hotmtlnovel Chapter 317
Chapter 317
Chapter 317
While Yang Ming was tasting the sweetness that belonged to Yan Lingji, someone was tasting the bitterness.
Zhao Du, Zhao Wanggong, Zhao Wangyan, who was over [-] years old, looked at the battle report from Taiyuan, and a look of disappointment appeared on his pale face due to excessive drinking.
Pity.
Zhao Wangyan originally wanted to take advantage of the great victory to regain the ancestral land of Taiyuan in one fell swoop, take down Dongjun, and reproduce the situation of the Sanjin alliance back then. Unfortunately, there is always an excessive gap between wishes and reality.
The [-] Zhao troops on the southern front lost troops in Baimayi, including the general Zhao Cong. Many died in battle, but they failed to capture an inch of land in Dongjun. In addition, there is nothing to do about Jinyang, an important town in Taiyuan County. This heroic city built by the ancestors of Zhao State in the past marked the opening of the Zhao King's Dao career.
"South Korea has no power to resist. Wei State has been completely disabled after two consecutive defeats in three years. Dongjun is difficult to capture. It is impossible to reproduce the situation of the three-Jin alliance back then. Where is the way for Zhao State?" Zhao Wangyan He pondered, feeling a deep sense of tiredness.
Zhao Guo was passed down to his generation, and it was no longer the Zhao State of the past. In the loss of the country, it was a greatly weakened national power, but at the same time, the power of Qin State was constantly increasing, and now it has become a behemoth.
Thinking that Zhao Guo will face uninterrupted attacks from Qin in the future, Zhao Wangyan felt a deep sense of exhaustion, a feeling of hopelessness.
"The trend of northward expansion has come to an end. Qi State cannot bully too much. To the west, Qin State has established a firm foothold in Taiyuan, and the south is within the range of Qin State's soldiers. It seems that the only thing Zhao State can point to The only direction is the country of Yan." Zhao Wangyan was thinking, and his thoughts had already gone to the country of Yan, the neighbor in the north.
Accumulating national power is not a matter of overnight, and for Zhao Guo, time is the most precious thing, so if he wants to increase national power in a short time, there is only one way, and that is to rob.
And the neighbor of Yan State, and the country of Yan who wanted to take advantage of the fire and rob Zhao Guoxing again and again, naturally became Zhao Guo's first choice.
While Zhao Wangyan was thinking, a middle-aged man with a white face and short beard walked into the hall: "My lord, the edict has been drafted, and the king can use the seal."
Zhao Wangyan looked at the person coming and said, "Guo Kai, how about we take action against Yan?"
"Yan State? Your Majesty, Yan State has repeatedly stabbed us in the back of Zhao State. It is time to teach him a lesson." Guo Kai, who grew up with Zhao Wangyan since he was a child, understood Zhao Wangyan immediately. Yan's thoughts.
Moreover, Guo Kai fully agreed with what Zhao Wangyan said about mobilizing troops against Yan State. The general Zhao Cong who had a good relationship with him died in Dongjun, which made Guo Kai no longer able to exert influence in Zhao Guojun. Li Mu's collaborator, and Wu'an Lord Li Mu won another great victory over the Qin army, and received great favor from Zhao Wangyan.
With the lessons learned by Lian Po back then, Guo Kai has already regarded Li Mu as his future competitor, and in order to increase his voice in Zhao Guochao, he must have his own allies in the army. Onion died again, so he could only find new collaborators.
And the country of Yan is the bargaining chip he can take out. Attacking Qin is too risky, but for Zhao Jun, attacking Yan is almost a military achievement for nothing. Therefore, Guo Kai must take the right to speak about the attack on Yan.
"That's exactly what I mean. Go down and collect the grain and tax, and prepare for the attack on Yan." Zhao Wangyan said.
"Yes." Guo Kai replied.
After Guo Kai left the palace, he didn't go very far before he was stopped by a court lady. Guo Kai, who is the prime minister of Zhao Guo, was stopped by a court lady, but he didn't show the slightest anger. Instead, he said with a warm smile: " Miss Hong'er wants this?"
"The queen is waiting for you, Xiangguo." The woman whom Guo Kai called "Girl Hong'er" naturally has the capital to attract Guo Kai's attention. Rely on the confidant.
As a villain, no one understands the power of a villain better than Guo Kai. A villain may not be enough to succeed, but it is enough to fail. Therefore, Guo Kai has always treated Hong'er, a court lady, with courtesy.
Not only Hong'er, but also Guo Kai when facing other people. Except for those who have real conflicts of interest with him, Guo Kai has always been kind to others, which makes his reputation in Zhao Guo flawed, but still pretty good.
But if anyone has a direct conflict of interest with him, then Guo Kai will show no mercy, and even use all means to knock him into the dust, or even completely destroy him.
Lian Po, who was able to keep in touch with Bai Qi when he fought against Bai Qi, suffered a big loss in Guo Kai's hands like this, and had to live in exile for thousands of years.
