The reddish iron was clamped to the thick anvil, and the heavy hammer struck one after another, splashing strings of sparks, making a crisp sound of steel crashing, which merged with the sound of labor horns, bellows, and iron quenching in the distance, and the ensemble formed a beautiful music.

Countless hammers fly up and down, countless pieces of steel under the hammer, gradually forged into shape, when the color is dark red, suddenly is caught and immersed in the water, making a stinging bubble explosion sound, like a sour and slightly fishy strange smell, and then clamped out of the water, a tough and narrow saber, as well as a piece of fish scale steel armor, has been basically formed, and then taken by other craftsmen to polish the blade, sharp and bright blades are gradually presented in front of you, blowing can be broken, sharpening iron like mud, fish scale steel armor is dyed black, Gradually worn, it was woven into a strong steel armor, which was both light and tough, the spear could not be pierced, the crossbow could not be pierced, and the ordinary bronze long sword stabbed into the steel armor, and it was directly broken into two.

Countless craftsmen are busy in the huge workshop, countless swords and heavy armor are also constantly forging in the workshop, the air is full of the smell of sweat, the fire is blazing, and a famous smelting and forging craftsman is sweating all over, and he has to take off his shirt to swing a hammer to forge and sharpen his sword, and the busy scene is intoxicating.

The sudden sound of shouting and killing alarmed these craftsmen who were working hard, a team of strong and strong Yan soldiers seemed to descend from the sky, holding high the blue Yan army banner (Yan Chongshuide, the color of the sea is the color used for the flag), holding swords and guns, rushing into the workshop from all directions, the craftsmen were in chaos, although the poor Han soldiers tried to resist, but in the blink of an eye, they were stabbed and stabbed down by the heroic and invincible Yan soldiers, the slogan of surrender and not killing resounded in the sky, and the blood of the Han soldiers was also splashed into pieces in an instant, Sprinkled on freshly forged sabers and heavy armor.

"It's all for Naion!"

A tall and mighty Yan army general appeared in front of the craftsmen and shouted at the crowd of craftsmen who were kneeling in front of him trembling and begging for mercy: "From now on, you are the craftsmen of our Yan Kingdom!" Give Naiong a good knife and forge armor, and Naiong promises that he won't be able to treat you badly! If anyone dares to play tricks, these Han dog soldiers are your role models! Long live King Yan! ”

"Long live King Yan——!" The crowd of craftsmen shouted together, and their faces were all filled with admiration and excitement.

As soon as the picture turned, the banner of the Yan army was like a vast blue sea, charging and galloping on the land of North China where the snow had not melted in winter, and the cavalry was like a blue flood rushing, holding high the snow-bright saber, roaring and rushing to the Han army in the south, and behind the Yan cavalry, there were rows of Yan army heavy armor soldiers wearing pitch-black steel armor, like a copper wall, lined up in a neat formation, pressing towards the Han army step by step, the heavy footsteps and the sound of horses' hooves shook the earth slightly, and the poor Han soldiers quickly collapsed, There were countless fugitives scattered in all directions, and countless people who surrendered on their knees, and countless Han soldiers and soldiers were still crying and shouting frantically, "We surrender!" We surrender! Long live King Yan! Long live King Yan——! ”

"Kill ——!"

Yan Wang Zang Di was wearing gold armor, holding a golden sword, shouting loudly in the flag array of the Yan army, the sun shone on Zang Di's golden armor, reflecting a more dazzling light than the sun, the golden sword pointed to, the Yan army cavalry charged like a dragon, the sound was like a thunderbolt, echoing in the mountain peaks and lands of Kyushu in China, "Kill!" Kill this king into the pass! Enter Xianyang! Capture Xiang Kang Xiao'er——! Hahahaha! Hahaha! ”

"Hahahahaha."

