After hearing Zhao He's words, Mangmao was stunned.

After several breaths, Mangmao said, "What the king means is to ask foreign ministers to recover Hedong?"

Zhao He smiled and said, "Yes, although Hedong is considered the territory of Zhao, since I have agreed to the King of Wei, I still have to give him what I should give. However, General Mangmao must be very clear. Now I am still busy dealing with Qin and there is really no time to march into Hedong. So, for Hedong County, General Mangmao will naturally have to spend more time on his own."

Mangmao opened his mouth, but he wanted to speak but stopped.

In Mangmao's understanding, shouldn't the Three Jins march into Hedong together and return Hedong to Wei after taking it down?

Now the King of Zhao actually said that Wei State would fight by itself?

Zhao He seemed to see Mangmao's concerns and laughed: "General Mangmao, don't worry, Bai Qi has retreated to the Wuhan passage. He cannot stay inside, and will inevitably continue to retreat to Hangu Pass. I will lead a large army to Hangu Pass. In this way, the Qin army will not have any spare energy to defend Hedong. You have nearly 100,000 troops under your command, and you won't be able to take even a mere Hedong, right?"

Mangmao was silent, but he was already a little worried about cursing.

Although Hedong County is a base camp that the Wei people have run for hundreds of years, there is nothing wrong with this.

However, when Qin occupied Hedong a few years ago, a large number of soldiers and civilians from Hedong County, especially those in Anyi, who were most loyal to the Wei State, were all driven back to the Hanoi and Central Plains of Wei State.

After that, Qin State conscripted a large number of immigrants and prisoners to Hedong. Due to the tight land in Guanzhong and the fact that Hedong itself is part of the "Central Plains", many people in Guanzhong were willing to settle in Hedong, so Qin State was quite successful in immigration to Hedong.

As for the civilians at the bottom of the Wei State left in the local area, Qin did not kill heavily. Instead, they recounted the population and divided the land according to Qin's laws. In addition to the heavy labor, the Wei and Qin people in Hedong County were treated almost exactly the same, and they could even join the army to obtain credit.

According to Shang Yang's reforms, the land of Qin was 240 steps, which was equivalent to that of Zhao and larger than that of Wei. In addition, because the legal system and integrity of the Qin State had to surpass that of Wei, the former Wei people in Hedong County actually obtained more land and taxes.

In this case, in addition to the troublesome point of learning the Qin language again, the lives of the people at the bottom of the Wei State were better than when the Wei State was ruled.

The common people are different from scholars. They don’t know a single word. The biggest official they know may be just a minor official who was ordered to collect taxes. The scope of their life activities is basically farmland except for their family, and they have no sense of family and country, and a sense of historical responsibility.

All they want is to survive.

They don't care about the throne that is King Qin, King Wei, King Zhao, or something weird and weird. Whoever can make them live and live better will support whoever they support.

And under the rule of Qin, their lives have indeed become better.

In history, even when Qin was about to perish, there were relatively few rebellions in Hedong County, and the counterattacks of the old nobles of the six countries were mostly concentrated in Handan and Daliang areas, which indirectly shows that the Qin State's rule here was actually quite stable.

After all, Hedong is the "ancestor" of Wei State. Therefore, after losing Hedong, Wei State's spies were still active in Hedong. As the main general responsible for regaining Hedong this time, Mangmao was of course familiar with these information conveyed by the spies.

When people's hearts no longer belong to the State of Wei, if they want to conquer Hedong, it is almost like conquering this place again.

This is a pretty troublesome thing.

Mangmao is still very clear about his own strength. With the current Wei army, even if the Qin army is really unable to defend Hedong, it is difficult to fight so many cities in Hedong County in just a few months or even a year.

But the problem is that Mangmao had already received the instruction of the King of Wei before going to the expedition. If possible, find a way to get Hedong as soon as possible and then return to Daliang.

The King of Wei's patience with Xiangbang Tian Wen had reached the bottom line. He wanted to take Tian Wen with the help of the reputation of completely defeating Qin this time.

As long as Tian Wen is taken down, Mangmao will be the new Xiangbang!

Therefore, Mangmao is quite hoping to get Hedong early.

But now...

Mangmao tried hard to make the final persuasion: "King, Hangu Pass is a powerful pass in the world and is very difficult to conquer. It is better for the King to lead the Sanjin coalition forces to cross the river from the east of the river, so that he can smoothly go around the rear of Hangu Pass. I wonder what the King thinks?"

