The country that Zhao Kuo has won is still very good, but without the puzzle of Chu, it is still incomplete.

This idea is not only Zhao Kuoyou, but also most of the Han ministers and the common people in the Han Dynasty think so.

The six kingdoms in the world have destroyed five of them, and only one Chu state is left. How could it be allowed to live for too long?

Spring is here.

The spring plowing season is also one of the most lively seasons on this land.

In most of the land in China, both men, women, young and old, the focus of life is on the fields.

Adults are farming, the elderly help cook and do some heavy work, and older children are also helping. Only those young children can run around and play happily on the ridges of the fields.

At this time, Zhao State was busy all over, while Zhao Kuo became more idle.

After handling state affairs, Zhao Kuo sat on the chair with priority and looked at Zhao Qian, who was not far away, and was practicing martial arts seriously under the guidance of a general of the Imperial Guard.

The reason why we need to practice martial arts is very simple. It is not to let Zhao Qian and the others go to the battlefield to fight, but to cultivate their habit of physical exercise since childhood.

Why do many emperors die at a young age? Usually there are several major factors: being born weak, being addicted to alcohol and sex, being too diligent, etc.

If these factors can be effectively and regularly exercised, they can be completely solved, and at least they can be buffered. It is no problem to live for several more years.

History has told Zhao Kuo that the king of a country died as soon as he ascended the throne, which is very easy for any country to cause civil unrest.

Therefore, Zhao Kuo also forced the rule that in addition to cultural courses, princes must practice martial arts, three days a week, and spend an hour of morning every day to practice. You don’t ask you to be as fierce as a enemy of thousands of people, but at least you must strengthen your body.

Yiqiuwei was somewhat dissatisfied with this matter: "King, why do you want the ministers to teach me?"

As long as I come and teach you, don’t you.”

Zhao Kuo laughed silently and said, "You, you are a concubine. If you are asked to teach me, there will inevitably be some old antiques gossiping."

Yiqiuwei snorted unhappily, and her long legs shook a whip in the air, and said coquettishly: "Who dares to gossip? I will kick off his teeth directly!"

Zhao Kuo laughed.

Yiqiuwei came to guide him, which is indeed enough in terms of martial arts, but Yiqiuwei is a wild path, and the teaching methods and methods are definitely not as perfect and systematic as the army.

Moreover, Yiqiuwei had never killed anyone, but the general of the Imperial Guard in front of Zhao Kuo was an outstanding officer in Chiyou's army, and more than 200 enemies died under him.

Don’t underestimate the record of 200 people. Many folk legends say that they can kill one or two thousand people in one battle. In fact, most wars are over, and often only need to behead twenty or thirty or even more than a dozen heads to become the champion of the entire army.

A very simple mathematical calculation. If there are 100,000 Han troops and each of them cuts a head, the other party will die of 100,000.

If each person cuts five heads, the other party will die of 500,000 people... Is this possible?

Given that Zhao Kuo has been in the world for so many years and has won so many victories, the strongest beheading record under his command was maintained by Li Mu before, and only 344 heads were only relied on the convenience of Chiyou's army's heavy armor rushing to the formation and reaping arbitrarily.

The vast majority of soldiers, from the time they participated in the war to retirement from the army, were quite good at cutting more than a dozen or twenty heads.

This is the real world line.

Just as Zhao Kuo's thinking was divergent, the martial arts class finally ended.

Zhao Qian and other boys were sweating profusely, lying on the grass one by one, panting.

Yiqiuwei looked at it and couldn't help laughing: "A group of boys who can only brag, who has told me a few days ago that they will not breathe after practicing?"

When Zhao Meng, the second prince born by Qiu'er, heard this, he said helplessly: "Sanniang, we are bragging at our own family, so don't be so serious."

Yiqiuwei yelled and said to Zhao Meng: "Xiaomeng, you were the most powerful when bragging. Now that you really practiced, are you pretending to die?

No, come with Sanniang. Sanniang teaches you how to ride a horse and practice it for you!”

"Father, save me, save me!"

Amid Xiao Zhao's screams, he was ruthlessly dragged away by Yi Quwei.

Zhao Kuo smiled and looked at the scene, and did not forget to wave to Zhao Meng.

Crown Prince Zhao Qian was obviously used to this scene for a long time, so he shrugged his shoulders and then brought several younger brothers to salute Zhao Kuo.

Zhao Kuo patted the children on the shoulders one by one, encouraged them a few words, and then said to Zhao Qian: "I will go to war in a few days. When I am away, you are the prince. You must protect your younger brothers and sisters.

If they have any conflicts, your mother, second and third ladies are adults, and sometimes it is not convenient to get involved in this child's affairs. If you are the elder brother, you should also help mediate. Do you understand?"

Upon hearing this, Zhao Qian nodded quickly and said yes.

Zhao Kuo looked at Zhao Qian and felt emotional. Not to mention anything else, just in terms of appearance, Zhao Qian is now becoming more and more like Zhao Kuo.

Well, that's great.

Zhao Kuo smiled and said to Zhao Qian: "Okay, take your brothers down to take a shower. I'll have to go to class later."

As a child of the Wang family, education must be taken seriously, and the learning atmosphere must be grasped strictly.

If all the children of the Wang family are idiots, the possibility of a fool who oppresses the people in the future will increase greatly, and the best way to eliminate idiots is education.

Seeing Zhao Qian leaving with several younger brothers, Zhao Kuo also breathed a sigh of relief: "These children, I hope they won't turn against each other in the future."

As for Zhao Meng who was taken away by Yiquwei, Zhao Kuo was not worried. This son was as famous as his name, and he was reckless in various senses. It would be good to let Yiquwei train him and suppress his temperament.

Zhao Kuo stood up from the chair and stretched.