The wild laughter he let out in his sleep woke Zang Di himself from his dream, and he suddenly looked up and found that he was still in the palace of King Yan left by Han Guang, Zang Di also realized that he was just having a dream during his lunch break, smacked his mouth regretfully, wiped the residual saliva from the corner of his mouth with his hand, and Zang Di asked the henchman eunuch who came up to wait, "What time is it?" ”

"It's almost time to return to the king." The little eunuch hurriedly replied, and asked curiously, "King, did you have any good dreams just now?" Smiling so happily in your dreams? ”

"It's not a good dream, it's a good thing to come true." Zang Di cheered himself up, and asked again: "The prince, is there any news to be delivered?" ”

"Back to the king, not yet." The little eunuch replied truthfully.

"How?" Zang Di said with some dissatisfaction: "The widow wants him to build Fanyang New Town before the first day of December, and today is November 30, why is there no news?" ”

"King, wait patiently." The little eunuch said: "The prince has always been reliable, and Fan Yang is less than a day's journey from Jicheng, and it is estimated that within two days today and tomorrow, there should be news from the prince's side." ”

As if to verify the words of this little eunuch, at this time, the Huangmen of Yan Guo suddenly ran in quickly, presented a report to Zang Di and said: "King Qiqi, the news that the prince has just sent someone to send that the Fanyang New City he was ordered to build has been officially completed yesterday evening. In addition, according to your order, the crown prince also asked people to build more than 200 houses in the city, and planned the dwellings in advance. ”

"Well done!" Zang Di was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly said: "Quick, get pen and ink, the widow will personally play this matter to the court." In addition, he told the prince to hurry up and organize manpower to mine more iron ore and hoard coal, so that the craftsmen of the imperial court could smelt iron and forge knives as soon as they arrived. ”

In this period of time, our Yan Wang Zang Di can be described as a happy event, first of all, it is only in early November, the land of North China will fall heavy snow, obviously colder than in previous years, the climate is more favorable to the Yan soldiers who are familiar with the cold climate in the north; Then the secret envoy sent to contact Han Xin returned to Jicheng smoothly, and reported that Han Xin, who had caused Xiang Kang and Uncle Zhou a headache, had accepted the recruitment of Yan State, and would soon send the secret to Yan State to work for Zang Di. During this period, the Xiongnu Zuoxian Wang Department harassed Daijun and Yanmen many times, which effectively restrained the Han army in northern Xinjiang for Zang Di, and also made the expansion of the Yan army more justified. Now that Fanyang New City has been completed one month earlier than Xiang Kang requested, many Guanzhong craftsmen who can smelt steel and forge sabers and heavy armor are about to move to Yandi, and Zang Di is of course overjoyed and secretly ecstatic.

This is not counting, in the middle of December, the envoy who first went to Guyan Mountain to contact the Xiongnu successfully returned to Jicheng, and brought Zang Di that the Xiongnu had accepted the request of Yan to borrow troops, and the Xiongnu Shan Yu Maodun personally promised to send reinforcements to Yan as soon as possible after Yan raised troops to rebel against the Han Dynasty. Then, Xiang Kang, who had changed the beginning of the year from the first day of October to the first day of the first month, sent an envoy to bring a New Year's reward to Zang Di, and also praised Zang Di's precautions in the edict and the measured advance expansion of the army to prevent the southern invasion of the Xiongnu, obviously without any doubts about the expansion of the Yan State.

In addition, Xiang Kang also specifically asked Zang Di in the edict to mine Fanyang iron ore as much as possible, and hoard more iron ore and coal, so that after the arrival of Guanzhong craftsmen, he could immediately establish the North China Arsenal and put it into production. When your craftsman arrives, the king will be ready to do his best. ”

But Zang Di soon found that the situation seemed to be wrong, first of all, Han Xin, the soldier who promised to come north to help him, was never nowhere to be seen, and he did not hear any news related to him, and then he waited until the thirtieth day of the lunar month, and he never saw a single Guanzhong craftsman arrive in Fanyang New Town, fortunately, when Zang Di discussed the situation with a few close confidants, Yan Xiang pointed out the reason in time, and said: "Don't worry, the king doesn't worry, the court just wants us to build Fanyang New City before the first day of the first month, It is not said in the edict when the craftsman will arrive in Fanyang, so it is normal that the craftsman has not yet arrived, and there is no surprise at all. ”

