"Of course I hope Pingyuan Jun can invite reinforcements. Even if I can't invite reinforcements, it's OK to mobilize everyone to deliver some food to the soldiers of Shangdang County." Zhao Kuo said his thoughts, Ge sneered, shook his head, and said, "Young Master really looked up to Pingyuan Jun."

Li Yu also said: "Before I came to Tobu City, I also went to Tobu City."

"Then why did you leave again?"

"Because he is different from you, Shaojun, you act kindly and righteously and help others because you are kind and kind, while he helps others, and loves his men because he pursues fame."

“Is this any difference?”

"Pingyuanjun is a selfish person. You may have heard of the story of Pingyuanjun killing concubines. I left him because of this. He had ignored the disabled person, but the man later found Pingyuanjun and told him that the scholars in the world came to serve you because you loved the scholar. If you don't kill her because she was your concubine, no one would pursue you again. How could you allow your concubine to insult a scholar?"

"So, he ruthlessly killed his concubine, and at that time, the concubine even had his child." Li Yu said calmly, while Zhao Kuo was creepy and looked at him in surprise. Li Yu continued: "He can do anything because of his reputation. From beginning to end, he does not value any kindness. He once drove a carriage to hit civilians, and he did not take this matter to heart."

"Later, a disciple persuaded him that only those who treat the people well could get respect from others. He hurriedly apologized to the injured people. Because of this, he had a greater reputation in Zhao State. Since then, he has treated the people with a smile on his face and never dared to be rude again."

"He instigated his relatives to occupy farmland and did not pay taxes. After Ma Fujun strictly dealt with his relatives in the past, he wanted to kill Ma Fujun. Ma Fujun said that only when Zhao State is powerful can you have a greater reputation and be respected more. He just smiled and released Ma Fujun and recommended him as an official."

"He once took in a disciple who was good at swordsmanship. General Le Yi's son Lejian once visited him in Zhao State. General Lejian also had a man who was good at swordsmanship, so he had a discussion with Pingyuan Jun's disciple. In the end, Pingyuan Jun's disciple was unfortunately defeated and his hands were chopped off. Pingyuan Jun was furious and thought that the disciple had lost his face and drove him out, and did not heal him. The man finally starved to death in Dongwu City."

"He took in many outlaws to cover up their crimes. He could also take in defectors without regard to the safety of the country. This is why I left him. He seemed to love scholars, but actually cherished fame and kindness, but he was a must-have life. He seemed to worry about the country. In fact, his position as Pingyuan Jun did not exist after the demise of Zhao."

"Your trip this time, if you only persuade him with the safety of Zhao and the suffering of the people, he will definitely not help. The current Zhao State has not yet reached the verge of destruction, and the life and death of the soldiers will naturally have nothing to do with him. Unless Zhao State is about to perish and Handan is surrounded by the enemy and endanger him, he will come to help."

Li Yu's words directly shattered Zhao Kuo's fantasy of this famous Warring States prince. Zhao Kuo was a little unbelievable, but Li Yu seemed to be right. Zhao Kuo couldn't help but ask, "What should I do?"

"Please don't mention the dangers of Zhao after you meet Pingyuan Jun. Then, in your private capacity, you will seek help from Pingyuan Jun. If you ask him for state affairs, he will definitely not help. But if you ask him for personal matters, he will help regardless of whether he can do it. Now you have a great reputation in Zhao State. Please treat Zhao Sheng humbly for the time being, so that he will not make things difficult for you."

"He has such a close relationship with my father, will he still make things difficult for me?" Zhao Kuo asked in surprise.

"In the past, when I followed Pingyuan Jun, someone mentioned your reputation in person. He didn't say a word, but his face looked very ugly." Li Yu said another very critical thing. Zhao Kuo originally thought that Zhao Sheng would definitely listen to his thoughts even for the sake of his father's face. Fortunately, Li Yu reminded him, otherwise, according to his original idea, he would definitely not be able to convince Zhao Sheng.

