Handan.

Handan in the middle of summer is very hot, and God is very fair, whether it is for Zhao Dan as the monarch or for the civilians of Zhao who live in Handan City.

For this summer, the poor have the law of the poor, and the king has the law of the king.

Zhao Dan, the monarch, had a very comfortable summer.

Two palace maids stood on both sides of Zhao Dan, holding a Qi person-high pu fan to bring a cool breeze to Zhao Dan.

There was a chilled sour plum soup on the table in front of him, which was sour and cool in one bite, and most of the heat was immediately dissipated.

For the aristocracy, pondering nothing is more important than pondering enjoyment, so such a thing as an ice cellar naturally came into being.

According to the records of Xia Xiaozheng, as early as the Xia Dynasty, the monarch often rewarded scholars with ice cubes in the summer.

Although the ice cellar is definitely not as convenient as the refrigerator in later generations, as Zhao Dan, it is really not a big problem to drink cold drinks every day.

In addition to Zhao Dan, several important ministers of Zhao State present also have a sour plum soup per person.

But even this chilled sour plum soup that is cold to the throat can't resist the burning heat in the hearts of these ministers of Zhao State at this moment.

The person who showed the most obvious performance was undoubtedly Xiangbang Zhao Sheng, I saw Zhao Sheng holding a battle report that had just arrived in his hand and smiled at Zhao Dan: "King, I just received the news that the Qi army and the Yan army started a big battle under Linzi City, and finally the Qi army defeated the Yan army under the leadership of Kuang Liang. The commander of the Yan army, Le Jian, only fled back to the Yan country with tens of thousands of defeated soldiers, and at least about 100,000 Yan troops were wiped out by the Qi army! ”

When Zhao Dan heard the news, he felt comfortable, which was as refreshing as drinking three bowls of sour plum soup.

Okay, you're a Yanguo person, don't listen to widows, don't you? Now you've learned a lesson!

Zhao Dan is gloating.

Regarding the behavior of the Yan people who openly dragged Zhao Guo back in this battle, Zhao Dan has always kept it in mind.

Now that Yan Guo has suffered a big loss, Zhao Dan is naturally happy to see it.

Zhao Dan thought for a moment and asked, "What is the movement of the Qi army now?" ”

Zhao Sheng replied: "Back to the king, the Qi army has now taken advantage of the situation to go north, and has completely recovered all the land occupied by the Yan people before. According to the information sent back by the spies, it seems that the Qi army is now preparing to continue northward and attack Wuyang City, the lower capital of the Yan Kingdom. ”

"Wuyang?" Zhao Dan raised his eyebrows slightly, and said with a smile: "Could it be that this Kuang Liang also wants to repeat what happened to his father Kuang Zhang?" ”

Decades ago, Kuang Liang's old father, Kuang Zhang, once took advantage of the rebellion of Yan Guozi to attack Yan and almost annexed Yan Guo.

Zhao Sheng shook his head and said to Zhao Dan: "Great King, the minister thinks that the people of Qi should just put on a show to scare the monarchs and ministers of Yan State, and it is estimated that as long as the people of Yan State pay some benefits, then Qi and Yan should stop their troops." ”

Zhao Dan raised his eyebrows slightly, with a puzzled look on his face, and asked, "Why is this?" ”

Zhao Sheng replied: "According to the return in Linzi City, because of Qi Wangjian's extravagance, the finances of Qi are extremely tight now, and they are about to be unable to pay military salaries. The skilled fighters of the Qi State have always been sent only by money, and now that they have no money, this battle will naturally not be able to continue. ”

Zhao Dan then understood, good guy, I thought it was a food problem, but I didn't expect it to be a financial problem.

And listening to Zhao Sheng's meaning, this financial problem was still caused by Qi Wangjian's own death.

Zhao Dan shook his head, and said in his heart that a good monarch is really very important to the country, if Qi Wangjian can be a little more restrained when he is enjoying himself, then wouldn't Qi be able to continue to expand his territory now?

After Zhao Sheng finished explaining the affairs of Qi State, he took out another document from his desk, handed it to Zhao Dan very respectfully, and said: "King, this is an urgent report from Zheng Zhu Zixicheng, the king of Chu has fully agreed to the king's conditions, as long as the king uses a seal on it, then the matter of peace is completed." ”

Zhao Dan took the document in Zhao Sheng's hand, nodded after reading it for a long time, and said: "This is not out of the imagination of the widow, since this is the case, let Le Cheng take over these lands first, and Pingyuan Junru will wait to get a charter out, so that the officials can settle in as soon as possible, so that these places can be restored as soon as possible." ”

Zhao Sheng naturally promised loudly.

