Chapter 55: The Perils of Losing the Country
King Yan looked at the chestnut belly with some surprise, he looked at the chestnut belly with some helplessness, and asked: "The Zhao State has never come to invade us, why should we go to crusade against the Zhao State?" Li said seriously: "Shangjun, although Zhao Guo has never invaded Yan Guo, but he has always regarded Yan Guo as an enemy rather than a friend, Zhao has insulted you several times, can't this be a reason for revenge?" ”
King Yan waved his hand and said, "I heard that a gentleman can forgive the mistakes of others, and I don't care about that. Chestnut was furious and said, "Shangjun! Now is the best time to crusade against the Zhao State, the Qin people agreed to destroy the Zhao State with us, and after the fall of the Zhao State, the Qin people will divide the Dai County and Yunzhong County to the Yan State. King Yan frowned and asked again, "Could this be the Qin people's strategy?" ”
Li Bao looked at a few beauties around King Yan, his face became more and more ugly, King Yan then signaled those beauties to leave, only two people left in the palace, King Yan and Li Bei, Li Bei said: "This is the strategy of the Qin people, the food of the Zhao people is insufficient, and the Qin people are not much better, the Qin people want to borrow our hands to destroy the Zhao State, as for the Dai County and Yunzhong County, the Qin people are not moral, they will never give us." ”
King Yan was shocked and asked, "Since this is the case, then why do you want to crusade against Zhao State?" ”
"Shangjun, who do you think has more cities in the Yan Kingdom than the Wei Kingdom?"
"Wei State."
"Then who do you think has more wealth in the Yan Kingdom compared to the Qi Kingdom?"
"Qi country."
"Then who are more soldiers of the Yan Kingdom and the Zhao Kingdom?"
"Zhao Guo."
Chestnut belly then said: "Yan is not as rich as Qi State, not as fertile arable land as Wei State, and not as many elite soldiers as Zhao State, when today, countries encroach on each other, even a powerful country like Zhao State is difficult to protect itself, if Yan State is content with the status quo and cannot take advantage of the opportunity to become strong, then Yan State will not be able to escape the fate of being destroyed, if you wait for the Qin people to destroy Zhao, then after the Qin people destroy Zhao State, who will be destroyed?" ”
"If the Zhao people defeat the Qin State, get the Shangdang County, and become stronger, who will he target him?" , chestnut belly said loudly: "The reason why the minister crusaded against the Hu people before was to let Yan State have the strength to conquer the Central Plains, and now Yan State has nearly 100,000 soldiers and 5,000 chariots!" On weekdays, Yan Guo is not the opponent of Zhao State, but now the empty Zhao State is easy to capture. ”
"If you miss this opportunity, Yan Guo will never raise its head." , chestnut belly persuaded bitterly.
King Yan took another sip of wine and said, "Then do as you say." He laughed, very happy, and said, "Please send someone to call Chang Guojun, Ju Xin and other ministers to discuss this matter together." King Yan agreed, and sent someone to invite these ministers. Yan State, in terms of military strategy, relies on Xiangguo's chestnut belly, and in terms of marching and fighting, it relies on Changguo Junlejian.
These two are King Yan's right-hand men.
When the ministers gathered in the palace, Li Belly stood up, and talked about the crusade against Zhao State without hurry, as soon as he finished speaking, Changguo Jun Lejian hurriedly stood up, his face was pale, and he said: "You don't want to destroy Zhao Kingdom, you want to destroy Yan Kingdom!" The chestnut belly frowned, and said unhappily: "The soldiers of the Zhao State are all in Shangdang County, and they can't come back to help, this is the best time to destroy the Zhao State, why do you say that?" ”
Le Jian looked at King Yan and said seriously: "Shangjun, this is the strategy of the Qin people, we don't have to attack the Zhao State, as long as we want to crusade against the Zhao State The matter leaks out, the Zhao soldiers of Changping must be extremely frightened, and the army is disheartened, the Qin people will take this opportunity to break the Zhao people and go down the trend. ”
"This is something that is beneficial to the Qin State but not to the Yan State." , said Rakuma.
