Chapter 861 Zhao Kuo's Advice for War
King Zhao's sudden toughness was still somewhat beyond Zhao Kuo's expectations.
This made Zhao Kuo feel something was wrong, and he knew that something might have happened behind King Zhao.
Zhao Kuo soon came to his senses and knew that King Zhao's attitude suddenly became so tough, probably because of the woman in the palace.
At this moment, a very famous story suddenly flashed through Zhao Kuo's mind, which was called Fenghuo Xiu Zhuhou.
If King Zhao launched a war this time just to please the woman, then this story is indeed very similar to the Fenghuo Xiu of the princes to some extent.
Faced with such obvious urging from King Zhao, Zhao Kuo was also thinking quickly in his heart.
On the other side, Pingyang Jun was gloating at Zhao Kuo.
In Pingyangjun's opinion, it was impossible for Zhao Kuo to come up with a complete plan in just a short time.
In this case, King Zhao would definitely feel dissatisfied with Zhao Kuo, and it was a rare time for King Pingyang to be proud of himself.
For Pingyang Jun, as long as he can see Zhao Kuo eating turtles, Pingyang Jun will be very happy.
So Pingyang Jun was very gloating and said: "Mr. Wu Xin, you are the general of our Zhao State, the number one figure in our Zhao State military, and you are even more famous as the world's number one general.
But I never expected that people like you could not even answer a question about war by answering the king.”
Pingyang Jun has been holding it in for too long. It is rare to have an opportunity to use the power of King Zhao to counterattack Zhao Kuo. It is naturally impossible for Pingyang Jun to seize it.
Facing Pingyangjun, Zhao Kuo was also speechless, thinking that you were really not slapped in the face, right?
In fact, Zhao Kuo did not mean that he was not prepared for the next war. On the contrary, in Zhao Kuo's opinion, war is not a joke. You cannot say that you want to fight, and then you will go to war immediately after slapping your head.
Each war should be detailed and planned before the beginning, so as to ensure that the war is prepared and the victory of the entire war can be ensured to the greatest extent.
It is precisely because of this that Zhao Kuo was unwilling to speak immediately, because in that case, it would be easy for Zhao State to bear the bitter fruit of failure.
Although Zhao State has won many times in the past few years, it has also failed many times.
Zhao Kuo did not want Zhao State to fail, because that would seriously delay Zhao Kuo's process of unifying the world.
However, no matter how rigorous it is, the problems raised by King Zhao now need to be solved.
The next moment, Zhao Kuo suddenly had an idea and had an answer in his heart.
So Zhao Kuo spoke calmly: "Your words are interesting, who said I have no plans in my mind?
I just thought about it in my mind and made sure that this plan will not cause any omissions."
After hearing Zhao Kuo’s words, Pingyang Jun did not refute, but just showed a little sneer.
In Pingyangjun's view, Zhao Kuo is probably just casually telling a plan to attack which country.
By that time, Mr. Pingyang could get into the details and let everyone see that Zhao Kuo actually had no careful plans at all, just talking nonsense here.
However, what Zhao Kuo said at the next moment surprised Mr. Pingyang.
Zhao Kuo said to King Zhao: "King, what we have to do next should be to completely conquer Liaodong. If possible, it would be good to destroy Jizi and North Korea."
Liaodong and Jizi and North Korea were the goals set by Zhao Kuo for this very short-term war.
After hearing Zhao Kuo's words, King Zhao was also a little surprised and said to Zhao Kuo: "Why is it Liaodong instead of other places?"
Zhao Kuo thought to himself that you are not talking nonsense?
You don’t look at what month it is now. If you send troops at this time, it is absolutely impossible for any country to destroy this country if you want to enter the palace, and it will even attract a major counterattack from several other countries again.
Once the war becomes a part of other countries, it will definitely be impossible to end the war this winter.
If you want to end the war before the autumn harvest, your best goal is the Liaodong Peninsula.
