Zhao Wangdan's decision to drive the expedition in person surprised all the ministers in the palace.

All the ministers know that Zhao Wangdan's move is a benevolent move if it is unsuccessful. The army of Zhao in Xindu had a total strength of 150,000 troops, and the main force of the Yan army at this time was twice that of the Zhao army, reaching as much as 300,000.

The decisive battle of being outnumbered by the enemy is not easy to fight in itself.

If Zhao wins this battle, it is easy to say anything. I'm afraid that this battle will be lost! If this is the case, once Zhao Wangdan is in the front, there are three long and two short, and the national glory of Zhao will be in jeopardy!

All the ministers in the palace stood up together, ready to dissuade Zhao Wangdan.

Zhao Wangdan saw the ministers like this, waved his hand, and stopped the ministers.

From the steps of the throne, he slowly walked down to the door of the main hall and looked out of the hall.

In the entire palace hall, there was silence.

Zhao Wangdan turned around, stepped to the map on the left side of the throne, and looked at the hanging map.

After a long time, Zhao Dan turned around and said to the ministers on both sides:

"When the father and the queen mother were in charge, they handed over the country to the widows, with a territory of more than 2,000 miles, millions of people, and hundreds of thousands of elite soldiers. The text includes Pingyuan Jun Zhao Sheng, Pingyang Jun Zhao Bao, Lin Xiangru, Yu Qing and others; Wu has Zhao Hao, Le Yi, Lian Po, Lou Chang, and later Tian Dan, Le Cheng and others. ”

"At that time, my Zhao State was ranked alongside Qin by the world and called it "the two strongest countries in the world". At that time, the country of Zhao was endowed with great peace, the people were rich and the treasury was real; The army is strong, and there are many generals and sharp soldiers. ”

"The widow has been king for fourteen years. First, there was the sorrow of Changping, and hundreds of thousands of my Zhao boys were killed; Then there is the predicament of Handan, in the city of Handan, the people use bones as cooking, and they cannibalize each other. ”

"Today, there is only a corner of Handan left in the territory of my Zhao Kingdom. Pingyuanjun, Pingyangjun, Lin Qing, and Yu Qing also left, and Zhao Hao, Le Yi, Tian Dan and others also went. Now, my Zhao country, Wenchen is withering, and only two generals are Lian Po and Pang Xuan. ”

Speaking of this, a sour feeling surged into Zhao Wangdan's eyes.

He closed his eyes and forcibly suppressed the emotion in his heart.

In the hall, all the ministers and generals were ashamed, bowed down to Zhao Wang Dan and said:

"It's all the incompetence of the ministers, and the tired king is like this, please punish my king."

Zhao Wangdan opened his eyes, shook his head, and said to the ministers:

"At the moment, when you think about it, it is not your fault, but the incompetence of the outnumbered. Since the widow ascended the throne, he has tired my Zhao country several times to the danger of losing the country, and the widow is to blame, ashamed of his ancestors and ancestors, and ashamed of his subjects of Zhao country. ”

Seeing that the ministers were about to admonish again, Zhao Dan waved his hand again and continued to the ministers:

"Needless to say, the widow has made up his mind. Now that the Yan Kingdom and my neighbors invaded my territory and killed my people, the widow went to the front of the letter capital this time, and fought against it with the army of my Zhao State. ”

Speaking of this, Zhao Wangdan looked at the ministers, and his tone was light and heavy: "Spread the edict of the widow, this time the widow went to the capital, the prince Zhao Yan supervised the country, and the ministers assisted." ”

Seeing that they couldn't dissuade Zhao Dan from going to the front of the letter, the ministers could only bow down and obey the edict: "No." ”

After the end of the court meeting, the information of Zhao Wangdan's personal expedition was transmitted back to Wuyang, the lower capital, by the intelligence officers of the Yan State in Handan, and Ji Kang was informed.

In the royal palace of Wuyang City, inside a palace.

"Humph! This head Mandan Yu is really so bold, he actually sent troops to attack the Yue clan again this year. ”

In the hall, Ji Kang's voice came.

Just from the grassland came the information, when the Yan army went south to attack the Zhao State, the Xiongnu Shan Yu Touman, after the beginning of spring, led the Xiongnu army, the Yueshi country in the Hetao area, launched an attack.

For the northern Xiongnu, Ji Kang is very concerned.

From the current point of view, the history of Ji Kang's previous life is no longer applicable to the current situation.

The power of the Xiongnu developed much faster, first a few years ago, they captured the steppe tribes such as Lingding in the north; In the next two years, many small countries in the Western Regions submitted to the Xiongnu.

The Hun head Manshan did this, which naturally made Ji Kang worried.

"Your Majesty, don't worry. The war between the Xiongnu and the Yueshi, no matter who wins or loses, will not cause any damage to our Yan Kingdom. Besides, the current focus of our Yan Kingdom is on the countries of the Central Plains, and it is impossible to start a war on two fronts and go north to the grasslands. ”

Ju Wu bowed to Ji Kangyan and said.

"Your Majesty, the countries of the Central Plains are the "henchmen" of my Yan country, and the grassland countries such as the Xiongnu and Donghu are just the "disease of ringworm" in my Yan country. When my Yan Kingdom frees up his hand, he can destroy it with his backhand. ”

Han Fei suggested to Ji Kang, and in his tone, he was very contemptuous of the Xiongnu and other grassland countries.

