Chapter 772: Wang Jia's Personal Expedition (For the Creation of Rivers and Lakes)
For Zhao Guoren, this is destined to be an unforgettable summer for them.
First of all, in the early spring, Zhao united with the other five countries and marched south to attack Duan Ganzi, a rebellious minister of Wei.
At that time, all the people of Zhao felt that this was just another of the countless victories of Zhao in recent years.
And things seem to have been developing in this direction, and in less than two months, Zhao's army has won one victory after another. Even Suiyang City has been captured, and the traitor Duan Ganzi has also been beheaded, and everything is going very smoothly.
In addition, Le Cheng led the Zhao army to march into victory, and it was about to cross the Huai River to conquer the last Shouchun occupied by another rebellious thief, Tian Chong.
By this time, many Zhao people had even begun to discuss the possibility of annexing Wei, although many people did not know whether Zhao Dan had such thoughts, but it did not prevent them from making inferences and conjectures.
But it was in this situation that the great reversal suddenly appeared.
Suddenly, the whole world was on the opposite side of Zhao, and the statement issued by the other six countries at the same time caught everyone off guard, and it was a blow to the people of Zhao who were originally in an optimistic mood.
Obviously, yesterday was still the leader of the alliance in the world, how could we get up and get up our Zhao Kingdom became the target of everyone?
There is no doubt that this immediately became the number one topic in the entire Zhao Kingdom.
In Handan City, many people discussed the war with great concern.
Someone said: "Tell me, now that the six countries of the world are attacking Zhao together, do we really have any hope of victory?" ”
Obviously, many people scoffed at this kind of super-pessimistic remarks, and someone retorted on the spot: "Don't forget that since the Battle of Changping, Zhao has won successive foreign wars, and there has never been a record of defeat, so what do you have to worry about?" ”
"Really?" Immediately, someone retorted: "That being said, there has never been a war before in which you had to face an opponent of six whole countries!" And don't forget, there has never been a long-lasting country in this world, and even the invincible Qin State also lost to the Zhao State one after another after the Battle of Changping? Even last year, General Lian Po also lost to the Qi people in Gaotang City, which is definitely a bad sign. ”
When this person said this, he immediately said that everyone around him was speechless, which made his heart quite bright, and his face also showed a smug expression, and he was about to brag a few more words for himself, but suddenly found that everyone standing next to him was looking at him with malicious eyes.
This person's heart suddenly chilled, and the whole person had goosebumps, and then he hurriedly laughed dryly, and said: "Oh, the second and third sons, listen to me, in fact, Zhao Guo still has hope of victory, but it's just ......"
Before he finished his words, a loud shout suddenly sounded: "This kid actually arranged our Zhao Guo so much, said such frustrating words, beat him!" ”
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Moments later, a guy who had been beaten horribly by the crowd was thrown out into the street.
The officials of Zhao State who rushed to hear the news just inquired about what happened, and after learning the ins and outs of the matter, they silently spat on the ground, and left directly without paying attention to the guy lying on the ground.
After such a fuss, everyone didn't have much interest in talking, and was about to disperse, when suddenly someone shouted: "Quick, let's go out of the city to see, the king is going to conquer in person!" ”
"What?" Everyone present was shocked when they heard this, and then they all stood up and ran directly out of the city, lest they be one step behind others.
At this moment, there was already a sea of people outside Handan City, and countless Zhao soldiers lined up in a long line, slowly starting from the northern camp, bypassing the west gate of Handan City and heading south, towards the south.
Each of these soldiers of the Zhao Kingdom was wearing shining armor, reflecting a dazzling light in the sun, and batch after batch of war horses silently passed by with the knights on the horses, all of whom held their spears high, looking extremely powerful.
Outside the West City Gate, many ministers of the Zhao State were already waiting here, quietly waiting for the arrival of that figure.
There was a sea of people outside the West City Gate, and thousands of people from Zhao came to hear the news, crowding the two factions on the road.
Suddenly, there was a commotion in the crowd, and a shout began to sound: "It's the king, the king is coming!" ”
Sure enough, Zhao Dan's king appeared.
Today's Zhao Dan is wearing a bright golden armor, a golden crown, and a golden sword at his waist.
"Sure enough, it is worthy of being the holy monarch who has only come out in three hundred years in my Zhao Kingdom, such a heroic demeanor, it is really heartbreaking!"
"Yes, yes, looking at all the countries in the world, only the heroic lord of my Zhao country can be so majestic and look down on the world!"
The admiration was like a tide, and Zhao Dan was instantly drowned.
Under everyone's gaze, the huge chariot drawn by seven horses slowly came to the city gate, and then the many Zhao princes and ministers who had been waiting at the city gate immediately greeted them.
"I've seen the king!" Everyone saluted Zhao Dan one after another.
Zhao Dan stood on the carriage and glanced at the queen Han Wan at the front with a smile, nodded towards Han Wan, and then fell on the two people behind Han Wan.
These two people are none other than Zhao Heng, the crown prince of Zhao State, and Zhao Sheng, the prince of Zhao State.
