Longevity by Picking up Attributes in the Battlefield

Han Xi had recruited a mixed bag of people. For Zhao Feng, loyalty was paramount, yet quite a few of the new recruits fell short of this standard. These individuals had to be dealt with to make an example of them. In Yanting, a lack of talent could be tolerated, but disloyalty to Zhao Feng was absolutely forbidden. This was his inviolable rule.

「Capital of Wei, Daliang!」

In the residence of Lord Xinling, a subordinate bowed respectfully to an elderly man who carried an air of authority. ”Reporting to Lord Xinling, General Cao, who guards the border, has sent word. He arrived a step too late and failed to rendezvous with Minister Zhao of the Zhao state.”

This was Lord Xinling, known to posterity as Wei Wuji, one of the Four Lords of the Warring States. In the present era, he was held in extremely high regard and was considered the pillar of the Wei state. As a member of the Wei royal family and the uncle of the reigning King of Wei, he commanded immense prestige and held the deep trust of the king.

Hearing his subordinate’s report, a look of disappointment flashed across Wei Wuji’s face.

He was well aware of the Zhao state’s plot to kidnap the Empress Dowager of Qin. Guo Kai had approached him for a secret discussion beforehand, and he had given his consent. The plan was to abduct the Empress Dowager of Qin, travel down the Wei River, enter Wei territory, and then return to the Zhao state.

With Qin’s power growing ever stronger, all the other nations feared it. As a neighbor to Qin, Wei had witnessed the fall of Han and inevitably felt a chill, knowing it could be next. Wei’s national strength was far inferior to that of the Zhao state, let alone Qin’s.

”In the end, it seems fate is not on our side,” he sighed. ”If we had managed to take the Empress Dowager of Qin hostage, the King of Qin surely would not have dared to act so rashly.”