"Your Majesty, Miss Zhao Zhi wishes to see you." A female maid reported.

"Please." Ito Cheng said softly.

The maid took the order and exited the palace. Then Zhao Zhi, dressed in black and smart, walked in from outside the hall.

"I have met the king." Zhao Zhifu came to the center of the hall and saluted.

"Please teach me, Mr. Zhao. Considering the relationship between you and me, Mr. Zhao doesn't have to be polite." Ito Cheng chuckled.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your love, but you don't have to do it now. The courtesy cannot be discarded." Zhao Zhi stood up and smiled after the ceremony.

"Forget it, it's up to you." Ito Cheng shook his head slightly and said softly, "I wonder why Professor Zhao came to see me this time?"

"There is a secret report to be submitted to the king." Zhao Zhi said seriously.

"Oh?" Ito Cheng raised his eyebrows.

"It's the news from my sister, saying that the State of Qi agrees to the request of the State of Wei and is willing to send 400,000 troops to cooperate with the State of Wei to attack Zhao." Zhao Zhiyan said.

"Shenrou is in Qi State now?" Ito Cheng frowned.

Zhao Zhi, who had already learned from Shan Lan, was not surprised that Ito Cheng knew his sister's name and could even guess her whereabouts. He only thought that Ito Cheng had special information channels and nodded to confirm his guess.

"To assassinate Tian Dan?" Ito Cheng continued.

"Yes." Zhao Zhi looked slightly surprised and admitted simply.

"Let her return to the Kingdom of Zhao. Tian Dan is not that easy to kill. If you have to kill Tian Dan personally to take revenge, I can promise that when the Qi is broken, Tian Dan will be handed over to your sisters, and you sisters will handle it on your own.

." Ito Cheng said softly.

Zhao Zhi was slightly stunned when he heard this, and looked deeply at Ito Cheng. He asked softly, "Why is the king so kind to our sisters?"

"Because I have taken a fancy to the beauty of your sisters and want to include you in my harem." Ito Cheng didn't hide anything and answered bluntly.

"Is the king serious?" Zhao Zhi's eyes flickered and he asked again.

"Of course. You have an independent personality, a strong mind, and a first-class beauty. Although Lan is not as good as you, she has a kind and gentle temperament, like running water. Rou is strong and independent, with a firm will, plus her common career as an assassin.

.On the other hand, there is another kind of unique beauty, which I like very much." Ito Cheng said with a smile.

After a pause, he continued, "Besides, you have been wandering for many years, and it is time to find a place to settle down."

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness." Zhao Zhi said with a slight curl of the corners of his mouth.

What woman doesn't love heroes and celebrities? Zhao Zhi is certainly no exception. As early as when Ito Cheng came out of Julu Academy, she had a good impression of him. In addition, she knew that Ito Cheng was her benefactor.

——He helped her kill Zhao Mu, the enemy who had killed their family, and the good feelings in her heart could not be suppressed and some changes occurred. Although it did not reach the stage of love, there was no problem in being concerned.

Later, he rescued Shanlan and governed the Zhao Kingdom, which changed the appearance of the great Zhao Kingdom. This made Zhao Zhi's attachment to Ito Cheng even stronger. The only thing missing was a person who could completely transform this attachment into

It's just an opportunity for love.

"I will make this matter clear to my sister, but given my sister's temperament, she may not accept the king's proposal." Then Zhao Zhi continued.

"It doesn't matter, just do your best. Just listen to fate. If she doesn't agree, I won't force it. After all, forceful melons are not sweet. I just don't know if you are willing to accept my proposal. How about joining the palace with you, Sister Lan, as your wife?"

"Ito Cheng smiled softly and said with a free and easy expression.

"This... please Rong Zhi consider it." Zhao Zhi hesitated slightly and said.

"That's right. It's too hasty for you to suddenly talk about such a life-defining matter. It's normal for you to be confused for a while. It doesn't matter. You can go back and think about it carefully. As long as you give me an accurate answer in the end.

That's fine." Ito Cheng said with understanding and relief.

"No matter what the outcome is, Zhi will definitely give the king an answer." Zhao Zhi said firmly.

"I know." Ito Cheng said with trust in his words.

Hearing this, Zhao Zhi took a deep look at Ito Cheng, who was looking at her with a smile and soft eyes, bowed slightly, and slowly exited the hall.

…

Three days later, Zhao's intelligence network spread throughout the world, which was fully accepted by Ito Cheng, returned the conclusive news.

Qi, Wei, and Han decided to jointly send millions of troops to attack the powerful Zhao!

Among them, Qi and Wei each sent 400,000 troops, while South Korea only sent 200,000 troops due to severe drought and weak national strength. In addition to this normal military intelligence, there was a piece of news that caused Ito Cheng

His interest is that the people from the Gongshu family who originally stayed in the Chu Kingdom will go north to the Wei Kingdom to help the Wei Kingdom build machine tools to fight against Ito Cheng's weird machine machine of the Zhao army.

At the same time, Qi Mo also responded to Tian Dan's request and was willing to help the Qi army defeat the enemy.

"It's funny, the two originally hostile families actually became a 'family' because of my intrusion." Ito Cheng, who moved his fingers and burned the information in his hand to ashes, chuckled.

It's just that Ito Cheng doesn't care about this. Let's not talk about how long it takes to build the machine tools. At this time, unless Qi, Wei, and Han really don't care about the country, they will never start a war in this busy autumn harvest season.

, so if you want to fight, it will take at least about a month, and it will not be very long. It can also be fought for more than a month. Otherwise, in winter, there will be no need for Ito Cheng to launch an attack. Qi, Wei, and Han

The Three Kingdoms Allied Forces themselves would be frozen to death by the biting cold wind of winter.

