Zhao Kuo's royal order was issued, and Zhao's cutting-edge machine quickly started operating.
Even though it was already night, several ministers who came out of the palace returned to the yamen one after another to carry out Zhao Kuo's royal orders.
Letters were quickly passed out from various government offices; tightly closed city gates were quietly opened by tokens; carrier pigeons were flying in all directions carrying top-secret orders. go.
Those who mobilized troops, those who prepared food and grass prepared food and grass, and those who searched for news. The worst among them was Yu Qing. While he was still sleeping, Lord Pingyuan pulled him out of his bed. Let's discuss the list of envoys for tomorrow.
Groups of officials quietly shuttled through the night...
The situation of "involution" is even worse than it is today.
However, it is precisely because of this group of backbones who are not afraid of hard work that Zhao can thrive like this.
Of course, Zhao's ministers were constantly involved in internal affairs. As Zhao's only opponent, Qin naturally also had a group of loyal ministers and good generals.
Just when Pingyuan Jun and others were running for Zhao Kuo's order, in the huge Qin Army camp in the Xiaoshan Mountains, the Qin Army's chief general Wang Lu was still in front of the desk, carefully looking at a map. Thinking.
With more than half of Qin's troops and horses in his hands, Wang Lu could not help but do his best.
But the map spread out on the desk was not the Shangdang County that Wang Lu was familiar with, but the map of Zhou Wangji.
That's right, taking advantage of the opportunity of Zhao's army to go north to kill Hu, the Qin army did not want to provoke a decisive battle with Zhao, but chose to destroy Zhou Wangji.
In a sense, Qin and Zhao had the same idea - to eliminate possible threats first, while expanding their national power, and finally to fight their old enemies.
Of course, the decision to attack Zhou Wangji instead of Zhao's homeland went through a lot of debate even among Qin.
The importance of Shangdang and the interests of Hanoi are self-evident. When everyone in the Qin State learned that Zhao's army was heading north, they immediately asked for troops to attack Zhao. Even Wang Lu himself wanted to return to Shangdang. Shameful.
Even Wang Lu, the current general of Qin State, considered it this way, let alone others.
However, Fan Sui and Fan Xiangguo, who once proposed the national policy of far-distance diplomacy and close attack, made the Qin State abandon the nurturing land of the Central Plains and return to the roof of the world, but at this time, they turned the tide and stood on the opposite side of everyone.
Even Wang Lu couldn't help but be silently attracted by Fan Sui's grace that day.
Yes, at the court meeting that day, Fan Sui stood on the opposite side of almost all the Qin people, expounding his point of view loudly: "The decisive battle between Qin and Zhao has not yet come, so we should continue to pursue the strategy of distant diplomacy and close attack, and defeat the forces outside Zhao one by one. Cut it off, and then go to the decisive battle in Zhao Kingdom."
After hearing Fan Sui's words, everyone naturally scolded him for being brave.
However, what Fan Sui said next really conquered all the old Qin people present, and once again brought Qin back from the edge of danger.
"Those who attack Zhao will be in danger of losing the country if they lose, but there will be no huge benefit if they win.
Although the main force of Zhao State has been transferred north, there are still tens of thousands of troops in Shangdang territory. Although they are unable to resist the danger of our army, it is easy to stop our army for a while with Yewang City and the key terrain of Shangdang.
Once our army is blocked within Shangdang territory, Zhao will definitely order the troops heading north to return for reinforcements. By then, even if our army takes advantage of the time difference to advance forward, it will only restore the situation of the Changping Battle.
Although my country, Da Qin, has been cultivating for five years, I cannot survive the loss of Changping again. This is one of them.
Secondly, in the battle between our army and the Zhao army, the victory or defeat is still between two sides. Once other countries intervene, the direction of the war will be extremely difficult to control, especially if the armies of Han and Wei attack our army from the side, defeat will not be far away. .
Thirdly, even if our army attacks Zhao State in a blitz and defeats Zhao State, our army will be severely weakened, and the other countries will be ready to move, either to challenge the fire in the land of Yanying, or to attack me from behind in the territory of Shangdang. Therefore, although our army defeated Zhao State, it was hard to gain access to its land and plunder its people. It was only a waste of national power and became the power of other countries.
As the saying goes, victory cannot be total, and defeat can lead to danger. "
As soon as these words came out, King Qin hesitated for a moment, and then asked again: "How can I ignore such a good opportunity? If Zhao is allowed to eliminate the danger of the barbarians, its national power will become stronger, and we, the Qin Dynasty, will not fight today , how can we control it in the future?"
