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Chapter 289 Zhao Kuo's setbacks

Zhao Kuo in front of Le Cheng looked quite embarrassed at this moment. Not only was his armor worn and unbearable like a monkey, but his body was covered in blood. There was an extremely narrow wound on his left arm, which was quite shocking at first glance.

After hearing Le Cheng's inquiry, Zhao Kuo couldn't help but smile bitterly and told the situation at that time.

It turned out that just after Zhao Kuo announced his seizure of power and surrender to Zhao that day, the many Qin generals in the tent seemed to have been completely convinced, and the 50,000 Qin troops seemed to have really fallen into Zhao Kuo's hands.

But when a mutiny suddenly occurred in the military camp, the situation began to change.

When the mutiny just began, Zhao Kuo chose to use the troops under the generals who had been secretly drawn by Wang Ji in the past few days to suppress the rebellion.

In Zhao Kuo's opinion, since these guys have agreed to surrender to Zhao State, they should be more reliable.

However, what Zhao Kuo did not expect was that the scale of the mutiny was expanding too quickly. Even though he had invested tens of thousands of troops in just a short period of time, Zhao Kuo found that the situation was still developing in an uncontrollable direction.

What shocked Zhao Kuo even more was that the Qin generals who had decided to surrender to Zhao and worked hard to suppress the mutiny were assassinated one after another.

Several generals were assassinated and died on the spot. The originally stalemate situation suddenly became unfavorable to Zhao Kuo.

Under such circumstances, in order to save the overall situation, Zhao Kuo had to risk releasing all the other generals in the tent and ordering them to control their subordinates and suppress the mutiny.

When Le Cheng heard this, he couldn't help but shake his head and said, "No wonder you failed in this battle."

Zhao Kuo paused for a moment and looked at Le Cheng with some confusion: "Why did the general say this?"

Le Cheng said, "You are still young and do not know the hearts of the people. Those Qin generals are just fences. They accept their heads and worship them when they see the strong. If the situation is still under your control, they will definitely be willing to surrender to Zhao, but your situation is not good at that time, so they will naturally help Qin."

Zhao Kuo still didn't seem to understand: "But everyone in the world knows that Zhao State won a lot of chances in this battle."

Since Zhao State has a great chance of winning, there is no reason for these guys to follow Qin State.

Le Cheng laughed and patted Zhao Kuo on the shoulder: "You are wrong. These fence-bearing people are short-sighted people. They always look at the situation in front of you. How can you still take into account the future situation? But you don't need to be angry. When the day you break through Anyi is the time for him to give him the title."

After a pause, Le Cheng said again: "Wang Jike, the prefect of Hedong County, is still alive?"

Zhao Kuo nodded and said, "The man was caught in an arrow on his buttocks and could not walk, so I ordered someone to carry it behind him."

As he said that, Zhao Kuo waved his hand to the back, and soon two soldiers came with Wang Ji lying on the straw mat.

Wang Ji's face looked a little pale and he was not in good spirits. Obviously, the escape life these days was quite difficult for the prefect of Hedong County who was used to being pampered.

However, after Zhao Kuo introduced Le Cheng to Wang Ji, Wang Ji's depressed expression instantly disappeared, and he grabbed Le Cheng's hand tightly and refused to let go.

"General, please report to the King Yu. It's not that I am not doing anything wrong, but that someone is secretly making trouble!"

Wang Ji gritted his teeth, and his expression was so angry: "Hou, it must be Hou's trauma behind his back!"

Le Cheng was stunned for a moment, then reached out and patted Wang Ji on the shoulder: "The county magistrate takes care of himself and rest, and leave the rest to me."

As he said that, Le Cheng waved his hand and asked the two soldiers to carry Wang Ji away.

To be honest, Le Cheng looked down on people like Wang Ji very much.

Although it is indeed common for scholars to change their country to serve in these days, Wang Ji is different.

To interpret it from the perspective of later generations, it means that others work hard when they work in Company A, and no one will say anything if they change jobs and go to Company B.

But Wang Ji directly stole the commercial secrets of Company A when he was working for Company A and then took them to a competitor of Company A to seek a job. This practice is obviously very serious violation of professional ethics and is therefore despised by others.

But although he didn't like this guy Wang Ji, Le Cheng knew very well that Zhao Dan had personally issued an order to save Wang Ji's life under any circumstances.

As the saying goes, the king's destiny is greater than anything else. As Zhao Dan's loyal minister and Lian Po's right-hand assistant, even if he can't stand this guy Wang Ji, Le Cheng will do his best to save Wang Ji's life.

After watching Wang Ji being carried away, Le Cheng turned his gaze to Zhao Kuo in front of him: "You must have been exhausted after running around for days, so I will go and rest first."

Le Cheng and Zhao Kuo's father Zhao She were actually very good. Therefore, even if Zhao Kuo was defeated, Le Cheng's attitude towards Zhao Kuo was still quite gentle.

Zhao Kuo scratched his head, and seemed a little embarrassed in his expression. After a moment, he said, "I wonder when the general will march into Anyi?"

When Le Cheng saw Zhao Kuo's appearance, he immediately understood: "Are you still thinking about revenge?"

"That's right!" Zhao Kuo said with an unhappy face: "This failure, Kuo remembers the five-in-one. If he does not avenge this revenge, how can he face the king!"

No one can be indifferent to such failures, even more so, a young man like Zhao Kuo who is full of energy and his mind is full of achievements and following his father's footsteps.

Seeing this, Le Cheng couldn't help laughing, then patted Zhao Kuo on the shoulder heavily and said seriously: "Zhao Kuo obeys the order!"

Zhao Kuo subconsciously straightened his body and shouted: "Zhao Kuo is here!"

Le Cheng raised his face and said in a very serious tone: "I ordered you to immediately lead the soldiers under your command to camp and rest, and then wait for the general's order!"

Zhao Kuo became anxious when he heard this. He was about to say something, but Le Cheng's extremely stern gaze was glared back.

"Zhao Kuo, can you still want to disobey?"

Zhao Kuo shook his head reluctantly, and said in a very reluctant tone: "Guo doesn't dare."

"Very good." Le Cheng said: "Since that's the case, why don't you go quickly?"

Zhao Kuo stood there for a while, and finally turned around helplessly and walked under the hill.

Le Cheng looked at Zhao Kuo's leaving figure, couldn't help but shake his head gently, and said to himself: "The young man is really unable to hold back. Even if he takes revenge, why should he be in a hurry?"

Due to Zhao Kuo's failure, Le Cheng did not plan to move forward any more.

After all, the Qin army in the Anyi camp is several times higher than Le Cheng, and Le Cheng is not sure whether Qin will send reinforcements from Guanzhong. If we go deeper without any spy or intelligence, it is a taboo for military strategists.
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