Chapter 57: The Incident in the Yan Kingdom

Wei's victory in the Battle of the Qin River West instantly shocked the eastern nations.

In Handan, Zhao State, at this time, Zhao Jun and Zhao Yong also hurriedly gathered the ministers and began to discuss the battle.

I only heard the minister Fei Yi say first:

"Your Majesty, it seems that the Wei State has really risen again in the past few years, and even the Qin State has been defeated, and the land of Shangjun in Hexi has been restored, and now this King of Wei is really incredible!"

Xiangguo Zhao Bao also said:

"Yes, I heard that this battle of Hexi was ostensibly presided over by the head of Xiangguo, but in fact, the real commander was Wei He, the king of Wei!"

Zhao Jun and Zhao Yong also sighed:

"I didn't expect the widow to succeed to the throne for so many years, but he has never achieved such a victory, especially against Qin, almost defeated repeatedly, it seems that the widow is indeed inferior to this succession, even Mencius said that he is 'a king but not like a king' King of Wei!"

Zhao Bao immediately took out a letter from his arms and handed it to Zhao Jun:

"Your Majesty, you don't have to sigh first, you can look at this letter first!"

Zhao Jun took Prime Minister Zhao Bao's letter and looked at it, and was shocked:

"What? Yan Wang Xu actually gave way to Xiang Guozi? ”

Zhao Bao replied:

"Yes, the minister has confirmed that the Yan Kingdom has indeed changed hands, and now the monarch is Yan Xiangzi!"

Zhao Jun slapped the table and chair fiercely:

"How's that going to work? The lord of the country gave way to the prime minister, where is this moral? ”

Zhao Bao immediately said again:

"Your Majesty, I heard that the King of Qi has long been dissatisfied with Yan Xiangzi, and the last time Qi attacked Yan was also because of this matter, why don't we reconcile with Qi and jointly crusade against Yan Guozizhi?"

Zhao Jun couldn't help but ask Zhao Bao:

"We have only just finished fighting with the Qi State, and now the Qi State will still be willing to crusade against the Yan State with us? And even if we want to crusade against Yan Guo, we are unknown? ”

Fei Yi smiled beside him at this time:

"King, I don't know if you remember that Yan Wang still has a son in South Korea as a hostage, and if we bring it from South Korea, won't Zhao Guo be famous?"

Zhao Jun Yixi:

"Fortunately, you have Fei Yi to remind you, this matter should be done quickly, don't let Qi Guo take the lead, you know? Qi Guo probably thought of Yan Gongzi in South Korea a long time ago, but with the relationship between our Zhao State and South Korea, King Han will definitely give priority to agreeing to send Yan Gongzi to our Zhao State! ”

Then he said to Zhao Bao:

"Uncle, I can only count on you for this re-alliance with Qi!"

Zhao Bao replied:

"King, you don't have to worry about this time, the minister will go to the country of Qi tomorrow to meet the king of Qi."

And in the south of the state of Chu Yingdu.

At this time, the king of Chu also received the news that the Qin state was defeated by the Wei state in Hexi, because the king of Chu resented that the Qin prime minister came to the land of Chu to deceive him, so he did not listen to the persuasion of Zheng Guifei again, but advocated ordering Jing Cui to be the main general, Qu Qi as the deputy general, gathered 300,000 Chu soldiers, and began a large-scale crusade against the Qin state from the direction of Wuguan on the grounds of asking for Qin merchants in the land of 600 li.

In the early stage of the king of Chu's army, the envoys of the Qin state brought a map of 600 li of Shang to the king of Chu and persuaded him not to send troops to attack Qin, but the king of Chu was already ambitious at this time, and he was not just greedy for the land of business.

Qu Yuan, the left disciple of the Chu State, tried his best to dissuade the king of Chu and let him accept the land of Shang Yu and suspend the invasion of Qin, but the king of Chu did not listen to it at all, and directly relegated Qu Yuan to the land of Xiangxi in anger.

South Korea also seized this victory of Han Wei and gathered Korean troops to begin to recover the land of Sanchuan west of Yiyang, which had previously been occupied by Qin.

For a while, the Qin State encountered an incomparably great danger, and at this time, the King of Qin hurriedly ordered Zhang Yi to go to Hexi to negotiate peace with the King of Wei, but Wei Si had already heard the news that Chu and Han had taken the opportunity to attack Qin, so he did not see Qin Prime Minister Zhang Yi at all.

It was just put back the disease and told the king of Qin that it must be recognized that the land west of the river will be permanently returned to Wei in the future, and the Qin state must also cede Hangu Pass, Yin Jin and other old Wei lands to Wei, otherwise Wei will join Chu and Han to attack the Qin capital Xianyang.

After thinking about it, the king of Qin had no choice but to agree to cede Hangu Pass to Wei in the west for a hundred miles to prevent Wei from attacking Qin again, but Wei Si also smiled happily, after all, Wei Si knew in his heart that getting Hangu Pass was equivalent to getting the key to entering Qin at any time in the future.

As for South Korea, Qin also agreed to its request and returned the land of Sanchuan to South Korea.

But for the state of Chu, because the king of Chu is now asking for not only the land of six hundred miles of business, but also the appetite is also placed on the Qin capital Xianyang, the king of Qin naturally could not agree, so he began to deal with the attack of the state of Chu with the strength of the whole country.

The battle of Qin and Chu, this is also what Wei Si is most happy to see, after all, the worse the two countries fight, the greater the losses, and the less resistance Wei will have to dominate the world in the future.

On this day, Wei Si also began to put on a celebration wine in a newly built palace in Dali City.

Wei Si first toasted Gongsun Yan with a glass of wine:

"Gongsun Xiangguo, this time to recover Hexi, your credit is great, the widow must give you the first cup!"

