The capital of Zhao State was Handan.

On the corridor in the Zhao Palace, Zhao Hou Zhao Zhong stopped quietly on the spot, and everything in front of him slowly entered his field of vision along the line of sight.

There were no heroic poems or passionate words. There was only calmness in the eyes of the Marquis Zhao who had been in power for many years.

I don't know how much time passed, but a rush of footsteps sounded behind Zhao Zhong.

"Your Majesty, the Prime Minister has arrived."

Hearing the report from the person behind him, Zhao Zhong's eyes seemed to be a little confused, but he still did not turn around.

"Please invite Prime Minister to come over."

"Here."

Not long after, as the palace eunuch left and returned, there was already Zhao Xianggong Zhong Le who had just asked to see him behind him.

"Old minister Gong Zhongle, I pay my respects to you, Your Majesty."

"The Prime Minister does not need to be polite."

Just like before, Zhao Zhong did not turn around at this time, but just asked Gong Zhongle lightly.

"Is Prime Minister Wei gone?"

Facing Zhao Zhong's inquiry, Gong Zhongle quickly responded: "Exactly. It's just..."

Although his eyes were still fixed on the scenery in front of him, Zhao Zhong still heard the hesitation in Gong Zhongle's words.

"If you have something to say, Prime Minister, you can just say it. With the friendship between you and I, the monarch and our ministers, is there anything we can't say?"

"Follow orders."

With what Zhao Zhong said just now, I heard Gong Zhongle say immediately: "I report to you, I believe that since the present Wei Hou succeeded to the throne, he has not only defeated our country Zhao, South Korea, Qi, Qin,

It also used its powerful national power to suppress the Chu State in the south, which once competed with the Jin State for hegemony. The Wei State is now no less powerful than when Wei Wenhou was in power."

"On the other hand, although the national strength of our Zhao State has increased over the years, it is still far inferior to that of the Wei State. Accumulating national strength and dormant waiting is our Zhao State's consistent national policy. At this time, it is too hasty to turn against the Wei State because of temporary interests.

?”

As General Zhao Zhong listened carefully to Gong Zhongle's words, there was a sudden silence between the two of them.

In this period of silence, complex thoughts continued to play out in Zhao Zhong's originally calm eyes, and finally the determination remained in his heart.

"well……"

After letting out a helpless sigh, Zhao Zhong slowly turned around and stared at the Prime Minister in front of him who had assisted him for so many years.

"Prime Minister, how can I not know that there is a disparity in strength between Zhao and Wei? How can I not know that Zhao should be dormant right now?"

"But there are some things that you can't do if you want to do them, and there are some things that you can't just do if you don't want to do them."

Having said this, the eyes of Zhao Zhong and Gong Zhongle connected, and their thoughts collided silently.

"Xiang Guo, do you know what I thought when I heard that Wei State was interested in Qin State?"

"It's fear, fear of Wei's power."

Zhao Zhong's thoughts gradually drifted away with the sound, to the land of Zhao and the entire world.

"In the past thirteen years, the national power of our Zhao country has increased, but the growth of Wei's national power has been even more rapid than that of our Zhao country."

"In the battle with our Zhao State and South Korea, Wei State, as the victor, seized a large area of ​​land that originally belonged to our Zhao State and South Korea, completely connecting the two countries' lands that were not bordering each other."

"In the first battle with Qin, Wei defeated the main force of the Qin army and moved its territory westward from Luoshui to the line of Jingshui. Half of Qin's Guanzhong land has fallen into Wei's hands."

"In the battle with Qi, Wei distributed all the large areas of land it captured to its allies. It seemed that they did not gain much land, but they formed an alliance around Qi."

In a distant and calm tone, Zhao Zhong recounted the wars in Wei over the years, and Zhao Zhong's eyes were filled with solemnity.

"Looking at the world today, Zhao and South Korea are allies of Wei. Qin and Qi were severely damaged by Wei. Even those as powerful as Chu can only temporarily avoid Wei's attack."

"If the strategy of advancing westward under the guise of advancing eastward succeeds, the national power of Wei, which encompasses the best of Qin, will surely make another leap forward."

"If we, the State of Zhao, don't cheer up, there is no guarantee that the next one Wei State will attack will be our State of Zhao."

After hearing what Zhao Zhong said, Gong Zhongle, who originally wanted to say something else, swallowed his words.

A somewhat oppressive silence gradually spread between the two people and in the corridors of Zhao Palace.

…

"Drive, drive, drive..."

"Hush!"

After a long sound of horse control, the wheels of the carriage stopped turning forward.

Soon, with a somewhat aged right hand, the curtain slowly opened, and Wei Xianggong Sun Qi's eyes followed the side curtain.

Looking back, he took a look at Handan City, which was already somewhat blurry in the distance, and a hint of complexity appeared in the eyes of the Prime Minister of Wei.

This trip to Handan was not a pleasant journey for Gongsun Qi.

From the words and deeds of Zhao's monarchs and ministers in the past few days, Gongsun Qi could already feel that the originally close allies were drifting apart.

Although this time under the mediation of Gongsun Qi, Zhao still expressed his willingness to join Wei's camp;

But he knew very well that due to their different national interests, the day would come when the allies Wei and Zhao would part ways.

It's just a question of whether it's sooner or later.

The carriage stopped in place for a long time, and Gongsun Qi also kept looking at Handan City for a long time, until a voice sounded in the carriage.

"Let's go to South Korea."

Almost shortly after Gongsun Qi left Handan, the capital of the Zhao Kingdom, the news that he was going to Korea was heard by the Korean agents in the city.

Without any hesitation, the news went all the way south, passed through layers of transmission, and finally reached the palace in Xinzheng, the capital of South Korea.

…

"Xiangguo."

While he was speaking, Han Hou, who was now in his prime, handed a silk book in his hand to Han Yue, the prime minister in front of him, with a solemn expression on his face.

"A secret report came from Handan. Wei Xianggong Sun Qi left Handan three days ago. The next destination seems to be Xinzheng, our capital."

"What exactly does Prime Minister Wei intend to do when he comes to South Korea this time, and how should South Korea respond?"

After listening to the inquiry from Han Hou Han Wu in front of him, Han Prime Minister Han Yue's face was also full of solemnity.

Although Han Yue, as a veteran of Han Yihou's time, was born in the military and had been in the court for many years, he had a strong momentum throughout Korea;

But in front of the Marquis Han who was in his prime and showed great brilliance in his actions, he was still very energetic in his heart.

"I report to you, everyone in the world thinks that the Wei State's action is to take advantage of the change of political power in Qi State and the instability of the court to send troops to gain profit."

"I don't agree with this view."
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