Back to the Warring States Period as Zhao Kuo

What are the consequences of losing the chain this time?It is very likely that Zhao State directly annexed Yan State!

Zhao Guo annexed Yan Guo, which marked the complete break of the situation where the seven heroes have stood side by side for more than 200 years. This is extremely bad news for other countries including Qin.

Therefore, Fan Suiming knew that he wanted to offend Lu Buwei, the favorite minister of Qin Wang Yingzi Chu, so he had to bite the bullet and stand up against Lu Buwei's opinion.

Fan Sui is also a veteran of the three dynasties. Ying Zichu's grandfather has been the prime minister of Qin since the time of King Qin Zhao Wang Yingji, so it is impossible for Ying Zichu to ignore Fan Sui's words.

After hesitating for a while, Ying Zichu looked at Lu Buwei.

Lu Buwei was speechless for a moment, and cursed in his heart: If you believe in this old man, you should believe more. Why do you hesitate when others say it?

Lu Buwei knew that he still needed sharper rhetoric to defeat Fan Sui and win enough opportunities for Wu Xinjun who was thousands of miles away.

Lu Buwei smiled lightly, and said to Fan Sui, "Yinghou, Yinghou, what you said is actually not wrong. Zhao's expansion is indeed a big threat to Daqin and even other vassal states in this world.

But we must also see that the current political situation in Daqin is unstable, and there are great internal troubles.How can I beat others without resolving my own internal troubles?

Fan Sui said: "Where is there any internal trouble in Daqin?"Daqin has no internal problems at all!

Lu Buwei snorted heavily, and said: The remnants of the murderer who poisoned the king are still under investigation, who said there is no internal trouble!Before we find out who is the real mastermind behind the scenes, we must not mess around with our weapons!

After Lu Buwei finished speaking, the expressions of everyone in the hall changed.

The former king of Qin, Yingzhu, who had just died a few days ago, died of poisoning. This is a fact that all the kings and ministers of the Qin State understand.

Who poisoned it?A eunuch whose origin cannot be found.

Regarding this eunuch, after so many days of investigation, we only know that he used to be from the state of Chu, possibly from the Ji County of Chu State.

But the problem is that Kuaiji County is still in the hands of Chu State, and it is impossible for Qin State to go to Chu State to find out the truth.

Although Qin State also sent a request to Chu State to assist in the investigation, Chu State also agreed to assist in the investigation on the surface, but considering the relationship between Qin and Chu over the years, the fool also knows that the people of Chu State will never seriously help Qin country investigation.

After the clues from Chu State are cut off, they can only be traced from the clues from Qin State.

Who recommended this eunuch to enter the palace?An old eunuch who died of old age last year.

The old eunuch had served Daqin for many years. Before he died, he recommended a new eunuch. He said that he was his distant nephew in Chu. Considering that the old eunuch was loyal, the Qin government did not find any problems after some training. Let the killer eunuch enter the palace.

The old eunuch also has a son and grandson, but the old eunuch's son and grandson quietly ran to Qi State two years ago in the name of a businessman, and now they don't know where they are in Qi State.

So Qin State ran into the same problem as Chu State ap;dash;ap;dash; Will Qi help Qin investigate?Won't.

These two most important clues are broken, and the remaining clues are naturally more difficult to deal with.

Although the killer eunuch will inevitably have contact with other people in the palace, but all fools know that the killer eunuch entered the palace to kill the king of Qin, so the killer eunuch must cover up very well in the palace, and it is impossible for others to decipher his identity The opportunity, the investigation is indeed the case.

So, who is behind the killer eunuch now?Still an unsolved mystery.

Lu Buwei brought this matter up today, and the meaning is very obvious ap;dash;ap;dash; the real enemy of Daqin is still lurking behind the scenes, you attack easily at this time, isn't it putting the king Yingzi Chu in danger?

Ying Zichu obviously thought of this too, and said repeatedly: "Yes, yes, yes, it is better not to send troops, let's talk about it after the investigation of this matter is completed!"

