Zhao Weiwang in the Warring States Period

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Zhao Zhu's eyes were wide open, and he stared at Lu Buwei with a disbelieving expression on his face. It took him a long time to hold back a sentence between his teeth: "Is this the doctor's plan?"

To be honest, Zhao Zhu wanted to kill Lu Buwei at this moment.

One must know that in Zhao Zhu's heart, he really hoped that he could lead the troops to fight and completely wipe out this damn Zhao army who dared to invade the hinterland of Qin State Guanzhong.

In the end, it's fine if you don't succeed in the battle, but now you're looking for someone to come up with an idea, and you actually came up with such a bad idea?

Seek peace with Zhao Guo?

Zhao Zhu's face was green and pale, and he began to seriously consider whether he should throw Lu Buwei out of the study immediately.

Or let him get out of Qin directly?

Lu Buwei obviously also noticed that Zhao Zhu's face was not right, and secretly screamed in his heart, "Your Majesty, I have a reason!"

It was at this time that Mrs. Hua Yang, who had been sitting beside Zhao Zhu, spoke very gently: "Doctor, just tell me the details of this plan."

Generally speaking, Mrs. Huayang stretched out her hand gently, and gently pulled the corner of Zhao Zhu's clothes.

Zhao Zhu took a deep breath, and finally controlled the anger in his heart not to explode immediately, and then said in a deep voice, "Doctor, let's talk."

Seeing this, Lu Buwei secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

To be honest, this strategy was not actually thought up by Lu Buwei on the spot, but had already been drafted in advance.

This is actually the basic skill that many courtiers must do.

If there is no preparation in advance, in case the kings are suddenly interested in making a prelude together, it is obviously a bit difficult for the unprepared courtiers to give a satisfactory answer to the kings with their quick wits.

But if you don't satisfy the kings, how can you get appreciation, how can you get promoted and make a fortune?

So, preparation in advance is a must.

In fact, many courtiers have prepared for a lifetime but have not waited for the kings to ask the right question. This is actually the saddest thing.

When preparing in advance, although Lu Buwei also thought that Zhao Zhu might be unhappy with his idea, but the very obvious anger that Zhao Zhu is showing now, which is almost about to erupt, like a volcanic eruption, is still It was beyond Lu Buwei's expectations.

After all, Lu Buwei didn't know that Zhao Zhu had just asked for orders to send troops in front of Qin Wangji, and then he had a bad nose.

But in any case, since Lu Buwei has already spoken, it means that the arrow is on the string and has to be fired.

Lu Buwei collected himself, and said to Zhao Zhu: "Your Majesty, I dare to ask you, compared with Zhao Guo, which one is stronger and weaker?"

Zhao Zhu gave Lu Buwei a cold look, but didn't speak.

In Zhao Zhu's view, this question is simply an idiot's question.

It was Mrs. Huayang at the side who helped Lu Buwei out of the siege: "It should be that Zhao Guo is slightly stronger."

Lu Buwei glanced at Mrs. Huayang very gratefully, and then continued: "Madam's words are very true. In today's world, the Zhao family is the only one, followed by Daqin, and Qi, Wei, Chu and other countries are even more powerful in Daqin." Afterwards. And now that Zhao Guo has Lian Po as a general, and he has sent all the best Zhao troops to Guanzhong, does your lord think that Qin can win this battle?"

As soon as this question came out, Zhao Zhu's already ugly face suddenly became even uglier.

Chapter 4, Your Majesty, please bear with me for a while (the third change)

After a long while, Zhao Zhu let out a muffled snort and said, "Not high."

As the prince of Qin, Zhao Zhu knew much more about the inside story of the battlefield than Lu Buwei.

Today's Qin Kingdom's front line and Wangcheng's defense line are actually stretched to the left and right, and it is a bit difficult to resist.

Not to mention that there are still [-] Zhao cavalry back and forth between Liyang and Xianyang!

It was because he knew the situation was not good that Zhao Zhu wanted to take a gamble.

If you can directly send troops to annihilate this Zhao cavalry, maybe you can use this to turn things around in one fell swoop.

After getting Zhao Zhu's answer, Lu Buwei's eyes lit up immediately, and he said, "Since this battle is hard to win, why doesn't your majesty suggest that the king should make peace with Zhao Wangdan?"

Zhao Zhu glared at Lu Buwei, and said, "You may not know the temper of the king, but I know it very well. Want the king to negotiate peace with Zhao? It's difficult! Besides, Handan is now surrounded by the coalition forces of Wei and Qi. Once Handan is broken, not only will our Great Qin win this battle, but we will also be able to take advantage of the victory and take back Hedong, so why negotiate peace with King Zhao!"

In fact, the idea of ​​reconciliation was not absent in Zhao Zhu's mind.

If you can't win, just ask for peace. This kind of thing has been done by no country for hundreds of years in the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods, and Qin is of course no exception.

It's not just Zhao Zhu, other ministers in Qin's political arena have such thoughts, certainly not a few.

But the problem lies in the two points that Zhao Zhu just said.

First of all, Qin Wangji was unwilling.

As for the reason why Qin Wangji was unwilling, it was of course that the king of Qin did not want to bow his head in front of Zhao Dan for the third time to seek peace.

Nothing more than three!

Secondly, and most importantly, the people of Qin feel that they are not at the point where they cannot win at all.

That's right, Qin State is indeed unable to defeat Zhao State, and anyone with a little brains has to admit this now.

But this war is not a one-on-one battle between Qin State and Zhao State. Qin State has two major allies, Wei State and Qi State!

As long as the Wei Qi coalition forces are stronger and can take Handan before Qin completely fails, then whether Lian Po is willing or unwilling, he must withdraw his troops and return to the mainland of Zhao.

In this way, Qin will have a chance to come back to life and fight back, and maybe even take back the just lost Hedong County together!

Under the temptation of these two conditions, although the monarchs and ministers of the Qin Kingdom knew that they couldn't beat them, they still chose to hold on!

But Lu Buwei was obviously very disapproving of this idea, and immediately shook his head, saying: "Your Majesty's words are absurd. I dare to ask your Majesty, the current situation, did your Majesty and Your Majesty envision it before the war? "

Zhao Zhu froze for a moment, then slowly shook his head.

To be honest, at least when we united Wei and Qi, the people of Qin State really didn't expect that Zhao State would abandon Wei Qi and Qi, which were close at hand, and let the main force of the army go to Guanzhong from thousands of miles away.

But Zhao Guo did just that.

And not only did this, but also almost sent the elites of the entire Zhao country over.

Thinking of this, Zhao Zhu couldn't help but have the urge to scream up to the sky.

What a hatred this is!

Lu Buwei continued to ask: "Then I will ask your lord again, does your lord think that King Zhao had expected that Handan would be surrounded before the war?"

Zhao Zhu hesitated for a moment, then said slowly: "This should be expected."

Although it is said that in terms of diplomacy, Qin State took the initiative to attack and unite Qi and Wei, but in this battle, Zhao State actually took the lead in launching the attack.

Since it was Zhao Guo who launched the attack, Zhao Guo must have anticipated the current crisis in Handan City.