"Report it to my king." Fan Sui said calmly: "The State of Zhao attacks Hu to strengthen its power. We, the Qin Dynasty, can also take advantage of this opportunity when the State of Zhao is unable to attack and attack other countries to strengthen the power of our Great Qin."
"The prime minister is wrong." A military general immediately objected: "With the strength of our Qin army, we attack Zhao State and fear that other countries will come to help. If our army attacks other countries, Zhao State will not come to help?"
"Perhaps reinforcements will come." Fan Sui said unhurriedly: "However, if our army attacks Zhao's underground party, Zhao's army will abandon the barbarians and return with all its strength. And if our army attacks other countries, how can Zhao's army attack them?" Are you abandoning your own country's national policy of attacking Hu and trying your best to rescue other countries? Therefore, even if Zhao's army comes to aid other countries, it will only have tens of thousands of troops, which should be very different from the troops that can overwhelm the country."
"Besides, it's hard to say whether Zhao is willing to assist the place chosen by the Prime Minister." Fan Sui then added.
"Where is the place that the Prime Minister mentioned?" King Qin was obviously moved, and immediately asked Fan Suidao.
"To my king, the place of attack suggested by the ministers is the land of the Zhou Dynasty." Fan Sui bowed his hands slightly and bowed.
After the words fell, all the courtiers started talking about it.
There are supporters. After all, wealth and silk are very attractive. The eight hundred years of savings of the Zhou Dynasty are exciting to think about. What's more, there is also the Jiuding that symbolizes the world!
There were also opponents, after all, it was the Zhou Dynasty! After all, it is also our own suzerain country. Now, raising troops to attack it is morally unjustifiable. Secondly, more importantly, will it arouse strong opposition from various countries, and even become a six-nation attack on Qin?
The power of this coalition army is no less than that of Zhao's army!
"I love you, please tell me in detail." King Qin naturally had already judged the pros and cons, but he couldn't make a decision for a while.
Immediately, Fan Sui slightly raised his hand, and then continued: "There are four reasons for attacking Zhou Wangji.
First, it is said that the name is correct and the words are correct. The ancient king raised the cauldron, but it collapsed in the Zhou Dynasty. Although the ancient king was brave, he was not a short-sighted man. Why did he lift the nine cauldrons in a fit of anger? And how heroic the former king was, why did he die because his tripod collapsed? If my king had not returned in time and the Queen Mother had not helped me, Qin's great cause might have been destroyed by civil strife.
All of these are beneficial to the Six Kingdoms and harmful to Qin, and are there any figures from the Zhou royal family among them?
Although this matter can no longer be tested, the hatred of a gentleman can be remembered in ten generations, so the crimes of the Zhou Dynasty can be pursued and the hatred of the Qin Kingdom can be avenged!
At the same time, my king obtained the king who was the brother of the late king, and attacked the Zhou Dynasty to comfort the spirit of the late king. It can be said that he is right and proper!
The second is the benefit of wealth and goods. Although the Zhou Dynasty was weak, the savings of its eight-hundred-year dynasty were not in vain, and the people of Luodu were among the best in the world. Their goods were distributed all over the world, and their tax revenue was not inferior to that of Xianyang. From this, not only the eight hundred years of savings of the Zhou Dynasty were all owned by the Qin Dynasty, but also years of taxation was used to strengthen the Qin Dynasty.
The benefits are many times greater than the benefits of Zhao's attack on Hu.
The third is to take advantage of its geographical location. If we take a closer look at the map of the world, we can see that the way to the east of Great Qin is nothing more than the upper, middle and lower roads. On the other hand, they went out of Hedong to fight against Shangdang in Zhaoye. The outcome was unknown. Next, he went out of Yanying to fight against Chu, but was trapped in the rivers and rivers of Chu. As for the middle road, it is caught in the Hangu Road and is difficult to break through.
If our army can capture the territory of the Zhou Dynasty, our army's way out to the east will be wide open. With Luoyang as the fulcrum, the supply of grain, fodder and other materials, and the mobilization of troops will be many times more convenient than today.
Fourth, it is said that there is little help for those who have lost their way. The king of Zhou Dynasty had been weak for a long time, his soldiers and armor were not repaired, and he had no good generals internally. He had the name of emperor but no real emperor. Externally, he still regarded himself as a king and repeatedly angered the kings of various countries. In the past, when King Kuo of Zhao ascended the throne, the envoys of the Zhou Dynasty actually ordered the King of Zhao to serve his meat in person, which can be described as extremely arrogant.