Zhao Dan looked at Zhao Sheng and said to Zhao Sheng: "Pingyuan Jun, after the widow leaves, the prince will supervise the country, you are an old minister of the three dynasties, the widow hopes that you can assist the prince well, and you must not let the widow down!" ”
Hearing this, Zhao Sheng hurriedly saluted Zhao Dan, and then said: "Please rest assured, the minister will do his best to assist the prince with all his colleagues, and be optimistic about Handan and the entire Zhao Kingdom for the king!" ”
Zhao Dan nodded with satisfaction, then moved his gaze to his eldest son Zhao Heng, and said to Zhao Heng: "Prince, although you are in charge of the country, but you are inexperienced after all, the widow hopes that you will not make decisions easily when you encounter things, but refer to the opinions of some experienced ministers, understand?" ”
The prince nodded lightly, and said respectfully to Zhao Dan: "Erchen understands. ”
Zhao Dan, who had received the prince's reply, showed a satisfied smile on his face, looked at the black crowd in front of him, and suddenly said in a loud voice: "The people of the widowed Zhao Kingdom, this time, the entire Chinese world wants to be the enemy of the widows and the Zhao Kingdom. Tell the widow, Are you afraid? ”
The crowd fell silent.
Suddenly, a man shouted, "O king, we have no fear! ”
The next moment, an earth-shattering shout sounded at the same time: "King, we have no fear!" ”
Zhao Dan laughed and said heroically: "Very good, what the widow wants to tell you is that the widow is also fearless in his heart!" This time, the Six Nations thought that they would be able to fight against the Widow and Zhao by gathering a large number of troops, but the Widow had to tell them that their idea was completely wrong! Because the widow and Zhao are the most powerful and invincible force in the world! ”
After saying this, Zhao Dan suddenly pulled out his long sword from his waist with a choked sound, raised it high in the sun, and shouted with all his might: "Zhao Guo, Wan Sheng!" ”
Lian Po, who was standing beside Zhao Dan, also raised his weapon, the beard under his chin fluttered in the wind, and shouted: "Long live the king, Zhao Guo is victorious!" ”
In front of and behind Zhao Dan, countless soldiers of the Zhao army drew their long swords one after another, raised the weapons in their hands high into the sky, and shouted loudly with all their strength: "Long live the king, Zhao Guo is victorious!" ”
In front of Zhao Dan, the queen and the crown prince and all the ministers of Zhao Kingdom bowed down to Zhao Dan at the same time: "Long live the king, Zhao State wins!" ”
Outside the city of Handan City, the countless people of Zhao State who were watching clenched their hands into fists at the same time, and then raised their arms high, and shouted hoarsely: "Long live the king, long live Zhao country!" ”
Zhao Dan laughed and waved his hand vigorously: "Pass the order, the whole army will set off!" ”
In the midst of this deafening cheer, Zhao Dan led the main force of the entire 250,000 Zhao State towards the south.
Goal - Suiyang!
After watching Zhao Dan's frame gradually disappear in the torrent of the rolling army, this farewell ceremony ended.
Queen Zhao Han Wan boarded the carriage, and her eldest son Zhao Heng sat beside her.
The carriage slowly drove towards the palace, and the queen on the carriage suddenly said to Zhao Heng beside her: "Heng'er, tell the queen mother, what did you learn this time?" ”
Zhao Heng's face was still a little flushed with excitement, and he said to the queen in front of him almost without thinking: "Queen Mother, Erchen thinks that an excellent king should be like his father, stand up in times of danger and save the whole country!" ”
Zhao Heng thought that his reply would be exaggerated by his mother, but he didn't expect that his mother just nodded expressionlessly after hearing this answer, and then said, "So do you think that your father's pro-conquest is correct?" ”
"Of course!" Zhao Heng said with great certainty.
Han Wan continued to ask, "In that case, then why did your father rarely go on a personal expedition in the previous wars? ”
Zhao Heng was speechless in an instant.
Han Wan sighed softly and said, "That's because the monarch is the head of a country, if something goes wrong in the pro-conquest, then the entire country will fall into the control of the enemy country, which is a very dangerous move." ”
Zhao Heng was completely stunned, and after a long while, he said: "Since the queen mother knows that the pro-conquest is so dangerous, why don't the queen mother and the ministers of the court advise the father?" ”
Han Wan sighed softly and said, "Heng'er, haven't you seen it yet? The reason why your father wants to go out in person is because your father knows that the crisis of Zhao is now imminent. Therefore, King Rufu must do everything possible to give the soldiers on the front line more confidence, so as to win more hope for Zhao Guo's victory! ”
Zhao Heng savored his mother's words, and his face slowly became serious.
After a long time, Zhao Heng finally seemed to understand something, raised his head solemnly, and said to his mother: "The meaning of the queen mother, the son knows it." ”
Han Wan looked at her eldest son, her expression softened a lot, and she nodded when she heard the words, "It's good that you know." You can't help in today's front-line war situation, and as for those government affairs, there are naturally ministers to deal with. The queen mother doesn't want you to make any decisions, but she hopes that you can have a good understanding of how Zhao fought and how to be an excellent king, understand? ”
Zhao Heng nodded vigorously, and said categorically: "Please rest assured, the queen mother, the son will definitely do his best." ”
Han Wan snorted and stopped talking, but suddenly recalled what Zhao Dan had said to herself before leaving yesterday.
"Queen, if the battle of Suiyang fails this time and is captured, then you must gather all the ministers as soon as possible and establish Heng'er as the new king of Zhao, so that the six countries will not have any chance to threaten the Zhao country, understand?"
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The beautiful and dignified queen couldn't help but glance south, and the deepest part of her eyes contained a trace of sorrow that could not be dissolved.
King, king, you must return to Handan with a victorious attitude and appear in front of the child.