Chapter 56: Preparation (II)

On March 3rd, everything is fine. Xiangping City Prince's Mansion, Inner Courtyard.

Today was the day of Ji Kang's first expedition, and before dawn, the entire Junhou Mansion began to make noise.

Ji Kang also got up early and had breakfast with his mother Ji Zhao. Under the waiter of Qingzhu and Qingmei, he put on the armor he had prepared earlier, but he had never worn it.

Put on your armor, tie your cape, and wear the steel sword at your waist. The robes and capes were the same as those of the Liaodi army, and they were all red. The bright red cloak sets off Ji Kang more handsome and straight.

In the year before the Great Great, when the Kingdom of Kei invaded Liaodi. Ji Kang thought of today. For this expedition to the Ji Kingdom, Ji Kang did not feel the slightest guilt in his heart.

Ji Kang didn't want to become the king of Han Henghui at this time, and he didn't want to be like Huaxia in his previous life when he first came to this world, allowing others to beat and scold him and not fight back.

Ji Kang knew deeply in his heart that the place of Ji Country was the throat of the land of China, and its geographical location was extremely important.

Since the Qin and Han dynasties, China has incorporated the Kingdom of Ji into its territory. But then, with the rise and fall of the Central Plains Kingdom, this land was also divided with China.

Although in Ji Kang's previous life, many dynasties did not include the Ji Kingdom. But the dynasties that sent troops for it abounded.

The Tang Dynasty and the Wa Kingdom broke out here in the "Baijiangkou Naval Battle", which made the Wa State honest for hundreds of years in one fell swoop; The Ming Dynasty and the Wa Kingdom fought a tug-of-war here for seven years, and the famous battles include the fiercely fought "Battle of Sichuan", "Battle of Jinju", and "Battle of Luliang".

It was Ji Kang's previous life in China, and the battle for the founding of the country also took place in this land.

For the sake of the birth and safety of New China, Taizu, who had just founded the country at that time, also decided to send troops to Korea in the second year of the founding of the People's Republic of China. In Ji Kang's previous life, these predecessors held rudimentary weapons, wore single clothes in the harsh winter season, and fought this land for four years with the enemies of the sixteen countries armed to the teeth. In the end, at the cost of hundreds of thousands of casualties, the enemy forces were forced to sit down at the negotiating table and an armistice was signed.

After Ji Kang put on the armor, he looked at Qingzhu and Qingmei, and said softly to the two, "After I leave, I will have to work hard for the two of you." You two wait for your mother until I get back. ”

Qingzhu and Qingmei, hearing this, their eyes were red, but they knew that they couldn't cry at the moment. Both of them lowered their heads, raised their hands to their left chests (their right hand pressed their left hand), and gave Ji Kang an official visit.

Ji Kang did not hesitate, turned around and walked out of the bedroom, and the two of them, Shi Kang, who was also wearing Qi armor, came to his mother Ji Zhao's courtyard together to bid farewell to his mother.

When I came to my mother's main house, I found that my mother Ji Zhao was wearing the formal clothes of the prince's concubine, sitting on the main seat, her eyes were red, but she was smiling.

Ji Kang and Shi Kang knelt down together and bowed three times to their mother Ji Zhao.

After the visit, Ji Kang said to his mother Ji Zhao, "Mother, my son is about to go to the army, and now I will say goodbye to you." ”

Ji Zhao stood up and looked at his son, with a thousand words in his heart, but at this time he forced himself to smile and said, "I wish my son success and a triumphant return." ”

With that, he put his hands together, raised them high above his head, and bowed to his son Ji Kang. This is the etiquette that the main mother must perform for the relatives who go on the expedition. Qingzhu and Qingmei, who came together, as well as the attendants and palace maids in the house, all knelt down and saluted Ji Kang.

Ji Kang and Shi Kang hugged their fists and bowed again, and returned the salute to everyone.

Ji Kang smiled and said to his mother, "Please rest assured, mother, son farewell." ”

After that, he no longer hesitated, took off his cloak, and Shi Kang turned around and walked out of the house, not daring to look at his mother Ji Zhao's expression again.

