Since Qin and Chu have made a decision, what they have to do next is of course mobilize their troops and lead them to the border with Zhao.

Of course, it is impossible to hide the spies lurking in Qin and Chu of Zhao, so the news was soon sent to the desk of King Zhao of Handan.

After receiving the news, King Zhao immediately summoned many ministers to the palace to discuss the matter together.

"Now both Qin and Chu have sent troops. Wu Xinjun, what should I do?"

King Zhao's tone was actually a little unhappy when he spoke, because King Zhao felt that since Zhao Kuo had signed an alliance with the Chu people last year, at least Chu should not send troops to interfere with Zhao's attack on Qi this year.

But for Zhao Kuo, his ideas were actually different. In fact, Zhao Kuo felt that the significance of the alliance signed by Zhao State and Chu State to Zhao State is that Zhao State can destroy South Korea without interference. As for the subsequent war of Qi State, it is impossible to rely on this alliance again.

But no matter what, since you are facing this problem now, Zhao Kuo still has to give an answer.

So Zhao Kuo also spoke slowly: "In fact, it is very simple to solve this problem, big man.

Since Qin and Chu want to fight, we will just give him a war.

I can lead a army to resist Qin, while Grand Marshal Xu Li can lead another army to resist Chu. In this way, neither Qin nor Chu could pose a threat.

Then wouldn’t General Li Mu continue to attack without any obstacles and destroy Qi State?”

After hearing Zhao Kuo's plan, King Zhao was stunned for a moment.

To be honest, the strategy proposed by Zhao Kuo is actually the strategy that most people can think of at the first time.

But the problem is that Zhao Kuo's reputation is here. King Zhao subconsciously felt that Zhao Kuo must have had some ingenious plan to solve this matter. He never expected that the solution Zhao Kuo had come up with was so simple.

Zhao Kuo saw this expression of King Zhao, which made Zhao Kuo smile.

For Zhao Kuo, in fact, whether the strategy is exquisite or not is not important at all. What Zhao Kuo is really concerned about is whether this strategy can achieve the goal. As long as the goal can be achieved, it can be used, that's all.

The reason why many of Zhao Kuo's previous strategies looked very exquisite was mainly because Zhao Kuo faced very strong opponents at that time. In addition, the Zhao army in the early days of Zhao Kuo's career was always at a disadvantage in terms of military strength, and had to rely on exquisite strategies to turn the tables.

But now, the Zhao army has completely dominated both in terms of strength and quantity. In this case, it is enough to only use the smoothest and most guaranteed way to win.

Those exquisite things become fancy and impractical at this time.

We must look at problems from a development and progress perspective, and we cannot judge wars as we did before.

King Zhao calmed down and said to Zhao Kuo: "If we really want to fight on the third line, will our current ability still be insufficient?"

After hearing what King Zhao said, Zhao Kuo couldn't help laughing.

"The king is definitely worried. With our Zhao State's current ability, fighting on the third line is more than enough."

You should know that just a few years ago, Zhao State was able to independently deal with the joint attacks of five other countries. Now, Zhao State has annexed three countries and then deal with the attacks of three countries, that would be easy.

Simply put, the number of troops that Zhao State can use has exceeded 600,000. Li Mu brought only 200,000 troops to attack Qi State, which only accounts for 1/3 of the troops that Zhao State can use.

Zhao State now has 400,000 troops, which can be used immediately.

So, Zhao Guo and Zhao Kuo are completely confident and don’t need to be nervous at all.

Zhao Kuo continued to Zhao with a calm attitude, "Please rest assured, our Zhao State can still have 400,000 troops to use. As long as 200,000 are distributed on each side, it will be more than enough to deal with Qin and Chu State."

Zhao Kuo was very confident when speaking, and his confidence immediately infected King Zhao.

After all, everyone knows that Zhao Kuo is the real No. 1 general in the world. So how could the words said by becoming the No. 1 general in the world be inconspicuous?

