Volume 1 The Hatred of the Country and the Family, The Sword of the World, Chapter 34 King Zhao Wuling Establishes the Yan Position
Ding Hu held the sword of Gongbu and passed the word on behalf of Xiaofeng to Shandong Haojie, so the name of Fengxingzi was heard in Shandong, and Meng Weijun of Qi State also heard of it.
And the assassin of Qi State who assassinated the prince of Yan State was also known to the people of Qi State, and the mastermind behind this matter also pointed to the King of Qi.
Meng Weijun was afraid of damaging the reputation of the King of Qi, so he came to the capital of Zidu, and met the King of Qi and said: "Today, there are heroes in the rivers and lakes, holding a sword to protect the prince of Yan Guo, and it is rumored that Qi wants to cut off the prince of Yan. If this matter is made by the king, the ministers think that it is inappropriate, and they may make the world laugh at the Qi country and damage the prestige of the king. ”
When the King of Qi heard Meng Weijun's words, he pretended to be surprised and said: "How can the king of a country who is a widow and a country use these three indiscriminate methods? Qing misheard what people said, and there was no such thing. ”
Meng Weijun played again: "If the king has no such thing, he is naturally not afraid of the discussion of the countrymen. Now, please ask the king to order, if anyone in the country dares to assassinate the prince of Yan Kingdom, he will be severely punished. When the people of the world heard about it, they knew that it was not at the behest of the king. ”
The king of Qi thought about it reasonably, and only wanted to dissociate himself from this matter, so he promised Meng Weijun to issue a royal decree that if the Qi people assassinated people from other countries as assassins, they would be arrested and beheaded, and the decree would be announced to the princes.
When the princes heard about it, they really thought that the king of Qi had nothing to do with the assassination of the prince, and now they saw that the king of Qi ordered to ban assassins, and they all praised him, saying that the king of Qi really had the demeanor of a great king.
Although the king of Qi failed to cut off the prince's position and was forced to ban the assassin due to the situation, he won a good reputation and did not feel at a loss. It's just that Luan Kai returned to the Qi country, and he can no longer be willful and reckless without obeying the law, and the king of Qi scolded Luan Kaidao: "There is not enough success, and there are more than failures, and now the widow is like this!" Luan Kai didn't dare to defend himself, so he pleaded guilty and retreated. In order to appease Luan Kai, the king of Qi still rewarded some gold and silver.
Ding Hu stayed in Qi for more than 20 days, and saw that the king of Qi had issued a decree prohibiting assassins, so he said goodbye to Yin Renxiong and Shandong Haojie, returned to Xinzheng, South Korea with a gongbu sword, came to see Xiaofeng, returned the sword to Xiaofeng, and prepared for the future.
Xiao Feng was overjoyed when he heard this, and said to Ding Hu: "Brother Ding's trip has a great effect. Now that the king of Qi issued a ban, the prince was safe and sound. So he informed Gongzi that the matter of the assassin had been settled.
Gongzi was also happy in his heart, so he gave Xiaofeng a hundred taels of gold and silver to thank him, Xiaofeng resigned, saying that he had no credit, it was all on Ding Hu, and Gongzi gave Ding Hu gold and silver, Ding Hu couldn't resign, only half of it.
Xiao Feng saw that Zhu Shen was by his son's side, and he was relieved, so he resigned from his son's position and returned to Hanzhong with Ding Hu.
And Luan Kai accidentally learned about Zhu Shen during the assassination of Xinzheng in South Korea, but he was not sure, and after returning to Qi, he told his brother Luan, the minister of Qi, Luan's said: "Twenty years have passed since this incident, and I don't want him to be in South Korea." It doesn't matter if Zhu Shen killed my people, but he deceived people too much, and this revenge must be avenged, now that he knows the news of his whereabouts, you will let people go to investigate, if it is really true, let me find a way to revenge this hatred. ”
Luan Kai said: "The king has already issued a ban, and the younger brother will not dare to violate the law again." Is there any violation of the law when you go to investigate? ”
Luan said: "It's okay, you just went to investigate, and you didn't assassinate, how can you break the law?" You found out the truth, and everything else was wrapped up in Brother Wei. ”
Luan Kai agreed, and after retreating, he summoned a few more party members, gave a reward, and asked him to go to South Korea to inquire about Zhu Shen's news.