It's time to deal with government affairs again. Fortunately, after the war is about to go to war, these tedious government affairs will be reduced by half.

It's so happy to think about it.

Three days later, spring plowing basically ended in the Central Plains of Zhao State.

Seven days later, Zhao Kuo finished worshiping his ancestors in the Han Dynasty's ancestral temple, and then formally announced the dispatch of troops to attack Chu State.

Before sending the troops, Zhao Kuo also issued a manifesto, which roughly means that the State of Chu was originally a minister under the command of the Emperor of Zhou, but he betrayed the Emperor of Zhou to become king without authorization, which was a great act of rebellion.

Today, the Han Kingdom inherited the Zhou emperor's country and country. As the well-deserved heir of the Zhou emperor, Zhao Kuo also followed the orders of heaven to attack Chu, and then unify China.

I hope that the ministers and ordinary people of Chu can follow the will of heaven, join the Han Dynasty, and contribute to the unification of China.

Zhao Kuo would also treat these people who joined the Han Dynasty equally and give generous treatment in terms of official positions and titles.

This manifesto had been drafted long ago, and more than 100,000 secret copies were copied, and it was sent to the major cities of Chu through the secret channels of the Nightingale.

Therefore, on the day Zhao Kuo went to war and issued the manifesto, dozens of large and small cities in Chu, including Shouchun City, the capital of Chu, were all covered by these manifestos posted everywhere.

Of course, the King of Chu learned about this manifesto at the first time.

Then, the King of Chu was furious.

"This Zhao Kuo is really too much! Is he the heir to the Zhou emperor? Isn't he just a usurper? What qualifications do you have to blame me and Da Chu?

It's ridiculous!"

The reason why the King of Chu was so angry was, on the one hand, because Zhao Kuo launched an attack, and on the other hand, because Zhao Kuo's manifesto did reveal the old background of Chu.

When Chu was first rising, it was a small tribe. Then the ancestors of Chu followed the leaders of other large tribes to see the Zhou emperor. As a result, the Zhou emperor did not take the small tribe of Chu seriously, so he asked the leaders of the large tribe to drink in the hall and let the leaders of the "small tribe" of Chu go outside to watch.

The ancestor of Chu State was so angry that he became strong after he came back to lie on firewood and tasted gall, and immediately rebelled against the Emperor of Zhou.

At that time, only the Emperor of Zhou could be called "king", and the others were like "public" and "hou". Since Chu State rebelled, the ancestors of Chu State were also very straightforward. I would also call him king! This ancestor of Chu State who called him king also had a famous saying: "I am a barbarian, and I will not be named as a Chinese name!"

This is why among the five hegemons in the Spring and Autumn Period in history books, only the monarch of Chu was called "King Zhuang of Chu", while the other countries were called "Duke Huan of Qi" and "Duke Wen of Jin".

Since becoming king, even if the State of Chu has officially separated from the system of the Zhou emperor, it has formed its own faction.

During the Spring and Autumn Period, Duke Huan of Qi once proposed the title of "respecting kings and expelling barbarians". The "respecting kings" respected the King of Zhou, and the barbarians in "resisting barbarians" are actually divided into three types: north, west and south, among which the south refers specifically to the State of Chu.

Until later in the Warring States Period, the other six vassal states became kings, and they all separated from the Zhou emperor system. In addition, the Chu State was also powerful for hundreds of years and was basically assimilated by Chinese culture, so the other vassal states did not mention this matter in public.

But now Zhao Kuo has taken out the dark history of the ancestors of Chu, accusing Chu of being a legitimate descendant of China. The King of Chu, who had long been completely transformed into China, was naturally furious, but he could not refute it. He could only curse Zhao Kuo, and pretended to be angry.

After scolding Zhao Kuo, the King of Chu's anger disappeared a lot and said to the ministers in front of him: "Okay, let's talk about it, what kind of fighting style is it to play now?"

Although I don’t want to face this situation, Zhao Kuo has already come to the door. This time, Chu State has to fight if it doesn’t fight.

Logically speaking, since the King of Chu had already asked, Li Yuan, as the ordinant, should be the first to answer.

However, Li Yuan sat very steadily and did not seem to have any intention of speaking.

Li Yuan was very panicked at this time. If Li Yuan spoke, there was no way out except to take the initiative to go to war.

However, Li Yuan doesn’t know how to fight! If this really matches Zhao Kuo, wouldn’t it be for nothing?

So Li Yuan was very wise not to speak on this issue, but let others show off.

After waiting for a while, someone spoke up.

Jingyang stood up and said, "Report to the king, the old minister is willing to lead the troops and fight with Zhao Kuo!"

Jing Yang's opening was really not beyond everyone's expectations.

No matter at any time, as long as you mention opposing Zhao Kuo, Jingyang will always be very energetic.

If it were normal times, the King of Chu might have to consider checks and balances, but now Zhao is already in a big army, and Chu will face the crisis of destruction in minutes, so he will lose this mood.

The King of Chu said directly: "It's very good. I know that at the critical moment, the Grand Sima of Jingyang is still loyal to Da Chu! This way, you will be the chief general. I will hand over all the troops and horses of Da Chu to you. This time you must block Zhao Kuo and prevent Zhao Kuo, the traitor, from succeeding!"

Jing Yang nodded vigorously and said loudly: "Please rest assured, I will never let the king down."

Later, Jing Yang nominated Notre Zhong and Qu Feng and the other two as his deputy generals.

Qu Feng, who has always been neutral, is easy to say about this nomination, but Zhao Zhong was obviously a little surprised.

You should know that now is not the era when the three major families join forces to deal with Chunshenjun, but a new era when the Jing family and the Zhao family are united together. Jingyang actually nominated the Lord of the Chaozhong to serve as deputy general?
To be continued...