When he walked out of the house, Wangcai came forward, Ji Kang, as usual, bent down and stroked Wangcai's head, and instructed Wangcai, "Take good care of the door at home." ”

Wangcai looked at Ji Kang and Shi Kang, and rubbed Ji Kang's hand humanely. Ji Kang patted Wangcai's head, straightened up, and walked towards the outer courtyard with Shi Kang. Wangcai followed closely behind Ji Kang, and only when he went to the door of the outer courtyard did he call out twice aggrievedly, and saw Ji Kang and Shi Dang go away.

When they arrived in the outer courtyard, many officials such as Jun Xiangju Xin, the old dean Zou Yan, Yaqing Su Dai, and the old chief manager Ji Mao were all waiting in the outer courtyard for a long time.

Seeing Ji Kang come out, they bowed to Ji Kang and said, "I wish the prince and the marquis a triumphant return." ”

Ji Kang bowed and saluted back, and said to Ji Xin and the others, "Please leave it to your lords in the rear." ”

Then, he turned his head to Lu Zhong and said, "Dean Lu, let's go!" ”

Lu Zhong bowed and replied, "Obey the orders of the prince and the marquis." ”

Ji Kang nodded, did not stop, and Lu Zhonglian, Shi Kang and others, accompanied by Tian Guang, the commander of the garrison battalion, rushed to the military camp outside the city in a van.

came to the barracks, and the last group of 10,000 heavy cavalry led by General Liu Sheng, and more than 30,000 reserve troops, marched towards Fanhan together. General Rong Yan and many other generals have already gone to Fanhan, Xing'an and other places.

Just when the Liaoji War was about to break out, the Central Plains countries did not calm down.

Xianyang, the capital of Qin, the royal palace.

King Yingji of Qin looked at Xiangguo Fan Sui and said, "Xiangguo, now my Qin army has withdrawn to the country. Now, according to the peace agreement signed with Zhao and Han, it is time for our Qin State to accept the eight cities in this agreement. The six cities ceded by the Zhao State, in your opinion, who should go and accept it? ”

Fan Sui lowered his head and pondered for a while, and said to King Yingji of Qin, "King, the original Xiangguo Lou Shu is more familiar with Zhao State, and he was originally a minister in Zhao State, and his son Lou Chang is even more Zhao Guo's eldest husband. Your Majesty, can you let Lord Lou Xuan go and negotiate with King Zhao and accept the cession of the six cities of the State of Qin to me? ”

King Qin thought for a while and said to Fan Sui, "Good." According to Xiangguo's intentions, let Lou slow go to Zhao State and accept these six cities of my Qin State! ”

And the Yanzhao border at this moment is also not calm.

During the Battle of Changping, because the deputy general of Zhao State bound the leopard, the generals Wang Rong and Su Shot, which did not match Zhao Kuo's concept of warfare, he was dismissed and dismissed by Zhao Kuo, and rushed back to Handan to standby.

At that time, Zhao Guogang appointed Zhao Kuo as the commander of the Zhao army of the Shangdang, but because of Zhao Kuo's relationship, Zhao Wangdan did not listen to it at all, and was driven back to Handan, Tie Leopard and other three Zhao army generals' justifications and explanations. If it weren't for the outstanding achievements of the three of them, King Zhao would have put the three of them in prison at that time.

In the end, King Zhao didn't pay much attention to the three generals such as the leopard. He relegated the leopard and the other three to the border of Yanzhao, a place called Wuyuan, and appointed the leopard as the county commander, Wang Rong and Su Shot as their deputies, and ignored them again.

In the end, the decisive battle of Changping was held, and the Zhao army was annihilated. The three of them, Leopard, Wang Rong, and Su Shot, thought that Zhao Wangdan must have known that the opinions of the three of them at that time were right, and they would reuse the three of them. But so far, the three of them have not received any information.

The three of them, Leopard, Wang Rong, and Su Shot, had a secret hatred in their hearts, and gathered together to discuss the future future.