It is no wonder that in this era of China, although all countries have become a "pot of porridge" internally, all countries look down on the Xiongnu in the north or the Baiyue in the south.

Ji Kang looked at Han Fei and Ju Wu, and was about to say something to them, when he saw Tian Guang walk in.

"Your Majesty, Handan has sent back news." Tian Guang held a piece of information in his hand and said to Ji Kang.

"Oh, let the widow see." Ji Kang commanded.

The attendant ordered Wang Cong, and hurriedly stepped forward to take the information in Tian Guang's hand and handed it to Ji Kang.

After reading the news from Handan, Ji Kang sat at the table and thought about it.

In the past month since the Yan army set out, the three-way army in the north has already joined forces, and the Xindu of Zhao and the cities north of the sand dunes have all been occupied by the Yan army, and have begun to send officials to govern them.

From the documents of Rong Yan and others, Ji Kang also knew that the 300,000 army of Yan State, under the leadership of Rong Yan, Le Jian, Wang Shi and others, began to move south from Bairen, preparing to march to Xindu and fight with the main force of the Zhao army led by Lian Po and Pang Xuan.

Unexpectedly, this uncle of mine was so backbone that he would drive the expedition and supervise the battle.

Zhao Wangdan's operation can be said to be a risky move to die and be born.

Standing up, Ji Kang came to the map in front of the inner wall of the hall and looked at Xindu.

Xindu (now Xindu District, Xingtai City, Hebei Province), the capital of Zhao State.

"Zhao Shijia" recorded: "In the twenty years of Chenghou, Wei Xianrong rafters, because he thought it was Tantai. ”； "Zhao Ji" and Yun: "Zhao Wangdan built Tantai, there is a palace, for Zhao Beidu, to the princes of the dynasty, so it is called Xindu." ”

Zhao Wangdan went to the capital this time because of his own political and military considerations.

In the eighteenth year of the Marquis of Zhao Cheng (357 BC), a great war broke out between Zhao and Wei.

The famous general of Wei, Pang Juan, who is now Pang Xuan's great-grandfather, led the Wei army to attack Zhao.

Handan, the capital of Zhao State, was conquered by Pang Juan and lost for three years. At that time, the Zhao State was based on the Xindu and insisted on resisting the Wei army, so that the Zhao State did not cede the land, and later, with the help of other countries, recovered the capital Handan.

"My uncle, this is to follow the practice of the battle between Zhao and Wei back then, and fight our army to the end."

Ji Kang looked at the map and whispered to himself.

After pondering for a while, Ji Kang turned around and said to Tian Guang, Han Fei, and Ju Wu behind him: "Since my uncle has come to the front, go to boost morale." The widow also wants to go to the front of our army, what do you think? ”

Ji Kang's words made Tian Guang, Han Fei, and Ju Wu's eyes widen.

"Never so, Your Majesty." Han Fei said anxiously.

"My king is not to take risks." Ju Wu so discouraged.

"Your Majesty, it doesn't make much difference whether you go to the front or not." This is the voice of Tian Guang's "stuffy gourd".

Ji Kang laughed, shook his head, and said to the three of them:

"Although my Yan Kingdom has been established for more than 700 years, the widow wants to be the founder of the country and dominate the world. Since he wants to be the founder of the country, how can the widow not come to the front in person? Don't know anything about military affairs? ”

Tian Guang, Han Fei, and Ju Wu immediately understood what Ji Kang meant.

At this time, the Yan Kingdom was different from the Yan Kingdom in the past.

Since Ji Kang ascended the throne, he has been aiming to unify the Central Plains, and it is impossible for the Yan Kingdom to be confined to the northern part of the Central Plains as in the past.

What his own king said just now is that he regards himself as the pioneer of a country, not the king of success.

There is a big gap between the founder of the country and the king of the future.

Since the Three Emperors and Five Emperors, Xia, Shang, and Zhou, all the founding kings have been determined to forge ahead, dare to make decisions and take risks, and can lay the foundation of this country for hundreds of years; The king of Shoucheng lacks a positive and enterprising spirit, and if he can keep the territory left by his ancestors, he can be called a Ming Jun.

Obviously, many of Ji Kang's current practices are the practices of the founder of a country.

Since the beginning of his own king in Liaodi, he has changed the law, reformed the system, changed customs, developed industries, etc., and the Yan Kingdom can become so powerful today is inseparable from the aggressiveness and hard work of his own king.

"The widow has never seen his own uncle since he was a child. I, Yan Guo and Zhao Guo, can get to this point, and the widow also wants to ask my uncle. This time, let the widow meet him in front of the battle! ”

Ji Kang smiled and said to everyone.

Seeing that Ji Kang had made the final decision, everyone looked at each other, and they stopped persuading each other.

The 300,000 troops of the Yan State had already arrived at the city of Xindu at this time, which was enough to protect the safety of their own king.

Just as his own king just said, since Zhao Wang Dan can go to the front in person, it will boost morale. As the king of a country, Ji Kang can naturally do the same, which also has a great impact on the morale of the soldiers and civilians of Yan State.

"No." Tian Guang, Han Fei, and Ju Wu bowed down to receive the order.