So after all the calculations, if a four-nation war really breaks out, it won't be possible until at least next year's spring plowing, in April or May.

And the facts were just as Ito Cheng expected. The autumn harvest period in the next month was extremely quiet. The six countries of Qi, Chu, Qin, Zhao, Wei, and Han were all involved in harvesting grain, and no country asked its neighbors.

country starts a war.

Then the Autumn Harvest Month passed, and the last month to fight before winter entered, October.

But probably because they have not yet been able to build a relationship that is strong enough to resist Ito Cheng's weird machine tools, the three kingdoms of Qi, Wei, and Han are still as peaceful as before. Except for the famous generals of the Three Kingdoms, Mr. Jun, who has come and gone more frequently, there is no one else.

change.

But at this time, Ito Cheng was unwilling to wait any longer.

Yes, military wars during the Warring States Period were affected by weather and seasons, and many factors needed to be considered before launching a war. Even in Qi and Chu, where sacrificial activities were more popular, the opinions of the priests had to be taken into consideration. Only when they were selected

The battle can only be carried out on auspicious days. But the key is that Ito Cheng's army does not need to consider these at all. Let alone those warriors equipped with Xuanqi armor. Under the protection of Xuanqi, they are not afraid of the cold winter, even if the road is blocked by heavy snow.

It can also be solved through the Xuanqi array, motorcycles, warlocks, ninjas, and airships. There is no need to worry about the army being unable to reach the enemy's city.

So after entering October, Ito, who had not waited for the armies of Qi, Wei, and Han, decisively launched his military force. He summoned 500,000 people from the Rubik's Cube World and divided them into two groups: the Qi-controlled area in the east of Zhongshan Kingdom, and the Qi-controlled area in the east of Zhongshan Kingdom.

The Wei and Quyang areas entered the territory of Qi and Wei, and began to align themselves with the Wei two countries' attacks.

I didn't expect that Zhao State would act so unreasonably. And I didn't expect that Zhao State would be able to produce five more troops in addition to the original 100,000 soldiers scattered throughout Yanzhao to suppress the whole country.

With one hundred thousand such powerful soldiers, Qi and Wei immediately panicked and hurriedly gathered their armies that had just finished their farming work to meet the army sent by Ito Cheng.

Needless to say, the result was that under the attack of the mysterious attack method of the Xuanqi formation machine that was still irresistible, the armies of Qi and Wei quickly collapsed, and were chased by Ito Cheng's army and pushed into the territory of the two countries.

In just one month, they reached the center of the two countries and were about to attack the vicinity of the capital.

But at this time, the first snow in 251 BC suddenly started falling.

The goose-feather heavy snow fell from the sky like individual catkins. When it touched the ground, it quickly melted away.

Although Ito Cheng's army could forcefully march in this kind of weather, the efficiency would be somewhat weakened. Therefore, the leading commanders did not force it and ordered to be stationed in the newly captured city formation.

In this way, the armies of Qi and Wei got a rare chance to breathe. The monarchs of the two countries did not hesitate, and quickly mobilized more troops on the snowy night, and replenished them into the main city and capital, preparing for the attack that might come at any time.

fierce battle.

A few days later, the heavy snow stopped, and a sheet of white light shrouded everything, refracting little white lights under the sunlight, making people dazzling.

"Everyone, listen to the order and lower your goggles," the leading general shouted.

"Click!"

Then a uniform sound was heard, and a brown rectangular crystal suddenly ejected from the eyes of all the soldiers in front of their helmets, blocking the eyes of many soldiers like sunglasses.

The crystal is naturally a material fired using a special process, and its purpose is to prevent snow blindness.

Because if a person looks at the snowfield for a long time, symptoms like astigmatism, dazzling, or even blindness will occur, which will greatly affect combat. It can be said that this is one of the main reasons why ancient armies were unable to conduct wars in winter.

But now, Ito Cheng's army naturally has no influence.

"The locomotives are out to clear the snow," the general shouted again.

At the moment of standing, the army split up to make way for a path, and then several strange wooden carts with patterns that were five meters high and about two meters wide. The surface was painted by someone who seemed to be decorative but not decorative. It seemed to have its own unique beauty. Many soldiers worked together to push it.

He came out and was brought to the city gate.

Then, a slight cracking sound was heard, and a pitch-black gun barrel about one meter in diameter, with the same strange pattern painted on the surface, shot out from the square crack that suddenly opened on the locomotive.

I saw the strange patterns on the gun barrel and the machine car shimmering slightly, invisible and traceless, and the wind from unknown sources immediately blew around the machine car, and the wind became stronger and stronger, and then, one by one,

A blue-white ball of light appeared in front of the muzzle.

It brewed like this for about seven or eight seconds. Suddenly, there was a soft whistle, and all the light groups immediately turned into a stream of light and shot forward.

Just like an air blade splitting water, a half-moon-shaped crack mark that could not be seen for a while immediately appeared on the ground, revealing the muddy yellow official road below.

"Mount your horses and march out!" Seeing that the road was cleared, the general immediately stepped down and led the way.

"Whoosh!"

The whole army mounted their horses and carriages, and under the leadership of the general, they rushed along the muddy official road towards Linzi and Daliang, the capitals of Qi and Wei.

"Pap tap tap tap tap tap..."

The fierce sound of horse hooves immediately echoed in the air, bringing up mud on one side and turning the white snow on both sides black.

Just like they didn't expect that Zhao Guoguo would send troops in winter so unreasonably and have such an inexplicable and ingenious army of 500,000, the people of Qi and Wei also didn't expect that they could do it so easily.
To be continued...