Fan Sui wanted to say more, but Ying Zichu's attitude was already extremely firm, and he said directly: "Okay, this matter is over. When the situation changes again, I will think about what to do."Break up the meeting!

After Ying Zichu finished speaking, he walked away with a flick of his sleeves.

For the newly-promoted King Qin, Ying Zichu's own life is not as important as Ying Zichu's own life in any external war for Zhao's hegemony!

Fan Sui stared at this scene dumbfounded, speechless for a long time.

Lu Buwei sat there with a smile and said nothing, but secretly complacent in his heart.

Wu Xinjun, Wu Xinjun, I, Lu Buwei, have definitely helped you a lot this time around!

Chapter 764 Fan Sui Wants to Kill Lu Buwei (Second Update)

As soon as he left the palace, Lu Buwei found Mao Sui.

Mao Sui is now the Lang Zhongling of the Great Qin Dynasty, and at the same time, he is also another confidant of the well-known Qin King Yingzi Chu. Like Lu Buwei, he belonged to Yingzi Chu's minister of Qianlong when he was the prince.

With this relationship, the closeness between Lu Buwei and Mao Sui is naturally not surprising.

As a grand master, Lu Buwei has now been allocated a very grand grand master's mansion, and he met Mao Sui in the study of this grand master's mansion.

Mao Sui said to Lu Buwei, "What's the matter?"

Lu Buwei glanced at Mao Sui, suddenly smiled and said: You seem to be quite busy these days.

Mao Sui snorted and said: That is necessary, how many pairs of eyes are staring at us?If we're not busy destroying the evidence that should be there, we're in big trouble.

During this period of time, Lu Buwei and Mao Sui cooperated and secretly eliminated many enemies and those who might affect Nightingale by investigating the reasons for the poisoning case of the former king.

It's not that Qin's courtiers have objections. For example, Fan Sui once wrote a memorial saying: It is too obvious for the Taishi and Lang Zhongling to exclude dissidents. I hope the king can order a reprimand.

Of course it was impossible for Ying Zichu to reprimand Lu Buwei and Mao Sui, the two most important confidantes at the moment, but considering Fan Sui's status, Ying Zichu said a few words in a calm manner, meaning to let Lu Buwei and Mao Sui do the same thing. Things should not be too aboveboard, it is better to be sneaky.

Lu Buwei smiled and said: Thank you for your hard work, you were also present at the meeting in the main hall today, why didn't you speak for me?

Mao Sui said indifferently: Isn't this kind of state affairs always centered on you?I don't understand these things at all, so where can I get in my mouth.

Lu Buwei's face froze slightly.

He actually knew what Mao Sui meant, and Mao Sui's refusal to stand out was actually to keep a distance from Lu Buwei, so that if Lu Buwei fell in Qin, Mao Sui could continue to stay in Qin's political arena to serve Zhao Kuo.

It's really Wu Xinjun's good dog!Lu Buwei sneered in his heart.

However, Lu Buwei did not express this meaning. After all, in a sense, Lu Buwei is actually just a dog of Zhao Kuo.

Lu Buwei calmed down, and said to Mao Sui: The problem now is Fan Sui, we must find a way to get rid of Fan Sui.

Mao Sui said calmly: I seem to have heard you say this sentence many times.

Lu Buwei choked on Mao Sui's words, and then said angrily: I have indeed said it many times, but didn't I always have no good opportunities before?This time might be a good opportunity to bring down Fan Sui.

Mao Sui asked: What plan do you have?

Lu Buwei thought for a while, and said: "We might as well plant the blame on Fan Sui, and say that Fan Sui is the real murderer behind the poisoning of the king. In this way, the family will not only be able to solve Fan Sui, but also in the future you and I will be in Qin State." There are no more powerful enemies in the political arena, how?

Mao Sui pondered for a while, then said: Tell me about your plan.

Coincidentally, when Lu Buwei was planning to fight against Fan Wei, Fan Wei was actually planning to fight against Lu Buwei.