Zhao Shi's comfort made Zang Di feel a little relieved, but Zhang Sheng, the pioneer of the leading party, was very worried about this, and said: "King, isn't it time to hurry up and continue to expand the army?" Although the winter of Yandi is long, but at most it will be more than a month, the climate will gradually warm, and at the same time, the Xiongnu side will also migrate to the north of the grassland to breed cattle and sheep. ”

Zang Quan, who was in a hurry to replace Zang Yan as the crown prince, was also persuaded in the same way, Zang Di was a little hesitant and had to ask Zhao Shi and Zhai Xu for advice, but as a result, Zhao Shi and Zhai Xuan were all strongly opposed to continuing to expand the army now, and both said: "King, don't be in a hurry, now is not as small as the war, Yan is sparsely populated, under the pretext of resisting the Xiongnu to expand the army to 30,000 people, it is almost to the limit for our Yan country, and now the craftsmen sent by the imperial court are on the way to our Yan country, if we are in a hurry to expand the army at this time, I am afraid that it will immediately arouse the vigilance of the imperial court and lead to the loss of previous achievements. ”

"Especially Hengshan County, which is close to us." Guangyang County Shou Zhai Xuan hurriedly added: "Although Hengshan County is nominally the land of Zhao State, but Hengshan County Shou Yan Shao is a close confidant of the emperor who was born in the young marshal army, and it is also clear that he is a person sent by the imperial court to monitor us. At that time, not only did we build Fanyang New City in vain, but we also waited for more than two months. ”

If it weren't for the fact that he had received a detailed investigation report from Guanzhong in advance, and learned that Xiang Kang had indeed sent the Han Tingtie official to lead a team of more than 3,000 craftsmen to Yan Kingdom, Zang Di would definitely not listen to the persuasion of Zhao Shi and Zhai Xu, but it was because he knew that such a team was indeed coming to Yan Kingdom, Zang Di still made up his mind after thinking about it, and said: "Wait a little longer, wait until those craftsmen arrive, otherwise our more than two months of time will be wasted." ”

After making this decision, Zang Di, who was actually very anxious, forced himself to calm down, and in the case of being determined to rebel, he still resisted his temperament and did not rush to immediately expand the armament, and continued to wait patiently for the arrival of the vital craftsman team in the cold wind and winter snow, but wait, wait, wait, wait, wait until the end of the first month, Zang Di did not wait for the damn craftsman team, and sent a few fine works, They all reported that although the damned artisan team had entered the territory of Zhao State, they had only traveled less than forty miles a day, and the journey was very slow, and they had not even reached the territory of Hengshan County until the last detailed investigation.

"What did Xiang Kang Xiao'er send those craftsmen to eat? Tell this king to build Fanyang New Town before the first day of the first month, why is it about to be the end of the first month, and those horsemen have not yet arrived in Hengshan County? And that Han Xin puppet, he just climbed, and he should have climbed from Huaiyin to Yandi, right? Why hasn't it come yet? ”

After Zang Di let out this roar, a few days passed, and finally on the first day of the second month, another Han court envoy suddenly arrived in Yan Kingdom, and brought two Xiang Kang's edicts to Zang Di, Zang Tu, who was anxious to know the situation, endured his anger and honestly greeted Xiang Kang's edict in accordance with etiquette, but the first edict read by the Han court envoy made Zang Di feel like a bolt from the blue - Xiang Kang actually clearly announced in the edict that he would give up the establishment of a workshop in Fanyang New Town, and the army directly under the Han Dynasty would take over Fanyang New Town, In order to send troops at any time to help the Yan army resist the invasion of the Huns!

