The resolution of the court of Yan was soon transmitted back to Handan by Zheng Zhu, the envoy of Zhao State, from Jidu.

Zhao Wangdan was very angry after receiving the information that Zheng Zhu sent someone to send back urgently.

Bring Zhao Sheng, the king of the plains, to discuss the matter.

"Uncle Wang, now Yan Guo actually wants my Zhao State to exchange its population and cities for the grain of his Yan Kingdom, which is simply too deceitful. Every city and every land in the Zhao Kingdom was built by the hard work of the ancestors and ancestors, how can they be given to others? ”

"I think that at the beginning, when he Yan Wang Kang was in Liaodi, the widow also helped him a lot. Now that I, Zhao Guo, have encountered a difficulty, he Yan Guo actually made such an impudent request. If it doesn't work, the widow doesn't want the grain of Yan Kingdom, so it's okay. ”

Zhao Wangdan said angrily to Zhao Sheng, the king of the plains.

Zhao Sheng, the Plain Monarch, was not as angry as Zhao Wangdan, thought for a moment, bowed down and said to Zhao Wangdan:

"Your Majesty, there is no need to be angry. Now I, Zhao Guo, are asking for Yan Guo, and this Yan Guo's request is not hidden from the king, and it is also expected by Wei Chen, and it is not beyond the minister's estimate. ”

"My king thinks about it, if my Zhao State does not accept the request made by the Yan State court this time, where can I go to Zhao Guo to get food? Qin, Wei, Han, and Chu? Oh, my lord! ”

"This time, my Handan granary was burned, and the grain that had been stored with great difficulty in the past two years was classified as nothing. At the beginning of winter, there was a shortage of grain in Handan, the capital of Zhao, and the price of grain had increased several times. At present, the transfer of grain has begun from other counties. ”

"King, if it is two months later, not to mention Handan, even other parts of my Zhao country, there will be a huge food crisis! In this way, how can the military and civilians of our Zhao State survive until the autumn harvest next year? ”

Zhao Wangdan was angry, but he had to admit that what Pingyuan Jun Zhao Sheng said was reasonable.

However, it is still difficult to understand.

"Uncle Wang, is my Zhao Kingdom at the mercy of Yan Guo like this? Sister...... My sister is the queen mother of Yan Kingdom, and Yan Wang Kang is the widow's nephew! Do they even care about the slightest family affection? ”

Pingyuan Jun Zhao Sheng muttered in his heart, you also said that Empress Dowager Yan and Yan Wang Kang disregarded family affection.

Aren't you the same? was said by Wei Wangyu, knowing that Weiguo was a vassal state of Yan State, but when he saw that he could get benefits in vain, didn't he still care about family affection!

Of course, these words could only be buried in the depths of Zhao Sheng's heart, and his face did not reveal the slightest.

Zhao Sheng stepped forward and bowed down and said to Zhao Wangdan: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the princess and Yan Wangkang, I'm afraid the two of them also have difficulties." If my king thinks about it again, they also have to consider the thoughts of the courtiers and people of Yan Kingdom! ”

"Your Majesty, besides, the princess and Yan Wang Kang have also helped me a lot in Yan Kingdom. For the first time, when my Zhao State and Qin State were in the confrontation with Shangdang, there was a shortage of food, and all countries did not help my Zhao State, only the princess and Yan Wang Kang were in Liaodi, and they lent a helping hand to my Zhao State, and they also took the initiative to help me Zhao State move to Shangdang and the people moved to Liaodi, which greatly alleviated the dilemma of my Zhao State at that time. ”

"The second time, in the defense of Handan, only the princess and Yan Wang Kang withstood the great pressure of the Yan court, extended a helping hand to my Zhao State, and kept sending grain, grass and weapons to my Handan. If it weren't for the help of the princess and Yan Wangkang, the minister would have thought that the soldiers and civilians of our Zhao State would starve to death more because of the food problem in the defense of Handan. ”

"Not only that, Yan Wangkang later sent a large army south, galloped thousands of miles to help, snatched the Shangdang, beheaded the generals of the Qin army, Meng Fu and Sima Terrier, and defeated the fifteen-person elite Qin army, which led to the victory of my Handan defense battle."

"And I, Zhao State, just returned the original Zhongyang County of Yan State to Yan State, and my Zhao State actually did not lose its inherent territory. The king, it can be seen from the above that the princess and Yan Wang Kang still care about the king very much. ”

I can't help but say that the words of Zhao Sheng, the king of the plains, made Zhao Wangdan feel a lot better.

After thinking about it carefully, it is true, every time Zhao Guo encounters difficulties, the first ones who are willing to lend a helping hand to Zhao Guo are indeed Empress Dowager Yan Ji Zhao and Yan Wang Kang.

Zhao Wangdan calmed down and said to Zhao Sheng:

"What Uncle Wang said just now is extremely true, my sister and Yan Wangkang have helped me a lot in Zhao Guo, it seems that I am biased. So this time, where do I, Zhao Guo, want to give to Yan Guo in exchange for Yan Guo's grain? ”

Speaking of this, Zhao Wangdan slowly walked to the map in front of the wall, and Zhao Sheng, the king of the plains, followed closely behind.

The eyes of the two of them were cast on the wall together - Zhao Guo's rivers and mountains can be mapped.

Judging from the map, Zhao Guozhen can be described as a place of four wars.

The topography of the Zhao Kingdom, along the middle foot of the land is the Taihang Mountains, showing an irregular "U" shape. There is the Qin State in the west, the Wei and Han countries in the south, the Yan State in the east, and the Xiongnu, Linhu, Lou Fu and other nomadic peoples in the north.

