Chapter Ninety-Five: Zhao Guo's Scheme
The Qin State destroyed Korea, and the old Qin people of the Qin State had a hunch that the next one to be destroyed was the Zhao State.
Although Qin and Zhao also attacked each other before, they did not have a deep hatred like the sea, but after the Battle of Changping, the two countries became enemies who did not share the sky.
The last time the six countries jointly attacked Qin, Zhao lost 150,000 troops, and the Zhao people already hated Qin. This battle to destroy Zhao will definitely not be as smooth sailing as the destruction of Han.
South Korea has just been destroyed, and the Qin State, the territory of South Korea, cannot be digested for a while, and the matter of destroying Zhao is suppressed by Yingzheng, and it will be discussed next year.
At the beginning, it was rumored that if the Six Kingdoms wanted to resist the Qin State, they would have to speak of a great power. Countries recruit soldiers, seize cities and land, attack each other, and their national strength does not increase but decreases.
After two major battles outside Changping and Hangu Pass, Zhao Guonan'er was completely lost, however, Zhao was located in a war-like land, and the people were also fierce and unyielding, and recruited 100,000 new soldiers. Bring back the veterans of each city, and form an army of 100,000 with the 40,000 selected from the new army. 60,000 new troops were sent to defend the city in place of the veterans.
Zhao Guo raised an army of 100,000 without the idea of attacking other countries, just to protect himself.
I never thought that the fifty-year-old Yan King of Yan Kingdom died, and the new king ascended the throne, and he wanted to plot against Zhao State, so he sent Xiangguo Libei to give 500 gold to King Zhao as wine money in the name of forming an alliance with Zhao, which was really to explore the reality of Zhao State.
Chestnut returned to Yan to report to King Yan and said: "The young and strong people in Zhao are all in Changping, Hangu Pass died in two battles, and their orphans are still minors, so it is a good time to attack Zhao State." ”
King Yan was overjoyed and convened the ministers to discuss the matter, Le Yi and his son did not agree to send troops, Zhao State was in the land of four wars, and the people often practiced, in order to protect their families, they were brave and brave, and Yan State may not win when they sent troops.
King Yan did not listen, and insisted on sending troops to attack Zhao State, in order to prevent Qi State Wei State from taking the opportunity to attack Yan State, leaving Le Yi to deter the two countries, and sent Le Jian and Li Belly to lead an army of 100,000 to attack Zhao State.
Zhao sent the famous general Lian Po to lead the army to meet the battle, and defeated the chestnut army in Shanyi, and the Zhao general Le Cheng broke the Lejian army in Daiyi, and Lejian surrendered to Zhao.
Le Jian surrendered, and Le Yi fled from Yan for fear of being angered by King Yan and joined Zhao.
Yan State was defeated, Zhao State naturally would not give up this opportunity, Lian Po led the north, the Yan army blocked, was defeated, and was driven five hundred miles, which shows the power of famous generals.
Lian Po led an army to surround the capital of Yan and asked Zhao for peace, but the king of Zhao hated Yan for his treachery and shameless behavior, and did not allow peace to be negotiated.
At this time, Zhang Yi, the envoy of Qin, sent an envoy to Yan to form an alliance with Yan, and the king of Yan learned that Qin was coming. Overjoyed, he called the sky immortal Yan, and when the Yan country was in danger, he sent a messenger to save Yan.
Yan and Qin formed an alliance, Qin naturally wanted to help Yan solve the danger of destroying the country, Zhang Yi sent an envoy from Yan again to Zhao State, warning King Zhao that if Zhao continued to attack Yan State, Qin State immediately sent troops to help Yan and attack Zhao.
Under pressure from Qin, the king of Zhao had to agree to negotiate peace with Yan, and the battle between Yan and Zhao came to an end temporarily.
Zhao Guo, Handan City.
King Zhao was terrified when he learned that Qin had destroyed Korea, and now Qin Yan has formed an alliance again, and Zhao has been attacked before and after, and the form is very unfavorable to Zhao.
King Zhao can naturally imagine that with the grievances between Qin and Zhao, Qin Ruodong will definitely bear the brunt of the Zhao Kingdom.
Zhao Wanggong, the main hall of the council!
King Zhao sat on the throne, and the ministers sat in two shifts.
King Zhao asked in a kind tone: "You should all know that Korea has been wiped out by Qin, and with the grievances between me and Zhao and Qin, the next Qin State will have to deal with my Zhao State." Do you have a good plan to save Zhao?"