On the other side, Zhou Shaofen couldn't help but speak, "That's right, but now if all the troops are used, then will our Zhao State be very empty?"

From Zhou Shaofen's perspective, he obviously did not want Zhao Kuo to gain the power to control the army. Even though Zhao Kuo was not the main general on the main battlefield of Zhao State this time, Zhou Shaofen still hoped that Zhao Kuo would be as far away as possible from the army as possible.

After hearing Zhou Shaofen's words, Zhao Kuo couldn't help laughing, looking at Zhou Shaofen and said, "Zhou Qing, your words are wrong. Think about it carefully. If we don't send troops, will Qin and Chu let us go without anything?

The current situation is that unless we withdraw our troops from Qi, we will definitely fight against Qin and Chu.”

To put it bluntly, in this war, the conflict of interest between Zhao State and the other three countries was very extreme, and it can be said that it has reached a point that it is completely uncontrollable.

Since mediation is no longer possible, there must be no third way out between the two sides besides the war.

Zhou Shaofen made the suggestion because he did not want Zhao Kuo to control the military power, but to be honest, in this current environment, if Zhao Kuo does not control the military power, should Zhou Shaofen control the military power?

So after hearing Zhao Kuo's rhetoric, Zhou Shaofen was speechless and couldn't speak for a long time.

King Zhao also had different thoughts when he saw this scene.

For King Zhao himself, he did have the idea of ​​using Li Mu to restrain Zhao Kuo, but for King Zhao, destroying Qi State is more important after all, not to mention that the protagonist this time was Li Mu, not Zhao Kuo.

So, as long as Li Mu can get the first merit, it doesn't matter if he asks Zhao Kuo to drink some soup. Anyway, King Zhao can continue to highlight Li Mu at that time, so there will be no one to pay attention to Zhao Kuo.

When he thought of this, King Zhao finally stopped hesitating and immediately made up his mind to speak, "Since that is the case, there is no need to say more. It is said that my order will immediately be dismissed from 400,000 troops, Wu Xinjun and Grand Marshal Xu Li each control 200,000 troops and fight against the Qin and Chu troops respectively.

But I hope you remember that this time our real battlefield is in the direction of Qi State, so if possible, I hope you can act steadily, not take the initiative to attack, and not let me hear the news of your failure. Do you understand?"

What King Zhao said sounded a bit strange. He was obviously going to the battlefield, so why did he add so many restrictions?

In fact, the meaning of King Zhao is very simple. He just wants to tell Zhao Kuo through these words that the protagonist this time is Li Mu rather than Zhao Kuo, so Zhao Kuo cannot steal the show or steal the limelight from Li Mu.

After hearing King Zhao's words, Zhao Kuo couldn't help but feel funny in his heart. Of course he could hear King Zhao's subtext, but... In fact, King Zhao didn't know that there was no difference between Zhao Kuo's contribution or Li Mu's contribution.

So of course, Zhao Kuo also said to King Zhao very calmly: "Please don't worry, I will definitely obey the king's orders this time and will never attack without authorization."

After hearing Zhao Kuo's words, King Zhao smiled and said to Zhao Kuo: "If this is the case, then of course it would be the best."

Both sides smiled at each other, and their smiles were very bright.

After a while, Zhao Kuo left the palace and got on his carriage.

There is not only Zhao Kuo in the carriage, but also Zhao Kuo’s most trusted confidant Xu Li.

Xu Li spoke to Zhao Kuo and said, "Master, I always feel that something is wrong with the king today."

As the leader who has always been responsible for Zhao Kuo's return to the Nightingale system, Xu Li is very sensitive to this aspect, and his ability to observe words and expressions is definitely the strongest.

Zhao Kuo smiled slightly and said to Xu Li: "It's really wrong with him, because he is no longer at ease with me to lead the troops."

