"Cough cough cough..."

Violent coughs sounded in the palace of Handan, Zhao State, revealing the extremely weak state of King Zhao Zhong at this moment.

Ever since the alliance was reached with Zhongshan, Qi and Yan under the witness of Wei Shen, the Crown Prince of Wei, King Zhao Zhong seemed to have lost the last bit of health from his body.

The pain accumulated from years of hard work, as well as the aging caused by the passage of time, suddenly overwhelmed this old man who was already in his dying years.

Even after returning to the capital Handan and being treated by the most skilled doctors, King Zhao Zhong's body still did not improve at all, and instead worsened day by day.

"Cough cough cough..."

The severe cough and accompanying pain made King Zhao Zhao Zhong miserable.

I saw Zhao Wang Zhao Zhong picking up the silk in the hands of the palace attendant and covering his violently trembling mouth. After a long time, the cough finally passed.

"Huhuhu..."

Panting exhausted breaths and enjoying the rare peace after the pain, King Zhao Zhao Zhong finally showed a relaxed look on his face.

When he released the silk that had just been covering his mouth, a trace of bright red blood was so clear.

Seeing this scene in their eyes, the faces of the palace people on the side were full of worried expressions.

But before they could react, the weak but still majestic voice of King Zhao Zhao Zhong sounded in the hall.

"No one is allowed to leak anything about today's events."

"Here."

The voices of the palace people in his ears fell, and King Zhao Zhao Zhong then looked at the eunuch Ling who was serving respectfully.

"Go and invite the Prime Minister, the Crown Prince and the Young Master to come over."

"Follow orders."

The state of King Zhao Zhong at this moment was naturally clear to the eunuchs of the State of Zhao who had been serving him.

He also understood what it meant that Zhao Zhong wanted to summon Prime Minister Zhongle, Prince Zhao Yu and others at this moment.

Without any slightest hesitation, the eunuch ordered people to go to the residences of the three of them and invited brothers Gong Zhongle, Zhao Yu and Zhao Jie to the palace.

Not long after, the eunuch Ling who was waiting outside the palace saw the young master Ji leading the way, followed by the prime minister Zhong Le and the prince Zhao Yu who were following behind him.

Because of the preference of King Zhao Zhao Zhong, Gongzi Zhen has always been able to come and go freely in the palace of King Zhao. Today, he is about to move forward as usual.

But what was different from the past was that just as he was about to enter the main hall, two Zhao Guo soldiers standing in front of the hall had already blocked his way.

After several attempts to break through the obstacles in front of him failed, Gongzi Zhen naturally pointed his finger at the eunuch order.

"what do you mean?"

As a confidant of King Zhao Zhao Zhong, and having guessed what the other party meant in advance, the eunuch at this moment would naturally not take the young master who was glaring in front of him to heart.

"Young Master, I am just following orders. Your Majesty asked the Young Master to wait here for a while."

After explaining something to the young master, the eunuch Ling turned his smiling face to the two prime ministers, Duke Zhongle and Prince Yu, who were half a step behind the young master.

"Prime Minister, Prince, and the King have been waiting for you two in the palace for a long time."

After speaking, he took half a step back, the eunuch made an invitation gesture, and led Gong Zhongle and Zhao Yu into the main hall.

But what a few people didn't see was that the moment they walked into the hall, the eyes of Young Master behind them were clearly full of jealousy.

When several people came to Zhao Zhong, the monarch of Zhao who had been in power for more than twenty years seemed to have lost his previous weakness and regained his former majesty.

"My son, I would like to pay my respects to my father, the king."

He looked up and saw several people approaching him. A smile appeared on his face and he said, "Prime Minister and Prince, please take your seats."

After a few breaths, when the two of them took their seats, and the eunuch ordered the others to exit at his own signal, Zhao Zhong then turned his attention back to his son.

"Prince, have you completed the delivery of the territories of Zhongshan, Qi and Yan?"

In response to the inquiry from his father Zhao Zhong, Prince Zhao Yu quickly replied: "I would like to inform my father that the territory delivery involves too much and there is no time to complete the delivery."

"No rush, no rush..."

While he was saying "Don't be in a hurry", Zhao Zhong's eyes were a little blurry, and his thoughts seemed to have returned to before the war started.

For more than ten years, under his leadership, the State of Zhao could be said to have won many battles, and even seized a large area of ​​rich territory from the State of Qi.

Looking at the growing national power of Zhao State, he was very ambitious and wanted to eliminate Zhongshan State, a serious problem in his heart.

But what he didn't expect was that the advantage he had originally had would turn into an unprecedented defeat in the end.

