inner hall
"Nan'er. Top novels are updated the fastest." Bai Qi looked at Gu Nan who was sitting there drinking water.
After thinking for a while, he walked slowly to Gu Nan's side, and took out a somewhat old bamboo slip from his arms.
"You read this book first, read it carefully, and ask me when you don't understand."
Then he turned to look at Wei Lan.
"Madam, Your Majesty asked me to come to the palace in the afternoon today, saying that I have something to talk to. I'll go there first."
"Go, come back sooner." Wei Lan waved his hand.
Bai Qi bid farewell, then turned and left the inner hall.
Before leaving, he glanced at Gu Nan worriedly, he wondered if it was too early to teach this kind of book to this child. But this is the only way to go, his time is really running out.
Gu Nan held the bamboo slips in his hand and looked at Bai Qi who was going away suspiciously. When Bai Qi handed over the book of war to him just now, he was inexplicably solemn. It doesn't look like the few simple things before.
Frowning, he rolled away the bamboo slips, on which were written several large characters.
"Sun Wu's Art of War" begins.
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In the empty hall, an old eunuch stood respectfully on one side. Above the hall, there was a roll of bamboo curtains, and through the light and shadow, it could be seen that this person was inside. The man was sitting on the futon, with a table in front of him. A small stove was lit in the palace, a pot of tea was boiled on it, and faint green smoke drifted over it.
In the scorching summer, the palace is still cool and cool.
"Dengdengdeng."
There was a sound of footsteps, and a soldier in light armor bent over and walked in, leaning over and whispering something in the old eunuch's ear.
The old eunuch nodded in understanding, then waved the soldiers back.
"What's the matter?" The old man thought from behind the curtain with a thick voice, "I'm here to escape the summer heat, and I don't want to talk about political affairs."
"Your Majesty, Lord Wu An is here." The old eunuch said with a bow, paused, and added: "You summoned him earlier."
"That's it." The person in the curtain said lightly, as if thinking for a while: "Then, let him in."
The old eunuch didn't say anything more, he had been by King Qin's side for so long, he knew when to speak and when not to speak. Also know when to disappear for a while.
Just like now, he should disappear for a while, King Qin's attitude is obvious, he doesn't want anyone to hear what he said to Lord Wu An.
The old eunuch left, and the palace became quiet again, without any sound. After a while, the sound of armor rubbing came from the door, and a veteran wearing a black armor walked in with his helmet in one hand. With an aura that has been battle-tested on his body, he walked into the palace, and there seemed to be gusts of wind in the palace.
Looking up at the bamboo curtain, Bai Qi knelt down: "Your Majesty."
"Well, Mr. Wu An, you are here." The voice of King Qin in the inner room did not fluctuate at all, and he pointed to the soft bed outside the bamboo curtain: "Sit."
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
Bai Qi got up, walked to the bamboo curtain, knelt respectfully on the soft bed and lowered his head.
There was a long silence in the hall, until the tea boiled on the small stove, making the sound of boiling.
Qin Wang took a piece of cloth and took the teapot from the small stove beside him: "Do you know why I summoned you?"
Bai Qi didn't reply in a hurry, but pondered for a while: "Shangdang?"
Since the ninth year of King Zhou Nan (306 BC) King Wuling of Zhao carried out the military reform of "Hu Fu riding and shooting", the state of Zhao has become relatively prosperous and has a strong military force. It has faintly become a powerful country that can compete with Qin in terms of military strength.
This has always made King Qin feel threatened. If he wants to get rid of this threat, he must weaken Zhao's national power, or at least seize their fate.
And Shangdang is the gate of life. If the Qin army occupies Zhao Shangdang, it will completely control the strategically important area of Hedong. If you go north, you can take Jinyang, the old capital of Zhao (now southwest of Taiyuan, Shanxi), and if you cross Taihang Mountain to the west, you can directly threaten Handan, the capital of Zhao.
As long as he grasps this gate of life, Zhao's threat will be much smaller, and even if possible, he may be able to destroy Zhao in one fell swoop.
"Haha." King Qin laughed loudly for a while: "It's Mr. Wu'an who understands me well. I really don't know, without you, who else would be my general in Great Qin."
"The king was joking."
"This is not a joke." The laughter stopped abruptly, and King Qin's voice became serious: "Mr. Wu'an, I have some news that Zhao Guo is very dissatisfied with Lian Po's performance in Shangdang and wants to put him in Change it."
Two years ago, the State of Qin attacked and occupied South Korea Yewang (now Qinyang, Henan), completely cutting off the connection between South Korea's Shangdang County and the mainland.
Therefore, King Han, the king of South Korea, asked Feng Ting, the governor of Shangdang County, to dedicate Shangdang County to Qin State in order to ask Qin State to stop its troops.
Unexpectedly, Feng Ting did not want to surrender to Qin. After planning with the people of Shangdang County, he decided to use the power of Zhao State to resist Qin, and dedicated seventeen cities in Shangdang County to Zhao State.
Only then did Shangdang, who had already obtained it, run away in vain.
Now that the state of Qin is attacking Shangdang, the state of Zhao has sent Lian Po and his servant to hold on, dragging for time.
For Lian Po? If Lian Po is replaced, who will defend the city in Zhao Guoguo? Bai Qi thought in his heart, but his face was expressionless.
"They seem to want Ma Fujun's son to leave the station." Speaking of this, the corners of King Qin's mouth curled up slightly.
Ma Fujun's son is Zhao Kuo, a young general who is a bit smart but has no experience.
Lian Po led an army of 450,000 troops in Shangdang for a long time and could not hold out for a long time, no matter how provocative the Qin army was, he seemed to have never heard of it. It really gave him a headache. If this continues, it will be very difficult to achieve results in attacking Shangdang.
Although the Qin army opened the waterway to transport grain, it has an advantage in grain and grass. But it's not an option to fight a protracted war like this.
At that time, even if Shangdang is really captured, Handan is driven away, and Zhao State is destroyed, Qin State's national strength will be greatly damaged. In the Warring States period, not only the Qin and Zhao families were the only ones, but all the other tigers and wolves were staring at this place.
In fact, Zhao Guo would not replace Lian Po, but he saw that Zhao Guo's monarch was eager to win. So spies were sent to spread rumors that Lian Po was old, and only Zhao Kuo might be able to fight Qin in Zhao's country.
Thinking about it, King Zhao was already angry that Lian Po's army had been defeated several times, and he also disliked Lian Po's fortitude and dared not fight, but he believed it so foolishly, and was really ready to replace Lian Po.
With Lian Po replaced, everything will be much easier.
"Son of Mr. Ma Fu, Zhao Kuo?" Bai Qi looked at the ground in the hall.
"Yes, Mr. Wu An, if the King of Zhao really wants Zhao Kuo to replace Lian Po, I want you to be the general and the king to be the assistant. What do you think?"