Looking at Bai Qi in front of him, Fan Sui smiled and said: Mr. Wu An, what do you think of the old man's proposal?

Yes, the helper Fan Sui found was not someone else, but Wu An Jun Bai Qi!

Since Bai Qi was repeatedly defeated by Zhao Kuo, he lost the trust of King Qin at that time and was dismissed from home all the time.

In the past few years, Bai Qi had been under house arrest. After a few years, the government of Qin State gradually relaxed the surveillance on Bai Qi. Now that Ying Zichu came to power, he simply revoked the house arrest of Bai Qi, but there is still no Just re-enable Bai Qi.

Different from the incomparably sharp feeling before, today's Wu An Jun Bai Qi looks like a very ordinary old man, he drank the wine in front of him very slowly, and said to Fan Sui slowly: Wait, old man now You have long been powerless about matters above the court, you should understand.

Fan Sui smiled slightly, and said: Don't Lord Wu An want to fight again and seek revenge on Zhao Kuo?

Bai Qi's movements stopped suddenly.

Obviously, Fan Sui's question caused waves in Bai Qi's heart.

Fan Sui took advantage of the situation and said: "Mr. Wu An, since you retired these few years, Zhao Kuo has completely lost his opponent and has been making waves on the battlefield all the time.

Xianyang City was breached, Linzi City was breached, and now maybe even Jidu will be breached by Zhao Kuo, and even Yan Kingdom will perish in Zhao Kuo's hands.

Don't you want to stand up and turn the tide for Daqin, defeat Zhao Kuo again, and restore peace to Daqin and the world?

Bai Qi was silent for a while, and said: I haven't even met the current king a few times, how could he believe me?

As soon as Fan Sui heard Bai Qi's tone, he knew there was something going on, and hurriedly said: "Mr. Wu An, you really don't know the king, but this old man is the Great Qin Xiangbang, so it's not easy to have this old man's recommendation?"

It's just that the problem now is that Lu Buwei used the identity of Dawang teacher to control Chaogang, and even the old man wanted to make some suggestions that were extremely beneficial to Daqin, but they were rejected, which is really hateful!

Only by getting rid of Lu Buwei can Daqin be restored to a bright future. By then, Lord Wu An's comeback will be a matter of course.

Bai Qi's expression fluctuated again.

To be honest, when Bai Qi was still in power, Fan Sui and Bai Qi were actually political enemies.

Bai Qi was a close friend who was promoted by Wei Ran, the previous Prime Minister of the Qin State, and Fan Sui was the greatest hero who helped Qin King Yingji drive away and kill Wei Ran. The two also fought to the death in the political arena of Qin State.

However, the times have changed now, Qin Wang Yingji has been dead for several years, Bai Qi has also lost power for many years, and the entire political arena of Qin State has undergone earth-shaking changes, which also established the foundation for the cooperation between the two.

To put it bluntly, it's all about the interests brought about by power.

Sure enough, the next moment Bai Qi spoke: Yinghou, do you have any plans on how to defeat Grand Master Lu Buwei?

Fan Sui chuckled and said: Of course there are.Presumably Mr. Wu An also knew that the sudden death of the late king was due to poisoning, right?

Bai Dian started: Who in the world doesn't know about this?

A trace of ruthlessness flashed in Fan Sui's eyes: So, we just need to blame this matter on the head of Grand Master Lu Buwei.No matter how much the king trusts Lu Buwei, as long as everyone in the world knows that Lu Buwei is the suspect who poisoned and killed the king, then Lu Buwei will surely die!

Oh, by the way, in order to add some credibility, we can also create some rumors. For example, when Lu Buwei accepted Zhao Guo's recruitment in Handan, he became Zhao Guo's spy lurking in Daqin.

In this way, Lu Buwei will undoubtedly die!

Lu Buwei and Fan Sui, who were both in Xianyang City, did not know that they chose the same strategy to deal with each other almost at the same time.

So, who will have the last laugh?

Chapter 765 The Way to Break through Jidu ([-]rd update)

Some of Zhao Kuo knew what happened in other vassal states, and some didn't.