Under the joint attack of Zhongshan, Qi and Yan, his Zhao State could only barely escape under the auspices of Wei State.

Zhao Zhong's heart couldn't help but tremble when he thought about how much territory he had lost in this battle.

He thought about leading the army to fight again and regaining the land lost in this battle, but right now there was a more important thing.

His thoughts gradually returned to his body, and the eyes of King Zhao Zhong looking at Prince Zhao Yu became clear again.

"Prince, how do you think our Zhao country will deal with the princes in the world?"

This question from King Zhao Zhao Zhong may seem ordinary, but it contains extremely important significance.

He wanted to see where his son, Zhao Guo's future chariot driver, would take Zhao Guo.

After hearing Zhao Zhong's question, Zhao Yu thought for a while and replied slowly: "I would like to inform my father, I think that although the Wei State is an ally of our Zhao State, it actually stood on the side of Zhongshan in this war.

side of the country.”

"So Wei can no longer trust us, and Zhao needs to find a new and more powerful ally."

When Zhao Zhong heard Zhao Yu's answer, he just shook his head gently.

In his opinion, his prince is still too young, and he sees the relationship between the princes too clearly.

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Are the three successors of the Jin Kingdom Wei, Zhao, and Han really helping each other in offense and defense?

As the king of Zhao, Zhao Zhong, who led an army to attack Wei and almost severely damaged Wei, he can give the most correct answer to this question.

of course not.

The reason why the Three Jin Alliance was established was not only the strong national power of Wei State, but also the huge interest relationship between the three countries.

Zhao can withdraw from the alliance because of Wei's betrayal, or of course he can turn a blind eye. Everything depends on interests.

It is obvious that being on good terms with the Wei State is beneficial to the current Zhao State. As for when the Zhao State will choose to be at odds with the Wei State...

Feeling the life force gradually passing away from his body, Zhao Zhong's eyes came to Zhao Yu for the third time.

"We, the State of Zhao, cannot offend the State of Wei, at least not in a short period of time."

After saying this, Zhao Zhong asked Prince Zhao Yu: "As for the strong ally you mentioned, you should be talking about Chu State, right?"

"It's the Kingdom of Chu."

In response to his father Zhao Zhong's affirmative inquiry, Zhao Yu quickly responded, "My country of Zhao is in the north, and the country of Chu is in the south."

"If the Chu State and our Zhao State join forces, they can form a two-sided attack on the Wei State."

"In the past, the reason why Marquis Jing was able to defeat Marquis Wu of Wei was because of the military strength of Chu."

King Zhao Zhong did not refute Prince Zhao Yu's idea, but nodded slightly in agreement.

Chu State is indeed the most powerful country in the world today except Wei State.

Moreover, with the Wei State separated in the middle, Zhao State and Chu State had no territorial border, which gave the two countries a natural basis for their alliance.

It's just that the current situation has undergone great changes compared to the time when Zhao Jinghou was there.

Under Wei Feng's governance, the Wei State, which was originally the loser, became more powerful, while the Chu State, the victor, was beaten to cede territory and seek peace.

In order to deal with the Wei State that now occupies Guanzhong, Hedong and most of Hanoi, plus the many princes who have been following Wei State, the strength of Zhao State and Chu State alone is obviously insufficient.

In order to have enough strength to deal with Wei State, Zhao State also needs to choose an ally.

After much thought, Zhao Zhong finally found another suitable ally for Zhao Guo.

"We might as well send another envoy to Linzi."

Linzi? Qi State!

When Zhao Yu heard Zhao Zhong's words, he was immediately startled, and a burst of doubt arose.

After following the Wei State for more than ten years, the Zhao State has taken a lot of bites from the Qi State.

Although Zhao State lost most of its territory that originally belonged to Qi State in this war, the seeds of hatred between the two sides had already been sown.

Now Zhao Zhong wants to send his own envoy to Linzi and make peace with Qi. Will Qi appreciate Zhao's move?

While Zhao Yu was thinking hard, Prime Minister Zhong Le, who had been silent all the time, spoke up.

"Prince, there is no need to worry. The hatred between our State of Zhao and his State of Qi is great, but how can we outdo that of the State of Wei?"

You must know that Wei State, through two wars, forced Qi State, which was originally able to fight with him, into a second-rate power.

Zhao Zhong, Gong Zhongle, the monarch and his ministers looked at each other, and a smile appeared on their faces.

"This war may seem huge, but the casualties in all countries have not yet affected the fundamentals."

"Although it seems that the world has stabilized, it is just a temporary calm."

"I just don't know what to do with Zhao State..."
Chapter completed!