Yan State, the land of Du Kang.

An army of cavalry was advancing on the vast plain, with horses trampling on the ground, stirring up overwhelming smoke and dust.

In a small village nearby, the doors and windows of every household were closed, and several eyes were hiding behind the fence in terror, staring at the cavalry army passing by the road outside the village in horror.

A team of cavalry galloped into the village and shouted loudly in the words of Yan State.

"Wu Xinjun has an order to hand over 70% of the food and not kill it!"

"If you don't kill the food, those who disobey will die!"

The old li of the village was hearing these words clearly. After a moment of hesitation, he stood up and walked towards the door tremblingly.

Lao Lizheng's son was anxious and directly grabbed Lao Lizheng: "Father, that's 70% of the food! If you hand it over, how can we spend the winter?"

Lao Li was turning around and looking at his son calmly: "If you don't give in, can you stop the cavalry of the Zhao people?"

The son was speechless.

Lao Li was saying lightly: "If I don't pay the food, the only result is that the people of Zhao will kill us all, and the food will still be taken away by them.

Rather than doing this, it is better to hand over the food in exchange for a chance to survive.”

Lao Lizheng's daughter-in-law was just married, and she held her baby grandson and said with some fear: "Will the people of Zhao really spare our lives if they hand over the food?"

Lao Li was silent for a while and said, "If it were a member of Qi, it would not be possible, nor would the other generals of Zhao, but Wu Xinjun would."

With a creak, the door of Lao Li’s house opened.

Lao Li was trembling and saluting to the several Zhao cavalrymen in front of him: "We are willing to pay the food!"

...Xu Li reported to Zhao Kuo: "Master, for some reason, the grain collection in Yanland this year has been unusually smooth, and the grain collection teams in the past few days can basically achieve their goals."

Zhao Kuo smiled and suddenly said, "Do you still remember that we had attacked this place a few years ago?"

Xu Li thought for a while and said, "At that time, it was mainly Li Mu's troops. Our main force came afterwards."

Zhao Kuo nodded and said, "Yes.

When we occupied this place, the people here remembered clearly what we did.

This is the importance of discipline. If we burn, kill, loot here, then the people of Yan will either escape cleanly or resist desperately when they see us, and will not obediently exchange food for their lives."

Xu Li was convinced and said, "The Lord is indeed awesome."

With the cooperation of the people in Yan, the food and grass that Zhao Jun could not support was once again replenished.

What surprised Xu Li was Zhao Kuo's next order.

"Transfer the order, divide the troops out, and sweep all the cities in the land of Dukang as quickly as possible.

Once any unit finds the figure of the main force in Lejian, retreat immediately and report to this marquis as soon as possible!”

Xu Li looked at Zhao Kuo in surprise: "Master, at this time, we will divide the troops, so why don't we go to Jidu?"

Zhao Kuo looked at the vast plains in the east and said leisurely: "It was originally possible to go, but I suddenly thought of something, so I decided to make a steady move first."

Xu Li was puzzled and said, "Is it the news that Li Mu retreated north?"

The news of Li Mu's retreat to the north was that the eyeliners of a large number of nightingales in Yan State just reached Zhao Kuo yesterday.

Zhao Kuo smiled and said, "It's not entirely true.

Do you remember another news from yesterday?”

Xu Li was stunned at first, and suddenly realized: "Is it the news that the envoys of Qi and Wei Kingdom went to Handan?"

Zhao Kuo nodded slightly and said, "That's it."

Xu Li was puzzled: "Now our army has few enemies but has the upper hand, so the Queen Mother should not be so stupid as to agree to peace talks, right?"

Zhao Kuo sighed and said lightly: "The Empress Dowager may not, but what about Le Cheng?

If Le Cheng interferes with it, it will be no surprise to Benhou at all."

Xu Li finally understood and couldn't help but kill a little murderous intent on his face: "This Le Cheng has repeatedly ruined the lord's major affairs, so he deserves to die!"

Zhao Kuo nodded and said, "Le Cheng deserves to die, but he still can't die now."

After defeating Lian Po, Le Cheng appeared.

If Le Cheng is defeated, there will be another person who opposes Zhao Kuo.

In the final analysis, as long as the Empress Dowager, Ping Yuanjun and others are still afraid of Zhao Kuo for a day, they will always support new people to restrain Zhao Kuo.

It is necessary to solve the problem.

As Zhao Kuo's number one confidant, Xu Li naturally knew Zhao Kuo's thoughts and couldn't help but say, "Master, then when will we wait?"

Zhao Kuo smiled and said, "Wait until the political situation really changes."

According to historical materials in Zhao Kuo's memory, the life span of Lin Xiangru and Pingyuan Jun should have reached.

In other words, these two people could die at any time.

As long as any of these two people die, the iron triangle of "Empress Dowager Pingyuan Jun-Lin Xiangru" in Zhao's political arena will be missing, and no one can fill it in a short time.

This is the opportunity Zhao Kuo was waiting for! Isn’t it clear who can afford to wait for thirty-year-old Zhao Kuo, Pingyuan Jun, who is in his fifties, and Lin Xiangru, who is in his sixties?

Xu Li said: "I just feel that the current situation is still a bit too depressing for us."

Zhao Kuo laughed and said, "If you want to promote, you should suppress it first.

Nothing can be smooth in this world, but the most important thing is that we will surely succeed.

This marquis will unify China, and you will become the founding heroes of the New China Dynasty.

What are these small setbacks when we look back at that time?

What's more, who said we lost money?

This time we won Wuyang City and Du Kang Land, which was an absolute victory!”

Xu Li nodded and suddenly laughed: "For some reason, after following the Lord for a long time, this kind of victory always seems to be ordinary."

Zhao Kuo also laughed: "Sometimes, you think something ordinary is the victory that Le Cheng has been pursuing tirelessly throughout his life."

Withdrawing his smile, Zhao Kuo said calmly: "Of course peace can be negotiated, but this time we must take down Wuyang and Du Kang again, so that Yan State will completely become a small border country trapped in a corner of the north.

In this way, when Da Zhao sends troops again in the future, he can completely destroy Yan State, and then go south to conquer other princes!"

The geographical locations of Zhao and Qin are different, so the way of advancing the whole world is naturally impossible to be the same.

The State of Zhao has now completely solved the problems of the two major nomadic peoples of the grassland, the Huns and the Donghu. Then, as long as the State of Yan is solved, they can go south with all their might without any worries.

From north to south, this is the best way to unify the two thousand years of unified history.

Zhao Kuo looked at the endless Hebei Plain in front of him and said leisurely: "Let the Queen Mother and the others continue to suppress this marquis. When the entire Zhao felt that this marquis had suffered too much grievance and began to sympathize with this marquis, it was time for this marquis to truly take over the authority of this marquis!"
Chapter completed!