After Gongsun Yan raised his glass and drank this glass of wine, he replied:

"King, you are torturing the ministers, everyone is looking at it, this time Hexi can be recovered, especially this time the great victory over the Qin army, extinguishing their sharp spirit, it is the king that you command well!"

Tian Wen also stood up and said:

"Yes, this battle of Hexi, I didn't expect that the king would actually use the strategy of diverting the tiger from the mountain, with only 50,000 soldiers and horses, and deceive all the 300,000 Qin troops to Hangu Pass, and then use a trick in front of the scheming Zhu Liji, and use the old, weak, sick and disabled to deceive its pursuit, lead it into the Linjin Pass, and then set up an ambush to encircle and annihilate the Qin army, but deliberately let it live, but he didn't know that the king You had already ordered people to set up an ambush in Luoshui, and once again to catch turtles in an urn, annihilate the Qin army, and capture its main general. King Wei, your strategy is really clever! ”

Su Qin also smiled and said:

"Yes, the main thing is that our Wei soldiers have only killed and injured more than 3,000 people this time, our king's victory is really a sweep away the shadow of the three Jin Dynasty for decades, and it also makes the countries see that our Great Wei is strong again!"

Wei Si then said:

"Don't give gold to the widows, and although we have won a big victory over the Qin State this time, the people of our Wei State are also a lot poorer because of this battle, but we have recovered the two important places of Shangjun in Hexi, then we must take good care of the defense in the future, especially the wall in Hexi, which must be repaired as soon as possible!"

Gongsun Xi smiled and said:

"King, don't worry, I will definitely make this wall west of the river stronger than the west of the river guarded by General Wu Qi within two years!"

Wei Si also said to Gongsun Xi with a smile:

"Okay, General Gongsun, with your words, the widow can rest assured that the two places of Hexi and Shangjun will be handed over to you for defense, but remember, there may not be any war here in the next few years, but after the Qin State recovers, he will definitely want to recapture Hexi, so you have to pay close attention to training and strengthening the Hexi army, and you can't relax, you know?"

Gongsun Xi replied:

"The minister knows, the minister will not forget your reminder of the king!"

Zhai Zhang also got up at this time and said:

"King, why don't you let the ministers defend Hangu Pass in the future? The minister will definitely make Hangu Pass become an iron wall in the west of our Wei State in the future! ”

Wei Si shook his head:

"General Zhai Zhang, you still have a heavy responsibility in the future, this matter of garrisoning Hangu Pass, the widow thinks that Wei Shen is quite suitable, after all, it has also been with the widow for a few years, it's time to come out and have a long experience!"

Gongsun Yan suddenly asked:

"King, Wei Shen is too young, stationed in such an important place as Hangu Pass, I'm afraid it's a little inappropriate, right?"

魏嗣 says:

"Since the widow can let Wei Shen come to garrison Hangu Pass, there is naturally a consideration of the widow, after all, what our Wei State lacks most now is a young general who can fight!"

Gongsun Yan seemed to understand what King Wei meant:

"Then I understand, it turns out that the king, you know that Qin and Chu are at war now, and no matter who wins or loses in the two countries, at least in five years, no one will dare to snoop on Hangu Pass, so the king, you let Wei Shen take on this important task!"

Wei Si laughed out loud:

"Haha, it's still Gongsun Xiangguo who understands widowhood, and widowhood is exactly what it means!"

Wei Ran walked in front of Wei Si at this time:

"Uncle, nephew Wei Ran, I also want to be a general, you also seal a place for me to guard, right?"

Wei Si looked at Wei Ran:

"Er, it's not that my uncle doesn't want to seal you, it's because my uncle wants to take you with me in the future, and you will be the commander of my uncle's personal guard in the future!"

Wei Ran was a little unhappy:

"Uncle, I just want to go to the battlefield, I don't want to be the commander of this personal guard!"

Wei Si smiled lightly and patted Wei Ran on the shoulder:

"If you really want to go to the battlefield, my uncle promised you, as long as you follow your uncle as a personal guard commander for a year, your uncle will definitely satisfy your desire to go to the battlefield to fight in the future!"

After Wei Ran heard this, he also happily agreed to be the commander of the guard.

Because Wei Ran had just taken refuge in himself, Wei Si was naturally not very worried about it, so with this position as the leader of the guard, he could also test Wei Ran's loyalty to himself and the Wei State.

At this time, Wei Si glanced at the people in the hall again, and suddenly felt that there seemed to be someone missing, so he asked Gongsun Yan on the side:

"Gongsun Xiangguo, at today's celebration banquet, why do you feel that there is something missing?"

Gongsun Yan immediately replied:

"King, the person you said should be General Uncle Ying of South Korea, right?"

A few days ago, General Gong Shuying received an urgent letter from King Han and had rushed back to South Korea, so he asked me to explain to you, but you have been busy these days, and I am not good at bothering you, so I am only here with you now, and you will not blame Yan, right? ”

Wei Si looked at Gongsun Yan with a smile:

"Lord Xiangbang, how can the widow blame you, this is all because the widow was too happy after the victory, and went out to play with Miss Zilian and Ji Zi for a few days, and suddenly forgot about political affairs!"

Gongsun Yan immediately said:

"King, you often stayed up all night because of the Battle of Hexi before, and you should go out for a few days, and I want to go back to my hometown to visit my wife and children this time!"

Wei Si asked:

"Why Gongsun Xiangguo, you have always been reluctant to take your wife and children to Daliang to enjoy happiness?"

Gongsun Yan replied:

"My wife and children are used to living in the countryside, maybe they are more suitable for the kind of purity in the countryside!"