Zhao He waved his hand indifferently and said, "General Mangmao is too worried. My Great Zhao is the most powerful country in the world, and with General Baoyuan's help, what is the mere Hangu Pass? Kuang Zhang is a defeated general under Da Zhao. He can break through Hangu Pass. Is it still impossible for me to break? Okay, just go to recover Hedong County with peace of mind. Do you understand?"

Speaking of this, Zhao He's eyes gradually became harsh.

As the most powerful overlord king today, Zhao He's gaze is not something that anyone can bear. Not to mention Mangmao, even the King of Wei behind Mangmao cannot do it.

Mangmao sighed helplessly in his heart and nodded, "The foreign minister understands, let's count the army and strive to set off as soon as possible!"

Mangmao, who left with no worries, turned to look at Bao Yuan: "General Bao Yuan, the next battle at Hangu Pass requires more cooperation."

Bao Yuan thought to himself, you, King Zhao, just want us Koreans to die for you, right?

Bao Yuan showed a flattering smile on his face and said respectfully: "Please rest assured, my king had already given instructions before, and the foreign ministers would do their best."

Zhao He smiled and said, "That's good. You can go back and prepare. The investigation work must be done well. The whole army will set off in three days!"

Looking at the figure of Bao Yuan leaving, Le Yi finally spoke: "King, the Han and Wei countries have their own selfish intentions, so please pay attention to it."

Zhao He smiled and said, "Of course I know. South Korea only wants to use the power of the Great Zhao to regain Yiyang, while Wei State wants to use the power of the Great Zhao to regain Hedong. From the bottom of their hearts, they do not want the Great Zhao to continue to become stronger, and even break through Hangu Pass like Qi State back then."

"But that doesn't matter. Now I sent Mangmao to Hedong County. With the current situation of Wei State, it should not be a big problem to delay for several months. As for South Korea... Bao Yuan is under my nose, and he is not afraid of him turning the tables!"

Le Yi nodded and said, "The king is very good."

Zhao He smiled and said, "Okay, don't flatter me here, go and prepare well, the thunder of the sky has been arranged?"

Le Yi said: "Returning to the king, everything has been shipped to him, and it was Le Cheng personally escorted him."

Zhao He nodded and said, "Very good. You asked Le Cheng to guard these thunderstorms. During the Battle of Yiyang, I deliberately did not use the thunderstorms, just to make it play a greater role in the Battle of Hangu Pass. When the vassal states saw that it took me three months to take Yiyang, they would definitely feel that I would waste more time in Hangu Pass. At that time... Humph, I will give them a big 'surprise'!"

Nanyang County, Qin State, Wancheng.

Amid the shocking shouts of killing, countless Chu soldiers brought storms, ladders, tower cars and other siege equipment made by the Chu army, like a tide toward the walls of Wancheng.

Above the city walls, a black flag fluttered.

Not only the "Qin" flag is flying, but also the "Mi" flag flying in the wind.

In order to defend Wancheng, the Qin new city Jun Mi Rong, with thousands of elite soldiers in his fiefdom, collected all the power he could collect, and personally took over Wancheng. He even spoke out that he wanted to live and die with Wancheng!

This undoubtedly inspired the defenders in the city. The soldiers of the Qin army fought hard, and arrows and rolling stones kept falling, causing a large amount of damage to the Chu army soldiers and preventing them from climbing the city wall.

On the high platform outside the city, Zhao Ju, the chief general of the Chu army, looked at this scene, looked extremely gloomy.

Although the Chu army's offensive was huge, if you look closely, you can find that the Chu army's siege seemed huge, but in fact most of the soldiers were doing it. After a slight counterattack by the Qin army, the Chu soldiers immediately retreated.

This phenomenon has not been the first day, and has even become the norm among the Chu army.

Otherwise, it would be like a mere city with empty troops and the Chu army knew very well that it would not be able to capture it for three months!

In order to curb this phenomenon of not working hard, Zhaoju has executed hundreds of Chu officers and more than a dozen generals, but the situation has not improved at all.

The only one who is truly willing to do his best to attack the city is Zhaoju's own Zhao clan army.

However, the Zhao family can only control the troops in only 10,000 or 20,000 people. If they are really suppressed and attacked the city, the city will definitely be taken down, and the power of the Zhao family will inevitably suffer heavy losses.

How can we survive without troops these days? The reason why the Zhao family can occupy the top position of Chu for a long time and surpass the Jing family and Qu family to become the first big family under the monarch for hundreds of years is because of the powerful connections and army cultivated by many fiefs, so Zhaoju must not do this kind of loss-making business.