And the rebellion of Yan Guozi, the people are not attached, the king of Qi helped the prince of Yan Ji Ping to lead the army into Yan, fighting for the throne, the prince Ping led the army into Jicheng, the palace of Yan was in chaos, and the general city was also taken the opportunity to lead troops to attack the palace of King Yan, and the people helped each other. Zizhi was not supported by the people of the country, and it was difficult to support, so he had to lure the city with high-ranking officials and Houlu, and the city was calculated, and the counterattack hit Taiziping, Taiziping could not be defeated, and was defeated, and led the remnants to flee to Wuzhong Mountain, and was later killed by the locals.
Zizhi killed the general again, and the chaos in the Yan palace was over, but this chaos, killing tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians, Yan people were shocked and resented Zizhi.
And the king of Qi heard that the prince was defeated, so he ordered the Qi general Kuang Zhang to lead the division into the Yan country to crusade against Zizhi, Kuang Zhang is a famous general, good at leading the army, leading the division of the Qi country to drive the big advance, deep into the Yan realm, the Yan people not only did not block, but also led the way.
Kuang Zhang led the army to Yandu Jicheng, besieged Zizhi, although Zizhi was brave, but the general trend has gone, defeated by Kuang Zhang, Zizhi was captured by the Qi army, escorted to Qi State, was ordered to be executed by the King of Qi, chopped into meat sauce, in order to warn the world of people who are not subordinate.
When King Yan heard about it, he also hanged himself in another palace.
Although Kuang Zhang was able to fight well and was a famous general for a while, he was brutal and unkind by nature, leading the Qi army deep into the Yan realm, plundering the army and killing the people. The Yan people were deeply affected by this disaster, and they also hated the Qi army into the bone marrow, and even hated Taiziping for luring wolves into the house, so they attacked and killed Taiziping.
After the chaos in the country of Yan, no one presided over the situation, and others bullied and slaughtered, which was unbearable.
When King Wuling of Zhao heard about the situation in Yan State, he wanted to go out to Yan to help, but he was afraid that his military strength was not the opponent of the Qi army. After thinking about it for a long time, he decided to support the prince as the new lord of Yan Kingdom. So he wrote to King Han to explain the matter, Han and Zhao are allies, and naturally support the idea of King Wuling of Zhao.
But it is said that this Zhao Wuling King, surnamed Zhao Mingyong, more than 20 years ago, Zhao Yong, who was only fifteen years old, inherited the position of his father Zhao Suhou and became the new monarch of Zhao State.
Zhao was at war with Wei, Chu, Qin, Yan, Qi and other countries all the year round, until the death of Zhao Suhou and the new monarch Fang Yu, so the countries were ready to take the opportunity to bully Zhao and reap benefits for themselves.
Although Zhao Yong was young, with the courage of a newborn calf who is not afraid of tigers, he dealt with various countries and thwarted the ill-conceived intentions of various countries. With the assistance of the minister Fei Yi, King Wuling of Zhao vigorously reformed the internal affairs and made great efforts to make the long-term and weak Zhao restore his national strength, and the soldiers and horses were also very strong.
The northern frontier of Zhao State borders with Beihu and other places, the Hu people are fierce and good at fighting, and the Chinese clothes are wide robes and large sleeves, which is not conducive to galloping on the horse and riding and shooting, King Zhao Wuling then ordered the country to wear the Hu people's narrow sleeves and tight clothes, practice riding and shooting, and they are all wearing Hu clothes all the year round, and riding and shooting every day, up and down, Zhao has followed the monarch to learn to ride and shoot, wearing Hu people's clothes. This is the statecraft of Zhao Wuling King Hu Fu cavalry shooting.
In the past few years, the Zhao people were really proficient in cavalry and archery, and they were fierce and good at fighting, so the Zhao army was strong and brave, and the Hu people were afraid of it, and the countries of the Central Plains did not dare to despise the Zhao army anymore.
King Wuling of Zhao, as a wise monarch for a while, was feared by the world when he was alive. Later, he died in the Dune Rebellion, and later generations lamented pity. However, his momentary achievements were admired by successive dynasties.
Later generations have poems to commemorate Zhao Wuling:
Riding and shooting Hu Fu to defend the northern frontier, the hero is worthy of the king of martial arts.
Handan's singing and dancing finally stopped, and the scenery of the river meanders was old and reckless.
There is no hoot rising in the clouds, and there are eagles flying outside the sky.
Two thousand years ago, only basil accompanied by earthen walls remained.
