"Tao Te Ching, Chapter 58": "Blessings and misfortunes lurk." ”

Zhao Dan now feels that this sentence is too fucking right.

It was only two days after receiving the news that the Chu army had succeeded, and the bad news came immediately.

King Yan raised an army of 200,000 to attack Zhao, and the former army had already passed through Nanyishui and was besieging Zhongren City, a border city of Zhao!

If you calculate the time, it is almost Pang Xuan, the envoy of the Zhao State, who has just left Wuyang City on the front foot, and then the Yan State army will immediately set out on the back foot!

Although he had already been mentally prepared, when the news of Yan Guo's dispatch of troops officially came, Zhao Dan's face couldn't help but be a little gloomy.

This Yan Kingdom, as expected, is still the same as in history, and likes to stab Zhao Guo in the back!

It's just that Yan Wangxi in history took advantage of the great decline of the country after the defeat of Zhao Guochangping, and the grandfather of Yan Wangxi, who is now in power, took advantage of the Zhao army to sneak attack when the confrontation between the Zhao army and the Qin army in Changping!

But in general, they all took advantage of Zhao Guo's air defense to quietly make ghosts behind Zhao Guo's back!

Sure enough, what kind of species, grandfather and grandson are the same.

Zhao Dan snorted heavily, and then opened his mouth and instructed Miao Xian: "Quickly recruit all the ministers into the palace to discuss matters!" ”

After a pause, Zhao Dan looked up at Pang Xuan and Ju Xin in front of him again, and said, "Pang Qing and the drama are all left, the Yan Kingdom has already started a war against the widowed Zhao State, and the widow still needs the two of you to give advice." ”

After all, Pang Xuan and Ju Xin had just returned from Yan Kingdom, and Ju Xin had stayed in Yan Country for a long time, so they definitely knew more about the situation of Yan Kingdom than Zhao Guojun's ministers, so it was a matter of course for the two of them to stay and participate in this meeting related to Yan Kingdom.

"Yan Guo Fa Zhao?" Pang Xuan and Ji Xin subconsciously glanced at each other, but neither of them saw too surprised expressions on each other's faces.

These two people had just returned from the Yan Kingdom, and they had long known that the Yan Kingdom might attack the Zhao State at any time, which was not unusual.

But immediately the two old men felt a trace of excitement at the same time, because with the outbreak of the war between Yan and Zhao, the opportunity for the two of them also came, which made Pang Xuan and Ji Xin, who were worried that they couldn't find a chance to perform, not too happy in their hearts.

As long as they help Zhao Guo defeat Yan Guo, then Pang Xuan and Ji Xin will be able to take advantage of this credit to directly ascend to the throne!

In this era, what capable people are most afraid of is not having the opportunity to show their abilities, as long as they can seize the opportunity to show it, it is normal to soar into the sky.

For example, that Qin Xiang Fan Sui was originally a sinner who was almost killed in the Wei Qi Mansion of Wei Xiangbang, but when he arrived in Qin State, he relied on an opportunity to meet Qin Wangji to persuade Qin Wangji, and then relied on an opportunity to seize power to purge the four nobles of Qin State, and then directly made a marquis and worshiped the prime minister.

Let's talk about the current Zhao State Shangqing Lin Xiangru, who was just a guest in the Zhao State eunuch Ling Miao Xian's mansion back then, but once he "returned to Zhao" directly became a doctor, and once he was promoted to Shangqing in the "Michi Alliance", which was slightly worse than Fan Sui.

This is the importance of opportunity to scholars, and now, this opportunity is in front of Pang Xuan and Ji Xin!

After exchanging a look, Pang Xuan and Ji Xin immediately understood each other's thoughts, so they didn't speak, but each thought and perfected the plan in their hearts.

After all, it's hard to say who will grab this opportunity! At this time, even if it is two old friends, it is inevitable that there will be a competition.

An hour later, the three ministers of Zhao gathered in Longtai, and among the remaining three, Lian Po led the troops, Lin Xiangru was seriously ill, and Zhao Sheng was an envoy, but they were unable to attend.

But Zhao Guo is Zhao Dan's country after all, so as long as Zhao Dan is there, this meeting can go on.

Zhao Dan coughed, and said to Ling Miaoxian, the eunuch who also began to attend the meeting this time: "Miao Qing, let's introduce the current situation." ”

After all, now Miao Xian is the intelligence leader of Zhao State, and only he knows these situations best.