Hearing that Queen Zhao was waiting for him, Guo Kai didn't dare to delay at all, so he walked forward quickly and came to a carriage in a secluded part of the street.
"In Wu'an County, a manor that was burned down five years ago has an owner again, have you heard?" Queen Zhao's voice reached Guo Kai's ears through the curtain of the car.
"Wu'an County? Lord Wu'an's fiefdom?" Guo Kai was slightly stunned, unable to react for a while.
How could the queen care about the fief of Lord Wu'an Li Mu?But after a moment of doubt, Guo Kai, who was reminded by "five years ago", suddenly thought of one thing. In order to completely wash away the hidden dangers on her body, so that she could seek the queen's position, Queen Zhao once had a relationship with Guo Kai. They conspired to destroy the family in Wu'an County.
In that incident, more than a hundred people in a manor were all silenced, but in the end, a boy and a girl escaped with their lives.
Could it be that manor that the queen spoke of?But, why did the queen want to bring up the old things again?I heard that the girl finally appeared in Yanmen County and was adopted by Li Mu. Now that Li Mu has been named Lord Wu'an, could it be that he brought that girl back to Wu'an County?
What does the queen want to do by bringing up the old story again?Is it possible that you are still thinking about silence?Guo Kai thought about it, but he still couldn't figure out what Queen Zhao meant.
"I don't want to see that manor again, do you know?" Queen Zhao said.
Now she is actively seeking the crown prince of Zhao for her son, and she reappeared with her ex-husband's daughter in Wu'an County, which is not far from Zhao, which makes Queen Zhao somewhat uneasy.
In the past, she had already shot her daughter once, and if she shot again, it would be nothing.
"Queen, that manor is within Lord Wu'an's fiefdom. It might not be too easy to do it, and now that Lord Wu'an is in the limelight, we should avoid his edge." Guo Kai said cautiously.
Recently, he wanted to plan the affairs of the Yan Kingdom, but he was not in the mood to take care of Queen Zhao's parents.
"If you can't do it, you can do it as a killer. There are many killers in Zhao Guo." Queen Zhao said.
In the past, she struggled with the matter of attacking her daughter for a long time before she had to make such a decision. When her daughter survived the disaster, she was even a little bit fortunate in the disappointment Fortunately, her daughter is still alive, but when news of her daughter appeared in her world again, the first thing she thought of was to completely destroy her daughter.
Because of guilt, because of guilty conscience, because of interests, and even more because of selfishness and viciousness.
"Yes." Guo Kai could only agree. A large part of his power in Zhao country now comes from the support of Queen Zhao. For Queen Zhao's request or request, Guo Kai has no room to refuse.
Amidst the sound of the axle turning, only Guo Kai was left on the spot.
The little girl back then is back, but what about the boy?Guo Kai thought of the young man who was able to protect Queen Zhao's daughter all the way to Yanmen County during the hunt, and felt a little uneasy in his heart.
Guo Kai also knows the truth about not bullying young people into poverty, because he was that kind of young man back then.
Am I thinking too much?Although I am not under one person in Zhao country, I can definitely be called above ten thousand people. There are countless third-rate masters, only second-rate masters can enter the house, and there are even more first-rate masters. How can I be afraid of a strong martial artist? juvenile.Thinking of the worry in his heart in an instant, Guo Kai couldn't help laughing, he just felt that he was really suspicious?
But is Guo Kai's worry really unnecessary?
In Taiyuan County, under the city of Jinyang, Zhao Jun's attack was repulsed again. Zhao Guowu'an Jun Li Mu looked at the retreating Zhao Jun with no sadness or joy on his resolute face.
"General, Your Majesty has an edict." A Qingqi came from a long distance and delivered a sealed edict to Li Mu.
Li Mu took a few glances at the edict and put it away. After a long time, he said to the people around him: "We can arrange for the retreat of the troops. Dongjun has already been defeated, and Jinyang City can no longer be captured."
"Dongjun was defeated?" Hearing Li Mu's statement, the people on the left and right were startled, and then they all realized that once Dongjun was defeated, Qin would be able to fully support Taiyuan County. There is really no hope of capturing Jinyang.
Amidst the mixed reactions from the crowd, Li Mu took a few steps forward and looked at Jinyang City in the distance with a complicated expression. , otherwise there is no rest day at all.
But today is different from the past. The war between Zhao State and Qin State used to be a border war in a sense. Although the hinterland of Zhao State sent troops and food, it would not be directly damaged, but now it is different. In the war not long ago, the Qin army actually directly cut into the hinterland of Zhao State, leading the war to the hinterland of Zhao State.
Although Zhao Jun won the war, in terms of national power and military power, he was completely at a disadvantage.
If the Qin army used more powerful national power to continue to exhaust Zhao Guo, Zhao Guo might be able to support it in ten years, but ten years later...
For a while, even if Li Mu was as brave and good at fighting, he could not help feeling a little pessimistic about the future of Zhao.
(End of this chapter)