Pingyuan Jun Zhao Sheng sighed: "It's difficult, it's difficult, now that the Qin State has a large number of generals and plenty of food, it's unimaginable how easy it is to destroy Han." I, Zhao Guo, are really hard to contend with. ”
Zhao Sheng's words King Zhao didn't like to listen to it, remembered something, frowned and said: "Pingyuan Jun, Gu once asked you to send someone to secretly send a message to King Han, let him stick to Xinzheng, and after the beginning of spring, my five countries will send troops to rescue at the same time." But why did King Han not only not stick to Xinzheng, but also led the army to fight to the death with the Qin army. Shouldn't you give this king an explanation?"
Pingyuanjun replied: "The minister sent one of the minister's disciples to Korea to deliver a message to the king of Han. This doorman is good at the art of concealment, and he is extremely fast, so there should be no problem, and he hasn't come back yet, and the minister doesn't know why. ”
King Zhao was even more unhappy when he heard this, and said coldly: "I'm afraid that this person is greedy for money and will not dare to come back if he sells this news to the Qin State." Otherwise, the three months of winter are the best opportunity for Qin to attack Korea, but it is abnormal that it did not attack Korea, and when the ice and snow melt, how could they suddenly launch a war to attack Korea, it is inevitably too fast. ”
Pingyuan Jun was dumbfounded, he didn't expect King Zhao to say these things in front of so many ministers, on the surface, he was talking about his disciples, but in fact, he was saying that he secretly took refuge in the Qin State, or that he had the intention of taking refuge in the Qin State.
Pingyuan Jun was a little disheartened, and said politely: "The minister is not feeling well, please allow the king to allow the minister to go home to recuperate." ”
King Zhao didn't keep it at all, but said very meaningfully: "There are as many as 1,000 guests in Pingyuanjun's door, and it is better to check it out after Pingyuanjun goes back, don't let people with a heart mix in it." ”
Pingyuanjun seemed to have aged dozens of years all of a sudden, and his body looked a little rickety, and said, "Minister... Respectfully... Royal Order. ”
Then he turned to leave, and the departing figure looked a little desolate and desolate.
Pingyuan Jun left, and the rest of the council hall were all King Zhao's henchmen. It is reasonable that new Zhao generals such as Le Yi and Le Jian cannot participate in today's deliberations, but even Lian Po, a famous general of Zhao State, did not participate, which is a bit intriguing.
Pingyuanjun left, although Guo Kai was overjoyed in his heart, he still let his face not show it. Seeing that King Zhao's face was not good-looking, he said: "Your Excellency, the minister has three strategies to solve the king's worries. ”
King Zhao listened and said happily: "Gu Guo really didn't misunderstand Aiqing, in times of crisis, only Aiqing can solve problems for Gu and offer plans to save Zhao Guo in danger." ”
Guo Kaidao: "My king is the king of the world, who can compare with my king of the seven kingdoms, and the minister can be valued by my king, which is the luck of the minister's three lives, in order to repay the king's kindness, the minister should do his best to share the worries of my king." ”
When King Zhao heard this, he was in a happy mood, and he swept away the unhappiness before, and said with a smile: "It's not in vain that Lone Fengqing is the prime minister, and the secretary is the heart of the country, Lone didn't misunderstand you." ”
A minister next to him couldn't listen to it, whether it was the importance of state affairs or the importance of touting, but he didn't dare to say this, and asked, "Dare to ask Xiangguo what is his plan?"
Only then did King Zhao remember what was going on and asked, "What is Xiangguo's good strategy?"
Guo Kaidao: "First, try to secretly ally with the three kingdoms of Wei, Qi and Chu, they will not be unaware of the ambitions of the Qin State, and they will definitely agree." In this way, if the Qin State attacks our Zhao State, the Zhao State also has allies. ”
When King Zhao heard this, he said happily: "Great goodness." ”
Guo Kai said again: "Second, the sword goes sideways. ”
King Zhao asked suspiciously, "What is the sword going sideways?"
Guo Kai smiled and said: "I have three chivalrous people in Zhao State, who are very famous, namely: Shadow Wind and Zhao Feixue, Bai Yunkong, Zhao Feixue's father was a general of my Zhao State, died in Changping, and he hated Qin State to the core. Ying Feng is Zhao Feixue's husband, and Bai Yunkong has hated Qin for a long time. The meaning of the sword is ......"
When King Zhao heard this, his eyes lit up, and he said, "Good strategy, this matter will be handled by Xiangguo." ”
Guo Kaidao: "The ministers obey the king's order." ”
King Zhao asked impatiently, "What is the third plan?"
Guo Kaidao: "Kill Yan to strengthen Zhao." ”
This is very kind to King Zhao, if Zhang Yi hadn't threatened with the army of Qin last time, he would have destroyed Yan State a long time ago.
King Zhao was apprehensive and said, "But Qin State?".
Guo Kaidao: "If you don't destroy Yan, Qin won't attack Zhao?"
King Zhao suddenly realized that if the assassination was not successful, Qin and Zhao would have a battle, and since this was the case, why should he care about the threat of Qin.