King Zhao asked Qin to leave a small town in Shangdang County to block the mouths of everyone!

After all, although this war was not decided, the battle was a big fight, and the people were in trouble, and Zhao State had to gain something to explain to the people!

On the surface, Qin seemed to be very interested in peace talks and received Zheng Zhu grandly. However, Qin did not consider peace talks at all.

Zhao State mobilized its troops. In order to find a way to defeat Qin, Qin State was not idle. They also concentrated a large number of famous generals including Bai Qi, Sima Cuo, and Wang Ling to discuss the battle, looking for ways to win the war.

But facing Lian Po's iron barrel-like defense, even Bai Qi, who was invincible in attack, had no choice. The discussion came to a conclusion that the only way was to find a way to let King Zhao Xiaocheng change his generals in the last battle, so that he could take advantage of it.

Just when they were at a loss, Zheng Zhu, the envoy of King Xiaocheng of Zhao, arrived. Qin State welcomed the envoys on the surface, prepared for peace talks, and temporarily stopped the attack on the front line.

Secretly, Qin State seized time to prepare for war, especially to prepare enough food and grass for the army.

During the peace talks, because the Qin State asked for a high price, it not only required Zhao State to return all the cities of Shangdang County, but also those Koreans who defected to Zhao State with their wealth, which was not enough!

In the view of Qin, Shangdang County originally belonged to Qin. Zhao came to rob it, and at least Zhao needed to ced at least one city to compensate Qin for its losses.

Not only did King Xiaocheng of Zhao not only retained a small city but did not get the recognition of Qin, but instead wanted to ced a large city in Zhao. It was a typical case of stealing chickens and losing rice! Zheng Zhu naturally did not dare to agree, and in the end the two countries did not reach a peace agreement.

Chu and Wei were originally fishermen, but they were unwilling to be the only one in Qin. As long as Zhao gave up some benefits, they were very likely to send troops.

Now seeing Zhao and Qin families are conducting a new round of peace talks. Zhao State itself has not sent anyone to Shangdang to rescue. Of course, the two countries will not meddle in other people's business with rats and attack the powerful Qin State for no reason.

In the war at that time, the army was not famous, and morally condemned, and even caused group beatings from many countries. Even the powerful Qin State had to do everything possible to achieve the reputation.

After the failed peace talks, Qin not only spent the time Zhao requested foreign aid, but also prepared sufficient food and grass on the front line. Qin and Zhao were destined to be divided into a major and inferior situation.

The Zhao court began a new round of debate, and Qin bought the traitors of Zhao through money, and had already obtained the debate between Zhao's court and was very interested in Zhao Kuo's combat ideas on paper.

While Zhao was still discussing whether to attack or defend, Qin was already making various preparations for Zhao Kuo's combat ideas during the war.

Because Zhao Kuo was able to verbally surpass the famous generals of Zhao State, then his idea was at least theoretically feasible, but whether it could be implemented was still a matter of different reasons.

Qin was determined to win this war and did not dare to be careless. If Lian Po could learn from Zhao Kuo's ideas, and while sticking to it, he took the initiative to attack, making the Qin army exhausted, this war might not be able to stand up, and it is very likely that Qin could not support it first.

At this time, the Zhao State had famous generals gathered. In addition to Lian Po, who was persistent in Shangdang, there was Li Mu, who fought against the Huns in the frontier. The two were later listed as one of the four famous generals of the Warring States Period.

In addition, there were people from Zhao who exchanged five cities, Tian Dan, who had restored the entire Qi State alone and Le Yi, who lived in seclusion in his hometown.

Although the ministers had a fierce debate, the final decision was King Xiaowen of Zhao. He believed that Lian Po was old and had conservative tactics and was difficult to defeat Qin.

He hopes that a general will replace Lian Po and can fight the Qin army to a great extent.

However, only Bai Qi of Qin can be regarded as such an offensive god of war, while generals of Zhao, including Li Mu, are known for their defense.

The candidates that King Xiaocheng of Zhao was considered were not included in the list at the beginning, after all, his fame and qualifications were slightly insufficient!

King Zhao Xiaocheng still wanted to choose one of the famous generals including Le Yi, Tian Dan, and even wanted to send someone to exchange Li Mu back to replace Lian Po.

But what these famous generals saw was basically the same as Lian Po and agreed to persevere, but they were not sure to defeat Qin!

Therefore, they did not want to take the risk of a decisive battle with Qin. Even if they won, they would not have any great benefits from their official position and reputation, but they would risk turning against Lian Po in the face. Once they failed, they would be truly ruined!

Therefore, these famous generals were hesitant and did not agree to turn against defense and attack, and did not agree to replace Lian Po.

When King Xiaocheng of Zhao saw that no one was willing to replace Lian Po, he had to put the matter temporarily and continue to let Lian Po lead the army and the Qin army stalemate.

The war between the two countries in Changping has been delayed for a long time, and the food and grass are consumed very much every day. King Xiaocheng of Zhao was anxious, and King Zhaoxiang of Qin was even more anxious!

Although Qin State has plundered a lot of food and grass in recent years, because the Qin army was expeditioning, the food and grass consumption is even greater!

King Zhaoxiang of Qin was also very anxious, so he secretly contacted his trusted minister Fan Ju to discuss ideas. According to his idea, he wanted to change the generals like King Zhao, and let Bai Qi replace Wang Yan and quickly take down Zhao State.

Bai Qi was promoted by Wei Ran and never dealt with Fan Ju who replaced Wei Ran. In addition, he was very good at making a big contribution to the master, so he was idle. However, his military talent was unquestionable. He was a veritable No. 1 general of the Qin State.

Although it was idle, the King of Qin also wanted to use him as a trump card. Now it is the critical moment, and it is time to use him.

As a natural military commander, Bai Qi was very concerned about the war in Changping. He had long known the situation on the battlefield. He had deduced and considered the next step of the fight more than once. He also believed that the time for him to come out was about to come.

When the King of Qin sent an envoy to him and proposed to replace Wang He as the chief general of the Battle of Changping and end the war as soon as possible. Although he was eager to try, in order to increase his chances of winning, Bai Qi decided to take over the King of Qin.

He thought for a while and said to the envoy: "The war is difficult to stalemate now, and the famous general of Zhao State, Lian Po, has built a fortress and cannot stand it. Even if he replaces himself, he will not do better than General Wang. If King Zhao can change the commander of the army with Zhao Kuo who advocates counter-defense and attack, then I promise to replace General Wang."

The envoy's decision to bring Bai Qi back was rejected by his subordinates. Although his face was not good-looking, it did not occur. Besides, what Bai Qi said made sense.

The King of Qin did not want to force Bai Qi, so he had to hand over this difficult matter to Prime Minister Fan Ju.
Chapter completed!