When the gorgeous coat slowly fell down and revealed the inner thoughts that made Zhao Kuo despise, Zhao Kuo was no longer worried. When he met Le Yi, he was very nervous because he was facing a person who made him feel ashamed of himself. But now, he was not nervous. He nodded and said, "I understand."

The pavilions and post stations on the way were all places where they could rest. Zhao Kuo was treated very well in these places. When he knew that the visitor was a horse and a passerby, both the postman and the guest stayed in the accommodation were very frightened and rushed to pay homage to Zhao Kuo. Even though the journey was a little tired, Zhao Kuo also met them very gently. From the conversation, he learned that most of these passers-by were local town officials.

They were going to Handan for help, and disasters occurred everywhere. Unlike the past, this disaster had nothing to do with drought and locusts. It was just that the lack of farming youth and strong food production dropped significantly. Handan asked them to pay more food and send it to the battlefield. They didn't even have the food they used for themselves. Where did they still have the food they paid? This time they were going to Handan to request exemption from the food they paid, and hoped that Handan could help all over the country so that more people would starve to death.

Zhao Kuo remained silent. He naturally knew in his heart that they were all useless. The farming people were on the front line. They needed food, and the farming land needed them. This was an extremely harsh cycle. Handan was vaguely unable to support it now, and could only collect grain and taxes from the people. How could it help the people? The reason why Zhao Kuo wanted to ask Pingyuan Jun for help was that he could reduce some grain and taxes for the people.

"We heard that what the Qin people fear most is that you come to serve as the general of Zhao State. Why doesn't Shangjun need you to defeat the Qin people?"

A township official asked.

"Don't worry, the Qin people will be defeated soon. Fan Ju of Qin wanted to quit the troops. He also had great complaints about the Qin general Bai Qi. With him to help us Zhao people, the war will definitely end soon."

"If this is true, that would be great."

Since he discovered that the spies of the Qin people were distributed in various parts of Zhao State, Zhao Kuo has been constantly trying to promote the intimate relationship between Fan Ju and Zhao State. He vaguely remembered that Bai Qi was killed in the end because of the conflict with Fan Ju. He wanted to provoke some conflicts within Qin, but he himself didn't know whether this would be useful, but it was better than doing nothing.

Dongwu City is not close to Handan, and there are Li Yu and Ge on the journey, so Zhao Kuo is not too bored. Both of them are knowledgeable people. Every time they go to a place, they can tell some of the situation and some interesting stories. Zhao Kuo listened with relish. At the same time, whenever he goes to a place, he will climb a high ground and secretly imagine how to arrange troops under such terrain.

.........

Shangdang County, Guanglang City.

This was once an important stronghold for Feng Ting to fight against the Qin army. After several defeats, Feng Ting had already withdrawn to the Changping area, and this place became a bridgehead for the Qin people's attack. The head coach of the Qin people, Wang Yu, was stationed here.

In a small courtyard in the city, a slender and elegant scholar was looking at the bamboo slips. His face was as gentle as jade, and his temperament was like those scholars in Qi. On his right side, there was a pair of armor hanging, and on his left side, there were a row of long swords of different styles, and there were a few spears standing on the wall. He looked at the bamboo slips in his hand seriously, nodding from time to time, with a smile on his face. At this moment, someone suddenly walked into the room, leaned over to bow to him, and said:

"Wu'anjun, Zhao Guo secretly reported." He slowly placed the bamboo slips in his arms in front of Bai Qi.

Bai Qi picked up the bamboo slips in surprise and looked at them seriously. The man who came stood respectfully in front of him without any disturbance. Bai Qi looked at it for a long time before grinning and said, "This Zhao Kuo is still interesting. Is this going to use a counter-espionage plan on me? Do I ask me to take someone to kill Fan Ju?"

"This... General Bai Qi's location was originally something that the people of Zhao didn't know, and Fan Ju was alone with the envoy of Zhao and sent his master to convey the message to him. Fan Ju didn't respect you very much. I heard that he was a person who would be repaid. Maybe he really wanted to collude with Zhao to defeat you?"

"Don't worry."
Chapter completed!