Chapter 470 Zhao Kuo's Choice
"Nanjun and Nanyangjun?"
Zhao Kuo was stunned for a moment, then looked at Meng Ao with a sarcastic look: "General Meng Ao, do you think of me as a fool?"
Meng Ao said very seriously: "I can really let Daqin ced these two places to Zhao State and Wu Xinjun."
Zhao Kuo waved his hand and said, "This is not a question of whether to cede or not. It's that even if you can really persuade the King of Qin to cede these two places to us, Da Zhao would not want these two places."
Nanjun and Nanyangjun are located in the Jianghan Plain and the Nanyang Plain respectively, and are both rare and good places, but the problem is that whoever gets these two places will become the mortal enemy of Chu.
Zhao Kuo looked at Meng Ao and suddenly spoke, "General Meng Ao, in fact, you have not ceded any power to the country, because you are just the main general on the front line.
But you are very confident, and I can see that this confidence is not fake.
So... was the King of Qin captured by Li Mu?"
As soon as Zhao Kuo's guessing voice fell, Li Si on the side couldn't help but speak in shock: "How is this possible?"
Under the repeated psychological blows, Li Si has already lost his composure.
Meng Ao took a deep breath and looked at Zhao Kuo, with a look of awe in his eyes: "Wu Xinjun is indeed a god-like prediction, Meng Ao admires it."
There is silence.
All the Zhao army soldiers looked at each other, and their eyes revealed disbelief.
The King of Qin... was actually captured alive by our soldiers of Da Zhao?
The next moment, the shaking cheers burst out again, and this time the cheers were much more enthusiastic than the last time.
That's the King of Qin! Since the Han, Zhao and Wei families divided Jin and the seven heroes together, this is the first time that the king of Qin has fallen into the hands of other countries.
Before he knew it, the many eyes that looked at Zhao Kuo became more and more eager and admired.
Everyone knows that it was Wu Xinjun's personal soldier Chiyou Army that did all this! Amid the shocking cheers, Zhao Kuo said to Meng Ao lightly: "General Meng Ao, I admire your courage very much.
But I must regret to tell you that you are no longer qualified to talk to me about any conditions."
This sentence obviously hurt Meng Ao, making his face a little distorted.
But Meng Ao soon returned to normal and said calmly: "Actually, from the very beginning, I knew I could not hide it from Wu Xinjun."
Zhao Kuo nodded and said calmly: "Actually, from the beginning you have been dying, because you feel that you are sorry for the king, you are sorry for the King of Qin, and you are even more sorry for the millions of people in Qin, so you just want to die to be liberated."
Meng Ao's face turned paler, but he did not deny it.
Zhao Kuo looked at Meng Ao and said, "But don't forget that since you have left your destiny to me, my decision will not be the same as you thought.
Come on, please invite General Meng Ao!”
Several Zhao troops stepped forward and took Meng Ao and his commander guard away, who had not resisted at all.
Xu Li walked up and said, "What should I do now?"
Zhao Kuo pondered for a while and said, "Meng Ao is actually very smart."
Xu Li was a little confused: "Can he be captured voluntarily? Can this be considered smart?"
Zhao Kuo sighed and said, "He handed over the military power to Wang Jian. This is a very bold decision, and it may also be the decision to save all the main forces of the Qin army."
Of course Zhao Kuo knew Wang Jian’s name, but Zhao Kuo also knew that Wang Jian is just a rookie now.
No one would hand over the lives of more than 100,000 main forces of the Qin army to a rookie like Wang Jian, but Meng Ao did so.
Zhao Kuo calculated every step of Meng Ao in the entire war, but missed the last step.
Now, Zhao Kuo has to face a problem - where will Wang Jian go?
In just one day, the scouts were able to find out where the Qin army was.
But now the Qin army has already left for one day. If Zhao Kuo waits for another one, the two-day journey will completely prevent Zhao Kuo from catching up with the Qin army.
Judging from the current situation, the Qin army's retreat was actually two ways, one towards the west and the other towards the south.
To go west, the Qin army wants to take back Xianyang and then fight against the Zhao army with Xianyang.
After all, there are only 10,000 cavalry of Li Mu, but there are hundreds of thousands of Qin people. With such internal and external cooperation, it is not impossible for the Qin army to retake Xianyang in a short time.
Another one is to retreat south, from Lantian and Mount Li to the entrance of Ziwu Road, and then retreat to Hanzhong through Ziwu Road.
If Meng Ao led his troops, Zhao Kuo concluded that Meng Ao would definitely choose to rescue Xianyang.
But Wang Jian... Zhao Kuo knew that Wang Jian was Wang Jian in his sixties in history. Wang Jian's idea was obviously completely different from that of Wang Jian in his twentysomething now.
Most importantly, although Zhao Kuo guessed the battle situation in Xianyang, it all relied on Meng Ao's recognition.
What if Meng Ao was lying?
As the chief general of the Qin army, Meng Ao had sufficient motivation to lie.
Zhao Kuo pondered for a long time.
Finally, Zhao Kuo looked up and said, "Let's go to Xianyang."
Li Si asked, "What if Wang Jian didn't go to Xianyang?"
Zhao Kuo laughed: "That means that Wang Jian is indeed lucky."
It is a safer way to go to Xianyang, because Xianyang not only has countless wealth resources from Qin for many years, but also Li Mu, but also the King of Qin.
As for the main force of the more than 100,000 Qin troops under Wang Jian and Wang Jian, it doesn’t matter if they can meet the best in Xianyang.
After all, Zhao Kuo only has 70,000 troops under his command, and even if he can defeat Wang Jian, it will definitely be a tragic victory.
The losses of Zhao State due to the defeat of Jidu are already heavy enough, and more losses may lead to other countries' disagreements.
The next afternoon, Zhao Kuo, who was approaching Xianyang, obtained the exact news.
Xianyang was defeated, Qin was captured, Crown Prince Ying Zichu escaped, and Wang Jian led his troops south and headed straight for Ziwu Road.
Zhao Kuo was silent for a while and smiled: "Wang Jian... is interesting, very interesting."
It is indeed Wang Jian. He is indeed smart enough to help Qin Shihuang unify the world in history.
Xu Li whispered: "Do you want to let the other side take action?"
The one Xu Li mentioned was of course Lu Buwei and Mao Sui.
Zhao Kuo smiled and said, "It's okay.
Let's go, let's go to Xianyang to meet the King of Qin. I guess he has a lot to say to me."
Although Wang Jian's troops escaped, this does not mean that the failure of Qin State ended.
The King of Qin was still in Li Mu's hands, which means that Qin was destined to be slaughtered by Zhao.
Given that Wang Jian actually fled, Zhao Kuo had made a decision at this moment - this knife must be slaughtered more ruthlessly, and the Qin people must be hurt and unforgettable forever.
Chapter completed!