King Yan hesitated a little, and hurriedly said: "What you said is not right, the commander of the Zhao people is Lian Po, and it is not easy for the Qin people to defeat them, and besides, the Qin people have a long expedition to the Zhao State, lack of food, and the soldiers are tired, how can they fight against Yan and Zhao Erguo at the same time?" ”
"You're not right, although Zhao is strong, but his king does not have the courage to encroach on the countries, it is not the biggest threat to the Yan State, and the Qin State is a country like a tiger and a wolf, are you willing to be neighbors with cattle and sheep, or are you willing to be neighbors with tigers and wolves?"
Chestnut looked at Lejian seriously and said, "I want to slaughter cattle and sheep and capture tigers and wolves alive." And I know that in the Yan Kingdom, the only one who can do these things is you, please help me, serve as the commander of the army, and crusade against the Zhao State. Lejian sneered and said: "I don't agree with your idea of conquering Zhao State, and I will not serve as the commander, Zhao State has experienced many wars, and the people are proficient in military affairs, and in this kind of crisis, they will resist stubbornly, not to mention that this matter is only beneficial to Qin State, I will not go to crusade against Zhao State." ”
Before he could speak, Minister Qing Qin said with a smile: "Chang Guojun's father is still in Zhao State, he naturally will not go to crusade against Zhao State, I am willing to serve as the commander and crusade against Zhao State." Le Jian was furious and stood up suddenly, but King Yan looked at him coldly and said, "Please step down." Le Jian gritted his teeth and said: "Please don't send someone to crusade against Zhao State, I am not against it for other reasons, I am worried about the major affairs of Yan Kingdom, so I am like this." ”
"Stand down!" , King Yan said angrily.
Rakuma smiled, a little bitter, and he turned to leave.
Chestnut belly sighed, and then said: "Shangjun, Chang Guojun is the most capable general in Yan State, please don't treat him like this, although he doesn't agree with the minister's idea, but he also said such things because he was worried about Yan Guo, not because of his own personal feelings." King Yan nodded, and said again: "Since the king of Changguo is unwilling to go, the minister is willing to command an army of 60,000 and a chariot of 2,000 times, and the soldiers are divided into three routes, with Qing Qin and Ju Xin each leading one way to crusade against Zhao State." ”
"Drama Xin?" , A trace of displeasure flashed on King Yan's face, and he looked at the old minister sitting among the ministers, the same as the chestnut belly, was the guest of Zhao State back then, and he was also Pang Xuan's friend, so Pang Xuan has lived for so long, most of the time is used to make friends, and these friends of his are very long-lived, like Lou Chang's father Lou Xuan, Yan Guo's minister chestnut, and this drama luck, no wonder so many people want to be his friends.
However, he did not live well in the Yan Kingdom, when Gongsun Cao killed the monarch and established the current Yan King, he was against it.... Therefore, in these years, King Yan has not given him a good face, he implemented changes in Yan Kingdom, which made Yan Kingdom have a good development, so that many people respect him, if it were not for this, I am afraid that he has been killed by King Yan. When King Yan heard that Li Belly wanted to take him as a general, his face immediately changed, and he said, "It's better to divide the soldiers into two ways, you and Qing Qin will go to crusade." ”
Ji Xing, who was sitting in the middle of the crowd, his eyes lit up after hearing Li's words, but after King Yan's order, it quickly dimmed, and he sat there, bowing his head and not saying a word.
Li Belly sighed, looked at Qing Qin, and said: "Please be ready, gather soldiers, and crusade against Zhao Guo, the sooner the better, you must take advantage of Qin Zhao to get enough benefits for Yan Guo before Qin Zhao has no winner." ”
"Got it."
In October, the soldiers of the Yan State divided into two routes, and in the name of the Zhao people insulting the King of Yan, they officially declared war on the Zhao State, vowing revenge.