The King of Zhao must hate him deeply. If I attack him, Zhao may not rescue him. Even if he rescues him, he will most likely respond passively.
In this way, attacking Zhao will be difficult and will be of no benefit to the country, while destroying Zhou will be easy and greatly beneficial to the country. Please let me, the king, examine all of these. "
After the words fell, the entire palace became silent. It was obvious that almost everyone was convinced by Fan Sui's words.
"color!"
I don't know who it was, but suddenly shouted a thunderous cheer.
"color!"
Immediately afterwards, all the ministers in the court also responded.
Even King Qin, who was sitting on the main seat, couldn't help but nodded slowly, and looked at Fan Sui with the same kindness as when Fan Sui first proposed the strategy of "distance and close attack" more than ten years ago.
Once again, Fan Sui used his amazing vision to bring Qin's chariot to another track.
The last time, Fan Sui used a suggestion of "diplomacy far away and attack close" to end Qin's futile wars for years, allowing Qin to truly shift from dominating the Central Plains to the path of unifying the world.
This time, Fan Sui had a suggestion to "attack Zhou and release Zhao", which put Qin on the road of barbaric expansion.
Only this time, I don’t know what the future holds.
Of course, these are not what Wang Lu wants to consider now. Since the king and his ministers had decided to attack Zhou and release Zhao, as a general of Qin, Wang Lu could only put aside his anger for revenge and lead more than half of Qin's elite troops to the land of Zhou Wangji to carry out the king's order.
Tomorrow, the army will go out to fight.
Once the battle begins, the Qin army's intentions will no longer be a secret, and all ideas will be exposed to the people of the world without reservation, especially in front of the current King of Zhao, Zhao Kuo.
Wang Hao will not allow himself to make any mistakes at this time!
Checking the map carefully, Zhao Guo arranged for new outstanding generals in the direction of Shangdang County. Meng Ao led an army of 50,000 to block the Zhao army that might come for reinforcements.
Thinking of Meng Ao, Wang Hao couldn't help but feel moved in his heart.
Obviously, Meng Ao was Wang Lu's chosen successor.
It is said that God bless the Qin Dynasty. After Bai Qi and General Sima Cuo, as well as General Ying Shi, the successor selected by General Bai Qi, were successively lost in the hands of Zhao Kuo, I thought that there would be a situation of insecurity among the Qin army, and even Wang Everyone is ready. Even if they are seventy or eighty, they must cultivate a successor before they can retire behind the scenes.
But I didn't expect that this successor would come so easily.
In this battle, Wang Hao obviously sent Meng Ao to the partial division intentionally. As long as he can block possible reinforcements from Zhao, it will be a feat that is enough to gain a complete foothold in the Qin army.
It can be said that Wang Hao also has good intentions for this successor, and the opportunity to stand alone does not come often, especially such an opportunity where the risk is not great and the credit is not small.
Of course, even if Wang Ao judged that Zhao's reinforcements would not be too many and it would not be too difficult to block the Zhao army, whether he could block the Zhao army could be achieved, but Meng Ao still needed to break out on his own. .
In order to hold off Meng Ao, Wang Hao deployed another 20,000 troops behind Meng Ao, that is, to the side and rear of the main army. Even if Meng Ao could not stop Zhao Jun, the 20,000 troops would be enough to cope with it for a period of time. .
Using an army of 70,000 men to train Meng Ao, Wang Hao's skill is not small.
Naturally, the best result is for the main army to quickly capture Zhou Wangji, thereby avoiding a head-on conflict with the Zhao army.
For this reason, Wang Hao once again checked his upcoming offensive route.
Okay, no more questions!
This was already the best choice. The 180,000-strong army crushed them away with thunderous force. Perhaps in less than half a month, the Zhou Dynasty would completely become a noun.
Taking a deep breath, Wang Hao finally carefully rolled up the map on the table and then walked slowly outside the tent.
Under the bright moonlight, the entire Qin Army camp, where hundreds of thousands of troops were stationed, was as quiet as a deserted place. There were only the orderly footsteps of soldiers patrolling back and forth and the croaking of frogs and the chirping of cicadas in the dusk. In the summer season, it sings slowly.
Casually holding the long sword at his waist, Wang Hao strode out of the Chinese army tent.
Although the army had rested and Wang Hao was very tired, the patrol every night was still unstoppable.
This may be one of the reasons why the Qin army is so powerful!
The night is getting deeper...
Some people died, but not completely...