After solving these two things, Zhao Dan said again: "Is there any news coming from the front line of Hedong County now?" ”

For Zhao Dan, the most important and crucial thing is always the news from Hedong County.

For Zhao State, Hedong County is now the only battlefield left, and it is also a battlefield where Zhao State does not have an advantage.

Zhao Sheng replied: "Back to the king, Pang Xuan's department has arrived, and is in the confrontation with the main force of the Qin army led by Bai Qi. ”

Zhao Dan nodded slightly, and said to Zhao Sheng and several important ministers of the Zhao State in front of him: "Seriously, the widow feels that he still underestimated the Qin State a while ago, otherwise he would not have fallen to such a passive position." ”

Generally speaking, kings rarely criticize themselves, after all, they all think that the king's face is important.

But Zhao Dan doesn't have this problem, wrong is wrong, right is right, there is nothing bad to say.

To err is human.

If you can't even face your own mistakes, then how can you correctly recognize them and correct them in the future?

As soon as Zhao Dan's words came out, Zhao Sheng immediately spoke: "King, this matter is the negligence of the ministers, who failed to fulfill the responsibility of reminding them, and ask the king to surrender." ”

Zhao Dan waved his hand and smiled at Zhao Sheng: "Okay, okay, let's not mention this, let's talk about the Hedong battlefield, what is the situation on Lian Po's side, have you arrived in Hedong now?" ”

Zhao Sheng replied: "Back to the king, now Lian Po has led the troops to Yiyang City. ”

"Yiyang?" Zhao Danleng paused for a moment, and couldn't help but speak: "How can it be Yiyang City, shouldn't it be the Wild King or the Duan Clan?" ”

According to Zhao Dan's idea, Lian Po should go north directly from the territory of Korea, enter Baicheng through Yewang and Duanshi City, and then go west from Baicheng to reinforce Hedong County. ”

Fortunately, Zhao Dan didn't know how many times he had looked at the map these days, and he was already familiar with the geography of the entire Hedong County, so he immediately reacted after a short while, and said: "Could it be that Lian Po wants to attack Anyi and outflank Bai Qi's back road?" ”

Zhao Dan knew that Lian Po might choose the route, that is, to cross the Yellow River in front of Hangu Pass and go north, cross Zhongtiao Mountain and enter Hedong County.

If this route of march can be successful, then Lian Po's troops will immediately appear under the city of Anyi.

The current Anyi is the rear of the Qin army.

Once Anyi was recovered, then one of the Qin army's back roads would be cut off.

The Qin army besieging Quwo would either retreat to Qin through the Anmen Pass in the direction of Jiangcheng, or they would have to suffer the fate of being flanked by the Zhao army.

Zhao Sheng let out a sigh of relief, and the expression on his face was also a little complicated: "Back to the king, that's what General Lian Po said in his reply, his goal is indeed Anyi." ”

Obviously, Zhao Sheng is actually not very optimistic about Lian Po's behavior.

After listening to Zhao Sheng's words, Zhao Dan couldn't help but shake his head and said, "This ...... It's too risky, Hangu Pass has now returned to the hands of the Qin State, so there should also be a Qin army stationed there. If Lian Po's actions were detected by the garrison Qin army, wouldn't this be ineffective? ”

Zhao Sheng replied: "General Lian Po said that he would send a force to feint at Hangu Pass to attract the attention of the Qin army, so that the Qin army would not discover his true intentions. As long as the army crosses the river and crosses the Nakajo Mountain, then it will be too late for Bai Qi to notice it.

Zhao Dan frowned deeply.

To be honest, Zhao Dan didn't like this unstable plan very much.

The act of crossing the Nakajo Mountains by a large army was very risky, and if it was not possible to conquer Anyi in one fell swoop, then the supply would become a big problem.

After a long moment, Zhao Dan said, "This plan was thought up by General Lian Po himself?" ”

Zhao Sheng replied: "No, it was jointly proposed by the staff officers of the accompanying army, and then adopted by the general. The general also said that if he fails, he is willing to take full responsibility, and if he wins, then the heroes should have a share of the staff officers of the army. ”

Zhao Dan heaved and said: "This Lian Po, he hasn't won the battle yet, and he has begun to worry about these things with the widow, that's it, anyway, he will not be affected by the foreign king's life, since he thinks that he can achieve victory in this way, then the widow is waiting for the good news of his victory!" ”