Seeing that King Zhao had accepted his advice, Lin Xiangru immediately withdrew. His goal had been achieved, which was to hide his merit and fame.

As for sending an envoy, it is definitely not the current Lin Xiangru's turn. No matter his rank or body, Lin Xiangru is not allowed to be an envoy anymore, even though the former Lin Xiangru was the most outstanding envoy in the Zhao Kingdom and even among the Seven Kingdoms.

Soon, with the heavy reward from King Zhao, the candidate for the envoy was quickly decided.

However, what is slightly different from what Zhao Kuo imagined is that the envoys sent by King Zhao were not only from Qi and Chu, but also from Han, Wei, Qin and even Yan. King Zhao also sent envoys, asking for help and asking for peace.

Seeking peace has the meaning of seeking medical treatment in a hurry.

Of course, the focus of the strategy is still on the two countries Qi and Chu. To be honest, King Zhao's behavior is understandable, and it has little impact on Zhao Kuo's plan.

Because it is foreseeable that the effect of asking for help will not be very good.

Let’s talk about the State of Yan first, not to mention whether the State of Yan can send troops. Even if it agrees to send troops, the envoys will set out from Handan and rush to Jicheng of the State of Yan. The State of Yan will then gather troops and horses from Jicheng and set off. When the Yan soldiers arrive at Shangdang, Huanghua

The dishes are already cold. What's more, Handan is empty now, and there are only ten thousand guards. Do you really dare to let the Yan soldiers pass through Handan? What if the Yan soldiers accidentally carry Handan?

What's more, today's Yan State has always regarded itself as the younger brother of Qin State. In history, it even took the initiative to attack Zhao State after Qin State's division. Although in the end, it was severely beaten by Lian Po with his broken army, and never again.

Dare to show your teeth to Zhao Guo. At this time, facing Zhao Guo's request for help, it is better not to add insult to injury.

As for why they didn’t start a rebellion in the backyard of Zhao State and respond to Qin State at this time? The Yan people are not stupid. Although they are younger brothers, they can’t afford it early. Now that Zhao State is in chaos, Zhao State is at risk of being destroyed at any time, and Zhao State

Once the country is destroyed, the next person in danger will be himself. Qin will gain too much, but its own risks will also be too great.

This is true for the State of Yan, and even more so for the State of Han. The territory that your State of Zhao and Qin are fighting now is Shangdang County of our State of Han! Why do you have the nerve to ask me to send troops to help? If I have the ability, should I hand over Shangdang County?

If you remove the two weakest countries, what about the rest? I’m afraid it won’t be easy either.

What about Qi? Although it is still known as a great country, since the Five Kingdoms attacked Qi, especially after Tian Dan was driven away, the entire country has fallen into decadence from top to bottom. The people of the country only know about the bartering of merchants and the court.

Enjoying the blessings of prosperous music and music, but not thinking about the road to strengthening the country and the army, almost living a happy life just for one day, Qi Martial Arts, which was known as the four most powerful soldiers in the Warring States Period, has completely disappeared from the stage of history.

How can it be saved? How can it be saved?

On the other hand, the Chu State has always been an ally of the Zhao State. It has a generational hatred towards the Qin State and is almost irreconcilable. This is also the reason why the Chu State was willing to send troops to rescue the Zhao State at the beginning of the war.

But it happened that King Zhao himself had a headache. The King of Chu was ready to raise troops, but King Zhao, under the instigation of Lou Chang, engaged in peace talks with the Qin State, or even an alliance, and sold the Chu State out of nowhere. Now Guizhou Donkey has no skills, and

How can anything in the world be so easy if someone comes to help!

Even if the King of Chu is willing, the ministers below are not willing! Who knows if he will be stabbed in the back by Zhao Guo again!

But, even so, in Zhao Kuo's plan, he never thought that these countries could come to the rescue. As long as one or two countries were vague, or even the moment Zhao sent the envoy to Handan, Zhao Kuo's goal had been achieved.

Sure enough, in the afternoon, with the scorching sun in the sky, all four gates of Handan City opened. Several envoys carried all the hopes of King Zhao and the courtiers, and carried countless gold, silk and jade, each heading to other countries.

Before many envoys left, several white pigeons were released over Handan City. They were emergency carrier pigeons released by guests from the Qin State. Before the edict was conveyed, they already knew that Zhao was about to ask for help.

The message was sent back to Xianyang before Zhao's envoys left.

It must be said that the Qin State was able to dominate the Warring States Period, and the guests of Heibingtai were indispensable.

In less than a day, while the envoys of the State of Zhao were still sleeping in the open and rushing to other places, the King of Qin received the latest news from the guests from Handan in the Xiangyang Palace. Also arriving at the palace was Bai Qi, Lord of Wu'an, regarding the siege.

The latest battle report of the main force of the Zhao army.

"Xiangguo, what do you think?" After Fan Sui finished looking, King Qin Ying Ji asked.

Fan Sui put down the silk book in his hand and put it back into the tray alongside Bai Qi's battle report. He pondered for a moment before replying: "Congratulations to my king, you got what you wanted!"

When the King of Qin heard this, he was not happy. Instead, he asked: "Why did the Prime Minister say this? If other countries come to help, I am afraid that the success will be ruined."

"Your Majesty, you are wrong." Fan Sui laughed and said, "If it had been ten days ago, we, the Qin Dynasty, might have feared that other countries would come to our aid, but now the Zhao State has been besieged by our army, and due to the shortage of food and fodder, within ten days, its combat power will be reduced.

The Zhao State has just asked for help. Even if a foreign country comes to help, it will take ten or twenty days to assemble and travel. By then, our army will have already collected the corpses for the Zhao army, so why should we fear the armies of other countries?"

"The only thing to be feared is for all the countries to attack together!" Fan Sui added.

"What can the Prime Minister do to defeat this?" King Qin continued to ask.

Fan Sui nodded and said: "Why do we, the Qin Dynasty, need to contribute? Han and Wei are weak and have no troops to send out; Yan State is attached to Qin and will not send troops; Qi State is good alone and will not send troops; the only one to worry about is the Chu State.

However, with the power of the Chu State, standing at this point, it is no longer able to overthrow it."

"What if Chu sends troops to Yan and Ying, and Han and Wei unite and go north?" King Qin deserves to be the king for decades. He obviously has his own thoughts on the development of things, and did not just listen to Fan Sui's words.

Arrogant, but put forward a hypothesis that is most possible and most unfavorable to Qin.

Indeed, Han and Wei are close at hand, and it may not be possible to form an army alone, but it is very possible to send troops jointly and with the coalition forces of Chu. Once the alliance of the four countries is reached, Han, Wei and the remnants of Zhao will hold back the main force of the Qin army.

, Chu's army then marched westward to regain Yanying's lost territory, and the Qin army would be attacked from the north and south, thus completely falling into a dilemma.

But this kind of question did not stump Fan Sui, and he immediately replied: "The alliance of the four countries does have its advantages, but it is easy to break it! The countries of Han and Wei have been afraid of Qin for a long time, so they can send envoys to threaten it.

We do not ask them not to attend the alliance's appointment, but we ask them to delay their advance. If we can get it,

In more than ten days, our army will be able to sweep across the Zhao army. By then, Zhao army has been lost and most of its combat strength has been lost. Even if Han, Wei and Chu come to attack, our army only needs to send a partial division to delay the attack.

If we use our main force to fight against one side and defeat them one by one, we won't have to worry about defeating the three-party coalition."


Chapter completed!