The unique topography of Zhao State made Zhao State have three major political centers. One is Jinyang, where the Zhao family made his fortune, one is the capital Handan, and the last one is Daijun in the north. As long as one of these three places remains, the Zhao State will not be considered dead.

In these three major political centers, Zhao State will not give way to Yu Yan State no matter what.

Although Zheng Zhu sent back the message from Jidu, the opinion of the Yan State court was that he wanted to exchange grain for the places around Daijun, Yunzhong, and Yanmen in the northern part of Zhao State.

But Zhao Wangdan and Pingyuan Jun Zhao Sheng did not pay attention to the advice of the Yan State court at all.

How is this possible? The area of Daijun, Yunzhong and Yanmen, but the political center of the northern part of the Zhao State, is the main source of the war horses and cavalry of the Zhao State since the "Hufu Cavalry Shooting" of the Zhao State, and is the most important barrier in the north of the ancient capital Jinyang City.

Daijun, Yunzhong, Yanmen, these places, Zhao State will not cede to anyone or country.

The eyes of Zhao Wangdan and Pingyuan Jun Zhao Sheng were both focused on the southern end of the map of Zhao State, and Acheng, Liaocheng, Xinyi and other places in the west of the Great River that had just been taken over from Yan State last year.

Zhao Sheng, the king of the plains, saw Zhao Wang Dan like this, and naturally understood what Zhao Dan meant.

Behind Zhao Wangdan, he bowed down and took the initiative to suggest: "Your Majesty, I, Zhao Guo, can give the land west of Hexi that I gave to Zhao State last year, and then give it to Yan State in exchange for grain from Yan State." ”

"In this way, my Zhao State is actually still using the cities of Yan State in exchange for the grain of Yan State, and for my Zhao Kingdom, there is no loss, please let me Wang Mingjian."

Zhao Wangdan turned around and said to Zhao Sheng, the king of the plains:

"Uncle Wang, I, Zhao State, exchanged the land west of the river for grain from Yan State, will they agree?"

Zhao Sheng, the king of the plains, smiled and came to the map in front of the wall.

Stretching out his right hand from his sleeve, he pointed to the former land of the Patriotic Country, which borders the land to the west of the river.

"Look, your king, this is a place of patriotism. Judging from the current attitude of Yan State, Wei Guo is a vassal state of Yan State, and Yan State will definitely not give up if Wei State occupies Wei State. ”

"Yan has twice sent envoys to Wei to demand that Wei's army withdraw from Wei. As far as the minister knew, the envoys sent by the Yan State to the Wei State twice were humiliated by the Wei Wangyu. ”

"The envoy of Yan who went to Daliang for the second time was even beaten by Wei Wangyu in public on top of the Wei court. Wei State is like this, for Yan State, which has just annexed Qi State, how can it endure this humiliation? ”

"Your Majesty, in the opinion of the ministers, it is imperative for the Yan State to attack Wei. The only uncomfortable thing is that Yan and Wei do not have a border on their current territory. If you want to destroy Wei, you must borrow my Zhao State. For Yan Guo, there are too many worries. ”

"As long as I, the Zhao State, gives the land west of the river to the Yan State, the territories of Yan and Wei will also border, and the Yan State will attack Wei, and it is logical that there will be no worries."

"For Yan Guo, he will definitely accept my Zhao Guo's condition. And the land west of the river is originally the land of the Qi country, and for my Zhao country, there is no loss. ”

Zhao Wangdan bowed his head lightly and said to Zhao Sheng, the king of the plains:

"Uncle Wang is right, as far as the widow knows, Yan State is now angry in the country, and many ministers have written to Yan Wang Kang and asked him to send troops to attack Wei State."

After Zhao Sheng listened to Zhao Wangdan's words, there was more smile on his old face.

With his right hand, he tapped the Wei Guo on the map again, and said to Zhao Wangdan:

"Your Majesty, Yan Wang Kang opened up thousands of miles of territory for Yan in Liaodi, and accepted millions of people; After ascending the throne as the king of Yan, he went south and annexed the Qi State with lightning speed, which can be described as arrogant. ”

After the Battle of Handan, Wei recovered many places in Hedong, and last year it fought with Chu and Qin on the east and west fronts, defeating Chu in the east and refusing to strengthen Qin in the west. He even killed Wei Jun this year, and his morale was very high, and he was unwilling to live under other countries. ”

"Whether it is the Yan State in the east or the Wei State in the south, it is undeniable that for my Zhao State, it is undeniable that they will be the great enemy of my Zhao State in the future. The competition between Yan and Wei is only good for my Zhao State, and there is no harm. ”

"Your Majesty, this time, I, the Zhao State, took the opportunity to return the land west of the river to the Yan State, just to guide the Yan and Wei countries to fight. Now, Wei Wangyu went to Xianyang to personally visit Qin Wang Yingji, and must have wanted to get help from Qin. ”

"Qin currently regards Yan as Qin's main opponent, as long as Yan and Wei fight, Qin Wang Yingji will inevitably send troops to aid Wei and jointly attack Yan."

"Whether I, Zhao Guo, whether it is Yan Guosheng, Wei or Qin Sheng, will inevitably reap the fisherman's Lier in the end. Your Majesty, in this way, my Zhao State has not only weakened the national strength of various countries, but also obtained food, isn't it a double win? ”

After listening to the words of Zhao Sheng, the king of the plains, Zhao Wang Dan laughed out loud and said to Zhao Sheng:

"Uncle Wang's strategy is very clever, and it is very suitable for the widow. Uncle Wang, you immediately send someone to inform Zheng Zhu of Jidu, and say that I, Zhao State, am willing to exchange the land west of the river for the grain of Yan State. Tell him to ask for more food for Yan Guo. ”