Su shot the youngest of the three. At this time, he looked at the leopard and Wang Rong, and said to the two of them, "Two brothers, now it seems that my brother is completely abandoned by King Zhao." General Lian Po and our strategy in Changping were right, but the king was stupid and replaced General Lian Po, resulting in a crushing defeat for the army. Now let us stay in this place in Wuyuan, and ignore us, what should we do with the three of us in the future? ”

Wang Rong also sighed and said, "Don't complain, now General Lian Po, back to Handan, the king also ignores him." It is reported that after seeing General Lian Po lose power, General Lian Po's disciples have run out, and no one is willing to stay by General Lian Po's side anymore, let alone the three of us? This one...... This king is simply stupid and incompetent! ”

When the leopard heard this, he was taken aback, and said to Wang Rong and Su Jie, "Two virtuous brothers, you need to be cautious!" If this word spreads to Handan, the three of us may be killed! ”

Su shot beside him, pursed his lips, and said to the leopard, "Brother leopard, it's our third brother here, what are you talking about?" Who cares about us? Wang Shangneng appointed Zhao Kuo as the commander of our party army, which caused the annihilation of our army and caused my Zhao country to bring filial piety. If he is not deaf, who is deaf? Am I wrong, brother? ”

Seeing the two of them like this, the leopard lowered his head and pondered for a moment, and said to the two, "Two brothers, what do you say, what should we do in the future?" ”

When Su Jian heard this, he didn't think about it at all and said, "Two elder brothers, with all due respect, now King Zhao has thrown us in this small city on the border of Zhao Yan, and Wuyuan City is adjacent to Yan Kingdom. Now there is constant friction on the border between the two armies of Yan and Zhao. When the Yan army comes, the three of us will wait to die! No one is going to send troops to our aid. ”

Wang Rong frowned, thought for a while, lowered his voice and said to the two, "Two brothers, our third brother can't wait for death here!" Judging from a certain general, now the 450,000 troops of our Zhao State in Shangdang have been completely wiped out, and the national strength is empty. ”

"I heard that I, the Zhao State, ceded six more cities and gave them to the Qin State. Now don't say that it is the opponent of the Qin State, but I am afraid that it is not even as good as the Yan State. Anyway, we can't be reused in Zhao State, so it's better to take refuge in Yan State. Yan Guo will definitely give us a good future. ”

After listening to Wang Rong's words, the leopard and Su Jian looked at each other, not knowing what to do.

Su Jian thought for a while, his heart was crossed, and he said to the leopard and Wang Rong, "Two brothers, since King Zhao is unkind to us, don't blame us for being unjust." ”

Speaking of this, Su Jie looked at Tie Leopard and Wang Rong and said, "We have been following General Lian Po all the time, but now, General Lian Po, who has contributed to Zhao Guoguo's efforts, has been abandoned by King Zhao and not reused. ”

"In my opinion, with the age of the old general Lianpo, he will not be appointed by King Zhao in the future. The old generals of Lian Po are still like this, let alone the three of us? Since this is the case, let's take refuge in Yan Kingdom. ”

After listening to the words of Wang Rong and Su Jie, the leopard stood up, walked around the house twice, clenched his right hand into a fist, and struck down on his left palm, making up his mind.

said to Wang Rong and Su Shu, "Two virtuous brothers, as you just said, King Zhao is unkind, don't blame my brother for being unjust." Since the two brothers have the idea of taking refuge in Yan Kingdom, I will go with you! But this matter should be extremely confidential, as long as the three of us know, and the family members can't tell it. ”

"Now we will send someone to the Jidu secretly to meet Yan Xiangsu. If Yan Xiangsu agrees that we will return to Yan Kingdom, our third brother will dedicate the city of Wuyuan to Yan Kingdom, so that we can also have a good future. ”

Su Jie and Wang Rong both nodded when they saw that the leopard also agreed.

Subsequently, the leopard and the other three people patted the people close to them, and secretly went to Jidu to visit Yan Xiangsu.