Miao Xian nodded and said, "Two days ago, King Yan sent 200,000 troops from Wuyang City, with Gaoyang Jun Rong as the main commander and Yaqing Libei as the deputy commander to attack my Zhao State. Now that he has passed the South Yishui, he is besieging Zhongren City. ”

As soon as Miao Xian's words came out, all the ministers of Zhao State present frowned.

This is an army of 200,000 people, and the monarchs and ministers of Zhao State present here all know that among the five counties in the north of Zhao State today, the number of troops that can be used is only 50,000 people.

This ratio of strength to four, to be honest, is really a bit of a disparity.

But this is not the end of the bad news, I saw Miao Xian pause for a moment and then continued: "There is news just now, that Wuyuan ordered Fu Bao and his subordinates Wang Rong and Su Shot to lead the crowd to surrender Yan. ”

As soon as Miao Xian's words came out, the atmosphere present became a little duller.

Well, the big war hasn't started yet, but the leading party has appeared first.

Pingyang Jun Zhao Bao was furious, snorted heavily, and said: "Fu Bao and others, the crime should be the three clans!" ”

As soon as Zhao Bao's murderous words came out, the ministers of Zhao State present agreed one after another, and even Zhao Dan nodded slightly.

The city of Wuyuan is actually not big, the geographical location is not too important, and the population is not large, in fact, being occupied by the Yan State does not affect the overall situation.

But the problem is that Wu Yuan made the surrender of Fu Bao and others a very bad start, in case other cities also surrendered to Yan like Wu Yuan, creating a domino effect, this battle is still a fart!

Of course, with the strength of Zhao Guo, this domino effect should be difficult to appear.

But even so, the surrender of Wuyuan City will still hit the morale of the soldiers and civilians of Zhao to a certain extent, and will have a great negative impact on the upcoming war of Zhao.

With the addition of various factors, it is very easy to understand that Zhao Guojunchen seems to be so angry.

Zhao Dan knocked slightly on the table in front of him a few times with his hand, signaled everyone to be quiet first, and then said in a deep voice: "The situation on the front line is like this, I think you have already understood, how do you think I Zhao Guo should deal with the current situation?" ”

Zhao Dan actually had a decision in his heart, but before making a decision, of course, he still had to listen to the opinions of these ministers of Zhao State.

Although the decision is definitely in Zhao Dan's hands, it is impossible not to give others a chance to speak, right? If everything is done in one word, such a monarch will not get many subordinates to work faithfully for him.

The truth always becomes clearer the more you argue.

The first person to speak was unexpectedly Zhao Dan, and it was Lou Chang, who had not been very present in various meetings.

I saw Lou Chang open his mouth and said: "King, in the opinion of the ministers, it is better to negotiate peace with the Qin State." Today, Qin has the trouble of the Chu State, and my Zhao State has the trouble of the Yan State. If the king wants peace, then Qin Wangji will allow it. In this way, the Qin State can withdraw its troops to attack Chu, and our Zhao State can also withdraw its troops to attack Zhao, and both countries can benefit. ”

Zhao Dan listened to Lou Chang's words, and he really had the urge to roll his eyes, and Lou Chang began to sell his peace argument again......

Of course, Zhao Dan can't make peace, if he wants to make peace, he would have made peace a long time ago, so why wait until now?

Fortunately, there are also many people who oppose the peace request, and I saw that Shangqing Yuxin immediately spoke: "The doctor's words are false!" The matter of negotiating peace is not something that can be achieved overnight, and it is really a good policy. And there are still 50,000 elite soldiers in the five northern counties of my Zhao country, and the king sent an envoy to the Qi country. ”

Lou Chang snorted and retorted: "Yu Qing's words have not been made clear. I think that the king of Qi is not a puppet ear, the major affairs of the Qi country are all in the hands of the queen, the queen has always been extremely cautious, how can he send troops for me to refuse Yanzai! If the troops don't come out, how can the 50,000 border soldiers resist the Yan people, it is better to make a peace plan as soon as possible! ”

The two of you come and go, and no one can convince each other for a while.

At this time, Miao Xian seemed to get some hint and walked out of the main hall quickly.

A moment later, Miao Xian returned again and brought back a worse news.

"Linzi is urgent, Qi Wangjian refuses to send troops!"