After hearing this, Xu Li was shocked and couldn't help but speak, "Have you discovered our action plan?"

Zhao Kuo shook his head and said slowly: "This should not be available. If so, the eunuch order would have notified us long ago.

But this is actually a sequelae of Li Mu.”

For Zhao Kuo, the one he has always paid the most attention to is King Zhao, because Zhao Kuo feels that no other country can pose any threat. The one who can truly threaten Zhao Kuo's life is King Zhao.

Therefore, Zhao Kuo invested the most in the King of Zhao, not only in the orders of eunuchs, but also in recent years, a group of intelligence spies who have gradually grown up in the palace.

It is no exaggeration to say that Zhao Kuo should be the one who knows King Zhao best in this world.

So King Zhao’s idea is very simple now. As long as Li Mu continues to grow and grows enough to replace Zhao Kuo, sooner or later, King Zhao will definitely take action to get rid of Zhao Kuo first.

In order to ensure this, the best way is of course to prevent Zhao Kuo from getting in touch with military power.

Even if Zhao Kuo has gained the power to control the army for such special reasons, King Zhao must give special instructions not to let Zhao Kuo become the protagonist in this war, Li Mu must obtain the greatest contribution and let Li Mu grow up as fast as possible.

Xu Li couldn't help laughing and said, "The king thinks he can use Li Mu to control us, but he doesn't know that our power has been growing and growing under his nose."

As the first leader of the Nightingale, Xu Li instinctively felt very interested in this kind of strategy to plot others.

Zhao Kuo smiled and said to Xu Li: "This is the situation now. As long as there is no trouble for the Qin people, we will just keep it honestly.

We don’t need to show off anyway, do we?”

Xu Li also nodded with a smile and said, "The Lord is right. The king thinks that Li Mu can help him control power step by step, but he doesn't know that he is actually falling into the big pit we have laid for him step by step."

In the carriage, both of them laughed at the same time.

After Zhao Kuo and others left, King Zhao returned to the harem.

Here, Queen Li is already waiting for him.

"Come on, let me see my precious daughter."

King Zhao smiled and took the princess's swaddle clothes from Queen Li, looking left and right, he didn't forget to kiss the little princess' delicate face.

Of course, Queen Li could not have any objection to King Zhao's behavior, and she also looked at King Zhao with a smile.

After playing with the little princess for a few minutes, King Zhao became tired of it. He signaled the wet nurse who was on the side to hold the little princess and leave, and then hugged Queen Li.

"Queen, today I need your comfort."

After hearing what King Zhao said, Queen Li was also confused and couldn't help but ask: "Is there something unhappy happening again today?"

King Zhao sighed and told Queen Li all the things he had discussed in the hall today.

“…this is how things look like.

Wu Xinjun was able to control the army again, which means he was able to take the opportunity to strengthen the connection with the army. I was always unhappy."

Queen Li wanted to speak but stopped.

For Queen Li, Zhao Kuo is the most important supporter of the Second Prince, and he is likely to become the Prime Minister of Zhao after the Second Prince ascended the throne in the future. Queen Li is of course on Zhao Kuo's side in his heart.

King Zhao seemed to understand Queen Li's thoughts. After a glance at Queen Li, he spoke and said, "I can actually understand your idea, but I think that the person who can truly assist our children in the world in the future should not be Zhao Kuo, but Li Mu, but Li Mu. Do you understand?"

This sentence from King Zhao was actually the first time he confirmed in front of Queen Li. The second prince will become the king of Zhao in the future, and also regard Li Mu as the real candidate to assist the second prince in the future.

This is actually telling you that even if Zhao Kuo is deposed by King Zhao after the time comes, the second prince can still continue to inherit the throne of King Zhao.

However, after hearing this, Queen Li was a little overjoyed.

For some reason, Zhao Kuo appeared in Queen Li's mind at this moment, and it never dispersed for a long time.

This made Queen Li very disappointed.
Chapter completed!