In this way, the whole thing is completely in a dead end.

After thinking for a long time, Zhao Ju spat viciously, cursed Mi Rong, a shameful traitor of the Great Chu, and then said in a deep voice: "Forget it, if you can defend for three months, can you still be able to defend for a year or two? Even if you can't conquer, you will be surrounded to death!"

However, what Zhao Ju didn't expect was that a trouble targeting him was quietly taking place in the rear at this moment.

The capital of Chu State, Chen Ying.

In the temporary palace, a meeting is being held.

The King of Chu sat at the top with a very obvious dark circle, weakly yawning.

In this regard, several ministers of Chu State were all used to it.

If the King of Chu had such two or three ambitions when he was in Yingdu, then the current King of Chu's ambition was probably the size of his fingernails.

Compared to discussing state affairs, the King of Chu is more willing to do now to hang out with the beauties in the palace.

There was even a few days ago when some wind came, saying that the King of Chu’s recent preference was to gather a group of men and women, and first sing and dance in the palace, and then everyone closed the palace gate, and the group of people did some strange things in it until dawn.

Not that no one tried to persuade him, but when the Grand Sima Qu Yuan was scolded by the head, no one mentioned this matter again.

Qu Yuan sat not far from the head of the King of Chu, with obvious worries in his eyes.

Although he had once despaired with the State of Chu and even tried to jump into the river, the Grand Sima, who was worried about the country and the people, finally cheered up again under the persuasion of several friends, hoping to help the State of Chu with his own strength.

Speaking of which, today's court discussion was actually held under Qu Yuan's strong suggestion.

After discussing a few things without any pain, Qu Yuan felt that the time had come, so he stood up and said in a deep voice: "King, now Yiyang City has been captured by the Allied Forces of the Three Jins, but Zhao Ju cannot even take down a vacant Wancheng. He is really incompetent. I think it's time to send another good general to Wancheng to replace Zhao Ju's chief general!"

As Qu Yuan finished speaking, everyone in the palace was shocked.

You know, Qu Yuan has been quiet for a long time since the fall of Yingdu and the incident of rushing to the river. The last time there was something wrong, it was just a persuasion to the King of Chu not to indulge in wine and sex, which is just a routine operation.

Unexpectedly, Qu Yuan made a comeback this time and made a big noise all at once. His target was to target Zhaoju, the leader of the strongest family in Chu State.

Although Zhaoju is not here, Zhaoqi is here.

Zhao Qi naturally refuted Qu Yuan's words at the first time: "The Grand Sima's words are interesting. The Shangzhu Kingdom has now recovered half of Fangcheng, and Wancheng is just around the corner. Now the Grand Sima rashly proposes to change generals. Could it be that he has an agreement with Qin State?"

Qu Yuan was furious when he heard this and sneered: "Is that true? The Qin garrison in Wancheng is less than one-fifth of the troops in Zhaoju's hands, but Zhaoju couldn't defeat it for three months. If every general of the Great Chu was as incompetent as Zhaoju, then there would be no hope for the future of Great Chu!"

Zhao Qi retorted: "Although the Qin army is not large, all the elites are concentrated in Wancheng to fight to the death. It is normal that they cannot be taken down for a while. Anyway, Zhao State still has to continue to attack Hangu Pass. As long as Zhao State cannot decide the victory or defeat, Wancheng can completely slowly make a plan. You Qu Yuan knows that the Great Chu has suffered setbacks over the years, but he also wants the army to attack. This is the real irresponsibility to the Great Chu!"

Qu Yuan snorted heavily and said, "There is still too much time? No, it's not too much, and it's very urgent! Zhao State is now too powerful, and it's already known to everyone. In order to curb Zhao State's continued expansion, the Great Chu must take back Fangcheng and Yingdu as soon as possible to gain more time to cultivate and recuperate, so that he has hope to compete with Zhao State in the next battle! Like Zhao Qi, Zhao Ju and others, they are incompetent but also in a high position, short-sighted and incompetent, they are really a cancer of Great Chu and a sinner for the ages!"

Qu Yuan stood up, bowed to the King of Chu, and whispered loudly: "Please ask the King to make a plan for the survival of the Great Chu, and be sure to abandon this harm to the Zhao family!"

Everyone present looked at Qu Yuan in shock.

Originally, everyone thought that this Grand Sima would become depressed after experiencing heavy blows, but now they realize that this view is completely wrong.

Not only did Qu Yuan not sink into this, but instead became more sharp after cheering up.
Chapter completed!