But in Zhao Kuo's view, these things are actually minor details.

What Zhao Kuo really cares about is how to break through the capital city of Yan Kingdom in front of him.

As long as Jidu can be defeated, Zhao Jun can quickly pacify the entire territory of Yan Kingdom except Liaodong within a month or two.

As for Liaodong, Zhao Kuo is actually too lazy to care about whether he becomes a king on his own or is taken over by North Korea.

In this era, Liaodong had just been occupied by the Yan State for several decades, and there were basically large areas of no-man's land and small-scale cities. In addition, the distance was very long, so frankly speaking, there was not much value for occupation.

If you have time to fight Liaodong, it is better to concentrate on dealing with the counterattack from the southern princes.

In later generations, Qin Shihuang also destroyed Yan State first, and then attacked Liaodong a year or two later. Zhao Kuo and Qin Shihuang had the same judgment on this matter.

As long as the royal family of Yan cannot go to Liaodong, anyone can stand on their own in Liaodong.

Off topic.

Zhao Kuo withdrew his scattered thoughts, and said to the confidantes around him: You said, how can we conquer this city?

Jidu is still quite tall, after all, it is the capital of Yan State for 800 years, and only Kuang Zhang, a famous general of Qi State, has conquered Jidu for so many years.

But when Kuangzhang attacked Jidu, Yan State was in chaos, and the low-level people of Yan State welcomed the army of Qi State with the attitude of welcoming the king's teacher. After the army of Qi State besieged Jidu for only a few days, The Yan people in Jidu opened the city gate and surrendered. This experience of breaking the city has no reference for Zhao Kuo.

After listening to Zhao Kuo's question, Li Mu was the first to answer: My lord, I think gunpowder should still be used. This is the most direct and effective way!

After conquering Lingzhi Fort, Li Mu left [-] cavalry and his lieutenant to guard Lingzhi Fort to prevent the Yan army from Liaodong from returning to aid Jidu. including rendezvous.

As a result, the Zhao army outside Jidu City has reached as many as [-].

According to the information sent by the Nightingale branch of the Yan State, there are about 5 regular troops in Jidu of the Yan State, plus the remnants of Le Jian and the troops that can be recruited. about.

The 5 people seem to be a lot, but a large part of them belong to the strong men and the remnants of the defeated generals. The ones who can really fight are actually the original [-] regular troops.

In other words, Zhao Kuo feels that he now has an absolute advantage in military strength!

If, according to Li Mu's suggestion, the city gates were directly blasted open with gunpowder, then Zhao Kuo felt that he should be able to attack Jidu directly within a day, so there is no suspense.

However, after a brief hesitation, Zhao Kuo rejected Li Mu's proposal very decisively: No.

why not?

Again, the time has not come.

As long as the gunpowder is not exposed, if one day King Zhao and Pingyang Jun suddenly turn against Zhao Kuo and kill him, Zhao Kuo can also use gunpowder to reverse the situation.

Otherwise, once the gunpowder is taken out, such a powerful weapon, King Zhao must have asked Zhao Kuo to dedicate it to the country.

When the time comes, will Zhao Kuo offer it or not?

If you donate it, isn't that equivalent to giving the gunpowder, the big killer, to King Zhao and Lord Pingyang for nothing?

If you don't offer it, King Zhao will definitely feel that Zhao Kuo is rebellious. Not only will he lose his trust in Zhao Kuo, but he may even kill Zhao Kuo directly.

All in all, as long as the gunpowder is exposed, whether it is offering gunpowder or not offering gunpowder, Zhao Kuo will face a lot of trouble.

Therefore, as long as Zhao Kuo does not really and completely control all the power of Zhao State for a day, Zhao Kuo must not expose the gunpowder to Zhao Wang and Pingyang Jun.

Li Mu actually knew these truths, but he really wanted to experience the power of gunpowder, so he asked this question.

Now being rejected by Zhao Kuo, Li Mu just touched his nose in embarrassment and didn't speak any more.