"Why?" Completely unbearable, Zang Di couldn't help but ask directly to the envoy of the Han court: "Didn't the imperial court say that it would build a big workshop in Fanyang?" Why the sudden change of day? Garrison in Van Duong instead? ”

"King, this matter is to blame on the iron official of the imperial court." The envoy of the Han court replied with a wry smile: "Wang Guancheng and he organized the manpower to compare the ore, and he was careless for a while, and made the mistake of the origin of the ore, in fact, the quality of the iron ore produced in Fanyang is not good, and it is not suitable for making sabers and heavy armor, but fortunately, Yang Neishi found out in time and played the imperial court, so His Majesty changed his mind and decided to recall those craftsmen and garrison the army in Fanyang instead." As for Wang Guancheng, who made a big mistake, he was also severely punished by His Majesty's edict. ”

For the sake of the saber and the steel armor, he did not hesitate to waste the most favorable time to raise the troops, but not only did the swords and steel armor not wait, but also waited for the army directly under the Han court to be stationed in Fan Yang, who was only more than a day away from the capital, and put a nail in his throat, Zang Di's face of course immediately became blue and black, and the green tendons on his forehead also began to jump, the Han court envoy saw that something was wrong, and hurriedly said: "Don't worry, the Gaoyang and Aling City that Your Majesty promised to assign to you will continue to be assigned to you, and you will not suffer." ”

The fists clenched so that the joints turned white, and the teeth were about to shatter, Zang Dicai said coldly: "Thank you, Your Majesty." ”

"King, don't be busy thanking you first, Your Majesty still has a reward for you." The envoy of the Han court replied with a smile, took out another edict, and read it aloud: "Fengtian carries the emperor, and the edict says: Zang Di, the king of Yan, together with Zang Yan, the prince of Yan, and Zang Er, the daughter of the prince, rushed to Guanzhong before the first day of the third month to participate in the celebration of Chang'an, the capital of the Han Kingdom!" The army of the Yan State immediately dismissed 10,000 people when it saw the edict, and the standing strength should not exceed 20,000 from now on! Chin this! ”

"The emperor wants to go to Guanzhong? The prince also goes? Or do you want to reduce the army to 20,000 people at once? Of course, Zang Di's surprise is not trivial.

"Your Majesty, this is Your Majesty's kindness to you." The envoy of the Han court said with a smile: "Your Majesty moved the capital, and named you and the prince of Yan to participate, this is a great grace." It is another grace to ask the king, to bring the granddaughter who has been promised to our majesty's son, and to stay in Guanzhong from now on, and to marry as soon as she reaches adulthood. Dismiss the army under your command, let the soldiers return to the fields, resume farming, and let the army of the imperial court help to assist the Yan State to resist the Xiongnu, which is also another grace. ”

Zang Di's gaze at the envoy of the Han court became almost direct to kill, and asked word by word: "The widow and the prince have gone to Guanzhong, so what about the Yan Kingdom?" ”

"Don't worry, Your Majesty also has arrangements." The envoy of the Han court saw that something was wrong, and his voice couldn't help but tremble, and he replied cautiously: "Your Majesty also has an edict, which is for Yan Xiangzhao to wade the tail and Shangyang County to guard Zhai Xu, and to entitle Zhao Xiangguo as the Marquis of Yuan, so that he can temporarily act for the king and you to act for state affairs, and there is also an edict to Zhai Xuzhai Junzun, who is actually named the Marquis of Pickaxe, and concurrently serves as the fake minister of Yan State, and assists Zhao Xiangguo to act in the military and political affairs of Yan State." ”

After listening to Xiang Kang's arrangements for himself, Zang Di was silent, and after a while, the envoy of the Han Court, who felt that the atmosphere was not right, carefully reminded: "King, you haven't thanked you yet?" ”

In thanking the envoy of the Han court, it was Zang Tu who suddenly got up, and with a sigh of relief, he pulled out the sword at his waist, and the envoy of the Han court was shocked when he saw it, and hurriedly said: "King, what do you want to do?" The little envoy ......, but the little envoy is a member of the court! ”

"This king is killing the people of the court!"

was first played by Xiang Kang as a monkey, and then forced by Xiang Kang to kowtow to Guanzhong, and also to buy his own subordinates to empty himself, Zang Di, who was completely mad, had red eyes, roared, raised his hand and stabbed the sword into the chest of the envoy of the Han Dynasty, and opened the prelude to the rebellion of the Yan State with his own hands, and then pulled out the blood-stained sword, and yelled at the henchman eunuch who was waiting next to him: "The Bank of China said, immediately send someone to call Zang Quan, Zhang Sheng, Zhao She, and Zhai Xu!" Fast! The sooner the better! ”