Guo Kai's Three Poisonous Schemes, Zhao State's Foremost Dancer

As these words fell, everyone turned their gaze toward Lord Chunping.

Lord Chunping spoke with a steady, measured tone, "The Mohist School advocates for universal love and non-aggression, and they despise a Blood Butcher like Zhao Cheng above all else. The disciples of the Mohist School are also willing to assist various states in defending their cities against the Tyrannical Qin."

"It just so happens that I am acquainted with the current leader of the Mohist School. I have heard him describe the application of the Thousand-Mechanism Dragon-Locking Formation. This formation can be set up within a city or at a vital chokepoint where a heavy army must pass. Inside, it features large rotating blade wheels, countless poison-tipped crossbows, and beneath it all, quicksand traps."

"Once that Zhao Cheng steps into this formation, the mechanisms will trigger, and he will immediately sink into the quicksand."

"With such natural terrain and lethal force, even if he possessed the strength of ten thousand men, he would only sink deeper. Not to mention the simultaneous barrage of poison-tipped crossbows and the shredding of the blade wheels."

"The Blood-Clad Army still needs time to be forged. If we prepare the materials now and invite the Mohist disciples to construct this heavy mechanism formation for us, then when Zhao Cheng comes to attack Zhao, we will surely be able to kill him before our lines!"

At this moment, Guo Kai jumped in, "You want to spend a fortune to build a stationary mechanism formation?"

"May I ask Lord Chunping, what happens if that Zhao Cheng does not step into the trap?"

"Or, what if he sends his soldiers in first? The soldiers fall into the formation, but he runs away—how do we handle that?"

"Or, what if he..."

Lord Chunping retorted angrily, "Guo Kai! There