Today, the Liaodong Peninsula is still occupied by a group of remnants of the Yan Kingdom. It is said that Jizi North Korea took advantage of this opportunity to attack the Liaodong Peninsula some time ago, but it seemed that it did not succeed later.
Now, as long as we can take down the Liaodong Peninsula.
It was also an absolute victory, enough to satisfy the King of Zhao.
With this idea, Zhao Kuo said to the King of Zhao in front of him: "The current situation is that although the Yan State is destroyed, there are still people in other countries who try to admit that there is also a King of Yan in the Liaodong County of Yan State.
This time we send troops to completely cut off the reasons for these guys to be stubborn, and by the way, we can control the ginseng production area of Liaodong County in our own hands. It can be said that there are benefits but no harm."
After listening to Zhao Kuo's words, King Zhao fell into thinking.
For King Zhao, it is enough to have one victory. As for where this victory is to be played, it doesn't seem to matter.
Anyway, as long as there is victory, King Zhao can give an explanation to the beauties who are looking forward to the hope of him in the palace.
So King Zhao finally nodded happily and said to Zhao Kuo: "Since Wu Xinjun has said that, then let Wu Xinjun be responsible for planning this war."
At this moment, Pingyang Jun hurriedly said, "My king, the old minister thinks that the great Sima of Lianpo has just defeated the Yuezhi people, and is the best candidate for the commander to go to Liaodong."
For Pingyang Jun, if he didn't hit hard and compete for the position of the chief general at this time, he would be embarrassed to say that he was Zhao Kuo's political enemy.
Zhao Kuo glanced at Pingyang Jun and couldn't help but feel speechless.
With such a small contribution as a fight against Liaodong, Mr. Pingyang wouldn’t really think that I want to compete with you, right?
Zhao Kuo smiled and said, "To be honest, the old minister has actually wanted to cultivate oneself and be at home recently. If the king wants to send other people to be the chief general, the old minister has absolutely no objection."
If he was fighting other countries, Zhao Kuo might be a little worried about whether Lian Po could win, but now he is fighting against Liaodong, a remnant general. If Lian Po couldn't win, then he might as well hang himself.
After hearing Zhao Kuo's words, Pingyang Jun and Lian Po, who were sitting next to him, all showed a surprised expression, unable to believe what he heard.
King Zhao was also quite surprised. He glanced at Zhao Kuo and couldn't help but speak, "Wu Xinjun, are you really sure you won't go to the battle as the commander this time?"
For King Zhao, since he agreed to the victory of his sweetheart, he certainly hopes that the more stable he can be, the better.
No matter from which perspective, Zhao Kuo's journey to the war is a safer choice.
Zhao Kuo laughed and said to King Zhao: "The king has been worried too much. The old minister has been fighting outside almost every year over the years. He has long wanted to enjoy the life of his children and wives at home.
So this time, the old minister really doesn't want to fight anymore and wants to take a break.
Besides, what is the best place in Liaodong?
Just crushing, it's boring.
If the king wants to continue to fight for the Central Plains in the future, the old minister will definitely be the first to volunteer!”
When King Zhao thought about it, it seemed that the same was true, so he laughed and said, "Since you said so, I won't force you anymore."
Grand Sima Lian Po, I will give you 80,000 troops. Before this winter comes, you must bring the news of victory back to me!"
After King Zhao finished speaking, Pingyang Jun immediately let out a long sigh.
For Pingyang Jun, Lian Po is now his ally. The greater the contribution Lian Po has earned, the better support he will be for Pingyang Jun.
But the next moment I saw Zhao Kuo also looked calm, which made Pingyang Jun less calm.
Pingyang Jun thought to himself: "This Zhao Kuo only won a few battles, but now he is so crazy. He doesn't even look down on the credit for conquering Liaodong.
He is so arrogant and arrogant, sooner or later he will definitely make a big fuss one day!"
Chapter completed!