In the palace of Handan, King Zhao's face was particularly heavy. The ministers sat on both sides of him, and no one spoke.

"Jun Yu, I wonder how many soldiers I can use at the moment?"

"There have been recruited in various places, and 20,000 soldiers have been recruited." Yu Qing replied. King Zhao nodded in a daze. Then, he looked at Linwu Jun. Linwu Jun was a little embarrassed by him and said helplessly: "Shangjun, Yan State comes from afar, and the soldiers are exhausted. If you can give me ten thousand elite soldiers, I can defeat Yan State and capture Li's belly. But the 20,000 soldiers you summoned are all weak old men and children who have not grown up... They can't draw their bows, and they can't even walk."

"And you don't have enough armor, shield, spear, and sword for 20,000 people. They just carry their own short swords and wear thin clothes. You don't even have food to feed them. They have to bring their own food to fight. How can I command them?" Lin Wujun said excitedly: "You raise 10,000 for me... No, five thousand young and strong, equip them with weapons and distribute military rations, and I will command them to fight immediately."

King Zhao was silent for a moment before asking: "Didn't you tell me yesterday that the most important thing in war is the commander? You are a person who can observe astronomy and arrange soldiers on favorable terrain, and Li Fu doesn't know how to fight. Why are you still worried that you can't defeat him?"

Lin Wujun almost pulled his beard off. He widened his eyes and said, "Even so, it is impossible to defeat the 100,000 soldiers of Yan State with 20,000 old, weak, sick and disabled people. They still have two thousand chariots, and Zhao State has not even one chariots! How can this be fought? You just let Bai Qi, General Lian Po, and Ma Fuzi come as my deputy to fight together, and there is no way to win!"

"Oh..." King Zhao sighed, looked at the ministers, and asked, "I heard that ministers should share his worries for the monarch. Is no one willing to fight with the second or third sons?" As soon as he finished speaking, Xu Li, who was sitting below, stood up and said seriously: "Your Lord, don't worry, there are still 20,000 elite soldiers in Handan, and they can fight. Please draw people from it, and I can fight."

"These soldiers guard the palace, how can they go on a war?!" King Zhao said angrily. He realized the strange eyes of everyone and hurriedly said: "I am not afraid. But I heard that Yan State's troops were divided into two groups. If the guards of the palace were sent out, the troops of Yan State entangled the defenders and the other team headed straight to Handan, wouldn't Zhao State be in danger of destruction?"

Xu Li was silent for a moment before saying, "Then please let me command the 20,000 soldiers recruited by me. I am willing to lead them to the battle."

"Oh..." King Zhao sighed again.

Suddenly, the screams of warriors came from outside the palace, and the noise became louder. King Zhao was shocked and hurriedly stood up. At this moment, he saw Zhao Kuo breaking into the palace angrily. Several warriors surrounded him, trying to stop him, but they did not dare to reach out. Seeing that the person coming was Zhao Kuo, King Zhao was very happy. He hurriedly walked from the top to Zhao Kuo and severely scolded the warriors.

"Ma Fuzi is a wise man from Zhao State. How can two or three sons stop such a person? From now on, when Ma Fuzi is coming to pay homage to me, no one can stop him!" After hearing the order of King Zhao, the warriors lowered their heads and quickly agreed. King Zhao then pulled Zhao Kuo affectionately and let him sit in the front position among the ministers. Lou Chang's eyelids twitched and he didn't say anything.

"What's wrong with Ma Fuzi coming here?"

"I really don't understand why you recruited those old men. They went to Changping. There will be no benefits to the war, only the disadvantages." Zhao Kuo said angrily. King Zhao was stunned and said with a wry smile: "I am not sending them to Changping... It seems that you don't know that Yan State has invaded and has captured Wusui, Quyang and other places, and are coming towards Handan... I must gather all the troops to repel Yan State."

Zhao Kuo was stunned and slowly sat in his seat. At this deadly moment, Yan State actually invaded? But he didn't remember what the Battle of Changping had to do with Yan State. Is this the change caused by his arrival? Zhao Kuo was out of the way and didn't know what he was thinking.

Linwujun said, "It's better to draw an army from Changping to fight against Yan State."