King Zhao Wuling saw that King Yan passed on the son of the country, and he also appreciated his trip to Yao Shun, but when he saw that the son was not supported by the countrymen, he said: "King Yan is so faint!" I am afraid that there will be a disaster of destroying the country and dying. ”
Sure enough, Zizhi was in charge of the country for a few years, and the Yan Kingdom was in turmoil, and the Yan Wang, Zizhi, and Prince Ping were all killed in the disaster, and the Yan State was ownerless for a while, and was invaded and plundered by the Qi State.
Mrs. Zhao Wuling, the daughter of the Korean clan, Zhao and Han married, and the two countries established an offensive and defensive alliance. And the prince of Yan State has been defeated, lost people's hearts, and fled in Wuzhong Mountain, but there is still a son-in-law in South Korea. King Wuling of Zhao decided to establish the position of prince and return to Yan State as the new monarch, so as to win over Yan State and help Zhao Zhi.
However, the country of Qi is strong, the national strength is far above the state of Zhao, the king of Qi wants to dominate the world, if it is clearly revealed, Zhao and South Korea want to establish the prince as the king of Yan, it is bound to violate the interests of the state of Qi, how can the state of Qi sit idly by? How easy is this to say?
However, after all, King Zhao Wuling was a heroic monarch for a while, able to compete with the princes externally and govern the country's affairs internally. Faced with this kind of problem, King Zhao Wuling can also come up with a way.
At that time, there were seven heroes in the world, with Qin, Qi, and Chu as the strongest, Wei and Zhao as the second, and Han and Yan as the weakest. The Qin State and the Qi State, one west and one east, both have the ambition to dominate the world.
When the state of Chu was sluggish, he was too busy to take care of himself. King Wuling of Zhao thought that the only one who could compete with the Qi State was the Qin State. It was decided to ask the King of Qin to send troops, so that the Qi army would definitely be able to withdraw from the Yan State, drive out the forces of the Qi State, and thus support the prince's position to return to China and take the throne.
But this Qin State is not a benevolent and righteous country, if the King of Qin wants to be a teacher, it is impossible to have mutual benefits.
When the Qin State was using troops against Yiqu, Korea, Qi, Chu, etc., King Zhao Wuling pondered and meditated for three days and three nights, and finally came up with a foolproof plan and decided that he could realize his wishes.
King Wuling of Zhao sent people to Zhongshan to see the king of Zhongshan, and persuaded and encouraged the king of Zhongshan to take advantage of the civil strife in Yan to send troops to attack Yan, and the king of Zhongshan saw that it was profitable, so he listened to it and sent troops to capture hundreds of miles of land in Yan, and captured more than ten cities.
The Yan people were even more frightened when they heard this, and they eagerly hoped to set up a Ming lord and a virtuous monarch in order to stabilize the country and resist foreign aggression.
King Zhao Wuling sent people to Yan again, saying that Zhao was willing to support the prince to return to the country as the king of Yan, and when the Yan people heard it, they all thanked King Zhao Wuling. So Zhao reorganized the army and horses, led by King Wuling of Zhao personally, listed on the border of Yan State, sent an envoy to South Korea, saying that he had sent troops to support the return of Gongzi as the King of Yan, and asked Korea to let Gongzi return to the country.
The prince's position was held hostage in Korea, and whether he returned to the country or not depended on the king of Han, who was the king of Han Xuanhui at that time, that is, Han Weihou. Yan Guo proton in Han, the two countries are also allies, and this time to return to the prince's position, it is also what King Han is willing to do. Gongzi is hostage in Korea, the previous King of Qi had ordered King Han to kill him, and King Han could kill but did not kill, after the prince returned to the country as a king, he will be grateful for the kindness of South Korea and will try his best to repay himself.
King Han received a letter from King Zhao Wuling, and although he had other opinions in his heart, it was also in the interests of South Korea to let the prince return to the country as the king. So he sent a hundred troop vehicles to escort the son's return home.
King Zhao Wuling thought that Korea would definitely follow his own will and agreed to let the prince return to China. But if you want Qin to send troops, it is inconvenient for you to come forward, and you need to ask Gongzi himself for help. Qin's biggest opponent in the east is Qi, and if he wants to compete with Qi for hegemony, he will inevitably need to win over Yan to help. Gongzi used this to ask for help from the King of Qin, and the King of Qin would also send troops. When the time came, he said that the Qi army was strong and needed the help of the Qin army to win, so that Gongzi could turn to the Qin State for help.