in disbelief. We are all courtiers, and it is normal to have different political opinions. It is nothing more than you saying your reasons and me saying mine. How can it be elevated to the level of beheading!
Isn’t this a lack of martial ethics?
King Zhao on the side naturally frowned, obviously not very satisfied with Pingyuan's words.
Mr. Pingyuan doesn't care about this at all. Let's forget about other things. You are going to put our general to death! This is to cut off the guardian of our great Zhao Qingtian and destroy our pillars of great Zhao!
Can I still tolerate you? ! Don't say I'm beheading you, what's wrong with killing your three clans if I'm in a hurry?
While Lord Pingyuan attracted everyone's attention, Li Mu, who was following Lord Pingyuan, secretly waved to summon a soldier.
"Go. Immediately inform General Zhou Qi of the situation here, and order the cavalry to lead ten thousand cavalry to return to the camp immediately. With the two thousand people in the camp, they will return to the camp and the city at full speed." Li Mu whispered to the soldier.
The soldier obviously understood the current situation, nodded slightly, then quietly retreated, turned around and disappeared into the army.
Obviously, the situation before him was once again anticipated by the general. As early as when the general decided to divide his troops to break the situation, he had told Li Mu that he and Zhou Qi could not meet the King of Zhao in person, lest the King of Zhao take them into custody at the same time and then take away military power.
Now it seems that fortunately the general had foresight.
Some people died, but not completely...