Zhao Kuo shook his head and said, "The Qin people will definitely not miss this opportunity. I believe they must have spread a lot of news about the invasion of Yan State in Changping. General Lian Po can stabilize the situation. The soldiers all believe him. However, if Handan is transferred from Changping, it will prove that the news of the Qin people is true, which will greatly shake the morale of the army. If the Qin people take the opportunity to attack, how can General Lian Po stop it?"

Lin Wujun asked again: "Why would you rather ask for help from Qi State?"

"They have captured Quyang. At their current speed, at most one month, they will be at the city. Not to mention whether the Qi people will send reinforcements, they will send reinforcements. Is it still too late?" Yu Qing also shook his head and said.

The ministers fell silent again, and the same was true for King Zhao. He pondered for a moment and said, "I am still from Changping..."

“No need.”

Zhao Kuo stood up, the young general's face was full of determination and no hesitation. He spoke:

"I am willing to fight and fight back the Yan people."

"Okay!" King Zhao clapped his hands excitedly, his face turned red. He said, "What else do I need to fear when I have a horse and coward commander of the 20,000 troops? Please prepare for a banquet for two or three sons. I want to invite the horse and coward!" Zhao Kuo shook his head and said, "The war is critical. I still want to learn more about the war. As for the banquet, I will ask you to reward the army after I defeated the Yan people."

"Okay! OK!" King Zhao said, looking at the censor beside him, and hurriedly said, "Don't you remember it!" The censor was stunned, and then lowered his head and started writing.

Zhao Kuo looked at Yu Qing and asked, "What's the situation in Yan State?"

"The State of Yan is commanded by Li Fu, Qing Qin. I heard that there are 100,000 soldiers and 2,000 chariots. Now Li Fu should be attacking Quancheng, while Qing Qin is attacking Jiumencheng, but I don't know if they have captured it." Yu Qing replied seriously.

Zhao Kuo was stunned and frowned and said, "The most important thing in the war is these news. Only by knowing the facts of the other party can you win. Please send more people to investigate the enemy's situation and contact me at any time. Be sure to have information about the enemy. This matter is very important!" Yu Qing was a little stunned. Logically speaking, he is a false image of Zhao State. Except for Tian Shan and King Zhao, no one is qualified to give orders to him like this.

But for a moment, for some reason, he couldn't help but say, "I will follow your instructions."

"What about Zhao State now?"

"We have recruited 20,000 soldiers, but there are not much grain stored in the capital, so we can only give you 50,000 stones of millet."

"This?" Zhao Kuo couldn't speak. He clenched his entire fist and said, "Okay, I need a map."

King Zhao was very happy. He seemed to have already recognized Zhao Kuo's victory. Lou Chang and several other ministers were congratulating him, as if the Yan people had left. Lin Wujun wiped the sweat from his forehead and felt a little glad on his face. Xu Li looked at Zhao Kuo quietly, wanting to speak but stopping. Zhao Kuo looked ahead with a calm face, but he was cold all over and his hands and feet were stiff, and he found that he seemed to be unable to control himself.

He wanted to lead 20,000 soldiers to fight 100,000 soldiers in Yan State. These 20,000 soldiers were all old men like Ping Gong, and there might be twelve or thirteen-year-old children. He was very scared. He was afraid that he would die there, he was afraid that he would take these people to die, and he was even more afraid that the Yan people would go straight in and besiege Changping with the Qin people. Hundreds of thousands of soldiers were killed, and millions of innocent people who trusted him and loved him lost everything they had.

He was so scared that he didn't know how he left the city, and he didn't know when he returned to the horse service.

Sitting in a daze, he saw his mother. Zhao's mother learned from Ge's mouth that Zhao Kuo was about to go to battle. The guests in the courtyard cheered. They couldn't wait to fight with Ma Fuzi and make contributions. Sitting indoors, they could hear the laughter of the guests. Zhao Kuo just sat blankly next to the corner of the room, closed the door, shrank into a ball, and was trembling all over.

"Kuo..." Zhao's mother's eyes were red and she sat in front of him, "Get up for me."

Zhao Kuo seemed to suddenly come to his senses. Looking at Zhao's mother in front of him, he suddenly hugged Zhao's mother, gritting his teeth tightly, but tears kept falling from his eyes, trembling all over, hugging his mother tightly. He didn't dare to cry out loud, and he couldn't let the guests hear his cry. He cried silently, and tears wet his mother's shoulders.

Zhao Kuo's face was filled with tears. He choked, lowered his voice and said helplessly:

"Mother, I'm scared."
Chapter completed!